jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
> Email client have vastly different feature sets and capabilities. Most notably, the HTML support is very different from one browser to another.

That's hardly an email issue, that's a client issue. The mail protocol doesn't care much about the content.

Also, you will find some people averse to using HTML email.

> The vast majority of email systems do not even support encryption of the message itself

Again, that's not part of the email protocol itself, and as far as email encryption goes PGP is pretty much the standard. The real issue here is whether to use the sucky PGP/inline or the proper PGP/mime

> No random chat support

You mean randomly send an email to someone, without being invited ? That's pretty much what spam is.

> No group chat ( cc doesn't count as it lacks history of the group chat )

I don't see why cc wouldn't count, when combined with the various In-Reply-To: and Refenrences: headers, you can build a very solid group chat history.

> Have you ever received emails seemingly full of gibberish? Utf8 not supported properly in majority of implementations. ( which imo requires getting and using a font that supports the codepoints )

Again, a client problem, but I'll agree that clients can lie on the actual encoding that is used in emails. Mandating UTF-8 would be such a heaven.

> No user index ( saying that you could have an address book also doesn't count; and that is a seperate thing which also there is no one spec that is used by all people using email )

I don't understand. Why couldn't a server index your emails and extract your contacts ?

> No real time messaging support.

Theoretically, you can (and should) run an MTA on your machine; you'd then receive messages in real time

> server polling

Polling sucks, don't do it. If you don't have an MTA on your machine, at least use IMAP IDLE. Disclaimer: I wrote this (https://github.com/rakoo/idlewatch) to automatically sync all my mails when there's something new.
Like this?

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell
> All this leads to a fuck ton of garbage, filthy streets, and an image of being an unclean country.

By your description it is not just an image of an unclean country, but actually an unclean country. Just reading your description made me wonder if those people don't realize they subsequently have to live in the mess that they created.
We are looking for a developer experienced in securing our whole stack: Rails backend, Vue frontend and infra on AWS.

This kind of person isn't easy to find, because:

- she has to have extensive knowledge about these frameworks

- feel very confident configuring servers

- follow the latest exploits

- perform security reviews

- audit dependencies

and:

- still be able to address vulnerabilities writing elegant code.

I guess it's a lot to ask for, but we had a team mate in the past who did exactly this.
You don't have to play hard mode. No need to guess what you deduced already, you can make a guess that doesn't use your previous deductions.
Or you could choose work at companies which primarily use OSX. They are common enough that this is feasible.
Once the spooks find you you'd need to be very careful to avoid flights in or near the airspace of countries friendly to the US.
I've found the release story to be lacking. For example, the suggestions I've seen for automatically running migrations after launch can blow up if you have traffic between the deployment start and the migration end. Even if I accept downtime, I've found mix annoyingly low level.
Ambient freezing is certainly a benchmark in Canada. If nothing else it's important as a warning of possible black ice.
Reads a bit like Strattera/Atomoxetine with some mild GABA-effects? Although up-regulating GABA-B doesn't sound great in the long run

> More recent research has found that the mechanism of action of viloxazine may be more complex than previously assumed.[12] It appears to act as a potent antagonist of 5-HT2B receptors and as a potent agonist of 5-HT2C receptors.[12] These actions may be involved in its effectiveness for ADHD.[12]

This line here is interesting though. Curious to see where this research is going
I'm willing to donate my IP address, but is this active or is it still being set up? I downloaded the Warrior but don't see Yahoo Answers as an available project.
When I first watched U.S.A. legal dramata on television, I was a bit taken back by how natural and normal they make revenge-oriented legal arguments sound.

It's not portrayed as an unusual thing that the entire system seems to purely be designed for retribution and all the characters act as though that be obvious.
It’s a real shit show is what it is. If you compare those side effects the ACTUAL side effects of stimulants in kids and adults with ADHD (for instance, it reduces drug dependency, addiction, hyperactivity in ADHD folks while having the opposite effect on those who do not have ADHD), it’s clear this should be unethical to prescribe for anyone stimulants would be effective on.

The only reason it even really comes up is the OMG stimulants are evil crowd who don’t want to even look at the reality of the situation.
I think Serwer described something much older, something that transcends 2018's political actors and today's American political party alignments. Imposing suffering affirms your own power and the powerlessness of your enemies — and that's something intrinsic to the darker side of human nature.

