skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
technology & social media which lead people into isolation and despite promising the opposite, a less-connected live.

meeting people today is much easier than it was 20 years ago (organized events on places like meetup.com, etc ... even tinder make it easy). But the quality of these connections is shallow and very short.

also the more time we spend on social media the less time we have to work on real connections (which is massive effort).

I'm not surprised by the high rates of 35+ age group as it is very difficult for people (and males in general) to form new meaningful long term bonds after setting down. Add the likelyhood of divorce, burnout or unemployment rates in those age groups it is no wonder. :(
Truly, using Elizabethan English in headlines to draw unwitting readers in is the plague of the modern internet. I wish it would stop.
> It is a symptom of mental illness,

Not always.

We know that economic downturn will always see an increase in deaths by suicide, without a similar increase in rates of diagnosis of mental illness.
Suggestion: swissbit sd cards
https://www.swissbit.com/products/nand-flash-products/micros...

I live in Norway and can recommend digikey or mouser
for sensible price and shipping cost. Both suppliers are exceptionally professional, minimum order quantities of 1.
https://www.digikey.com/
https://mouser.com/
I have experience with swissbit products, but not the sd cards.

Edit: A different trick is to run the bootloader on the sd card as usual, but the OS itself can be elsewhere, usb hdd, maybe network share.
I agree that null results should be published. I was making the point that some otherwise reasonable people disagree, for career or other reasons. If I were a researcher, I probably would not attempt to get a null result published; I’d work on something else that actually had a chance of going into my tenure file.
I wonder if at any point, given the quantity of plastic available, organisms will evolve to consume it as food since it would be an advantage.
Two independent studies in Germany recently found that the expected reduction in CO2 due to electric cars will be very moderate over the next two decades even in the best case scenario. The electricity just needs to come from somewhere and that somewhere is not going to be 100% renewables. We need to end this narrative that driving a Tesla or similar car somehow is a heroic act and helping to save the planet.
I do love the irony of a luxury car company trying to be more green. I'm all for electric cars. I think BMW will make some great electric cars and I will want to buy one. But the real green decision is to not buy the luxury car, to go with a less energy-intensive option such as a smaller/simpler car.
I would like to have my "pro" ports back, standard usb3 alongside usbc, magnetic power plug, possibly an hdmi port. I've used the hdmi countless times over the years in unexpected situations but I guess carrying an adapter around would be ok.
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> if you build a project off of a Pi, it's hard to migrate to a custom PCB.

Isn't that what their compute module is aimed at?
> Meaning, despite their London HQ, Revolut is Russian owned and Russian managed pseudo-bank. Giving them more money might not be great idea.

Giving any Russian oligarchs more money is always a bad idea.
Tesla outselling them in Europe maybe?

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/tesla-model-3-outsell...
Yeah I agree with your stance, but not the conclusion. The way that gRPC (and many other systems) handle this is beautiful and the way all APIs should be built: your API is a specification, not code, so you start with the spec (SDL), then generate the adapters your implementation needs to plug into it.

This helps elevate changes to the API itself; you can easily write automated systems which detect changes to the specific SDL files. Or, the way companies like Namely [1] do it, keep those SDLs inside a separate repo, then publish the adapter libraries on private npm/etc to be consumed by your implementation.

[1] https://medium.com/namely-labs/how-we-build-grpc-services-at...
Your comment makes no sense, you can't charge at home Tesla or any other vehicle, so what is your plan buy a Tesla and go to the mall and charge it? What if you don't have energy to start the car? AFAIK the only reasonable option for people that can't charge at home is to charge the car at work, going to a mall and hoping you will find a free port is not something reasonable IMO.
So you don’t kill yourself over what looks to be an overly skewed perspective of the world? There might be bad things going on, but that doesn’t mean everything is horrible or unfixable.
Spacecraft that sail on sunshine could be the next big thing in spaceflight
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> “We created the notion that this stuff was being recycled, so the public kept buying it,” he said. “But most mixed plastics are simply not being recycled.”

