skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Be careful doing this though, there's a reason Tor Browser exists and it is because it's very hard to do anonimity over Tor right on a default browser.

Granted, Tor tries to upstream as much as it reasonably can to FF, but there's still large differences in defaults that could give away (some bits of) your identity.
That data is indeed missing. FWIW, though: the French Railway Corporation (SNCF) has had WiFi for some years in the high speed (TGV[0]) lanes (though they have a data cap). I've had no issues with it so far[1,2]. That's a working solution in a ~320km/h (200mph) moving train as commercial offering.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV

[1] https://www.oui.sncf/tgv/services/internet-a-bord

[2] https://www.sncf.com/fr/offres-voyageurs/tgv-inoui/connectez...
Mail Rail - it’s a really popular museum and in normal times you can indeed ride the little train most days, and occasionally they do walkers deeper into the tunnels. You might also recognise it as the Vatican postal train in Hudson Hawk
I thought everyone felt this way.
I suspect it would reduce cost overhead for the bank itself due to a blockchain and allow devices/wallets to serve as transaction point without reliance on a commercial provider.

The strength of a central authority is that they can release and restrict coins onto the market to adjust inflation. The biggest problem with something like bitcoin is that it is completely out of alignment to exist currency values, which make retail use impractical.
> The Swiss model seems to be to think of the consequences of policies before putting them in place, the lower taxes seem to be more of a result of that.

This is a very good point. I suspect that because decision making is very local, they have functioning feedback loops: so you decided to spend too much money on a new fire truck? Well now you can't pay for the sports field renovations. People eventually learn.
> ... whether it be on the global/national stage, in your business or in your personal life. Overall, things in general are still slowly getting better for everyone on average. ...

the assumption that things are getting better may be correct on the collective level but even here it depends where your samples are coming from. a developing country struggling with desertification or disappearance of drinking water or floods will likely not look better in a few decades. Capetown or other places may not exist in a few decades.

on the individual level it looks a lot bleaker even than this. Most individuals stuck in some hamster wheel are going to tell themselves they're doing it for "their future". But as Covid shows the future may not pan out well. Maybe their partners are dead, maybe they are dead. In the long run though everyone is dead. Our fallacy is thinking bad things only happen to others.
Front End Bootcamp from Microsoft
Find an experienced doctor and you won't need any sedative or any anesthesias.
Okay, I'll bite: what would this enable, and why do you think we all need hard real time?
Thanks for making us jump through unnecessary hoops to appease future management wankers, Microsoft.
The reality does not seem to match that though. Pretty much everything not born out of negative emotions is better than it was 10, 20, 30 years ago. Tons of jobs don't need to be done anymore, and more are becoming automated, which is quite often better than human beings's much stronger randomness.
> the desk is our habitat

Well put. I agree this is the reality, fantasies aside. No doubt many of us have very productive and effective careers without much leaving the desk. But I like to think that there is fertile ground beyond our natural habitat too, and some of us (like myself) need the encouragement to explore it. At the end of the day though, we'll still need to return to our desk habitat and deliver what we set out to.
Cool! It might be fun to show, at the end, the path you took through the maze on a map.
Unless there is any implication that her gender has something to do with it, it's not sexist. It's just incorrect.
We are working on an alternative for both Linux and Windows: https://safing.io/portmaster/

Not only is it an application firewall, but also gives you DNS filtering (ie. Pi-Hole basics) and DNS-over-TLS.

If you check it out, we'd love to hear some feedback! (Full UI revamp incoming)
For me it simply comes down to the fact that nobody needs "bite sized content" when there is a pause button on every single streaming site there is. Watch 10 minutes, bus stop coming, hit pause. There's no need to pay for "quibi", and for me at least there was never any question that they would fail. At least they aren't beating a dead horse spending billions to try to make it happen, "fail fast" I guess.
> the IP side of things shouldn’t be a problem (as all the traffic goes to the GGSN or whatever LTE’s equivalent of that is).

