skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You can curb the consumption of anything with a tax, unfortunately getting the political capital to implement one is another thing. It looks sadly like the climate will have to change quite a bit more until that possible
I'm pretty sure that wood was birch.

As for gaps in joints, if its a small gap, it doesn't hurt. I actually did some tests in that regard, linked from the article.
http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/glue_methods.html

A small gap actually helped. Probably because the glue soaks into the wood, so a joint without any gap sort of runs out of glue too quick (my theory). But it suggests that putting glue on and leaving the joint open for a minute may be beneficial.
It's fine to swish and spit with a small amount (~5mL) of water, making a "slurry" with the toothpaste. It may even be beneficial because the swishing would coat all of your mouth's surfaces.

https://www.berkeleywellness.com/self-care/preventive-care/a...
And you need to pay an absolute premium for this pricacy - I've plotted the price of iPhone prices increase here and even after adjusting for inflation the price growth is really high. Especially if you look at the flagship phones

https://kyso.io/eoin/iphone-prices
Why broken? If they're on the same core then they share the L1/L2 cache which is as fast as it can get.

Why can't I have fast, low instruction cost communication between any two CPUs, regardless of which core it's on? In other words, why do I have to do that bookkeeping to have super fast communication between threads/actors?

Peeps who do chips aren't stupid. It's probably laws of physics rather than incompetence that stopping it, and if it isn't that then it's economics.

The RISC revolution was in part due to "peeps who do chips" getting stuck in their ways, succumbing to CISC group-think, and forgetting to "play Moneyball" with price/performance. I don't think communication between threads was so much an issue in the past.

But if it works, well, cache line snooping is, I guess, exceedingly fast so why not.

Is it really worth sacrificing an entire cache line to do it? Are there other communication mechanisms which could achieve the same or higher speeds with a smaller component count? I don't see how it would violate the laws of physics if the answers were no and yes.
Not everyone who wants me to play three-card monte is trying to rip me off. But I hope we can agree that three-card monte is a ripoff.
Pursuant to the arguments that ships are "even worse" than planes, it is worth noting that a lot of ships (especially cargo) are built specifically to burn bunker fuel (residual oil left over after gasoline, diesel and other light hydrocarbons are extracted from crude oil). This is partly because the thought is that _someone_ will burn it, so you might as well use it in the middle of the ocean, away from all the pollutants generated by the land bound population.

And realistically, that's the best thing you can do for the environment until such time as literally everyone on earth agrees to not use it (which is staggeringly unlikely). Because by burning on its own in the middle of nowhere, the ecosystem is can handle it without fuss. Whereas burning it on land (in a power plant presumably), you merely help overload that ecosystem since it is already having to handle everything else.
Direct instruction marking in Ruby 2.6
When you’ve worked for tech companies that had their stock drop 20+%, I’m sure it’s been in response to some relevant information that would affect profitability, such as the company’s earnings coming in low, a bad product launch, a competitor’s good news, a recession, etc. The companies have also had a fighting chance to change their future prospects. The scrambling may not have been enjoyable, but it was rational.

In Facebook’s case we aren’t talking about any new information that would affect the stock price. The dual-class nature of the stock is well-known. Individual investors may not have known, and they may have bought the stock based on wrong information. But for the most part “Zuckerberg still has supermajority voting control” isn’t an actual headline. The only new information is that we now have one datapoint about what Zuckerberg will do when he disagrees with investors. I don’t think that changes the value of the stock in any meaningful way.

The end result is that there’s no reason to believe that upset investors selling off their shares would have any long-term effect on the stock’s price: the moment the price drops, other investors will bid it back up. If Zuckerberg loses any sleep, it will be for less than a week and he wouldn’t need to make any changes (he wouldn’t have time to!).
a16z's commentary on the case, posted here a couple weeks ago:

https://a16z.com/2019/05/15/kik-and-the-sec-whats-going-on-a...
Why pick on scientists? Engineering and all industries and hobbies have conferences all around the planet. Convention centers of major cities are probably booked all year long.

Not sure how much that contributes though.
Unless you think that 3 out of every 5 days of a climate scientist's job is flying around the world, attending conferences, their travel budget is much lower then what is spent on putting food on their tables, and roofs over their heads.
I am the same way, have a bunch of things I would love to do, but don't have the time. Once thing I noticed is that at least in the past 2-3 decades there are more and more fields opening up to DIY projects that used to have a really high bar for entry in the past. DIY biology, robotics and other electronics and many others. So I think by the time we could fill one lifetime with projects, things would pile up enough to take another few lifetimes :)
They're equivalent representations of the same value. There's no need to propagate anything to anyone.
I used to work in a chemical factory and the head buyer wouldn't have latex gloves in the building, because they are so porous, so no use nitrile or neoprene. Maybe this link will change your mind about the risk of epoxy exposure[0]. There are loads more if you google it. I read an article once about a poor chap who had to wear an NBC suit to finish his boat.

