skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The men that do not know how to interact with women in the workforce are closely overlapped with the men who cannot 'get past 3rd base'.

Given that the major examples are Harvey Weinstein & Co, I believe that would be comically wrong.
What civilization are you talking about? The US, western Europe, capitalism, formally educated people? Who is 'they'? There's enough people who just want to watch the world burn, and they're very much part of society, paying taxes and going to clubs and shopping malls. For instance, all those highly capable developers and mathematicians on adtech payrolls. How is one supposed to concentrate on separating the wheat from the chaff when things engineered to distract and capture attention do exactly that?
lol. yes, i’m sure you are having trouble finding things to volunteer for. it’s not hard in the slightest.
A man behind Elon Musk's viral sheep meme says he's landed a job at Tesla
On an irrelevant point: do bloggers who use Medium honestly expect people to pay $5/mo to see their content? By comparison NY Times is $1/mo for unlimited articles.
Windows is crap. The UI is totally schizoid, with different apps using different toolkits. Office for Mac integrates more cleanly into the look and feel of the rest of the OS than Office for Windows. There are two different settings apps with different features. Basic things are poorly designed. E.g. if you put the task bar in autohide mode, it routinely gets “stuck” because some notification is keeping it from hiding.
6. AND... just a 6' power cord, and the presumption that you'll plug that brick into that so-nearby power outlet.
Mastodon can help here, because it is not a single entity, but a federation with independent moderations.
I've wondered what a religionless church would be like. Would it be different from something like a rotary club or an elks lodge?

I have a group of friends that get together every week for what we call "Mountainbeering" where we drink beer and go over planned hiking/climbing objectives. There's been talk of doing some trail work and other volunteering. It feels a little "churchy" except instead of a church it's at a brewery or someone's house.
> Any communty really.

There are plenty of toxic communities. Belonging to them may salve loneliness without being healthy. If for example the community is built around resentment, revenge, purity, a charismatic leader, etc., fellowship may still provide a strong attraction ... that is best fulfilled elsewhere.

If nothing else, better to get a dog than a cult.
> - Keyboards with much worse action that are more prone to failure (from dust no less) and require replacing the motherboard to fix... all for a Touchbar no one wants and 0.5mm cut in thickness.

The keyboard replacement replaces the top-case, your motherboard and everything else is transplanted over to the new top-case.
You missed this part:

> Generally, the best scenario is to talk with the involved parties, to cooperate and to seek a solution that doesn’t make the problem bigger. This isn’t always possible. In this case they went public and accused me and I had to explain what happened.

One of the parties involved wasn't interested in civilized collaboration, but making false accusations instead.
No one remembers Palm here ? That WebOS was a fantastic OS and Apple iOS / Google copied it's gestures unceremoniously and think they innovated while still not able to perfect it like Palm.

WebOS tablet, HP touchpad 10 got Android custom ROMs and still thriving. Its a shame that had to die.

Android Pie on HP Touchpad -
https://www.xda-developers.com/hp-touchpad-android-pie-custo...?

Now WebOS lives in LG Smart TV platform. A big shame, this made me remember Tizen (Samsung WatchOS) which was reanimated from MeeGo which was made from MaeMo.
> Other than the benefit of shipping quickly.
How about the benefit of not having to pay the full cost ever if the early release disproved the business case successfully? That is a big financial saving for the stakeholder.
I've heard of people blaming socialism for spam, and the answer is to privatize the USPS...as if more capitalism would solve the problem.

I don't get that kind of logic at all.
uh huh. it’s what some form of volunteerism can become. I have nothing but disdain for your throwaway that is allowed to post.
Aren't those just the numbers for SATA connection vs. M.2 PCIe?

Apple doesn't manufacture SSDs, they buy them from the same companies that Dell, HP, Asus, etc... do. There isn't special Mac only models of those drives, it's all the same hardware in the end. The only advantage I see is that Apple was quick to switch to M.2 and macrumors cherry picked their competition to avoid PCs with M.2 SSDs.
Is this a meme?

