skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's kind of the opposite: if a random number generator never produces "pretty" sequences, that's evidence that it's not truly random.

If it produces pretty sequences at significantly greater than expected rates, that would be suspicious.
This looks like interesting work. If I could ask a question, I notice that the first role you listed specifies proficiency in a JavaScript framework as a requirement, but the Senior Customer Value Engineer role does not mention it. Is that because the latter role is more backend-focused? I'm proficient with Go and Python, and comfortable with and fond of JavaScript, but not banging out new React web sites every day, for instance.
This.

Nobody thought Apple would make its own CPUs (SoCs, really.)

Apple is going vertical.
wtf you just got hacker news banned in Pakistan
Not really, no. Humans are good at spotting patterns, even when none exist. AND.... Given a truly random number generator, there WILL be patterns in various subsets of the numbers.
Maybe Careless Whisper too while it's at it.
Also: ID10T error, Layer 8 issue, etc.
YT Music isn't yet supported in my country.

Inferior is much better than "we'll delete your music library on an undisclosed date in December".
UK challenger bank Monzo picks up another £60M in funding
Like adding a "beta" label?
TSLAQ is the flip / dark side side of the tesla hype. Where people say that Tesla can do no wrong, to TSLAQ, everything that Tesla has ever done is fraudulent. They set themselves up to short the stock, and then unleash endless attacks on rumors on Twitter to try and make a buck.

For example, there was a organized campaign and innuendo to the effect that Tesla wouldn't sell any roadsters - then any S, then any X, then any 3s.

Then they started that all of the threes where going to a landfill, or left baking in the sun for months because the door handles didn't work. Then they claimed that Tesla would never sell the model 3 in Europe, due to regulatory problems.

They also have apparently paid people to hack Tesla and then release the most negative information to earn money on their shorts.

Niedermeyer became famous for establishing a "Tesla death watch" column back when they were making the roadster.

Not saying that Tesla does everything right (they don't) - but at the end of the day, TSLAQ is just the automotive variant of QAnon.
I think this is an important point. I think someone asked "what's the probability this number is chosen?" and many people respond with 1 in 42 million or something like that. But in fact this is only true under the assumption the lottery is implemented perfectly. But this assumption is what is under scrutiny here. Because the lottery is not some ideal process in the mathematical universe, it's a process in the physical universe implemented by humans. Because it's a real process implemented by humans, there's all sorts of ways we can imagine the results could be skewed by the implementation details, and we can imagine all sorts of outputs that might be more likely given the most likely flaws in the implementation.
The EU already clarified that each member state is free to grant emergency approvals. So the UK could have done what they did while inside the EU.
Yep, the same concept applies to Daily Fantasy Sports. Where you don't necessarily want to pick the best players. You want to pick the best players that no one else will pick. This is for the DFS games that have one player take all.
Well I understand what's happening at a high level (in the economy, society, politics) but the typical HN reader will not like to hear it so I'm just going to keep it to myself.
On Android, yes, Firefox lets you install extensions.

On iPhone, no.
> Unionization and voting etc must usually be performed off-site.

Sounds like a non profit startup opportunity, to provide tools to empower workers to unionize and vote remotely. With remote normalizing, as long as you stay off corp gear (stay off corp gear for any activities not directly related to your employment!), your employer isn't going to know you're working towards organizing, preventing them from interfering with your organizing activities (which does them a favor, considering that's illegal under US labor law).
Same. It's been getting less smart over time.
Thank you. The power bank may work as a hardware solution sometimes, though even in a pocket, any battery can fail if the outside temps are low enough (as they often are in winter at higher latitudes).

I essentially was wondering if the heat a phone produces during higher-load operation might be repurposed to create an entirely software solution to the problem of a battery dropping below functional temperature. Your answer suggests it can. Perhaps this could also be balanced by some kind of dynamic heat-dispersion design to account for the converse issue of battery temperature getting too high. But that's encouraging - if modern designs intentionally direct heat away from the battery, that suggests the basic software-only idea might be possible in principle, and maybe in practice - in any existing phone that has poor hardware design in that respect. Components under load increasing battery temperature must be a valid effect, to necessitate designing around it - so using this "feature" to conversely keep battery temperature higher than its operating minimum may be a valid proposition.

