skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yeah, yes. Look at literally any time the democracy was seriously threatened and what happened to domestic liberty during that time.
I hear this a lot, but it makes no logical sense to me. I see a site that is (in)famous for being full of self-proclaimed right-wing "patriots" who are calling for violence against people due to political beliefs.

Someone then decide to associate with these people by joining the site. They may not personally post messages calling for violence, but are now associated with them. And the response is: well sure I'm in the group but I don't actually agree with any of this.

Then my question is: why did you join in the first place? If you don't agree with the most vocal 1% (I SERIOUSLY doubt that number after spending time perusing the site), and you don't denounce what they're saying, what do you expect others to think? We're supposed to read your mind that you're part of a "silent dissent" and just joined the site because...?

People were banned from facebook and twitter for calling for violence, if you switched sites specifically to follow that person I have a REAL tough time believing you don't support them.
Exactly, my point.
We’re you complaining when Snowden leaked? Or the Panama Papers?
> Intercepting this single token allows attacked to craws whole internal system.

It can intercept it, but can not change it. It can replay it eventually (even that shortly, depending on timeframe of your access token which is usually minutes) but you can protect against it.

> This would require UA token to contain audience claim of every single internal service, this is unlikely to pass security review.

I have penetration tests on my main service. Sub-services are not accessible and can be secured to desired level on the internal network. I never had security inspections on internal services (I work on highly critical gov systems). Maybe in some domains its like you say but I believe its generally not a problem. Furthermore, we need to have some perspective on this - there are multiple easier ways to hack a service and there probably exists big number of other exploits that are easier to achieve.
I think there is a big difference between invading two countries and passing the PATRIOT act and the reaction we're seeing here.

All this "hold on and let's make sure we're not being too unfair to far-right extremists" while they actively recruit and plan more attacks sounds like an under-reaction from a fear of over-reacting.
Ok sure. That's like saying time dilation is a physics failure in newtonian physics. Technically correct, and entirely unhelpful to solve the problem.

The problem here being that writing "based purely on the market forces (i.e. excluding carbon taxes) coal is still a very viable option." suggests that since we all want free markets we'll need to accept this. No we don't.

We also don't say "well purely on human nature forces we'll have a few alpha males who keep a harem of women and try to kill all competition that's not submissive". Technically correct, but entirely unhelpful to find a way how to move forward.

A free market needs rules. "Free market" does not equate "do whatever you want". Without rules that are enforced, you don't have freedom either.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/WikiLeaks

>> WikiLeaks had originally followed a policy of redacting personal or sensitive information from documents prior to release,...
No, he quite clearly said the difference was one is needed to pay taxes.
Yep, thank you for the more clear description. Just one thing it was not just Volkswagen, as many other manufacturers used the same type of engine.
The difference is that reddit at least tries to moderate calls to violence and hate speech.

They don't always do a good job of it, though.
About 30% of the population: https://napoleoncat.com/stats/facebook-users-in-myanmar/2018...

Its enough to raise a mob.

Facebook are also central to the investigation: https://thediplomat.com/2020/08/how-facebook-is-complicit-in...
Here in Spain you can get fined if you own too many solar panels or do not have a contract with an electricity company.
Your third solution basically reinvents Kerberos. I don't think Kerberos envisioned services making calls to each other though. In the 1980s, I think it was assumed that the client would contact each service separately and combine the results itself.
Should we still have due process in the external world? After all, the United States is a "safe haven" for people who talk about killing pretty much every minority group under the sun.

> the world is a little more complex than "privacy at all costs."

The line doesn't have to do with the infringement of privacy, it's about whether that infringement is being done by publicly sanctioned power, or the whim of the arbitrary, domineering power of private (tech) actors. Elizabeth Anderson has written quite well on this topic in "Private Government."
The GDPR could make or break this. Here's hoping for the former..
Because they're not going to investigate all 4+ million Parler accounts to distinguish between those involved and those not. Many folks here are just assuming everyone on Parler was a terrorist or complicit in what happened. The poster's name and phone number are now lumped in with everyone else's. All we can hope is they made the effort to use fake information.
Where/how do you fit ~2000W of solar on your boat? That’s impressive.
This is incredibly frustrating, as, just before this massive spike in bitcoin’s value, I bought a significant amount of BTC using Coinbase. They took my money, then retroactively made it look like my (brand new) account had exactly the amount of debt that I had paid in, and now my account was at 0.

I sent in 2 support tickets and received no reply, so I resorted to a chargeback, presumably forfeiting any right to the BTC I purchased.

Just to add salt to the wounds, I now constantly see adverts for Coinbase

Avoid Coinbase like the Covid
I think Apple would have to publish "proprietary" hardware information to make this possible. Currently, people spend significant amounts of time reverse engineering the hardware to get software working with it.

