skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I can't tell you any other mp3 player commercial from that era. They were all kind of relegated to bestbuy fliers. The iPod was advertising with the colored background and the white headphones. It was good clear advertising and it was playing during the superbowl.

There's always been better mp3 players but normies don't know about them.
Knocking at door

Woman, alone, at door: Who’s there?

Voice, behind door: Candygram…
The phrasing around "no vehicle data is stored or retained" implies that they're doing vehicle plate->VIN lookups in their database of cars manufactured and perhaps warranties issued, which as the manufacturer of said car they might well be correct to say that no PII is required. There's a missing piece of anti-targeting marketing legislation here, that GDPR won't cover under PII, even if it is eventually found that their plate lookup is a PII violation:

Can the manufacturer of an object use their privately-held data about the object to target marketing to the bearer/operator/etc. of that object?

Probably, yes, at least until a law is passed or a ruling is issued that states otherwise. The best short-term route of attack here would be on the plate->VIN conversion database, assuming that's what they're using anyways. But long-term, they'll figure out how to use a telephoto lens or LIDAR or paint-embedded QR codes to get VIN numbers somehow, so best to tackle the bigger problem too.
"Businesses will face extra paperwork and costs when trading with the UK’s biggest export market. Freedom of movement for most UK nationals will end, with restrictions imposed on stays in EU member states. As a “third country” to the EU, coronavirus travel restrictions could be imposed on UK nationals as of 1 January."
I'm probably being dense but what do you mean by "the same way it was when it was tossed 51% of the time"?
Short answer, yes.
The creation of this ad hoc network is seamless, invisible to the user, and doesn’t require _external_ network hardware.
The UK economy is mostly services based, so tariff free trade in goods, while obviously useful, is not that impactful for us
These videos may be out of context. Some fish behave perfectly nice while eating, but are obnoxious most other times. The person recording this may have never seen the fish before, but an octopus has incredible memory and may have a hate on for something it did before. They certainly remember humans.
I disagree. The questions are worded in a way that leads the reader to think the second question is about the first question's second clause. The issue here is people not reading carefully - if the blog is reporting the poll correctly.

There is no reference to the actual poll, so it's not clear what the actual structure of the poll is.
Cycling City: Houten (2018)
If you're paying off every month, why does APR matter?

Agree with finding good rewards and I'd substitute low APR for low/no annual fee.
To digress a bit, I hate this way of thinking.

You're emphasizing boosterism over honesty. If "we" "want" something to be more popular, we should encourage shallow engagement with it, not correct poeples' bad habits, and just shout, "yay! More people in my thing!"

Bullshit boosterism chases me off, and I know it chases others off, too. It tells me you have an agenda that treats me instrumentally, which is an excellent way to make me just ignore you.
I think it didn't.

After I played multiple games and I had the impression, I just want a regular FPS, with mouse and keyboard and a VR headset as display.

Regular VR games are too tyring with all the standing, ducking, holding and aiming weapons.
I remember writing a print spooler for the Apple II. It only worked with RS-2332 because the Centronics interface didn't support interupts.

I don't think parallel ports connected directly to the bus, there was always an interface chip like the Intel 8255.
He did not say "please fix". He also explained the exact issue that he encountered on the exact hardware that he used. Simply saying "patches welcome" would not clarify whether you are interested to help this person to figure out what the issue is.
> Vision really disappointed in the penultimate. I think his character was hyped up a lot in Age of Ultron. Became disappointing seeing him go so easily.

