skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
And how exactly would you know that? There is a great deal of animosity towards police right now in HK. A very small minority of protestors have demonstrated willingness to apply violence, and police (including off-duty officers) have been attacked in the open on more than one occasion. So I don’t think it’s inconceivable that the availability of a crowdsourced map might increase such incidents.

Of course, this is going to end up being a pretext to ban the website too, which is going to introduce China-style internet censorship to HK. Nobody wants that. The way things are going, though, I don’t see how else this can go.
If you then proceeded to Castro and made a right, you can see the Waymos misread that intersection every damn time.

I've also seen Waymos make panicked Lane changes near the JCC many times, willing to come to a dead stop in the right lane and wait indefinitely for a break, even though it's an easy go-down-another-block-and-Uturn
It's a cute puppy icon, and nobody is trying to be neutral.
The Camp fire was legally PG&E's fault, and you can blame them for not maintaining their equipment and starting a fire, but you can't blame them for the magnitude of the fire. The Camp fire was so huge because:

a) Large parts of California have fire as part of their natural ecological lifecycle. In most of the U.S., downfall wood rots, but in most of California, it's too dry so it just sits there building up until it catches on fire.

b) People like to live near or in the woods, like they can in other states, so they lobby the government to suppress fires. Suppressing fires causes more buildup of downfall wood. If fires are always suppressed, the energy will simply keep building up until it can support a fire so fast and so extreme that it cannot be contained by Cal Fire.

c) We're experiencing some changes in the climate, and we just got out of a huge drought that killed off a very large number of trees in California.

There will always be ignition sources, whether it's a camp fire, a cigarette, power lines, an arsonist, a truck with a hot catalytic converter parked over dry grass, or lightning, large amounts of combustible material laying on the ground will eventually burn. If we just say the problem is poorly maintained power lines and fix all of them, or turn off the power for weeks every year, nothing will change. The fuel will still be there and eventually something will light it on fire.

I highly recommend this lecture by Stephen Pyne that goes into all of this and has some extremely interesting information about the history of fire suppression in the U.S., and how the Native Americans learned how to effectively manage fire in California over centuries. http://longnow.org/seminars/02016/feb/09/fire-slow-fire-fast...
IANAL, but ISTM you'd need to suffer through a bit of #3 before judges would let you try #1...
You'd think this would be the last moment they'd want to do something like this, given the Blizzard fiasco.
Maybe I assume too much skulduggery on the part of Ballmer-era "THE GPL IS CANCER! LINUX IS CANCER!" Microsoft when it comes to something which attempts to hurt Linux.
They're not meant to be useful from the perspective of cryptography, in the same way as learning textbook RSA is not useful in that sense. They're useful in the sense that people want to have some faint clue of what's happening.
I guess one thing that is obvious, is that an oppressive country like China can never win the race to attract the brightest, most creative minds. Nowadays people have options on where to live and from what I can see, these kind of people mostly prefer to live in more liberal societies.
Stuck. Everything else is perfect idiomatic English.
Wow, literally "Fuck you, got mine" mentality here with all its ugliness on display!

So if it makes you a buck, a billion people should suffer under the rule of a despot?
What a shallow reading! The point is that you can have wonderful individuals in an otherwise hostile culture. Or, human connections transcend barriers. I’ve had similar experiences as a foreigner in China among other countries.
I suspect it's because the farther down the rule list you go, the more complicated the rules get.

Password cracking often uses rule lists to modify known passwords lists in some way (adding 123 to the end, for example). These get more complicated towards the end so they take more operations.
If they really want to shake up tax dodging, then make taxes based on revenue, not profit.
Apple Rebans Police-Tracking App Used in Hong Kong Protests from Its App Store
Good point, and I agree I wasn't clear.

When the GP said don't use that computer for handling PII, I thought of PII on the machine itself (e.g. local files). That might have been a misunderstanding, and my response mixed up two ideas in an unclear way:

1. The terminal with a vulnerability is likely to be the attack vector for compromising that computer in the first place, because the terminal receives output from basically everything in your fleet, and all the data you interact with, if your work is command line heavy. The more data you handle through that one machine and terminal (including PII, which can be a source of unsanitised data), the more likely the compromise is to find a way.

2. Handling PII that resides on other machines is also compromised by the terminal problem on the local machine.
>It makes me uncomfortable that every coffee shop I’m going to knows every site that I’m visiting.

Indeed. Especially in light of what we've learned from Starbucks whistle-blower Edmund Slowben.
Thankfully the Cloudflare Internet Agency is here to help, on a mission to make the entire Internet secure by having all of it go through their data centers. We're reaching a new echelon of Internet security, and the best thing is that it's completely free!
Which is actually more confusing.
This is their Blizzard moment.

