skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks for providing this perspective. Very insightful. I think your comment should be pinned to the top, if HN had such a thing.
The competition is Fastly for example. The downside is that there are fewer and fewer independent websites.
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I can even see directors filming scenes twice then cutting the movie to present one viewpoint to China and a different take for the English-speaking audience.
For centuries, massive meals amazed visitors to Korea
Back in the 90's you used to see famous actors walking around with shirts that said "Free Tibet", but you never see them anymore, could that be because China is now heavily invested in Hollywood? Come to think of it I haven't seen a single actor talk about Hong Kong.
>The fact that the government doesn’t get to step in and insist on sanitized portrayals of American life is a huge part of why Hollywood has the soft power it does.

Well, as a European cinephile, I find the portrayals of American life in most Hollywood films (even the 'gritty' ones) so soapy and sanitized, that the government doesn't need to bother.

The last decades Hollywood movies with any real bite (the way, e.g. Dog Day Afternoon once had) are few and far between.

I'd say the "soft power" is more due to Hollywood being a kind of McDonalds for movie-goers, and the bigger budgets allowing no continued competition on this front from other parts of the world (whereas a European cop flick or western could compete visually with the average Hollywood one up until around the mid-late 70s).
As a parent, I’m still going to try to instill good habits and behavior even if my kids attempt to subvert them (similar to financial responsibility, manners, or safe sex). Once you’re an adult, how you behave is up to you, but before then it’s still my job to help them understand how to be decent, functioning humans.

Being a parent is hard, and mistakes are going to be made. Positive intent is important.
I should set it up again and give a live demo one of these days. It's lots of fun to watch it work. At least once every week someone mails me about it. The bulk of these are wantrepreneurs who have suddenly seen the light and want to take the project over, and who think I'm gullible enough to believe their cover stories (5 minutes of Googling usually turns up a commercial operation). Can't blame them for trying to corner the market I guess.

Meanwhile, the consultancy I've been running for the last 12 years is growing up, rapidly. We just named our first CEO (other than me), who will hopefully take it to the next level so who knows, I just might have some free time again in the near future. Here's to hoping.
“Anyone can do math”
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Let's not forget that the chinese communist party is currently performing three different genocides simultaneously: genocide against tibetans, genocide against uyghurs, and genocide against falun gong practitioners. So it's on a different level when compared to most other authoritarian regimes.
Thanks for clarifying. Looking forward to the digging into codebase.
This is surprising. They hope CTOs are watching Linus' videos? Or maybe to excite the young generation to learn COBOL?
Yes, the SSO issue in the northwest US power system is a textbook case of this, although in that case IIRC the main issue was control interactions between the power system stabilizers* oscillating together and actually exchanging quite a bit of energy over long distances at a low frequency because those very low frequencies were not effectively damped (or in some cases, negatively damped). At the time, the tools available for large scale power system modelling were very rudimentary compared to what we have today.

In general I don't see it as a renewable vs. conventional issue. SSO/SSR/SSCI have been around since the 1960s when PSS started to be deployed in synchronous generator excitation control systems. Rather it reflects the greater complexity in modelling involved high speed digital controls vs. physical, inertial responses that are expressed very effectively by well-known equations. As we layer on more and more controls, we don't only have to model what is going on at power frequency (50 or 60 Hz) but also at harmonic frequencies and sub-synchronous frequencies. Renewable generators just happen to depend much more heavily on complex control systems for power conversion, mimicking synchronous generator response characteristics and to marry all the components of a large renewable plant together.

At the same time, we have far more powerful tools for power system simulation today that can effectively mitigate this risk, as long as engineers realize the risk is there.

A good reference explaining SSO as it applies to conventional generators can be found here: http://www.cigre.org.br/archives/pptcigre/07_subsynchronous_...

* Power system stabilizers (PSS) are a part of synchronous generator excitation control that improves dynamic stability by damping generator oscillations against the grid. However, PSS systems can actually cause additional, long-distance oscillations with other PSS systems in the frequency range of 0.1 to 1 Hz. See: https://www.wecc.org/Reliability/Power%20System%20Stabilizer... and http://www.meppi.com/Products/GeneratorExcitationProducts/St...
It's not just about screens. It's about the societal pressure to keep kids engaged in some activity at all times.
The US tax system is regressive by taxing earned income differently than capital gains. It also gives the truly wealthy an opportunity to indefinitely defer or avoid realizing gains. The "progressive" US tax code only targets high income/upper middle class individuals.
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Not sure which of those you think they would be violating? And they own it, so the license doesn't apply to them, it applies to everyone else. (Apologies if you're making a joke and I'm ruining it)
To do it legally & properly it is a pain and does require a lot of setup and isn't generally super cost effective. I highly suggest no small business try to "hire" internationally at least based on my experiences dealing with it. If you want to use international people do a contract type relationship which while it can still put you under tax scrutiny it is a lot easier to manage and do. Either way you will need legal advice because the moment you start having someone in another legal jurisdiction start doing work for you there comes with it different IP laws, protections or the lack there of and stuff like that. So you need legal advice to protect the business both at home and abroad.