Extreme cold situations can also sometimes be an emergency, so it's not necessarily a trivial issue. Granting phones a kind of rugged-cold mode to prevent shutdowns, via a software update that makes simple power management choices dependent on outside-temperatures (phone getting too cold: crunch numbers and activate display), could potentially save lives.
I imagine it may not be that simple, given the segregation of ethnic populations. I.e., people probably interact more frequently and closely with others of the same ethnicity, so the average effectiveness may not be sufficient.
South Park did something like that.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=u_kQJiogKCE

It's South Park, so the nsfw should be implied.
Age is not considered a disease because everyone does it. If we can learn to change things, such as reset the Horvath clock through epigenetic methylation hacks, or through other methods, then some day aging will be something that affects a minority of people and will be redefined as a disease.
> This could be the fastes approval in the whole drugs' history considering that

Without a doubt. The closest competitors would be imatinib (3 years) and several other chemotherapy drugs (~5 years) meant to treat malignant tumors. The vast majority of the drugs approved this quickly, with the exception of the HepC treatment, treated diseases with a life expectancy of less than the time it took to approve the drugs so long term side effects was less of a concern.
You should've said December 21st straight away! I now have found what you're talking about.

On December 21st, a 2018 European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) directive goes live on 21st of December 2020.

It's a directive to consolidate and reform the framework for the regulation of electronic communications services and networks in the EEA.

> Under the EECC, the scope of electronic communication services will be expanded to include over-the-top/online communication services. Therefore, providers of VoIP services and other online communication apps (video, chat, messaging) will be subject to telecoms regulation and by extension the ePrivacy Directive.

> For the foreseeable future, those caught by the provisions of the ePD will continue to need to comply, taking into account the interplay with the ever-evolving guidance and case law on the GDPR (e.g. on consent, notice, etc.), which will often apply in the context of the application of the ePD. The ePD rules have not been kept up to date with the latest technological developments and are also not well aligned to the enhanced protections of the GDPR.

I was wrong, the changes are influenced by ePD, but indirectly because of the broadening definition of electronic communication services. Finally we're there. I'm surprised no one else commented about this earlier and it took so much time to understand why this is happening.
"Injecting code," is not the way I'd describe making changes to a product that it's your job to maintain.
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Haha, I'm scared it'll say "I'm afraid I can't do that, Rene" and break the illusion of who the master is and who the slave is.
This is why I tell people it’s inadvisable to buy a ticket with a special date or similar.

You are no less likely to win, but you are more likely to split any winnings with another player who also bought that number, lowering the expected value of the ticket.
vorpalhex is stating action X was wrong in the first place, and describing a situation Y as an example to show why action X is wrong.

I have policies at my workplace that disallow something because it's impractical to judge every single situation and then have to deal with the gray area.
Hasn't Human nature itself been crafted by evolutionary forces? It is conceivable that our ancestors that were more laid back and content were more likely to be out competed by those who were hungry for power and prestige.

In fact, as an example, isn't there some often quoted statistic about half a percentage of all living humans having descended from Genghis Khan?
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They don't even have sound theory to how the network will work. I think bad code is the last of their problems
They Just Work™ if you Think Different™.

I don't use any of these "assistants", but curious if you responded with "Groceries List"? Knowing they work on keywords, to Siri, you may not be actually answering her question.
On the Origin of Money (2016) [pdf]
> As a vegetarian, I have to wonder who the target market for this is.

It's effectively a prototype. As noted in the article, the next version won't use this.
What? Are you suggesting we cannot criticize politicians on this website because it might be insulting to their supporters?
> Do you also prefer landlines to cell phones?

Sometimes, yes.

We had a once in a century ice storm a few years ago. We were without power for four days during in the winter.

They re-established power gradually and I still remember the crowds at Starbucks. It was all people waiting to use the outlets to recharge their phones.

Meanwhile, while the power was out and we had no heat, my wall phone worked fine throughout.

