skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I mean if you want to make a startup that analyzes language and maps it to a political bias and then run an analysis on the millions of reddit comments, you'd probably make a decent amount of money. Otherwise no, you'd have to go spend dozens of hours reading reddit comments over various historical timeframes
I thought this was going to be about differential inclusions and deep learning which sounds pretty rad! Is anyone out there working in this direction ?
You'd think that, but protected memory has never been (much of) a thing with AMOS. There used to be an ugly bug where a POKE from AlphaBASIC could get you operator, for example. That got closed but similar exploits are undoubtedly possible, so most of the VARs dealt with the problem by just never letting users near a dot prompt (recall they just served vertical markets with their own bespoke software like PoS, CRM, call management, etc.).
I'm about 90% sure that this is satirical, but if not, please enlighten us.
The Khmer Rouge happened as a direct result of US foreign policy.
Scientists create 'artificial leaf' that turns carbon dioxide into fuel
The article does not point out that German car makers have mastered two things:

* A brand image of luxury, comfort with a touch of 'arrogance', epitomized in the BMW turn signal meme

* Creating a great looking and feeling interior

Just as the apple watch has shaken up the wearables market (see more here https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/fashion/smartwatches-appl...). The same is due to happen to the mass consumer car market.

Because of the two bullet points I do not see neither Mercedes or BMW in trouble. However, VW is another story. I see them being in a 'stuck in the middle' dilemma: Price wise, there is no beating the Chinese which can pump out sub $20k electric cars and the Model 3 has shown that an upper bracket $35k Tesla sedan can fulfill the vital requirements people have for electric cars (range, charging speed, comfort). So in the end, I don't see them dying, just losing a limb or two.
If I understand you correctly, battery-powered motors are much simpler than internal combustion engines, and battery costs are decreasing. Under this argument, VW's ability to build 30k+ car chassis + (complex combustion) engines + interiors, etc. each day is going to be challenged by what aspect of building these simpler electric cars?

To date, EV sales are still a bit of chicken-and-egg, and Tesla does have a clear charger network advantage in parts of the world. But EV sales are a very small fraction of overall automotive sales, and until that changes, any doom and gloom on the traditional automakers is still exaggerated.
I wouldn't be so sure.

Mao was focused on re-imagining the state and purging old ways of thinking, governance, etc. The insanity of the cultural revolution is a testament to that.
I recently interviewed for a job running a kubernetes cluster. I have two years of experience running a kubernetes cluster, including writing a custom provisioner and several controllers in go.

They spent two hours doing coding interviews and 15 minutes asking me about kubernetes, if that.
Why not just use a reputable exchange, which actually lets you exchange your BTC into real dollars, as opposed to funny money dollars, like Coinbase?

I understand why a money launderer wants to trade on an exchange which does not let them withdraw USD. But why would a normie (who, at some point, wants USD) want to do so?
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I mean it’s actually worse now since 2016.
> - They're far more expensive than ICE vehicles as there aren't a whole lot of used EVs but there are tons of used ICE vehicles at vary price levels.

For now. That's a combination of efficiencies of scale problems. VW Group says that they'll hit the efficiency of scale where EVs are cheaper across the board for every make and model to produce than ICE vehicles sometime between now and 2023 (that's less than four years).

Similarly there seem to be fewer used EV cars on the market than expected at this point, and they are retaining their market value better than comparable ICE models for interesting reasons: the average replacement rate is way down compared to the ICE average (where the average owner keeps a vehicle 3-5 years, the EV average is currently closer to 7-10 years), and the replacement rate seems to reflect overall reliability (Nissan Leafs have the highest replacement rate, and arguably the lowest battery reliability).

> John Q Public can't do much to repair an EV and has to take it to a mechanic, yet even something like an engine rebuild can be done in someone's garage if they are so motivated.

It's so very apples-to-oranges though. Most EV motors are essentially permanent magnet drivers with essentially no moving parts that will outlast the plastics and the frame of the car the motor is built for. There's no gas tank, fewer to no ball joints/pitmans/idle arms/timing belts/so forth and so on. Plenty of electrical work if you still want it, though most of it is now High Voltage and will take a bit more of an electrician background, some EVs still have a 12 volt system for bootstrapping the cabin systems.

> I can go to the gas station and fill a nearly empty tank in 2~ minutes which will last me 2 weeks of commuting and then some, for the same range in an EV I'm going to have to park somewhere and sit for 30+ minutes.

