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0	null	null	I would rather just have wired earbuds, period. Wireless is insecure and unreliable; wires are secure and dependable.<p>The headphone jack is a marvel of engineering!	null	zeveb	null	1,591,717,736	"2020-06-09T15:48:56"	comment	23,467,666	23,456,782	null	null	null
1	null	null	DNS?	null	nly	null	1,572,810,465	"2019-11-03T19:47:45"	comment	21,436,112	21,435,130	null	null	null
2	null	null	These benchmarks seem pretty good. Filterable by language, etc.<p><a href="https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/" rel="nofollow">https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/</a><p>The source code is published too (<a href="https://github.com/TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks</a>)	null	mrkeen	null	1,591,717,727	"2020-06-09T15:48:47"	comment	23,467,665	23,467,426	null	null	null
3	null	null	Oh really?<p>* Excel alone uses 86.1MB of private memory, and 142MB on a <i></i>Blank<i></i> Workbook.<p>* Where did you get this 100MB metric? VS Code uses 24MB Private, 86MB shared and I've got a ton of extensions added.<p>* No, most electron apps are offline apps.<p>* I doubt it. Creating performant HTML layouts and WebGL rendering all verified by independent 3rd party test suites is hard, dude. If someone came to you and said "Build a HTML engine or build Word" which would you choose?<p>* O'rly? Office 2016 add ins are built in JS, and there are built-in "addins"	null	oceanswave	null	1,462,987,532	"2016-05-11T17:25:32"	comment	11,677,248	11,676,886	null	null	null
4	null	null	These systems are useless. Of the many flaws:<p>1.) Simple alteration (change a pixel in MS paint) or encryption of content bypasses the filter 2.) Patching out the filtering routine bypasses the filter 3.) Blocking the phone-home address (pihole, router firewall, etc) bypasses any reporting 4.) Any vulnerability in the future that allows an attacker to report arbitrary clients (disclosure of client IDs, weakness in app, weakness in server) renders evidence gathered by the system unreliable.<p>At best clientside filtering allows you to draw relationship maps of technically incompetent perverts who might possibly be sharing CP. What harm reduction are they trying to get out of that?? Why not just refocus efforts on catching the small minority of individuals who are actually producing this content??<p>But hey, if these garbage clientside filtering of image uploads is enough security theatre to keep governments satisfied, I say let them have it.	null	nyxxie	null	1,572,810,473	"2019-11-03T19:47:53"	comment	21,436,113	21,435,025	null	null	null
5	null	null	<i>I don't worry about the server</i> and <i>there is no server</i> are two very different statements. Serverless is a terrible name for it.	null	dahfizz	null	1,566,231,278	"2019-08-19T16:14:38"	comment	20,739,051	20,738,305	null	null	null
6	null	null	Why do you take it as a given that the Secretary of State should have an email address? If anything it seems like a vulnerability. At that level of politics, the actors are not concerned over trivialities like email. So why not avoid the risk all together?	null	chatmasta	null	1,425,350,594	"2015-03-03T02:43:14"	comment	9,135,815	9,135,800	null	null	null
7	null	null	Let me know what you guys think so far and if you have an account feel free to follow me!	null	augustin1989	null	1,394,076,499	"2014-03-06T03:28:19"	comment	7,351,690	7,351,684	null	null	null
8	null	null	I often feel that the main result of this privacy consciousness is that it adds to the impression caused by the OP, that is, one of being behind technologically.<p>E.g. when you can't do administrative tasks online or have to fetch and send some info from and to four different government agencies because they're not allowed to pass it among each other.<p>But who knows, maybe I'll be thankful for the extra work one day when other societies are wholly ruled by brainwave scanners and social credit systems.	null	jaynetics	null	1,572,810,482	"2019-11-03T19:48:02"	comment	21,436,115	21,435,981	null	null	null
9	null	null	That is exactly why I generally prefer median-like average methods versus mean-like averages in these type of crowdsourced systems. Generally speaking, average votes are distributed evenly whereas the ratings on the edges are not. The movies that you gave as examples could be due to preference of voters for particular type of movies.	null	bugra	null	1,393,290,376	"2014-02-25T01:06:16"	comment	7,294,506	7,293,801	null	null	null
10	null	null	American farmers are anti-intellectual and rarely listen to science? Citation is really needed, because that’s not what reality shows. It’s very true that farmers are risk adverse, but that’s for good reason: it takes years for “discoveries” to be vetted and people aren’t going to literally bet the farm on trendy tech until it’s proven.<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/business/farming-technology-agriculture.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/business/farming-technolo...</a>	null	briandear	null	1,572,810,489	"2019-11-03T19:48:09"	comment	21,436,118	21,436,026	null	null	null
11	null	null	> For a 180lb male, it would take 4 drinks for them to become over the legal limit<p>That's not true, but I don't blame you — I learned the same thing in school. As I recall, the 'drinks' they used were 10-ounce servings of 3.2 beer, not 16-ounce servings of 5.8% beer. And the limit now is 3/4 of what it used to be (was .12, then .10, now .08).<p>A single good beer is enough to throw you over the limit.<p>Just don't have a drink and then drive. Never mind whether you can drive just fine or not after one drink[0]: it's just not worth the legal consequences regardless.<p>0: I used to think it was okay, but I no longer do.	null	eadmund	null	1,572,810,497	"2019-11-03T19:48:17"	comment	21,436,119	21,434,944	null	null	null
12	null	null	Love the writing style of this post. He may be in an introvert but he's a damn good writer!	null	robbiea	null	1,394,076,520	"2014-03-06T03:28:40"	comment	7,351,691	7,351,430	null	null	null
13	null	null	Most interesting part about it for me was the note that they are supporters of neovim.	null	jamestomasino	null	1,393,290,377	"2014-02-25T01:06:17"	comment	7,294,507	7,293,833	null	null	null
