skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think the VA does a good job. There are veterans who are on the street and there are veterans who commit suicide everyday. People look at that and think we don't do enough for veterans. There is another explanation and that is sadly, some veterans can't be helped, like a friend of mine who shot a kid in Iraq and couldn't get over it. He was on a suicide mission with drugs and alcohol. He didn't stay in treatment with me and I lost track of him.
>“MoviePass and its executives went to great lengths to deny consumers access to the service they paid for while also failing to secure their personal information,”

As expected.
Kinda reminds me of the intimacy I feel when I'm listening on conversations using something like Clubhouse
Collateral for a loan is a completely separate point. The issue was taxing unrealized capital gains. Effectively if your house goes up $100,000 you'd owe the government the capital gains tax on $100,000 immediately, not when you sold. If you don't have the money to pay for the capital gains you're looking at selling the asset. Finding the money to pay capital gains while paying down a mortgage isn't a direction I'd want to go in.
The included games seem really creative and interesting, but you're right that it'll be a fun novelty for most people, then get less interesting after a few hours or so.

I think the people who will get a lot out of it are people who get involved in the homebrew community - I spent hundreds of hours on ZZT as a kid, despite the limited ascii graphics. It's not trivial to make your own gameboy game then load it onto an actual gameboy. It seems like they've put a lot of effort into the SDK, game maker, and ease of sideloading new games.
You want the Analog Pocket: https://www.analogue.co/pocket, but its preorders instantly sold out, and its first shipment has been delayed until end of year.

Or one of the cheaper Chinese devices like the Retroid Pocket or RG531p
Well it sounds like they will send you the link between another communication channel. So you can always respond there and send your own video call link (using another service).
these cyberattacks are lies. i work for an essential utility and none of their control systems are on the internet.

what do the water pumps come with wireless now? if there is no cable connecting to the internet then how do these hacks take place?

we had water, power, etc before computers so the computer part is not essential to operation.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-aclu-retreats-from-free-exp...

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-disinte...

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/dont-wa...

https://reason.com/volokh/2018/06/22/aclus-david-cole-respon...

https://aclu.procon.org/did-you-know/

The Rutherford Institute is better than the ACLU today:

https://www.rutherford.org/
The DIY energy storage community is always on the hunt for warehouse sales, closeouts, auctions, etc... on battery packs. There is a cottage industry around buying them up and "shucking" them for the 18650s. It's a lot of work and requires some luck, but you can get hundreds of unused 18650s for like $.50 each.
Strap a knife on a fpv rc airplane and you have something as deadly as a sniper
Could someone get something like that for her house? Asking for a friend...
Knowing teenageenginering, that thing is built like a brick, full aluminium and will outlast you
im not sure id put MoviePass in the same category as FAANG
Good point. I guess I see the advantages of the ultra rich as something that shouldn’t be politicized. That’s some bullshit that all stripes of political belief should agree on and change. Like, who wouldn’t advocate for that? (Besides the ultra rich. And please don’t say those who aspire to be ultra rich, because that’s not a realistic argument/that idea should die)

Edit: Can you explain why the phrase “true tax rate” is considered political advocacy?
> The potential of consumer or commercial drones harming world leaders became immediately evident when a protester hovered one close to German chancellor Angela Merkel at a campaign rally in 2013

Pretty arbitrary incident to choose, but I suppose the writer would have felt silly mentioning the flying dildos that buzzed Gary Kasparov at a political event in 2008.
The auto-response syndrome seems to be more with those that argue about "iTunes U" with responses about iTunes in this case?
It's because tribalism exists on a different domain than logic and intelligence. It occupies the same region of your brain and satiates the same primordial needs that organized religion once did. We used to circle around our priests and their sacred idols for our sense of unity, now we circle around our politicians and made up genders.
Yeah, seen this before: people apologising not because they suddenly care about what they did to their victims, but because they care about what the world thinks about them.

Edit: not responding to guilt but to shame.
So the government would then be partial owner to your restaurant or mechanic shop? The government would then be partial owner to your catering business or flower store?

I cannot think of a more complicated mess as the government being part-owner of half the small businesses in America.
I'll take the spam thanks.
It looks amazing, but... why? I can't see myself spending more than 10 bucks on something like this. There are plenty of "vintage styled" games on Steam, getting a Raspberry Pi and putting it into a nice cover would be probably cheaper.
I'm a huge teenage engineering fanboy but whatever you do, don't break their stuff, once it's broken, it's broken. Curious if the same is true for playdate, if it's like the rest of the TE gear, If you mess up the crank, expect to buy a whole new unit.
Comparison to forbes numbers is super duper spurious, a move that is only justified by the fact that it generates shocking headlines.

