jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
I think Rich Harris is to front-end as John Carmack is to games development, and no doubt Svelte is a marvel of technology, however I dispute the notion that it is more close to "traditional html / js / css" than either React or Vue. For example, most frameworks use webpack which extend es6 module syntax in a way that they don't work natively in the browser without compilation, and I don't think Svelte is any better than them in this regard.
I imagine this is not Clubhouse.io ?

Confusing when different products have the same name.
Someone really needs to create an alternative to impact factor that doesn't heavily bias in favor of long established paid journals. Elsevier and other such journal publishers rely on business models that drive up the cost of education, reduce access to knowledge, and skew the incentives of researchers - in short they make humanity collectively dumber and we all suffer for it. It would be in everyone's best interest for researchers to switch over to publishing in free journals, we'd be good, but that won't happen so long as the free journals are labelled inferior to the paid ones, and thus researchers are penalized for bucking the system.
I don't have any knowledge about this, but an 8 TB SSD would probably last quite a while, especially for a ship with limited bandwidth out at see. (Of course there are probably multiple disks, not least for redundancy, since the space/weight concern is completely negligible)
I think the title could be better worded to reflect the content of the article -
It's about an "exist" strategy, not an "exit" strategy for startups and companies.

About being a "longtrepreneur" - being an entrepreneur but with the goal of staying.
Installed. First impressions: Edit mode is quite sluggish and the document header refuses to stay at the top (compare with simple view mode). UI nitpicks: Logo does not work as "home", you need to use the hardware back button. The breadcrumb-as-filter while clever and aesthetically pleasing, is far too small.

Bonus points: You can print directly from the app via Google Cloud Print!

Overall it looks like quite solid, no complaints here. Looking forward to using it extensively.

Tests conducted on HTC Desire (Bravo) CM 7.0.2
Never noticed how much I used Google goggles until I reached for my phone to scan the (nonexisting) qr code from the page.
It kinda seems like they've slowed deployment of high-bandwidth cable connections. I've got a 50mbit comcast business account now, but I've been promised that 100mbit will be available "soon" for quite a while now.
I've never applied for a job at Amazon but I have done the same thing with other companies. When I was last looking for a job, I found a couple of interesting positions whose HR systems would only take resumes in MS Word. I closed the tab and kept searching.

For me, it's a practical and ideological thing. My resume is written in LaTeX (with a plain text version) and unless I'm missing something, there is no good or easy way to convert from LaTeX to MS Word. I also have doubts about a company that insists on word documents - it smells like inflexibility and a heavy-handed top down management approach.
I consider moving a business from WiFi to wired ethernet a challenge. If the business was larger than micro (25+ employees) and renting office space, then converting from WiFi to wired ethernet could pose some problems.

Your suggestion of idiocy is neither warranted nor considerate.
I'm glad I didn't stop using it. Thanks Chad and Steve.
I wonder if they have plans for further development, or are just going to maintain it?
Wireless, sure, wired, not so much.

Disappointed because they would be thinking "wow facebook will load so much faster now"? Presumably they wouldn't be disappointed if their reason for upgrading is, say, for torrents or another type of filesharing, etc.
Appears to just be a wrapper around the mobile site.
ISPs/governments and CDNs/clouds could start partnering/synergizing/colluding. Shake some hands and write some APIs to share user data with each other in real-time. Even make it a 3GPP standard.
Sounds like it's a bad place to work anyway. Hiring people who can recite definitions without evidence of being able to apply the concepts is a recipe for building a terrible team.
I actually disagree with this. I am being provided 1080P video streaming into my house 24/7 with virtually no interruption. If they want to spam their premium stuff at me, that's a small price to pay.

I will complain to high heaven about misuse of personal data, but it is perfectly within their right to show pop up ads for their own premium product on the free version. I would be a lifelong subscriber if I didn't think they were abusing my data in the first place.

If there's anything I would complain about, is that the ads don't have enough variety. I see the same damn advertisements over and over. This is part of why I can't stand TV advertising either. Yes, it's patronizing and intrusive in my show, but but it's also repetitive. At least keep it interesting and tell me about some different products...
I've had a couple interviews that mentioned the blog posts as being a factor in giving me an interview. But I definitely agree that these things are valued very little and that's ok. My resume and what I say in interviews focuses on past work performance. I mentioned these things in an attempt to provide some details to support my claim that I'm an ok developer.
As I told another user, I am very aware that my position is a minority position, and I must deduce that most people can in fact see a difference (there is no reason for everyone is this thread to lie to a complete stranger for no apparent reason.)
And yeah, I can see why you'd think that I am lying, but all I can say is that my experience is what it is, that's all.
Why wasn't Tether printing during the 2018-2019 bear market?
I routinely recommend folks use https://www.freetaxusa.com/ for federal taxes. That being said, that this isn't a not-for-profit and/or government service is pretty ridiculous.
But according to you there is no real liquidity in BTC/USDC, it's all in BTC/USDT.

