skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The holocene always struck me as odd. Here we have the final geologic epoch, and it's 10,000 years old, and every other geologic epoch is ~50M years long. And it just happens to coincide with the rise of our species, who just happens to be the one creating the taxonomy.

Paleohistory is pretty fascinating, and it's easy to forget just how small we are on this big earth and how much things differ from today. For example:

We're technically in an icehouse age. An icehouse age is defined as "any period of time where glaciers exist anywhere on the planet". For about 80% of geologic time, there is no such thing as a glacier, or of snow and ice for that matter. The entire earth's surface is above freezing, even the North and South poles. What we know of as an "ice age" (a glaciation) is a feature only of icehouse states. We currently happen to be in an interglacial of an icehouse age, which is why we think of this as being a warm period. But geologically, the earth is well below its temperature average.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_and_icehouse_Earth

It's likely that the earth has completely frozen over on at least two occasions, with the entire planet being encased in a gigantic ice sheet like Europa:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth

The larger of these two incidents may have been triggered by the evolution of photosynthesis and the addition of oxygen into the earth's atmosphere, which also likely caused a major mass extinction among the dominant anaerobic bacteria of the time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event

Sea level over time has fluctuated by 300-400 meters. That means that anything at an altitude of less than about 1000 feet (which is the vast majority of human settlements) was once underwater. (Well, technically land level fluctuates more than sea level, so most of these low-lying areas are actually sediment weathered off of nearby mountains.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_sea_level

There've been some massive outburst floods in the past, like the draining of Glacial Lake Missoula (a pleistocene lake roughly half the volume of Lake Michigan, held in by an ice dam on the Clark River nearly 2000 feet tall) which released an outflow 13 times the size of the Amazon River:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_Floods
When you're a tournament winner, you're not a customer of the company, you're a partner that's using the tournament as a soapbox for your politics.
Even better - put a photo or even a drawing of your face on the note as well, to try and evoke some empathy from the finder, increasing the chances it'll be returned to you.
The book is great, highly recommend.

Anyone know where to get the NVC cards in Europe?
I still don't see the difference.

Domestic companies have been influencing elections for over a decade using advertising along with influence and power in the conglomerated media space. Neither the foreign power nor the large media giants nor the big defense contractors nor big tech actually care at all about individual people. It's turtles all the way down.
Ah, the “absurd absolute” tell.
As a roboticist, it's really clear to me that this sort of transfer in controlled environment is hard but doable. I think it's already been demonstrated many times and I'm not that convinced that there is anything new in there except more GPU + fancier robot.

I'll be impressed by RL is a) they manage to do sim2real in open environments, think Doom -> office building or b) they manage to get data efficient enough that sim2real is still necessary but you don't have to do real data collection with 10 parallel robots for days on end.

As someone in mobile robotics as opposed to pure manipulation, I read these papers and I'm like: "How the hell am I supposed to get this to work on a robot moving in the real world???". I don't see anyone being close to this right now.
They’re the only place that most people will ever experience physical violence.
"To be sure, this survey attracted only 50-70 Blizzard employee respondents, a small sample from a total staff count of about 4,700 people." oh ok...
Ask HN: Do you know any nice open-source projects in need of SE or design work?
Personally I'd be happy to contribute to something useful (and where the barrier to entry is moderate – so the Linux kernel is out), also just curious what projects you're involved with. Can be anything.
I learned this at a company retreat at some point. We all kind of rolled our eyes and went along with the exercise. I now use it to great effect almost daily in both personal and professional relationships.

It takes a little care and thought to apply it well. I've found when done effectively, it can unlock difficult conversations and turn even the most hostile interactions into productive conversations. You are demonstrating, through a careful choice of words, a willingness to understand the other person.

Easily the most powerful communication tool I have learned while hungover with my coworkers.
Important to note that its a relatively low sample size, and there’s definite selection bias to what kinds of people go on Blind. I wouldn’t be that surprised though, if this ended up being true. Everyone’s the hero of their own story I guess.
To be fair, Jack Dorsey doesn't own your park.
How much of Oracle runs on AWS? And how many of those customers are evaluating Aurora?

Mwahahaha!
They are between a rock and hard place.

It's a total no-win for them now.

(Queue morbid curiosity.)
Only 70 employees took this survey! From the article:

> About 500 Blizzard employees are members of Blind's community for the company, Blind co-founder Kyum Kim tells me. Of that 500, fifty to seventy Blizzard employees took the two question survey, along with hundreds of staffers from many other tech companies -- raw data on the right.

This is less than 1% of Blizzard's workforce. Also from the article:

> To be sure, this survey attracted only 50-70 Blizzard employee respondents, a small sample from a total staff count of about 4,700 people.

