skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is fascinating, there is quite a bit of overlap with a font that I started designing recently: http://alanbernstein.net/images/line-font-lowercase

I do small projects on CNC machines, and I got annoyed at having to trace both sides of a character, when using the outline of a standard font. In response, I created the single-stroke characters shown above, but only enough of them to draw basic labels.

Part of my original inspiration was this blog post: https://mzucker.github.io/2016/08/03/miniray.html

It would be interesting to do a closer comparison of these two fonts, it looks like some of our letters are identical. I definitely prefer some of Leon's characters, especially the 's'. It should be easy enough for me to implement mine in javascript, because I focused on simplicity of the glyph definitions. For example, lowercase 'e' is defined like this:

'e': [Line([-0.5, 0.5], [0.5, 0.5]), Arc([0, 0.5], 0.5, 0, 7/4)],

I hope I can find the time to experiment with this.
If WIMPs had forces between them, they’d form some kind of structure that would have been detected by other surveys for “dark” objects.

Dark Matter is a bit of a misnomer... it’s invisible, transparent.
Laptop model: Dell Vostro 1500

CPU: 2.4Ghz Intel T8300 Core2Duo

RAM: 4GB

Screen: 1280x800

Personal comments: It has a 60GB SSD, and is absolutely silent and doesn't even get warm. Runs Linux Mint 19.01 Cinnamon just fine. I use Chrome, Lazarus, VSCode, DBeaver, Gimp, Audacity, Terminal all just fine. Everything runs fast and I see no reason to upgrade to a newer laptop.
That's more like "nobody has been fire for buying IBM". I wouldn't blame you, but I'll be pushing for AMD at work now that they're competitive again.
It's a 300mph barrier for a road going car you could easily drive to your nearest supermarket if you so wanted.
My wife and I really enjoyed reading and discussing this blog post over our morning coffee. The author said it himself that he has trouble writing and maybe more importantly posting his work for others to read.

That said, I can see how the first paragraph (with it's the self-congratulatory tone) could have primed you with these feelings.

I'm a firm believer that there is nothing wrong with re-explaining a well known topic (learning how to learn).

After blogging for the last 10 years, I find it amazing how my writing on a topic which I find elementary could be such a great resource for someone else in their research and problem solving.

Since you appear well versed in the topic of metacognition, you likely just proved the authors point. You spent time on a beginner/intermediate level resource on metacognition...

It is not the authors fault that you experienced diminishing returns on your time and effort.
Worked on this myself, but thought HN might be interested.

AWS lambda has a callback free node functions, using async/await.

Architect (a serverless framework) has a tool that combines multiple async/await handlers into a single lambda, much like traditional express middleware, but without callbacks.

Requests go in, responses or modified requests (which are passed onto the next middleware item) go out.

It's a very modern way of handling middleware and supports most of the use cases of the traditional express-style middleware. See the examples for more details.
My CPU utilization jumps and maintains at around 25% when I got to techradar using Chromium with no extensions. I see the same kind of thing with Firefox with extensions.

But yeah, blame the browsers for the bloat, not the crappy web site you write for.
Jeesus
A dark pattern I submitted but was never accepted is clicking unsubscribe in an email and getting redirected to a page that asks you to check the boxes that you would like to not unsubscribe from, or to remain subscribed to, when I expect simply to be unsubscribed from the offending mailing list.
Autonomous rail has probably racked up billions of passenger-kilometres by now. The edge cases are pretty thin and it's unlikely that a human driver will have equivalent levels of accumulated experience.

The most reliable line in the MTA, for example, is the L train. It is also the closest to fully autonomous (due to union rules, there is a driver who turns it on and then "supervises" the train).
Dumb question, but is RSS still that much of a thing? I remember it being big 10+ years ago. Then Google reader shut down and I haven't given it much thought. Where would I find a good list of RSS feeds to try this out?
Kudos to GDPR obliging companies to allow users to delete their personal data.
Uber, Lyft and DoorDash Pledge $90Mil to Fight Driver Legislation in California
I don't know, still, most people's "psychological setup" isn't wired to handle this kind of manipulation on a frequent basis, even if "designed/implemented it faithfully".

It would just make the web a little more serene place if the said websites did away with these kind of pernicious practices which only induce stress and agony.
> not true for row stores because data is stored in such a way that the whole row gets accessed no matter how many columns get specified in the query.

This is not true, at least not with the likes of MS SQL Server / postgres / Oracle / etc. If the query can be satisfied with just what is in an index the clustered index or heap (where all the row data is together) does not need to be referenced. Worse: if you have off-page data (NVARCHAR(MAX) columns with values that aren't very short, to give one common example in the case of SQL Server) then not only is the engine reading the CI/heap unnecessarily to serve your query but it is potentially making extra unnecessary per-value page reads on top of that.

Also for more complex queries that cause the building of intermediate results in memory or worse on disk, anything where you see a sort step in the query plan for instance, you are increasing the amount of data that needs to be spooled in this way. In some circumstances this might happen to the date more than once during a single run of your query.

