skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well, if the founding population of human species only consist of hundreds of beings that lived around a region with lots of natural hotsprings, it's believable.

Reminds me of that hypothesis that modern humans stayed in Africa until very late (60,000kya) because we were relying on one lake with clams that have protein needed for brain synthesis, until somebody get the mutation to make it ourself. I forgot the exact details, though...
There is an R20 8700k score listed here which is close to the one quoted in the Techspot article (3372 vs 3314):

https://www.geeks3d.com/20190306/tested-cinebench-r20-cpu-be...

So Techspot numbers are fine, just a typo on version of benchmark, should say R20 on graph not R15.
Wood fire is environmentally friendly as long as you use replanted forests, right?
It's far too powerful. It makes sense when you think of publishers and articles about criminal cases.

It becomes much harder in social media. If I type your name in a comment that I own, the platform becomes obligated to destroy my intellectual property to satisfy your right to be forgotten.

If a book is written with a politician's name in the title, can the politician ban this book from the Internet?
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All this depend on the amount you are asking for.
2 Mio. Dollars for a Single-Shot Treatment
This is from 2017. IIRC it was quite widely reported then as well.
Clearly this man is seeking a fat settlement but this kind of behavior by Bose is indeed sleazy, even if it is mentioned in the small print most people wouldn’t expect that and read it.
Laptop filled with 6 most dangerous viruses is on sale for more than $1M
I once signed up for a chess website that asked a non-trivial question to enable signup. I didn't know the answer, but with a quick google I was able to find it.

I think that's great. One must either be passingly-familiar with the subject matter to participate, or be reasonably intelligent enough to google things you don't know. Some mild gate-keeping does good for a community.
I tried and failed to learn Alloy, the documentation is too mathematically dense for me, even though I suspect the concepts aren’t difficult for a working programmer.
Any tips on prerequisite knowledge are appreciated.
It really depends on the niche and the type of the business you're planning (e.g. B2C vs. B2B, mostly service-based vs. product-based).

Some of the things that have worked for me:

- Using the Google Ads Keyword Research Tool to get an estimate of search interest for your product/keyword.

- Trying to find people in your network who work in the niche and may have experienced the problem you're aiming to tackle. Search on LinkedIn and sort the results by "in my network". Ask your connection for an intro if you're not directly connected to the target.

- Cold-emailing potential customers and asking for feedback. The response rate for such "what do you think about..." emails is really low, so be prepared to send at least 100 emails to get some meaningful conversations out of it. Spend some time to personalize each email to increase your chances of getting a reply and keep the message short.

- Create a survey where you try to gauge the relevance of the problem you're addressing and whether your solution would actually be helpful. Don't send it out to your family and friends - you need the opinion of your target audience.

I run IdeaCheck.io, where we basically automate the third option - we design a survey based on your idea and send it out to respondents, so you get an impression of whether you're "on to something". We also benchmark your results with all ideas that have gone through our service so far and the respondents provide comments/feedback on your idea.
> I think speak here about an important potential misunderstanding about...

Meta feedback: This strikes me as a great way to open a comment like this. You’re clarifying that you think someone’s wrong on a point of fact/interpretation but that they’ve thoughtfully contributed to the conversation.
P.S.: The sequence that you have given cannot happen because of the following reasons:

(i) It is cyclic and there cannot be any periodicity in the lambda sequence. (This is proved in the paper)

(ii) The sequence that you choose goes as N/3, this means that F(s) cannot be extended to the left beyond Re(s)=1. In fact, if such as sequence is possible than we have a disproof of RH.

(iii) The sequence does not have the statistics of a coin toss. See Appendix VI of the Main Paper whose link is in the summary. The chi-squared statistics will be different.

(iv) I have given a second Proof of equal probabilities:
which does not depend on mapping (but only uses induction):

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324828748_A_Simple_...
This second proof should overcome your misgivings.

To repeat: I suggest you read Item (3) in the "SUMMARY" link I provided this outlines the main argument of the proof and the basic steps.

Just to put things in proper perspective and credibility: I wish to say that the fact that the lambda sequence behaves like coin tosses have been actually verified by computation (chi-square fitting) over very long sequences. And also over the sequence of the first 176 trillion integers! See Appendix VI of Main paper for details.

Thank You for your interest.
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Why should one need an app to control their headphones?

Give me hardware interface to control the functions.
You seem to think that this is ironic, but I fail to see how you came to that conclusion.
What makes the whole thing super weird is that where I live, "software engineers" which is to say, javascript programmers, get paid a lot more, say, than civil engineers or aeronautical engineers... so it's weird that computer technicians try to say they are Engineers rather than the other way around.
I have read or skinned most of the books on the first page. Not really sure how much I gained from them as it seems that this has become mainstream knowledge already and you hear about these ideas everywhere.

