skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Those are books damaged in printing that the printer is supposed to destroy, some enterprising employee grabs them from the scrap to be recycled and Amazon stands ready.
Publishers and authors lose the entire amount.
I have seen books like this at weekend swap meets (flea markets) near major printing ecyclers where the recycler employee does the diversion when they see good books(to their eyes) in the scrap.
At a lunch for female journalists and scientists, Hunt gave a speech...

"It's strange that such a chauvinist monster like me has been asked to speak to women scientists. Let me tell you about my trouble with girls. Three things happen when they are in the lab: you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticise them they cry. Perhaps we should make separate labs for boys and girls? Now, seriously, I'm impressed by the economic development of Korea. And women scientists played, without a doubt, an important role in it. Science needs women, and you should do science, despite all the obstacles, and despite monsters like me."

That is not a joke.
It really is location dependent, since most of the problems are caused by the shipper. Amazon will use multiple shippers, and in some areas will use what ends up being people driving around in their personal cars to deliver packages. If you have unreliable shippers in your area, it’s hard to deal with Amazon when things go wrong. In one place I lived, Amazon would use the US Postal Service, UPS, and Fedex. I had no control over which. The local FedEx team was horrible, they never figured out how to deliver packages to my building. So they would pretend to deliver, say customer wasn’t home and no secure place to leave the package for 2-3 days, then stick a notice on the outside of the building somewhere that I could use to drive to the FedEx warehouse in the next town over to pick it up. Maybe it’s different now, but there was just no way to do anything about this.

Another location and I’d get these local people delivering packages in their personal cars and that was really hit or miss. Seems like anytime they were busy they just report that they tried to deliver but no one was home. They could steal whatever they wanted, it’s a matter of trust. How does Amazon know who is lying? Maybe I’m scamming them, maybe the shippers, maybe someone else is stealing packages off my doorstep.

There was just no way to choose a shipper or report problems with one. Don’t have any problems where I am now, so I don’t know if they’ve fixed that. They should be able to tell, statistically, if packages have more problems with one shipper over the other, but smart shippers who want to steal could probably game the system.
> Typically CS cares about the process to find a result, and not just its value nor the possibility or impossibility to find it.

Typically, programmers care about the process to find the result. Some programmers are computer scientists. You can not conclude that all computer scientists are programmers, so your statement is based on logical fallacy.
DNA: The Ultimate Data-Storage Solution
Yeah, I had one of these, but at a much lower threshold.

I bought one of those blind spot mirrors for like $10. I received an envelope (think the old white and blue envelopes) that had nothing. Since the package was "delivered", the only option was to "return the items" but since I didn't have anything to return, there was nothing Amazon could do for me. It was almost funny.
‘Fighting back’ isn’t defending yourself - it’s just fighting. People should leave and get an adult if they’re involved in a fight.
Long-Term Effects of Cannabis on Brain Structure
It is a protected title, and yes, it math heavy, at least the first couple of years.
Yup, ironically, books coming from Amazon are far more likely to arrive damaged - two decades later, and they still can't get it through their heads that they can't just toss a book in a box and expect it to be not crunch the corners every time. I don't think that it is even smart enough to be a scheme to encourage Kindle and Audible sales...

For returns, I was surprised to see only drop-off options, but I found that they actually just bury the pick up option on another page. I usually find it now under a small faint "more options" link. Good luck.

(And yes, despite being a multi-decade Prime customer, I now avoid Amazon for many categories, including books, & especially batteries)
I live in an “up and coming” neighborhood in a major US city and it’s the same. Amazon has package lockers within a half-mile (~1 km) walk for the small ones, and the big ones are usually expensive enough I’ll just WFH for the day.

Part of the problem at least in the US is that retail stores don’t have the selection or availability that Amazon does, never mind the price. There are also some things that just aren’t sold in retail stores very often — I’m a competitive sport shooter and parts / supplies were hard to come by locally even before the pandemic.
But does NFTs prove ownership? I can make an NFT of anyone’s art.
Is there a standard way to convert an encryption key into a human readable name?

Because then we could have a service where you signed everything with your key and then you were know as whatever the hash of that key is - and you can create a new identity with a new key, but your name won't be linked to any real world identity.

I barely use Facebook or Twitter compared to reddit, and I suspect it is because of the real name issues, that makes those places just not as much fun.
Then why all the fighting over politically based things covered in many schools, like CSE, anything religious, critical race theory, guns, etc? Most schools and teachers are looking for answers that fit their own ideas or preferences and grade outside-the-box answers as wrong, even when there's merit to them. There are people on both sides of the political spectrum that believe that specific topics should not be covered because it amounts to indoctrination, even if the teachers are attempting to cover in a nonindoctrinaring way.
Fire and forget means it requires no more input/information from whatever fired it. The benefit is that the platform that launched it is free to do other things.
In Brazilian Portuguese, CompSci courses are named the equivalent of "Computation Science".

