skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Shouldn't you want to bring the "debunking" to the place where the "conspiracy theories" are?
Thank you! The creator of this is a machine when it comes to well designed and quality open source projects.
Most high-level languages implement their performance critical functions at a lower level. However, languages that rely on a GIL (Python and Ruby) or isolated memory spaces (V8) have an additional hurdle that if you want a model of concurrency with many threads acting simultaneously on a single shared memory space you have to do additional work.

For Python you either have to have your library pause execution of Python bytecode and do multithreaded things on your memory space, allocate an isolated memory arena for your multithreaded work, copy data in and out of it, and then spawn non-Python threads (see PEP 554 for an IRL example of this idea with the Python interpreter itself), or copy data to another process which can do the multithreaded things.

With PEP 554 (right now using the C API) I personally have no issue with multithreaded Python since the overhead of copying memory between interpreters is fast enough for my work but it is overhead.
In the Silicon Valley it's mostly private money, this is a government fund. Not the same thing.
Me too. Lot's of superfluous concepts called "abstractions" to make simple things complex.

Interestingly all discussions about other paradigms on HN end very fast in "Oh, I can solve this somehow with [put in your favorite design pattern in here]" (Big deal, both paradigms are obviously turing complete). "Design Pattern" was for me always short for "Complex workaround for a problem you would not have if you wouldn't use object oriented paradigm".

But more generally, OOP is for developers whose mental model of the world is categorizing things into object hierarchies. For them it is the most intuitive approach to model the world.

For me this is as counter-intuitive as it can be. My mental model of the world just does not work like that.
There's literally nothing stopping us from using them again. Usenet is still a thing. Forum software still exists and continues to be maintained. I never used BBS, but I can't see why it can't be brought back.

The problem is that dreaded network effect. We can choose differently, but if all your friends choose the walled garden, you're left out in the cold. No one's forcing you to do anything, but it sure gets lonely, doesn't it? So we follow the crowd.

But we can start the exodus any time we want, and maybe others will follow. Maybe when enough of us do so, we'll reach a tipping point and the network effects can work to our benefit.
In general yes, but in certain case they force you to simplify in a way that's later painful.
// Knight lost half a billion dollars in 30 seconds. Nobody reversed though, even though it was clear error.

You cited Knight twice in this thread, and it's just not the same concept. I think your point is that people should accept irreversible transactions in whole because there are some edge cases where they exist today, and that just doesn't make sense.

First, there's a difference between an average person and Knight in the degree of sophistication of tools that they can wield. So the fact that Knight is allowed to operate like this is in no way connected to whether this mode should be the default for an average person.

Second, the Knight example can be interpreted as an exception that proves the rule. They had an unforced error that (from what I recall) looked to the rest of the world like real trading. But there's a whole other slew of issues (clearly bad prices, exchange-errors, etc) that cause trades to be unwound. Some exciting reading if you care: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/erroneous-trade.asp

You have a point that yes to some extent we're all subject to underlying risk of irreversible activity but the bigger point is that we as society try to minimize it where possible. So moving the system in the other direction, especially where it makes it easy for Joe-Blow to fuck it up, is not the way.
(by last year I mean 2019.)
It's very probable that no one does. YouTube is under no obligation (at least from a legal or even policy perspective) to disclose it, and it's possible that it was just marked as "bad" and taken down.
Could you provide evidence or a citation of crypto uptake in South America?
What the heck is that 'seal of excellence' supposed to mean?

That they applied for something?
We moderns are status-drunk
What kind of features? Is there a comparision page?
> I disagree that it's overblown.

Fair enough. To be clear, I'm not saying ML bias isn't a significant problem; and certainly I'll continue to address it as the project grows. Based on this, it sounds like we might be in agreement mostly:

> But I also think bias, or echo-chamber, isn't unique to ML since we see it so much in the world and institutions that surround us, but we are in a unique position to address these problems directly on the systems we create.

I often run into people (usually not ML practitioners) who appear to think that ML inherently results in filter bubbles/bias (as opposed to specific ML implementations) and thus think the entire approach should be abandoned; whereas I think ML, with a proper focus on reducing bias, is one of our most promising options.
Their complaint was not with your premise but the language. Rather than incentivizes perhaps facilitates.
Let me show you the interactive debugger for Clojure in Emacs:

https://docs.cider.mx/cider/debugging/debugger.html
Awesome comment. Thank you. Freemium is coming soon. Test Drive is the technological proof that we can do it and not shoot ourselves in the foot on costs. So, please Test Drive and let me know how it goes! I'll definitely post here when Freemium is live.

We started with Wiki.js because it's a good vehicle for our Secret Sauce, which is MSL[0], a language for fixing stuff while you write. That will also be added to Miki soon but we needed somewhere to put it.

