skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
No, because Amazon commingles inventory.
"In other words, third-party sellers aren’t the only ones paying her to leave fake reviews and superficially boost sales — Amazon is too."

Would indicate that Amazon are and if they are in effect fiscally encouraging this practice then people like Jessica would take that as some form of legalised legitimacy.

Which is not the case [edit add]

[EDIT ADD] This is just cashback from Amazon credit card, just badly worded in article
> The firm said it would also clarify under what circumstances it would remove political ads for making "false claims".

Oh great, this means they will apply the same rules to regular ads, right?
It's a company with non-unique tech run by salespeople, of course they have a management problem.
I don't think it's at all guaranteed that future neural networks will grab continuity and context [in a meaningful sense, as opposed to basics like the character and place names being consistent and the context continuing to involve a murder and detectives] still less actually plot well. More importantly, for actual publishable writing as opposed to spam content AI has to do more than just start to grasp continuity and context, because every unpublishable human writer reaches that level, and most of them understand the much higher level of narrative arcs, characterisation and twists too. I don't think the cost of cash advances for no-name writers or lack of half decent unsolicited submissions to choose from is a big problem for publishers, is it? Surely 'time to fix not-irredeemably-flawed texts up enough to make them marketable' is in shorter supply...

Agreed that AI-assistive writing is pretty close to the point where it can save you the hassle of thinking up interesting ways of describing minor characters and locations, but of course when it reaches that level there are massive areas of content creation for AI companies which are more lucrative than novel writing and don't require further technological advances...
Target does not have a marketplace, so I prefer them over Walmart.
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The article shows us exactly how it’s done.
Which is the "most famous of them"?

In this UK it's probably "mankind", hosted on a microsoft owned IP, I assume azure.
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> Their touchpad is excellent...

exception: the 2017 macbook pro trackpad. it's not great. i don't know how many times i had to plug a mouse in to get drag and drop to work...
Part of the issue is that there isn't a single correct way to hire somebody. Your hiring process must be able to adapt to a given candidate's circumstances.

For example, say that you met somebody who is already working somewhere, and through the course of networking you understand that they're not happy where they currently are but they're not actively looking for new work either. If you decide that you'd like to poach them, then you must necessarily take a slower approach, since they're not being actively pursued by other companies (since nobody knows that they're on the market) and you want to make sure that they'll be happy at your company and everything else that's an essential part of recruiting.

On the other hand, take a senior engineer who left their last startup because the startup went out of business, and whose skills will be in high demand by many competitors. You have less latitude as to how much time you can take during your hiring process before they get hired out from under you by a competitor. Committing to never hiring quickly is a recipe for filling your ranks with mediocre talent.
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"Which is absurd given that their desktop keyboard is really good."

I guess that is pretty subjective. I for one, hate Apple desktop keyboards. Not only the feel of it, but the layout (in my country) is different than the PC keyboards which drives me nuts.
It seems like they are already fixing some of the issues that people are describing. I can't reproduce this post's bugs at the moment
What I'm understanding from this article is that WeWork, as big as they are/were, and as much of a tech company as they made themselves out to be, did not host an enterprise version of GitHub that could reside inside their intranet? Is that accurate?
Just a bad idea to let someone write an article about you. It could be possible for an Amazon employee to use clues from the photographs to identify this user.
Isn't it true that the meat industry is higher than the oil industry for climate warming? Why are they only talking about oil/coal/gas?
Based on the many discussions about web app performance on HN, it seems most web developers have neither pride in their work nor the will to create performant products.

Most of them must also lack the skill, given how difficult it is to squeeze performance out of a web app...
But most BT headphones don’t work seemlessly between laptop and phone. You usually have to unpair from you phone to pair to you laptop.

With a headphone jack I can unplug from my phone and plug into my laptop.

But once those devices loose headphone jacks I can’t just switch to BT headphones. But I can switch to AirPods. Which seem quite expensive.

What other Bluetooth headphones can easily switch from my MacBook to my iPhone?
It's Alive from Bon Appetit is a really good serie. And Brad Leone is amazing
Want to love your current "bad keyboard" MBP again?

Grab a wireless Apple Magic Keyboard and stick it directly on top of the current IVE keyboard and use Karabiner elements to disable the MBP's internal keyboard.

I actually genuinely enjoy this computer now. A few days ago I was trying to figure out how to sell it and get a new 16" one, but honestly Apple doesn't deserve my money or attention anymore.
> “I want to make clear that we’re not trying to send people off to Saturn,” he says. “We’re trying to buy ourselves more time to save lives.”

