skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I grew up near a city where they set up the traffic lights along one of the main roads in such a way that if you kept to the speed limit you would always arrive at the next light just after it turned green, so you never would have to brake or accelerate. I wouldn't be surprised if there are concurrency patterns analogous to that.
I assume there are already tracks between the major cities, probably used today mostly for materials and not people, so can't you put a new track near the existing one, this land would already have low value since trains are already passing there.
Just a heads-up: This person has posted at least 12 pro-China comments in the past year by my count. Extremely suspicious.
Anything can change later, even removing a procedure could be a prelude to adding a new, more invasive one.

An incremental step requires an increment. Nothing gets incremented here. The French government already had this data, and already used it to biometrically identify people. The only thing this inches toward is to a reduction in the number of public functionaries. This is the automated checkout system for State services, nothing more.
Imagine the American response if this recorded state sanctioned murder had happened in an Iranian embassy
When I lived in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, it was no secret Falun Dafa (or Falun Gong — same thing) were nuts. They’re like the Scientology of Asia. Maybe a little weirder. They convinced my girlfriend’s Grandma she could solve her health concerns, anything from inflammation to cancer, with meditation and absolutely zero medicine. This of course ended with a hospital trip and Grandma’s swift departure from Falun Gong.

I moved back to the States and kinda forgot about them. Five years go by, and I start seeing billboards for their origin-story-in-musical-form Shen Yun in every city I visit. Ok, that’s weird, but cults are gonna cult so whatever. I visit the Chinese embassy to get my visa approved and get a pamphlet from them that has the organ harvesting stuff. Also weird. Seemed like their presence is growing outside of Asia.

Fast forward two more years and I now live in Seattle. There are literal Falun Gong parades going down the streets. The city events all have Falun booths. Random Americans have learned enough Chinese and Chinese music to stumble their way through Falun Gong’s anthems.

I guess this is all just an anecdote. People are quick to trust them, because they advertise themselves as traditional Chinese art and culture, and they don’t have a bad rap here. These organ harvesting claims against China are enticing to believe, because it is popular to distrust the Chinese government (and deservedly so). But...take this group’s claims with a hefty bowl of salt.
> the iPhone/iPad/etc. are different classes of devices

I suppose I just don't understand why, they seem just like computers with a different form factor.

"Fucking useless" might have been a bit too passionate, but it's happened multiple times with me and the people I work with that Xcode installed through the App Store updates itself but gets stuck in the update forcing a full re-download.

First time it happens ok it's just a bug, by the 3rd time I'd just given up on the App Store altogether.

> If someone really really wants to circumvent the App Store on iOS, distribute it via TestFlight, or make the source code available and ask users to compile it on their own Macs.

Those aren't really feasible though, external testing on Testflight requires a review (plus it might need the $99 developer fee to put it on Testflight?). And the source code route is the same issue, either pay $99 or reinstall the app every 7 days.

I suppose I just don't see the downside other than "Some people need to be protected from themselves" which I don't agree with in this case.
Currently living in California, and I feel the main opposition to things like this are the constituents.

Everyone in the Central Valley will simply vote against whatever California wants to spend money on unless if overwhelmingly benefits them, or “hurts” those in the cities.

I know this isn’t the only reason the high speed rail project was canned, but those in the Centra Valley opposed it unless it connected some stretches like Fresno <-> Bakersfield together.
>Seems to me that free software community is lacking UI/UX Designers and so looks and feels considerably less "cool" than commercial counterparts.

I keep reading this argument here. Does no one here use Windows 10? What kind of drugs would you have to be smoking to believe that Windows 8 or 10 looks "cool"? Sure, MacOSX looks "cool", I'll give it that (it doesn't work that great though), but Windows is far and away more widely-used than MacOSX, and is basically the standard-bearer for "commercial software" when we're talking about UI/UX, and it's really ugly.
The point of my downvoted comment is that Damore is not a good example of censored speech. You guys are on here discussing the essay because it is famous. Millions of people read it. Not sure why I was downvoted for pointing that out except that there seems to be a cult of defending the guy.
(long time meat eater turned vegetarian)

It's pretty simple - I really enjoy fake meat for the taste, texture and protein. It also lets me go out to places that would traditionally only have meat options like a burger joint.

SO likes it because she's religiously vegetarian but can incorporate more protein into her diet.
"Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you're saying, would you mind elaborating?"
I like the taste of meat, I like the taste of eggs, texture of yogurt, I like the taste of practically all foods. I do not like the fact that cow, chicken, pig, dog, have to die for my tastebuds to feel nice.

Given that I like the tastes I like and do not want to give them up, I'll rather be calm and eat something that tastes like meat but there's no death of an animal.

That's it.

Could I live without veggie sausages, bruger patties? Yep. But why not eat them when they are available.

