skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is why I see that the push for 5G as some kind of magic everyone is (supposedly) asking for, to make their lives better, is a fraud.

It will be the end of privacy completely. EVERYTHING always on and serving ads, collecting telemetry and logging everything. There will be no way to shut them down.

My TV has been relieved of all internet connection privileges, and it's staying that way.
when i was looking to buy an oled tv, i never even considered samsung because of this problem. I went with lg c9. ads are there but very very minimal compared to samsung tvs.

you'll be thrilled how much data these "smart" tvs collect when you plug it to your local DNS server.
I also bought a Sony Android TV for this reason. Then last month Google pushed an update for the "Android TV Home" app and now there are many people complaining about ads on the home screen [1].

This is not really Sony's fault but rather Google's but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth…

https://9to5google.com/2020/08/18/android-tv-homescreen-ads-...
Sounds like he was paying for the "1 o'clock in the morning" part, rather than the "opening the door" part.
Fair. Is the NUL character included in that?
So this is like https://datatau.net/ ?
SMS is great, nobody has issues with installing apps, forgetting/losing their login credentials, or needing to "add people".

You just exchange numbers and it works, you can send anything too, we'll, anything you can hyperlink to.

What we really need to cement SMS is cheap international messaging (unless that's already a thing and I just don't know the rates)
Free use of a DAW (what used to be Sonar), and a social media platform for sharing music.
I imagine it's competing with bandcamp/soundcloud/splice simultaneously.
One is the name of the monopoly, and when you see things like XYZ One, the brand is actually One, and whichever XYZ coming before it is merely a product, not the vice versa.
> Error

Don't want to be that guy bikeshedding the site but why does this need to be a javascript site? it's throwing an error for me right now.
Is EXI usable in a SOAP service?
100% Recycled Plastic Open-Source Skateboards
You will be disappointed to find out that SIMs that you get with IoT devices these days often only connect you to a private network without access to the wider Internet. At least if the point of the SIM was to just distribute firmware updates/download ads/talk to the cloud services of the vendor.
I'm guessing that in addition to them pushing their data stats to AWS they don't make that data available to you for free or indefinitely? (kinda like how Nest only lets you see 10 days' worth of thermostat data via their own service with absolutely no option or ability to download a CSV of all data since day 1 even though they have that data in a SpannerDB somewhere in a Google datacenter)
> Never buy a consumer product that expects an Internet connection.

This is a nice trite trope, but getting an affordable TV without these features might be nearly impossible for most people these days.
Imagine thinking that sony is in any way a more ethical company...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk...

https://www.networkworld.com/article/2998251/sony-bmg-rootki...

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/11/sonys_drm_roo...
Operation Warp Speed – Org Chart
More here: https://www.statnews.com/2020/09/28/operation-warp-speed-vas...
What popular ‘cool’ things are from Google these days? I can only think of the decade(s) old Search (the money making part bought), Maps (bought), Mail, Youtube (bought), maybe Android (bought). Is there another ‘cool’ billion+ used one?
Anything even semi-recent?
WorkBright Reviews: Pricing and Software Features 2020
Interactive Tool: Cut a Map and Compare Data
This. Just buy an NVidia shield and use your TV as a monitor. The UI and the fact that it uses AndroidTV and not some shitty Samsung OS is reason alone to buy it. Also my Samsung TV gets a start signal from my NVidida Shield so I do not even have to bother with using 2 remotes :)
It's the default title for an installable web app created with React's 'create-react-app' tool.
> Fact is you socialise better at work: you'll have more varied people and a bit of cash to pay for stuff.

At a tech company your work colleagues will have much more varied ages but much less varied genders
The ranking algorithm on that site is super messed up. A million posts on the front page from 2 weeks ago with 1 point. Page 3 is full of posts from 6 hours ago with 1 point.
The smaller the box, the more invasive it feels. But even general (codified in law) categorisations such as gender already feel discriminating in our modern society.
It's absurd to try to say how it is in Europe. You can't even say how it is overall in Germany. There are various different arrangements with companies, research centers like Max Planck, universities, some are full (state) employee positions, some are half, some give stipends, some take 3 years, some 4 or 5, some make you teach courses, some don't.

