skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Lots of resources out there!

www.datasciencemasters.org -- comprehensive list of things to learn / explore

www.dataquest.io -- (disclaimer: I'm involved with the company), teaches data science in the browser via projects
Having multiple implementations of a feature does not make it a "mess" unless they step on each other's toes.
If I remember correctly, a big part of the reason that ffmpeg ended up with two resampling libraries is that after they'd created theirs, libav wrote their own with a different, totally incompatible API and ffmpeg wanted to support applications that were written for the libav API.
First thing I thought of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance

Given what I've read from the stories, and taking into account the rhetoric employed by one side versus the other, I have to say that, at least in tone, FFMpeg struck me as being more mature about the whole affair.
This is a wonderful reinterpretation of the existing "facts" in Middle-Earth, and I'm very glad that it's trending on Hacker News some time after I used it in an RPG, to great effect.

There are rather a lot of hidden depths one can mine out of Middle-Earth, often in directions its creator would probably not have approved of.

Along similar lines, for example, if you cross-reference the location of Nan Dungortheb, the Valley of Dreadful Death which is the last known location of Ungoliant, with the Third-Age map of Middle Earth, you discover that it's just a short way off the coast of the Western edge of Middle-Earth, more or less in a direct line between the Grey Havens and Valinor.

Which does present an alternative, less happy hypothesis about what happens to all the elves after they set sail for the Western Shore, and in turn begs the question of why exactly they're being compelled to do so...
>The TODO item is about avoiding restoration of screen brightness at boot to such a low level that some laptops consider it to be a "backlight off" state. Someone may have shut a laptop down (even automatically) with the backlight off, but we think it should probably turn back on on the next boot. Absolutely nothing to do with "crashing" bootup.

Honest question: Why does an init system need to know anything about screen brightness in the first place?

Shouldn't X11 handle screen brightness?

>I'm not sure what this is even claiming. Is this some sort of trolling about complexity the author thinks systemd will eventually add and is some sort of advance critique?

This is, I think, about the fact that systemctl edit is even a thing that exists. What's the problem with ed, vim, nano, pico, emacs, etc. that necessitates some kind of built-in systemd editor?
Can you give me an example of when you used async in Python? I haven't seen a good one. Thanks!
I played the game, got really good at it, and then quit because the company refuses to do anything about the teaming problems associated with FFA and the mind numbing issues with lag. It doesn't surprise me one bit that they are spending their time and efforts trying to attack others while Rome burns.
Re: the experiment being bothersome... yes, it was!

I sampled my blood glucose every ten minutes, which might have been unnecessarily frequent. Having to interrupt myself every ten minutes to do a pinprick prevented me from doing anything that required concentration. I basically found myself watching YouTube videos for two hours.

I've heard of people doing continuous blood glucose monitoring, but this may be a bit heavyweight. I really only have to do this a few times for a few different meals to get an idea of what is needed by my body.
Show HN: WP Pluginator – A WordPress Plugin Development tool
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Interesting idea. I see Apple and Spotify being pissed about this, but being stuck in between a rock and a hard place if it takes off. If they squash it, they get bad press, if they don't they have to fund these charities indirectly (since they aren't the content rights owners of the two songs). If Watsi or CharityWater were on board, maybe they could write it off as a donation (apple/spotify).
I wonder what the application, if any, there is to finance/stock charting?
I know others are saying they liked the article better, but I enjoyed the link. Thank you!
As someone who has worked with php over 9 years, I can confirm this. I think beginners should not be, under any circumstances, suggested to start with PHP.

I shudder when thinking about the damage that showing == vs === stuff (PHP's type coercion rules, in general) to someone new to programming! It is such a waste to force someone new to learn a bunch of edge cases and weird behaviors and an endless list of php lol's that literally have zero value outside the context of PHP.
Mandatory liability insurance has actually been proposed for firearms. I imagine the reason it's not actually law is because rabid NRA types see any such requirement as an unconstitutional infringement of their 2nd Amendment rights.

As for the rest, the risk is far lower. How many people are injured in baseball bat accidents each year? How much property damage is caused by dogs? How often does alcohol result in damage to a third party beyond the culprit's ability to pay, outside of alcohol-related car accidents?

Insurance costs vary enormously with your demonstrated risk, which includes your driving record. If you're a safe driver, and demonstrate it with a low accident and traffic citation rate, you pay much less than somebody who crashes and gets pulled over a lot.