Along the way, we found out there's a big need for hosted Wiki.js that isn't DIY. We're aiming for folks who could do it themselves and don't want to, and those that really couldn't.

We've removed all of the telemetry from Wiki.js and packaged it to run on the desktop without any setup. We also added the Inter font and upgraded the FontAwesome icons to pro. We removed some cruft from the UI (and much, much more pruning is coming). We'll also be adding some new stuff like link checking and a better media library. The developer of Wiki.js is going in a different path and doesn't actively offer hosting or support.

In addition to the fully offline version, we sell it hosted in individual VMs, deployed instantly without setup. And we offer a lot of support and customization services along with a growing set of training videos and documentation (all in Miki, of course) so that we continue to add value to our hosting product.

Finally, we've come up with a really cool set of CI/CD tools that enterprises (like us) can use to manage thousands of these Mikis in the wild. It can reach into a running copy and alter its code, contents, and settings. We see a lot of use for this in big organizations that have many teams, each who will need their own Mikis but also have content in common and require central management. Our competitors in that enterprise space are more restrictive and have a higher barrier to entry, we think.

Thanks again for looking and if your friend wants to start before Freemium, we offer the full banana[1] free for 14 days.

[0] https://nebula.mimix.io/en/msl/specs

[1] https://miki.mimix.io/en/public/free-trial
I didn't even hear about it until now and the money is already gone?
You fixed a statement of fact with an assumption?
Its pretty clear that all the women whose breasts were measured for DOA's breast physics consented to these effecs.

Consent certainly isn't the issue here. This is 100% a "Sexiness" issue. DOA is a "sexy" game, including breast physics and precise measurements of "bounciness" in skimpy costumes.

The discussion the DOA community needs is about how such "sex appeal" is relatively niche, and is a "turnoff" to some gamers. DOA6, which was striving for esports / mainstream acceptance is finding itself between a rock and a hard place.

DOA has a history of being "that sexy game", which people don't want to associate with in public. On the other hand, to make a change in the marketing is somewhat of a betrayal to the fans who have supported DOA over the past few decades.

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The underlying issue gets ignored because of 'censorship' worries. A game that markets itself with this kind of sexiness front-and-center cannot really become mainstream. Its too perverted for people to want to associate with in public.
There was not $Billions to be paid out for finding that - it's a matter of incentives.
In the USA, are government grants for startups a big thing? As in Canada, it seems like half the startups are heavily built around them.

In the US I would imagine they are drowned out of relevance by VC funding.
Like some of the other posters mentioned 401k and health care are typically not scaled. Also overhead/management/hr and facility costs are still payed out in full.
YouTube both bans the "watchdog" and the "right-wing conspiracies" equally now, it seems. Unless they start allowing everyone to use the platform (following the laws of their country, of course) I don't really care that they are now censoring an organization designed to censor other people.
Not Youtubes job to determine what is truth and a lie, but they obviously think it is
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My sense is that robots are in use more than the article makes out. Anywhere there is a risk of human error or repetitive work that can be simplified, you'll find robots are a candidate.

The main issues with robots in my experience is whether you can get the desired throughput while including planned and unplanned maintenance work, reconfigurations, etc. The upfront capital cost generally means you don't have the ability to have a drop-in replacement ready to go when a change is required. That results in downtime. Folk familiar with LEAN six sigma will know that hidden bottlenecks should be avoided or you build up large backlogs during downtime.

Good news for datacenter engineers is that fixing robots may become part of your remit in the future (interesting niche given the mix of software and mechanical). More interesting work will always exist!
I doubt that. No VC or other private investor is going to give a shit about a "seal of excellence" handed out by the government.
If it's just cosmetic changes then not really. People can mod their copies, use their own models and remain compatible with others.

edit: I'm rate limited, responding here:

I just pointed out that versions don't have to be the same to play online. I remember people complaining that the releases were different, so I'm just asking.
It only shows up when the bad guys get censored.
>In fact, Right Wing Watch’s exposure of Jones’ false and conspiratorial rhetoric was key to YouTube and other social-media platforms eventually removing his channel InfoWars from their sites.

This is a classic example of play stupid games, win stupid prizes. They wanted YouTube to cancel these people, so logically, YouTube has to cancel compilations of these people. It doesn't matter that RWW is criticizing them. Otherwise, people can just post the videos while pretending to criticize them.

>Notably, many of the right-wing outlets and personalities that Right Wing Watch chronicles are not currently suspended or banned from posting content to YouTube

The article frames this as a contradiction when there isn't one. RWW didn't get cancelled for chronicling commentators who didn't get cancelled. They were cancelled for chronicling the cancel-worthy content.
> These companies essentially have a monopoly on the market; there is simply no competition to drive the price down.

