skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If you haven't, take a look at the crowd sourced real-time lightning maps. Loads if sensors are scattered world-wide triangulating lightning strikes - there are even websites that estimate the sound wave as it grows & you'll hear the thunder right as the circle envelopes your location. Very fun to play around with during storms!
Is that the perception?

Why not:

If they were willing to turn over Jewish assets to the Nazis so easily, despite being "neutral", maybe you can't trust them to keep your stuff safe.
According to this here web site, it also forbids outer joins, which is probably what I was remembering.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/vi...
I'm confused: is there something other than a hand wavy splash page at this address?
Here's a start https://github.com/Jam3/math-as-code
Some might say it's the same drive that makes one pursue becoming a CEO in the first place that makes one incapable of giving it up. The whole industriousness characteristic of the five-factor model that men in particular have evolved to take, if you're into that.
PostgreSQL with PostgREST might be enough for your needs if you’re mostly reading/writing to the DB. Can run on your own server, cloud, Heroku, etc.
tl;dr For a MSc try to choose a department with strong faculty in your area of interest.

I've been both at Cambridge and Oxford. I think Oxford has had a much better CS department for a number of years. A lot of Cambridge faculty was hired by Microsoft Research long ago and they never recovered. Google Brain has also drained a lot of their talent lately, mostly from the Engineering Department.

Oxford has tons of famous people now: Luca Cardelli, Marta Kwiatkowska (formal methods), Yee Whye Teh (Bayesian non parametrics), Dan Olteanu (database systems) and others.

As for mainland Europe, I agree ETH and EPFL are probably among the top. I would also consider French CS, which is super good. Any French department associated with an INRIA in the topic you are interested in might be a great choice. In particular, ENS Paris might rival with ETH or EPFL in terms of quality.

Lots of smaller Scandinavian, German and Belgian / Dutch unies might be a great choice too. E.g. UCL Louvain, DTU, etc. It really depends on what you wanna do.
I would love love love if this gave me a way to run Photoshop or other Win/Mac only apps from my Linux laptop. Let us request Ubuntu!

(Although millstone's comment makes me wary to suggest you do anything with Adobe's software...might want to be careful there)
Citrix wasn't the only virtual desktop solution, and there are even more now; Azure and AWS each have them in their portfolio of cloud services, for instance.
Coincidentally, the grad student who programmed the thing, Marc Donner, is now director of global tech sites at ... wait for it ... Uber!
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/xfunc-c.html
This. Issues are often used as interactive FAQs and it feels weird to have to go to SO if I don’t want to pollute a project’s issues just to ask a question.
Looks like the original company behind Kik Messenger and that coin sold Messenger to another company rather than shutting it down themselves.
Most C levels I know don't consider work to be work in the way you'd consider a 9-5 position - to be in that position with challenges that can take years to overcome, and recognition... Its not a stretch to see why some enjoy it enough to spend their time on it.

I see many in retirement that are just as consumed by their hobbies as they were with their careers.

Spending that time away from family however is difficult to justify.
You can write postgres functions in c, python, tcl, and perl. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/xplang.html
The Stunning Escape of El Chapo’s Son: It’s Like ‘A Bad Netflix Show’
Why are journalists still calling this an 'anti-stall' system. It's not, and it's so deceptive about what it actually does. The crashes had nothing to do with stalls, the system does nothing to prevent stalls, and the safety regulations that brought it about are only indirectly related to stalls.

The system affects how the flight stick feels and that's really it. The more you pull up (higher AoA), the more force is needed on the stick. That's supposed to be linear within some margin of error. The big fat new engines took it out of the linear envelope, making it a bit lighter than it 'should' be at high AoA as the engines caught the wind. They either fixed this, or else needed a new type rating (pilots can't hold more than one, so it's a huge issue for existing operators of 737s).

The solution was MCAS which, as originally designed, wasn't powerful enough to cause problems. But test pilots said that the stick was still a bit light, so they reworked it and made it way too strong, while still being invisible to pilots and lacking the reliability of a critical system. Then several hundred people died.
Currently a dev at BW. Happy to answer any questions.
That’s actually pretty slick. I’d pay a fair bit of money for SQL Server to have computed indexes like that.
If you can give me a way to do iOS development remotely without needing a mac I'll throw money at you.
I would love to see the iterations that led to that final design, because there's almost nothing conventional about it. I know they spent a surprising amount of time just on the hook.

https://www.wired.com/story/wing-alphabet-x-drone-engineerin...
How would this ever compete with land-based delivery? What are the numbers?
One was eventually built, sort of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_Tower
Not necessarily, because it can be debated whether posting something on the internet really counts as publishing, and whether most internet content is original enough to be eligible for protection. A good example of people who are probably violating this law would be webcomic artists.

