skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
True, and that's what I thought a few days ago. But they've also been tracking growth of the new strain at the same time. New strain has been responsible for a growing proportion of positive tests. May be coincidence, but they are being cautious.

E.g. see graph here

https://twitter.com/The_Soup_Dragon/status/13403496399466291...

Edit: complete conjecture but if new strain is more infectious but less dangerous it might actually be helpful in the long run as it might displace other strains. Fingers crossed
:'( ... I'm... Trying man..
That's the level of Rust I wish there were more learning materials about.
Yeah - this is the real risk with TikTok, not the data (or who hosts the data).

Moving the cloud hosted data to Oracle doesn't solve the underlying risk.

The real risk is CCP manipulating what's surfaced via the algorithm to sway public perception or to censor things they dislike. They've already done this explicitly with the protests in HK and Tiananmen Square, they'll do it in other ways that suit them.

The worst part is with TikTok the manipulation is more subtle, harder to see - are you seeing something because it's popular? or because the CCP is interested in you seeing it?

Are you not seeing something because it's not popular? or because the CCP has told Bytedance to kill it?

Moving the data to Oracle misses the point. The data is not important in this case, but the ability to control what the public sees is. Letting the CCP have control over that lever when they abuse it elsewhere: that's the risk.

This can be an issue anywhere, but the CCP has a terrible track record and no interest in a free press or free speech. What they're doing to the Uyghurs and what they've done to HK and how they treat people talking about Tiananmen Square. They don't take responsibility for any of it and they do what they can to suppress all of it.

It's a very machiavellian view and their soft influence on the US and western companies tied economically to China to self-censor or otherwise defer to the CCP's interests is alarming.

That recent article about Tim Cook killing an Apple TV show written by a couple ex-gawker editors doesn't bother me at all. Gawker was awful and we're better without it, shows glorifying it, or supporting the editors that worked there. This is Tim Cook deciding for himself he doesn't want to support those people, it's a principled position.

The other bit in that article about an Apple rep saying the two things Apple TV would never do are 'nudity and China' was a lot worse. The South Park 'band in china' episode was right. This is Tim Cook knowing what's expected of him to be able to operate in China - it's not a principled position, his hand is forced.
You say that jokingly, but the configurations & carriers are actually part of the model numbers contained in the last two digits (and occasionally letter afterwards) [0].

[0] https://flyingwithfish.boardingarea.com/2010/04/27/reader-ma...
Get ready for CBDC wallets linked to your web history. Things like this justify the existence of an alternative financial system based around Bitcoin and related digital assets.
"Designed"? They had a meeting and discussed what criteria they should use, someone documented that, and someone else wrote some Excel.
The decision about how much UBI is enough and from whom it is drawn and by how much is the critical part of the equation, and that is necessarily centralized.
No, SAR Can't See Through Buildings
I'd say that counts against the UK: The UK failed to control this DESPITE lovely weather meaning people don't mind meeting outside and schools being shut anyway. Australia battled this through their winter and won despite the outdoors being basicly shut...
You can call it "ulterior motives", I called it "weighing the pros and cons". While the host in your video claims "he lied to us", again he only said "you don't need to wear masks for now", he never claimed they don't work or that they wouldn't help, just that you don't need them yet.
SolarWinds themselves it claiming it.

https://www.solarwinds.com/securityadvisory/faq

> Our initial investigations point to an issue in the Orion software build system in which the vulnerability was insert which, if present and activated, could potentially allow an attacker to compromise the server on which the Orion Platform products run.

Under "With these processes in place how was your code compromised?"
> "I see nothing suspicious about it."

I didn't intend to imply anything of the sort. I gather from your response including Amazon you might have a different perspective.

I'm interested in sales platforms for small business retail. Platforms which let business owners put a store on the web and maintain their own website design. Shopify's turn-key solution lets you have a stores without all of the Platform cruff. You can seel goods on Amazon, but you're just a another 'seller' under the branding of Amazon.com (unless there is another competing service I'm unaware of).

Personally, I get to see a lot of small businesses from the Admin side. And Shopify's partner platform is one of the most robust. Pricing is competitive (for the businesss) and they're very developer friendly.

No. I really like Shopify, and I was curious why others _like_ it so much.

haha. I understand where you might default to thinking I'm suspicious. We're all suspicious. And I see a lot of businesses who go full-in on a platform (POS, online retail) and when it comes to getting financial reports or API access you might want, they are unhelpful and very costly. (Don't get me started on Third-Party Online Ordering Services like DoorDash or Ubereats).
> Maybe I'm overly paranoid, but it really does feel like the powerful are chipping away at every aspect of the internet and its empowering of the common person.

It's not just you; that definitely seems to be the trend. Already, privacy is only really available for the wealthy or technical.
> They should have merged with a PC make obviously.

