skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There is one in India called 'The Wire' which is run as a non profit. It is mostly India centric, and run by an editor who earlier was (in)famous for his supposedly leftist ideologies. They have been in operation for more than three years, and have grown solely from the donations of the readers, and no ads or funding from anyone else.

Quality wise: They believe they are the fourth pillar and should be critical of govt actions at a time where other outlets are not really doing it. I dont like their coverage of Science, Technology or sports, but that maybe because I usually get better insights from wired and others. They are really good when it comes to analyzing the political aspects, or sociology (again, subjective) and I liked their articles on foreign policy fallout, and how they were able to predict the fallout of India's diplomatic actions, which no one else did. (not vouching for them, just mentioning my experience.)

link: thewire.in
They haven't already? YouTube is already a key intellectual touchstone for many people already. Whether or not they're party members, they're already influencing many people's views.

I personally worry about it given the flagrant disregard for rigor in their op-ed style, but it's here to stay.
It's not really about describing people as "smart." It's about using the argument from authority, and separately it's about the questionable notion that you should only spend time around people who are "smarter" than you.
To be fair, most of your Earth facts don't apply to the more inhospitable areas of Earth, where people live anyway. The Sahara and the Arctic both feature a breathable atmosphere. The Arctic is missing the other four items. The Sahara will let you feel sunlight on your face if you want, but it isn't really recommended.

"Breathable atmosphere" is a much bigger deal than everything else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6MOnehCOUw
Yeah, no kidding. The king of the kings, the 9900K, is only marginally faster than the 2700X in almost every benchmark, with the 2700X being a lot cheaper. If I was building a PC today I would pick AMD without any hesitation.
You think they'd let random "mavericks" go there without a police and guns and laws?

The whole reason of spending trillions to get people there would be to exploit and control the shit out of the place...
If anything, drama related the CoC was what caused Linus' hiatus (in a "straw the broke the camel's back" sense), not the other way round.
Dang why is this flagged?

Also as a muslim, it's very amusing to me that there are people who are fighting for me without my asking them and yet them telling me and other muslim it's bad.

It's hilarious what the politically programmed noise-makers think of themselves.
One more issue is that it's prohibitively expensive and very challenging technically to explore the bottom of oceans and seas properly. Any exploration needs a lot of support from the surface, equipment that can stand a very taxing environment (perhaps more so than in space), and the water covered parts of the planet are huge.

Unless it's for oil very few bother surveying under those bodies of water.
Selective availability was defeated a very long time ago so no reasons to doubt that the military gave up on it. Pretty sure they're just using an encrypted transport for the military signal so they can do whatever they want to civilian GPS wholesale without impacting the military. However, I'm not sure how that will work since it underpins our entire economy from logistics to air travel. On the other hand, at the point the military is disabling civilian GPS probably the economic impact is less of a concern.
Tried to read it but I'm not planning to click through the gigantic add.
By closed-system agriculture and farming and so on.

Why, where would you get them on Mars?
That was just because the CoC was updated at the same time that Linus left. There would have been CoC controversy if Linus had never left.
Most likely some kind of signalling behaviour.

Status signalling is what a particular kind of "rich" person does to indicate they are rich or high value. Often also used to bolster social capital. You see it when women buy extraordinarily expensive designer brand hand bags. Men buying sports cars but have no clue what is under the hood. The key element is not the actual product but the visible cost involved in actually purchasing it - expense as a feature.
Is it just me or was the knee-jerk 'racism!' on everything immigration-related in the article off-putting? I mean, is it racist to say that immigration might cause a decline of average intelligence, if it's clear that there are physical factors in play in the countries where the immigrants come from that could cause a decreased iq (lower nutrition etc, as noted in the article)? I'm not claiming that it's the case, but the prima facie dismissal of any theory like it because 'it's racist!' that anything might be influenced by immigration made the whole piece feel just very intellectually dishonest.

Again, just to be clear and lest I'll get dragged down into 'you're racist' myself, I'm not claiming one way or the other. My point is that apparently some conclusions are off-limits from the start; any evidence in that direction must be wrong because of the conclusion it leads to. It's this sort of thing that makes real racists go 'see how we're being censored'.
We agree completely assuming that the other less skilled programmer doesn't twist any code criticism into personal attack and that project leader cares more about project quality than about feelings.

When I review or comment the code I couldn't care less if you have three hands and a hump, in fact I am least gentle about my own code. When every dialog goes like Me:"This code is bad" -> Other guy:"Why are you attacking me" there is little room for staying completely politically correct.