Your statement that you can safely tailgate at 90MPH with drum brakes makes me think that you're actually one of those unsafe drivers who merely thinks he's safe because he's gotten lucky so far. No amount of skill is going to save you from human reaction times, or the guy in front of you having superior brakes. If you are in fact skilled, then your skill does count, to the extent that you can demonstrate it in a concrete manner.
I've said for years that a web-based Subspace would kill it.
Insightly is hiring a senior engineer in san francisco
That's valid, but I don't think there are many questions that don't apply to both languages. I'd bet most times you will just have to change range() and print(). The difference in the two versions isn't too extreme!
China does have 2.3 million active troops and 700 million humans who would be able to serve if needed.

They are considered the 3rd most powerful military.

What is the risk?
Hopefully this doesn't get people flagged as illegal torrent users by lazy ISPs.
Sorry, but "Where do we humans find meaning?" isn't even a mediocre philosophical question. It's navel gazing by angst ridden teenagers.
Thanks! I will look into both of those tonight.
What specifically do you mean? If it's an image from your server you already know because request logs.
Yeah he was the most mysterious, since the Ring seems to have no power over him; unlike everyone else including even Gandalf.

The LOTR movies were decent, but LOTR really needs to be in HBO miniseries form. Too many details like this lost in the movies.
I kind of hope it does. Nothing will educate people about the difference between protocol and content like making a ton of customers angry by banning them without cause.
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I appreciate what the person is trying to do, just quickly jot down some notes for new people.

For the first concern, phony is mentioned a bit later, likely did not want to start-off with added complexity for the reader.

For the second point, but then bar.foo and baz.foo are already there and would be up to date, so what's the point in that? Most cases it's not what you want, that note is pointing-out a common gotcha.

So though precisely you are totally correct, it's not what the author was going for.

Some opinion of mine now. I do not like GNU make document linked. It goes into too much detail and then close to the end is just a short warnings about how so much of the above was GNU specific. I prefer the BSD make man page, but obviously that is not a good starting point for someone new to make. I recommend the book "Managing Projects with make" personally.
> Fast forward a few years later and I learn some genius had actually proved that we can't answer everything with these systems...or that there isn't a system that can say it all.

So true...
I'm sure they might; I don't know. I'm talking about tech people.
> More of the "If you've got nothing to hide, then you've got nothing to worry about" attitude. This suspicion is so hostile to normal traffic that its chilling effect is undeniable. It's very sad to see.

It's worse -- these CPF numbers have nothing special but a simple checksum at the end. It is trivial to generate them and, if we get a used one, check the actual owner from our IRS website.

So we can assume everyone with bad intentions will simply use one from anyone else and the law will have no effect on criminals but will terrorize people who need/want to keep their PII private. Also, I suppose everyone will infringe that law at some level, opening the door to selective prosecution of "undesirables" or someone opposing the powers that be.
Damn it's 6500
I agree. There is a lot of seething rage, but not a lot of citations for the point he's putting forward.

'..making FFmpeg effectively a strict derivative of Libav' is a pretty egregious display of bias, one that to some degree shows the distortion of the author's viewpoint.
This won't go over well with people living in one of the experimental Comcast data overage charge areas...
> Honest question: Why does an init system need to know anything about screen brightness in the first place? Shouldn't X11 handle screen brightness?

I think that's a reasonable question. I am only a regular desktop user of systemd for anything with a display, so I don't have a strong opinion there. All of my advanced systemd work is on server systems; I have more opinions there.

> This is, I think, about the fact that systemctl edit is even a thing that exists. What's the problem with ed, vim, nano, pico, emacs, etc. that necessitates some kind of built-in systemd editor?

There isn't a built-in systemd editor; that's how disingenuous this piece is. Running "systemctl edit <unit-name>" invokes $EDITOR, whatever that is configured to be. Totally normal Unix behavior here.
I agree, it goes against the best interest of any of these countries to risk a military clash with China over it building infrastructure on some unoccupied patches of sand in the middle of the sea.
No, it's a territorial claim - so far. It's not yet an act of war. Trying to enforce the claim will be an act of war.

Building the islands... well, everybody else who claims that area also seems to be building there. That could, arguably, be considered an act of war, but so far everybody's doing it and we do not yet have a war.
This is what I usually do as well. If it's something small, it's easy. Occasionally I get something specifically for my home, for example, a new computer monitor. I generally don't want to lug that around from work to home, so getting it dropped off at my apartment is just easier.
Come on, really? This seems like a lot you want to place trust to whomever presents some kind of posturing than anything. Discouraging others to people to even hear other sources based on the name seem like a perfect recipe for indoctrination. I'd rather read whatever I can and form my own opinion on the matter.
You seem to like comics that summarize one side of the story. Here's the other side:

http://adam4d.com/whos-the-bigot
China is very smart to pursue this strategy. The US is committed to fleet carriers and expensive aircraft, while the Chinese focus on island bases and balistic missiles. The US is hampered by the organizational inertia that keeps us poring resources into systems that worked in WW2 or the Cold War.

