skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
How would you define that, though? Popular vote, number of reps, number of senators, governors? There's no clean break.

Edit just to point out this is a bad idea
> By your logic, it's OK for Bill Gates to buy all the press influence to completely silence the politically-other-side.

That is not OK, for the very simple reason you shouldn't be allowed to monopolize the media or any industry for that matter. The way you protect free speech is by not allowing any company to become so large and powerful that it rivals governments and can enact censorship.

> And my mention of net neutrality is to show how flawed your whole logic process is.

I don't see how that points out a flaw? I just explained that net neutrality is not protected under freedom of speech, so I don't see its relevance.

> hm I actually find this scary. Maybe you're from China, where deviant opinions/minorities must be snuffed down for "harmonious society"?

Thank you for keeping the discussion respectful. I don't think opinions should be snuffed out, but I also think you shouldn't be forced by the government to publish lies. I worry that if governments can force companies to publish all opinions including the ones they don't agree with, then they can also force them to publish propaganda.
I'd say that you're right but also that there are major systematic problems with the media and therefore with what everyone thinks, so the only way you'll get to the truth in many cases is by trying contrarian takes so you break out of the groupthink on important issues. As more than one person has remarked to me, it sometimes feels like listening to the news in America is like listening to a North Korean state broadcast.
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If by "vulnerable to losing", as in it would hurt their economies and put people out of work or hurt livelihoods because the EU in their infinite wisdom decided to excise one or more of them from the continent, it's pretty much name a non-European tech company.

Even Dell, HP, IBM, Oracle. Service contracts have to be fulfilled, and making a living off of social media like Instagram, YouTube and Twitch isn't just an American phenomenon, actually come to think of it, most of the YouTubers I follow aren't even American. They're mostly in Europe or Australia.

And don't assume they'll just be fine without Facebook either, as far as digital advertising goes, Facebook and Google are pretty much the only game in town. Some small businesses do depend on being able to get business through advertising referrals.

Europe is a rich continent, it's not like they would be destitute if the rich wonders of American tech companies just evaporated from their part of the world tomorrow, but you're not replacing most of them overnight either, so Europe instead is trying this thing where they can at least try to control them.

I mean, I don't see it working out in the long run but in the short term they've shown some muscle, because after all: Europe is a rich continent. Australia, Canada and New Zealand are market-wise, about the size of three US States put together, which is nice, but Europe is pretty much the only large and rich viable market for most tech companies outside of the United States and Japan without putting yourself in a position of having to kiss Chairman Winnie the Pooh on the ring.
People self segregate based on other characteristics, too, say nationality and language. Hence all the China Towns. There are even remnants of Czech communities in places like Texas that still dance polka and bake kolaches. And Czechs abroad generally assimilate fast.

Yet racial diversity at universities and in corporations is highly sought after and supported by all kinds of measures.

Perhaps political diversity should be added into the mix. It would be consistent.
Apple generally prefers dynamic linking and thus carries over to what they offer to third parties.
I should clarify I'm referring to pure latency arbitrage stuff and not all HFT.
I haven't read the Corner but the Homicide book was definitely much richer than the series. As could be expected from a book vs tv show the book contains a lot more reflection and introspection.
Kogge-Stone proved that ANY associative function can be parallelized with a prefix-sum arrangement. Associative defined as in f(f(x, y), z) == f(x, f(y, z)... or more commonly (A+B) + C == A + (B+C), where + is any associative operator)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix_sum

In particular, this arrangement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix_sum#/media/File:Hillis-...

Now "add" (or +) is associative. But it also works for *, min, max, and even weird stuff like "Can the Bishop move here" or "Can the Rook move here". So the goal is to find an associative operator that you apply byte-per-byte.

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Okay, a brief detour. It seems obvious to me that a finite-state machine can decode x86 byte-by-byte. FSM is the "obvious" sequential algorithm that determines whether the byte is the start-of-instruction, or the middle-of-instruction, as well as what instruction it is by the end.

Remember: we're just trying to make a FSM decode ONE instruction right now. That's pretty obvious how to do that. (Alternatively, imagine a RegEx that can parse an instruction from the bytestream when given the start-of-instruction. All Regular-expressions have a finite-state-machine representation).

Hillis / Steele proved that finite-state machines are associative operators (!!!), and therefore can be used in parallel-prefix sum arrangements. (http://uenics.evansville.edu/~mr56/ece757/DataParallelAlgori...)

The page number is 1176:

> Since this composition operation is associative, we may compute the automaton state after every character in a string as follows:

> 1. Replace every character in the string with the array representation of its state-to-state function.

> 2. Perform a parallel-prefix operation. The combining function is the composition of arrays as described above. The net effect is that, after this step, every character c of the original string has been replaced by an array representing the state- to-state function for that prefix of the original string that ends at (and includes) c.

