skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Too soon. :-)
Trim Cutout with Severe Out-of-Trim Stabilizer Can Be Difficult to Recover
Conceptually they all offered a way to write managed-language, write-once desktop applications.

React Native and Electron carry the torch of this style of development now and both seem to be gaining traction in a way their predecessors couldn't. I like both, but can't help thinking that a UI framework designed as a UI framework would have served us better than CSS and the DOM in the long run.

Put simply: Silverlight/WPF and C# could have been a much better Electron and TypeScript if the runtime were implemented in a less myopic way.
American Pyrex isn't, it's a Chinese knock-off that was deified as the brand. But it's not the original Pyrex and it doesn't stand up to heat.
I'm not sure what the actions of one particular repressive regime has to do with it?
I went to article hoping to read some story like researchers have spend X million hours looking at Y thousand chemicals and nothing better is found. Instead the article sounds like directly published by lithion-ion lobby essentially saying that there is too much legacy now with us and nothing new would be accepted so don't even try. Right. If someone found battery that produces 10X more kWh in 10X less form factor, I'm sure this can easily be changed.
Not sure why you were downvoted; this is my understanding also.
Could someone with deeper GPS knowledge chime in?
Congrats on the MS and getting on HN front page!
Apple A/UX

IMHO the final Apple product released before they turned intolerably smug.
I find that pair programming has the best of these benefits at the same time reducing the probability of feeling suicidal etc. Personal experential bias of course.
Personally to me the weird thing is that most people on hacker news or even in general make up their mind about something and stick with it. I have noticed it the most when it comes to solar and battery news as the tech is improving at such a breakneck speed that what you find out today might no longer be true 1-2 years from now.
Web App to iOS/Android Conversion
What are the latest web development tools/frameworks that will allow me to make a user friendly website and later convert it to an App?
I think the parent meant 2-1 foldable laptops. Laptops that convert to tablets.

They certainly are pretty nice... writing this from an HP Specter x360 ;)
Artificial Intelligence and Batteries.
I think communism had much less impact on the environment. For one thing, there were exactly zero disposable products. And everything was recycled. We brought the milk/soda bottles back to shop for maybe 10% of the price. Paper and metal was recycled also. We had to gather metal and old newspapers and magazines and bring them to school at least once a year. There were much less garbage. No plastic bags and bottles everywhere.
I do limit "renewables" to only solar and wind in this context. I mean, of course Hydropower is very renewable, but it is mostly already built out, and in the context of replacing fossil fuels and "saving the planet" from global warming, it will have no substantive role to play.

Hydropower is also an example of one of my points. It is a mature technology, and we now know of its big environmental costs as well as it's benefits. We could technically probably double the hydroelectric power of the world, but the natural devastation would be too large, so we mostly chose not to.

We have yet to see what those downside are for solar and wind. For nuclear we know, and also know how to handle them.
It was rebranded to PixelSense (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PixelSense), giving its name to the Surface we know of today.
You can get cm level accuracy with RTK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_kinematic
Don't bother. Just plan a slow suicide instead.

If slow suicide's not your thing, then be sure pick out a more conventional fast suicide for yourself. Find something that will definitely work. Preferably something that looks accidental. If possible, organize your exit so that it looks like a disappearance. Add an air of mystery to it all. Because why bother anymore. The economy is fixed. Geopolitics aren't real in the sense that we understand according to open, freely available information.

A peek behind the curtains? What does that get you? Sneers and condescension anyway. Intellectual tough guys are tedious. And then, of course there's the gossipy whisper networks of the other half.

Cut to the chase. Avoid the headaches. Just commit suicide.
If you read my post, it ends with "...and it's likely some will see a software failure this weekend" - of course a properly-coded GPS device will be fine but the likelihood of the many thousands of different types of GPS devices out there all gracefully handling an event that happens once every two decades is basically zero.
Doesn't Discord fill the special interest group chat niche?
Tons of two strokes on things like lawnmowers, dirt bikes, and chainsaws, though.
iPod Nano (6th gen) and to a lesser extent, the iPod Shuffle. It’s the best clip-on music player I’ve ever used, and there’s a void now with it being fully discontinued. I’m not a fan of their intended replacement (iPhone + Bluetooth headphones) due to weight and the headphone options available.
>kierkegaard isnt funny

