skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I used to use dwb for some time. I thought that it was essentially abandonware at this point, with the primary developer focusing on other projects.

Has it started receiving more attention again, or acquired a new maintainer?
Looks pretty good!
If You're in the Top 15% of Global Income Then You're Destitute
Not buying clutter is great, and will generally improve life and the environment. (And I'm a gen X, so no millennial connection there :-)

Not having to buy things because your relations are rich is something else.

Taking a feminist angle on that particular issue seems too miss the main point, though. Yes, you /can/ view everything in a feminist (or Christian, or Marxist, or whatever) light, but people who /do/ end up seeming lacking in nuance.

The point that buying less is liberating, once basic needs are met, should neither be missed nor ridiculed IMO.
Seems to me you two are arguing (as so many seem to on HN) at cross purposes. One is saying "this is the way the world works", the other is saying "this is the way the world should work". You can acknowledge one, and strive for the other, at the same time.

But then amusingly, your plaintive comment on "how things are" quickly turns into an impassioned rant about "how things should be" - which funnily enough is just how things used to be. Maybe you learnt the rules, you did the hard yards, you are just starting to get ahead, and now these upstarts are trying to change the rules.

Your whole argument turns on respecting the power structures of the status quo. It seems so horribly entitled to suggest that because the current power structure of organisations support dictator style management, that one cannot try to find ways to undermine that power structure. Organising, complaining, publicly naming and shaming, are just some of the levers to pull to try to readjust the current power structures in your favour.. and why wouldn't you? What manager respects and rewards quiet acquiescence?
Botnets have notoriously bad security. Many of the people running them have no technical knowledge and/or are using "cracked" versions of paid botnet software that are backdoored or intentionally left unsecured. A lot of the software is heavily modified or even left incomplete by the person that leaked it, leading to vulnerabilities open to anybody with some technical competence and the time to poke around a little.
So far I have only tried fiction. I have Bose headphones so I can pause the audio with a button on the headphones which is nice when I need to stop and go back over a paragraph. If I were reading non-fiction and there were charts or diagrams I imagine I would use that feature a lot.

It seems like when I was younger it was easier for me to get completely immersed in a book to the point where I wasn't really seeing the individual words anymore. I would enter a flow state where I would just see the contents of the book unfolding in my mind's eye. Listening to the audio while I read puts me back into that state very quickly and keeps me focused.
I have only been doing this for a couple of weeks so it is still early days. It seems like I keep more of it in my mind and notice larger patterns and themes that unfold over many pages.
This article is really, really, bad. It makes a gratuitous generalisation from a single example. Yes, the “Tony” who wrote the “Hey, big spender” essay upon which this article is based sounds like a huge douchebag who asks his mother to do his laundry so he can enjoy “experiences”, but I don’t see how you can infer from this that everyone who lives a minimalist lifestyle is doing the exact same thing.

I do believe that sexism is still very much present in our society, but I don’t see how minimalism has anything to do with it, and the article provides no explanation as to how they might be linked.

A more interesting approach on minimalism would be to ask “are all minimalists rich people who cut back on their possessions”, which is also something that “Tony” could be an illustration of, and which seems more plausible:

- another rich-guy-turned-minimalist is mentioned in the article [0]

- an opinion piece from the NYT on the subject was written by someone with a similar profile [1]

- the New Yorker even published a comic on this [2]

What’s interesting about this other angle is that you can then discuss why this “get rid of all your belongings” advice might not apply to everyone, especially poor people, despite what some minimalists might think.

[0] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/09/fashion/whit-stillman-dire...

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/opinion/sunday/living-with...

[2] http://i.imgur.com/gJVaMXb.png

EDIT: typos and formatting
I'm on the slow ring and recently received it. They have a blog here which details each of their releases on each of the release "rings": https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/tag/windows-insi...
Forced expulsion? Like when Israel forcibly expelled its own citizens from Gaza to make room for Palestinian terrorists to move in, where they mount lethal attacks against Israel?