Quite a con job. WHO made money on this?
It seems that we have reached a tipping point on climate. The movement has grown suddenly strong this year, so if it wasn't clear before the writing is on the wall for all to see.

That said, I have read comment from the various motor show in the last 2 years and apparently the lack of apparent enthousiasm around electric was more a question of protecting the sales of the already designed last generation of non-electric car. Apparently the only interesting things auto-makers had to say was about electric.

This could be a case of BMW no so much as accelerating its plan rather than accelerating the publication of its plans.
Or just don't buy a car.
The article specifically calls out competitors such as Yelp, TripAdvisor and Oracle. I don't think these are Google's customers or users.
For context, here's a visualization of electric car sales by company from 2012 on.

https://twitter.com/masegoslin/status/1132389324140343297/vi...

And here they are grouped by model:

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/24/visualization-2012-2019...

BMW is in sixth place currently.
> It is a symptom of mental illness

You don't have to have a mental illness to want to take your own life. Although some mental illnesses are associated with suicidal tendencies or increased prevalence.
Unmanned autonomous vehicles cleared to operate in Florida
Once big auto moves to EVs, what will happen to Tesla? Will they have a significant foothold/advantage, or will their position erode? Will they get acquired or remain independent?
Care to site/link these two studies?
does not look like it. the output is still hdmi and the usbc is used for power
Currently still on my maxed out late 2013 15" retina with 2.3 Ghz 16GB RAM 512GB SSD. The trackpad has ceased to work but it has come to rest on my desk with dedicated monitors, keyboard and mouse. Easily the most important enjoyable inanimate object in my life that. Oh, and still have my early 2010 15" MBP to troubleshoot, run Windows, and as a backup in case this one is out of commission for an extended period of time which has only happened once. Really appreciate the feeling that when I buy my next one I'll be able to rely on it for over half a decade.

Still haven't warmed up to the keyboard and seemingly useless touchpad (although I'm sure I could find fun ways to use it)
I was initially surprised to see the relatively high rates in the early part of the 20th century. Some of these seem intuitively obvious, like the higher rates during the Great Depression.

What's even more interesting is how suicide rates go down during WW1 and WW2. Sebastian Junger spoke about this in his book "Tribe" where he cites lower psychological disorders in Great Britain at the height of V2 bombing which then increased again after the war. I think his thesis was war created an increased sense of camaraderie/solidarity and sense of purpose. It was a really interesting, quick read.
Night shift work, long working hours and dementia: a longitudinal study
Agreed. I guess I’m just too crazy to want to see how it all collapses.
2-3 plugs is bad. Between potential breakage and use by other cars, I wouldn’t rely on any location with less than 4, and even that would make me uncomfortable. You really need at least 6, and 8+ is best.
Let's be honest here...in this social climate, who looks at a graph that essentially says "primarily young white men are killing themselves more" and thinks it's bad? Be honest, how much sympathy does that particular demographic get? My point is: do you think that kind of response (lack of sympathy) is having a positive or negative effect on the graph?
They don't need to, that's an official jack, often used in digital cameras or video cameras.

Google "audio video jack".

Update: Oh, I just read the linked article, apparently these cables aren't as standardized as I thought. There are some links in the comments.
All of Apple's laptops use unusual resolutions since they're basically the only company still doing 16:10 displays. They just order custom panels.
Europe is a bit of a big place, and made up of a lot of countries with their own governments, so the charging situation varies from country to country.