This is one of the few cases in which I think the Brazilian Portuguese translation is way better. It actually conveys a more precise idea of what the discipline is about.
> It is not an exaggeration in the slightest to say that many people will treat you badly

I've never encountered such strong stigma. Sound very specific to the culture you live in.
Mr. Nobody?
By packing the box with the sold item they can rule out error on their part.
If your manager has no power to decide what you work on, who gets promoted, what deadlines you should have, who is to blame when things go wrong, who to fire etc, then sure he doesn't need to be technical. Otherwise he will just promote and listen to the popular guys and fire the unpopular ones.
Oh, you're right:

Trying that shiny new algorithm out on a couple dozen seeds, and then only reporting the best few. Running a big hyperparameter sweep on your proposed approach but using the defaults for the baseline. Cherry-picking examples where your model looks good, or cherry-picking whole datasets to test on, where you’ve confirmed your model’s advantage. Making up new problem settings, new datasets, new objectives in order to claim victory on an empty playing field. Proclaiming that your work is a “promising first step” in your introduction, despite being fully aware that nobody will ever build on it.

Yeah, I misread; sorry. Testing your model on a small dataset and presenting it as a general solution is all too common.

That's why generative models are cooler than classifiers, to me at least. You can show the outputs visually, whether it's text or image or sound. But with classifiers, you're chasing an accuracy rating. I forgot that people often test on CIFAR-10 (smol data) without verifying on Imagenet (big-ish data) and then present their paper as very general.

But, I do have something to say about that kind of dataset cherrypicking: Researchers often find it hard to test on large datasets because of limited compute resources. One of the pioneers of DDPM wasn't able to train on imagenet due to lack of GPUs. CIFAR-10 was the best they could do. So it's sometimes hard to tell whether there's intentional deceit, or just a shoestring budget. (I was surprised how much research a lot of people get done in spite of limitations.)

Thanks for the correction; cheers.
Thanks for the reply. Ok, I think I'll have to go back and re-read with this new perspective. Maybe I took the words too literally.

> money will become superfluous

Given your different perspective, what does he mean my this line? This one bit and the surrounding sentences is where I started to dismiss the text as quackery (compared to Das Kapital, which I did enjoy).

When hearing Marx say money will become useless, you've got to wonder what it means to have property. How do you become to posses a toothbrush if you didn't exchange money for it? Or do we go back to a barter economy?
Corellation vs causation? Please tell me if this article doesn’t confuse these two.
Well, I'm not talking about outright fraud but the more subtler forms mentioned in the article. I think it's probably harder for outsiders to understand the nuance.

It's not "who are they", its everyone. The incentives are set up wrong. Blaming individuals is insufficient. It's like dreaming if only politicians stopped lying. Academia is a hierarchy and a power system. People have interests, reputation, prestige and it often directly translates to money.

Again, I'm not talking about blatant outright lies or fudging numbers.

Thing is, after some rejections or sabotaging yourself a few times by being too critical with your own research and not having publications you will imitate what you see around you or you drop out due to a lack of publications. It's rewarded to be less critical with yourself. And ultimately you want to graduate after all that sunk cost. Even switching to industry isn't so easy without publications in prestigious venues to show for those years.
Beyond visual range engagements require powerful radar that cannot fit in the missile itself. The missile can only navigate the last leg of it's journey without relying on external information.
I think the overwhelming problem is the amount of trust people have an academia, and especially, in elite academia. A Harvard research paper is trusted. The harm of people trusting fake science is high. I see it every day in my field.

1) If people realize it's more like a Facebook post, that will be better. People will be able to push back.

2) Alternatively, if we clean up this mess, that will be even better. Academia ought to be trustworthy.

I don't see a path to #2 without a lot of dishonest people with tenure being laid off. At elite institutions, most people hired in the past decade or two cheated at least a little bit. I don't see a path to get there without a high-profile scandal.
Uhhh, wasn't the OLPC the first?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child
On the tech side: My advice is try a few courses and go with the thing you love. The thing you get addicted to.
Could be mobile dev, front end, hardware, building PCs, etc. There is a lot of work ahead for you to get what you want. Easiest way is to enjoy the ride.

It’s ok if it’s not tech. Fixing up houses for example can be profitable and rewarding.
Your example proves my point: Foxconn is 1/2 a world away, and news from that part of the world never penetrates pop culture.

That we have heard about it, implies a degree of scrutiny.

When Google fires an AI researcher in a sensitive position, it's an international event.