To be fair most overpowered characters where nerfed in Endgame. eg. Fat Thor, Dr. Strange aside of the battle containing a flood, Captain Marvel arriving last minute and being knocked out immediately, Hulk as Prof. Hulk. The stakes can't be that high if all superheroes are at their full performance.
I don't think you can typically lease a different car every month. I kinda wish you could. I would definitely pay to try a car for a full month before buying it.
Mad Max. It’s raw. It’s real. It’s insane. It tells a suspenseful story without much dialogue.
I have the series 6 and also wish the battery life was just a little bit longer. It feels like I have very little wiggle room, and have to charge it once a day around the same time or it’ll die. I’m writing this from an iPhone 12 Pro Max that hasn’t been on a charger since yesterday morning when I got out of bed.
AI-powered bionic hand promises lifelike dexterity
https://archive.vn/sDpDE
It's impossible to have software as massive as Windows with 30+ years of backward compatibility that is not extremely complex.
I said it somewhat tongue in cheek because I have been working with printing technologies for my whole career.
Four years ago the various members of the UK parliament voted on wether or not to stick their genitalia into an electric switch.
After 4 years of debate between the half that wanted it and the half that did not they have come to the conclusion that they should just pretend to do so in order to make the various people they represent believe that their best course of action is to once again bear the blunt of the pain for a stupid decision some politicians made.

Soon many UK citizans will be quite shocked to find out that this might not have been the best idea for them and it won't really effect those who ask them to go through with it to begin with.
Ah yes, the journalistic heavyweight that is the AIER which " portray the risks of climate change as minor and manageable" and argued for a herd immunity strategy to Covid-19. Seriously.
Stories that were meant to be warnings double as instruction manuals.
Tiddlywiki has been my digital brain for 5 years! It’s infinitely hackable and I haven’t found a better system.
It’s still makes for boring basketball with all the stops and starts.
How much did you automate before you quit? Because everything, on almost every level of abstraction, is automatable. That, to me, is a lot of the appeal. If you manually mine more than the first few minutes in the game, you are doing something wrong. It's like Minecraft but with many many more levels in the tech tree, and it is automated.
Any time! Keep writing!
I have used SimplyPiano for about 1 year now and I'm really happy with it. I did learn of lot of piano theory and I can easily read sheet music and learn/play simple songs (left hand chords + right hand melody) in a few minutes.

> Does the app correct your position (important if you don't want to get fatigue and cramps), your volume, fingerings, etc?

Yes, the app does constantly reminding you to have the correct position, shows fingering but does indeed not test for volume. It's obviously not as good as having a teacher constantly watching you.

I have also recently started some lessons with a piano teacher for more in-depth music theory and checking my current progress, she didn't have too much stuff to correct, so the app wasn't that bad and the stuff that I learnt was actually correct and usable. One thing that the teacher was a lot better at than the app was explaining how more complex musical concepts are linked together and how focusing more on the basics is more important that learning specific things/progressions.

> connect it to an el cheapo midi keyboard

I use the Yamaha NP 12 (it costs around $200), it sounds amazing but it does have only 61 keys and it's semi-weighted. I still think it's good enough for learning how to play.

One thing that you might be missing is the fact that most of the people wanting to learn the piano don't plan on becoming a professional, they just want to be able to learn and play a few songs or improvise a bit. In order to do this usually "good enough" is good enough, you don't need the best equipment or the perfect technique. It's also important, as you mentioned, to know what to expect and what you are missing out on by using the learning methods you do.
Actually, I thought this was the clever part. If you pay attention, they created a lot of other problems as a side effect.

It wraps up all the existing plots, and introduces new ones. There's a lot of hints on what went wrong with time travel, and if you read up on Marvel lore, there are plenty of villains who are able to maneuver time travel better than the heroes.
Sorry, but this is both misinformed, and rudimentary "my first car forum" or "import vs domestic in the 1990s" level analysis of vehicle dynamics. To not even attempt to call out a car model or even a brand or generation, and just hand-wave "baseline luxury German cars", and not attempt to specify what type of cornering you're discussing here.

The biggest problem a Tesla would have vs a competitive ICE sport sedan would be mass, which can hurt all vehicle dynamics; likely on the order of 300-400lbs or so (Model 3 LR: ~4k lbs, 330i ~3600lbs, Model S P75 ~4500lbs, 530i ~4000lbs). Of course it's worth noting that none of these vehicles are featherweights, and the extremely low center of gravity of skateboard battery pack vehicles helps them roll vastly less than one would expect, which helps a lot in transitions and steady state cornering.

