skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Unfortunately, it's the original paper that will keep getting quoted at me forever.

My favorite line from this paper is: "Correlation is not causality, but it is tempting to confuse them." I think most people believe "correlation is not causality, but most of the time it is", when in reality it is, "correlation is not causality, and almost never is." There was a great analysis of this in a book or paper I read years ago that I haven't been able to find, but the tldr is that if you have a set of events, if causality were truly common, the events would for a seized up network of causality.
Joe Rogan Podcast with Naval
I chose Rocket.rs instead for my personal project, because most of the things are built-in in the library, so there was no need for me to spend hours figuring out how to put my own database pool or something.
Everyone seems to get lost in the nuance.

It really does matter what is being published.

You can't go ahead and publish for example the locations of US ballistic missile sites and say 'hey, freedom of expression'.

The real problem lies where information is considered classified, but at the same time, there's a legit case to be made for whistle blowing.

I don't think Manning's leaks actually constitute whistle blowing, and while much of Snowden's data certainly did, a lot of the other data definitely did not, ergo there's possibility for real crime there.

Agree or disagree with that - it's basically going to be up to the journalist to have to decided if it's truly whistle blowing or not, which can only be found in courts at a later date.

So it's a tough one.

It's also tough to establish in 2019 who constitutes 'journalist'.

I wish there were a system we could put in place for this.
Browsers have tons of feature; you don't need to use the ones you don't care for.

It's trivial to remove the pocket button - right-click and select "remove from address bar".

If I might ask - how is a "save to pocket" intrusive? This isn't like any of the billions of social media buttons you'll come across on the web; it's not a tracker or anything (and if you do click it, you're going to need to make an account first; and it's only going to save what you ask it explicitly to save).
An opinion is not an article. A news organization may report an opinion, factually, as part of an article, if it is relevant, even if the source of the opinion is themselves. It makes perfect sense to me.
True as well.
Dell and HP are the two major workstation brands I'm familiar with and both of them use custom fan assemblies. Search for "Dell Precision workstation fans" on eBay if you'd like to see examples.
Looks like Mozilla is starting to break out again, and it seems they're making the most of it with recent headlines.

I say they should capitalize on it with the ultimate announcement. Bring back Firefox OS!
Youtube slownes on non-Chrome browsers is its core feature. Whatever Firefox do to address it, Google will find a way to make Firefox slower on their own web sites.

It's a typical case of the abuse of monopoly, where they leverage their dominant position in one market (online video streaming) to destroy competition in another market (web browsers).
I joined GitLab in December. Prior to working at GitLab, I worked in New York City and commuted more than an hour in each direction every day. The change to working remotely has exceeded expectations.

My relationships with my children improved significantly within weeks. I'm able to coach my children's sports teams and attend school events and other activities without any issue. I eat better. I exercise more. My garden looks better than ever.

I was attracted to GitLab because of the all-remote structure and the transparency value. After being here for 6 months, I'm even more convinced that this structure is the future of work.
While that's nifty, I don't think it's very humane. It still hurts for the animal.
I'd love to edit intelligence and perseverance out of my enemies' families.

EDIT: Ok that was argumentative, but really children do not have a choice to be thrown into this world, and to think that there is someone who knows better about how this should be done is the absolute highest hubris.
Also discussed in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jun/05/abc-offices-ra...
There is still a world of difference between modern ground flat blade scissors and forged bowed blades. Modern style scissors stop cutting as soon as the hinge flexes open a bit. That doesn't happen with bowed blades in good repair.
Configuration Management Is an Antipattern
Same here, I never heard of Apollo and I have 0 emails from them in my email account. Yet it looks like they leaked both email address and (and this sucks a lot) phone number.
A few things in their defense though - newer workstations like z230 from HP generate much less heat noise and have lower power consumption. They are not $200 cheap but they cost a lot less than a loaded MBP for sure - even more so when bought refurbished or on eBay.

These workstations can be put in sleep mode with Windows or Linux and they wake up pretty quick - saves you lot of power consumption by not needing to keep it always on. Wake on LAN is your friend.

Next everything is easily replaceable which is great for the environment as these have much longer lifespans than a glued-in laptop.

Lastly the performance is just much better than a thermally constrained laptop.
The inside story of Apple's new Mac Pro
Not everyone enjoys cooking. There are also some very motivated people that simply would rather spend their free time in other ways.
Not that the other is not the case. Organic farming is not allowed to use chemical solutions even they are better for the environment.

edit: as others have pointed out, some chemicals are allowed. However the points remains, environmentally friendly means to control weeds is often not allowed in organic.
What a misguided comment. There are no "sides" here. Unless you think that any criticism of journalistic practices puts me on "the other team". Grow up!
Isn't this why there's monitors? You can also do a visual checkup without waking up the patient.
I understand that worry, but it doesn't make much economic sense.

