skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I came here to say this. I and multiple friends were active users and mourned its demise.

Wondering whether it was due to lack of demand or operational issues. If it was the latter, that implies the concept might in fact work under a stronger team (or one with deeper pockets).

I’d love to see a company like Spotify try to resurrect it. Or even (shudder) Apple. On the one hand, it’d be a drag to have such a lovely service owned by a corporate behemoth. On the other hand, any losses would basically be couch money for them, and I’d be kinda OK with them mining my music data in exchange.
You mean like a hotel? The ones that have to be licensed to operate and undergo inspections etc...
dotCloud and a lot of other PAAS platforms.

Its ironic since with Docker + Kubernetes, folks essentially are recreating their own PAAS from scratch, but wouldn't use a prebuilt one...
I like to optimise for 3 things: speed, cost, and health. In this case I have found recipe books to be generally pointless since they're not able to meet those specific requirements.

Speed: If I have to spend more than about 15-30 seconds in preparation, then it's out. Somewhat longer cooking time is ok if it's mostly unattended. I buy ingredients pre-cut/tinned and this tends to be location dependent.

Cost: This is entirely location dependent. I start meal design with what is cheap/good/suitable at my local supermarket. It has to be a regular item because I'm not going to waste time looking for deals each week. My average meal cost is less than 2 euros and that's with ingredients that are not the cheapest.

Health: This is dependent on what you want to believe, but I've gotten exceptional results from merely avoiding sugar and processed carbs of any sort. It's not extreme in any way but it ends up limiting your choices broadly because vendors sneak sugar and processed carbs into everything.
I suggest Anton's OpenGL 4[0] as a starter guide for modern GPU pipelines.

For a general graphics introduction I would recommend software renderer tutorials such as this JS one[1]. The problem that has made people split on whether to directly study modern OpenGL is that 1.x is much easier to configure because more parts of its pipeline are fixed-function. There are fewer lines of code involved and you have fewer episodes of "why doesn't it draw anything". Software rendering lets you get around that because you configure only exactly as much as you have built, and because you built it you understand it(to some depth). When you go to any current GPU API you have to grasp both what the hardware desires and the concepts you're looking for, and in practice the safest way to proceed is to very gradually build up and extend an example codebase so that you have a testing sandbox with easy to toggle modes for debugging, and then adapt that into the application.

[0] http://antongerdelan.net/opengl/

[1] https://kitsunegames.com/post/development/2016/07/11/canvas3...
PURE GARBAGE. There are nearly 300,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel waste still piling up at reactors around the world.1
1. https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2019/nuc...

The cost of building and operating a nuclear power plant WAY exceeds solar and wind, hands down.
They charge 30% for app store transactions for the paltry amount of services they provide. Governments provide far more services from which the corporations benefit, so if apple can charge that much so can any govt.
I’m really surprised no one has come up with a reliable appliance brand. The old machines from decades ago are absurdly reliable, and not patented anymore. Also, most appliance technologies stagnated more than 17 years ago (front loader clothes washers are the only counter example that comes to mind).

There is still R&D to be done to update for modern manufacturing techniques, but an upstart that simply built old classic designs and added a 30-year warranty would do well. Bonus points for standardized dimensions (for easy replacement years from now).
That was exclusively Ballmer's fault for axing it iirc. The ideas for the device were amazing. It could have captured a lot of that creative market that Apple owns now. Tragic, really.
As it currently stands, electric cars are going to hurt the car repair industry, excepting body work. The parts on an EV either last forever, or are relatively easy to replace.

This is going to be a problem for most dealerships, as repair and service is a large chunk of their profit.
Governments aren't intended to be profitable, they're provided in the public good, not their own. You should look at governments as massive non-profits.
Power Grafana with Google BigQuery
BigQuery is one of the most performant data cloud data warehouse for analytics. Grafana is an open platform for beautiful analytics and monitoring. Wouldn't it be the only natural to combine the power of both? We thought it would!

https://blog.doit-intl.com/power-grafana-with-google-bigquery-6822443a7f99
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/light-bulb-conspiracy/ is my favorite documentary on this subject.
Switch light bulbs.

Beautiful design, great natural light color, engineered to dissipate heat very well (and thus last a long time), they got on the cover of Wired.

However they overdid the packaging and had a hard times convincing people to buy $60 light bulbs and only sold in strange stores.
> ...precise laws that conserve both matter and energy; therefore, nothing gets created and nothing gets destroyed...

Not your main point but just wanted to point out that because of inflation, energy actually isn't conserved! It's kind of surprising, but consider light getting redshifted from a far away galaxy. Its frequency drops as it travels through space and thus, so does its energy. This happens with the beam not interacting with anything, so the lost energy doesn't really go anywhere.
Woah. Take it easy mate.