You know that they have an independent power supply, and if you don't use a cordless handset, they work fine even with the electricity out.

I also have the last version of the phone book that was printed in my city, and I was making calls all week and finding people and resources to help me deal with the emergency.
I had the same question recently, for more details:

https://old.reddit.com/r/ECE/comments/jxb806/how_big_are_tra...
I never asked for this quote.
You can sort of make a moral argument for Uber, maybe others in that one of the problems with the legacy taxi services is that they would refuse to provide rides to minorites, blacks in particular. With an artificially constrained supply of taxis, they could do this without penalty, possibly even profitably.

With Uber, sure an individial driver can decline a ride based on the destination and assumptions he makes about the passenger, but it's far more likely that someone will take the ride, since there are many more drivers. They also have less to fear with Uber since they don't carry cash or deal with cash payments, and there's some level of trackability/identifiability of the passenger in comparison to picking up a random person on a street hail.
You bring up an interesting point, independent of VR. Sounds like the incumbents' days might be numbered. I wonder if and how quickly airlines could shift to Starlink. And if so, how easy it would be to bet against the incumbent providers. Unlike government, industrial, and scientific customers where the incumbents might be able to compete on stronger, minimal service guarantees[1], passenger connectivity on airlines seems to have always been flaky and relatively poor. Switching to Starlink would be a win-win for them--cheaper and better quality.[2]

[1] Not that Starlink wouldn't suffice in practice, but I assume Starlink probably won't want to cater to those customers with fancy, bespoke contract terms.

[2] And perhaps simpler equipment and maintenance in terms of fleet commonality. AFAIU, currently domestic service is via cellular and international service, where it's provided, is via satellite.
I think you have to get a grip on reality.

I had no doubt that if Trump would lose the election, he would not be a gracious loser and would be on Twitter bitching about it until the day he dies. Lo and behold, Trump lost the election, and he's on Twitter bitching about it.

What I don't see is any evidence of Trump supporters rioting, or engaging in violence, or Trump trying to usurp power like crazy people said was going to happen.

Perhaps you should take a chill-pill? States are certifying election results (including Republican majority states). Trump is pursuing legal options, as he is entitled to. Pretty clear that Biden will officially become President-elect when the Electoral College meets later this month (By the way, remember when crazy people in 2016 were trying to get electors to not vote for Trump even though he won [1]?).

So what's the problem? That Scott Adams is calling this election fraudulent? That's par for course. For example, every election that Democrats lose, is also labeled fraudulent, due to 'voter suppression', or Russian meddling or Diebold machines being hacked (remember that one from 2004? [2]). It's a 'meh'.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z0iuWh3sek
[2] https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2004/03/diebolds-politi...
For a while, I had a Spotify playlist called "My Playlist called My Playlist" so I could say "Hey Google, play my playlist called 'My Playlist called My Playlist'"
Availability? I thought Mongo was fast and scalable, I don't remember anyone recommending it for higher availability.
If you want to play that game, you could spam people with the text of all sorts of interesting laws. It's still an abuse of authority.

But I wonder if anyone would be have been fired if it were an April fools prank?
Or don't get nude in front of your phone or laptop camera. Take your nudes with a polaroid and snail mail them.
Actually right now its only one anime! Its "Revolutionary Girl Utena". The visuals are gorgeous, the premise of the anime is super interesting (A girl was saved by a prince when she was small and then decided to become like him while she waits for him to return by wearing male clothes and acting like a hero) and the whole story is super trippy in general.
Also it has many references to art and religion[1][2].
I'm at around the half point right now, but can definitely recommend!

[1]https://twitter.com/ohtori_nu/status/1068525697713356804

[2]https://ohtori.nu/analysis/01_meike_disciples_of_abraxas_4.h... (The anime quotes from the famous german author Herman Hesse)
Animate your tweets as videos for LinkedIn
Why not? Money is a social contruct, but dollars to donuts, populations with less of it will have lower vaccine efficacy.
AWS: Containers, serverless, and cloud-native computing oh my
But X is also unethical. Not sure why you're seemingly ignoring that.
70 million.

It is worth highlighting a very significant fraction of the nation does not vote. It is 40 some percent.

