skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think it is partially due to the fact that the establishment of the NHS has always been framed as a monumental act. It's creation is seen as part of the country's recovery after WW2, and has been used as a political tool in almost every General Election since 1945. I think people see it as a source of national pride as well (there's some irony in this considering the significant role played by immigrants in the service). Certainly from my point of view, Britain has an extremely questionable history, and for me it feels wrong to have a sense of national pride about the British Empire, or British Military Might etc. However, the NHS is a remarkable organisation which is inherently tied to an ideology and a movement which I believe in, so I am comfortable with feeling proud of it.

I do think that it needs to be open to criticism, though. There are issues in the NHS and I'm sure there are problems with the way that National Insurance works (our way of paying for the NHS). I have unfortunately had a lot of exposure to the NHS and the way some things work is frustrating. For example, I am unable to get an insulin pump to treat my Diabetes because there are national requirements that I do not meet. I undertstand why this is in place (budget cuts) but that doesn't stop it from being frustrating - I'd essentially have to sabotage my condition to the point where my control was so bad that I would qualify for a pump.

Like the other commenter said, I think what most people hear when people talk of reforming the NHS is an Americanisation of the NHS, and they believe this is inherently bad. Rightly or wrongly, that is the impression that people get. It's a shame because I think it shuts down all talk of reformation, despite the fact that there are other European countries which also have socialised healthcare but operate in different ways which I have heard are more efficient. I haven't done enough research into this to really provide any helpful comparisons, but if anyone has any information or links which explore the funding and service provision of other socialised health care provision in contrast with the UK, I'd love to have a read.
> if you want functionality comparable to the Go stdlib you are going to have to choose between Core or Batteries

He is talking about SML here.

Care to elaborate, what Go has to do with Core or Batteries? Both are mostly container libraries, and you don't need them since most of the useful staff is in stdlib.

Check revdeps in OCaml, nobody uses batteries, and nearly nobody safe JS uses Core.

XML parsers, Lwt, servers are in separate packages, which is the only and right thing to do.

>then for async do you choose Async or Lwt

Lwt, it's a non-question. Async is for JaneStreet only.

> And as said the build system (when you're used to Go) is poor.

Dune [1] is far superior to Go's build system. Extremely fast, composable, supporting packaging and os-dependent configurations, extremely easy to config. No abomination like "import github.com/package" or "//go:" in your code.

Go build system doesn't have even a fraction of nice features dune have. For example I could `dune utop ./path/to/my/libs` to build my libs and run a nice repl to test them.

Go doesn't even let you to configure your warnings precisely.

[1] https://dune.build/
How does this help with addiction as opposed to uninstalling said apps?
That hasn't been my experience - either my directly, or in regards to what I've seen in others.
You probably want to look at the OpenShift/OKD distribution of Kubernetes, by Red Hat.
Japanese Play-by-Postcard RPGs: Net Games (2017)
A sail is used to create drag. If the air from the fan hit the sail and dispersed perfectly perpendicular to it, then it wouldn’t move the craft at all.

The more realistic outcome would be that the sail did not disperse the air with perfect efficiency, and the craft would just move backwards.

What you’re describing would require redirecting the flow of air backwards, like a curved exhaust. Which is really just a less efficient version of turning the fan around.
Gwern had an article on Wikipedia's deletionist culture.

https://www.gwern.net/In-Defense-Of-Inclusionism
> ...but what’s the alternative here?

It’s really just a lack of imagination. Simply use any of a wide variety of containers which most people already have. Just quickly thinking of containers I have within my house: a bunch of different sized duffle bags, a couple swag bags both stuffed full of other swag bags from conferences, multiple backpacks, various suitcases with handles and wheels, cardboard boxes (which millions of businesses crunch up and throw away), random plastic storage boxes of a dozen different sizes. I’m sure we’re i to walk through my house and garage I’d find a ton more random containers.

Now that I’m thinking about it, I’m wondering why suitcases aren’t used far more often? While I know some of us probably travel more than the average person, but I wonder what percentage of owned suitcases get taken out of their house more than once year.

Anyway, if there is one thing we’re not typically short in, it’s containers to hold stuff. We just need to normalize the idea that they can be used for more than one purpose.
Sometimes we use obfuscation for social reasons

- because we don't want to offend some direct recipients

"We see a future using efficient automation techniques to improve shareholder value"

or

"we are firing the expensive useless third of staff"

- because we don't know the current opinion of people on the list

"We should investigate the options"

vs

"We are all agreed we should use the new design so let's do that"

- we are not sure who the decision maker actually is, or if this is even a problem