Open time is not an issue if you are mixing enough for a chair leg, but if you were mixing enough to glue a large lamination it kind of sucks when it smokes in the pot and then goes instantly hard or melts your glue pot[3]. Equally if you were trying to glue up a set of stairs, for instance, you would need a helper just to mix the glue fast enough.

point 8. It shows a glue line in thin laminations [1]. I struggle to get where you are saying it 'excels' at thin joints, in fact the main selling point with epoxy is that it is the only wood glue that is strong across a gap. That is where it excels, loose joints and fillets.

> and what's the problem with painting?

It is called amine blushing.Sanding won't do, it has to be washed off [2]

> Besides, knowing you won't be able to get it off once it gets on something trains concentration and fine motor control :)

Buying new rollers, brushes, tubs for every single joint gets old really quickly if you are a pro user. Again fine if you are gluing a chair leg, a pita if you are glueing large joints.

> it costs a bit more,

It costs a lot more! Titebond in bulk is £10 a litre. West system large packs are nearly £50 a kilo!

> Still in the end you get a joint that'll be the last thing that fails.

Is that always a good thing? Wood moves around a lot and sometimes it can crack a glue line that can just be reglued. With epoxy your wood will split instead.

Epoxy has some amazing qualities, gap filling and water resistance in particular. In a hobby shop it might be worth the hassle, in a pro-shop almost never.

[0]:http://www.fram.nl/workshop/controlled_vacuum_infusion/aller...

[1]:http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Glue_Choices_for_Tight...

[2]:https://www.epoxycraft.com/amine-blush-what-you-need-to-know...

[3]:https://www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/big-batch-mixing-method...
Congressional hearings signal growing antitrust problems for big tech
Working at a company who transitioned from startup to large company, the thing I see a lot of "just get shit done" startupy type people get killed on is that they can't just go do things themselves. They have to build consensus and get other teams to do the work for them. Once can see this as politics. One can also see this as leveraging large groups of employees to get work done.

The other big one I see is that at a certain point companies can afford to shift from "duct tape it till we get funding" to "we have funding, we can spend time engineering solutions." Which also means that they go slow, write way more docs, etc.
Bill Gates, Neo, Gigafund Backing Luminous in Photonics Supercomputer Moonshot
Why haven’t genetically engineered crops made food better?
if you use "facts" and "logic" as pejorative terms, there is something wrong with your argument.
> If this is a serious effort it's incredibly disappointing.

This was the second attempt, after a previous one (in 2015?) also failed.

> Not wanting to pay enough for what? To even justify giving us a choice? Inexcusable.

To justify providing a service. Unfortunately Google isn't a charity. To clarify, my recollection is that contributor leads to less revenue because consumers are unwilling to pay as much as advertisements provide for the same site. That means that either

1. You as a consumer have to pay more than you're willing (and maybe you're willing to pay more, but not enough people are)

2. Google subsidizes contributor users

3. Publishers take less money.

It appears you're suggesting that its inexcusable that a corporation doesn't want to subsidize your preferences.
I haven't tested it explicitly, butI consider the magick mortise and tenon (or dowel) ratio to be around 4:1 or 5:1. A tenon longer than that will break off (wood failure), shorter than that, and it will pull out (joint failure). I suppose grooves on the dowel would help the glue a bit, but they also weaken the dowel.
Docker build secrets, the sneaky (but secure!) way
Inflammatory? Nobody forced them to answer "no" even if they ignorantly didn't know that numeric digits are called Arabic numerals. You cannot argue in good faith that the pool didn't expose intolerance.

I can't see any argument for denying the teaching of anything outside of falsehoods. Teaching is supposed to be about learning something new, typically outside your comfort zone.
Fight the good fight https://www.defendcrypto.org/
Automated transcription can get you 80-90% of the way now, meaning hand transcription (if needed) only requires a light touch. Transcription has gone from very expensive to now submitting your video to an API and getting back your transcript in a few hours for a few dollars ($0.10 - $1 a minute). Even at a very high rate, that's only $26 for the linked video.
NIMBYism has reached the orbit.
I'm a generalist with a longer career and similar-ish pattern to you who has worked with mostly large organizations, but I ran and sold my family's small engineering business, and have kept coding for myself in multiple ways the whole time.

I would not assume that individuals working as specialists for 10 years in a field are actually specialists. Too frequently I encounter individuals who have plateaued while their peers have actually become true specialists. There are many reasons why this happens, but rightly or wrongly, many specialists aren't what you might think they are. I'm sure a lot are actually anxious about their own abilities.

I'd personally suggest evaluating whether you are able to better set boundaries. Making a progressive change to your role is often a possibility but it needs understanding and navigation. That way you can keep what you like and get more of what you want. Switching to just being a senior developer as you've framed it might not be actually what you want, and there are alternatives to get what you want.