'''Calls out the internet for becoming a 'dark forest' bc of indexed, optimized, and gamified nature...posts on Medium'''
Yep I understand your POV, I am just saying I am not sure you should have that level of control depending on the data :)
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I'm a UX engineer who recently switched from Macbook Pro to the Ubuntu version of Dell XPS 13. Now that I use Figma, a web-based design app, I no longer need any Mac-native design software. I am pretty pleased!

The XPS 13 has an edge-to-edge display/small footprint, the top of the line whiskey lake processor, 16GB of RAM, and a crazy-good battery life. (I opted for 1080p screen instead of 4k to get that 10+ hr battery life.) All of this for <$1200 with my employer's discount. The equivalent would be 2k+ on a Mac.

There have been one or two hiccups worth mentioning: 1) the trackpad, while not terrible, isn't as good as Mac's. 2) Multi-monitor support on Ubuntu hasn't been perfect. I couldn't get 18.04 to work out of the box with my three monitors; however, once I upgraded to Ubuntu 19.04, it worked out of the box. Phew.

Pretty happy with this setup!
Try following these installation instructions for your platform (Mac, Windows, or Linux):

http://support.wolfram.com/kb/45743
> The conference scene feels like such a hostile environment.

It's a hostile environment either way - even the male speaker in this whole drama was widely known as "a male chauvinist who persecutes and intimidates women at sector conferences" - which is why he was so unwelcome in the first place! But sunlight is the best disinfectant - throw out with prejudice ANYONE who is publicly known to engage in intimidating behavior, whether they're of the "male chauvinist" or the "SJW" sort. Let the pox fall on both houses.

(edit for the avoidance of doubt: I mean the dude who was disinvited by OP, of course.)
Many thoughts.

Change communication channel immediately.

Don't invite someone and when they arrive tell them they are not welcome to speak. Post a list of speakers before, get your feedback and live with your decisions.

This is the best thing that could happen to your event. Use this time wisely to boost your event.

Is it just me or is there a group of people who seem to go to every conference?
Psst: Night Eye is a browser extension that has really, deeply impressed me by managing to give almost every website and web app a good-enough 'night mode,' surpassing all the quick-hack filter() solutions and more common extensions like Darken. https://nighteye.app/
Agreed. But you can hack their replacement programs to extend the life of the newer (post 2015) models. There are a few battery replacement programs on MacBook Pro’s (e.g. https://www.apple.com/support/13inch-macbookpro-battery-repl...) and there is also a keyboard replacement program (https://www.apple.com/support/keyboard-service-program-for-m...). Replacing either practically gives you all new internals because of they way everything is soldered on. I just did that on my 2016 model and it should hopefully last me now a few more years.
It's worth noting that the Visual Studio umbrella also involves many OSS technologies. If you're writing C# or F# code targeting .NET Core, the language, compilers, libraries, runtime, build tools, and parts of the IDE tooling are all open source.
I would posit that it's almost best if your volunteering is not really related to your profession at all. This keeps it fresh and interesting.

I started riding bikes about 11 years ago and volunteering about 10. I've met a LOT of people, made some good friends, and after accomplishing some goals felt a nice sense of achievement that work stuff just doesn't quite get me. Pretty sure I'm a better person than I was 10 years ago, and the social and community aspects of volunteering stuff are almost guaranteed to be a big part of that.

(Note: Long-time lead-type IT person here who volunteers as a board member, trail builder, and map maker for a local mountain biking group. What I do at work is helpful for the volunteer stuff, but as it's not related it's something neat that I look forward to; not just more work.)
So, I know they were in the 10.9 release notes, because 10.9 was where smooth scrolling was introduced. However... as is typical, I cannot even seem to find those release notes now?

Someone appears to have mirror them in a gist, so open this (https://gist.github.com/zwaldowski/8710fddc8b0b39d2c152) and ctrl+f for "Responsive Scrolling".

