skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's not like our (the United States) justice system is something to be upheld as an exemplary model, honestly it could probably be viewed as one of the worst in the world in many respects.
> they tried to fool the world into sending them money

Their mistake was they failed to call it a "series A funding round."
Yes, the sample size of one.
Make 10% of the balance become dischargeable at the end of each year after graduation.
You should see the books I was taught to read with. Written in the 1800's. They'd be considered 8th grade reading level these days.
> No one is forcing any company to publish into the App Store.

If I want iOS users to use my app, where can I publish it besides the App Store?

I like the Android implementation, allow users to install third-party apps but make them manually enable the feature, complete with warnings. Users don't have to enable the feature if they want App Store curation, but the option is there.
I have about 2 dozen lobblolly pines around my house. The needles definitely don't break down after a year naturally, god that'd be nice! Instead I end up with 4-8" deep 'drifts' of needles if I don't keep on top of things.
And they are so waterproof they're incredibly difficult to compost - the inside of the stacks stays dry if you don't constantly churn them or shred them beforehand.
We bag/bundle about 140 50gal bags of straw a year. I should sell them!
Can I ask your age (or which decade if you prefer!)?
If true, I'm guessing I would. I have a long history of saying "All y'all are wrong and both sides need to quit this crap."

My mother always said "Two wrongs don't make a right."
1980s, yo.
I severely miss swiping every time I have to sit there for ten seconds staring at a terminal with the chip in, waiting for it to obnoxiously beep. Phone NFC is a bit nicer when it works (often doesn't) but I wish it didn't require authentication. Swiping feels like the golden age of shopping convenience.
Thanks for that. Yeah, I'm all for education reform and different options so it's great to hear about different programs, but many of the comments here are dismissing education, both high school and higher ed, simply because it is less scarce or not what it used to be.
Huh. I live in South Korea, and local Android app market is "fragmented", but approximately nobody complains, both users and developers. Local app market (owned by consortium of local mobile companies and local portals) takes less fee from developers, so developers love it. To let users use it, app developers do special promotion for the local app market, such as discount for in app purchases and special items for games, so users also love it. It is great.
Well they can do all that with a 10% fee too. The author is contending that by adding those restrictions and a high 30% fee, Apple is acting like a monopoly - it's their way or the highway.
I wonder if the banks could save money on fraud prevention by just buying all their stolen credentials on the open market and cancelling them all.

I know that would mess up with incentives to steal those credentials, but it still might be worth it.
I agree, AI Dungeon is a fantastic idea and right now has first mover advantage. Once it's clear it's a viable business, AI Dungeon will spawn a lot of competitors. Outside of GPT-3, their proprietary tech doesn't seem like anything fancy. From here, there are a few main outcomes:

-AI Dungeon has first mover advantage in branding and reputation, and new customers stay loyal to it. Its competitors end up seizing just a small % of market share in the niche automated AI text game market.

-five viable competitors to AI Dungeon pop up. They all compete with each other with very similar products, and it becomes a pricing war, sapping earnings from everyone.

-API pricing will kill the economics of AI Dungeon and similar projects. This is what happened to Geoguessr and related games, which relied on Google Maps API for years until the pricing became prohibitive.
It's still a $1T+ company, that's the metric that matters when evaluating the "worth" of a business. So in that sense, the market has a "taste" for Microsoft.
Jobs never said that, so maybe avoid putting it in quotes.
>CC companies in the US made the moronic determination that the American consumer could not handle the complexity of the PIN. [...] So we had a dumb hybrid approach, and usually the retailer pays for the fallout of this decision.

I don't think there's anything specifically wrong (security-wise) with chip + sign for processing. Sure, you don't need to enter a pin to verify the transaction, but it's not like you can clone the chip, so there isn't any security issues there. AFAIK the only issue is that for some banks, the magstripe information can be read off the chip, that can be used afterwards to spoof a magstripe transaction, which the bank allows (for legacy reasons). The core problem is allowing legacy transactions, not in not having a pin.
What we'd really need is a public database of cancellers. Apart from the few deeply ideologically motivated ones, most of the cancellers are simply individuals who either perceive, consciously or unconsciously, the advantage of aligning themselves with the dominant ideology, or who are trying to minimise the risk of being misaligned with it. What we lack is something to counterbalance the advantages of signalling conformity- some longer perspective in which to frame our actions.

Unfortunately, this type of record keeping is typical exactly of the cancel culture I'm so opposed to.
It's a GDPR compliant site.

