skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
IANAL. But my understanding is that's the case in general. There are apparently some exceptions where a phrase/word has carved out a distinct meaning in the context of a specific company [1] but that wouldn't seem to be the case here.

[1] https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/02/can-you-trademar...
That last one might be "..." for vertical monospace text, like traditional Japanese. Not sure though as when I highlight it, it doesn't look wide enough.
The point here isn't about structured vs. unstructured logging: it's about addressing the possibility that legitimate users get blamed for theft.

This sort of dispute is probably going to end up in a legal forum at some point. In that case, video footage from a device that's not physically on the bike (and therefore much harder to tamper with) is going to carry much, much, much more weight than GPS traces. Also, you usually know exactly who is supposed to have access to CCTV camera systems / footage, and can therefore have those people make legally binding representations as to their accuracy / fidelity.

(Of course, with regards to this problem, your objective as a service provider is to end up in court as infrequently as possible. You'd be more likely to invest in anti-theft measures so you can get the probability of theft low enough to reasonably write off as part of opex.)
Those silly people, believing ethics are more important than pofit...
They don't have to buy a device - Ubiquity has distributed a a device with a copy of the copyrighted thing without fulfilling the GPL conditions (since neither the code nor a legally binding offer to provide the code was attached).

That's a simple copyright violation (making and distributing copies without a valid license to do so), and since Conservancy represents copyright holders (some of the developers) whose copyright has been violated, they have standing to sue.
Unfortunately this is a multi-faceted problem that transcends hypocritical employees who pick and choose about what to be outraged about (you work at a company that amasses your user's data and uses it in all sorts of morally questionable ways, but you get mad when they work with other morally questionable firms? Really?).
> Good! Employees should have a say in how their labor is used.

The demand is "no business with them", not "no oil supporting business with them".

If Big Oil (and they're all looking into how to survive in a "beyond petroleum" future, to adapt the slogan BP espoused for a while) wants to use the cloud to do material science modelling (to pick some arbitrary possible use of cloud resource that an energy carrier company could have) or use map data to determine suitable places to help them transition off oil into renewables, they should pay somebody else for that service?

(Disclosure: I work at Google, not in Cloud, haven't seen that letter, didn't sign that letter, don't have a car [or other direct dependency on oil] and am looking into renewables myself, although not at the level of doing material science)
It's curious that the article calls these airplanes "jets".
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They're not getting big pay raises because they don't understand what an S curve is.
OTOH, the history of Windows 10 seems to be one botched update after another.

True story, last week I tried to update Windows 10 v1803 (preinstalled) on my dinky ASUS VivoBook E12 to v1903. The result was a seemingly endless "Reverting changes" bootloop that I haven't gotten around to fix yet.
Quit is the real threat you have.
If every truly valuable employee threatens to quit when company is going into directions that are non-ethical, the world would be a in adifferent place.
I don't disagree with the article per se, but I think many technologists are missing the forest for the trees when it comes to the motivations here. Or perhaps they're being charitable and are evaluating Libra on purely on its stated motivations rather than the ulterior motive that Libra can't name out loud. For example, take this quote:

"The possibility that a Libra node run by Mastercard or Andressen Horrowitz would suddenly start running malicious code is such a bizarre scenario to plan for and is better solved by simply enforcing protocol integrity and through non-technical (i.e. legal) means."

It goes without saying that Libra isn't concerned about any sort of security event at Mastercard or a16z. The purpose here is simply to evade and arbitrage different regulatory regimes. The plan is to build a ledger that no single party (or coalition of parties in a single legal jurisdiction) has the capacity to edit or alter, and to make such alterations so technically challenging that it's beyond the capacity of any single court or legislature to do so. Once this chain is up and running, it becomes a "fact of nature" that courts and policymakers will simply have to deal with.

It's a brilliant strategy from that perspective. It's going to be alternately fascinating and horrifying to see if it works.
So let's say the googlers who are against their labor used in this fashion are just a vocal minority and the rest of the folks are largely ok with it and are simply quiet. What should happen?
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Legitimate use: ordering from an online pharmacy, something that that is legal in your own country, and legal in the source country, but not legal (or just prescription-only) in the US, so there are all sorts of import restrictions every other country enforces for the US’s sake just in order to avoid being party to transshipment to the US.

(And, usually, you have to buy such things with cryptocurrency, too, even though they’re perfectly legal both for you to buy and for them to sell; the product’s scheduled status in the US translates to no payment processor [all US-based] being willing to work with the supplier.)