Depends on country, field, particular university or company, even the department.
So you can't generalize over a whole continent.
Writing an Eye-Catching Quine in Go
Option two exists in Germany. It's basically the same glas shape as a glass of pickles.
I understand your example and there are definitely cases when working as a team in person makes you (much) more productive. However, Hastings went to the extreme. Especially for people who read headlines and article summaries, he sends a very clear message:

* Netflix’s Reed Hastings Deems Remote Work ‘a Pure Negative’ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/netflixs-reed-hastings-deems-re...)

* Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Working From Home: ‘I Don’t See Any Positives’ (https://finance.yahoo.com/video/netflix-ceo-no-positives-wor...)

His opinions are in stark contract with those of other CEOs in charge of the health and lives of their employees across the country.
a lot of people don't know that HDMI can carry the equivalent of 100BaseTX Ethernet, which is definitely a threat in this scenario.
I've had the same experience. Different editors and IDEs seem to handle YAML in wildly different ways. If you copy/paste a YAML stanza into a different document there is no telling how the editor is going to indent it. And trying to fix it can be something of a nightmare, especially when the editor indents different lines in the pasted text differently.
Yet another example of the customer coming last. Are TV's that force ads on customers heavily discounted? If not, the manufacturers are earning extra revenue while the customer loses their privacy and gets nothing in return other than annoyance.

It's a good illustration of why privacy is so complicated: most people wouldn't think that in buying a TV they're compromising their privacy because they don't know about ACR and such. The manufacturers, of course, know all about it, but it's not in their interest to share the information - specifically, to do so in a way that empowers the consumer to make an educated decision at purchase time. (Or am I wrong and they do in fact explain everything "on the box"? I haven't had to buy a TV in a long time.)
I’m shocked to hear you say that the smart TVs ui is better than an AppleTV. Would love to know more.
I read that as a small joke. Most comments are much higher contrast so that author must have seen that low contrast isn’t the norm.

When referencing hacker news as “the orange site” I would definitely assume that kind of familiarity.
In what way would you have liked to see the JS integration improved?

I was surprised recently to find out that the browser API doesn't provide a streaming parser for XML, but it doesn't do that for JSON either, so that one at least is a draw.
How ridiculous is it that it's harder to get a product without extra nonsense added?
There are various arrangements within the continent of Europe, lots of variation even within countries and fields.
First Breakthrough for Air-Breathing Magneto-Plasma Propulsion Systems (2017)
One tip I've found useful - most TVs have a so-called "Hotel mode" (or a Service mode) where they can have most of their smart features disabled and can be locked to a single HDMI input (e.g. AppleTV / ShieldTV / Chromecast). That makes them into rather dumb panels that usually also disable those ads.

At least I know it's possible on all Sony AndroidTV models and most Samsung models (not sure about their latest Tizen).
Whenever I don't understand something, I used to skip back and turn CCs on - this works fine if they were made by a human. It never works when they're automatically generated; if I can't understand it, there's a 100 % chance the automatic captions are garbage, and even if I can easily understand it, the automatic captions are still wrong like 80 % of the time.
True, most non-technical people I know don't know that a search engine and an Internet browser are two separate things. They only know internet browsing as Chrome+Google search. If they are given Microsoft Edge at work or something, they'll search Google on Bing, go to Google, bookmark it and use it :D

