skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
These kinds of pieces are sort of accurate. I have run a lot of ad campaigns on Google and Facebook (I don't do this kind of work today), and if this kind of thing comes up in conversation, I like to say that anybody can set up an ads account with Facebook or Google and see how it actually works.

Yes, you can create an ad and set it up to target people live within a certain area or have visited a certain area (and/or a number of quite creepier feeling criteria), but that's it.

They are not "selling your data" to advertisers. As an advertiser, all you get is some statistics about who your ads got served to, and they are pretty shitty and vague.

"You said you were willing to pay $10.00 USD per click for people who have been within (LAT,LNG of XYZ hospital) within the last 30 days. We declare that 150 of the 200 ad clickers have indeed visited that location. That will be $1,500 USD plus some lesser amount for the other clickers that we somehow served your ad to. Let's call it $1700, we'll take it out of the prepaid account you had to set up before we even ran the campaign. Thanks for advertising with us, and if you don't like it, good luck finding another ad network with anything approaching the same exposure."
As much as I despise Apple’s arbitrary distinctions between apps and the subscription purchase mechanisms (as well as the comparatively stricter control it has on apps on the App Store), the Twitter thread is deviating from the key points and making comparisons (and using ad hominems) that sound very nasty. I get that DHH is fuming, and feels rightfully so, but this is a crude business transaction disagreement. He’s no common person on the streets, and it would help for him to rethink some of the words and comparisons he uses in public.

On the whole, I’m kinda glad on the timing of this one. One can only hope that this brings in some positive changes from Apple within a few months. It’s long due.
I really don't understand where you're getting that from. For economy cars up to ~130kph hub motors are a very feasible alternative.

There are hub motors+rims right now with which you could build a ~150hp car, that will weigh less or comparably to old-fashioned steel rims, including axles, rotors and superfluous suspension components (around 30-40kg). For example, the QS Motor 273 with a power of 28kw (per wheel) given appropriate cooling, at a mass of 43kg. This is for a mass market, aluminum motor/rim. I assure you that with magnesium wheels and glycol cooling you can get this down under 43kg. These motors have a wholesale price under 2000$, too, and have been run at 180v 600A for short periods of time.

Here is also an actual study with data about the feasibility of hub motors in four-wheel vehicles: https://www.proteanelectric.com/f/2018/04/protean-Services3....

Yes, hub motors will always have a disadvantage as far as unsprung mass as improvements affect both sides of the equation. However, hub motors have very significant handling advantages that you cannot feasibly get any other way, such as per-tire regenerative braking, a perfect fully dynamic differential, perfect torque vectoring, optimal weight distribution, allows far superior suspension design, and so on. As a result, hub motors are still a very serious contender, and as the gaps narrows and investment ramps up we might see very high performance hub motors become a reality.

Another technology that will have to be evaluated is fully active suspension, which eliminates almost all of the disadvantages of hub motors and keep all of their advantages. Indeed, fully active electromagnetic suspension is entering limited mass production right now.

But yes, in the 1990s hub motors could not have made for anything more than an economy car with a top speed around 130-140kph economically. Which is exactly what they were meant for.
I mean yea, you hit the nail on the head, Apple doesn’t offer the option to side load apps which is a huge reason why I happily suggest people use the ecosystem. If you want to side load apps there is a super available alternative, nobody is forcing your hand.

Honestly feel like I’m missing something.
Clicking "Paint" kills my Brave tab (on Android). Anyone else have this issue?
Stopping random strangers from talking to kids over TOR could help to stop pests like this as-well and it wouldn't cost six figures or undermine privacy.
Why do something especially do something for majority of your life and not make it fun?
I just wish the linter was integrated into the compiler. And that code that didn't check would simply not compile
Chatbots at the End of the World
"These days, flashy Silicon Valley technology developments often seem completely at odds with what is going on in the world. A rocket launch in the middle of a pandemic and nationwide uprising against police brutality might be the most recent example, but there is a version of this dissonance happening all the time."
Flushing the Toilet May Fling Coronavirus Aerosols All Over
>So this was a gift (yet again) to Canadian landlords and homeowners at the expense of the younger generation.

