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Our cultural backgrounds influence how we interpret emojis, study findshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89d8e84e814a8a92e71b5e587327a2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedicalxpress.com%2Fnews%2F2020-07-cultural-backgrounds-emojis.html&c=6623643059138654722&mkt=en-usFor University of Toronto Mississauga undergraduate student Boting Gao, emojis are more than just a way to convey a sentiment. She sees them as a tool to examine differences in how emotions are ...Jul 23, 2020 6:37 AM
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Launch HN: Aquarium (YC S20) – Improve Your ML Dataset Qualityhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23821502Hi everyone! I’m Peter from Aquarium (https://www.aquariumlearning.com/). We help deep learning developers find problems in their datasets and models, then help fix them by smartly curating their datasets. We want to build the same high-power tooling for data curation that sophisticated ML companies like Cruise, Waymo, and Tesla have and bring it to the masses.ML models are defined by a combination of code and the data that the code trains on. A programmer must think hard about what behavior they want from their model, assemble a dataset of labeled examples of what they want their model to do, and then train their model on that dataset. As they encounter errors in production, they must collect and label data for the model to train on to fix these errors, and verify they're fixed by monitoring the model’s performance on a test set with previous failure cases. See Andrej Karpathy’s Software 2.0 article (https://medium.com/@karpathy/software-2-0-a64152b37c35) for a great description of thJul 13, 2020 3:05 PM
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Gapingvoid’s Virtual Backgrounds Bring Life, Culture To Your Dull Zoom, Teams Realityhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89e59f040c4fa0ac230297dc4359e0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fcurtissilver%2F2020%2F07%2F09%2Fgapingvoids-virtual-backgrounds-bring-life-culture-to-your-dull-zoom-teams-reality%2F&c=17578102546552137496&mkt=en-usThe United States government has so efficiently botched its response to this Covid-19 pandemic that it seems like a coordinated effort to keep us working at home forever (those of us who still have ...Jul 9, 2020 6:01 AM
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Gapingvoid’s Virtual Backgrounds Bring Life, Culture To Your Dull Zoom, Teams Realityhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89d8e84e814a8a92e71b5e587327a2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fcurtissilver%2F2020%2F07%2F09%2Fgapingvoids-virtual-backgrounds-bring-life-culture-to-your-dull-zoom-teams-reality%2F&c=17578102546552137496&mkt=en-usThe United States government has so efficiently botched its response to this Covid-19 pandemic that it seems like a coordinated effort to keep us working at home forever (those of us who still have ...Jul 9, 2020 6:01 AM
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‘Pose’ Stars Open Up About Candy’s Funeral Scene During Emotional Variety Virtual TV Fest Panelhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a24783ffc44659540a009b17ac054&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fentertainment%2Fpose-stars-open-candy-funeral-183135746.html&c=3130441345692771646&mkt=en-usShooting Candy’s funeral scene on season two of “Pose” resonated in many ways with the cast and crew. Candy, played by Angelica Ross, was murdered by a john in a seedy motel room during the season’s ...Jun 23, 2020 11:31 AM
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10 of the best free online puzzles to enjoy at homehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89924e640549d1838354b270bc1106&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Flifestyle%2F10-best-free-online-puzzles-080000973.html&c=808267581373373989&mkt=en-usAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When looking for something to do to occupy your mind at home, why not try some online puzzles? We love an old fashioned jigsaw, ...Apr 12, 2020 1:00 AM
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Ask HN: Looking for help/advice/mentoring resources online, free or paidhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22698906My life is a mess. I am lost in regard to what I want to do, what are my abilities, and at the same time, I think I am not good enough to compete with other people in our globalized ultra-competitive job market. On top of that, I feel like my life is going nowhere.To add insult to injury, I feel very lonely even though I have 4-5 friends with whom I talk once in a while.I am already seeing a psychologist and a psychiatrist, having said so, they have not been able to address and help me out in questions like "I feel like even though I like a variety of fields, I at the same time have failed in every attempt I've had in studying "insert x field" since I was 16 years old".BTW, I am a 20 year old male from Spain who dropped out of uni during my freshman year in CS after failing every single subject I had, and 3 months ago I dropped out of vocational school where I was studying Robotics & Automation. I was only to graduate from High School even though I failed 2 core subjects (biology and cMar 26, 2020 11:06 PM
