skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My biggest concern is that I still do not know what this app does. The feature page isn’t really convincing.

Is it better than iA Writer? If so, why?
Surprised to see Harry Potter discussion on HN. I thought it is a book series for Kids and Teens. Do Adults (30+ age) find it interesting too?
"Group Reps" is one of my favorite math books of all time. It is a fantastic read, and completely changed the way I think about representation theory. (In short, you can generalized the Fourier transform to functions in groups and take advantage of all the usual Fourier tricks and intuitions.)
Year of the Asterisk
do you have good pointers?
IMO, iOS/tvOS gaming has a bigger risk of stealing some of Nintendo's revenue stream, than it does hurting anything more intense.
Really appreciate this reply, it can be difficult at times to cut through the marketingspeak.
Blade Runner: 2049. Considering how highly regarded the original 1984 movie is it didn't seem possible for the sequel to nail it. Not only that but it managed to improve Blade Runner's (original) films story along the way.
The Weaknesses of Full Text Searching (2008) [pdf]
> My wish is that... Hopefully.. one day, someone will contact us with a project that allows us to build the first fantasy UI for a real-world SaaS product.

Your best bet is to build internal tools. Interfaces aimed at consumers have to be appealing to the broadest market possible, which severely restricts how creative you can be and how much you can expect your users to learn. By contrast, internal tools have an expert, captive audience. As an added bonus you have direct access to your users, which makes it a lot easier to get feedback and iterate.
The Klan and US neonazi movement are both considered white supremacists. Its an unspecific term but not really propaganda in this particular case.
another end of the world blah blah blah article. The truth is both are still doing extremely good and FB for sure will not end here. On top of this im extremely disappointed that Apple has the power to take these measures and regulate other companies within their Walled garden. What is US and World identities doing ? Why does it need to be another company with a Monopoly to regulate other ?
A counter argument to you approach: If I multiply two positive integers by one another is the result always greater than either integer? Turns out there is one exception to that rule. Does it serve a purpose? How do you know?
I moved from Houston, Texas to Dresden. You need a thick skin in the beginning, lot of culture shocks, and hard to find work as it's very buerocratic here. Only written recommendation letters and phd's, I never needed anywhere else.
I generally agree with what you are saying, but you missed my point about it interfering with living. If you're so afraid of death that you lock yourself in a room instead of doing the things you want, then what's the point of living. The OP says the fear he has is interfering with things he wants to do in life. What's the point of extending life if you don't get to live it?
A = Google

B = responsible

C = not responsible

D = again not responsible? or do you mean evil?

So, to reply to your argument:

When Google makes something not responsible, or, worse, evil, the numerous "responsible" people that have proven to be part of the staff in the past (see the examples) will make a fuss.

Shortly the misdeed would be made public, widely commented, the pressure would make the corporation take countermeasures to repair their image. That's what happened in these 2 examples, and this mechanism is still active.

I'm not saying that this will work every time. I'm just highlighting that at Google this mechanism is particularly strong (and so the hate towards Google less understandable).

Of course new laws would be even more convincing, if only for those corporations where the self-control is weaker.
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Not a downer at all; that's the real truth. The visual eye candy is needed because Excel just doesn't excite anybody but power users, and even then only if the spreadsheet model pertains to their expert domain. I have exactly the same feeling when I see terminal output flashing up on the big screens.
The Mandalorian Season 2 Last Episode: the best ending to a season finale ever! Totally lived up to the Hype!
Does Switching to Comic Sans Fix Writer’s Block?
It seems that all you have to offer here is abuse, not concrete suggestions.
> I really didn't enjoy the whole "goofy time travel" aspect, and re-visiting all the prior movies/events.