You think it would be hard to schedule a 30-45 minute meal somewhere once every two weeks? The car has to sit while it charges, but you don't and can schedule it as your grocery trip or your lunch break.
You're 90% sure that "Foucarinal" and "Chompsky" are satirical?
Battery production. Battery manufacturers are extorting legacy automakers because they don't have their own capacity (LG Chem specifically). The bins you picked from before for ICE production are not the bins you pick from for EV production (for propulsion, at least).

Tesla built GF1 in the Reno desert because, at the time (2013) [1], they forecast that at 500k/vehicles a year (which they're almost at), they would be consuming worldwide battery cell manufacturing capacity. And here we are with everyone else playing catch up trying to eek out the batteries they need to deliver EVs to compete against Tesla.

[1] https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/g...
And Tesla has announced a "roadster" with a hardtop roof and two rows of seats....
One reason is because they really really need to wake up on time and don't want to rely on their phone.

My android phone used to spontaneously reboot once a month or so and since it was encrypted, it wouldn't finish booting until I entered my unlock code, so the alarm would not go off. I haven't had that problem in a year or more plus now I think even an encrypted device will boot up enough to make the alarm work (though I'm not certain).

Also, about once a month or so, I either forget to plug my phone in or don't get the cord plugged in all the way and I wake up to a dead phone.

A standalone alarm clock (battery operated or with battery backup) is much more reliable.

Though nowadays when I need to get up on time (like to catch an early flight), I set an alarm on a second device, either my wife's phone or a tablet but if I didn't have that option, I'd use an alarm block as backup.
Would be nice if there were direct links to the recordings.

(I don't want to click around the podcast version of this story just to hear short snippits.)
Socialist states can't be realized through democracy because it's almost impossible to get the majority of people to vote away their agency and embrace suicide.
Land prices rise as a result of people wanting to buy the land and competing with other people with means to buy it.

You are proposing that the taxes of someone who owns a house should be based on the ability of other people to buy it.

Nothing could be more regressive than that. It is absolutely discriminatory and in no way equitable.

Living in the house you bought for yourself is clearly not ‘hoarding’. It seems like you are getting emotional now.

There is nothing discriminatory about basing taxes on the purchase price. If you buy now, you will benefit from prop 13 the same as anyone else.

Also, using taxes to force people out of their houses as you propose, is a terrible idea for the development of the economy since it disincentivizes the development of productive industry in other less developed areas.
I have been waiting for API access for a while, can you link me to the docs?
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Go talk to an average person about a subject outside their career expertise.

No matter how "smart" they seem like they should be you'll get some of the worst, lowest quality opinions imaginable.

Most people do not know how to say "I'm not really sure about that". The absolute worst thing you can do south the average person is ask them to think about a new concept, and the internet is a medium which puts a box in front of you and says "have your say".
The reverse is also true. Tesla is approaching a million electric vehicles sold, does VW even have 10% of that? 5%? Tesla has a learning curve advantage, specifically on electric cars.
Can you comment on how this compares to PhotoDNA? I looked at the readme and was surprised to not see mention of it.
That's funny how libertarians get all their reading from libertarian sources.

Gloria Alvarez is no historian, she is a politician with a libertarian agenda…
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In case anyone else is wondering what Apple TV article the parent is referencing-

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21438152
VW is arguably in third place, which is not a bad place to be in. Tesla is obviously King. Toyota is doing fantastic. Nissan is pushing EVs, though the quality of their vehicles leaves something to be desired.

VW is not behind most of the market; they're leading it. Tesla's huge early lead will stick around for a very long time, if not indefinitely. They'll become a player as big as VW and Toyota. But, these other manufacturers will catch up and begin to compete just fine.

There's plenty of manufacturers that should be concerned (Ford being the biggest one). VW (and by extension, Audi, Porsche, etc) is not one of them.
The Irish famine is in particular awful as the British wrapped themselves up in heart-wrenching moral concerns. They wouldn't want the poor Irish wretches becoming dependent on charity -- so what if the pig eats better than the farmer.
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Meaningless. How about 1) California figures out some meaningful zoning reform and 2) Apple starts paying its fair share of taxes.
I have several in my house. NTP amd WWVB are two different things.
>How much of the ICE vehicle infrastructure and manufacturing capacity and know-how is going to be irrelevant in the EV world?