Demolition of Palestinian homes? In response to Palestinians murdering Israeli citizens; men, women, and children?

Carpet bombing? Like the targeted missile strikes in Gaza? Where they warn the targets before-hand, only to see those targets force civilians into the strike zone hoping for mass casualties?

Prison city? The one that had a flourishing tourism industry until Israel abandoned it and Hamas took over? The one that they supply water, electricity, and construction supplies to even though they are not paid for?

Discrimination against Palestinian Arabs? Like when they go out of their way to supply them with jobs? Like how there are Palestinian Arab Members of Knesset? Like how they are full citizens of the State?

Your bias is showing.
Ask HN: What DC tech comp's are using React/Node or are there any meetups?
I'm currently in the process of moving out to the city and want to make some new friends that share the same passion that I do for a Node/React stack. Does anyone know any companies using this stack or meet ups around these subjects?
Is it possible under specific circumstances such as if using LVM devices?
If you use Fossil and use Kanban type pm tools, Steve Landers presentation is well worth watching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhqA98SNXGM

Overall, this looks like a very promising addition to Fossil and hopefully will get into the core release eventually.
I have been giving this website to most of our new hires and the results are phenomenal.
Create a React.js Auto-Complete Search Box with Material-UI In
That's why South Park works. It one great big reductio ad absurdum. Their whole formula is to detect a social trend and then amplify it into absurdity.

It's telling that they are having a hard time staying out in front these days.
You're right. But I'd assume anyone using Linux (and arch at that) would be smart enough to know what's up. No OS is perfect but someone using Arch is just spreading FUD. Windows is a vector not because of security problems but because of its usage ratio. It just doesn't make economic sense to target any other OS plus the fact that hackers are not god, they need time to perfect their skills and they have it on Windows. Denouncing an OS despite the fact that it has stellar security on its own is basically bringing down people like you and I who are spending days and nights making things work for fine. Denouncing for valid reasons is fine. Security in Windows is not Microsoft's problem. They're trying their best, they're not all knowing. That loser on Arch should talk when Linux and macOS are completely impenetrable.
Have you heard of testing? And have you heard of software verification? Microsoft research is far and away the leader with single person publishing multiple papers in the best conferences- POPL etc.
orrying about imaginary
Don't worry about imaginary future problesm. Its like me saying- my car is very complex and may crash, I will not drive it. This is how you hold technology back.
(Sorry, I put my phone in my pocket and this apparently happened. Wish I could delete it, didn't even know it sent, not a fan of my tone, apologies.)
The recklessness of the digital economy
Palantir appears nowhere on the page.

Even if the workplace he writes of is Palantir, one should assume that his choice to not identify it should be respected.
Not DC proper, but UnderArmour (Baltimore) uses node and react. I just did 6 months of node/react contract work for them.
why did you post this?
Why not? I'm a very fast reader, and take great pleasure in reading. If you (generic 'you', not michaelmrose you) read half as fast as I do, then take it for granted that you could double your speed and take pleasure in it.

And, as an added bonus, you get to read twice as much.

Who wouldn't want that? I'd certainly take a doubling of my current reading speed if I could. And after that, I'd accept another doubling. And another. There are so many great books, and so little time.
This isn't meant for productions, so a rare failure scenario shouldn't be catastrophic. Also Windows is inherently designed for such usecase, so maybe it has some reliable process for same.
I wonder if someone will get xmonad working?
I clicked on this thinking it was going to be something interesting on the evolution of generic epithets used by black people to verbally show relationship. What a disappointment the article turned out to be.
> And yes, saying that jews don't deserve a nation state is definetly anti-semitic.

But in the US and Canada, as far as I know, native Americans/first nation are welcome to be first party citizens, no longer forced to live on reservations? Not without an ugly history of oppression; but the "nation state" is mostly a fascist fiction anyway.

