skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Simply replace "UFO" with "hallucinations" and you might understand the stigma. "Hallucinations" have been reported for millennia, that doesn't mean I want someone who sees things that aren't there flying my plane.
A group looking to keep their paychecks throws out a flimsy, unsubstantiated one-liner. When it comes to light that the statement was made by misrepresenting the data (which is still secret), what then? Nothing. They got their paychecks and made an honest mistake. Everyone moves on.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. So far the only thing that about this report has been how much hot air they can blow out of a human ass.
Then where is that data? All I have ever seen of "confirmed" sightings is stories and descriptions. Let's see the radar tracks. Let's see the exact camera locations and specifications along with raw images. Let's see the overhead satellite images. Let's see the ship camera footage. Funny how we never get more than an occasional tidbit of the actual data.
While I agree about your core point (star schema ETL is great at most DW use cases due to simplicity and breadth of roles supported), I fail to understand how columnar stores are any more difficult to work with. My team routinely joins over trillions of records using standard SQL queries without any issue, all the map-reduce happens behind the scenes. In fact, it has been so successful for us that we have replaced almost all of our historical ETL infrastructure based on Spark with a single columnar store; while infrastructure costs have gone up (generally the price to pay for generalization), we have gained a great deal of human efficiency and DW maintainability.
> > They did not copy the implementation, they copied the general idea of what the algorithm should do

> [Citation needed]

(Not really your point, as such, but) no, actually, if you claim they did something (nominally[0]) wrong, the onus is on you to provide citations showing they did it[1].

0: > From an IP absolutist standpoint

1: Well, or that they (voluntarily and explicitly) accepted some responsibility (such as a job as a police officer) that entails a higher level of scrutiny than innocent-until-proven-guilty, but that's not really relevant here.
To get her?
> That would not explain the accounts from the Navy pilots that made visual contact

Why? Laser induced plasma can create three dimensional images which also appear on infrared camera, can create sound waves, and can reflect radar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QXw3ylCYT0
> I believe when you make crash reports / telemetry disabled by default then you lose a lot of reports,

Perhaps I should have been clearer. I think something similar to Firefox's crash reports. If a crash happens, prompt the user and show them the report, and finally, let them decide. Perhaps even take out the networking features and open the default client with an attachment or a path of the report so they can be attached to a github issue.
The point of contention is not whether ugly statistical data should be hidden away. That is a stupid conspiracy theory. Sociologists have no problem publishing all kinds of ugly statistical data.
The problems start when for profit entities or governments, start deciding to discriminate against individuals because they belong to certain groups. Statistical data applied to individuals is always going to result in injustice.
The thought of the economy at large, or the government reducing an individual to a few datapoints and deciding their fate based on group statistics is just about the scariest communist dystopian nightmare, as far as I am concerned.
It robs people of their own humanity.
Yes. Malicious uploads.

The fact that Mozilla's well-known name was attached didn't help. That made unsuspecting users trust malicious uploads/links.
To be fair, we may well need better enforcement of existing regulations. I still don't want my bank playing the role of law enforcement though.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
"According to the International Transport Workers’ Federation, a coalition of unions, they are still receiving their pay and are amply provisioned. Nine have been allowed to return to India." - Bloomberg.
I'm not sure "best" and "red cross" go together in recent times.

But don't let that discourage you from supporting.
Market share for desktops of course ;)
I don't want to neg, but if you want a clickable UFO story, then you just interview engineers until you come to the one that will say, "These objects show physics we don't understand", right? A data-driven journalism would survey engineers and other experts.
Cuba does not really have a good record when it comes to human rights.
But its health system does have an excellent reputation.
Cuba has long been working on its health diplomacy, by sending their doctors to countries around the world. It is really amazing what they have achieved given the fact that it is really a very poor country.

Only two countries, the US and Israel, voted against this motion. That is pretty amazing [0] when you consider how divided the UN usually is.

Unfortunately, I expect that both the original submission and my comment will very soon be flagged into oblivion.

[0] No, it was not surprising that these countries voted against it, it was surprising that they were the only ones.
The thing he said about ML being complex pattern recognition felt good to hear, I've been thinking this for awhile, but have 0 experience other than blog posts and such.
"this is a thought, therefore thoughts exist"

This is more of a tautology disguised as an argument, as the word "is" in that sentence already indicates existence.

So that sentence can be rephrased as "this thought exists, therefore thoughts exist". Well, yeah, but that's not saying much... also the premise is arguable, since what do you even mean by "thought" and "exists", and how do you know either?