DEC was acquired by Compaq [1]:

> In 1998, Compaq acquired Digital Equipment Corporation for a then-industry record of US$9 billion. The merger made Compaq, at the time, the world's second largest computer maker in the world in terms of revenue behind IBM.

Maybe you were being sarcastic.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq#Acquisitions
I wrote about some mitigation steps here https://boxboat.com/2020/12/14/safeguarding-the-world-from-t...
> Making porn legal and accepted

Just to add another perspective, Scott Santens had an interesting reply[0] to a tweet AOC had about legalizing sex work

> Sex work is work, but as long as poverty exists it's impossible to tell who is doing it voluntarily and who is doing it because they feel they have no other choice in order to make a living. It's another reason unconditional basic income is so important.

[0]:https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1339053954144014338?...
These comparisons are so lax. NZ is in summer right now, and is a remote island on the other side of the planet from Italy where the virus first really went crazy.

The U.K. government is beyond contempt, but these comparisons don’t help.

NZ is not an international flight hub. Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europe prior to COVID (it is not anymore).
What does it even mean to "think quantitatively"? I am so lost.
I think it's good advice because by doing that, you may discover that your hammer can do more than you think.
At this point we should probably clarify that the hackernews title was originally based on the subheading:

>Being capable of thinking quantitatively — it’s the single most important thing
Clearly if the police could get away ignoring the fact that you came in and took the land, they would.

I would make a strong delineation between the adjudication of property rights and the enforcement of property rights. Those are two different things, and it has ever been the case that individuals frequently must act in an enforcement capacity. Potentially, if you tried to take someone's land, they will shoot you. That is enforcement. Adjudication happens when a judge says they were in the right.
It should be no surprise that, when confronted with this error (if it is one, POSIWID, etc. etc.), admin staff insisted on preserving the erroneous state. Should America ever find herself with single-payer healthcare during shortages, she will find herself encountering this same situation once again. She will then react with outrage and surprise, learning not that centralization sets these incentives, but falsely doubling down in the belief that this repeated failure of centralization is evidence that the wrong kind of people were at the centre: not very different from communists who argue that "it just wasn't done right by the right people".
That is the type of thing Google (and Wolfram Alpha) tries to do now.
These studies are always funny. So what this is trying to tell us is: Volunteering boosts your health, while the data only provides us with "volunteers are generally in better health". Now this study "tried" to adjust to that by some filtering, but this is still a pretty big leap. Essentially what they would need to do is this:

Have one group of people who "actively" is kind to people, i.e. they actually act on their desired.

Then compare the results to a control group who "wants" to be kind to people, ideally has a proven track record of being kind to people, but are not allowed to act on that during the duration of study. Then of course they also need to still be as satisfied and happy as before, otherwise they turn into a biased control group.

Then if there are no differences, and compared to another control group of "normal" humans, there is a statistically significant improvement in health, then and only then, they may be on to something... Otherwise this is just another case of survivor bias.

This is all just pointless. At least here it's for a good cause, but I always am amazed by what kind of conclusions people derive from the well established: Causation implies correlation... Erm, NOT.
The part of the trail that's in Washington state is in pretty good shape. Next summer, the crucial missing link will be restored when the Beverly bridge across the Columbia is repaired. Amazingly, this project has an approved budget and a plan that that is (so far) being executed on schedule.

The western part of the trail (from the North Bend to the Columbia, across the Cascade mountains) is in very good shape. The most scenic and pleasant part of the trail from North Bend to Thorp is amazing. It includes the 2.1 mile Snoqualmie Tunnel, which is exciting the first time you try it. The section through the Yakima River Canyon is my favorite.

The eastern part (from the Columbia to Idaho) is pretty rough and a few small pieces are missing, but a road detour for a mile or two is probably a welcome change from the endless trail.

A few years ago, some state representatives conspired to give away the eastern half of the trail to private land owners, but their own incompetence doomed this attempted theft of public land. The law, as written and passed, specified a section of the trail that had a length of 0. But it attracted enough attention and outrage, and as a result, there is now more of a budget for maintaining the trail.
Webasm is something you compile to, not write in. It can be run in a web browser at near native speeds. I don't understand the rest of your question or what your question marks allude to.
I wouldn't trust them - maybe use youtube-dl instead to download a local copy: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl
It wouldn't have to become illegal, they would just have to penalize you for not knowing anything about you. Most people wouldn't be able to afford the privacy
That is often not a mistake. It is typically deliberate. On one extreme there are sociopaths that look for any opening to abuse. This is sinister, but tends to be more rare. The other extreme comprises stupid people who view any criticism as a personal assault, the Dunning-Kruger people. The Dunning-Kruger people tend to assume they are super awesome because people aren't willing to invest the energy to mention otherwise.