In that sense the failurs of the F-35 are kind of a blessing for the US Navy. It forces them to think about drones. If there is a future for surface ships it is probably as missile platforms or as some sort of drone platform, not aircraft carriers.
I never understood the OSS communities. It just seems simple to me. If you don't like it, fork it and do your own.

https://xkcd.com/927/
Pinterest is Open-sourcing PINRemoteImage
This is wonderful. I plan to buy at least one for emergencies, and also to help make them cheaper for others.
I'm all about peer to peer to make efficient use of resources but this, to me, is another feature that should be opt in by default.

If you are like me you have a decent connection, know for a fact you're not utilizing as much as you're given and understand how a P2P protocol can help you and those around you.

But your average user doesn't really know what this all means without explanation. IMO most people probably have no idea what the optimal setting for them would be, therefore they will leave it on for fear of breaking something by switching it off.

Cool feature but let those who know better turn it on and let the rest of the masses opt in once their techie friend explains it to them and makes sure it won't hurt with regard to data caps.
> It will then have the self-declared ownership right to block all sea/air traffics through this region and bully other neighboring countries.

It already has the self-declared ownership right. The point is, it will have the infrastructure to carry it out.
How big is your simulation test set?
For small number of elements, that outstanding Rule 5 result could be just a coincidence... ;)

(I'm taking some rigorous approach here. By intuition it seems to me that Rule 5 should generate more false-positives than other rules)
> Python, fwiw, is a better BASIC.

The justifications you give for that make it seem like JavaScript is the new BASIC while Python is a better Logo (less ubiquitous language that is structurally better for pedagogy, though disadvantaged simply by being less ubiquitous.)

> Windows is the place where it hurts.

And still the dominant desktop platform. Which would be less important, as mobile eclipses desktop, if mobile environments included a standard, bundled interpreter that users could easily access for tinkering, but that's very much not the case.
Sequel is live, Datamapper is dead and Rom is about to be born.
The controls feel frustrating to me, perhaps the mouse would be more fitting to this kind of gameplay.
> Two other great philosophical questions are: Where do we humans find meaning? And, what is the basis for morals and ethics?

I think the best question is "What will humans do, when we find meaning to everything?". I hope that never happens.
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Sounds to me like typical MSM bait to incite people in Burgerland to hate and get defensive against China. China has been improving by leaps and bounds, they've made mistakes - sure, but they're doing great. No idiotic pseudo-religious-moral limitations on biotechonology will help the Chinese secure their place at its forefront.

In the absence of a large carrier force the Chinese absolutely need the reefs as the first line of defense against encroachment by US + Co (Japan and Taiwan + minor players) interests. You're seeing now what a nation where most people chose science, engineering and math can accomplish.
Learning BASIC made sense in the days of the Apple II or the Atari 800. It provided a nice-ish low-level abstraction of the computer, with PEEKs, POKEs and GOTOs to numbered lines. Today, with Ruby, Python and so many others providing simple ways to write simple programs, as much as it served us well in the 80s, we should let BASIC die rather than trying to mutate it into something that has no longer a place in this world.
The europeans lay claim to the entire "America" continent. Is that stupid too? Oops I guess no. It's called Exception Handling.
That is an explicit conclusion of Dirks (at 662): "Absent some personal gain, there has been no breach of duty to stockholders."
I find them amusing, like the tricks that children play to manipulate, rather than annoying :)
They have to recoup costs since they are offering this upgrade for free. If it's saving pennies on CDN bandwidth so be it!
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I hope so. That's why it's great that it's enabled by default.
Ask HN: What will humans do, when we find meaning to everything?
This question arose in a previous HN post "Set Theory and Foundations of Mathematics" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9981229 .
Réunion Debris Probably from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Extremely valid and good point . I hope too .
Wow. If true, this is a massive flaw. I'm trying to think of a rationale for this approach considering they have the technology to match using the acoustic signature of the tracks.
I wonder if it's able to detect mobile device tethering. If not, it could prove very expensive for tethering users.
correct link: https://engineering.pinterest.com/blog/open-sourcing-pinremo...
They can't be invaded, but they can easily be blockaded. Now that China is an economic power, it is also vulnerable to disruption.

China's leaders are smart and they see that issue. I think that is one of the reasons they want to increase land trade through central asia.
You can say a lot of things about HPMOR, but none of them are "Characters act as real humans would".
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Unless they're going to swim or row, those 700 million humans who could fight if needed don't do much in a naval war.

