skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
None of those points follow or make sense.

> If you have to hire armed security to keep your place of business and your customers safe, you're doing business in a dysfunctional country

Welp might as well just move the dollar general to mexico! Those poor people will have to travel there to buy things.

> You might as well not pay taxes then

That makes sense if you're a charity, but dollar general is a for-profit org -- and does make a profit.
I agree but I think it's more subtle.

Most of us look at billionaires and think "why would anybody want so much more money than they need?", identify this as the vice of "greed", and implicitly stear ourselves away from that vice. However, the quantitative disparity here makes these phenomena qualitatively different. As you said, employment is a business transaction and should be treated as such, and this attitude only becomes a vice when it dominates someone's life (as in the case of the billionaire).
Successful Japanese exporters are world-class, almost tautologically.

They’re also the exception. The domestic economy is generally heavily protected, regulated, and inefficient.

One view of the situation is that the exporters prop up the rest of the economy with their foreign revenues.
Anti trust seems weak. 3rd and distant 4th place merging. Even weaker right now than T-mobile Sprint. Where other things like spectrum and infrastructure were big. They are one company now.
> There are plenty of societies that don't respect intellectual property and copyright. And those societies don't innovate at the rate as those who do.

That's not necessarily so - for example, during the industrial revolution, Germany largely overtook the British in mechanical engineering skill during a period where the British had copyright but before the Germans got it: https://www.wired.com/2010/08/copyright-germany-britain/

Also, it's quite possible the causation goes the other way: A society might not succeed at innovation because of IP laws - it's just as possible that because a society has succeeded at innovation, it passes IP legislation, in order to 'kick away the ladder'. But just like regulatory capture shows in general, legislation that helps yesterday's winners seek rent is not necessarily the same (and is often in fact the opposite) of legislation to help tomorrow's winners see the light of day.
Anyone know how the native one manages to be so slow?
WebRTC aims to adopt AV1. H.### codecs are a dead end.
Time travel and democratic governance are mutually incompatible.

Also lotteries.
Steam is an online store. Maybe you’re thinking of Stadia?
Creating poetry one word at a time
I guess it's the chicken/egg problem of bootstrapping anything.
On the level of the designers I agree -- each designer is without doubt doing what he thinks is best, but on the larger scale that prompts redesign in the first place, I'm skeptical.

For example, would it be acceptable/comfortable for the designer to conclude "Everything is fine as is, we've done a pretty good job last time around, let's ship it like it is." ? If not that reflects a systemic bias to introduce changes in the name of changing.
I am building a service where anyone can choose a real star and name it after themselves. The goal is to name all stars in the universe after humans
Have good managers. People quit managers and bad coworkers more than jumping for money.
A probable reason is the length of time patents and especially copyright law applies, at least in the US. Although we are seeing issues with 70+ year copyright with extensions after the creators death, digital technology just moves way too fast compared to classical technology. By the time a classic patent expired, other firms may have built the infrastructure to create a generic copy or even advanced the science like with light bulbs. Digital tech moves quickly and software that can be distributed across the planet in seconds and make billions in its first few years is ripe for subversion and knock offs. Maybe if digital patents applied to much more specific applications then competition could build their own version using a new code base and compete?
isn’t China still mostly piggybacking on foreign innovation?
> I use uMatrix to block scripts on certain domains. [...] For ad-blocking, I supplement uMatrix with uBlock Origin.

As the author of both uBO and uMatrix, I don't understand the need to use uMatrix to block scripts when already using uBO, since uBO can do the same.

Even better, uBO supports replacing certain blocked scripts with a local, neutered version (to lower likelihood of site breakage), something which becomes broken if you block the same script with another extension (i.e. in either NoScript or uMatrix).
Completely agree on this. Have sent you an email to discuss more.
Tomorrow's close should be good enough. Preferably for a mix of stocks or indices.
This is what benmw333 is referring to. The Panasonic Let's. Despite how bulky it looks, it weighs about the same as the macbook air. It's basically used by anyone who isn't a manager, designer or software developer. You see them everywhere.

https://biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/products-services/letsnote/l...
I do, but with the whole current WFH thing it doesn't do a whole lot, since I am awake before it anyways. Its actually nice to naturally wake up without an alarm most days.

I also don't have any notifications on from social media. Texts, important email, and important slack. Almost nothing else, mostly stuff that I need to go clean up and turn off the notification permissions anyways.

But I totally get your point. Its right there and accessible. I woke up early today, rather than going back to sleep for another hour spent it on the phone for some reason. Definitely have some work tonight to try and figure out some better habits.
Coronavirus: World treating symptoms, not cause of pandemics, says UN
That extended support isn't as comprehensive as the standard support, though. With each stage the amount of components and the degree and types of patching etc reduces.
>Are there situations where one could conceivably have a different outcome than abuse?

