skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Hillary Clinton as far as I can tell still blames facebook primarily for her loss.

And I still blame her for the current state of the world. Her gross incompetence in regards to her campaign and underestimating her opponent has directly lead to human rights violations, the erosure of trust in America from its allies and countless unnecessary deaths in the handling of the pandemic.

She lost to who is likely the dumbest and most incompetent president in history, so what does that make her?
Until beaten by the Raspberry Pi, the Commodore 64 was the best selling single model of computer in history, Commodore having sold between 12 and 17 million units in its lifetime.

So I imagine it is inspired, at least in part, by its ubiquity.
Australian journalists corroborate the use of tear gas.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/us-ambassador-res...
another day another ai failure. next year it will predict 2020’s covid pandemic.
We use Dell Precisions at work and just a fair warning: Dell is completely clueless when it comes to software/firmware. We had stability issues for months with our laptops, which were fixed for the most part by firmware updates. A good amount of the laptops never came round, even though they are identical models and now have the same firmware running on them.

I have considered BYOD a Gigabyte Aero. I will personally never purchase a Dell for myself.
I really like this, I feel too many games have pieces "for the sake of it".

For fun I've been trying to develop AIs which can play games, mainly so I can then try finding the "minimal viable rules", the simplest version of a game which is still in some sense "interesting".
Why should the looters care? How do the looters benefit from having stores in their area that they are too poor to buy from? The taxes from these stores are less and less helping them with social programs etc and go more towards funding police departments that brutalize them.
What statement are they making by taking paid vacation? FB employees have more vacation days than they can use currently.
Keep 'em off the drugs. Board games are excellent for building math intuition.
Polaris 1.0: Best Practices for Kubernetes Workloads
I don't doubt that every change will have some detractors—but that isn't a reason to shout down all complaints. "It's just a vocal minority—most users like it!" Well, maybe that's true, and maybe it isn't—we'll never know, because this isn't the sort of thing you can measure with analytics. All you can do is listen to feedback.

Right now, my comment is sitting at the top of this HN thread, even though we're several updates out from when the design change was first introduced. There's similar outcry over on Reddit. I think it's safe to extrapolate that a significant enough number of people dislike the expanding bar to at least warrant a hidden config flag.
IA is not a national treasure, it is a world treasure. They can do anything they want in my eyes, because absolutely 0 organizations are doing the work they do publicly. If IA is bankrupted by this, the publishers, lawyers, authors, everyone involved should feel like complete assholes.

IA did something nice for the people of the world locked down by Corona Virus. But fuck them, right? Gotta get that money, as there is literally nothing else worth anything in the human experience. Doing the right thing for humanity is completely bad for businesses, all of whom will be sending, what, 10 cents back to the authors per book. Gotta save those publishers!

Fuck everyone who's saying IA shouldn't do this. You're all seeing the world through your wallets.
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These digitized scanner feeds are interesting, but I worry that they can/will be used for propaganda/misinformation. What's to keep a feed supplier from injecting fake content?
Good question! One of the way to start i've always considered is the solution's architecture.

personally i've delve into some companies' approach to scalability and wrote some learnings from it. Hope to share with you all! (:

https://blog.phuaxueyong.com/post/2020-05-25-what-architectu...
> I still don't have anything that's USB-C aside from adapters for work laptop

The USB-C thing is culturally a bit curious. It's been three or four years since reviewers of laptops and the like started complaining if they didn't have USB-C ports - but there still seems to be very little need for them. The few devices I've acquired that have a USB-C socket on the device have all come with a cable having a USB3 type A plug on the other end, never a C to C cable.

(I see the article mentions this, but I found it striking because to facilitate home working I've just bought two new devices with USB-C at the device end, and both came with cables to an A socket)
I think Trump should use the White House homepage for his communications. And what he writes on Twitter and Facebook, those platforms should at least be as liable for as if Trump wrote the same thing in an opinion piece in a newspaper. I think AWS and Azure are true "platforms" but Facebook and Twitter are social media. They are more similiar to other media than to technical platforms. I think the buck should end with Zuckerberg for everything expressed on his site.

