skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I prefer dark mode, and I code, read etc in a room well-lit by daylight. I find it to be easier on my eyes, and the contrast of white-on-black just seems to work better for me. Not sure if it's related, but I'm colour blind.

Dark mode isn't for everyone, but it does seem to suit a lot of people - enough that 3rd party themes pop up for popular websites and desktop apps.
I mean someone running their own channel. having to moderate the comment sections to such a degree.

However, if google automates this why not just delete the comments and leave the person/s video alone...
Turn on the lights?
That's what I use since forever. Can recommend. Be sure to edit settings to your liking also.

Edit: I was going to edit the post to include a link to the Android app I use (that mostly seems to embed the site), but it seems to have been removed from Play store. No idea why, works fine on my phone.
I have seen this first hand amongst my friends who are grandchildren of holocaust survivors.

For many of them their grandparents anxiety is very visible and part of their lives. One grandparent would always steal the free bread from restaurants, another could not be left at home alone, another bought an Uzi and gold and kept it hidden in the house in case the Nazi's come back... the list keeps on going.

I grew up in Skokie which has(or had) the largest concentration of holocaust survivors in the world. Even more than cities in Israel.
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Customizability of the web is a pet peeve of mine. And I wonder if selecting the color of text and background should really be a function of the website that the text is on.

There is no technical reason why not everybody should be able to set the color for any website any way they want.

I would expect it to be trivial to make a bookmarklet that changes the color of HN. Here is a quick hack that makes HN display green text on black:

javascript:(function(){s=document.createElement('style');s.textContent='*{color: #0a0 !important; background: #000;}';document.head.appendChild(s)})()

Just edit any of your existing bookmarks and put that line into the url field. Now whenever you click that bookmark, the current page turns into green text on black background.
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Materialistic is a brilliant HN Reader and has a dark mode, maybe some of you will like it too (I have no connection with the creator, just a user that recommends it) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidr...
The "move to a different platform" is a cop-out excuse because YouTube's dominance in the sector is so extreme that you will have difficulties finding a "different platform" with a similar reach. The closest probably being Twitch but that's a tad bit a different of an audience and comes with its own set of issues.

> If the line for free speech has moved from "you must be allowed to speak" to "somebody must pay you for your speech", I just don't know what to say.

I never said anything like that, that's just assuming bad faith on your part. I'm merely pointing out that this sets a very troublesome precedent.

Particularly in the context of how dominant these companies are: For the vast majority of people Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter ARE the Internet. Giving this position even more power, without acknowledging it even exists, is a very dangerous thing to do.

I don't need nor do I want these companies to define factual reality, just because their stance, in this case, aligns with what's sensible, does not mean that will always be the case.

Because this will already further play into this "Silicon Valley censoring conservatives" narrative that's even peddled by the US president himself [0]

Note: I'm not saying that's actually happening, I'm merely pointing out it's a thing and how this will very likely further feed this notion.

[0] http://nrb.org/news-room/articles/ft/ifw/president-trump-den...
I'm torn. On one hand it's great, this is a group we all hate and it's good PR for YouTube.

On the other hand they also like to demonetize anything containing anything close to curse words or talking about anything too serious.
Funnily enough, ever since I found dark reader https://darkreader.org/ I've only really used it on two sites - HN and Github.

I'd support a dark mode, but don't really need one...
Pro tip: Turn down the brightness.
Not sure why it's so heavily downvoted. Chinese seem to be way more transparent about their surveillance. Before Snowden you could have just told somebody to get rid of their tinfoil hat, but we do know now it's not much better here. Well, don't get offended so easily, of course depending what dimensions you choose for comparison you could say it's incomparably better. But mass state surveillance? Do you really care more about your face on the street than all your online activities?
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I just added an Invert Colors shortcut to ⌘`. Gets me reasonably good "dark mode" for any website, instantly.
No, the mental model I have from the 90's and the 00's doesn't help me in picking up a graphic card.

No worries though, I decided to settle on integrated Intel GPU. Good enough for 2 years old games.
As has been pointed out repeatedly in other comments, we live in a post-nuclear era where military strength is, itself, the defense. In this particular case, it's less relevant, but since we are generalizing I'm pointing it out.

As for improving military training and tactical hardware, yes it will most likely be used for offensive purposes. The absence of the technology wouldn't stop those offensives though; the absence would just result in less-well-trained less-well-equipped troops in the same situation. As has been pointed out elsewhere, bad training and lack of information is likely to lead to more deaths.