This is at least as a US Company, I don't know about how UK or Australian businesses might differ.
Interesting naming problem what about EnsureDirectoryTree() or EnsureDirectoryExists()? This name kinda implies that you only care about success and not if it has to create it or not.
Whenever I have a child, I will not allow him or her to have internet access at home, until they're teenagers.

I don't like the idea of setting time limits—I feel like I spent too much of my childhood waiting for the next opportunity to use a computer. Tools are not inherently good or bad, and my child should have the opportunity to explore them as he or she sees fit. However, I very much want to keep my child away from exploitative media, and I don't know how to control that other than just cutting off the internet.

If they play games, I want them to be games that teach something. Zelda teaches you problem solving skills, and Celeste at least teaches something about humanity. Neither attempts to suck you in for infinite lengths of time.
One use case I've seen is autocomplete -- people have used GPT-2 to build things like TabNine[1] and Write With Transformer[2].

[1]: https://tabnine.com/

[2]: https://transformer.huggingface.co/
The US hasn’t held the spouses or children of any Chinese people accused or convicted Of spying. Please stop with the obviously false claims.
Ask HN: Any suggestions on a good amateur telescope?
Any suggestions on a good amateur telescope for someone interested in surveying the night sky?

Asking because as a kid in 90s my dad and I tried with a couple inexpensive telescopes (I can't remember models or producers unfortunately) over the years and they turned out to be junk.

Given the interest in astronomy on HN, I thought the community may have some good suggestions.
Off topic but this is a good place to ask: anyone know any tutorial/guide/youtube channel about learning electronics.

I grew up around my father being an electronic engineer, and even though I was more interested in the computers in his lab, I've seen my fair share of resistors, diodes, capacitors, breadboards and datasheets, but I have no idea how to build an electrical circuit more than wiring a LED to a battery.

Any pointer is appreciated.
I'm almost at the point in development where promoting my compatible text/binary formats [1] [2] would be important, but I'm stuck for ideas on how to do that. I've gone through all of the channels they list, but it seems like a chicken-and-egg problem, where only eyeballs beget eyeballs. I've seen that happen with other projects I've done, where it suddenly goes to 1000 stars over the course of a month. But ask me how it actually happened and I couldn't tell you...

[1] https://github.com/kstenerud/concise-binary-encoding/blob/ma...

[2] https://github.com/kstenerud/concise-text-encoding/blob/mast...
Taxing something makes it less common. Doesn't matter if it's carbon, cigarettes, sugar, productivity, or investing.

Tax investing and that shifts the line just like a carbon tax, except in this case the people investing are more likely to start buying politicians or sending their money overseas. Those things don't benefit society like having them fund the research and diligence necessary to find and invest in the next Google, the next Target, or the next energy revolution.
Yeah, just a note though, we did refuse. We fought him on the SERPs instead and he eventually gave up after it became clear we're weren't going to pay. It was certainly more expensive and took longer, but was probably worth it.

You don't really want to become known as an easy extortion target.
Its always like this. Last month the article was about how OOP was useless and a waste of billions of dollars, yet the author had like 2 years of experience as a Php developer (in 2019?). It didn't stop 2 of my sub par coworkers from sharing the article and acting like the author had any creds or experience at all to be saying such things. Generally I never read blog posts from no name people claiming industry standards should be destroyed. Its just a pointless exercise.
Yes, but.. if the employee is using work time and company resources to print recruitment material and disrupting meetings, etc., etc., that’s an actionable offense. I mean, an employer has a lot of leeway around disruptive employee behavior. The employee can probably get a settlement in such cases if they’re willing to fight long enough on the wrongful term suit. For example by showing that the company was generally tolerant of company equipment being used for personal stuff, etc. But behavior is a tougher matter.
I guess you would have to, if you want to have a playback indicator. You wouldn't have to refresh the whole screen to gradually fill up the bar, as the ghosting effect would be negligible.
I haven't figured out how to use my phone with the screen off... what's the trick?
Right, yeah, it's linear algebra combined with a few non-linear functions. The point is that Salesforce didn't come up with an algorithm that generated English text by writing a grammar or thinking really hard about what sentences look like—all the functionality comes from the "training" process that set the constants.
"Don't get locked up into avoiding lock-in"

https://martinfowler.com/articles/oss-lockin.html
Yeah, there is no need for low refresh rate eink. Lcd doesn't consume much power and is readable. I've had several lcd watches and their batteries lasted for years.
LOL. Unless you're homeschooling them in the wilderness this is a pipedream. Your children will literally have no friends and won't be able to do their homework.
What about needing internet for school work?
> I remember having to take wallet, keys, extra cash and coins for things you couldn't pay with card or with the phone

Today you take your extra cash and coins and throw it away because nobody accepts it anymore. Digital payments only. That’s how it works in Sweden.
>experiences of beginners are as valid

What does this even mean? Their experiences are valid?
-Not the OP, but living in a Norwegian small town (population 5,000), my two oldest kids (aged 5 and 10) are just sent outside to find someone to play with - they have several friends living within a few minutes' walk, and what sparse traffic there is is moving at less than 20mph.

