skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Was the containers hype an industry/tech media propaganda?
"It happened all of a sudden, and everyone now wants to be a part of it. Even the companies that have years of experience in the virtualization world failed to capitalize on this movement that doesn't seem to have a clear starting point"

I am becoming skeptical of the tech media and its role in driving the tech industry, especially the software aspect of it. Every technology or tool that we use, every meetup or conference that we go to is driven underneath with an agenda to sell the product, and not necessarily help engineers work.

I see no point in studying any technology, tooling than the toolings my organizations use because all these new tech is in someway linked to drive adoption of companies driving those technology and not necessarily improve the industry in general.

This is a cause of concern for me, because if the software that I'm using and promoting is low-key being used to drive someone's agenda, that I'm becoming part of that hidden-agenda too. It feels these organization are using us engineers as a medium to promote and drive their idea and it is eating me alive.

What does the HN community this about this? And how should I articulate this problem?
Climate Change will have a very significant impact on our entire society such that people don't need or want cars any more. We may turn to virtual environments and telecommuting for everything.

Updated to clarify message a little.
They are one of the first YC
biotech companies with plenty of funding so it is just as likely to be long-term experiment/public relations exercise. Actual profitability may not be relevant.
One brick can attack one car.

One bricked GPS system can attack an entire country. Or planet.
I don't think the hard part of autonomous driving is recognizing the markings on the road. It's inferring what other people on the road want to do next. Including pedestrians and cyclists. Autonomous driving is a lot simpler if you only have to deal with other robots.
> If there were to be a contagious disease that could rapidly spread via eg spores, it could wipe out the entire population of these crops.

That's more or less how we started down the GMO path in the first place, back in the 60s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_leaf_rust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
Well, yours is the converse, no? Kershaw lost in part to Houston's sign-stealing, Verlander won.
> We’re talking about Armored Personal Carriers and Tanks rolling through cities, all communications being monitored or cut off.

Assad literally used tanks against the civil uprising, and wasn’t able to stop it. (And doing so caused part of the army to defect.) Gaddafi was killed by the National Liberation Army, which initially armed itself by capturing tanks and weapons from military stockpiles.
Names are not meanings but they describe a meaning. Webpki is framework used to verify public key ownership,specitically for TLS like you mentioned.

What makes webpki unique (and correct me if I am wrong) is how responsibilities are separated such that domain ownership is established by a 3rd party (like ISRG) as opposed to by the domain registrar. Logically speaking, the party transfering or registering domain ownership (for a fee) would also issue you a certificate at the time of transfer/registration. The different approaches to verify ownership would not be needed if the more sane approach was taken to begin with.

As you know, DNS is a protocol sepatate from TLS or other protocols. As such, domain ownership/control validation should be contained within the domain name system (also, why dnssec,dane and other efforts are under way, but they don't address the root cause of the problem).

For method 3.2.2.4.12 (and thanks for informing me about this), my comment was that it should be mandatory (not optional) for registrars to issue DV certs.

While I appreciate the ISRG, there are cases where using letsencrypt is not practical ,that aside, one org controlling so much of the web goes against the very concept of having TLDs that are independent in purpose/function. It would be more architecturally sane if what the ISRG does now was instead done at least at the TLR level. (E.g.: .com's owners should issue certs that says site.com belongs to whoever has this cert)

For the impractical corner cases: let's say I need to run a non-web service like SMTP and I can't spin up a web server to validate the domain. Or let's say I need non-TLS x509 such as ipsec.
How about we try to improve the machines so that they work on healthy fields instead of finding ways to engineer crops that suck the Earth dry quicker.
My initial reaction was "Cute, in a 'dots I's with hearts' type of way, but not really for me." And after watching the video and reading the site, I still feel that way, but I can see where you are going with this, with spatial memory. It isn't a bad idea.

But I do have a question though---I have my island with the "World Domination" plans on it. On that, I have a plateau with plans for the "Mega Death Laser". But those are related to Tesla's patents, and all his stuff is over there on the other island. Is there a way to link the Tesla patents "over there" with the Mega Death Laser plans "over here"?
Oh, give me a break please. You explicitly brought up young, shadily-dressed men on the street as a subpoint in the context of talking about black people.
C++ coroutines: Initial implementation pushed to master
Solving inequality isn’t needed to solve this problem, any more than inequality was solved in 1950...

It may not have been 'solved', but inequality was much lower in the 1950s than it is today.

When there aren’t enough units available, it’s impossible to solve the problem and allow everyone to live where they want.

In an elastic market, it is possible. The problem is that housing is inelastic, because people have job and family ties that effectively keep them from simply moving away to where housing is cheaper. And in an inelastic market, inequality dramatically exacerbates the problem in high demand areas.