It is possible that some farmers would abuse it, but that would be expensive and unnecessary, since the target weed would die with a regular dosage.

Abuse of glyphosate spraying is also counter-productive. Low volume sprayings are generally more effective.

And by the way, glyphosate-resistant does not mean glyphosate-impervious. Non-targets can still be harmed.

The risk of over-usage of glyphosate is re-enforcing naturally occurring resistance in target weeds. Glyphosate should always be used at intervals, with different herbicides filling in the gaps.
Yes, that's why I said "current ownership" I was referring to Valve not Microsoft's ownership. Gabe will one day pass, and I believe Microsoft will buy it there after.
They should let other people report on stories that involve themselves, obviously.
I think it's worth to add a few previous discussions about distributed locks.

Redlock is a distributed lock using Redis: https://redis.io/topics/distlock

Martin Kleppmann criticized Redlock and mentioned the fencing solution:
http://martin.kleppmann.com/2016/02/08/how-to-do-distributed...

Antirez disagrees with the analysis and the HN post has a good discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11065933
Australia does not have any constitutional protections of press freedom (or freedom of speech for that matter). So draconian laws limiting press freedom can be passed without any recourse for the public.

Being able to forcefully disclose a journalists sources would not be permitted anywhere else in the world. We need reforms, not cow-towing to these disgusting authoritarian tactics.

Not to mention that this is clearly political. This comes on the eve of an election, and is related to articles published ~2 years ago. Not to mention the most recent article in question described alleged war crimes by the Australian military. But there's no legal investigation into that law breaking, all that matters is that the whistleblower is arrested and made an example of.

I hope we one day see an anti-corruption commission and pass laws protecting whistleblowers and a free press. But it's going to be a long road.
As usual, asking the right questions is harder than getting answers to them.

The wrong questions are easily answered but teach nothing, or are unanswerable.
I use Etherpad on a regular basis.

https://etherpad.org/
Pros and Cons of Being a Startup Founder in Toronto vs. Silicon Valley
that example isn't very good.. here's what the resource-registration for "/products" endpoint would look like (note the http method), where I've lazily omitted "/products" a level above because I wanted you just to see the http methods:

web::resource("")
.route(web::get().to_async(products::get_products))
.route(web::post().to_async(products::add_product))
I think that's a very good way to put it and I think you're right. Thanks.
> I stay motivated because I'm trusted to complete the work I promise to complete.

Part of that is due to peer pressure of not wanting to let my team down. That still exists outside of an office.

I believe more people can be trusted to do the right thing than "butts in seats" managers think.
Hey - yes indeed. Remote welcome - I can update that! Feel free to apply via our Lever job site.
> People have too much debt

For what? Less than half of Americans, aged 25-34, have a post secondary education. Less than half of Americans in the same age range own a home. The same age group are much more likely to reject car ownership than generations past. Outside of those purchases, it is not common for young people to take on debt.

You no doubt describe a minority, but the majority aren't putting any effort into picking up the slack. Birth rates are falling in all walks of life.

> not enough income

Or too much income? There is a very strong correlation between being poor and having more children.

At the extreme, the women of Niger have over 7 children each, on average. Even the least paid people in America are living like kings in comparison to the people of Niger.

But even within America, the reason the "rural hick" is oft associated with young mothers is because rural areas tend to be poorer and poorer people are more likely to have more children.

> are too early in their careers in their 20s to comfortably take time off to have a kid

While the average reader on HN is certainly career driven, most people are not. "You need to focus on your career" is a line that has been used to deter 20-somethings from having children. I'm not sure that is the same as them actually focusing on their career. Most people simply find what work is available to them, trudge through the day, and then go home as soon as possible to not have to think about work again until tomorrow.
I don't think the BBC should give any political opinion on any news story, ever.

But if they want to, why don't they report the story and include their opinion straightforwardly? Why do they resort to the mental gymnastics of issuing an opinion and then reporting on that opinion as a new story as if it's a separate thing? Makes me think they know it's wrong so they contort themselves like this to do it.
> Epidemics are not political matters.

Why then are you entirely focused on a political solution to a non-political matter? Closing borders is a political solution.

I disagree because your situation disrespects the progress that technical solutions have made over thousands of years of human progress. As medicine, hygiene and diagnostic tests improve, the probability of the dramatic epidemic event you propose falls closer to zero.

We detect and quarantine individuals who are at high risk of being infected, without shutting down borders worldwide. We use better hygiene and sanitation to reduce the transmission of disease. We can educate the public when a disease is a risk and people can take measures to reduce the likelihood of transmission. Researchers can find cures and effective treatments to reduce the threat even if the disease spreads.