A bit more fundamental would be "experience is" (without trying to break up experience in to artificial distinctions like "thought" and "non thought").. better yet is just saying "is" or pointing, and best is simple silence and basking in existence itself.
> I would be willing to bet any amount of money that just disconnecting all Windows computers from the internet, i.e., no direct connection, would result in a dramatic drop in security problems

Given how many security problems come from the internet, I imagine that there would be a dramatic drop in security problems if any platform with as much popularity as usage as was cut off from contacting other machines over the internet, even if the platform had above average security.
Cool idea but terrible topics
"These objects show physics we don't understand" said the cat to the laser pointer. Seriously though I think we'll find that the super acrobatic lights (the only exciting part of this) are being produced by powerful transmitters owned by the military, and they're showing up during training because that's exactly when the transmitters are pointed near our planes, because the transmitters are built to detect planes and that's how you test them. Most likely the military is aware of this, but the real good plane detection stuff is super secret, and it's a lot easier to keep a new sensor/transmitter secret than a new plane. Sucks they're not allowed to tell their pilots but it makes sense.

I dunno what do you think? Seems like the most parsimonious explanation to me.
> But then, who cares about Apple?

What do you mean?
I love this one for programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_OHjeugEv4
I don't think it is a strange position, what you seem to describe is actually completely illegal... You may have jumped to conclusions too rapidly. Let me try changing your mind :)

We do not prevent our users from using GMail for personal use, but we analyze the traffic for malicious or deviant patterns to detect potential data leaks. Analyzing the amount of users who inadvertently send a file in GMail then rapidly "change their mind" is still, in our shared opinion, a relevant analysis to perform. We report the number of quarterly cases in an awareness newsletter and remind users to be attentive when selecting a file to be uploaded in webmails.

Good thing: the occurrences have decreased since we raise this concern. We cannot prove it is linked to our newsletter but our "ego" enjoys believing so.

I would have agreed with you if I actually had both a username and a filename shown on my screen, but this does not happen. Our report shows the total count of cancelled uploads per country.

We have someone at HR who can actually see the detailed events (including file names) for a given user. It seems to that this would match what you see as "snooping". But this an investigation led by Human resources upon a suspicion of employee misbehavior. It has nothing to do with our infosec activities.

I hope I changed your mind, at least a little ;)
> Perhaps I should have been clearer. I think something similar to Firefox's crash reports. If a crash happens, prompt the user and show them the report, and finally, let them decide.

So, like Audacity?
I watched about a 1/3 of that when you posted it before, and just finished it after being reminded by your comment.

The part that really stood out, and that I'd missed last time, was him saying that these observations by military pilots were all within military zones on both coasts.

That kinda does make the secret military program assumption more likely. That's not to say they haven't been testing that tech elsewhere, but it does make sense they'd do that. Certainly more than aliens doing it for shits and giggles.
No, I wouldn't ordinarily put them together either, in fact that's why I spent an hour googling, but outside of red cross there doesn't seem to be that much useful to do.
>I'm all for irony, but did they put any though into this app at all?

I don't think it's meant to be ironic at all, I think it's entirely purposeful and on brand for them.
A branch is just a pointer, not a group.
It is entirely possible that they did this to prevent scraping, but it is also possible it isn't intentional like that - for example, if you use the 'styled components' react library, it ends up spitting out a ton of class names that are basically gibberish, not intentionally.
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Child pornography, threats, and conspiracy are not protected speech. In fact, it is illegal to host such content. 8kun does not moderate the content they host because they aim for maximum free speech.
I don’t think the people who talk about aliens visiting us realize how vast the universe is and how isolated we are from everything.

And if it is next-gen human tech, you don’t reveal it by harassing random aircraft carriers. You use it at the start of the next large-scale war and take your enemies by surprise.
That's the core problem. Cameras don't do distance well. Radar doesn't do size/shape well. And human eyeballs are generally bad at both. Only when multiple different sensors all see the same thing at the same time/space can we start extrapolating size and shape.
Honestly, in my opinion this is completely reasonable. This is exactly how many different software do this including Firefox and Android (by default anyway). As others have mentioned the blowback on this is, in my opinion, entirely unreasonable.

Having said that, Sentry integration is another matter.
This is one of the strangest things I've ever heard. I understand it, but wouldn't you rather spend time deliberately enjoying something you enjoy rather than stamp it out in the name of raw output?

I personally can't imagine what life would be like without music
There is no way that many people give a crap about rust.
> The market has spoken

It's like this because it is an overwhelming benefit to someone who is selling something. Not because it is necessarily overwhelmingly what people want.