Or if columns are actually the result of UDFs - they will be getting run per value per row even though the result is not needed, and that can also affect choices the query planner makes wrt parallelism options. You might not know you query is "more complex" either: do you know for sure that you are referencing a simple table or a view that is doing some jiggery-pokery to derive values? It might be a simple table now but that may change in later versions of the model/application, and now you have that extra computation happening for values you might not actually care about. It doesn't have to be something as complex as a table being replaced by a view that is doing extra work: the entity might later have a free-form note record attached to it in the form of a VARHCAR(MAX) column and those extra off-page reads are hitting your query's performance server-side (not just in terms of what travels over the network) when you don't actually need the results of those reads.

> There are many other^H^H^H^H^H good reasons why SELECT is acceptable only in development queries*

I'd say "to be avoided where possible outside of dev/test queries" as there are always exceptions where it isn't possible due to [bad] design elsewhere, but yes.

> but performance is not one of them.

This I disagree with. It can definitely affect performance. And anyway, it might not affect performance on this particular query, at least not by a measurable amount, being selective about what you select is a good habit to train into yourself.
Brilliant.

It's a time saver

When someone clicks on one of the links, make sure it opens in a new window.

Could be cool
Yeah, it happens fairly regularly. Majorities are scary in that they seem to be able to willfully blind themselves to any moral standard in pursuit of what seems like a good idea for their prosperity.

Nobody is going to admit to thinking that way, but there is pretty overwhelming evidence that most people do. History is replete with genocides and selective memories. The cynic in me notes that by not acknowledging the threat they pose, majorities free themselves of the need to limit their own power in the name of decency and giving others a fair go.
Works perfectly fine. It's one of the few I would recommend.
Here is the google Cached version. Seems the site is offline

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...

Copy the link above to view the research
Zorro-2 was superior to ISA in pretty much all ways that count. It had auto configuration and just worked in general.

PCI is vastly superior to Zorro-3 though, in both features and performance. Z3 never achieved the performance given in the specs and had quite some problems. IIRC Dave Haynie said that he would have used PCI instead of developing Z3 if it had been out at the time.
it's not that relevant. There are virtually no plausible gaming setups where you'd be likely to actually notice the differences where intel actually wins. You need a very fast GPU, high fps screen, specific games, large differences (because 100fps vs. 150fps is much, much harder to see than say 40 vs. 60 fps), low resolution+settings, and few enough background programs that you don't cause issues on that side.

It's measurable sure; but it's not relevant practically no (at least, the 9900k vs. 3900x decision isn't; you will perhaps notice a little more easily the upgrade all the way back from sandy bridge... but even that...)
And how do you watch movies and listen to music?
That could be the case. One example of the cost of stasis: the / vs /usr requirement in the FHS might stop or complicate future technical possibilities that use the filesystem (packaging systems, distros, copy on write snapshots etc) from being possible. Sure it's a low cost in this instance, but there's always a cost.
I suspect that some edible products are actually leftovers approaching shelf life limits. At least the one time I have ordered some protein bars, they were barely before their displayed end of life (and those things last for over a year)
usr stands for Unix System Resources, not user.
Firstly Gst is a huge problem that's impeding growth. Consumption slowdown is because GST maybe pricing out non essential purchase for average household.
For egs Hotels are priced at 28% gst if am correct. That's a huge drain on local tourism consumption.

Second private investment is at all time low due to infrastructure and credit challenges

Third global slowdown has hit our export markets a little bit

Lastly no big government projects over the last couple of years except welfare schemes that don't really help improve business conditions quickly
> Hacker News

> Impossible

Not sure how I feel about this one. I think it's a nice gesture to respect someones wishes to delete their contributions regardless of the technical fact of external archives etc.
it was a conspiratorial youtube video but the narrator sounded like a real straight shooter.
One who does firing decisions does not have the time to google the details. (A.K.A. Nobody got fired for ...)
Alphabet has $125Bn cash on hand.
> but not with my brother, aunt, friend's boyfriend or mother, tenant who rents my house, the shop who delivers butane, etc.

Given that we are discussing LinkedIn, wouldn't you just not connect with them? Seems like a small cost for having to add that 5% of people manually.
Hey thanks that's actually super duper helpful, so that basically means the landing page fails to convey the message.

So a couple words on what it does:

It is an onboarding layer over your application! You import it via a script (just like google analytics), and the visual editor allows you to set up your user onboarding process, without writing any code. Think modal windows, tooltips, hotspots etc.

Can I reach out to you to get your feedback when I revised the landing page?
- Office365
- Sublime Text
- Designer tools
- Video editors
Why do they even have the annoying screen at that point, if they're not going to get valid consent anyways?
Honest question: How do you see macOS going in a downward spiral? What features are you missing, and how has it become unusable for you? Just curious!
Oh, which games? The part of me who's still a child is looking for a GOOD reason to justify the spending to the part of me who is now a responsible adult (and to my SO).
You don't have to drive road legal cars 300mph on a street. That's why they have streetcar races at racetracks. Also, I'm very much doubting that any Bugatti owner bought because it's in any way a practical purchase.
“Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

I'm a bit surprised this book doesn't come up more often in tech circles. Has quite a bit of overlap with the philosophical questions we face daily.
In general quartz watches seem to have a lifetime of 20-30 years.

