skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
But I'm not so sure if we are better off.

That precedent creates a stigma when discussing such topics. Let's say that you don't quite understand a particular viewpoint (doesn't have to be this - another good topic is racism & discrimination). Where do you go to learn more about the topic? Especially when you're aspiring to be a leader, this stigma incentivizes holding on to half-baked ideas that you simply can't discuss with anyone. That, in turn, creates a culture of double-speak.

So, in other words, good first-order effects, but bad second-order effects.
Minors having sex with themselves is basically out of scope here. Yes, it varies state by state and some states punish kids for things they absolutely should not be punished for. But we don't need to litigate the nitty gritty details of statutory rape laws.

The case under discussion was a minor and some guy at least a decade older; not two minors.
Here, two 15 year olds can have sex, legally. 15 year old and 17.9 year old can have sex. 15 and 18 can't, but do, because the law is demented - if you have two partners, say 15 and 17, as they age, they will first be able to legally have sex, then for a few years they will not, until again, they will.
The main idea of this article is to use what you already know and just get it done, rather than experimenting with new tools. The author already knew how to use most of these tools from a previous job. He stuck with the technology that he already knew, so that he could focus more on business aspects rather than new technology.

In that spirit, you should use the App Engine that you already know for as long as it seems to be working well for you. When you run into a problem that can't be solved in App Engine, that is the time to ask for advice on how to solve your problem.
> Sexual assault is an act in which a person intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent

Rather than blaming the laws which define sexual assault this way, Stallman chose to blame the people who wrote a perfectly accurate description.
And more importantly, this latest controversy was not an isolated incident. It builds on a long history of questionable behaviour
No I mean just refusing to let any mention of some normal use of a word go without taking it that way. I'm reasonably up on my Shakespeare (LOL "up on" LOL) so I know of the joys of double entendre and innuendo. It just seems like any innocent word or phrase that could be taken that way now must be avoided in a way that it didn't have to be as recently as 2-3 decades ago—which is a source of a good deal of humor for us now, as we mine historical media for things unavoidably funny to the modern, finely-tuned-to-spot-imaginary-sexual-references-in-everything mind, despite (often—not always) the same slang being in use back then.
Nevertheless, the average house size in New York City is 1,010 sq ft [1]. In this case, the cultural differences between Hong Kong and the US would seem to dominate.

[1]: https://www.6sqft.com/in-new-york-city-how-much-space-is-too...
Yet, motorcyclists ride in the traffic lane at similar speeds on urban streets. The definition of safety is to act in a predictable manner in terms of following the rules of the road for drivers of vehicles. Then you're far less likely to be involved in a collision in the first place.
For as long as I've followed the free software movement, I've wanted them to find a new spokesperson.

Surely there's an ideal-driven programmer iconoclast out there who doesn't pick stuff off his feet in the middle of a Q&A and then eat it.
I don’t disagree with most of the points you make. Stallman was defending Minsky using rather dubious arguments. But he was not defending Epstein, and he did not say Epstein’s victims were “entirely willing.” And yet, those last two points were the crux of the case against him.

The point I’m making is that many, many people are deliberately lying or willfully misreading what Stallman wrote in order to force his resignation. Those using such tactics, in violation of their own cherished principles, ought to be ashamed of themselves. Instead, tonight they are celebrating their victory with glee.
This is why charging minors as adults for murder is so troubling.
This is kind of significantly dependent on the type of work you're doing.

When in doubt, nearly every company has bottlenecks we're either a human or a series of humans have to perform parts of a single task. Usually a data science team can find ways to reduce the number of hands in cookie jar.

If the data science team has any natural language processing expertise, then usually there is some work in organizing text documents of some sort.

Data scientists are kind of a general title oh, so you're going to want to know what specializations they might be coming in with. Many data scientists got their starts in business intelligence. Those data scientists will probably have strong opinions on how they can inform the business.
This is an interesting topic that has become more prevalent with rise of smartphones, but has absolutely nothing to do with an adult statutory raping a minor.
He can continue to be a freethinker all his life, which is his right. What isn't though, is having unconditional support from two powerful industry organizations. They can choose their own values, same as him.
Would you work for less if you only had to work Monday through Thursday?

Or if you could take sabbaticals at will?
Agreed. Also, when someone says they have not written anything in some language, it makes me less interested in reading them ramble on about it (positively or negatively).

It comes across like: "X-Drink is better than Y-Drink, even though I've never tasted Y-Drink!"

