skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I know of the tame silver fox experiment[0] (not wolf), and it wasn't forbidden. Are you referring to a different one?

[0] http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160912-a-soviet-scientist-c...
There are already frameworks doing this. For example Blazor (.Net core 3) and Phoenix Live View (Elixir).

They write the Javascript for you but you won't even notice it.

I don't have experience with Phoenix, but with Blazor I just write my complete SPA in C#. There is no API for communication between the server and client. Blazor creates all the JavaScript websocket code for me so I never need to write a single line of Javascript.

And when you separate your business layer from Blazor you can always add an API in the future when you need one. Just create some controllers for your API and use the same business code Blazor is using.
TensorFlow 2.1-RC.0 released with TPU Pod support
Rinput – Insights on Everyday Dynamics
Powerful destructive winds are only going to become more common over the next decade. Boeing really should do another test to make sure.
Not a Googler, but I'd tend to assume they made the number up. Long hours are part of the mythology around silicon valley companies.
Isn't the most expensive phone you can buy also the most locked down phone you can buy, the iPhone 11?
What middleman do you want to cut out? My proposal doesn't add any dependencies. It's also not possible to prevent duplicate charges if a user POSTs a form twice without idempotency keys, so idempotency is necessary.

I'm really not sure what you're actually proposing?
China wants to lead UN agency that allows copyright holders to seize web domains
My understanding (mainly from Star Trek) is that most of the fun of baseball is the stats.
Are the energy savings really enough to justify sending stuff up and bringing it back down?
Ask HN: What should be taught in high school?
I'm an educator with a CS / programming background. There's a possibility that I'll be moving into the 'Information and Communications Technology' role next year at my medium sized high school (grades 9-12, ~700 students, diverse student population). My jurisdiction's curriculum in this area is not well developed, and there are no standardized tests to prepare for. I'll have an amount of freedom in deciding course content that's unusual for high school teachers.

What would HN have the modern western high school student learn with respect to "Information and Communications Technology"?
The teeth don't look particularly strange to me. Some modern dogs have teeth that look the same. Just duckduckgo "dog teeth" images.
> Fear of iatrogenic harms seem to cloud our progress towards early treatment.

I really haven't seen much evidence for this in the industry, can you expand?
Emacs was called a resource hog, once.

What we get from older technologies is better tuning.
So what is this 1 weird trick?
Not any more. I think you'll find that the maths specifications have been trimmed down a little.[1]

Now we have discrete Computer Science at GCSE and A-Level.

[1] https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/mathematics/specifica...
Using the right pronouns for people in workplaces and schools. There is empirical evidence of improved mental health but ultimately it's based on a specific belief system — you have to believe that trans people are a group to care about, and that almost anyone who asks you to use a different pronoun for them is being sincere about it.
Use native Android sharing to open a link in an app that has registered it.
Correlation vs. Causation
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21653829
My bad, it was a fox experiment, indeed.

Regarding "banned", the article mentions:

> The study of genetics had been essentially banned in the USSR, as the country's dictator Joseph Stalin sought to discredit the genetic principles set out by Gregor Mendel. Stalin's death in 1953 gave scientists more freedom, but in the early years Belyaev nevertheless worked under the cover that he was breeding foxes to make better fur coats.

Also, it mentions 50 generations:

> "The fox farm experiment was crucial, in that it told us that domestication can happen relatively quickly in the right circumstances," he says. "The fact that in fifty generations, they were wagging their tails and barking, this is really incredible."
I think Firebase is a much nicer version of this in the sense that it essentially eliminates the backend altogether and allows the client to talk to the DB directly. It is definitely not for every project, but if your project pretty much only needs CRUD, it is amazing.
What you are looking for are called "Commercial Displays" or "Digital Signage"
Expect to pay a premium, but they are generally simple panels built to endure a very heavy duty cycle and harsher-than-a-living-room environment
You are not a lottery ticket – Peter Thiel (2013)
Since everything is open, you could probably run your own builds and use your own update server. Or you can use their code as a starting point and port whatever Linux distribution you want to it, which is a lot easier than a locked down Android or iOS device. And since it's so easy to replace everything, they need to maintain the community's trust since everything is in the open.

The best part is that I don't really need to trust Purism, I can choose to trust the community instead to whistleblow if Purism breaks the community's trust. Their target demographic is exactly the type that will be watching over their shoulder to make sure nothing fishy is going on.
I disabled autoupdates on everything after a smart TV whose dashboard I'd laid out to suit me, auto-updated and insisted on dashboard apps that I never wanted and couldn't delete or hide. Got an Apple TV and have not touched the smart TV features since.
Although this may attract developers initially which is the original question, this seems like an ineffective strategy for a business. In The Mythical Man Month, the author argues that one of the most important things in software architecture is conceptual integrity. Having many different architects cycle through seems like a great way to end up with too many different ideas in your systems and a poor conceptual integrity.

