skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Voters are typically quite conservative when being asked whether to change something in a referendum. To win majority support for a substantial change is a very big ask.

I think it's right for them to be naturally conservative and, following on from that, it is then quite sufficient for the threshold to be 50%, as that demonstrates a very significant desire for change across the population.
> If you can't trust your partner why marry them in the first place?

People often marry under family and peer pressure. In such cases, trust becomes secondary. And many people realize it late that marriage is first and foremost a legal contract. Everything else comes after that.
It's something different from stealing.

Both "hacking" and stealing are illegal in most countries, but they're still completely different actions: one is taking a physical object from someone, the other is sending and receiving electrical pulses trough a wire.

You wouldn't call stealing and killing by the same word, either, even though both are illegal.
I think client apps can help a lot in all of these cases. Like newpipe for YouTube or infinity for reddit. They clear out tracking as much as possible and let you browse without logging in.

But the website of all these site feels useless and slow to me. Recommendations were good on yt, but I think they stopped it during the election. So, I defaulted to newpipe and freetube.
I’m interested. Would love to connect. Email in profile.
Elephant decline revealed by shipwreck cargo
Before I spent a few hours of my life getting a basic grip of statistics, I fully expected to one day in the near future being wiped out (along with the rest of humanity) by a newly awakened artificial consciousness that came to the correct conclusion, that humans are the biggest threat to all other life on earth, including its own.

Then I learned about Bayesian statistics and watched a talk by a senior LLNL statistician who is actually marketing 'AI' products/services as a side gig.

When I realized what 'deep learning' actually is I was disappointed, unsure if I had mistakenly oversimplified the subject matter - until said senior statistician spelled out loud what I was thinking, in her talk: the 'understanding' a machine can currently attain of its input is quite like the understanding a pocket calculator can achieve of maths.

Guess humanity is off the hook for now. Phew.

I have doubts whether 'strong AI' is even technologically possible, since even accurately simulating a human mind, this simulation would be necessarily constrained to run orders of magnitude slower than the reality it is designed to model.

'Training' it with data so to allow it the opportunity to reason and thereby synthesize a conclusion not already contained in the data fed to it might take longer than a researcher would be able to in a life time.

When was the last time a generation-spanning endeavour worked out as planned for (the West)?

I wish people would stop calling what currently passes for 'Machine Learning' as 'AI'. Literally the same level of 'intelligence' we already had in the 80s, AFAIR we called it 'Fuzzy Logic' then.

Secretly an admission, that Hollywood basically licensed the narrative of imminent runaway artificial consciousness back to science would make me give it one final Chance to prove its aptitude at high-level human reasoning and get square with reality.

I'm not holding my breath.
No, it's a "feature" not a "bug". The design was entirely intentional.

How are American's votes equally weighted if 4 states (really 4 metro areas) get to decide who the president is every election?
In practice it's mostly robot voices reading off things like how much credit people have left on their accounts or the state of the voltage charge of some battery. Same for the pager texts. But yeah, occasionally you get a handful of seconds of an actual human's conversation being downlinked from the satellites passing by.
Desire for higher margins.

That's really the whole story.

Otherwise, the difference would have went into training, automation, expanding the business, etc...

Some companies did it that way. Tektronix, under it's original founder trained everyone, funded startups, and generally expanded both the talent pool and number of companies operating in the region. Made a nice profit, but not the peak possible profit.

There are many other examples.

See big names in the midwest were headed down similar roads.
When I interviewed as a newgrad using triplebyte I got a candid response from them as to why they couldn't place me within a week. They told me that I did well in the interview but unfortunately I didn't have the required experience that the companies needed. I'm pretty appreciative that they were candid in their response.
That's because you're ignoring that it's the united states. Not one massive state. And again, that's intentional.
Just use ublock origin(firefox). If on apple then safari should be good too.
Misleading garbage narrative from 2016. The last elections were a landslide for a reason: the voters wanted Brexit. You can disagree all you like, but they want it.
One of those countries, Scotland, had the opportunity to leave the UK two years prior. They chose not to (a result I personally was disappointed by). But having chosen to stay, that also meant they had chosen to be bound by national decisions, at the level of things like continued membership of the EU.
> The failure isn't on their end.

So Apple et al. are able to successfully monetize massive public investment in technology, book all their profit in tax havens using outlandish schemes like "Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich", and we're supposed to pretend like that's a totally normal thing?

The thing with free-riding is it doesn't work if everyone does it. That's what we're starting to see.
You can look into invidious BTW
Are you proposing that the courts should allow unconstitutional laws to stand if they reflect the will of the people?
India has a misogynistic society, dowry is still a major problem. Every year thousands of women are burned, killed and abated to suicide because of dowry. In parts of Northern India, gender ratio is atrociously skewed because of female infanticide.