For a related article and discussion, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22088466.
We could have them tomorrow if we could magically ban human drivers overnight. Humans are the only thing making it so hard. And the problem is that until we have 100% artificial general intelligence, that can introspect and understand the human psyche the way another human can, there will always be an intractable tail of cases where AI will fail.

So it's like the IPv6 problem. If we could all coordinate at once, it would be easy-peasy. In reality, it's virtually impossible.

Edit: a commenter pointed out that pedestrians are also a major problem; even in a far-fetched imaginary scenario I don't know how you would remove those from the equation.
Housing costs can be kept reasonable if in addition to a new HQ, the city also builds a housing for a few thousand additional people.
Upwork is an entry. Not a journey or destination. It's sort of like a paid internship (but it atleast pays). I recommend to build a portfolio of it but pivot as soon as possible.

I hire for extremely cheap on Upwork but in return for their work, I coach my hires (typically students).

I have the satisfaction of alteast 10 cases who after my projects are able to market and project themselves better and are able to get place in the ~ top 30% (by salary) of their peers.
Value is absolutely added by both, and suggesting otherwise is pretty naive.

Landlords take on the responsibility for long-term ownership and maintenance of a property and give people access to it on a shorter term basis that is much easier to get out of.

Banks give access to money that you don't currently have with understanding that you will pay them back a premium over time for that service.

If you "eliminated landlords and private sale of land", you would pretty quickly end up with a system consisting of landlords and private sale of land, maybe under a new names.
If that somehow increases revenue for the institution, why not?
I think profit sharing is totally awesome in all forms and losing bonuses when your business kills people is more than reasonable.

But anyway to me the math isn't about win/win but just supply and demand. If they can afford to pay it and were willing to before, it's not like you can't make the same amount (if not more) and have better future prospects without the stress and cost of moving.

I think a more realistic take would be a more decentralized approach to labor in general and allow many smaller satellites to pop up (which they already have) in many places and allow their people to move freely with minor salary adjustments. That way the costs and benefits even out in the long run, mass relocation to a single location probably isn't great for anyone involved long term.
It raises property values. Increases the tax base. For home owners might be a great time to sell.

It also raises prices which means local shops and places to eat would be booming.
Look man everyone has choices. You're the one making excuses. I think it's stupid to sit in a car all day. If someone can't think of more options, isn't that a definition of being stupid?
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Why not just use a cannon to shoot the ball?

Ideas like yours take all the fun out of play and ruin it for everyone else. We all know we can build machines to do things better than humans, but so what? It's the uncertainty and imperfection and second guessing that makes a game enjoyable to watch or play in the first place.
$944T Why the Fed Is Quietly Bailing Out Hedge Funds
But when it comes to VPN providers, this is something to be concerned about. Data privacy laws in GB are questionable at best. After GB leaves the EU, even more so. I don't know enough about M247 to say this a conspiracy, but I wouldn't personally use any data privacy service based in GB.
In the domain name, yes it uses Punycode, and I have configured it to display the ASCII domain name rather than the Unicode characters; this is an option in the browser. However, there is also the file name, which there seems no option to configure, so I used userChrome.js to change it so that it always displays ASCII for the entire URL and not only the domain name.
Trolls can also drop bricks on cars from overpasses, and I suspect fucking with road signs will rapidly carry the same taboo and punishment
More useless regulation instead of trying to improve the state. No wonder people are leaving here in droves.
Similarly, OS X is now older than Classic Mac OS (1984) was when OS X was released (2001).
Or are you so woke that you think there is no such thing as intelligence and resourcefulness?

Do you believe in God? And some people are fated, destined to be long commuters?

It's stupid to do something that sucks and not think of a better option.

Whereas your position is ignorant, because you are ignoring such obvious truths!
Reading the wikipedia, every single citation they used contradicts what the wikipedia says:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period#cite_note...

http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/twimberley/EnviroPhilo/Glacial....

> The first phase of the LIA began around the thirteenth century in all the regions for
which there is evidence. The glacial phase preceding the MWP seems to have begun
between the seventh and ninth centuries A.D. but is generally less securely dated
and not dated at all in Canada. There are at least some indications of fluctuations
in ice position in the course of the MWP in Norway, Alaska, and perhaps in
extratropical South America and New Zealand, indicating that recession may have
been interrupted by advances, perhaps of limited extent, as in the European Alps.
The available evidence suggests that the MWP was global in extent and not uniform
climatically. The glacial data needs to be considered in relation to that from other
sources, but is of value in obtaining a more complete understanding of both the
environment in the later medieval period and the possible causes of climatic change
on the century time scale.

