skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> I don't know why state leadership allow this stuff to happen.

Ohio is an incredibly "business friendly" state, Common Sense Initiatives are the euphemism now. There's almost no taxes on businesses, property tax abatement are handed out to developers like candy, yet the state still wants to fund massive highway projects and employ lots of government workers. Only so much of these costs can be pushed onto the workers, so they have to look for money in other places. Hence, turning the state a for profit garbage dump.
Shameless ripoff of snapshooter.io https://twitter.com/MrSimonBennett/status/120771279509938585...
Thread from 2014: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7903720

2013: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5123165

Discussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2935220
This is not the best article, it fundamentally sees security as a black and white concept. Whereas its shades of gray and levels of defense.
Most things in computing come with a metaphoric or symbolic phrase. The desktop, windows, a mouse, bugs. It's not just limited to things you perceive as weaponized. Whatever they call piracy that isn't 'piracy' will come to have the same prosecutorial meaning behind it when it is mentioned because of the ad campaigns and actual legal action committed in real life under it's name.
Have you tried a recent build?
They fixed a few issues around cpu usage over the past few months
yeah, like in my case... rolls dice....eggs
I didn't say no one is using it to surveil their neighborhood. I said most people aren't. What percentage of Ring users do you think are posting in the Neighbors app?
Canadian Supreme Court overturns rule allowing U.S. Super Bowl ads in broadcast
> Since the program essentially has zero context on what it is computing, it has to run through every possible branch of the program. On top of this, the underlying encryption schemes that make FHE possible are very computationally expensive.

So... efficient computing with homomorphic encryption should focus on branch-free programming on CISC architectures with a huge number of instructions?
It seems like the main issue is consent. If you're using a library in a way the author didn't agree to, that's fine, but you don't get any guarantee it will keep working after an upgrade.

If you want to do that, you could edit your own copy of the library's source code and nobody will mind. Maybe that's enough?

It seems like you shouldn't be able to publish a crate where you're using an upstream library in a way they don't consent to, because now you're involving others in this dispute. A basic requirement for publishing to a shared open source ecosystem should be that you're resolving any disputes you have with upstream libraries and not just going your own way.
IBM is using seawater to make its new batteries
You kidding? Free phones with Facebook OS built in all funded by selling every scrap of your data? Third world countries are gonna eat that up to begin with, and then it'll spread all over.
How AI Is Changing the Game for Recruiters and Talent Managers
A friend of mine had a discussion with Matthew Garret (Google) here on HN and his account was banned without a warning

Related?
1) The problems with the 737-MAX are fixable and will be fixed (either in a new airplane name by branding, or with time as people trust the new MAX variant again)

2) We can't discount all the revenues generated by defense spending, both by the US and abroad. That's a non-trivial amount of Boeing's income.

3) The US Gov't may not allow Boeing to fail for National Security reasons. Both as a major Defense Contractor, and as the sole producer of domestic airliners. (that is, if Boeing is even in a position to fail)

I think the 737-MAX issues are bad, but not bad enough to destroy the company. The 737 airframe has been the workhorse for decades, and I don't see that changing soon. Major airlines operating the 737 variants will just continue to use the perfectly good 737-700,800 and 900 variants until something new and fixed comes out.
I thought I had hibernate disabled, but it seems Windows 10 is sneeky about that:

https://superuser.com/questions/1096371/why-is-windows-hiber...

Still it isn't much longer for me to restart after fully shutting down (with a more recent system and SSD), just more time in Windows and less in the BIOS (and shutdown is instant with "fast startup" turned off, which is better for me since I usually pull the plug after turning it off). About 20 seconds (counting myself, not timed).

Still not as fast as DOS + Windows 3.1 IIRC, but not too bad for turning it on once or twice a day. I have also noticed the many things that have delays now in places there weren't 30 years ago, but I don't think boot times are the best example of this. I might appreciate the twitter rant if not for the completely incorrect diversion about google maps (you can drag parts of the route to make changes and get exact distance, better than paper maps and with much more details about what is nearby). IMO, computer interfaces should have a tool focus, doing basic tasks quickly and reliably so that users can learn to use it like they would a physical tool (while also not making users do extra work that could be done quickly and reliably). Now everything tries to use the network all the time, adding random delays as well as compromising privacy.
I would like to add that for those coupons from redplum/retailmenot specifically there is an opt-out:
https://www.retailmenot.com/everyday/unsubscribe

After that unsubscribe, I've had to reach out to USPS several times when they still deliver the coupons to me and those coupons have someone else's address on them. I'm unsubscribed but USPS doesn't care and delivers anyway.