Europeans should be impressed that American sites were so quick to comply with their well thought out and reasonable regulations.
Exactly this. If you have distinct work and personal computers and setups, use different keyboards and layouts for each. The learning curve takes a couple months for good proficiency, but the ability to manually switch modes at a moment's notice is an enormous boon that saves you from having to reconfigure everyone else's keyboards just to type, or making continual mistakes when doing so.
It would be cool to control Phillips Hue bulbs on this cadence as more of a background cue to breathe
I don't see "other supplements" in that list; surely they had to control for that as well?
This isn't the New York Times. I don't think it's reasonable to expect the local news for a mid-sized American city to prioritize implementation of the EU's data rules.
Music is life-changing when you hear something that your mind cannot conceive at first, but finds particularly striking. The memory of hearing that song gets embedded in your memory. It's likely that you'll remember where you were when you first heard the song. It becomes part of your history.

Functional music, like what you describe, is easy to listen to. It serves a purpose: reduce boredom, be a companion in sadness, lift the awkwardness of sitting next to strangers in silence. It fits in the genres you are used to listening.

This is, of course, just my experience. But it's clear that for many people, music becomes their life.
Imo it doesn't make sense for Microsoft to buy it. They could' ve bought Facebook back in the day but Zuck probably wouldn't sell. Pls Microsoft buy it and destroy it by your mismanagement.
Sorry, I’m talking about the user generated actions on the consumption side. Likes, shares, comments, pauses, loops.

Regardless my point on the data aspect of the acquisition wasn't meant to be the reason for the actual value of TikTok for Microsoft.
TSOEnabler – Kernel extension that enables TSO for Apple silicon processes
"Albums" are an artifact of the LP, cassette, and CD era. It's no longer necessary to release music as a collection, unless the point is to tell a larger story (eg. Kendrick Lamar's DAMN).

I think singles and smaller albums (5 tracks or less) are the sweet spot these days - for consumers and for artists.
That was the other commenter's point: a 17 year old can hurt people with a car just as easily as a 40 year old. The age of the attacker has no relevance on how liable the recipient of the attack is for their security practices.
Latin is a good subject to learn as the foundation of many modern languages, and subsequently other subjects such as logic and philosophy.
As a part-time musician, even a single track can take tens of hours of effort - depending on the genre and the track.

Sure, you could strum a guitar and sing and have a decent song wrapped up in an afternoon.

But if you're creating anything more complex, you will spend hours finding the right sound, more hours creating the right arrangement, and even more hours fine-tuning the vocals, sounds, and final mix.

Something as simple as getting a snare drum right can take a ton of time. You don't hear it because you don't know what the bad snare sounds like.
That’s absolutely amazingly on the mark.
Honestly, this seems beneficial to the musicians too. No longer worry about months/years of work going into an album that flops.

Be more iterative, experimental, and user driven by releasing an album's worth of content over the course of a few years. Seems like this reduces the risk for musicians publishing music that doesn't have an audience.
Your list is a list of countries that also happen to be at the top of this one [1]. They are the countries with the most freedom and capitalism. People are generally happy when they're free to own property and become prosperous.

[1] https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking
What should I study / do to get into the IT admin field?
I am in my early 30s. I have a BA in an non-computer science field. Currently I am not working in a professional role and have not had much experience in jobs that might require a college degree. I am intelligent and am a good problem solver. I just have had a pretty rough time getting a career started at a level that is appropriate for a person with a college degree. I graduated in the last recession in an economically depressed region of the country and made some dumb career moves early on. Any way I have always been interested in computers and networking. I am more interested in the infrastructure / hardware - OS integration / System / server admin side rather than the app or web site developer side. I have some experience with programming and have worked with linux / unix / set up websites and set up VPS etc. I have set up unix based routers, gateways, VPNS, firewalls, etc. All as hobby. Not for work. My question is if I want to get into a career as an IT admin, with a long term goal such as ultimately an CIO for small to medium size company or governmental department what is my best application of effort? Should I get an MS in information systems? How is the job market in the field? Are certificates by examination an alternative to an MS? What is the best MS for degree that is relatively easy to get into for some one who is 10 years post his bachelors degree? Is it at all possible to just learn on the job. I would rather learn on the job than get another degree. Any other suggestions?
I disagree. For every Mossack Fonseca, Mernis, Equifax, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ashley Madison we get public hacks from I think we have many more that see it as "the cost of doing business" and keep bad practices around.

In many types of businesses the cost of a security breach is "priced in" or not considered at all and they are gambling on it happening to their competitors (or not at all) instead of to them.
Yes, fundraising is objectively hard.
What is the relevance of offering insight into the process of creating music?

With or without insight, it's obviously apples-to-oranges to compare "working software" to a "hit record".

Most "working software" is rarely used and makes no money, look at the long tail of apps in the iOS App Store, Google Play Store, etc that didn't become hits.
Is bad security ok for, say, a bank or a nuclear power plant?
It is more than a boycott. You go after people's livelihood, and you make such a big deal and fuss, that it works.
I think a perfect example is the young man who lost his job for cracking his knuckles. The guy was driving down the road in a work vehicle, his arm hanging it the window. Someone saw him make the "white power hand sign" and snapped a picture. And posted it to social media. And the guy got fired. And he wasn't even doing the hand signal. But that is cancel culture.
> In software world, you can also satisfy 99.9% of cases with existing approaches. You mostly don't need great engineers for that.