On starting your own business you have to come to terms with not doing everything. If you are successful you will get away from anything that is originally fun and desirable. A senior developer mentors folks and derives satisfaction from that activity. The trade-off is often less focused coding and delivery. They are technical leaders with more flexibility in how their work may look.

Your observation on running a business is good, but the key is the feelings that you'll have. If you are too tied actually doing particular tasks versus running a business you'll not be able to succeed. Also, be careful about putting down enterprise app developers. They often have a side gig outside of work that the stability enables. They also know how certain parts of big businesses function which would give your business a leg up. Startup people have good talk about product-market fit, but there are many companies you don't hear about being acquired which involve some enterprise software product that a startup would never land on. That said, the upsides to the approach are different.
There are also rivals to that sony monitor in the $4000 range for reference hardware. It's extremely misleading. It is a really nice display though, but $5k is a painful price point. I would have preferred a retina 27" with those features, 4k is more than enough.
Not if the phone needs to update while it's location hasn't changed.
I agree with you that assuming that they are "paid off" is illogical and damaging to the common discourse - but it does happen at times.

I was interviewed on this topic specifically and quoted in an article. It made me somewhat nervous, because the author wanted to source the quote with my full name, title, and employer - understandable, but my feelings on the issue were somewhat nuanced. As a result I had to place more than a little trust in the journalist writing the piece. We spoke for quite a while and I'm 100% certain that she could have quoted me out of context to make it sound like I held whatever viewpoint she thought sounded most controversial. She represented my statements accurately and clearly, and I'm glad I worked with her.

Here's the article: https://www.ciodive.com/news/deal-of-the-year-microsofts-git...

I referenced MS's history of "embrace, extend, extinguish" several times and basically said that while it appears that they've turned a new leaf and are not the same leviathan they once were, their reputation for hostility toward F/OSS was not built overnight and they will not lose it overnight.

I'm more than happy to give credit where credit is due - Microsoft is doing great things right now for F/OSS. They've built much of the Azure platform around it, and continue to promote the use of F/OSS alongside or even in preference to their own offerings. If this continues, they could be the next Red Hat... but if it doesn't, and a few years from now we look back and find that they were still the "devil we knew", then they have the potential to cause a lot of damage. I don't think it's at all unfair to be cognizant of that fact and to be hesitant to trust them fully.
"The network needs machines that store both application data and user data, and rewards machines that perform this storage with cryptocurrency tokens."
- Isn't it likely a bunch of people will just host on AWS/Google Cloud?
His workbench tutorial is excellent, but for me, an absolute noob, it was still daunting to build a workbench as the very first project. What I ended up is building the Paul seller's Trestle [1] as my Hello World project, and it has been super handy. Even after that, I still think his workbench is too much work for me, and I eventually decided to build Christopher Schwarz's knockdown workbench [2].

[1] https://paulsellers.com/trestles-drawings-and-cutting-list-d...
[2] https://blog.lostartpress.com/2014/09/18/materials-tools-for...
I find that sequence diagrams can be really helpful when documenting systems. Here's a nifty web UI for creating them:
https://sequencediagram.org/
Record turnout at Hong Kong candlelight vigil to remember the Tiananmen massacre
The only way to fight climate change is to tax carbon at a global scale, and that is nearly imposible considering the current world politics
Out if curiosity, what is it that MZ engineered / or accomplished that lead to his current control?
I mean, you could just as easily do the mixing on the TX side rather than the RX side. In that case, there is not software between the RX-servos and the control surfaces. I think that counts as 'no software between the input and control surfaces'.

The relevant question is whether there is an IMU providing feedback without which the plane would not fly.
I don't think electric cars break down after two years. Maybe the battery may give problems after a while, but that should be replaceable.
They have (had?) a few of their solar chargers in the cell phone waiting lots for Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix. I've charged at them a couple times, I thought they were pretty cool. Sad to find out they were part of a scam.

I'm guessing they are gone because I don't see them on https://www.plugshare.com anymore.

I took a picture of it when I charged there back in February https://jasondavis.org/2019/02/06/SolarDcCharger.html
I like this conceptually, as I think media immersion is a good way for an intermediate/advanced language learner to continue with their progress; however, I can't find a way to use this on my laptop. Your tagline says:

"Infinite content on mobile, tablet, desktop."

However, I only see mobile versions available as downloads. How do I use it on the desktop?
I think the desired effect could be achieved with $6/gallon.

People would have to switch to smaller, more fuel efficient cars as they did in Europe, where this is roughly the average price.
More comprehensive article: http://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/news/2012/august/jack-the-s...
Ethereum as infrastructure is also a dicey proposition. It works, slowly, but it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of demand for “dapps” outside ICO tokens, gambling, and the odd Ponzi scheme. The smart contract revolution at this point is complete vapor ware.
How exactly are waste and pollution made worse by people delivering food to you versus you driving to the restaurant and buying it?
Lenovo Thinkpad.