What about the people who would have been made homeless, perhaps permanently, by the housing market collapsing ferociously as you pointed you?
So yeah. It’s a great thing to create a “democracy” that was only democratic for White Males. Even women didn’t have the right to vote. Let’s just gloss over that. Why not? That’s what the entire US educational system does.
> How Fighting Poverty Accidentally Stopped Deforestation

This is garbage -

When know by fighting poverty, which is increasing wealth, it's good for

The environment, all the social rights, IQ, crime, happiness, almost all issues the rich first world people think are important. Because the people targeted become better off and can afford to worry about these issues as well.

This is why good people fight poverty, and the bad people jump ahead and fight for the things that come after poverty, because that's what makes them personally feel good.
Some people have pointed out that The Federalist was not demonetized after all, since they caved into Google’s demands to delete their comment section. But if The Federalist can be held responsible for its comment section then why should Google themselves enjoy Section 230 protection from their user’s contributions? I know there’s probably a legal distinction since Google is private but on principle this is clearly unacceptable.
Seems like the perfect way to train an agent to learn to paint things that people like.
The article didn't really say how the private companies were obtaining the geolocation data. Sure, people can give apps permission for location data, but I think it unlikely that people install apps from political consulting firms. Anyone know who or what is the third party who sells the location data to the political consultants?
US: Company provided subpar steel for Navy submarine hulls
Some people might not be able to see your linkedin account if they don't have an account. It's worthwhile to also have a resume that anyone can access without having to create a linkedin account. Adding email to your HN profile will also be helpful for people that might want to get in touch.
1. For each activity that you want to improve in know exactly why you want to improve. If it’s because you hope it’ll be fun later but it’s not fun now you should probably stop. There will be a time it’s less fun than it was in the beginning and you’ll give up then anyway. If it’s to get to do something different on the other side, stop expecting enjoyment and just pay the price.

2. Bias towards action. If you want to start running, just go run. Don’t read about it. Don’t sign up for a race. Don’t buy better shoes. Just go run for a while (or write some code or say all the Spanish words you already know out loud).

3. Spend 10-20% of your training time (do not go outside of this range) on improving your training. This is when you watch that video about your activity. People naturally gravitate towards 0 or 100% of time in planning. “A little bit” is the best but rarely done.

4. Check in with someone better than you on a regular schedule to make sure your training is progressing well. Weekly is very good. This could be a coach, mentor, partner, something like that (not an accountability buddy).
email client fits more in "Reader" category i believe.
Very popular.

It used to be a popular app called Arrive for automatically tracking packages by parsing tracking numbers from connected email accounts. Arrive was also the branding for shipping updates by check in Shopify Checkout on all Shopify based eCommerce sites.

A few months ago Shopify:

1. Rebranded the app as "Shop"

2. Rebranded every Shopify site's checkout to "Shop Pay."

3. Began forcing users on Shopify based sites to create a "Shop" account at checkout

4. Changed the Arrive SMS shipping updates feature to text you an app store link for the Shop App (which you already have an account for now)

5. Integrated every item from every Shopify based eCommerce site with the Shop App for direct purchase, using the universal Shop account you just created.

So they took an already popular app with high engagement, forced people to make accounts for it, used dark UX patterns to get millions to text themselves a download link.

In a matter of months they went from being one of the largest eCommerce platforms for independent retailers to being a one-stop "shop" for every eCommerce site that used them, with millions of daily active users.
I'm all against the way apple cripples it's devices and limit what they can do. But that does not mean Apple is not creating value and wealth. Think about it, that's a... Selling point of the Apple ecosystem. People get into it because it's much simpler to use and has a streamlined experience.