Kudos to them for admitting that fact at least, I guess?
Thanks to people that instead of refusing to debate the deniers choose to show proof of why they were wrong, nowadays, 74 years after the horrors, we have readily available proof to counter the lies of whom, with malice, try to deny it again. If people had chosen the first tactic of refusing to debate the most probable thing would be that we wouldn't have this amount of proof to counter them today.

We should always explain why something is wrong and try to convince to avoid future trouble.
It's funny seeing all the Stallman apologists coming out of the woodwork trying to justify what he said and decry this as a form of censorship. As if having more people dumping their opinions on every subject is a good thing. Sometimes it really is better just to shut up. Otherwise if you're going to air out your thoughts on touchy subjects, be ready to find yourself up against others who disagree in a profound way. Now he can make his career in social political issues instead of technological ones.

"So much depends on your reputation. Guard it with your life."
FB owns Instagram

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...

and WhatsApp. I would argue that the market is a bit more rational there.
It is a bit embarrassing to admit that I've been a fan of your works since early 2000s. Learned sockets from libnuwen.

https://github.com/nurettin/libnuwen
I thought it was because that was a clear lie used to provide cover for his generous plea deal, based on his connections with higher-ups.

The federal prosecutor was not in a position to be able to verify that claim.

No other evidence for it has come forth, making it hard to accept your view that "it really looks like" that's the case.
DNP: SEC decision
Wow I LOVE this idea! I'd do a Speeklink but unfortunately I'm browsing on my phone next to my sleeping friend. Will try tomorrow. Let me know if I can do any small favors to help you grow. James at txbatch dot com / @JamesScaur on Telegram.
It's terrific actually. I would trade 50% for 2 extra days off to get some quality time for my passion project. Sounds great. :)
I can now announce that this is the best HN discussion of 2019.
It's 2019. Social justice and "cancel culture" are intrinsic values to open source now, at least as much as sharing code and collaboration.

The situation with Brendan Eich shows that if you have the wrong political views, you are not considered fit to serve as the leader of any open-source organization or project. especially not one with corporate backing. It's too much of a risk of PR disaster.

So be careful. Coraline Ada Ehmke and Sage Sharp are watching you. They will find and expose your crimes.

Linus is probably next.
I wonder what language this new OS will be writtin in. C?
Do you also agree that minors should never be charged as adults if they commit heinous crimes?
> Legally, sex with underaged people is rape regardless of consent.

Yes, but how do you understand the wide age variations for "consent" worldwide?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Asia
And he didn't "Have his wang cut" - He sincerely apologized, he chose to step away from the kernel for a period to work on.. well not being such an asshole.. and now he's back being a good community steward. Which seems like a fine outcome?
It’s pretty clear to me that the subtext of his “precision” is to make it clear that one is less bad than the other. Just look at literally every other person on twitter/hn/Reddit who has made the same helpful clarification.

Also, even if I’m willing to accept that precision is the reason he made that point (and I’m not), it adds nothing and at best serves to show how smart he is.

Like I mean honestly what changes once you realize it’s technically hebephilia and not pedophilia?
Right. I hear you with the 20 year old wanting to have sex with a 2 year old.

Is a measure of puberty sufficient to give consent? I am not saying that it is..but perhaps it’s closer to a better situation.

Older societies had coming of age ceremonies and welcoming pre pubescents into young adulthood. Perhaps there was more value in the old traditions and rituals that we have given up in our modern times. It clarified to a young adult the changes that happen physically and hormonally..an opportunity to talk about things and take personal responsibility. A responsibility that means freedom as well as risk.

I am just throwing this out there..we have handed over societal bonding over to the state and legal system. It has certainly made us weak. And allowed more predation of the truly vulnerable while curtailing the freedom of those who are aware of risks and responsibilities.
14 is a common age of consent in East-EU/Balkans
https://jakubmarian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/age-of-co...
How "environmentally nice" is aluminum foil compared to paper?
No-one knows what it means, but it's provocative. It gets the people going!
Thanks, very interesting to know about these little shortcomings, and how you solved them.
Do you have somebody in mind?
People have different needs at different stages and situations in their lives, but most typically seek opportunity in youth which tends to necessitate density and then later prefer quiet and low density to get away from the horrors, costs and inconveniences of city life.
There isn't a lot of point distinguishing the categories unless you want to bang minors (or defend people banging minors, or defend/consume certain subsets of child pornography, etc, etc), so arguing about the category difference just makes you look like a pedophile or at best an idiot.
Yes, let's do that please. The tone wasn't right for HN.
> If Minsky could show up to court for his crimes and he said "Your honor, I didn't know she was 15", he would still go to jail.

