skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
They didn't know where the front line was?
Without a real testing regime in place ending the lockdown just means turning on the death switch
Not to be judgmental, and to support your argument, but two points: I don't think we know how smart he is and I don't think it's that important. Euler was to me a balanced person as opposed to a extreme person like Grothendieck. So, to each their own.

Second point: I think almost everyone being promoted for being involved in AI or AGI are probably irrelevant in the longer run. Self driving cars are at this point something of a social problem rather than a clear mathematical problem. So, whether we solve the current list of business related AI problems is probably immaterial for mathematics, but important for public opinion. I haven't read or seen any projects that are even remotely close to AGI, unless someone is hiding something.

Whether some person x is doing (edit: working on) AGI I guess matters only in the social or business sense.
Cheap and Fast Municipal ISPs Are Blocked in Almost Half of the US
I don't see any additional context but this does appear to be a new thing. Two commits credited to Carmack in the OpenBSD source and they are dated 5/16/2020 and 5/17/2020.
> hate speech

This is not a real thing. It is not based on a standard we can agree to easily or for a long time. The law (in the US) already handled this situation and made certain things illegal. Those laws are good enough.

YouTube only gets bad PR, if it doesn't police "hate speech", among the vocal minority of leftist progressive nitwits that have nothing better to do than complain about nothing. The normal, "everyday person", does not care about such things.

"hate speech" is easily abused because the premise is based on crappy ideas.
Asking about plans to have a family or relationship status is already illegal in the US, isn't it?
Having children is probably the most selfish thing we do as humans, but most people who have children spend a lot of time convincing themselves otherwise.
If it's mostly focused at news, why doesn't it work on google's news tab?
Padlet (YC W13) is hiring in SF an Singapore to bring joy to remote learning
maybe in the US, but lockdowns in many other countries have suppressed virus transmission completely. Why would our goal be different? Because we can't achieve that?
A lot of states are hitting daily records because they're ramping up testing. There isn't more sickness, there's more accurate numbers.

Basically by following absolute numbers, and commenting on them as if there's a failure on the state's part, you're punishing states for increasing testing.
Check where they unionized more?
Yes, I know there aren't. My comment was just pointing out that there is indeed a connection between hate speech and minority groups.
So long, minibar: How the coronavirus will change hotel stays
I read that story elsewhere today, but I was left with a few holes - when the door dash driver pays for the pizza, was it their own personal credit card, or was that a door-dash issued card? That was the missing part for me.

I think that they would notice at some point, and potentially trigger a fraud lawsuit - at some point the terms of service that all these people are agreeing to - would probably cover fraud. But even if not covered in the terms of service, one would probably still lose a lawsuit based on the fraud alone.
So, we've had "encouragement" since the pandemic began, at least from state and local leaders. The very old and ill were already largely self-isolated with the exception of their caretakers, who they still need. That experiment ended sometime in March, though it's still playing out in nursing homes.

We've known about masks and temperature checks since the beginning of the pandemic, and every reasonable scenario requires them. We can check on the progress of thermometer production and mask availability.

I have a hunch that developing the capacity to implement your proposal will give us enough time -- a few months at least -- to see how voluntary self isolation is working in the regions that are already ending the lock down.
Sure, and many are. Economists, Epidemiologist, and many in the science and political communities are having these conversations.

It's just that opening the economy has also become politicized and the armchair social media "experts" have begun chanting "OPEN UP!" without any sort of nuance repeatedly multiple times a day and overwhelming the conversations and suggestions of the reasonable folks with data. So, by default, the initial reaction is assume someone making that suggestion is they're more likely to be an emotional appeal than a rational discussion partner.
There is a very simple way to determine if a service is essential or not. If it existed 15 years ago it might be essential, but if it did not, then it is definitely not essential. Human civilization arose and thrived for thousands of years without ride-share. We'll be fine (better off actually) without it.
It seemed to me this was a great idea that never materialized beyond "old folks get to use the grocery store exclusively before 11am." If I could schedule an hour at a grocery store, or Home Depot, a few days before, rather than having to stand in a 6 foot spaced line that extenders literally around the building. Curb side pickup is nice, but its really just a worse Amazon.

This seems like a missed opportunity for a "service" business that everybody seems to be clamoring for.
Maybe it’s possible for opposite things to be true if they happen to different people. I wasn’t a developer back then.

Windows NT required a multiple more RAM to run than the consumer versions of Windows (oh no, bloat!), and was much more picky about what hardware it ran on. Starting with XP, the professional and consumer versions of Windows have merged. We are so lucky.
> there are millions and millions of people who are uninsured and who cannot get medical care because they were separated from their employer-provided health insurance.