If this was the case, it might very well be that social media as we know it today would no longer be viable. It might very well be better however. I long for the time the blogosphere was were people expressed themselves online. It was more mature, slower, and more thoughtful.
One system has, at last count, over 600 provided service bundles in a Debian package. (It's somewhere around 670 in the development version.) These range from "accounting" through "keepalived" and "swift@container-auditor" to "ypbind".

* http://jdebp.uk./Softwares/nosh/debian-binary-packages.html#...

One can also pull in other people's run program collections, of which the world has several.

* http://jdebp.uk./Softwares/nosh/guide/creating-bundles.html

And there's a handy tool for what's left.

* http://jdebp.uk./Softwares/nosh/guide/commands/convert-syste...

* http://jdebp.uk./Softwares/nosh/worked-example.html

Note, for the sake of completeness, that van Smoorenburg rc scripts changed format on Debian back in 2014. Most of the boilerplate has been eliminated, and writing them is a lot closer to how would would write a Mewburn rc script on FreeBSD/NetBSD or an OpenRC script.

* https://manpages.debian.org/buster/sysvinit-utils/init-d-scr...
As far as I know, the smell has a bigger impact on tasting foods than taste itself, you’re going to have a big surprise.
I had this exact same idea, just no time to execute it, so very happy to see this. Now, I just have to install it to a Raspberry Pi!
Xiaomi is getting ready for 6G
> Since taking a basic multi-vitamin is good anyway, it seems wise to do that.

I'm finding it kind of shocking how many people are disputing the value of basic multi-vitamins. It feels like we're being contrarian just for the sake of it.

Take a multivitamin. Worst case, your health stays the same and you pee out what you don't need. Best case, maybe you're less susceptible to the harsher symptoms of covid. Seems like a win/win.
Noticed you left France out. Europe is always better, as long as you're selective.
Mammoths, mastodons and the fruit they left behind at Fermilab
Will unitrunker handle multiple simultaneous captures at once?

One of the magical things about the SDR approach is being able to synthesize dozens of streams from a single antenna and several SDR devices. The setup I had could capture ~10 simultaneous transmissions before things started to fall apart.
Or rather we need some reliable way to bypass the shallow net and go straight into the deep net of currently hard to find resources, and even then you might have better luck in the microfilm archives of an well stocked regional library then the internet for doing any research on historic topics.

Part of it is/was the failure of secure anonymous micropayments systems from escaping capture by shady actors and anti privacy regulators.

Back in the olden days you used to go down to the library and obtain an printout of any article ever published for pennies pr article without having to commit to an subscription for the paper the article was printed in and we need that system to move online in an meaningful way.
It's like "libertarian" or "feminist". It's a label you can use to describe a stance or general association with an idea, but not much more.

Being "anti-fascist" can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, but using the "antifa" label makes it sound scary or organized. It reminds me of media outlets talking about message board trolls and disruptors as "the shadowy group known as Anonymous".
Soda Jerk
> they should never change anything, the product is perfect already

You're exaggerating. The problem isn't that Mozilla changes things, it's that they've set the bar too low for changes. Many of their updates seemingly deliver change for the sake of change, when a more reasonable strategy would be to require a change to be compelling enough to outweigh the frustration and friction it will cause. An imperfect UI that users know how to use is better than a moving target UI that constantly brings new surprises.
Oh man, I've never seen so many people out walking in my neighborhood during the day as at the height of the "lockdown". I bet foot traffic was up 5x normal per week, or more. 10:1 it's exactly the opposite and vitamin D levels have improved.
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CMD+L [I'm on a mac, adapt as appropriate for your particular platform] places the cursor in the address bar and selects all the text.

Then, if needs be, hit left arrow to move cursor to start of URL and deselect text. Hit right arrow to move to end of URL and deselect text.

Seems to be a standard keyboard shortcut across browsers. Works for me in Firefox, Yandex and Opera.
He'll learn...

probably the hard way.
They also have Foucoult's pendulum (the original, as well a working replica in action). It's a really unique feeling to observe the earth rotating beneath you.