The current moral malady of the US prison system goes back to the 90s and the infamous 1994 crime bill which intensified the racial iniquities of the US justice system. It was bad long before that, too — it's not something which started with the 2016 presidential election. But in my view, "the cruelty is the point" also describes the sentiments of the 1990s crime panic.
Here's a nickel kid, get a real browser </dilbert> :)

See:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/09/f4/6a09f4c78c82187da893...
The original point doesn't even have to do with whether you want to impress others. It has to do with your users' motivations - that's what matters.
If you refer to the translation in the lower part of the article: That's a rather free translation of the upper part of the article that was done by me, the original author.

I am a native german speaker.
Yes, I know the feeling. So even if I know that I won't return to 90% of my bookmarks, I'm adding all of the interesting things so if I'll need it in the future I'll have pretty small set of links (rather that billions from google).

Another thing is archiving all those bookmarks, since after few years a number of them is 404.
True. Guess we passed the first pop quiz.
> And you do so without any connection to the balance sheet of the company.

This is incorrect for just about every long/short equity hedge fund.
tput bel
An anonymous decentralised marketplace like Amazon is exactly the problem particl [1] is trying to solve.

[1] particl.io
Good on them. The way that people working in the public sector get thanks for their “service” instead of being paid competitively is grossly unfair.
You're referring to selection1, not the clipboard.
There is (for me, on Arch) also a selection2, which I haven't investigated further.

Notably Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V operate on the clipboard, while selection and middle-click operate on (at least) selection1.
Really strange that it's purely due to health problems, because they have one of the best health systems I've ever seen.

I was thinking more on the root causes of those health problems, which might or might not be work related, that's just a belief of mine (that's why I provided no sources and wasn't very assertive)
That's quite interesting -- I didn't know that the camera module was DRM'd. Do you have a reference for that statement? And is the "core" DRM just related to Widevine?
He's also a believer in long term investing and can afford moves other investors would shirk from.

How he got his initial money is not a particularly nice story of success...
Interesting that you say it is all about confidence and self love but yet you felt the need to shave it off. If it is so relative why didn't you leave it as it is instead of trying to hide the problem with a complete shave? I find that reasoning quite inconsistent and shows that even the people that say are beyond it, are actually still trying to accommodate for minimal damage by matching societal expectations. If it was all about confidence and the other things you had to offer, you really wouldn't care, would you?

Nothing wrong with trying to appeal to others, but it is better to be honest about it. "Shave it off so it doesn't look as bad for most people and it doesn't affect your life as much" is a more honest advice than "it is all about confidence and value you give to others". Being real is part of the value you give to others.

There are a lot of things worse than losing your hair, but people who worry about it don't necessarily think they provide no value to others, and people who say they don't worry about it sometimes are the ones that worry so much more that they ended up changing their behaviour, routine and appearance (gym, beard, shaving, clothes, personality...) just to cope with the insecurity.
Define "a website".

Should Government statutory information be accessible without JavaScript? Yes, without question.

Should something intrinsically 'app-like' - for example, a draggable map explored by panning, zooming and interacting with vector data - work without JavaScript? Much less compelling.

Ask yourself where your site falls between the two.
I am not sure how blocking gmail has anything to do with democracy and "western values".

OTOH the "western values" on the Internet as we've recently observed include total worldwide surveillance, hacking everything at will, manipulation of social networks and so on, so maybe your "democratic" high horse is not so high after all.
They are not mutually exclusive, but it's a matter of degree. Someone who is exclusively self-taught has the potential to demonstrate more initiative.
It seems to me that, if negotiation leverage is the crucial factor here, then wouldn't the US and EU be in a similar spot?

The EU's economy is roughly the same size as the US's[0], but the EU has roughly a little over 445 million citizens compare to the US's ~330 million.

I would imagine that EU countries paying for the healthcare of 445 million citizens would be considered as quite a large "customer" for pharmaceutical companies and could strike a good deal.

How does the US get an edge in negotiations over the EU? It feels that military power wouldn't factor here, but I'm having trouble coming up with other ideas. What else could it be?

[0]: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10868691/2-1...
I have mild-strong synesthesia and it's fascinating to see how someone else sees sounds - and also how physically uncomfortable it made me.
That's not what the article is about at all.

It's about their unethical reneging on the agreement they made, where they agreed to provide a free product in exchange for the government not providing one - but it's a free product carefully hidden with the darkest of dark patterns.
Yep, I think the first commenter puts it well: "just like HTTP isn't a license"
Absolutely, but the cost is too high. You need to gasp gather people in a room, give them your product and somehow record their reactions. Don't forget that it takes real work to pick out focus groups since the dozen individuals you do use are supposed to represent your entire market. On the other hand, Google is dealing with hundreds of thousands to many millions eyeballs at once. And they have a definite metric: did the person click on the ad? Yes, using the wrong color blue is going to cost them a thousand clicks during the trial, but now they have the perfect color for the next year or two.
I am not disagreeing with you but this seems illogical to me. Surely businesses measure the response to general advertising?
What about for the content text? It's nice.
It is good practice to store your media locally, espcially for something you'll consume more than once. It keeps the costs down on the remote server, which in the long run provides a better experience for the user.