But I do think the world would be a better place if we added new legislation to require platforms to submit archives of their public content. Perhaps LoC should also be funded to scrape the web to capture smaller sites.
It would be nice if there was a way to manually enter location, since the location API on desktop is for me inaccurate by hundreds of miles.
You end up with the same debate. Should fake news be on the blacklist, or just porn, or just things that are actually illegal? I want all three and an ad blocker as well.
This type of authentic and honest response is why I come to HN. Thank you for sharing and I hope you get some good news soon.
For those who love Space Quest, check out Snail Trek. It's like a modern made love letter to Space Quest.

http://snailtrek.com
Exploring Semi-Automatic Map Labeling
Surely this is a top gaming achievement of all time.
One point that wasn't mentioned in the podcast, but that I thought of, was that if you had sort of blockchain that meant the data could not be deleted.
Yeah, i3 is awesome. Sidenote: r/unixporn is probably one of my favorite subreddits, its where I discovered the capability of i3 and always go there for inspiration.
The hook was what I remembered the most from their video 5 years ago though!

https://youtu.be/cRTNvWcx9Oo?t=67
Was hoping for flow field pathfinding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bovlsENv1g4

https://leifnode.com/2013/12/flow-field-pathfinding/
You could really show you don't care by not posting at all.
What tech is the remote desktop based on? VNC?

Quite curious about how you keep the latency low enough that it to type in an editor.
Ask HN: What do you use for cohort analysis?
What tools do you use and what particular things do you look at for your application? I know Google Analytics supports cohort analysis, but I was wondering if anyone had a good detailed article/tutorial on using it with custom tags, etc.
Then see thaumaturgy’s comment above about how suppliers and insurances do this in the current system.
I use it for Elm development. https://github.com/kraklin/elm-debug-transformer. Please let me know where it is discussed, so I can contribute.
While I'm always excited by reading these articles, my mind always goes back to the boring problems like privacy and noise.
Absolutely, explicit vs implicit is part of imperative vs. functional. And doing more with less information is elegant - and has a deeper significance in terms of Occam's Razor, that simplicity tends to closer to the truth, and therefore generalizes better. And, like pg's take, shorter code means less code to write, to read, to modify.

There can be leakage, when the given model is not perfectly accurate, and you need the true implementation details (this also happens for imperative code - it can be very helpful to have source of libraries) - in debugging, in performance,
in working out how to do things.

But I feel a general issue is that it might not be a good fit for the human code processing system... Our interactions in the real world are more like imperative programming - not just familiarity, but how we evolved. This issue is similar to how quantum physics and relativity aren't a good match to the human physics system, which seems to be the mechanical/contact theory. To convert things to recursion is like working out an inductive proof - you can do it, but it is harder and more work than just getting it done in the first place.

A specific issue about this is that functional recursion is based on the previous step, whereas imperative code is usually based on the starting step. Like, build a new list at each recursion vs. indices into the input list. The latter is easier because it's always the same thing being indexed, instead of changing with each recursion.
Given enough time, even black holes explode. Hypothetically of course.
Actually that's not true in a lot of the world. If you or your society are harmed by the lies, you can seek damages.
This is awesome, but the closest volcano it brought up for me is a dormant one. It would be nice to see closest active volcano.
'Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
You will never find the life for which you are looking.
When the gods created man
they alloted to him death,
but life they retained in their own keeping.
As for you, Gilgamesh,
fill your belly with good things;
day and night, night and day, dance and be merry,
feast and rejoice.
Let your clothes be fresh,
bathe yourself in water,
cherish the little child that holds your hand,
and make your wife happy in your embrace;
for this too is the lot of man.'
I'll try doing something about that, but browsers control the clipboard in a pretty manipulative way. My current opinion is that they should allow apps to request clipboard access, rather than trying to restrict them completely as they do today.
Rereading, I'm struck by this quote:

> If those distribution differences were constant over a long time, say a thousand years, and constant globally, then your argument might have a leg to stand on.

So your standard of proof here 1000 years of studies, until you can agree that there is a chance this could be true.

Obviously, nothing anyone can say convince someone with such firm beliefs.

I agree there is miscommunication. I've been as clear as I can be, and I don't think any amount of me restating things can reach you.
I have no numbers but if executed properly it should reduce the number of people required in the total delivery process and it should in faster delivery.
The larger size does make it easier to read at night. Mine's got an analog dial and also a digital screen. Nice to have a stopwatch as well as a clock in zulu time, as most people you talk to will want time in that zone. The pure software based smart watches give some interesting options. I keep meaning to pick one up just to code with.