True, but they are overwhelmingly unskilled. We are discussing a brain drain of skilled workers.

> simply doesn't work in practice.

If you are a high skill employee with the compensation to match, it works perfectly well.

I am not saying this is a reasonable state of affairs, just that it doesn't cause any talent loss.
> First Amendment maintains freedom. It does not state there's an obligation. You are free to ignore people as much as you want. You should not stop them from uttering those words in the first place though.

So you're fine if YouTube/Google chooses not to reproduce and distribute certain messages?
Absolutely. There aren't a lot of details in the article, so I'm wondering where exactly near Austin they're thinking of building the factory. San Antonio's only an hour to an hour and a half south of Austin and is where this Toyota plant is located. There's a lot of really inexpensive land within a quick drive of the city and an airport with enough direct flights to get around.
Talk privately about my thoughts on blog sharing and medium? Sure - provide an email address and I'll send you a "Hello".
For anyone interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUxcVzpeFqc&list=PL-wlZ9j-w5...
Encryption seems to be by design not able to be manipulated.

Not sure pagerank, moderation and similar systems have that built in.
If there aren’t regulations, there will be soon. Tesla needs to address the obvious before it becomes a problem.
>In 1996, Microsoft halted sales of its Windows 95 operating system in mainland China due to discoveries that it contained the term in Chinese-language input method software bundled with the operating system following police raids on computer stores.
Interesting point, but I’m not sure the analogy holds up under scrutiny. You don’t want spoilers because they contain information that you do ultimately want to know.

A better analogy might be NSFL videos (people dying, mutilation etc.) I would be upset to find such a video auto playing in my feed. But I also think it’s a whole different level of offense compared to words on a page. And I know not to visit certain pages on 4chan, for example, if I want to avoid seeing such content. So do I benefit from using moderated platforms like Reddit instead? I would say yes. But then I would also suggest you need to apply the same logic to words on a page; if you don’t want to see them, stick to platforms that censor them for you.

Regarding PII, I’m not sure how you can argue that the name of a public figure is PII. The person in question is a “whistleblower” in some sense, but it’s very debatable whether he actually has any legal protections regarding others publicizing his name. As far as I know, he is not protected by WITSEC or any official, legal whistleblower statute or act. All censorship or omission of his name has been voluntary on the part of media organizations and social media platforms.
well said, this is exactly what I believe as well.
> I have seen some time up precisely their pregnancies to maximize time off work, but still getting paid 100%

Your "exploit" is another's due compensation. You might examine where precisely your resentment comes from.
Does the Hand Tracking API allow for tracking other objects? In particular, could a long straight object be tracked as a pointer based on tracking two points along its axis? This seems like it would be computationally easier than tracking hands, and would open up a lot of possibilities for using real world objects as props within the VR environment.
Good point, because there IS a price.
That's misleading because Europe is on the western edge of the Eurasian landmass, meaning it gets the benefit of warm air heated up over the ocean. By the time the air gets to the eastern edge of a landmass it's a lot colder, which is why London has a milder average temperature than NY and Vladivostok, despite being almost 10° further north than both.
Of course. But nobody is going to war over censored YouTube comments or delisted search results, and the Chinese government is happy to push that boundary.
Isn't that shadowbanning?
I really should read more philosophy, but I just can't cope with all the long sentences and curlicues of jargon... It's the same reason I struggle with algebra. Academia in general builds walls of language, it's not designed to be user friendly.
Same thing happens with JoeBiden.info on facebook. You can't send it in messenger, facebook will tell you it's blocked. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before google manually adds it to the "unsecure websites" list
The problem some people have, like myself, is while I (sort of) agree with that sentiment I am confused why I should have to subsidize/support other peoples’ decision to breed. I have no children and have no plans to have children, so I will never be afforded this sabbatical, but currently I have a significantly increased workload because someone else just went out on 6 months of maternity leave. Kids can be great, but I truly struggle to grasp why my quality of life has to suffer so that someone I have never met can sit at home with a baby. It does not compute.
I think the solution to this is simple: Pay for every service you use.