Mechanical watches without factory defects should easily run 10 years without maintenance, but it's advisable to have them serviced every few years.

But yes, even with their longevity, it's a given that replacing a cheap quartz every few years would probably still be cheaper than a mechanical watch.
If you want to get really evil, combine this with "you need to tell us you want to cancel in advance or we'll charge you a termination fee". People will put it off thinking they will lose the benefits, then find themselves on the line for a fee because they didn't do it earlier (often giving up and continuing instead).
Yes, if “impact to the company” is an important metric to you, you should probably climb the ladder. I can’t identify with that, though. I just want to do my little piece and focus on the rest of my life.

It’s ok if the company ends up doing something it shouldn’t have. That is just what happens. When I was younger, I spent a lot of energy fretting about such things; people didn’t listen to me. I learned to make peace with that, rather than vow to have my opinions heard. Besides, who is to say that I wouldn’t have just steered the ship into a different iceberg.

I’m one of those crazy people who thinks unlimited vacation is a good idea and not a scam, done correctly of course.

I suppose you’re right that I could magically change my mind one day. Hasn’t happened yet, 15 years in.
I wonder where did all the weird stuff in Weird Stuff end up. Haven't visited the Valley since their demise was announced. I'd probably find a way to go pick up an IBM Selectric and a couple RS-232 terminals. You never know when you'll need those.
8 months ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18722952

Also:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13116703 (3 years ago)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6301378 (6 years ago)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5347543 (6 years ago)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4002625 (7 years ago)
Quasicrystals
Brooklyn+Bedding+Labor+Day+Savings
I've been thinking of writing a script to go through my emails and make a list of all the "welcome" emails, which should roughly approximate all the accounts I registered.

And then another one for "you are now subscribed to our newsletter" lol
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People say that but my paranoid side is convinced that no real deletion happens :-/
Thanks - I had a different model of EMV in my head, this was very useful!
What? Its simple sentimentality. Love, hate, sorrow are normal human emotions. Related to/hijacked by religion. The real root of burial is emotion, not religion?
Russian Government surveillance devices leaked data for more than a year
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As much as I hate edgy 'Gamer' names, it seems AMD's new CPU does live up to its name.

EPYC is AMD's server CPU series.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epyc&oldid=911736...
Correction: Complete Primate Skeleton from Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany
Of those only VSCode is a desktop application and VSCode is already a web browser. Also considering it is meant to be modular, its documentation system would also need to be modular and i'm not sure if CHM is good with that.
> You apparently don't know a lot about homosexuality.

What in the parent comment makes you think this way (besides being an awful way to introduce an opinion)?
He's just stating that someone with homophobic parents will probably be discouraged to explore, accept, or even recognize his sexual orientation. More broadly, that environmental factors will play a role.

And yes, I guess it's not more malleable than any other sexual orientation. It could happen to heterosexual children in an heterophobic society, too.
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I'm the person who coined the term. I was interested in design patterns and pattern libraries. I noticed that we had design patterns (good things to learn from), anti-patterns (things worth avoiding) but there wasn't an equivalent term for deceptive design practices. "Dark Patterns" was the title of a talk I gave in 2008.

I'm not sure why everyone chose to use the term. The idea of it being intentionally obscure is quite wonderfully Hacker News-eseque.
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Amazing that they are still around. I first used it about six or seven years ago. Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere in a very long time.
In some stores the items nearing the best by date are slapped with a 20% discount sticker.
TLDR Nutrient restriction causes healthy cells to invest in maintenance and preservation operations (protecting against chemotherapy) while slowing tumor growth.

Can any clinicians chime in if this is making its way into clinical protocols?
Thanks. I just noticed a bug though: You can enter the search field by moving all the way to the top pressing arrow up or k. And then you can defocus the search field by pressing escape. This works now and I posted it on GreaseFork.

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/389680-google-mail-gmail-b...
TIL about Lesley Blanch, quite an interesting travel writer, her obit in NYT sums her life well (https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/arts/11blanch.html), also see this article (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/113478...) that identifies "The Traveler". Do we still have larger than life, wonderfully knowledgeable men and women any more?

As an aside, kanly seems to be a loanword from Turkish with the same meaning, from kan (blood). For a study of other borrowings see (https://dergipark.org.tr/download/article-file/155177)
Why is it being used as a subjective benchmark 19 years later? Haven't gamers moved on a dozen times since then?
MoinMoin has templates as well
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That can also be true for minorities evidenced by crime networks of all sorts. So the quantity isn't that relevant. It is just essential to separate people into distinct groups. That allows you to create enemies in the first place.
Emit: Raising $17,000 for a Productivity-Orientated Smartwatch
What, Rome? :)

This is not as much the launch of EPYC as is is of the new generation of them. They're just now relevant enough for those that don't just want maximum cost effectiveness but also compute density.