What I do not understand is the exclusivity of someone who eats meat. If people today are such foodies, what is wrong with ordering a vegan meal once? Or buying vegan meat replacements, to try them and see how they taste? Vegan mayo?

Why not exploit the luxury of the modern world and enjoy all that engineered food, even if you're vegan or not?
When you break the law, you have to be ready to deal with the consequences. Apple's shareholders are not ready for said consequences.
I travel to Europe about once a year and I've noticed they're far behind the US in terms of vegetarian options. In the US it's been easy to get a high quality, vegetarian meal at almost any restaurant for at least a decade (edit: at least in metro areas; perhaps rural areas are different, although I haven't noticed this personally). Meanwhile in Europe it's almost impossible to get anything resembling a full meal. Like you say, it's usually simply a meal based around meat with the meat removed. I hope things are getting better over there.
ipv4 is the new bitcoin?
I think that's a very positive step. We don't need everyone to turn vegan to flight climate change. We only need everyone to consume significantly less meat.
I'm not convinced that, as you say, decreasing cost of land is the main reason. A simple counterexample would be London which has great public transport and ridiculous prices of land. On the contrary, public transport projects like Crossrail actually increase prices of land and property in affected areas.
Isn't the density a bad excuse since you can add the infrastructure only in regions with large density like California?
As a Bulgarian who lives in the UK, I can 100% attest to this. I've found it extremely hard to disengage from the culture I've been so used to for the first 21 years of my life while being surrounded by it. Whenever I go back I only see the negatives - it's as if the country is ruined for me.
Being good at refactoring is desirable, so you don't have to "anticipate/predict everything ahead of implementation". What is your "extensible code", I don't know, but it doesn't matter, because we are talking about your comment on Haskell.

But maybe you are just a troll, so w/e.
You could say that brakes make the car faster in race conditions.
Which one in particular?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I found one that applies to you.

>> Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to.
To understand why people didn't care about PRISM, you have to first understand what PRISM is. https://medium.com/@alecmuffett/how-to-talk-about-prism-and-...
Have you never heard of program analysis for security? Genuine question. RVI, the Mayhem developers, and many others would strongly disagree with you:

https://runtimeverification.com/match/1.0-SNAPSHOT/docs/benc...

https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/mayhem-the-mach...

The field evidence would support their position, too. Your claim about C is true just enough to encourage people to not use it if they want to get more out of program analysis. Yet, current tools make up for it enough to find most or all bugs in benchmarks with Mayhem fixing them, too.

The only problem is that almost nobody that cares about FOSS security is working on those tools that automate it. The companies doing it end up black boxing, patenting, etc the tools that they sell for exhorbitent prices. Something like RV-Match well-integrated with repos either FOSS or just price scaled to focus on mass adoption over high profit would be a game changer. Especially if 3rd parties could use it on repos.
I saw this go down right in front of me once. She technically still worked for us for 2 weeks I believe, but I saw HR approach her, bring her out of the room for a few minutes, then she came back and started quietly packing things into a box, and left within the hour.

I don't know the full details, I think she did have some kind of warning weeks before, but ignored it because she thought she was immune to being fired. She was the worst developer I've ever worked with so far though, personality-wise and skills, she definitely lied in her PHP interview. That's also on that company though, I have no idea how she passed that interview (okay, I do have an idea, no programmers ever spoke with her).
Martin Luther argued for the holocaust after starting the reformation.

Nelson Mandela was involved in the terror attacks that burned political enemies alive.

Abraham Lincoln despised the black population (certainly moreso than Robert E Lee) and argued against any steps toward social or civic equality.
I'll always go for a paneer-based curry over a meat-based one, and I say that as a big meat eater. That stuff is divine.
This has changed recently in the UK. As of the last year or so, pretty much everywhere has at least 2 or 3 decent vegetarian options.
I edited in Red Dead Redemption as a non exclusive (PC/XBox) example that’s not available for PC.

As to the safety app, that’s the kind of thing I would like to play with. You may or may not actually be able to emulate that stuff on PC hardware, but not all of it, more critically however your not getting the license for it.

PS: The removal of software is an argument about execution not the idea of a restrictive platform. The gatekeeper will prevent some software running on the platform that’s the basic idea, removing previously approved software is a separate question.
I'm also quite curious, because palak paneer and other vegetarian indian dishes are awesome, veggies or not, and you didn't specify these sorts of options when you specify disliking vegetables in any form. If you hate tomatoes, does that mean you despise chili, or pasta? Are curries terrible? Is an apple pie better off with just shortbread?
My father used to be a very diligent worker who did a fair amount of overtime and always seemed to be in the middle of some important project at work. When it came time for him to retire he expressed concern that he'd be bored or feel a lack of purpose.

A few years later he commented how it still felt like every day was a vacation and there hadn't been a single day that he regretted retiring.