All of the above may come off as lack of confidence / inability to write clearly but generally it is awareness of difficult social situations that if not handled well would derail the ultimate outcome - in short just because people are not writing "hard charging go getting emails" does not mean they are ineffective - perhaps they are more effective than the bull in a china shop
Some helpful syntax highlighting will probably help with these cases, I should think.
It's interesting. I started Perl in around 2005, and moved entirely to Python in 2014, exactly when it reached it's peak and started to decline. Seems I wasn't the only one.
I used python for a bit but switched to Perl because it

1) Works

2) Is ubiquitous

3) Is stable

4) Is normal (semicolons, braces etc)
Ask HN: Wanna watch tech/startup events in Silicon Valley?
If I livestream events from SF such as tech events, start-up events, meet-ups of ycombinators etc.
1) would you like to attend alive and ask questions?
2) would you pay for your question to be answered?
3) would you like to get a newsletter about events of your interested subjects or people?
4) would you sponsor this activity?
5) what kind of trouble can occur during this process?
Best regards, Volkan
Small changes that have a big impact on the planet
It can put an icon on your homescreen looking like an app that you want to stop using. Then when you try to instinctively open for example twitter, a simple page comes up that counts how many times you tried opening it. To make it work open the page, click a popular app click the install button then follow the instructions.
Hey everyone! It's hard to be indifferent to global warming and, initially, I felt powerless. Different news outlets and websites report on small bits of it and it's hard to see the full picture. All the information flying around made me feel overwhelmed, confused and didn't help me make sense of it all.
Turns out, a few changes to our lives can have a significant impact to reduce our footprint. So I compiled these changes, along with how much emissions they can save, making them easier to compare.
If you want to contribute, ping me and let's do this together ️
Cypress PSoC does something similar. FPGA-light with some analog "wiring" configurability.
What's better 25 years later for that sort of work?
I use a different medication where i pay the copay on a credit card and they rebate me a check
It meant (to me) that there are several 'pockets' of this happening simultaneously, it's not some local 'strain' or 'outbreak'. I thought it was a crucial thing to add, for nuance. Not sure why you're so agitated over this.
That list is not the difference between amateurs and professionals, it is about being good at the job.

In reality there is only one difference between professional and amateurs: money.

Professionals know how to turn their skill into a regular income. It doesn't mean they are really good at their job, more that they know how to deal with customers, work on a schedule, budget, advertise,...

There may be one skill that professionals have more than amateurs and that's the ability to finish the job. That's because people usually pay for a finished product, and if you don't finish, you don't get paid.
Yeah, you're right, I was mistaken. I believe it was polypropylene. Still better for the environment than normal plastic, I'd say.
I take it you've never actually read the K8s source code.
In many cases the premium is paid for by your employer entirely, and the max out of pocket is lower, like $4k a year. But it depends on the employer and what plans afte offered.

Also about 20% of Americans are on medicaid, and generally do not pay any premiums, deductibles, or copays
do you have any statistics that can back your claim?
That's the lazy part.
Perhaps use an email client that has a Twitter-like limit on message length :)
I was wondering about that, so thank you for the clarification.

The other issue I had with it was that plastic bags are notorious for ending up in hedgerows and waterways, so there is that secondary impact from being a disposable item, which cotton or hemp bags don't have so much.
You seem to leave out the results of the second study, and slightly misrepresent the numbers you state.

The second study focusses on global warming potential (kg CO2 eq.). It states that Cotton bags break even with the most efficient solution "HDPE with 100% reused as bin litters" at 327 times, and "HDPE reused 3 times" at 393.

The explanation of the 7.100+20.000 numbers of the first study is incomplete. They refer to ALL impact categories. Not just energy and water requirements. If we focus on the climate change impact (kg CO2), cotton breaks even at 52/149 reuses.

Obvioulsly you'd have to consider the total impact at some point. Here, their methology is important. They say that: "Cotton bags are assumed to be manufactured in Europe, but the cotton used for the manufacturing is assumed to be retrieved from the market. The dataset used for cotton pro-duction (Ecoinvent, version 3.4, consequential) is based on a global average based on inputs from China, India, Latin America, and Turkey." (page 39).

The cotton production should be the greatest reason for the bad environmental impact considering all impact categories. Shouldn't it? The countries listed aren't really known for their environmental friendly policies. The menufactoring process itself is just some rather simple sewing.

Both studies also seem to NOT consider the environmental impact of plastic bags being thrown away. Which should be important as their aren't biodegradable.

I think the overall impact of non-plastic bags leaves room for discussion/further research. Based on the global warming potentiall, cotton bags seem like a good alternative. Reuse rates of 50-400 are realistic.

There are also different materials like jute or hemp where the production should be more environmentally friendly compared to cotton with similar perks (high reuse rate, biodegradable). Hanf can even be grown in Europe/NA such that there is less CO2 impact due to transport.
> McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonald-Douglas, the designer of the F-15

And flying hamburgers?;)
Pretty much same story for me. I started dabbling in Python 2013 and the move was final in 2014 when I had started using Ansible full time.