Maybe this could work for a short time at a startup, but I'd be curious to know your thoughts in response.
> I have about 400% more trust of Microsoft and Sony than I do of random smart tv manufacturers.

It should be noted Sony's TVs are different than their game consoles in what they collect and do. They run a relatively clean version of Android TV except for "Samba TV", which is yet another piece of show-recognizing (known as ACR) analytics. However, you can apparently decline its privacy policy on initial setup and even disable the APK entirely in settings[1]. (Some people also succeeded in ripping it and other bundled video apps out via ADB)

Even given all that, Sony TVs are probably still the tamest smart TVs out there.

> Don't give it your wifi key and don't put it on your LAN.

It entirely depends on manufacturer but I've heard of some actually seeking out open networks for internet access if you don't configure their Wi-Fi. Some people reported an unconnected TV suddenly prompted to update because the neighbour's wifi was unsecured. If you can, I'd set up a specific SSID with no LAN or WAN access just in case.

[1] https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smar...
OTOH, it slowed down one of my queries from a few ms to 3s just by upgrading. So it's not some magic absolute benefit.

I had to go and add "materialized" to a few places.
Same thing happened with Sam Altman and Loopt. A Sequoia VC who put money into Loopt pulled strings to get Green Dot to acquire it, allowing Altman and his supporters (chiefly PG) to claim it to be a success:

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3684357

Altman went on to become YC President, and has publicly toyed with the idea of running for Governor. Graham has even insinuated that Altman should be PotUS
From a previous post, the "impossibility" part is that it is impossible to form a black hole of this size after a supernova. It must be formed merging a few smaller black holes. So it's interesting, but the "impossibility" part is just linkbait.
Once they do tests wouldn’t best option be to refreeze? What a display case too!
Sorry, what is 5.9? You meant PHP 5.6?
The ability to create ReFS volumes was removed in non-Pro, non-Enterprise Windows 10 1703.

I guess that the fact I didn't notice says something.
Log out. Become just another 'guest'. You won't be able to comment, you won't be able to vote. By reducing your interactions, you reduce your involvement. In reducing your involvement, your reduce your interest and you reduce your time spent.

I left Reddit about 12 months ago. Every now and then I look at one or two subreddits that I used to spend a lot of time with. No longer logging in to Reddit, those subreddits look completely unappetising.
I've read about TVs that already did that. The owner purposefully didn't configure WiFi or Ethernet, and months later the TV suddenly prompted to install an update because it found a neighbour's open WiFi.
Wouldn't you just disable the display server like any other Linux OS? I'm sure they're using systems, so it just just be:

> sudo systemctl disable phosh.service

Or something like that. I'm sure it would be pretty easy with a bit of fiddling. However, you're right that you'd probably need a keyboard plugged in because the default TTY probably doesn't have a soft keyboard.
> I just want a phone that functions without me thinking about it.

Me too, which is why I'm interested in the Librem 5 (and the Pinephone).

I don't have the energy to constantly be fighting my phone's attempts to trick me into surrendering all my data to various corporations.
Want a quick start - start a CodeClub or Coder Dojo.

https://codeclub.org/en/

https://coderdojo.com/
The actual text of the article (not including the table and image) is about 2700 characters long.
By default, a Liaison backend doesn't expose anything to the frontend. For a method (or an attribute) to be exposed, it must be explicitly declared as such.
Sounds like you were ready to start some graduate courses and research in those areas rather than rehashing undergraduate material that you had already mastered. Graduate courses and research can be pretty interesting and rewarding.

Or perhaps ready to investigate some other subjects. For me many of the most beneficial and interesting courses and learning experiences are far afield from my primary work areas.
Most of them let you download the firmware updates on a computer and load them on a USB flash drive. That's how I've updated my Samsung that I never connect to the network.
Careful there: long arithmetic probably isn't a great example, since it has no purpose to someone with a calculator -- it would be better to spend the time teaching number theory, no? And, I believe it's important to convey that "this method really only makes sense if you have a computer". Nothing turns students off like mechanical wrote method learning.
The Sega SC-3000 Personal Computer (2018)
Maybe we'll have "HDMI condoms" that connect two cables and drop all packets relating to internet sharing.
Only if you stream via your TV and not a separate box. Obviously that's part of what they're banking on, but I don't know anyone technically knowledgeable who does that (not least because TVs are notoriously bad at updates and incompatibility often breaks those functions soon after purchase anyway). John and Jane Viewer used to manage just fine with separate set-top boxes for their satellite or cable or whatever, so I don't personally see any problem with having separate (and therefore separately upgradable or replaceable) boxes for connecting to online services, while it does have clear advantages.
You’re assuming that robots otherwise indistinguishable from humans couldn’t manage to develop any system to temporarily ingest food or liquid?

