skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Without something like carbon taxes the supply chains and economy will never correctly account for carbon because it is an externality.

The price of oil itself has no correlation with carbon output. (Total production numbers might tell you something, but that is only vaguely related to price in market economics, given the competing forces of supply and demand. Total usage numbers would tell you a lot more, but isn't a statistic even tracked by economics and if it has any correlation on price depends on the type of demand [elastic versus static] whether it is following/lagging or pushing the price.)

Sure money and energy can be considered intertwined, but not all energy is carbon, don't forget that as much as business tries to underprice it, a lot of the energy reflected in a supply chain is labor (which admittedly people do also produce carbon, but exhalation effort is not something I've ever seen properly reflected in someone's wages).

So again: higher prices in EVs and EV supply chains absolutely does not correlate with carbon costs. EVs generally have less material because a) weight matters a lot more, and b) fewer moving parts / simpler drive trains.

Price differences likely reflect other market realities such as supply/demand and things like perceived luxury.
A leveraged buy out and flat sales left them in debt to the vulture capitalists that bought them. It would have been doing mediocre but sustainable if that hadn't happened.
How would you compare/contrast Retool with Microsoft PowerApps? https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/

(Microsoft employee here, but I don't actively use or work on the PowerApps product myself)
Apache Foundation version ftw:

https://blogs.apache.org/kafka/entry/what-s-new-in-apache
Sharing economy, all right. Some refuse to acknowledge the issues that are well known.
Yep, some of these people leaving the company are developers who suffered from burnout crisis inside the 'Big Company'. :p
I'm one of these sort of professional developers leaving 'Big Companies' due burnout.

I think that 'Big Companies' need to deal with Ethics before trying to deal with Agile/Scrum. xD
http://archive.is/alEl8
I agree with the sentiment, but too many companies are using javascript. That said, I only enable ecmascript for sites that I do business with. If I don't know where the site owners work, I won't enable it. I make a few exceptions for a few sites under heavy scrutiny. Even CSS has some exfil risks, but there are browser addons to block that as well. [1]

[1] - https://www.mike-gualtieri.com/css-exfil-vulnerability-teste...
According to the website:

Why a standalone browser instead of building as an extension for existing browsers, or waiting for mainstream browser support?

1. Build for the future

Many things we take for granted in the old "web browsing" experience--including the security model--no longer apply in the new world of Bitcoin.

The thing is, Bitcoin is NOT "the next web". In many ways it's completely opposite of what the WWW is, which is why Bitcoin is so powerful.

That's why it's more beneficial to start from scratch instead of forking an existing full-fledged browser built for the existing WWW, with many legacy features that can constrain future directions. We can create a new user interaction model optimized for the new Bitcoin world order.

2. Bitcoin-Native

Bitcoin has a fundamentally different architecture than the old web in many different ways, with built-in immutability, a self-contained authentication model, and natively monetizable/traceable files.

Instead of thinking from the old WWW mindset, we should think from a Bitcoin-native mindset.

Bottle can discipline us to publish Bitcoin-first documents, build Bitcoin-first apps, each interconnected to one another in Bitcoin-native ways.
Its more of a development platform and data ecosystem than ERP. Salesforce has yet to acquire an Accounting system to perform general ledger functions.
The brand isn't something tangible they do. It's the cumulative effect of the marketing, public relations and other experiences people have had with it (including actual shopping).

After doing it reasonably well for decades we're at the point where for millions of people, when they think to themselves "I need some toys, where should I look?", Toys R Us is one of the top answers that occurs to them. If you can follow though by delivering a decent shopping experience, that's going to lead to a lot of money.
A version of Keen's tile editor was used to create maps for games as recent as Rise of the Triad, which was itself built on a modified Wolfenstein engine.
> what is the point of a currency that is always appreciating and nobody want to spend

Fixed supply doesn't mean it will always appreciate.

It just seems like it today because the first fixed supply currency that can be transferred over the internet was only invented 10 years ago. It (or an equivalent, or a mix of equivalents) has to rise from 0 USD to X USD over time where X is "the value of global, fixed supply currency". When X is reached, it reverts to being the worst investment you can possibly make, useful only for buying higher yield assets or exchanging for food, shelter and stuff.

> The only thing a government have to do, in order to create demand for its currency, is accept only its currency as payment for taxes.

Just because I pay taxes in USD/EUR doesn't mean I can't store my cash in a fixed supply currency, and anyone who does this avoids inflation. And if everyone does this, government no longer controls the money supply.
Flying in economy on a superjumbo isn't that bad. I haven't seen any really good articles about the carbon footprint of foreign travel, but remember, most Americans drive 3-5000lb cars around every day just for 1 person to go to McDonald's or work, sometimes with very long commutes. For vacations, most Americans probably drive, frequently very long distances. With airplanes, a lot of the fuel is actually burned in takeoff, so intercontinental flights with large planes are significantly more efficient (in passenger-miles-per-gallon) than shorter (regional) trips. And finally, most people don't get that much time for vacations, so they only take such trips once or maybe twice per year.

