skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> I'm overwhelmed quickly when i have to solve a (simple) problem with javascript, so i think backend would not be an option.

The truth though is JavaScript is a hard programming language. It has different environments like the browser and node. It has these specialized language transformations like babel that let you do different things based on experimental ES proposals.

How do you measure competency as a programmer? I've done very intricate stuff around CMake and tested stuff to run from source on multiple OS. I've contributed to a diverse array of open source projects across many programming languages and platforms. Despite all that - webpack/babel/node's behavior boggles my mind.

I question my competency routinely and look back and am confused at how I written such bad code. Even though at the moment I felt accomplished and think I've finally wrote something "future proof" and in good form.

It's okay to give yourself more time, if you're willing to. Frontend programming is so hard and moves so fast. There's no such thing as mastering it since every 6 months there's a leap in toolchain / libraries / etc.

If you are willing to grind it out, I've come to love TypeScript and React w/ hooks and find it scales very well on large projects. It is possible to get into a flow with webpack and co. if you can give it time.
Experts Exchange, where the paywall could be bypassed if you scrolled down far enough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOFI
an app by John Kuo, angular JS, boostrap, domain registered in Panama, hosted on AWS. yeah, no thanks in terms of registering. interesting idea though, but needs refining
Why would any sane person pick up one of these projects? If a project isn't good enough for the original developer to continue working on it, it sure isn't good enough for anyone else to. Early/unfinished projects have a ton of design cruft and technical debt that another human would have approached a different way if starting from scratch.
K-anonymization: converting data by using k-means clustering in a GDPR era
Intel had seriously better more reliable hardware at that point. You couldn't pay me to buy AMD after all the hardware I lost to thermal issues.

HN likes to believe that AMD is and was always the best if only Intel hadn't used monopoly tactics but the reality is that it's not as simple as that.

That being said, I'm truly happy with what AMD is delivering now and I hope they can sustain it for years to come. My next workstation is probably going to be AMD for sure.

As for Intel swinging back, if they had something ready, I believe they woulnd't have allowed a competitor to get close and surpass them like AMD is doing. Intel has gone through so many boring architecture at this point that I doubt it's just "strategy" on their part. They must be really struggling to deliver something competitive now.
I just usually try to avoid participating in Stack Overflow now because it's not worth it. If there is any way for people to abuse you passive aggressively, they will.

If you try to answer a question there is a good chance someone will come along and invalidate your effort somehow. Either pointing out a subtle issue that isn't really important, or copying your answer into a comment and voting the original question closed, or they will write a long-winded answer with a bunch of custom code that technically does what the original poster asked but is actually an outdated approach. Or any way to make your answer less important so they can get the points.

The other problem I have with Stack Overflow is that a lot of times the answer to a question is to use an existing module or library but if you write that someone will come after you reinventing the wheel with some custom code they are supposed to copy paste and then nail you to the wall for not including code. I mean part of the concept of Stack Overflow is actually outdated because it is based on the idea that we should reuse a ton of code by copying and pasting snippets. And I know people love to hate on dependencies but copying and pasting a hundred functions is not a better solution.
As an example: visiting the Ask Historian's wiki in Old, all the links redirect to New.

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/index
Scarlet SmallTalk, a smalltalk to JavaScript translator
Note that if your process is the root of the process tree controlling a terminal, init will prepend a '-' to argv[0] (e.g. instead of being "bash" it will be "-bash".

I used this to disable c-X c-c (the exit command) when running gnu emacs as my login shell in the mid 1980s.
> "While basic security measures were implemented, in that customers were told to input card numbers using the handset, the unique audio tones generated by pressing keypad buttons would make it straightforward to recover the 16-digit number and expiry date."

and in the original:

"Instead of saying their card number and three-digit security number, customers type them into the keypad – protecting the most serious financial information."

We should produce a DTMF blockchain, seems like the best security out there. /s On a more serious note: Are regular people/journalists not aware of how pressing buttons on a phone works anymore?
Put the following into a bender:

* Half a cucumber (skin on) freshly juiced
* A chunk of skinned ginger freshly juiced (about 4cm^3)
* One tablespoon of chia seeds (freshly milled if possible)
* One tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
* One juiced lime
* One avocado (skinned and pitted)
* A large handful of rinsed kale
* A large handful of rinsed spinach
* Approximately 150ml of coconut water

Blend this up and consume.

