skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Dear Amazon, the Prime menu is fairly awful - especially trying to find a way back to a previously watched series.
> I bet it would take less than a minute to get banned for bring up freenode on libera.

I'll take that bet. Give it a try.
I think SKY is well prepared for this. With their NowTV service you can get the movies/entertainment/sports packages all separately. You can even buy the sports package for a day or a weekend. They also have quite a lot of exclusive content through SKY Atlantic + their sports offerings.

On top of that they are a major Broadband provider. If they started losing full SKY TV subscriptions I think their other business areas will make up for it. I would never get SKY TV...but I've paid for their broadband + pay £30 a month for sports via NowTV.
Just finished doing that myself and wholeheartedly agree. I came here to say SG-A does a great job as well.
Why would you say that? Freenode users are just regular people, they just have freedom. How much freedom did Whatsapp users have to choose a different provider after Facebook bought the company?
If it makes you feel better the fourth book of The Expanse is the most boring in my opinion and the show stuck to the plot for the most part throughout. I still enjoyed both the book and the fourth season but the action and production really picks back up in the fifth season.

EDIT: VAGUE REFERENCES TO SPOILERS BELOW
Were years even the same kind of years?

2000 years ago but even the King James Version wouldn’t have been using a gregorian calendar yet

And usually when talking about the Bible there has some greek or hebrew translation liberty

Before we all decide it’s open to interpretation anyway

Well I had your whole conversation for you, let me know
That being said, they did support both the Steam Controller and Link for a very long time, and the Steam Controller continues to be used by many (The configurator and services for sharing the configurations work all the same today).
Steam Link has mostly been replaced by software solutions like an Android App, or it being straight up built into some TVs.
Alex Karp of Palantir.
My personal opinion is that if you can find it in an English dictionary, it's an English word. It's pretty common, in English as it is in all languages, that the pronunciation differs from that of the original language from which the name originated.
Australia pretty much nailed it.
> People thought that there is no use for the appendix either.

Can you please quote sources that prove what you just said?
This covers the gist (eheh) of it:
https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af4...
How to Maximize the User Research You're Already Doing
Finding the optimal filter for each line is a science in itself, which, of course, could be approached with brute computer power. But since you probably do not want to wait a week in front of your computer, until the PNG is finally calculated, the filters are selected by experience values and assumptions.

That paragraph makes it sound like this article was written two decades ago. pngcrush, which does bruteforce, still takes only a minute or two on average (less than screen-sized) files.
As far as I can tell, what was done was to shut down any channel that mentioned libera in its topic, whether or not the channel had decided to actually move to libera, in the process banning anyone lurking in the channel from the # or the ## channels.

For the channel I was affected by, we hadn't decided whether or not to move. Indeed, the most recent conversation may itself have been on the freenode side. It's clear to me that there was absolutely no attempt made to determine whether or not the channel was "wildly unmoderated and closed." Indeed, I read the policy statement to find what clause we could have violated and couldn't find anything matched.

If you were truly sorry, and you truly wanted to apologize, what you should do is restore the affected channels back to their original state immediately, and without waiting for anyone from those channels to come and grovel to you for restoration. However, it may be too late for people to believe your sincerity at this point. You have burned away so much trust with so few actions that it may be impossible to ever recover it.

As I've put in other comments, we hadn't yet decided whether to move from freenode to libera yet. But your actions have made the decision for us.
WhatsApp sues Indian government over new privacy rules – sources
The fact that the new ownership perceives Libera as a "competitor" (your word) is exactly why the new ownership should be considered a malicious actor. That is an attitude belonging not to a FOSS network but to a business that is planning to monetize its userbase, all the while trying to reassure everyone that their communities are safe.
...but Freenode is now behaving maliciously, banning people without good cause, and interfering with tools that open source projects use to coordinate and to provide support for users.

Yes, I know, "Freenode is under the control of a malicious actor" is really melodramatic and honestly sounds a bit unreal, but it also seems to be an accurate statement of facts. Reality is not required to adhere to your understanding of what makes the best narrative.

> If you read both sides of the story, you can decide where the middle ground is.

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

I have read both sides of the story, and I have formed an estimation of which side is telling the truth and is in the right, yes. And it's not Lee.
E-Prime – English without the verb “to be”
Message persistence is provided by irc log services.
Especially considering that probably most of the current freenode users are idling or even orphaned bouncers. IRC is such that connection counts do not mean an actual person is behind the connection. But obviously everyone who moved to Libera did so actively. 18K active users vs 69K total connections is huge.
Wages on rigs are not just higher than average, they are in fact eye-wateringly high
The Mysterious Gotcha of gRPC Stream Performance
Amazon builds and operates internet-disconnected datacenters, on-prem in Langley, for the CIA. You're not getting rid of the CIA's drone video cluster sysadmins.