Unfortunately to compensate against, the laws became extremely pro-women which were abused in many cases. Compounded on it the fact that majority marriages in India are arranged by caste, financial status of the families.
TripeByte emails have been going straight to /dev/null for years now. I kept getting stupid referral notices, even from friends that claim they never invited me.
It will happen in other counties first before the USA because most people rely on full employment for their health insurance.

The scenario is already playing out in other countries.
PixelCraft: A Pixel Art Editor
I dislike how the font has no italic and renders using an ugly faux italic (the browser makes it oblique with too much slant, and it ends up too far to the right). And the FontForge-bolded version is not significantly bolder than before, which is understandable because Comic Sans is already heavy.

The original Comic Sans comes with regular, bold, and in Windows 8.1 and above, italic and bold italic as well.
Many people nowadays use client apps and invidious for YouTube.
Wage theft is finally starting to be legislated as a felony in the US: https://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2019/08/states-get...

Its crazy that it has taken this long to hold thiefs accountable. Even then, most state departments of labor are extremely weak on enforcing wage theft laws.
Turns out the email wasn’t sent from the internal domain, but from gocladdy.com. There was some poor kerning in the screenshots.
Sounds good.

In my view, there is scope for innovation here by making it easier over how most software applications do this.

Here's an example of a very different workflow:

https://www.descript.com/video-editing
The browse would be good if it wasn't location based
It basically boils down to the fact that machmeters hadn't been invented yet, because the physics of supersonic flight wasn't sufficiently understood back then.

Shock waves develop inside the pitot tube under certain conditions, and that causes a spike (or sometimes a drop) in pressure which is interpreted by the instrument as a corresponding rise or drop in airspeed.

Edit: as for the 262 claim itself it was pretty handily debunked in a post-war NACA technical note. If you dig around on the NTRS you can find it.
Is the 3D mapping that the app gives you available in the python libs?

Eg. can you put the lights into a tree, get the coordinates with the app, and then continue hacking around with those libraries?
Driving Through Minneapolis at Night (4K HD)
Minneapolis is a city full of underrated architecture and bridges with the Mississippi River gorge. At night the city comes alive with lights, restaurants and bars on a number of marquee streets such as Washington Avenue and First Avenue.
Both parliaments have been abused by their executives in this process. The UK parliament and the EU parliament.
Even though their early work sounded like everyone else at the time, it was brilliant. It wasn't just hype.
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23279837 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23303037
> How was the UK gov blocked from running trains?

The UK applied the state aid rules in a rigorous way, while other countries, uh, didn't.

> From what I read some lines actually did get nationalized again after how poorly Virgin & co run some of the lines.

That did happen (though I don't think it was Virgin, who were one of the better operators IME - they had sharp elbows in their dealings with the government, but they needed them), but the rules allowed that strictly on a temporary emergency basis (even though they ended up running a significantly better service than most operators).
Great article. I like this metaphor and way of thinking
> IA will also remain quite essential, because for the foreseeable future, computers will not be able to match humans in their ability to reason abstractly about real-world situations.

I broadly agree with what this article says, but depending how you define "foreseeable future" I find this to be a dangerously naive viewpoint that just assumes nothing will change quickly.

I'm not stupid enough to say abstract reasoning about the real world is a simple problem or right around the corner, but there's no evidence so far to indicate it's much further off than, say, object recognition was when Minsky (or more likely Papert, apparently?) assigned it as an undergrad project. We pour exponentially more money into research each year, and have more and better hardware to run it on. We're going to hit the ceiling soon re: power consumption, sure, but some libraries are starting to take spiking hardware seriously which will open things up a few orders of magnitude. There are dozens of proposed neural architectures which could do the trick theoretically, they're just way too small right now (similar to how useless backprop was when it was invented).