14	null	null	At the moment that's not possible. It's on our road map to make the hubs and posts visible on the web app without requiring sign up. Hopefully we will have that available soon.	null	altrim	null	1,452,447,432	"2016-01-10T17:37:12"	comment	10,876,150	10,875,947	null	null	null
15	null	null	Did you miss the part where Snowden claims Russia is the first to stand against human rights violations? Reread the quote. If you think Snowden is a principled champion of civil rights, how do you square that with the fact that he is on the record praising Russia's civil rights record?	null	minimax	null	1,392,399,382	"2014-02-14T17:36:22"	comment	7,239,734	7,239,642	null	null	null
16	null	null	> but seriously, do we hate our government so much that we are willing to cheer when another government subverts it?<p>Probably not, but your government hates YOU so much that they are willing to spy on you on every occasion.	null	factorizer	null	1,392,399,389	"2014-02-14T17:36:29"	comment	7,239,736	7,239,045	null	null	null
17	null	null	What's the underlying GeoIP database?	null	doktrin	null	1,392,399,395	"2014-02-14T17:36:35"	comment	7,239,737	7,239,333	null	null	null
18	null	null	Is this a joke?	null	theflubba	null	1,392,399,355	"2014-02-14T17:35:55"	comment	7,239,730	7,238,749	null	null	null
19	null	null	<i>When you join the military and are deployed, you give up your individuality, your movements and thoughts are no longer your own.</i><p>Why, when killbots are much cheaper?	null	angersock	null	1,392,399,361	"2014-02-14T17:36:01"	comment	7,239,731	7,239,182	null	null	null
20	null	null	Tracking visitors/customers comes to mind. Definitely not uncommon to have 1000 uniques a day :)	null	jqueryin	null	1,392,399,364	"2014-02-14T17:36:04"	comment	7,239,732	7,239,711	null	null	null
21	null	null	Just taking stuff from the wikipedia page ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand</a> )...<p>Emphasis where it appears is mine.<p>> In 1943, during the Second World War, HM Fort Roughs [Sealand] was constructed by the United Kingdom as one of the Maunsell Forts, primarily for defence against German mine-laying aircraft<p>> On 2 September 1967, the fort was occupied by Major Paddy Roy Bates, a British subject and pirate radio broadcaster, <i>who ejected a competing group of pirate broadcasters</i>.<p>> In 1968, British workmen entered what Bates claimed to be his territorial waters in order to service a navigational buoy near the platform. Michael Bates (son of Paddy Roy Bates) tried to scare the workmen off by firing warning shots from the former fort.<p>> In August 1978, while Bates and his wife were in England, Alexander Achenbach, who describes himself as the Prime Minister of Sealand, hired several German and Dutch mercenaries to spearhead an attack of Roughs Tower. They stormed the tower with speedboats, jet skis and helicopters, and took Bates' son hostage. Bates was able to retake the tower and capture Achenbach and the mercenaries.<p>And of course...<p>> While it has been described as the world's smallest country, the world's smallest nation, or a micronation, Sealand is <i>not currently officially recognised by any established sovereign state</i>, although Sealand's government claims it has been de facto recognised by the United Kingdom (after an English court ruled it did not have jurisdiction over Sealand as territorial water limitations were defined at the time) and Germany<p>Both of those claimed recognitions took place after an act of agression toward British / German citizens mentioned in the above excerpts.<p>So you've got a platform in the ocean that was created as part of a war effort, that has been the subject of a failed and a successful military coup, whose only unofficial recognition by established states came after assaulting their citizens, and that is still not officially recognized by any other state. (And which is currently sitting in British territorial waters, after they unilaterally annexed its surrounding ocean.) And all this is for a "state" with a population estimated at "over 50".	null	thaumasiotes	null	1,392,399,368	"2014-02-14T17:36:08"	comment	7,239,733	7,238,683	null	null	null
22	null	null	From experience, they hire top level by religious affinity however, this time they most likely were burned by this tradition.	null	taivare	null	1,394,076,601	"2014-03-06T03:30:01"	comment	7,351,696	7,351,462	null	null	null
23	null	null	Talking Points Memo put out this great piece on the glut of publishers and how advertisers want video more than website visitors do: <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/theres-a-digital-media-crash-but-no-one-will-say-it" rel="nofollow">http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/theres-a-digital-media-c...</a><p>Fraud seems to happen more frequently in situations of distress. Like Madoff, who had to expand his fraudulent operation to hide his past wrongdoing.	null	vonnik	null	1,514,669,477	"2017-12-30T21:31:17"	comment	16,037,728	16,018,962	null	null	null
24	null	null	Facebook killed most of the old social communities. The big ones where very lucrative basically swimming in cash, they where only replaced by a bigger fish. The non profit forums and IRC channels are still alive. What worries me though is that so many people use smartphones instead of work-station computers. With a smartphone you are mostly a consumer/by-stander. While on a work-station you are actively taking part by both producing and consuming. There are a lot of really high quality content produced by professionals for profit. But <i>the best</i> content and Internet culture is still made by "ordinary" people for the love of sharing. I hope the good content is not buried by monetized content. There should be more "Hacker News" and less Google and Facebook ads.	null	z3t4	null	1,514,669,492	"2017-12-30T21:31:32"	comment	16,037,729	16,033,970	null	null	null
25	null	null	if i recall correctly Shaver was not wearing pjs, he was wearing shorts. but yes, he appeared to pull up his shorts which were being dragged down because he was being forced to crawl on his hands and knees.<p>i would bet that almost everyone being in such a position, or standing at their front door in front of their neighbors, who felt their bottom falling down, would instinctively reach down without thinking.<p>some points to note about that incident -<p>a) he had the pellet gun as part of his job as an exterminator, even if he was careless in demonstrating how he used it to shoot birds for pest control<p>b) think about how easily the officers could have gone to the wrong hotel room; you, me or anyone random could've been in the room next door to Shaver and been treated the same (and probably wouldve reacted the same), even if we'd just poked out head outside our room to see what the heck was going on	null	dingbat	null	1,514,669,452	"2017-12-30T21:30:52"	comment	16,037,726	16,037,691	null	null	null