I use Qwant primarily and DDG on mobile. But that's a personal choice and it works for me. I think with Chromebooks given away at schools to kids, Google will become synonymous with internet. Heck, I think Chromebooks will be synonymous with computers to them. It's what it is.
Compare "Funes the Memorious":
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23825039
Do they have the right to do that? Do customers in any country have a right to demand a product's firmware be restored to factory-state (on the grounds that what they received isn't what they were sold)?
This is something that has always perplexed me. These interviews may make sense for an entry level candidate with no ink on their resume beyond a GPA, but then any amount of actual work history just gets completely discarded. Experience needs to count for something.
That is very very nice of you. Thank you again!
Didn't work for me. As an added bonus, ever since I stopped I get extremely tired after eating.
What is the new PhD? Assistant prof? Ivy League PhD?
Yeah, single core scores in Geekbench also look pretty sweet.

https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-compare/intel-core-i7-1185g7-v...

Finally Intel made something new, that can compete with AMD) I mean for the last 3-4 years.
I don't think devs remember when and where it was takes. It's a random screenshot.
Obviously you can buy "commercial signage" displays which are panels without the crapware.

Anyone have recommendations for units they've bought this way? I've avoided upgrading my super old LCD because at least my current one is somewhat stupid and so long as I don't connect it to the network it mostly does what I bought it for: display the pixels.
>> XML offers both tag attributes and child tags and when encoding data it's not obvious which one to use.

>> The usage is obvious when using XML as markup, but when used for data it's left to the one creating the particular spec.

Either approach is valid. Having a choice about how to structure the data is not a bad thing.

My preferred approach is to use attributes for simple key-value pairs that are mainly used to select structured data found in child tags. If you have configuration data that is stored as XML, you could use attibutes to mark where the contained structured data should be used. For example: 1) language localization data could be stored stored in XML with attributes describing the language or locale; 2) build configuration settings might be stored in XML with attributes describing the target platform or CPU architecture.

For more formalized data formats, create an XML Schema that defines what the XML data should look like and then you can easily validate that the XML data is structured correctly and even generate parsers or XML to programming language bindings.
America Taught the World to Write Small
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valid_characters_in_XML

"Note that the code point U+0000, assigned to the null control character, is the only character encoded in Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 that is always invalid in any XML 1.0 and 1.1 document"

That wiki article may be worth a skim.
And yet the OG Pixel hasn’t gotten any updates in a year now.
In Ruby, the cow moos automatically.
> My gut reaction to this auction system is that it would be vulnerable to abuse by a small number of bad actors. For example, what is to stop a company from bidding an artificially high amount in order to win the auction, knowing that they will most likely end up paying a more reasonable sum by the other fair bidders?

Because there is no incentive to bid higher than your true value.

Suppose you derive $N value from acquiring a user on the search screen. If you bid $N + x (where x > 0), then there are three cases:

1. Others bid more than $N + x, so you lose the action. In this case, the price was above the value you would derive, so not paying is the best choice.

2. Others bid between $N and $N + x. Let's call the action price $N + y. Then you win the auction. You pay $N + y for the user, but you only derive $N value, so you lose $y. This is a bad result; you shouldn't have paid.

3. Others bid less than $N. Let's call the auction price $N - z (where z > 0). Since you derive $N from the user, you gain $z, by paying, which is the best choice.

As a bidder, you want to avoid scenario 2. The best way to do this is to minimize the value of $x — that is; set $x = 0. So it's optimal to bid no higher than your true value, $N.

By analogy, you can also prove that it's suboptimal to bid below your true value by considering the three cases when you bid $N - x (where x > 0).
very hard to do if they're expecting it over TLS1.2 and have hardcoded their own root CA into the TV.
The Guide to UX Research
Reverse the order, mark the lowest ranking as popular!
Seems simpler to have one repo for building zig no matter whether you want a bootstrap build or a from-zig build.
This is so stupid. When I bought my TV it didn't behave like this, but now for some stupid reason I need to get ads on it?

I mean, normal TV it's 90% ads 10% content, do we need to watch even more ads?