I'm not sure it's quite that simple. One of the things LTE started (and 5G continues) is to push more and more of this to the edge of the network. Traffic from the UE does get tunnelled through the Serving Gateway (S-GW), but there can be multiple SGW's on a network. Mobility management is also a big enough issue that the Mobility Management Entity (MME) is an entity unto itself on the block diagram.

It's also worth pointing out that eNodeB's (the radios) can now talk directly to each other via X2 and can actually hand over a subscriber without particularly involving the core network.

tldr: I think it's enough of a problem for it to be not entirely trivial.

https://yatebts.com/documentation/concepts/lte-concepts/
In the early 90's, there was a multitude of computing platforms to chose from, and Windows was considered no more than a graphical shell on top of DOS. Amiga, Atari, Macintosh, OS/2, RiscOS and several others were all contending for a slice of the cake, but by '97 most alternatives had either gone bankrupt or forced into small nieche markets.

Obviously Microsoft had nothing to do with the fact that most of those pretty much died due to their own failures, but many, many people blamed Microsoft for using their OEM deals to push the other players out and thereby killing off their favourite platform. When Microsoft started using seriously anti-competitive behaviour when they pushed Explorer with Windows, they also forced a feature race with Netscape (who ultimately lost, as we all know), and that race was the last nail in the coffin for the alternative platforms. There were no open source web browsers back then, and commercial alternatives for platforms like the Amiga simply couldn't keep up. Explorer became a killer app, and Windows pretty much took it all, apart from Apple which managed to survive because of Microsoft funding. And boy, those Amiga and Atari users can be rabid about Microsoft. I know. I used to be one of them. :D
> The US has used their forces pretty much exclusively for offensive means in the last decades.

You may have that impression from news articles, but in reality it doesn't make any sense. The US military has operations in the Middle East, but that involves virtually none of their ships, planes, bases, silos or troops.

The primary purpose of the US military is to continue the post-WW2 Marshall Plan, which is maintaining global peace. Notice how there hasn't been any major wars since 1945? That's what American taxpayers paid for.
Cannot confirm; my girlfriend had a sigmoidoscopy (similar) and she experienced it as traumatizing and violating. I don't believe she got any anesthetics admitted; pretty sure it's not standard.

Please don't romanticize invasive diagnostics. If you want to advocate for the occasional bowel purge or using anesthetics to sleep have at it though. But also, general anesthesia should be avoided as much as possible, it's not a trivial matter.
We're on it: https://safing.io/portmaster/
Interestingly we are pulling away from subsidies in the UK and forcing manufacturers to sell a set amount of EV's. I think the subsidies have started to add up and are seen as a bung for the already wealthy.
I’m going to create a certification for an “ls” command.
The problem is that only benefits you. Most of the people would pay higher taxes so a small portion of the people appreciate the speed.
I don't think it's a matter of being painful necessarily (though it might be, depending on what they do), but rather most people just don't want to be awake for what is at best a socially awkward experience. I've had several, and I'm grateful to have been unconscious. (They had to wheel me back in once without sedation to take another look around a biopsy site to make sure I wasn't bleeding too much. It was kind of interesting, but not terribly pleasant.)
can't wait to learn about jscript for IE3. Been waiting for this course for 22 years.
I second this - I've had about 10 colonoscopies/endoscopies in my life (due to a medical condition) and it went well each time, no pain as steve said. The prep is also an opportunity for cleansing of the digestive system.
Ask HN: Would anyone that has gone through YC be open to giving feedback?
Hi HN! First time poster long long time lurker.

We applied to the latest YC batch with http://clipclock.stream, and managed to get an interview!

One of the top pieces of feedback I've read was to get the thoughts of someone who has gone through the YC interviewing process.

I don't actually know anyone that has gone through YC... But I thought HN might.

