jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
I agree with you that the situation isn't as dire as portrayed in the article, but frankly, I'm quite willing to call toolbars and the like malware. I have come across various pieces of such things (Babylon, Ask, Yahoo!, Google and half a dozen other ones) installed on various computers in both Australia and India, and have never seen anyone who appreciated them—they don't tend to know why it got there and didn't know how to, or couldn't manage to, get rid of them. These users are always glad to see them go and have their browser released from being a hostage.

Normal (viz., non-computer-literate) users are used to clicking the big green button in the position the "next" button is in installers. A frighteningly high proportion of the populace simply do not notice the contents of the screen. My experience with real users is quite sufficient to lead me to call it drive-by installation: that was never the intent of the user.

(Sure, in a case like FileZilla you're dealing with slightly more competent people, but you'll still get a surprising number of undesired installations, and—my guess—no desired installations.)
and up again!! BTC rollercoaster continues...
ACA is a case where megacorporations were and are not in agreement.

To pretend to be unaware of dependence of most US politicians on corporate campaign donations is not a way to participate in an honest discussion.
What’s interesting to me about this is that it’s not so much a Facebook policy change as it is a USG change. FB policy is to allow comments (including lies) from democratically elected politicians in a western government with rule of law.

The latter is at risk so trump is going under the policy of other dictator type leaders where FB is stricter and more willing to remove access.

https://zalberico.com/essay/2020/06/16/mark-zuckerberg-and-f...
That's the opinion of one ARM engineer I've never heard of.

Here's the opinion of probably THE most important ARM engineer of the 1990s and 2000s, Dave Jaggar who developed the ARM7TDMI, Thumb, Thumb2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6sh097Dk5k

Check at 51:30 where he says "Are there any ARM snipers? No ... I would Google RISC-V and find out all about it. They've done a fine instruction set, a fine job [...] it's the state of the art now for 32-bit general purpose instruction sets. And it's got the 16-bit compressed stuff. So, yeah, learning about that, you're learning from the best."
Doesn't make any sense to compare X satoshis to Y Teslas and imply some natural exchange rate between the two.
What did he do with the no money he had at death?
The war has already started, and Trump supporters were the ones who declared it. It started when white nationalist militia members in collaboration with the President and his party launched an insurrection to disrupt the government's certification of electoral votes in a futile attempt to invalidate the election of Trump's successor and the will of the people, and install him into power instead.

And it's telling that you're blaming the people upset about that for any possible consequences rather than the Trump supporters who stormed the Capital with pipe bombs, guns, knives and zip-ties for taking hostages, believing in a fictitious conspiracy theory about a stolen election.

Neo-nazis looted the Capital while some asshole dressed like a buffalo took selfies with the police who let them in like guests, and i'm deranged?
Some of these are pretty interesting though. For instance, "avoid using repeated question marks". How is this a problem?
Well you can pretty easily turn something as harmless as a comment into something that absorbs the next line of code. Good luck debugging that one.
https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode...
That means that more than likely clubhouse have our details even if we have no desire to be part of it.
That is a great page. It's good to learn there's a name for what I described in my other comment: Bayesian Updating.

>The Bayesian method is a method of thought (named for Thomas Bayes) whereby one takes into account all prior relevant probabilities and then incrementally updates them as newer information arrives. This method is especially productive given the fundamentally non-deterministic world we experience: We must use prior odds and new information in combination to arrive at our best decisions. This is not necessarily our intuitive decision-making engine.
You can do this with any email provider that supports a catchall. I personally use fastmail and have been very happy with it.
You don't need to 'create' the accounts, you just set it up so that *@yourdomain.com goes to your catchall. When signing up for a new service, you pick a unique/random email. Then you know unambiguously where each email in your inbox came from.

I personally use the website as the email (example, if HN required an email it would be hn@mydomain.com) to make it easier to filter. But this can be gamed/guessed, to be more secure it is better to generate an actual random email for each site and store it in your password manager.
There is freerouting which interfaces to KiCAD. (It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s also not void.)

https://freerouting.org/freerouting/using-with-kicad
I had a similar system with a 17" Nanao monitor that by itself cost something like $1000. I also had a first generation Gravis Ultrasound, which I still own. I kept that machine for a while, it ran DOS, then Windows, then OS/2 and then Linux and FreeBSD and at one point had all of them installed at the same time. So much time wasted messing with partitions and file systems.
My point is that advertising right now uses tracking because it can be used, and it makes money.

But in no way does it need it. We could easily go back to untargeted, reasonably effective ads that appeal to broad markets instead of extremely specific ones.
the article has a tricky typo here. it says "The keystroke `I` insert text after the first non-blank characters of the line."

but it should say _before_ the first non-blank, which is equivalent to _after_ the last leading blank.
In 2021, I would not recommend using proprietary EDA software and locking yourself into a single board house.