They also operate several internet-connected regions (GovCloud) that have the special racist hiring policies required to fulfill US govt hosting regulations.

That ship has probably already sailed.
Maybe. I would still like to see a thorough analysis (post mitten if you like). Everyone takes it for granted, it is not obvious to me. But of course possible.
"For an explanation of why nobody is here, see https://blahblahblah."

I'm not an IRC guy but I'm sure URLs are fairly common in topics. A human might still get offended but this will get past a bot.

Heck, even something like "For information about channel etiquette, see https:/blahblahblah" would do. It just turns out that "channel etiquette" is to move to a different channel.

It only has to hold for a little while anyhow. I'm sure there's going to be a long tail of people logging in for the first time in months and wondering what happened, but by now the majority probably already know, if not the vast majority.
This feels like circular logic. The countries which did better of course did so because they had the best pandemic planning, and we know they had the best pandemic planning because they did better.
Promscale 0.4: Drawing inspiration from Cortex for Prometheus HA support
Pretty sure rape is illegal in most jurisdictions.
Call your legislators!
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Ahh, the Wuhan Virus bit, I did forget about that, thanks for the reminder. I don't consider that racist, but some people seem to.

For people talking about th lab leak theory, I found another piece I remember from the time from April 3 (18 days prior to Cotton's piece): https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-china-tra...
> How the US avoided international courts is something that should be better explained

The fact the US has made it clear they will use any force necessary against the ICJ if they ever dare trying a US citizen should be a good explanation. You can get away with war crimes just fine if nobody dares to charge you with them.
Yes, they represent large content owner conglomerates and have the permission to go after pirates.

The shady part is where they can just go to the ISP and request the personal customer information associated to an IP they believe is transferring the infringing content.

In Germany the law allows lawyers to ask and get this info from the ISP purely based on suspicion. This is the dirty secret related to how Germany enforces piracy laws. Getting internet access is predicated by accepting that this information will be passed on to private third parties (imagine getting internet access only if you agree to send your identity to Facebook if they want to check you are not violating FB rules by using a fake name).

Between this and the fact that a lawsuit is expensive and time consuming, they probably never pursue minor infringement in court if they get a counter from the user's lawyer.
I am surprised nobody mentioned GPD yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNfbfPhOiE0
This will be my prediction: the usage of piracy to consume this type of content will increase.

And they will blame PLATFORM X (or just the ol'piratebay) for the losses of revenue, when in reality it's just a matter of people not being able to access content because everything has a paywall gate.

It's like they want to bring cable TV back to the internet, and you had massive bills just for channels subscriptions.
Unrelated, but flipping through that book is one of the few times I wished for a UI that did not keep pages in your your history. Flip through a few pages and try to click back.
The problem in most countries I've lived is that there is a market capture with the whole 'triple play' trap.

I only really need a fast internet connection but I can only get that if I bundle it with TV + Phone. Regardless of how much of a 'cable-cutter' I am, it is only financially worth getting internet-only, if I go for lower speeds.

Definitely something I thing the EU competition/anti-trust teams should be looking into.
> Even the language makes sense - a kind of hodge-Podge universal accent.

It's interesting see the differences from the books on this topic.

The books focus more on the use of belter's sign language, just some small and most common word is written and the rest is just defined as patois.

The series instead almost never shows sign language and it uses and evolves the spoken language much more than the books.
A lot of the settings in the Expanse are located in remote areas (often far away from the sun), where spare parts are rare and energy is expensive - at least more expensive than on Earth.

Additionally, people work in shifts on all stations and ships, and you can't constantly mess up people's circadian rhythm by simulating daylight 24/7.
Amazon Fan Fiction: Yet another ancient religious rite to puzzle far-future archeologists.
AIUI the old freenode folks had been working on solanum for a while now, and this was the perfect time to switch to it. So it's not the same software, but it's the spiritual successor too.
US history is extensively documented. Nobody is claiming that there aren't long lists of terrible things done (and still doing, I might add). The factual nature of those claims isn't really open to challenge. It is often pointed out in real time as the decisions are made.

If 'acknowledge' literally means acknowledge then I doubt you'll struggle getting what you want. If 'acknowledge' means 'and then we have to follow my political recipe for what to do next' then it might be a struggle.
>> We've really only been shown our side of history.

Really? Maybe if one confines one's self to US TV news channels. There have been plenty of books, films, and documentary series that address the Vietnamese side of the war.