The word for this is oligopoly.
Windows used to cost money but now is free with ads in the taskbar and requiring a Msft account to hook us into the ad ecosystem. Should they also offer a paid version without those revenue features?
Ah, digital dividends from the government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei9iM_zzzQk
I can't find the link now, but something that really opened my eyes on terrifying PACs are was someone pointing out how they manipulate the political discourse without even spending a dime. They just sit there on a gigantic warchest and send out gangster-style missives like "hey it sure would be a shame if you supported X or Y and we had to drop $10M on pummeling you with primetime TV ads in the week before your reelection."

This kind of influence is completely untraceable through all the normal disclosure mechanisms since no money actually gets spent. And worse still, it offers enormous leverage— once you have that war chest, you can use it to issue hundreds of threats and only occasionally have to actually follow through.

It's just a completely different ballgame compared to a "normal" campaign finance option that directly spends donations.
Why was it a disaster? Is it buggy or what?
Przybylski's Star: spectrum out of the standard stellar classification framework
It is not a lie if you think about real human behavior, rather than a theoretical rational automaton. There are real, documented cases of people who were prescribed insulin they could not afford, tried to ration it, and died as a direct result. Maybe their doctor told them not to use it, or they didn't live near a Walmart, or they didn't know it existed. Maybe they tried the Walmart stuff and almost died because it's so difficult to manage, so their doctor told them to switch back to the best treatment available. I promise they did not die to make a political point.

One in four patients in the US have rationed insulin because of the cost: https://news.yale.edu/2018/12/03/one-four-patients-say-theyv...

It is simply untrue to say the high cost only forces people to use the cheaper Walmart generic. That isn't what happens. They ration it, and sometimes they die.

Finally, it doesn't make sense to say that the high price is making diabetes harder to manage, but isn't killing people. That's like saying speeding doesn't kill, it just makes the car harder to manage.
> it's still case sensitive, you can just flip all the character's case.

How is "flipping all the character's case" different from case-insensitive?
The trick between imperative/functional programming is that there is a balance involved. Some things make a lot of sense to put in a for loop and wrap with a try/catch. Interfacing with the real world is where I write the most of my dirty code. In software I am responsible for, the closer you get to the domain model, the more functional it becomes.

In my mind, the entire point of imperative programming is to construct a sort of "matrix" in which the functional programming can exist without having to be aware of the uncertain nature of the outside world.

If you want to build something complex really quickly, start with the domain model. And start with excel, not visual studio. Sit down with a spreadsheet in the conference room with all your business stakeholders. Iterate that document until every business person AND developer agree that it covers the needs on both sides (facts + normalization). Once you have that document completed, write the quickest & dirtiest MVP you can tolerate against it. Convene another meeting with the stakeholders. Check your gaps. Make another spreadsheet. Do this about 4-5 times, and then you can write "the one".
The best thing the US government does for tech startups is completely staying out of their way. There is, however, a Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit which pretty much every company makes use of.
I don't know much in the field, but formally verifiable programming methods come to mind.

You'll potentially have less of a chance for contracts to be exploited (at least compared to what we have now).

That said, you can't protect against infrastructure exploits as easily, mathematically flawless program or not.
This argument doesn't make sense.
YouTube seems perfectly fine with allowing crypto scams to run for hours on end, generating huge profits for scammers.

We need an alternative that can generate even 1/4 the audience of YouTube. There are many cloud providers, many car brands, many food stores, many email providers, but just one YouTube.
Memorization is crucial for a subject like math. In a highly technical branch of math like, say, topology, definitions fly at one like bvllets from a m@chine gun. Just to solve a problem you might need immediate access in your head to some 12 definitions, 5 lemmas, 3 theorems, 4 corollaries and 6 prototype/canonical examples meaning you want to keep them all(along with their proofs as proofs carry important techniques and ideas) at the tip of your tongue and top of your head. Just because you "understood" them once in the past doesn't mean much if you cannot recall them immediately right where you need them. Obviously, you can look them up one by one (granted you know what you're looking for). Along the way, you'd have to re-understand them cause understanding is often fleeting in math, but this will make you lose time, momentum and get/keep you stuck in a thick quagmire making the original problem massively more difficult than it is.

Many very important results in math (that have become staples) are made up of extremely specific techniques that are very hard to reproduce even after 5 minutes one has read (and presumably understood) them. Even understanding in math comes in waves. To get a deeper understanding of an idea you'd need to have some preliminary grasp on it.

I often see the sentiment "in math if you understand something, you don't need to memorize it" on English speaking side of Internet. Contrast that with the old Soviet school (& modern Indian one?) philosophy which was "understand -> drill -> memorize". IMO, the former philosophy produces weaker, barely able mathematicians.