Regardless, both the Model S and the Model 3 are extremely well-balanced and the 3 is surprisingly nimble and adjustable. The 3 has a ton of grip, turns in sharply and gets out of corners FAST. I haven't driven a Model X so I can't say.

Source: I instruct, I drive on the track, I own 2 BMWs and 1 Tesla, I've driven numerous BMWs and Teslas including the original roadster on the street and on closed courses. And I've been on car forums for decades and seen endless comments like this.
It was in late 2017, and done in 2019.
It does feel really good to go on a jog without bringing my phone. That’s my favorite part of my Apple Watch, upgrading from the series 0 to the Series 6 cellular. I barely wore my series 0 and got bored of it, but the 6 feels indispensable.
I hope the cancellation was a marketing gimmick. I love it so much!
Pretty sure it’s because the heads is heavier.
Neurology patients faced with rising out-of-pocket costs for tests, office visit
#84 is especially good advice. Bandwagon criticism and demonisation is very common in the workplace and pretty much every group environment I've been in, although to varying degrees. Definitely a deep-seated psychology/biological phenomenon at work.
Worth mentioning for anyone who happens not to know about it that there's a massive repository of out-of-copyright (either by time or decision of the composer) music scores and recordings for all instruments by a huge number of composers. Using the 'genre' section is useful for finding music of an appropriate level for performers.

https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Composers
https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:View_Genres

Download is free but delayed by 15 seconds unless you pay a small yearly fee.
Persi is always worth reading although I have only read his papers.
yeah no one buys an amg because it's a sensible vehicle. these are the folks who sell a 600 hp station wagon.
This gives a glimpse into their bright leadership who think that their drivers are some kind of minions who will be compelled by shame. This is pure class, BMW!
UK and EU agree post-Brexit trade deal
When you flip a coin, it is either heads side up or tails side up as it rests on your thumb. This initial position may slightly affect how it ultimately lands.
Vision, Black Widow, and Iron Man. That's a pretty major trio of deaths. Plus half the population still has the trauma of five years post-snap, and the other half finds themselves suddenly in a different world.
It doesn't seem like its completely over yet? Both the EU and the UK seems to need review interally before it passes. I think Brexit is still technically on the table?
We, indeed, brushed too many different topics.

The present thread was about the Gates Foundation (and similar institutions primarily targeting whole populations, that is to say adults and, through them, their children), and I answered 'give them what they want', meaning in this context 'when caring for adult people, give them what they explicitly ask for (not what you prefer)' and also (as such a Foundation has to aim for the greater good): 'if and only if you objectively think this will be good for them and not bad for others'.

Youngsters aren't mature, therefore we cannot merely give them what they want. We have to educate them, which is maintaining them in an adequate context while guiding them towards finding what they want and will be good for them and not bad for others. In my opinion our contemporary society very rarely offers such an adequate context. Hoarding kids in overpopulated classrooms where they sit for hours with adults having few (if any) personal interconnection with them is apparently the most efficient way... and (IMHO) a recipe for disaster (diabetes and obesity getting out of control being part of it).

I didn't wrote that my approach is simple and explicitly stated, above, ((that)) 'It is, however, more difficult' than the usual 'select a cure for the symptom and impose it'.
I've deleted my save on it two times now. Each subsequent play through was about 100 hours and I discovered new stuff each time. Truly one of the greatest games ever made.
I'm trying hard here to give the benefit of the doubt. Help me understand: how is the AMA a union? Especially the sort of union people are suggesting for amazon. Specifically:

* do they negotiate standard wages, hours and work conditions?

* do they organise strikes and other action when they don't get what their members want?

* do they also represent unskilled workers, say hospital cleaners (as was being suggested for the amazon Union)?

Help me out here. Am I missing something? I'm no expert so I'm happy to be corrected...
Graphene? Are there consumer products based on any of the hype on graphene? Honest question.
It's fine to object to the increasing size, but the comment claimed that a BMW designer said that the big grilles are because Chinese customers want the driver in front "to feel intimidated, as if the car and driver behind wanted to eat them".