He still keeps very busy, always has projects and plans. But it's all things he feels like doing and he has no external commitments. He can change his mind at a moment's notice and go on a roadtrip to another European country. In fact, my parents have done so multiple times since retiring.
systolic matrix multiplication is roughly analogous to that.

Great Highway in SF, if you drive 35MPH you will just get greens on the evenly spaced lights. The worst is when you get stuck behind a person who drives 40, then brakes heavily, then drives 40, then brakes heavily, etc.
You are downvoted for no reason. Not only that college kids are not representative for the entire population, but most importantly college kids tend not to have money. The article says:

> variables that influenced dining choices included the relative prices of vegetarian and non-vegetarian options
2019 Fall Foliage Map and Nationwide Peak Leaf Forecast
I think it depends on the grade and/or subject you're teaching. My wife has taught HS English for a decade and the 45-50+ hr weeks has been the norm for her and her colleagues.

I have the impression (from my wife and her coworkers) that it's much easier for elementary and middle school teachers to work the contracted hours and not bring their work home with them.

High school just comes with a lot of extra baggage too.
However, he may not be interested in talking to (or hiring) people who misuse a word and claim that the correct use is a matter of perspective.

We can be descriptive in saying that people use "literally" when they don't mean "literally" - we can also be descriptive when we label such people as ignorant of the meaning of the words they use.
Has anyone else here ridden the maglev in Shanghai out of the airport? My 2c is that it was awesomely fast and convenient.

BUT, I was a little unnerved by how much the train jostled at some points. It was like the supports for the track had sunk in some places leading to the tracks no longer being aligned.

Not really informed by anything concrete, but I think there’s a disaster waiting to happen there. China has nowhere near the safety culture I’m used to in the states.

Now the conventional cars of the Shanghai metro? I really with the west coast of the US had infrastructure like that!
The Shanghai Airport Maglev was built by a German company trying to prove the concept for longer distance maglev construction. It was a failure; it was way too expensive and not meaningfully faster than conventional high speed rail.
Three posts about a large country constitutes a "shill account"? How does one even define "shill account"? Does the same standard apply to posts about USA or companies?
One of my first jobs as a teenager was not software related, but basically just accounting support. A mid-size retail chain had acquired another retailer and needed help going over the books. This was in the 90s and I was basically typing stuff in an Excel sheet and getting a sum. Last day on the job I gave them the bottom-line number of something (revenue?) and my manager looked at it and said it seemed way off. Whatever, I'm done for the summer. Few weeks later there's a story that the company they acquired had lied about their value by a large margin and it was enough to put them out of business forever. Close all their stores and liquidated. I know it was not my fault at all, but I like to think it was my Excel sheet that destroyed them.
English English speaker here: quite is often used both ways. While it is defined as meaning "fairly" it is usually used to mean a little more than that ("the weather is quite nice" means somewhere between "the weather is fair" and "the weather is nice"), it is also used to mean entirely but usually in a sarcastic manner where the juxtaposition of the entirelyness of your intent and the fairlyness of the actually meaning of the word stands out ("oh, you are quite wrong there"). Also, in combination with a negative it usually means entirely (as in "the job isn't quite done yet").

These are far from hard & fast rules though. In spoken situations the intended meaning is generally obvious from tone, in written text it can be quite ambiguous.

There is at least one use where the word means both at once: when it is used on its own: Person one: "The man is an utter 'king imbecile", Person two: "Quite" or P1: "WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!", P2: "Quite". Here it means "I agree (on a binary yes/no level) but I wouldn't put it that strongly". Similar to how "indeed" is often used.
In what, 1998? They have been on RFC1918 for like 20 years.

Source: Worked at Cisco.
I believe that this sort of thing usually isn't worth the trouble. Acts of revenge are rarely really satisfying. Just find a new job at a better-run place. Then email all of your old colleagues about how much better the new place is - maybe you can recruit some of them and get a bonus for that too.
Score on asdf!

The fact that it can do multiple languages and environments is lovely.

My current technique for that is a pseudo-wrapper script that activates each 'env' and runs associated commands with it to set it up, e.g. bash exports, $PATH, etc.

Now I just need to fit asdf into my workflow.
If the initial /var (or /) is broken, then one has bigger problems and probably has to go in manually to fix things.

But for >99% of cases where the system comes up cleanly, and runs cleanly for a period of time, you'll have a bunch of seed files ready to go for the next boot. This configuration optimizes for the common case.
This is a Most Righteous Answer, kissing cousin to The Correct Answer.

Repeating myself, sorry:

I've done a lot of electronic medical records. At the time, SOAP, WSDL, HL7 3.x (XML format) reigned.

Techniques like yours is how our two person team was able to run circles around our much larger partners. In other words, while they were stuck trying to update and compile the XSDs, we just treated inbound data as screen scrapping.