For those wonderful angels I am willing to lie to their face, because the nonsense that comes back is a stressful nonproductive time suck. Those are the people nobody wants to work with because they are a net negative and continue to exist merely as padding for future layoffs. The common uniting theme is underdeveloped self-awareness/empathy.

For everybody else kindness is a dose of honesty coupled with empathy and mutual reassurance regardless of excellent or poor performance. When it's sincere it is an investment in relationship building.
Not sure why you're downvoted. I'm in retail small business. Easy to get started on a turn-key platform, but due to different governance strategies they are more or less cooperative about their deficiencies.
They have been doing this over and over a lot about tech reporting. Borderline malicious reporting by omitting key details to paint whatever narrative they want.

Why? They see tech as a direct competitor and want as much smearing as they can.

So, it is not a isolated incident.
I think what is left unsaid is that there is no way the US government will not allow the 737-MAX to fly again.

My understanding is that the design is aerodynamically flawed. The MCAS system was an ugly hack and even the new solution is just an improved MCAS.

However the 737-MAX is Boeing’s answer to Airbus’ competitive threat in the biggest commercial airplane segment. Not approving the plane would leave this segment to Airbus and would cripple Boeing’s commercial airplane business as a whole.

The US considers this business strategic given past history of government incentives. Europe and other countries also consider this business strategic and likewise have provided massive government incentives.

This calculus alone almost forces the FAA to approve the plane for flying.

Furthermore, the 737-MAX not flying could bankrupt Boeing. All those hundreds of planes that they manufactured would be scrap. All the existing planes flown would become lawsuits.

But Boeing is a big defense contractor with a revolving door with the Defense Department. There is no way the US would let one of its biggest defense contractors go bankrupt. The gravy train for that military industrial complex would end.

That isn’t going to happen. Look at Biden’s nominees. They are part of the revolving door between the military and defense contractors.

If we could peer through closed doors I bet we would see the US government pressuring other governments to approve the 737-MAX for flight. They also need to give approval for the plane to fly to their countries.
A different usage model, but one that might actually be more suitable and do some of your work for you, hence be worth the higher cost:

https://www.tarsnap.com/

Not everyone is a fan, some are real fans, but you need to assess it for yourself. You may think the additional features are not worth the additional cost, but they might be.

I can offer no advice about the specific question you are asking, as having done the risk analysis and usage cases I do my own backups on 4TB disks that I handle myself.
I’m tired of hearing excuses. 20% of New Zealand export income[1] came from tourism, yet we closed the doors on February 1st, cancelling tourists while the season was still high.

If you want to get rid of the virus, you can, but you have to suck up the costs: shut down your borders and do whatever it takes. Close down internal travel: domestic flights were virtually shutdown in NZ; Ozzie’s had other overland travel restrictions between states etcetera. Stay at home: fuck the economy for a while, but then you all can relax.

NZ is about the same size and population as Oregon, so a single state could choose to do it, if they were willing to face up to the implications of the choice.

There is still time to do it now, to give yourselves enough time to vaccinate people that would be network nodes in the transmission graph, and health workers, and the at-risk population.

Or be honest like Sweden and decide that some deaths and chronic repercussions are acceptable costs (versus the alternative economic and human damage.)

But don’t give lame just-right excuses like “Australia is an island with a population almost half California.” Oz has a higher population than every other state except Texas, so....

[1] https://tia.org.nz/about-the-industry/quick-facts-and-figure...
My argument here is that product reviews become more like advertising once they start being edited or selected for marketing purposes. So e.g. Amazon's reviews do not appear to be advertising, which would make it misleading to bias them in some way. And the rules for what's acceptable in advertising might be different from what's acceptable in providing a neutral forum for customer reviews.
Hence the irony of the throwaway.
The British government is utterly incompetent. It’s tiresome to even list their many many major failures, but the app and PPE are two straightforward examples that could have been lifted from a political satire.
The solution to this conundrum is to aggressively encode explicit biases into the algorithm. The only requirement is that the explicit biases favor certain demographics that are politically deemed more equal than others.
What framework would you use to build a simple search and discovery in your app?
let's say I am building a forum product. what's the easiest and most convenient framework or tool for me to build search and discovery into it?

features that i am thinking about
1. typed search
2. similar/related posts
3. recommended posts based on your engagement
>> I can. I do give to charities.

I don't think that's what syshum is talking about. You said, "Send the tax man to my house and all my peers. We can afford it just fine".

There is no need for the tax man to come to your house. Go to https://fiscal.treasury.gov/public/gifts-to-government.html. There's a link there, you can even use PayPal if you want. Figure out what the additional amount is that you think you should be paying in tax, and make the payment. You can do it this very minute.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
I don't know if it's unique, but it is the first ECS I've used where the level of sugar matches my mental model of what's going on behind the scenes.