Initially, I also juiced an apple for sweetness but now I don't need it anymore.
"Accountability" used to be the job of the Fourth Estate, at least ostensibly, but they abandoned that job no later than the 80s, and now need to be held accountable themselves, since they're manifestly incapable of self-policing. The hope would be that somehow independent organizations would use the internet to do this, but the gatekeepers of search make this impractical. Consider the trajectory of WikiLeaks' perceived credibility, and that is best case. Everyone else has been reduced to"conspiracy theorists."
There are still flags, which are also hurtful but more informative.
Thank you for writing this out, this is helpful! And agreed about an effective system being pretty unique to the individual.
Yes all container technologies are at play, including namespaces, cgroups (for resource quotas), seccomp, Linux Security Modules, and probably some odds and ends I am forgetting.

Of course e.g. FreeBSD is a different bag.
I always tell my wife that the easiest way to get healthy is to become poor. No more restaurants and you're golden.

Jokes aside, I feel we all underestimate how much eating out and/or socially forces you to eat more than necessary. Personally when we're cooking, we rarely go overboard. When you eat out, it's so easy to eat more than what you need.
`gphoto2 --set-config capturetarget=1` I think might work for what you want.
> In general, I'd say that distributing any sex act involving someone else, without the consent of that other person, who needs to be adult enough to be able to give that consent, should be illegal.

If all involved are old enough to give consent for sexual activity with each other, they're all arguably old enough to distribute video of it.

Video of masturbation by someone too young to give consent would certainly be child porn. However, prosecuting them for distributing it seems absurd, because they were arguably also too young to be responsible for what they had done. Everyone else involved, at least those old enough to be responsible, should of course be prosecuted for child porn.

Edit: typo
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Yeah but he didn't mention it was dried.
Yes, I think that they should do back all of that "new feature/change fetish" as you say. It also would improve compatibility, to not do such messy stuff, too.

Most web pages will not need any JavaScripts, although some might need it. And in some other cases, optional JavaScript might help, such as to auto-fill or validate a form, in which case the form will still work with JavaScript disabled. (Also note that, for example, Lynx does not implement JavaScript.)

For some of that, my idea of a <widget> element might help a bit. It would improve performance, allow better user customizations, allow enabling some functions that would previously require JavaScript even though JavaScript is disabled, and is compatible even with browsers that do not implement <widget>.

CSS is also overused, although even if you use it, you should try to also allow working without CSS in cases where such a thing makes sense (which it often does, although not always). (CSS styles often just make stuff worse in my opinion anyways; that is why I put in my own CSS codes for stuff.)

I think, the end user need to have enough ropes to hang yourself and also a few more just in case. The entire control of the interface should be controlled by the end user.

Also, these web pages and HTTP(S) are rather overused anyways. There are other protocols, such as Gopher and Telnet and SSH and NNTP and IRC, which are better for some things (and worse for some things, too, I suppose). (But multiple protocols and multiple interfaces can be offered if wanted, anyways, I suppose.)
GDPR applies to any company that handles the data of EU citizens, regardless of whether that company is located in the EU or not.
I lost all hope and ended up just abandoning my old profile and starting fresh. It's not like karma has any meaning here.
Going from a normal eating schedule to not eating anything 16 hours a day can have a drastic (yes, drastic) affect on your blood sugar, hormone levels, blood pressure, and more. It is absolutely a drastic change.

It will most likely be fine for most people, but could be very dangerous (ie death) for someone that is, for example, diabetic or is taking medicines for mental stability.
Definitely! As thrilling as the first novel is, when I think of the Dune universe it's content from the sequels that first springs to mind. Great balance of speculative fiction, philosophy, character development and action.
ffmpeg/libav. It has some documentation (and not that bad), but not enough I think.

what makes the documentation bad?

only description, no example, unclear about the correct syntax,

not easily searchable, can't locate the solution given a problem, even the solution is documented.

I turn to source code.
My own opinion is that no default search engine needs to be set.
let's all move to megabar!
Yeah, I wrote the same thing in another response. But a few track days per year is a good way to have real fun in a supercar.
That's really not true.

We've been drawing faces and other emoticon-like symbols next to our words long before the internet. (Think informal writing like postcards or notes.) People have illustrated their writing for even longer. (Think medieval manuscripts, as an extreme example.)

Even canonically great writers don't (as a whole) limit themselves to words- they write plays that include stage directions, they write poetry that plays with layout and punctuation, they write songs that include melody and instrumental parts.

It's really only some forms of formal writing that limits itself to words to convey emotions.
Which is kind of a perfect example of how downvotes are a bad interface - what they mean is context-sensitive, and needs to be explained. If meta had an explicit "disagree" flag, instead of an obtuse "downvote" that users have to intuit the meaning of, it wouldn't have to be explained in a HN comment.
Read it as "Questionable benefits in the context of the kernel."
> If Reddit or Facebook didn't allow you to delete your account or comments and said it wanted to maintain a permanent record of you, they would get eviscerated.

By whom?