“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.” - K

you've got no sense of humor if you think kierkegaard is a dullard. either/or is basically one long stand-up special, especially the bit about the trophonean cave
> I'm always tempted just to show up with a tofu container that I could buy at an antique shop just to see what they would say

Don't talk about it, be about it. It sounds like your assumption that you can no longer buy tofu in bulk or your own container is just that–an assumption. I've seen health-food stores in north america that buy tofu in buckets so you can pick what you want out bulk-bin style. Don't assume things are as bad as they seem! Be the change etc.
I remember a slightly different story: There were claims they would revolutionize urban traffic. Then they came up with a rather ridiculous solution, especially in consideration of the price point. What's left are tourist tours for people who don't want to walk and who would rather prefer sitting in front of a TV set.
Isn't a comment about an entity or author playing identity politics in itself identity politics as well?
On a similar note, buy land in Ukraine - Ukraine has the most fertile soil in Europe, but agriculturally it's very under-developed due to corruption and bad government. It could be the bread basket of all of Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernozem
I don’t know what your definition of socialism is which makes it difficult to respond to you. But in any historical manner, Norway is not a socialist society. We now have more freedom of choice in the market place than most countries and also compared to our own history. Norway was more socialist after the Second World War, where many industries was built up by the government. But since the 80s our government slowly divested from almost all these industries leading to much more affordable prices and greater competition. It’s a great country to start up companies and create wealth.

There are aspects of Norway that is socialist, but the country by historical standards and by the very definition is far far from being socialist.

It is difficult to categorize countries as socialist or free markets, since all countries has a bit of a mix. However, it is easy to see what it is decidedly not. Compared to socialist countries like USSR, East Germany, North Korea, Venezuela, we can all agree that Norway is not like those, it is indeed far closer to free markets than compared to socialism.
Intake/ingestion.
Wait so you stopped being vegan to ... protest the fact that some vegans are self-righteous? Do you also drive a V8 to protest the fact that some people with Teslas are smug?
I was thinking the same thing, ag, agtech, aquaponics, hydroponics, renewable energy powered ag, etc...food and water...most important areas of research in my opinion
Lithium Iron Phosphate is an already-viable chemistry that has a lot of upsides and only a few downsides compared to Lithium Cobalt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery

The tl;dr is slightly lower energy density (~14%) in exchange for non-toxicity, extremely low self-discharge rates, not prone to runaway thermalling, and great cycle life.

It also has the advantage of being able to be essentially a drop-in replacement for many lead-acid uses.
Electricity in France is not "one of the cheapest", it is average in Europe and quickly rising. Moreover part of the total related costs (R&D...) was historically paid by the taxpayer. Future decommission and waste-management costs may lead to a financial disaster.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...
Gtalk - the very lightweight IM

+1 XMPP - in still finding it puzzling that it's not deployed and used more often
you reminded me of the nokia lumia 920. great design, camera, and screen, but hampered by a nascent os. nokia really seemed (seems?) to understand hardware.
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If you have a few minutes spare, you should watch this video of richard feynman, who talks about how he thinks "thinking" happens in people, and how communication is very lossy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj4y0EUlU-Y

i think the fact that you thought a certain way of learning is more appropriate is actually correct - some people learn one way better than another, and that's because in their brain, they model the world in a different way to other people (who also find a different way of learning better). It just so happens that sometimes a person's model happens to suit the sort of teaching method being used in a school, and he ends up looking like a genius.
Perhaps this should be combined with a debate platform such as https://www.kialo.com/
At least for me personally, a $125 t-shirt does not tick the "only slightly more than mass-market retail" box. These are expensive clothes.

https://shop.outlier.nyc/shop/retail/shirts
Holy moly, what a story. I remember reading it a few years ago, and what a crazy example of butterfly effect. The one Norwegian girl who decided she wanted to be an au-pair in London, and met an Iraqi boy there, changed the whole country.
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By coincidence, I recently watched the first episode of a TV show where Norway's oil resources contribute to a different kind of trouble.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupied
WPF is horrible architecture. It's most important purpose is a to serve as case study in how not to design software.
> "NYTimes wrote an article that was rather critical of nuclear energy. I wonder when the flip flop happened."