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Ask HN: Looking for User Test Volunteershttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22692677Not so long ago I made a survey about open source contributions (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21780294) and found out that lots of developers want to contribute but are not sure how exactly to do it. We want to change this.We are now looking for people to test our product idea. Please signup and help us build it.#How?We are doing a product test, and you will give us valuable feedback. We will connect in Zoom/Skype/whatever and send you a link to our prototype. Your task is to make sense of it how it works and to play our tutorial/game till the end.#How long will it take?About 1 hour - not only the task but we would like to ask you some questions during the test.#What do I need to be able to help?1. You need Zoom or Skype client to be able to share your screen. Let me know if you have any other client and we’ll try to use it.2. You need a microphone to talk with us.3. A webcam would be nice, then we can see each other.4. Register a GitHub account if you don’t already have one.5.Mar 26, 2020 12:05 PM
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Do You Need To Retorque Head Bolts After Break In?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a898c588a63470591fedb2db3afd40b&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotrod.com%2Fhow-to%2Fdo-you-need-to-retorque-head-bolts-after-break-in&c=5800150723763623314&mkt=en-usShould I retorque head bolts? Yep, that seems to be a big question on the web and it gets, like most questions on the internet, a variety of answers. In short, at least here in 2020, the answer is no, ...Feb 19, 2020 4:00 PM
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7 Strategies to Put the Past Behind Youhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89f0ce72b342ba80eea59f8df8cd02&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fus%2Fblog%2Fin-flux%2F202001%2F7-strategies-to-put-the-past-behind-you&c=3828135778109714365&mkt=en-us“Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead. Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a ...Jan 29, 2020 4:05 PM
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Ask HN: Bonding Internet Connectionshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20580811Hi Guys - I'm based in Australia and have slow ADSL2+ (4Mb/1Mb down/up). I live semi rural so have limited to no mobile reception. I can get 'skymuster' which is a satellite connection that should provide about 20Mb down. That said I've has mixed reviews like it 1) stops working in heavy rain plus 2) accounts are limited to 200bg and I probably use double that in a month and 3) I run my mobile calls over wifi so worried about the latency of satellite only.I’ve started looking at signing up to both services to get the best of both and bonding these 2 connections. The solution to bond connections that keeps showing up is Speedify. There doesn’t seem to be a huge amount of options for a non-technical person like me. I'm wondering if people have any recommendations on the best way to bond 2 internet connections?Aug 1, 2019 3:11 AM
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Healing the Past in the Presenthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89f0ce72b342ba80eea59f8df8cd02&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fus%2Fblog%2Ffixing-families%2F201907%2Fhealing-the-past-in-the-present&c=693398906275413418&mkt=en-usAnn’s father suddenly died when she was 12, and now as an adult she is understandably hypersensitive to potential losses in her adult life. When her partner seems withdrawn, she automatically worries ...Jul 13, 2019 3:24 AM
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21 Supremely Sexy Sci-Fi Movies You Can Stream Right Nowhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8947a720f14c939da7ac07d919378e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Farticles%2F180657-21-sexy-sci-fi-movies-to-watch-when-regular-sexy-movies-arent-enough&c=8315951501251544746&mkt=en-usWhen you think of the term "sci-fi," the next word to pop into your head probably isn't "sexy." Despite being relatively close together in the dictionary, these two concepts seem to have little in ...Jun 6, 2019 11:58 AM
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Ask HN: Which personal dashboard solution do you use?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18623552I'm looking to organize all of my life's information into a single dashboard - things like financial, health, goals and progress information. For example, I want to be able to pull up the dashboard and see things like: My IRA info, bank balance, Apple Health data, analytics data for certain web properties I care about, stock information, perhaps a few posts from HN or certain Reddit subs I follow. Basically, all the things I might check on any given day, in one place so I just glance at it and be done. I imagine it would need the ability to add custom types of charts, perhaps connect via API to various services etc... Does anything like this exists?Dec 6, 2018 11:26 PM