The question was historically then how do teenagers (or the developing world for that matter) pay for electronic services and cue Facebook and Google.
The farms growing beneath our cities
Good riddance, minibar. Can I keep the little fridge though?
No need to compartmentalise. People’s thoughts, sentiments and opinions change (sometimes) based on facts. You’re not belittling this person but you are poking fun the community by saying that it would not accept this opinion.
I assume you meant the top 10%. They pay the majority of taxes because they earn the majority of the income and have something like 80% of the nation's wealth. There's little left to take from the bottom 90%.
It is not just monopolistic control of their specific areas of interest. They have had pretty tight integration with the State Department, especially under the previous administration, getting involved in negotiations and all kinds of affairs: https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems

(quote from there):

> Google is getting WH [White House] and State Dept support and air cover. In reality they are doing things the CIA cannot do . . . [Cohen] is going to get himself kidnapped or killed. Might be the best thing to happen to expose Google’s covert role in foaming up-risings, to be blunt. The US Gov’t can then disavow knowledge and Google is left holding the shit-bag.14
Try fastmail. $30 for an annual plan and it works like a charm. A lot of people in here recommend it.
This is such a positive and wholesome example - both the mail itself (getting to know the preferences of the project), the proposed fixes (naming functions in a better way, adding explanatory comments), and on the higher level - the humility in which it was done, and the time being invested by him for a project he isn't part of.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_growth
As far as I saw from the start, predictions for Georgia were that they'd start to see an uptick in about 3-5 weeks. I think that window starts this week.
These hyper-growth chasing startups are too busy to notice, not to mention they have their own lawsuits to worry about.

https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/n-out-sues-doordash-deliver...
I thought along the same lines. For my height-adjustable desk, I got a matching height-adjustable stool[0]. It's pretty much what I expected. I'm not at the point where I can stand all day so it comes in handy. It's not very comfortable to sit on at low-height so I keep a small chair near by for those times.

[0] https://www.autonomous.ai/office-chairs/ergonomic-stool
Upset Investors Accuse Nvidia of Masking $1B in Mining GPU Revenue as Gaming
"Farmers waste more food than ever"

should be

"Government deciding to stop the economy wastes more food than ever"

or maybe

"Failure of Chinese government to prevent outbreak wastes more food than ever"
This thread is about hate speech and the ambiguous subjective definitions that have lead to this unending censorship problem.

If the core agreement is that it's about hate against a group, then saying "minority" is nothing more than just a shortcut for a certain group and doesn't really add anything to the discussion of what is hate speech.
In addition the most cost efficient alternative may not be good enough for your particular use-case and expectations, and then it wasn't a saving at all.
Maybe you're advocating that, but -- even as someone who is generally skeptical of corporate power and the presumed wonders of the marketplace, and more amenable to reasonable government regulation (as subjective as that clearly is) -- this sounds like a pretty dubious idea.

The government regulation that might be called for in situations like this is regulation that puts a few limits on corporate control of massive platforms, not regulation that just transfers that control to other entities. Make locking down platforms too tightly illegal: relax laws about reverse engineering, mandate side-loading. I don't think we need to take away Google or Apple's rights to say what they will and won't sell in their own digital storefronts, but I don't think those rights should necessarily extend to control over what users install on their own devices. The problem is when those are the only legal storefront (e.g., Apple's iOS App Store), or other storefronts are highly undiscoverable.
This can be disproven by looking at daily death rates. Many states are also peaking in daily deaths vs average. There's undoubtedly more testing, but its not the main contributor to the lack of suppression
You can read the article I linked, the predictions were for the week ending May 16.
The US spans a continent and is the 3rd most populous nation.

Comparing it to someplace like Taiwan or Singapore doesn't make any sense.
Modern VC investing, in a nutshell:

> In the new economy of user growth, you don’t have to worry about making a product that people want because you can just pay them to use it, so you might end up with companies losing money to give people things that they don’t want and driving out the things they do want.
> I was able to buy flour at my grocery store for first time in 2 months

IME it has also varied greatly by location. I couldn't get any for months at my store, but I later found out a different location of the same chain had it in stock routinely. Also, restaurants near me are selling flour now. Presumably they had large quantities that they just need to repackage.
You might call this a solution, but I disagree:

https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1072#issuecommen...

"As i said on another issue, you should really start communicating this to users now , via as many channels as you can. I understand why you are doing what you do, but it is a big change and will annoy and/or confuse users however will you implement it. so getting people prepared now (ie as soon as possible, and before they have to do anything) will avoid a lot of angst and be in your best interests."

The "solution" is to publish 100s of different play store apps with Linux packages or to disable the ability to run installed programs.
then I think we should ask them where they think their next batch of interns comes from
The cynical part of me is thinking about the people who never had a chance at a decent livelihood. Demi-employment didn't sneak up on us, we just thought we were too classy and sophisticated as workers to have it ever effect us.

This isn't the first time our generations have experienced this. It's practically the third. You should know very well by now that many of these jobs aren't coming back, and those that do are really only going to be open to people who are younger than you.
You're asking a scientific question.

But it's not just a science question. That is the point of the criticism.