The New York Times, like most newspapers, is not a single, unified voice it its articles, and much less in editorials published under Opinion sections, such as this submission.
Maybe his motive is...supporting human rights?
Why free parking is bad for everyone
The error beyond this level is due to local ionospheric conditions rather than the protocol. Corrections can be transmitted to interested receivers, WAAS is an example of such a system.

cm level accuracy is available with RTK. It works by comparing GPS signals from a known nearby location with that of a mobile receiver, providing what amounts to especially good correction. It works fine and you can get started at home for <$100.

A new protocol that does better than what we have right now will take some major breakthroughs.
WinAmp

ICQ
I learned PL/I on the 360/91 at the JHU/APL.

Later I used PL/I on CP67/CMS in Stamford to save FedEx the first time, to schedule the full planned 33 planes to cover the planned 90 cities. Founder, COB, CEO Smith's remark at the staff meeting was 'An amazing document, solves the most important problem facing Federal Express." Our two guys from BoD Member General Dynamics looked over the schedule and said "It's a little tight in a few places, but it's flyable." The BoD doubts were defeated; the BoD was pleased; crucial funding was enabled; and FedEx was saved.

PL/I is a nice language. When I got a phone interview from Google and they asked me what my favorite language was, of course I said PL/I. Apparently way wrong answer and they were looking for at least C and hopefully C++. I was later in the IBM Watson lab research group that did KnowledgeTool, a rule based pre-processor to PL/I. Some of my knowledge of PL/I internals let me do a trick that saved much of the language -- I got an award for that.

PL/I based structures are nearly as nice as C# objects and for addressing use essentially only generalized array addressing so are really fast. If want methods, then have some entry variables in the structure. For a light version of inheritance, use the attribute Like. For something like polymorphism, use Generics, or whatever it was called then, that is, the right version of the code is called depending on the types of what is passed. The scope of names support is terrific stuff. Similarly for the exception condition handling via On conditions and how they work with scope of names and the stack of dynamic descendancy.

There's a lot of good stuff in PL/I. Sorry people at Google didn't know about PL/I!
It wasn't successful?
> Static typing?

Not only not an advantage, but kotlin does have that so I don't understand what you were going for here.
this is not much different from pair programming.
even pairing with a junior developer where i do most of the work myself makes me more productive.

pair-programming is also exhausting. after an 8-hour work day i am beat. however i can't think of any better way to work, and it it is practiced in several companies successfully.

if people would want to quit after a week or kill themselves after a month of pair programming we would see a lot of backslash against it.
Xmpp is a disaster, I have otp enabled and all too often messages are delivered to the wrong machine, but encrypted with a different key, so it is pure garbage and lost forever.

That is on the off chance that the message is actually delivered.

Trying to get omemo up and running, but some clients (pidgin) have next to no support for it, while others only support it, and it seems it is only supported on ejabberd as of very recently, with documentation on how to enable it consisting of a comment line in a config file.

I am not inclined to positively review a chat protocol that frequently fails to deliver messages.
Russia squanders it all the time
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Well, it died and gave way to some other abomination.
That’s not what happens with next-gen renewables —- they are modular and can be built much faster and much cheaper.

New build nuclear is not cost competitive with new build wind and solar (even when you account for firming costs), and the cost of wind and solar is still falling at an astonishing rate.
In those days? Can you give an example?
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Those sort of errors cause all sorts of more serious trouble in another way:

Men finding out they didn’t father children they thought they did.

I worked at a genetics lab, and day one training was that this happened all the time, and that we absolutely must not let people in medical studies know we’d found a mismatch. (In fact, we actively avoided noticing such things.)
> in the world where we have good leaders

This seems to be the faulty axiom in your logic.
Suppose that's the one of the real reasons of Brexit :)
You are absolutely right I feel, I think the boom played a role in keeping us out of trouble.

But I feel like when you compare us to other natural resource rich countries, we've let them walk away with the goods for free.

And make no mistake, these jobs are temporary (If you take a long view). The industry is happy to just shut down projects the moment the price doesn't make any sense. We've been lucky that there's been enough they want out of our dirt that's there's always something on the go, but sooner or later it'll dry up, and those jobs will vanish, even if only for a while. And we'll be left with very little.

And this doesn't even go into the specter of automation floating over our head.
Along the same lines is Fleksy.
They had a completely unique approach to typing.

It was abandoned and later bought out by Pintrest.
I bought one. It had terrible battery that gave me less and less range on every charge. Resale value was non existent. Piece of garbage.
Most people use the word socialism incorrectly.