To be clear there is no "safe" option. But this 60+ year old nuclear facility survived the 4th largest earthquake in record history, a tsunami, and only failed because the placements of the back, back up generators. Other plants (e.g. the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plan) that were closer to the epicenter survived just fine.

Old outdate plants aren't perfect, but even still its better than the guaranteed best case scenario for fossil fuels.
And then you get a reputation for ignoring your users.

Some days you just can't win.
Thoughts on non-linear growth in B2B startups
Compared to older oil and vehicles, 10,000 miles or 1 year is pretty long.
Decision to publish is always with the editor/board/sponsors.
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/roadtrip-3
I have worked from home as a software engineer for almost all contracts for the last 7+ years and would like to mention how it is for me.

The key point from this article to me is "just telling someone I was going to do something made me get it done".

So what keeps me on track is that I discuss with the client every week or few days what it tasks I should to try to complete. This is based on his priorities for requirements and the technical issues that I know about. Usually there are one or two primary tasks and one or two secondary that I honestly say may not get completed.

Every 1-3 weeks usually one or more of these items is something concrete that is supposed to show up in a computer program or report that the client will actually see or touch.

So for there is usually already an accountability structure. It's just not someone looking over my shoulder constantly.

I have actually worked on Upwork or whatever they call it with the constant screenshot of what you are doing. To be honest, in a way that does make you productive. However it also makes life more stressful. And I feel like I would prioritize more poorly because I didn't want to look idle so rather than doing a hard task that might require more thinking or googling or something, I might be more inclined to tackle easier tasks that would make things seem more productive from the screenshots. Overall there was just a constant distraction of wondering what people would think if they reviewed the session. I would never willingly choose to work like that again.

When I don't actually have someone looking over my shoulder I honestly do spend somewhat more time on non-work items. However, it seems like my this is automatically limited by the needs of the task items which I will be reporting on to my client in a few days or a week. And even on days when I am getting distracted, I put my main energy into my tasks until they are completed.

The idea of absolutely constant supervision during work only really makes sense when there is no trust or real respect for the worker and no other way to have accountability. I am worried that this type of article or service may reinforce management's tendencies to not respect or trust workers and want constant proof of total productivity from the wage slaves.
The flushing of pickles down your toilet was probably going to cause problems before any rehydration concerns.
Big companies aren't hoarding money to prove a point about government waste. They're doing it because they are entities designed to maximize and further solely their own interests and that of the shareholders. Government and law serve as constraints to ensure their good is compatible with ours.

Here we have two conversations:

(1) Governments should collect all taxes they're entitled to (they are acting on our will after all).

(2) Government waste should be eliminated.

Only the big ones are in a position to evade successfully further stratifying and consolidating power within the top few. Monopolies and even oligopolies are pretty distasteful to capitalists are they not?
I'd say that is a matter of choice and preference though. I'm totally minimalist because I hate washing things up and that is a big quality of life factor. I'm close to zero wash-up because I use a single wok so often it's not required.
>There you go again: something makes you uncomfortable, it's a "hate group"

I don't believe I've ever said something is a hate group because it makes me uncomfortable. I labeled the things I mentioned as hate groups because they fix the criteria as such. Why are you asserting my feelings on the subject?

>Let's not forget what I was talking about which is lies holding together society. I saw the same quotes from French officials that you did. I don't know how that can be interpreted as anything but "we know a large proportion of men aren't raising their own children, but we need them to or society starts to fall apart".

I mean, the actual reading of the quote is an interpretation that doesn't say that. You may not believe it but don't be obtuse by ignoring words in front of your face.

>The reason you only find talk from "hate groups" on Google is, they are the only ones talking but it in English.

And you don't find that at all suspicious that maybe your view on this is being shaped by a very specifically pushed narrative? Are you reading French articles on the subject?
"I for one live in a plastic bag to mitigate any risk that I might leave DNA around to be exploited."

People have doors with locks, and they lock them, even though in most cases it is not too hard to break a window or make a hole in the wall.

"Really, it's not a risk. You won't be able to name a single case of active harm caused by disclosure or sharing of genetic information."

Due to limited resources, medical authorities often have to decide who gets medical treatment. For instance, if someone is an alcoholic and can't quit drinking, giving them a new liver seems like a waste, right? So, genetic information is going to inform medical decisions if it is available. If you have a gene that is thought to predispose you to a recurrence of a problem, then it's logical not to treat it the same way. And the thing that frightens me personally is the idea that this might be done based not on good information but spurious correlations, gut instincts, or popular opinion. Why would you think this is far fetched? Isn't this the way our society already works, never mind possible dystopias?
I'd wager it's because "better" is well-defined in this context. A service provided by the government is designed to maximize the good and value it provides to the people. A corporation is designed to maximize its own interests. It stands to reason that a well-run government service by definition is better across many metrics.

