skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>you can prove you have evidence that proves your innocence,

No. This isn't a case of OJ finding the Real Killers(tm). It wasn't even "new" evidence.

>Ramirez appealed to federal court where his federal public defenders uncovered evidence of intellectual disability and extensive childhood abuse that hadn't been presented at his initial trial.

The ruling only overturned (the 9th circuit precedent) whether the 'default' position of the appeals court should be to accept/consider new arguments not made at trial.

It was not suddenly discovered that the convicted might be intellectually disabled.

Which is itself is still quite the leap from suddenly discovering 'exonerating evidence'.
I’m not sure why there is such a negative opinion of rapid bus service. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a modern, established and well-researched alternative to subways. In fact, when implemented similar to light-rail, the speed of BRT can be comparable to subways.

https://thecityfix.com/blog/are-trains-better-than-bus-rapid...

With BRT, city traffic flow must be adjusted. But this is a good thing: less cars in the inner city encourages use of public transportation.

Commercial interests have traditionally balked at reducing car traffic in the inner city. There is fear that if people can’t drive to their store, they won’t come at all.

But in the post-Covid reality, retail in the inner city is primarily for inner city dwellers-not for suburbanites. Work-from-home keeps many in the suburbs anyway. And finally, online retail is continuing to grow.

The time has come for commercial real estate interests to recognize that the value of their properties is in the uniqueness of the most valuable aspect of the city experience. Their commercial spaces need to become “experience destinations”. This experience can only be enhanced by clean and comfortable rapid transit.

BRT is roughly 20% of the cost of subways.

https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/infrastructure/article/21...
I typed 55wpm on my blackberry without looking. The fact that you have to constantly look at the screen keyboard and correct it is a huge attention suck and kills my input speed

On blackberry, a mistake was one wrong character. On screen keyboards with swipe and autocorrect, a mistake can be inserting 1 or 2 random words

Screen keyboard doesn't work in the rain

while we're griping:

- on an older android device the built-in keyboard is such a pig that it sometimes requires you to slow down to like 1 character per second. Note that this worked fine on a nexus 5 with aosp a million years ago, so it's not like it's not a solved problem

- Swipe keyboard is in theory good, but the keyboard can't switch from swipe <-> tap smoothly enough and usually causes an error

- droid has the ability to drag inside the spacebar to move the cursor, but the first time you do this, it inserts a word instead because it's confused about what mode it's in
A bit paternalistic, no?

How do you feel about literacy tests for voting? Presumably you're all in.
The sperm cell is absorbed into the egg. The genetic material is taken into the nucleus and the rest of the cell is broken down and absorbed. The egg then turns into a more normal type of cell and starts dividing.

I suppose it's possible that that original cell will break down within the gestation period, but it would be in the center of the foetus and would be reabsorbed.

So, yes, probably
Maybe I wasn't precise enough. The data remains on your phone. Nothing is sent to us.
While I maintain a continuing interest in Computer Science, you are correct. The essay isn't explicitly focused on Computer Science but more specifically Software Development. I'll fix the title based on your recommendation.
You don't need to talk down to me, I'm well aware of the encryption wars.

This is not a problem that some upstart technology can handle, it requires a societal act, and society acts through its government. Maybe you are satisfied with defeatism but I am not.
Yeah 400k was so 2019, closer to a million now.
> Don't change random registry settings or code pages on the user's computer, that's mad.

A million times this.

Multiple Valve games set the microphone volume in Windows to 100% whenever you launch the game, which, for my setup, makes me sound unbearably loud. Unless your app has a valid reason to change my settings, like if I've set it up to do that on a schedule or with some condition, sure, otherwise don't mess with my settings.
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Userspace != Application-managed

On Windows, many things exist in user-space that are managed by the OS. This is in contrast to linux where the Linux kernel is its own thing with its own stable API.

Fibers are an OS-level concept that exists in user-space.
“Production ready” is context-dependent. If you have no need of particular features, it may make sense to not have them installed for a number of reasons.
LibrePCB 1.0.0
Ask HN:Finding a Co-founder in different country
Things to keep in mind while discussing and finding a Co-founder in different geography apart from skills.
I used to believe the United States had the most sophisticated production and mediums for creating and spreading their propaganda and cultural values. But the ban against Russia Today (Accused of spreading propaganda, RT gets deplatformed - https://www.protocol.com/entertainment/rt-ban-roku-apple-dir... ) in both the US and Europe really changed my perspective.

It would be really interesting to know the cost-benefit analysis they did before considering such a drastic step because not only does it go against their democratic values it suddenly introduces a very apparent cognitive dissonance to the western idea that Russia is weak and irrelevant as a super power (and isn't even worthy to be called a super power) - if that is the reality then why is it that the US, the most vocal vanguard of free speech, suddenly feels so threatened by the ideas in RT? And why do US and European political leaders suddenly believe that they are no longer in a position to present a strong counter view to the ideas in RT?