If Exxon executives committed suicide in the face of some kind of forced fraud/corruption, it would be a national story.
I bet the reason people do it is because they had good experiences buying dozens of sub-$100 items in Amazon and don't want to risk trying out a new online store. Amazon support is great for cheap stuff, so most people assume it's the same for expensive ones.

Also, people new to a hobby won't know that B&H, or Thomann, or Sweetwater, etc, also have great customer support like Amazon.
Perhaps. It's missing the 30 years of experience, the PostGreSQL reputation, an opensource license, and a better name.
Don't these head down designs for motorcycles kill peoples necks? Having to keep your head tilted up means the bike is only useful for short drives. Ride it across several USA states and your neck will be frozen, especially with the neck muscles having to fight both gravity (with added weight of helmet) and bumps to keep the head level. Head down lowers air resistance in racing, but seems useless for a vehicle you actually intend to use for transportation. If they really want an advanced design lay the rider completely flat, face down, and invent an optical/camera system that gives them the same visibility that having the head vertical would.
Do you think the patrons of this cafe didn't? I am sure they were expected to provide some degree of patronage for their time there.
Dentists will hate this and, if it works, conspire to destroy it. Dentists operate a mostly cash business dependent on disease care. The less you care for your teeth, the more money they make. The more procedures they perform, the more money they make. Good luck.
GPD do an impressive line of pocketable x86 computers. Some of them have keyboards designed to be touch-typed on, though I can't comment on their ergonomics.

I can comment on the ergonomics of the GPD MicroPC, which I got a few days ago and have been using ever since: it's awesome. I can do about 50 wpm on the thumb keyboard, which I'm sure is as good as I ever got on those tiny EeePC keyboards. It's very satisfying to hold and use, and it comfortably supports a full Plasma desktop. Look no further for a pocket laptop.
And what then couldn’t be called "hardcore computer science?"
A much more detailed article - "DNA as a digital information storage device: hope or hype?" - can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5935598/ .
Wow, what a MASSIVE missed opportunity to quote the best variation of this idea by far, done by Hal Abelson in the legendary "6001-Introduction to Computer Science" class on MIT in the 80s.

You can check it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Op3QLzMgSY

Abelson in the first minute crosses both computer AND science, and references the also legendary SICP with "computer so-called science actually has a lot in common with magic".

Honestly, this alone already made the article that empty.
I don't think the family whatsapp groups really fit in here, because by default they contain only things you want with your family. You can also join other groups that are different and have different focuses.

Anyway reddit is as mainstream as the others and they not only permit account names, basically nobody uses their real names. Heck alt accounts are encouraged too.
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Especially when the retailer is the one choosing the shipper. On some sites you can at least choose UPS vs FedEx, then it would be a slightly different story.
I'm not sure what's happening. Couldn't find any related studies. But i have seen in couple friends already if you have teeth sensitivity and teeth that go bad frequently you might have problem with upper back. This leads to too much urination. Especially if you don't drink a lot. Kidneys need sodium for functioning. I can only speculate that kidneys for some reason are forced to lose sodium with urine and as result you'll have tooth sensitivity or even heart problems. My observation showed that upper back backward bend helps to eliminate that. And this might be the result of bad posture. But definitely i don't have good understanding what's happening, because I'm not a doc. Just try to bend like for gymnastics bridge (yoga wheel can help or sturdy park bench) and see yourself. It will take just couple days to show results,
The only reason I bought a Mac: lightweight, no fans, "full" computer. In general I am not a fan of Apple ecosystem but this one really fits my need.
This is one problem I face with centralization. If all stores handle purchases on their own, it's fine if your local camera shop refuses you as a customer because you also probably don't want to deal with them again, but if you are forced to use your CC company to dispute against steam, amazon, google, you are risking being banned from their service. You are risking access to your photos, documents, and emails. To using online features for other products you already own.
Tums was invented to cause temporary relief, and requires constant use (the perfect product)...since it actually makes the symptoms return in time. Baking soda will also require constant use, as do prescription meds.

Relief in the stomach requires more acid, not less. A shot of ACV (apple cider vinegar) and half teaspoon of honey will alleviate/cure indigestion in a few minutes. Received this advice from a naturopathist, and on the rare occasion that indigestion occurs, it works perfectly.
> finding a book that wasn't in stock at your local store was a massive hassle and could take months.

Or you could just ask your local store to order it for you and you would have it in a week. It's not like this was an unusual situation.
That sounds like the tripcode system you see on imageboards like 4chan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageboard#Tripcodes
> Well, does it reflect badly on a startup founder if their idea doesn't work out?

Maybe not in SV, but I have heard plenty of people tell startup founders to "get a real job" or refer to trying a startup as a "figuring it out phase."

When a startup some friends founded failed, they had to deal with people wondering if they chose the startup route as they couldn't get real jobs upon graduation.

