skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My usage, as well as majority of friends that are non-geek, involves around - Scrolling through IG, Facebook, other Social Media, Forums, Online Shopping and News Site. Along with Video that in itself is a category as well as well as used within the previous few categories. News is arguably the biggest addiction of the 21st century, and IG, Facebook, Forum, are all really just "news". News about your friends, family, Celebrity, Tech, etc...

I would bet the above represent more than 80% ( if not 90% ) of today's Modern Web usage. And all of them works with HTML + a little Javascript for interactivity.

I don't see why it doesn't meet the needs of Modern Web.
`https://trackthis.link/` requests `https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js` on page load.

Which, besides being a bad idea for privacy on any site, makes much of this particular site's ostensible purpose even easier to defeat.
Do you think he continues this persona with his family? He must turn it off at some point. He cannot go home and tell his wife every other week how shocked he was to find that he was the main speaker.

And yes I consider performers who clearly separate their personal identities from their fictional identities less fraudulent.
More than money or work people need a purpose

Retiring at 60 for many would mean losing purpose while their children haven't already formed a family with kids.

Adult life becomes later and later in modern western societies

I think we should stop thinking at retirement as THE goal

Only in the past century, in many places much less than that, has become a thing

My grandgrandmother died at 103 and she worked until her last day

Happily

It's the kind of things you do that need to change while you age, which means not necessarily stop working
Two months ago I wrote this comment in a thread about the healing power of gardens/nature:

I've had a theory for some time now based on my own observations:
A big part of why nature is so calming is the absence of repeating patterns. In our artificial life everything follows standardized forms and patterns. It's a sterile world. The most obvious example being rectangles and perfect 90 degree angles everywhere. But I would also count things like uniform colors, evenly spread (artificial) light, predictable sounds etc.
That makes me think that somehow something like this absence of patterns - and the knowledge/assumption for our brain that they are not to be expected in nature - helps us.
The beauty in this is that nature _is_ full of patterns. But on a different level, no two patterns are ever the same. When you look at a green tree you simply won't assume to find two leaves with the same color and shape

-> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19693343

A comment by patcon linked the following article:

http://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/is-consciousness-fra...

A fascinating read about fractal patterns in nature and how they feel “just right” to us
As an experiment, I started https://wordsandbuttons.online/ in plain hand-crafted HTML+CSS+JS (JS for the interactive bits only). Every page is self-sufficient, there are no dependencies, no dynamic data exchange, no HTML generators, - nothing. And it works so well, I don't really want any frameworks now.

It's perfectly malleable - I can make every page do exactly what I want it to. It's lean and fast - every page even with all the interactive plots, games and quizzes, and syntax highlighting, is still under 64K. And it doesn't accumulate technical debt. There are no dependencies, even within the project. An occasional bug from the past wouldn't bite me in the future.

At the beginning, I thought that typing the HTML by hand would be too tedious. But it's not. It is a bit boring, sure, but it's only like 5% of all the work so usually I don't really want to automate it.

And when I do, I just write scripts that handle HTML just like any other text. Works wonders for me.
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I don't think that is an unpopular opinion, since I am of the same.

I agree with you that the URL is the most important feature of the web. Without it, you could just as well deploy native apps because it wouldn't really make that much of a difference.

Without javascript and a heavy client side, I wouldn't have a job today since the application I build is simply not possible to create with just html+css.

Sure there are many web pages that don't need to be a SPA, but a lot of other webpages do need it. I think an increasing amount of webpages are not simply text documents but we can easily see a move from traditional applications to web applications.

It's obvious why, it is truly a "write once, run everywhere" scenario, it's easy to scale on many different devices and there is little to no advantages to write a native app in most circumstances.

The document web has already been done, just use wordpress or whatever framework to create those sites but the new exciting web for me is the more interactive web where we can seriously move heavy apps into the browser.
Microsoft had a brutal effect on IT through its anti-competitive practices, especially in its earlier years, when it was extremely influential. Lookup "embrace, extend, extinguish" and the memorable quote "Linux is a cancer".

I can appreciate that the simulator offers a modder friendly environment, but really that's comparing a prison yard to a forest.
I guess they're referring to things like kids running away from distant relatives who want to kiss and hug them, which is definitely something that happens.
> Seems we were right.

Arguably, and so far.

There are sites that just block requests from the EU, there's a difficult-to-measure chilling effect on small businesses, and just because nobody's been hanged over it in year one doesn't mean it won't be abused, oppressive, or have other negative unintended consequences in the future.
That’s a very narrow view. Machine code is ran in one context – the CPU – with the compiler worrying about this one context. Meanwhile, HTML is parsed by much more than a browser.