How do you know anyone isn’t a robot who can fake eat?
They could create an HDMI condom so you can't have network connectivity over HDMI. Similar to USB condoms.

Also... what if they put a 5G SIM card inside the telly? Now that would suck.
Looks interesting!

How do you generate the hover states, if they are not in the sketch file?

Do you have to structure the layers/components in a certain way, or do you use ML from pixel data?

Any plans for Figma/React?
I'm guessing it's just a DNS server blackholing/NXDOMAIN-ing certain domains and the connections aren't actually proxied, like the old OpenDNS home.
bubble.io points of interest...
- basic value proposition is clear.
- level of simplicity is emphasized. if you're selling tech to a less technical audience, you want to make it clear this is easy ala "drag and drop, one click hosting, full control"
- almost all consumer btw are attempting to gain more control in their life through a purchase.
- Join 326,534 Bubblers today! enter email to get started. So not only are they providing social proof of their popularity, but they have a business model to make that possible, with multiple free or low priced options to build that number.
- a lot of their other copy isn't that great and much of it won't be read beyond the headlines. people scan to see what they should read, when you write copy for scanning, they never read anything but the headlines.
- they also lack any kind of humanity, people buy from people, that's your opportunity to compete with them. showcase real humans and real human projects way more upfront.
- I think their pricing and ease of getting started is a key point, everyone is comfortable with the idea of starting free and paying more as you scale.
- they also name the various groups their customers fall into, so people can think "yes, this is for me".
- combine the above points, and its enough for someone to sign-up and start the process. How far they get depends on the app itself.

So your opportunity to compete is (as is often the case with tech sites) to lead with a more human approach. Show yourself, show your customers, show real projects. Just connect as humans, with the humans reading your page. You could also replace 90% of that copy with a dozen, longer, more carefully thought out headlines that deliver a more complete pitch.
They are selling their tool - but they aren't selling themselves, and they aren't selling the dream. What is it that people wanting to build their own apps are really trying to achieve? I'd go all in on one of those groups - startups or education/students or businesses. Then you can really talk their language, develop a personality and a community around the pursuit.
Programming shaders is like some black art, just like RF electronics.
Google is working on integrating CUDA directly into TensorFlow

What does this mean? And how does having CUDA in TF make it better for vendors that don't support CUDA?

Could you post a link to this work?
I wouldn't worry much when your e-rep takes a few hits from people with nothing better to do.
> Deep-brain stimulation works by shoving electrodes into your brain and moving them around while asking, "do you feel better now?" (Or having the patient perform a task like writing which demonstrates symptoms of the condition being treated).

That's somewhat similar to how I've heard(perhaps apocryphally) lobotomies were done. They'd have the patient read from a book or sing a song and would cut until their diction was impacted.
This jogged my memory—they did the same with Obama and Dijon mustard. I don’t think it’s unique to Trump.
Singapore Government Tests Out Its Fake News Law Against an Opposition Party
He’s an incredibly popular icon and often tops any historic figure polls in the UK. Election results after the second world war don’t really mean much to his legacy. He also had (so far) the last state funeral in the UK, lasting for 4 days, something that is usually reserved for royalty.

His witticisms are often fondly repeated, and some of his most famous portions of his speeches are known to everyone in England. You also find some of his most famous pictures (cigar-toting v for victory) in a lot of places.

That’s not to say people adore him or would dislike you for talking poorly of him, but it’s a much wider segment of the population than you suggest.

It’s an interesting problem though. People are aware of his racism and more controversial actions, but the feeling is that it doesn’t really matter. For leading our country through a fight for its very survival, he gets a free pass, because who is to say that we’d be around to discuss winning WW2 if another man was in charge.
A Liaison backend is stateless, so there is no shared state or garbage-collection to worry about.
I wish that if they are going to insist on making their TVs smart, they would take the time to think about what people who use some of the apps would want.

For example, my Samsung has apps that can stream radio, and apps for Spotify and other music services.

But it evidently failed to occur to anyone at Samsung that since these are audio apps and do not need to use the screen while playing, I might want to blank the screen once I start the stream.

I'm particularly irked at Samsung because when I searched online to see how to blank the screen (I assumed it was obvious that they would include such a feature, and I was just being dimwitted when it came to finding it), I found that they used to have that feature, and they dropped it starting with the model year of my TV!
If it has serious bugs out of the box, just return the damn thing and get a different version.
I don't know what's going to happen with this particular find but if you click through to the pages of various frozen mammoths here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_mammoth#Frozen_specimen...

you'll see everything from 'dunked in preservative and exhibited' to 'excavated as a giant chunk of permafrost and stashed in an ice cave'. The former seems more typical. Going all out, there's also this - a special facility to keep the specimen cold and, uh, moist it seems?

http://www.iceman.it/en/the-mummy/
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe one of the advantages of macOS is that the GPU can use the system ram for deep learning. Which makes it possible to use cheaper GPUs.