So Apple are just the same as Google , Facebook and the rest of them , top please their shareholders for the almighty buck.

So the lesson here is to rather use the Android platform if you want "freedom".
You may want to look at XPCOM. At one point it interoperated with MS COM, and it might still.
The article is correct, but it's also less than relevant for most people outside the UK, unless they live on the Isle of Man.

British politics provides endless wells of "Well, actually..." any time anyone says something about the subject. Shades of Mornington Crescent.
But what do Freemasons do? How do I know if I'm right for the organization?
It's not about making a buck. It's nationalism. Check user history.
this fools turn the power off so cell phones and radios will not work but they ham radio is not needed!
you know what you miss out on on the internet? being able to take little moments of silence to mull over things while sharing a pitcher of beer with your debate antagonist. we lose out on bonding time and unspoken comraderie and the straight-up emotional information content that invisibly flows between people near each other.

despite such words on the web, most americans and chinese folks don't hate each other, and we'd get along fine if circumstances put us in close proximity. don't lose your faith in humanity because you can't feel the other person at their keyboard.
Thanks for suggestions. Seems like it is a standard process to convert to grey scale prior to OCR anyway. :-)
In a perhaps humorous way to look at a difficult situation, this was all started because of some memes about Pro Basketball. It's sort of snowballed from there, but maybe this is a good cultural touchstone to comment on. American culture permeates a lot of world culture. It dominates pretty much everything. China thought it could import some of it, and then export some of theirs back when the taste of what they'd brought in started to sour. Not so, it seems. Americans like their crass free speech and their memes.

...

I'm actually fairly amenable to arguments about national sovereignty and am willing to hear ones about how we (read: the West) need to back off about Hong Kong because, well, we made that deal and China wants to follow through with integrating them into the Mainland. That has been the plan since 1990s. But is this the price I have to pay? Importing Chinese cultural norms to my country? My pro sports stars literally kowtowing to insistence that we "respect" the wishes of an authoritarian Communist government? Fans at games getting kicked out for waving Hong Kong flags? Well fuck that, and fuck anyone who thinks that's just "the cost of doing business". We've let this charade go on long enough. Since the 1990s we've pretended that the more their economy "liberalized" the more they'd become "open" to "democracy". This is a rhetorical ploy, used by elites to mostly just enrich themselves in the process of selling out the rest of us - via IP theft or moving the manufacturing base elsewhere to save some basis points. Free Trade Maximalism is what got us here, and yeah you get cheap goods from China ... but is it really worth it. No really. Is it worth this?

Here's what this is really about, and what people who are upset about this are really getting at: we're pretty dissatisfied with how US corporations (and our own government, frankly) have behaved for the last ~30 years or so. It's manifesting with the NBA and video games in China because that pulls in a lot of cash right now and it's run by a lot of characters we don't really like (video games more so than the NBA, if I'm being fair). So, yes, people should be mad at the behavior of Chinese corporations and the Chinese government (but I repeat myself) ... who they should also be mad at is leaders of US corporations who haven't had anything else as a goal but maximizing shareholder returns on a time horizon that matters for no one but themselves.
You can have fun, but your joke has to be funny and original. Edit: Maybe just funny.
> This is not a thing that has happened.

Neither have US elections in 2020. Both are likely to happen if current tendencies keep in the future, which makes it sensible to discuss what would happen then. We see people fired or under threat of firing for social media posts all the time. Is it cause for concern for everybody right now? No, not yet. Does it happen frequently enough that it might become an issue in the future? IMO, yes, absolutely.

> This is someone sitting on the sidelines and making guesses.

These are not just abstract guesses made out of nothing on a whim. Those are educated guesses made following current trends - as much as speaking about who would win 2020 US elections. In both cases, nobody knows the answer until it happens. In both cases, it still makes sense to talk about it because it is important, it might happen, and talking about it now might prevent undesirable result in the future.
It is not about being useful, it is about there being zero experimental evidence for string theory.
Assyria was a superpower for a lot longer than the USA has even existed. Their relationships with their neighbors was almost entirely antagonistic.

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f4af/bb82f1b7920fa9444e29eb...

Nearly the entire history of the Ancient Near East was superpowers antagonizing their neighbors. Throughout human history, superpowers NOT antagonizing their neighbors is almost unheard of. The easiest way to become a superpower, historically, was to antagonize your neighbors.
Ask HN: What do you use for personal daily goals?
What's your take on pen & paper vs web/mobile apps for your todo lists and short-term, long-term goals?
We don’t charge for storage, it’s just a cost for us.
fzf is arguably more useful and replaces this and ctrl+r too
I was under the impression that Deng Xiaoping had similar levels of influence and power during his first 10 years in power and that he stepped down due to a weakened influence following Tiananmen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_Nati...

This probably would have gone down differently had the occupants not been armed.