Few native people of the artic claim that they deserve to build a "nation state" - at the same time they organise for other rights, and today work quite well with the various states that govern the area.

The most sane parallell to the state of Israel is probably South-africa: it has shown that it is possible to move from an apartheid state to a more modern state that acknowledge all resident cultures. But as with South Africa, as long as the international community largely supports oppression, a peaceful coexistence is likely to remain out of reach. But hopefully popular opinion will turn in Israel before the genocide is complete; I've already heard former a Israeli helicopter pilot mentioned how he became a conscientious objector after fly-overs of the Gaza strip brought home the similarities to stories he'd been told about the Warsaw getthoes.

As for your examples; most of those are true for Europe (not being seen as an enemy, perhaps, but the war part). And would also apply to South Africa. And yet peace could be an option.
Recycling is Garbage (1996)

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/magazine/recycling-is-garb...
Similar. My open ‘guest’ SSID is layer-2 switched to the upstream modem only. (I suppose it's possible that the modem could be compromised and send frames back to the LAN, but I see no evidence of that.)
> Man, in his ceaseless curiosity and desire for knowledge (and also the need to understand the universe around him)

please please please stop using "man" and "he" to refer to the whole species, tyvm
Inside the Self-Driving Tesla Fatal Accident
Then I guess I just don't understand what you're trying to conclude from this argument.
And we attack Trump instead of the idiocy…
They "fail" to mention that the reason the principals were denied ballots was not that their identity was in question but that their eligibility to vote in the given precinct was not established, because of never registering previously and not proving residency in that precinct.
I know parts are very historically accurate. My father and uncle were there and are mentioned in the book.
Facebook users rebelling against clickbait with one of the only tools they have
I have worked with numerous 2 screen setups, a single 29 inch U2913WM plus laptop screen setup and my current 40 inch 4k tv setup.

Honestly, I really like the 4k tv the most when I have a window manager that can make good use of that much area. Without the window management the extra space becomes a hindrance.

The larger screen that you are looking at is bigger than the 29 inch that I used to work with. That said, I did really like working with the larger single screen over 2. I felt more focused on what I was looking at and the it was still manageable with simple left and right pane controls.

All that said I wouldn't consider either of these as big of a jump as SSDs. I find the additional screen space is a nice to have feature but a SSD eliminates the pauses in my workflow. To me being able to hammer out a bit of code quickly without interruption is worth way more than the extra screen space.
Odd that the article mentions password locking your phone, but doesn't mention Signal's optional feature of locking all of Signal's conversations behind a password phrase.
Mike Pall has been looking for a new LuaJIT maintainer [0] for almost a year.

0. http://www.freelists.org/post/luajit/Looking-for-new-LuaJIT-...
I think the real trouble with Windows for many folks is not that we can't figure out how to convert linux kernel calls into NT kernel calls, but that we don't want to convert our linux kernel calls into NT kernel calls PLUS "telemetry" data sent to Redmond. Windows is explicitly non-free (in so many ways), and that's cool and all, but no thanks.
I have recently taken up watching video at increased playback speeds from 1.1x to 2.0x. It greatly increases the variety of things I might be interested in watching. The Chrome browser with video speed controller plugin is exceptionally good at this.

The main difficulty now is I am frustrated that my DVR, Roku, and DVD player do not support this.
Back in the kitchen he fished in his various pockets for a dime,
and, with it, started up the coffeepot. Sniffing the-to him-very
unusual smell, he again consulted his watch, saw that fifteen
minutes had passed; he therefore vigorously strode to the apt
door, turned the knob and pulled on the release bolt.

The door refused to open. It said, "Five cents, please."

He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. "I'll pay you
tomorrow," he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it
remained locked tight. "What I pay you," he informed it, "is in
the nature of a gratuity; I don't have to pay you."

