skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I do similar with my B2B security software too (which doesn't have a cloud component).

We have an optional software maintenance, which gets you software updates and support for the duration of your subscription. If you don't renew your subscription, you get to keep using the last version that was available at that time.

Sometimes if a lapsed customer later buys a lot of new licenses relative to the number they already have, I just reinstate their maintenance for free, because it feels like the right thing to do
He is hated by both Hindu and Muslim extremists. I take that as a complement. His tolerance should be judged in context. One should not judge him on the basis of his early reign, when he was under influence of Bairam Khan. Remember he was barely teen when he ascended the throne. He abolished religious taxes on Hindus, employed them in high positions and patronised other religions like Sikhism. A lot of critics pick his early reign. By that token even Ashoka should not be venerated.
But what would a robot sufficiently smart/powerful to enslave us actually need us to do?

Entertain them?
You’re right, I have no idea how and that’s hard to figure out. Probably I misunderstood the statement of the problem by only focusing on the why part.

Coming from engineering background, I would say we need to be looking for self perpatuating loops of neuronal activity (“strange loops” may be quite appropriate concept), but how would we go about looking for them - I have no idea because I’m not up to date on modern brain scanning tech.
Does it use SingleFile under-the-hood? What storage format does this use, is it portable? e.g. WARC/memento/zim/etc?
We live in a "good" school district. I was thrilled when our home-school plan was accepted. Every time I see stories like this I take it as one more data point in support of our decision.
The Ozarks extend into Arkansas, and I would say that's sort of where the south meets the Midwest. The people from the Ozarks, from my touring of the area in Arkansas, with the strong folk music tradition and the diet, remind me more of Appalachia than out West.
Most non-spiteful stereotypes have some truth to them.
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Would have upvoted for the parallels to Dreyfus (which are there), but downvoted for some reasoning in the last paragraph that I think are a bit of a stretch. Bad judges have existed in governments of all ages, even when the concept of "history as progress" didn't even exist (or was even the opposite, with the judicial system feeling like the last defense against widespread corruption and decay).

It's simply that judges are themselves the expression of the system that selected them, and as such are naturally defensive towards the existing order of things. To get where they are, they have made alliances, accepted compromises, exchanged favors. They built a social capital that they would stand to lose from upsets to the established order. We remember the times when they go against those insticts precisely because they are so few and far between.
It's a security think tank for a five eyes country. The problem with WeChat is that they don't get access.
We includes the person talking, of course. I don't see how I could say this and not include myself. I'm human (for better and worse).
Nothing is stopping you now from doing this without WeChat being banned
You don’t have to look too hard, though. Here’s one from 2017:

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/82147538290599116...
Thanks! Will reach out when the traffic subsides :) Or feel free to shoot me an email, my email address is on the web page.
I'm skepical of putting a scientific veneer over such analysis. If that's the point you'd like to make, go ahead and make it, but leave science out of it.
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I don't see AR taking off any time soon, even if the "end state" success makes a lot of sense.

For those who haven't seen it, check out Mario Kart Home Circuit. You control a physical toy kart with your switch on a track arranged in your physical home. The kart has a camera on it. You watch the screen, not the kart, because the screen has a bunch of digital component happening too, like AI drivers and powerups. There's cool stuff like how picking up a digital mushroom results in a real world speed boost. It's super fun looking. Definitely just a toy, but I think this is closer to a successful model of AR than most of the stuff people have made so far. Looking at stuff through a phone like a window is a terrible UI. Glasses are hard to make comfy, fashionable, and practical. Nintendo's big brain moment here is that the AR parts aren't where you're physically looking and I think that's really clever.
Great story! I've always programmed, but went through the same nonsense in Calgary as you!
The vitamin "misnomer" really confuses me. I don't think if it was called "hormone D" that people would be snaffling it up trying to self-medicate.

Anyhow, I've googled and googled but still can't figure out why it's called a vitamin at all. The best I can come up with is that there IS an actual vitamin D that comes from the sun, but it helps the kidneys produces the good "hormone D" which is the what people are deficient in.

Can anyone shed some light on this? My description above could be a million miles off.
Additionally, it's important to note that modern day racism is more damaging to already marginalized groups or those that have historically suffered from it.

In other words, a well educated Nigerian immigrant may not be damaged as much by the same level of racism as a Black person decended from slaves.
Ask HN: Why isn't anybody talking about Safari disabling canvas
As a JavaScript developer I rely heavily on Canvas for my apps and games. Canvas is great. But unfortunately you can fingerprint a user with it (and with a lot of other information from the client), so because of that Safari disabled Canvas all together (if your device is configured to prevent cross site tracking). I don't think that's the right way of doing it, because a lot of important things on the web rely on Canvas. My main issue with this is that I didn't find information of any kind informing the user about this update. Now I have a lot of users giving me bad reviews on my apps because they can't use it on safari and they think it's my fault. I think Safari should at least notify they users - "this update disable canvas to prevent cross site tracking, you can re enable it by doing this..."
Well, to whatever extent this is true, I'd like to know --

1) Whether this is something very special to the US, versus happens in every country, and is a fact of life in remote / non-city areas, and

2) Does this call for a certain approach to how to effectively govern or design public policy if there is a east/west or city/suburban vs. rural social divide?