I'm currently using Joel Spolsky's reading list when I need a good book. Here's the link: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/11/22/reading-list-fog-c...

Lot of good books I didn't even know about.
Isn’t hitting corps with settlements an effective mechanism in the consumer protection toolkit?
And in a slightly oblique way, when I was studying at engineering school (University it is called in Australia) the joke among the students was that at Uni we had two hours to get four questions half right(exams), but once we were engineers we would have as long as it takes to not make a mistake.

The lecturers that had actually worked in real industry for any period of time had another line, "Most of what you do as engineers could be done by many people, but it the engineer that does it safely in a predictable time, budget and quality".

There is no, "move fast and break things" in designing bridges, the electrical grid, chemical plant, airplanes, or even the town sewerage system. If there is it is normally baked in as a "proof of concept" phase very early on.

When it comes to unwanted consequences, the whole engineering approach is built around conservative, known approaches with low risk of harm to humans, demonstrable in court if need be.

Often the exposure of humans to harm from engineering decisions is involuntary, whereas to software is voluntary. There are even special branches of engineering that use software in preventing harm to humans that are tightly controlled and have certified practitioners (Functional Safety - IEC 61508)

I don't think people who write software for a living are any less, or less important, than engineers. In recent times it is hard not to argue that production of software has been instrumental in changing the world more rapidly than any other one profession or pursuit in the history of man.

But I do think that a lot of the time the workflows and methodologies employed in the pursuit of these very rapid developments we have witnessed are not of an engineering paradigm.

The majority of software development lives by different rules (appropriate for the outcomes, consequences and potential rewards) and should be considered as a different kind of activity, with it's own approaches.
The article is not about "plot" to kill North Korean leader. It is about a squad which would be used to do it in certain circumstances.
This is a very difficult area to draw a line on.

Your emotions can effect your actions and decisions like anything else. Are we to apply the same logic to how advertising made me feel a certain way leading to a purchase u wouldn't otherwise have made?

We are talking measures of degree here but it's a spectrum that is incredibly difficult to nail down.

What constitutes being of sound mind?
> we don't have the luxury of time to deploy industrial scale carbon sequestration

Yes, we do. It's just that it costs money, and nobody wants to pay up. Same goes for all other realistic climate solutions that we have, unfortunately.
From your first link, the link to the WilmerHale [0] article is a 404.

[0] https://www.wilmerhale.com/uploadedFiles/Shared_Content/Edit...
Who would not expect a music streaming app to collect data on the music customers listen to? I completely expect spotify, youtube, and any other streaming app to do the same? How else could you provide discovery to customers?
True. I was originally mostly asking about revolving lines of credit to cover cash flow needs so maybe in the $10k range for early stage ventures. But I’m open to hearing from people who need more or less. I just want to get as much input as possible!
The one thing I use the app for is system updates.
> the invention of chai tea (spiced tea)

For the record, "chai" is just the word for tea; spices are not implied. It does not seem to have been introduced by the British, who knew it as "cha" very early and "tea" for most of their tea-relevant history; the "chai" form comes from Persia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea#Etymology

But the British did give it a promotional campaign, during which they fought against the native tendency to add spices:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masala_chai#History
Spectre/Meltdown/L1TF/MDS Mitigation Costs on an Intel Dual Core and HT Laptop
Maybe depends where you are, I live in resources city, generally speaking a good experienced engineer gets paid quite a lot more than good programmer.

Some experience you just can't overwhelm with any amount of youthful vigor or brilliance when the consequences are substantial enough.
This is fantastic. It utilizes exactly the right elements for me to replace Trello. You’ve got yourself a new user and customer.

My only feature requests would be,
- the ability to quickly add a time estimate on tasks. That way if I get an email with daily todos i can get a total estimated time

- ability to get the todo list of tomorrow in my inbox the night before, so I can mentally prepare for the next day.

I would easily pay 5x that $1/mo if those features were added.
I feel dumber having read that.
Using screens in grayscale helps to take control of your usage.
Doing something, I mean really doing something, requires changing our culture.

I'm not sure it's so dire as that. Taking the US as an example (numbers from https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emis...), the largest source of greenhouse gases is transportation at 29%. A real push to switch to electric cars could have a significant impact without significantly changing the way people live their lives. If presented correctly, people could see it as a net benefit: no longer going out of your way to find a gas/petrol station, you just plug in at home and have a full "tank" every morning.