I loved this museum when I visited. I learned about here on Hacker News, so I hope others will take note of this museum. It was remarkable how beautifully designed the objects were. Scientific instruments, architectural models, prototypes and machinery. All beautifully made with a focus on aesthetics as well as functionality.
Ellen Pao Responds to Reddit
CPython Internals: Your Guide to the Python 3 Interpreter (Book)
In December 2019, the Register of Copyrights (Karyn Temple) announced leaving the Copyright Office to join the Motion Picture Association, effective January 3, 2020.

https://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/2019/791.html

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolving_door_(politics)
Looks like the PE owner of one of the manufacturers took their website down.

Here's the info on who's behind it:

Michael A. Monteleone - Managing Partner

James J. Cesare - Managing Partner

https://web.archive.org/web/20191019002207/http://www.pointl...

Per the article, most of their portfolio are companies that sell stuff to cops:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191019002212/http://www.pointl...
I don't understand how people don't go crazy from the the MBP overheating issues. It's gotten to the point where I've broken out my 2012 ThinkPad to offload anything CPU-intensive. If I have high-compute stuff running in the background, I can barely type, the keyboard gets so uncomfortably hot! (not to mention the loud, ineffective fan)

(and let's not even talk about how useless it is as a laptop)

I would pay an extra $200 just to get a MBP which was 50% THICKER, if it got proper airflow to the internals and cooled down properly.
Show HN: An introduction to Go for C# people
5. They have a variable viewer, but as far as I can tell, it only works when in debugging mode? Not if you are prototyping code in a REPL, which is my workflow when developing code 99% of the time. It is also a bit limited compared to Pycharm. Vscode also does not handle multi-line interactive code nearly as well when working in the REPL in the debugger.

6. Yup, it supports linting, but my point was that Pycharm has better overall support for linting/code-intelligence in that it is better at auto-fixing things or having shortcuts to do so, without having to resort to something as extreme as `black`. It handles multi-line strings, or just general formatting of multi-line stuff perfectly. If I hit enter after `long_var_name = `, it will automatically put in a back-slash so you can continue writing a multi-line expression. I edit in both vscode and pycharm and I usually will still find useful things that the Pycharm linter catches or code-formatting things that Vscode does not (and I have tried a dew different linters though perhaps I should give mypy a shot).

I raise all these as a big proponent of vscode. Nothing would make me happier than to switch to it for all my Python development work as I enjoy the UX a lot more over Pycharm in the code writing/editing side of things. But Pycharm is just superior in so many ways that improves my productivity that I have not been able to make the swap despite several attempts.
Nadella IT cells are trying to disrupt another discussion like the sheep bleating in AnimalFarm.
Ask HN: Open-source NewRelic / DataDog APM alternative?
I'm curious if there is a good open source alternative out there for NewRelic or DataDog's APM service. I see lots of options for log aggregation or server monitoring, but haven't found anything with application integration so you can trace transactions.
From the president? Maybe, but I'd still think the value of the public record is more important here. From regular users it would still be disallowed.

Instead of this murky de-facto system of different rules for public officials and regular users, maybe we need to have it codified. Accounts owned by public officials have their activity publicly recorded (with edit/deletion attempt history, etc) and with something in the UI indicating it's such a type of account, and a link to a disclaimer visible near all the posts explaining that the post might have TOS violations and doesn't necessarily serve as an example of acceptable behavior for other users. Such protection would go away when their term is over and they'd be able to be banned for past posts (but everything remaining visible), maybe reopened if they're in a position again later on.
Is an effect like this similar to the difference between the water level of the Atlantic and Pacific? It never made intuitive sense to me that the Panama Canal for example had to deal with a significant water level difference between the two sides, as the two bodies of water are contiguous at other points on the Earth’s surface.
"Incitement to riot" is a criminal offense. Every smug rich white Silicon Valley liberal should enjoy your last few days of wealth, privilege and status because the victims of the riots are going to sue you into oblivion and put you in prison! Downvoting will not save you. We're coming for you!
Agreed, it's terrible that that's required. At least it works for now, hopefully she can sell it and buy something much cheaper.
If you have a constant-on internet connection, then right on your own machine (WIndows or Linux). Use a dynamic DNS (DDNS) service (with a low TTL) so people can always find you by name even if your IP address changes. After that, learn a bit of PHP or Python and use one of many web application frameworks (Flask or Bottle or Django).

