skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Apple further transforms this database into an unreadable set of hashes, which is securely stored on users’ devices.

Is that a typo? What use is something that’s unreadable? I’m only half done, but it sounds like a bunch of hand wavy, AI, ML bullshit to me.

How do you match similar images without reducing them down to something that’s less than the original?

> Users can’t identify which images were flagged as CSAM by the system.

> If a user feels their account has been mistakenly flagged they can file an appeal to have their account reinstated.

So the user can’t have information about anything, but they can appeal the decision if their account is locked? And locking the account might cause people to do all kinds of stupid things like resetting their device to get the account back or because they panicked. Then the only evidence is some opaque system that claims the user had illegal content. That’s scary.

Many years ago I knew a person that took a perfectly good PC to the garbage dump because of a scareware warning saying it was involved in illegal activity. Poor guy wasn’t very computer savvy. This will open up some excellent phishing opportunities because of the seriousness/consequences of the type of accusation and the legitimacy of everyone knowing it’s something that’s done now.

Edit: I finished reading it. If the photos are synced to iCloud I guess locking the account preserves the data. I still don’t like how cloak and dagger the whole thing is. No one’s allowed to know anything and all the average person is going to understand is that Apple’s system says this person is guilty, so they’re guilty. I think stuff like this would get a lot more scrutiny and less traction if it wasn’t “for the children.”

What if there are bugs? No one is going to be allowed to audit the system or see how it works because of the sensitive nature of the content. It’s pretty scary IMO.

> The threshold is selected to provide an extremely low (1 in 1 trillion) probability of incorrectly flagging a given account.

How was that calculated? Prove it.

> The neural network is taught to generate descriptors that are close to one another for the original/perturbed pair.

So is that the same kind of crappy AI that (incorrectly) detects suspicious activity on email accounts?
Every CEO at a tech company [video]
No Anita Baker, Mica Paris, Patti Austin, Luther Vandross.

Not saying there were no Black artists: just saying that Black culture wrapped in what white people accept, like is not enough for the Black community.

Edit: you guys downvoting me are likely too young to remember day one on MTV when stuff Blacks actually listened to was not featured on MTV until hiphop culture forced the issue.

Black influence on mainstream music came at a huge cost to Black music stars. They were copied but mostly not included unless they paid homage. Horrible place for them truly.

You have minimal idea about what Black people are really about without another white person’s filter because that’s how it has always been even on BET.
Are there actually that many that believe this? Or is it just so patently absurd that we talk about them a lot?
No, but the exclusive intent has been made clear with the title "Netflix for black people".

Feels like some kind of "Outrage marketing" strategy, I mean, look how this thread has blown up over the last hour. I'm sure the OP is smart and knew what they were doing when wording this post.
Code reviews. Both getting my code reviewed and reviewing other's people code.
Few people realize this, but the US government actually subsidizes a specific McDonalds in Odesa to the tune of $1M/year. The calculation is simple: in my ideal policy regime, that specific McDonalds would be $1M/year less profitable. I think we can all agree that it's ridiculous for the government to subsidize specific McDonalds restaurants. Consequently we should adopt my policies.
Keeping plants in your house reduces CO2 levels and removes pollutants, perhaps try that.

- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32170619/

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13601...
I’ve looked into this myself and you should be careful planting “meadow mix.” Make sure the listed seeds are not invasive species. Otherwise you’ll potentially be introducing noxious weeds into your yard.

https://www.washington.edu/news/2002/04/18/wildflower-seed-m...
Can the opposite exist too? i.e. people who are always pro-government and never question authority?

The Milgram experiment tells me: yes.

Both types are following their ideological model no? I see a lot of anti-conspiracy ideologues out there who won't even acknowledge actual, known historical conspiracies. They brush them off like "that would never happen today"...
Sure, mine was an example of a product I despise that Americans cherish (Hershey's) to point out the difficulty in getting a good measure of inflation.

Whether or not chocolate, in particular, is tracked more closely is not my point. My point is that quality, not just quantity, is very difficult to track. I could have said that lawnmowers' decks are getting thinner using the same steel, but that more removed for most people.
I've got a similar setup that I started originally so I could turn off lamps in my apartment with mock lightswtches on the wall. This enabled me to have an otherwise normal experience since redoing the electrical wiring in an apartment is generally a good way to get in a lot of trouble. Being able to schedule or turn iff all the lights in a simgle action at night was just a huge plus
> The problem is that white Americans don't have the same American experience as black Americans

This implies that there is a "white experience" and a "black experience" which is simply false and subtly racist. This is kind of the point of the parent's post--we've gone from understanding that variance within a race far exceeds variance between races to a mistaken belief that different races have such different experiences that we basically can't understand each other, that we're practically different species. Consider the white translator who was forbidden to translate the work of a black poet, the eminently qualified white school board volunteer who was forbidden from working with students because he wouldn't "understand the experiences of nonwhite students", or the anti-standardized-testing folks who argue that blacks are innately unable to compete in standardized tests.

