skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptio...

When you see a footnote next to a 'Yes' in the online version, read it as a 'No for 90% of use cases'.
> Hunt for bugs based on rumors/leads that a 0-day is currently in use. We will use our bug hunting expertise to find and patch the bug, rendering the exploit benign.

This is probably the most fundamental issue with Android security. Google patching the bug often doesn't render it benign. There are still far too many places in the Android update process where bugs can remain malign as hell on millions of devices even after Android itself has been patched and the user keeps their device to the latest available version.
Using a library (specifically, taking advantage of Qt's QVariant and view/model framework), is what triggered most of the slowdown.
This is the coolest thing I have seen in so long. Even if it's old, I don't care.
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It's probably dangerous to wear a systemd T-shirt in some places. You also probably don't want to have a systemd bumper car sticker in those same places either.
I used to read HN comments first to determine if the article is worth reading. However, if I read the article first, I have the same experience as you where I'm very surprised how other people interpreted the article. Every once in a while there is some enlightenment.
Seriously curious, how is CS:GO not a flagship? It’s core to the esports scene, and is always one of the most played games on steam.
Chances are the people concerned enough by this change to write a strongly worded letter could immediately improve their performance by closing Slack for at least half their work day.
Ask HN: Why isn't parsed by Hacker News for quotes?
Hacker News requires two new lines between paragraphs in order to render a line break. Often times, when copying & pasting from other services which insert a line break after a single newline, and then prepending each line with >, you'll end up with a mess of a message.

> For example, let's say this was my message.
> I copy and pasted it from another website.
> This is the result.

Therefore, many seem to result to code blocks (two spaces before each line):

For example, let's say this was my message.
I copy and pasted it from another website.
This is the result.

Then, users on mobile, and even on the web, often times struggle as they have to scroll horizontally through the message.

If Hacker News instead treated the `>` character similarly to ` ` (i.e. pre-formatted text) but without sticking it in a div with a fixed width, this would be much less of an issue.
Female protagonists in game is the new fad. It has nothing to do with the gender ratio of the players playing the game.
So "literally hitler" has taken power? Who do you believe this to be? How have the civil liberties of American citizens been curtailed by legislative actions?

> Why would you recommend forbidding anyone from making this comparison?

This is a blatant mis-representation of what I have said. I responded to your comment claiming that we ought to punch people who hold certain positions. I don't believe we ought to restrict anyone from saying anything that's not defamatory; if something defamatory is said, it can be fought out in court. The fact that I disagree with your position doesn't mean I advocate restricting your right to express it.
You don't even necessarily have to do this. Polemics against homosexuality and trans issues are still an extremely potent political issue today. You can still get fired from your job or kicked out of housing in many states for merely being openly gay.

As a gay man it would be completely unconsciable to support Republicanism as it exists today, because the overwhelming majority of people in the party are somewhere between apathetic and enthusiastic about denying my rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Yes, anyone can make an open source alternative; the point is that the popular system will remain closed and controlled. Free alternatives don't become a threat when you control their implementation target.
True, but Chell had no speaking lines (not hating on Valve, Gordon Freeman/basically all their 1st person protagonists are mute). We've seen Alyx as a developed character who's gone through some trauma (not spoiling here) so I'd argue this is a bit more exciting.
Technically you are correct, but I don't think it makes much difference: the vast majority of people agree there.
Hacker News removed my `>` symbol between the words "isn't" and "parsed" in the title.
That's how I watch magic and mentalism acts as well. Until now, I'd not considered such a similarity between Darren Brown and Geordi La Forge.
But how many people are going to spend $2000+ to play this? You're building a new gaming PC and possibly buying a new VR headset just for this game?
I think DPDK does some user-level trickery to achieve per-core caching through DMA, do you happen to know how they go about it?
Thanks for the kinds words! Planning on releasing on Firefox in the next several days and I created a quick form if you'd like an email when it's ready: https://forms.gle/aiEqoSVk6XMb5DaL8
And what's their profit exit? The ever-innovative and dubious "forcing people to watch fucking ads while they ride around."
Could it simply be a spoofing device that spins? Say it broadcasts spoofed GPS location signals that travel along the circle say on 15* and the rest is jamming. Then different receivers would think they were in different locations as long as they were both not on the straight line to the antenna. It would also simulate the ship receiver believing it was traveling at seven knots when stationary.
Some we send to Afghanistan and Iraq, with pay and holidays and parades.
Critics : "Development studios are making games for Valve hardware, sure, but they're not using everything properly"

Valve : "Hold my beer, lets give them what they wanted in 3D, in VR"
The retailer is looking to maximize its own profit. It's not going to put a totally DOA product on the shelves, but they do charge slotting fees to allocate shelf space for products. There's always a large set of products they could put there, so those slotting fees end up being a major source of margin for the stores.

https://www.vox.com/2016/11/22/13707022/grocery-store-slotti...
It's a joke on "virtue signaling"!
Congratulations!
Know your customer/online id verification sure looks like the business to be in lately.
Given that there's https://veriff.com which seems to be the most advanced one and they are also YC graduate, what's the advantage/edge you guys have? Selling on the price looks like a race to the bottom.