26	null	null	> <i>Here in the UK our cop shows are like Midsomer Murders. Most episodes don’t even feature a gun...</i><p>But your rusty gardening tools seem as efficient and they enhance murdering creativity :-)	null	wott	null	1,514,669,470	"2017-12-30T21:31:10"	comment	16,037,727	16,037,343	null	null	null
27	null	null	Yet, plenty of people go into the military. I call bullshit. And frankly the only people I want wearing the badge are ones who are willing to sacrifice themselves, even if it’s a much smaller number of officers being paid much more and are much more skilled.	null	dclowd9901	null	1,514,669,434	"2017-12-30T21:30:34"	comment	16,037,725	16,037,667	null	null	null
28	null	null	> I suppose one way to prevent this loophole is to grant voting power only to individuals, and not entities, but that would screw over index-funds, mutual-funds, foundations, non-profit-endowments etc etc.<p>Why not just block organizations that sell such a service as above be denied the benefit from increasing voting shares? Why ban all organizations instead of the ones trying to game it?	null	csdreamer7	null	1,514,669,410	"2017-12-30T21:30:10"	comment	16,037,722	16,036,819	null	null	null
29	null	null	American police and military are trained to shoot for the largest target area, center of mass, as this is the least likely area to have unintentional results.<p>Some examples of unintentional results are: 1) Missing. 2) Hitting another person. 3) Maming, or otherwise causing grievous injury such as shooting in the leg and hitting an artery on accident when you didn't intend to kill the target.	null	cheschire	null	1,514,669,411	"2017-12-30T21:30:11"	comment	16,037,723	16,036,864	null	null	null
30	null	null	It's part of a good foundation for measure theory which is part of a good foundation for probability which can be used in any type of computational role. Also, understanding a bit about manifolds, neighborhoods, and things like that are a big part of deep learning theory. I am only acquainted with undergrad topology, but I would say it has had more of an impact on my work and projects and future learning than quick sort ever has or <insert random CS degree topic here>.<p>Tangentially, it is a great topic to learn in general for those with a math interest and a bare minimum requirement for any higher math learning.	null	aje403	null	1,514,669,391	"2017-12-30T21:29:51"	comment	16,037,721	16,036,730	null	null	null
31	null	null	Cool, there probably isn't a huge difference between idle and deep sleep modes so I'm sure it could still last a long time. In deep sleep you can still use the HIGH & LOW level interrupts but just not the CHANGE one.	null	tonyd256	null	1,394,076,635	"2014-03-06T03:30:35"	comment	7,351,697	7,350,570	null	null	null
32	null	null	Looks good, but since I am more of a devops person, I must ask 2 things:<p>- What is the scope? E.g. only some predefined programming languages or say, Puppet is also OK?<p>- Who decides the pricing of a course?	null	seqizz	null	1,628,719,056	"2021-08-11T21:57:36"	comment	28,148,328	28,141,462	null	null	null
33	null	null	This is my new target platform. I really like how broadly it's spread since my first evaluation a decade ago.	null	falcolas	null	1,628,719,061	"2021-08-11T21:57:41"	comment	28,148,329	28,148,243	null	null	null
34	null	null	As a League of Legends player, it's very common. Virtually everyone that I know that plays this game has some sort of overlay(LolWiz, Porofessor, Blitz.gg, etc.) that provides unimaginable level of detail about the enemy team and my team before the game even begins. I can find out what the enemy players like to do("invade", or initiate cheese fights early), roam to other lanes in the map, and more. I know what their winrate on their champion is, how many kills on average they get before 10 minutes, whether they don't ward(a crucial component of the game that opens them up to ganks if not done correctly), and who they may be connected to voice call with. If anything, it seems like Senpai.gg's tool isn't doing enough.	null	interator7	null	1,628,719,036	"2021-08-11T21:57:16"	comment	28,148,320	28,148,242	null	null	null
35	null	null	> Air conditioning accounts for less than 5% of the average home’s energy use in homes that use it (the US is a good source of data here, with hot summers and 90% of homes having air conditioning)<p>The number is higher in places like the South. I don't mean to demonize AC; I think AC should be a fundamental part of living in high-humidity climates. I just think we need to do everything we can to make its use more efficient.<p>> If you want to really save energy, focus on the heating side. It takes far more energy to heat a house in the Midwest from 10F to 70F in the winter than the trivial amount it takes to cool a home from 90F to 70F for a few weeks in the summer.<p>Definitely! Heat pumps should be mandatory for heating. In many newer building codes they are, but it's too expensive for residents of older buildings to upgrade.	null	Karrot_Kream	null	1,628,719,040	"2021-08-11T21:57:20"	comment	28,148,321	28,148,076	null	null	null
36	null	null	That's not my repo. To be clear. I followed this guys methodology, and can confirm it works. It's his work not my work.	null	ggm	null	1,628,719,042	"2021-08-11T21:57:22"	comment	28,148,323	28,147,018	null	null	null
37	null	null	This reads like that notorious HN comment about it being trivially easy to roll your own Dropbox. Our time has value. Good UI has value. How much time is saved by just using a service like 1Password versus the design, setup, maintenance, and ongoing use of a system like you suggest with all those individual pieces?	null	slg	null	1,628,719,043	"2021-08-11T21:57:23"	comment	28,148,324	28,148,113	null	null	null
38	null	null	No, it wouldn’t. Because the homeless crisis is not due to a lack of homes most homeless people have other issues and homelessness is just a symptom.	null	edgyquant	null	1,628,719,051	"2021-08-11T21:57:31"	comment	28,148,325	28,137,701	null	null	null