I live in the Netherlands and the FastNed charging network is almost been fully rolled out, as well as charging stations from other vendors (like Shell, NLE, and Tesla).
Charging options are plentiful here, and most of them are fast (175kW) chargers.
That isn't an option for 90% of the country (in the US at least).
It is exactly the old 15" resolution scaled up to 16", which both are quite unusual.
It is still pretty difficult [1]. The sheer scale of the oceans is not appreciated by many. We can accept that space is vast beyond normal comprehension, but finding ships or even carrier strike fleets in the oceans is still a non-trivial challenge. Even at hypersonic speeds, traversing the range of a missile is measured in above ten minutes ranges. Tracking all commercial traffic shows how vast the oceans are [2], as each of those dots on a map cover a territory far vaster than the ship itself. It is a sufficiently non-trivial problem that commercial tracking relies upon AIS transponders instead of imaging, even in dense commercial traffic areas like the Straits of Malacca or the Bosphorus.

Whoever solves the problem will first become very rich from defense contracts.

[1] http://theconversation.com/hundreds-of-ships-go-missing-each...

[2] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/11/this-map-shows-every-...
Why would it be a bad thing to kill myself?
That's great, but if you need crypto (because you have LUKS storage and send AES encrypted data over the network, like in a usual NAS case), A53 with aes instructions may be faster than this A72 without one. And so far it seems these cores don't have aes instructions.
This is a common mistake: yes, the government stepped in to deal with Microsoft, but MS was nowhere near as diversified as Amazon is, and the government has done nothing truly of note to reign in Amazon.

If you have the time, I'd love to hear more about the ripples on the pond, because the only thing I see governments look at right now is getting Amazon to pay more money for continuing to operate all its ventures, which it can _easily_ do if it were legislated into paying more than it does now.
Tesla discontinues rear-wheel drive Model 3
I love protobuf for this reason. Personally I've opted for Twirp instead of gRPC, as gRPC has a lot of baggage, and streaming is really not necessary for me.

We've had to drop-in-replace, or add a validation or access layer service for something, and using protobuf has made this super easy. Anything interacting with that service is none the wiser.
I haven't looked at LibreElec in a while - have they improved the setup for infrared receivers and remotes? That's the main thing that caused me to switch to OSMC. I'm using an IR receiver hooked to the GPIO pins, and OSMC made it quite simple to set up with my old RC6 remote.
> And now I discretely contact you and advise that there may be information around and that it would be a pity if that information were to get public.

Is this really a threat any longer? I mean, Stormy Daniels, $130k payoff pre-election, etc and all...
I know we're talking video here but I wanted to share something. My father just got a new set of 'ears', he's been going deaf. They are titanium studs that are implanted into the bone just behind the ear, about the size of pencil erasers. They work through bone conduction. The hearing part are replaceable electronics that snap on and off the studs.

The current gen are about the size of a quarter and are bluetooth capable, so he can sync to his devices, watch movies, etc with these little guys tucked behind some hair.

It got me thinking, I wonder if audio guys have started to look at some of this sort of thing to really "hear" music perfectly. Very interesting tech.
The claim is dead-right.

I own a Tesla Model 3, my wife drives a BMW i3, my daughter has a leaf.

The ONLY car we can effectively travel outside of the greater Tampa area without major headache is the Tesla.

The ONLY car that I would try to drive to New York from Florida in is the Tesla. (Yes, we've done it.. but would only try it in the Tesla)
Ha! I was just about to ask about that.

‘I bet Elixir already has something like this’.
> Crimeflare

Care to explain that one?
> writing a unit test that reproduces the bug (if you can). bonus: you can add this to your test suite later if it makes sense

Why is that a "bonus". If I manage to create a failing test, I'll definitely want that permanently in the test suite.
The plant now tracks each individual product, line, customer, contract in realtime with complete transparency to the parent company. They swipe barcodes and use online tools. Their processes were streamlined and paper removed.