While I think it's wonderful employees of major tech companies are trying to drive more ethical choices, this was an odd choice for a line in the sand.
Why is your monitor on, in your bedroom, while you're trying to sleep, and how will dark mode on HN help with that?
At least the post is not complaining that people are writing on proprietary platforms instead of each own's website.
Writing this from the West, it's hard to really understand how little Westerners care about their own rights, privacy, power, etc.
Why is he still coding in Perl? Am I missing something? Shouldn't we upgrade to python or something? Do I have to learn Perl and code x86 software on a 15' CRT monitor while running Slackware to get it?
You can invert any page with this trick:

document.querySelector('html').style.filter = "invert(0.8)"
I agree, I should probably have specified which part of the public sector I was in. At a municipal level we try not to do evil things.
You can basically make your own kind of 'near misses' with recurrent relations. If you have a recurrent relation of the type f(n + 1) = a * f(n) + b * f(n - 1), you (almost always) get a solution of the form f(n) = c * alpha^n + d * beta^n, where alpha and beta depend only on a and b (specifically, they are the root of the characteristic polynomial, see [1]), and c and d can be determined by the seed values of f. By choosing integers a and b such that the absolute value of beta is less than one (but not zero), you will have that c * alpha^n approximates f(n), since d * beta^n will tend to zero for large n. At the same time f(n) will produce integer values, since we picked integers for a and b.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrence_relation#Roots_of_t...
I can recommend hackernews-one-dark theme with Stylus:

https://userstyles.org/styles/161954/hackernews-one-dark

The orange + dark looks pretty good overall
Not a huge part, at least not directly. Many sceners do work in the graphics industry (cgi, games, hw etc) but demos are mostly just a hobby for everyone. I feel like lots of stuff done in demos is not really practical for "real-world" use.

There is one interesting example of where demoscene has managed to break into more commercial world: https://www.notch.one/
Great post, though I disagree with GDP being discredited.

GDP is the output of an economy, specificly defined. It isn't well-being, or some measure of how great a country is. It has a use for comparing countries in certain contexts. Nothing more, nothing less.

I'm frankly surpsied at the number of posters coming out against "measurement" on a board that claims to be science and engineering oriented.
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You say that as if there's a huge history of these companies' tech being used to enhance warfare.
After their internal memos about valuing "connecting people" over anything else (like safety) leaked[1], some of the comments by Facebook employees were almost cult-like[2]:

> Leakers, please resign instead of sabotaging the company

> How fucking terrible that some irresponsible jerk decided he or she had some god complex that jeopardizes our inner culture and something that makes Facebook great?

In particular, this included comments about wanting a loyalty test "screen" in their hiring process:

> Although we all subconsciously look for signal on integrity in interviews, should we consider whether this needs to be formalized in the interview process?

> This is so disappointing, wonder if there is a way to hire for integrity. We are probably focusing on the intelligence part and getting smart people here who lack a moral compass and loyalty.

[1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-memo-the-ugly-andrew-b...

[2] https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/30/17179100/facebook-memo-le...
I can never understand why a simple colour scheme is presented as a "big thing". Consistent dark mode themes seems so unattainable in modern software (in fact any theme customisation).

It is as necessary as cars with different colours. People's preference.

So let stop making a big deal about it, and just have it in all software. Its just a colour scheme! Stop being lazy software devs!
Nothing about profits either.
What were your key takeaways from 4-hour Workweek?

Personally, I dropped reading it when it switched from generic motivational pep talk to praising virtual assistants.
If they really want to have any control over what Microsoft does with their technology they should unionize. Same goes for any other large tech company.
Why do i feel he is dead wrong, the stability of a system in dependent on Kernel Writers more than the system builders. ARM would make it for a very important reason the electric bill, more and more Data-centers are geared towards saving on their electric bills to be highly profitable, many are already using renewable sources like Apple and Google. Also if he isnt willing to support ARM for Server-space some other kernel will make it. Also most X86 host these days run in Virtualised environment, there is no difference if it actually runs on x86 or ARM.
Even better pro tip: Turn on your lights.
Normally that combination switches between windows within the same app. How do you handle that if you have it remapped? It's perhaps one of my most-used key combinations on macOS.

Context: On macOS, the equivalent of Alt + Tab is ⌘Tab. However, unlike on Windows, ⌘Tab only switches between apps--it won't iterate over multiple windows within an app. That has a separate combination: ⌘`. So if you want to switch to a particular window within an app, first you have to ⌘Tab to the app, then ⌘` to the correct window.
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They can always package up anything used for military purposes and move it to a different branch or subsidiary to create a large enough disconnect that will keep most employees satisfied.
I'm strongly against the use of Stylish after this fiasco: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17447816
Should be titled "Don't Lead by Bad Example".

