skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> In practice, it may well be more complicated than that

No, its not. If an account gets banned after an hour, all that happened is that the user got is 1 free hour of playing a video game. There are easier ways of pirating videos games than that.

So really, thats good enough.

You tried to claim "The fraudster scales up their account creation". And I am telling you, that if a fraudster wants to play a video game for free, there are much easier ways of doing so. By just pirating the game, for example.

So that specific point is wrong.

> or so say the guys sitting in the cheap seats

Actually, it seems like you are the one sitting in cheap seats. Because you have already straight up admitted that you don't really know much about the industry. Whereas, people like me, who do work in the games industry, do know about what a good user experience is for people playing video games, actually know more about this than you do.

So, in other words, you actually should "care how well it would work". Because how well it would work, is integral to the attack vector.
Abdalla Al-Dalleh

A motivated and ambitious engineer, graduated with a BS.c in computer engineering and working in the industry of Control Systems. My experience includes writing device drivers, tools and control systems in C/C++, automating tasks in Python and bash, Git VCS, GUI applications in Qt. I am also familiar with other technologies, and willing to get more experienced with, like Embedded-Linux, digital design and FPGA. Currently seeking an opportunity to apply my skills to build my career path in R&D software engineering.

Location: Amman, Jordan.

Remote: Yes

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> When you are needing to talk to a team mate, working remotely you can just message them and get a response quickly, but this has the effect of interrupting them (or you), which can derail their train of thought. Sure, your still interrupting them when in person, but you can see that they are actively working on something and wait a minute or two for them to notice

You're wrong. When I need to stay focused on something I may ignore messages and be 100% productive. However when I'm at the office most people don't care if I'm working on something with my headphones on, clearly in the zone. They'll just approach me about the most benign matters most of which can wait for days even.
Looks like the underwater power cables are almost "a drug" for crabs, very curious:

>Dr Alastair Lyndon, from Heriot-Watt University, said: “Underwater cables emit an electromagnetic field. When it’s at a strength of 500 microTeslas and above, which is about five percent of the strength of a fridge door magnet, the crabs seem to be attracted to it and just sit still.

>“That’s not a problem in itself. But if they’re not moving they’re not foraging for food or seeking a mate.

>“The change in activity levels also leads to changes in sugar metabolism - they store more sugar and produce less lactate, just like humans.”
I've posted this many times. Its essentially been:

1. Money printing, which pumped assets, cutting off younger middle class from buying an affordable house. The money printing starting in 2008 patched up flaws in our economy, and there is no free lunch.

Along the same lines, the financialization of assets like homes in the 80s by firms like Blackstone transformed what a home was and what it costed. This was a financial innovation, almost on the same level of societal impact as Google creating search.

2. Immigration. The biggest lie ever told in economics was that, "replaced american workers would move up the value chain and be retrained for new jobs". This never happened, and the phrase, "you cant teach an old dog new tricks" is true. It was a core tenant of both the left and the right.

3. Outsourcing. In the 90s there was a massive business arbitrage of sending whatever you could be done overseas.

Politicians on both sides of the isle have acted like the above three are the second coming of christ. Paradoxically, the left is pro immigrant and pro free trade, both of which actively hurts the lower and middle classes in america. Very puzzling how capitalist doctrines have been construed as left wing.

Last caveat I'll say is immigrants have produced extreme value and innovation in tech. They are intelligent and dilligent. They just arent good for the american middle class.
We are lucky that HN effectively only has one staff person. Sort of hard for the CIA/KGB/CCP to seed it while it stays at this stage.

Especially with strict moderation of participants.
Interesting, hah - I'm of the opinion that even just the first 3 steps you listed, before you actually get to the learning part itself, can each contain a world of hidden assumptions that can get you mired in a cycle of constantly repairing and tweaking pipelines
Being swedish and having an interest in the smalltalk language this caught me by surprise :-)
Contract soldiers who are trying to pretend that they aren't, to get a better deal as a POW?
To be fair just because Russian is a nationality AND a ethnicity doesn't mean that every critical statement about the one is a racial slur. There are people of Russian ethnicity all over the world. I hope most assign blame to the Russian nation and few are foolish enough to think that their own countrymen are to blame based on where their grandfathers lived.
> best for transferring large sums of money cheaply, safely, and quickly? In my experience, you can only choose one.

A (traditional) bank does all 3 for me on a regular basis.
Remote is neither better nor worse. The problem is that we're still clearly not past the Covid threat, and a rush to bring everyone back together to spur economic activity downtown (based on tax revenue it will generate) will create a lot of technical debt if it is timed wrong.