> Do not override -scrollWheel: in an NSScrollView, NSClipView subclass, or in the document view.
>If you think shutting down Facebook would result in people being unable to communicate and assemble you obviously haven't studied history or even been around on the Internet very long.

I don't think that, and I don't suggest it is the case in my comment. I do not think Facebook is critical in the sense that if it went down, people would be unable to communicate and assemble. Please read my comment more closely.
I don't see anything there that's incompatible with a high level of skill at mathematics. Honestly, I don't know of any opinion outside the realm of mathematics that could be deluded or disorganized enough to make me think that the person holding it couldn't be competent at math. That said, before I trusted this web site as a source I'd look for evidence that it has been reviewed and improved by other people, because even a competent person is bound to make mistakes, and if he's working entirely alone his mistakes are likely to go uncorrected.
>8-core Intel Core processors, delivering Turbo Boost speeds up to 5.0 GHz, while the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar features faster quad-core processors with Turbo Boost speeds up to 4.7 GHz.

Cooled by what? Oh, right, almost nothing. If you actually know enough about computers to know what those numbers mean, you also know that those clock speeds cannot be sustained with this laptop's cooling solution. It is just baffling people who don't know better with numbers.
> OP will never obtain any judgment.

In cases where someone feels harassed "judgment" isn't necessarily even the point.

Legal action is taken, you get a lawyer, they get a lawyer... often their lawyer tells them not to contact you or people you know anymore (because that is what a good lawyer will do) and it is effectively resolved. For some people that may be enough / the entire goal and it can cost as little as everyone talking to a lawyer once.
The big improvement in the 2012-2015 body is that getting rid of upgradability and the optical drive allowed putting in a huge battery (basically the max allowed on airplanes). It also cut the weight by more than a pound.
I am still rocking the MBP 2015 and recently changed the battery. Did you consider doing the same? That is, updating batteries instead of getting the new ones?
> I am tired of this communities inability to conceive that this data is and can be used for good.

I don't see any inability to recognize that. What I see is is a recognition that "data can be a powerful force for good" is not a valid argument for why people should be forced to reveal that data.
I saw an article here ages ago that stated researchers only needed very little driving data and they could identify the driver. So many hidden patterns in the way we break or accelerate they were able to with a high accuracy identify the drivers. I have no doubt cars can and do identify drivers.
Will look forward to following its progress!
I see, thank you. I must have clicked that link to sign up for a developer license, but somehow I don't remember being offered to download the thing.

I feel silly now, but that was pretty confusing.
That actually is possible, but you have to manually create the shortcuts.

Check out https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-... for docs on the profile manager. Once you've set up the profiles you want, you can launch a specific profile by passing "-P profileNameHere" or "--profile /path/to/profile" to Firefox.

You may also need to pass "--new-instance" or "--no-remote" to force Firefox to launch a new window if another copy of the same Firefox version is already open.
I'd like to think I would be equally willing to assist people independent of gender, but there are absolutely some formats of activity where I'd be very reluctant to participate with a female, particularly a younger/whatever female. "Meet up for drinks after the conference one on one" is one of those -- I'd do it with a guy, or with someone I knew well, but wouldn't with a random woman in a lot of cases, both because I wouldn't want her to feel potentially uncomfortable, and because I wouldn't want the potential liability. Also I'd be willing to let a guy friend/colleague/etc. use my hotel room to store stuff/use the bathroom/whatever during a conference, but unless it's a peer-level colleague that I know well, would not do this with a woman.

I'd try to compensate by changing the format (adding a third or more person, or meeting at a different time or location), but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a marginal case where it would disadvantage the woman. However, there's no stranger or non-close-friend for whom I'd be willing to accept the liability here.
Wait... you are pissed off because you get better sound quality from your laptop speakers?
I volunteered for home hospice, and met with a 94-year old man for a year. As he would say, "my body is shot, but my mind is sharp" -- and was it ever.