Before that I was a huge Perl fan. I even ran a localized version of perl.cctld in my country. With documentation in our local language.
Also check out the mathematical definition of function composition. Note how there are type signatures. Function composition defined without types is incomplete.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Function_composition
Clever Folks register Joe30330 domains just minutes after the mishap occurs
I've noticed this also. I'm originally an EE, so during my first job the department was basically made up of a bunch of wizards from the days of Electronics magazine who all were in to HAM radio and custom guitar amps. I learnt a phenomenal amount in a short amount of time, even though I probably annoyed them with my incessant questions. I'm currently in the process of transitioning to software and I don't have nearly as much support now. I enjoy it more, but the learning curve is much more daunting.
I have never read italics as whispering. I usually read it as emphasis or stress. I read ALL CAPS as shouting. I read bold as important. I only see bold as aggressive if emotionally charged language is bolded (ie: marked as important by the writer).

I find it interesting that others may still perceive these differently than either of us.
So for experienced programmers, what is best (at least better books and resources to learn math that 'works'?
...What about the word "thing", some variation of which is used 20 times in the article, but never acknowledged?
Oh praise be. That's been screwing with me for months and I couldn't find a bug report page. Thank you anonymous Internet person!
I agree that prohibition does cause a lot of issues.

This makes even less sense since one difference is that there is no equivalent to "alcohol poisoning" with LSD. A dose at which LSD is physically toxic is so high (200 times a recreational dose) that it's incredibly unlikely to take by accident. As far as I know, there are no known overdose deaths due to LSD.

(However, there are analogues to LSD that are toxic: 25I-NBOMe and 25C-NBOMe).
Just as a warning most maths algebra beginner textbooks will focus on groups, rings and fields and not talk about most of the other structures mentioned (including Fragleigh and Herstein recommended by others - they are incredibly different styles, and although I have extremely fond memories of Herstein, there are better books than those two especially if you aren't actually doing a maths degree, but my knowledge of textbooks is 20 years out of date). On the other hand once you have a good grasp of a few structures, learning about and understanding others becomes much easier. I guess it all depends on why you want to learn about them and what you want to do with them
If you reload the page 3 times, it blurs out the counter and message. While I see that this is to make people donate, it would be pretty nice to state, that in order to see it again - you must donate. I was thinking it was a bug at first.
That's only because the current business model is very closed source (proprietary) a danger RMS warned about decades ago. The original GPLv3 was meant to address that, and websites such as Wikipedia and I suppose OpenAI don't work that way.

If we were used to no advertising and paying for services, we'd be outraged by if there was advertising. Ironically, that way is more efficient. The ideal model for data is a Patreon/Kickstarter/Indiegogo-esque project where people are able to offer bounties. This way you could pick a journalist (who's self-employed) and pay them to write an article to research a subject. Such research could then save other people time and money. I mean, if only 100 people in the world pay 10 EUR each then you already got firepower to do some research already.

Advertising and 'free' (where you're the product) is a race to the bottom, and ultimately a product for the poor.
Additionally to the tips from the story, this guide might further help you to focus the content of your mails and the delivery of the important message. It certainly help me.

https://hbr.org/2016/11/how-to-write-email-with-military-pre...
at best it feels like your compiling FP idioms onto classes like a compiler
Funny, such webrings used to exist in Web 1.0 as well. You could even argue this is the point of a franchise. Need a McDonald's (not my cup of tea but a known international subject)? You know what they got, you know the price. There's some culture-specific deviations, too.
I wish someone poked irssi devs to support other languages. I basically learned Perl just for it.
> The point about the long thin trunks with almost no root system is interesting.

As a hint, see the pictures in this article of the roots of the palm trees:

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/141/1/0...

What we consider as the "today's typical trees" are actually the most evolved forms of the older simpler designs.
Rather than immediately sequestering the carbon, it seems to me that it would make economic sense to use fibrous plant materials in products.

By taxing competing non ecologically friendly alternatives like fossil oil-based plastics, and sending carbon-containing products to landfill, a greater financial incentive is created for growers, and carbon is sequestered from the atmosphere rapidly and long-term.
Humans can only focus on a few things at a time, so between job concerns, family concerns do you really want to risk global warming versun some harm to food chains (nothing new)?
> The problem with London's congestion pricing is there's an exemption for those who live in Zone 1, basically (technically, it's a subset of Zone 1). Why? These are the people who have the least need for private vehicles (by virtue of good public transportation) and are probably significantly wealthier than the average Londoner.

I lived within the Congestion Zone, even with a 90% reduction on the charge per day (so you still have the cognitive load of having to pay) and having a parking space included with my flat (a damned luxury in London), still didn't feel the need to have a car.