Unlike other engineering disciplines, software has a constant pressure for pseudo novelty and fad adoption. One dimension of "greatness" is resistance to those temptations and pragmatism in the face of constant change. In that regard, lower quality engineering talent often correlates with increased tech churn and defects, even given a simple business domain.

Tl;Dr engineering excellence doesn't only imply innovativeness, it also implies discipline.
> Microsoft also announced today that VR support is coming to the PC version

VR for flight simulation makes a big difference, it's like night and day. Stalling makes you grip your seat.
By not allowing alternate app stores, yes.
>>If a security-focused government police agency is so vulnerable

I think calling FBI "security-focused" is a bit too generous. They are essentially glorified police detectives, with greater authority and jurisdiction. I don't believe the average FBI agent is particularly competent, in terms of technical (i.e. computer) skill or knowledge.
>But music isn't album-driven anymore, it's track-driven, and has been for a very long time.

This is exactly the problem: the technological advances changed the music consumption and music, unfortunately, follows. So instead of empowering the artists with more creative freedom it forced everyone to follow the same route. It's appalling.
See it's all a matter of opinion. I personally don't really care about online privacy and GDPR just gets in my way. I know that's not a very popular opinion on this site but it's the way I feel.
South Korean local Android app market does all that, with 20% fee. Competition is in fact beneficial, both for consumers and publishers.
Both sides argue that based on interpretations of the scientific studies they have selected, carrying out the others' suggestions with regard to treating gender dysphoria or even saying the wrong things about gender in a manner which might form impressions upon young people is tantamount to child abuse. The author didn't write his original article arguing that medical professionals shouldn't affirm gender in order to encourage them to test their hypotheses.

And needless to say there are many others who take things further than the author.
> Washington DC Field Office Cyber Crimes Unit analyzed the blockchain and de-anonymized bitcoin transactions allowing for the identification of two different hackers.

Anyone with Bitcoin Transaction knowledge, what's this de-anonymization of Bitcoins transaction?

>Today’s announcement proves that cybercriminals can no longer hide behind perceived global anonymity,” said Thomas Edwards, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, San Francisco Field Office.

This reads like an Ad copy of a company that's against perceived anonymity.
> more had an architecture license which is perpetual

Architectural license is not necessarily perpetual

> Drew declined to comment on whether the deal was multi-generational

https://www.eetimes.com/microsoft-takes-arm-architectural-li...

So they may have license for ARMv8 but not future ISAs like ARMv9.
GPT3 – Super-Cool but Not a Path to AGI
I would be surprised if the average FBI agent was less likely to plug in an unknown USB drive than the average Twitter engineer.
> He’s being charged in state court

The release doesn't say that either thar he is being charged in state court or that he is not being charged in federal court. First it says why they won't tell you details of any federal charges—“With exceptions that do not apply to this case, juvenile proceedings in federal court are sealed to protect the identity of the juvenile”—then it says that the federal authorities have referred the juvenile to state authorities (without saying anything about action taken by the state authorities.)
I didn’t get a CS degree. Just started programming when I was 8 or 9. I’m in the $200k/yr, house paid off, never had college debt, and 23 year-ish of gains in stocks following a “buy and hold” approach since the 90s. Apple at $8-$9/share right before that iMac was a good call.

I also have deep and engaging conversations with mathematicians and physicists. I’ve tutored them in odd math they’ve simply never encountered.

Unless collective resources are needed for something like a nuclear reactor design study, a whole lot of application doesn’t require the college debt.

It’s almost as if we just need to agree on what some things are for social stability reasons, and we can debate the rest.

Instead we seem keen to be filtered for willingness to go into debt on education and housing, so we can justify demanding $200k/year for something open source programmers do for fun.

I’m pretty sure a whole lot of why we do things is satisfy social memes, and little to do with economic utility.
They are absolutely terrifying to me on a visual level but holy crap are they cool creatures
> the decline in poverty over the last 30 years

This isn't correct. The figures are not founded in reality.

“Over the past decade, the UN, world leaders and pundits have promoted a self-congratulatory message of impending victory over poverty, but almost all of these accounts rely on the World Bank’s international poverty line, which is utterly unfit for the purpose of tracking such progress,”

https://chrgj.org/2020/07/05/philip-alston-condemns-failed-g...