There's always a danger of falsely claiming a double standard when in fact you're just trying to judge one community by the standards of another.
I have noticed answers in comments a lot too. It seems like some aspect of the gamification. One theory is that people don't want to put any straightforward answers in actual answers because they seem anything straightforward to be unworthy of an actual answer.
China's Lunar Rover Has Found 'Gel-Like' Substance on the Far Side of the Moon
The interface is a little confusing and I've got a load of questions:

- Firstly, what's the privacy/security on this site? The Privacy Policy and Terms both go nowhere and I can't find any info on this online. Looking at the source, I see it's being loaded from "/Users/johnkuo/Documents/playground/2ndwind/," so is this a reverse proxy and everything I do goes straight to your computer? Also, I can't seem to logout or delete my information in any way.

- What's the difference between "Home" and "Feed"? I'm assuming Feed does something different but it leads to the same page, and there's also a notifications button but I'm confused as to how that ties in.

- What does the "Purchase" button mean? Clicking on it says it's not finished and asks for a vote on it but I'm confused as to what the feature entails to begin with. Is this for selling off a side project?

- What sort of projects are welcome here? I see something about a backyard job although I took unfinished projects as something more technical.

- If I post or participate on a project, how does communication occur to actually onboard me onto the project? I tried clicking participate but going to my participation tab still doesn't show anything here.
It's not a solution, but you can change your username to something random by contacting dang.
Glad you lost weight but kale smoothies and fasting are not magic--it's just reduced caloric intake conferring most of the benefits you're seeing.

The biggest problem people have is overeating, bottom line. I honestly have several strict vegan friends who are obese -- at the end of the day a calorie is a calorie.

My only issue when people recount stories like yours, as inspiring as they are, is they associate non-scientifically-provable properties to their eating. As if fasting or kale give you more energy (they don't). Or carbs are automatically evil by themselves and cause weight gain (also wrong). There is no such thing as "super nutrients" -- there are only nutrients. It's like when people talk about going on a "cleanse" from "toxins" in their body, it's just nonsense.

I wish high schools would teach everyone how to track their calories, it's a super useful skill that would help many in understanding how much a penalty there is in eating those Five Guys fries. But "I lost weight from [insert special diet here] wow now I have [amazing qualities]" just exaggerates the basic underlying process of reducing caloric intake.

And for the record I'm 6'2" & 168 lbs / 76 kg with 5% body fat (measured via calipers), training for multiple athletic events, so I'm not saying this as someone who struggles with following strict diets.
Elsewhere you said you occasionally eat fish for the omega fatty acids, what kind of fish?

There's been a number of reports describing farmed fish as some of the most toxic food sources on the planet. It's definitely changed my attitude towards defaulting to a fish option at restaurants where its provenance is unknown or at best ambiguous.

My goto has become canned wild sardines in water, consumed similarly for omegas in an otherwise mostly plant-based paleo-like diet.
I've literally had people think I was rude and arrogant because I ended my sentences with full stops.
Hence the reason I said I doubt it would make much of a difference but the 5.0 kernel generally outperforms 3.10. 3.10 has has already been deprecated and isn't updated anymore. The EPYC 7742's are still going to trounce the Xeon's but the Xeon's would probably have better real world performance on the latest 5.0 kernel and a recent distro versus kernel 3.10 and a dated distro like RHEL/CentOS 7. As I mentioned before, typically the same version of OS is used in these types of benchmarks.
Simple alternative: show a downvote button, but make it so that the score must be >= 0.
Could the pressure be fairly neutral with current=0 and the current itself create the pressure?
Telephones aren't secure. If you care about security, you don't send private data over the phone.
Most people don't realize just how small a lifestyle change it takes to affect weight into middle age. When habits are amplified by the fulcrum of consistency over decades it makes a huge difference.

Just consider that all it takes to become 100 lbs overweight by age 50 is an extra 38 calories a day starting at age 25. The difference between morbid obesity and healthy weight can literally come down to one donut a week or walking an extra quarter mile a day.
I don't think that function is used other than for logging.

https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/b52c0c2e649...

There the "command" variable is the result of the function you mention, but here the use is only for logging. The actual argv for the subprocess is the "av" argument which comes from first splitting and then replacing "%u" etc.
> with no privacy policy or terms, no logout, and no method of deleting your data or contacting the company
What if downvotes led to a popdown, with a series of radio buttons:

( ) I don't agree with this comment

( ) This comment is factually incorrect

( ) This comment is offtopic

( ) This comment is rude or inappropriate

(Add and replace verbiage to taste, of course)

Then people's downvotes would be imbued with some semblance of nuance.

And get rid of the score, and make downvote categories have hidden negative values (so people are truthful in their answer).
Well the problem with that is that they would need to be passing by only a few light years from earth to detect it, if it’s even detectable on astronomical scales.