> 3. Use the initial automaton state (N in our example) to index into all these arrays. Now every character has been replaced by the state the automaton would have after that character.

In short: computing the "state" of a sequential FSM applied across its inputs can be EASILY performed in parallel through the prefix-sum model.

Any finite state machine can be converted into parallel prefix form through this mechanism.

"Work Efficient" Parallel Prefix arrangement is O(log(n)) depth and O(n) total elements, which means that parallel decoding to any width (ie: 8-way decoder, 16-way decoder, or even 1024-way decoder) is LINEAR in terms of power-consumption and O(log(n)) with respect to time.

The layout for work-efficient Parallel Prefix is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix_sum#/media/File:Prefix_...
The one true power in the world is the ability to physically harm others. Therefore given how modern civilization is structured, a head of state with a loyal military and police is always the most powerful person in the country.
> not being directly compensated entitles any arbitrary planning policy.

It does though IMHO.
It's perfectly alright to want a global comms network, but the Chinese don't want to work for that goal. If a global network were to be established, China's position in it would be akin to that of the UK in the EU (as outlined by Sir Humphrey wittingly in Yes Minister).
If you are asking this with respect to AMD GPU.

That is because the AMD IP deal with Samsung only allows f for phone and tablet market.
Hi, on attachments, you can currently use North with inline images. We are considering other formats at present.

We haven’t added passcode protection as yet but this could be introduced if requested.

North works on a different paradigm when it comes to grouping. Notes coexist in many groups at the same time. This makes your data much more nonlinear. You have many perspectives and paths to access your content.
I almost want to see it because I'm really curious to see what happens if you remove Whatsapp from a population where it's very ingrained.

Do they riot? Do they just download an alternative? Does the disruption in business communications cause such a negative impact that it reflects in GDP?
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I converged right around 50%.
Same with YouTube. I’m kind of curious to watch a QAnon conspiracy video but don’t want the suggestions. I guess that’s what incognito mode is for, but I don’t trust them to not match based on IP address...
I think you should pursue trade school. A plumber or an electrician talks to customers all day, has to understand people's needs and find effective solutions. There are huge shortages of skilled plumbers, electricians, and other tradesmen all around the world, so you will never lack for work. As a software engineer, you may appreciate a job that is both technical and honest.
It was his job to punch people in the face. He's been doing effectively since he was 13. This must be the lowest class comment Ive ever seen on HN.
Reminds me of the "Mandela effect"

https://ourcommunitynow.com/film/sinbads-shazaam-the-strange...
My guess is Craig Silverstein, as he mentioned that Larry and Sergey might have worked with him at Stanford.
I'm not gonna take any sides on Gab/Parler/et al but I do find the events of the past few days, and will find the next few weeks, absolutely fascinating from a technology and social perspective.

I'm relatively young, even by internet standards (26), but I can't think of any other mass exodus from an online site/platform like this. Was the move from Digg to Reddit this drastic? I don't remember Myspace going out of style this fast once FB opened up.

Seeing my boomer relatives flock to these obscure platforms has been really interesting. I'm also curious if there will be any sort of post mortem from any of these companies once the traffic stabilizes. My guess is probably not since from what I've been able to gather, all of these fringe sites tend to be run by a handful of people and not full teams of developers. Writing a post mortem may give their online opposition hints into whatever new infrastructure they cobble together and contribute to further shenanigans. It's the same reason we didn't seem a post mortem after Iowa 2020 or the DNC hacks in 2016 I would guess.

Does anyone expect a real drop in market share for the iPhone over the next 12-18 months if Parlor can't get back on the App store?

Again, just fascinating stuff to watch from an outside perspective.
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I’m so fascinated by the way snakes move. They seem so efficient and elegant. Slithering is only one of their methods of locomotion. Another great method they use is Sidewinding: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidewinding
Takes 5 days to issue an apology claiming you didn’t know what was going on?
Don't leave during a pandemic then? When healthcare resources are stretched thin all around the world who is going to be able to take care of a sick foreigner or get them back to their country without endangering others?

If the world had enough N95 masks and everyone wore them this would be over, but instead we are wearing bandanas and pulling t- shirts up over our noses.
I'm curious: anyone feel they have ever successfully "talked someone down from a ledge" in an online forum in this way? Presumably it must happen but it seems vanishingly rare.
Take a look at FedNow which is aiming to offer a 24/7/365 instant payment service for all US banks by 2023-24. (I would realistically expect 2028-30 for it to go online) This is being worked on, but everything moves at a glacial pace.
Yes, I did (off course this message can't prove it in any way).
I am usually a silent reader in NH but I saw there was no submission to this topic so I submitted it.
> What laws will need to change (or be revoked) in the US and EU for them to operate legally ?