There is also a USPS service called Every Door Delivery Mail (EDDM) where USPS guarantees delivery to every address in a certain area. There is no way to opt out of EDDM.
> E.g., I have one device 'foo' which you already trust. I add a new device 'bar'. Why on earth would you want to verify its key manually when I could just send you the new key from 'foo' which you already trust?

This particular issue is being worked on right now in Riot, and should be fixed early in the new year.
I don’t understand, you acknowledge that vanilla web apps wrapping CRUD aren’t the only architectures but are the only ones suited to cloud? The entire point of the post you’re responding to is that cloud makes many architectures easy, including that one. I can personally vouch for having done wildly different use cases on cloud involving analytics and data processing.
A look ahead at blockchain’s next decade
>Our work would lead to new possibilities of developing transparent devices using c-Si, particularly for application in photovoltaics.

(proof of concept)
Thanks for sharing ! I'll stick to RLS for the time being, because I'd like to see it improved, but not replaced.
If the system works, then you don't need the premium blocking, and aren't required to get it either. Sure, it could be offered. What's so bad about that?
I'm working on an open-source app that allows users to use React and build their own interactions with the API instead of relying on apps:

https://github.com/openshiporg/openship
You can handle it with a `_` branch and careful attention to your dependency upgrades.
> With a normal NDA, if you publish information you're not supposed to, they can go to court and prove that the information was covered by the NDA and then get an order to stop you from continuing to publish it or sue you for damages.

That is exactly what happened in this instance. The court determined he did violate the agreement. The information did not need to be classified, any "mention of intelligence data or activities" was covered. The agreement outlined the damages that would be assessed -- the proceeds from the publication.

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/snowd...

Son of Sam laws and prior restraint is probably not relevant here, these obligations are the result of a voluntary contract he signed. All of the case law I'm aware of surrounding those are about obligatory restrictions, not ones that were voluntarily accepted. In general, prior restraint has national security exceptions, and there's no way any sane court is going to rule that the NSA secrecy agreements aren't legal.
The fact of the matter in Tinder for men is: if you aren't a 9.5 or 10, your chances quickly approach zero. Let a sister or female friend swipe for you sometime and watch how literally any small and random thing is an excuse to swipe left. Women have the freedom to be picky on dating apps, and they absolutely are.
You've not met that many folks that smoke then. You know the few folks that meet a stereotype. Lots of folks sit around playing video games while sober, btw, and you are basically complaining that they aren't doing something with their life you approve of.

But more seriously, if you were... say... managing a retail store or a lawyer or some other professional position - how many folks would you let know that you smoke occasionally? The more folks you tell, the more chances you have of losing your job. You might lose your house and your children and everything you've worked for.
It would be cool if there was a (website?) which clearly showed the amount of promises a politician actually keeps. It would be nice to see it put together in a nice, visual way too so everyone can understand it.

Ie, verified number of jobs delivered to said community etc.

It would be also nice to have donations clearly labelled against a politicians profile.

The major issue for me is there is a major lack of transparency and accountability in politics right now, globally.

Honestly, I feel like the old four year term system is just way too out of date with the current crisis we need to solve.
WebAssembly uses 32 bit indexes to access memory. The default way of implementing memory safety for it is to put a few gigabytes of dead address space before and after the memory a WASM program uses. This makes it impossible for the memory access instructions to escape, despite having no runtime checks.

So it can segfault all the way up to the machine level. But more importantly, it's safe for it to 'segfault' out of its allocated memory, because it can't reach any other memory with 32 bit numbers.
No idea if it's related or not but it's certainly terrifying.

I guess instead of a polite "no, thank you" I'll stop responding to Google recruiters altogether, for the safety of my Google account.
Pronomous VC launches, to build prosperous cities that uplift entire regions
Also modern programming languages, right Walter? ;-P
Git tools may be routed in email, but they most certainly aren't used that way by most people. Why would I write a commit message like I'm writing an email if both the commit message and email are the wrong tools for the job? We have issues are PRs for code discussion within the context of code. This priceless information should live with the repo. Not in some isolated silo like email which is not accessible to people who aren't on the chain, or commit messages that are difficult and time consuming to traverse in any but the simplest and smallest repos.
I put "for sale" message on domain's first page.

Sold few like that.

Listing currently another one for $10k.
Typical satellites are at geostationary orbit (35,786km).
Starlink satellites will be at 340km/550km/1150km. Lower orbits = less latency, but require a lot more satellites to cover the same area.
The announcement mentions only two features: safety and accessibility, but places no emphasis on the technical merits of the choice for the majority of users. That is disappointingly irrational for a technology organization.

I don't feel comfortable with the strong emphasis on "progressive" concerns that mozilla (and the rust community) have. It's not inclusive: I have normal liberal views (I'm from a European country and under 40) and I don't think I'd feel comfortable working for one of those organizations because I suspect the progressives there would be angry or offended with my reluctance to embrace the identity politics dogma. I didn't even feel comfortable posting this under my usual account, such is the atmosphere.

