skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> I haven't used maya I wonder why you think that.

Because Maya is all high level tools with only partial and buggy procedurality. It's history stream is a joke. Because when I use Maya I feel like I'm fighting the will of each and every programmer for everything I want to do. Like each and every finger of every programmer is on my hand telling me how to do what I want to do.

However, in Houdini it's more like the programmers have left a pile of low level tools and let me do what I need to do however I want to do it.

In Maya, once you're done you have a final product. In Houdini, once you're done you have not only the final product, but also the process that created that product.
Ok, so what percentage of that stuff is actually high value-add?

How much useful USD capital and more importantly KNOWLEDGE capital was invested into China -- all so we can get lots of average and also crappy power supplies and 80's 90's electrical hardware tech? This could've been done in other places with the right investments.

I'm not saying China didn't do an amazing job. But given the outcome, a powerful autocratic nation that wants to usurp the world authority... was it really worth it for mediocre stuff that's slightly cheaper?
> This is like asking why if seatbelts work, we don't let people drunk drive

If seatbelts were as effective as vaccines are supposed to be, then that comparison would start holding water. Instead of a seatbelt, you should use the foam crash deployment from Demolition Man as your example. I can’t wait until that’s available.

Oddly enough I’ve been hit by a drunk driver. He endangered my life by drinking well beyond his limits and operating a motorvehicle, and then making a massive mistake by running a red light and t-boning me. That has no similarity to someone unvaccinated breathing next to me. Based on what I’ve read someone could be vaccinated, and still infect me with a “breakthrough case”. So all I can do is protect myself using the tools available. If the tools don’t work, well, the unvaccinated might be just as doomed as I am.
Some of her points are valid but the melodrama drawing analogies to stress from the death of a spouse, describing nearly breaking into tears every so often, and describing the consequences of her actions as something "done to her" are absurd.
No one things FB is evil because they aren't transparent. It is because of the observable harm on society and their perceived reluctance to mitigate that harm. Internally, they also suffer with retention because employees don't want to work at an evil or perceived to be evil place.

Thus, FB decides to have more transparency, gets a little credit that they want to fix the problem. All good.

Now, FB then revokes that after it leads to criticism (which is the point of being transparent...), so they revert to the previous state, only now there is even more evidence and the problem is worse.

It's the height of irony that a company that profits from selling information about you would ever try to defend itself with a right to privacy. Not only is that not the issue at hand but it speaks to the lack of self-awareness that I can only hope will doom FB to irrelevance or legal destruction.
This is a good argument for rejecting out any input from Coinbase out of hand.
And that in turn is not in line with EU law - if not in letter then at least in spirit so banks are caught between two powers and in turn offload that burden onto the citizens. Realistically as an American abroad you can do it but there is a continuous cost and stress associated with remaining a US citizen.

I know several people that have gone down this path and a few who are doing it right now, the US seems outright vindictive against those that want to leave, a bit like an abusive spouse that can't imagine there is a life after them for you.
It's in Facebook's interest to increase engagement, even if it destroys people's lives.

A morbidly obese depressed kid is much more valuable to Facebook, than an active and mentally stable kid.

We should realize that and stop pretending that Facebook is anything but a leech on our mental health.

I realized that a while ago and had to literally tell Facebook recruiters to GF themselves.
Language cheapens itself when spoken cheaply. Abusing over the top terminology on minute areas of controversy will ultimately lesson the impact of your outrage when something actually bad comes along. Someone browsing healthcare plans available to other employees of different companies is not something that should win you the label “malicious actor” and come associated with other implications. This data leaking harms literally nobody other than perhaps the company offering the worst coverage to its employees. Your response is the real problem here: If I had done this, reported it, and then been called a “malicious actor” on a forum titled “Hacker News” my knee jerk response would just be to shut up about it next time.
But like wouldn’t you be fine once you found one?
It's still millions of parameters. What kind if hardware is needed to train a 10 million parameter model?
For what it's worth, there are a few other reasons a US citizen may be compelled to disclose quite a bit of financial detail without being criminals. Just from what I've experienced, joining the Army, getting a security clearance, and attempting to become an adoptive parent all required having to disclose basically everything, up to and including people coming to my house to interrogate me on why I got divorced 18 years ago, having to take a polygraph. All in spite of definitely not being a criminal.

I'm not complaining. This is all voluntary (though I think the adoption licensing is excessive, given it's even worse than getting a security clearance whereas a biological parent just needs to inject sperm into someone). But living overseas is also voluntary.