So yes, travel is high-carbon, but compare that to the everyday lifestyle most middle-class and up Americans live every day at home.
That's the way they marketed it. They know they had to do this little concession in order to get Libra to pick up so that people would repeat tirelessly that it's not controller by Facebook and therefore it's good.

But it's controlled by Facebook and friends and the influence they would get over any decision is absolutely huge
This is ridiculously cool. Something in me burns to brush this off, which kind of annoys me. I wasn't aware of how affected I've been by the current wave of anti bitcoin/blockchain/deep learning reaction. It's sad because ultimately, that kind of sentiment just limits the ability to appreciate really awesome stuff that people make, like this.

I madly respect the creator of Bottle for wasting your time on something wondrous and original.
Interesting discussion previously on HN: "How vulture capitalists ate Toys 'R' Us"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16904564
Curation is valuable. Amazon is a great utility, yes, but they aren't great at curation, nor do they offer the "physicality" of objects that is especially appealing with respect to toys. Toys are, by definition, "non-functional" goods, so being able to see/touch them offers more value than being able to see/touch a purely functional item.
> I'd like to see them perhaps expand into electronics, boards, drones, maker stuff, etc.

I was thinking the same thing.

Those categories are the perfect way for brick and mortar stores to differentiate themselves from online retailers. They're accessible enough that the average consumer may be interested in them, but complex enough that you'll probably need advice from someone knowledgeable before buying.

I'm really surprised Best Buy hasn't devoted much (if any) floor space to those things. I bet they could sell truckloads of things like micro FPV drones if they just demonstrated them for customers.
Unfortunately, a lot of times hospitals can only afford one or the other. These systems are very expensive and radiologists and cytologists aren't exactly cheap either. But, I agree, both would be good, especially considering the volume a Cytologist is expected to screen in a single day.
Pigeons can do better than humans when they work as a team: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/using-pigeons-to-... but obviously no one is going to trust pigeon diagnosis anytime soon. Computers have a bit more credibility.
See also the comments to this article form 8 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18332918
Toys R Us went down due to private equity shell games. I’m not sure if they could’ve survived the Amazon era, but they never got the chance.

For what it’s worth, we went to Toys/Babies R Us all the time when our daughter was born six years ago. When you’re out of diapers or the bottle breaks or you need a last-minute birthday present for a friend’s party, you need supply in 30 minutes; even same-day isn’t fast enough. The stores filled that role for my family.

Amazon has struggled to launch their own line of diapers and baby products multiple times, they shuttered the Quidsi acquisition after they couldn’t make it work, etc. I don’t think it’s foregone that Toys R Us would’ve become another one of their victims.
Drug list includes some commonly prescribed for anxiety or so-called mood disorders including Xanax and Zyprexa. A more complete list: https://www.theseniorlist.com/medication/anticholinergic-dru...
I would like to point out that you have a very privileged position in life to be able to say that cost is no object to the quality of care you receive. Not every has that luxury. Also, there are some people in some situations that would be willing to sacrifice quality of care on price.
Considering how Electronic Arts has been treating the Star Wars liscence, the chances are poor. If you're into simularors though, I heartily recommend Elite Dangerous, but the learning curve is steep and a HOTAS is almost a necessity.
It's incorrect translation. The correct one is "trouser friends" because they are so close they can borrow each other's shorts/trousers
I'd rather have MicroCenter expand to more locations and start carrying everything like that (if they dont already).
> Proper medical treatments goes through many rounds of studies to prove that it works and is safe (which is unlikely in this case: smoke causes cancer in general).