Try buying e.g. Russian-produced pharmaceuticals from Canada without Tor; I’ll wait :)
Why aren't things like this just addressed promptly and quickly by some legislative body. Its dumb to allow trademarking of common words and descriptive terms, can't we just have it legislated already?

How can consumers be confused by that word. If I'm searching google for backcountry gear, I am not searching for backcountry.com's brand. I'm searching for backcountry gear. There's no other way to say it. This is nonsense. It actually harms all other seller of that category. Allowing trademark of that word makes no sense.

Unless I'm missing something and backcountry.com literally coined the term and is responsible for its inclusion in the dictionary.
So you mean a system that in practice separates kids by race. Didn’t we already try that before in the South? Ever heard of Jim Crow?

Where do you think all of the funding and resources go when you do that?
There needs to be a mario party of niche shooters so that you can play them for a few minutes, then switch to a different mode. Otherwise the playerbase dwindles
You must switch depending on your results. The school does have a big say in it, and if you switch schools your parents could possibly make a case for you.

Lowest track - 4 years
Middle track - 5 years
Highest track - 6 years

I started and spent 3 years in the 'middle' track, in my third year I failed my French and German classes so badly that the school required me to either re-do the third year of the middle track, or go to the 4th year of the lower track. The funny thing is that the 4th year of the lower track does not have French or German as a requirement.

Since my parents did not really cared or bothered to stand up for me (unlike another girl, whose parents lobbied and she was allowed to go through to the next year with worse grades) I chose to do the lower track. Finished that up easily and was given the choice to go to the 4th year of the middle track (without French or German, the 3rd year was the final year with that requirement). Finished the middle track with ease as well.
So far as I can tell, (a) Calibra will be a "custodial wallet", i.e. it'll hold the Libra tokens and present to the user a bit like PayPal; (b) they're talking up a Libra-per-currency, rather than the synthetic basket; (c) they're actively at work developing Calibra, in some sense.

To me, it's increasingly looking like they're heading for Calibra as PayPal-but-it's-Facebook. This is a more sane and comprehensible business idea, at least.
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what's weird, is that Roubaix is actually an extremely poor town that would probably greatly benefit from the money the lawyers get from those lawsuits (and it's probably small enough that it would make a difference).
I predict some Chinese companies will soon start to offer very cheap or free U2F keys to western companies as a "bonus" for other deals they may have.

Free U2F keys! What could possibly go wrong?
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Anything after Java 9 would have to use the jlink method, as with the new modules system, there is no longer a distinction between the JDK and JRE.

The problem is most 3rd party libraries aren't ready for the modules switchover, so for anyone using those libraries, you are stuck with having either a 3-400mb docker image or using jlink
It is remarkable how bloated modern software is.
My first hard drive, back in 1988, was 30 megabytes.
The legacy monetary system may have nice consumer protections on the micro scale, but it fails on the macro scale:

1. Inflation eats 2-4% of everyone's purchasing power each year, disproportionately affecting the poor. This inflation is desired by the central planners.

2. The American system of banking regulations introduces systemic risk into the financial sector.

Sure, if you can prove that your transaction was fraudulent, you can get a couple thousand bucks back into your savings account. But you'll have to gamble your money in the market to beat inflation just to break even. And then, every so often, the entire system will collapse and destroy trillions of dollars of wealth.

As an aside, you also get the bonus of having political control of banking relationships, so you can conveniently freeze and take the money of those who find the political winds aren't blowing their way.

Edit: PLEASE don't take this is an argument for Libra (sorry I wasn't clear), merely an argument for sound monetary policy and decentralization.
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I mean, except that it's actually not cheaper, you've just moved the trust and security problems around (to your own opsec and your trust in the counterparty) and the privacy most cryptocurrencies provide is pseudonymity rather than anonoymity...

But sure, other than all those things.
Then we agree; hours worked in a job like that directly correlates to production or a butt in the seat is required at all times.
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Can anyone attest to how accurate this transcription is for technical subjects? I've attempted to integrate transcription into my work life (pharma), but correcting errors related to tech jargon or acronyms/abbreviations always outweighed any benefit.
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You can also draw a parallel to category theory/abstract algebra, where Laplace is a functor between algebras.
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I really wish we'd see Google employees protesting AMP or abusive search practices...

There's so much Google is doing to directly damage the technology ecosystem. It seems silly to protest some customer's business when Google itself is generating a ton of protest worthy things.