There are certainly gimmicks. I can't think of anyone who has actually used an E6B flight computer watch to do any real calculation -- just a prop. :)
Thimbleweed Park.
Devils Tower for much of the east cost US I'm guessing?
Work That's Fulfilling
That's a great point. If you look at it, it makes sense because it's much easier to load balance packages that might have off-center mass when you have linear rails with multiple propellers like that, and for forward speed and longevity the wings make sense, but... what else did they try first? I feel like there must have been a dozen steps from quadcopter to osprey-like VTOL to gyrocopter to this.
Electric Hummer could be part of GM's move into EV trucks, SUVs
https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5688760/the-navy-built-an-...

They do make a fairly substantial effort.
I have no idea how loud these things are but I suspect that they would be less noisy than a typical UPS/Fedex truck.
Rest in peace Lockheed VentureStar :(
Citation?

As someone who knows a fair amount about the underlying mechanics behind how GPS signals work, it sounds like you are misinformed. That said, never wise to assume, so I’m happy to be proven wrong.
Interesting to note that the description of how the flags and main loop works in practice makes the resulting program close to ladder logic,[0] still used in programming PLCs. Having used it the global state is annoying at first but does make the program easy to reason about.

The ladders inputs and outputs almost become like a set of invariants like you would find in a functional program, but the monad for state is implicit.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladder_logic
And now i have my next weekend project keyyed up :)
Similar to how we percieve our food as normal compared to other countries food; we all see things differently, where you grow up changes perspective a lot. In my experience, I have never been negative enough to think badly about my country or my culture. It is a matter of being a positive person and putting yourself in others shoes and realizing how amazing everything can seem. Get yourself a foreign friend, you're set.
This video is exactly two years old, the drone looked the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_zoJfkElmw
There haven't been a lot of species that are all genetic clones of each other until recently, either. Such a condition makes the arrival of a superbug much more likely.

A species entirely made up of genetic clones is what this whole thread is about. I'm surprised you missed this.
When Windows was new, Microsoft was militant about everybody sticking to the common controls. They wanted people to get used to how they operated, so that they would be able to instantly operate a new app for the first time.
They fly high enough that the noise is barely above background levels.
And the bazooka. In the later games you could use adjectives so you could have "flying shoes" that worked like a jetpack
If I'm in range of an EV drone, it's very likely I'm in range of an EV truck. The truck doesn't have to hover. So I would suspect the opposite - perhaps even compared to an idling diesel truck - because drone props tend to sit right in the really irritating whining spot of the spectrum.
Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"[1] was one of the demos on the Amiga 1000 that I still remember. Impressive in 1986. I was looking for it and couldn't find it on Youtube a few months ago, but that may be because I perennially confuse it with Beethoven's Ode to Joy.

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=522uWGQV134
I don't think it's really meant to compete directly to start with. This is a technology PoC that will be initially be used to deliver small, "I need it now" packages to locations that are easily air-accessible but might be a pain to get to via driving. In the future it's likely this will be a complement to normal ground-based delivery for heavier packages and packages in high-density areas, probably with a "mothership" ground vehicle or small local warehouse as a base of operations.
> And it reminds me how the web was, a few years ago

The web was never a place where technical blogs included vapid selfies. There'd be a bio pic at the most. What message do the vapid selfies convey on this page? What sense do they make to you that others are missing out on?
This is a very surprising topic. Why should anything be different?

But it's not about rotation not matching direction of motion around the sun. It's more about how climates on the continents, as they lie, would be affected by jet streams and ocean currents which are driven by earth's rotation. They would encounter the coastlines and mountain ranges from different directions. On the real earth, for example, we see England and Norway oddly warm, equatorial Africa oddly dry, the Amazon uniquely wet. This being about fluid dynamics, every detail is unpredictable, from an armchair perspective. Some alterations seem sensible, but that sense is too frequently illusory.
The only problem with Microsoft is that they delight in rearranging their web site. I'll bet that link is dead within a year.
How Harold Bloom, the Late Literary Critic, Helped Me Write the End of Science
How to Market a Marijuana Startup
Dont all maps have north 'up's? I'm curious if there are maps that invert this.
User defined functions[1] in MySQL are dynamic libraries which are loaded and then you attach a function name to. A common example might be a hashing function that you want the DB to understand.[2]

That said, I bet just about every database supports something similar (and postgres' equivalent has already been provided by a sibling comment).

1: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/create-function-udf....

2: https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server/LATEST/management...
That's doubtful. I can hear drones buzzing when they're over 500 feet away, and they're loud enough to be annoying (and those aren't carrying payloads so they are significantly lighter). Are they really using hundreds of feet of cable to drop the packages?
Huh. It's just a black screen with a red "Calculating..." in the upper left corner and a Bitcoin wallet in the upper right. Nothing else. Safari 12.1.2
factorio generates terrain on the fly so this isnt possible. also you alter the terrain by placing stuff on it.
Closest to me (in Austin, TX) is the massive Carrizozo Lava Flow in NM. I've actually been there via the Valley of Fires State Park. It's an amazing place, and seems to be usually empty- definitely worth a visit if you're in the area!
I don't get the API thing? Who is going to say what functions and data are exposed? Why do these services have to pay to host these extra services? Just because we say so? What businesses does it apply to? Does my business have to have open databases?
> Every company is subject to the opinions of the public

When was the last time that the phone company was protested because it refused to censor certain people?