Attitudes in themselves are not a problem. Inability to have people agree on almost anything to move forward with government and economic life because there is a permanent divide in social/political climate is.

If a married couple cannot agree on finances, friends, raising kids, etc. ever, it's not pleasant for anyone.
What about the study in Spain from a few days ago (I'm in Spain atm and it's kinda big news over here), at the Reina Sofia University Hospital in Córdoba, where they just announced the results of the randomized blind controlled trial and the results are incredible: 1 person out of 50 who got huge doses of vitamin D for a few days after arriving at the hospital with Covid-19 symptoms ended up in the ICU, where 13 out of 26 who didn't get any vitamin D ended up in the ICU? It's "only" 76 people but it's 2% vs 50%.

It was a blind study (AFAICT): patients had no idea whether they got vit D or not and patients got randomly selected.

Here's a doctor's analysis of that study:

https://youtu.be/V8Ks9fUh2k8
Moving across the country ain't what it used to be--now pretty much anyone with money for an airplane ticket can do it with little to no risk. Calgary is a very cosmopolitan and modern city today, but I imagine it was pretty wild pre-1900. Alberta is still in its early stages of development, so you can definitely still find pockets of the Western mentality left
Well yeah, but that's everywhere. More realistically I think it's because browsers are the biggest software delivery platform every created (and likely that ever will be created until we get some sort of neural/in-body interface), and they change faster than regular desktop software ever could.

The browser is so popular as a software distribution method, it now competes with GTK/QT/Cocoa/etc for (large amounts of) "RAMshare" on your neighborhood desktop.
It's funny how attempts at creating utopia always seem to end in horrific bloody violence.
It sounds like they cancelled the old account before the number was ported.
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I would say fashion and résumé-driven development.
Author here.
Sorry you didn't like it :)

It's tough to suggest detailed solutions to a problem which is in general very vague. Btw I hope the article shows my appreciation for what the company achieved.

One small insight from Uzi (CEO + founder) when I discussed this with him (after publishing article): Base should've focused on much less features but with greater detail. It somehow confirms my guess that we didn't work on existing features as much as we should, but we "spread too thin".
Hey Badalsurana,

Good question. I'm sure there are people who will do that - like Snapchat/IG stories, this isn't foolproof and ultimately shouldn't be used to share nuclear launch codes.

The main point is distribution of images for short-term. Posts automatically get deleted in 90 days and timed post is an optional default setting. The nice part is you can share the URL any way you want (email, forum, text) without requiring registrations/accounts from either side.

This started off as a side-project and a desire to build something polished.
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I don't see it as jest because I see he's purposely riling up his base to commit terrorist attacks on his behalf against fellow Americans like that mail bomber Cesar Sayoc.

Like his undermining of mail-in voting right now, it's obvious that he's doing it so that when/if he loses, his base will "defend" him as he disputes the legitimacy of the results and rejects a "coup".

Am I concerned that he actually would remain in office after losing? No. But I am concerned elements of his base will commit more terror attacks in the name of "preventing a coup".

That's why I don't see his undermining of institutions and democracy as funny or trolling to "own the libs". I think by now he's smart enough to be aware there are violent members of his base ready to use violence against perceived opponents and prevent a "deep state coup", and he is purposely trying to rile them up to commit violent acts against Americans by making them feel like they are "under attack/coup" by the deep state/left.

But we're supposed to pretend like a President "trolling" about term limits, illegitimate elections, coups, assassinating opponents, and civil wars is normal. This really shouldn't be a left vs right thing. In a normal world, these would be things everyone agrees are bad.

But I'm being too political/biased/left/Trump derangement syndrome for rejecting his undermining of democracy and fomenting violence so I'll get downvoted for my unfair pro-democracy anti-violence bias.
I wouldn't trust Google for security of MY data. I'd trust them for security of THEIR data. Examples:

* Planned obsolescence for most Google devices (Chromebooks, Android device, etc.) where security updates disappear after a few years. Contrast Linux, Windows, MacOS, etc.

* The number of Android devices silently running without security updates

* Google using basic security features as an upsell on GSuite. Pay us money, or your data will be compromised.

* Android app versus iPhone app security. Android apps scarf up all sorts of information about you, and you can't make it stop.

* Chrome versus Safari/Firefox privacy/security. Chrome makes tracking/ad/etc. blocking neigh impossible.