I don't care about Google employee's opinions on Big Oil or ICE but I absolutely care about their opinions on removing URLs from search results and hijacking link clicks. The latter is something they can and should fix as they created the problem in the first place.
The idea that scientists have figured out the cause of mental health problems and we don't need to treat them palliatively is one I disagree with for two reasons:

a) Much of the brain is not understood. Including why consciousness happens.

b) Even if scientists know the cause of mental health problems, that doesn't mean they can treat those causes. Every human who lives long enough will die of a non-treatable disease. Understanding a problem does not imply treatment is possible.
Part of maximizing profit is dependent upon being able to attract and retain top performing human resources. Another part is public perception: brand value and customer engagement. Yet another part in dependent on their network of partners, who might want to refrain from doing business with parties engaged in unsound (unethical) business practices.

Since large parts of these are hidden variables and only come to light when certain actions are taken, I would say it is actually in the shareholders best interest for employees to complain and strike. The alternative is that top talent is leaving the company, partners untie relations and customers seek alternatives.

It's all about perception and communication.
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Ex-Googler here.

Google's insane appetite for growth already has it past the point where its principles are going out the window. Those go quietly, one by one, souls sold a nickel at a time, and with lots of self-deception and lies to the contrary. The culture is diluted with new people who do not share it, and when any group grows at 20% YoY, its culture won't last more than a couple years. Now at Google, senior leadership is more concerned with making that 23% YoY revenue bump than literally anything else. Along the way it just accidentally created a huge surveillance network that outclasses most of the world's intelligence services. Whoops.

Vote with your feet, not with your stomach. Google doesn't give a flying crap about technology except as a means to more power and money.
Why not work to change things internally? Why run away? Clearly internal change is possible, so why do you want us to turn away from this course of action available to us?
This looks to be the case, but consider the source of the vitriol hurled down. The par for the course, mcluhan-esque media manipulation is one thing, but this latest round we're referring to comes from a different source with much different motivations.

My guess is this slides under the radar, catching a tweet at best. Could give this outfit a few years to spin up, and by then, who's to say?
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> It’s not obvious from the box that you need an
> app to set up the clock. The person who bought
> the clock did so for the “project the time on the
> ceiling” feature, which is a pretty awesome feature

Seems like he didn't buy it for himself.
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That only works for other companies, not for patent trolls that are usually holding companies that own patents but don't have any products that could infringe on patents.

The company that sued Cloudflare, Blackbird, is one such company: https://www.blackbird-tech.com/about/
Don't think their asking them to take a stand against advertising. So, you could make an argument that they should be focusing on making their product more addictive and stop with the distractions.
That just doesn't compute. If they literally were about ethics > profits or maximizing good, they wouldn't be putting their time into a massively for-profit operation. Collecting large checks and internal perks galore. They'd be more attracted to a non-profit.
As distinguished from waffles, shortbread, Belgian chocolates, and on and on?
Someone should do a story about all us Googlers who are sick of the politics. You won’t see protests, open letters and stories in the media about it, because most of us are afraid of the outrage and call-out culture negatively impacting our careers. However, it’s a common topic among like-minded people in informal conversations.
I am an autodidact with programming and math with no specific training on Laplace Transforms and as usual with videos of this nature, I do a lot of pausing and rewinding, but I did come out the other side understanding the concepts explained in the video. I have no idea if I could satisfactorily answer test questions about Laplace Transforms, but I feel like I understand the intuitions he was trying to convey.
There's something better: a strike, or the threat of one.
> (you work at a company that amasses your user's data and uses it in all sorts of morally questionable ways, but where you draw the line is when your employer engages in business dealings with other morally questionable firms? Really?)

I feel like climate change and aggregating user data for ads are... not morally equivalent evils.
> Not many people who work on financial infrastructure speak publicly about their work...

What pieces of financial infrastructure do you want to know about?

Mastercard and Visa (for example) publish a lot of information about their technology and standards, and certainly people aren't prohibited from talking about implementing them or interfacing with them.
For super resolution of video, the best thing I've come across is TecoGAN which uses adjacent frames for extra information, creating a consistent flow between frames.

https://github.com/thunil/TecoGAN
> U2F Tokens do not have a key limit

They must have some limit. EC Keys are roughly 32 (256 bit) or 48 (384 bit) bytes (x2 to store the public half, right?), and most of these devices don't have MB of storage afaik... I think they have security chips with like 64-256kb of secure storage. So once you get into the range of thousands of sites, wouldn't you run out of room?