For all your talk of reality and rationality, you don't mention any actual technical solutions in your grandstanding that this isn't about politics, instead contradicting yourself by basically focusing on a single political solution.
Clever Ways You Can Repurpose Content to Earn More Traffic
Getting Fire from a Tree Without Burning the Wood
I've been experimenting with Iron/Router: https://github.com/iron/router

Do you know how it compares?
Analysing the data science community on Medium.com
I would call them suspicious instead of uncivilized.

Europeans have tested harmful drugs on Africans without their knowledge for more than 2 centuries (including injecting live cancer cells and spreading HIV in very recent cases).

I don't think we can blame them for avoiding this treatment like the plague.
Umm no. This is a terrible work environment. I don't work in a tech company and we have exactly 0 of the issues that you brought up.
Hey I probably used this back in BC. Thanks!
I can’t think very well beyond three dimension. Maybe those who study higher arity spaces learn how to do that?
NMN supplementation rescues cerebromicrovascular endothelial function
I must have done this in DOS like, a million times!
My sides. I have friends working there that have tried getting me to apply. Glassdoor reviews indicated their backend interview is unnecessarily difficult and I have little faith in their business model. How many people are willing to spend thousands on an exercise bike? Let alone one that requires a $40/month subscription? It feels the same as Blue Apron - the market is people rich and lazy enough that don't want do the first half of the work (go to the gym or the grocery store) but still want to do the hard part (actually cook and exercise).
Host permissions are required to access the requests through the webRequest API. Once you have set the host permission, you can redirect requests using a content script, without needing to touch the webRequest API.

The performance impact is negligible in sensibly implemented extensions, and there are several other ways to make the webRequest API more performant if that's really a valid reason for the change, some of which are already implemented in Firefox.

I don't believe most honest software engineers would rip out a core functionality of the browser that so many people depend on, just to gain a couple of microseconds, at least not before trying other optimization techniques.
I agree. I still use C a lot, but I often couple it with luajit for scripting.
Australia, one of the most open, free and fair places in the world, into which millions are trying to migrate because of this ... is now a 'right wing authoritarian state'?

I think we need to look at the specific information in question.

FYI here's a summary of Australia shield laws [1] (sorry, it's not very good)

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/australia-jour...
I just backed up ~100 repos & ~500 issues, totaling ~100 MB of json and git tracked code.

Everything's right there waiting for you.

https://github.com/josegonzalez/python-github-backup
Incredible marketing from Peloton and they builds on the Spinning/Indoor cycling trend that SoulCycle and FlyWheel started.

But I can't help but think a lot of people would be better off with a real bike, a smart turbo trainer and an iPad to access a variety of training programs (i.e. Zwift TrainerRoad). Less lock in, the ability to ride outside, and all possible for a similar price to Peloton bike.

As a cyclist I've also heard the power-meter readings from Peloton aren't as accurate as those from a Wahoo or Tacx turbo trainer.

Still congratulations to Peloton on the success and getting so many people exercising at home.
There are a number of plants that have evolved to handle it though. Roundup resistance weeds are a big problem in some areas.
The only thing that got farmers sued by Monsanto was the planting of "Roundup-Ready" seeds and subsequent application of glyphosate to the crop, which would kill a non-Roundup-Ready crop. You could plant Monsanto's GM seeds all you wanted without legal risk, so long as you treated them like any other crop and didn't try to exploit their GM properties.
For those who don't know, the ABC is funded by the government.
Why are you assuming they aren't assuming redundant storage? Redundant storage isn't a cure-all, there's still a chance two blocks on two disks will fail in the exact same spot.
Ask HN: What's an effective study approach for SICP?
What's the best approach to learn from SICP? I'm reading through it once without doing the exercises, and once complete, will make a second reading, doing the exercises. Anyone got any other hints?

[1] SICP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs

https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html
Our ongoing work to tackle hate
Not that many of the complaints aren't reasonable, but I thought that in general compression/format was orthogonal to parity, which is what I assume is actually wanted for long-term archiving? I always figured that the goal should normally to be able to get back out a bit-perfect copy of whatever went in, using something like Parchive at the file level or ZFS for online storage at the fs level. I guess on the principle of layers and graceful failure modes it's better if even sub-archives can handle some level of corruption without total failure, and from a long term perspective of implementation independence simpler/better specified is preferable, but that still doesn't seem to substitute for just having enough parity built in to both notice corruption and fully recover from it to fairly extreme levels.
Okay. Remote work sucks according to you. Have you ever worked in a remote company? Remote work has its pros and cons. So does working from a office.
Right - _if_ we take better care of our planet and resources. Any idea how to enforce that in the most densely populated areas? China, perhaps? In what reality can we get 100%, heck, 10% of people on the planet to do everything a certain way?
Remote is absolute trash for culture and cadence.
I'm not sure why you're getting downvotes. This is actually huge for me at least.
Personally, I prefer GLFW over SDL:

https://www.glfw.org/

GLFW just goes from zero to OpenGL context ASAP, plus input events. With SDL I found that their drawing primitives are too limiting for my needs, and if you want to do any custom drawing at all, you need to abandon their drawing primitives entirely and just write GL codel. At that point, GLFW makes more sense.