> The available evidence suggests that the MWP was global in extent and not uniform
climatically.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01092411

> Dating of organic material closely associated with moraines in many montane regions has reached the point where it is possible to survey available information concerning the timing of the medieval warm period. The results suggest that it was a global event occurring between about 900 and 1250 A.D., possibly interrupted by a minor readvance of ice between about 1050 and 1150 A.D.

The other citation they used is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period#cite_note...

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6158/617

> The findings support the view that the Holocene Thermal Maximum, the Medieval Warm Period, and the Little Ice Age were global events, and they provide a long-term perspective for evaluating the role of ocean heat content in various warming scenarios for the future.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period#cite_ref-...

https://books.google.ca/books?id=z-BWE4iCrfYC&pg=PA134&redir...

> "They conclude that the Medieval Warm Period was a global event"
"Woe is me" thinking is stupid too.
The catcher needs to know what sort of pitch the pitcher will throw so he can set up correctly to catch the pitch. To make sure catcher and pitcher are on the same page, each pitch starts with the catcher giving hand signals to the pitcher to suggest he throws a specific type of pitch. These hand signals are what is meant by "signs."

An opposing team can "steal signs" by looking at the catcher while he's giving his signs and then somehow relay that information to the batter. That way the batter knows what type of pitch is coming. Usually the information is given to the batter by some other type of signal, that's what "banging on the garbage can" was, a signal that a specific type of pitch was coming. (In this case they were signaling if a pitch was going to be an offspeed pitch)

So basically what happened was Astros set up a camera in the outfield aimed at the opposing team's catcher. The catcher would signal for, for example, a breaking ball. Astros employee viewing video feed would see this and then bang on the garbage can to indicate to the batter that the pitch would be offspeed.

It's important to know that "stealing signs" the old fashioned way (without cameras/technology) is legal and part of the game. This is why catchers will give multiple signs when runners are on base, because base runners may be able to look at the catcher while he's giving his signs and relay information to the batter. When the catcher is using multiple signs there's an agreement beforehand between the catcher and the pitcher which of the multiple signs is the "real" sign.

There's a Wikipedia page on sign stealing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_stealing
> How long ago is that?

1973.

From http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/maclisp_fa... , "This reports the results of a test in which a compiled MacLisp floating-point program was faster than equivalent Fortran code. The numerical portion of the code was identical and McLisp used a faster subroutine-call protocol."

Original article: https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/association-for-computing-machin...
What's wrong with getting a babysitter? Because that's what this effectively is.

If you're upset about the money wasted on extra tickets, that's a wealth complaint not a childcare complaint.
Complete tangent but ... you grew up in the bay area, currently live in socal ... but you spelled it "pay through the arse" like I (a .uk resident) would.

Care to explain why? No big deal, but my linguistic curiosity is piqued.
FWIW, I’m focused on the photos bit for now. You can read more about it here: https://photostructure.com/about/introducing-photostructure/
Russia could have annexed the Baltic states when they secceded in 91, but chose not to. From their perspective, they had enough of empire and grew tired of propping the periphery. There was no need for these states to join Nato, and they could have remained as independant partners benefitting from trade with 2 blocks. The fact they chose to move away from Russia has more to do with corruption than logic.
The Abelian sandpile model of software design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_sandpile_model
>For context, the US has arrested people who have never set foot in the US and held no assets in the US ... for breaking US law.

What are you talking about?
All those comments are little more than "haters gotta hate".

Nobody questioned why the USSF didn't model themselves after the Navy uniform and go with Service Dress Blues and Service Dress Whites.

USSF says "...working with joint partners like the @usairforce and @USArmy. Hence utilizing their uniform."

Surely they will work with the Navy too.

And the Navy works with the Air Force and Army. (ahem, right?) even with different uniforms.

I'll bet the Navy uniform is cheaper too, for even more cost savings.

And we already know the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps use the Navy design, so it's not like that uniform is restricted to the Navy.
They're late on filing their current reports with Companies House.
Hopefully twenty-five. This is my endgame.
Is there a mechanism for local data backup?
Everything starts as propaganda, simply because only companies (big ones) have the PR budget to push new tech.

Also, tech companies need constant change to survive, since with every new change, all the old systems become legacy, and we have a new wave of spending (this is true for hardware as well as software).

However, this is not necessarily bad, you just need to play this game correctly.

For example, if you are a startup, you can use this change as an entry point when new markets get opened.

As an engineer you can also enjoy it if you ride this wave. For example, become a Kubernetes consultant.