Or are you focusing on USA customers only? GDPR and all that.
No, there's an abstraction layer [0], the problem is the quest and valve's controllers use incompatible methods to track position. The Vive/Index uses its camera to detect the motion of fixed markers (the lighthouses), while the Quest analyzes the surrounding environment directly. The Quest's cameras are looking for lights on the controller to track it, while the controller's cameras are looking for the lighthouse's lights to track themselves.

[0] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr
You need to speak to a doctor or mental health practitioner as soon as possible. Today. Don't wait.
"Crypto" in context clearly means cryptography, not cryptocurrency.
I remember reading various making of stories regarding the half-life world back when it was still relatively new, and even then the designers spent a lot of time talking about how difficult it was having a mute, non-interactive protagonist. What they pulled off is excellent considering the state of gaming at the time, but I think you're right in that it just wouldn't fly today.
Philosopher's have not been able to agree on anything. Religion and culture can agree on many right and wrongs, but there is nothing universal across other religions or cultures.
Windows works just fine with mDNS/DNS-SD, it's just that they learned a lot from WINS and SMB1 and are a lot tighter on which multicast IPs they respond to and when. (With security things like "HomeGroups" and similar mediating.) It doesn't always support the .local pseudo-DNS, but that's a relatively more recent standard, and also another place where Windows' back compat and learned mistakes cause it to be very cautious with .local addresses, especially given some Enterprises still use .local for LAN addresses not intended to be multicast DNS, despite that now being the IETF recognized standard.
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I've been saying the same thing ever since I tried VR in 1989.

One day it's going to be great. Probably not soon, but one day!
People who object to affirmative action programs or special hiring programs for people who aren't white are often called "racist". Same with people who don't support illegal immigration.

The consequence can be an angry social media mob that demands your employer fire you.
Oculus is the first headset kit I ever used that effectively solved the lateral motion problem. Specifically, the human neck isn't hinged so that the head rotates around a pivot right behind the eyes; if you tilt your head up and down, your point of view is moving forward and backward, not just tracking.

3DOF trackers (like Google Daydream) and low-fidelity 6DOF trackers don't capture that dimension of data, and even if you don't consciously notice it's missing, strapping into anything of equivalent fidelity to Oculus Rift or better makes you really notice the difference. It's night-and-day.
I'm not a fan or a detractor of systemd, but I'd wear a shirt with this logo on it just to start fights.
As was, for example, Baldur's Gate II. And yet you could enjoy it without playing the first. You'd miss all the references though.

They could just as easily take a similar route. And they should, because it's on a different medium.
I think if you fail all common post-1970 definitions, then yes. Absolutely.

It's also a customer services process; there's never anything stopping you from demanding your money back. Just as they can tell you to buzz off. This seems well within the "worth a punt" category, here.
Story of Your Life
Here is a light read for any fans of the series who want a nice conclusion to the story. This is a bit of a myth to me, as I don’t know how substantiated the story is, but it is nice to think that this is a conclusion written by the author. Considering its darkness, it is more likely a piece of fanfiction. It reads like its fanfiction. Anyway, it was nice to go for one last ride with the characters. It sounds like Vincent’s VA is different and the overall tone is lighter. The tone of the trailer did feel very much like the writers involved with portal, which managed to treat its setting with proper respect while still managing to be light for those not paying too close attention. I hope HL:A manages to keep the themes of the series intact.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/half-life-3-plot-marc...
Opps, you are correct I forgot about war. There are probably a couple other exceptions to the "general rule" as well.
I've thought this for many years. In Iran's capital every rooftop apartment has many satellites for TV use. The government claims these are "illegal" (not because its free but because of porn and unapproved channels) and the majority do not get caught (I've seen very few cases). Why can't they use a different kind of satellite for internet?
Not all video games involve walking or lots of motion.

I think a game like Myst with puzzles that you manipulate with your hands could be pretty interesting.
I'd be careful with those "impeccable" $25 oil changes. The only time I've ever tried one, they threw out the filter housing along with the old filter, and just "installed" the new filter without the housing. This was immediately before a 400 mile road trip through the middle of nowhere. Good times. Never again.
As sibling posts are pointing out, that's not new for Valve at all. They have been doing this for decades at this point.
> The global economy needs China to keep on growing.