Accessibility is clearly important. But "safety" concerns have become overblown: reasonable concerns have become polluted by the politics of the "safe space" contingent, and the sorts of people that are closing down legitimate debate in the name of progressive/identity politics. And technical suitability for the 95% of modally-abled users is still an important consideration.
So yes, the difference is that one is a thing you agree with, and one is a thing you do not agree with.
Working on engineering software for design and manufacturing. Though, by huge premium, I mean 20-30% over the median for the area. It's still nowhere near what you make at a FAANG.
If you had said low performance, you would have had a point. Even then, someone else could say that programs based on Electron at least aren't inherently insecure, like programs written in C are.
Traditional satellite internet providers used satellites in geosynchronous orbit (that whole “aiming your dish” thing). That’s a 270ms hop up and another back.

Starlink is the other “not here yet” services are going to use low earth orbits for something like a 25-35ms latency to the satellite.
That is awesome, but any thoughts on why I cannot easily view the keys of my other devices in the UI?

If I could then this would be a minor inconvenience at best, I'd just copy/paste the key from the already-trusted device.
At that point, I would use something like Gatsby which would build static pages for each of your product pages. You could host that on S3 with a CDN for cheap. You could downgrade the Shopify plan to $9/month since you're not going to be using their storefront.
You mentioned Netflix, they did started with their own data centers eventually they moved their website to AWS, but all the heavy lifting is still happening through their caching servers that they send to ISPs[1].

[1] https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/
My e-mail inbox is 95% spam. If it's really important, it's a text message or phone call.

This is the problem with using personal anecdotes. They're not applicable to the wider world.
USPS regularly fails to deliver important mail to me. Like it straight up doesn't show up. Never accounted for or mentioned. Almost all of these important mailings would be handled faster, safer, more reliably and more eco friendly online.
But fortunately, the carriers have the resources to track and determine who is making robocalls. Just take call duration - if you have a thousand calls with similar duration, that's enough to spot robocalls most of the time. It can get more complicated, of course, but nothing that general machine learning can't track with a little bit of positive reinforcement.
Social robotics is a bit narrow. We got domestic robots (Roomba etc.)! Personally, I think the market has spoken: robots that do something useful are appreciated enough for businesses to be built. Robots cannot replace dogs, we have good dogs already, replacing a human is sci-fi.
The Amazon spokesperson directly said it was credential stuffing--the article was trying to argue that it was more than that in an extremely misleading way.
> In my experience, WSL1 is also very, very slow

I've commented this in the past, but WSL1 is much faster than WSL2 when interoping with the Windows file system[0]

[0]https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4197
Nothing went "wrong" here, the managers evaluated the risks from their office and decided that this is the greater good. Some other manager now has to deal with the aftermath while meeting their expected budget to get their annual bonus.
Yup, my first thought was that I could fine my friends $0.25 for calling me... You know, just for fun. If a company calls me and I don't like what they said, $0.25 fine. Someone dials a wrong number, how dare they, $0.25 fine.
Genome-wide analyses reveal role of noncoding variation–“dark matter”–in rice
Large companies have plenty of safeguards against internal threats, especially when things like encryption keys are concerned.
I don't think anyone necessarily jumps to the conclusion that "something wrong was done". But we have so many professional victims out there (just seems exhausting to have to stay so 'woke' about everything that might offend you) that I think everyone just picks their battles.

Oh, a Santa hat offends you? K, fine, no one really cares if a santa hat is there or not, get rid of it so they can shut up and start looking for something else to be offended by.
He was also in Vietnam.

This was a fascinating story about the "Napalm Girl" photo. He was also there and struggling to load film into a camera when Nick Ut took that iconic image.

https://doculinks.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/david-burnett-nap...
That's MZ for Mark Zbikowski - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zbikowski
Are "in-house" listeners supposed to be an improvement?
What? If you are evicted the next tenant absolutely can and will open the mailbox. That's how mailboxes work. If you reported that you'd be laughed out of the post office.
Trump weighs executive order on scientific research
wine cellars and penthouses can definitely be part of retirement :)
Researchers Create Functional Mini-Liver in 30 Days from 3D Printer
I don't think I've ever seen "fun" and "aws console" used in the same sentence before.

The value to me personally is the reliability. Amazon continues to deliver on highly reliable services, which is IMO the main reason they can charge such a premium.
Scary indeed
Exactly. All of the people using bad anecdotes to "prove" their points. Lets talk about actual facts.
"Not too many places will straight up ghost candidates that have done on-sites, that's pretty unusual."