It's the multi-monitor / dock interaction. It's just not solid.
The Death and Life of the Single-Family House
Plastic water bottles may one day fly people cross-country
It doesn't matter where a company is if it offers securities for sale to US citizens.
Do you know if there are any plans to add some desktop option into the installer? Something simple like tasksel [0] that just adds some curated (and minimal?) selection of packages after the base installation and starts the appropriate display manager right after the first boot. I think that this alone would help a lot to increase FreeBSD's desktop usage and the perceived scope of the project.

[0] https://wiki.debian.org/tasksel
The transverse pin weakens the tenon and the piece of wood it goes into. If the joint is well designed (so that the glue strength and wood strength are balanced), the tranverse pin only weakens the joint.
You are a web (or app) developer, definitely a specialist.
The sole fact that they will only get 20% over A350 in a radically different design tells just how well optimised are the current designs.
The Flying V
"Passivhaus" designs significantly reduce this energy need without running into mould problems.
>Was that the reason,

Yes.

> or was it because the other telecom companies were lobbying to keep Google from accessing rights of way and expanding to other cities. (One failed example:[0])

A failed lobbying example is terrible evidence compared to the sweetheart deals Google got and the lengths cities went to attract Google (from Wikipedia):

The initial location was chosen following a competitive selection process.[18] Over 1,100 communities applied to be the first recipient of the service.[19][20] Google originally stated that they would announce the winner or winners by the end of 2010; however, in mid-December, Google pushed back the announcement to "early 2011" due to the number of applications.[21][22][23]

The request form was simple, and, some have argued, too straightforward.[24] This led to various attention-getting behaviors by those hoping to have their town selected.[24] Some examples are given below:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana supporters remade the Supertramp song "Give a Little Bit" to "Give a Gigabit".

Greenville, South Carolina utilized 1,000 of their citizens and glow sticks to create "The World's First and Largest People-Powered Google Chain."[25] From an aerial view, the title "Google" was colorfully visible.

Topeka, Kansas, temporarily renamed itself "Google".

A small plane bearing a banner reading "Will Google Play in Peoria, IL?" flew over the Google campus in Mountain View, California.[26]

The mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, jokingly proclaimed that every first-born child will be named either Google Fiber or Googlette Fiber.[27]

The city of Rancho Cucamonga, California, dubbed their city, "Rancho Googlemonga".[28]

One of the islands in Sarasota, Florida, was temporarily renamed "Google Island".[24]

Municipalities and citizens have also uploaded YouTube videos to support their bids. Some examples:

A YouTube video in support of Sarasota, Florida, used the Bobby McFerrin song "Don't Worry, Be Happy".[24] A video for Sarasota was uploaded through Facebook’s video service.[24]

Comedian and United States Senator Al Franken made a YouTube video to support the bid of Duluth, Minnesota.[29]

Ann Arbor, Michigan, has its own YouTube channel[30] featuring a David Letterman-style Top Ten list delivered by town VIPs such as Mayor John Hieftje and University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman. Ann Arbor also held a city-wide GoogleFest,[31] kicking off with a gathering of hundreds of participants dancing and chanting "Ann Arbor Google Fiber, ain't Nothing any finer."[32]
I've never used both screws and glue on a joint.

It's either a quick and lame job and I'll use screws, or I'm making something nice and I'll go to the trouble of cutting and gluing joints.
sort of humorous that they included a cartoon which is mocking a part of their proposal
Responding to a specific price point is the sign of competition, not general improvements in the product. AT&T built a gold-plated, state-of-the-art telephone network in the “Ma Bell” days, without facing competition. (And gave us the transistor and C and UNIX while they were at it. Google in many ways fits the same “benevolent monopoly” mold. I think it would be unwise to take antitrust action against Google for that reason.)
> Is the world you are preserving worth living?

Future generations would like to exist.

Perhaps in people year 5000 will put 2019 in the same bucket with the dark ages.
That's a rather ahistoric view. Software was initially very much a gift culture in the mainframe, mini-, and micro-computer eras. Even proprietary software licences were often thrown in gratis by vendors trying to sell high-margin proprietary hardware. Proprietary software was largely developed in-house for a company's own use, and regarded as a trade secret, not published as object code and licensed to others.

This state of affairs continued through the initial phases of the workstation/PC era. It was when IBM PC clone hardware (with their narrower profit margins) started to dominate that proprietary software gained more attractive margins, and the ISV era really took off.

It was this growth of proprietary software cutting into and threatening the existing gift-culture during the 80s that prompted the formation of Free Software and Open Source philosophies (the latter named in the 90s but existing all along).