Are we a Manhattan Project or three away from it? Sure. That's not nothing, but we're also pouring so much money into the boring and immediately commercializable parts of the field (all the narrow perception-level and GAN can that NeurIPS is gunked up with) that if any meaningful part of that shifted to the bigger problems, we'd see much faster progress. That will happen in a massive way once someone does for reasoning what transformers did for text prediction: just show that it's tractable.
This is a classic argument for doing nothing, which is a stance promoting existing systems of inequality. Ask government to solve it, they propose paying for services that help lessen inequality with tax strategies that target those most able to - large corporations and the wealthiest - then people get upset that government is too big, sucking dry the wealthiest, and they start moving to Texas lol. So what’s the game plan?
I understand that, my question is moreso how one would make such a 20 hour work week possible economically? It seems like on an individual scale that companies are more profitable with workers working only 20 hour weeks. I honestly think most companies are not actually efficient (see Bullshit Jobs by David Graber) but merely think that they are. Otherwise, there would not be such low hanging fruit as this still present.
Threads/25K-Brazil-HQ-Combolist-Domain-Private-Good-for-All-Sites-Hits
I play it in Japanese, I thought it was always just a high-pitched, sped up version of the sounds the language is composed of.
I don't think that map let's you filter out renters
I think you have your facts wrong. There was really only one incident that reached Western news media and four men were executed for the incident (the fifth killed himself). The police identified and captured suspects almost immediately after the incident and it went to the courts right after. So I’m not sure where the claim that they weren’t prosecuted is coming from. You can view the timeline of the incident at https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/19/asia/india-rape-execution...
> Australia’s a perfect trading partner in a lot of ways but it’s just too far away in a world that cares about reducing carbon footprints.

On one hand, yeah. But on the other hand, an article floating around in the last few weeks pointed out that modern container shipping is really cost effective these days.

Apparently container ships have also been looking at modern/environment friendly approaches for a while now too (including big wind kites(?) I think). So, that's somewhat likely to further improve over time as well.
That’s not necessarily true. AMZN has had historically low razor thin net profit margins. I don’t think it has ever been more than 5%.

Everything that is reinvested from the gross margins goes back into the economy for growth and jobs.

But with automation, it will not go up in the beginning but will eventually grow only when automation gains outstrips hiring costs.

I suspect Amazon has the capability to bring in more automation and cut existing jobs for increasing margins. They are just keeping the jobs on for now. There is no need for them to keep hiring like they do. A lot..not all..can be amenable to automation.

That’s just one example. I am sure it’s true for Uber and Airbnb and the like.
In this scenario, meetings would not exist and would be asynchronous. You could still learn through the job, perhaps ever faster, since you're forced to compress work into 4 hours.
Some months ago Triplebyte was planning to make every candidate’s profile public unless the candidate took action to opt out. After outcry on HN, they reversed the decision (made it opt-in) and Ammon emailed out an apology.

I really don’t know the details of Triplebyte’s growth strategy—I never worked with that team.
The British electoral system is fundamentally broken in its first past the post system. It disenfranchises millions of voters in safe seats throughout the country. My seat is super safe, hasn’t changed hands since 1974, possibly longer. Still, the 25% of voters who didn’t support the winner won’t have their voices heard, and in other marginal electorates it’s just under half of the voters underrepresented.

The solution for the UK (and US) would be to adopt a proportional representation voting system. Not the single transferable vote of Australia like what was proposed years ago.

I’m talking about Mixed Member Proportional representation (MMP), used in NZ and other countries. You have two votes, one for your local MP and one for a party. They don’t need to be for the same political group. Parliament is then made up of a combination of electorate MPs and party vote MPs (roughly two thirds electorate one third party).

So even if you are in a safe seat, at least one of your two votes still counts. It makes coalitions more likely, which means more viewpoints are considered. In NZ this has led to parties like the Greens having a bit of influence in govt, whereas under FPTP those green voters were completely disenfranchised.

More info https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/428085/election-2020-our...
For me, it's about safety.

I live in an area [0] prone to severe weather and especially violent tornadoes. The local Skywarn [1] repeater is probably the best source of immediate first-hand information when things get bad. There's usually at least a few storm chasers out following the storms, and reports from various places in the area help you get a real feel for how bad a particular storm is.

Moreover, the repeater is monitored by all of the local TV and radio stations as well as the city EMA (Emergency Management) and the local National Weather Service office. So you're basically getting first-hand information directly from the source. I always have my radio on during severe weather and keep one in my truck as well.

It's not difficult to get a license, either. A reasonably intelligent person can self-study for the technician exam in about a week and you can get a decent handheld for less than $100.

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

[1] https://www.weather.gov/SKYWARN
52% is a landslide?
Just another data point.

I've interviewed with TripleByte twice. Once very early on, and one a year or two back.

I haven't received a single spam email from them all this time.
Things can change again. In theory the UK could rejoin the EU. I wouldn't be surprised if that happens in a few decades after the demographics shift. Younger UK voters were generally in favor of remaining in the EU.
React Starter App
This is the core attitude of every Bitcoin maximalist, they’re so wrapped up in their own ethos that all criticism must come from the others in the Bitcoin camp (bch, Btsv, btwhatever).