Good B2B companies take the attitude that if my business fails because of something they've done or could have prevented, they've failed. They're trusted partners. Azure and AWS operate somewhat this way. For GCE, I'm a statistic. If they do something which costs me $1,000,000 and saves them $1000, that's good business. That comes out of their consumer-as-a-product business lines, but it makes them nearly useless for B2B.

It's hitting their bottom line long-term; very little repeat business, and their reputation is in the gutter for B2B, but it's great for short-term metrics.
Yeah, I discovered Akbar through reading about Persian miniatures, the Mongols, and related topics, and thought he was an interesting historical figure. I didn't realize the Mughals were such a hot-button contemporary political issue.
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yes, I am considering this and it should not be that hard (also Kotlin, Nashorn javascript...), but at this stage Titanoboa is just a one-man-show - so patience, I might get there ;)
I mean, I have an aftermarket stero in my car and I went to the dealer to get the blindspot sensors replaced. They honored the warrenty and replaced the sensors at no cost to me.

In your scenario, that's also exactly what small claims court is for, or also contacting the manufacturer directly. In another scenario, a ground wire went faulty and a (shadier) dealer tried to get me to pay for the cost of the diagnostic. I said I can chat with GM about that cost and they very quickly said they would waive the fee.
Decide and communicate the metrics that matter for your business, then constantly educate and remind engineers of how they can help to reach those goals. Increases the number of good ideas from people with the best context and reduces the bridges-to-nowhere.
Everyone thought that for MD5...
Kindle.

Really good rice cooker.
I know this isn't tech support, but is there somewhere I can read about changing this? And you are damn right, it's extremely astonishing seeing as how "target geo" != "interested in" at least on it's face.
Bravery at this scale is rarely risk-adverse. That doesn't make it non-intelligent.

A worse pain is inflicted under dictatorship over a longer period anyways so why not rip off the band-aid now?
Why continue to use it?
RDA is 400 IU. It's actually the food RDA, with 20% expected from food. Overall RDA (sun + food) is 2000 IU. Therapeutic vitamin doses are 10x the RDA. 6x is elevated while doing "nothing" and 20x is full saturation ("but why").

2x and 4x for minerals.

For vitamin D, that would then be 20,000 IU or roughly 300 IU/kg/day.

No need to take that much or be outside the 40-60 ng/mL range for no reason. On the other hand, many benefits may be had in the higher range with advancing age. Especially when combined with vitamin K2 (1 mg MK-4 and 100 mcg MK-7 per 5,000-10,000 IU) and getting more magnesium than phosphorus (with 1/3rd-1/2 that amount as calcium; for example, 1.5g phosphorus, 1.5g magnesium, and 500-750 mg calcium).

Some magnesium as ZMA is good for males, as it improves sleep quality.

By the way, ancestral eating patterns led to ~1.5g magnesium per day.

At least after development has ceased (ie, plates fused), shifting from calcium to magnesium is a solid step.

The main issues with higher vitamin D3 are addressed by adjusting vitamin K2, calcium, and magnesium.
Cryptography Dispatches: NaCl Is Not a High-Level API
Yes, but it’s exactly what DARPA generally does. They fund people to propose and prototype. I remember my Dad trying to get grants in the SBIR program. In phase I, they’re funding projects that are merely proposals for something they could eventually fund. Things may graduate from ARPA and go through the normal procurement process or they might be shelved.

The government and military are very large consumers of internet hardware, software and services, all of which would look very different if they waited on the private sector. (Probably something specified by ITU).
I have a couple questions for any doctors out there.

How many times a year should one check his vitamin levels?

I live in Paris, and during the winter months we don't get that much sunlight. My doctor gave me a prescription for vitamin D3 (100,000 IU vial, once a month, for three months). Is this a good dose for the year (provided you get adequate sunlight during the summer months)? How long does vitamin D3 stay in the body until it uses/flushes excess out? Are you better off taking a high dose like this for 3 months, or adopting a more slow and steady method (i.e. supplementing daily).
I mean, you now have a few more people to go to.

Like, I used to live in Kansas City, Missouri. I used to have exactly one representative I could go to, but his reelection is almost surely guaranteed as long as he wants to keep running. He has run the exact same campaign against the exact same opponent, Jacob Turk, since 2006, besting him by 10-20 points and taking the seat. One of the larger roads across the center of the city is named after Cleaver. With a proportional house I could instead be heard by 8 different folks.