This vid below about Hitler learning topology echoes some of what's typed above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyD4p8_y8Kw
I've read "punishable by fire".

Guess I've read too much middle ages stories lately.
Price controls don't work. This is a solved problem and understood by nearly all economists. They lead to over/under production, huge waste, less efficiency and regulatory capture.

The question is why no one is calling for price controls for other products that are produced in a relatively free market. Then ask yourself whats different about the market for insulin that prevents price competition.

Using "fixed" prices to control costs is like using "fixed" thermostat readings to control global warming.
As long as you can pitch it as a new idea to SV, you'll be rolling in it!
Unemployment metrics measure those people who are receiving benefits, which is not a perfect proxy for people who lack jobs. It would make sense that people go to less effort to maintain benefits when the payoff becomes substantially smaller.
"Decimal" usually refers to a data type which is "integer, shifted by a known number of decimal places". So, for example, if you had an amount of money $123.45, you could represent that as a 32-bit floating point number with (sign=0 (positive), exponent=133, mantissa=7792230) which is 123.4499969482421875, but you would probably be better off representing it with a decimal type which represents the number as (integer part=12345, shift=2), or as just a straight integer number of cents.

The number base is relevant, because money is discrete, and measured in units of exactly 1/10^n, and if you try to use floating point numbers to represent that you will cause your future self a world of pain.
1. Most cars actually get worse mileage at higher speeds: Source: https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10312

2. Electric cars can go MUCH further at slower speeds than at higher speeds. It is something like 25mph that maximizes range, at least with the Model S and Mach E.

3. Speed governors for cars, though probably highly unpopular amongst drivers, would probably save a lot of fuel.
People that worship the ACME editor might be of different point of view.
The whole point of a PAC is that they don't donate to the campaigns directly, but rather exercise their free speech to supply the public with "information" about the candidates.
I was sure someone would make this argument and debated dumping more words into my comment to address it preemptively, but figured instead I'd wait for someone to spell it out first.

So, just to clear this up: you, the customer, and your credit card company agree that it's lose-lose for retail customers to be on the hook for credit card fraud. It makes it much harder to actually use the credit card transaction processing system, which you want to do because it's way better and safer than carrying cash, and the credit card companies want you to do because they're credit card companies.

In any given situation, a merchant on the hook for stolen stuff does not agree that this is lose-lose. Them getting paid with stolen money is a win-lose for them. But the credit card company takes the long view: if customers were always on the hook for this stuff, customers would stop using credit cards as much. It's better for everyone if it's easy to buy things, and not terrifying to shop online.

Merchants that disagree with this assessment can refuse to take credit cards. They can just take Bitcoins, The Currency Of The Future. The consensus view here is not hard to discover.
In some developed countries history is being taught in decreasing depth and breadth.
No but they had two kinds of money. Rubles and accounting Rubles.
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> By definition, censorship is done by a government or some other outside entity

That's not the definition of censorship - by definition, the video game maker in that case chose to self-censor. It's debatable whether or not that was a stupid decision or a wise decision, but there's no other word to describe it.
This is exactly the reason why I buy only his sirracha source. This guy got balls.
I think it would be a lot more likely that the next step would be a different "smart rack" where connections, or a single, huge bandwidth network cable would come in to the rack in a single place. And then have a single connection per device in the rack. Then software would handle the routing.
I've tried to uninstall OneDrive from my wife's computer a few times, but the cursed thing keeps coming back.
This should be the goal of (higher) education.

I couldn't argue that someone is educated (regardless of degree) or wise without a practiced mind geared toward (critical) thinking.
The categories are pretty fuzzy, and I need to update the ones on the landing page. After you sign up, there's a text field where you can add arbitrary tags. And as time goes on, the algorithm will experiment with sending you different things and expand beyond whatever topics you gave it anyway. In truth, the only reason I even put those check boxes on the landing page is to help people understand what the thing even does :) (a surprisingly difficult problem for people not familiar with recommender systems).
The researcher starts out by admitting that IQ is correlated to income and wealth[1], then keeps adding factors to the model until the IQ factor is statistically redundant. If you think this method is sufficient to say two variables are not correlated, then nothing is correlated. Excluding wealth, none of the variables listed were more strongly correlated with income than IQ.

1. "Each point increase in IQ test scores is associated with $202 to $616 more income per year,”
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I think it's pretty obvious that people here are very literate about the cryptocurrency space and just find it amusing, apparently to the chagrin of true believers.
Apple making some employees wear body cams in response to leaks?
Shocking that you have to state this fact. Is this HN or YouTube?

SMDH
I am very curious what the violations were. As far as I know, right wing watch just posted mashups of right wing personalities and news outlets.