The interplay between medical necessity and medical option is fascinating. Reconstructive surgery after cancers and burns. Botox was first develop to treat eye muscle issue.

It's very easy to see a path from accessories worn by amputees to augmentations taken by perfectly able-bodied people.

I suspect this technology given enough time will take a similar path: recreational or practical extension of life for healthy people.
Here in Canada the CBC show Marketplace showed how bold some people are at reviews some even posing as medical doctors. Many of them coming from people who work for a company called Fiverr.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/video-review-testimonial-ma...
Paged Out Issue #2: a magazine about programming with one article per page
It is in areas where is needed to support a family without going into debt, which seems to be almost expected today
Oh man, water filters. I should add that to my list.

The problem is, I want to buy a generic filter because fridge manufacturer has the typical massive markup that a manufacturer does (like printer ink) but finding a reputable generic is difficult.
The iOS devices haven't suffered similarly though. Those products have been developing fine.

Apple just hasn't cared enough about the Mac (the Mac Pro is proof of that). I've read reports (could be false) that all the A players go on the iOS teams, and the ones left on the Mac teams are the handful of truly passionate, and the B players. (well if you read other reports, the A players go to Google where they pay better...)
Maybe it's easy to say but it feels more like a cultural problem than a technical/procedural one.

Why the fuck did they let this happen in the first place?

Where is this mentality that even the backside of a cabinet should be build well?
i pay for consumer reports for exactly this reason.
DOM and event callbacks are basic bread and butter for JS developers and in web apps it's essential to understand how DOM works and how to minimize DOM changes when doing performance work. Can you come up with an example where a oil or finance sector developer needs to understand MESIF?

Or are we having a terminology confusion and you use the coherency term for software visible performance characteristics of caches generally? I do agree that understanding cache effects and their intersection with multiprocessing is generally important in perf work. As is understanding the architected memory model, which tells you what you can and can't rely on semantically.
The issue here is that this symbol does not correspond to a single position in the matrix, but varies quite wildly depending on regional accent.
Up this. Many people from Africa want to go to Canada:
https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sa-cant-force-refugees...
Reminds me when Jetbrains designers decided that colored icons were distracting to developers.

They never backed up their claim with any data, and instead released a very partial plugin to shut up dissent.

Basically all they do is look at Adobe UIs and copy them, even if IDEs and Photoshop are not used by the same people and not for the same usage ...
I started buying from Walmart because it's simply better. You don't have to be a member for free shipping, and you can always pick it up from a store if you got to have it ASAP. Walmart's return policy is also dead-simple. You could return a half-eaten cheeseburger to Walmart for a full refund.
I disagree aboUt USB-C on a Mac, Apple has always pushed new interfaces forward. The iPhone is where the problem is, they keep refusing to retire lightning. This is one area where it just doesn't work.
Can you imagine what people would say about PCs if one had to do this with a PC laptop?
The pictures and names of the products she ‘reviewed’ or is ‘reviewing’ will probably make it easy to identify her.
I was thinking the same. Amazon card, rough volume of purchases and kinds of purchases... that ought to be enough to narrow down a bit? Outside shots give geographic clues too (we can assume it's not Southern Florida).
Further, she loses money with these reviews. Basically, she likes getting packages full of things she doesn't use and loses money on. What a weird hobby.

“I really don’t think I’m making money on it at all. I’m pretty sure I’m losing money,” Jessica said while looking over her spreadsheet. “I’m pretty sure I’m at a 10% loss. But I’m okay with it, because I’ve gotten a whole bunch of new stuff.”
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I use https://www.fakespot.com/ It isn't perfect but can confirm the bad ones.
How do you get from "we should regulate production of fossil fuels" to "the state is trying to take away our personal freedom"?

Lots of harmful industries are heavily regulated already (tobacco comes to mind). Those regulations did not take us down a slippery slope, nor did they result in a fascist/dystopian society. Quite the opposite: lots of people are alive today because of those regulations.
It's weird that everything is compared to one of the most successful products ever created. Something that went from an incredibly niche product to nearly every adult, and a lot children owning, in a very short timeline.

Every Apple product launch has commentary of "This isn't as successful as the iPhone", like yeah, no shit, the iPhone isn't going to be replicated every 10 years. We aren't always on the cusp of being able to combine components generated from advances in multiple industries to propel one industry to market dominance.

I like to imagine a future where we are able to continue the advances of Moore's law by getting more efficient with our software and the ever increasing abilities multi core processing. I have no idea if that's how it's going to continue, but in the absence of continued progress in one area, progress will probably be demanded in another.
"Money is just the medium through which wealth can move and be traded. To create more money, the government just fires up the ‘ol proverbial HP LaserJet All-In-One OfficeJet 8620 and suddenly there’s more money."