It wasn't painless for everybody. In each region some good ol boy would resign the week before changeover. When they'd come in to do inventory some room or shed would be locked and nobody would have the key. They'd break the lock and whattaya know, the room would be empty. Supposed to be full of inventory.
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What issues have you encountered? I haven't seen any problems with it.
The fences and guards have absolutely helped. When I first started the commute we had something like 12-14 deaths one year. Since those fences went up it’s dropped dramatically.
Generational oscillation: stateful -> stateless -> stateful -> stateless -> ...
Why though? Most of the good things I use in life are made by corporations. And governments have a long track record of mismanaging their currencies, whilst simultaneously preventing people from creating their own - something that can have horrific outcomes. See any country that experienced hyperinflation.
> Where can I buy quality journalism from?

The Washington Post

> I don't think the NYT qualifies, and I'm saying that because most articles lack substance, not because I'm bothered by its bias.

You must be reading the Opinion section. Their News section is a separate entity and one of the best in the country.
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Popular media conveys this conception that the Amish are opposed to technology for religious reasons, but this is incorrect. The Amish place a high value on maintaining their culture, and within that culture familial and community interactions are among the most important ideals. Consequently, each community takes a considered look at technology and how it might influence their culture, and simply choose not to adopt those that they believe would have a negative influence.

I think there is something the rest of us could learn from this.
I switched to Linux from Mac back in 2009.

While I enjoy the freedom and lately the niceties of NixOS, there are a few things I miss about Apple. Especially hardware.

It sounds crazy, but some Macs were among the best Linux laptops. MacBook Air 11 (Late 12) used by Linus himself. That's my main machine too. Silent, pure Intel, flawless. Other Macs were really nice too. E.g. MacBook 2.1. Great keyboard, and supported by Coreboot. Not so much lately sadly, with non-USB input devices, secure boot and bad keyboards.

People talk about Thinkpads, which are good, but you need to cherry-pick a lot. Some models are quite noisy for example. Outside Thinkpads, it's hit and miss. Currently, I like Surface Go and Xiaomi Mi Air 12. Most other laptop options are not good. Desktops are a completely different business.

Buying from Apple is always very reliable and easy. Pay and go. Everything is fine. Guarantees across borders are fine. Getting keyboards from different locales is fine. With other brands, not so much. I feel that Apple is focused on less products, and this really makes a difference in terms of quality and user experience.

Lately, I was trying to get a US ANSI keyboard in the UK, and the only option that worked was buying a Magic Keyboard (which has really nice latency).
As in 'HifiBerry' the company producing a range of HAT sound devices? Since the relevant pinout is unchanged, why would any of their products work any differently to how they do now? Am I missing something?
To add anecdata to further your point, I wasn't sure engineering was for me until I found a manager who could guide me as a junior. I was fully prepared to quit and change careers, as I felt completely out of my depth and questioned my own competency. Luckily, I decided to try one more work-place and ended up with the fantastic boss I have now.

I'm sure for Google, who generally hire incredibly talented engineers right off the bat, a 'no-micromanagement' policy works well; but for a fresh-faced undergraduate straight out of a second-rate university, micro-management and mentorship is crucial. Something that might take a junior hours to do can be solved in minutes with a bit of guidance. I think sometimes the senior engineers I work with underestimate how much knowledge they have to share, and overestimate how much knowledge a 20-something year old engineer with one internship under their belt has.
> Khaliq Gant is the creator of this website ...

That's funny, khaliq means creator in arabic...
Yes, it only says that we are checking that the first three characters are 'foo'. Exactly which commands you are using is irrelevant. You are telling us what we are doing on a too low level.
With your logic anything that doesn't spell out exactly which assembly language commands that are used won't be implementation details

What is a bug? If the name of the function is IsFoolike, the definition of the function will be the authorative place in the code that tells us what "isFoolike" means. Then it is a semantic question if that is a bug or not. What do we mean when we say that something is Foolike?
They had all those problems, and solved them by being prepared. Training happened before changeover with a separate team moving from region to region.

Because something is difficult doesn't mean it is impossible, or shouldn't be done. The critical part is deciding you are going to do it, and not go back.
Nobody remembers anymore SOAP it seems haha It's funny but all those new documentation and code generators for Rest were largely invented in SOAP messages before.