Anyone has any idea on how adding a filter like AdBlocker to your router? Never thought about this but it's getting useful af.
I have a feeling a better way to follow through your goals is to decouple tasks from the time it takes to do them. Divide your time in blocks, one tasks per block. The time doesn't depend on the task, and the task doesn't depend on which block you choose to do it.
For me, 3 blocks per day is optimum.
True, but even if you're paying for a network-capable device, you still have the option of not plugging it in.
Slightly off topic : the message displayed when visiting that page with javascript turned off is hilarious :

> Your browser is not Javascript enable or you have turn it off. We recommend you to activate for better security reason@SYSLOG: INTERNAL ERROR[2]

Oh well, if it's for better security reason, then… /s
> etymological similarity is literally a strawman

That is plain horse shit. It clearly intends to nurture defensiveness by blurring commonly understood terms about racism. That is intentional miscommunication.

You change the definition and think it transformative if you can just shed that defensiveness. The backlash is justified and understandable. You own that and you have to clean that up, be challenged on that for a change. Otherwise it is just for you to secure your job, that is why you have difficulties to articulate concrete demands.

Social sciences can and should do better.
Bitemporal Modeling
Glad you like it! We're working on fixing the Firefox problems btw, sorry about that!
> I don't think AssemblyScript will be the answer for you, as the goals of that language seem to be entirely different from "fixing" old JS cruft. Apart from the i32, i64 stuff I guess.

Basically AssemblyScript try to fix JS runtime as well. See this:
https://twitter.com/AssemblyScript/status/114604718874680934...
and
https://twitter.com/AssemblyScript/status/114466636945316659...
Will this service have a "forget me" button? I think this should be the first question addressed in their FAQ.
Intel's "Intel® Optane™ Memory H10 with Solid State Storage" is an Optane/QLC flash hybrid drive with an NVMe interface and capacities up to 1TB. It claims to offer enhanced power loss data protection:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/memory-stor...

I found this review which makes it sound pretty reasonable:

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-h10-qlc-flash-opt...
"We know it feels like something to be that animal"

Daniel Dennett and others have shown that this is not generally true. Nagel's arguments have been repeatedly refuted, so they are not a good foundation for an argument.
To date Timestripe Basic is free.
There is also a PRO version starting $4.99/mo.
Well he didn't get to stick around, did he? As powerful as he was, he was immediately disowned by everyone once his victims came forward, and there was corroboration and evidence. Whereas here it is suggested that we make judgments based on a _sole anonymous account_.

And no, you don't get to pick where you apply #metoo and where you don't. You either "believe all women" or "require evidence". There's no pick-and-choose.
> If they want to collect air quality stats from my location they should pay me for that data

From their perspective, they probably gave you a discount for your data. See also https://www.businessinsider.com/smart-tv-data-collection-adv...
A large form factor monitor hooked up to a PC.

Commercial TVs aimed at the digital signage market are an alternative option to a large monitor, especially at larger sizes. They're less likely to spew advertising than consumer Smart TVs, but are probably less likely to stay clean than a monitor with no Internet connectivity.

I use a Linux PC as a media decode device. It works, but I have no interest in 4K (hardware video decode is sketchy on Linux, which makes 4K difficult) or paid streaming services (if I wanted to watch sewage I'd take up urban exploration into wastewater facilities).
These kinds of applications need to be banned. By law.
Saying YAML is too pythonic when really you're talking about a file format used by other languages too is a bit cheesy but I get the criticism.

Semantic white space (originally called "The Offside Rule") predates Python.

I believe it was originally invented by Peter J. Landin[1], and yes the name is a joke about football.

The main problem for me is that it makes copy and paste more difficult. You can't just let the editor reformat for you and you have to be more careful with what you comment out.

Python devs seem to live with that OK though (I'm told) so maybe it's not such a big deal.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-side_rule
Even if widespread environmentalism only resulted in a populace more aware of environmental issues, then that's worth the hassle - that's how these systemic issues ultimately get changed in a democracy.
How much of this is just that most people coming out of these institutions are not prepared for the jobs they're applying for? A programmer with two years experience in industry is probably better than the same programmer coming out of a two-year masters.