SDL does have a few other nice things like audio support and text rendering, which you'd have to figure out separately with GLFW, but to each their own.
Show HN: Cadwolf – Collaborative Structural Engineering
We are a cross between a "github for engineering" and a framework for engineering. We sync documentation, math, and CAD and automate a lot of engineering tasks.

https://www.cadwolf.com
In the US at least, press freedom is greater than simply freedom of speech (according to case law), and this is by design. Information of significant public interest shouldn't be censored.
News Media Alliance pushes for new Senate antitrust bill
I do wish there was a sync option, since I have to setup the containers and rules for opening websites in those containers every time from scratch.
The problem from my perspective is that there is just too many people working in the US and Europe, so APEC members always end up being the ones to accommodate (not necessarily of course, but it is most practical).
This is a common falacy. Organic forming can only use organic chemical solutions, some of which are far more toxic than their synthetic alternatives. Explore this idea by checking out strawberry production.
Ask HN: Looking for Insight on Silica Nexus
I'm looking for objective insight into the company Silica Nexus. Also peoples impressions of the ideas presented in the 'Convergence Manifesto' published at https://medium.com/@prell/the-convergence-manifesto-299662d6dff7

The ideas are not new but possibly the proposed vision is a new approach to creating an XR environment. I'm interested if you think this is a viable business with direction and company leadership.

Any other constructive comments and insight are also welcome. Thanks!
The scanlines and moving static are a very nice touch. Good work on getting front-end experience.
Glad to see this comment as #1 because you cite a study referencing Leaky Gut. Diet, health and nutrition are controversial topics...but last time I brought up the potential for Leaky Gut to be a legitimate health issue I was more or less attacked for referring to a pseudoscience. It’s true it’s not a recognized medical condition, but there are many studies and medical professionals who are beginning to recognize leaky gut as a real condition.

Extra points for also bringing up gut bacteria which also typically generates controversy, last HN article on the microbiome commenters were calling it peak gut bacteria. Whereas it’s also a science in its infancy.
A friend of mine got a Peloton, and I as a good friend razzed him about it a couple times. Like a $2k stationary bike, come on!

But now I get it. He is a busy professional who would not always have time to go to the gym. He is also a bit of a special case as he legally blind and could walk fast to exercise but could never ride a regular bike. This being said he has lost a decent amount of weight.

Part of it is the instructors, they do a good job of making you feel connected to the Peloton community. You see their friendly faces (who of course are all good looking) every day encouraging you . The instructors get followed on social platforms and there are active FB groups where users talk about their own lives and trade/sell Peloton gear. I half joke it is like a good cult.

He has a few friends with accounts and they use his bike and chip in for the monthly fee. This lead to one couple to eventually buy their own.

As a side note, the music lawsuit they are facing is a big deal, it is a major part the experience. It doesn't work without the music. So they have to settle that.

Would I buy the bike for $2k+? No. but I can see why people do.
This isn't Juiceroo.
I’m doing them the favor of not taking out $80k in student loans at 7% interest.
So, if journalists catch wind of the government being involved in illegal activity, they should just sit down and shut up because it's not their place to publish it. Don't see bootlickers too often on HN, but here you are.
Power consumption and fan sounds on those things were insane.
There is however a downside to the „clone everything“ approach: The performance might get worse than what it would be in an optimized GCed language that doesn’t require cloning (eg C#/Java).

At least I would only reach out for Rust at the moment for performance critical code, and then don’t leave easy optimizations on the table due to lifetimes.
I never considered getting a peleton but we bought this [1] cheapish spin bike on amazon and the quality has been surprisingly good. Makes it really easy to get 30mins of exercise each morning and with the tablet holder I can watch a lecture while doing it.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07988PF5Z/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?ps...
The ABC was modelled after the BBC and still has a lot of similarities with the BBC [1]. It makes sense that the BBC has an opinion on this and is quoted.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corpor...
A bike & start here: https://maximumtrainer.com/get-started.
How about you buy these machines and only run them in the winter? Heck, mine coins if you want! It's just going to heat the house!