On that latter point, there's a popular analogy[0] circulating over the last decade that implies that different races are like different species of animal--chimps, goldfish, elephants, penguins, etc--and standardized testing is like a tree-climbing test. To put a fine point on it, these folks are implying that blacks are innately inferior at standardized testing while whites (and presumably Asians) naturally excel.

[0]: https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/137652006277390336...
Seems like there's a lot of controversy in the comments. But controversy aside:

Did any of your investors ask you why Netflix can't just add a section like what you're doing? How do you respond to that from a business standpoint?
ITT: People who don't understand American history getting all mad about something that has existed forever (Black entertainment) because everything must be a culture war battle to them.
Not to say a dedicated remote isn't useful, but phones are really convenient.

You generally have your phone with you, so you don't need to keep track of a separate device or devices. Unlike a TV remote, which is used near your TV, a house remote needs to be used anywhere. Everyone in your household can have their own remote (phone), so there's no passing the device around.

The types of controls are varied, and a color touch screen is generally the best option. Light switches, dimmer lights, colored lights, fan controls, AC controls, etc. While I can imagine creating a remote that handles all these different devices, it's going to be a challenge to create hardware that services all these different devices intuitively.
The NN is the system I thought they were making, and I applaud it. The hashing one feels really dangerous, though; I don't think that's people just exaggerating. Apple hasn't done enough to limit their own power, so they might (read: will) be made to use it to hurt people.
Looks small.
I'd be very curious to know how many people actually believe that. I speculate that it's vanishing small.

With these kind of "conspiracy theories" some people like to engage in the thought experiment, essentially thinking through what would have to be true for the conspiracy theory to hold. They adopt a position about it to engage in debate, sometimes as an intellectual exercise (even if a low brow one) and sometimes just to troll. I've got caught by such people before, that are really just being outrageous because they want attention, but at the end of the day they don't really believe it. Flat earth is the other classic example of this.

Conspiracy theories are also the ultimate strawman, and it serves a lot of interests to promote the belief that lots of people believe in absurd conspiracy theories, and that those who disagree with anything mainstream almost certainly do so because they are stupid enough to believe in some outrageous conspiracy theory.

Ironically, the idea that lots of people believe in conspiracy theories is in a sense a conspiracy theory in itself.
The one I see all the time is something is 10oz and 20oz. If I buy 2 10s it should be about the same price as 1 20. But many times the 20oz is a decent percentage higher. So buy 2 smalls. But that does not always hold true so you have to look every time. No 'sales' price. Just the price will be randomly different.
Well, at least this feature could be disabled in WhatsApp settings as far as I know.

Either way, since my original post I’ve read that the way Apple does it is by reviewing the offending material in-house first before notifying any third party (like the government), meaning it wouldn’t be as easy to SWAT a random person just like that.
I have one of the newer Dell XPS 15 laptops. Installing linux was a breeze, upgrading the storage and memory took less than half an hour, and the display is gorgeous. The downsides are that it's performance is certainly throttled quite a bit, and it's awkward sitting it on your lap due to its sharp edges and density (far less comfortable than my MBP). It's certainly been a good experience overall, but I think once thinkpad moves over fully to more reliable displays in the 16:10 ratio I'd probably choose those.
I have been living bouncing back and forth between Brazil, Israel, and Colombia for the last several years. I use Tinder and Bumble a lot, and I notice in all these countries if you look at girls Instagram profiles(not all but many many), have their countries flag emoji in their profile, or maybe "100% Colombiana", or Israeli flag with hearts, etc etc. But when I visit America the girls display the flag that their like grandparents immigrated from and seemingly nobody wants to be "American" and it seems like a redneck or low class thing to put your american emoji in your profile. I have noticed this in larger American cities, it seems nobody wants to rep their flag, and it is a great contrast to other places I have been. Just an observation from a lurker
Its so interesting to watch this technology evolve, life and uncut. Its almost as if every other day another milestone is revealed. Especially as its a tech that one doesn't work with (mechanical engineering / rocket motor engineering etc).

Looking forward for all the great space missions that will be made possible by this (europa, enceladus, more comet missions & many more space-telescopes), not so much for humanity becoming multi-planetary, as the scientific value is lower imo. E.g. a great project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQFqDKRAROI
Okay then take every black person and show off off so called "white-centric" network. Because the difference is BET is allowed to segregate but other networks can't all while the woke left does mental gymnastics to say that isn't racist
Apple Now Scans Uploaded Content for Child Abuse Imagery (2019)
Agreed - tough to nail down a definition of deliberate practice for software engineering. I credit three sources

- Working on a large open-source gave me access to high-quality reviewers from around the world.