That deliberate design choice from Apple is a big reason it's userbase exists in the first place and that's what Apple is offering to devs in exchange for the 30%. It's creating wealth for apple and for app devs. If anything the refined products they make and even the restrictive design choises make iOS apps much more profitable for devs than Android.

It would have been rent seeking if Apple was the only player and users basically cannot do anything but pay Apple, but there is already Android with much less restrictions. Yet, people don't massively migrate to android.
Teslas have a web browser, video/media applications, games, and basic DAW. That's a bit more than just a "specialized device", and almost sounds like a computer.
I replaced a La Crosse station that would only upload to Wunderground with an Ambient Weather 2902B station. The new station was a heck of a lot easier to setup than the La Crosse and now I can get my data back. Ambientweather.net also allows for integrations to multiple other companies, including wunderground, and is generous with their API.

+1 ambientweather.net
The problem you describe, of the double meaning of the term “racism”, is very real, but only among white people. When communicating with a Black CEO, you can safely assume that they understand the true meaning of the term, from experiencing it every day. And as a result will appreciate the admission and apology. The second mistake to avoid is to not expect a medal, so to speak, for doing the bare minimum. In my experience that is a common pattern: demonstrating a basic understanding of systemic racism, then expecting to be treated as a hero for it - then being disappointed when we’re (understandably) not. Sometimes this can be quite exhausting to someone targeted by racism, because it adds to their mental burden instead of lightening it.
Yeah. You're right. I was advocating for the concept. Not the coin per se.
> but you have to pay just to develop an iOS app

Apple changed this a year or two ago. You do not have to pay to test apps on your own phone.
And the best way to increase per capita income is to implement pro-market policies, that provide rights to private property and the freedom to contract:

https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_romer_why_the_world_needs_cha...

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21578665-nearly-1-bill...

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2016/0207/Progress-in-the-glo...
It's fantastic for running Twitter bots that tweet out generated content at a set interval. I have several and they easily fit within the free limits.
I enjoy what I do, I just don’t expect my tools to entertain me. One can enjoy carpentry without expecting their hammer to be “fun”.

I would strenuously resist any attempt to make any of my tools more fun at the cost of any ounce of productivity. These tools exist to serve the narrow needs of professionals, focusing on anything other than utility for the core group is counter productive.
I don’t buy that. I’m not going to cry over Google not doing business with someone, but let’s call a spade a spade: this was a partisan choice. Google’s entire business schtick is that advertisers can use Google’s ad platform to target who they do and do not want to serve ads to. If advertisers really don’t want their ads to show up next to a site’s content, it won’t. Ironically the only people that would see the ad are the people that actually go to the website, so presumably they want to be on that site, and presumably advertisers would like to be where their audience is, wherever they are, unless they themselves are worried about getting “cancelled”.

EDIT: Forgot the other half of the point.

It doesn’t matter if Google makes partisan choices, it’s a free market, and we’ve got choices in life. It does matter when a company makes partisan choices and tries to pass themselves off as objective. Are you objective or do you have a bias? It’s a simple question: we all have biases, they do affect our choices, so be upfront with them rather than passing yourself off as something you’re not.
This is the potential market where all other paid email providers will compete. A reduced market. And yet, they chose Elon Musk's strategy. Create a premium product first to serve as a cash cow and financier, then perhaps offer other products with lower or even higher margins.

But my point is, they offer a premium service and have the possibility to get around this problem by negotiating since the mistake was theirs in not interpreting apple rules correctly.

[1]https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-j....
I maintained a pseudo-polyphasic schedule for two years during high school. I think it went like this:

2:00 or 3:00 AM - 6:00 AM (three to four hours)

6:20 AM - 7:20 AM transit (one hour)

At least three 10- to 20-minute naps throughout the school day. I negotiated with my teachers to make this acceptable. One pre-lunch nap, one around lunch hours, and one after.