Not very much. It really doesn't matter what kind of powertrain you have in your vehicles, the biggest part of the manufacturing process is everything else that makes up a vehicle. Frame, suspension, brakes, doors, windows, seats, dash, cabin interior, lighting, electronics, safety systems, sensors, testing, inspection, etc. etc. etc. On top of that, plenty of automotive plants these days get fully-assembled engines and sometimes driveshafts as well from other factories for efficiency and bolt them into vehicles rather than doing build-up from scratch.

I've spent quite a bit of time in vehicle factories of several OEMs. I would estimate that less than a quarter of an average factory line is used for powertrain.
If you seek to simply solve a problem then there are a number of ways to do so.

If you seek to solve a problem with a solution that has the best design, the least technical debt and almost no bugs. Then FP with ADTs is the closest thing I've encountered to such a solution.
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Self-interested motivations (TW) or transitory diplomatic policies aside, I mean that it is plainly a bullshit claim. "We're big and we want it really bad" is not a justifiable standard of resolving resource and territory disputes.

Let's compare island occupation to island-building, island militarization and bullying tactics with vessels. Whatever combination of ways different parties are jostling over trying to de facto claim parts of the Sea, a pretty thorny root of the problem is one actor trying to claim all the marbles.
But antitrust remedies are all about single companies, aren't they?
> Can you spell out (maybe ELI5) why the concept of Tether is a fraud?

Tether sold tokens on the promise that 1 USDT would be backed by U.S. dollars. They didn't keep one U.S. dollar for each USDT sold. If they did (or concealed) that willfully, it's fraud.

> Why is it not possible to back cryptos to a stabilized "1:1" "medium/currency" (which itself is another crypto it seems) and finally the USD dollar ?

U.S. dollars can be held as hard cash or in bank accounts. Holding $4 billion physically is bonkers. Banks holding U.S. dollars, meanwhile, have to follow U.S. anti-money laundering law. That requires, among other things, knowing who beneficially owns their deposits.

If an LLC opens a bank account, the bank will ask about its owners. With Tether, the beneficial owners are USDT holders. Since Tether can't identify them, they can't satisfy any bank's compliance questions.

So either (a) Tether's banks are violating U.S. AML law, (b) Tether is lying or (c) Tether is silently restricting and keeping records on who owns every USDT. Given we have contrevidence for (c), one can conclude–based solely on Tether's claims–that there's fraud afoot.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This is neither legal nor trading advice.
Condenser dryers are pretty slow, however, so I'm not sure it's a good solution for average people. They're nice when you don't have good infrastructure in place for a vented model, though.
Besides, warlords often want lots of Nickel and other metals for projects. The Cobalt is "waste product" from what they were going to be mining for in the first place.
The only reason something like this can work is because of trust in the institution that provides it. That whole premise is counter to the crypto currency model.
> compared to applicance controls?

Well, it depends on the appliance. Some really are terrible. But on the whole, I think appliance controls tend to be more usable than smartphone interfaces.
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Budapest has been more left leaning for a long time. The 2010 elections were special because people everywhere were very fed up with the previous socialist government for various reasons: Corruption, some effects of the global crisis were blamed on them (but they definitely contributed their own share of mismanagement), and of course the "Őszöd speech" leak wherein the PM admitted at a party meeting that they've been lying for years about the economy and they haven't got anything of significance done over the years prior.

The point is, before this landslide victory of Orbán in 2010, Budapest used to be a socialist and left liberal bastion, along with a few other cities such as Szeged. Budapest's mayor was the same left winger (Demszky) for the 20 years between 1990 and 2010.

The divide between cities and the countryside is huge though. Orbán is still overwhelmingly popular among villagers and the poor.
Another advantage of a heat pump dryer is that it doesn’t get as hot as a regular one, which means it’s a lot safer for your clothes.

I just bought one and you can even dry wool clothes in it without shrinkage. It’s also dead simple to use.
Only if you know to disconnect the ethernet cable, then the local account option magically reappears.
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Oh they knew exactly what was going in. Reddit suddenly became militantly pro-establishment and a much nastier place overall. I think the massive amount of Bernie enthusiasm scared some people, Bernie stuff was constantly hitting the front page.
Autonomy and the Death of CVEs?
To get a sense for how this is done, one can use the Inspect Element tool in the browser, Pick an Element from the page, and either highlight it or delete.
Illumos is hardly kicking it in the mainstream either. I'm just saying it can't really claim to be the last descendant of legit System V.
Between 2017 and 2019, they sent hundreds of millions of dollars to a money launderer (Crypto Capital), who outright stole 10% of them, and had much of the rest frozen by the SEC.