What an amazing story he has -- decorated WW2 veteran (he had so many stories to tell about the war), worked in construction for 40+ years, now has an extended family (children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren) that is 100+ strong.

At some point, hospice said that he was doing better so they were cancelling their support. I still wanting to see him so I kept going. He wasn't expected that though, and the next week when I showed up he was so appreciative he was in tears.

You never know how your presence can affect someone.
That's not how much Lenovo actually charges.

They charge 450$ retail and 250$ on special for a slightly slower SSD

https://imgur.com/a/ug87MaI
There's a lot to love in the 2013-2015 line, but the 2008-2012 series will always have my heart. I've never had a laptop so easy to work on, and being able to put two drives in a portable is icing on the cake.
It's not just deaths, but injuries and property damage.

Yes, driving has gotten much, much safer over the past few decades, but it's still the most dangerous thing we do on a daily basis.
For the Romans, those in the city of Rome, it may have been display. For many of the Celts a feast was precious calories.

Going by the information in one of Terry Gilliam's documentaries on the ancient world, for many of the Romans, it was somewhat the same as for many of the Celts. Many city dwelling roman citizens didn't have extravagant diets, and might well have been satisfied in macro-nutrients, but lacking in others.

By feeding, the lord may well have been keeping his people alive. They saw attendance at a feast as both honor and survival.

By not feeding, the Celtic noble may well have been punishing those she or he disliked. I think social hierarchies still find such physical means of manifestation in 2019.
If any of your TB3 or USB-c devices is decent (ie not a cheap Chinese POS) and has a/c power it’ll probably provide power back to the laptop over the same connection.
I've never heard of it either, but it's worth saying that if it can be done in one instruction it's entirely possible that GCC or clang will do it if possible
People use Excel because their manager wants them to use Excel.

Their manager wants them to use Excel because all their past managers have wanted them to use Excel. And so on.

Also, it's already there on all the computers.
> Why is everyone so ridiculously focused on the camera?

Because possibly recording someone you are facing in ordinary circumstances is more than just a little bit rude.
Exactly. Her past pattern of poor behavior really speaks for itself.

I’d be interested if her husband has a similar reputation in his field. Shame we don’t have any names, if only so their actions yield some sort of consequence.

Hopefully court pans out in the author’s favor (assuming what he said is indeed the true rendition of events).
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Town offers free Viagra to couples who move there to boost the local birth rate
Funny how people used to be apple hardware sold the software after steve jobs decided to end the mac clone strategy.

But judging by all the comments out there, it feels now that the only reason people buy mac hardware is because of mac os.
This the correct download page: https://www.wolfram.com/engine/

You get a file `WolframEngine_12.0.0_LINUX.sh` about 1 GiB.
The other thing I would question is whether or not the cooling is sufficient as well. 8 cores doesn't mean much if you can't keep them working at a reasonable clock.
Would some disconnected third party be able to kindly doxx this douchebag couple for the benefit of everyone else? Thanks.
It’s also against international law to put weapons in space.
> In most European democracies, geography doesn’t matter in the same way. Legislators are elected from larger districts, each with multiple representatives, granting parties proportional power. If a party wins 50 percent of the votes, it doesn’t matter much if those votes are evenly spread around or tightly clustered.

Comparisons with European democracies strike me as counterproductive; the US is a federal republic, whereas most European democracies are unitary states.

I'd be interested in an analysis that compares the urban-rural divide in the US with that of the EU, which are both similarly large, similarly heterogenous, similarly Federal in nature, and (perhaps most importantly) have similar structures of government.

The US's Senate looks less like the upper houses of most European democracies, and a lot more like the EU's Council of the European Union[1], which is the upper house of their (essentially) bicameral legislature. Like the Senate, it grants equal representation to its states.

I'd also be interested in an analysis that compares the US with Switzerland, whose structure similarly favors decentralization. The Swiss Council of States[2] distributes its seats by state (canton), rather than by population.