They don't all need to be socialized of course, but the raw foundation of society (health, education, police, fire, even rail, etc) put people on an even footing that allows them to rise to the level of their capabilities. It provides a foundation for meritocracy instead of supporting plutocracy.
This is my point though, why can’t they open an office elsewhere and sell their services from that location?

Why are they required to sell their services from the US for all of eternity?
>When someone says “liberals are just virtue signaling” they probably are a horrible person because they don’t believe humans can behave ethically/altruistically.

Pot meet kettle.
Interesting. I wish they'd discussed why they went for base 16 floating point.
Tighter tolerances often lead to increased reliability.
Out of the frying pan into the fire...
Surgery tools are a common application for ultrasonic cleaners, because "only an ultrasonic cleaner actually gets in all the small nooks and crannies of a complex instruments and removes blood and tissue from those" (or words to that effect).
How to design perfect software products (2013)
I’ve always liked the idea of batteries based on ATP. It’s the energy currency of the cell, why not use it to power out batteries.
Very cool introductory article that will leave you knowing more about SDR signal processing than you might have expected when you first clicked on the link.

As usual in this business, setting up the development environment will be 90% of the hassle. But it looks like it'd be well worthwhile for those just getting started in the field, especially if you're already comfortable with Python and Linux.

GENI also sounds extremely interesting. Being a Windows-dweller for the most part, I'd never heard of that before.
Do they have a specific reason to suspect Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia? There are multiple causes for intersex, many which could result in ambiguous sex characteristics.
I'm in favour of nuclear.

But two other things against them ...
1. They take a long time to build
2. They provide a large base power and are costly to stop and start.
You’re a rare breed in these parts!

I’m not trying to argue semantics, I don’t think most people on this forum realize that the redistribution of wealth IS socialism. I’m aware that “socialist” does not carry the bad connotation I believe it deserves on this forum.

Capitalist companies are first and foremost concerned with growing the pie; socialist govts are concerned with getting a bigger slice of the current pie and don’t care very much about growing it.
Fred Brooks is mentioned in the case study.

The book "The Mythical Man Month" is about software engineering and project management based on Fred Brooks experiences at IBM while managing the development of OS/360.

> assigning more programmers to a project running behind schedule will make it even later.

> while it takes one woman nine months to make one baby, "nine women can't make a baby in one month".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
Aeroscope. Probably the nicest portable oscilloscope I've seen. It fizzled away, and until CrowdSupply found a few units, I couldn't even buy a spare for just in case.

https://www.crowdsupply.com/aeroscope-labs/aeroscope-wireles...
Most of the loathing probably comes from the month's RDA of sodium described in your proposal.

Substitute some sort of more traditional cheese and some roasted unsalted peanuts in the above recipe and you'll probably enjoy it about as much and feel better afterwards.
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Not to be rude but that seems like a silly qualification to be speaking on a matter. I grew up next to a Lockheed factory and my father worked for NASA, but I fail to see how that qualifies me to comment on what a "realistic" solution for interstellar travel would be.
The "Mail" menu item in "Settings" is immediately below "Passwords & Accounts".
Normal reactors do shut down when the power fails. the control rods lose power and fall in. The hard part is cooling the reactor afterwards due to nuclear decay heat. Normal reactors use double-redundant super-reliable diesel generators to do this. This works fine until you out your diesel in the basement in a tsumani zone. Ebr-2 can shut down without CR insertion (crazy robust, CRs always go in) and then can cool itself without external power.
Businesses (including nonprofits) hire people to cut costs/risks or raise revenue (or impact). How would a deeply personal story help convince a hiring manager that paying this person a competative salary would lead to the business value?
That's still mixing up concept vs implementation. I described 4 reasons why adblockers are used in the first place. You won't find anyone else in adtech who's criticized the the formats and experience becoming too intrusive but it's not something that gets solved easily, and a big part of the problem is because people outside the industry are not willing to cooperate.

As far users: It's not about wanting ads, it's about wanting content. The cost is paid for by ads. People make that choice willingly, and that choice is rarely relevant to any product's target customer profile, but the process is serving both users and advertisers by facilitating the trade in attention vs content. Sure content producers want direct payments, and the rise of patreon and subscriptions shows success, but the scale and reach of that is inherently limited. Very few people can afford to pay for all the varied content from so many different sources that they consume daily. That's the fundamental problem.
> The desktop has been replaced by laptops and 2-1 foldables

Whoa, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Pholdables are not even being sold yet, let alone "replacing the desktop".
Serious question here- but how do I go about finding irc channels for stuff I’m interested in? When I was younger I loved irc but my warez days are long gone and I literally have no idea where to start looking anymore.
They didn’t steal anything. Sorry our tax laws are shit and they used them to their benefit. Do you personally pay more taxes than you should? I doubt it.