When you do that kind of buying, you need to go to the most liquid exchange (Binance), and that uses Tether.
YouTube has probably wasted more human energy and potential than any other platform. I mean, don't get me wrong, I could crush a video of a monkey riding on a Segway right now. But it's an endless stream of videos algorithmically presented to be maximally addictive. Fun times, and the people on here are probably the ones that can most resist the siren lure of a beautiful teenager pouting at the camera or someone opening a box of consumer electronics. But, first do no harm.

The electricity angle on BTC is, let's admit it, pretty dumb. If people were worried about CO2, like, for reals, we would be talking about concrete, and trying to find something less CO2y for our roads. People want to talk about culture, and approve or disapprove of what they like or dislike. So yeah, if you don't like Bitcoin and want to sniff at it, go ahead and stuff a plastic straw in its nose and call it a seaturtle. You can tweet about it on a platform that uses a comparable amount of electricity, and cause a few servers to get spun up to get your trending hashtag to the concerned masses.

If you actually givea crap about CO2 (unlikely, but possible), become a materials scientist, or advocate for the funding thereof, or fight for more nuclear powerplants. Stop making your ethical decisions based on aesthetics.
Their headline for a recently deceased longtime NFL coach was: "Marty Schottenheimer, NFL coach whose teams wilted in the postseason, dies at 77", which they changed after massive outcry.

I think they might want to reconsider their obits department tbh.
A policy that was not written down anywhere. There's no reason to fire someone over such an informal policy that contradicts an explicit guideline. At best, this should have warranted a warning and the introduction of a clearer policy.

But in this case, the policy would still be wrong if it encouraged wasting vaccine that could have been used to save lives.

It's frankly bizarre to see people value bureaucracy over lives.
But I wonder about the value in the end. If we spend X to prevent Y dollars in fraud, then Y - X can go to people who need it more. As long as Y > X, that's good for the deserving beneficiaries.

However, from a society-level view, how much value do we get from the X spent in prevention? We're funneling money to a specific goal, so some verification is needed. But the more we verify, the more man-hours we spend on filling out and checking the paperwork. None of that work benefits society. Those people could've been doing other jobs that perform useful services. And it's not like the money going to fraudsters vanishes. At least it goes back into the economy. We should require only enough to make sure we achieve the program's goals within budget.

Figuring that out is the hard part. Hopefully smart minds have been tackling this.
Strawman argument since there are other ways to hedge inflation.
Sounds like the embodiment of what's wrong with the US system of treating jobs like DA as elected posts.
Would making all HTTP requests embed a header with a CCPA / GPDR claim be binding? It is as verifiable as any request through their form... its my original connection, so if they associate tracking data with me then they must associate this with me as well. Businesses should agree to my terms to make socket connections to me, else I should be able to see them in court. Proliferation is one way to end the modern shitty tracking madness.

> x-ccpa I do not consent to the sale or disclosure of my personal data and demand the deletion of my personal data per Californa CIV 1798.120, 1798.121, and 1798.105
Is it? The entire piece is about examining broader causes without blaming a particularly group.

I am not sure that there is a meaningful distinction between ‘blaming’ a group and saying the group caused the problem.

Both are about identifying a group of people as the problem.
I imagine some inbound email could be whitelisted automatically, from some authentication tech. If I sign up for mailings, some app (email? browser) can give a one-use cert or id that can be passed back in email headers. If that company sells my email, I can block further emails from that source. It doesn't seem hard.
At least in the USA, due to COVID there has been lower than normal new car inventory at dealerships for the second half of 2020. This drove new car prices up which in turn drove used car prices up.

At the end of 2020 it seemed like the inventory problems for new cars might be coming to a close in early 2021, but if this shortage of semiconductors is real then maybe early 2021 still won't see new and used car prices come back down for a bit longer.
Why would you compare with Apple, though, instead of other auto companies?
And, the best possible change would be to do away with leap seconds. Making everybody do the most complicated and difficult thing imaginable -- or choose between several of those, and have no correct choice -- would not be an improvement.

The number of applications that cannot tolerate two seconds' pre-scheduled downtime every other year, or one minute each century, is much lower than some people imagine. They will get that, but unscheduled, regardless.

The number of applications that need to be exactly synchronized to the astronomical position of the sun in the sky is even smaller. The number of those that would benefit from a more complicated time Standard is exactly zero.
Ahh I started thinking that...but at first I was just wondering if I was really confused on the current date.
OT but I've never really understood the Heathrow Express economics--and I've asked Londoners and they've never been able to give a good explanation either. I take the Piccadilly line in and I've never understood the justification for taking the Express. Maybe if I were staying right around Paddington but not if I'm going to have to take the tube or a taxi anyway.
It is so long ago now that I can't even find stuff about it on Google -- 2006 I think?