Sharing a tip of my own: while xpath expressions are mostly great, we migrated to globbing expressions. The wildcarding allowed our scrappers to be a lot more flexible, robust in regards to all the chaotic mutant data we were receiving.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_%28programming%29

PS- IMHO, The Correct Answer is to have path expression intrinsics, built right into the language. What LINQ should have been. Imagine if Java had regex intrinsics like Perl, instead of that weird library. Some idea.
Most absolutes spoken about anything are natural fallacies. The truth is that they can. Hell, I see Apple devices that don't update anything including time until you take them out of screen lock, and you see the previous date and charge amount sometimes even after unlock. That is an efficiency based form of race condition.
Looks very similar to stathat... and more expensive. How is it any different?
So this may be interpreted poorly, but why was this murder such a big story in the news? This is a drop in the bucket of Saudi misdeeds.

Is this not in line with the average person’s perception of the Saudi government?
That't not an excuse. You can build infrastructure without violating peoples rights. It may be more difficult but definitely doable. Look at Japan or Europe. This is a political issue based on a missing long term agenda.
These are great.

I miss a page like this for Canada.

In Germany, where I'm originally from, we have geizhals.de for product and price comparison that works a lot like these pages you linked and has been around for ages.

They have an English version you can check out here: https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=nb (this links directly to the Laptop section so you can check out their filtering capabilities).

Here's their listing of price per TB for SSDs which is very much alike the diskprices.com page you linked: https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hdssd&sort=r#productlist
I said the same thing years ago yet I keep coming back for the helpful information. I simply ignore posts like these 99% of the time.
I'm relatively new to Haskell, but Yesod has a good reputation for web application logic, and moreover comes with a free book introducing both itself and Haskell: https://www.yesodweb.com/
How is reducing your choices (for one meal per weekday) to 20% of the menu about anybody having "to convert to vegetarianism"?
I strongly disagreed with them on this particular thread, but I don't get why having pro-China views should be automatically considered "extremely suspicious"?
That use case is perfect for Maglev. Essentially replace Caltrain.
That is comparing with 5.1.5, not 5.3 or 5.4 beta. (The default of comparing x86-32 also does not make sense to me, YMMV.)
Not a vegan, but the most common reasons I have heard cited for plant based foods are ethics of eating animals, the environmental impacts of meat production, and health concerns of meat consumption.

I’m sure even vegetarians/vegans enjoy the taste of meat. But they represent a small market. How can plant based food companies hope to get omnivores to buy their product? Making it similar in taste, texture, appearance seems to be the bet they’re taking.
Preconception alcohol consumption linked to congenital heart disease risk
Maybe they plan a hybrid, so the same train will travel on regular and tunneled tracks.

Though I was expecting that new materials and design could reduce the air friction even more in the future.
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/TOAST
Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all users
I am a meat eater. But growing up in India eating meat was rare (it was too expensive) and even in our house, vegetarian food was the norm. Being vegetarian in the US is not that hard, especially in a place like Seattle, but in India, it’s a non-event. Vegan food on the other hand would be hard.
Pessimistic View of Life
Indeed. Mike Pall blows them out of the water single-handedly. I wonder if Lua developers have learnt anything from him with respect to performance. I would like to see how Lua 5.4.0 would perform in comparison.
The article doesn't go into enough details for us to evaluate the study.

Some possible scenarios:

They offered meat-free options that mirrored the meat-containing options. For example, they had beef lasagna and as an alternative vegetarian lasagna. If this dramatically increased the selection of vegetarian options it seems like a good indicator that there was a preference for meat free options that wasn't being satisfied.

They offered meat-free lasagna as an additional option, independent of the other available choices (so no 'regular' lasagna was offered at the same time). If this increased selection of vegetarian options, it tells us absolutely nothing. It's quite possible that many people 'felt like lasagna' that day, and that was that. To phrase this scenario another way: they could increase the selection of vegetarian options to 100% by eliminating all meat from the cafeteria, but this wouldn't demonstrate any preference for vegetarian by the customers.

Since whoever wrote this article didn't mention the methodology, my guess is that the methodology is more like my second scenario, which is to say that it was not a meaningful study but they don't want to say that because they are pushing an agenda. Either that or it's incompetence, I think Hanlon's Razor attaches at this point.
I agree - but it's such a simple concept I felt silly not putting it out there and trying.
In New Orleans they slid envelopes addressed to “Dear Neighbor” under everyone’s front door with an advertisement to Shen Yun inside
It's not a language problem that you need a 4am custom fix.

It can be a language problem if the person who needs to do a 4am custom fix can't understand what the code is supposed to do.

Or to put it another way: I'd much rather be debugging some BASIC code at 4am than some Brainfuck code.
Cauliflower costs substantially more than flour, if I were to guess.

The plant based patties are highly processed and much lower volume.

Why would you expect these things to cost the same?