Copyright laws would needs to be abolished, or new laws made that scientific research cannot be copyrighted (in many cases publicly funded research is already required to made open access, though).
> Apple are still judge, jury, executioner, and taxman

Does that mean Tim Cook is Judge Dredd?

The reality of distributing Mac Software is far more boring than you paint it.
WEIRD AL or WEIRD AI

either way works...
> holy trio of Good, Popular, and Free

Wait do we consider Wikipedia to be "Good" now? Just the banning of Fram in 2019[1] should be an indicator that the people steering the ship are probably not good.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_response_t...
No need to wait for Apple or Samsung, if you really want to go the ARM route for HPC, Fujitsu will happily sell you the A64FX: https://www.fujitsu.com/global/products/computing/servers/su...
Maryland was occupied territory in all but name when that was written. That's not to say your point is wrong - the motivations of the North were complex - but I'm not sure that example really shows anything. In Maryland had seceded, they would have been conquered in days - the decision not to secede really just shows that their leaders were not suicidal, not that they didn't support the Confederate cause.
You present no argument at all. FOSS is FOSS. Creator or current maintainer owes you and other users exactly nothing. They are putting their stuff up for you to use if you see value in it. You can report bugs and make feature requests, but no one is under any obligation to even read your bug reports or feature requests. If you want your specific thing fixed right now then do it yourself.
For me the challenge becomes "which government?" Should 200 different national governments be able to decide how the platform is run in their country? Should different sub-regions be able to decide?

Makes me wonder what global governance would look like for this or even platform-specific governance could be. Maybe there's a play for users of specific platforms to unite and demand more representation over how a platform is governed, as workers united for more representation in companies.
I'm sure there are far more qualified hn users than I to elaborate, but basically you wouldn't have a dependency on an mutable object. Rather, the object would have to be directly passed to a function.

Having said that, I meant it more generally in the sense of their respective architecture design paradigms than details of a particular implementation.
Yeah from description def sounds like him. He was on the way out when i joined but he was probably more active when this was written
There totally was a pause 2000~2010. Pause is normal. Our theory predicts pauses! It indeed would be weird if we didn't see a pause.
Not really related to the article but at my work they are testing deployment of 3 different systems. They were deployed at different times so X was first then followed by Y about 1 year later, then finally Z ~6 months after deployment of Y. Z is expected to be fully adopted and Y and X will be phased out, eventually.

Depending on when the person joined they tend to have a proclivity towards a specific chat application. The oldest person on the group used X almost exclusively. The newer group members tended to use Y and Z apps.

So you would get pings from all of these apps and the points describes in the article are amplified times three.

In order to reclaim some sort of sanity, I decided to just log off from X and Y chat platforms and only use Z. I figured if that person really wanted to get ahold of me then they would figure it out themselves that I only use Z. Also I did send out e-mails and set statuses on X and Y indicating my preference for Z.

I would say thus far it is a success. Haven’t had any complaints for the past 6 months :)
Regarding calls, do you have suggestions on how to figure out if the OI in some particular call is mostly market makers' short or investors' short?

I know you referenced "good feel for the underlying and market participants" in order to answer that question, but
I'm wondering if there's a specific idea you could suggest regarding that to help narrow my focus?

> It is not just market makers that sell calls

Would you guess that market makers are, on average, net flat, net short, or net long calls?
That's talking about surface warming.

The incoming solar energy remained greater than the energy Earth was radiating. The question was simply where was the excess going if it was not showing up as surface heating.

The Earth contains many complex systems that are exchanging energy with each other in complex ways. Many of these have periodic or approximately periodic cycles than can change the magnitude of energy flow between them, or even the direction.

So sometimes you'll have periods where an increase in total energy ends up not changing surface temperatures, instead warming something else like part of the ocean, or maybe a particular layer of the atmosphere, or maybe going into melting glaciers (converting a mass of water from ice at 0 C to liquid at 0 C takes a lot of energy), or some combination of all of those and more.
I would advise you that this is not how you are coming off in this discussion. You sound like you are arguing that the civil war was not about slavery.
This varies wildly by company, and dynamics of the org/team. The best summary I’ve found is the staff/principal engineer archetypes article[1] by Will Larson. He identified 4 archetypes: Team Leader, Architect, Solver and Right Hand. This categorisation broadly matches my own observations & experience at Uber - even if the formal, internal company definition does not put these as such.

This comes after he interviewed close to a dozen staff/principal engineers at various companies of the likes of Stripe, Mailchimp, Fastly, Slack, Split and others. The stories/interviews[2] are worth reading to get a better picture of exactly what staff/principal looks at each of these companies.