I've primarily used specs & Unity's ECS before this.
I played about the same amount. I had only one major bug where my character blacked out/was teleported.

I do notice that cars show up behind my back and sometimes disappear but never was I launched into the air or able to drive through other cars.
I visited my father in a nursing home for years when his mild cognitive impairment had turned into full-blown dementia.

There was always at least one patient screaming to be let out, to go home, or that they were suffering in some way. Screaming the same thing, every ten seconds. Hour after hour.

One shouted "Please!" "Please!" over and over again, in a piteous voice.

Those are the ones who still have some speech faculty left. While I know that many were either unaware of anything (like my father at the end), or lived in some pleasant accommodation, there were several who went through agony.
> In any case, nobody can assert with absolute certainty that the coronavirus cannot mutate into a more severe or more transmissible virus, especially in the face of a the long human history of being (literally) plagued by mutating viruses.

Well, the coronavirus won't mutate into Ebola, if that's what you're afraid of. And viri as deadly as Ebola aren't particularly successful as they tend to kill their host before spreading sufficiently (HIV is quite nefarious in that respect and I'd think close to worst case).

Humankind is in no danger of extinction from this virus or any other known. The old and infirm need to take precautions, as well as those tending to them. The rest of us have other things to worry about. Stop the fear mongering.
That reasoning is contradicted by IRC, online video games, offline video games and every internet forum, including this one.
The campaign is not targeted at users, it's targeted at congressional policymakers. The kind of people who read the paper edition of the NYT.

Facebook has no real competitors, the only genuine threat to their business is government regulation. I think most of their activity only makes sense in this context.
Investing to eInk/EPaper Stocks
Or maybe just five minutes:

> If you just want the results: one person (Case B) infected two other people (case A and C) from a distance away of 6.5 meters (~21 feet) and 4.8m (~15 feet). Case B and case A overlapped for just five minutes at quite a distance away. These people were well beyond the current 6 feet / 2 meter guidelines of CDC and much further than the current 3 feet / one meter distance advocated by the WHO. And they still transmitted the virus.

https://zeynep.substack.com/p/small-data-big-implications
Averaging one click on a search ad per day per user is much higher than I would guess.
The sound of a plucked guitar string probably ought to be expressed with chiplets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirplet_transform

You could also use a physics-based model. That has lots of math, including calculus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_vibration

I'm not sure what it takes to appreciate good company, but graph theory and statistics seem likely. You'd have to model the social network somehow. Facebook and Twitter would know more.
You said that you question utf-8. I do not. That's it.

It is not about imperialism, but computer science is not all about problems that could be expressed in english either. What I'm supposed to do if I need to write a program for manipulating cyrillic texts? Transcribe everything in latin? Be serious and imagine that though english is useful, it is not sufficient.
Always be weary of the people that argue that because the experts failed, we need to be more oppressive.
If some relevant mutation happens and we are forced to update the vaccines, which seems to not be so difficult for the new mRNA vaccines (pfizer and moderna ones), will it need to pass through all clinical tests again ?
Sorry, I should've been clear that it was opinion about what call rooms are for (since I could only guess, and, according to the article, they aren't like the lounges I've occasionally seen on TV).
Concretely, imagine you have a bank, and you decide you don’t want to give loans to black people.

You employ a machine learning algorithm, feed it some data that shows black people in poverty have high risk of default on loans and avoid giving it data that shows otherwise. Train your neural network hard.

Now when people ask about why you won’t don’t give out many loans to blacks, throw your hands up and say “I would but our advanced machine learning algorithms say these people are high risk, we’re not racist we’re just following the results.”
They aren’t everywhere in the Bay Area by a long shot. They aren’t even everywhere in SF...
I’m using Bitcoin for many years now, and while it has its own problems (like sometimes waiting for an hour so that I can do a hotel reservation), I’m quite happy with it so far
That seems odd, because I saw a marketing video where they showed the band Refused working with an English language coach whose job it was to a) go over the lyrics and b) the singer's pronunciation/enunciation to make that in-game band that Refused is playing seem more of an authentically American band instead of a bunch of Swedish dudes.
A ‘random study’ from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Not swayed by studies. Sheesh. If the best you can do is “Laaa, Laaa, I’m not listening”, I’m done.
>Supermarkets continue to be rammed, but staff aren't required to wear masks.

I don't think this has been the case since September. Admittedly too late, IMO, but I think it has been the law since then.
To be fair even google and early investors in google including myself ( 2005 post IPO ) didn't understand how lucrative and important being a dominant search play would be.
Is this any better than Connected Papers?
https://www.connectedpapers.com/