It is certainly more comic-booky than some of the other MCU movies and the acceptance of that will vary from person to person. It also isn't a completely unique concept. They basically stole it from Back To The Future 2 which was also a big hit.
BMW went on stage at WWDC this year to talk about Digital Key for the car. Their marketing page said it works on all 2021 models. The detailed list says Series 1, 2, 3, etc.. I thought this feature is really cool. I am going to buy this car for it. I talked to 2 dealers and confirmed the feature. I looked up all the info online but could not find any more details. I bought a 2021 m240i for $50,000 USD. I could have got a heavily discounted 2020 model off the lot. But no, I wanted to be _sure_ I got the digital key. I was really looking forward to using this feature. Guess what.. no digital key. Frantically go searching the marketing pages. I now find a compatibility table buried deep in their web site (this document didn't exist at time of purchase) where it has a #7 footnote on the series 2: must be 235i cars running iDrive 7.

Thanks BMW! Get your shit together! Anyway, this anecdote is just a taste of what is coming for the car industry. Carplay is only a small preview of the level of integration consumers are going to expect over the next 5-10 years. If they can't sort out a digital key across their lineup, they are kind of fucked.
There are two parts to the story: architecture and process. On architecture, AMD deserves praise. On process, not so much. They didn't "git gud," they gave up. Which clearly was the right move for them, don't get me wrong, but I think all this partying in the streets about the TSMC monoculture is... shortsighted.
Yes please, kill Facebook.
Half-assed tosses of a flat object can obviously be biased. We can predictably flip an object to the other side with a light toss, not to mention flip a pancake.

If you flip a coin through the air so that it rapidly rotates (say more than 15-20 times) before being caught, that seems like it would erase the bias.

If there isn't decent spin, then "all bets are off" (quite literally).

As a matter of procedure, there should be a rule: the coin tosser must place the coin onto index finger, which is coiled around the thumb, such that just the edge of the coin is struck from below by the thumbnail, when the thumb is flicked, sending the coin upward in rapid rotation. There should be additional rules that the coin should attain a height of at least one head height above the top of the tosser's head, or something of the sort.
There are other angles to understand privacy from and that is really the point of the paper.

Here's a simple and observable human trait: knowing you're being watched changes your behavior. How you behave in private is different to how you behave when you know someone might be watching.

Our access to privacy is normative of our patterns of thought and way of seeing the world. The lack of privacy might not seem important in individual cases but the cumulative effect is a weakening of our ability to think without boundaries.

Reducing the possible scope of discussion around this issue to one of political/economic control I think fails to see a whole set of other important aspects here. Of course power and control are important issues too - just not the only issues. Privacy has always been an aspect of human societies - loosing it has the potential to change more than just our political and economic lives.
I would argue that the station wagon is a great idea. A car like that allows enthusiasts to buy something that isn't completely impractical for most non-enthusiast things.
Show HN: Twitch controls Minecraft
Big military radars can track a cricket ball miles and miles away, so I assume yes, but they probably wouldn't say because it gives away their capabilities
Reminds me of Google Keep
I agree in that I wouldn't say it meets the standards of great writing. However, unlike the Sequel trilogy, it:

1) Thematically feels like Star Wars and ties into the established world, and

2) Meets the minimal standard for good writing/storytelling.

"I'll allow it."
in this instance, what measure did Apple exactly take?

give users the option of opting out?
Paging King Roland of Druidia...
Yeah, Eragon did get the "magic world" right in its fantasy series. But then it lost track of the story in its reams of pages ...
AFAIK bone loss occurs with age in both men and women, but accelerates for women after menopause. But did female dinosaurs have something like menopause?
Well. I was 10-12 when Harry Potter was released and it’s been 20 or so years...
Steve, just want to say thanks for your dedication - I find you’re always around when there’s a Rust thread on HN
2007 was thirteen years ago, Gordon. Have the Men in Black stolen time from you again?

Someone who was a teenager when it came out could easily be in their thirties now. So could someone who started in on the series when they were a kid, and kept up with it as they grew.
I knew a guy with poor decision making skills. We were in Tahoe. He was playing... blackjack? craps? He wasn't great at either but he got a high off small wins. After losing a couple grand (not tens), he started making noise about having spent his rent money. He was probably looking for some kind of empathy but I don't have it for foolish decisions. I told him the same thing I'd tell you, if we were friends or family: Don't gamble with money you can't afford to lose.