The article fails to substantiate its main thesis-- that the taxes on cap gains aren't eventually paid.
RubyGems, Adobe and OpenAI are now GitHub secret scanning integrators
Avoid the New Anova Models
Crime is a social construct.

edit: A poor person who steals is charged. A rich person who steals behind the facade of a company is not. We call the poor person a criminal. It's entirely divorced from an actual moral framework, but simply constructed. I was agreeing with the commenter I replied to.
Playdate seems to me like a masterclass in marketing. The device is nothing extraordinary (imo), but it's presented and marketed in a way that makes it interesting.
I use a combination of:

- Graphite

- InfluxDB

- PostgreSQL

- Timescale

- CloudWatch

- Prometheus

The alerting in Grafana supporting all those variations is a godsend.
If you want to comment about how it's too expensive or doesn't play 30 year old gameboy games, don't bother? This is a new device that delivers new experiences and will likely sell out of its first shipment very quickly.
This is how most/all first owners act.

You think the first owner of a 3-row SUV is jamming six kids in the thing and towing a camper? Of course not. The vehicle won't see that until it gets several owners down the economic ladder. Ditto for pretty much every measurable capacity of a vehicle.

The kind of people who can afford new cars can afford to buy more vehicle than they need.

And then more of those same kind of people write obnoxious and long internet comments complaining about it.
> Hacker News is a very large and impersonal forum

Agreed. Aside from recognizing some familiar usernames[1], unless you know someone from IRL or via another social media platform, the posts all 'pseudo-anonymously' blend together. The standardized comment formats, fonts, and command bar next to each comment help make it so, even if you perform per-page custom styling.

[1] my personal list OTOMH is tctpateck(sp?), dragonwriter, doreenmichelle, dang(ok thats a gimme), sklabnik
if you can make a unabomber type of device you can construct a weaponized quadrocopter

thinking further, even just the manner, or tactics used when flying could be weapon like, such as chaff drones
Lucas Pope's section of the update video [0] has me incredibly excited. He's one of my favorite game developers, and seeing him work more with 1-bit 3D games after Obra Dinn has piqued my interest. Also, a blog on dithering I came across after playing Obra Dinn was one of the more interesting tech blogs I've read [1]. Also see Lucas Pope's post on how he did dithering in-game [2].

[0] https://youtu.be/DeWGukDrc1U?t=455

[1] https://surma.dev/things/ditherpunk/

[2] https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg136374...
What incentive do I have in not-that-system to be a cooperative, generous hard worker that practices collectivism instead of a power-addicted exploitative ambitious business magnate?

^- is another awfully slanted question.
So are criminal charges.
> Gains on that property deferred for up to 25 years.

Well yeah, before that point it hasn’t been sold, so paying taxes on unrealized gains on what the house “should” be worth is bullshit.
s/big tech/business/
Encryption is not of any real value if the threat you're describing is 'someone simply has access to all your plaintext messages'. This isn't a meaningful argument against forward secrecy.
My post made it clear I don't use Gmail.
Still mad the crank doesn't charge it.
When battleships and tanks are the weapon, manufacturing capacity powers the war machine. Perhaps drones usher in a new dynamic in that regard too. Maybe it's not how many drones you produce but how well programmed they are, what sensor or communication technology they use, etc.
This things been a long time coming. I think the first announced timeline was shipping in early 2020 at $150, and taking orders in 2019. I guess covid messed some of their timeline up, but I'm still excited about it.

I'll definitely be getting one, I think a big aspect of what makes it different is the programmability aspect. They're trying to make developing games for it super accessible, and I think it'll be a lot of fun for programmers who don't have the time to make full-on traditional games, or don't want to make decisions about the framework, language, etc. The constraints are what makes it fun. If the SDK is good, it'll be huge.
This resonated with me. I have been developing software professionally for 32 years. And I am counting the days until retirement. I don't really want to retire, I want to own the work that I do. I don't care if it is boring or if somebody else tell me what they want. But having autonomy on HOW I do the work is what is important. And when I have that, may productivity goes through the roof and that is when I am truly happy.
Amjad seems to be apologizing because he fears what others think about him.
MoviePass was as much as much of a tech company as WeWork. Having a website doesn’t make you a tech company.
I hope they are more successful than the Ouya, best of wishes, extremely hard market to get into.
Not a real apology when it only happens because of public pressure, this is just saving face. And not a very good attempt at that.
The design and esthetics of this thing are on point. However, I agree with other comments that the games don't really speak to me, and I've found myself more interested in the pictures of the actual devices than any of the games. Regardless I hope this succeeds. Electronics need more original industrial design!
The top 1% contribute 38.5% of Federal income tax revenue.
When Jeff Bezos buys a yacht, he doesn't buy it with Amazon stock. He cashes out that stock and then buys the yacht.