[citation needed]. China is on its last legs of growth. It's doing an exact repeat of what Japan did that led to their "lost decade". Either there will be a hard correction or well over a decade of no or little growth. Every year the growth rate has been going down. It's now estimated for less than 6% growth for 2019.
This. Only thing I’d like is offline notes in it. Literally in the middle of the supermarket and I can’t get to my shopping list
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*The Poisoned City?
Author : Anna Cark.
Great read! Offers a BETTER PERSPECTIVE of just EXACTLY how HARMFUL unfiltered H20 can be to the human body. I am going to Ghana very soon & the last time I was there, everyone had filtration devices & I DID NOT! I will
Make sure that I DONT/WONT go down this time around. I mean I would rather drink 190 grain verses the toxicity of 3rd wheel country...
A great deal of CS:GO (minus the Source engine) was developed by another studio with, admittedly, a lot of collaboration and investment from Valve, so in this case when I think "flagship" for a game studio it's referring to a game built by employees and developers of the studio as a first-party.

At least, in my initial comment, that's the intention I had in mind.
I get what you're saying, but it also seems like a bit of a stretch to describe her "philosophy" as nothing more than "own anything that you like."

It would be odd if a popular advocate of healthy dieting opened a store selling a bunch of addictive junk food, and people jumped in and claimed that the person's philosophy is really just "mindful eating" and that if you think about what diet will make you happy, the answer might be a bunch of addictive junk food, and maybe that's fine!
He didn't move the goalposts and usefully expanded on my point. Those devices you're talking about notably adhere to other external standards and are not typically user reprogrammable (where user is the integrator). Also important is that I would not consider them secure in general due to the standards they implement. You also certainly realize that their power consumption, when present, massively dwarfs the type of processor we were first discussing?

By the time you get to the ARMv8 accelerators, yes, you're going to exactly the same place I was arguing we should go with my original comment. There's actually a number of primitives that could be reused for various systems.
On MacOS, paste-as-plaintext is Ctrl+Shift+V

(Or I guess Cmd+Shift+V)
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I think it's for a few reasons:

1. While you (and a few others) may be interested in it, a large percentage (perhaps most) of the market won't be. So they don't consider it worth the effort to build out just to support a tiny percentage of their overall userbase.

All that engineering time/effort spent on a paid subscription system could go towards features which more people would use.

2. In some cases, the value of the user to advertisers is higher than they'd be willing to pay for an ad free experience. Probably not much of the time, but I remember hearing that a paid Facebook account would likely be something like $70 a month/year/whatever to make up for the loss in ad revenue.
> An awful lot of people who were vocally against interventionism during the Bush administration became grudgingly accepting of it...

You'd think that. It was amazing to see the mass protests while W was president that simply evaporated as soon as Obama was in office.

But I disagree that people changed their minds. People were still protesting while Obama was president, and anti-war writers like Greenwald kept up a consistent position.

What went on is the press, really a handful of editors, simply spiked stories about the wars and the protests, and by starving them of media coverage, they didn't weigh on people's minds so heavily.

The higher-ups in a news office have to make judgement calls about what a news program is going to focus on, and to them some stuff feels more or less newsworthy depending on who's in office. It could be some shadowy conspiracy, or, more likely, just their personal unconcious biases.
There isn't a design there that's being copied or a brand being appropriated. I mean however many centuries back someone figured out cheddar cheese, but nobody alive has a proprietary claim to it.
It is the office space equivalent of elastic cloud computing. Definitely a solid market, but you gotta be diligent about the bottom line costs.
Does anyone know if European SEPA actually overlap with Plaid here ?
Was SEPA supposed to "commoditize" the whole "grant access to my bank account to 3rdparty" ?
I'm responding to this claim and the idea that it's "practical" for the average end-user:

>> Try going to a mailing list and suggesting that editing text files in /etc isn't a practical end-user experience and see what response you get.

> First of all, it is perfectly practical, especially given the fact that you can find step-by-step instruction to do just about anything in a matter of seconds.

I'm a firm believer in the idea that there isn't a "best" operating system, there is only an "ideal" operating system for any given person's use-case and value hierarchy. If your mom likes Ubuntu, good on her. I suspect she's an outlier within the general populace.
In addition to the causes you list, I'd add that education has become increasingly politicized (in the extreme). To the point where many new graduates are either activists or reactionary from having been steeped in that environment for at least the time they were in higher ed.
One obvious and relevant possibility is that two generations ago the marginal tax rates were much more progressive.

Don't think that only you will be taxed higher, while the rest of the market stays the same.