ETA: thanks akerl, I didn't realize that's what they (or most of them) were doing; I didn't even realize deterministically generating an EC key from a seed was efficient enough to do it quickly on a tiny embedded chip.
How is 4k on Ubuntu these days?
How is it the same? The newspaper is an actual non-profit (the shareholders had to give up control to get the status) but what you seem to be suggesting is to give for-profit businesses non-profit status for tax purposes even when they are not actually non-profit organisations.

Or do you mean that businesses should be able to convert to non-profit organisations when the business is no longer viable? I can agree with that sentiment. If the shareholders are prepared to give up control, and the creditors are paid off, it would be great if businesses converted to tax-exempt non-profits instead of going bust entirely.
You've made some assumptions here about the impact of a verified supply chain for vape cartridges, and it sounds like you're proposing a solution to a non-existent problem.

A reputable supplier of vape cartridges gains nothing from having a verified supply chain - people trust them anyway and they maintain a supply of good cartridges to protect that reputation.

A non-reputable supplier of vape cartridges doesn't care, and only sells to people who don't care what they're buying. Their lack of good reputation doesn't matter, and their lack of a verifiable supply chain won't matter either.

If the customer wants a dodgy black market vape cartridge, that's what they'll buy. If they want a quality one from a reputable source, they can already do this.
(for the benefit of those who take title seriously) They are not protesting, they made a request and wrote a letter asking for release a company-wide climate plan that commits to cutting carbon emissions entirely.

I think their suggestion that Google stops voluntarily selling their services for oil companies is wrong way to approach the situation. Only reducing the global demand for oil puts oil business out of business.

In some cases a boycott is just a tax for good ethics. If the boycott is indirect subsidy for those who don't care, it does not work.
Yeah, for now it's all we have, so I guess the juice is worth the squeeze. But in a world where our cryptocurrencies are a bit more mature I think we can stop being reactive by reversing transactions and start being preventative by using their structure to build chains and webs of trust that make fraud harder to commit up front, rather than just making it harder to get away with.
Seems that the same people are both for and against the policy that would make unnecessary, which is a shame.
Well, the result is the same. There're tons of old documents with formulas flying around and there's no clear path to upgrade, so the only reasonable way outside of re-typing every formula with new editor is to keep using old vulnerable editor. IMO they should have reverse-engineered old format and upgrade it to new automatically.
I noticed outdoor LED lamps flickering too, but only at dusk, and for what I thought was a feedback issue. These lamps are solar powered and turn on at night.

The cool part is that at twilight, when the light turned on, the little bit of reflected light bounced back to the photovoltaics, adding just enough light to turn the light off, which brought the system full circle. Amazingly, this behavior only occured for about 1 minute each day.
Ok sure, but you can simply google different algos, try them out, and use the one that works best?
I wish there was a bullycompanies.com website that listed every bully company, like backcountry.com, with links to their bullying tactics. Then I could quickly check the list before making a purchase.
Would like to point that the work done by the curve25519 team is solid, Henry is also behind the ristretto RFC.
The reason Facebook used the BFT algorithm is for pure regulatory purposes (they needed a Blockchain therefore a solid consensus algorithm with failure tolerance).
The cryptographic constructions used are quite solid unlike OP claims.
A true disadvantage for publicly traded companies. That would mean for concious people that they have to work for privately owned companies.

Although you could always spin it like it would be a long time disadvantage to work with these kind of companies. I think shareholders are the ones that take the risk of people just not wanting to work under these conditions.

Google would degrade to be a career starter for gifted developers if shareholders will continue enforce their immediate profit expectations.

Basically that means that the legal obligation for profit maximization is a pretty crappy law. I doubt that people would stop investing without that legal handle.
What would that solve, specifically?
There could be a democratic structure in place where employees can elect internal representatives to conduct things and advocate for/against issues on their behalf; alternatively (and more Google's style) there could be a direct democracy vote on particular issues.
The underlying file system might be able to dedupe the data. I remember playing around with linux containers and ZFS, where the base image was a snapshot, so only the changes to the base image take up hdd space. With modern solid state disks able to read several GB per second and with 1TB capacity, and Gbit Internet, i do not worry much if the app itself is 300MB big. If you skip the GUI the app should be fairly small - even when statically linked, then I use Linux namespaces for isolation, so no need to ship the entire OS with the app (which is a bit absurd imho. I wonder how many containers run old OS and risk container escape that would end up with root on the host, or the unnecessary extra virtualization layer killing the performance)
Reminds me of an EU regulation that somehow constrained (or taxed, can't remember exactly) fishing boats based on length.

Ten guesses as to what happened next in the following years.