My regular sources of news includes my country's own local media, and international outlets like BBC, CNN, DW, Arab News, Gulf Times, NYT, NYP, NPR etc. RT wasn't even on the radar. RT is now part of my regular sources of news - when I learnt about the ban, I got curious about it and checked it out (the Streisand effect at work). I found the content to be similar to many of the other public funded media outlets - all of them have similar types of news, views and propaganda (why their own country / culture is great, how their enemies are wrong, and their different perspective about other countries depending on their own country's relationship with them etc.).

Yes, when it comes to reporting on the US, I did notice a definite slant towards Republican politics on RT.

But then, if one believes in democracy and free speech the way the US does, why should a non-Republican administration feel threatened if RT paints the American Republicans in a better light than the Democrats (or some other politician or party)? It's natural for voters to be swayed but finally it is still an American who is elected by the masses - whether it be a Democrat or a Republican. And representational democracy offers a check and balance in such a democracy - just because Americans who read RT get swayed and elect Republicans, doesn't mean the elected Republicans have to be swayed by the mass (in fact it often is the other way, and like I pointed out, representation can serve as one of the built-in checks and balances of representational democracy against majoritarianism).

However, if some Democrats / Americans believe that their own fellow American politicians will not serve their own country's interest, America has an existential issue bigger than Russia.

Censoring information just makes the educated suspicious towards an administration. Countering it, or even just presenting an alternate perspective to it is what cultivates democratic value. Else it is a slow slide to authoritarianism, which is what we are all seeing more and more of, around the world.
Australia Creates Taskforce for Implementing Universal Digital ID System
How much energy does AI use compared to humans?
You can install blink shell, panic prompt, or whatever the popular iPhone ssh client of the day is and ssh over to your desktop to get a preview of how this would work.

Paired with a Bluetooth keyboard, it is fine IMO. The screen is a little bit small. Sometimes if I’m going to SSH from my phone, I’ll put the phone on a little stand in front of the keyboard, so it can sit more like a foot from my face, or whatever (normal cellphone usage distance). Or, I’ll put it in portrait mode farther away and think of it as “half a screen.”

Either way works fine for short stints. Nebulous concerns about eyeball heath for long sessions, although I have no real evidence to back that up, and we’re all screwed on that front anyway, right?
Thank you for your suggestion! I've taken note of it and we will discuss :)
Ah that's where the small print is important.

This isn't "mRNA" this is modified-mRNA (where the name Moderna comes from).
Unfortunately they are allowed to abbreviate it as mRNA, which IMO is extremely problematic.

Modified-mRNA uses pseudouridine in some of its base pairs. As such, it is able to remain stable for orders of magnitude more time in many chemical situations.

This practice is incredibly deceptive and lead many in the medical profession to disregard some pretty serious safety issues.
I'm not an expert on geopolitics but I suspect the world would do more than raise eyebrows if Germany raised an army and invaded austria
Not after Windows 2000.
Another Perthonality here :-P
If you've worked in the startup space long enough, you become cynical. The failure to success ratio is very, very high. On top of that, many of the "successes" are not. You'll run into fake deals (no money changing hands), fake acquisitions (investors and founders got zero), fake bosses ("friend" of a founder with fancy title that doesn't do anything)... on and on.
Stochastic terrorism isn't a thing except a a cudgel to silence critics of established power.
I think the period that a text was written does have a big impact on how digestible it is.

Recently I've been reading William Gibsons sprawl trilogy and switching to that from things released in the past couple of years is jarring - the turns of phrase and general perspective is different.

What I find interesting is that if you persevere through the first few chapters you quickly adapt to the writers voice. Had a similar experience reading the wheel of time recently despite it being published comparatively recently
You are absolutely right in that we need to strike the right balance between convenience and value. We discuss this a lot internally and will certainly need a couple iterations before we find the sweet spot.
But those two are not the same right ? In elections everyone involved (candidates and voters) have agreed to the system. If they feel the system is not working as such they could always check the results. Sometimes something may pop up and we update the results. This is not the case in the justice system you mentioned above where it's not possible to correct any mistakes after the fact
> Usb-c has been the most exciting and most impactful to my daily usage change for this device since probably going back as far as the 4S or 7.

This blows my mind. It's a port.
I wonder what text editor apps are excellent examples of efficient mobile text editing. Does anyone know?
TCP's congestion control saved the internet
When simplifying don't lose base information. Language, aim, actual benefits. "Everyone" use graphql, json and data layers.
For a moment I was afraid the drogue shoot had failed to deploy. But congrats to NASA for getting an asteroid sample safely back to Earth!
I wondered what was the last time you could say that "half the YC batch is working on an X startup", for any value of X.