The holy grail, however, is the actually drive this change as a startup. I.e. use the PR budget of the big tech in order to introduce a competing product.
Damn... Ive had this idea for the longest time
In mainland China, before the communist revolution landlords used to be called "dizhu" (literally "land lord"). The name took on bad connotations (the communist revolutionaries didn't take kindly to landlords), and nowadays they're called "fangdong" instead. Apart from the fact that the land is technically on a 99 year lease from the government not owned, a "fangdong" is still pretty much the same as a landlord anywhere else.
The near-perfection of the circular shape is what really makes it stand out. It's strange to see such regularity in natural phenomenons.
They're heart cells. Pulsing is what they do.
Soundness Pledge
It's either their destiny in a sadistic universe, or it's their own unresourcefulness in making bad decisions.

Making bad decisions over and over is a definition of stupidity.

If you continue to ignore obvious operations of the universe, you, yourself might fall into the stupid category, but at least you can give yourself prestige, thinking you're fight for someone, when really you are holding them back, like a consumptive mother, chaining her babies down, lest they fledge.

And your offense seems rooted in my calling out stupidity, as if the word does not deserve to exist, itself. It does exist, and you can't take away my right to describe what I see, you nincompoop.
I’m hanging out at Schönefeld Airport waiting for the flight back from CCC
Threadreader: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1218572371327705089.html?...
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I think you might be underestimating how many people will see government housing as a massive downgrad
There's a lot of money and ego at stake in sports world. Enjoyment is a very distant concern.
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Show the world how much money you have.

Our system is built on top of the plaid api, and we don't store any of your financial credentials.
Oh yea, and if you don't think it's stupid, then I guess you are against what Elon Musk is doing. Because why would you want to avoid traffic, if traffic wasn't stupid? Idiot.
Obviously since Germany isn’t currently under attack, German bases are used for other operations. But the German government doesn’t seem eager to get the US military out of the country, and has reacted negatively to Trump’s signaling in that direction.

Recent events have convinced me that I was at least partly wrong about my previous view of the United States having bases all around the world. Europeans love to complain about America, but when Trump threatened to pull out of NATO, in the face of an ascendant Russia, the European reaction certainly wasn’t “don’t let the door hit you on the way out.” Likewise in Asia, while the Taiwanese and Japanese have always been warm to American military support, the growing power of China has definitely sparked discussions about America’s continued commitment to obligations in that region.
Yet i remember the times where people where doing things on internet for free.
Baseball Savant [1] might just blow your mind. It is far and away the best stats/data site provided by a pro sports league, likely anywhere on Earth. The search page offers about 40 ways to narrow a search, and once you've found what you are looking for it can generate a dozen or two different charts and graphics. On many of them, any circle representing a pitch is a clickable link that brings up the TV video of that pitch. You really like the data you found? No problem, there's a button to download it in CSV format, with about 95 columns of data for each pitch. Do whatever you want with it as long as its non-commercial.

There are conferences where people go and present research and other cool things they do with the data. MLB sends people to them and most teams do as well. If you present something cool, you'll have half a dozen teams asking you for an interview.

[1] https://baseballsavant.mlb.com
Good news in the form of statistics from around the world
Source is here: https://github.com/kgolid/sonant

Some of the generative art on the author's website is really neat (neater than this music generator, IMO!) Eg. "Byrne proofs," which generates imaginary visual proofs. Whenever I come across these things, I dream about some kind of generative art museum. Definitely something I would subscribe to!
I've looked into https://exchangeratesapi.io/ as a possible alternative for simple needs.
The more interesting question might be what percent of senior employees would quit Google if ordered to move. I have no direct evidence, but my sense is potentially much higher than the average: they could care less about living costs, don't want to uproot their families, love CA weather, love living in such a tech heavy area, have access to better schools than in Kansas, etc.

FWIW, my old company added a Seattle office a few years ago. Sure, some people moved, but it was pretty negligible.
> Salaries don't go up and down with profits.

It objectively the case that salaries vary with profits. Are you just saying you think they ought not?

If the company is losing money, you can bet raises will be harder to come by. When Facebook was poaching a lot of Googlers in the late aughts and early teens, base salaries went up a bunch to make the job more competitive. But if Google hadn't been profitable there would have been no headroom to make that change. Those are two (of many) ways that salaries vary with profits.
Yes, seems like a small number of the books are available as PDFs.
Do you believe an intelligence agency that wants visibility into VPN traffic lacks the ability to cover their tracks?
The cost of confirming success. If we can decrease the cost of going from theoretical protein to physical test, then I think the AI part will be quickly solved.
Indeed a lot of long time Mountain View residents are unhappy to have Google HQ there. Sure their property values have skyrocketed, but for those who just want a nice place to live the quality of life is worse.