You were leading them into Hero Ops behavior when you should be leading by creating solutions and processes that made Hero Ops less necessary.
Self-driving cars don't exist. Self-driving cars that work only in areas of the country where real winter doesn't happen do though.
> “better for less money" : According to what sources? What indicators?

I’m tempted to say “pick one”. Workers are less satisfied, more stressed and less efficient. Citizens are less satisfied and receive a lower quality of service. Financially it depends, on paper it’s better but if you add in the cost of sick days and the impact of lower citizen life quality has on society, then a lot of digitisation has been disastrous.

Not all of it, mind you, just some of it.
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Writing this from Hong Kong, the danger of being surveilled and having secret dossiere compiled without one's knowledge is always at the back of one's mind. I guess once you buy into using Wechat, Alipay, face id etc you will gradually forget how to survive outside the social credit system... But not me. I will continue to avoid the danger of complacency.
I wonder if they're driving any of them around now that Arizona temporarily has snow? I doubt it.
The patent system was broken from the start. The incentives are all wrong, as USPTO officers get paid more, the more patents they approve. It's like paying fishermen for the fish they didn't catch.
But then you have to trust that extension to not do anything malicious, because it must be able to read and modify every website you visit.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17447816
> deserves to have their opinions discounted like children.

Although I agree with your general sentiment, there's no need for ad hominem attacks like this.
Yes, please and thank you.
For years it was common knowledge the extent to which Facebook collects data but only now it is fashionable to speak up.
FB's lobby machine will make sure no action is taken, ever.
Are there any notable movements to move away from YouTube coming from or supported by content creators?

A lot of content creators have voiced concerns over demonetization and/or false positives regarding copyright violations but I've rarely heard anyone talk about collectively moving to a different platform without centralized control.
This already happens all the time when starting remote offices, but not when moving the HQ. Employees who aren't attached to SF life or open to change of environment are willing to make the move. The pay vs cost of living usually works in their favor too. Smaller startups usually hire remote or start second HQs to tap into and train cheaper engineers outside SF.

However, the post you're replying to was talking about larger startups moving INTO the bay area not out.
Sounds to me like those against "measurement" are too lazy to argue to make their point or don't want to have their views challenged.

That may be fine in isolation, but we are a community trying to solve problems; opinions ("lacking") are useless in this realm.
If not US forces, my country Georgia would be occupied by Russia back in 2008. People in world and espessially EU did not understand how lucky they are that US millitary exist and they do not live under Russian occupation.

Also fear to be millitary contractor for your own country seems pathologic to me.
This is just an anecdote but being a PhD student at a well-known university in CS I often hear from undergrads (via teaching) what they think about companies/where they go for internships.

Observationally, ethics does not even enter the equation. Especially career-driven students from backgrounds where name-brand prestige is important just want such a name-brand on their CV.

Not that faculty are any better given how many academics effectively sign away their lab to FB through 'collaborations'. All they see is resources to use, name-brand recognition, a big personal pay-check, and publicity for their work.

What I find most mystifying is that this is a literal non-topic. At best someone may forward a blogpost about a security leak and make a snarky comment, but I have never witnessed any political discussion.
Don't think you need history to make a prediction of how history might change for well-thought-out reasons. And Windows is a key OS in many military operations/departments.
Where exactly is the limit?

Windows, Microsoft Office and other Software is used "for war" all the time, and not just by the US.
Fwiw Ubuntu server has gotten a lot better than it was. Initially it was more like a little bloated, better tested, sometimes oddly configured "Debian testing" - now it's more of a proper Debian derived distro, with a fairly decent "server" version.

You should no longer have to expect problems doing an in place upgrade from lts to lts release of Ubuntu (which has been true for Debian stable as long as I can remember).

As for running packaged versions of things like apache and them autostarting... I see your point, but I don't think it's a weakness - it's more of a difference of opinion.

One thing canonical seem to be doing right (which I initially thought of as a bad case of NIH) is lxd/lxc, juju and zfs integration. I've yet to play with it seriously, but it does come with a lot of shiny stuff out of the box. That said - it appears (light) containers are winning the mindshare - and I can see how an email server as a container/appliance might be preferable to a custom scripted lxc "VM"/image - if you get the upstream supported container, you likely get some help in keeping the stateful data out of the container.

The benefit/problem of lxc/lxd is that you can just keep working with the "VM"s as virtual servers.