Without a source, this comes across as racist. So far I haven't been able to find such a source. The closest I've found is a quote from the lead designer saying that in Europe people want to blend in, but in the rest of the world they want to stand out, and the design follows that. The China connection seems to be extrapolation by journalists and bloggers (because cars with big grilles are popular in China), and the bit about intimidation seems to be fabricated entirely.
Through an altruistic lens this seems like a good idea. But realistically economy driven by quarterly reports I see this devolving into a dystopian tail really quickly.

I don't think Land Rover can get it done. However Apple and/or Tesla might have the fandom to pull something like this off.
Comic Shanns (the base of this font) released an update ~12h ago that include a whole bunch of diacritics. If you like Comic Mono, you may wish to run the converter script using the new CShanns release.
Oh definitely. I picked up Rails without doing a single line of Ruby beforehand, and I think that's true for many of the Rails devs I know. Knowing Python is a plus, much of the language is gonna make basic sense.

For me, the big hurdles early were Blocks, which seem strange at first but make sense, and some of the metaprogramming stuff which you can definitely ignore to start and be just fine.
Bloodstained. A remake of Castlevania. It's better than the originals.
So in what state does this leave the Northern Irish border? If EU freedom of movement no longer applies, does this mean there will be a hard border between Ireland and Nothern Ireland after all?
If all that she says is true, then she should obviously file suit and force google to compensate her for this alleged injustice.

I guarantee you that Google has a very large file on her with very detailed evidence of why she was fired and if they tweeted all of it, we might have a different view of this story.
Photo of the ISS passing between Jupiter and Saturn was shot on film
His father Johann Ambrosius Bach; his older brother Johann Christoph Bach; his uncle Johann Christoph Bach (yes, same name); Georg Böhm is likely but there's no direct evidence; he studied at the Michaelisschule for several years; and was a court musician of Johann Ernst where he likely received further training.
The iPhone. Unbelievable hype when it launched and it delivered beyond what was expected in 2007.
To Universities: “Stop Hoarding Knowledge” by Univ. Professor
In that case, I would like to see what the AI can learn in Euro Truck Simulator 2.
Huh, I literally just purchased this from www.gog.com

I am looking forward to its complexity :)
Fewer people willing to do a highly unskilled job? Yeah that’s not going to happen.
It's a bit ironic to cite the Oklahoma City bombing, as it was motivated by retaliation for the Ruby Ridge and Waco incidents, two examples of federal law enforcement "shenanigans" that resulted in a lot of dead civilians. Maybe those sorts of sting operations do more harm than good?
This made me think back to HDD days. As much as they sucked I kind of miss the HDD grunt - I could hear when stuff was using my disk, it was kind of reassuring that the PC was working. Sort of like that floppy drive boot check sound. That HDD seek rumble and CD spin when you were installing games. Objectively these things are a negative but I kind of miss it. This also made me realize where car fans complaining about the electric car feel are coming from :)
All octupi are bastards!
Brexit happened months ago.
So if someone wants to play table-tennis I should constantly remind them of the how they should get a $100 custom bat before they can do anything, use the correct technique by using their body and legs and sweating a lot instead of just letting them have fun? I am always happy when someone joins the club, even if they are good or not, it's their decision how much time, money and effort they want to invest in correcting their technique and improving their skill.
Are you saying the the linked Archive.org pages on the site are fake?

https://i.imgur.com/x4jfg5f.jpg

https://web.archive.org/web/20201105013101/https://www.who.i...

https://web.archive.org/web/20201124094747/https://www.who.i...
You don't want to die from something as stupid as aging. Fair enough. Neither do I.