Like, from what I can tell, most BSc graduates... suck. They're not able to program professionally, they damage your codebase. The credential just isn't a signal of adequate ability. Any hiring managers able to chip in here?
Modern humans reached Europe 5k years earlier than previously known
> There will be no way to shut them down.

Most people already don't care and happily connect everything to their Wi-Fi. Those that do care and now setup firewalls/piholes/etc. on their Wi-Fi will learn to snip the coax/desolder/drill out the 5G antenna in the future.
Glass is made out of the same stuff that's already in some very common minerals. The two main risks are sharp pieces, and the potential to focus sunlight and start a fire. Otherwise, it's about as dangerous as sand.
Most people whining about “free speech” when something like this happens, are actually calling for “consequence free speech”.

What does "consequence free speech" mean to you?

To me "consequence free speech" means "One must be polite and extend invitations to tea even to those who advocate for the extermination of your race!"

That's not what I mean when I whine about free speech. If that's what you also mean about consequence free speech then we are in complete agreement.

But if by consequences of free speech you mean that a business should be able to use the power of the state to jail and fine those who leave bad reviews even if those reviews are unfair then, you are definitely correct: when I whine about free speech, I am whining about speech laws that enable that kind of behavior. I don't think anyone should suffer those kinds of consequences for that.

Again, many people might think I am "on the side of leaving shitty reviews and hurting businesses" Not at all.

The business should be free to exclude this individual from enjoying their services, and should be free to issue a public statement as they have, telling their side. If that's "consequence free speech" then you and I disagree only about degree.

"The business responded, and he now faces the consequences."

Indeed! Not a society I want. I will avoid Thailand.
The situations are not equivalent at all. China blocks outside social networks so that it can control its citizens' access to information either internal or external.
How much does Roku log?
>Sometimes it’s experience but sometimes it’s just overcharging

The things the "hurr durr muh quality goods, muh experienced professional, you get what you pay for crowd" gets oh so wrong is that while you pretty much never get more than you pay for, you can quite readily get less. There's a relevant proverb about fools and their money.
Given the privacy angle, I expect they won't do ACR in Europe. Because that would require asking permission and the courts have ruled that "free and explicit consent" means the user must be able to say no. Otherwise it doesn't count as consent and the massive GDPR fines come into play.

For all the bad press it got, I'm happy to have GDPR because it very firmly puts the consumers in control of their data.

Enforcement isn't fully there yet, but with Oracle getting sued and pulling the plug on the European side of their Blukai data sales business things are moving in the right direction.
What software would you run to do this? I have been looking for a good habit/exercise tracker for a while and currently use Habitica. It is free(ish) but also does a poor job in surfacing what you did and history but has a good habit and daily model. I haven't yet found a good piece of software like it that is self hosted.
Of course you can serialize a struct to XML in an idiomatic way but a lot of the time you don't. You get an XML document produced by someone else that maps to a horribly non-idiomatic representation as an object in your language runtime. I have personally seen lists/arrays serialized to XML in a bewildering variety of ways. The advantage of JSON I think is that the mapping to data structures is relatively straightforward and idiomatic so when you are creating a type to represent a JSON document you are receiving from some external source, you are likely to get something that looks reasonable.
Reasons for Redesigning Your App
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notice_period
"Ethical decisons" from a company made out of thousands of individuals caught up in the rat race is a bit much to expect.

For users it doesn't really matter why an annoying feature hasn't been implemented, they don't have a say in that anyway. Most likely Sony is just lagging behind a few months or years in that regard. Enjoy while it lasts ;)
Do you? Manufacturers can easily require an Internet connection to make the device work. They can also include their own radios and modems. All in the name of being user friendly!
The biggest drawback to this is the lack of support for 4K in the YouTube app on Apple TV.