[1] https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/institutions-bodie...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_States_(Switzerland...
As much as I love Cixin Liu's "Dark Forest" concept (I've sung my praises of his novels quite a bit here), I'm not sure this post fully fleshes out the analogy. I think it could be developed further, though.

What makes Cixin's dark forest so awful is that new intelligent species are going out into a Universe with other species millions of years more advanced than they are, species that can easily exterminate entire solar systems - or worse (the weapons in Cixin's dark forest make the Death Star look like a drawing of a BB gun). Is that really what we have here, on the internet? When we find our autonomous zones (to steal an anarchist phrase), do Google and Facebook actively exterminate them? No. Not yet, anyway.

I think other analogies might be in order for the very real phenomenon of retreating from the corporate internet.
Yes including toxic churches, soccer teams and anime forums. Humans being humans and all that.

Plenty of people prefer to be victims in group than alone though. We are weird creatures.
I think that volunteering can help with a lot more than just loneliness, including bridging gaps between different ideologies. I spent some time working for an urban tree planting group in my city. As you would expect a lot of the folks involved were green thumb forest ranger types, but a lot of them were not. A couple of the older Sierra club guys openly discussed issues with the modern global economy and its impact on the environment, stuff that might get you banned from Twitter these days. The machine shop guys who repaired our tree stakes were pretty "red state" but they liked those Sierra club old guys, and they also liked trees. I also remember talking to a young energy industry employee who knew a lot about green energy initiatives (and why they were taking so long to ramp up), and of course dyed in the wool vegans and forest ranger folks. But the fact that everyone was giving up their Saturdays together for a common goal gave everyone a little extra liberty to express their opinions and experiences, and of course the civility of face to face conversation helps bridge lots of gaps too.
Isn't the SSD on these soldered to the motherboard? You can't get any more built-in than that.
You can have fearless concurrency in C too if you use async queues and handover data completely without sharing references to data between threads (other than via the queues) - including using thread safe functions.

Rust will not help you with other multi-threadding issues, that arise from how OS implements processes/threads/signals/syscalls etc.

So I wouldn't call it fearless. Concurrent data access is just one issue you have to tak care around.
The author's attorneys are preventing them from being specific enough to identify the people involved. Others in the industry, independent of each other, confirmed it was a bad idea, and the reactionary behavior of the speaker just further proved it.

In any case, even if the reason behind removing them from the conference was moot, do you think the behavior of the speaker was justified?
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Perhaps that's true outside of the United States and I'm showing my biases. Here, the religious-reactionary complex has been a prime mover to get us where we are today.
My X1 Carbon, which cost as much as a 13” MBP, has a plastic sticker for a bezel. It’s now peeling off.
Compelling evidence.
Fairbox recovery rates [1] in the US tend to be around 15-20%. The rest is made up from public subsidies. In the most heavily utilized subway systems, the ratio can increase to around 50% (NYC). [1]

It depends how you count the revenue, but by some accounts public transit is more heavily subsidized by State and Federal government than driving. This is especially true on a per-passenger-mile basis.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farebox_recovery_ratio
Public shaming using false allegations of stalking and harassment.
In France some test is going on to turn long term joblesness into proactive social life. They made a dummy company (one per city) that will hire everyone and pay them up to 21k euros per year to do things (what kind I don't know, probably small services and tasks). TV News was saying that it had suprisingly large success so far.
Writing code in C or C++ does not lock me down in any way. Using the Windows OS APIs does, yes, but there are entirely robust ways of writing C++ on Windows using an open source toolchain that are popular. And as we have seen, Microsoft is increasingly going in a direction of open sourcing more and more of their tooling. Look at everything that has gone on with C#, F#, the .NET stack, etc. So while I agree with you that MSVC is used, and used often, I don’t think that’s a strong argument.

Now if MS had their own language (they did...) that was closed source (it was...), the argument would be more akin to this Wolfram debate. But MS learned that wouldn’t fly, and adopted an OSS strategy.