It’s not that they came here centuries after the nuclear tests, because even if they have FTL that is the shortest time frame that makes sense unless a nuclear explosion causes some signals that some how move faster than light which both violates physics as we know it and would be really unlikely to go unnoticed based on just how much data we have from nuclear blasts and nuclear reactors.
Honest question: why do you think that the older buildings didn't "maximize profit" for their creators?
Amiga port of Diablo under development
The site itself is one of those unfinished projects.
This is the main thing that drives me nuts. I'm fine with emoji, I'll even use them on purpose from time to time, but please let me decide when and how. There's nothing more infuriating than a computer replacing something I just typed with something its developer thought was better.
The solution to this issue is not to start claiming things in violation of thermodynamics. Instead you should call attention to the fact that nutrition labels do not always accurately count the number of bioavailable calories ("calories in"), and that unusual circumstances can drastically change an individual's ability to extract energy from their diet. Rejecting "calories in = calories out" is a distraction from the real challenges, and has the side effect of making you sound much less scientifically credible.

Edit: see this comment for an example of reasonable discussion that doesn't oversimplify to the point of contradicting basic science: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20860678
Reference Capabilities for Safe Parallel Array Programming
Interesting. I had assumed they were one of the 1000s of other fake review websites.

Another good one I found is carsurvey.org, but I'm not sure how it'll hold up when (if not already) the marketing departments of car manufacturers swarm it.
1. Can I store my data locally?
2. Are you selling information on my browsing?
3. Does the extension allow me to choose whether I infringe copyrights? e.g. can I still annotate/save/read SciHub papers? https://sci-hub.tw/
Holy cow, the Hiller Flying Platform rocks!
while this was likely also true of earlier groups, its important to remember that the Inuit came to North America at a much later date (from around 500-900AD) and had very advanced stone age technology and techniques, amongst the most sophisticated known to exist.

Earlier groups did not necessarily have their technological sophistication[1], nor their cultural and technical mastery of the ocean, so its misleading to argue via analogy.

[1] A kayak is really a marvel in terms of engineering the most with the absolute least amount of materials, even modern materials and techniques are hard pressed to match a traditional design, particularly with the outer skin, animal skin is much lighter, quieter, more durable and repairable than something like fiberglass. Each boat is carefully fitted to its owner, and designed precisely for maximum agility and stability.
Should that happen, if I am lucky/unlucky enough to survive a nuclear exchange, being on time to catch the train will probably be the least of my worries.

Having said that, I still have an Olympus Trip 35 in my collection and since it uses a selenium cell and a basic galvanometer to measure exposure, I should be okay to use it and document the aftermath as soon as the dust has settled!

Edited for clarity
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Is the OpenStack story improved from a few years ago? Experience is mostly AWS - I'm up and running very quickly on AWS but 2+ years ago openstack was kind of a fight.
Journaling changed my life. I used a mindmap editor called Freeplane. I wasn't trying to change myself; I was just recording thoughts. But the mindmap editor let me decompose and reorganize them, and I spent a lot of time reiewing and reorganizing, such that I eventually had a lot of notes about things like kindness, humor, curiosity, interpersonal dynamics ... anything I thought might be worth remembering.

I think it led me to discover destructive behaviors in myself, and constructive alternatives to them. I remember a lot of it was about how to talk to strangers, which I find pretty easy now.

It was my favorite thing to do for years. Then I stopped. shrug
So do those records get deleted eventually? Or do they live on forever like some kind of ghost?
Or downvote until the score is zero. I.e. don’t allow negative scores. Then take reputation away from people who actively attempt to downvote beyond zero. In addition, you use reputation to downvote.
> Locals seem to be content with all four developments

If the locals like it, and they're the ones who are going to be using it and looking at it all the time, then frankly who cares what the "reception online" is?
How long ago was this?

In any thread on these topics I feel that there will be a number of people reporting their relatively recent smashing success with some method. I’ve had multiple smashing successes myself, lasting over a year, but have always eventually slid back — and then never replicated the success despite lots of effort using the same method. It hasn’t been until I switched to something different that I’ve found success again.

It’s like the body eventually learns both physical and psychological tricks to accumulate energy under any regime.
What kind of culture do you expect for a subject matter that is heavily tied to Google-style whiteboard algorithm trivia / Wall Street brainteasers as ways in which freshly minted Ivy brogrammer grads are made to feel more valuable or important than people with diverse perspectives & years of actual experience.

The social behavior of Stack Overflow is just an extension of tech culture. You can change message board formats, add community guidelines, add moderators, etc., not going to change anything until the capricious (& often socially harmful) cultures of tech are forced to change through significant legal accountability and through candidates simply saying “no” to touted jobs to punish the malignant culture.