Unsurprisingly, [2] and [3] of your links uses the above mentioned poverty line by the World Bank. [1] seems to be some kind of a opinion piece?
The problem isn't how they run their store -- the problem is that they are the only store.
Even among all this antitrust talk I'm imagining a world where Facebook ends up acquiring TikTok.
also GTP-3 instead of GTP-3
Speech and Slavery in the West Indies
At this time, I would argue that the main reason that the album continues to exist is because it's woven into the fabric of the music industry. As long as there are Billboard album charts and Grammy's are awarded for best album, there will be albums. For many modern artists, they'd be just as happy dropping a continuous drip of singles.
You can't have competition in a single ecosystem and have all those qualities because some consumers will be tricked into using some app store that looks legit and isn't. And as you point out, Android is a competitor and the Android stores compete with Apple's store. Just buy a different phone.
I'm not sure what your criticism of the quote means here. The biggest weakness of BTC for criminal enterprise is the fact that every transaction must be logged to a global public ledger. The hard part is aligning the public keys with private keys, but if you have enough additional information (such as, say, the private keys' owners sitting in a prison cell and the private keys themselves flayed out of their unencrypted hard drives), it's trivial to prove the money flowed from one user to another.

The quote seems accurate.
Does "just avoid holding it that way" satisfy you?
One point I've made occasionally is that few languages support backpointers well. When B is a member of A, B often needs a back reference to A. Rust does that badly, because it doesn't fit well with the ownership semantics. C++ with move semantics does that badly, for much the same reason The same thing applies when A allocates and owns B. It's hard to get a clean, safe, reference back to A that cannot result in a dangling pointer, especially during deallocation.

Object inheritance does that well. Finding the parent is easy and is done in a consistent way. The deletion process is done in a consistent, if not ideal, way. That's useful.

If we had proper syntax and semantics for getting a reference back to the owning object, one of the use cases for inheritance would go away. Languages have "this" or "self", for accessing the current object, but lack "owner", for accessing the owning object. If a language offers single ownership, you should be able to find the owner easily.

(Multiple inheritance is just a mess. Most, if not all, of the use cases for that are better done in other ways.)
Good point about how CARB standards have gone national, didn't realize that shift had occurred. CA isn't standing still though and will be requiring zero emissions trucks [1], which I'm not sure other states will be as ready to follow. Hopefully it'll get fleets to simply switch over.

Ya LA is still struggling mightily, especially inland. SLC metro area is a tenth of LA (1.2mm vs 13mm) and growing faster, so these forces may even out. Geographic destiny is hard to overcome.

(Thanks! I wish we could go back to those simpler times) :)

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/climate/zero-emissions-tr...
I have more Arm CPUs in consumer devices within arms reach at this moment than the number of Tiktok videos I’ve seen in my entire life.
How to play audio from Docker containers over the web
If the government forces a platform open and hands it over to a consortium of industry leaders, as well as associations of independent developers and open source foundations... sure why not?
> I acutely felt my decision making improve a few months before I turned twenty five. It hit me like a wave, and reflecting on my past decisions felt like looking at the actions of a completely different person.

I don't know if this actually exists, but I experienced something similar: Starting at around 17 I decided to ask myself at every birthday whether I thought I was more mature as a person than the year before, which I think relates to proper and holistic decision making. I kept saying "yes" to this question until I was 24.
What dosage is recommended?
Both of these companies are already doing that: both are key participants in the WebGPU API development. Google has been particularly committed to this path for years. Apple is mostly going along, the big exception is that they don’t support web push notifications, though they do support app manifests.

Microsoft and Amazon are also seen in these processes, though not as often and their buy in is less important since neither develop their own browser at this point.
I feel like we had this debate a couple months ago. Someone posted that the computer at his local library could search and display data on available books super fast. (I think it was a twitter thread). The interface was programmed in the 90s or something. And then they complained about software today.

My reply was that now days you can, at home, search for a book on a specific interlibrary system, and find what specific libraries have it, download and check out an Ecopy, find out the number due back if you still wanted the hard one - AND have someone go hold it.

It's just not apples and apples anymore. I don't care how fast you can scan a text file in 90s written software.
Yeah, for the most part. You have to get your foot in the door. Usually by having a family member or friend give you a leg up. There are few professions that have some sort of on-the job learning for the inexperienced that can be replaced by college. Especially at the BS/BA level.

If you don't have that foot in the door you are usually spending a few years working for "Exposure" or "Networking opportunities." Sometimes for minimum wage or less. Unless the job is so hard that it's constantly churning workers. I'm sure a lot of jobs will take you off the street with no experience, but they will be dangerous and/or unpleasant.

Naturally when generalizing there will be exceptions. But that was essentially the rule when I got out of college. 2+ years experience prerequisite for most "Entry-Level" positions.
Is a 17 year old hacking them really proof of worse security than say a 30 year old?
Agreed. Here is the replacement URL:

https://www.jpolrisk.com/karakax/

@DanG could you help out?