jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
I suppose that's fair. Trivial literature review shows that there's nothing remotely resembling a discrete "SIDS gene", and that while there probably are genomic variations that can pose a subtle elevation of risk, that risk can't be evaluated outside the context of a given infant's environment and its effect on the likelihood of any such risk to materialize into SIDS proper. That genomic risk is so subtle that it can't even be quantified in the case of an individual infant; it's only discernible via broad whole-genome studies, and even their comprehensiveness and interpretation remains an open question [1].

So, in short, the framing of your prior comment, in which it can be cultural or it can be genetic, fails to capture the current best understanding - which is that it very probably is both cultural and genetic, and very probably as much or more the former than the latter.

The snark probably isn't all that justified, I grant. But I don't like the attitude of genetic essentialism toward which your prior formulation gestures. That kind of thinking is fully a century out of date at this point, and the extent of harm it's done in the world during and since its heyday strikes me as ample reason to regard it with suspicious distaste. In another context I doubt I would give it such a curt and pithy response, but I think a higher than usual epistemological standard is fair here, and the research I've just summarized for you is literally a single Google search away.

On the other hand, to construct that Google search requires that one know the term "GWAS" and what it means, so perhaps I've treated you a bit more harshly than you deserved. Still only a bit, though, I think; the kind of genetic essentialism I decry might have seemed reasonable a century ago, but these days it's sloppy thinking at best.

Worse, that same imputation of clear and discrete gene-level variation in complex, often behavioral, traits, across whole human populations, without any reproductive isolation to make such an idea even barely plausible even in a case where we're talking about traits that might potentially be primarily gene-linked - we call that "eugenics", a pseudoscience whose utter epistemological baselessness and staggering moral hazard are at this point I think clearly enough understood as to require no enumeration for anyone with even a rudimentary sense of history - at least I hope they are! If I'm wrong about that, we're all in for a deal of horror.

In any case, I suppose I've committed the error of expecting someone to know more than perhaps was reasonable, so I'll apologize for that. What you said deserved a critical response, rather than the glib one I initially gave it. I hope I've improved somewhat on that initial response here.

[1] https://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/gm... (2010, conclusions incrementally refined by later literature)
Honestly maybe it will fork, and maybe that will be a good change. We don’t exactly know how the dynamics of mining will play out in a post-block reward world, maybe it’s actually better to keep mining at the current block reward size indefinitely rather than decrease all the way to zero. Very slow fixed inflation is not necessarily that different than having a hard cap on supply. Gold is still being mined too.

If it forked in a way that completely defeated the limited supply and led to rapid inflation then it would massively tank in value and miners would lose a lot of money. That’s a pretty good incentive for them not to destroy it.

As far as bitcoin existential threats go, there are many of them - the energy cost, a 51% attack, so much concentration of mining in China, etc. Miners mutually colluding to destroy their own investments is not at the top of my list of worries.
Okay, admittedly it's not quite there yet but by the end of march 100% of blocks will be produced by independent stake pool operators. The number of current pools is somewhat misleading - switching between them is frictionless, more will keep being added, and there are rules in place so they can't grow too much (staking rewards decrease quickly) and the average # of ADA per wallet is dropping (<100k/wallet average now).

I should've really said the most decentralized alternative option but even in terms of biggest holders ETH is more top heavy (many controlled by the same people as you said).

> but there's a much easier barrier to entry for new validators.

Is it? The minimum to run a validator is 32 ETH[0] while there isn't even a minimum for ADA. 4 GB of RAM and 1 GB bandwidth[1] (for ADA) isn't much of a deterrent either.

0. https://ethereum.org/en/eth2/staking

1. https://forum.cardano.org/t/a-guide-to-becoming-a-stake-pool...
> I can go wherever, I'm not stuck by the physical nature of the public infrastructure.

Yes you are. Cars are completely reliant on roads, a fact which is all too easily forgotten by drivers.
Good question! This is meant to be a "zero-config" utility rather than a generic framework. Under the hood, Serverless UI uses the AWS CDK to build a CloudFormation template with a few assumptions built-in (eg. deploying a static UI, anything in /functions becomes an endpoint, etc).

As far as features go, it more closely aligns to Netlify, but with direct AWS integration.
Good god. I knew StartSSL was bad, but not this bad.

I usually buy certs either through Gandi.net (which has a good "free certificate" program with its own domains), or COMODO through Namecheap as a reseller.
Housing is getting expensive, but most Cost of Living indexes put NYC/SF 30%+ higher than Toronto proper, and areas around Toronto are still somewhat affordable.
thanks for taking a look - will see about implementing that as well
I am working on a project to define phrases in English like "close, but no cigar".

