jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
There are the BSDs as other Unix systems around; they of course were not at the point when this was written as the lawsuits were unresolved. NetBSD started in 1993, after this. So we have plenty of backup without having to fix Hurd, as well as the L4 based microkernels that are much more mature and interesting than Hurd.
The way I see it: Charles made the problem look simple by spending a few months thinking about the whole program, while Alan made the same problem look complicated by writing a bunch of code and always looking busy.

While I agree that Charles is the exception, I don't believe meritocracy is a valid solution; I'll always bet on Charles:

If the project was actually a "3500 lines of code" problem, then Charles might have taken longer to think about it, but it's my experience that Alan never would have finished.
That's their plan for Akka 3.0. I believe this is the current status: https://github.com/akka/akka/pull/16665
Another example of what's great about HN: Ann offhand comment about the cost of jeans elicits detailed analysis from someone who actually makes jeans.

The breadth of expertise here is amazing.
> Western democracy wouldn't exist without citizens who were armed to the teeth.

Citation needed. I can't think of any good examples, except maybe for the Revolutionary French "Sans-culottes", who, as the name suggests, were _famously_ well-equipped.
For non-English speaker it looks like the last sentence refers to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_to_eleven?wprov=sfla1
No that's why you buy the stock a year ago. Because it was undervalued by the market.
Because "Progressive" is about dismantling the incumbent policies and replacing them with your own policies. The advantages of this is that if you are a political leader, it's something you can hang your hat on to grab a leadership position rather than waiting for the incumbent to retire. But the price of this constant rejection of what your grandparents did is that if you yourself achieve the goal, then your own policies get dismantled by your crusading grandchildren.

Take for example anti-trust, which sought to destroy the power of big trusts in the Teddy Roosevelt era -- and was itself destroyed by the progressive Watergate Democrats in the 70s, about 60 years later. All these anti-trust rules were considered old fashioned, obsolete, and policies of a discredited generation. They were called bigoted and not with the times.

Or the social hygiene movement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_hygiene_movement), another great crusading Progressive cause, that sought to make illegal prostitution, alcohol, public nudity, and other attacks on morals. Few remember that the Women's Temperance movement and the Women's Suffrage movement were part of the same movement, and the progressives of those days really wanted to build a virtuous society, in much the same way that the current crop of progressives is obsessed with virtue, or the 60s crop was also inordinately focused on being virtuous, except for them being virtuous required dismantling the laws of the previous virtue movement. All the moral purity laws from the social hygiene movement were dismantled by other progressives in the 60s-70s.

Or the union rights movement which was triumphant during the FDRs period, but was systematically destroyed primarily by Democrats in the 1970s-1990s (Clinton putting the last nail in the coffin). Unions were viewed as bigoted, old fashioned, and not with the times.

Similarly the civil rights movement of the 60s is being systematically dismantled by the culture warriors of the present era, who view color-blind policies as the legacies of a discredited generation, of bigotry, and not being with the times.

The good news is that if our current pro-racism movement triumphs and the nation re-segregates, there is a good chance that grandchildren of the current generation will themselves dismantle that system as being old-fashioned and not-with-the-times.

In either case, Progressivism needs to be viewed as an act of rebellion first, and the policies are whatever they need to be in order to rally the most people to the moral revolution.
Thanks. Again I am glad I am not the only one.

0.7 mm - Butterfly keyboard

1 mm - 16” MBP "Magic" ( Scissor ) keyboard

1.3 mm - old scissor keyboard

It is only 0.3mm but it is a world of difference. And at no point would I want a 0.3mm thinner Laptop at the expense of much better typing experience.

Even Microsoft copy the 1.3mm Key Travel Design with their Surface Book.
How do people plan on transitioning? Bitcoin holders will find themselves unable to transact their coin if miners move to Ethereum en masse.
Desktop: I don't know a single person who went to Arch Linux and regretted it. There is a slight learning curve but nothing a HN reader couldn't deal with.

"Just works" type desktop: Don't use linux. Personally, Arch is my go-to desktop and IMO if you can't deal with that, just use macOS or something. There's lots of things that don't "just work" on Linux even today. Bluetooth audio for example has a lot of problems and those will be present cross-distro.

The distros have less and less meaning nowadays, they're just what software is shipped in repos and initially. Ubuntu does a lot of custom shit so you want to stay away from them. Debian is constantly out of date but if you don't mind that it's still a solid distro. Fedora has always been pretty good as well but imo is straight up worse than Arch for sort-of-the-same philosophy.
"IT" in this context I suspect refers broadly to "tech".