I've bought and sold some crypto. Nothing earth shattering. I've made a couple bucks and lost a couple. Same with cheap stocks. I get a thrill out of gambling too but I would never stake my livelihood on it. I wouldn't take a job where the base comp couldn't support my family, no matter how many options, and I won't risk my mortgages.
I wanted to say great replies - thoughtful and reasoned and polite. I read them all. Thanks HN folks.
This phenomena was covered by the excellent pop sci channel PBS Eons a while back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr0Ifw8TJVw
I was always wondering if a lot of bias is not just application of bayes theorem (appliedby human or by AI)
You hinted at it but didn't mention it explicitly: greedy. It simply costs more to have somewhat better security practices, and they don't want to pay unless they have to.
Edmund M. Clarke, recipient of 2007 Turing Award, passes away from Covid-19
Because the whole series depicts the UK as the center of the world, a continuation of the pre war Pax Brittanica.

Little, if any, mention is made of wizards/witches from other countries unless absolutely required, and none are portrayed as being equal to the one based in England. There is not even a mention of Ministries of Magic of other nations (China?) or in former colonies (US? India?).
The Science of Comic Sans
This isn't a metaphor for the essential problems of capitalism at all.
Came here to say this. I've been working from home for ~6 years now. My work laptop sits vertical in a stand, and is wholly connected to external devices. I switched back to a desktop machine for my personal machine. It sits in a tray that's mounted on the underside of my desk.
Got it, thanks!

If lots of people will ask for this, I will certainly implement it. I do understand what you need, and while it's not easy, it's definitely doable. Knowing my already huge todo list, this will take a lower priority.

Just in case the above are a "must", and your company is paying, I could set aside 20-40 hours/month to work on this -- as a contractor (I am expensive though :)). Hit me up if you're interested in that.
Not exactly the same situation, but didn't Steve Jobs threaten to kill Dropbox after they said no - i.e. note that Dropbox still exist?
They can’t hire people with good ideas anymore because as we know money isn’t a great motivator (and besides, there are more ethical companies within 10 miles paying as much or more than Facebook). They can’t hire good people anymore because their mission is naive and their reputation precedes them.
An agency that bilks their clients this way should face consequences. Engineers spilling the beans is a weird oversight system but, whatever works I guess.
I think this answers my question, in that I wasn't sure if the encryption methods used by modern phones is sub-par compared to other computing devices like laptops or servers.

At least based on yours and sibling comments, the title "modern phone encryption kind of sucks" is really more that encryption on modern hardware in general is somewhat fallible, and that phones are just the canary in the coalmine that demonstrates it.
Rather like the corpse of Pebble, after it killed itself by mismanagement.
I noticed something under his feet too. I think you're on to something.

So more "hoverboard" than "jet pack" might be the future headlines. Or at least jet-pack-like hoverboard. The flight time impressive I guess, not sure of the state of these things.

Edit: I'm guessing the jet skis are following him to recover some expensive hardware quickly and the dude himself.
Like how you can just "flick" your screen onto another computer in the same room. Which is a beautiful dream, but...how would that even work?! Everyone just has access to every other device?

Or how you can be in a room full of people, but for some reason the holographic display only works for you. And good thing all you want to do is pan and zoom, because that's about as much expressivity you get. It would be hilarious to have a scene where they struggle to get it to work, a future equivalent of "Can everyone see my screen?"
I'm sure he's not mopping the floors as well at spacex as there are people for that. But those people aren't the reason spacex exists.
Most stolen data is very hard to sell for meaningful amounts. Such an “exit scam” would be a waste of time, you’d make more money by just ransoming one more company.