Some other market outcomes I'm unhappy with: ad tracking, excessive plastic packaging, cheap goods - expensive repairs, all sodas are at least twice as sweet as they need to be.

When there are options, I choose otherwise. If an option I've come to rely on changes to be something I don't prefer - i'll raise a stink.
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Well the size savings is a function of the number of included dimensions and the original table grain.

I wouldn’t call this an “OLAP Cube”. It’s just an aggregated fact table. A collection of those with their corresponding dimensions is a “data mart”.
I'm struggling to figure out what you mean by number 4. Isn't the result of that exercise proof that the Kimball approach is a worthwhile one?
Just in the last few weeks I have seen genuine photos of a boat floating in the sky [1] and an eye of fire in the sea [2]. So some blip on some screen...

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/18/pop-up-enabl...

[2] https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/05/the-ocean-is-on-fire-gas-leak...
> Having said that, Sentry integration is another matter.

How? I only know Sentry as the backend tool you use to analyze the uploaded crashdumps? Or do you mean that a "crash report" could be something smaller than a minidump? (although I personally think a minidump is not a bad compromise)
Australia is in denial about this. The net effect is that prices offshore will be externally taxed (de facto if not de jure: prices will incur a consequence of a failure to implement in-nation carbon pricing so it becomes the border adjustment issue), with revenue going to the importer nation, because we refuse to implement a market onshore.
Considering people have been converting the PWM pin of a raspberry pi into a digital TV transmitter and the fact that all modern wi-fi chipsets are software defined, I think a lot of malicious stuff can be done with it if one really sets their mind to it. Much more than the regular deauth shenanigans.
With PoS you tap new coins but your share of the chain stays the same. The only thing happening is that you are not penalized by inflation. This is just a mechanism to incentives hodlers to participate in the security of the network by staking.
Sure, perhaps they won't use it for training, but the fear is they would use it for corporate espionage, market research, etc. Compared to training, this would be both more useful and much easier to keep deniable / under wraps.

I've had previous employers that were highly concerned about far more innocuous data leaking to competitors, e.g. autocomplete search terms. This means that a Copilot installation at any company that competes (or might compete) with MS should be considered a security breach, IMO. Given Microsoft's presence in so many markets, in general I think it would be foolish to risk this at any company.
I'm not following your logic, really.

Copyright is meant to protect original/authentic/unprecedented expressions, disregarding the medium where they may exist. So I don't really get your point in trying to make distinction between a copy or a "master"(?) or whatever.

What's at stake is the originality of the expression and what kind of rights does somebody else (i.e. everyone but the creator) have (or not!) over it.

Can I make copies of this original expression? (y/n)

Can I use this into a new product of my own? (y/n)

Whether something is already a copy or not does not really change the extent of the rights that you have (unless it's explicitly stated in the license, of course).
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@I have a theory:

I would agree, in principle and mostly in practice. However, if one knows better, then they must also know that the same "better" can be done. It is hard, yes, and it takes practice, but is achievable. Exposure therapy of sorts helps immensely. And, if/when feeling overwhelmed, simply ask for a recess and postponement of the discussion. I call it "processing time", and it usually takes a few days, or even longer. I call upon it, when I sense it is required (on my and other side, too).

I also try to familiarize the other side with my own (aforementioned) communication style and idiosyncrasies. I'd say we all seek to at least not be misunderstood, if understanding (in sense of the agreement) is not possible... and being frank and upfront about it - helps.
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Or maybe this is technology transfer from ETs to us. We already have seen the consequences of technology transfer from us to less intelligent life forms. It didn't turn out so well ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxYmm5yCJBg
Pinball in VR is surprisingly good. Obvious that these are two different things though.
Getting a 404 right now. Here's a working link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-57692160
Sure, and I have regular meetings with processor vendors who want to understand our workload to better serve it. But there's no easy or fast way for them to get low-level data, including processor trace (cycle logs), across many customers. This can be vast amounts of data: Tbytes. If you are working on processors at a cloud vendor and want to know some low-level CPU detail, you could answer it immediately across a million customer workloads.
> at least 10 users who have pushed copies of the GCC codebase

That is "10 other people". (Although your point stands, since there doesn't (or at least shouldn't to the point of criminal espionage) be any strong impediment preventing one person from creating 10 different accounts.)
Comparative advantage theory also ignores that efficiency increases as you invest in an industry, and the acquired expertise helps related industries.

It especially ignores how another country can also buy/"partner" with your companies, and export their expertise to help their own companies, and harm yours.