The way you worded this makes the argument much clearer, it's helpful. This is one of the few comments that add value in this thread. Thanks.
I think it's an interesting trade only if you keep the same value of your time: having a 20% raise vs getting every Friday off (20% of your week). At the end each day has same value.
It's also depends what you are looking for, having a 20% raise might not change your lifestyle that much, where having extra day a week off can, especially if you have family.
Nearly the entire world considers 17 legal [1], including most of the United States. To deny there is a room for a conversation about age of consent being arbitrary seems… really strange.

[1]: https://philippineslifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/te3FQnP-...
Blue Apron just seems so unnecessary. You still have to do all the work! Just go to the grocery store and buy stuff there? You can get recipes online for free. I do all my shopping on Saturday at Trader Joe's and spend very little for lots of food which I then cook. There's so much wasted materials and trash with Blue Apron.

I don't get it, but then I don't have any trouble cooking for myself and my family. I didn't grow up learning how to cook. I spent a little bit of time figuring it out and then it became easy and didn't require a subscription to some sketchy company.

There's also no way that you're coming close to the prices at a supermarket when you're buying individual meal's worth ingredients instead of bulk, a bag of potatoes, or a bottle of seasoning instead of one potato and one pinch of whatever inside some single serving plastic wrapping.
As far as my understanding goes, I see this kind of comparisons as a "Please-consider-to" list to the language teams.

I'm a heavy Go user and light Rust user. I enjoy them both, and they gives me different set of advantages in return.

Please, don't use/treat comparisons as an attack, make it "So-this-can-help-me-do-that".
I am all for simplicity, but if that results in a service outage whenever you deploy new code, apply a security patch or reboot your VM, you need to rethink the architecture.
Yeah all he really wanted was a platform to disseminate his ideas. The open source community has been a great place for that to happen, and I hope the legacy of his ideas related to freedom of information, etc. get the honored legacy that they deserve.

But now that he has an audience there's nothing stopping him creating an independent non-profit to tackle these issues philosophically. There's no need anymore to be the gatekeepers of the actual code. It should be free, after all.

So that's where I'm putting my money: Stallman announces a new organization to philosophize freely, not involved directly with code, and the FSF becomes more elastic on certain topics (integrating with other toolchains, etc.).
Because for some reason we are required to use computers.
I don't like the aesthetics of rust as a language, and I don't like the behavior of certain members of the rust community who vacillate between overzealous evangelism and dismissive rudeness.
You realize most FSF projects have similar copyright assignments, right?
Apple publishes that IP range (CIDR address block) in several KB articles on its own website for system administrators to configure firewalls/web filters.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210060

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203609
I'm wondering what benefit this offers over getting a traditional loan from an institution, which he could (likely) get against the value of his contract. There is definitely publicity. Anything else?
I don't think you understand what simple means for the vast majority of Americans.
Watch the news and solve problems they can't seem to solve.
> Stallman has the right to express an discomforting ugly hypothesis or a discordant opinion

Demonstratively, he did not have that right.

Or perhaps you believe in some kind of imaginary right where you could still be held to have it if you predictably suffer terrible consequences should you attempt to make use of it?

I've commented a number of times on this subject, calmly trying to direct people back to the facts-- but each time I know that any one of those message could be misrepresented and turned into terrible false accusations about me, simply because I pissed off the wrong mob.

I think the right you imagine might exist for some people-- people who do nothing of notice, people who never challenge anyone's thinking, or people who really don't have to give a darn about what anyone else thinks-- maybe it exists for me, maybe it exists for you at least for the moment. It did not exist for RMS.
Because it's applying the terminology of scientific discourse to casual conversation, kind of like nitpicking a minor spelling, typographical, or grammatical error and using that as an excuse to negate an otherwise substantive comment.

Demanding a certain level of precision when the loose terminology isn't being used in bad faith comes off as an attempt to exert control over the terms of the conversation like a teacher or debate judge. It's insensitive at best and obnoxious at worst.

Obviously if the conversation is an actual legal or scientific debate precision and rigorous consistency are more acceptable, but that's by mutual agreement of all participants.
Yes, but I would have to make sure it doesn't become a day to watch videos and sleep.