The next largest source is electricity production (27%). Again, a major push towards green energy would benefit from strong leadership, but it wouldn't impact our culture very much. It makes little difference whether the electricity comes from a coal power station or solar power combined with grid storage as long as my TV turns on.

The next chunk is industry (22%). Most of this is actually for power generation again, so see electricity generation above.

Only now do we get to residential and commercial uses at 12% (mostly heating). Only here are we starting to impact the little people in a big way, and I would argue that even then, changing out my furnace for a heat pump is not going to have a big impact on how I live my life.
A Complete Guide to Using an Instagram Business Profile
Again, I disagree. It's arrogant to say "Hey, X thing I believe in can cure you of Y disease because so many people think it can and you're just ignorant. Nevermind the fact that it's totally untestable or perferms equally to placebo, as long as you feel better it's working!". It's pretty not arrogant to say "Hey, you have a condition that science has at best a limited understanding of, but it might work based on the clinical trials and controlled studies that have been done. It's the best we have to go on, or you could pray."

I think you also mistake "understanding of the universe" for a perceived experience. Just because you did mushrooms at Shambala once doesn't give you a better understanding of anything except maybe why you made some stupid choices in the past.

Why would Yoga be dogmatic? It's exercise.
As the sibling comment by isacikgoz points out, it can also give you time to notice emotions which you might have otherwise suppressed. The challenge is to find a technique which lets you do that without becoming overwhelmed by the multitude of possible interpretations of your situation.

Some people find that journalling helps.

I find that one technique which works well for me is when I can talk with a friend who is very good at a particular type of listening, where they ask calm questions to draw out your thoughts and more concisely restate your thoughts back to you.
In the past I've used lines of credit up to roughly $50k. They didn't require a lot to get started and I think we peaked at about 50% utilization. Happy to answer questions.
Ask HN: Burnt Out, Unsatisfied, Unhappy, Good Paycheck. Wanna Quit? Should I?
I joined my current employer years ago. I helped on all fronts and went beyond my role many times for the sake of building and delivering successful projects and the growth of myself and my team. Yet, in the last couple of years, I am no longer happy with my career path (shifting from IC to Management), unsatisfied with the senior management appreciation for all the work we do, toxic environment from a while to another and office politics.

I am thinking to quit; to get some quality time with my family, relaxing for a while and get back on track as IC. Should I? Or am I the ahole for telling people around me I wanna quit?
it shouldn't be necessary.
How did you manage to rip out IE/Edge from Windows ?!?
They didn't approve; tea was a state secret. But they were probably even more upset about the theft of silkworms centuries before.
I don't buy Starbucks because its value to me is definitely nowhere near the sticker price.

Meanwhile my phone is full of a boatload of apps I paid for that turned out not to be useful or good that I regret buying. I think if I average over all apps I have bought since first getting a smartphone, their utility is below what I have paid for them. Most apps are not very good.
My dictionary defines a beverage as a drink other than water, although I'm not convinced that this is a commonly accepted definition.
That is a straight up dumb thing to say.

Care to explain why "Brent Ozar, IT consulting services" (first company on the list) deserves to die?
Fantastic read
Cellular radiation is tested very thoroughly. So far, the only observed effect is a slight thermal effect at very high received power, as we'd expect.

We can't prove it's completely safe, but nobody yet has been able to demonstrate any compelling evidence that it's unsafe.
You know what's the simplest solution for carbon sequestration on industrial scales? Trees! And do you know how we could make space for more trees? By switching as much as we can to plant based diets because it takes a lot more plants to feed the animals that we eat instead of eating the plants directly.

I did an estimation once for Western Europe using FAO stats[1] and by switching to a vegan diet we could roughly double the size of the forests, that's a massive scale! It'll help fighting the climate crisis and it'll also help solving the species extinction crisis in Western Europe. And the cool thing is that we don't need to wait for all the human population to switch overnight to a vegan diet, reducing meat and dairy consumption is a perfectly valid first step that everyone can do! The more people switch diets and the more space will become available for rewilding.

We can already see plant based diets becoming more and more popular, and at the same time it seems that flexitarian diets are also getting quite mainstream. I think there's hope on that front at least.

[1] https://vinc.cc/essays/changing-our-diet-for-a-wilder-world/
Temporary impairments are a massive thing to consider! One example I recall was that Facebook learned video engagement rose massively when subtitles were added because most people scrolling through Facebook on their phone don't have sound on due to the environment (work, commuting, etc.).

