skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Based on the title, I was half expecting a treatment of religious texts as fiction and why we fight over them.
I have not been to a club night or otherwise in over 25 years. It's just not my thing. But I am curious what is the difference between a top table and a regular table? What even goes on at a regular table?
Medical Report Underlines Potential Risk of iPhone Interference with Pacemakers
> individual lone hackers are less likely to be using ML to achieve superman-type powers than I originally thought

For a single individual to have "superhuman" impact with ML, they need not only generic ML knowledge, but also specialized knowledge of some domain they want to impact. Actually, because ML has become so generic (just grab a pre-trained model, maybe fine-tune it, and push your data through it) a very shallow understanding of the fundamentals is probably enough, and in-depth domain knowledge much more important.

That doesn't mean generic ML research isn't important, it's just that it has an average impact on everything, not a huge impact in one specific area.

(I suspect many hobbyist ML projects are about generating entertaining content because everyone has experience with entertainment, even ML researchers.)
A curious observer’s guide to quantum mechanics, pt. 5: Catching a wave
I use the method in 'a proper naming' scheme linked here and am very happy with it. It solves all the problems mentioned in other threads here.

It is fairly straightforward to incorporate into your infrastructure as code workflow for managing your "cattle".
After spending about a year toying with LISPs I find lisp prefix notation much more readable, intuitive and useful.

Think about adding a bunch of numbers using infix

a+b+c+d

In prefix it’d look like

(+ a b c d)

You could as many terms in that list.

And as far as the - in indentifiers, it’s called kebab case and I find it very readable and natural to type as well. Also since identifiers are a lot more flexible than other languages you could have predicates such as
empty? Rather than isEmpty and so on. Very very friendly and useful. Not trying to convince you or anything but if you give it a chance it’ll click for you.
Author here. I will take the opportunity to advertise my blog at https://fredrikj.net/blog/ where I post occasional development updates about Arb and other projects.

Some improvements not covered in the 2016 preprint include much faster code for arithmetic and matrix multiplication (https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.04289, https://fredrikj.net/blog/2018/07/high-precision-linear-alge...), and code for rigorous arbitrary-precision numerical integration (https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07942, http://fredrikj.net/blog/2017/11/new-rigorous-numerical-inte...).
> The problem is, someone asking the second question in today's hyper-polarized world is somehow equated to being an anti-science, self-serving politically motivated miscreant.

I disagree. The people being called anti-science and liars are not asking the second question at all, but instead wanting to act like there is no virus. Big difference.

Truly asking the second question, which everyone else seems to ask and evaluate constantly, is what gradient of lockdown works for what situation.
Yeah. Quite funny. "Do as I say, not as I do".
I agree and that seems to be the real problem. Like with sugar, carbs and other examples of abundance.

I wrote about this 10 years ago:

http://000fff.org/slaves-of-the-feed-this-is-not-the-realtim...
Hacking aluminum foil into sound recorder/player
Did You knew, that the first recorded sound was on aluminum foil ? The device which made it was called phonograph and was invented by Edison. What is curious it is possible to recreate such thing in Your kitchen
Why Software Development Knowledge Sharing Methods Are Broken
Renault also needs to expand their EV model range to the compact SUV market like the Koleos and lower cost Duster , it is undergoing testing.
At least in the UK/London, #1 would be considered a "bar" (distinct from a "pub"), but as far as my experience goes (probably not been on a proper night out in London in 5+ years now) paying for a table is pretty much unheard of, unless it is a deposit/minimum-drink-spend for a pre-reserved table that then comes out of the bill at the end. To me paying for a table just seems like a ripoff.

#2 is as described, apart from there is probably entirely mainstream and not particularly LGBTQ (although there are dedicated places that specialise in that sort of thing)

Both #1 and #2 are usually over-priced and mostly filled with tourists or hen/stagg parties, and as such "uncool".
The L.A.P.D.’S Experiment in Trust-Based Policing
> The suggestion was that he visited it on a trip before WW1, possibly related to the Switzerland trip?

Again, I don't think so. I just re-read the relevant chapter in Humphrey Carpenter's biography of Tolkien. The 1911 Switzerland trip (when he was aged 19) was just that; and the group of 12 returned to England as soon as the walking was done.
Show HN: Learn data science with ABCs of Data Science
Kentucky Fried Computer's “Indestructible” Advantage Computer
"NorthStar launched this indestructible all-in-one system in 1982.

The Advantage combined the well known (at the time) NorthStar 5.25 floppy disc sub-system with a high-resolution display and a durable keyboard. The Advantage also had it's own bus with it's own set of optional I/O card and a 8088 co-processor card for comparability with the newly released IBM PC software. Sadly, the card was delivered with MS-DOS ver.1 which wasn't compatible with the IBM-PC PC-DOS and very few programs were developed for this OS.