I completely agree that the US government is unnecessarily overbearing about this kind of thing compared to most other countries, but let's be honest about how widespread this is. It's not at all limited to burdening expats. Even down to cosmetology licensing, we do this kind of thing everywhere, at every level of government, to many types of people.

This presumably contributes to why Americans are so anti-government compared to Europeans. Our main points of interaction with governments are often things like this. Just this morning, I finally managed to pay off four years worth of back property taxes. The stupid thing about it is I've been trying to pay the entire time. The money has always been sitting in an escrow account. But something about our deed was incorrect, the county had no record of my lot existing, and we couldn't pay! When they finally corrected the deed, we not only got the four years worth of charges, but late penalties on top of it, even though I'd been trying to pay! And because the past year's charges were all listed as supplemental, the escrow account didn't even pay it and I've been fighting with them for 8 months to give me back my money so I can pay my taxes.

So you are not alone, Rachel Heller.
>What harm was done by someone comparing prices?

It removes the information asymmetry, which protect the profits of the seller.
Here's the thing about iPhone photography (and Android too, I suppose): if you know what a DSLR is, or the difference between DSLR and mirrorless bodies, you are not the target audience.

Apple isn't trying compete with a $3500 Sony A7R4 with a $1000 90mm macro lens. They're aiming for people who see the example "macro" photos and say "neat! I want to try that". Or the people who have already bought a Moment macro lens (or one of the other clip-on/screw-on iPhone macro lenses) and are tired of carrying it around.

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Since 2016, space tech has accounted for ~1.2% of all VC funding
I think the analogy would be going up to the desk and saying: my id number is X (when its really Y), can i have my file.

If you convince them that you really are X and they give you the file, i think that would be considerd fraudulent. Whether or not an injury takes place to raise it to the level of fraud i guess depends on what was in the file, but in countries with strong privacy laws, someone would probably be in a heap of trouble.
You got things the other way around it's not about the disclosure is about mitigation.

If one contacts the corrupted major for a timed disclosure, he gets time to hide crimes or can continue being corrupted, but the press running the story only damages the major.

If I run to the press with a vulnerability, everyone is empowered in exploiting it. Sure it puts lots of pressure on the devs, but devs can only work so fast, which creates a window of opportunity which damages both them and their users. A timed disclosure doesn't prevent exploitation that's already happening, but doesn't increase the problem by itself

The desired outcomes in the two cases are different, and it's no surprise different strategies are optimal.
What a whiny and melodramatic series of posts from a privileged person giving up one first class citizenship for another out of economics and convenience.

Many of my compatriots wait longer, pay less in absolute but more in relative terms and celebrate afterwards.

Lots of us would do well to be more grateful.
You left out the best bit: "through a multi-step process"
If you can't fix the bug, document the work-around.
It was always inevitable that the largest newspapers would be the winners in a world with the internet.

The only thing that propped up local newspapers was the monopoly they had on local distribution (for readers) and therefore eyeballs (for advertisers). The internet completely breaks that.

The unfortunate part is that the monopoly did pay for actual local reporting. But the ad supported business model for reports from city hall just isn't there any more in smaller cities.
> you tell all your banks that you are not a US citizen and ask them to update your details accordingly.

Banks abroad demand proof beyond just telling them that. You need to show the Certificate of Loss of Nationality or present a US Taxpayer Identification Number.
... but for 'intensive purposes' on the other hand the story is less clear
This is a little sad. That was 1.5 million dollars of vested share for the price of $4050 + taxes.
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"Regulators hate him"
- Charles Ponzi
Great news! Always been a fan of Blender Foundation :)
The router/modern is battery powered or it will run continuously off a USB charger. The one I'm using currently is a Vodafone (Huawei) R216. Here are the specs: https://wirelessgear.com.au/vodafone-pocket-wifi-4g-r216-mod....
That link is the first one I found, if it doesn't work for you just search the modem's model number.

The R216 lasts for at least 6 hours on battery, often much longer (and the battery is removable, so you can have spares to extended its operational life). Whilst this modem is principally an ISP one (Vodafone) it comes unlocked. I note that that link says it's locked but it's likely not - as most assume ISP-supplied stuff is but to be sure you'd better check that's so where you are. Also, if you aren't using a Vodafone SIM then first just check that it works even if it's guaranteed unlocked (some other SIMs may need setting up).

If the R216 isn't available or its locked in your country - or you have that common aversion to using Huawei equipment - then there are several other brands that are essentially equivalent. If you want the details I'll provide them.