Then the main perpetrators were not convicted in court either.
All. They require all of the cash.
This was how the British handled the last HK riot https://m.facebook.com/WeNewsHK/videos/2622449657812763
How is China older than Rome? I see no more continuity in culture or society between those.
I work mostly in Python for data analytics but I like to play with front end from time to time. So I tried elm. I loved learning about the elm architecture and the concepts of a ml type of language. But the community and the principles of it threw me off. I need a simple parser and found this https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm-tools/parser/lates...

I guess if you have a CS degree you can understand how that parser works, I couldn’t. The community tried to help me on the forums but you are supposed to know a lot of key functional concepts to even understand their answers.

Then I learned about how they decided to throw away Javascript interops. I mean I love benevolent dictators but this was too much. Just fyi their benevolent dictator thinks if you need a library you should program it yourself. I can see his point but in Python word there are so many amazing libraries. That principle sounds good in theory but it’s theory, the rest or the world thrives with libraries.

However I became a better programmer thanks to elm. I would love for something like ocaml to pick up more steam in data analytics. I think though python won that battle for good principles (easy to use) and not for being functional, or controlling side effects or having less bugs. If you think about it that’s exactly why Excel is still so popular, it’s a monster but it’s easy to use.
Choosing one debatable point out of a decade plus of litigation involving a dozen entities, millions of pages of legal fillings, untold legal rulings, and declaring "this summarizes the whole thing" is in the best possible case a dubious conclusion.

In this case it's ridiculous.
Yes, quantum gravity is searched for. String theory is not quantum gravity, it is a specific approach to quantum gravity that has not been very fruitful.
Lucky we spend so much time worrying about cyber hackers taking out the power grid.

Perhaps leaving mostly flights of fantasy and analysing real issues is what we need to concentrate on.

People WILL die because of this.

The only question is around how many, and perhaps how many this might save given we are, where we are.

Without trying to put a estimated number of deaths caused, we won't get anywhere.
> So Apple are just the same as Google

> So the lesson here is to rather use the Android platform

..... do people even read the scripts they're given
> Slamming on the brakes for a plastic bag is not the universal safer choice.

...I didn't say it was. And you call me the one making assumptions.

> reaction/breaking time is meaningless without timely recognition.

If it can't quickly recognize large moving objects then it's not qualified to drive at all. I'm assuming it can do that because self-driving at all is part of the premise.

(Well, specifically the recognition is necessary for basic driving functionality, and being faster is a matter of adding compute power and using cameras at least as fast as the ones in an iphone.)
Not very long ago, people would have just improvised solutions to not having power. For classrooms with windows, do a lecture without PowerPoint. For those without, maybe set up some battery powered lighting, open the doors, or just hold the lecture on the lawn.

I am very dismayed with the recent tendency in America for administrators of institutions to just give up when the slightest obstacle is put in their path.
Moving an economy from real things to services and ideas begs many questions, not the least of which is "what does price even mean" because the cost/price nexus had some meaning with real goods, but has almost no meaning with services and ideas.

A perfect cure for age related death is worth so much, it probably has undefined value. A TV show as a bitstream is worth nothing (bits ephemerally have no value), can be infinitely copied, and yet IPR law defines its value as a function of the lock on the disney vault.
Actual, non-Google/AMP URL from OP: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/16/zelle-users-are-finding-ou...
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Maybe. I think nuclear weapons are a deterrent for these world wars that happened in the 20th century and I agree on that point.

But the cold war still happened and it lasted a long time and there were many proxy wars fought in the process.

If world economy tanked for some reason and we found ourselves in another great depression, then all bets are off, though. Desperate people will do desperate things. They are more easily manipulated.

Any number of things could shift and the world is not as well put together as we would like to believe. It's a lot of duct tape and glue holding the whole thing together.
Interesting, yeah the Safeways I've been to have all had price per ounce pretty consistently.

What is a bit irritating is having to recalculate when items are discounted.
Or we could stop subsidizing people who build in flood prone areas.
Swedish tech firm hands Hong Kong protesters free security keys
No , because there’s only one major newspapers that is pro democracy. All other major media is either centrist controlled by businessman, or flat out pro-CCP.

But even back in 2008, the pro-democracy paper namely Apple Daily also was celebrating our Chinese identity, and praising china’s progress.
I realized a few years ago that not knowing anyone at a party is better than going to a party knowing everyone and not wanting to talk to a single one of them.
Is Waze still on their app store?

Police/Gov't can use apps/devices to spy on citizens, but how dare we reciprocate. Dark times.
The Chinese Government shakedown works like the mob. First they ask for a small favor, and then as you get deeper and deeper in the web, the demands increase. If you've already censored the NYTimes, then Quartz, why not a maps app?