- Likewise, at Google, I was surrounded by some exceptionally smart people.

- Finally, like you said, working on projects outside the scope of my work and expertise.
With GDPR you must take security into account from the design.

If you don't do this, the customer DPO might stop the project anytime, or you would have to undo all the reso it again untilt the DPO approves it.
Indeed this is all very true, but if you have a big publisher, “fun” is usually focused on a large target audience.

That’s why it’s so great that we have good tooling nowadays which allows indie developers to aim for the niche that they like.
> Separate but equal was a dismal failure in the US.

It was not a failure, it was an lie that succeeded quite well at exactly what it was supposed to do, and was struck down for exactly that reason.

But there is a difference between de jure segregation of public services to assure that one community is underserved and crafting of commercial services to the serve a distinct set of preferences associated with a particular demographic.
Haskell's type-level programming is pretty strong, and so if you're willing to use some language extensions you can get

let newRecord = oldRecord & #token .~ token

as seen in https://hackage.haskell.org/package/row-types

The syntax isn't great, admittedly, but if you're willing to write a template haskell macro you could probably get something like

let newRecord = [json| oldRecord with token = token |]

working.
Generally, your points about capital and valuations are true. Of course, I could argue Netflix is way more capital intensive than any production company. And then, with Hello Sunshine and others, we're seeing production companies get Venture scale exits. So while I hear your point, those honestly weren't factors for us. It was more so about owning the relationship with the end-user.
Yeah I think there's a time and a place for ternaries, but when used correctly they're just so concise.

Like if you have super long expressions in your ternaries, or you have a bunch of nested/chained ternaries it can be hard to parse, but in a lot of cases it's so nice to get something onto one line instead of needing an if/else
>” where when russians wore copies of western suits, the writing was on the wall…”

I don’t think that’s quite right.

I think it’s more a reflection of the despot being dead (Stalin) and being free of that shackle.

The UK and North America used to follow French fashion (hats, dresses, textiles, etc) that didn’t mean the French were winning (be it economic, cultural or otherwise) aristocracy just thought they had forward fashion sense.
You walk up to a drink vending machine.

You are in America:

Vending machine for Americans sells Gatorade

You are in Mexico

Vending machine for Mexicans sells Agua Fresca

Vending machine for Americans sells Gatorade

This is no different then X for X people.

They aren't saying you aren't welcome, it's more so that you likely don't know if you'll even like Agua Fresca. Mexicans know they love Agua Fresca.

Maybe Mexicans don't really like Gatorade, but they know that the Americans in Mexico would like to have some Gatorade - boom it's a niche, it's a business, profit can be made.

This is NOT discrimination, it's catering to a market. Discrimination is treating unjustly. It has nothing to do with providing X for X. Y could totally have X, no one cares, it's just that Y just may not enjoy it, relate to it or even want it.
To be honest America is still pretty segregated and always has been.

Neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, literature, theaters, and religious institutions are segregated. Black people are still being harassed or worse for being in the "wrong place" at the wrong time. I assure you whatever racist events you hear in the media is just the tip of the iceberg.

I grew up in one of the most racially and culturally diverse places in the US "a true melting pot" and the neighborhoods were still segregated by race and ethnicity.

The cultural contributions you are talking about are mostly selections made by white tastemakers who vet who and what is fashionable for the time. Sometimes to improve marketability they will replace minorities to make the material palatable.

The only thing that matters in America is equity (ownership not fairness). In order for black people to have equity they need to own it.
You're missing my point. You can make a good micro-model that is very, very targeted and does not overfit. Sure, it won't generalize outside your target, but you know you can use it at clinic X with machine Y to predict Z.

This is why I'm saying you aren't describing overfitting but instead having a very, very specific objective function.
Yes, its so hard to get a sense of scale, our brains just don't have a reference
You're dismissing the scope of the problem, yes, given unlimited resources and people's willingness to change, anything can change. But we don't have unlimited resources, and many people don't want to change.

But the fact remains that America has many low-density areas that will never be affordably served by transit. That's not just in this country, Europe has areas that aren't well served by transit, even Japan has areas that aren't well served by transit.
I'm a big fan of the Hue lights. I've done the IKEA ones, and they are great, but the phone-connected options offer scheduling and automation, if you're into that kind of thing.
Agapitov later gave a long interview to Meduza explaining the decision. It's surprisingly honest. Here is an interesting quote:

In America, in recent years, both in our company and in the media, various minorities have been actively protected and people are very cautious about the dismissal of gays, blacks, and more recently, Asians. But in Xsolla, we did not give immunity to these groups, because all decisions that a human makes, from the point of view of Americans, have a risk of being biased, and our algorithmic solution is as unbiased as possible. Therefore, from the point of view of American media and American civil society, for us it is much better and more indisputable than if some manager fired someone.