This is great
She's just got an Amazon credit card that gives 5% cash back. It's not some deeper, more meaningful integration - virtually anyone can get one.
How much heavier than your current phone were they?

(I'm not suggesting anyone updates, just curious how much weight caused this to be the primary decision point.)
I think that's the point. you could look at it like they seeded their supply and built the demand side first.
I started to freak out a bit when people here started complaining about fake stuff and the whole story about commingled inventory. That was maybe 1 year or 2 ago.

I have continued to buy stuff from Amazon in Europe since and I have to report that I did not receive any counterfeit stuff (I believe, I checked everything as best as I can). I bought things ranging from screwdriver, SD cards (famously prone to be fake) to electronic/high tech. Costs ranging from 10€ to 1000€.

I'm starting to believe that it is indeed an US problem or like you I'm just lucky?
Unambiguously, except for the symbol this article is about, which is ambiguous.
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Why not call out the specific practices?

What’s wrong with SEO anyway?
They also make a great publication imho. Supporting good journalism these days is a lot more valuable to me than boycotting bad SEO practices.
I'll agree with almost everything you say, but I can't agree with the lower standard down payments. That is one of the reasons that we got into such a mess in the mid 2000's, along with lower underwriting standards.
What a bunch of whining babies.
Are you really this upset with such a tiny change? :D

I like the new editor.
They shouldn't revert the changes. Like any change on any software, people will complain first, some issues will be solved, and then will adapt and stop complaining.

How can this have such an impact in your lives?

Stop slacking and work ;)
I know your comment is satirical, but unfortunately I know quite a few people, in wealthy countries, for whom an 11 by 11 square cell of their own would be a welcome upgrade to their current, smaller, precariously rented space.
> there is people beheading others with machetes in tribal-like wars

I prefer the society that does not end up with machetes, but there are maniacs out there that would argue that even expressing such a preference is 'problematic'
I think there has been some reverse engineering of simple game engines through ML already actually.
> PDFs specifically support the form use case

Yes, but the person creating the PDF must know this, and must know how to do it with the software they have. In practice, many forms I've seen came out of situations where this was not the case.

> Inserting a scanned signature is also not a problem at all these days, and even fits the PDF model quite well.

It's not a problem to open a one-page PDF in Inkscape or the Gimp and paste a signature in there. That's what I said. It gets tedious with multi-page PDFs. Do you have a better solution for this?
I mailed them too, and got a human response instantly. They're good at that.
We don't need OSS in this case, we need open protocols so anyone can use any other client, proprietary or not.
Fridays For Future's next global climate strike is on the 29th, next week. There is probably some demo in your city that you could join.
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Just turn off JS 4Head, the content will load with no paywall. Also, please elaborate on these "dark practices"
The poster you were replying to makes it clear he means the stand-alone touchpad, not ones in laptops.
Even if you do, that doesn't protect you from counterfeits because of commingling.
You can smugly enjoy the freedom to watch ecosystems disappear, or you can be constructive about the changes needed.

If the people on the right don’t like the remedies of the left, let them come up with an alternative climate change strategy that is not some form of head-in-sand policy.
Creating a toilet bowl coating so slippery that 'human waste can't stick to it'
Except for the symbol the article is about.
Wow, thanks for the detailed reply. You mentioned a couple of implementations that I hadn't thought about. But I guess the short version would be, as so often: testing systems is hard, and there's no one-fits-all solution.
1 billion*

2 - 2.5 million calories a day is normal for people with a normal level of physical activity.
On the BigO notation, you have to remember is that it's an upper bound on the runtime. There is no guarantee other than the growth of the function.
Wow, didn't see that - thanks!
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True, but that right collection will also ensure the price you need isn't unreasonable. If the house is worth $300,000 and you need $301,500 that is in the margin of error (which I doubt is statically calculated, but if it was). If you need $500,000 on the same house you won't get it.
No in general it's not possible. There are a few isolated tribes where this might work, but the rest of humanity is too mixed and varied. The best you can do is a rough probability.
It never fails to amaze me how little people seem to care about local politics, the stuff that effects them the most day to day. Our local elections get an okay turn out, because we've done a good job of making people aware of how important it is. But I go to a city counsel meeting, and members seem mad that someone showed up and they have to go through the motions.

Most of them run unopposed, and I assume decide who gets what while they're at the bar or something. Their election campaign is usually a facebook page with cute kids smiling, and saying nothing at all. The city doesn't know what they're up to unless they ask for money. For a long time the federal level has been increasing in power, but maybe that's because no takes an active interest in city & state.