On top of that, there's a cost of open sourcing besides revealing proprietary information--you generally need to audit and cleanup your code base (cleanup commit messages, code comments, etc) that could be, at best, embarrassing, or, at worse, reveal product flaws/bugs

Edit, looks like I was beaten to the punch https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25728930
Haha, yeah, I hope HN will have a solution for big threads soon.
I think that’s the ideal, but tends to break down in practice. The problem with expecting the spirit of the law to be the compass is that it opens up a lot for interpretation. The end result is that it incentivizes gamesmanship where the organization with the best lawyers win
They can start by not spreading covid to our grandparents.
At least for me, I wouldn't have bought as many devices over the last few years if they were more repairable, and I do enjoy having a large collection of hardware.

I had to abandon my last few phones due to cracked screens, water damage and other hardware faults. Even if I could find replacements for the damaged parts (and I tried), they wouldn't be official and would likely be of a lower quality. Furthermore, most modern phones are really hard to put together to the original quality standards, requiring for example new pre-cut adhesive and whole new backplates, since the original ones will get scratched during disassembly.

My purchases are (at least partially) driven by wanting a shiny, new-looking device that doesn't have any flaws. But, perhaps counter-intuitively, proper repairability would allow me to maintain my devices in this state for a much longer time, which would lead to me purchasing fewer new devices.

Repairability this good would also be great for the used market. Right now you never know what faults a phone/notebook/other miniaturised device might have and if they're there, getting rid of them might cost as much as the device. This means that people who want 100% working devices are more likely to buy new. For other products (for example desktop PCs), the chance that an irreparable fault exists is much lower, so buying used is safer.
Right now the discomfort, if not outright outrage over the Twitter and FB bans tells you that they have long crossed into the space where they are a utility, and that means they need to be subject to extensive regulations, not unlike airlines and telecom companies.

The modern state is based on the exclusive authority of the state to be violent, and the final dispenser of rights.

When a private utility takes away the right to digital expression, which is a pretty fundamental right in the 2020s, one could make a pretty solid case that Trump's free speech rights have been taken away by private individuals or corps without a court ruling on it.

Digital rights are (at the moment) not covered by any of the articles in the constitution, nor is it covered by any UN or multi-lateral conventions, so this event may lead to some changes.

The point here is not about whether it was right or wrong to muzzle Trump & his supporters, but whether a private corp has the same rights as a court to affect individual freedom.
Despite having smaller farms, I would be very surprised if farmers in the UK were not working with local beekeepers. Anytime you see a those hive boxes sitting randomly in a field somewhere, this is what you are seeing.
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For sure, but it's at least possible for them to set up a honeypot to detect that.
No, because most social media platforms don't freely allow the organization of violent mobs. Twitter, Facebook, etc will ban you for doing that. Even, as it turns out, if you're the POTUS.
Can you outline what you might expect in an essay exam for a software engineer position?

Would it take the form of a standard interview question:

"Write a few paragraphs on what happens when you press a key on the keyboard"

Or would it use the medium to ask a question less appropriate in an oral interview process?

Genuinely curious what you envision with this format.
> They probably didn't have an easy time finding new employees too because of the nature and controversy associated with the site, potentially part of the reason for lack of moderation.

Maybe, but I would wager that there are a lot of tech people who sympathize explicitly with the people that Parler is trying to attract, and an even larger contingent who would work there under the auspices of protecting what they believe is the right to free speech, etc.
You don't actually have to fail open. That was a decision on parlers' end, they could have decided to fail closed just the same. A service outage on Twilio would have had the same effect.
Hopefully they crash.
Any different from the internet itself?
Amazon introduced Step Functions, which are very nice to dig into and a helpful skill for Data Engineering.
This so much. Are they not using dashboards? This amount of traffic should have triggered multiple alarms. Makes me think their devs just stopped caring.
That, and always beginning them with a weather report (at least for U-Boats).
Roughly translated, "everyone who isn't on my side is going to be killed by our side, which might upset you, but I would not consider that 'inciting violence'."

EDIT: I misunderstood "purge" in this context. I disagree that silence on moderating content is "violence" just as I disagree that anything you disagree with is "violence." But I do not believe content will be "purged" unless it's part of a movement to unseat democracy or coordinate violent actions.
> "exchanges lying about transactions" - what?

The volumes on many exchanges (particularly the less reputable ones) have been faked a lot. Also exchanges have several times been found not to have the reserves to actually cover the customer accounts (i.e quadriga).
Why do you use antifa as an example when there are much better examples like the Nation of Islam [1] and the Taliban [2] on Twitter?