Here's the page for this phrase:
http://jargonism.com/words/437

I would be interested to hear feedback from HN on what would be useful on the word page, in addition to a definition and an example?
I'm using a KUL ES-87 Tenkeyless keyboard with Cherry MX Blue switches. I don't use numpads like.. ever.. so the desk space I saved by ditching it is way more useful to me. No backlight, though.
I think people may be surprised at the number of bots hitting their sites. Even if they're not directly malicious, they serve no useful purpose, they won't see your ads or sign up for your deal, and just inflate your traffic numbers (unless you find that desirable).

There are a number of ways to try to detect and trick them out. I've done some unusual things to attempt to detect them, finding people coming thru proxies as well.

Sure, these simple methods can be defeated by an adversary, but at least judging from my experience, even simple methods you're going to catch some of them. Some hackers ain't that smart. A little surpised Cloudflare for instance wouldn't offer this (PhantomJS blocking), if they don't already. I'm all for hacking, but a site owner you should have the right to block bots if you so choose.
I agree, negative numbers learned early are used with aplomb but imaginary numbers learned later are initially met with suspicion.
KYC and Source of Wealth info is pretty common in the gambling industry. For example at the company I worked at when you hit 2k EUR (or equivilent) your account would be locked until you gave information as to where the money came from. It's an overhead for sure but it should be the cost of running a gambling business.

Gambling addiction is real and while it is the responsibility of the person not to defraud others to support their addiction the casino should have picked up on it. Just like you wouldn't expect a bar tender to continue serving someone who is practically on the floor passing out.
I believe the foundations have to be genetic. There are multitude of factors involved and one of them is having a strong memory. But there also needs to be a drive and thirst for knowledge.
If it's not readable, how are you supposed to ascertain correctness? IMO, readability is step one, and without it you don't have a foundation to be able to make judgement calls on the other aspect.
> Law enforcement.. What do you want them to do?

Go to jail or shutdown the site, like the Lavabit guy.
That was the eye opener to me to understanding ECS and how to apply it, that Entities are just Primary Keys and Components are Tables in a database, just in-memory and with native types. Systems are just processing stages in attaching a feedback loop to the database
The general gripe of such people is that copyleft prevents you from distributing custom changes to other entities without sharing the source. That one catch is "less free" than the utopia where anyone can take code without a stick making them contribute back to foster the ecosystem.
I'd raise a difference between good and useful then. That is still a good bridge, but it's not a useful one. I think that also transfers to programming. That also raises that what makes a bridge good is not usefulness it's perhaps structural quality. Maybe the only thing that makes programming good is usefulness in which case my point is moot.
You know, ASM code can be hacked, and the older the ASM code, the less complex it is, because the compilers were not as aggressive as today's.

This has been done with abandoned games to fix bugs and compatibility issues, ex. Forgotten Empires (the mod)[1]

ASM code can also be ported between platforms (ex. from 16-bit DOS to 64-bit Linux), as long as you replace OS-specific calls, interrupts, IO access, etc., although the effort will be greater.

People should stop pretending that a compiled binary is a black box, because it isn't.

Still, the point that Windows makes backwards-compatibility as straightforward as possible prevails, since the cases where you need to do complicated maneuvers like hacking ASM code to fix compatibility issues are scarce.

I still get amazed that I can play some obscure games designed for Windows 95 and compiled using the DirectX 3 SDK. I can't say the same about Linux since I hadn't been able to recompile without fixing code old open source games, because X kernel version broke Y version of Z framework.

[1] http://www.forgottenempires.net/fe
This sounds like the converse of "housing prices are expanding at double-digit rates! Is this the new normal?!"

Of course, that's right before a crash. Just a thought...
Someone just posted this quote in the comments on the Amazon Dash, and I thought it fitting for this thread as well.

Harper's Magazine, September 1996:

> From an interview with Kurt Vonnegut in the November 1995 issue of Inc. Technology. Vonnegut was asked to discuss his feelings about living in an increasingly computerized world.