I was actually suggested never to use 'this code is bad' in any form in the last place I worked, because that can scare away less skilled colleagues.
Because in the US the IQ scores are taken more seriously than in Europe.
The only article i could find with her name (if it's her at all)... but nothing regarding why! I'm also rather curious now.
https://blog.fawny.org/2013/07/02/transphobia-lexicography/
I'm working on Zenkit. It's a collaborative project and task management software which is meanwhile a great alternative to Trello, Wunderlist and other tools on the market.
The flexibility it gives us in the office (yes we use it ourselves in every department) is awesome and we have so many ideas on how to improve it that we sometimes not know what to do first. The potential is high and I'm curious about where we are going with that.
Yup, I love discussing the limits of reality with my close friends. Obviously it's not a soliloquy if I'm discussing with my friends. The way different people see the same thing is f*ing interesting TBH, and one of the things I love the most of meeting new people.

And no, I don't think here I was commiting fraud. I purposefully did this to push and find out what other people think! But still staying on the side of what I consider ethic. (Honest) thanks for letting me know your opinion though.
>Interstellar travel over the next 100-1000 years will be a requirement for the next 5000-10000 years if humans expect to survive that long.

Given the mechanics, interstellar travel will most likely always be a pipe dream, because techies still have to believe to some fairy tales...

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the_high...

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/11/the_myth...
I still have (and use) mine.

They look awkward to sit on, you actually have to try them to realise you naturally adopt an upright (not slumped) sitting position.
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That almost reads as "we tried to be nicer to reach out to a wider audience, but in the process we alienated our existing community of elitest curmudgeons".
My company's python backend refuses to deploy on my work laptop, so I don't program in python professionally anymore.
Geologist here. I would tend to agree, considering that present-day oxidizing conditions on mars are generally thought to be due to photolysis and hydrogen loss, not life/photosynthesis, e.g.: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2013.0999
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001910350...

Heck, Mars is so oxidized it has soils that are 0.5% perchorate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchlorate#On_Mars
and that stuff's so oxidizing it's not even common on Earth outside of fireworks and rocket propellants
>Sure, 99% of the population might die, the equator could become uninhabitable, and we might lose advanced tech in the ensuing wars, but it'll take much more than climate change to completely wipe out homo sapiens.

Why? Tons of other species have been wiped out very easily, and they didn't even contribute to their own demise as much as we did.
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Its also worth mentioning there are plenty of places on Earth with pretty hospitable environments, it's not just deserts and the article circle. Yes cities are overcrowded, but that's just because people go there for jobs.

My wife's grandmother lives in a remote part of Eastern Europe, the nearest small town with a supermarket is half an hour drive away and the nearest neighbour is a few km away. She (aged 78) grows most of their food, and milks cows for a living. In the winter it can get down to -20c, but with modern insulation that's nothing to worry about. The fire/boiler is fueled by wood they chop down on their property. There are plenty of similar places in even more favourable climates like Spain or the US.
Plenty of international sea available.
not really 'good' tools, but they have tools for that that they should put forward
>>just look at the Canadian health care system vs the US one - hardly perfect, but substantially better on the whole.

The thing is, you say "on the whole" but I am sure you mean one or two parameters. I am not from US and I abhore the monstrosity that is the US healthcare system, but no one here can deny that US does have the absolute best healthcare in the world - as long as you can afford it. No wonder people from all over the world come over to US for difficult operations, because they usually get access to the best techniques, best doctors and best equipment. The only issue with all of this is that it costs a tonne of money and it's ruining the American society.

I don't think it's difficult to see that other sectors are the same - there are things that NASA excels at, and there are things which almost any space-oriented startup can do better. But it always depends on what sort of thing is a priority for you.
Ask HN: Software and hardware for the elderly?
I have elderly grandparents (80+ years old) who live in another country. They have never used any touchscreen technology. I would love to be able to video call them, send them pictures, videos and voice messages. I would love for them to be able to do the same. Most recommendations I found online are "Just buy an iPad" type.

My use case requires very simple and understandable UI that focuses on accessibility. So far my idea is to get a tablet and install an OS that would allow me customise many of its features. I believe default Android or iOS are too complicated for them but there might be something I am not aware of? I have read that Kindle Fire seems to be quite simple to use, anyone could confirm it's simple enough for seniors?

Anyone ever had to do anything similar? What are your recommendations?