For clarification I don’t like the practice of off shoring your money. Apple isn’t the only corporation that does this though. You’re misplacing your blame when it really should be at the US government. We can work to get rid of money in politics but for now that is unfortunately where our country is headed. For the corporations.
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I say the opposite, I see this as a compelling argument AGAINST intelligent design.
Similarly it is basically impossible to buy good files today, because they're all somewhat dull and don't last. I have German, French and Swiss made files from well over forty years ago, which I received in their original wax paper packaging. They are much sharper now and seem to last longer than what I can buy new from the same German manufacturer today.

It is like someone forgot how to make proper file steel. Real shame. You'd maybe expect them to get a little bit better, for them to last longer, because more modern steels and better process controls for heat treating etc. may be used, but evidently this isn't the case.
can you iterate the terribleness?
Yup. http://www.hdscs.org/hipaa.html
create Kubernetes local bare-metal clusters (singe/multi-node, HA) with k8s-tew
I feel like just because a product fails to dominate the planet doesn't mean it didn't succeed.

Amiga achieved quite a lot in terms of engineering for it's time.
Yes, this is anecdotal evidence. But having grew up there I obviously read up about it a lot and this is why I am speaking my opinion on this matter.
Also, in my opinion, what I saw written about it in the US media is fear mongering or outright lies about death tolls, radiation levels in nearby areas, cancer rates, etc.

To give you an example. Did you know that CNPP was profitably working until 2000 while the disaster was in 1986?

Or another, fact - CNPP is an almost exact copy of an older nuclear plant which still profitably produces clean energy near St. Petersburg in Russia
Wow, paper mills are so bad. Now I want to smell these pickle vats to compare.

Good read though. I love pickles, had no idea they all come from Michigan.
The way mining works is that when the price goes up due to demand, mines are opened on new and existing deposits.

Uranium is not very expensive right now, so a lot of mines have closed or mothballed. That doesn't mean there's any shortage of the stuff. Australia's known reserves are enormous. Throw a dart at a map of northern Australia and you'll probably hit an orebody.
Building a Simple Scoreboard with React
Ham radio been a regulatory success because the transmissions are open. Self-policing of the ham bands has always been an essential part of the hobby. Any transmissions using unpublished algorithms make that impossible.

In today's climate, the fact that long-established (and offshore) gear makers are creating such a threat is not surprising but is dismaying. One serious criminal mis-use could cause serious damage to goodwill generated over decades. It could lead to more draconian regulations.

Emergency use is a side-issue. We should not allow ourselves to be divided by it.
I still run a pretty basic ejabberd on Fedora. I've heard better things about Prosody, nowadays. (A while back I didn't transition to it due to some incompleteness in IPv6 support, but I'm told that that has since been fixed.)
Do you mean these: https://www.homedepot.com/b/Lighting-Light-Bulbs-LED-Bulbs/S... ?
Interesting!

What are the effects of too much lithium though?

(To answer myself, from Wikipedia..)
>Common side effects include increased urination, shakiness of the hands, and increased thirst.[2] Serious side effects include hypothyroidism, diabetes insipidus, and lithium toxicity.[2] Blood level monitoring is recommended to decrease the risk of potential toxicity.[2] If levels become too high, diarrhea, vomiting, poor coordination, sleepiness, and ringing in the ears may occur.[2]
> I’m not trying to argue semantics, I don’t think most people on this forum realize that the redistribution of wealth IS socialism

Heh, that is literally arguing over the definition of a word ;)

But yes, let's do the math trick of "Let X = Y" and say "Sbenitoj's Socialism" means wealth redistribution which I would assume to entail welfare, taxation, etc.

I think that's a good jumping point to debate about what the best mix is (which would then depend on what measuring stick people are using... gdp? median happiness? min(happiness)?) and then you can get somewhere.
The only reason there are commercial nuclear power plants in the USA is because their liability was artificially limited to $450M per plant by the Price Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%E2%80%93Anderson_Nuclear...).

Without that law there wouldn't be any. The law was passed because no insurance company would agree to insure a nuclear plant, precisely because of the crazy exposure if anything went wrong.

I think the insurers have a good point. And that's why I don't think we should subject our civilian population to risks which the experts in risk (actuaries) have decided are so bad that they refused to touch them.
Super grade plutonium is for warheads that humans will spend a lot of time near, like those in submarine launched ballistic missiles. But American naval reactors do use highly enriched uranium, which is much more expensive and needs more safeguarding than the low enriched uranium used in power reactors.