For most purposes, you can use the free KiCad EDA package ( https://kicad.org/ ) combined with a standard PCB vendor like OSH Park ( https://oshpark.com/#services ) or JLCPCB ( https://jlcpcb.com/ )

If you need boards urgently, OSH Park offers a quick turn 2-layer service, JLCPCB offers expedited service and shipping, or you can check a service like PCBShopper to view multiple PCB providers: https://pcbshopper.com/

It's not a good idea to lock yourself and your designs into proprietary systems when the alternatives are cheaper and, in the case of KiCAD, almost certainly superior.

It's always good to have more options, but I'd want to see Patchr.io become more transparent (please show pricing without forcing me to create an account first). I'm also highly skeptical of any proprietary EDA software that advertises a 30-day free trial in the era of KiCAD. KiCAD isn't at the level of professional EDA tools yet, but it's more than capable for most designs.
The DRM comparison is one I was dying to see. This NFT stuff feels like the returning nemesis of open culture from previous web sub-eras. I hardly want to own a work. Take it, build on it, sing it somewhere with someone else who likes it.
This is the way corporations do business on many fronts. For example, I'm convinced that most of Oracle's business is accounted for by CTOs who threw millions of dollars at them without having any idea why. At least no idea beyond somehow believing that you're not serious unless you're using Oracle.
Nice colours. Keep those paintbrushes handy! We're on it...
> I can't believe how many words were used in this article to convey such little substance. Does the author know anything other than 50 cent words, or is this style supposed to mean it's an intellectual piece?

Click around the rest of the site, they're all like that and it's hilarious
Good. We don't put up with yearly security updates on any other operating system any more, so why should Android be any different?

An Android app that would list currently open security holes would be a great way to publicise this.
I agree with you, health care is not a right, and did not mean to imply that somehow Medicare could be made to work if proper econ principles were addressed. I was just pointing out the theories and implications behind the example of a seemingly simple choice as "cap Medicare".

Also there are important historical questions like how did we get to this point -- something traditional MSM like the NYT has been horrible at explaining. These political issues are raised mid-stream (e.g. how do we cut spending or raise taxes to balance the budget) without any context or question of causes. For example, the other issue I mentioned, income tax exemption for employer-provided health insurance, arose from a prior policy of wage and price controls during WWII. Employers were banned from offering higher wages so they offered non-taxable benefits as a substitute as a means to circumvent the controls and effectively raise wages. The point here being that capping Medicare will be a failure like capping prices and wages during WWII and lead to all kinds of unwanted effects, including further increasing the complexity of the tax code and the government intrusion into our lives.

I also agree that irrational and impossible demands on the government will continue until "economic wreckage" puts an end to it. If we somehow "solve" the budget crisis through some combination of tax increases and spending decreases, but people continue to believe that the government is Santa Claus, then any such solution will be temporary at best. Given these socio-political realities, the end point, in my judgment, is hyperinflation and the destruction of the dollar. I sincerely hope that I am wrong.

Edit: Spelling
I never thought it possible, but I think it's actually cogent to quote Jackie Chan in an HN thread!

"I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we are not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want."

In alot of ways, there are some cultures to which democratization is simply incompatible, like those with 1.5 billion people. Even here in the US, we're finding that our rights to move freely must be tempered by TSA searches, PATRIOT act and other impingements in the name of security, so why is it so surprising that countries can increase their quality of life and economic standing while still holding onto "antiquated" notions of freedom? What if that is actually the end-run for civilization and it's actually the US that is behind the political ideology curve? We seem to be moving inexorably toward China-like "freedom with caveats" direction, and the electorate actually seems to prefer it (if this past mid-term election can be deemed any indication).
My Professional & continue education Python course has 30 people in it and I'd say that the average age is mid-30s. My friend and I, at 25 and 23, are the youngest in the class.

(Why are my friend and I so young and are re-training? Well, we got out of college and realized that our English & Biochemistry majors suck.)
I think that was their point: hydrogen gas is diatomic, so it makes intuitive sense for it to be larger than helium
That looks like a big red flag for me too. They somehow have to check for ad abuse after all.
FCAS will be a combination of the F-35, Eurofighter and A-400M. I'd put money on at least 15 years of delay.

The Australians and Boeing have a fighter companion drone in the air already now. I didn#t follow that to closely, so. I also think that the manned component of FCAS, the fighter, might be ready earlier. And that fighter is everyting the French want from the program.
How do you get those UAV's there? The combat radius of a F-35A (without drop tanks or refueling) is 1000km's. If this UAV is going to travel 1000km's then it's going to be quite big, expensive, and likely easy pickings for defending F-35's. If it's carried by something then that something too would be an easy target and would probably need to be escorted by something which would fight said fighter jets.