39	null	null	Interesting that raising $100mm in funding isn't enough to pay a few dedicated macOS developers.	null	raydev	null	1,628,719,052	"2021-08-11T21:57:32"	comment	28,148,326	28,143,563	null	null	null
40	null	null	They’ve put a ton of work into making VSCode browser independent because of Codespaces. It now works in Mobile Safari pretty well, as well as Firefox.	null	easton	null	1,628,719,054	"2021-08-11T21:57:34"	comment	28,148,327	28,146,238	null	null	null
41	null	null	He says it's like "PHP++" but I like to say it's more like P#P.	null	gmack	null	1,395,429,452	"2014-03-21T19:17:32"	comment	7,444,223	7,443,854	null	null	null
42	null	null	2 years ago I was struck by a car which resulted in a TBI that I still deal with from time to time. Early on I was prescribed different anti-depressants (and anti-seizure meds) as a prophylaxis and they were beyond terrible. I've probably tried 1/2 dozen and each one made life a chore. Overall numbness, sleeplessness, insomnia, minor depression, etc. In the end I decided I'd rather deal with the occasional debilitating headache than be on that sort of medication.<p>My heart goes out to the people with MDD that deal with these side effects as part of their daily routine.<p>Sort of related-- wear a fucking helmet.	null	650REDHAIR	null	1,394,076,574	"2014-03-06T03:29:34"	comment	7,351,694	7,351,150	null	null	null
43	null	null	You realize that most people don’t really have a problem (or even think about) twitter/YouTube censorship right?<p>You also realize that people sign in the thousands for these services every day?<p>Also, which elections did YouTube and twitter sway? Provide proof. Tbh, a direct connection between trumps addled brain and the internet through twitter has a much larger negative impact on his electability than any kind of “deplatforming”. Twitter did him a favour.	null	9935c101ab17a66	null	1,654,062,692	"2022-06-01T05:51:32"	comment	31,578,613	31,573,836	null	null	null
44	null	null	Two quick things jump out at me: (1) This is TDD, without the implementation part of it. (2) There <i>have</i> to be some halting problem issues in here. It's actual realm of usefulness is constrained somewhere, though I'm not exactly sure where.<p>That said, I've worked with modeling languages along the lines of GAMS that work in this sort of manner. Define a problem - a set of constraints - equations, inequalities, parameters, and the like - push a button, and out pops a solution. Damn useful.	null	jowiar	null	1,327,468,424	"2012-01-25T05:13:44"	comment	3,508,487	3,506,345	null	null	null
45	null	null	The headlines says "South Carolina bill outlaws websites...". That is dishonest, because of the verb tense. The honest phrasing would be "South Carolina bill would outlaw websites..."<p>Nobody would say "Terrorist bombed subway" when they meant "Terrorist would have bombed subway" (except that they were stopped, and didn't get the chance).	null	radford-neal	null	1,658,502,738	"2022-07-22T15:12:18"	comment	32,192,783	32,192,581	null	null	null
46	null	null	i do use that.<p>however i spend a substantial amount of time on other peoples systems and when using other peoples systems especially windows systems i avoid logging into google in case of malware. the default settings of google search are just garish these days.<p>i tried duckduckgo and while it was ok it just wasn't as good as google... yet. of course i'm not a fan of their new makeover either. i just prefer simple design.	null	moylan	null	1,327,468,410	"2012-01-25T05:13:30"	comment	3,508,486	3,508,318	null	null	null
47	null	null	I've been doing this 30 years and I've never seen a title that didn't have some connection or another to some hit title. Some have it stronger than others.<p>I always say, when asked sage game design advice, that a hit game is like the center point of a circle. The closer YOUR game is to the center the more likely it's a clone. If it's far OUTSIDE the circle that it's just to far from what people know to be a hit.<p>The goal is to hit the line of the circle, which makes the circle move to include your game and maybe make it the new center point.	null	Macsenour	null	1,327,468,328	"2012-01-25T05:12:08"	comment	3,508,485	3,508,354	null	null	null
48	null	null	For US citizens, it's an obvious yes. If you disagree, can you show me where collecting this information has held detrimental effects on the common good of US citizens?	null	jonnybgood	null	1,401,595,902	"2014-06-01T04:11:42"	comment	7,828,147	7,828,056	null	null	null
49	null	null	> A variation of the http/2 name would IMHO make more sense, e.g. http/2q or something, since it's not changing the HTTP semantics.<p>HTTP/2 didn't change semantics, either. We literally only have one version of HTTP semantics, and a variety of transports for it.	null	gsnedders	null	1,540,829,778	"2018-10-29T16:16:18"	comment	18,328,673	18,327,249	null	null	null
50	null	null	I don't believe it should be _illegal_ to create, or operate, a compatible backend for the software at any point.<p>The first-party solution, with all of the historical knowledge, employees, codebase, marketing budget, and so on and so forth, is going to be superior enough that these emulations will never gain significant traction anyway.<p>To me, it seems like an issue of legal departments getting out of control.	null	esotericn	null	1,540,829,756	"2018-10-29T16:15:56"	comment	18,328,672	18,328,644	null	null	null
51	null	null	What does it mean "Hack the planet"?	null	andy32j3b	null	1,540,829,747	"2018-10-29T16:15:47"	comment	18,328,671	18,328,094	null	null	null
52	null	null	Dogs depended on humans through evolution which differs from cats which were simply worshiped by humans<p>or something like that idk	null	stevewodil	null	1,540,829,747	"2018-10-29T16:15:47"	comment	18,328,670	18,327,758	null	null	null
53	null	null	A lot of businesses and banks communicate electronically with people, not just phone calls but texts and emails. A smartphone is possibly (short of using a public library) the cheapest way to get access to those sorts of things as the world becomes increasingly digitized and connected (versus having a computer that is less portable, and can't access the internet on its own without pairing with a phone or finding a public wifi hotspot or paying for a separate internet connection, assuming you have a stable home to establish that in).	null	Jtsummers	null	1,540,829,816	"2018-10-29T16:16:56"	comment	18,328,677	18,328,659	null	null	null