Let me know if this is against the rules, and can remove the post!

-Steven
I just published Summarization API on RapidAPI. Check it out
But how much of that land was actually "owned" by the people who actually first settled it? Didn't they have their own disputes and conquests?

Anyway the idea of land "ownership" is kind of stupid in the first place. You can't "own" land, you can just possess it under the rules of some kind of system of power.
The Khatabook-Dukaan Mess
Nice. But there will always be that client browsing on a corporate install of Internet Explorer that will complain about an obscure bug.
In that case, avoid any bickering and counterstrike surgically with a well written and sourced explanation on why their browser is a safety risk for the entire company and that the problem should be escalated quickly to IT because that’s much more worrying than a simple website bug most people’s browsers won’t display. Attach a couple of links to layman-friendly articles about Explorer not being considered a browser anymore even by Microsoft (it’s officially a “legacy solution”) and send.

I did it a few times and each and every time I had follow ups thanking me, telling me how much they hated Explorer but they were forced to use it, and that they didn’t know about the risks of using it.
I hope this dies. I've been around long enough to remember the hell of Java certifications in the late 90s.
Health insurance startup Alan lets you chat with a doctor
We will soon be able to hire github certified engineers. Thanks Microsoft, talent driven towards the skills our industry needs will make us all more productive:
https://youtu.be/rR4n-0KYeKQ
I think you're seeing non-existing intent. This seems like a straightforward way to monetize their acquisition without affecting the users (with paywalls or what not). Certifications are a gold mine for enterprise.

Also, I have yet to meet people taking certifications seriously on an individual level. The sole way I've seen them used is box-checking when choosing a contractor/vendor. Anyone got a different experience?
If I recall correctly, "general anesthesia" is actually a combination of multiple drugs with different purposes; some that inhibit memory formation, another to put you to sleep, and another to I guess relax the muscles etc?
In a moment of clarity, I once wrote:

# If you are reading this, I am so sorry
Was this planned by you or did you just randomly get the idea "Jesus, if I would be really murdered right now by a psychopath with a chainsaw I couldn't imagine a better woman to painfully die beside me"?
>I don't think you would be willing to pay the amount of taxes you would need to, to completely redo the railways haha.

We already pay the taxes, but unfortunately we spend a trillion dollars a year maintaining our global military empire instead of shoring up our crumbling domestic infrastructure. Priorities!
LOL. Judging by all the comments here, maybe they shouldn't have branded it as "certification". I think "flare" or "badge" would have been better marketing.

Or something like... oh I am a level 99 Git wizard... This will definitely help me get dates.
What is fragile? We have had specialized roles for the entire history of society and it hasn't caused anything to crumble.

You should read Collapse Of Complex Societies by Professor Joseph Tainter.

Tl;dr a step change in complexity of ancient societies more often than not lead to their downfall. They were unable to train/retrain specialists quickly enough to deal with surprises.
Thanks, that's good. Thank you for providing this work.

I still find the terms very vague. For example:

- Who's morals?
- What exactly "spoils the image of..."?
- Illegal in what jurisdiction?
- Do I not redistribute the icons if I put them on a web site?
Only available for U.S. account holders, that's a big detail.
The outline for the "certification" is like a sales manual for the business. It's like the exam for being an outbound call center marketeer.
Recently tried out every password manager as I was sick of LastPass being glitchy with some websites. I’m using OS X and iOS exclusively, with Safari, Chrome, and Firefox.

After trying out 1Password, Dashlane, etc. I returned to LastPass - contrary to most of the reviews I found online, LastPass works much more smoothly with most sites and apps. The integration with iOS is much nicer. I found the gap between LastPass and everything else was sufficiently large that it was a no brainer to switch back.

I’m still occasionally frustrated with LastPass, but having seen what the alternatives are I won’t be revisiting them for a good few years.
It's become easier and easier for anyone to own stock in American companies. Commissions are now $0, and you can buy fractional shares.