1: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/grou... ; https://twitter.com/OfficialNOI

2: https://twitter.com/Zabehulah_M33/status/1343458261459218432

Upgrade your argument!
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That applies equally to the rest of the internet.
I'm definitely not into it because of that, but I have considered it as an added practical bonus for sure
In the US it is illegal to "void" a warranty based on the user swapping a part out with a third party component, or having a third party service the device. There are of course some exceptions.

You can void a waranty with respect to damage caused by impropper servicing, or damage caused by the replacement parts.

Alternatively you can void warranty on basis of using third party parts or servicing if you provide said parts/services for free.

Idea was: Warranty void is non-GM parts are used => Illegal, unless GM provides all parts for free. Waranty void for getting oil changes at a non-dealer => Illegal unless oil changes are provided completely free at the dealers.

While I suspect that most EU countries have similar rules for cars and the like, in the US these rules apply to any consumer good that costs $5 or more with a warranty (there could be some rare exceptions, as the FTC can grant waiver if the manufacturer can show that it is not possible for a third party to provide parts or service that will work properly, and that granting the waiver is in the public interest). Further free parts and services requirement applies to any form of repair and servicing.

In the US, if you don't provide free screen replacement for a cell phone dropped by negligence, then you cannot legally deny warranty on the battery solely because a third party screen was used, unless you can show the third party screen or the process of installing it caused the battery problem. Of course, if you can show the battery problem was caused by dropping it in the first place, then you can deny warranty replacement.
Can you say more? This seems neat
Description and implementation of the core Knuth-Plass line-wrapping algo (2018)
I don't care if my personal information was leaked. I followed discussions, posted a comment or two like, "What evidence do you have for that?" There seemed to be tons of other accounts that did the same, along with accounts by obvious Lefts who were there to troll. I highly doubt there will be blowback for the kind of participation I did.

I am absolutely a privacy advocate. However, in the case where the continued existence of our democracy hinges on rooting out violent domestic terrorists, I am willing to make tradeoffs. At this point, you should think about Parler as a jihadi forum for rednecks.
this is a great idea! i really miss my bike commute.
As per a lot of suggestions here, I want to build and break stuff on it to learn. But I'm still afraid that I might unwittingly rack up huge bills while doing so. Am I being unreasonable?
RSS news feed for each AWS product category (serverless, IoT, etc.)
What do you mean by "without limits"?

Twitter and Facebook have recently gone to court because of their blatant censorship, editing, and banning or speakers for having differing opinions. They are no longer a distributed publishing houses free. They are now editors and are to be held accountable for their actions and the actions of others on their sites.

I believe that if we add one limit to the liberty of speech and we'll have thrown the baby out with the bath water.
Yes but considering the business Parler are in, i.e. publishing the sort of controversial content that gets its users banned on more mainstream social media sites, they would have been wise to have a disaster recovery plan for hosting that covered this possibility.
That's a good point, but we are supposed to have systems of credibility for that.

Even Fox news - after the election - was careful not to directly support Trump's false claims. Instead, they 'sympathized' with voters who 'felt disenfranchised' - which is a kind of indirect lie, but not a 'straight up lie'.

Even when facts are contentious we can still get the word out.

We absolutely need integrity in the system at all levels - which is why having a President that completely fabricates stories, it's a problem.

The press has been bending reality more since the election of Trump, which is why his presence adds to the toxicity - it just creeps into everything. It's why, despite however much some might agree with his policies, they come at an addition 'hidden cost' of the erosion of integrity in some of these systems.

We all have to play our part and try to be as objective as we can I guess.
1. You can use dollars to pay taxes. Big difference from bitcoin

2. No one expects fiat currency to be an investment asset!

Why anyone expects the value of bitcoin to increase like stock ownership of a corporation is beyond me. And it has no intrinsic value like gold.
I saw a tweet regarding it that the IP rate limiting fell over due to X-forwarded-for header not being correctly handled allowing the bypass of that circuit breaker.
I'd hope it would take a bit more than 'present' to be handed a sentence. But time will tell.
Mostly peaceful security researcher?
There is a value add from going to a bar. I'm paying for the social experience.

A local bike shop repair has two benefits over doing it myself - experience and convenience.

Unfortunately for bike shops the people who are most in need of their experience are those who are newer to riding (or dusting off a 20 year old unridden bike). When the workshop labour charge is approaching the perceived worth of a bike the customer is not going to want to use those services (more likely to dump the bike and buy a new one from a sporting goods store or Walmart).

People who ride regularly are more likely to have bikes where the cost of a repair is a small fraction of the bike's worth (personal or actual) but they are also more likely to have the tools and experience to do the work themselves.