Even if all 500 Blizzard employees on Blind responded in the same proportions it would still be less than a quarter of the company.
The Web is open and independent. Google's and Apple's visual branding are not the standards of the Web. There are countless non-Google, non-Apple designs on the Web and they are not forcing users to learn anything new.

Sorry to disagree, but Material Design itself lacks aesthetic restraint and has accessibility problems with the constant flashing and animation, but that's another conversation.

Edit: I'm talking about the browser, not apps (though I don't like MD there either). I mean that websites shouldn't change their design based on the company that makes the web browser.
Daily reminder that you can get run off all of those without doing anything illegal.
So, since there could be a fee now, will we not officially be the product for whatever behind-the-scenes data mining they're doing with our PII? I'd probably actually be OK paying a couple bucks/meetup for this.
You are claiming that poor parents will changed their school choice based on the availability of parent-teacher conferences?

And that the problem of poverty is overemployment, not underemployment?
And no state income tax, though property taxes will take your breath away.
The old system (BACS) has been electronic since 1983, or possibly even 1968 when it was introduced. (Wikipedia is unclear, it seems transactions were recorded on magnetic tape for the first 15 years, before using phone lines.) It slowly replaces the paper based system: cheques.

The 2-3 days got the old system will have been a limitation of batch based computer processing from that time, and maybe moving the magnetic tapes around.
But the big media giants squish out third parties all the time. When was the last time we saw three candidates in an American presidential debate? Ross Perot?
Sure, but consider what Jefferson would have also said about the internet, social media, and recent elections.
Perl 6 Renamed Raku
I did read it, you maybe didn't, if you had you couldn't say "nothing in that review suggests..." with a straight face. There's quite a lot of evidence cited in that review.

Also in the paragraph directly before the one you quoted you must have skipped over this:

"Aspartame consumption increased the fasting glucose concentrations in both the standard feed pellet diet and high-fat groups independent of body composition. A metabolomics analysis showed that aspartame was rapidly metabolized and related to SCFA production, especially propionate production. Changes in the microbial composition were observed in animals that received aspartame; the total bacteria and abundance of Enterobacteriaceae and Clostridium leptum increased."

If you don't find that convincing, here's the first Google result for "aspartame microbiome":
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4615743/

By your response I'm not sure if maybe you think I'm making this stuff up? If you're really interested you won't have to spend much time searching to find a wealth of info.
I just looked at https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/new/ and 2 of the 3 first posts are about China.
If it wasn't free (say $0.01 per tweet or whatever) would that be different?
No it wouldn't. Sending three or four transfers from mobile banking app is for sure faster than finding bank number, calling them, listening to the info that the conversation will be recorded, listening to the menu, then listening to music interrupted with "we will be with you shortly" etc. I guess I could send 20 transfers at least during this time.
What would you recommend a person in that situation say instead?
I doubt your comment has to be as gendered as it is.
Through lower daily average user statics I imagine.
this is probably flawed logic but how are things today different from say 4000 years ago in a city where the ruler might employ local people known to have a good memory for faces to provide their services ?
this is not going to help when Google, like Amazon, is pushing for things like always listening ear buds (announced today). Anyone around you can be leaking conversations or other sensitive information.

>The latest version of Google's Pixel Buds will be able to get hands-free access to Google Assistant so you just have to say "Hey Google" ...

This is extremely intrusive technology being introduced to solve problems that don't exist, so that more data can be harvested about everything surrounding your life.
If anything, playing Overwatch more without purchasing anything else cuts more into their ROI since you use up their servers.
Ask HN: Who do you make a complaint to about a missing privacy policy?
I’m currently trying to answers about personal data collection from a well funded finance app I’m using that shockingly does not have a proper privacy policy on their website. They are suggesting their banking partner’s privacy notice is the same as their own, but that notice doesn’t cover the company’s website or app.
Twitter should just blanket ban all candidates then. Seriously, all presidential candidates, all senators, all congressmen and women, even local mayors. Ban everyone!
See, I agree with this mentality. I would actually respect Apple a lot if they had just come out and told parents to "just take the phone away" rather than launching a half implemented feature and then forgetting about it.