When did this pseudo math talk creep into normal speech?

It reeks of charlatans pretending to be technical when there is no need to be technical.
I grew up in N. GA and I vividly remember shtting out worms in about '98 and running to tell my dad. He called me wormy and that was the end of it. lol

No idea what I had, but we did run around barefoot outside and I did until I was around 12-13 when I stepped on a rusty can and damn near cut my pinkie toe off.
So break up these large industries.

But don't you dare silence me.
Thank you for debunking the myth of the myth of the myth of learning styles.

Seriously now, the way I see it, there is a common problem when a general descriptive observation—in this case that some learners subjectively prefer certain learning approaches to a greater or lesser degree—derives into an overly assertive model as to which types of "learning styles" exist, the assertion that each person must fit into each category, and prescriptive assertions as to how each "type" of person learns better. This is common in many other observations that are overly reified into people believing they must fit into a category and believe that identifying as part of it confers predictive power or expectations. This happens in the myriad of personality type models, attachment styles, and, to a lesser extent, even sexual orientations (see how often young people will ask questions online in the vein of “I am a h(eter|om)osexual g(uy|irl) but I am attracted to my (fe)?male friend. Can I still be $1sexual?”).

The legitimate observation of average differences and tendencies, as well as their descriptions, is overshadowed by going too prescriptive. And sometimes, when there is legitimate backlash against these overgeneralisations as happens in "learning styles", the pendulum goes to far the other way and society rejects the initial observation entirely. And yet, in certain circumstances, some people do prefer different ways of learning than others. They may even be correct that, in that given case, they learn better that way. Let's accept the messiness of human diversity without coming up with overly defined boxes.
D 'oh! Yes, I remember your post- thank you for sharing that isthmus article.
This article notes that the algorithm "leaks information at a rate of 0.0005 bits per character" and as such it's fine for encrypting a tweet but not a novel. Can someone with a better understanding of cryptography put 0.0005 bits per character in context? Maybe suggest a practical upper limit to its usefulness that's more specific? More than 140 characters but less than a whole book leaves a lot of wiggle room.

edit: To be clear I mean someone with a better understanding of cryptography than me. I don't doubt the author's expertise.
Perhaps the coolest thing to me about this mission is that they pulled off this historic sample return, and then the craft swung back around to head out for another mission.

This would be really fun to try in KSP.
It’s not juvenile games, it’s hard work. If it was easy games everyone would be raking it in

If anything, the juvenile thing to do is to look at reality the way it is and deny it because it doesn’t fit our personal world view

I get it, we’d love a world in which we could just do our best work and everyone could see it and recognize it

But reality is that people are thinking about themselves and are not searching for what we are building. How would they ever find out about what we do if we are not telling them?

You have a serious misunderstanding of what marketing is if you think it’s slyness and trickery

Of course I’m not going to convince you otherwise, but I think it might help you to actually do research, read a marketing book and talk to people in marketing to understand what it really is
Show HN: OSS, private and in-browser Conversational AI with local model
An entry on wikipedia (great source, btw) doesn't make something real.
How/why are learning styles (as in visual, audio, kinesthetic) "debunked?"

I definitely learn better by seeing and reading than hearing things, I've never been able to pay attention in lectures or remember speech but I remember stuff written down. If "learning styles are debunked", what else is going on?

I'm sure people don't cleanly fit into one category (e.g. I may learn fine kinethetically as well, and I'm sure some people learn just as well visually as they do auditorally). Maybe everyone is actually a visual/kinethetic learner and teaching via speech just sucks.

But psychology is a soft science, and "learning styles are debunked" seems too broad considering many people indeed seem to learn better one way than the other.
too late I already trained a model on it
That opens the whole "why is child pornography illegal" question we already have with the legal status of drawn depictions of child pornography.

The most obvious answer is that it's about the harm to the subject of the pictures. Most child pornography is made through exploitation of minors, so we just forbid the whole category. Fictional child pornography, like a drawing (or an AI generated image) doesn't suffer from that, so doesn't have to be outlawed. That's largely the position of the US justice system for example.

Some countries go further, arguing about the impact of child pornography on society, especially pedophiles. Pedophilia seems to be getting worse by consuming child pornography, not better, so that gives reason to outlaw it altogether, no matter how clearly fictional it is. That also gives room for lots of subtlety, like when a Swedish court ruled that a manga expert could keep a drawing that would in other cases be illegal child pornography. Similarly the fact that the case in this article is child pornography made by minors for minors could factor in.