And opioids cause addiction and death. All medicine is poison. There is no such thing as "safe medicine" there is only a "relatively safe dosage".
Open Source Messaging Server (Go) + Android/iOS/Web Clients
Presumably 10nm is cheaper to produce, so they can use that to make lower-end processors.
But were't these things negatives for Toys R Us? Everyone joked about how desolate the stores were, and how they had fifty checkouts but only ever one open. My memory is of grimy miserable warehouses.
Well, you can still use Heroku if you still want to shove your money towards Salesforce without having to deal with API call limits :)
Correct. I've been paying $12/month for the Managed DNS service.
A not unrelated thread from 2017: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14299628
I think it's fair to compare socialized healthcare to fire departments or public education. The case of donating money to a fund raiser is silly though. It's hard to know how much you might be "obligated" to donate even if you argue that the amount is more than 0.
Doesn’t the “Off” setting for wireless data do this for iOS? With the other two options being “WLAN” and “WLAN & Cellular”, what’s the alternative network route?
The actual simulation part is not very taxing; it typically uses less than half a millisecond CPU time per frame in X-Plane, which has the most advanced simulation on the market.
I kind of built my career on it.
While reading some forums, including some threads on HN, I see a lot of misconceptions about Salesforce. When it started,it used to be purely software for sales and how to manage leads,deals and contacts. However it's been around for 20 years and now it covers much more. For instance,I work for a company that delivers training to thousands of people every year.The entire business runs on Salesforce.The sales manage their leads(tens of thousands) and interactions with them(calls,emails,sms), while operations book the courses, customer service manage complaints, finance team tracks products, invoicing,and vendor manager tracks their performance, contracts and etc. At any given time I can go on Salesforce and see how much money the company made,what are the issues, how's marketing doing and etc. Alternatively to this kind of unified system is a mish mash of number of applications, endless Excel spreadsheets and bottomless email server. Since I joined, the company tripled revenues,yet we have same number of people managing training and customer service...The sales reps pulling in twice as much of revenue. I know there are a lot of developers here on HN: even if you don't want to use Salesforce platform,you can leverage free developer edition for rapid prototyping.You could literally mock up things within hours,including interface,database and sometimes even automations. For those who are planning to hire sales people: the absolute majority of decent ones( especially in the US and to some degree in the UK) most likely used it in their previous jobs and it is very likely they will expect it in your company as well. What companies use it? All of them,including Google,Amazon,Coke, Shell, Barclay's and etc..
You seem to be conflating multiple topics. Sure, security, privacy, and user hostile dark patterns do have some overlap, but dark patterns can certainly be implemented without JS.
You might like to take a look at the de facto standard Haskell introductory textbook, http://haskellbook.com/, by Christopher Allen and Julie Moronuki. They are not category theoretical geniuses. Julie is from a linguistics background I think.
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Heh; the rather nice gear in the racks below isn't helping costs either :) Nice setup!
> have to have knowledgeable employees

If it's a chain, it will never reliably have knowledgeable employees in all of its locations. Nobody with electronics knowledge is going to work for a dinky salary racking up capacitors on the cash register of some little store, unless they have life-long personality problems.

It basically has to be a family business with a knowledgeable owner, who passed some of it on to the kids.
Another notable issue in addition to the great explanation by the other comment is that they found themselves in a very bad real-estate position as well. They had large scale stores with pricy leases that didn't have a good profit to square foot ratio. Combine that with the cost of upkeep, janitorial, sufficient employee heads to run/ stock the store and you've got a recipe for failure.

Their idea to open new stores in small footage locations focusing on high margin and popular products during Christmas time is great.
Hovertank and Catacomb, the games between Keen and Wolfenstein, are both open-sourced:

https://github.com/FlatRockSoft/Hovertank3D

https://github.com/CatacombGames/Catacomb3D

I'm the current owner of the Catacomb games, and have been working on improving and porting them in my spare time (not publicly available yet, but will be When It's Done). Fabien's Game Engine Black Book has been an invaluable resource for me. I highly recommend it!
Nothing beats a teacher but there are some problematic things with piano teachers IME. (I've had 2 over the past 20 years)

- Piano is super super super biased towards classical music

- Huge emphasis on reading music and playing it back even if you're not understanding it

- Weakness on developing a sense of rhythm and playing by ear

- Weakness on learning to play with others

- The weakness on understanding leads to a difficulty in memorization AFAICT

All this stuff gets ironed out in piano lessons I'm sure but it seems to happen at a pretty late stage that isn't great for an adult beginner. It takes away some of the fun.

I have never taken classical guitar but in contrast to piano your typical guitar lessons are near 100% the other way around. Way more emphasis on using your ears, developing rhythm, playing with others, etc..

The only reason I mention this is a lot of synth music is pop music that has a lot more in common with guitar centric music.

The ridiculous thing is I haven't taken a piano lesson since 2015, I've been taking guitar. My sense of rhythm if I sit down at a keyboard/piano is way better now than when I was playing piano every day and taking classical style lessons. If I went back to some piano now I expect I would improve dramatically from where I was in short order.
I'm sure car rental companies occasionally have trouble, but they have three things going for them:

1. They verify your identity in person.
2. Cars are special-case property, that is registered, licensed and hard to hide.
3. They have a large enough volume of legitimate rentals that their insurance rates against any losses make sense.
Wayfair employees plan walkout to oppose sales to migrant detention facilities
This is a very urban/suburban mindset. There is a not insignificant portion of the population that has no choice and the one place they can get medical care is already over an hour away.
I do hate playing devil's advocate because I totally disagree with the position of the devil in this case. Keep in mind that it's possible to be technically correct and also completely misleading.