Despite some interesting features - High resolution graphics display, 8 and 16-bit software compatibility - and a proven reliability, the Advantage never really competed with Apple and IBM-PC systems."
I think the material itself does literally become transparent. It's just that the rough surface makes it look white (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosted_glass). Just like you can make frosted glass look transparent by e.g. putting some clear scotch tape over the surface (https://i.imgur.com/GZLOfbR.jpg), you can restore the transparency of the wood by filling the gaps with resin.
iPhone 12 magnets could deactivate implantable cardiac devices
For personal stuff (and even early machines for some companies which blurred the lines) I always chose the names of forests in the Magic: the Gathering multiverse. I try and help keep this page updated purely for that purpose:

https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Forest

These days, for work, it’s just boring unambiguous stuff. I think with more cloud infrastructure and the rarity of shared unix servers with home directories for people, it’s rare that I have any emotional investment in a machine. They’re basically soulless now.
My question would be, why are there toxic posts on any of these platforms in the first place even before they are promoted? I don't see Reddit's model as a viable alternative, any subreddit with a large population seems to have fallen into a pit of lowest common denominator group think from which they'll never return. I don't think it's their architecture that's to blame, it's a disease that arises from a large population of self-interested people who aren't invested in the wellbeing of the community. They're there to see a funny meme, do some shitposting, and try to get some karma rather than meaningfully contribute. I think a good community can still thrive on a platform that has terrible tools, humans are adaptable and will make the best of a bad situation. The only thing that spoils that is a large enough group of people intent on making a bad situation worse for their own benefit.
The real juice here for those who want some good "conspiracy theory" level "connections everywhere" reading: CIM group. If you want to know about LA/NY real estate, political subterfuge (including PACs and pension funds), etc from the "how things really work" angle, just give them a search and read a few articles.

Even more fun: try to guess what the name stands for.
You can't "settle through mediation if you want" if the other side doesn't want that. You need two sides agreeing to settle through mediation and coming with reasonable requests, while it's enough that one side disagrees or is coming with unreasonable requests, to get both sides to the court.
Here to mention Chia (https://www.chia.net/) which is made by the creator of bittorrent Bram Cohen and is launching its mainnet soon! Uses proof of space instead of proof of work or proof of stake to make it use very little energy.
A wonderful read: it'd only be improved with online references for all citations (since all referenced works should be in the public domain).
Hi Hacker News!

I’ve written a series of 26 blogs titled “ABCs of data science” which aims to give readers a high level overview of many concepts in data science/machine learning/AI. The goal isn’t to dig into the nitty-gritty technical details but rather to give people an intuition about these concepts. You can learn about topics such as deep learning, natural language processing, embeddings, or how to explore/clean data. You can find the blog at https://abcsofdatascience.ca/ or follow the twitter account https://twitter.com/abcsofdatasci
Standards can become outdated you know?

And by the way standards aren't really the word of some kind of god that you should follow blindly and never question.

Many standards are ratified just to settle the status quo regarding various solutions to a common problem.

At this point, one might even argue that the next "standard" for init systems should just be based off systemd.
I guess that it can be marked as untrue tale then. Pity, because it really would fit ;)
>Maybe this is the result of a highly researched government program about how to survive a worldwide famine. But the numbers I'm seeing aren't doing a lot to convince me that famine planning is a more likely cause than lobbying.

Your skepticism is warranted. After all, we had a highly researched government program about how to effectively tackle a worldwide pandemic, and... well.
Turing test considered harmful (1995) [pdf]
Some will die and others will replace them, perhaps with a lull in time in between.

Unless something fundamentally changes in the way we “celebrate” culture. Which might be the case.

I think those clubs and new music genre’s are driven by youngsters. If new generations of youth don’t feel the need to get together and celebrate certain musical quirks together, then perhaps the nightclub/rave format will become a relic. Maybe they’ll find other ways to find each other (online, vr, I’m not a prophet).

I had fun organizing (deep) house parties in a European city in small venues while growing up :) We didn’t earn money, but damn it was fun!
> And as recent evidence goes, no crypto gives you respite from the law - on the contrary, it will bind you in constant avoidance of the law.

Even Monero?
For anyone wondering about the difference between endpoint-based interval arithmetic ([a,b]) and midpoint-radius ([m +/- r]) arithmetic (ball arithmetic): they are often interchangeable, but they have different tradeoffs. Roughly speaking, standard interval arithmetic is better for subdivision of space, while ball arithmetic is better for representing individual numbers.

A good technical introduction to ball arithmetic is this paper by Joris van der Hoeven: https://www.texmacs.org/joris/ball/ball.html
I remember watching the vote on HN, and a woman vox polled at the tube sation said she voted leave, but didn't think it'd get up.

Brexit has consumed the UK for the last 5 years with it's totally inwards looking activity.