As a Zone 1 resident I found driving in central more agro than it was worth. Granted, there are leafier areas that are still caught within it, but around where I was, and most of the places I've been inside it, the mix of 20mph zones, speed bumps, yellow boxes, bus lane cameras, cyclists, angry Uber drivers, and trying to find somewhere to park at the end... it's not worth it.

Now living in Zone 2, I have a car that I use exclusively for getting out of the city. I still struggle to understand why anyone would willingly drive in London on a daily basis (unless they're paid to drive).
The button did occupy some space and MS apparently went for a "cleaner" (and simpler) look. Also, the traditional start menu was found to be too complex. (The entire Modern UI revolution with Full screen apps in the front was about a mobile-like simplification on the desktop.) I do see some parallels to this.
Still is, for many of us (I only picked it up in 2000).
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The next campaigns’ subscriber lists are compiled in advance whilst being drafted.
I remember many years ago when i had a 3G internet connection (which sometimes even had to work via 2G networks) for my laptop, the service would automatically recompress images to lower bandwidth and speed up times. To enable the connection i had to use a custom tool (it was essentially a fancy terminal - AFAIK it communicated with the 3G dongle using AT commands) which also had an option to adjust the (ISP-side) compression (i could disable it, leave it at default or make everything look like garbage but load fast...ish :-P).
These are for third-party packages though, Perl might be perfect but the rest of the software world not so much... That dwindling number of submissions not only means that new libraries are not being integrated as fast as they should but also, and perhaps more importantly, existing libraries are not updated.

It's pretty sad too because I distinctly remember that one of the main selling points of Perl when I started using it in the early 2000's was that CPAN was more complete and diverse than any other scripting language out there.
Yeah and the submarine that fired them can just disappear underwater.
Hey there ! Nice and clean website, simplicity is great !
But I wonder how this works, do you personally handle each sms ? What's automated and what's not ?

Good luck !
It's very strange to me that some people actually don't like bold text to emphasize relevant parts.

It's the easiest way to aid speed reading/allowing mental prose-to-bullet point conversion.

For me it's a sign of respect for time of the reader who is likely overwhelmed with information and wants to focus on the most important parts.

I've written some technical documents this way. In one company I got explicit email that this helped a lot and was great idea. Implementation that followed went smoothly.

In other company it has been seen as silly, all emphasis was removed, bullet points expanded to prose, useless brochure like logos/typography added - of course I'm biased but this document stands in my head as the shittiest/least useful/confusing/verbose documents I had to deal with.

I think to really appreciate this approach you'd have to test it yourself on 50 page document and discover how fast you can digest 80% of information included.

Likely practicing speed reading will help to appreciate it more.

It's a bit like medium highlights - but it's designed by the author, it can be really, really useful, but it's niche and very rare to see unfortunately.
Livewire, Fullstack Framework Based on Laravel
Can Plants Think?
I've found a cheap trick to compress Java software: extract every .jar file (those are zip archives) and compress the whole thing with a proper archiver (e.g. 7-zip).
One example from my current project:
original jar files: 18 MB
expanded jar files: 37 MB
compressed with WinRar: 10 MB

And that's just a little project. For big projects there could be hundreds of megabytes of dependencies. Nobody really cares about that...
I just have these giant bags that every supermarket sells for like 2 pounds - they are made from plastic, but I've had the same set of 5-6 bags for a couple years now. It doesn't have to be a choice between a shitty 5p plastic bag or an energy intensive cotton bag - large sturdy plastic bags also exist.
Employee threatens against background verification; absconds after being busted
No, it's not.

A propeller makes thrust like a paddle, by pushing off of something. A jet/rocket engine makes thrust by recoil, using conservation of momentum.
I would gladly pay, say $2-8 a month, for a search engine that actually delivered good results. Nowadays it's just SEO garbage and blog spam.

Try searching for product reviews for example. It's almost impossible to find good, honest review sites via a search engine (they definitely exist though). Most are shopping sites or fake reviews that just list scraped product information.
"if you are healthy enough to hit the gym you are healthy enough to go home."

Not everyone is in the hospital as a patient and not every patient is in the hospital for something very dire. For example, I was in the hospital for 3 days once getting IV steroids. In between doses and things like blood sugar checks, I had no need to stick around the hospital bed. I truly could have happily and safely walked on a treadmill, for example. This was before most hospitals here had wifi, though, and would have been better than being bored.

A few months ago, I was in observation for 6 or so hours due to a medication I was starting. I had a portable heart monitor, and really simply needed hourly blood pressure and pulse checks along with simple access to hospital staff. At one point, my pulse was low and I needed - for my own health - to be active. Luckily, I simply walked around outside, stopped at the kiosk (gas station without the gas), and was back before my next check.

I'm sure there are slews of other situations that one needs to be in a hospital, but not necessarily confined to a hospital bed.