In this case, she's arguing that their insurance partners do not provide voluntary parting insurance. This may be technically correct. However, the way insurance works is you can always go to an insurer of last resort and ask for exceptions. Lloyd's of London will cover race cars while racing or space vessels for accidents, for example, even though those are hardly standard policies. Nearly anything can be covered if you set the premium and deductibles high enough. They have billing codes for some pretty bizarre insured cases.

An entire sharing economy of companies could easily devise an insurance product that meets these needs if they worked to make it to happen. It would be trivial to scare consumers away from competitors that do not provide this.
Do companies that bought in to join the Libra alliances for 10 million each mean that they'll receive all transaction history and purchasing patterns of everyone on the Libra network as well as receive a share of the fees in the future? Sounds like a bargain if that's the case
It can be really useful for determining the microclimate. The landscaping & gardens in your yard can live or die from it.
Thank god. I had to go to urgent care once and it cost me $700 for a 5min throat swab.
While you are taking the idea to the extreme to make a point, I agree with the underlying argument that we should work to modify behavior to improve outcomes.

A lot of money has been spent reducing tobacco use which has paid for itself in better health outcomes.
the floodgates are open!
my favorite, from the folks behind bro:
https://www.corelight.com/company/newsroom/news/corelight-cl...
https://www.corelight.com/products/corelight-sensors/#cloud
Much better source: https://blogs.apache.org/kafka/entry/what-s-new-in-apache
This is list price, though to be fair they throw discounts around pretty easily (we got 35% off for a 50-user purchase). All customer-facing teams and people needing to understand customers (marketing, for example) would have access.

For us: sales, account management, support, marketing, even some engineering need licenses.
I remember walking the Nintendo video game aisle at Toys R Us as a kid, and how totally amazing it was to see all of them for sale. Iconic brand of childhood for me. Hope this works.
Elastic SIEM – Security Information and Event Management
This is not on this dataset though (right?), so not really a solid comparison point. Plus lik you mentioned, they seem to be doing worse than this benchmark.
If the data were open, couldn’t someone come up with a “health-shop” site/app to comparison shop for well known issues?
WHAT?! This changes everything.
I have a bash script that runs as a cron to get my current external IP address every ~5 minutes. If it has changed, it updates AWS Route53 with the new IP.
Route53 costs $1/mo (for a zone = domain) and DNS lookups are basically free.
Easy enough ... set a related list on the SObject.

So ... if a contact should have N Addresses... create an SObject called "ContactAddress" .. and have a relatedlist from contact to N ContactAddress.
On top of that, Oracle still makes hardware. I don't think they can be blamed for stagnating interest in that area.
Sciter (https://sciter.com)

- Support for the 3 major desktop platforms from one code-base;

- A decent choice of high-level programming languages...

C/C++, Go, Rust, C# and other .NETs, Delphi, Python as host languages.

- Reasonable tooling and community support

Whatever host language provides.

- License: Sciter is free to use in binary form.

Contained in single dll/so/dylib without external dependencies. Size of DLL is 5-10 mb.

Can be statically linked into host (C/C++) application to create monolithic executable.
> Why don’t men stop having sex with each other and then they won’t be at risk for HIV?

OK, you seem to have some misunderstandings about HIV. Through an accident of history, HIV in the US spread through the gay population first. That is not the case for HIV generally, and any thought that not having sex with other men is going to protect you is totally wrong.
> brokers were not in some way able to earn that money by providing value. If that were the case they would not exist and money would flow elsewhere.

Plenty of people use phones to scam money. I would not say calling up grandma and looting her account counts as 'providing value' so much as taking it.

It probably helps if free market types recall that trading fees were set by the exchanges themselves until 1975: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mayday.asp. Competition in this space did not meaningfully exist.
If getting "threatening messages" from anonymous social media accounts is the standard we're going to apply to whether or not we can talk about corruption of power, say goodbye to free speech.

Imagine an oil executive saying you can't report their name or what they said in a private conversation because some environmentalist sent them a vicious tweet. This is what you're arguing for.
> Monzo let you deposit cash and cheques at the post office

Not quite. You can deposit at any PayPoint location (mostly corner shops and the like), not Post Offices [0]. They also charge £1 for each deposit and the maximum deposit is £300. This is not an issue for me (I rarely see or use cash), but it would be for some.

Having made my first deposit at the weekend, the main issue is that the shopkeepers have no idea how to accept a deposit. I tried four places, and only managed to succeed in the end because I instructed the shopkeeper how to do it.

[0] https://monzo.com/blog/2018/11/21/deposit-cash
This article blames sprawl and climate change, but neglects the connection to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center right off the coast of Lyme CT. Borrelia has been in the US for ages, but wasn't known for causing the debilitating symptoms this modern strain causes.
Insects tipped to rival sushi as fashionable food of the future
If this is true (if it does help the countries people want to leave), why do dictatorial states (such as NK) frequently forbid people from leaving?