COVID was a black swan event that will be bad for this generations outcomes. Brexit was totally avoidable but will have much the same lingering suppression of economic activity.
Study finds strong link between weather seasonality and airborne Covid
Not sure if you linked the right tweet or I'm missing something. This is what I see:

> There is a notion that the EU is punishing us. That our exports have to jump through more hoops than e.g. Norwegian products.

> This is what we agreed to. What we wanted. We didn't opt for the Norway model (e.g. alignment).

> This is not punishment, this was our choice.

That to me seems to say that this is self-inflicted, not something that the EU as a group inflicted on the UK. Not to dismiss the idea that UK is leaving the EU, not that the EU is kicking out UK.

So I guess when it comes to "how much blame the EU deserves for this", it seems the answer is "none".
I mean, it's possible that Assimov imagined it but decided that "automatic radio stations" wasn't a compelling enough basis for a story.
Imaging based diagnosis is not going to cure cancer, but it can guide treatment - based on what the AI reads from the images patients can get drugs that are very effective for their particular cancer. We have very effective drugs nowadays, large part of treating cancer is figuring which drug to give.

Imaging based diagnosis could read presence or absence of particular gene mutations from the images so that the genes can be silenced by the drugs.

Imaging based diagnosis could also figure out whether a particular cancer precursor is going to develop into invasive cancer and do it better than the experts we have now (otherwise we wouldn't use the AI).

This can also be done cheaper than paying consultants to figure it out and it can be done in locations where they don't have the specialists.

Some companies working in the field (some already have tools approved for use on patients):

https://analogintelligence.com/artificial-intelligence-ai-st...
I've spent way too long getting VMs to work on various platforms. I hate paying for software but does vmware make it a lot easier? It sucks to use free OSs, but then pay to virtualize.
The implication here is that this is a win/loss type thing. UK loses and the EU wins. The reality is that both sides are losing.
> So I guess when it comes to "how much blame the EU deserves for this", it seems the answer is "none".

I think that was the point the parent post was trying to make.
I heard about this a few weeks ago. I googled how to recycle (or dispose of) epoxy resin and haven't found anything. That is kind of disappointing. Some companies are trying to develop an epoxy resin formula that can be recycled but that's just a tiny niche of the market.

I don't see this going anywhere unless that issue has been resolved for good. Does anyone know more about recycling epoxy?
I think the applicability of ML, at least so far, is quite narrow. That's not to say that there are no applications; but rather, that it's not the universal AI tool that it is being portrayed as in the media.

ML in practice seems to resemble a complex DSP-like step more than anything. It seems to be mostly used in classical DSP-like domains too (text, speech, images, etc.) It's a tool to handle complex, high-dimensional multi-media data.

Though, models like GPT-3 and CLIP show some promise in being something beyond that. With the caveat of having billions of parameters...
True, when you break it down, people will ultimately invest in anything they "trust" (well, hope) to rise in value, no matter how trustworthy they inherently are. So you will indeed have a lot of people that invest in BTC simply because they see others doing the same, since that means they might be able to make a profit.

But there's also the people that invest long-term because they think crypto currencies have a lot of potential to be adopted more widely in the future, which entirely depends on their trustworthiness. Without that second group, any sufficiently negative news would cause the BTC price to collapse completely -- and to be fair, there's always the risk of that happening (Tether sends its regards), but the underlying "trust in the benefits of the system itself" at least gives a floor for its price that's above $0.
This whole post reminded me of why I only like abstract strategy games, and the simpler the better.
Wow, I don't know if it's intentional on the part of the authors, but, on the contrary, I'd ask you: why? What is your threat model?

Do you think somebody may perform a MitM to replace the information on the website?

Do you think somebody could sniff your communications with that website and there could be any negative consequence for any party?

The HTTPS movement, in a lot of situations, suffers from non-threat modeling issue. There's very little gain from https-protecting a page like the linked one; at the same time it's true that the cost involved is minimal.
The misquote I find most laughable is

> It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons

...since, you know, Lord Of The Rings does not feature any dragons! (The "fell beasts" that Nazguls ride are not dragons, not even close)
Oxford jab offers less South Africa variant protection
>Dressing the misbehavior of industrial capitalism as a failure of technology is intellectually dishonest.

It's intellectually dishonest to separate technology from the manner it is used. You introduce a powerful new technology, and people will use it to expand their powers, whether or not it's being used in the way the inventor intended.
ML (neural nets) are useful because they automate much of parameter search. Instead of trying an SVM and then Random forests and then whatever, just throw all the data at a GPU and let it build an NN for you.
We want to be treated as club member and reap all the perks, but we don't want to be in the club though.
And I made it open source if you want to take a look: https://github.com/sircon/onethousand

I used Yahoo Finance hidden API for all stock related stuff, Next.js + Vercel and a lot of Tailwind CSS love!