When you’re earning (tens of) millions by extorting companies you aren’t going to be very interested in selling their data for tens or hundreds of thousands.
Considering it's possible to generate a web link with this, I would love to see an 'export to HTML' feature so that I could use Craft to write a personal website/blog.
I haven’t been following this story extensively, but when did we conclude that SVR was behind the hack? Schneier writes as if it’s a certainty.

Why is it always FireEye blaming the Russians, and why do they never share their evidence of attribution?
The Bornless Rite. Damn.
Just in case anyone was confused, this is a joke. The IAAF relies on certified courses and timing systems for world records. No brand of fitness trackers are officially used for competition.

Some of the better fitness trackers do now have a "track run" activity mode which will use the known shapes of running tracks to smooth out the errors in GNSS signals. That gives a nice perfect oval shape on the map and ensures the distance is accurate. But that's still just for training and bragging rights, it doesn't really count for anything.
I agree. I live in GA, and it was exciting to see my vote could make a difference.
Agree. You can see my post above at how upset I was to learn the 240i does not support the digital key for 2021. However, wireless carplay has been a saving grace. Pairs nicely with a MagSafe charger since you can get full car integration without needing to ever plug in.
I also love Blood Meridian -- curious what your other two would be? Mine are probably Moby-Dick and The Brothers Karamazov.
But who decides which biases are good or bad? If we have no yardstick for that, we become ineffective at personal progress.
Oh gosh, please let me do my internship there first before Facebook sinks!!! /s
It probably felt rushed because of the rinse/repeat of all preceding seasons (group experiences success only to have it dissolve before their very eyes)
The article notes that he got to 100% when intentionally biasing the flip, the 51% was for ordinary people doing ordinary coin flips (no attempt to bias).
Have you seen an M2 with sticky tires roar on a racetrack?
You took the words out of my mouth. What on earth did I just read? Don't they have video recordings?
Remember when Facebook came up with their own walled garden, and no one wanted it?
The orbit is closer and farther at different times of the year, but that is not the reason for the change of seasons.
Bezos and the others copy him.
I've had it happen multiple times where I tell a recruiter I'm looking for X but will go as low as Y, they simply told the company Y so it'd be easier to close the deal. Even if I specifically ask them not to say Y.
I find fascinating how many folks, typically on the younger side, gravitate to proprietary (and expensive!) software like Roam Research and others, in search for personal knowledge management solutions, without seriously considering TW.

Coupled with the proper plugins, I find TW to be the most comprehensive, flexible and powerful solution, guaranteed to work 20 years from now, all self-contained in a single file. Seriously, how amazing is that when you think about it!

I talked to one of them recently, and he said it wasn't appealing because the name "wiki" sounded old school. Another beef was the use of JavaScript (yet, he'd find it cool if it were WASM. Go figure).

The only legitimate criticism he mentioned was the lack of efficient image/file embedding or linking, which I don't find much of an issue with the [img[<file>]] syntax, provided you are well organized. I keep dozens of images (mostly food recipes) linked that way on my site [0] with 107 tiddlers currently, extremely snappy, and properly cached and compressed with CloudFlare, all with no issues whatsoever. My personal TW file (combined personal and work) has over 2,000 tiddlers and I feel no difference.

Seriously, more people should give TW a try, just for a week or so, and see how can it change the way you retain, search and manage information.

[0] https://ramirosalas.com
Whoa, this is really interesting...
Why do they even have to say this:

>” This has less to do with misogyny than with prehistoric herd distributions...”

It’s like stating that water is fat free. It kind of spoils the article.
It seems to me that CNNs like that are unlikely to really understand the 3D structure of objects.

To me the ideal vision system would know about surfaces and shapes made from surfaces as well as shapes made from smaller parts. It would be able to use clues from the textures such as writing on a can to detect surfaces but also go the other way and given a hypothesis about a surface shape, use that to help read the writing.