Becoming an owner is just opening a brokerage account away.

If land is your thing, you can buy shares in REITs, too. (Real Estate Investment Trusts)
Because the product is not Hulu but the TV shows that you can stream exclusively on Hulu. Clearly very few people were convinced Quibi had content that they needed to watch.
Cryptocurrency Development
Are there new cryptocurrency-driven offerings that we could provide?(https://www.mobiloitte.us/cryptocurrency-development-company...)
The Role of Companies and the Evolution of Great Power Competition
Well each snapshot is a sort of short story emphasizing the humanity of criminals in a situation where their humanity is shown as being forgotten. It leads up to the final story where the author is indicating he has moved on to be a public defender.

It strikes me as a sort of justification for having resources available for the defense of the indicted, and the author seems to not want to paint the police badly either.
Personally I've found certifications are a good way to show you're good at passing certifications, and nothing else.

I have nothing against people who show up with their resumes filled with them, but it's not a valuable indicator in my opinion. I'd rather see what they've built. Show me some useful things on your github or blog. That I can see value in.

Obviously we're talking about software-related certs, not pilots licenses, etc...
What 8 €/month gets you in Lithuania
A fast radio burst associated with a Galactic magnetar
Looking at the list of options: ABCFGHLOPRSTUW@abcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1% ... I'd says it makes sense.
If Microsoft invented a pill that cures migraine, they would sell it for $$$.

If google invented a pill that cures migraine they would sell it for only $.

---

But 10 years later someone would notice that the pills contain a small device that record everything that happens in your body and sent it to google. At the time the pills were created google had no idea what to do with this data, but now somehow they have become the world's biggest pharma. Nobody knows how...

And when confronted, google would see absolutely no problem with what they have done. They would maybe receive a €10.000 fine in germany and then go on.

Some people would start injecting Google Body devices ™, and someone would publish and article on connecting it to your Google Home device ™, which would become the top story on HN. Famous bio-hsckers would hold TED talks on the subject. MacWorld would for years write articles about apples significantly better solution that will very soon be unveiled. Doctors would warn about the risks, but in 2030 nobody listens to doctors anymore.

(You can see this happening, can't you?)
Let's assume the Europeans are defending themselves against Russia (I mean who else would we talk about). Russian military spending is $65 billion compared to European $289 billion, so even at low percentages of GDP the Europeans are out spending the Russians by a factor 4 (let's assume military capability is related to spending), so clearly the Europeans are financing their own defence against Russia and don't rely on the US for their defence. In fact estimated Chinese military spending is $285 billion, so Europe could defend itself against China as well (possibly even a China/Russia alliance, offinsive wars are much more expensive than defensive). So whom is the US defending the Europeans from? The only force that (based on military spending) would be a credible threat is actually the US themselves. The whole argument that the US is paying for European defence is bogus.
The billionaires have gotten younger and younger, too.
Yeah, if we only had closer speed to Java and JS for CPython, I'd have no concern...
It might be the only time in the day where you are idle and undistracted. Try going on a walk, it achieves the same effect.

Walking home from work helped a lot with that and also with signing off at the end of the day.
In the UK it's uncommon to be anaesthetised for for endoscopies or colonoscopy. I've been offered either midazolam or gas & air for colonoscopies and pretty sure my last couple of endoscopies were done without anything.

The movicol prep stuff they give you isn't ideal either; you've got to drink a lot of odd tasting fluids that then give you basically explosive diorama which can be awful in itself. It also causes some people to explosively vomit as well (it's designed to make your body want to eject it asap) which really isn't fun when it's trying to escape both ends at once.

The actual procedure isn't amazing either. A camera down either end is uncomfortable at best ranging to extremely painful (short term) as they try and get round the corners in your bowel. There's also the potential it to go wrong in some nasty ways or for odd side effects, and at absolute best, you're still stuck on a table trying to make polite conversation with 2m of camera tube stuck up your bum.