Quite a few of us are not participating.

Frankly, I have moved to a very judgement avoidance type mode.

We all should be talking, understanding one another better and should we do that we may find ourselves operating in a more healthy, productive body politic.

We need that. It's a mess right now.

Maybe that would being more of us back into the process too.
> Spiers was fired after she created a pop-up for Google employees visiting the IRI Consultants website.

What does this mean? Was this for an IRI portal on Google's intranet, or did they display the pop-up if the public website was being visited by a Google employee? How was it determined that the visitor was a Google employee?
I used to come home and say “Ok Google, turn on the lights.”

80% of the time my lights would turn on.

20% of the time, I’d be greeted with: “Ok, playing ‘Turn on the Lights’ by Future on Spotify.”

And I’d stand there in the dark, listening to music I don’t like, questioning my life decisions.
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Original link + comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21813619
Serious side effects from vaccines are rare and are always visible within 6 months.

If you wish to pretend otherwise, I'd love for you to state your case.
You shouldn't have to treat a Smart assistant like a child.
Isn't the extension actually about the laws or policies related to using the site in question? Not necessarily about laws pertaining to things that happen outside of the use of the site, such as unionizing.
I agree that it's best to choose values that are within your control. Once you choose intrinsic values, you'll generally find that you need to make money to best align your actions with your values.

The question, then, is how do you balance: 1) making enough money for food and shelter with 2) your intrinsic values? Also, will making more than enough money help you further achieve your values?

The diagram presents a framework to find an optimal solution. "That which you love" is a function of your intrinsic values. The other 3 circles will help you efficiently convert your time into money to support what you love. I guess the better diagram would somehow convey the fact that, ultimately, what really matters is that which you love.
Just started mushroom hunting here in Oregon and the comment about hunters protecting their spots is so true. One of my friends shared a spot with us, but when we went there it was clear it was a fairly commonly known/ well trodden place.

It's good food and fun to collect.
That's awesome, glad to hear it! Sounds like a really positive development for long-term viability.
That's not what this feature is. It's a thinly veiled product to sell more Microsoft products.

It's "insights" include utter garbage like "workers who share files on onedrive cause time savings vs. those who share files via email"

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/product...
>this is offensive to them.

It's not offensive to me and I supported some of his policies. Did you support him? Is it offensive to you? If not, maybe you shouldn't presume to speak for other people as a general rule. I don't mean to sound scolding, but it's something people do now a days that's a little counter productive.
Checkout this product I made a couple years ago after rdio shut down: It basically connects Spotify music info to YouTube songs: https://minotaur.fm
Does draw order matter in this lottery? Cause if not it's a lot more likely.
Dude if this is an issue that evokes such rage you might want to think about how good you have it.
I can't play the song without a spotify account. Is there any other website where I can hear the song. TIA
I agree. No one in government should be bleaching servers and deleting emails or wiping phones.
Facial Recognition Meets Its Match with Old West Photos
Honestly the fact that I haven't heard of it and those comments are probably related. My trust in google to maintain things is so underwater that I really don't feel like dedicating the attention to even learn their new product offerings. For me it's all in one ear and out the other.
Great idea. Please update on whether this use case works or not! And other tips, examples, etc.
I have the opposite problem where Siri always starts a timer for 13 minutes when I want 30. I've adjusted to setting the timer for 31 minutes.
The Guardian hasn't been any good at tech (or indeed any) journalism for years:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/20/security-researchers-call-...

It's fully participated in the UK media race to the bottom.
Pedantic: Not if your job is acting.

But I think that pedantic point hints at something that creates this problem: most jobs have a degree of performance to them (i.e. act out the part). Which is perhaps why improv gets recommended for workgroup development every second Sunday.
How the CCP Does Job Promotions
Avoid getting crucified
that command invokes `xcodebuild` behind the scenes. I'm very familiar with expo, and it's fragility and warts.

I'm glad it's working for you, so far, but try to do anything slightly interesting and you'll have problems.
It's PR-speak to make the regulators look like the bad guys who took something from you that always-benevolent FB is working on your behalf to restore.