54	null	null	Doesn't FreeOTP allow you to change labels after adding a token?	null	dcbadacd	null	1,540,829,803	"2018-10-29T16:16:43"	comment	18,328,676	18,328,621	null	null	null
55	null	null	Maybe this could work for you? <a href="https://github.com/corbindavenport/creative-cloud-linux" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/corbindavenport/creative-cloud-linux</a><p>I suggest making your own script instead of using PoL (abandoned, check Phoenicis).	null	c487bd62	null	1,540,829,788	"2018-10-29T16:16:28"	comment	18,328,675	18,327,970	null	null	null
56	null	null	On an aggregate scale it doesn't make sense to talk about a system based on "saving". You can't eat money in retirement.<p>So retirees are always extracting some fraction of the productive output of current labor. This fraction can go up or down depending on the economic growth rate and expectation of standard of living of retirees.	null	kenmicklas	null	1,540,829,783	"2018-10-29T16:16:23"	comment	18,328,674	18,328,407	null	null	null
57	null	null	Sign up at their main site: <a href="http://teambox.com/" rel="nofollow">http://teambox.com/</a> And then log into the beta version.	null	aymeric	null	1,327,468,259	"2012-01-25T05:10:59"	comment	3,508,483	3,507,851	null	null	null
58	null	null	They are not removing the like button.	null	dcre	null	1,540,829,828	"2018-10-29T16:17:08"	comment	18,328,679	18,328,471	null	null	null
59	null	null	A windows license is a lot cheaper than an XBox.	null	behringer	null	1,540,829,819	"2018-10-29T16:16:59"	comment	18,328,678	18,328,184	null	null	null
60	null	null	This is business as usual for Zynga.<p>"They would sit and look at competitive products and write down all the features and make it obvious to us," the designer says. One contractor says he was offered freelance work from Zynga, related to mimicking a competitor's application, with explicit instructions: "Copy that game." <a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/09/zynga_pincus_copy_games.php" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/09/zynga_pincus_cop...</a><p>Pincus was heard yelling at employees, "I don't fucking want innovation. You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers." <a href="http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-09-08/news/farmvillains/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-09-08/news/farmvillains/</a><p>More examples: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-zynga-is-just-like-microsoft-2010-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/how-zynga-is-just-like-micros...</a>	null	amored	null	1,327,468,240	"2012-01-25T05:10:40"	comment	3,508,482	3,508,354	null	null	null
61	null	null	Pieter's businesses are impressive, but IMO not using React nowadays is actually harder than using it. Building stuff vanilla takes more time, effort and knowledge.	null	dvh1990	null	1,598,280,443	"2020-08-24T14:47:23"	comment	24,261,189	24,259,201	null	null	null
62	null	null	He was probably a better negotiator. And citing laws that say you should be paid a certain amount, instead of showing her value to the company, is not a good tactic for getting a raise.	null	sp332	null	1,350,053,392	"2012-10-12T14:49:52"	comment	4,645,241	4,644,885	null	null	null
63	null	null	C++ code only needs to be safe according to C++ rules (not Rust rules). So it is possible for the C++ to be safe, and the corresponding Rust code to be unsafe, e.g.,<p>* int foo(); which returns an uninitialized int is OK according to C++ rules, but would need a MaybeUninit<c_int> according to Rust rules.<p>* int foo(); could throw an exception, causing UB in Rust, since Rust assumes FFI declarations not to throw according to the spec. Rust can only export `noexcept(true)` C++ FFI declarations, or C functions (since C cannot throw). Apparently, autocxx and the cxx crate ignore this and treat all C++ functions as if they never throw, giving them a safe API. That's unsound. (One can fix that on nightly Rust though).<p>Unsafety can also be introduced through ABI incompatibilities, but IIUC autocxx usage of rust-bindgen deals with that.	null	fluffything	null	1,598,280,422	"2020-08-24T14:47:02"	comment	24,261,184	24,244,998	null	null	null
64	null	null	I've visited/lived in 7/10 of those cities, and really appreciated the fact that retail and public infra look the same between cities. In that sense, there's a certain "interoperability" (much like how most airports around the world work the same). It only takes a day or so to get used to how the public transit works and how to buy things. I could drop into a new city and learn how to get around in no time.<p>(NY's subway was the least intuitive and took the longest to get used to -- it's complicated by inconsistencies like express trains, lack of electronic signage on multiuse platforms, doors not opening in certain cars for certain stops in lower Manhattan, etc. -- but even so there was a method behind the madness.)<p>However, once you venture outside the central business districts/downtowns and into the neighborhoods, things start looking very different. It's in the neighborhoods that one finds unique cultures.<p>Chicago for instance: the Loop is nice and all, but the character of Chicago is really in the 77 neighborhoods around the city. NYC's cultural hotspots are in boroughs like Queens.<p>I would say most cities retain their culture in their neighborhoods, not in their CBDs/downtowns.	null	wenc	null	1,598,280,434	"2020-08-24T14:47:14"	comment	24,261,186	24,260,430	null	null	null
65	null	null	So do many adults...	null	bluedino	null	1,598,280,374	"2020-08-24T14:46:14"	comment	24,261,180	24,261,013	null	null	null
66	null	null	They must be pretty close for those kinds of sites, no?	null	tome	null	1,598,280,391	"2020-08-24T14:46:31"	comment	24,261,181	24,260,616	null	null	null