While there sometimes is some parental organisation by phone or text, for the most part, local kids just have to go out to see who's available, then be home by whatever time we decide to be the latest.

I realise this will not work across all locations, but out here in the boonies it works a charm.

If some kid comes by asking for my kids and they are not in, (s)he just walks to the next house or playground trying their luck. If I expect my kids back soon, I just invite the kid at the door in to wait for them.
Be careful with the no tax reporting, that is not totally true. If you are a US business sending even modest sums of money to foreign bank accounts you do have reporting requirements to the US government and you may have tax obligations owed to the destination country. Other countries don't have the same laws as the US, and at least in some cases I have avoided hiring contractors from certain Countries in the past because I was advised since it was work for hire we would be required to pay tax on the money that was "imported" into the destination Country.
I love my Pebble Time, the availability of a basic color palette makes it easier to build a user-friendly UI.

I agree with the fancy screen, IMO this is not necessary but that's what users want apparently.
The classic's display was pretty far from the surface of the watch and that hampered the display. Though it was easier to read than the Time.

I expect both the Steel and the P2 are much easier to read than the classic.
Well, it depends on if you want to measure based on loud critics or the compensation they are receiving.

That is, getting paid a certain salary is some sort of statement that you deserve it.
You wrote: "Firstly, it is not as "absolute" as you make it sound. Nowhere does he actually use that word"

Stallman wrote: "I’ve concluded from various examples of accusation inflation that it is absolutely wrong to use the term “sexual assault” in an accusation.

How is "absolutely wrong" not a use of "absolute"?

You'll note that I have the context correct too.
but it is not 100x as useful...
Sounds like there's not a lot of difference between "citizen" and "subject". The claims of ownership across generations for births that occurred elsewhere are the most astonishing part of this for me.
I worked on android wear when we were just deciding on hardware. We had an option for a color, low power, slow-refresh display. Andy vetoed it very quickly because "next to an OLED it looks like shit". Basically the logic was that consumers will read one review and get the pretty OLED watche instead.
Happened to a friend of mine though it was Syria in that case(before the war, 2008~9). Guy was 20 and had never set foot in the country, wasn't really aware this was even a thing. Managed to get out of it after being detained for a few days through connections and lobbying but it was scary AF. Their military service is 2 years long...
All I'm saying is that the frequency-impedance characteristic of the local system changes depending on active power loading, other nearby generators in or out service, nearby reactors or capacitors in service, etc. So it's conceivably possible that the oscillatory behaviour was more effectively damped both in the modelling cases and in whatever field testing they did. Though if you read the grid code compliance testing report for Hornsea, it's not evident they actually did voltage step change field validation.

If this kind of oscillation was present under all conditions, it would be an oversight to not have caught it in the modelling stage. The level of modelling we have to do in some North American regions for a 50 MW wind farm would catch that kind of behaviour, let alone an 800 MW unit.
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VERY small footprint
VERY functional
VERY portable
VERY cool!
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Ask HN: Co-housing / co-living examples in the SF Bay area?
I am researching co-housing with the intent of launching something in the coming months, and I would be curious to hear stories and examples from the San Francisco Bay area. Thanks for sharing!
> I don't recall ever hearing anything about this movie before reading that article

I watch a lot of movies and I heard about this movie all the time. There was a trailer for it in every pre movie trailer showing.
> I remember having to take wallet, keys, extra cash and coins for things you couldn't pay with card or with the phone, street guide (cause there's no way I'm remembering the dozens of bus lines that run in my city), pocket calendar, pencil, random paper scribbles, and a book or two.

Everyone has a different every-day-carry. I didn't take the bus or carry books daily, so I was less burdened than you.

The conveniences and benefits our devices provide are apparent. But the pervasiveness of our devices have conditioned us to rely on them for much more than these daily conveniences.
I just had a flashback and blacked out for 15 minutes in a spat of PTSD from your comment, please sir use your words more carefully they are powerful and over the target.
I agree. I used to have a dash ("-") in my domain name and all my friends and colleagues (italians, french, germans) hated it (I ended up hating it as well when having to type it on the phone) => don't ever use these kind of chars in the domain name.