"I think otherwise," the door said. "Look in the purchase contract
you signed when you bought this conapt."

In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had
found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure
enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a
mandatory fee. Not a tip.

"You discover I'm right," the door said. It sounded smug.

From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel
knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt
assembly of his apt's money-gulping door.

"I'll sue you," the door said as the first screw fell out.

— Ubik, Philip K Dick, 1969
Good point. Yeah was wondering it about the day.

Here we are dutifully separating cans, paper, trash, looking at the little triangle and number on each plastic item. And then I had a vision of these trucks going to the same dump, and dumping it all in one big pile, or putting it on a ship and sending it off to another country to be burried there, away from EPA's reach.

The answer I think is it makes us feel good, it makes us think we are doing this to help mother earth, that is important to many people.

In the meantime maybe there is a coal plant across town that is dumping 1000x worse crap in the air, and putting a plastic bottle in the wrong bin is nothing compared to that.

In a way it reminds me when adults would give kids mindless tasks to keep them busy so they don't get bothered. "Here separate the M&Ms by color, I'll be back to check on your progress" kind of a deal.
I like spray-mode in emacs. Not so much for reading faster, but I scan articles really fast, and sometimes after scanning a bit I decide I want to read and entire long (usually non-fiction) article. For me it's actually easier, and less tiring for a long article to use spray-mode. Since I usually use w3m or eww for reading web pages in emacs, it's really easy to do.
These are thought experiments, not coherent arguments.
10/10 brilliant. If only i was smart enough to do this...
It's concerning to me that they can be charged out of concern for identity fraud and not actual identity fraud.

I'm not a lawyer in any manner but how is that not prior restraint?
Actually, this is interesting.
Tor vs I2P? Oh boy, all we need is a cnet battle...
Bryan Cantrill has a wonderful talk about exactly this in Illumos that I recommend at every opportunity https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hgN8pCMLI2U
Internet-connected, the microwave can just scan the barcode on the food package.

You can only cook supported food, though; your food vendor needs to belong to the same consortium as your oven vendor.
> I hate cloud services, but they keep such things minimal

Have you tried Google's Inbox on an underpowered Linux box? It's horrendously slow, in my experience. Gmail is fine though. Some web based software is really good, but others can definitely be a CPU hog.
Louis Rossmann’s Repair Videos Might Get Taken Down After Legal Threat
>Windows is a vector not because of security problems but because of its usage ratio.

I think the publication regarding vulnerabilities in the kernel's handling of font rendering would make you think twice about this assertion. Windows certainly has its share of design flaws.

>That loser on Arch should talk when Linux and macOS are completely impenetrable.

Maybe try again next time without the personal attack. Also, I don't think that because the alternatives are imperfect Windows should be immune from criticism. Microsoft might have come a long way, but running Windows these days is still a security liability in ways that running Linux or macOS aren't. Windows is just a big juicy target and attackers go for the big fish.
Well, two weeks is pretty old in Internet terms.
Good utility, but I would reccomend using the GNU ones as mentioned by another user although it will infloop the proccessess, you can use command-line tools to go around this.
It's missing a key point: Get into YC or have similar types of connection/funding strategies set up.

All the points made are great, but you may still be up shit creek if you happen to be bootstrapping in the wing part of the country
> scam

I'm glad someone makes money off of my old clothes rather than they go in the trash.

> destroys local tailors' businesses

That's a variation on the broken window fallacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
an LVM device is local, which is not supported as PersistentVolume. :(
My faith tradition would heartily agree that the situation is entirely untenable - only that we would turn our suffering over to God as a way of sharing in His suffering for us.

My rational side finds such a ideas entirely disturbing!

From a Christian viewpoint - God indeed isn't always interested in our (momentary) well being - only that we are saved in everlasting life.