I go back into mtb riding 2 years ago and upgraded to a mid-range full suspension bike at the end of 2019. While I was familiar with basic bike maintenance I didn't know what I was doing with some of the newer bike tech. When my bike needed a service in the summer I tried to use my local bike store - they needed my bike for a month in order to get the work done (backed up due to Covid demand).

Rather than miss all those rides I bought the tools and figured how to do the jobs myself. Now I have the tools I can do those jobs again for almost no outlay (and wrenching is therapeutic).
Have to been on Reddit, specifically /r/politics? There are calls to violence all the time. Nobody bats an eye because it's calls to violence against the "bad guys."
I got the Riese & Müller, and I don't regret it. Just make sure you get the high-speed version. 25 km/h is not very fast.
That's nonsensical.

If Company A borrows $10 from the bank and then loans $10 to Joe, it's got $10 in assets and $10 in liabilities on its balance sheet.

A fair price for Company B to acquire Company A is $0 in cash changing hands. That's the market cap.

But on the books for Company B it will show a cost of $10 to acquire Company A. It had to assume a debt of $10 to gain assets worth $10. To company B, assuming a debt of $10 has no material difference from paying out $10 in cash. So $10 is the true value of the transaction.
Plus AWS does actually make their own power. The own and/or fund wind and solar farms across the globe. They also run their own fiber and are part of undersea cable consortiums.
But it isn’t. I am still actively involved in NLG both professionally and academically and neural NLG systems have great promise but are still far from actively delivering tangible solutions to areas such data-to-text NLG. Inaccuracy, hallucinations are still highly problematic.
I wouldn't really expect that the new API will ever be able to support all the features of the old one simply because the dbus API it farms out to has to be generic across all toolkits / DEs.
Do you have evidence that more violent activity was planned on Parler than Facebook or Twitter, or even a disproportionate amount?

Edit: I suppose not.
The NYT did not make the Iraq war possible. It did not facilitate planning the war. It did not play any role in convincing the Bush administration to go to war.

Can we stop with the "whataboutism" already?
Absolutely. Remember the "2014 Obama Unlocking Law" [1] ? It was supposed to not only not make it ilegal to carrier unlock a phone, but also forced all carriers to adopt a specific code of conduct to assist users with unlocking.

Fast forward 6 years, and it is much harder to unlock a phone than it was then. The whole thing backfired for consumers. It was actually easier to unlock a phone in a "non-legal" way before the law than it was right after.

This whole new code of conduct for carriers actually made them convert their SIMlock departments to be more like a customer retention lifecycle.

This mainly applies to US carriers (in the US and Latam), and there certainly are exceptions in Europe where EVERY cell phone is unlocked from day one, regardless of your contractual status.

[1]: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/08/15/heres-h...
I think the source of the confusion here is a massive positive esteem laid on the two words "free market," which confuse people into thinking that anything good has to be labeled a free market. Labeling a system that requires government intervention a "free-market" mechanism is, just like in your example, just as much of a misuse of language as labeling quantum mechanics a Newtonian mechanism. Minimum wages, antitrust action, taxes, bans, sanctions, and subsidies are all examples of interventions in free markets, and they can be good or bad, just like the features of the state of nature (a free market) can be good and bad in different situations.

I'm really against this idea of redefining the baseline so that whatever policy choices we like are defined as the absence of subsidies and the presence of a free market. Subsidies are when the government intervenes to give money to those who trade in certain goods. Intervention is defined as doing anything other than letting people sort it out for themselves. Likewise, a free market is not one where everything we don't like is banned, it is a market where there are no constraints on the participants' process of trade and price determination.
Replace fizz buzz with spotting SQL injection issues.
Is it possible to achieve this level of control over the internet? Seems like hubris to me.

And if it were, is it even desirable?

It seems to me that we're headed for a land where data and ideas, once promulgated, become immutable, but that voluntary moderation regimes laid over those data can be utilized to keep the humans sane.
>It's amusing to think that people seriously believe there are huge swathes of people just ripe to become neo-nazis because someone gave a rousing speech or wrote some tweets - how do you manage not to succumb to these rhetorical titans?

Given that exactly this happened 90 years ago and caused the deaths of tens of millions, people are needless to say cautious.
Mobiles in Europe are generally unlockable by calling the network supplier after the contract expires. In Norway, in my experience at least, this is free.

But the reason I have a handful of paperweight mobiles is not that they are locked but that they are no longer useful. They have low resolution cameras, little memory, small screens, obsolete operating systems, etc. I sometimes try to sell them but no one wants them even free.
Yeah - that’s an entirely different class of machine from the 15hr MacBook Air.

If 5 hours will do for you, no need to spend the extra money.
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I tried to sign up for Parler out of curiosity when I heard it was being removed from app stores, but as soon as it required a phone number for account registration I deleted the app.

I'm surprised it also didn't require a social security number and credit card as well. /s