They look at social democracy which is just markets with redistribution and safety nets, and they say “socialism”.

Any welfare programs that help the poor - they say “socialism”.

They look at cities and countries engaging in State Capitalism and call it socialism.

Socialism is collective ownership of the Means of Production.

Examples of textbook socialism include:

Communes and Kibbutzes

Co-operative housing

Credit Unions

Employee owned corporations

Open source projects

And you can have democratic governance of larger structures, which MAY be called socialism:

The public stock market (capitalism and socialism can coexist).
Nokia N9 + Meego/Maemo devices.
It works that way for me too. I’m (among other things) a game developer, and a few years ago someone asked me how much it’ll cost to make a game for them after looking my name up from one of the games I’ve made.

I gave them a quote without thinking too much (“$100/h, maybe a bit less if it’s something really interesting”[0]) and they were shocked, saying something like “I didn’t think you made that much money from these games!”. Well, if I did I wouldn’t be taking on contract work to begin with but you’re not getting the same rate as my own projects :)

[0] these days it would be more like $150/h.
Ask HN: What are some of the best products defined in 50 chars or less?
JCL wasn't a user interface; only programmers used it. It was essentially shell scripting and environment variables.
Avenues for that already exist. But the signal from those kinds of things is so so low compared to the noise that you often need multiple layers of moderation and filtering before anything useful.

A direct line from $random user to the on call is a recipe for disaster (ie your sres quitting) when you have many users. Engineers aren't first line tech support and those roles shouldn't be confused.
It's not an axiom. It's a variable. It was meant to be parallel to the sentence, "If we are in the dark universe . . ."
(From Canada)
I see a lot the company Vanhack (https://www.vanhack.com/) in my LinkedIn feed. They help people in SWE move abroad to work. Maybe they could help you?
I think the market for plant based meat substitutes and cell cultured meat has the potential for massive growth. There are still some kinks to work out but tremendous progress is being made.

You can help out animals and the environment and make money at the same time.
Indexes for which countries or regions?
Only key harvester bots on GitHub/etc would notice. If you’re being consciously attacked by someone then you have bigger problems to deal with.

The solution isn’t particularly hard either, simply source a secrets file and make sure you add that to the gitignore file.
I don't understand why mass market cars (often by the same manufacturer) get better fuel economy and yet need to be serviced less frequently, then. A Toyota Corolla will do 300k miles fairly easily and yet gets better mileage than a Lexus.

The cynic in me says it's price segmentation. People who buy luxury cars have the disposable income to throw away several thousand a year in repair bills and pay more for gas to boot. In fact, if they buy the car to signal that they have disposable income to burn, it's actually better for their purposes if it has terrible reliability. It shows that they have the means to not care. So it's a win-win-win-win all around: the car manufacturer extracts more for the car, the dealers extract more for service, the luxury car buyer gets to show off their wealth, and the mass market buyer gets a car on razor-thin margins that are subsidized by the luxury buyer.
Interesting; I had only heard the other day from a bizarre discussion with a Chinese friend who has a family member in government back in China that the price of an organ can increase if the donor is from a clean Christain denomination, because it is feasible that the organs are better kept (ie not an alcoholic, not a drug taker, not a smoker etc) before their donor was deceased.

Supposedly there is a market for the healthiest organs to the highest bidder. I guess they hit the jackpot!
Duel of the Mega-Dealers
I am Indonesian. Its been 4 months since they announced the phone on December, and they are still not available anywhere. I am not sure whats the hold up but there is no other update
Anecdote: OS/2 ISV was responsible for bringing the Start button back to Windows.
Electricity in France is not "one of the cheapest", it is average in Europe and quickly rising. Moreover part of the total related costs (R&D...) was historically paid by the taxpayer. Future decommission and waste-management costs may lead to a financial disaster (take a look at decommission costs in the UK).

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...
This conversation reads like an xkcd strip. "Reddit style threads are the best." "Forums are ideal." "IRC is better." Half expecting this to progress to ARPANET or written letters.
How are they dead? My wife uses hers all the time... And they're still for sale on Amazon?
Normal operation of government is going to require some secrets.

One of the things leaked by Manning was blunt assessments of foreign figures by diplomatic staff. That's exactly the sort of thing that needs to be kept secret for international relations to function.
not sure if you're being sarcastic.. but thanks if not!
let me know if you have any feedback :D