It's time the world took collective action (which we're beginning to see) to push back before self-censorship with the threat of coordinated "spontaneous patriotism" creates a new norm where apps that empower hate by the Chinese state is "acceptable" like WeChat and all other apps are banned for frivolous reasons.
What about Guantanamo Bay?
I've read stories of wonderful individuals who were also Nazis, but the Nazis still needed to be destroyed.
The letter from Cal Fire says:

> I do understand and appreciate all of the service you have provided in the past. However, with
> constantly changing technological advances, there is no longer the same benefit to State as
> previously provided. Therefore, the Department no longer financially supports HAM operators
> radios or tenancy. If you desire to enter into a formal agreement to operate and maintain said
> equipment, you must complete and submit attached collocation application along with fee as
> outlined on page one of application.

> There is cost associated with getting an agreement in place. In addition to the technical
> analysis fee ($2500/application), there is DGS Lease admin cost associated (typically between
> $3000-$5000) with preparation of lease. Also, there will be an annual rent charge based upon
> equipment type/space.

>Please let me know how you wish to proceed. If you determine the cost is too great to proceed,
> please make arrangements with me to remove equipment. If you still have questions, please do
> not hesitate to ask. I am much more readily available via email.

If no action is taken, they will dissolve the network by removing the equipment.

There is no evidence to propose that the reason they are charging the hams is because they are charging their commercial tenants.

It also seems like an excuse, that it might be illegal to "gift" the hams a place on the tower. We'll probably reach that level of glorification of property rights soon, but for now, I'm assuming that it was legal to let the ham equipment reside there in previous years.

Someone decided they didn't want the things there any more, and this is the way they decided to do it. These new requirements are not the reason, but the implementation.

If someone says "the policy says so," and they make the policy, that's an excuse, not a reason.

I want to know what the original reason was.
Trump allegedly offered silence on Hong Kong: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/politics/trump-xi-hong-kong-p...
China has had dynasty changes and civil wars for sure. But the language and culture are continuous for thousands of years. How many people speak Latin these days versus Mandarin?
They ‘require’ as much as the shareholders expect (or more). Shareholders expect growth.... forever!
Then by the same logic, WeChat should be banned since it's clearly documented to be used by Chinese Trolls to attack protesters in Australia and Canada.
Don't change your opinion based on one random comment.
To ensure I am following the story correctly:

- Oct 6th: Apple first rejected the app [0],

- Oct 8th: Apple then approved it after criticism for rejection [1]

- Oct 9th: Apple removed it after criticism from the CPC (this story)

[0]: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-hk-protest-map...

[1]: https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3032001/apple-...
Can you do an English TLDR?

The scary part of the Chinese strategy is conteolling people with AI and social credit score together. So far it seems that it works.
> so I am wondering if these repeaters reside on Cal fire owned property

The linked article is a terrible source sadly for understanding the full picture. Yes, the gear in question is located on state owned property and have been allowed there without anything more than a handshake agreement historically.
A well-run society recognizes the incredible value offered by volunteers, and tries to help them succeed. Often that means giving them things for free when possible (e.g. when the US government gives tax breaks to non-profit organizations.)

In the software world, the equivalent is free accounts for open-source projects at places like GitHub and TravisCI.
When have "SJWs" ever lobbied to pull maps or other public information or safety resources? Can you come up with one example?

The language is only one component in a given scenario. What the language is being deployed to do is very important. Murderers can use the same language in their court defenses as innocent people.
No, to sum it up: bad, immoral, oppressive governments do not reflect the perfectly good human qualities of some/most of the population they govern. Hate the Chinese government, not the Chinese people.
The (Fake) 'Free Public WiFi' You Always See at Airports
I.e., "Look what you made us do!"

The Santa Rosa fire started from five+ places where wires swung and arced and set surrounding branches on fire. They just sent a crew out to each one. If after the fifth incident, they had cut power for just a few hours, there would have been no conflagration. If they had cut back the branches so they did not surround the wires, as they are expected to do and used to do, there would have been no conflagration.

This is PGE very clearly demanding that the state act to free them from their responsibilities. If the state does, PGE thould also be freed from any responsibility to return a profit to shareholders, or to pay salaries to existing executives.
I wonder if Apple would ban an app that helped users identity products made in China (so they could buy alternatives). That might be an interesting test.
Post helpful/useful comments. The karma will come.
Your account was created 6 days ago.
What is sort of practical temperature differential can you achieve? Eg, would you expect to get ice if ambient was 50-deg F? How about 80-deg F?
Even for on-screen controls, we're missing tooltips on hover which I think are a crucial part of discoverability for programs on a desktop PC. You don't get that on mobile (at best you get a 'new user tour', and have to remember every button up front, or pity you).

Maybe one day they can get the camera to do some creepy eye scanning and pop up tooltips based on what we are staring at.