Like the article says, there is literally zero drawback to being slightly more semantic. In fact, semantic HTML probably improves your own code, making it easier at a glance to see what components do.
Couldn't agree more, html should be just one implementation amongst others. It's good for documents, it's lousy for richer experiences. The rich experience shouldn't be built on top of HTML, it should live next to it.
This was actually very "eye opening." I too used to be very sensitive to dryers in general but had since forgotten how painful they can be
As we said to one of the old guys at work who didn't really want to be there anymore, didn't need the money and just hung around for the routine...

Join Rotary and volunteer or something. There are loads of things you can do that would make the world better.
I think you confuse hyperbolic rotation (Lorentz transformation, rotation between x and t) with hyperbolic space.
According to the article, it just needs a firmware reflash, so I don't see why a manufacturer couldn't repair it and return it to the customer.
Although those activities lack the factor of physical presence. For a lot of people in modern society the only time they are around others is at work or in public places neither of which have a primary focus on community and fellowship like a church congregation. We desperately need to add more community gatherings that don't exclude people based on skill or ability.
Opinions about what the modern web "needs" are great but they're just that, opinions, and everyone is full of them.

What's important is what people actually want and use.

I routinely see people bashing everything about the current state of the web, saying we should go back to static HTML documents, while their whole industry only exists because of the modern web, and they use Jira and Slack and similar tools to do the job that pays their bills. I just don't understand the logic behind this kind of thinking.
This. absolutely this!
We didn't get the crossplatform UI framework we needed, we got the one we deserved.
SwiftUI looks amazing - but again - apple only.
React looked promising, but mainly for desktop, and it's not without its own issues.

I think the W3C are a big part of why the web works so well cross-platform... even though the web was supposed to be "so much more".
It's quite hard to imagine a similar kind of body for cross-platform UI frameworks.
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Imagine a newscomer learn directly React and its abstraction to produce a website.

He actually did it without any knowledge of "real html".
> And spend the next 20-40 years hanging out?

I think this is a great point. I don't think it detracts from the post in question. But it highlights the observation that many do not seem to have anything meaningful to do outside work. Anecdotally, I've heard of people coming out of retirement because they were bored stiff. I'm wondering whether or not we should develop a broad range of interest and possibly hobbies/vocations that we could transition to in "retirement". Alternatively not retire altogether but transition to a different role more in line with our capabilities as we age.
That's why they use anodized aluminum!
Thinking of the liability and the bad press had there is one accident occurred... Unless self-driving had been proven super reliable and all the regulation and liability had been sorted out like it is the case with aviation, I don't think any sane companies will risk that much.
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So what if you're on a list?

I ran a Tor exit node on my home static IP for years. No dramas.
I do agree that Perl 6 could use some framework. But then Go did not need one to take off so I'm definitely not convinced it would help.

Perl 6 is an entirely different language though - IMHO a mistake to call it Perl at all, it's just so confusing outside of the community, but the damage is done with no obvious way to fix that, making people think it's kind of a Python 2 to Python 3 breaking change - so it's like saying Crystal does not run Rails.

One has to think of it as 'Perl6', not 'Perl v6.0'. Perl (the language whose current version is 5.22) is very much alive and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future, regardless of progress of 'Rakudo Perl 6'.

https://perl6.party/post/The-Hot-New-Language-Named-Rakudo
Can you point me to the exchange in question?
Except none of it is improv. It is all planned.
> In fact, that’s how the world was before the advent of nation-state

AKA the Golden Age fallacy
The web has become a compilation target.

Vue -> HTML, CSS, JS
Paper towels? Environmentally unsound.

I don't see why these paper towels would not be 100% recyclable or that much different to regular toilet paper. Also, what if people would like to wash other body parts that can't be put in an airblade e.g. face?
Among all, showing low stock warning (if plenty) is more than a dark pattern, because that's direct misinformation I think.
Dann want to say that asking someone who might be suicidal doesn't cost much. And if he is not suicidal he might just say that he/she is fine and move on.

I stated this because you said you usually don't speak to ppl who stand on the bridge, even though you should talk to them.
Indexed where?
I never understood why advertisers insist on giving me "relevant" ads. I find it better if the ads are diverse and all over the place, as I discover new things. The "relevant" ads are usually about stuff I just bought, so useless to me.

I find this site insightful in terms of discovering new things. It could be made into some sort of tumbler for ads. :)
Imagine libc to be broken up into a library per function and apt or dnf (yum) to install them all separately.
>More people are writing Perl everyday than may be even Java, Let's put this Perl is dwindling argument to rest.

Err, that's just a link to a submissions page. That's not a statistic, and it doesn't even show if Perl kept its people or lost them. Perl could even have more people than 1999, but much smaller mindshare given how hugely larger the dev market is in 2019 vs 1999.