More importantly, in a proportional house my vote can really matter to Cleaver. Maybe he is just a beloved politician and will be the top of the party list no matter what his party is: so maybe his re-election is always guaranteed no matter whether he runs a one-off race against Jacob Turk or not. But he still cares because my vote can be the difference between an extra ally in the House or not. So if I come to him and say “hey I normally vote for your party but we have had a ridiculous heat wave and the scientists are telling us this is our new normal under anthropogenic climate change” he is much more likely to think “oh yeah, I need to care about that because Missouri is being wracked by heat and droughts.”
Can I ask then, why continue to use it for 10 years?
Its more fun rolling as a barb anyways.
I just think of it as cloud computing scheduled on AMD Zen2 CPUs with encrypted memory, nothing more or less than that. Maybe it is security theater but if it is, then encrypted memory is also.
a large amount of this is taxed away. California's top tax bracket is an additional 13.3% per year. High cost of living here also. Although I generally agree with your sentiment, it may not work out to as much money as you think in the end.
The type of people that have adblocking on likely would not have clicked / loaded / seen the LinkedIn ad in the first place, no?
Possibly OT, but I appreciate that the screenshots are in Firefox
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Plenty of people like apple stores.
It's not a strawman because (a) I agreed with you, (b) context, and (c) I asked a question based on what you seemed to be implying in that context: a question to which you still haven't provided an answer.

Let me put it another way: what specifically are you suggesting as an alternative?
Yup, that's the API design tweak that QT recommends as well. But it's a lot more boilerplate, and that sort of boilerplate basically never happens for internal-only methods. Named parameters is basically the middle ground solution for the "quick" hacks that have a tendency to be rather permanent hacks.
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Weird...anyway, it's a short thread from someone pointing out that there is some AR code in the announcement of next week's Apple event.

If you pull up the events page[1] on a device that supports Universal Scene Description files (like an iOS device), and you tap/click the logo for next week's event, it launches an AR-enabled animation of the logo itself.

[1]: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/
A gas car dumping CO2 into the atmosphere contributes to climate change all over the world. Is it fair to the rapidly disappearing Maldives that Americans like gas guzzlers? Hell no. They get all the externalities of worldwide CO2 emissions, even though the Maldives is a tiny producer of carbon. That's not fair.

However, if a Lithium mine in South America opens, and it wrecks and pollutes the land, the same place that bears the costs (the pollution) also gains the benefits (the jobs/revenue from the Lithium). At the very least, it's more fair.
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I'd think that pace and spin could be extrapolated relatively easily if you know placement and time; particularly if you know (or can extrapolate) the height of the ball.

edit: Well, perhaps not entirely. Trajectory is a function of a number of factors including spin. However, the ball itself is a factor. More fuzz = more drag = spin has a greater effect on trajectory. That would vary from ball to ball and even over the lifetime of an individual ball.

--

For those not familiar with tennis:

Primarily because of aerodynamic drag created by the fuzz on tennis balls, the ball's spin greatly affects its trajectory.

A topspin makes the ball dive down more sharply. This is how players can hit the ball extremely hard and fast, yet still land in bounds, as opposed to flying out of bounds.

This "trick" of topspin is also why tennis is easier than it may first seem if you've ever tried it. It's not easy to learn topspin but once you do, it increases your margin for error.
He is actually showcasing a very nice technique to get around paywalls: turn off JS. Often enough that’s enough to get around the paywall. I believe the archives also disable JS when grabbing the content.
Every search engine uses the number of backlinks as one of the key factors in influencing search rank; it's a fundamental KPI when it comes to understanding whether a link is credible.

What is true for Google in this regard is also true of Bing, DDG and Yandex.
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I'll repeat one of keiferski's responses and add another related to food:

- Slow cooker

- Instant pot

Between the slow cooker and instant pot it's harder to make an excuse not to cook dinner even when we're really busy. Cooking with these we have also gotten better about buying raw ingredients to cook with, versus packaged or pre-made foods. This has led to much healthier eating in our home and improved health for both me and my wife.

Non-food:

- YNAB. I was reasonably disciplined about money before getting it, but definitely improved after. And with getting married, my wife and I have very different approaches to money, it's helped us to stay on the same page. We've resolved our differences by throwing a chunk of money at a generic pot for her to use more freely, but still within a reasonable limit.

- TRX. Not normally under $100, but I got a good deal on it via a sale. Made body weight exercising much more interesting than what I'd been doing before, and scalable (especially useful after a shoulder injury where I couldn't do a regular push-up for a few months). You can make your own version cheaply.

- Merrill Barefoot series running shoes. These hover around $100, but when I got them and started running in them I had no shinsplints compared to previous running shoes. I had never been able to run for fitness before I got these, and then I went on to run a half-marathon in them. You do have to ease into it though, and if you have bad form (how you land on your foot) you will probably injure yourself.
I think the caveat may not even be needed. [Many] stereotypes have some truth to them.
That's a large oof.
I study online-speech rules for a living. And then my own account was suspended
Why has Wechat became pretty much the only way the oversea Chinese communicate with their family and friends in China? One of the reasons is, CCP has banned the rest.

Probably you might be aware of this https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/we-people-support-...
Over 100k Chinese American petitioned to ban Wechat and TikTok in the US.
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