If I were to recommend one, I suggest "Vietnam Minefield" (2005), covering the Australian's improper use of a minefield that resulted in countless bombings as Viet Cong forces repurposed captured mines as IEDs.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488904

https://donaldwilliamtate.medium.com/the-minefield-australia...
Would you also establish compulsory licensing so that studios and distributors can’t have exclusive content?
"Without IDs, the NHS would need to replicate the model on secure infrastructure to identify and potentially save the life of the person" why is this an issue?
Wikipedia suggests Sky are a subsidiary of Comcast which would suggests Universal is where they'd go for content.
"(2010)" should probably be added to this post's title. It's a shame SEO optimization has led to publishers removing dates from blog posts. It's a real detriment to readers.
couldn't agree more. who the hell made it. Its a mess. With separate seasons in different places.
Researchers build 700TB optical disc that can probably store all of Netflix
They use a new nanocomposite material, which combines graphene oxide flakes with upconverted nanoparticles (UCNPs) to achieve an unprecedented data density.
Ironic that the network's name has the words "free" in them.

The way Andrew Lee is acting, he sounds like he's more the North Korean version of Korea...
totally agree and I hope we can see en of this year
https://www.gateworld.net/news/2021/05/amanda-tapping-has-be...
Use a PID controller to contol a car in a car game simulator
Muslim headscarves are banned because we're a secular state and the state has to be neutral in religious matters. The Christian Democratic Union would never discriminate on the basis of religion.

There is a cross in every classroom because the previous sentence was an obvious lie.
Indeed!

http://bfinn.com
How Does Dilution Work in Startups?
It's pretty good! A little dry (I like dry - it helps me sleep) but the ideas in it are very cool.
I mean maybe but so many people have prime for the shipping that I doubt it will do anything to stir piracy.
Very valid questions and I had asked the same
You said it was the "current best estimate", not "accepted for publishing in a journal". Those are very different standards.
You seem to be insisting that there is likely something different about this coronavirus that means it won't end up becoming mostly-harmless-to-most-people, the way all the other influenza, rhinovirus and coronaviruses have done. What is the basis for this fear?

Sure you can keep saying things "might" happen or "we don't know" this or that, but we do have a lot of historical precedent for these kinds of viruses, so it's reasonable to presume that it will become not-that-big-a-deal, the way all the others viruses like it have done.
Ha! Sorry, didn't noticed this one when I replied before to you, so I thought it was new.

All the bells you are ringing has been pointed already (and since Libera got opened), it's in progress. I trust them to do the correct things, and will be addressed soon. Maybe as you said in another comment that it should have been made more clear on their website, tho.
you're crazy, I love you, but you're crazy
What about setting the channel topic to a link to your own documentation where it states how you should access the IRC channel? And maybe also a bot as someone else suggested, that reminds you to... read the channel topic. If they are going to scrape every single link in the channel topics and look for libera.chat links then there is not much you can do, people will eventually migrate.
It’s a fantastic box. IMO most of the stuff that is problematic for someone in an infosec role are things probably not best done on your laptop anyway.

Personally, I moved most of my toys to VMs elsewhere a few years ago and everything left with just interia.

As other posters mentioned python libraries are a problem, but then python on Mac is a circus anyway!
I used Riot/Element since back when it was still called "Vector" (these guys love their name changes)

It's ok but it's really aiming at the whatsapp/telegram crowd. Open a few hundred channels and it's overwhelmed, especially visually. You can set the channels to a higher-density view but not the channel list itself. You're scrolling forever.

Unfortunately Matrix is very tightly coupled with Element, it's the only client that really implements everything.

I'd love something like Quassel (which is what I use for IRC now) for Matrix. Native app, excellent performance and features.
I fear we are already beyond the point of stopping them. Remember those cringey, awkward videos by dozens of mayors begging Amazon to choose their city for their second headquarters? I'm all for gov-biz partnership, but gov literally begging big biz is not a good sign. There is a power imbalance here.
Freenode users are far more technically savvy than than the vast majority of Slack/Discord/WhatsApp users.
> Furthermore, the US fought itself to free millions of slaves in it's own Civil War.

This is simply not true.

The North prosecuted the war to preserve the Union. It was only afterward that it was re-imagined as a war of liberation. This reimagination makes perfect sense from a propaganda perspective. After all, the Confederacy was a democracy. Its people voted to leave the Union. The Yanks, for the stated purpose of "preserving the Union" invaded a democracy and killed half a million of its citizens. Ingeniously, by pretending that the war was always about freeing the slaves, the US has people walking around celebrating a one-million casualty war as a sign of their country's morality! Woof!

The truth is this: The Civil War was waged to preserve the American Empire in North America. The fact that it happened, in an unforeseeable confluence of circumstances, to result in the end of slavery, does not make it a moral war.