Hit me if you have any questions or feedback!
I hear you. I always applied the term "minimalism/minimal code" for that style of programming, which I'm a follower of myself (except the lib/diy route, which tends to be more minimal if you diy).
This is a really unkind interpretation of my comments - I am certainly not trying to find fault, merely sharing my initial reaction to a list of seemingly strange ingredients.

You may be familiar with these ingredients, but that doesn't mean anyone who isn't used to highly processed food is "wrong" for not knowing what they even are.
It seems to make people happy to attribute pithy, compassionate, vaguely new-agey sentiments to prestigious writers. Another example that comes to mind is the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, whose works have been...reimagined in the last few decades [1] into little things you can superimpose on a photo of a beach sunset.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Barks
Brief summary of the RFC (to save you the read):

* Don't overload other terms already in common use.

* Don't choose a name after a project unique to that machine.

* Don't use your own name.

* Don't use long names.

* Avoid alternate spellings.

* Avoid domain names.

* Avoid domain-like names.

* Don't use antagonistic or otherwise embarrassing names.

* Don't use digits at the beginning of the name.

* Don't use non-alphanumeric characters in a name.

* Don't expect case to be preserved.

* Use words/names that are rarely used.

* Use theme names.

* Use real words.

* Don't worry about reusing someone else's hostname.

* There is always room for an exception.
> This work has greatly increased accuracy in diagnosis, saving lives.

As an MD with a special interest in statistics, color me skeptical. I'd love to be proven wrong though, so please provide references.

Edit: yeah, so the way this whole thread is developing really goes to show (yet again) that medical AI hype is relying as strongly as ever on the fantasies of people who've never seen any clinical work.
>I cannot help being a bit sad that contribution like this will only benefit the few people that use FreeBSD

Same could be said the other way around, the thing is Linux can implement it and even take the code, the other way is rather difficult....so much for freedom.

And not sure what you mean with "few" people, the few Playstation 3/4/5 users? Juniper? OpnSense/Pfsense installations? Or the few Truenas/Freenas users?

>Or not something else enough?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_bKvXkoC4
Rugby has had increasing concussion issues also as players have gotten bigger (and possibly play styles have shifted?). In fact, rugby may be worse, especially for younger players. https://www.florugby.com/articles/6745817-rugby-vs-football-...
Taking any supplement, isn’t about the supplement but more about the ratio. For Vitamin D to be effective, it needs to correlate with Vitamin A in the beta-carotene format. When you get this balance right, you improve your ability to fight off infections.
To understand all your ratios, get tested with a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis. Know your #s!!
Nothing prepares us for exponentials in life, even those of us who work with exponentials.

When the rate of change of something depends on its quantity, you get an exponential. The rate of change of machine learning depends on how much machines have learned.

We can use analogies and graphs all we want, exponentials always confound us.
Very important. I make it clear every time I bring out someone less experienced that they will help keep us safe because of their skill level. By far the worst thing you can do is have people constantly pushing and piling on risk thinking they’re fine because nothing bad has happened before. Survivorship bias is real.
Thinking helps fill the waiting time.
There is also a theory that the delays and controversy of Brexit have been caused by the remainers who want to reverse the referendum, in other words some people out there blame the trouble caused on those who didn't want there to be trouble in the first place.
One I read was Galileo visiting Harvard. Apparently they were co-temporal (overlapped anyway; Harvard is old) and it would have been possible during his house arrest, should friends have spirited him to the New World.
Alternative, there are plugins to export your Wordpress site and make it static.
Verified Twitter Users Shared an All-Time-High Amount of Fake News in 2020
Arq Backup 7 Released
I've bought lots of licenses for Arq over the last few years, for multiple Macs and PCs, both at work and home.

Every review I read about Arq seems to be broadly positive. HN types seem to like it.

An yet on every single machine I've used it on, over the last 2-3 years, Windows or Mac, I've had random errors, bugs and persistent backup failures. Their support is responsive but even if the problems are solved they seem to return again.

There is a lot to like about Arq, and maybe it's just me, but it's hard work to keep it on the straight and narrow.

Strangely though, I persist. I think because I know what the alternatives are like (eg. TimeMachine isn't much better in my experience).

Downloading 7 now to see if it's the Arq gremlin panacea I've been waiting for....

I should add, I'm always aware of the backup failures - I haven't come across a scenario where a backup that I thought was ok, wasn't. Which would be the worse thing a backup client could do to you. In its defence, Arq does persistently moan at me that there is a problem that I should be aware of.
There is also the minor issue of a global pandemic and the UK being in a national lockdown.
And the irony is, you actually were reaping a lot of the perks while not being "in the club" under many, many respects (the €, first of all). Just a sad, sad turn of events all around.