Basically, well after they'd released the framework they had to change the Rails scaffolding (and I think their own apps) because parts of the scaffolding (CRUD deletes) would use GET to do the action that should only be done as POST. They discovered it about the time link-prefetching was invented ;-)

Basically, browsers were pre-fetching all the clever scaffolded delete URLs and destroying records, seemingly at random.

I was really impressed with Rails at the time but stayed well away from the scaffolded code in production, and I was gobsmacked by the idea that people talking about a clever, opinionated framework that did the right thing and produced magical, clean, elegant code to rescue you from terrible alternatives did not understand that GET requests should be idempotent.

Edit: here is one bit about it:

https://dhh.dk/arc/000455.html

The unearned high-mindedness of this still makes me chuckle.
I'm still just desperately waiting for the M1 Pro Mac Mini.
"They don't let emotion get injected into every news piece or current event."

Unless the topic is nuclear energy... It is more like "German susceptibility to hysteria is enormously concentrated in a few topics".
I don't think the approach is applicable if the agent is in position to do serious harm.
This never really made sense to me. God created man. The level of curiosity, the level of self control, the level of obedience in man, these were all set by God. Either he had no idea that the levels he set would eventually lead man to sin, or else he had set man up to fail.
Sort of like a Random Robin Hood.
It's "fun" to write code that doesn't get pwned... but maybe there is a sweet spot out there of security and fluency?
Ah okay, I was lumping you in with other people I've heard express similar things. I've particularly found odd the claim that saying hello to strangers gets you weird looks in a big city.
That's a critical piece of information you omitted. It sounds like your client is not aware of the fact that you're a Canadian citizen (?) and did not perform work in the United States.

Sometimes companies will require that you certify that you're a foreigner using a Form W-8BEN. If you're not able to resolve this issue with your client by explaining your status and it's creating issues for you, you should consult with an attorney.

It also sounds like it would be worthwhile for you to consult with an accountant who can educate you about your obligations to your clients and your subcontractors generally.
Wait a second, you got hacked 27 DAYS ago (at least), you know they got data, and you are NOW telling people?

Dong, Dong, Dong, that is the death bell of a startup
Agreed, that is a very important question. But, it has always been like this, no? Except may be for brief periods in history. A small group of people have always tried to control the majority - kings, clergymen, military, businessmen etc. We are just more aware of it these days than a few hundred years ago, but other than that what has changed?

If anyone has any resource on this topic, please post - this (and environment) might very well be the most important issues of our time.
Not that odd. All the words from Webster's are in web2, all the compound entries (not strictly "words") are in web2a.

That said, "straight-fibered four-way cock" is my new favorite passphrase.
Almost missed the tiny link to page 2.
This is really interesting as a tech demonstration. I have actually never heard of binaural stereo generated in real time before.
Great story. I read it back when it came out, but lost the link somewhere along the way. Thanks for posting it!
I've been using the beta product for some time now. Have to say when I got it became totally worth it just to monitor my sleep.

The tagging system while sort of awkward to do right before you sleep, lets you categorize everything over time and see how things like a cough, sleeping on the couch instead of the bed or even a broken AC affects your sleep.

The price is dirt cheap for something this interesting. Get it!
It would be interesting to know if those numbers apply in examples overseas, eg in Korea or Japan, where you have a single dominant mega-city in which basically 30% or 40% of the country live. Far too many for a strong selection bias to be at work.
Congrats to The Wakemate team for finally shipping! The device is pretty awesome,(I've been using during the beta) can't wait to see what these guys have in store next.
Ok, this will sound bad, but who really acted to reinforce that stereotype?
Really? The article makes it sound to me like a PhD isn't a good idea either from a monetary standpoint or from the standpoint of being satisfied.

"One thing many PhD students have in common is dissatisfaction. Some describe their work as “slave labour”. Seven-day weeks, ten-hour days, low pay and uncertain prospects are widespread. You know you are a graduate student, goes one quip, when your office is better decorated than your home and you have a favourite flavour of instant noodle. “It isn’t graduate school itself that is discouraging,” says one student, who confesses to rather enjoying the hunt for free pizza. “What’s discouraging is realising the end point has been yanked out of reach.”"