Price $0.

Around $12 annually to buy a domain name if you like (if you are not happy with one that the DDNS service will give you).

When you start getting traffic, you may want to consider AWS, starting at the free tier and going up.
> It's frustrating to me how many people want platform companies to censor their customers/users. When and how did media censorship become popular?

Circa November 8th 2016
This appears to be the description of exactly that: https://getpocket.com/privacy

I find it to be rather well-written for this sort of thing. As in, it was written with an intent to communicate what it's saying, which is the opposite of the usual.
Why would it matter who fired it? Police are not holding police accountable for violent assaults.

Even if you were to ID the attacker, qualified immunity prevents you from suing them personally for violating your rights. You sue the police department, and then the taxpayer pays the settlement, and the cop suffers no negative consequences.
I get where you're coming from, but I think it's indicative of exactly what I don't like about Microsoft's attitude, and part of why I don't use their software.

At the end of the day, it's my computer. Not theirs.

Regardless of how much it's "For my own good", that's not their decision to make.

It's my hardware, that I'm paying for.
Ultimately, I need to have the final decision on what it does.
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It's a very straightforward quote about any man whose salary depends on not understanding a certain set of facts that are being presented...
self check out systems are great and the concerns of the workers should be heard but it comes down to not having all the numbers.

what is the positive to false positive rate? projects can have metrics that those in the field are not privy too and it could down to they are preventing a sufficient dollar amount to not consider the false positives are an issue. Again, what are the percentages?
First of all, it is a mistake to couch the issue as "newsworthiness." It's not about whether or not speech is newsworthy. It's about whether or not to allow a post to be openly displayed and disseminated - even to non-subscribers of the poster - without a disclaimer. The current argument is not whether speech should be quashed; it's about whether it should be annotated, disseminated and/or amplified.

Even if the question were around newsworthiness - which, I emphasize, it isn't -- publishers make decisions all the time as to what is newsworthy and what isn't. Someone has to decide what goes on the front page or how to order stories, whether it be in the form of a newspaper, a TV show, or what's above the fold on a website.

The golden rule when it comes to private property -- which Facebook is -- is "my house, my rules." Mark Zuckerberg, with a complicit Facebook board, has made it abundantly clear whose house it is. He can -- and has -- set whatever rules he wants, subject to the law. At this point, he has made it clear that his rules are to maximize dissemination of the President's communication even at the expense of other legitimate concerns. And it is legitimate to take a contrary position on what those rules should be.
I'm not sure if it affects your specific situation, but I'll share that mistakes in CLI demos have never bothered me. They always make me feel better about the everyday typos I make, and they make me feel like I'm watching a human interact with a system. I wouldn't want to watch a distracting number of typos when I'm learning how to use a system, but a few are perfectly acceptable.

It reminds me of listening to podcasts. The podcasts with huge budgets are sometimes overproduced. The pauses all feel dramatic and acted, and everything feels well-rehearsed. My favorite podcasts are ones that have received light editing for content, but leave in the natural flow of human conversation.
Muzinich may be right for this role but he should still properly divest his interests ethically.
The person you responded do didn’t mention Europe.
> the IA should be protected by the government

Bankruptcy doesn't mean dissolution. If the IA goes bankrupt over this National Emergency Library boondoggle, the servers will still be around. A new organization could lift them out, clean them up and re-launch the service with a more focussed mandate and better internal processes.
The only one of your links which involves a survey which justifies the claim is the one on iron deficiencies.
I have a work Macbook Pro that I requested in anticipation of better quality compared to others. Ended up being disappointed, it's just as crap as my other laptops. Build quality is iffy, it has heat problems comparable to the lowest quality gaming laptops, the keyboard is garbage and the touchbar is the most useless piece of tech I've used in a long time. And this is probably even more subjective but OSX Catalina is quite slow and the free tooling I am used to now costs money. I also heard bad things about Applecare in my country but I have no personal experience.

Since I have other issues also with not having Nvidia GPU, I can't wait to dump this hardware.