I've been considering running for a local seat just to be a monkey wrench.
> i guess brain's synaptic precision could go way lower, as low as 26 distinct synapse weights: https://elifesciences.org/articles/10778

Thanks for the link. Artificial neural networks all the way down to binary weights [1] although this approach doesn't seem like the most efficient one. It's interesting how we're still seeing a ton of variability in ML architectures: it suggests we haven't stumbled on the right area yet. It reminds me how early aviation had a huge diversity of aircraft plans, but now, after a lot of optimization, we've settled on that one standard airliner shape everyone uses everywhere.

[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.02830
I've just received the update this morning, I "complained" for a moment but to be honest it's not that bad neither the end of any world. Plus, I can't really reproduce (or maybe understand?) the Markdown problem he's reporting about "when you do `foo()` it foos the bar". It work as previously did and as the author expects on my computer.
The best people in every field are people who are focused on one aspect and one aspect only. Linus Torvalds only focus on C programming and kernels. If you judge him based on these lists, he will be regarded incompetent because he can't do UI and is proud of it. He doesn't even try to learn the basics about it because he has his speciality and do it very well.

Lionel Messi doesn't try to be the best header or best defensive midfielder. He focuses on dribbling and scoring goals.
I suspect Slack is aiming for the customers they would like to have in the future at the expense of the customers they actually have right now.
Or we invest heavily in renewables and/or nuclear, insulate our homes and replace ICE vehicles with public transport, bikes, and electric cars and get 80% of the way to carbon neutrality with negligible changes to our lifestyle.
Amazon has a counterfeiting problem alright, but I'm not sure why you think that other places can deal any better with this type of review fraud. It's a legitimate purchase followed by a review. Seems undetectable to me.

Biggest Amazon draw for me is price. I make a concerted effort to avoid them these days.
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Personally I suspect that counterintuitively more centralization may be a good antidote to the awareness issues.

Historically there was too much lag for centralization past a certain scale and there was a derth of information to process.

Since that is no longer the case it is easier to watch one organization closely than distributed one. Even if they had comprehensive coverage of every locality the parsing and understanding of it would be more difficult.

Of course getting said reorganization would be politically very difficult.
The general drift power concentrated in the hands of the unaccountable few should be a bigger concern.
This is getting into the "really absolutely certain of the input criteria" category your initial parent was talking about
wikipedia has tons of goodwill so calling yourself "wiki"-something is excellent free marketing
Apple needs another "Snow Leopard" release - spend an entire year not adding anything - just focus on making everything work better, fix bugs, etc.
her.

there is no system in place to stop those truly dedicated to work it.

My wow moment was the claim that Amazon already had to take action on over five million seller accounts! How do you even manage that number?

still to combat buyers like her you would need to limit the number of reviews by any account, CC, and email address, to a set number per month and year. Yes they can still cheat it but no need to make it easy.
Not too good an athlete or too good a programmer, but an athlete complimented on his strength can focus on that to the detriment of his overall performance, and a programmer praised for her architecture can go on to . . . create Java framework-generating frameworks. Knowing your strengths is a good thing, but letting them dominate your identity is not.
For one, there is no way to cancel your subscription online.
I'm also a heavy fountain pen user and I've found Parker ink (the same my father used), dries fast for fine-sized nibs.
The black-blue looks really good on paper.

Currently using a Waterman fountain pen, but also have a Lamy safari nearby. Still don't know which one I like best.

For me the best part of using fountain pens is that I enjoy writing and taking notes more than with a regular pen. Also, my handwritting looks easier to read with the fountain pen.

Just my 2c.
> Why do cries of "free market!!1" always seem to end up meaning "I want to profit at the expense of the public good"?

Because market norms are so universally accepted in the West that the usual alternative to pure laissez-faire that “free market” arguments are deployed against is a market accompanied by regulation aimed at internalizing externalities, perhaps with socialization of a very narrow band of industry for which internalizing externalities in private trade is not seen as practical.

That is, it is usually deployed in situations where it can be seen as an argument for maintaining a situation where trade occurs with substantial unmitigated negative externalities over an alternative which addresses some of the negative externalities but otherwise preserves markets.
I don't know, maybe CodeTalks [0] is what you mean.

[0] https://codetalks.tv/
I think we need all to calm down on this one. I was irritated in the beginning as well, but I am sure I will get used to it. Change is always difficult but part of progress.
Not happening. Big co. are all going after Asian markets, and aircraft carrier sized smartphones took off as a trend there.

Some people are even buy 2 devices these days. A giant 7 inch smartphone, and a dumphone or bluetooth handset with dial pad in addition to it.