67	null	null	Then go ahead and make the argument! I'd love to see how you juxtaposition "the right to not be tortured" or "the right to not be enslaved" next to "the right <i>to be able</i> to use Dreebly Chat"...<p>Don't get me wrong. I <i>agree</i> with the OP in their ideals! Software <i>is</i> an increasingly important part of our lives, and accessibility should be taken seriously for any serious venture.<p>But legislation? Human rights? It's this kind of rhetoric that divides minds and undermines goals. By all means fight for what you think is right! Progress isn't inevitable. But attempting to <i>impose</i> change rather than <i>affect</i> change is the most classic mistake in the book. You must also be young.	null	kingdomcome50	null	1,598,280,419	"2020-08-24T14:46:59"	comment	24,261,182	24,253,944	null	null	null
68	null	null	Something that works for me is to switch media. Start talking into a microphone. It's fast and easy to work things out a few different ways, and hearing it can help you find flaws that you might miss otherwise.	null	dhimes	null	1,458,562,528	"2016-03-21T12:15:28"	comment	11,327,512	11,285,344	null	null	null
69	null	null	There's a difference between accepting that other people dress in "slutty" outfits and making it ok, and not wanting sexuality jammed down your throat at a technology event.	null	heartsucker	null	1,458,562,531	"2016-03-21T12:15:31"	comment	11,327,513	11,327,492	null	null	null
70	null	null	Isn't that basically what the scientist asks in the last paragraph?<p>> “What about this hypothesis: sleep was the first state of life and it was from sleep that wakefulness emerged,” says Walker. “I think it’s probably a ridiculous hypothesis – but it’s also not entirely unreasonable.”	null	pluma	null	1,458,562,480	"2016-03-21T12:14:40"	comment	11,327,510	11,326,701	null	null	null
71	null	null	There are many things that would be illegal without a contract that are legal with one. That's kind of the point.	null	donatj	null	1,458,562,506	"2016-03-21T12:15:06"	comment	11,327,511	11,326,833	null	null	null
72	null	null	I have no idea. My post was more general and about principles rather than specifics. I have no knowledge of the specifics of the relevant terms of service for this company, I also don't know whether they form a binding contract in the relevant jurisdiction or what things are specifically legal to do in contracts in the relevant jurisdiction.<p>I repeat that I am not a lawyer so if this is important to you then hire a lawyer in your local jurisdiction to advise you, don't listen to random people on the internet.	null	JupiterMoon	null	1,458,562,586	"2016-03-21T12:16:26"	comment	11,327,516	11,326,859	null	null	null
73	null	null	It would no longer be stealing because you agreed to it. This is why repossession is legal.	null	donatj	null	1,458,562,613	"2016-03-21T12:16:53"	comment	11,327,517	11,327,466	null	null	null
74	null	null	He has kind of always been like this. He's can be a good writer and has some interesting things to say, but I alway read his blog through my fingers covering my face, because his political writing is usually a cringe read, competitive with ESR's. "There is no reason for a woman to go to medical school. If she wants to have the spending power of a doctor she can just have sex with three doctors." "	null	tptacek	null	1,458,562,570	"2016-03-21T12:16:10"	comment	11,327,514	11,325,607	null	null	null
75	null	null	Agreed, react-router developers try too much to change and add new features to their baby. it has become a bit of a monster. 46KB for a minified router framework...	null	boubiyeah	null	1,473,956,883	"2016-09-15T16:28:03"	comment	12,507,488	12,506,349	null	null	null
76	null	null	To be fair, my company was a little unconventional. We made NLP systems for defense clients, and as such we were working on interesting problems and had some real scientists on our payroll. I actually felt kinda out of place because I came from a systems and platform background and wound up being immersed in academic CS stuff and computational linguistics, while also being surrounded by experts on the subject with lots of experience, when I've never been good at the academic side. As much as I liked working at that company, I'm glad I'm now doing NMS engineering at a telecom instead, because what I'm doing now actually matches my skillset.<p>Personally, though, I've never cared that much about working on something that's fulfilling in and of itself. As long as I'm getting paid enough to fund my life, the hours are good, the work environment isn't abusive (I learned <i>that</i> lesson from a startup), and I'm doing something I'm actually competent at, I'm content. If I want to work on something that tickles my fancy, that's what personal projects are for.	null	amyjess	null	1,473,956,875	"2016-09-15T16:27:55"	comment	12,507,486	12,507,347	null	null	null
77	null	null	I've been in construction and it's surprisingly common that one company tears street up for sewers and then patch it up. Then a week later, another subcontractor tears up the exact same spot for gas line repair. Both instances scheduled months in advance.<p>I don't know if you really need software for it. And maybe hydraulic excavators are just too cheap for anybody to mind stuff like this.<p>EDIT: even more common is this "oh this gas line looks really corroded. But I guess we just throw dirt on it as we finish."	null	vlehto	null	1,458,562,618	"2016-03-21T12:16:58"	comment	11,327,518	11,324,936	null	null	null
78	null	null	I don't even think you need to be confirmed at the company. I think once you put yourself as an employee of any given company, you can see their applicants, but they may have fixed this issue.<p>Though overall AngelList seem like a site that's focused on helping startups (and investors), and unlike most sites, they don't even charge for their job listings.	null	arikrak	null	1,458,562,632	"2016-03-21T12:17:12"	comment	11,327,519	11,326,639	null	null	null
79	null	null	It's funny you mention InfoPath. I know of at least two multi-billion dollar companies that have significant amounts of development time tied up in InfoPath. All of its still running, with the plan being to replace it over time.<p>Still just sitting there running.<p>No need for pardon's. Use what you like that gets the work done. My instinctive flinch is different. We all have them. That's the thing, I don't want you to switch. I don't care. I love open source software. What I am saying is that they have a lot of effort built into backwards compatibility. And those solutions may not be the latest hotness, but you can still run them.	null	youdontknowtho	null	1,473,956,866	"2016-09-15T16:27:46"	comment	12,507,483	12,506,581	null	null	null