>> I work at home, and if I wanted to, I could have a computer right by my bed, and I'd never have to leave it. But I use a typewriter, and afterward I mark up the pages with a pencil. Then I call up this woman named Carol out in Woodstock and say, “Are you still doing typing?” Sure she is, and her husband is trying to track bluebirds out there and not having much luck, and so we chitchat back and forth, and I say, “Okay, I'll send you the pages.” Then I go down the steps and my wife calls, “Where are you going?” “Well,” I say, “I'm going to buy an envelope.” And she says, “You're not a poor man. Why don't you buy a thousand envelopes? They'll deliver them, and you can put them in the closet.” And I say, “Hush.” So I go to this newsstand across the street where they sell magazines and lottery tickets and stationery. I have to get in line because there are people buying candy and all that sort of thing, and I talk to them. The woman behind the counter has a jewel between her eyes, and when it's my turn, I ask her if there have been any big winners lately. I get my envelope and seal it up and go to the postal convenience center down the block at the corner of Forty-seventh Street and Second Avenue, where I'm secretly in love with the woman behind the counter. I keep absolutely poker-faced; I never let her know how I feel about her. One time I had my pocket picked in there and got to meet a cop and tell him about it. Anyway, I address the envelope to Carol in Woodstock. I stamp the envelope and mail it in a mailbox in front of the post office, and I go home. And I've had a hell of a good time. I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you any different.

A bit of a reminder that we don't have to be overly efficient about everything we do. Instead we can simply stay mindful and just enjoy whatever it is we are doing, even if it is waiting in line to buy an envelope, or waiting for the coffee to brew.
I was thinking about this with an open source project of mine too - I put in the deploy button because it really streamlines deploying self-hosted apps, but "free half day hosting" makes it so much less attractive.

I can't imagine working within the limitations of the free plan for stuff I build, if I have to do that somewhere else I will do it all somewhere else of course.
No, I'm very happy with Heroku. Just wanted to highlight my progression. Freeloader to paying customer. I wouldn't be a paying Heroku customer without a generous free tier to experiment with.
The nice thing about straw men is they're so easy to knock down.
What happens in a market downturn and people suddenly holding private shares worth a lot less than what they paid for? Then, you have lawsuits from these holders claiming they didn't understand the risks of what they were investing in (e.g.: no financials statements, etc) and these schemes will start coming under the same regulatory scrutiny as public companies.
Hafez, Rumi, Adunis, Paz, Forough, Elliot, Qabbani, Passolini, Lorca, Ginsberg, Blake.
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That's because the Ivy League engineers have come out of Germany, China, India, and ostensibly out of Russia and other ex-soviet block members.
“ Substack convinced me that I could make decent money here. With that in place, I felt like I could also take a chance on starting my dream business.

...

So I'm going to try to start a medical practice that provides great health care to uninsured people for 4x less than what anyone else charges.”

It’s a side project right now, not his primary source of income.

Also: process and principles, not outcome

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/still-alive
What a horrible thing to say. I don't know where to begin, but it's best to leave it here as I don't want this turning into a flame-war.
I wouldn’t advise CSPs over holding stock. Hold stock and sell covered calls.

Only sell CSPS on down days below key support points in price. Back your CSPs using your margin power so your not tying up capital and have 100% equity investment in stocks, so you only go into margin if your CSP is assigned, and then you can just sell it off when the price recovers above cost basis, only costing you the interest of your margin loan amount per day. You could sell covered calls as well while it goes up to cover the margin interest payments.
Gavin here.

Mask mandates from governors are not, in fact, rules. Executive orders are not laws. See https://gavinhoward.com/2020/10/executive-agencies-cannot-ma... .

If a business decides to enforce their rule, well, then we both know that it would be best that I do as little business with them as possible.
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The NYT article gives a pretty clear explanation for why they believed it was of interest: someone influencing a lot of high-level people in an industry which has an outsized influence on society.

It might be useful to think about it in terms of similar but older mediums: would you consider it problematic to learn about, say, a philosopher, preacher, guru, etc. who was cited by a bunch of people like Sam Altman, Paul Graham, etc.? This wasn’t at the level of, say, Norman Vincent Peale but it’s not like every single story is required to be about national level politics, either. I’ve certainly read plenty of articles over the years about people who are influential in a community but not well known outside of it - it’s one of the reasons why journalism matters for helping you learn about things you wouldn’t have thought to ask about on your own.
Power and internet in small towns (and anywhere larger) isn't "far below" the standards on the coasts, the internet is fast and power is reliable.

There's a lot less restaurants, and they are all the same, and grocers tend not to stock quite as much variety, so those are more true.

Education and healthcare are a lot more variable. I expect having to travel further tends to be the biggest difference in healthcare.
This perspective is what high end journalism like the NYT should be, but clearly isn't. I think that part of why the NYT has it in for Scott Alexander is because they know he is light years better than them.
There are still active domains on it so it can't die unless someone somehow forcefully expropriates those domains from their owners (and seeing as how the Soviet Union no longer exists I think it'd only fall to ICANN to do that). I think it'll just continue living on as a zombie forever.
Thank you for the reference, a true historical burden...
HN'er davidw runs http://langpop.com/ which determines language popularity from various sources statistically, rather than fan-based voting.