Note this is a real router/modem and it'll run up to five smartphones/PCs at a time (which can be very handy). Some others that are a little more expensive can connect 10 devices to each other by their WiFi LAN and or to the SIM's mobile network. Also the R216 will take a micro SD card (one's mobile NAS so to speak :-)). Given its small size size and usefulness I'd never be without one (I've three of this model and several earlier types).
Yeah, I think it might be A/B testing as well. I don't get any suggestions from typing K. Everything that popped up is from my history.

Also, not really related, but from my experience, Kahoot is really popular in education. I bet at least 80% of my classmates in college have used it at least once. I am a bit surprised you never heard about it.
And still haven't learned. There are a lot of companies which collect user data in Germany besides Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft.
Sorry, what is ESC?
What do you find is the “best way to sell”?
Most likely voters don't understand how computers work. I'm not sure it'll matter much.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why Joe Rogan and I sat down and talked
As a US citizen who lived in the Netherlands until recently, at least one bank (ABN AMRO) is fine with US customers, and is also attractive to expats in other ways- for instance, they will do more of their correspondence in English than other banks. It required maybe 20 minutes in an office at my local branch when I opened my account for them to have dealt with everything, and then my banking experience was no different from anyone else's.

The problem in the Netherlands isn't so much expats who grew up in the US, but "accidental Americans" who were born in the US and left as small children. They are US citizens, but don't have an SSN, which Dutch banks require to comply with US law (and with pandemic-related embassy closures, obtaining one isn't necessarily easy).
"Both journalists and security experts have suggested that The Intercept's handling of the reporting, which included publishing the documents unredacted and including the printer tracking dots, was used to identify Winner as the leaker."
It’s clear from your response that you’re not at all familiar with the issues here. I’m a bit confused as to why you’d feel the need to share your opinion on a topic where you’re very clearly not well informed.

As an American expat for five years, I can assure you her complaints are accurate.
1. Not remotely the same. As a resident of a particular state, your senators and congresspeople are certainly looking out for your state’s interests. As an expat, almost nobody cares.
2. FATCA doesn’t care how you file. If you’re married, your spouse is included.
3. Most investment banks will no longer accept expats as clients, and go so far as to monitor and close accounts for people consistently logging in from overseas. When we lived abroad we had to be very careful with VPNs, and often had our US-resident parents monitor our accounts for us just in case.
A limited SSG is so easy to write that it might just be less work to slap one together that meets your needs than spend the time trying out a few existing ones and learning enough about how to use them to make an evaluation.
> Your method of enforcing this would (I assume) be to file a suit against the bank in the Netherlands and seek an order to prevent them from passing any information on you to the IRS. You would effectively be asking a Dutch court to rule on whether you can unilaterally renounce US citizenship.

This is incorrect. The method of enforcing tax obligations is spelled out in bilateral tax treaties. In this instance the US would lean on the Netherlands to enforce it and failure to pay the obligations to the Dutch would be punished by whatever their tax law says.
Chip making is technologically difficult, even if you can buy all the same machines TSMC uses. It is evident from previous failures that a nation can't just say "we need on-shore chip capacity" and pay to get it. in the US, Intel fell behind TSMC and GF can't catch up. The situation is more dire most other places.
These 2 things are not even remotely comparable.
Bypassing required reviews using GitHub Actions
It is like pipes.
It will make you in violation of the law, and that could come back to haunt you in the future, for instance when and if you want to go and visit your family back in the USA.

I would strongly recommend against going that route.

Besides that, you still have to get your 'new' country to give you citizenship as well, which will go a lot smoother if the new citizenship is paired with renouncing the USA one, you really don't want to become 'stateless' for many reasons.
US authorities pass leads to Indian/Nigerian authorities which are paid off to do nothing.
Over what time period? Given that he's a teenager he probably just went YOLO in one of the biggest bull market periods in recent history.
Yeah, but I want that horizontal space to the right of the nav field for other things, so I configure to combine nav and search.
It’s also worth pointing out Walgreens, Apple, and other retailers usually do not press charges on the rare occasion when the groups are stopped or caught. This does not improve the situation.
I don't see this as some equity issue people are framing it as.

Issuers have the rules of $25k, $500k, etc bc they really don't want to deal with inexperienced investors (doctors, dentists, etc, etc).... who get fearful when they write a check, are inexperienced and so try to micromanage, and worry incessantly about exits and can be short sighted. Angels are great at hiding all of this, until after the deal closes.

It makes sense to heavily filter people like that out - it would be damn terrible as a founder to have to deal with 300 people who all invested "their life savings of $10k". If you haven't been involved in many private deals, you might not believe that. But most deals are small, rosey-eyed-until-a-loss-might-occur "angels".
>I have no desire to engage in whataboutism

Then don't.