Can confirm your refusal to confirm; none of it's a thrilling or trivial experience.
How is the iOS integration from LastPass better than from 1Password? I am pretty happy with 1Password, it integrates really nice 'next to' keychain
> K has no tech experience

I mean, I'm not sure exactly how much credit to give him, but DreamWorks Animation had a lot of tech and he oversaw it for 20+ years. He stood up a brand new animation studio while the industry was digitizing, which means everyone used in-house tools because off-the-shelf stuff wasn't available. They purchased PDI, had been doing CG since 1980. They maintained a proprietary CG pipeline for decades and integrated multiple locations. This was during a time when the industry went from NURBS to sub-d, from basic direct lighting to global illumination to path-tracing--mostly using software written in-house. Not to mention the larger issues of asset management, data center scaling (power, water, and city requirements) and the staff and budgets to support all of that. At scales only a handful of other facilities were doing CG at, while competing for innovation, scale, and quality.

I'm pretty sure Katzenberg and Whitman courted when she was at HP and they were DreamWorks' "technology partner." They worked together on things like a price-friendly color-accurate LCD monitor and the Halo video conferencing stuff.

I know in the years before DreamWorks was sold to Universal there were Skunk Works projects working on phone apps. I imagine all of that was practice for this. I'm sure most of the money was on content and advertising.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by not having tech experience, but he definitely oversaw a lot and worked with people who had.
Question one: what does the following command do?

Is -a
This seems like a very narrow view. I don't know where you live but in Asian countries, people care about certificates too much. It's also often used as a way to filter poor people without directly discriminating because certification costs time and money.
The intent needs to be clear in the licence text itself. In a dispute, courts will look to intent somewhat, but generally the law assumes that when parties to a contract or licence or deed state their intentions in the form of written text, that text will be primary in understanding the content of the agreement that was made.

The authors of legal texts don't have magic powers. Let's say you buy a product from a company, C. They wrote a contract which you both agreed to. They are a big company, and you are just an individual person, so your bargaining power is pretty minimal compared to them, and basically amounts to "take it or leave it". So you buy a thing on their terms. Some term of the contract later turns out to be unclear, so you ask them to clarify it. Is the clarification they provide going to be beneficial to their interests or yours? Theirs, obviously.

Stallman's interpretation of the GPL in the case of uncertainty or lack of clarity is going to be to read it in such a way as serves his goals: making sure there is more free software in the world, and protecting the Four Freedoms. A corporate lawyer working for Oracle is going to interpret unclear provisions in a perhaps rather more conservative way, especially if it financially benefits Oracle. The fact Stallman wrote the license doesn't give him any particular special hermeneutical status when working out how a court will interpret it.

"Hey, just trust us" isn't useful either, because there's a difference between being asked to trust randomhacker849 and being asked to trust a multinational megacorporation like Google or Oracle. While randomhacker849 may follow the broad spirit of any particular open source licence and expect licensees to follow the broad spirit too, I'm pretty sure Oracle are going to follow the exact letter if doing so is in their financial interest.

The whole point of legal instruments is the need for trust is reduced because you have rights and obligations that a court will enforce. And the whole reason we turn agreements into written legal texts is precisely because "hey, just trust us" doesn't scale—when millions or billions are on the line, you want those agreements formalised.

(I included Apache and Mozilla because they represent examples of open source non-profit foundations, not because they use the GPL, incidentally. Other than GNOME and FSF, most of the projects that have their own foundation—LibreOffice's Document Foundation, Perl, Python, Mozilla—have permissive licenses rather than copyleft. The point isn't about the wording of the text, but more the question of "if I were going to rely on a disputed bit of license text in my use of this software, what risk would I face of litigation?"... and that risk differs considerably between randomhacker849, a non-profit foundation, Stallman/FSF, and a huge scary litigious corporate beast like Oracle.)