But yeah, the in-industry definitions are that "IT" is business-side support & project roles, while CS / Dev are coders.
This is insanely great! Now, imagine if binaural audio was combined with an accelerometer sensor (in the earbud/headphone) so that when you turn your head, the sounds' origins would be adjusted in real time to reflect your new head position. This would be awesome for video games and movies.

To make this work, you would need to record the location of every sound. Easy to do for a video game (where the software knows the exact object or person emitting a sound). But it would be harder for movies, as this sounds localization data would need to be captured on set and handled during all post production work.

I did a little research and a field known as ambisonics (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambisonics) generalizes this concept to more than 2 speakers. Now that I think about it I remember that the guy behind the xiph.org videos debunking digital audio myths lamenting that not enough research was being done on ambisonics.
I found the snake game pretty much unplayable with the mouse/touchpad. I'd strongly recommend adding keyboard support.
Could you be a little more specific about what's incredibly complex about writing an interoperable TCP stack?

That aside: if I had to guess, this would be Robert Graham's 10th IP stack. He's been doing this (specifically) since the late 1990s.
Was that through technical failing, or was the project just mismanaged into the ground like the Alpha? Or was it killed by AMD's backward-compatible 64-bit architecture?
Couldn't you bind most of the offending domains to 0.0.0.0 in your hosts files and skip the browser extension?
Thanks for the reply. I understand the need to index and pre-process the data, but 'within the next couple weeks' is good to know, vs a vague 'soon'. I look forward to it.
Anyone worked out how they are doing this without contentEditable? My understanding is that this was the issue on mobile webkit.
What are the technical measures to prevent people to just scrape 100% of the tweets, if any?
Hi guys,

This is a side project of mine, just launched yesterday and I'd like to share with you. Here are some promotional code (US only), comment out the one you take please

I would also appreciate you to leave an App Store review (so important in the early stage of the app.)

Ivan

---- Promote code, one per person ------

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* UPDATE: the game just made into the top 10 in the "Trivia" section & top 25 in the "Educational Game" section : )
To make broad generalizations, the point of quantitative easing is to increase the money supply. You do this by having more money in banks like Goldman Sachs (and of course there are many other banks that the Fed will be buying treasuries from).

The idea behind this is that once banks have more cash on hand, they will be more likely to loan that money out to other businesses and people--and voila, suddenly the economy has more money in the system.

If the Fed buys bonds from the Treasury, however, none of this happens. Whereas before the Fed was printing money and injecting it into the economy, selling to the Treasury is roughly equivalent is printing money and having the government hold on to it. And of course, having the government hold on to that money doesn't do the economy any good in term of monetary stimulus.
To clarify (and I can't believe this is what prompted me to create an account, but there you go): The first time he fainted, everyone just thought it was part of the speech. The second time, staff immediately came to his aid. This isn't some crisis with my generation or anything. It was just confusion.
> They'd probably have gotten the same results comparing ACLU volunteers or skate park enthusiasts to the general population of nonreligious people.

I really like this idea! You should shoot an email to the researchers.
Many compilers will implement

d += *d != c;

with a branch, and depending on the data pattern the branch predictor will be bamboozled. The branchless version would involve a pair of subtractions and some bit banging.
Ah, yes. I should have mentioned that I was talking about Python 2.x.
I'm totally lost - what is the vendetta against her about? Any idea what caused it?
I think speaking to others at the gym is somewhat cultural.

In lower middle class neighborhoods of Jersey City (JSQ), you can talk to others. Ask for a spot or advice on form, tell them "bad form, watch out", whatever. In Manhattan gyms (at least the 2 or 3 I've used), no one talks to anyone else. Ever.
This is interesting - and I always love the RSA hand-illustrated lectures.

This is the first time I've seen a mistake in one, though: notice that at 0:59, Zimbardo clearly says that "hedonistic" people "seek NOVELTY," but the artist transcribes that as "seek KNOWLEDGE." Pretty big difference, I think - heh.
The research on Tabata intervals is actually pretty interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_interval_trainin...

If you Google for "tabata research", you'll find a number of studies -- including the original paper by Dr Tabata [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8897392] -- showing that bursts of very high intensity exercise can have a greater effect on endurance than long, steady workouts.

On the one hand, I find it counterintuitive (how can sprinting on-and-off for 5 minutes help my endurance more than running for an hour??). On the other hand, it kind of makes sense, since your body improves most when you really challenge it, and sprints are generally more challenging than a steady pace.
As stated by others, this is a very crowded space. To be honest, I'm pretty happy with the free monitoring services I get from Monitis and Pingdom.