It's probably at least 50% of my interviews. Roughly 1/4 of my interviews have any kind of follow up at all.

It doesn't hurt to tell people that someone else was hired. Closure is important to job seekers.
I mean that was the intention, was it not? A full discussion of our incoherent approach to work, sex, sex work, morality, patriarchal power dynamics, and so forth is out of scope here but it was never about making material improvements to anybody’s life.
Now I don't have to sorry I pirated it.
Netflix only uses amazon for the “control plane” - ie the “web app” you’re navigating when using the Netflix app. The actual delivery of media happens via their own CDN (of bare-metal servers.)
We need to act fast to protect the open internet in India
Ironically, the per-terabyte price to buy HDD storage these days is roughly equal to what Amazon charges for object storage per month.

Source: Amazon store ;)
From Vox (https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/12/19/21029902/o...):

"Publishers, however, are not pleased. On Wednesday, more than 125 scientific publishers of scientific journals (including the behemoth Elsevier, as well as Wiley) and large scientific organizations (like the Association for Psychological Science and the American Geophysical Union, which also publish journals) co-signed a letter condemning the potential executive order. Other notable signatories include the American Heart Association and the publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine."

You can read the letter here: https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/upload...
I'm still not convinced this is a real thing. All the images seem to be renders. The link that's supposed to show that the BTA "approved" the toilet is just a press release. The Twitter and LinkedIn links just go to the home pages, not to any specific account.

At least the "pending" patent number seems to be actually pending.
Pike's summary seems pretty spot on: What, why, and background. Right on.

I really don't understand the reply in that thread, "what" doesn't matter because it's in in the code.

Of course it matters. The whole point is that you get your bearings from the comment text, and you only need to look at the code to see the details of the 'how'.
That struck me too. But for a different reason.

I don't want something like that talking with a remote server.
Originally there weren't all that many places in the Constitutional system where a popular vote actually mattered, though.

Senators were elected by state legislatures until 1913, for instance, not by popular vote. And the President was elected by the Electoral College, which in its original conception was supposed to have been a kind of grand assembly of the landed aristocracy, much in the same way the Constitutional Convention had been. In line with this conception, Electors were originally (and technically, still are) completely free to vote for whichever candidate they liked, without reference to who won their state's popular vote. And the Electoral College votes by state rather than by a raw count of the votes of the electors, adding a further layer of indirection.
I'm not sure what your point is here. As I said in my first post, it's 2020 almost. Let's start acting like it. It has been a long long time since snail mail was the most reliable form of communication.
A Walk Through Latent Space: Making Art with Neural Networks
What we learn from websites that require JS to display text.
Well, you still can.. (browser.display.background_color in Firefox)
It’s an obvious vertical integration play to make an operating system for the hardware you manufacturer.

I’d like to see an AR/VR first OS/UI.
The emergence of classical BSE from atypical/Nor98 scrapie
Apple Platform Security [pdf]
What a cool concept. Have you had many episodes contributed so far?
Nope. I agree that he uses a heavily subsidized service and wants to keep it.
Do you have a citation on #1? If it's not the case, then there could be massive financial impact to Boeing...
I wonder what this AI would say about Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects...
ad 1a - E2E by default - meaning you'll flip the switch once there's a feature parity with non encypted rooms in riot?

ad 3 - from my testing it's fine for about 98% of the time, but sometimes it takes ~3-8seconds to send a message (sitting on 300 or 500Mbps wired connection), in e2e direct message room

ad 4 - @ copy entire message - interesting, i needed it just recenly so i went into the submenu and there's show source, show decrypted source (which is cool but maybe something that should probably be enabled in via a toggle in the options menu) and quote but no message copy (and using quote messes up markdown formatting...)

ad many people asking - i totally understand that, however, this could be used as a roadmap for shipping features. And since I don't write code (read javascript) I am trying to contribute with testing/reporting bugs (so although not obvious from my OP, my testing continues as is suffering of my friends ;) )
Good sleep linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke
You could, but if you ever terminate the maze then it will join up the two halves... so it ought to be fairly trivial to add a modification that enforces merging all sets periodically, or at specific points, without finalizing the maze.

I went ahead and implemented it in TypeScript (https://www.npmjs.com/package/lazy-eller) and that would only require a minor modification to the final row sub-algorithm to permit additional downward connections.
Wouldn't you want to look at the percentage of black people that apply to the college(who may or may not be from out of state), instead of just looking at the percentage of state residents?

If only 5% of applications to UNC-CH are black, then having 7.8% enrollment is actually good. If 22% of applicants are black, then that is not very good.
House Price Challenge
What kind of citation would you need? It's a software and sensor reporting problem in the rushed-to-market new MCAS system - both fixable obviously.