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=https:/... (In Russian, Google translated)
I guess it's just a disguised protest against the government by Apple, that they have to give up their stance on privacy and make the world know.

Yes, children is so precious and helpless. I think in order to protect them you all have to give up your liberty, so to protect the future of human race.
From an individual point of view, where are you going to go for a in-depth health assessment? Presumably the same doctor who would recommend in the strongest terms that you get the vaccine unless you have a history of certain clotting disorders or are using particular medication. Unless you seek out a doctor on the fringes of established medical fact.
Exactly this. You create a minimum set of features that must be shipped by the due date. You negotiate on this, adjusting the minimum set or the due date correspondingly.

The desired features beyond the minimum set are accepted as being at risk of remaining unimplemented if the due date can't be shifted further to the right. They become stretch goals that may be achieved by the deadline, or will be worked into a second effort during the maintenance of the system.

Agile (especially some of the stuff in the Lean Software world) is very well-suited to this kind of development. As are the classical evolutionary or iterative & incremental models.
My employer's mandatory proxy downgrades all HTTP/2, presumably so they can better inspect traffic. This results in a bad/slow experience on many sites. I wish HTTP/2 would not have downgrade at all so they would have to deal with it..
What, other than paranoia, makes you think they are going to do anything next without telling you? They told us about this, we're all talking about it.

The issue is your calling it "Spyware Engine" as if it's anything that wasn't happening before - mesh networking for "Find my phone", watching bluetooth and wifi and GPS locations and reporting back to HQ for things like mapping and traffic monitoring and route planning, and possibly advertising, these are much more "spyware" than this is - they happen more routinely, to more people, and report more back.

UK ISPs have been legally obliged to block certain websites from access for years, Google knows where you live from nearby WiFi SSIDs and can correlate all your browsing traffic back almost entirely to your real identity all the time, GMail and Office365 and FaceBook and Microsoft know everyone you contact and what you talk about and therefore what kind of relation you are to each other, all the big providers know where you live and where you work and whose house you spend time in from location tracking and correlating cookies with IPs. This thing from Apple is way more narrowly constrained and scoped than any of that.
Great idea. Some in-depth follow ups are on my radar (I've been trying to publish 1 post a day, yet, never run out of ideas.)
It is possible that American culture has already been divided more than most HN readers have been aware of.

See Michael Harriot's "blackfamous" thread:

https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/120569584639172198...
Critical race theory is about learning what actually happened to different groups of people to create the society we live in right now, not about segregating them today. If you don't learn from history, you're doomed to repeat it.
This is a great read. Posts like this make me not fear being “just a developer” for the rest of my life.
The effects of entrenched discrimination in the US fade quite a bit when you hit upper middle class or above. They don't vanish entirely, but you have a lot more of a cushion and generally can avoid the problem areas. You can also fight back legally if necessary.
Hey, VisiData author here! The website has been redesigned recently and hopefully looks a bit more modern. We're preparing to hold a workshop on VisiData at StrangeLoop, and a few other fun things are in the pipeline as well. I'm happy to answer any questions you have!
X for white people isn't implied by default. That's a hollow phrase chanted by black people that its implied by default.
Is there an equivalent case of supernormal stimuli for NLP?
It isn't /completely/, but many are invested in making it more divided than not.
It looks small but it is not. I found a photo montage with Saturn V. The size should be approximately correct from what I can tell.

https://twitter.com/raumvektor/status/1423633590743617542

Edit: here is another, including Saturn V, SLS, the Space Shuttle and the Statue of Liberty.

https://twitter.com/DrChrisCombs/status/1423642585868931074
Fauci Funded Disgusting, Repulsive Baby Organ Harvesting Research
This fucking faggot needs to die today.
I agree with morgan freeman this is also why I don’t think making a black tv channel and black churches and black university help it actually make the problem worse because it increases divide.

As someone that grew up extremely poor. I am not aware of the two education system other than the “historically black university”.

What do you call the “white education system”?
Sounds that they need even more shaming to get their act together.
FYI in 1900 it was illegal for Black folk to occupy the same commercial spaces as European Americans, and were relegated to designated areas in many public spaces, and that wasn't because Black folk wanted to, or imposed that law.

Your "melting pot" interpretation concretely just means "they should not be different or receive different things than me".
Author here, ironically, guilty of this https://matt-rickard.com/virgo-lang/
We should all do this rn, we're physically putting people at danger not doing this lol