Assuming you are the Matthew D Green known for his cryptography work, surely you of all people understand that a poor implementation can have profound consequences even if the original mathematics is sound?
Speak with your state attorney general.
The main thing is that Trend Micro is basically doing the same thing volkswagen did. Cheating in tests to get certified.
Reminds me of a video I was watching on AvE's YouTube channel, must have been his Juicero video, where he said something along the lines of how any idiot can make a high quality product by using expensive materials, but good engineering is bring a high quality product to market at an attractive price.
Drivers are presumably tracked via GPS although who knows if the app verifies that data.
The companies doing evil things all pay the best.
>For instance, the infection fatality rate (IFR) is so low (less than 0.1%) for those under 50 that they should be permitted to go about their business.

Those people, unfortunately, are still able to spread to those who do have a much hight mortality rate.
This is frightening. I really hate the thought of everyone living in their own reality/bubble and its much of why I really dislike this new era, back then people used to watch the same shows and have something they could talk about together. Its a sneaky form of censorship and in some ways manipulation.
Right-wingers are afraid of power of governments, while left-wingers of power of multinational corporations. Both are right: we should be afraid of any organization that gets that big. Sadly, there's no political ideology that has a coherent plan to keep both in check.
Doubts over Oxford vaccine as it fails to stop coronavirus in animal trials
Gotta love the illustration in the original post:

https://themargins.substack.com/p/doordash-and-pizza-arbitra...

Not to mention some horrifying numbers:

> Doordash reportedly lost an insane $450 million off $900 million in revenue in 2019 (which does make me wonder if my dream of a decentralized network of pizza arbitrageurs does exist).

> Uber Eats is Uber's "most profitable division” . Uber Eats lost $461 million in Q4 2019 off of revenue of $734 million. Sometimes I need to write this out to remind myself. Uber Eats spent $1.2 billion to make $734 million. In one quarter.
I've been doing this for years, and even though basically no one reads my blog, it's nice to have a place where I put "polished" thoughts about my projects.
>Your past comments and submissions to HN say otherwise. You have been very outspoken and proud about the fact that you haven't taken money from "the man" (my words, not yours), and that others should do the same [0]

Your link omits context. A couple of comments up is this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23080485

In the quoted link I am speaking from the perspective of a startup founder offering advice to potential startup founders. In today's discussion I am speaking from the perspective of a tech worker speaking to other tech workers. I have been in both roles, and I have different advice for different kinds of people with different kinds of goals. Do me the courtesey of not assuming that I expect every person in all circumstances to be exactly like me.

>You're dodging the question. Have you done an audit on every single project hosted on SourceHut to see if you disagree with them?

This is a disingenous line of questioning. Google employees are aware of their employer's misbehaviors. In order to even have seen my comments in the first place, they would have had to visit a discussion about those bad behaviors. Google employees cannot claim ignorance in the way you're assuming I am.

I am familiar with most public projects on sourcehut, of course. I do not conduct an audit on private projects, but if something was brought to my attention, I would conduct an investigation which may result in the termination of the account. For example, if some knucklehead on HN went to create a bunch of abusive repositories to prove their point in an internet argument, I would definitely terminate their account.
What Are Bloom Filters?
I wasn't aware of this, but I still don't think this is a compelling analogy. I doubt that these companies were able to efficiently parse the content of these messages in order to manipulate the distributions of certain messages, for example. Further, there's simply no way that post had nearly the same share of communication as do digital systems today (most communication was certainly by word of mouth and print).
While I can't say for sure, during a hole-up-for-a-week-to-learn a couple of years ago, he decided on neural networks and OpenBSD. He commented favorably on its opinionatedness. I'm suppose he liked the system and decided to contribute.
Or perhaps he's bringing Armadillo Aerospace back and wants to use OpenBSD for guidance and control?
I installed Termux on my Chromebook a few years ago to try and create a local development environment per this article[0]. It seemed to work okay, but I never liked how janky and unsupported the whole thing felt. I couldn't bring myself to try and build a workflow around it long-term.

And here I guess that's vindicated. Whether now or in a few years, the whole concept of Termux is not long for this world. I guess these types of restrictions are essentially required to keep insecure and abusive apps off of the majority of users' devices.

https://blog.lessonslearned.org/building-a-more-secure-devel...
Actually even longer than 15 years, the US has all-too-generously allowed the CCP to continue to exist ever since we benevolently allowed their army to fight ours to a standstill on the Korean peninsula in 1953.
From my experience Texas is all about Texas and there are few states they love to shit on more than California.

Are you telling me that if they bring a plant into Texas and start churning out cars with 'Made In Texas' on every one of them, that there isn't going to be a mutiny on whatever bullshit economic contraption was used to rationalize not directly selling products Made In California?

You might be right, who knows, but I wouldn't bet on it.