So, yes, in some places.
The motivation behind it is very simple: eye-watering salaries in the field.

Moneyed people are ready to pay these salaries because a lot of them have succumbed to hype equating "AI" (that phrase alone is complete bullshit) to something bordering on "magic," and bringing equally magical money making opportunities.

The prospect for business owners to get rid of white collar workers in a manner not unlike how machines swept blue collar workers is just this much irresistible.
Seems like they are failing then. A substantial majority of people do not understand thw way the government is supposed to work nor their parts in it.

https://woodrow.org/news/national-survey-finds-just-1-in-3-a...
That graph does not represent the actual situation, it might include just full-paid leave. In countries like Germany, France and in Scandinavia, you get a shared budget: e.g. in Germany as a couple you get 14 months of which one parent can take 12months max, at ~65% pay. That's a whole different ballgame than the Dutch 5 weeks, even if fully paid.

I lost access, but I seem to recall this [1] article covers it quite thoroughly: low paternal leave is a likely explanation for the low (again, lowest in the EU) number of woman working fulltime. Then there's [2] and [3].

It seems obvious that once you enable the partner to take care, you enable the couple to make their own choices, whatever they may be.

[1] https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/kasboekje-vrouwen-financien
[2] https://decorrespondent.nl/8071/vind-jij-ambitieuze-vrouwen-...
[3] https://decorrespondent.nl/8071/vind-jij-ambitieuze-vrouwen-...
Stylometry is already a well-studied field, just not typically applied to online datasets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylometry
The author mentions a collusion ring in AI, but I'm pretty sure the article refers to a situation that arose in the computer architecture community (which itself happened quite a while back).
Thanks for that... I didn't know there was a difference under Marx.

So one thing Marx did say is that he wanted money to be "superfluous". If money would be useless, how do you get to own a toothbrush? Does that mean we either go back to a barter economy, or something like a social points system like Seasame Credit?
Computer science has two origins, born from electronic engineers who studied the ways to build the physical devices required for computation; and mathematicians who studied the best way to represent the desired computations as configurations on such devices. This double soul still lives as the distinction between hardware and software (though the line can be blurred, with programable microchips like FPGAs or the direct implementation of algorithms on hardware in ASICs).

However, there's a general and unified way to define anything computing-related, unifying both traditions: seeing computer science as studying the automatic processing of symbols. I.e., anything that the human mind treats as a symbol with a meaning, that can be represented in physical devices and transformed in a different set of symbols through mechanized processes.

This definition widens the scope of comp.sci beyond its origins in representing calculations of physics and maths, to include other fields typically taught in the degree but that people don't think of as computer science: natural language processing, design of viable user interfaces (human-computer interaction), design of adequate programming languages apt for different problems.

The most general view of this definition encompasses disciplines far removed from engineering, but which are nonetheless used to expand its frontiers: aristotelian ontology was used to invent object-oriented programming, and is still used to explore the semantic web; or semiotics to explore what ideas can be represented and processed automatically, and the best way to build user interfaces tailored to the way we think.
> Off topic but I have seen interesting labels that break destructively.

I don't know if it has been invented yet, however here's the idea: a RFID tag that normally returns a valid code, but any removal attempt would not simply destroy it, but rather change the code (for example through bit changes by peeling conductive parts of it) into one that would return a tamper warning at next readings. That would also make possible to track when the box was opened (therefore potentially also finding by whom) since all boxes must be scanned at every step. The tag however should be put in a place where the user would not stick a cutter blade; it should peel off for example as the result of pulling a string to open the box, removing a piece of cardboard, etc.
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People keep mentioning the price, the real problem is never buy camera equipment on Amazon. Use Adorama or B&H. I've bought tons of stuff on Amazon over the years, and have only had issues with camera equipment. After the last issue I had a few years ago, I realized it's just a waste of time to deal with camera equipment on Amazon.

Why camera equipment? IDK. Even before Amazon was a thing, buying camera equipment online was always a bit shady. I assume those same people just move to Amazon.

I should add that I've never had a problem sending back or replacing the item even when it was over 1k.
I suppose it depends on whether it is important to build long-lasting relationships in early life. A lot of people I knew ended up back together in their later life despite living hundreds of miles apart for over a decade. I’m not sure there is any better opportunity for this. No other time in life comes even close to the bond permanence of high school.
Pinebook pro is serving me fairly well in this area. Chromebook like specs but normal desktop Linux.
For expensive stuff I almost never go with Amazon now: too many counterfeit / fly by night sellers.

For "prosumer" items a store that serves professionals is likely to watch their suppliers very carefully and have customer-friendly policies when things hit a snag. For cameras and optics (and flash sticks) B&H is my go-to place. My 2c.