Your primary value differentiator (header/response codes against a regex) are more overhead that I have to create when I sign up. For me, just knowing if the system pings and responds on port 80 and 443 is sufficient.

Also especially agree with patio11 about the credit system. I'd only bring that in if certain customers are costing you too much to SMS.
They use it as a trivial caching system of pre-aggregated data.
Ok, fair enough, that might have been an overly strong statement - but I maintain that it is true for the vast majority of the people on HN.
Yeah, in this case.

It doesn't fill me with confidence that 'they' aren't remotely activating and recording images without our knowledge though.

As to topicality, it depends how narrow your interpretation of the topic is.
Some of us are actually aware of this. It's good to point out what the world is like to people who may not have first hand knowledge, but then they're still not getting any by reading this article. I'd have liked to see the author encourage others to travel, perhaps, whether geographically or economically. It's difficult to have empathy with fellow humans without actual contact.
The point parent is making, i think, is this:

The people running the show can't have everybody thinking 'wow i'm getting fucked' because then the show is over. they need a buffer; people who think they have it really well off because they look at how hard the people below them have it.
when the people at the very bottom start to complain about their situation and say they're being screwed by the rich, the people who _think_ they have it well take offense because think they're being blamed. so they fight back.
What I was alluding to with my comment was that software developers create a tremendous amount of wealth while seeing little of it. That is as true outside SV as it is inside.
There are a lot of premium / hybrid solutions out there which may offer you the balance and higher price points you're looking for. Toptal (a16z) does temporary placements and is one such hybrid model.

There's also gun.io (actually, think they pivoted slightly), ooomf, hackerlist.net, 10x, etc.

Disclaimer: I am a founder @ Hackerlist.

Having run and advised consultancies for a while, and having been an employed engineer, I'm happy to discuss the tradeoffs of each in detail, assuming there's interest. In terms of getting clients, I do think it helps working with another organization to increase your intake, even (especially) if you run a small consultancy/agency.

Alternatively, happy to answer questions or help make intros around SF if people prefer personal interactions <m@hackerlist.net>
>We would all do well to remember that the first 85 people on that list have as much wealth as the 3.5 billion poorest people in the world

Does anyone know where to get the raw wealth data for something like this? It might be interesting to know for example, if you have a net worth of $1, that you might have more wealth than the poorest 500 million combined (or whatever).
The button doesn't actually order, it simply adds it to your Amazon cart. You can checkout individual items or group multiple into the same delivery.
I look them up sorta manually but with a bunch of software support to make it doable fast. Let me see if I can dig up the past description for you.

Edit: described at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27284079 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27236708 and at various links back from there.
I don't think comfort is within scope for this device, given its usecase.
If computation is the process of spending effort to receive information, then memory is partially paid-down computation. There are lots of ways to blur these lines.
Article doesn't link to any study, so I don't know the method.

However, I wish email had like a feature that's something akin to the Slack reaction emojis, say a thumbs up or something.

Sometimes I've sent emails asking someone to do something, they've replied saying they've done the thing, it seems polite to say thank you but also its extending the chain further for a two word response.
What murders and homicides are you referring to?
This was completely predictable after what happened in Bunkerville, NV.
The history of violent mobs interceding in election issues is not a good one! If the incident is allowed to develop any further, we'll end up in a situation with competing claims of legitimacy and the military will have to intervene anyway.
As in, the cover from June 6th, as it's clearly labelled?

https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/index-2020-24.html
Do you also think that Qubes OS (https://qubes-os.org) has an NSA backdoor, too?
Bye-bye, thread.

Today certainly will reverberate decently, going forward.
Yeah, I was thinking this. Is it not possible to vouch for a post?

It's a bit more important than the usual "political" posts that get flagged.
The DC National Guard, unique among all other guards, is under the command of the President. A state governor can call up that state's Guard, but the government of D.C. cannot.
Yes but most ex-players are not football managers.
But free software can do things proprietary can't, like maintain trust with the user and provide maximum good. Think about all the good things people could do with facebook but have been blocked because facebook wants to protect their one narrow use case. Social Networks won't reach their full potential until they're totally free software, because facebook has such narrow interests.