80	null	null	If the JVM has one bytecode compiler that it uses only during startup and another that it used the rest of the time, shouldn't it dump the bytecode generated by the first compiler from the cache at the point when it switches to the second compiler?	null	bobbyi_settv	null	1,473,956,844	"2016-09-15T16:27:24"	comment	12,507,481	12,505,517	null	null	null
81	null	null	Well said.<p>I was recently passed off a project from someone who didn't have a development background but had been working on C++... the amount of copy-paste, repetitive if statements and fixed length arrays makes the original code almost completely unusable and I was forced to suggest a total rewrite.	null	ultramancool	null	1,473,956,836	"2016-09-15T16:27:16"	comment	12,507,480	12,506,726	null	null	null
82	null	null	Interesting that he uses only one space after each of his colons.	null	jccc	null	1,350,053,413	"2012-10-12T14:50:13"	comment	4,645,246	4,645,121	null	null	null
83	null	null	And appearing on HN due to self-promotion by the author.<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jessicaSFNY" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jessicaSFNY</a>	null	trhtrsh	null	1,350,053,451	"2012-10-12T14:50:51"	comment	4,645,247	4,645,209	null	null	null
84	null	null	$100k in NYC or SF is not going to get you much.	null	tricolon	null	1,327,468,444	"2012-01-25T05:14:04"	comment	3,508,488	3,505,731	null	null	null
85	null	null	I disagree.<p>"Please discard paper towels into wastebasket" is direct and specifies <i>exactly</i> what kind of behavior is desired. Your example doesn't do that. It says there <i>is</i> a wastebasket, but the only request is not to throw paper on the floor. It could be satisfied by leaving the wet paper towels on the sink, leaving them draped on the door handle or slapping them on the wall. (How's <i>that</i> for passive-aggressive!)<p>The original message is both shorter and clearer. It's both pro-active and respectful. Getting angry at the notice and littering to show you won't tolerate "condescension" is just being a dick.	null	xiaoma	null	1,330,258,384	"2012-02-26T12:13:04"	comment	3,635,455	3,635,417	null	null	null
86	null	null	Erlang's processes are green threads, they're just called "processes". Neither Erlang, nor Akka run 1 thread or process per actor, they just schedule multiple actors over N native threads inside the single process (ignoring multi-node situations).	null	dalailambda	null	1,485,325,885	"2017-01-25T06:31:25"	comment	13,479,202	13,478,432	null	null	null
87	null	null	Why does it matter? The complaints are either right, or they're wrong. The complainers' motives for making their complains have no bearing on that.	null	umanwizard	null	1,485,325,888	"2017-01-25T06:31:28"	comment	13,479,203	13,479,114	null	null	null
88	null	null	TorrentFreak maintains a list of providers that responded to a questionnaire about anonymity, including one about encryption used: <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-anonymous-review-160220/" rel="nofollow">https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-anonymous-review-160220/</a><p>Personally, I prefer the "roll your own" approach mentioned above. A VPS from DigitalOcean or something beats most providers' pricing.	null	resfirestar	null	1,485,325,877	"2017-01-25T06:31:17"	comment	13,479,201	13,478,266	null	null	null
89	null	null	He's 70 FWIW	null	kevinkimball	null	1,485,325,943	"2017-01-25T06:32:23"	comment	13,479,206	13,479,062	null	null	null
90	null	null	Aside from what other said: compatibility with others OSs. But that's probably not very high on Apple's agenda (at least not for an FS).	null	hobarrera	null	1,485,325,896	"2017-01-25T06:31:36"	comment	13,479,204	13,476,278	null	null	null
91	null	null	I am saying that you are debating theory that has no place outside of debate of theory. It rings of privilege and naivete to the way the world actually works. Just search Twitter for "dead without Obamacare" and you will find plenty of "real consequences".	null	slg	null	1,485,325,899	"2017-01-25T06:31:39"	comment	13,479,205	13,478,905	null	null	null
92	null	null	One of the best type features of Go is the lack of need to do something like this: "@implements(IEatable)". If a class implements all of the methods of the interface, then it automatically implements that interface. Yuppy seems like a step backwards in OO in this regard.	null	jmpeax	null	1,401,595,752	"2014-06-01T04:09:12"	comment	7,828,144	7,827,804	null	null	null
93	null	null	No, those were fake news headlines run by Fox and Russian news agencies.	null	bduerst	null	1,485,325,970	"2017-01-25T06:32:50"	comment	13,479,208	13,479,110	null	null	null
94	null	null	Many people on Twitter have fewer followers before they tweet anything.	null	hawkice	null	1,485,325,994	"2017-01-25T06:33:14"	comment	13,479,209	13,479,126	null	null	null
95	null	null	This kid's ingenuity, determination and commitment toward his customers are very inspiring. It's obvious his dad is his role model. I expect great things from him in the future.	null	facorreia	null	1,334,173,966	"2012-04-11T19:52:46"	comment	3,829,343	3,829,120	null	null	null
96	null	null	Uh, not to be a complete jerk or anything, but do you realize that your comment is far easier to understand if you actually mention where you're from? Now it's like reading half of a joke.	null	unwind	null	1,268,059,878	"2010-03-08T14:51:18"	comment	1,175,401	1,174,812	null	null	null
97	null	null	How do you guys like 2checkout.com?	null	gibsonf1	null	1,268,060,031	"2010-03-08T14:53:51"	comment	1,175,403	1,175,141	null	null	null
98	null	null	I've always wondered whether the growing modern obsession with bug killing and so forth might be counter productive.<p>Has anyone seen any studies they can recommend into the long term effect on our immune system?	null	ErrantX	null	1,268,059,908	"2010-03-08T14:51:48"	comment	1,175,402	1,175,331	null	null	null
99	null	null	The studies mentioned don't show that <i>using</i> hand sanitizers is ineffective, just that <i>mailing</i> the sanitizers to people along with informational pamphlets is ineffective. If you actually read the first study they report finding a significant (though small) effect on respiratory infections for families that claimed to have actually used the products.	null	goodside	null	1,268,060,032	"2010-03-08T14:53:52"	comment	1,175,404	1,175,331	null	null	null