Anyway the end result is a lot like modern freebsd jails - in a good way.
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You missed the many, many articles on surveillance in the US and how that discussion isn't a prerequisite for discussions about China. Also, you point out that the poster has an interest in stories about China, but not how that's a problem.
Shouldn’t the same argument be used to ban abortion?
Having lived in China and now living in HK, I do know quite a few people in China who have decided to move out to other countries in the last 5 years... So I wouldn't say that people don't seem to care, well educated upper middle class people do care and find ways to move out.

And, in HK, people are rather worried about the future and what will happen in the coming years.
Not really, because they need to keep HoloLens inside the company. They could create a subsidiary which buys HoloLenses and sells them to the government, but that would still mean that Microsoft is taking a contract to sell the units.
In LISP-like languages like Racket, the code is a list. That is, a program is just a list of tokens (a b c), the same data structure one would use for storing any other kind of data (the equivalent of Python’s [a b c]). When programs are themselves just lists, they are easy to manipulate with code. So, in LISP-like languages, it is easy to write code that writes code. That makes them especially suitable for domain-specific languages or LOP. You can write functions that write code, making a new language.

I think PG has some writings on this topic, but I don’t remember if it is online or in his LISP textbooks. His company Viaweb did this, IIRC, using a DSL written in LISP to generate HTML.
Yeah, instead we have US occupation in many other countries. And US military bases all around the world. Yahoo!
And may I add that you are the first example I use when showing that Italy has nurtured and still nurtures exceptional engineers.

You are a pillar to a lot of us. (And I’m not a Redis user)
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Previous discussion [1].

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[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19229773
Shouldn’t the same argument be used to persecute pro-choice advocates, women who get abortions and doctors who perform them?
> If Apple makes such hardware, it will be just a matter of time to port Linux to it.

I'm guessing it'll be as easy to run Linux on an arm MacBook as it is to run Linux on an iPad.
> Not really, because they need to keep HoloLens inside the company.

HoloLens maybe, but the hypothetical repackaged FreedomLens could simply be based off of it.
> people that disregard vaccination are putting the lives of those around them in very real danger.

So do people that drive...
I actually know one person who earns "consultancy fees" from the mothers whom she first "as a friend" convinces that their babies are "in danger".

There are really people who earn real money by scaring the mothers. And Google is a big part of the problem with their "you will surely want more of the same" algorithms: the "friendly approached" mother googles only once for these topics, sees one of the "anti" videos and then gets from Google many "recommendations" for more and more "anti" stuff, every time she is interested in anything else.

The Google "recommendation algorithms" are the real and huge problem, not only their "monetization".

The same happens with other topics where many lies are involved and the actual harm ensues.
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This should would be very easy to implement using the existing settings paradigm. For everyone recommending browser extensions, compromising the security of my browser so I can read HN (or any other site) better is not an option. See the discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17447816
The problem with current weapon systems is that they are too powerful. The US military is now primarily focusing on weaker but more precise guided weapons to avoid collateral damage.
Also, as the article mentions, a number of advertisers "said they will take action to prevent their ads from running in front of anti-vax videos"

Google could let the market solve this problem, but ultimately brands don't want to manage their own blacklists, they want to put their ads on platforms where they don't have to.
...Unless it serves the agenda.
It's a local industry. They have a whole foodchain based on this and everybody stands to profit. I think in an earlier HN thread somebody also mentioned that in the early 20th century there were also towns that simply rob and kill any passer-by that would lodge in a hotel, with the sheriff etc. all complicit. In a sense this is typically American isn't it. Similar is how some towns would issue tickets for infringements such as jaywalking all the time without any oversight whatsoever.
You can call this censorship if you like, but it's not the kind of censorship the government imposes. Anti-vaxxers are perfectly welcome to start their own website. No penalty is imposed when they share their misinformation. This is closer in spirit to a newspaper refusing to publish someone's letter.
Since you said "for the world", I'll just point the obvious counter-argument - given how politically unpalatable large troop losses have become since Vietnam, less asymmetry in favor of the U.S. military might well make the kind of military adventures the world generally detests substantially less likely. Of course, given what we now know regarding the depth and quality of post-invasion planning for Iraq, it's questionable whether there would be any meaningful difference.

Then there's the other counter-argument with respect to Russia and China - and it's the same argument that was used against Reagan's SDI (when a few still thought some of it might work) and any meaningful ABM system. Namely, that inducing too much asymmetry in specific areas provides incentives for the potential opponents to engage in much riskier behavior, develop asymmetrical first strike measures, etc. Less relevant now than it was 30-40 years ago, but not without any merit (recall the recent Russian announcements regarding their new missile programs).
Retrieving what pages I have liked on Facebook is not easy