Actual long term analysis look like "Perl is dwindling" is right:

https://insights.dice.com/2018/04/05/perl-uncertain-future-t...

>Perl's niche, more like empire is glue language for anything Unix. That is a huge empire to govern on.

And that "empire" is already lost for Perl. Dev ops have moved to Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc, and Python and other languages are used as the glue. The "Perl gluing admin" is a relic.

>Most of the use case for Python's 'Data science' library is basically spread sheet automation. Perl has been used to that kind of work since early 90s.

Which is irrelevant as to who does it now (and it's not even right, Pandas, Numpy and co are not "spread sheet automation").

>Most dynamic languages are in the same bucket. Today everybody is hesitant to start any serious big project in a dynamic programming language.

Actually millions start serious big projects in JS, Python and other dynamic languages. There's a movement towards static typing but not that strong in actual practice. Typescript is tiny compared to the size of greenfield JS being written.

>Firstly, and entire universe exists outside of web development. And most that universe is far more exciting than majority of api and json plumbing work in web dev work.

Also far smaller, devs wise. And I didn't just mention web work, but also data science, microservices, and so on.

(And my point wasn't that Perl 6 can't do those, but that people aren't doing those with Perl 6 -- people as in, "people in quantities large enough to matter").
I think the PT Barnum spirit comment is absolutely fair, but it's also true to say that PT Barnum was more unusually driven and genuinely fond of attention than a 4D chess player.

As for Trump, there's a theory fashionable in some circles that his speaking style is purely performative to simplify or reframe his genuinely sharp grasp of the issues for his audience. But it's undermined by his tendency to embark upon similar rambles about how his pilot said the airports should give airlines better equipment (?!?) and pilots are very clever and if the FAA isn't run by a pilot it should be in front of the sort of apolitical business audience where there's nothing to gain from not just doing the presidential thing and appearing to listen. Sure, nobody's saying his drive isn't exceptional or that the basic strategy of seizing media attention and promoting the sort of populist policies his opponents were squeamish about didn't work, but that's not the same thing as him actually being the smartest person in the room playing 4D chess to disguise it. His persona's at least as WYSIWYG as any other politician.

I think Johnson might be more deliberate in his unpolished approach, but I also haven't seen any reason to believe the whimsicality and studied flustered look isn't there mainly because he genuinely does prefer anecdotes to details and struggles to give a straight answer. The counterpoint to this Johnson story of charmingly chaotic speeches is a recent video where he's asked what he does in his spare time, and he appears to be making up a hobby as he goes along in a manner which just looks incredibly awkward. And yet references to this hobby (making models from boxes) in an old column suggest he was actually honestly trying to explain it! Would have come across a lot better if he'd told a joke about not having any spare time and thrown in a half-remembered story about how Winston Churchill spent his time...
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Anecdotal
That's really great, precise information. Where did you get it from? Also which exact material is that for? As I said, there are a lot of different things called 'glass'.
>Water and crap gets everywhere!

I've only seen those taps with trough sinks[1], which limits the mess.

[1] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nZfqFvsuE3s/maxresdefault.jpg
He's literally responding to an explanation the company's representative (in this case, the founder) gave. How else is he supposed to respond without using basic english pronouns such as "you".
Paper towels are recyclable and made out of recycled paper, at least. They are the most hygienic solution out there.

I still see the towel rolls around, they're a good option as well. Maintenance for (esp. public) toilets is never not going to be a thing, but it does require a bit more infrastructure to maintain (= washing out etc). But there's companies that will take care of that.

Not offering hand drying is the worst; drying your hands is arguably even more important than washing them when it comes to hygiene.

Anyway beyond that, fixing the hand dryers is also an option. Use larger but slower rotating fans. Dyson's machines have the problem that they have relatively small, high-speed motors.
Similarly, with information as wealth, I often don't ask questions I know I can look up on the internet
Before or after buying the ticket?
If I already have paid and check in online I can pick the seat. But then it is too late already.

If you mean before you bought the ticket, then I don't know. Maybe they are the last ones to be honest here... But I would be surprised if they were
Whereas this may be useful for a social science class, I don't think it is useful for a more precise discussion.

PS: Why call this bottom up vs. top down? That terminology sounds imprecise and confusing to me.
Good question! I have quite a few Pi sipping small amounts of power here, so... Web server, mail server, gopher server, key server, NTP server, SMS gateway (with SMS hat), NTP client network reference clock (Pi Zero), MQTT server, Flightaware box, PiHole, XMPP server.
Maybe I'm filthy, but I've always just patted the back of my shirt unless I'm in a place with clean cloth towels available.