I think Snowden should be pardoned and considered a national hero, but he unquestionably committed a very serious crime. There was no crime committed in the State of Missouri on this matter.
As a species I feel we need a means to overcome this problem within organizations, and demonstrate convincingly to others that we have done so. Chernobyl and Fukushima were also both created by a culture of deference to higher-ups. The anti-nuclear crowd were wrong about the science, but may have had a point once you consider human fallibility.
The current release version was uploaded to archive dot org a few months back (for self hosting):

https://archive.org/details/adventuron-classroom-beta-68j
I've only played with it a bit, certainly not enough to make any real definitive statements about it, but I think for what it is it's pretty impressive...stuff like that always makes me wonder why Commodore wasn't more successful [1].

[1] I know LUnix didn't come out until 1993, so it would have been too late to save Commodore, and certainly past the C64's prime. It just demonstrates what the C64 was capable of.
Apple on Apple ads : "Want relevant ads?"

Apple on Facebook ads : "Want spyware?"
I read "just hoping" as "wishing for" not "have hope that".
This is why regulation is needed. States do not allow any kind of car on the streets. But often car manufacturers say it will threaten economy and labor.
The author of the article in question very specifically complains about having to settle up her tax bill and fix her tax accounting before she's allowed to renounce her citizenship, like this was some massive travesty of justice.

She also doesn't complain about paying taxes, but having her accounts reported to the IRS, and having to disclose the fact that she has access to funds in accounts not in her name....as well as not being as represented as she feels she should be from said taxation.
When was the last time the SEC actually went after a big corporation?
Remove SSN field from DTO - 49 million

Invoice Fee - 1 million

Not bad for -1 lines of code.
Like the fact that your home country keeps an eye on your and your non-American family members' financial information on a level that is usually reserved for criminals?
Jews (plenty of examples including the Holocaust). LGBT+ (unless you think that what happened to Alan Turing wasn't persecution). Muslims (by Christians and others). Christians (by Romans throwing them to the lions and others).

If there is a group, chances are it's been censored and persecuted.

I know that I'm supposed to assume the best, but with you it's pretty hard because history is so full of examples that it seems your question is not in good faith.

I also wasn't talking about one specific group. I was talking about what history shows about what happens to a group after it is censored. That is why I said "a group" instead of "this group" or "that group".
Indeed. Same story here. The Atarisoft port of ROBOTRON for DOS was that way. Insane at any two digit clock.

Sidebar: Ultima games are great. Did you see Nox Archaist?
Some of my relatives are halfway joking about quitting their jobs, getting their CDLs, and becoming truck drivers. At least, I'm pretty sure they are joking. One of them has a PhD in economics, so I think he is joking.
oh ha. somehow thought it was much more sinister
This is a really interesting idea. I don't know the first thing about space / rocket science, so this video was actually pretty informative overall, while extolling the virtues of SpaceRyde.

Was in the same batch as these folks, wish we had hung out then!
Ask HN: Why doesn't the pool section appear on the front-page?
Opening https://news.ycombinator.com doesn't show the pool section in the top. But visiting https://news.ycombinator.com/pool shows the pool as well as the other sections in the top.
Whenever somebody starts roasting current ML techniques about their carbon footprint, I take that as "I've got no better argument to present".

Sure, a reduction in computational expenses is in many ways desirable, but I don't think the carbon footprint of a model is a very good metric. There are much better arguments for more efficient models.

I guess you have to do, what you have to do for those grants.
Then I'm even less clear on what her issues were. Somehow this is reminding me of that girl that took $350,000 in debt to get a Theater Management degree from Duke University and then blogged about how criminal the American higher education system is and how she was running off to Russia with her husband to escape the crippling debt.

It's like, you took almost half a mil in debt to go to a PRIVATE SCHOOL to get a degree that you would have no hope of ever using to pay back your _crippling debt_. Student load debt is a real problem in USA..but that's not it.
It seems like most of corporate America operates under the if you give an inch they'll take a mile theory.
Metal is by far a much friendlier API than Vulkan. Its approach with opt-in complexity is arguably the correct one. (Ever tried writing a Vulkan "Hello triangle" from scratch?)

It's also gaining some nice features that are usable out of the gate, rather than waiting on Vulkan extension standardization and adoption. It simply makes the most sense for Apple.
"that's no longer an option of course." why?
OTOH it actually teaches building FSMs with two processes, which is good to see.

Why? I shouldn't have to look in multiple places to see what the FSM "code" is doing, and the tools don't care.
Yes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EPTfOTC4Jw

Warning contains a youtuber bashing their head firmly against the pain of Itanium to test this.