[1] https://lethain.com/staff-engineer-archetypes/

[2] https://staffeng.com/stories
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Not much of a smoking gun... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Le7Fqbsrrm8
It's not the military I worry about. Rather, NPR.
True, though the bad light is not that some companies and groups in US are limiting Free Speech, but because US government has lost monopoly on violence, judging others and dealing punishment. All they key components that holds together any state - with or without Free Speech(which exists only few centuries or so).

We do not know with whom we have to deal with - US government that is represented by People - including ELECTED President, or Thing that is not controlled by law and does not need to abide to it and can do as it wishes - just like terrorists.
Essentially at this point US does not exist - when the Thing, that will arise in place in US will start to abide to law and make agreements with others, then others will be more relaxed, but currently Democracy citadel of the whole World has ended. No one is going to take US as an example anymore and it would take a lot of work to gain that position where US once was and usually there is no way to climb back after such actions.

Not to mention what this all is causing to current World Order, where no one is going to seriously take US - all the doors that are now opened for all the shit to pour out.
There's no clear upward trend if you zoom the focus to just the period from about 2002-2012, the trend is drowned out by noise in that window. 8 years ago that would have been the previous decade, which is likely the source of the "pause" discourse you remember from 8 years ago.
Did you really just call somebody replying to you in English a "monolingual mandarin speaker". There have plenty of times where I have accidentally gone on Cantonese wikipedia and didn't notice until halfway through the article.

Compare the following from Cantonese Wikipedia:

粵文維基百科 係維基百科協作計劃嘅粵文版，由非牟利組織──維基媒體基金會喺2006年3月25號成立。

To "mandarin" Wikipedia

粵文維基百科是維基百科協作計劃的粵文版本，於2006年3月25日成立，由非營利組織──維基媒體基金會負責營運。

1. Save for 係, 嘅, and 喺, the former is perfectly valid Mandarin. Every other difference between the two texts are phrasing differences from then being written seperately by different people. If you did s/係/是/, s/喺/於/, and s/嘅/的/ and copy pasted the Cantonese version into regular Chinese Wikipedia nobody would notice.

2. Despite the fact that not a single word in those two excerpts would be pronounced the same, you can clearly see the same characters being used even if you can't read Chinese. This can not be the case if it were a "syllabary".

3. 係, 喺, and 嘅 are written differently not because they're pronounced different(so is every other character in the above excerpt) or even because they have a different meaning(they pretty much serve the same grammatical purpose as 是, 於, and 的), but because they have different etymologies and are different morphemes. This can only be the case if the writing system is logographic. It wouldn't be the case in either a logographic or ideographic system.

Mind you Cantonese Wikipedia is written exclusively by people like you who think Cantonese is a "language", and it's not some dying dialect(It's the second largest dialect and probably spoken by at least 50% of Chinese speakers who actually use Wikipedia and not some other wiki) like Scots so you can't claim that the people writing are just bad Cantonese speakers.
Hiya, interesting offering and exploring it now :)

How does this compare to, for example, stax.io which does similar cost transparency but also offers compliance monitoring and other elements?

The company I work with as a $250K/month spend on AWS and uses stax to hassle people to delete unused things :)
If you have issues with how a project is being run fork it and do it yourself
If you published a roadmap would it solve the problem?
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It's interesting. I definitely find myself censoring myself online at times. But I also find myself self-censoring offline: at work, with my girlfriend, family.. you name it. Filtering oneself is an important trait.

On the other hand, self-censoring oneself to not criticize the current government or make an off-color political joke feels like oppression.
I'm not sure why, but I don't see many of these prompts myself. You can disable Gatekeeper.

sudo spctl --master-disable

That should get rid of the prompts.
I'm still a bit concerned about the unique structuring of the Signal Foundation and the 100 million dollar loan it got from Brian Acton. Is there an expectation that the organization will be disbanded by the time the loan comes due in 2068? Brian will be 96 years old.
Your comment misunderstands the point of some most software.

Yes, some open source software (like Red Hat Enterprise Linux) is run by a company and has an expectation of support.

The vast majority of free software, from the GNU tools like gcc to the linux kernel to clang, does not have that expectation.

All free software has a license that lets you fork it (by definition)... and that's where your reasonable expectations should end.

If you think the maintainer isn't doing a good job working on the right issues or maintaining the project, that's not the maintainer's problem. That's your problem. If you have the abilities to fork it and implement those changes yourself (realizing the maintainer does not have to incorporate those changes of course), go for it. If you can't, well, your expectations are totally wrong.

If a maintainer actively looks for "fame" or actively pushes more people to use their software, that does not mean they have to provide support. That does not mean they have to live up to some standard you've made up in your head.

They should make a reasonable attempt to uphold any specific promises they make, but that's about all they owe people, and if they promise to build a feature, then burn out, that's okay too really.