Unfortunately there's no way that would ever happen. Even if Apple PR would ever allow such a statement to be made, which it wouldn't, requiring parents to do some actual parenting might provoke major unrest.
Speeding tickets make sense. They're putting people's lives in danger by speeding. Driving is the most dangerous thing most people do regularly. Having a set of predictable behaviors saves a lot of lives. People who think that think they're "great drivers" or "everyone else is doing it" violate those norms and create risk.
Trackscore app for overcooked 1&2
hi!

my girlfriend and i love overcooked so we made this native app for high level score tracking. we would love any feedback and to hear about features you would like to see.

it's currently on iOS and Android!

https://trackscoreapp.com

we play overcooked on Nintendo switch, so we only have accurate scores for that platform. we have placeholders for all platforms (Xbox, PS4, and Steam) but would love some help mapping out the data to make it more accurate for everyone (we think the score tables change depending on platforms?!)

there is a hidden kevin doggo within the app as well :)

we would also love to add more features down the line:

global leaderboards (validated by youtube video)

compare scores with friends

special achievements for overcooked in game

we'd love to hear your thoughts!!

you can also reach out to me on twitter for any and all feedback or if you want to help with level data! twitter.com/calebnance
This would be more of a big deal if Blizzard was still making products that appealed to a Western market. They really don't, anymore.

They've reached the point that they are just remastering their greatest hits. Otherwise it is all e-sports.
Just a litmus test:

Do you also boycott Chick-Fil-A, for their, far worse stance against basic human rights (Giving money to charities that are actively working on promoting anti-gay hate crimes)?

And the NFL, for their unwillingness to have the playing field be a soapbox for political statements about the treatment of African Americans, by police?

You must surely note that many people who have recently jumped on the anti-Blizzard bandwagon are totally OK to continue patronizing those two organizations...
I've read "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life" and found it helpful in personal & work communication.

I _hate_ the name, though. I don't want to suggest to someone that they read about non-violent communication because that suggests they're being violent when they're not. I'd prefer almost any other name. Some better names: "observational communication", "non-judgmental communication", "empathetic communication", "structured communication". I could keep going...
Except high school kids with driver's licenses. Which is not even safer or anything.
It seems like for the really really rich it might be better to just enjoy/live life until they're an older age, then put all their money into funds (which will be setup to essentially grow forever), use some small fraction of that money each year to freeze themselves (hibernate), and leave a note that says "DO NOT WAKE UP UNTIL DE-AGING IS FEASIBLE".
I hear you. Generating IAM policies based on CloudTrail records would be amazing. See my comment here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21262954#21264166

I hope to build this into our roadmap.
That was a highly negative recollection, sorry that you had such a bad experience. I was schooled through public in a poor urban district and it was rough but I learned a lot. I also taught science in very poor districts for years and most students liked school. Its akin to a job for kids, somewhat crushing to many but ultimately we do need to train and socialize and educate our populace. Home and private and charter schools all are important but public schools are essential to training our next generation.
I think we all prefer what we're most familiar with. VMS hearkens back to an era before tab completion was common and it still throws me when I have to type DIR instead of ls.

But... VMS does have some interesting features. Even if you prefer Linux, it's interesting to compare the two and read about why the VMS designers did what they did.
Well, my example pre-dates 2011, but that's hardly the point. The point is that Democrats object to legally mandated purging and cry foul regardless of whether or not the purging is fair. The Republicans sometimes deserve to look like the bad guys, but sometimes, they are just doing the proper legally mandated thing and get called the bad guys anyways.
> I addressed the school part

You addressed it by saying she couldn't possibly watch videos at school, which is silly.

There's plenty of educational content on YouTube. A lot of school firewalls only block stuff that's been tagged as age-restricted content. Or students may know how to get around the block. Or she may be watching on her friends' phones. (The parent says "school computers", but how would they know for sure?) All this can happen during lunch, or before or after school, or between classes.

It is impossible to directly monitor 100% of a school-age child's internet access unless you homeschool them, never let them go to the library or talk to other kids, and sit and watch them while they do their homework.
While this may seem like a Good Thing, I believe this is ultimately Not A Good Thing. Similar to how medical insurance is tied to employment, instead of having a universal system that benefits everyone, it instead lashes employees to their jobs even more firmly and makes you even more screwed if you get fired or have to leave a job, allowing employers to take advantage of you more easily. In the long run this is a very, very bad thing.
Why does it matter that it’s a state compromising our democracy vs a private company? Anyway, I maintain that Twitter and other major social networks represent such an overwhelming volume of our speech that they are not simply “private companies”. To the OP’s point, their sheer power over the political process is the entire alleged Russian attack vector.
I have no evidence, but I am willing to bet there is a large China based disinformation campaign regarding players and their opinions.

Right now nothing should be taken at face value, nobody should be taking their feelings from someone else's reddit comment. Not that I'm holding my breath.
THere needs to be a broad abstraction toolset to enable hybrid cloud.

