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It's crazy the model can learn implicit biases even when you don't supply that data!
Re:How to scrape anything on the web and not get caught on Sunday April 22, 2018 @08:21AM (#16895860)
Internet archival initiatives are a legitimate use case, as well as things like sneakernet in Cuba.
Could you elaborate?
The enemy knows the system.
Once you pick a file, I'm fairly certain that the metadata is made available as a JavaScript Blob object containing any relevant metadata (this is how Facebook geotags uploaded photos)
Re:A secure captive portal browser with automatic DNS detection on Sunday September 17, 2017 @09:40PM (#15272784)
So does this actually bypass the captive portal, or just secure your connections after logging in?
Re:EleVR leaving Y Combinator Research on Sunday September 03, 2017 @03:24PM (#15163319)
YC has a research division? What do they work on?
Re:Rolling Your Own Blockchain in Haskell on Sunday August 20, 2017 @06:45PM (#15060616)
Initially read submission site as malbolge.us
Re:Scientific research piracy site hit with $15M fine on Sunday June 25, 2017 @05:20PM (#14632254)
I get a cert revoked error when visiting that site in Chrome 58.0.3029.110 (64-bit)
Re:Quotes on Thursday May 11, 2017 @10:19AM (#14316162)
You broke the first rule of HN: don't criticize pg.
Re:HOCON – Human-Optimized Config Object Notation on Thursday May 11, 2017 @10:15AM (#14316133)
Specifically, tabs.
Re:Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost on Saturday May 06, 2017 @01:35AM (#14278864)
So how exactly does the tunneling service work? Is it something like LogMeIn Hamachi? From what I understand, you need an intermediary server between two nodes in the network to create a connection like this. So do you have to pay hosting costs to create this pipeline?
Re:The Myth of a Superhuman AI on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @04:23PM (#14206625)
"Humans do not have general purpose minds, and neither will AIs."

The author must not have met many humans.

Re:Scalable, Lie-Detecting Timeserving with Roughtime on Friday April 21, 2017 @04:23PM (#14169108)
What does someone stand to gain by lying about the time?
Re:The PhD Octopus (1903) on Friday March 24, 2017 @02:48PM (#13951222)
In my (admittedly anecdotal) experience, this requirement is often flexible. I tend to read it as "B.S. in CS, or sufficiently impressive relevant experience."
Re:Going native on Thursday March 23, 2017 @06:46PM (#13945040)
"The native apps cover all the features and functionality of the Chrome app and Chrome extension together, and more. The native apps run on Electron overcoming a lot of the restrictions of the Chrome platform."

My understanding was that Electron is just an embedded instance of Chromium, so I'm reading this sentence more like "The native apps run on [embedded Chromium] overcoming a lot of the restrictions of the [standalone Chromium] platform."

Building a Java Applet and Flash Player SHIM in JS

How hard would it be to build a JS-based Java Applet and/or Flash Player SHIM in the browser? I see lots of archival attempts on the internet such as the Wayback Machine, but much of the interactive content from the early days of the web is now inaccessible to many as we shift away from native plugins to web standards. With modern JS VMs, it seems as though we ought to be able to support...

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Re:I am an Uber survivor on Monday February 27, 2017 @05:00PM (#13748703)
What specifically is the move forward here, though? I suppose hn as a community has the power to boycott applying to the company, but how else can we drive internal change from an external position?

Uninstalling the app and simply choosing to use a competitor's services are another option, but sapping the entire organization of revenue seems like it would hurt drivers and developers at least as much as management, if not more so. Do you think this merits organized public protest? Is the average Uber user aware of the issues/incensed enough to actually take to the streets?

Obviously I'd like to see a change, but I'm struggling with how best to actually make this happen.

Re:I am an Uber survivor on Monday February 27, 2017 @04:54PM (#13748634)
I wonder what some of the considerations are for posting something like this under an alias v.s. attaching one's real name to a post. Obviously, one most likely wouldn't attach a real name to this kind of writing while one is working at the relevant company, but are there any other factors one might consider, aside from criticizing a current employer? Specifically, are there any possible concerns with being labelled a "problem case" and being blackballed in the tech industry as a whole?

Is the author's credibility hurt significantly by choosing to use a pseudonym, or is the power of the message not greatly impinged?

I have a huge amount of respect for anybody that has the courage to write about these kind of experiences, regardless of if a pseudonym is used or not.