Thanks a lot for your help.
damn cat haters.
Option 5: A journalist that really wants to land a scoop has a hunch that something is going on, and collects all the rumors and theories about hardware hacks, blurs the lines between speculation and facts, creates a plausible narrative that is too good to pass, and somehow persuades the editor that a dozen sketchy rumors must be enough to run a story.
The High Frontier, Redux
10+ years ago, I had the opportunity to pitch to Charles and his wife.

His advice to us was stop trying to raise money and “Just fucking do it.”

If you’ve never read the history of the company he founded, Computer Associates, it’s an interesting story of growth by M&A - at one time it was the largest software company in the world, ahead of Microsoft. http://www.company-histories.com/Computer-Associates-Interna...

RIP Charles.
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Selective availability was defeated a long time ago which is one of the motivations for Clinton formally turning it off in 2000. Also while I'm sure that the US military is fully capable of turning off GPS satellites however they want the efficacy of this is probably limited considering the coverage of GLONASS + EGNOS.
Have you tried applying to a publicly funded phd program or med school @age > 45?
He was also worried because written words can’t challenge you. If you read something and _think_ you understand it but actually do not, the book can’t quiz you on it and tell you you’re wrong. He was worried about people gaining false senses of knowledge, and losing the ability to critically analyze and defend ideas.
Bah. Dumb article. All phones are hard to use. Nothing is really mechanically intuitive anymore, except for some well-designed mechanical things.

Phones can only go so far to give use good, mechanical intuitiveness. Press a button, see what it does. Now make an object to 500 different things and obviously only the most important things for the majority of the population will be easy to access, even if it’s not intuitive, because of icons.

Basically this forced us to move from mechanical thinking to something less concrete (digital, non-analog) which is something many older people and those with disabilities may have a harder time adapting to.

Android, iPhones, “smart” TVs, they are all confusing to some extent.

The problem isn’t iphones or androids, the problem is how we design things. The digital world is still very bad at doing things intuitively for a brain that starts life in a very physical, mechanical world.
I don't know what I thought would happen exactly but when he said he was taking time away I certainly imagined it would be a lot longer than a month.
Word by word this is exactly my experience. Code I was forced to merge was working only on that day in a very limited set of tests. That's not 'working' in my definition. First next feature we needed to add and code would break all over the place. First I was politely telling it can't work because of this and that, then I was fixing the code silently so we don't all hit the roadblock the next day, then I was trying to discuss that we can't really work that way, then I walked away. All in a span of 30 days.
Not sure about France, but in the Netherlands now it's 2000 euros. Though I believe people are trying to lower that again.
What if the sperm counts cause the IQ drop or vice versa?It's not clear how much of this research is male-only. I wonder if testosterone levels link the two.
My iPhone usability peeve is the lack of an authoritative, comprehensive reference manual. I know lots of intelligent people who lack “technical affinity” but are nevertheless perfectly capable of reading.

The iPhone gets a lot right in terms of discoverability and usability of 90% of its functionality, but that last 10% is frustratingly hard to find definitive answers for.

There’s also a further 10%: The functionality you think the iPhone might or should have, but doesn’t. Good luck getting any official source to confirm though. You are left to trawl helpless forums.
To be competitive to C++ on the AAA world, Rust engine tooling need to be on pair with Ogre3D, Godot, Cocos2d-X, SpriteKit, Unreal, Unity, CryEngine.

So it would be interesting to see what Seed Studios will come up with.
Weren't you talking about the IDE? I feel like this is shifting the goal posts. Which IDE one uses is at most weakly connected to the toolkit one uses for GUI work.
Git seems to be doing fine after Linus left it...
Pet-based discrimination.
That is how false news spread. Yes, there is a difference in that the original comment is much more believable than Bigfoot or Atlantis but offering up a plausible statement without proof or source is how society is misinformed. Eventually someone will trust that comment, and start believing in something like that as well, even though it's not really known to be true, and the comment doesn't even make any claim to truthfulness ("many believe..") Ultimately, it could as well be false because it doesn't really say anything, just that many people believe a thing like that, so it's pointless at best and misleading at worst.
Show HN: A Civilized  CSS framework
Google News app is using gigabytes of background data without users’ knowledge
But is it that bad? I have the impression I see much less ads nowadays, between watching more Youtube (Premium) than TV, better ad blocking technology, better legislation against cold calling and door to door advertising (in Western Europe), and a reduction of obnoxious billboards through various dynamics. I don't even see Herbalife-style stickers on lamp posts any more.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18278072
"the century of the self".
It's a 4 part documentary by Adam Curtis about the development of Public Relations and persuasion in advertising.
Fight the good fight, internet stranger. Don't give up. Good luck.
congrats amjad! I think I was one of your first interviewing candidates (didn't get the job) but I'm missing my favorite programming languages (Julia, Elixir) on repl.it!! Hope they show up soon.
> I chose CS mainly because I’ve always been interested in tech but just let’s just say in the “consumer-oriented” aspect of it, never really having acquired a useful skill throughout all the years I’ve spent in front of a PC