It's very easy to do nothing and waste the opportunity.
That is a poor analogy, because if you can't park where you want that is a moderate inconvenience at the very worst. If you find yourself "in love" with a 17-and-a-half-year-old, it's not so easy as finding another spot.
This is the end of an era, regardless of what you think about the events leading up to this point.
The underlying moral story of all this is:

1. If you are attacked by the media, you will lose in the court of public opinion (I expect we wouldn't know about this at all except for the egregiously misleading "news" headlines).

2. Never ever discuss toxic topics (particularly if you are either a little odd, or politically weak).

3. If you publically question anything about a witch hunt, you too will be branded as a witch.

4. Beware of getting poisoned by association (Epstein -> Minsky -> Stallman -> anyone defending RMS).

From what I can tell, the actual morals of RMS don't seem to be the actual issue here.

There is surely a modern Grimm parable in all of this.
Your point is quite reasonable in general but the discussion was for Silicon Valley and San Francisco. My GF has worked for Microsoft, Amazon, FB and now Google (and some startups over the years). How? Well they all have big tech offices close to Palo Alto. When she worked for various startups she was an ex-MS, ex-FB etc person.

If she'd stayed in Chicago (Northwestern grad), that's unlikely. Of course those companies have outposts there, but fewer tech roles by an order of magnitude or two.
> making it hard to accept your view that "it really looks like" that's the case

I didn't use those words, the parent poster did.

Personally, I think the possibility that Epstein was working for a government agency (domestic or foreign) merits further investigation, but is far from a certainty.
I agree that Acosta might have been lying. But if this is the case, I find it doubly odd that there has been so little follow up reporting.
"harem"
Hyper is a good documentary
I can only interpret that they are talking about logged in users with accounts. The users were logged out during the pre-IPO and that resulted in some double counting in their second post IPO 10-Q.

I was researching this because I asked myself a general question: "Why is the stock price of non dividend paying companies correlated to the performance at all?"
I'm basing my figures for max, min and average speeds as displayed by my bicycle computer. I also mentioned a loaded trailer to demonstrate that I'm actually slower than the majority of cyclists here because they're not towing around extra weight like I am (meaning their average speeds are higher than mine and they can maintain higher speeds when going up hill compared to me).

Also if I were to maintain an average speed of 8 mph, then my commute where I pick up my kids in different locations would take me nearly 2 hours as opposed to about 1 hour and 15 minutes. So speed matters if you want to complete the ride in a reasonable period of time.
Because we care about what Milton wrote a lot more than we care about what some random book buyer wrote.
> It’s pretty clear to me that the subtext of his “precision” is to make it clear that one is less bad than the other. Just look at literally every other person on twitter/hn/Reddit who has made the same helpful clarification.

True, I'm not sure I really agree with that either. Pedophilia or any other sexual attraction isn't something you can control, as far as I'm aware, so as long as you don't actually act on it, they are not really better or worse than another.

> Like I mean honestly what changes once you realize it’s technically hebephilia and not pedophilia?

Actually, I had forgotten which term meant what, I was thinking of ephebophilia.
I feel like your position would have more traction with me if we as a society were better about enforcing the existing laws regarding sexual assault and consent. Adults in that situation are willing to go on the record and state that the acts were not consensual and no one is willing to believe them. At least not enough to investigate and put their rapist away in a majority of cases. I can't imagine a child would have an easier time of this no matter how mature they seem, but at least with the consent laws, they wouldn't be forced into the same thing that seems to happen with a number of victims where a lawyer puts them on the stand and tries to make them look like they are lying about everything.
Mens rea ("guilty mind" aka criminal intent) is an important element for many crimes. People - generally - are inconsistent with regard to how much they think impact matters for a crime and how much they think intent matters. The law is also inconsistent, with itself, and with the opinions of the citizenry. In this case, US law (but not the laws of all countries) makes sex trafficking and statutory rape strict liability laws - only impact matters, not intent.

Stallman raised the question of Minsky's mens rea, suggesting that Minsky might not have had any criminal intent at all. To people who feel that mens rea should always be a criteria in criminal and moral judgement (such as myself), the existence or lack of existence of mens rea matters to Minsky's moral culpability.

With all that in mind, I'm dubious that Minsky could have been approached by a young woman and not had some degree of mens rea. At the very least, Minsky must have assumed the woman was a paid sex worker and recognized at least some possibility that she was trafficked and/or underage. I can't abide the notion that a old man would have mistaken the invitations of an uneducated young girl as genuine attraction.
Pwnat – Autonomous Nat Traversal (2010)