Bitfinex currently claims that the IOUs they have from Crypto Capital are worth the paper they are printed on. I have strong doubts about the accuracy of this claim.
If they're taking advantage of laws for "Opportunity Zones" and such, there are some substantial tax benefits for investing their money this way. It's not gonna have a huge impact on the bottom line for a company like Apple, but it beats having $100 billion just sitting in the bank
I read this as "I looked for the proof of my words and failed to find any".
Yes the human microbiome consists of fungus in addition to bacteria, protozoa and viruses.
Perception is important. A lot of these decisions aren't made by people who sat down and wrote down the numbers to arrive at the rational choice. But if I think I have utility for a pick up often because I like to think I'm that rugged, diy type of person, I'll think it's rational to own a pickup and assume the relative prices get massaged away.

/I drove a pick-up for a number of years for this reason until hybrid crossovers became viable.
Not a fan of that building, but at least they are trying to do something. A small correction to "Nevermind that the nearest grocery store is over a mile away" - I heard that there will be a Whole Foods placed on the bottom floor of that thing, so that would solve the grocery store issue.
Crypto Capital Corp stole/lost $850M from Tether/Bitfinex in 2018. https://www.kalzumeus.com/2019/10/28/tether-and-bitfinex/
This would be OK, but only if the devices allow you to completely disable the network-facing controls.
I think one of the issues that should be worrying for Tesla, is that it's really Panasonic doing the heavy lifting on the battery side. I'm quite certain when it comes to it, Panasonic are going to be happy selling to Ford/GM/VW/BMW. It's true that Tesla is disrupting the automotive industry, but people don't really appreciate that the automotive industry involves thousands of suppliers of individual components that are then used to build a car by the manufacturers.
This specific example is why you wouldn't want to exchange your BTC into real dollars. The user doesn't want to withdraw fiat dollars, they just want to exchange Bitcoins into a dollar proxy, then exchange back. Sometimes the cost of a less-liquid exchange is higher than the cost of using stablecoins instead of dollars.
Wait... HN is Social Media. Well it's not as in your face as FB, but at the minimum it influences people, and anyone can create an account and respond, and lots of people are reading.

A lot of work goes into preventing bots etc on HN, but it is still not immune because the prize of getting your opinion or article read by the tech crowd is big.
I have eventually started learning Python/Pandas but PowerQuery plus having good SQL knowledge delayed it quite a bit.
> there's no way to distinguish in DNSSEC between a response that doesn't have any DNSSEC data vs. one that was modified to remove the DNSSEC data

AFAIK, this is false. If you get a faked reply, you can see from the signatures of the parent zones that the reply should have been DNSSEC signed, and is therefore fake.
GPS clocks works inside a bedroom without a clear view of the sky?
Agreed, too much monoculture is harmful. Although I've been using Linux since the beginning ('92), I'm installing more BSDs these days because quality is declining in the Linux world (as you well coughed).

Small historical timeline correction though:

> Things like ZFS, Zones, DTrace, SMF, and Crossbow were locked up inside Sun Solaris for many years

Solaris 10 (which contained the bulk of these) came out in 2005 and Open Solaris open sourced the code also in 2005. The timeline is more complex because not everything came in Solaris 10 at once and not everything open sourced at once... but at a high level, most of these technologies were open sourced relatively soon after initial release.

(I was at Sun back then and involved with Open Solaris effort.)
I'll worry about that when Ford/GM/VW/BMW makes an EV worth buying. Until then, the TSLA/Pano partnership seems to be working without issue. The special sauce is the cell chemistry and the battery management system, which Tesla owns.
Nearly all high precision sensors are made by BOSH which are also used in Tesla. Without these sensors, BMC circuits (also done in Germany) EVs will not take off.
Yeah, when threadripper came out I believe it offered the same performance as intel I9 for about half the price. Why did AMD choose such aggressive pricing? Because they have the desire to grow. If Intel and AMD had the same market it would not make sense to put out a product for half the price as your competitor. So if Intel and AMD had the same share, we would probably still paying 1000+ dollars for intels I9.
I think you may have misunderstood their point. They're just saying that specifying `Functor` in the return type of `map` isn't enough to resolve the issue because you could still have a case of `List#map` returning a `Maybe` or `Either` since they are all implementations of `Functor`.

This gets handle by the Cats library in Scala (https://typelevel.org/cats/typeclasses/functor.html) by defining the type class the functor is being defined for as an abstract type on the functor itself.