I've never heard of this (and I do deep learning and use Macs). Do you have a reference?
You might be on to something, sir...
> But to say that medication has no effect on its own is misleading.

That's not what I was saying.
The Thing...
I'm not sure creating a network without no internet access is going to be a long term solution. It's entirely likely that they will create future functionality in these devices to cycle through open networks and networks to which they have credentials for until they find one with internet access.
How? Bricking a device on purpose is a huge liability. Much easier to install a cheap 5G modem and keep it on as long as data collected is worth more than the peanuts 5G connection will cost to bulk buyers.
There are lots of things that are possible.

Perhaps an embargo on the US for (say) rare earths, special steels, etc. Perhaps a Chinese NED which would work to produce color revolutions in the US and NATO countries. Perhaps the kicking out of all US companies from doing any business in China.

Etc, etc, etc.

Don't forget that the US market (350 million)is only a quarter the size of the Chinese market (1400 million).
> fat price tags on everything

Prices have been about the same at 10c/brick or lower for pretty much forever. It's more that kits are getting more detailed than ever.
Mindfulness being trendy is a great thing. No matter how much people pay for it or how well do they do. Wrong mindfulness is better than no mindfulness. The more people become at least slightly more mindful - the better world we are going to live in.
Premium and expensive aren't the same thing, though often go hand in hand :)
tiddy
heh
Mozilla has implemented DRM support in Firefox. I think Mozilla is more concerned with reducing dependence on nonfree software than supporting free software.

Just to clarify, I don't fault Mozilla for having that attitude, but that doesn't mean I prefer it. I would prefer that they prioritize FOSS platforms like Linux and \*BSD, as well as getting Firefox on platforms like Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, and other GNU/Linux-based mobile operating systems. Developer adoption is a necessary (but probably not sufficient) precondition for general adoption, which is why developing for these platforms is important even though they are new/unpopular.
I work in a similar organisation to SPJ in Australia, the Australian Computing Academy (https://aca.edu.au). Everything he said mirrors quite closely what has been happening in Australia for the past decade. We also have a national curriculum (https://docs.acara.edu.au/resources/Digital_Technologies_-_S...) which we're rolling out across the country.

The main take away I've received from doing this job for the past two years is the same one that SPJ reiterates in his talk. Teaching is a very distributed discipline. There's no top down solution to implementing a new curriculum. If you work in the industry and volunteer to help a school you can make a huge difference!
I’m not sure why you think syscalls all being async means that the mitigations don’t have as much of an impact.

They still require a context switch to access the protected memory in order to enqueue the async request.

Can you expand on your reasoning?
Except at the edges, the fabric could fly at 100+ feet.

I want try this here to see how feasible it is for co trolled environmental spaces.
The amount of yak shaving needed to get a one line loop running on CUDA is truly impressive. (shudder) But I bet an FPGA implementation would beat it, in every way.
The Netherlands chapter of the ISOC is objecting to the .ORG sale ( https://domainnamewire.com/tag/internet-society/ ):

We believe that the 2019 decision of ISOC Global to sell PIR to private equity firm Ethos Capital is not in line with ICANN’s criteria from 2002 and the subsequent promise from ISOC Global. Despite ISOC Global’s assurances to the contrary, we share the misgivings of the international community about giving a single privately owned entity the power to raise tariffs, implement rights protection mechanisms possibly leading to censorship, and suspend domains at the request of local governments. We also fear that ISOC Global’s reputation has been severely harmed by even contemplating this transaction.

We therefore call on ISOC Global’s leadership to reverse this decision immediately, and do its utmost to restore faith in ISOC as the one global organisation that through its many professionals and dedicated volunteers sincerely strives for an internet for everyone.
I work for the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and we are very involved with the NCCE which SPJ talked about.

If any of your are even slightly inspired by what was talked about in this video, and would like to get involved with teaching the next generation of hackers, then I'd like to suggest that you think about starting or supporting one of the clubs SPJ mentioned.

CodeClubs are school based clubs that you can run in a local school. We provide all the resources and guidance you need, and you can get involved here.

https://codeclub.org/en/

Coder Dojos are clubs that are run at weekends, in libraries, offices and community centers. Again, we provide educational resources to help you out.

https://coderdojo.com/

Both of these clubs are international. So it doesn't matter which country you are based in.

Also happy to answer any questions people have.

Oh, and if you have kids and want to get them started, checkout some of our projects. These are the Scratch ones.

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects?software%5B%5D=...