Lots of people advocate trying to make peace, or ignore the train running down to where you're tied on the tracks. Might have been the best move anytime before a few centuries ago. Now, though? We might have medicine good enough to halt aging within the next few generations. You might be too late to save yourself, but you might be able to save your kids. So donate money to anti-aging organisations, or change your job- use your resources in the most efficient way you can figure out to help on the task of solving the problem. Long term, that's the only solution. Even if it's too late to get yourself to 'longevity escape velocity', being one of the million cuts that beats back death seems worthwhile.
The making of the worst Christmas special of all time
These are not the only alternatives. E.g.:

- introduce a non-zero number type, define division as Number/NonZeroNumber -> Number, and provide a simple, non-verbose way to convert a Number into NonZeroNumber (with default value in case of zero, and/or direct assignment after a non-zero-check)

- optionally introduce an unsafe division operator that takes two Numbers and returns Option[Number]
According to his linked in (first result of googling his name), he got a job at a startup a few weeks after he finished arbitration with Google. So it worked fine for him. He didn't move city or change industry or job. Just went back to work using his skills elsewhere...
Idk, I was in a new bmw recently and thought it was cool. Driver assist to stay in lanes. Full touch dash across the entire dashboard. Verbal assistant worked well and was able to adjust settings intuitively.

I'm still too poor to buy one new, but it didn't seem completely without innovation.
Fiber internet. Aww inspiring speeds that never waver. It's a giant leap above cable and dsl in my experience.
nit: It was Upton Sinclair, in fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair
I guess it's the "government intends to" given how close to the end of the year is

Of course everything regarding the EU exist is a total mess, now, with just 7 days, 9 hours left - including Christmas Day and Boxing Day - so just 2 working days left - we've been told that there is a new trade deal with the EU, which may or may not be passed into law this year on both the EU and the UK side.

I believe that the appropiate laws and instruments are already in place to roll over GDPR into next year
Use of AI to create future Superstars of Soccer
3300-Year-Old Baboon Skull May Tell of Mysterious Ancient Kingdom
What's the best way to persist state with TiddlyWiki? I really would like to save without any browser extensions.
Possibly a silly question, but does the Apple Watch work with Android? Or at least with a Mac?
Why China Turned Against Jack Ma
The border checks will happen between Northern Ireland and Great Britain instead of between Ireland and Northern Ireland. In return for this concession, Northern Ireland will continue following some EU rules.
Struckdown: An experimental markdown processing system in Rust
The same people that would complain about "death panels" in a public health care system seem awfully eager to toss people in their 20s and 30s into the pit.
A couple games and/or systems:
Super Nintendo, Super Mario 3, Starcraft 2, street fighter 2, Warcraft 3...
A good companion piece is Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory, which gave David Simon much of his inspiration for The Wire. Excellent film.
There's a place for BASIC and LOGO turtles and Python, and also for $35 32-key button-smashers.

And then it turns out that Python is actually quite a useful language, and that the keyboard-shaped thing is better than nothing.
Garlic Extract Turns Out to Be a Great Mouth Cleanser
Extra Coronavirus Precautions (including oxygen saturation) for Barber Shop
Plenty of other places to export stuff outside the EU, which makes compliance optional.
They could also not do the numberplate look up and achieve the same end result by posting a billboard that just says 'Don't buy a BMW'
> Also, Tokio would not have been possible without Aaron Turon's and Alex Crichton's early involvement.

This feels like a slap in the face for some reason.

Aaron Turon is an extremely talented individual (their PhD thesis was a landmark contributionn). They are super kind and one of the nicest human beings I've ever met. They led the Rust Project until their involvement with Tokio caused them to drop off from Tech.

Alex Crichton is an extremely talented, kind, and hyperproductive individual, who after their involvement with Tokio dropped all async/await work and luckily "refocused" on WebAssembly.

If one is going to recap the road towards Tokio 1.0 and mention all the people that have left the Rust async ecosystem or Rust all together, you might as well spell things out.
Silicon Valley's hunger problems grow during a time of record profits
This should be at the top.

Until that iPhone unveil, no-one had ever seen swipe-to-scroll, now its second nature to at least half the planet.

Video of the 2007 unveil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN4U5FqrOdQ