That is missing the point. I'm not the GP, but I don't think anyone is denying that there are people with DMs open that do not get abused. I am one such person, for example.

The point is that unless you're willing to say that people who get abused in DMs don't matter, then arguing that leaving DMs open is broadly useful is just plain false.
I agree with you that I don't think the PS5 will be a major upgrade. It may be a hardware refresh but that's about it.

I think that you may be brining up a valid point we have a standards body to define the standards and labeling for the capacity of a gaming machine. (That would prevent games from always demanding the absolute latest hardware). However, a lot of the issues with the PS4 is you have sony trying to control _everything_ in the hen house. (Think of this like the Symbian vs Android situation) Android took off because it wasn't one manufacturer having control over the OS.
"You pilot one fighter and slave the other three to yours..."

Gosh grandpa your sci-fi sure is an embarassing product of it's time huh?
> Brave is not 'entitled' in any way nor should the world bend to make Brave possible.

I never said it was entitled, I said it had to balance things to survive.

> If I was to build a browser (which btw I am doing) I would put 100% user interest first, at the price of not succeeding in the market. That is the only way I could sleep well at night.

A quick look at the history of humanity will show you that even the most moral entities had at a point of their existence have to compromise with morality to survive, or made bad choices out of self-interest. Just like every single human being who has ever lived. I don't think you can never ever ever compromise on anything while accomplishing anything significant. By the way, do you plan on taking out mp4 and user freedom hostile features such as EME support in your browser?
In Japan, it’s far more common, even for much smaller companies. There’s a great Japanese TV show that does mini documentaries on these places (and others where workers eat) called, “Sara Meshi” (サラメシ)

https://www.nhk.jp/p/salameshi/ts/PVPP6PZNLG/
> And it looks like a Rust language server exists:

There are two, actually. That one, and https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer which is quickly supplanting it.

The intention is that the compiler will eventually be a language server. Someday.
While I think some of the name changes going around the community at the moment aren't productive, it's not a good comparison. The black and white in black beans and white rice are accurate descriptions of their color. "Black" is not being used to signify that these are malicious beans, out to cause harm.
Those were pretty darn expensive yeah, the cartridge format was a contributor.
I can't see myself using this for actual work, but it does look pretty.

I use Cool Retro Term (CRT) for actual work. I find the PET font soothing. I also use it for certain types of tasks, so if, out of the corner of my eye, I see lots of text scrolling along, then my mind processes it as "Something's gone pear-shaped with Task X" without having to look at the other monitors.
Berkshire Hathaway buys Dominion Energy natural gas assets in $10B deal
Isn't he notoriously short on cash? Maybe he doesn't have any more real estate to sell?
I wasn't suggesting I'd gold plate it myself, I meant I could just buy gold-plated wire, as long as it would be sufficiently durable.
Isn’t that a mapping? Because the primary purpose of the string of glyphs is readable by humans. Such representation is mapped to the numerical representation for storage in the computer. It may also be mapped to lines of ink written on a piece of paper for transmission
Not sure how you leaped from me asking "should it be OK for there to be an imbalance" to this. Why would it be OK? That's the question I asked in the first place.
I would guess the ones earning that much are probably in metro areas like the bay area and Seattle.
Every time I've gone on to the next company it has been in response to a "no raises" and a subsequent 25-50% pay bump by next employer.

Companies think they can retain people out of fear, this only works on people without options. The ones without options are the lowest value slice of employee to have.
EU policy doc recommends building European Internet Firewall
Though there isn't any proof of that, I would assume that it has been repurposed for production of the Valve Index controller.
Google/tarpc: an RPC framework for Rust
That is because Audio Encoding hasn't seen much improvement as compared to video.

Nearly 30 years after MP3, the only audio codec that could rivals mp3 at the standard rate of 128kbps at a significant lower bitrate was Opus at 96Kbps.

And MP3 is still by far the most popular codec due to compatibility reason.

This is similar to JPEG, although things are about to change.
Downloads for consoles always felt like risky propositions.

They're DRMed. Once the console is no longer sold or supported, there's no store for you to connect to to validate or re-download your purchase. I don't feel comfortable with them living on an encrypted and unsupported hard disk partition.

Do you anticipate playing your games again in 15 years?

I like that I can play all of my old N64, Gamecube, and PS2 games on their original media.
I launched something similar in 2014 - a few years too early, I guess: https://betalist.com/startups/thedailycrunch

Good luck with your service :) officially supporting apps on the Kindle would open up a very interesting (if niche) market - I'd love to see "the slow web" become a thing.
Even then that guard isn't going to try to stop people, even obvious offenders. They're there to get a good look at you on the way out, and spook the low-effort thieves who may chicken out.