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Hacker News corpus, 2007-Nov 2022

Dataset Description

Dataset Summary

Dataset Name: Hacker News Full Corpus (2007 - November 2022)

Description:

NOTE: I am not affiliated with Y Combinator.

This dataset is a July 2023 snapshot of YCombinator's BigQuery dump of the entire archive of posts and comments made on Hacker News. It contains posts from Hacker News' inception in 2007 through to November 16, 2022, when the BigQuery database was last updated.

The dataset does not incorporate any modifications or filtering - it is a raw dump from the original dataset provided by YCombinator. Hence, it retains the same structure and fields as the original BigQuery table, serving as a ready-to-use resource for conducting large-scale data analysis or training language models.

All credit for the original data collection and maintenance goes to YCombinator and the original post and comment authors. This version of the dataset has been prepared for convenience and ease of use within the HuggingFace ecosystem, especially for those interested in offline usage or who prefer not to use Google Cloud.

Please bear in mind that this dataset is a snapshot and will probably not be updated. For the latest data, consider accessing the live data directly from the official Hacker News API, potentially using Anant Narayanan's scripts.

Please use responsibly, respecting all relevant terms of use and privacy considerations inherent in the data.

Languages

English

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

fullname	mode	type	description
title	NULLABLE	STRING	Story title
url	NULLABLE	STRING	Story url
text	NULLABLE	STRING	Story or comment text
dead	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is dead?
by	NULLABLE	STRING	The username of the item's author.
score	NULLABLE	INTEGER	Story score
time	NULLABLE	INTEGER	Unix time
timestamp	NULLABLE	TIMESTAMP	Timestamp for the unix time
type	NULLABLE	STRING	Type of details (comment, comment_ranking, poll, story, job, pollopt)
id	NULLABLE	INTEGER	The item's unique id.
parent	NULLABLE	INTEGER	Parent comment ID
descendants	NULLABLE	INTEGER	Number of story or poll descendants
ranking	NULLABLE	INTEGER	Comment ranking
deleted	NULLABLE	BOOLEAN	Is deleted?

Dataset Creation

Curation Rationale

This dataset provides a snapshot of the Hacker News posts and comments archive, sourced from YCombinator's open data, to enable easy and direct access without the need for a Google Cloud account or BigQuery interface, and without putting undue strain on the HN API. It aims to simplify the data acquisition process, promoting its use within the HuggingFace ecosystem for various tasks including analysis, trend prediction, sentiment studies, and language model training. By minimizing barriers to access, this dataset encourages a wider usage, fostering innovation in natural language processing and related fields.

Annotations

Personal and Sensitive Information

This dataset has not undergone specific checks for personally identifiable information (PII); hence, it's possible that some may exist within the data. However, as the data source is publicly available and shared by YCombinator, any potential PII present is already part of the public domain.

Considerations for Using the Data

Social Impact of Dataset

The collective wisdom and perspectives captured in the posts and comments of this Hacker News dataset represent a unique gift from YCombinator and countless contributors worldwide; it is part of the common heritage of humanity. The potential insights to be gleaned and the future knowledge to be generated, especially through the training of language models on this corpus, can provide unbounded new perspectives, enriching our understanding and potential solutions to complex issues. It is a testament to the power of shared knowledge and open dialogue in shaping the world. While there is a risk that some may use language models trained on this dataset for disinformation purposes, it's worth noting that the misuse of technology is a challenge that predates this dataset. The proverbial horse of misused technology has long since left the barn; our focus now must be on harnessing this shared intellectual legacy responsibly for the common good.

Discussion of Biases

Given that Hacker News is a technology-focused platform with a largely self-selected user base, the content and perspectives found within this dataset may lean towards technology, entrepreneurship, and related fields, often reflecting the views and biases of this specific community. As such, users should be aware that analysis drawn from this data may not fully represent a balanced, global perspective and might contain inherent biases towards topics and viewpoints that are overrepresented in the Hacker News community.

Additional Information

Licensing Information

In the absence of an explicit license for the upstream BigQuery dataset, this dataset uses the same MIT license as the Hacker News API. The upstream terms of use are reproduced here:

This dataset is publicly available for anyone to use under the following terms provided by the Dataset Source - https://github.com/HackerNews/API - and is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, express or implied, from Google. Google disclaims all liability for any damages, direct or indirect, resulting from the use of the dataset.

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