In Spain specifically, the line is drawn at a certain level of realism. Real porn of real children is illegal, so are things that look exactly like it, manga levels of unrealism are legal, but somewhere between there's the line. Where these AI images fall on that line would be interesting, but impossible to judge without seeing them and having good knowledge of the Spanish legal system.
No -- those are for typing. This is about editing. Totally different things.
Thank you for sharing this work. I look forward to reading it.
I was on a jury last month, an assault and battery case in which the identification of the rusty-colored substance on the grip of a handgun could easily make a big difference. We convicted on the assault and acquitted on the battery because of the lack of the evidence, though I think most of us thought the defendant was guilty of both.

This was the second try at this case after a prior jury hung, but the two years between the charge and the second trial were not enough to get _any_ results back on the substance. Apparently the lead time required is such that they didn't bother to try. Here's how they explained that: "This isn't CSI."
Not sure what you mean. I don’t know if we where morally superior in the past. But our media consumption sure was different. For better or worse.

Also, I am definitely not the same person today that I was at 25. Perhaps I had a greater thirst for knowledge when I was younger…? At least the thirst was different than it is today. I also didn’t have three kids, and because of that fact I had a lot more spare time than I have today (:
Agreed on clarity, but we can't overlook industry influence. With their environmental footprint under scrutiny, they might be pushing these laws to divert attention and prevent future regulations.
FastComposer: Tuning-Free Multi-Subject Image Generation
No, thank YOU!

[EDIT] And, since I have you on the horn, There seems to be a PDF error, where the first page (The Challenge) is repeated twice.
A new picture of ancient past when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans
Our design philosophy is to sync as much as we can back to the OS, so that it can be picked up by other apps.

Let me take a note though and look into a manual export solution!
It was out of necessity because transit was fucking expensive back in the '90s. You had a national monopoly basically with a single cable to the US. Any other transit was satellite and had piss poor latency. Our ISPs had metered traffic (traffic that went out to that external monopoly) and unmetered traffic (stuff that stayed local inside peering points) so of course a lot of our local services grew up around the far cheaper peering points like PIPE, WAIX, SAIX and so on.
> Smartphones are just for when you're literally unable to use a real computer.

Which is literally extremely frequent, since we often need to do stuff on the go. Which is why an article like this is so important -- we should improve, not give up. There's no reason to think text editing on a phone has reached its final form.
When we talk about temperature on the moon though we are talking about surface temperature; you’re not experiencing temperature in the same way you are on earth, surrounded in an envelope of atmosphere at a particular temperature.
> This is why if you want the absolutely most power efficient NAS/home server and you don't need a lot of cpu/ram people use p4 era hardware

Calling bullshit on this one, my p4 nas chewed through power, I upgraded to one of the low power modern Celeron boards which drew around a quarter of the power.

My p4 had a big heatsink and fan, my quad core Celeron is passive cooled with a tiny heatsink in comparison.
There's an estimation in the article that's so ridiculous, it's not even wrong:

“How many vacant homes are there now? Each expert gives a very different number, with the most extreme believing the current number of vacant homes are enough for 3 billion people,” said He Keng, 81, a former deputy head of the statistics bureau."

No, they don't have "vacant homes for 3 billion people". Not even close to 1/10th that. Actually, the "vacant homes" amount to "7.2 million homes,
according to Reuters calculations" based on statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Those, they could fill them in a heartbeat (and will build tens of millions more in the future), filling these particular ones a matter of price, and of desirability of specific areas (which could change due to industry coming in or moving out and so on).

Instead CNN went with the bullshit accout of vacant homes "enough for 3 billion people" for the headline and "message" of the story.
That's an oddly alien view to me. I'd build a house so I could live in it, not to make money from it.
I really doubt people are every going to give up big stand-alone monitors.

Putting cellphones on big standalone monitors might work. But in that case, we’ll probably also need to attach a pointing device and some way of entering text, so from a UI point of view, we’ve got a desktop.

Cellphones definitely have sufficient processing power for lots of typical office workloads nowadays… but using them in this way doesn’t seem to have caught on.

I dunno, eventually this sort of discussion ends up at “why didn’t DeX take over the world,” a question for which I have no good answers, since, like everyone else, I never tried it out.
Exactly. This needs to be said more. The political party duopoly in the US and some other countries belies a vast range of political beliefs in the population. If you look closely at each party, there are many competing factions within, often vehemently opposed.

The words "conservative", "liberal", "right", "left", etc., are practically meaningless, and I'm old enough to have seen them change over the decades, sometimes radically. They're nothing but trendy labels.
Can you speak more on what you think is missing? Looking at the repo I semi-regularly deploy grafana (which I'd argue should never be part of core postgres) and pgbackrest (I wouldn't hate having more sophisticated backup built-in). I once deployed citus for an application that needed it's special talents. In general I'd say my production use of postgres has been pretty vanilla.
It's probably an AMD thing. I had the same with a 5800x until I switched to a PCIe/usb card instead of the onboard ports.