We need to have better productivity tools. No one has leveraged text to speech well in work communication, but somehow YouTube and TikTok can transcribe any video via AI... No one has innovated a cost effective way to update office ventilation properly, and workspaces to prevent the spread of contaminants, no one has invented a fool-proof vaccination that completely prevents infection... I'm not saying any of that could or should happen first, but nothing has really changed about workspaces, yet leadership is still expecting new results without further lockdown to make them feel better about paying ridiculous fees for their massively uninhabited work campuses.

The Pandemic created a situation in which very very basic (and in many cases dated) tech was foisted upon us for over 2 years as "new innovation", but it's simply not. The MetaVerse is a rehash of the Sims (or any other networked RPG game you can pick with avatars) which has now been out for ages, Clubhouse was basically an Internet conference call, WhatsApp is basically a group text/social media rehash, Twitch is basically a video stream and live chat site, and IG stories and TikTok are just a faster way to scroll through mostly edited/reposted YouTube video content, Most web conference tools are all pretty much Facebook with Skype on top of it, And Web 3 is the absolute scammiest most overly-abstract pyramid scheme ever foisted on our grandparents since Amway as well...

We are simply not innovating any more and there is a major ruse over that fact pulled by the entire IT industry) driven of course by the constant need to drive investment hype... And we're putting everything behind paywalls now so much that most of it is becoming pure clickbait, even on well known news sites.

We're praising people for marginally recycling old ideas now more than ever. We're also all paying way too much for the underwhelming mediocrity of it all. Take a look at how every year most of the latest tech advancement going on with mobile and other software-driven devices is the ability for major corps to better track and harvest data on everyone. Data mining, subscription services, and embedded advertisements are nowhere near as profitable as true innovation, but somehow most companies are even stuck on even rehashing those old ideas and calling them "winning".

If we could just fix all that s*it and get back to true innovation and listening to, funding, and hiring people that truly deliver real innovative results, the working world would be better in remote work mode, and it would connect us all better as if we were in an office with less risks and without another lockdown to no sort of accountability from decision makers again.
Well what makes you say all that?
If you're relying on criminals you already have excluded widespread/mainstream use.

The question is not if "crypto is a novelty that enables some people to go around some laws" - everybody can readily agree to that. The question is whether it is a systemic force/ agent of change, that can e.g. prevent enforcement of some kind of laws forever and thus have long-lasting societal impact. I think the jury is very much out on that. (and no, you can't rely on criminals as exit nodes if you claim to be an unstoppable agent of change)
Payment for order flow
Yes, really Oracle.

They were one of the first companies to jump into Java, in fact the first conference talk about Java that we had on the campus back in 1996 was sponsored by Oracle.

They also collaborated with Sun on the Network Computer thin clients for Java based computers.

In 1999, all Oracle GUIs for their software were converted into Java applications.

They also own J/Rockit and BEA, whose core technologies now live on OpenJDK (JFR, JIT Cache, GC) as free beer instead of enterprise prices.

IBM already has their own Java, and have done so since forever, including some extensions (AOT is supported since decades), so it is debatable what they would further do, kill OpenJDK and replace it with J9?

Given Dart and Go examples, and Android with outsourced everything (language, IDE, messy updates, forked language), thankfully Google doesn't own Java.
> western design feels like having a dump truck emptied on you.

To me it feels like when you walk into a whitegoods store and a sales guy with a fake smile immediately makes a beeline for you. Look... sigh... I'm "just browsing".

Or when there's that insufferable person in the meeting (possibly called Karen) that literally puts her hand in your face to shut you up mid-sentence.

Like... we're adults here. I'm talking. You just shoved your hand in my face like that's normal! What... the... #%@(9$?

That's what modern web feels like. They see you reading the content, scrolling through it and... STOP! Read the hand! NOW!
What transit time? The Airforce establishes air superiority starting at the carrier and extending out the aircraft combat range (500-700miles) + refueling range (500miles) + missile standoff range (300miles). It's a pretty big sphere of influence and the US has 14 of them.
> But product? Nothing is being sold and product sounds almost condescending. :)

Really!? You don't think it's trying to be condescending to try to find criticism on someone's praise, haha? Heh, aanyway :) You feel product is bad!? So weird!! I guess you find there what you bring to it. Wonder what you're protecting there, if you share more of your thinking, we can do know you more. Even so, I think we can just celebrate gildas' achievement! :)
"Like software - it's declined to $0."

Juxtapose this statement with the one further downthread:

"What do the most ambitious do in the US? Go into software or Wall Street."