It's just really not that simple.
I disagree with the conclusions of this article, and feel that the author didn't provide nearly enough evidence to back up a pretty big claim. The notion that the F-35 is a high-end and expensive asset is not some new admission, nor does it mean it is a failure. While it was meant to be a lower-end plain initially, it hasn't been considered that way in a long time. And while I agree that the F-35 is expensive and we may need to supplement it with a lower-end fighter, that's hardly a failure. That's exactly why we ended up developing the F-16: because we needed a lower-end fighter to supplement the F-15.

There's plenty to criticize about the F-35, particularly about the procurement strategy and development cycle. But we are starting to see real results. The F-35 has performed very well in exercises like Red Flag. And I don't think you can understate the importance of the F-35B. Yes, it has markedly worse availability rates and maintenance issues than the other variants, but that's pretty common for STOVL aircraft, like the Harrier it is replacing. And not only is the F-35B the only stealth STOVL, it's also the first production STOVL aircraft capable of supersonic speed.

I also think it's weird to imply the reason the F-35 has failed (and I don't belive it has) because it's been made in three different variants. That really isn't the reason for all of these delays. There are several examples of aircraft being able to work in multiple roles, like the F-4 and the French Rafale. The fundamental issue is in avionics and logistics. All of these sensors and systems are very complex and difficult to integrate together. Any aircraft with a modern, full-featured AESA radar and IRST sensors sees a protracted development time.

In terms of purchasing new, lower-end aircraft, I do think that's a good idea. Depending on where you want that to fit in in terms of doctrine, you've got a couple of options. The USAF is already starting to purchase some F-15EX planes. It's got decent range, good performance in air-to-air and air-to-ground engagements, and it's based on a mature platform which should reduce costs and improve availability. But it's a fairly big beast, and operational costs will still be higher than legacy F-16s. The other option is to go with a genuine light fighter like the JAS-39 Gripen. Cheaper, much lower operational costs, and capable of operating from short, rudimentary runways, but shorter range and less payload capacity. I also think there's space for a "featherweight" plane, like the A-29. When we're engaging Taliban targets that don't have anti-aircraft defenses beyond small arms fire, a simple turboprop will get the job done efficiently and cheaply, and that frees up jets to be used in other theaters.
amazing achievement, this article made me smile and i am confident you will achieve a lot in the future. Keep up the good work
The Amnesty International definition of "prisoner of conscience" seems to be: "someone has not used or advocated violence but is imprisoned because of who they are or what they believe."

The article says the offending remarks have not been specified but that he is/was super racist at one point. Is there any suggestion that he used or advocated violence? The only source I could find was an NPR article citing Amnesty International saying past comments "reach the threshold of advocacy of hatred"
Is Electron falling out of favor?

It's been next on my "to learn" list for way way too long.
You made me curious. The initial SVG release was in 2001, so SVG is old enough to vote now :-D
And how do you make it obligatory training? By (perhaps implicitly) threatening a company that a howling mob will destroy their image if they don't show that they're fully committed to the position that the training is supposed to achieve. And how do you show that you're fully committed? By having the training.

And what does the training teach you to do? To confront racism wherever you see it. Thus the training recruits you to become part of the howling mob to threaten the next business with.

It's so perfect that I can't tell if that's just an accidental side effect of following an ideology, or if it's a deliberate mafia-style shakedown with the added genius of a positive feedback loop that amplifies the threat as time goes on.
This is very similar to fsql, which looks similary useful.

https://github.com/kashav/fsql
Who took the other side of this bet? Ie who made 4.7b?
I was fully remote for several years before the pandemic. It’s the only way I ever want to work again.

I’m a copywriter, so sometimes I need time to marinate on an idea. If I left the office to take a 90 minute bike ride in the middle of the day, no one would believe it had anything to do with work. But that’s where I get a lot of ideas and generally just recharge my brain.

Same goes for power naps. Some offices have “nap pods” or whatever, but I would feel self conscious napping at work. Whereas at home, if I’m feeling run down, I can take twenty minutes for a nap or meditation whenever I need to.

My attitude has always been that if my work isn’t up to snuff or I’m missing deadlines, I would be open to suggestions about my workflow.... but as long as I maintain a high level of output and quality, I will continue doing things my way, bike rides, naps, and all.
Not bailing them out would be ruinous for the economy, which therefore means they must be heavily regulated. This half-implemented system of privatized gains and socialized losses is not sustainable.
Personally think AWS ECS is a 3rd place contender. Would add sprinkles to it if only they'd allow yaml files vs json configs in the aws-cli. ecs-cli and copilot are alright. Generally prefer to stay as close as possible to aws-cli
Because it's taken VSCode less than 2 years to completely eat Sublime's lunch and dinner.
As much as people don't like it, our current culture of having a video conference open all day with everyone in (breaking out into smaller calls when necessary) brings down the level of "hey, can I ask you a question?" bc we can see if someone is at their desk.