Workers comp for 3-5 stitches and a day or two off of work would cost way more than just letting someone walk out with a couple Nintendo games or some headphones.
Yup. But I would suggest that slowly shedding their best talent is, in the long haul, an even tougher road.
I don't think onboard flash memory fails as often as SD cards do
Everett is a solid 600k contender if closer to 2000sqft
Note this is part 1 of 2, 2nd part will be up later in the week
Which one and what’s the proc/mem? What kind of web dev?
It's not just a "business" transaction. That is incredibly naive. There are implicit health, family costs as well. Chronic stress is real and dangerous.

It is possible to work without putting your real life on "pause" (we age every moment whether we are present with that truth or not).
Hah I love this analogy! Guess that's societal progress for you; we use currency to replace munitions.
The thing is, a long wall of text usually reveals how truly eloquent and thoughtful the writer is.

In a mere 280 characters, some random person could sound just as smart as Paul Graham. It is the essays that set them apart, and not easily replicated the by drive-by-reply-guy.
Because saltwater is going to escape the artificial lakes even if they have impermeable beds, and we'll, there's a reason “salt the earth” is something that historically people have done, or at least talked about doing, to mortal enemies’ lands and not their own.
> At this point it appears you are disregarding facts all together and arguing from some type of religious fervor. Something like a young earth creationist. I don't mean this in an offensive fashion but just as a reality check for you.

That's optimistic, as the conflict between reality and their argument is probably what has elevated the fervor.
The OP asked "There is an a priori assumption that it should be 50/50 and only then a field is just. Why CS though?" as if CS is the only field that matters here. I responded by asking more broadly about whether imbalance should be acceptable in any field and what kind of imbalance should be acceptable. Why are you immediately assuming that my question is a thin veil over some sort of implied argument?

If you believe that racial discrimination in hiring (or otherwise) is made up, you need merely perform a google search to find many reputable articles and papers on the subject. Feel free to educate yourself.

https://www.google.com/search?q=race+discrimination+in+hirin...
Will it fall down? When? (The whole global macro climate right now is a wealth transfer scheme, i guess from ultimately third world countries to (eventually) investors)
The author here put into words what it was that I couldn't articulate about why I felt "off" about Simon Sinek.
I think that applies to normalizations (trimming, case changes etc). It makes sense to have those declarative and universal too.
Maybe if magnetism is combined with a gravitational slingshot it would be possible to extract energy.
Just bases on recent numbers. How is it Uber and Postmates were battling for 3rd? And 1st and 2nd are close? Seems like Grubhub and Uber Eats are close now. With Doordash and Postmates both far apart.
Watched the video before reading the title and was thinking myself how it reminded me of Portal (a puzzle-platform game by Valve).

Thanks for posting this! Very entertaining to watch indeed :)
I think a better joke would be how you would have to be brave to try a browser that vaguely uses cryptocurrency/blockchain in any way.
Show HN: .Net Cryptocurrency Backtesting Platform
Morricone did the score for "Treasure of the Four Crowns"; the explicit silliness of a film never seemed to stop him from putting in 100% effort to produce great music for it.
The market has plenty of choices from VP8 to Theora.
Blameless' SRE Journey
Yep. Wasn't as thorough as I thought. Thanks
You're thinking of "h264 is magic"

https://sidbala.com/h-264-is-magic/

GREAT article
This is so cool, but how long till they automate the packaging too?
This is similarly done in American short-track racing as well with the “engine claim” system - I’ve normally heard of it on dirt but I wouldn’t be surprised if asphalt series do it to.

Below is just one example of how these rules can be structured.

https://dirtcar.com/rules/dirtcar-modifieds/engine/engine-cl...
What was your problem? (OP has deleted their comment.)
I had one of the last models of matte display apple released. I eventually gave it up for the retina resolution.
To me it's almost more surprising that with that high degree of automation they are not splitting the factory up into smaller ones and building them per-continent.
Sharing Go Packages with Python
Considering India is producing 20% of the world sugarcane I think sourcing a sweetener shouldn't be a problem.
There is no middle ground -- WFH is self-reinforcing trend, because offices are much less useful when they are half-empty and all processes have go online. As soon as some coworkers move, others follow. If people start working 2-3 days at home ... they start to think about moving somewhere better. I wonder what is the endgame of this rearrangement? Perhaps nomadism will become common? But in that case, cities will lose even more cohesion than they ve lost so far. If we take away the work factor, the question "where do i/my family live" becomes much more open-ended. Obvious choice #1 is near extended family. What else motivates people to move?
>Care to explain how a gradient is racist?