I do not have constant internet access. Furthermore mobile internet is very expensive. I can just run a bash script on my terminal emulator that checks if I'm on a known wifi network and runs my downloads and copies them to proper folder.

This way I can listen to music without the internet and/or without requiring that i leave my screen open and on the youtube app.
Yes, and it looks like the article is the same type of thing. The author in the first section presumes that the only available historical accounts are all wrong, and that the early Christians needed to find a reason why Pilate didn’t suffer horribly so they redacted the record to absolve him. But supposing the only available historical accounts are loosely accurate, there was no need to absolve him, even assuming the premise that anyone who did bad stuff to Jesus theologically and psychologically had to meet a Bad End.

…but uh, there’s also no record of what happened to Caiaphas in the gospels. Presumably he didn’t meet a grisly fate either, and he’s certainly blamed by the gospels much more than Pilate.

You can do anything reasoning backwards from the desired conclusions, and that’s what a lot of historiography is.
> keeping the GC but try to do some compiler analysis to insert free() calls at compile time as much as it can

This is correct.

> Also, the choice of Boehm GC is a little bit disappointing

Which one would you recommend?

> Almost all claims of the usability/stability of the language seems to come from the main creator himself

The creators of Vinix and vsql don't have any issues with the usability/stability.
I hope this works out for you in the long term; BTC isn't the most stable platform, but it could certainly be more stable than some national currencies.
There is truly nothing revolutionary about an extremely inefficient write once read many linked list.
Streaming hasn't replaced downloading.

Evidence: Myself, who downloads things.
I think we're talking about expensive high-end shoes here. That kind of listing may work on Facebook Marketplace, but since everyone knows shoes can deteriorate (the point of the thread) that wouldn't cut it here.
Twitter has said on a number of occasions [1] that Trump has violated their ToS, but allowed him to stay because it was important for the public to see. That's not a grey area.

In the case of Sci-Hub what part of the ToS do they violate? The message cites counterfeiting, which doesn't seem to apply (unless that's a translation issue?). And if Piracy is a violation of their terms then why are there plenty of piracy torrent websites with Twitter presences still [2]? At least apply it evenly.

[1] https://twitter.com/TwitterComms/status/1266267447838949378 https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1323868590047744000

[2] Not linking directly, just search for the pirate bay, eztv, or any other torrent site. There are at least one or more handles claiming to be them.
About the controls getting weaker? Review the evolution of controls over time. This year alone my own state eliminated the requirement for absentee ballot witnesses, extended the dates after Election Day for which ballots may be received, loosened the postmark requirements for such ballots. Is this a case where you have evaluated the suitability and effectiveness of the control structure for election integrity and believe that the tendency of loosening preventative and detective controls is immaterial or are you not familiar with the changes? For these are two different conversations: a) I believe the lack of controls to ensure integrity of the process is immaterial to the outcome; b) I believe controls are necessary but don’t see them loosening.

For conversation a, we would disagree in principle - regardless of whether we’re talking about the integrity of the corporate books, the management of systems access, or the integrity of the voting process, to the degree the control structure weakens it is introducing increasing amounts of risk not only in the reliability of the reporting but into the faith held by the stakeholders.

Now you ask, how much risk is appropriate and sustainable, to which I (quick on the repartee) would say storming the federal capital is a benchmark of failure, a growing (not ebbing) concern over election integrity over decades is a bad trend getting worse not better.

Even via the most cynical outlook about one side imagining problems that aren’t there, what happens in sports when one team believes fouls against them aren’t being called? Or in a company when rumors are commonplace that the books are being cooked? It doesn’t make things better, is my point - things get worse. And that’s where turning a blind eye to the very real concerns of others only continues the destabilization.
Due to the recent app bans and internet censorship measures, the knowledge of / willingness to use security and privacy apps among Indians went up. Similar to what happened in Venezuela with BTC.

Plus, covid forced everyone digital and I had many ask if Zoom was safe to install on their phones along with banking apps because China.

And a privacy service and app I built has highest number of users from India followed by Iran. In my interacting with them, it is clear government bans and privacy concerns due to BigTech were major drivers for them to seek such tools. These people are barely tech savvy right now, but that is going to change.