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Are near‑death experiences hallucinations? Experts explain the science behind this puzzling phenomenonhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8911604e84469f84242b9ca7549533&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fare-near-death-experiences-hallucinations-experts-explain-the-science-behind-this-puzzling-phenomenon-106286&c=4402035248936173449&mkt=en-usIn our never-ending quest to understand what happens to us after we die, humans have long seen the rare phenomenon of near-death experiences as providing some hints. People who’ve had a brush with ...Dec 4, 2018 4:20 AM
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Ask HN: What makes a GREAT hackathon?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18239793I'm helping organize the next hackathon where I work. We have something like 30-50 people participating across technical frontend and backend teams, including UIUX folks, PMs and others.Typically our hackathons are 3 days long and are self-organized in to teams who go for various bounties. Anyone can suggest a bounty which might come with a trophy and maybe a gift card. Typically - but not exclusively - the hacks have been work related. We usually have a food challenge too during the event. Last time it was "who could eat the most pirogies" (the winner ate 100 over 3 days :-) ). We have a show & tell event at the end and open voting on the winners.We're open to changing things up!What have you seen (timing, tasks, organizationally or anything else) that works well or poorly in a hackathon?Thanks HN!Oct 17, 2018 3:09 PM
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Ask HN: Why is hackernews so old-fashioned?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17412237As a web developer, it's always seemed strange to me that a tech incubator would have such an old-fashioned website.It's nice in some respects - pages load extremely quickly and the layout is compact and to-the-point. I was starting to think it was just minimalist by choice and not actually outdated, but then someone mentioned that async requests are done through an tag instead of ajax, so now I'm wondering what the story is there?Has it just been left alone because it's not broken? Or because they're worried people would get upset about changes? Or for maximum backward-compatibility? I'm not complaining; I'm just really curious.Jun 27, 2018 10:04 PM
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What's More Important, Being Sexy or Being Beautiful?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8947a720f14c939da7ac07d919378e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psychologytoday.com%2Fus%2Fblog%2Fin-the-name-of-love%2F201805%2Fwhats-more-important-being-sexy-or-being-beautiful&c=4488532467742593129&mkt=en-us“I think being sexy is far more important for love and sex than beauty; and it is also quickly identifiable. If I see an unsexy, pretty man, I can appreciate the looks, but I don't feel sexually ...May 1, 2018 1:18 AM
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Ask HN: How do I get into bioinformatics as a CS student?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16275367Dear HN,I am a 20-year-old university student majoring in computer science and minoring in mathematics with the intent of finding a way to build a career around data science and computational intelligence. Recently, I've started gravitating towards bioinformatics because it seems like the sort of work that appeals to me. I like working on hard problems whose ideal approach isn't well established and the idea of working with data related to the fabric of life itself seems like it motivate me to get out of bed every morning and look forward to what I do every day.However, I have at best an American-high-school-level of understanding biology. I remember the basics: cell anatomy, the DNA transcription process, basic biochemical pathways, and basic human anatomy. How do I build upon my current knowledge of biology so that I can be a strong contender for a role as a data scientist at a biotech company or at a research lab in the next 5 or so years?Specifically, I would like to find a job wheJan 31, 2018 5:06 PM
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Is stack-overflow a block-chain concept?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16003947I think that stack-overfow is conceptually a bitcoin for prestige. It should be easy to use a real block-chain to reflect the use of SO using prestige points as units of transactions. I believe that many of you are thinking of using block-chain as a way to achieve better interactions with your would be clients. And surely time is ripe for creating a chain-block abstraction whose main objective is to convert or introduce publically known value into money or other block-chain value so that recursively it finally achieves liquity and moneritation.In SO you can see the complete history of how someone gained prestige. SO a ledged book for prestige points , that book is a web page trusted internationally as of real value for programmers and open to knew transations openly with little censorship.Dec 25, 2017 12:58 PM
