HackerNews Summary (2023-05-20 02PM)

Source: Why the US can’t have nice things

Summary
LA city unveils new bus stop “shade and lighting” structures, called La Sombrita, to address rider complaints. Each structure costs $10,000 and was based on research that cost over $300,000. Twitter users mocked the structures’ lack of usefulness and practicality, as they only provide shade for one person.

Fact
– 💡 La Sombrita costs $10,000 per structure
– 🌞 It only provides shade for one person
– 💰 Research that went into designing La Sombrita cost over $300,000
– 💬 Women riders in particular want more shade and safety at bus stops
– 🚌 Bus riders of all genders, ages, races, and religions want more shade and safety

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Source: Popular Pirate Bay Proxy Site Disappears From GitHub * TorrentFreak

Summary
UK police takedown efforts made The Proxy Bay and several dedicated proxy sites disappear, leaving the future of torrenting uncertain. The Proxy Bay was a leading information portal with over a million visits per month.

Fact

🔒 The Proxy Bay provided an overview of available Pirate Bay proxies, making it useful in countries where site blockades were active.

👮‍♀️ The City of London Police got involved in taking down The Proxy Bay, which was hosted on GitHub, yet the site was restored after a counter notice was submitted.

❓ The Proxy Bay and all previously promoted proxies disappeared without any explanation, leaving the shutdown’s mystery unsolved.

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Source: Laurence Tratt: My Interview with Eelco Visser on Parsing

Summary
An interview with Eelco Visser about parsing is transcribed, showcasing his knowledge on the subject and his engaging personality. Laurence Tratt, the interviewer, admits they had no clue what they were doing and that Eelco was a bit “rusty” on some details, but the technical material was still informative.

Fact

🎙️ Parsing is when you want to get at the structure of text and the structure underlying the text. A program reads the characters of the text and makes a structured representation of it.

🎙️ Parsing for natural language is from dividing sentences up into parts such as the verb, noun, and subject.

🎙️ Eelco Visser is an Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology, heading a group of PhD students and postdocs doing research into language engineering and software configuration management.

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Source: Workflow Infrastructure for Developers by Embed Workflow.

Summary
Our Native Frontend technology creates a seamless UI experience without the use of iFrames.

Fact

🌟 Native Frontend technology creates a unified UI experience.

🔒 Users cannot tell the difference from your own UI component library.

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