It's not the outside temperature that'd discourage the already apparently slim number of people that do bother to wash their hands. It's water temperature. And if the water is freezing, no drying method will get the average joe to endure the pain of water hitting their hands.
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Snark aside, Google's desire to own the de facto non-GPL libc is worthy of a discussion in the broader community. Your expressed desire to limit the discussion and unwillingness to directly address the issues raised by Rich Felker speaks volumes.
We have a set of kid sized ear-guards that my son prefer to wear when I vacuum with my Dyson vacuum cleaner. It's extremely loud and very srill (but it's also very effective).
At least in Germany you run a reasonably large risk of getting a visit from the police and getting all your stuff confiscated when running a Tor exit node.
I wonder how many of those tabs are affiliate links?
Not sure what you mean. But it seems society is making that compromise all the time.

For example road accidents seem like a better comparison? Many people get pleasure and benefits out of being able to drive, but a couple thousand people die because of it every year, including many children.
“I'm afraid this article is faux-profound gibberish.”

Precisely.
This is grossly underestimating the complexity of IG, FB and the likes.

Everyone likes to tell other people how they should build their stuff, that's the easy part.

Do you think React would have been created if "HTML and a little Javascript for interactivity" was enough for Facebook to deliver the UX they wanted to? No, there was a business need, and what existed simply wasn't good enough, maintainable enough or easy enough to reason about to work.
The US do a pretty bad job of being world police and have a bad habit of invading countries, changing the regime, then leaving the country to rot into anarchy.

Yes the US defends its allies, don't you think that China defends its allies too? The real test of a nation is how it treats nations for which it has a grievance with.
Boris Johnson is claiming that red tape hinders business and that we need less of it, and sure some people are going to be harmed but that's counter-balanced by the increased prosperity of everyone else.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/28/boris-johnson-ba...

He was part of a government that promised a "bonfire of red tape", and that included building standards.

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/cameron-claims-victory-i...

> In a speech to the Federation of Small Business Cameron said 100 standards and building regulations were facing the bonfire – a move which he claimed would save around £60 million a year for housebuilders – or £500 for each new home built.

> His announcement effectively re-iterates the government’s commitment to trim down building regulations as part of its Housing Standards Review.

Grenfell Tower showed us why those regulations exist and what happens when you get rid of them - people die. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/15/grenfe...

From the Wikipedia article: "The national government commissioned an independent review of building regulations and fire safety, which published a report in May 2018"

That report is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-revie...

There was previous criticism of UK fire regulation, that's mentioned in the Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire#Criticism_...
I think they encode the data as asymmetric marks in the material, with different orientations of the marks corresponding to different values.

Imagine you could print a page containing just a grid of 100x100 numbers. If you can orient those numbers so the top of each digit could be facing up, down, left or right and use those 40 different glyphs to encode in base 40 instead of base 10, now you can fit 4x as much data into the same two dimensional area.
I think in this case it has more to do with that kids (and younger people in general) can hear better and at a broader frequency spectrum. I (and I know other people with the same problem) for example am always irritated why induction cooking plates make such painful noise but as most people cannot hear them, industry gets away with that. Same for those ultrasound devices to protect cars against martens that can get as loud as 200 Db.
That's very workable.Any agent should have a private key with which it signs it's pushes. Age of an agent and score of feedback for that agent determine its ranking.Though that still leaves gaming possible with the feedback. But heavy feeback like "this is malicious content" could be moderated. (So that people cant just report stuff they don't like).
My first Borland product was Turbo Basic, followed by Turbo Pascal 5.5 (I used all the following ones up to Delphi 3 or so), Turbo C 2.0 and then Turbo C++ 1.0 made me a C++ fanboy.

I thank Borland to my introduction to type safe systems programming via Turbo Basic and Turbo Pascal.

The OOP learnings from Turbo Vision, OWL and VCL.

And by teaching me already in MS-DOS that C++ was a much better alternative for people that care about safety than C would ever be.

Oh and BGI was a very nice library.
What is the point the author is making? That the knowledge of HTML is going away? That's obviously false.

> And it is becoming increasingly clear to me that there’s a whole swathe of Frontend Engineers who don’t know or understand the frontend-est of frontend technologies.

I would need some data on this, since it sounds like this claim is backed by anecdotes. None of my co-workers struggle with this and there's lot of frontenders in our company. Semantic HTML's usage is now baked into VS Code in a tooltip.

Yes, every web developer should be at least moderately good with HTML. Can we agree on that? Good :) Learn a bit CSS and now you have superpowers.

HTML only provides the LEGO blocks for the web, but the web is much more than that. It's an interconnected network of information with rich media. What matters is the information persistence, quality and accessibility.
Are they really relevant? According to advertisers I am in constant need of a slimmer wallet and a stair lift, while I'm rather happy with my current wallet, and my legs are still more or less ok.