The thing is, as mobile phones and connectivity become more ubiquitous, people are only getting more familiar with tools they can use to make those devices / internet work for them. This trend, though small in absolute numbers, is only growing.
Yes, at some point. Check out, for example, dhall (https://dhall-lang.org/) to see where the sweet spot lies.
Absolutely the opposite of your sentiment.
He says multiple times what it is, doesn't he? It prevents services and users from being held responsible for content authored by others. And thus it was a reversal of the original Prodigy ruling.
Isn't it just bluster on the part of the Ayatollah? Do you think it at all likely to inspire action?

Trump on the other hand has clearly demonstrated his ability to incite action.
You need to check the popular vote counts on that election again.
> Does this imply, that the Killer App™ cannot be produced with Objective-C and without built-in interpreters?

The requirement for natively written code for the iPhone seems to mainly serve to prevent easy porting to other smartphones.

And Apple can reject apps for any reason they choose.
Study Stoicism or Buddhism (if you don't like the religious aspect, it's easy enough to only focus on the philosophical - that's what I do).

There's a surprising amount of overlap between the two. I always liked Buddhism conceptually, but it never really clicked with me. Stoicism on the other hand feels quite natural. Maybe it's a anglo-centric thing.

At the root of both philosophies is the realization of impermanence of all things. Recognizing (and really feeling) this impermanence goes a long way to helping you to mindfully appreciate what you have.

To give you the flavour of what I mean, some Stoic practices include:

- negative visualisation: imagine what it will be like when thing/person X is no longer in your life (which is inevitable). This, somewhat counter-intuitively, brings you into the present and helps you enjoy what you have.

- periodic self deprivation: go a week without your smartphone, or hot showers. This does two things: it teaches you that you can survive without something you're attached to, and also lets you appreciate it. In some ways the essence of Buddhism and Stoicism is "appreciation without attachment".

Stoicism is very practical - Epictetus, Seneca etc basically set you homework. The foundational principle is that there are 2 classes of things: those completely within your control, and everything else. Happiness, freedom and living a good life come focusing your energy on the first class, and being indifferent to the second. The "homework" is about helping you practically interact with the world from that perspective.

edit: for further reading, I'd recommend Irvine's A Guide To The Good Life. Although I find reading Epictetus and Seneca much more enlightening, Irvine is a nice on-ramp.
To only follow the advice that's applicable to your current startup situation is limiting and keeps you in your comfort zone. I'd want to get advice that shows me where I can be if I follow it. Advice needs to lead not to lock you in.
the same narus that brought you narus insight which was an awesome piece of technology, and makes me wonder about the all the outrage we recently had.

one might not like them, but it's one amazing tech company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narus_(company)
All phones should have this, just like modern laptops do (or are supposed to). All data should be encrypted, keys inside a tamper-proof chip. If anything has been changed (say, cover removed), then you need to enter the recovery key to certify the device is OK again. If tampering happens while device is active (say, it gets dropped hard enough to knock the cover off), then the device wipes RAM/powers off.

My ThinkPad nominally offers this kind of protection.
I do this too. I got the idea from Sacha Chua:

http://sachachua.com/blog/2012/06/literate-programming-emacs...
Way more comprehensive than my university's (I'm taking the course now) :/

Edit: For values of now that mean: this coming semester. This is unfortunate because I'm a massive programming language nerd (designing/implementing a language, plus contributing to VM implementations == fun).
Isn't this precisely why drivers/owners are compelled to purchase insurance?

The contentious issue is that the zipcar marketing implies that "comprehensive" insurance is included. They don't require you to have outside insurance, and they don't even offer you an opportunity to (through them) get more (specifically liability) insurance at an additional cost. I don't know about you, but when I see the word "comprehensive", I tend to think it covers everything.

The concept of the car sharing service is that it's something you use rarely. Paying to be insured 24/7/365 for something that you use once or twice a month seems wasteful. I'm not even sure it's possible to get insurance for car sharing services through traditional insurers. In any case, it seems like far more of a hassle than checking a checkbox to pay more to get some additional insurance through zipcar directly.
Right, it should block the action he was doing, which is within one web page. But the browser modal dialog box blocks all interaction in every tab open in that browser window, which is beyond obnoxious. It's easy enough to pop up one of those lightbox style popups within the webpage instead of blocking the whole damn browser.
When should I use MongoDB?

Always.

I am a big fan of mongodb but this is bad advice. The answer should be 'when I need a document-based data store'. You determine what type of database you need (RDBMS, KV, Doc, Graph, Column-based etc.) based on the type of data you are storing and retrieving. You don't want to use mongo for an accounting database etc. That said, mongo is the most mature, stable and feature rich of the open source doc based db's.