So let's assume you gained some power user skills. Can you help people with tech? Can you tweak Windows or slow Android tablet, recover some deleted files with point and click program? Start helping people around, get a job in some tech repair shop. Understand how and why things work. Learn, learn, learn. Once you will see issues and inefficiencies around you, do on-line Python course and start automating things.

There is no rush, give yourself a time to discover your path.
I expect the situation to change over time, OpenBSD has invested a lot in working well with KVM which most providers are relying on now anyway.

OpenBSD also has cloud-init support now[1] which makes interaction with terraform and ansible much simpler.

While the big three do not have officially supported templates, a few providers do, including Exoscale (disclaimer: CTO there).

[1]: https://github.com/exoscale/openbsd-cloud-init
It's indeed very expensive but if you want a school with a 5 years curriculum focused on practice it's not like there's much choice in the public schools unfortunately.
Actually it is quite interesting, thanks for sharing.

I think to be on pair with C++, a Rust based engine needs to have some Unreal like tooling.

Which actually seems to be a couple of WIP on that website, so I will now get to track their progress. :)
You can put it in control center and have it be about as easily adjustable as brightness. It‘s not there by default and hard to discover, but adjusting your text size all the time really is a bit of a niche feature.
I‘m really not sure what else Apple could do other than:

- Asking during onboarding
IPad Air 9.7". Notification centre on lock screen used to have two columns. I used to fill the screen with widgets and have it as a dashboard. Now due to various updates I'm stuck with one column and half the screen wasted. It's even worse on iPad Pro 12.9".

There's no apparent way to fix this bad UI design.

So now I have a raspberry pi do the same task with no issues. Bonus feature is that no update can remove this functionality again.
C++: Associative map containers with compile-time lookup
Corticosteroid, a varied catalyst
It's sickening to think that you're going to have to engage in actual electronic warfare with the world around you just to buy some milk for breakfast.
I’m really not sure why you’ve changed the topic, because the lawsuit here is over the government not following FOIL. Everything you have bought up is completely irrelevant to the legal arguments in this case.
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Good UI/UX designers (like Apple have) will classify interactions into: Obvious, Easy, Possible.

Take the iPhone camera;

Obvious: taking a picture with the shutter button

Easy: switching between front and back cameras is easy to discover

Possible: switching between HD and 4K (in the settings menu - possible to discover.

Unless your product is as simple as an office stapler, some parts of it will be non-obvious, that's fine.
> with no h2 support

IIRC h2 support has been in Hyper for a few months.
Node.JS is good enough to use as is without any compile to JS or frameworks in between. It is very nice to write a server or network tool in JavaScript. If you want to use it as front-end glue you can still stay lean, just use the built-in http module, or npm install SockJS or other websocket module to communicate with the web page, which you also can write without any frameworks or build tools.
Take a step back and let's look at what you've done, what you're good at and what you love to do.

More often that not, we tend to overlook what we're good at and simply passing it off but to others, it might be an incredible skill to have that can be applied in many different instances.
> Editing someone else's question or answer (comments can't be edited by others) is a very aggressive move and not something that anyone other than a handful of very experienced / high rep users are likely to do very often.

Do you really believe that adding a tag with a version number to a post is something that can be classified as a very aggressive move, particilarly if it's an old post?
Isn’t 42 free ?
Strange: you're trying to convince someone, but instead of writing about their thinking and their arguments, you're writing about yours. If you want to convince another human being, shouldn't you focus on their mental picture of the problem more than on your own?
I am a french 42 graduate. It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot of usefull stuff. I am now an IT programmer since 2 years in a selective IT company. Everything is going well.
GPS is aging technology, its satellites are dying already and its limits are showing clearly. It won’t be around forever.
In the University where I teach, fees are below €500 a year, AFAIK.
for every such study there are probably 10 twin studies showing that intelligence is heritable.