I think a fair approach would be to use their total net worth as the threshhold for which wealth taxes apply, but taxes are only paid when that stock is turned into actual money, or equivalent. If you're not cashing out your company holdings, if your wealth is only "on paper", then you owe nothing. But if you try to start cashing that out, then you owe the wealth tax, and you don't get any proceeds until you pay off that tax first. Note that this would be on top of capital gains taxes.
I’ve noticed a unfortunate conflation of word lynching with racism motivated homocide lately. Even from authorities (newspapers, lawyers, some state ACLU) that have to know they aren’t always the same.

I think the nuance of these specific injustices is important because the solutions are different. A killing could even be lawful but racist and therefor unjust, but that’s a distinct (albeit important) problem from mob violence or murder.
If a private individual did the things set out here they'd be criminally liable. When a company executive orders employees to do these things, they're not facing any criminal complaint at all (any of them). See also Wells Fargo multiple thefts (both fraudulent accounts with fees, and literally entire homes/all possessions).

It is pretty evident that many laws are constructed (e.g. CFAA) wherein there's one rule for individuals and a completely different rule for executives/companies.

I understand that the FTC themselves cannot jail people. I don't understand why the justice department cannot.
This is what the chargeback feature of credit cards is for.
Timothy Morton’s Hyper-Pandemic
I think the literal answer is that if you move somewhere else, you can have a home? There's something about the circular logic of "I don't have a home, but I have friends" --> "I can never leave this place with friends" --> "I don't have a home ..." that requires the person to either lack any kind of long-term planning or place a really high weight on their current friend circle. Or maybe I'm just clueless about how hard it is to save social security/disability income in that situation.

I realize this line of inquiry sounds callous ("why can't they just save some money?"), but I genuinely don't follow why somebody with a regular income who's not tied to the bay area by a) drug addiction, or b) a job would put up with homelessness to stay there.
You're Communicating So Much I Can't Hear You
Some people argue that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_enforcement is the main purpose of laws against drug consumers.
The property tax is based on the value of the home. If your home loses value, your property tax goes down, all other things being equal. Increasing home values increase your property tax bill.
This is what you call a false dichotomy.
All Panic stuff is like that - they have great style.
"I give you permission to publish Riju".

Emm. Really? Since when does he hold such a power?
Microdosing is important for people in Kansas and Mars.
It was a wake-up call when it started. It's since been replaced by plenty of better alternatives. There's more online learning content now than ever before, across more formats and platforms.
I've just read it myself and was very impressed by Richard Hipp's calm, courteous and honest demeanour. I would recommend this to anyone as a paragon of how to respond to a difficult situation.
This reminded me a lot of Jessitron's latest blog post.[0]

[0]:https://jessitron.com/2021/05/26/a-high-resilience-org-chart...
I understand for what you saying, but when I started to use Darktable (>=2.4.x and 3.x to be exact), giving an hour of poking allowed me to understand most of its basic operation. So latest iterations of Darktable is not obscure like earlier versions of Blender. It's much more discoverable.

> dehazing is super-easy and very effective in LR

Darktable has a dehaze filter and it works very well, but didn't compare with LR TBH.

> pano stitching

Didn't need it yet, so no comments here.

> auto retouching;

Darktable auto settings for some tools, but I didn't dig deeper since I don't use auto stuff much, TBH.

> I remember LR making it very easy to straighten photos by drawing a line with a tool.

It's exactly the same in Darktable. Plus it has a very solid perspective detection and correction tool.

I'm not a photo pro. Just an enthusiast if you're eager to put a level. I explored Darktable exactly the way you've told. Just open an image, open a category and play with sliders, that's all.
So are movies.
The drone swarm can have a carrier vehicle, like a (perhaps autonomous) big plane or sub to get it within range
Yes, it can be really jarring to have to constantly move between several small files.

I mostly use C#, and a while back I settled on a middle ground, where closely-related classes and interfaces are grouped together in a single file.