2:20 PM - 3:20 PM transit (one hour)

8:30 PM - 9:30 PM transit or at home (one hour)

I was dual-enrolling at the local college at the time for night classes. I was productive, but it was awful, and I wouldn't recommend it. It became a (benign) running joke at my school that I was more likely to be asleep than awake.

I got 7-8 hours of sleep, but it's nothing compared to sleeping like normal. Any disruption to my schedule was absolutely fatal for my productivity.
I attempted uberman on two separate occasions and had to stop in fear that lack of sleep would permanently damage my brain. I was able to hit rem every nap after 2-3 weeks but never recovered on sleep within the 30 day transition period. I'm pretty sure it is because it is much easier if you are a vegetarian since eating meat is so heavy and messes with your sleep.

It was a neat experience though. I had the most vivid lucid dreams, flying and doing whatever I could imagine. The rem naps would seemingly last 90 minutes even though my alarm would wake me after 20. The days meshed together and felt surreal. I enjoyed it but I feel like I'd have to give up meat to realistically achieve uberman.
Online? Those are all great retailers in-store. But online? That’s their online revenue? I doubt it.

Home Depot advertises 2 day shipping but then waits a week before actually starting the clock on their shipping. At least here in Canada. Walmart is the same.

Let me tell you about ordering from Canadian tire online. I did this once. I chose in-store pickup. When I got to the service desk (which actually had an “online pickup” sign on it), and asked for my order, the staff looked at me like I was from Mars. And this was a showcase-store on Grandview here in Vancouver - not some backwater CDN tire off in Moose Jaw. Then they discovered that actually, they don’t have that item. The website said my order was ready to pick up, but they didn’t have it set aside and they didn’t even stock it and had no idea how this “online pickup” worked. So I asked for a refund. And they couldn’t do it! It’s a separate company and they didn’t even have my order in their system to be able to refund me! I asked them what I was supposed to do at that point, and the store manager (of the largest CDN tire store in vancouver) actually advised me to dispute the charge on my credit card and get the charge reversed!

That’s eye-wateringly bad.
Threads like these make me wish for dang’s blessed “We’ve detached this thread...” comment.
It has been years since the media ecosystem split into multiple mainstreams. There is no one canonical Mainstream anymore. Several enterprising individuals have recognized this fact and established thriving careers catering to various viewpoints across every ideological spectrum you can think of. So it is interesting to see the staying power of the narrative of the canonical Mainstream vs the underdog whose voice can so easily be suppressed.
> why is non-essential services taking a vacation for a few months at the expense of everyone else supposed to be a major event with long-lasting consequences?

That government response is there to help slow the spread of COVID-19 which then results in the saving of many tens of thousand of lives.

If the government didn't step in to help, people are then forced to go to out to work which then helps to spread the virus.
Western Electric: Tools of Telephony (1956)
As I was reading this I immediately went for the third explanation given, or a similar variant.

One possible take on it is that the tumour made her plural/multiple. Then her new members wondered where they came from and came up with the tumour explanation, researched treatment, and communicated it back to her main self.

Read this if you haven't heard about plurality: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicity_(psychology)
Windows Package Manager CLI (a.k.a. Winget)
I think this is probably the single best use case for Generics for Go - numerical operations on the range of number types.
Shipping updates by text (SMS)
GP also expects families to have 2 years plus of living expenses saved.
Yes, exactly. One way I think about procrastination is addiction to the pain relief that comes from distraction.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé Sued for Allegedly Using Jamaican Artist’s Voice
Not sure how many times I have to repeat the same things, you keep circling back to same rhetoric again and again. Apple's app store is not a B2C business, it's B2B2C business. They are supposed to make sure the developers get a fair deal even if means the consumers don't get the best of experience.
This is just anti-science and anti-intellectualism.

They did an experiment and they stopped it before it reached current standards of 'unethical bounds'. This is the way acience works - trial and error until we get it right.