If everyone making $250K or over is taxed more heavily then they can't afford to take so much land off the market. How many $5 million homes will there be in Atherton if the marginal tax rate for the top 20% of earners was what it was in 1960?

https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm says $250K(2019) is about $35K(1969). https://www.tax-brackets.org/federaltaxtable/1969 says the tax rate on $35K(1969) in 1969 would have been about 55%.

BTW, hellisothers wrote "that $250k is taxes down to around $130". https://www.taxformcalculator.com/tax/250000.html says estimated take-home pay in CA on $250K is $160K, which gives extra $30K/year over hellisothers's estimate, which can easily go to savings, retirement, and vacations.

That is, the overall current tax rate in CA is about 37%.

As the article points out, the tax for >$250K would go from "the current tax of 12.4" to 14.8 percent rate for Warren's proposal, which is also "supported by a broad coalition of House Democrats."

So the overall rate would be no more than about 40%. Much less than a couple of generations ago.
I also wonder about the effect of using the net votes (like HN show on your own posts) vs. showing the up and down votes separately.
If the premise is that you can't trust VPN providers then it may be better to forgo the promise of plausible deniability in the first place.
Everyone who has not watched The Expanse yet: start doing it. It is easily the best SciFi show in the last decade and a top contender for best SciFi show ever.

It has a slow start but is increasing pace and when you realize you are being watching seasons you are doomed because soon the year long wait starts :)
I'm asserting a republic is better than a democracy.

There are minor variations of republics and how they elect people with resulting variations. However they are all better than alternatives (including democracy).
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They deployed it as an A/B test[0]. Which means they are blatantly lying about being able to roll it back.

[0] https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet/b...
it’s $23, available online with free next day in most cases. further the massive downside to the old magsafe adapters is how proprietary they were and that they were soldered to the brick. if one frayed on you, as they did all the time, all you could do is go to the apple store. if you travel for work this becomes a massive liability. if this cable cost $100, was useless on other devices and you didn’t have to carry a usb-c cable in the first place then i can see your point. but when you buy a $3000+ laptop then complain about a $30 cable then it becomes hard to take you seriously.
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I play mostly FPS games in VR. To be honest stabbing a dude was a pretty jarring experience the first time I did it in VR. I also remember hitting the ground pretty hard the first time I heard rounds whizzing over my head. But that kind of adreneline pumping experience goes away really quickly. Once it's normalized your body stops having a reaction to it.
what do you do when you've saturated the market?

one-time fee only works if you have a constant stream of new customers into your niche that is sufficient to pay your salary.

with upgrades or subscriptions you can have a group of users who love what you do and are happy to support you without having to hope for new users and constantly market to get them.
I'm already making space for the headset in the same drawer I keep my 3d glasses for my TV!
Planet Money ran an episode on the Phoebus Cartel not too long ago. Really interesting listen.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/03/27/707388981/epis...
Waiting for the next domino to fall coughUbercoughLyftcoughDoordash* It feels like 1999 all over again :-)
Spend 30 seconds educating yourself on Aurora. It's not ambiguous. It clearly says it on the AWS page I linked. MySQL compatible Aurora is a fork of MySQL with a modified storage engine. According to AWS's own docs, the performance increase is mostly a hardware play where they are replicating and striping the storage across various SSDs.

If you haven't used LAMP in 10 years, oh my. 10 years in the world of devops and software development might as well be an eternity. MySQL's InnoDB storage engine is a totally different animal that MyIsam.

Your experience is severely out of date and/or incorrect. You should keep it to yourself and avoid contradicting strangers over the internet when you know very little about what you are talking about.
No, they (usually) don't. In fact, given that your ISP likely rotates your IP more often than your AWS server, rolling your own VPN may in fact be a decrease in anonymity in some cases.

The benefits to privacy would be:

- It may still make it harder for your ISP to track you, which can be worthwhile.

- It can still be useful to help hide your physical location, since your IP won't be in the same county as you. That's also not nothing.

For 3rd-party sites, you'll be making your traffic easier to correlate across domains, locations, etc... Up to you whether or not that's part of your threat model.
Every version of the GPL allows commercial use.
I would argue that one of the foremost responsibilities of a journalist is to make a condensed and correct retelling of a story. If any part of the story could be wrong and requires readers to second-guess and look up stuff for themselves, the article is basically worthless or perhaps even of negative value, since people may have to spend resources correcting its misconceptions in the future.
Valve is clearly pushing their own Index hardware with this game
No benchmarks. Cool but just seems like an ad for Oracle.
Counterstrike and TF both started as half life mods.

This is going to expand the market vastly because it will make it much cheaper to develop quality VR games. In a couple of years, I predict the average purchase of this game will be to play the mods rather than the core game.