When I'm working on web apps/APIs, I usually follow the "feature folder" concept too, where all the most central parts are together in the same file.
> First, according to the FTC, MoviePass’s operators invalidated subscriber passwords while falsely claiming to have detected “suspicious activity or potential fraud” on the accounts. MoviePass's operators did this even though some of its own executives raised questions about the scheme, according to the complaint.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the only reason the FTC was able to establish intent was because someone complained via email or text.

I try not to think about how much illegal activity like this happens all the time that is not prosecutable just because everyone with a modicum of morals was smart enough not to say anything on record.
I've got his Systems Performance book, and it's really fantastic. This guy is incredible. I really need to pick his BPF one.

He's got a good blog too [1] !

[1] http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/
I've been using Docker since 2014 and IMO they did a great job in terms of API stability from an end user's perspective.

Lots of CLI commands from 5+ years ago still work today and the upgrade story with Docker Compose has been gradual, painless and most importantly pressure-less for having to upgrade.
Bellingcat appear to routinely buy data from Russian blackmarket data brokers.
Is it a debugging tool if the work is done upfront before writing code?
submersible drones could be a problem, especialy if engineered for water travel and aerial travel
What better tools do you have in mind? Most of the people I know in the space have been moving _to_ Terraform, although CDK has improved enough over CF to be appealing for people who are all in on Amazon.
I don't want forum/web software built into my dvcs. I don't see how this improves over git.
Black markets exist and are extensive for products that are available through legal means.
I’m saying two things:

1) These arent problems for ransomware hackers because they arent goals for ransomware hackers

2) even if these were goals for ransomware hackers these aren't problems either

It requires a special hubris to really think people that earn crypto want fiat. Just like people assume people that use Monero want clean bitcoin, its an absurdity that doesnt even consider that many just want and keep Monero. Its the same for fiat.

You would be more interested in discussing number 2 because I still say converting illicit funds to fiat isnt an unsolved or even difficult problem. But its so low on the list of priorities for this user story that its not really worth splitting hairs over. Ransomware hackers dont have an issue exchanging time for food and shelter, they are able to just accumulate and play in the crypto ecosystem which is what they really want to do already, with more. To many, its like someone stealing gold bars. Sure you go melt down an ingot or two eventually, but you’re really just hoarding the gold the sake of hoarding the gold. Crypto has the additional benefit of being internationally liquid for other digital assets and digital services instantly.
They're working with the Focus platform here.

They don't have a drop in RWD drivetrain for that. It would be a substantial engineering effort.

Releasing this vehicle for North America is already kind of a gamble and I'm not surprised they're being conservative and sticking to the existing drive-trains for that platform.
> think the world needs a nation that continues to put personal freedom above everything else.

And you think that the US does that?

Exercising personal freedom necessitates having the material and mental resources to buy stuff, to be able to move from place to place, to change jobs, etc. It seems to me that a plausible proxy measure for personal freedom is social mobility, the likelihood that you will be better off than your parents. As far as I remember the country with highest social mobility is Denmark.
It's unclear to me those shitty conditions (e.g. those of iphone manufacture) are net harmful to the poverty-stricken areas they affect - but I'm not sure that's not true of diamonds.

I think it's also more jarring that diamonds are otherwise useless symbols of status. At least iphones trickle down in some way (e.g. allowing the proliferation of older gen smartphones even in poor countries).
I assume if you have a loan of $100,000 secured against an asset worth $1 million that appreciates 10% each year, you can basically continue rolling over the loan.

As long as the asset value doesn’t drop, you never have to actually repay the loan with your own cash (at least, not until you die or you sell the asset).
That's no longer true in these days of working remotely.
Silicon Valley’s Thin Skins and Giant Egos
Saudi and Israel are defacto allies. They have been for a long time.
>> ... we need to curb foreign tax havens

Luckily US cannot police other countries (not that it didn't try) to prevent people from taking advantage of more competitive tax regions outside of US.

US obsession with taxing people and businesses to the ground is a strong contributor for so much capital escaping US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine#Assert...
Talk to any software engineer in the valley and they do a lot of the same stuff that Bezos does. The "trick" of not paying taxes until you sell the stock is something I do all the time. It's not a trick even.
Professionals already have banks for that. 90 million dollars? These are small fishes.
They only helped the bigger ones go get rid of the competition and the effect on drug trafficking is near zero.
Exactly this. He's only acknowledging that the legal threat was wrong when that was one of only several troubling behaviors.
That's a good idea. Don't know why you are being modded down.