The risk is, if the Chinese pick a naval fight and their navy gets pummeled, it's a PR disaster. That's a risk for the leadership, not so much for the country.
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Here's what people said about it 3 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4889266
For those who are interested, here is last months thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9795503
Very much enjoyed that analysis. Shows there is still much to contemplate in LoTR.
Wow "Microsoft says that the feature “helps people get updates and apps more quickly if they have a limited or unreliable Internet connection” and “does not slow down your internet connection” as it uses a “limited portion” of idle upload bandwidth."

Sorry but Microsoft cannot know that. They can know how much bandwidth your machine has access to on some level, but they cannot know what kind of strain is being put on any shared router upstream including your home wifi router. It absolutely can slow down your internet. Maybe the author paraphrased Microsoft's response, but with that wording it's not accurate.
They're walking back the click-bait title (it used to say “steals your bandwidth”) but it's still somewhat hyperbolic: it could be described as “Windows 10 uses other peoples’ bandwidth to give you updates faster” with equal accuracy.

If it's worth discussing a documented feature, could we at least link to the actual source:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-update...

It's a valid concern for people with really low bandwidth caps who might want to set the metered flag but given the short duration it seems unlikely that this would be an issue for most people.
When I switched to Python 3, I used Invoke to replace Fabric. The main developer of Fabric is working on Invoke as the replacement for Fabric.
Even people that have a good connection might not have a ton of upload bandwidth. I only get 8 Mbps for instance.
For disciplined spenders who use the credit card for convenience, spend carefully and pay it off every month, you are correct. But for people who tend to maintain a balance and who spend with less care and discretion, it enables them to spend more than they would if they had to spend cash, and, the things they buy effectively cost more due to interest expenses.

Either or both of those behaviors reduces the amount available to save and invest, which goes directly against growing wealth. It is really important to start saving and investing early, and that is when this behavior can cause the most harm. Averaging over the population, credit card debt is a drag on savings and reduces wealth. Since credit card debt has expanded into such a large number over the last 40 years or so, it has a more pronounced effect on younger persons.
> BASIC was the de facto operating system for most personal computers.

The de facto OS shell for most personal computers before IBM compatibles and DOS took over (it still came with BASIC, but it was no longer in a shell-equivalent role.)
There is no U in ZF so I really don't understand what you are saying.
High-speed drones will still need landing strips. It will probably be optimal to have smaller, more numerous drone carriers, but not by much.
> Maybe two castles firing siege weapons at each other

Sounds like Castle Storm [1].

[1]: http://store.steampowered.com/app/241410/
Mao had this approach: "Advance at the point of the bayonet. If you meet resistance, back off." That is, take whatever others won't actively defend, and keep taking until you run into something that they will.

This seems to still be China's approach, at least in this area.
If you can get a hold of it, I absolutely love Ursula K. Le Guin's writing about Lord of the Rings in The Wave in the Mind, one of her nonfiction collections. Lord of the Rings has true depth and longevity.
Wow, live journal is still out there. I am impressed.
Nuclear missles or "90000 tons of diplomacy" are both certain kinds of deterrence, nothing more, nothing less. If US does not have those carrier combat groups, China wouldn't care either.
On the other hand, japan also has the concept of "guilty until proven innocent". I don't know if and how it applies in this case, but you might be making a monkey paw wish there.
> tl;dr - Minecraft is the new BASIC for most kids today. It just isn't a very good BASIC.

To be fair, BASIC wasn't a very good BASIC either.
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Have you figured out what you're going to do with your billions when this eats up Minecraft? In all seriousness the bits and bobs you're putting together are delicious. I would say that the stories and games that people use to built it will be the most important part of its success, obviously.
There is one major, major problem with this interpretation. He states over and over again that no hobbit has ever seen Tom Bombadil. But that's not true. At least one other hobbit has been described as knowing Bombadil--that is Farmer Maggot (the one Frodo used to steal mushrooms from). Let me quote from the story: "[Bombadil] made no secret that he owed his recent knowledge largely to Farmer Maggot, whom he seemed to regard as a person of more importance than they had imagined. 'There's earth under his old feet, and clay on his finger; wisdom in his bones, and both his eyses are open'" said Tom.

Later, it is mentioned that Bombadil already had messages from Gildor that Frodo & co were going through the forest.

I think the reason that Bombadil his hardly ever mentioned is the taboo which Hobbits have of going on adventures. If they talked about their adventures in the forest, meeting with magical folk like Bombadil, they would lose respectability.