Sure. Your comment's language equivalent is something along the lines of "Care to explain how words are racist?" Which yes, they are just a collection of words. They possess no consciousness and cannot be racist by themselves.

Similarly, a gradient is just a collection of vectors. It's just numbers. However, like language, it's what they represent that matters.

For example, I can create a machine learning algorithm to determine who should get a home loan. I create a gradient to optimize the algorithm to give loans to people who I think are unqualified.

The gradient can easily be racist if it optimizes heavily on something like race. Minorities tend to be lower income and so can be seen as less qualified as higher income individuals. However that's the easy argument, and also quite illegal. If you exclude race, there's 2nd degree variables that are proxies for race. Things like zip codes, job titles, whether they rent or buy. These are not explicitly illegal to filter on, though the end result is illegal if they exclude certain protected statuses. It can even be no fault of the researchers who implement the algorithm, because controlling for bias using real world data is extremely difficult. But we must do it, since it is the ethical thing to do.

And so, it's easy to see that one can optimize ML algorithms to exclude certain protected statues, which is what can make the algorithms racist.
> In my humble opinion, that license mess set back innovation in the portable audio space by a good 5 years.

Or did it push it forward? If not for the licensing at the time, would it have been developed? Would it be allowed to be used by anyone just paying for the technology?
> Assault can just be a legitimate threat of violence

The immediate threat of violence with the capacity to carry it out is assault, yes; completed violence is battery or worse.
Depending on your situation, PMI may be worth it. For example I was paying 1200 a month for a 1 br apartment. They wanted to up it to 1500 a month. Instead I bought a house with 5% down. The total monthly payment for a 200k house, including PMI, is 1,100 a month.

Even with PMI I am still paying less than living in the same apartment year over year.
Other than high-profile lawsuits against tech companies accusing them of discrimination against demographic groups?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/07/google-discrimination...

"Now the plaintiffs can request access to internal Google documents to try to support their allegations, which also include some people being “denied employment because of their actual and perceived conservative political activities and affiliations, and their status as actual or perceived Asian or Caucasian male job applicants,”"

There are myriad examples of this sort of allegation from the last decade, it's not hard to find them. They've been discussed here on HN.
Try Sir TBL
The use of gradient accumulation here is interesting, and I'd argue maybe not optimal.

He uses a batch size of 8 (because his GPU only has enough RAM to allow 8 CT scans to be tracked through the network at once). He acknowledges that this is smaller than he would like, and so he uses gradient accumulation so that he only adjusts the weights of the network every 8th forward pass. Effectively, he averages the results over 8 batches.

The thing about batch size is it's a trade off. It turns out, even if your GPU could support you putting your entire dataset through at once, this isn't a good idea. The explanation for this can be simplified as "if you give it the same data every time, it'll give you the same answer every time". This may sound fine, but actually a bit of randomness is very helpful to get the network outs of local minima, i.e. local ruts. This is why we do "mini batch" stochastic gradient descent. Now his dataset is only 200something patients and 300something scans, meaning he only gets 4-6 batches out of his dataset for every epoch (every cycle). I would expect (though I have no proof) that using a lower batch size might increase stochasticity here.

The problem is, smaller batch sizes also have their problems. The main reason for this is due to the ubiquity of a layer in CNNs called batch normalisation (BatchNorm) layers. These layers calculate on the fly (during training) what the mean and standard deviation across every feature in the current batch is, and rescale them so together they mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. The problem is, when your batch size is very small, your means and standard deviations might be wildly inaccurate (e.g. if your batch size is 4, it wouldn't be that surprising if every sample in the batch is a COVID patient, or every sample is normal). The batchnorm layers will 'remap' those images onto a normal distribution, and make a batch of 4 COVID patients look more normal, and nice versa. For this reason, we try not to train networks with batch sizes below 10, because when BatchNorm is involved, things tend to start behaving badly. Unfortunately, BatchNorm doesn't give a damn about gradient accumulation, because they are still different batches. Gradient accumulation does not get around the biggest problem of small batch sizes, and in my experience very rarely helps. Instead, you're better of using a different normalisation layer.
> The reason a more complicated retargeting was created is proof that there is value in it, for advertisers

I'd argue the value was in it for media buyers. A lot of retargeted inventory is spent targeting people who are going to come back anyway. The agency then spins the numbers and presents it as if they were the only step in the process.

Some even take it a step further and conflate their retargeting with their prospecting numbers - there's a lot more uneducated advertisers out there for agencies to rip-off than educated ones.

Other than your standard ecommerce flows, online advertising is still an area of very murky attribution.