I think this is something that would work for more junior people as well, and I'd be happy to break out / share a screen as needed.
When I was a junior dev, my team was on the east coast of the US, but we worked daily with people from Ireland. This meant every meeting had a Skype link, and everyone was well equipped to screen share and collaborate remotely.

The benefit was this also made them amiable towards WFH situations. Big snowstorm? Everyone can WFH for the week. Want to go visit the west coast for a few months? Sounds great, we'll see you online.

Point being, as a junior dev I never felt left out in the cold. Some of the best pair programming sessions I ever had during that time were with a dude from Ireland while we alternated screen sharing. So as long as the team culture is supportive of remote collaboration, I think junior devs will be fine.
For those with experience, would you say that ClojureScript for frontend stands on its own without a Clojure backend?
So 35million emails led to 28 purchases. Got to wonder how much their overheads are, presuming sending those emails is minuscule.
I'm quite happy with them never releasing the drivers as long as they don't do extra work to prevent hackability.

1. It may take as many man-hours for MS to clean up their drivers for open source consumption as it takes the community to hack bits together.

2. By hacking away from scratch the community is free to explore new ideas that Microsoft hasn't even imagined, whereas the existing drivers will likely be limiting.
Shedding tears is overestimating it by a lot. Just remember that these are people too, with hopes and dreams like the rest of us. They have weaknesses and holes too, possibly ones that keep them in their jobs. They do have unique and restricted viewpoints, but they should be viewed just as we view all others. That said, it is a shame that these people cannot help guide policy and democracy with such more informed views that they are allowed to see.
Maybe, but you would be surprised how many conservative black people there are.

One of the biggest is Thomas Sowell (I used to read his stuff without knowing that he was black).
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GC is not available on iOS.
From the looks of it they are just using Ubquiti wireless gear.

http://www.ubnt.com/airmax#nanobridgem That is the ariel in the picture on their site.

Crazy how they charge you $350 though, they cost $79 to buy individually (they are probably getting a wholesale discount).

I'm guessing for business accounts they are using the Airfiber which is pretty cool and fast. They can't do 10gbps though, don't think their fibre lines can even handle that much.

Speaking of which, I noticed there's not many Data centers in SF which probably because there isn't much fibre around. My Digital Ocean box in SF is really quick however, even less hops to New Zealand than it is from LA which is weird since the Southern cross cable lands closer to LA.
While maybe not directly on topic, I've never seen the point of Whatsapp over plain SMS, or for that matter any of the other chat apps that can do way more (Google Hangouts, Skype, etc)... what's the point?
It is a reaction to "sea lioning" where GG seems to be injected into every possible discussion and once flagged as off topic and removed the conspiracy theory of "censorship" is fueled.
I am curious why you feel morally obligated to use OS X, React and Meteor. Your other comment mentions avoiding the GPL but I am unaware of GPL-licensed competitors to React or Meteor, so I assume it's a different reason than with Clang vs GCC.
This repo has so many weird pull requests which doesn't contribute anything. Why so?
There's a lot of interesting variety in the world of land speed racing. Just take a look at this [1] spike-tired jet turbine motorcycle. You won't see that at the track!

[1] http://www.landracing.com/index.php/2-news-and-articles/news...
First world countries are not overcrowded. Scientific progress (increase food production, improved medicine and care) is the reason you will probably live 30 years longer than if you were born 2 centuries ago.
Thanks for pointing this out. Blocking tor exit nodes was unintentional. I set up Cloudflare to save bandwidth as the panoramas in the demo make up close to a 100 MBs. A quick search did not yield a solution. Do you know how to fix this?
Agreed. This community aims to address the needs of college students in particular, as they are often confused with the available choices during or after college.
Well, there can be voluntary group leaders for important categories such as jobs/internships, higher ed etc
This guy: http://www.joshuadavis.com/ is the master of computer generated art.
I can't quite tell you why it was implemented like this. The Omega paper by Google describes different kinds of scheduling algorithms and their pros and cons.

I don't think that it's backwards compared to other schedulers (many of them are monolithic) but I think it can be improved by using transactions and optimistic concurrency control. This is discussed in the Omega paper and I think there's work to integrate the shared state scheduler into Mesos.
So you're saying that Dropbox paid Fastcompany to run this piece?
Tangent

Of course numbers can lie. Numbers have to be compiled and interpreted by humans, who can make them say anything they want the numbers to say.

Best recent example: Gerrymandering. The majority of voters want one candidate, but the other candidate is able to draw up regions in such a way where they win, to make the numbers support their lie.