He discusses it from time-to-time. http://searchyc.com/langpop.com
I understand the wish for encryption, but once you've put your encrypted dropbox in the cloud, it's there forever. If anyone is going to break the encryption it's going to be:

1) Someone with massive computing power (e.g. cloud based)

2) Someone with a long time to work on it

Who's to say DropBox wouldn't setup background processes to brute force encryption keys? Who's to say your encryption keys might not be trivial to brute force 10 years from now?

And if you use password protected documents you can't change your encryption key because they can always look at a previous version where the key was different.

More to the point, if you don't trust them to store your data, why would you trust their encryption? If they were malicious (and I'm not claiming anything) they would deliberately weaken the encryption 'accidentally' and you would likely never know.
How much money did you make before taxes, last year?
By similar logic, copyright should be abolished because someone plagiarised their final English paper?

People will always abuse any system, but that doesn't mean the system should be taken away from everyone else. I don't like software patents, but this is not a software patent issue. It's an "intellectual dishonesty" issue -- taking credit for someone else's work.
And this is why geeks make bad lawyers. "Surely," they say, "if A is allowed, and if by a set of trivial extensions we can turn A into B, then B must also be allowed". But the law looks at A and B and sees two very different things, draws a hard boundary which might not make any particular sense, and doesn't care about careful analytic arguments.

Here's another copyright problem. If I have a party and screen a DVD to ten people, that's fine. If I have a party and screen a DVD to twenty people, that's fine. But if I have a party and screen a DVD to five hundred people, I'm holding a public screening and it's not allowed under the terms of my DVD license. How can this be? It just is.
But software patents are bad so this one guy deserves all the blame! Not his bosses who pressured him to do it, not the system that set up a framework for claiming ownership of ideas... no, this is all his fault, and it's worse than murder! Death penalty!!!

</sarcasm>
Closures did indeed blow my mind when I first decided to properly look into them, having originally assumed that JavaScript was "just like a very limited Java with a couple of weird syntax quirks" ;) Ah, the perils of teaching yourself a language using really, really old web tutorials. I do wish something like PromoteJS.com had been around when I was learning...
Given how tight the global startup community is, I imagine a lot of YC applicants are friends with YC founders.
Does anyone know what has happened to Farmville traffic? Did it eventually plateau and decline?
Taxi/limo service is $6B market as is, why does it have to be about self-driving cars to "make sense"? You statement seems to beg the question.
It depends on the instructor. I'm working through a Quantum Course by Prof. Binney at Oxford. His moment to moment teaching is not great, but he'll intermittently and regularly just drop gold nuggets.

It's those "aha" moments where someone with a deep knowledge of the material clears up some misconception I've had for decades with a few sentences, or an off the cuff remark.
Actually, I've improved on this somewhat by splitting configs to 6.5+ vs. older. Corrections welcome. At some point, I will get around to publishing it.

Configs

OpenSSH 6.5+ Server

UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox
KexAlgorithms curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
Ciphers chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256

OpenSSH Server Legacy

#UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
KexAlgorithms diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
Ciphers aes256-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256

OpenSSH 6.5+ Client

UseRoaming no
IdentitiesOnly yes
KexAlgorithms curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1
HostKeyAlgorithms ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa
Ciphers chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1

Host *
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
HashKnownHosts yes
VisualHostKey yes
VerifyHostKeyDNS ask
AddressFamily inet
ForwardX11 no
ForwardX11Trusted no

OpenSSH Client Legacy

UseRoaming no
IdentitiesOnly yes
KexAlgorithms diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
HostKeyAlgorithms ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa
Ciphers aes256-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1

Host *
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
HashKnownHosts yes
VisualHostKey yes
VerifyHostKeyDNS ask
AddressFamily inet
ForwardX11 no
ForwardX11Trusted no
I really didn't and don't understand what Ubuntu was trying to achieve with the Edge campaign. The project sounds great and I would have bought one, but there was no chance in hell they were pulling this crowdfunding campaign off. That they got 12 Million is already a big achievement and surprise.
in fact, it got worse. now it won't auto connect to my networks. I have to manually connect, every single time
I feel the same way. These days, junk results are the norm. Google Instant was a funny product launch to me because it sort of proved that the results aren't good anymore and making it faster to search is a stop gap.
If you'd rather watch video tutorials than read something, I'd highly recxomwnd the Lynda.com series 'CSS for Designers' — Although it's a bit dated, it teaches you a lot about web standards and semantics.