Additionally try not to use long top-level domains - I'm using now ".digital" but every time I have to type it it feels too long to me => I'm regretting having moved my (outdated) webpage there.
> running for personal use

how one can use it for personal use? In my understanding it will not fit into single GPU memory available to average person? Someone need to distill model first?
Isn't this just a tautology? Fiction is by definition something which mimics reality, that is to say, something that looks like reality to humans (= the human brain).
Here are two organizations you can join that advocate for Social Security:

https://socialsecurityworks.org/

https://www.epi.org/ (see https://www.epi.org/research/social-security/)
>In the era of Big Data, we’ve come to believe that, with enough information, human behavior is predictable. But number crunching can lead us perilously wrong.

The article isn't actually negative about quantitative approaches overall, but the subheading has to conform to the New Yorker's ideology.
As cybercrooks add more AI to their arsenal, the goodies will have to too
> If there's someone out experienced with SWD

There seems to be no way to contact you other than something called "twitter" as per your profile here?
Obviously a poorly designed API is inexcusable, but I don't think the verbosity of function or variable names is the cause of that.
I don’t have my friends’ numbers memorized.
my reason : phones (mostly) make lousy MP3 players.

high battery use, bad DACs, and clumsy interfaces.

There are exceptions, but not many.

Single purpose devices that are designed to do a specific thing just work better -- go figure.
> For the same reason the spouse would be taken in, questioned, and possibly passport taken away in the US

Only if that person is actually charged with a crime, has due process.

This isn't about that. This is about China not charging someone with a crime, and not giving them due process.

If you want to take away someone's passport, then you should charge them with a crime first.
To be clear I’m talking about the ecosystem of front end frameworks ala React, Vue, Angular not the Js ecosystem as a whole.

That being said I’m not sure what trouble you’re running into but I highly recommend using chocolatey as a native package manager for windows, it works very well as a replacement for utilities like apt-get, yum, brew etc.

https://chocolatey.org/packages/nodejs
Not all of the Greek letters seem to be in the database: a search for "Psi" doesn't reveal ... \psi ...
The point is not what the US believes citizenship to be. It is what rights do people have and what is the response of a civilized government to those rights?

A civilized government will protect the rights of its citizens. An uncivilized one believes that the citizens somehow belong to it and must do its bidding and be dependent upon it.

The CCP does not have the best interests of these people in mind - it only has its own interests in mind and is using these people as pawns.
"Why don't you want to use a cellphone? Privacy/surveillance and/or stimulation addiction?"

Pretty much all of this, plus not risking a device that I have to rely on for communications. Each of my Sansa players fell like a dozen times without getting a single scratch because they were very light and the screen was small and sturdy; had I used a cellphone I would probably have destroyed at least its screen multiple times or ruined it from prolonged exposition to salty air at the sea.
Also I don't use smartphones due to the above points, and I still have to see a traditional phone with a decent player (and a decent camera, but that's another story).

The PinePhone might change this, however. Silently waiting for it to hit the market.
I don't think I have a good enough to brain write all but the simplest code without TDD. I specify what I want, write the tests, then figure out how to make it pass those tests. Thanks to libraries like @testing-library/react this approach applies as equally as well to when I'm writing babel AST parsers and custom languages as it does to developing a user interface.
>Did that fundamentally change anything with regards to the trustworthiness of US government & media when they claim some middle eastern country is developing/using WMDs?

When was the last time that US used the WMDs excuse to drag allies into war?
Are they charged with a crime?

The answer is no. They have not been charged with any crimes.
I would like to add that our method estimates the scene in full 3D space. Have a look at the additional results, there are a few results that exemplify this when the geometry is a little more complex: http://sniklaus.com/papers/kenburns-results
https://info.publicintelligence.net/USASOC-CounterUnconventi...
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Ah yes, the common scenario of engineers getting time-and-a-half for their overtime work.
Putting this here for the argument's sake: I think children do get bored with all the distractions from internet, screens and what not. If you've ever seen a teenager mindlessly scroll Instagram on their iPhone, that look is pure boredom.

Notice that for an activity such as looking at your friends' photos online, allocating your last 15 minutes before hitting the pillow and allocating what's seemingly every hour of every day won't have the same effect.
Are those stars? The “iduy37thq” image [0], for example, has various star-like points of light on top of the planet itself in addition to appearing in the background.

[0] http://hst.esac.esa.int/ehst-sl-server/servlet/data-action?R...
Bitcoin GitHub Repo got Hijacked by Adam Back, Greg Maxwell and their Company, Blockstream in order to hinder Bitcoin and pushing their own crypptocurrency and payment network, Liquid Bitcoin and "Lightening Network"
The parents who forbid their kids to listen to Beatles or Metallica were also trying to instill good habits.