They literally can’t imagine a world where actual crypto diehards sold their BTC in disgust years ago for huge profit to move into better, more decentralized projects with functional communities.
Lack of technology education.

People spend time, money, effort on things important to them.

Things can't be important if they're not on someone's radar.
> Software development technology is getting close.

That was the sentiment about wxWidgets and QT in 2006. Reality is, native platforms will always be a moving target.

QT in particular has come a long way and is used today for a lot of enterprise software, but it’s not the panacea that was once envisioned.
Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions (2019)
Atomic Habits by James Clear.

I received a copy as a gift and highly recommend it.
You need to be strong for your wife and child. This is only the beginning. Your wife will be physically and emotionally tired all the time. Your child will be screaming all the time. Your wife will take out her frustrations on you. This is normal. You need to develop patience and understanding. You need to be the calm one and the rational one. You are in for an eighteen year marathon or longer. Eat right. Get enough sleep. Try to think clearly and thoughtfully for your family.
Rent seeking behavior from a fallen empire that violently evicted the native people they called "Tarzans" from the very islands .io is supposed to serve? Tell me it ain't so!

History of British Indian Ocean Territories: http://citizen-ex.com/stories/io

Anyone building a brand atop a ccTLD with this kind of history is taking a huge risk.
Two thoughts here: first of all, the ROI on this marketing stunt is amazing. It's been covered in so many outlets, gotten positive PR, and just looks great for KFC. Can't have cost more than $100k to get the casemod built and the marketing executed. Excellent move coming from a fried chicken company.

Secondly: there is actually a really clever bit of engineering here. There's a grill on top (!). This is using the heat generated by the machine. So the cooling here is basically a heatpipe used to grill chicken. I've never seen heat being used in such a way in a console. I think it's really creative and shows good UX thinking (at least within the constraints).

I wonder if there are interesting ways the heat from a CPU or GPU could be used. Maybe to power fans? It reminds me of how scooters charge up their batteries by having the wheels spin. What other applications could there be?
And an even remotely-sophisticated attacker could do it with almost no chance of getting caught.

Anti-drone technology is advancing. Chengdu airport installed what looks like a fire-finder radar, usually used to track artillery shells. Avaelliant has a drone detection system for sale, and it's in use at a few airports. Both are phased array radars, with no moving parts and flat antenna panels. Avaelliant's unit looks like a big cell phone tower antenna.

[1] https://southerncrossdrones.com/aveillant-uas-detection-syst...
This is some expert level victim blaming.

A thought experiment: how good do you think working conditions were if the employees were willing to smash up the building so quickly?

> How are they going to establish a functioning workforce there once again?

Quite easily if you pay the prevailing wage on time.
I lost a fuel line in a place with no cell reception. It was pretty cool to sit back and wait for help after calling on my ham radio. Yeah, not as cool as satellites, but it can be a very useful hobby, even on a budget.

Also, from areas without cell service, sending a text message from a radio to a phone is pretty cool. Even the teenagers were impressed with "old man" technology.

No affiliation, but check out hamstudy.org
I feel like this is what many feel that EU membership has helped turned London into, and by leaving they feel that they are fighting it.
The general elections aren’t a fair representation of voting in Brexit again. Labour’s policy and leadership was always unclear on their Brexit position, and the party itself and especially its leadership was perceived (or unfairly portrayed, you pick) by many as too extremist left for many centrists to stomach voting for. The only fair vote on Brexit is a referendum, and we botched the parameters of that (52% yes means in a room of people the person opposite you disagreed with your decision, not a great place to start!)
I was lucky enough to participate in one of these "educational programs". When I was in 6th grade I was selected to learn HAM radio and ask a question to the astronauts aboard STS-93. The program was called "Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment" (SAREX). Long live SAREX!
It's never too late to start :) Thank you!
Depends on what profession in question but for programming I would rather do 5 hours per day for 4 days of the week. Three day weekends are healthier for me and I know from my mood being better when it occurs during the summer where I work.
Big Dijkstra Energy (CS pickup line webtoons)
Fake phishing is not some great methodology to better security, it's a tool to embarrass people and hope that that embarrassment leads to better security, like the Wall of Sheep. (Which, by the way, don't anyone ever implement that at work)

Know what doesn't build better security culture? Trying to trick your users. Know what does? Working with them closely to help them understand security, finding out when and how people get tricked, and working to solve those issues.

The anti-phishing efforts I've seen so far have been lame and ineffective. Rather than trying to find new ways to make people fail, security teams should be finding new ways to prevent people from falling victim.
I wish the IPv6 Christmas tree was back! http://ipv6tree.bitnet.be/