"Workers with “surplus schooling”—more education than a job requires—are likely to be less satisfied, less productive and more likely to say they are going to leave their jobs."
This is not a question of where but more like how. Just start.. if you're missing technical hire local, outsource, pitch your idea to technical people at meetups or read books and figure out how you can do as minimal as possible on your skill level to get it going.
I was one of the beta-testers of the WakeMate, so it's been a part of my life for about a month now. Prior to using the WakeMate, I had two choices regarding sleep: establishing a strict routine by retiring at midnight every night and waking up at 7:30 on the dot, or keeping other hours and feeling groggy all day regardless of the total amount of sleep. Since I have friends and an unpredictable work schedule, I've never been able to stick to fixed sleeping patterns for a prolonged period of time. With the WakeMate I still need about 7 hours of sleep each night, however, I can take those 7 hours whenever it is convenient for me, and wake up feeling about as great as I ever feel in the morning.

The WakeMate costs as much as a week of coffee from a café – try it out.
I don't live in the US but when I read that kind of story or how Bradley Manning is treated (regardless of whether he's guilty or not), it really looks like the US is acting like the worst kind of police state or despotism (where the despot would be a mixture of corporations and corrupt media/politicians).
Sweden has a much lower population density than Belgium - 25 vs 383 per sq. km of land area.

Belgium seems pretty small and crowded when compared to Sweden.
My theory is python is a cool sounding name for a programming language which contributed greatly to its success.
Wow, and I guess the same taxation is applied on cars imported from Sweden/Germany? But how do you enforce that within Schengen? Might of course be an automatic check during registration, but is there no loophole?
I have followed this shift in vocabulary -- now the term for not dropping a 0day is "coordinated disclosure" and usually implies that the researcher has final say on the disclosure timeline. But what I don't understand is why so many folks in infosec pretend as though "responsible disclosure" has always been a dirty word -- from memory, it was the primary term used by the infosec community until only a few years ago.
Hi Piotr, great to see your work make the front page of HN!

Will there also be an option to generate a combined pdf of the links for when you’re out of signal (like on the tube)?

You should probably also have some special handling for arxiv links. Those are the bulk of what we send on slack at Featurespace
INPUT: can? "contain an arbitrary..." & ifnot= "something interesting to learn"

OUTPUT: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrariness#See_also

#~~

(trying to scratch together code you can run that'll answer your question.. hm, the initial function is untyped without a better sense of 'number'.)
I've never understood what the fascination with Turing machines is or what they actually are.
Incredibly heart-warming story, glad everything worked well.

From a legal perspective, if a doctor makes a mistake on a flight, is he/she liable despite best intentions?
If I had to guess, it probably comes down to Go's gzip libraries being not as mature as the optimized to death C-based ones in nginx/apache.
Fawlty Towers (1975-1979) seemed to be quite good at having a few subplots that all come together at the end for a harrowing but entertaining ending...
Yes, there are dozens of these data enrichment companies. They scrape public sites and use browser extensions, SaaS tools, inbox addons, etc. They mix it together into profiles, and pretty much have the same dataset by now.

Clearbit is one of them and even a YC company.
Apostrophe injection attacks are very bad in Scheme.
I think a lot of folks are missing the point (and the author could have been more clear).

The point is not that bad heuristics are bad, but to think about when heuristics should be used and what value they add.

In the examples, heuristics shouldn't be used to reduce probabilistic occurrence to binary likelihood before deciding to act. Decisions should be informed based on the actual data when available. Application of a heuristic results in a loss of information, which reduces accuracy and applicable scope. Sometimes this can be entirely defeat the purpose.

Perhaps the recommendation is that if you are tempted to use a heuristic, stop and ask if it is necessary, and what you stand to gain from using it instead of other data or new analysis.
Record companies are just VC firms who make their whole portfolio sing and dance.
The reverse is heuristic that works 50% of the time.

If you have heuristic that works 0.0001% of the time - it's almost as good as one that is correct 99.999% of the time. You will notice and learn to just invert it.
I'm sure everyone has their own reasons for disliking Jira. Personally, I find it to be slow and overly complex/rigid. It seems to encourage less competent middle manager PHB types to obsess over minutiae like all the various possible configurations, filters, workflows, etc, and miss the point of empathetic communication between humans.

I just want a minimal, digital KanBan board that my colleagues can use for collaboratively organising work with the least amount of friction. I think Trello works rather well for that. I'm sure there are others too.
Intelligent services have been abused by presidents many times but there is no credible evidence that they act in opposition to a sitting president. Obama's FBI issued the Trump campaign FISA warrants but Trump installed his own people at the CIA/DOJ/FBI etc. The closest rogue agents against Trump were the whistleblowers like Colonel Vindman that were mostly rooted out and attacked relentlessly to discredit them.
I currently work in a pretty rote software job, and I personally feel that even the most basic things can be very taxing on the mind and requiring of excellent focus. There are very few systems one can engage with where small changes can't have large ramifications in these environments, and great care must be taken.
I'm still hoping for a slight acceleration of medical research and production when they get potential symptoms easing and actual vaccine. Enough to dampen the secondary waves.
It's even free if you want to ship a patched version of Qt, as long as you also share the modified Qt code.