Another example that I'm always complaining to designers about is that low contrast text might look fine when you are designing something on your desktop machine indoors, but take it outside on a phone and a sunny day might make it all unreadable.
I really don't see the point of pi-hole in homebrewed stuff like this - its more efficient to have the block list in the initial DNS server itself.
If you don’t have a need to, I’m not sure that its useful or healthy to adopt coping mechanisms that people use to endure the most traumatic experiences possible.
Sign-up driven development hits again.
It’s not a music streaming app. It’s a Bluetooth headphone management app.
> But it's certainly not true that the lack of progress is because the researchers are dummies

True. I have no doubt that it takes extreme-outlier-level intellect to fully grasp the mechanics of neuroscience.

But do you really believe that's it's due simply to misaligned incentives that there has not been a major breakthrough in psychiatry for so long?

Any researcher who made a huge breakthrough would be hailed as hero and should be able to enjoy vast career benefits.

Here's an alternate hypothesis: the experts in the field are so fixated on the mechanics of neurological function, that they can't think laterally and/or holistically about the problems, which is why those problems have continued to go unsolved after decades of research.

The idiom "can't see the forest for the trees" comes to mind.

My own experience is that I spent several years experiencing a combination of symptoms that psychiatry would diagnose with terms like depression, anxiety/panic disorder, bipolar disorder, OCD and personality disorder (narcissistic etc).

The psychiatric profession considers most of these conditions to be incurable, and really only treatable with long-term medication.

I wasn't willing to accept this, so I did my own research and ended up undertaking a combination of subconscious trauma-healing practices, along with nutritional work, exercise (yoga etc) and detoxification of heavy metals and hormone-disruptors.

After about 7 years undertaking these treatments, my symptoms are nearly all gone. Some still linger, but my treatment continues, as does the steady improvement.

Where are the researchers in the field looking into this kind of stuff? It's not as if it's not talked about by prominent figures within the biomedical field. Bruce Lipton, Gabor Maté, Rupert Sheldrake and Stan Grof have been talking about this stuff for a long time, and the hypotheses and anecdotes are right there waiting to be researched.

Sure, one might look at the incentives and career paths that keep most researchers focused on drug discovery and nothing else.

But a key part of being a ”brilliant” person involves a willingness to break ranks with the mainstream and find new explanations and solutions for persistent old problems.

I'd have to agree with your parent commenter that there doesn't seem to have been much of that in recent memory, at least from the psychiatric side of neuroscience.
They're not "thought" to be non-ionizing. They are non-ionizing.

Could there be some other mechanism that we don't understand yet and haven't observed yet that could be harmful? Yes, of course. But nobody has been able to provide any evidence yet.
I agree with most of this post, while I feel it may be hand-waving away from of the details.

For example,

>changing out my furnace for a heat pump is not going to have a big impact on how I live my life

A heat pump is a significant investment which would put the majority of American families into financial turmoil. There needs to be much larger government incentive for these units, for reducing this 12% of emissions to be viable.
If you have suppliers or vendors, you can request credit lines from them. Business credit cards are an option too, or you can apply your own captial.

Commercial lending typically factors in the current business revenues (or receivables). You should have a few lenders able to offer the business a line of credit, capped at about 100-200% of your average monthly deposits.

You could demonstrate that for an underwriter by providing either your most recent three months bank statements or a tax return. Personal credit of the owners will be reviewed, unless the business has comparable borrowing history.
Banks don't like risk, and you can assume they'll assume as little risk as possible when extending you a line or credit. If you're established (aka not just starting out), it's much easier for a bank to see you as stable. If you have no track record of success, a line of credit will almost always be secured by some salable asset: real estate, accounts receivable, inventory, etc. If the business does have the necessary assets, then you'll have to secure the debt by using your personal possessions up for collateral.
I'd be fascinated to see whether a similar degree of monitoring is going on in a post-GDPR context. A data request should return everything as Bose is an EU based firm with some customers within the EU surely?
can someone provide an ELI5 for this critique?
I would love to use such a tool if it was a cloud-free local app backed with an open-format file.
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/04/02/bose-spying-clai... This is the latest update I found, about this decision: https://www.kelleydrye.com/getmedia/e72feb27-aba4-4229-9062-...
I think the assumption is we need to actually go carbon negative in the long term. So scrubbing with be essential in the long term.
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Just be careful. If you rely on a line of credit, and the bank decides to close that line of credit, that is a good way to kill your business overnight.
I had a ~$50K line of credit from a local bank, when I was working as a consultant. As I recall, I provided maybe five years of federal tax returns. My gross income was ~$100K at the time, but I could go months earning nothing. There was no requirement for collateral. The interest rate was pegged to prime, and about twice the usual mortgage rate.