A simplistic model that ignores a wide variety of behavior economic and political actors can and do engage in, yet that didn't stop economists from swearing up and down that there's nothing to worry about.
Here's a good Ambient playlist that I found and it's great for listening while programming: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ugMRn7db1Cy0VD7a6VvUc?si=...
The Beatles are the farthest thing from public domain possible and would never be included in such an exercise.

Valid point - most hilariously poor example to back that point up in recent memory.
No need to spread FUD here. What you're saying isn't really happening and is not a problem. Mountains are being made out of molehills to spread FUD and derail actual useful discussion for the purposes of making a political point. Show us some proof and then we can talk.
with iOS it's not a problem

85% of all devices at already all on iOS 14

https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/
> Cuba does not really have a good record when it comes to human rights.

What are some of such records?

I doubt that such records would be worse than US or Israel given the recent situations.
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Hecker is magnificent
Fun facts, Lebanon is a buffer state between Israel and the Arab worlds created by the western colonial powers [1].

For those who are in the IT backgrounds, it is a physical DMZ where virtual DMZ was originally modeled from. In principles, you'd probably do not want put any valuables in the the DMZ area.

The fact that any of the buffer countries work at all is a miracle, but it is not by design.

[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_state
I used to do the same, but then realized I wasn't missing anything. What about JS related discourse is remotely important and what kind of stuff doesn't make it onto other channels?
No it is not. According to democracy index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index, Singapore is "flawed democracy" (not even a "hybrid regime"), same as Mexico, for example.

The index might be not very objective, but it is not completely broken, so Singapore is definitely not a "totalitarian state".
And visible light, infrared light, and sensor artifacts apparently too. Occam’s razor…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/05/11/us-nav...
It would be impossible for China to conduct a "small incursion" into the main island of Taiwan. Geography and logistics make it an all-or-nothing deal. A small amphibious or airborne force would be too vulnerable and there wouldn't be any way to sustain it. If an invasion comes it will be huge, like on the scale of the WW2 Normandy assault.
This has been debunked numerous times at this point. Here is a fun to read debunking: http://m.nautil.us/blog/impossibly-hungry-judges
I did a search and it looks like airline ground collisions are usually resolved via the courts.

The towing company in one case with Virgin Airlines tried to muddy the waters with "no specific airplane model training" and "not enough lighting", which the judge laughed at since if an airplane towing company can't tow an airplane, what's the point of using them?

FYI: a wingtip strike can cost a few million dollars to fix, plus the cost of grounding (AOG) for weeks or months, which is more millions, for an airliner.

With small airplanes, most flight schools don't charge for AOG, but in the cases I've heard of, the loss of use was more than the repair bill and probably ended the student's career. The numbers were in the range of $5,000 in repairs and $10,000 - $20,000 for loss of use.
Not the first use of a balloon to control bleeding:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakri_balloon
Because it is extremely uncritical of the subject. Any reputable scientist would simply tell that there is simply not enough reliable data to draw conclusions about these phenomena.
Have you spoken with a therapist? Your burnout/depression is not uncommon.
If you're using subprocesses, you may also run into the GC duplicating your heap with unnecessary collection. Check https://docs.python.org/3/library/gc.html#gc.freeze and the note about forking.
I grew up in Houston.

The general idea is that city planners prioritize aesthetics over their residents being able to afford housing.
The biggest change to working remote vs in-office is communication. Some organisations have done well and make sure communication is shared across all staff easily. Other organisations require proximity as you only get the full picture by overhearing random conversations. Over-hearing co-worker X is having a problem with tech Y in a different team that you used at your last employer is a great icebreaker. Knowing their area of knowledge may help you in the future with your taskings. Companies with distributed operations or that are remote only before the pandemic tend to do better, but some companies have actively transitioned and put those structures in place. Unfortunately many others have set up make do structures "until we can get back in the office".

As for helping or hurting your career, that is very dependent on your situation and the existing team structure and culture. You can overcome most negatives that come from working remote if the organisation supports you. You can also use the flexibility to improve productivity helping the organisation more. However there is more responsibility on you doing that, and some find themselves not mature enough to make the most of it.
> the solution is to do what... more of the same?

Redefine what it means to be leveraged, allow for banks to partake in riskier investments than current regulations allow, creating an enormous bubble?

I sure hope not but I don't see what else could be done. This money has to go somewhere!
iOS 15 supports up to iPhone 6s wich was released in 2015

Windows 11 supports PCs with processors up to Intel Gen 8, wich was released in late 2017
Vlc and firefox both have crash reporting and updaters,

Yet no one is complaining.

So what makes audacity special?