The way this article is written is detrimental to the entire field. This is going to be 'proof' that science is bad and should be stifled.

> Niakan’s team started with 25 human embryos and used CRISPR to snip out a gene known as POU5F1 in 18 of them. The other seven embryos acted as controls. The researchers then used sophisticated computational methods to analyze all of the embryos. What they found was that of the edited embryos, 10 looked normal but eight had abnormalities across a particular chromosome. Of those, four contained inadvertent deletions or additions of DNA directly adjacent to the edited gene.

The MAJORITY of them were successful, and of the ones that were not successful 4 of them had errors in the removal of the gene, meaning half of them had abnormalities due to imprecise editing on the side of the technicians and the equipment they had.

This means 10 of them were successful, and only four of them were not.

Crispr was only developed 8 years ago, and major research with it didn't start till five years ago. The very fact that we have come this far so quickly with a majority success rate (in this experiment) is absolutely fantastic.
I guess this is a pertinent question in the context of such announcement posts.

What are the current alternatives for Bootstrap that provide:

* a good set of defaults with a sensible/easy grid system

* a modern look with readable typography and color choices

* a good enough set of controls

* support accessibility out of the box

* are leaner in size

* reduce/avoid the use of JavaScript (preferring CSS where possible)

* and lastly, very easy to get started with (and have great documentation)?
At least where I live, that's not enough light for me, especially in the winter. But if I turn on regular lights when it's too dark, I may leave them on and then blow my sleep schedule.
I won't use GO until they add generics. Hopefully they'll add them someday. I can wait as long as it takes.
Some of this (Latin and Cyrillic A/a, for example) is relevant to e.g. Internationalized Domain Name issues (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack).

I once worked on what we called DYM tools (for "Did You Mean"). The goal was to assist native English speakers who were learning a second language find words they heard, in that language's electronic dictionary. We knew, for example, that native speakers of English have difficulty distinguishing the dental and retroflex consonants of Hindi, so the DYM allowed mismatches of those. A perfect spelling was at the top of the list returned from the dictionary, while a misspelling--such as writing a dental for a retroflex--resulted in the mismatched word being a little lower in the list. We tailored our DYMs for particular target languages (and always for native speakers of English). As you say, getting something like this to work for multiple languages at the same time would be difficult.
Ummm, I'm pretty sure that before data from remote NFS server make it into kernel cache they too have to be copied over network, assembled from TCP packets, possibly decrypted (k5p) and verified (k5i) with NFS over Kerberos (otherwise you would have no confidentiality/integrity), and moved into newly allocated memory. Sure, once it is in kernel cache and data are not modified there may be just "Is this handle still up to date?" remote calls but you could achieve the similar cache with object storage.
CBC, Jan 1:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/china-pneumonia-outbreak-1.54...

CBS, Jan 2:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-sarshttps://www.bbc.com/n...

Forbes, Jan 3:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/01/03/a-mystery-p...

BBC, Jan 3:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50984025
Time to bone up on your high school civics lessons!
The link to the source for the image [1] has just a jumble of keywords as a description, but would seem to indicate that it's a 3D render and not a photo. Possibly explaining the mysterious glowing staircase as well.

See also the similarly tagged images such as [2] which seems to also include a non-kitchen over in its back corner.

[1] https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1056201

[2] https://pxhere.com/en/photo/599832
I am not able to decrypt when I set the minimum shards to 3 out of 5. Works with 2.
To piggyback off of this, if by chance the author sees this and is still looking to add cities, maybe Austin would be an easy addition? KUTX streams their “Austin Music Experience” channel https://play.kutx.org/index.html as well as the stations you’d get on the radio, and there’s some videos that might fit (mostly downtown, but still) https://youtu.be/VKouHxAtC5E
> small payments with my friends.

So basically you run a tab?

https://whycryptocurrencies.com/look_out_for_snake_oil.html