The answer is that this basically never happens.

> What do you think that webhost would do if enough people followed suit?

Well, if it was illegal for webhosts to refuse service to groups, then I don't think that these webhosts would be protested, or whatever, for not censoring certain groups.

> trying to be neutral doesn't even insulate you from those opinions

Which is why I want to give networks an excuse, where they can say "Sorry everyone! It is completely out of our hands! We can't censor them even if we wanted to."

> I switched hosts

And if every host is hosting controversial content, then you won't be able to find any that isn't being neutral.

Have you changed your phone provider, because Nazis are using AT&T to make phone calls? I doubt it.
Yeah sure fancy plans but how do you implement them? Just grabbing the earth to stop it is hard, and thats just half the acceleration. It turns out the planet is distressingly blobby for such geoengineering projects.
Absolutely agree, those were incredible. Looking things up on the web is a pale substitute.
The Pink Panther Has Jaundice?
I know I am not the only one that has noticed this but as a kid I never questioned the yellow eyes of The Pink Panther. Seeing them now confuses me, why would he have yellow eyes? Is he jaundiced? Does The Pink Panther have a drinking problem??? I know this is dumb to question because he is literally pink, but I still want to know why this decision was made. Any suggestions?
- Took some big decisions purely based on emotions, not my brain.

- Wasted a hell lot of time doing nothing meaningful.

- Held back myself, when I should not have.
The Usefulness of Managers
The easiest way to run code in response to Github events is using Github's built-in webhooks for a repo. I made a video showing you how to set that up to forward events from your repo (e.g. every time you merge a branch to master), then run code on Pipedream in response:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZGNP1-1vyg&feature=youtu.be

You can load the workflow I created for the video here:

https://pipedream.com/@dylburger/template-workflow-to-proces...

and press the Fork button in the top right to create a copy of it in your own account. You can modify that copy and run it for free.

The video isn't perfectly polished and I made a few mistakes, but we've built Pipedream to make it easy to debug your workflows, too, so I hope the mistakes help you understand part of its power!

A couple of notes on your specific use case:

* There's no webhook event for new commits. A PR (like I show in the video) or a push might be the best event to listen for. You can then run Node code to list commits associated with that push. See the API docs for commits here: https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/commits/ .
* I wasn't sure specifically what build process you wanted to run, so I end the video reviewing how to add new steps to the workflow and walk through a few options: you can run any Node.js code or any of our pre-built actions. You have access to the /tmp dir on Pipedream and can use a package like child_process [1] to spawn some commands if you need to run anything on the shell. Unfortunately you don't have access to a full shell but let me know if what we provide works or doesn't — we'd love the feedback.

Let me know if that helps or if you have any questions!

[1] https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/node-js-child-processes-ev...
Are we talking about the same Medicare? Because Medicare today absolutely does have the ability to say "do these things or you won't get paid".
Happens on Chrome as well. Approve location permissions and refresh.
How is this different than https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/
> The dogma is that you can't capture skill, experience and intelligence in a checklist.

I would bring up airplanes if someone was skeptical of their effectiveness. Pilots have all of those qualities, and they are responsible for almost six hundred lives (A380) at times.

Pilots are basically legally required to follow checklists.

If using checklists is good enough for the FAA, they're probably good enough for just about anyone.
> at least politics isn't influenced by Apps

Maybe. https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921300/rebulicans-demo...
Looks like volcanos are provided by a giant static JSON file. I'm curious, where/how was this data compiled?

Regardless, very cool.
how does this game claim to only need 100MB of ram? small maps sizes?

edit: woops i remembered wrong. i wonder how sales are going for this game?
Sorry, I didn't mean to attribute those words to you, but I could have been clearer.

What I'm saying is that there's no evidence that an M4A system would have any more ability to push back on provider costs than new federal regulations that didn't switch to a single payer model wouldn't be able to do, and further, no evidence that any of the existing M4A plans really target costs at all.
I’d definitely prefer a build-level option. Some of us are working with some internal systems that haven’t (yet) been embraced by the loving arms of automation.
Happiness and history: How to reveal a country’s sense of its own well-being
Drone deliveries is one of those ideas that look simple and always almost within reach, but the more people try them the more they reveal their complexity.

I wonder why hasn't any company just proposed or built a network of pipes in which autonomous pods can zip around to deliver goods. Doesn't seem too expensive- the pipes don't even need to be interred outside cities and they don't need to be huge- just enough to deliver grocery-sized stuff. Seems immediately feasible and with a load capacity that air deliveries will never support.