Anyone know of a system like that? Would it use CNNs, or something else, like capsules?
Tell that to John Carmack, who apparently is quite fine with tainting his legacy and wasting his last few good work years working for Facebook of all companies. And to top it all off, they're going to ruin Oculus, too (where Carmack is working), going by the latest moves in that division.
I've always said Citizen Kane is the best film but Casablanca is the best screenplay.
Not that strictly enforced. None of the job requirements will ask for PEng.

https://ca.indeed.com/jobs?q=software+engineer&l=Toronto%2C+...
Just to be pedantic, it's data purchased by any consumer wearable device that isn't regulated by HIPAA. Data recorded by devices provided, connected, or implanted by actual covered healthcare providers is regulated by HIPAA.
Do you realize that Apple isn't that popular outside of US and Apple can't kill anything with its actions?
I tried the impossible whopper expecting to like it, but also expecting that I could easily distinguish it from beef. It turned out it was the opposite. It did taste like beef to me, but but it reminded me of a bad cafeteria burger made with inferior ground beef that was overworked.
Dropbox is struggling to survive and has resorted to adding "teams" features that no one really wants to live up to their valuation.
Lazy indifference probably explains it more than greed I think. If they cared, a doctor could add "burn a CD and put it in the filing cabinet with the other patient records" to the job duties of their secretary without increasing their compensation. It would only take a few more minutes, and would only slightly detract from the time they spend idly chatting with each other.

But they simply don't care.
I was a big supporter of Apple for a long time and welcomed privacy focused initiatives when they first started making noise a while back.

However since then I’ve become much more skeptical. Apple is no less evil or different; okay, I take that back, they are slightly better but I’m no longer a fanboy.

I don’t think the Apple of today, who carefully monitor what everybody does on their macs and make it difficult / annoying to bypass the Mac App Store, cares about privacy or the consumer as much as they lead us to believe. Steve Jobs cared a lot about privacy, from what I have read, but the current group, whilst highly intelligent and producing great innovative products like the M1, are very much driven by profit and not vision.

Examples include not providing basic accessories with their expensive iPhone products (seriously I spent 1,000 for an iPhone 12 Pro Max for my Girlfriend and there is no wall plug? Give me a break with their environment saving reasons, they could easily donate a lot more money if they really cared about the environment and not try to trick consumers that they are do-gooders).

The more nefarious example is how Apple is pushing paid apps and subscriptions so much on their App Store, since they take a cut. It’s a core part of their services strategy. I don’t see too much ethical differences between selling users privacy for ads and aggressively taking advantage of the average consumer and trying to lure them more and more into more paid subscriptions (many which they don’t need and also are overpriced, but since it’s a monthly charge it is harder to tell).

I am not comfortable with Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon being so large and controlling the tech landscape.

I’ve used MacBooks for the past 10 years, my next computer will 100% be a Linux.
True, it's probably not worth the time unless they've stolen some very valuable data. Obviously things like plastic surgery pics wouldn't be worth much of anything.
Not sure why mtgx comment is marked as dead but he is right about John Carmack. What an “apolitical” tool. A brilliant and useful idiot. I would punch him in the face if I could.
Recent thread on HN:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25441664&ref=upstract.c...
Or, do they have it wrong, sexing creatures? Seems the far simpler explanation.

Further the 'explanation' that males might have taken more risks, explains nothing. The one common denominator between every single mammal from ancient times is, they are all dead. It doesn't matter how; all their skeletons should be somewhere in the fossil record. A disparity would have to explain how male skeletons died in precisely the right way to be preserved more often. Which seems like nonsense.
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> I’ve used MacBooks for the past 10 years, my next computer will 100% be a Linux.

Those aren't mutually exclusive.
I thought a little bit about this and I would say Apple Watch for me. When it first came out it was not perfect and there were lots of limitations to it but then Apple iterated on it with focus on Fitness based features and I finally ended up buying Series 5 version. I could definitely say the gamification (nudging you to close the rings and monthly challenges) has changed my habits and I am more active than ever before because of Apple Watch. It lived up to the hype for me!