So sure, you're happy for now, but billions of people are getting spied on and getting sick of it, and out of work programmers are increasing for number every year. As users get more fed up with proprietary companies jerking them around, I feel like people will start to demand Free Software. However this may be what all engineers who fall for Free Software think... I make Free Hardware so my plan is to prove why Free is better to people. We'll see if I succeed! I just recently realized that was the issue so I am working on that now.
No one cares. You're resume doesn't need that level of specificity. Year started and year ended are sufficient. In fact, you can probably only put the year you completed your degree and not the year started and no one would notice or care. The only time people care about dates is when there are large recent unexplained gaps and there is nothing on a resume to indicate what constructive/productive activity (professional or educational) you were doing at the time.
Yes, this is not an original idea at all. But the slick onboarding, clean interface and the promotion are making this a hit (Being on the front page of the Appstore is huge).
I've never used any of the services, so I'd be afraid to recommend any. There are some free and some paid. Pretty much any web design forum will offer feedback though for free. The google 'web design feedback' and you'll get a list of 20 or so different places to check out.
I don't think that the post-9/11 terrorism threat was actually anywhere close to a best case for the erosion of liberties. Until and unless terrorists gain access to weapons of mass destruction plus the ability to deploy them, terrorism is a very minor threat to America. Terrorists might well at some point in the future get access to weapons of mass destruction and the ability to deploy them to the US, but that was not the case 19 years ago and almost certainly is still not the case now.
You underestimate the pro drivers. The reason why they came in 8th or so is that they did not train for it. They were competing as rookies in a game that some of the sim races spent hundreds of hours in. They are bound to be much slower that "pro" simracers.

The other sensory inputs are a factor, but most drivers adapt very fast to it. Give them enough seat time and you see them top of the charts, they are not pro real life drivers because they lack reflexes or understanding of racing dynamics.
Thanks man - not sure how to monetize, figure let people monetize their own stuff as a way to encourage sharing.
Doesn't cost much to run at the moment
More that one should ask "which one?" - in 1918 the ideology of bloodthirsty monsters was whatever was responsible for the war. Monarchial nationalism? Colonialism? Leopold II of Belgium was almost as much of a mass murderer as Stalin.
Also, if you consider that people are restricted to their homes for weeks to come, even entertainment/toys can quickly be considered essential.

I don't think you understand what "essential" means. Things to avoid being dead are essential. You can get those things quickly. Things to avoid being bored are not essential. Just be bored until the global pandemic is over.
I'll post on the r/haskell when it hits alpha.
Oh please. The physical component does not require elite genetics, just proper training. Sure, hard work, but nothing out of the ordinary. The reaction time and the general talent for driving however, that's another story.
UWP is the modern replacement for Win32, stuck in Windows XP cryogenic state, it is not only for the store since MSIX package format got released two years ago.

Now Win32 and UWP are just two complementary sandboxed execution models, more so when Windows 10X gets released.
> 1)

I'm just a rando from the internet but my suspicion is that governments could be intentionally trying to slow the infection rate down rather than stop it completely. If you perform a perfect shutdown with 200 cases, lets say another 400 are identified since, all 600 recover/don't make it, but once you stop the quarantine everything will be back to square one - someone will spread it again eventually.

On the other hand if you let it spread a bit, then shutdown, high but manageable number of people will get sick and recover. (I will be less efficient so some transmission will still occur, eventually ensuring everyone either recovered or died, with as many as possible getting the medical care)
Keep your head down and ship a good product.

Manage an effective company blog that show's off your culture as a couple of nerds with a lot of heart, focused on creating a great product.

Don't criticize the other company but take every opportunity to show your audience why your product is superior.

Good luck!
Lowering your BMI from 31 to 24 by cutting fat makes you healthier and increases your expected lifespan (regardless of whether or not you exercise), chopping off your legs does not.
Yes of course. I'm not saying that it's irrational, just that it's a strange situation.
I find the lack of numeracy in this criticism disconcerting. It's not just a question of whether the Earth has been historically warmer or cooler - it's a question of how quickly the Earth became significantly warmer or cooler. A temperature change over thousands of years is a tremendously different thing than a temperature change over a few decades, when it comes to how temperature-sensitive life forms respond.

Moreover, it's not just a question of temperature. Changing CO2 levels are also measurably impacting ocean acidity, which affects extremely sensitive single-celled life forms at the root of the ocean's food chain.
What's your evidence for "grossly underpaid"? Do all of the tens of thousands of employers meet in secret to hold the line against higher salaries? Are there laws against software engineers starting their own firms where they'd be paid their full value?

Your claim doesn't pass the smell test. Pay levels are set by a giant, uncoordinated, massively competitive process.

If you know any software engineers who are grossly underpaid for the value they can provide, hire them! Then "underpay" them just a teensy bit, instead of the "grossly underpaid" exploitation they suffer under now. Pocket the difference for yourself, as a reward for seeing their true value so much better than every other employer.