The ones that should be 100% motivated to develop these tools (the Apache ones are ... meh, and terraform/ansible/config management always gets hard-wired to your cloud) are obviously Google and others that are also-rans.

Google might not be doing it to keep Amazon out of their roadhouse.

There's still meta-tooling for admin and management that are hard to abstract, but come on. K8s is the opportunity to do this, and also serverless to a lesser degree.
Likely `dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled`:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Preferences...

If someone else is in the habit of randomly selecting text and they're using linux, they may want to disable at least `clipboard.autocopy` if they don't use it. No reason to simply tell websites every selection you do, IMHO.
>>> Binary payload viewer

Now you have my attention. I deploy both JSON and base64 string messages. It would save a lot of code-time effort to have a MITM custom handler that would allow me to inspect parse manipulate and view side effects

Thnx for building ;)
It never goes to a court, obviously. Your choice is to spend hours at crappy room with other unsocial dudes waiting for more important cases to be documented before yours, -or- take a shortcut by just giving them what they claim. You’ll also be confused if it is a fraud or you just found a recently stolen wallet. That’s how fraud works.
"Dealers were installing the wrong floor mats, and these were trapping the accelerator pedal. This problem was well-documented as the cause of "unintended acceleration" incidents, including at least five deaths."

This sounds like an illusory problem to me, not because I doubt the facts, but because it's all about framing. I got floor mats for an old car, with anchors to hook to the seat rails, and I couldn't figure out how to fasten them. So I took them to a dealer and asked them to do it. After a while, they came loose and the mat shifted several inches in the direction of the gas pedal. Now, it didn't especially matter, and I didn't crash, and eventually I repositioned it. But this is really about multiplying large numbers by small probabilities. There are probably only a couple hundred cars like mine on the road. If there were millions, perhaps it would be a major problem. But why should we all worry about Toyotas just because the floormat issues are mentally grouped together?

Non-floormat issues are different, but I think I would have to experience it to believe it when it comes to the brakes not being able to override the engine on a typical Toyota.
Buses need time to do 2 or 3 routes.

School scheduling is thanks to suburban sprawl and the twi-income trap bringing mothers and fathers out of the home.
I'm so sick and tired of seeing a company silence free speech, but then as soon as someone doesn't agree with what is being said, the answer is, "but they are a private business." Have some god damn principles, either you support free speech, or you don't, it doesn't matter what is being said, imbeciles.
I once found someone's iPhone in a shopping basket at my local supermarket and spent the whole day getting it back to them. I decided to buy a lottery ticket - after all, my cosmic karma must be running at an all time high.

But first, I'll make myself a nice cucumber salad and I'll use that new mandoline slicer we got - protective dongle thing be damned (The very same mandoline slicer my wife told me to be every so careful with before she left on her trip). Wow.. this is cool - every slice of the cucumber is identical down to the en.. OW!

Sliced my finger opened and spent the evening in the ER getting half a dozen stitches and the top of my finger sewn back on.. So much for karma...

The lesson I learned from this is never, ever return a phone you found - it will only lead to pain! :)
The gig economy’s deepest problem isn’t about tech at all
That's not really representative. 5/30 posts are about HK and of those 5 I counted the post that says "I don't care bout HK stuff."

Across all the blizzard subs except maybe /r/blizzard it's almost business as usual.
So, MAGA dreaming.
When I check at coveredca.com, I see the cheapest plan by estimated total cost [kaiser bronze] is $18069/year. Perhaps you're younger, or assuming that you will not actually have to use any medical services or products?
Tencent owns a mere 5% of Actiblizzard and they generate less than 10% of their revenue in China. Sure it's an expanding market, but I don't think that the amount of pressure necessary to make it unprofitable is outside the reach of the protesting consumer-base. I don't really believe it will play out like that, but one can hope.
I have 4 children and I actively help them with/cheat on their homework. They are assigned too damn much of it. They are all getting good grades and I don't think it is impacting them academically.
I think Tesla is producing about half that rate currently.
You may say that the "twitter sphere" is equivalent to radio channel spectrum. Why do you compare it to the whole internet? You can transfer media also by cables so other companies can use that instead of radio, no?

Twitter or facebook or any company of that magnitude are a world of their own and a closed monopolised resource which is a public square of some sort. The first amendment should apply to them also
I'm working on a replacement for HTML and CSS, and I need help coming up with tests and documentation for my system: https://github.com/maxharris9/layout

To see the existing test screenshots, visit https://github.com/maxharris9/layout/tree/master/test/screen...
Who's worrying? It feels good to make informed decisions about what I ingest.
At the point where changing election outcomes is a motivating factor for Twitter's decisions.

Contrary to popular opinion, motives matter.