[0]https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Cry-Freedom-Civil-War/dp/01951...
I visited Orange County and west Pasadena this month; both were free from homeless and it was wonderful. Then I spent time in LA and Long Beach and the homeless made the experience very unsafe and disgusting. Now that I have kids, I will not be returning to places that tolerate the drugs, crime, and poop on the street the homeless bring.

The homeless are bums and should be treated as such. Too many benefits and too much sympathy are given to them, and this results in places becoming hellish to live for normal people.
Apparently running an chat network is a magnet for drama. Maybe these projects would rather keep that quarantined. I've certainly seen it in Discord servers.
Isn’t that exactly the point? There is a geographic Europe which is much larger and more diverse than NATO Europe, the EU, or Christian Europe like to admit.
I think the SG ecosystem has had a good run - however, Stargate Universe would be a welcome expansion/reboot.

Or a show based on Pohl's Heechee series, which has all the same pleasure points.
Found walking through exercises of Clojure Koans useful
...and 32k allows the buffer to fit into a single 64k segment along with the Huffman tables, no doubt a useful property at the time. Deflate is actually very similar to LZH, and there are small extensions to both which make the window 64k; but in my experience it doesn't provide all that much extra compression (few percent.)
Agreed. It is obvious even from their own account that it was prawnsalad who let the conflict spill into IRCv3. I can't really agree with their view that they are a neutral third party. They seem deeply involved in the conflict.

For reference I had no previous idea who any of the three parties are.
If you don't live in the UK, it may be a bit difficult to understand just how badly the UK's Conservative Government handled the pandemic up until the vaccine rollout. The level of ineptitude, dishonesty and croynism is simply off the scale.

How they got away with such incompetence remains utterly baffling and deeply depressing. (A largely Conservative-supporting national press probably helped to some degree.)

The number of COVID deaths speaks volumes about the government's record in tackling the pandemic: more than 127,000 people dead.

Back in March 2020, the medical director of National Health Service England, Stephen Powis, said that if the UK was able to keep deaths below 20,000 then "we will have done very well in this epidemic."
$20M security vulnerability in SAFEMOON protocol
I disagree. I haven't taken the time to dig deep enough into this Freenode drama to really understand where everybody stands and as such I don't have a firm grasp of the various ideologies and values of the different sides. However it's painfully blatant to me that many of the participants seem to be making things worse by lacking a modicum of diplomacy and soft skills.
Hacky/Unixy solution: Make a CLI version.
After a long enough time reading, I've come to the conclusion that the contradictions are shared canon. Reality in the SCP universe is just such a fucked up place that trying to make consistent sense of it is entirely futile.
We're talking about IRC here, after all...
If it improves the security of the device and means that Google will keep updating it, then that will be good. However, personally I have given up buying Google-branded devices. They only gave me security updates for my Pixel C for three years (2016-2019).
Maybe just make a pastebin or something that explains the move and link users to that instead?
I'd like to appreciate the Elixir irc channel. Other places are better for getting an easy question answered, but I've never seen anywhere else where the founder of a language regularly answers "normal" questions.
if you look at the polling data, more minorities voted for the Republicans during 2020 than any time in the last forty years. The idea that Trump stirred up racial hate is not established in the broader community. and there are plenty of examples of the left using racial sensitivities to drive politician opinion and support, going as far as making up fake racial attacks (aka hate hoaxes). oddly, these are rarely denounced for the hatred and fear they create.
Hmm, sounds like he wants to make another WhatsApp, and probably expecting a few billion Zuckdollars buy-out.

Hah, with all the users (the reason Zuck pays billions) abandoning the sinking ship, Lee's dream is evaporating in front of his very eyes.

Say bye-bye to that superyacht, Mr. Prince!
Content is worse.

It is frustrating to no end to visit sport sites in europe (for example, soccer) to have them default to MLS news or mexico news because of my IP

When i specifically go to a EU website to get EU sports news, why is does website forcing me to eat news about my home country sports???

It has gotten so bad that I've just dropped a few sites as a result.

Worse, it is never intuitive or easy to switch the content to the "default"
Apple might consider microcode a vulnerability. Certainly a double-edged knife.
No. In English, America refers to the US, the continents are North America and South America.

In Spanish and some other languages, America refers to the entire landmass from Alaska to Argentina.

This is equivalent to a Frenchman and German arguing over what countries are called in their language: of course they are different, the argument is nonsense, and they are both correct.
Thank you for sharing. I read your blog and it was really well-said and moving. I shared it with a friend who thought it was poignant and fantastic writing. If you ever create a Substack or something of the sort, I'd certainly subscribe.