How can there be money to be made in something that costs zero dollars. That is a rhetorical question, i.e., no answer is being requested.
There is a Freakonomics podcast (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-are-cities-still-so-exp...) that addresses this head on. Essentially there used to be a lot of cheap housing that was quite unsafe. By making slums illegal we made housing expensive. And the one potential solution to this (building more housing) has been politically unfeasible.
nobody said otherwise?
To the contrary, I prefer to work for employers who are kind to the environment and I'm quite sure my entire generation feels the same. In fact, I long for the day when the last business harmful to the environment shuts its doors.
What kind of truck?
How far are we from the day when most software on the average desktop or mobile is wasm?
Vendors gonna vendor
Xoogler here, from what I've seen, SWEs converting to PMs did it because it was what they were interested in it, unrelated to their skill, and it's not trivial at all. IIRC (never done it myself but seen a couple of people who did) there is a trial period and if you don't perform well enough as a PM you either go back to being a SWE or need to resign.
Stripe is just awful. I have no experience from the vendor side, but as a customer, I've noticed that they seem to associate a credit card number with an email address. My business credit card is associated with dozens of different email addresses, but Stripe wants to use the one associated with my most recent purchase regardless of what email I provide to them.

I get emails coming in to random (but valid) email addresses for purchases I make with vendors using Stripe. For example, I've seen Internet domain renewal charge confirmation notices going to my auto repair email address, and I've seen telecom hardware purchase confirmations going to my Jersey Mikes (sub shop) account email.

I suspect that this is another example of "you are the product."
The future of media and entertainment is clearly in web3
I am baffled. Immigration "tackles" inflation by driving down working-class wages. That benefits the upper-middle class.

And also, driving up the rent and increasing traffic.
> And you'll remain a slave as long as this is the case. Comfortable, but a slave still.

No: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery

Slavery is one of the worst atrocities in human history and diluting it to voluntary work for luxury goods is offensively downplaying history.

It’s no different than calling leering “rape”.
How can you get to be an L6 if you aren't in a Google office? :-)
Neither of those statements is true... Are games priced at $0? Will Amazon give you AWS for free? Do Apple and Google let you use all their mobile apps for free?

Sure, FOSS is a thing... but plenty of software ain't FOSS.

Re: regulation... Plenty of software is regulated by law. Ever heard of PCI compliance? Banking? Insurance? Tax prep? Medicine? Military? Flight avionics? ... All of those industries are heavily regulated by law, and some ofbthose regulations govern their software, too.
Thanks for that feedback.
We have MSSPs as partners already and the pricing there is pretty much "custom". I haven't thought about "individual security consultants" yet. I assume they would rather prefer a "point in time" scan to what we currently do (continuous scan).

I did actually think about reaching out to Rumble at some point. They seem to have figured out the whole "unauthenticated workload info" that I'd love to see within ARGOS.
Maybe I’m a bit naive, but I’m convinced any great traditional software engineer or devops engineer in combination with a data scientist/ML person should be able to setup the ops pipeline for a ML project. The details and algorithms themselves may look new and exciting, but operationalizing algorithms isn’t a totally new thing.
> SPAs are great for a number of reasons:

> [...]

> 2. You need a beefier backend.

I don’t work on front-end and am trying to learn from this thread, so I may misunderstand, but that doesn’t look like an advantage to me. Doesn’t “beefier backend” imply “higher costs”?
lol. but actually it's sad.
we have office over there and one of the guys got just stamped his and his wifes passports in some other country and got them mailed back. he got his passport first week ago (magic on dhl) and yesterday he had to literally escape abroad without wife because chances that there will be mobilization are too high...

a lot of good people gonna get stuck there in case "Exit visa" will be a thing
In a competitive job market, employers are motivated to care about that which attracts and retains employees.
I love this Q&A exchange:

Q: How’d COVID impact your business?
A: Terrible. We haven’t lost any employees, but we’ve had staff who’ve lost family members to COVID.

I was expecting him to talk about financials but this highlights what you said around his interaction with employees. Thanks for sharing.
I think this guy is a troll... Take a look through his comment history. He's prolific, but seems inclined to say ridiculous stuff to get under people's skins.
> so that you don't feel like a completely subservient slave

Are we still talking about Google?
Beyond "not everyone out and saying stuff like this", Collins was practically run out on a rail for it, losing a recall vote in a landslide, in San Francisco. Collins is a pretty good example of the limitations of this way of thinking: the Internet showcases and amplifies the stupid shit people say, but Twitter isn't reality.
I appreciate you writing this out in full — and my original post asked to be educated on this…

However, I still don’t see the specifications difference in the checkouts (self hosted pages, pdfs, fraud protection) and Invoicing (reminder emails, retry payments, and end of service notifications, etc) - save the repeated nature of the subscription and if a stretch for you the subscription management / trials.

I’m saying 9/10ths of billing is covered in their 2.9 + .30 offering…

Again please tell me where my perception is off - I’d much rather learn - I just don’t see it

Also note that IAP is the infamous in app purchase from Apple — that I truly adore for the 30% because it actually does the things that are hard to do.
I would consider defining MLOps more broadly than the article (which only discusses production).