It doesn't make sense to send SOAP messages to browsers but I cringe every time I find myself with a vaguely documented Rest API when integrating systems.
Stress at schools? I hail from India and when I was a kid in 90s, I carry 10Kg bag to school and has to do homework in 7 subjects, and get beaten by stick if I fail to do any of them separately by respective teachers, and has to spend time till 10pm after school (ends at 5 pm) at tuition to finish the homework.

My view on social media and parents giving smartphones to kids is the primary reason. When kids start overusing phones and digital world, everything seems binary, they can feel like they can control people in real-world as if thy do a 3d character in their latest game. And can get depressed when others don't behave as they intend to. A friend becomes a removable entity in a list or circle(google+) they can add or pluck out anytime, without considering the emotional factor others feel. I can talk on this topic whole day, i believe kids don'e need smartphones etc. and I will never bring my kids near them at-least till they reach their teen years.
Why? What do you use composite video for? I think the last time I used composite video for anything was 10+ years ago.
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It's definitely different than 2015 so if you require more key travel, it won't be for you. But I am pretty happy with it.
Seriously? If true that's an awfully quick bait and switch, even for Google.
Most ISP’s don’t actually care if you host a small server for a low number of users. As they shouldn’t.

Seperately, you’re not going to fool anyone by calling a server something else. (Not that “home cloud” is a bad term, but I think everyone realizes that still constitutes a server.)
It helped the trains, not the kids.
This is a great point. My most productive hours in the early morning last about as long as I can resist looking at slack.
That has literally nothing to do with Amazon, the company. If you don't buy products on Amazon.com you're still paying online companies who pay Amazon for using their web services.

THAT'S what it means for Amazon to be too big to fail: the consumer does NOT have any power anymore. We passed that point. Simply by participating in society, some of your money will end up in Amazon's hands, because they own the infrastructure on which society now runs.
Will big auto magically have a network to charge on, or a lot of patents on it? Tesla famously "open sourced" some of their patents, on electric drivetrain, but they also didn't open source their battery chemistry patents or a lot of the other EV related patents.

Also keep in mind if you look at the new electric vehicles, there isn't a one out today that beats the 2012 Model S in range (265 miles). Why is this? Because of the battery chemistry and drivetrain work that tesla has done which is leagues ahead of anyone. More vendors doing EVs might also make it cheaper to source some of the various components. I think more EVs is a net good for Tesla honestly as it pushes them more into the mainstream.
Even as a (former) heavy iPad Pro user, I don't think the iPad Pro is a viable replacement for a MBP with touchscreen.

My ideal MBP has a touch screen, no touch bar, the old smaller trackpad, and better keyboard, in a form factor something like a Surface Pro.
any luxury brand maker should be ashamed to have any EV in that space that gets less three hundred miles on the EPA system. The i3 gets a pass because it was introduced at a time when its initial range was average for most EVs.

today, mid to slightly lower than mid two hundred mile range EVs are where consumer priced EVs will reign. Everything else needs to exist beyond that to show value and seriousness because those range numbers still require fair to nice weather to achieve. In some countries there could be a good market for the one hundred mile club but that would take some seriously aggressive pricing to convince people

Plus "electrified" does not imply full EV. that is the cop out for PHEV. Worse their new Mini E is again a disappointment in range and cost. Considering where it landed it makes me wonder what BMW will need to charge for range competitive with a Tesla 3 LR. Audi and Jaguar did the EV movement no favors with their lack luster attempts
First Tesla Model 3 UK deliveries take place
That's really informative but to me that's a little misleading since they are counting the Volt and other plug-in hybrids as electric cars when in reality they are burning gas.

Tesla has taken such a beating in the press about the Model 3 which is really misleading I guess when you look at these charts.. the Model 3 has stomped everything else on the market very quickly.