Our more mystical faithfull would remind us that we each experience this world in the palm of God's hand - in that God could create a separate experience for each of us and that (perhaps) the suffering we witness isn't experienced in the way that we see.
Wow. First I've heard that expression. I wholeheartedly agree.
Mine is the drill that will pierce the heavens!

Now with that out of the way, that's pretty cool. I think it's interesting how the idea of a 10-million-light-year-tall robot was taken seriously in this way; given the comparisons with existing robots (in fiction and real life), I like how the conclusion that was reached is "it's unlikely but possible." It gives me hope that maybe, out there in the universe somewhere, there's something awesome like that hiding.
Very insightful. Thanks.
I think learning to code is easy, and it's not because I'm so smart--plenty of my friends learned how to "code" in HTML by simply (there's that word!) reverse engineering MySpace or Xanga layouts back in the day.

However, engineering is a discipline, and as with any discipline, it is difficult to master. It takes hard work, dedication, and of course, discipline, to learn what to do, who to talk to when you don't know what to do, where to go to find out who to talk to, etc, etc.

I thought front-end development was some sort of wizardry. I thought it was just write an HTML page, then write a JavaScript script, then write a CSS sheet, put it all in the same folder and put it onto Github pages. I'm a front-end developer!

Then I learned about build tools, frameworks, architectures (MVX), and I was like, why's this so complicated??

Once all the pieces clicked and I understood how everything worked together (not necessarily individually, looking at you Webpack), it became incredibly easy and rewarding to learn. Not necessarily easy to do, but certainly easy to learn.
I'd heard that about the Higgs to mu tau, but not the diphoton excess.
Greetings from California, the Hellish Oil-Pumping State of Yesteryear
He's also wrong about The Ring.

The escape hatch is a naked singularity, created by the supermassive superstring structure rotating around it fast enough to skew the gravity envelop. Superstrings are an integral part of the book; the entire structure is made of them, along with Xelee spaceships. One small piece of one isn't what broke reality enough for the escape hatch, they just used them as scaffolding.
> The price of the physical glasses is minor -- only $1.88 for a new pair of ready-made spectacles.

Sigh. Why is it I can't get a pair of prescription glasses for under $500?
This is actually just about the exact opposite of proper testing and verification.

The main problem is the idea of running compiled programs unmodified: programs that had an entirely different OS target when they were built. If this is what Microsoft is doing then they’ve invented an environment that could not possibly have been anticipated by those who built the original programs. Anything could happen. And worse, it’s not clear who to send the bug report to when things go wrong.
Wow... a GR killer!
To Surprise a Voice
There are several competing efforts to produce low-cost eyeglasses. Focus On Vision has adjustable eyeglasses.[1] Project Congo has some kind of eyeglass-making kit.[2] Briefcase-sized eyeglass kits used to be popular in India. They contained round frames and several hundred round lenses. The idea is that glasses have three parameters - spherical curvature, elliptical curvature, and axis of the ellipse. The usual options for the first two are only about 100-200 lenses. With a round lens, you can set the axis in any direction. There's a little notching tool in the kit, and once you have the axis set, the plastic lens is notched, then snapped into the frame, where it locks.

Not that they really cost much. The manufacturing cost of eyeglasses is about $2. The insane price of frames comes from a monopoly by Luxottica, which owns most of the retail outlets in malls in the US.

[1] http://www.focus-on-vision.org/
[2] http://projectcongo.org/photocollections/eyeglassmaking.html
Build your own Command Line with ANSI escape codes
Battery and fluro tube recycling. These help prevent the contamination of waste dumps with heavy metals although with modern waste dumps that don't leach (as much) this is less of a problem.

The really big environmental issue that is not being tackled is anthropomorphic climate change. Really it is not going to matter how many plastic bottles we recycle if we push CO2 over 1000 ppm and which we are on track to do.
Right, Product Owners (like Product Managers) define the "what" of the product, effectively guiding the team on what market problems to solve and for which customers.

That's different from the Project Manager who works on resourcing and timing of a project.