For example, it can be as simple as wondering how to organize, collaborate on, and versionize lots of Jupyter notebooks! Or how to keep track of and compare different models/hyperparameters/datasets, not only individually but also across a team. Both are not discussed in typical data science courses.
This feeling hits home! This may sound very cliche, but one conversation with my dad changed my entire view of life. In that conversation when I questioned him how he was so happy, he replied that he had never expected anything out of life.

The author also seems to find happiness out of the least expected things! He just tried things because he felt like it. Without expecting anything from it. It sounds selfish when people do things for themselves, but people like author needs these kind of work. The kind to let them go wild in their interest/imagination. Maybe author may find new interests, change his direction, and venture on new road. But that still means he is probably going to feel good about it.

I hope he is still having a good time (and hope that he has no issue regarding money!) Make the best out of your moment and good luck with your ML adventures. Cheers!!
Actually, we’ll have to keep working because the zoom-trained generation will have no idea how things work - or where all the fraying duct tape is.

I’m terrified of what will happen when the 50-somethings retire.
I don't have data and it probably depends on various factors. Google in Chicago made a definite choice to locate itself 1.4 miles from the commuter train and a 1.2 miles from the main city train lines. But they have a gorgeous office with great cafeteria food and they pay more than anyone else with similar job security and work hours. They also have a shuttle bus, I think.

If they paid average Chicago tech wages and didn't have free healthy meals then they would have had a hard time recruiting to that office location choice even before COVID.
If people are afraid of programming languages, then they should go to the psychologist.

Sounds harsh? Not at all.

Programming languages are a letters on a digital paper, they don't steal and rape people on dark corners, or beat them to death.
The title does "Google mandates workers ...". Have to read further to know there is an option.
> The houses I'm seeing built are absurd.

When you have small kids and two people that are WFH due to a multi-year pandemic, then your need for space changes. Sure, maybe covid is a total non-issue, but normal everyday folk we won't really know for another twenty years, like leaded gasoline.
Maybe off topic, but what % of surveys are answered?
We get survey requests from our main vendor. Generally the experience is not great, which I consider is systemic to the company. So replying negatively to a survey seems like it will bring down blame on the engineer who handled the case.
When an engineer does a great job, it feels like I should fill out a positive survey. But then I'd expect the vendor would feel '8+ out of 10 businesses have rated their interactions highly'.
So I never reply to the surveys.
I do try and provide constructive suggestions on our regular calls with our vendor.
> they are simply willing to work for less for longer hours

If you're don't have a law that treats people equally probably yes.

> Last caveat I'll say is immigrants have produced extreme value and innovation in tech. They are intelligent and dilligent. They just arent good for the american middle class.

You do realize that people in tech probably belong to the middle class right?
> Java is the exact opposite of sane defaults

That honour belongs to C derived languages.
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I'm not following. There are two mayor Hardings: Pierre SD, and Ipswich QLD.
There is a massive chasm between Stripe's perceived (for a lack of a better term) awesomeness vs the actual reality.

I don't think I have ever had an actual good experience with Stripe

Here is a couple of examples

- The account manager assigned to us was absolutely horrible. Would not answer emails. Getting information out of him was like pulling water from stone. And our business is a global company with annual revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars. He couldn't care less.

- Stripe support... I have an email thread with these guys that reads like a "who's on first base" script. I still read it sometimes for a laugh and make sure I wasn't dreaming the whole thing.

Boggles the mind that Stripe is worth many tens of billions of dollars. I want to invest in their marketing partners. Those guys are doing a fantastic job.

EDIT: If anyone senior from Stripe is reading this; reply back and I might be able to provide you more details. I really want someone at Stripe to read that support email thread and tell me what they honestly think.
Doesn't the mere situation of crisis/chaos/war in Ukraine with sooo many things being coordinated by either side of the conflict impose a severe bandwith limitation ... such that the ressources (time/hands) have to be carefully allocated ... so that things like tediously going after private communications that might prove useful are just too tedious to actually do?
US citizens who live abroad for at least 330 days a year, or establish permanent residence abroad, may qualify for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE). that FEIE excludes the first $112,000 of income from federal income tax, double that for a married couple. Social Security/Medicare (aka self-employment tax) are not excluded. Most states will want state income tax, so establish residence in a state with no income tax before going nomading.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/fore...

This is a huge tax break. You can exclude income earned from US sources too.

If you live in a foreign country and pay taxes there you may be able to deduct those from US taxes, depends on reciprocal tax agreements.

I used ustax.bz to help me figure this out, was worth it to me.