skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> How do you feel working at Facebook?

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19036507 or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20768607

> Do you feel pressure from your peers on the outside about the moral compass of the company?

Pressure is too strong a word. I do get into discussions with friends and family on the topic.

> My impression is that a lot of engineers are opposed to how Facebook operates and that this reputation must make recruiting and retention difficult.

That's mostly not accurate. Remember that these engineers can freely express their opinion internally or question Zuck live every week.
> Messaging is the ultimate form of UX

Bold claim. I do not think this is true outside of very specific use-cases.
It's a good learning opportunity then, and it should be pointed out
As in, buy shares in Vonovia? You can't live in those, but you could probably do worse as far as investments go.
The two with an array of guns were from China and Ukraine, so I don't know what "North American" has to do with it.
Maybe because many of the technologies used in space missions have military applications?
Why would that be easier?
These are not exclusive, you can play to the elites while praising proletariat.
Refusing to take money from someone is a form of ostracism.

Just a quick look at a dictionary suggests otherwise. "2: exclusion by general consent from common privileges or social acceptance". Ostracism has to be public, intend to be burdensome and punitive and employed against some 'common privilege' by, at a minimum, some broad subset of, if not society as a whole, some social group.

Laundering your rapey reputation is not a common privilege nor is the private unwillingness of some party to enter in a financial relationship with another 'ostracism'.
unnecessary competence

What on earth do you mean by this? It sounds rather like advocating just doing the minimum you can, for the sake of harmony.
The Real Danger of Artificial Intelligence
Being in technology means constant learning. My knowledge of the intricacies of the 65C02 in the 80s, working with DEC VAX and Stratus VOS in the 90s, knowing MFC and DCOM in the 2000s, etc all useless.

When I started learning AWS, it was quite simple mapping what I’ve done for over 20 years on prem from both a development and networking perspective.
They were researching mind control to extract information from individual subjects. (Because torture doesn't work) It has nothing to do with propaganda.
I feel the tone of this tweet is needlessly hysterical. The NYC Subway is experimenting with digital maps, OK. The first version isn't perfect, OK. And they responded almost immediately indicating they're making improvements and listening to feedback. Isn't that what we want? Give them a second maybe?

It's rarely a good thing when a tweet tells you more about the personality of the tweeter than the ostensible subject at hand. Calm down, jesus.
A bit like asking would democrats have foiled the moon landing to deny Nixon the credit - I find it hard to believe the scientists who put years into the project would screw it up over a change in political leadership
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20901808
Compare this to any article posted here on Theranos (even years before the truth started to come out). Quick to accuse, believed Holmes was evil from the start, etc.

Hmmm, wonder what the difference is?
In my case K2 even seemed to prevent customary tea stains from forming.
In a world under one uniform system of tightly-integrated government or closely allied nations at the nearly the same economic and technological levels, one can certainly do this.

Otherwise, yes, you are right, it's a grand pipe dream. Will all the nations contribute equally in terms of technological, financial and expert human resources ?

Besides, tribal, nationalistic thinking is very good for competition and speeding technological progress. It is what took US and Russia to space in the first place. Nations and civilisations try ten times as as hard if they know someone is competing with them.

Imagine if the Russians today had a Space-X competitor...
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1973) [pdf]
True, unfortunately. You can't pass functions around as first class objects, you'll have to use lambdas or procs for that (although even then composition doesn't work like that in Ruby).

(No judgement from me on whether that's better/worse/about equal, just confirming.)
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No we don't. I answered in more details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903110.
Replication Challenges
DNI = Director of National Intelligence

(I had to look it up)
I was actually genuinely curious, I guess ^^

Oh yeah, the inconsistency in which links open in new tabs by default and which you can ctrl-click and not is a bit frustrating in GCP for sure.
what's the process at play between K2 and plaque ?
No we don't. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903110
Not many, nothing like we have now.
Testing Ember Applications: First Steps – That’s a Bug
Breakdown in spawning synchrony: A silent threat to coral persistence
Is this legal? and wouldn't YouTube block it?
Rare Milkweeds and Other Plants of Northern California Serpentine [video]
You make a valid point, when it comes to general scientific research, and scientists already tend to work on international teams across cultures and geographical regions.

Space programs benefit from a fairly centralized approach, with teams of engineers working to analyze and correct glitches and anomalies in real time. It would be harder to coordinate a distributed team when time is of the essence.
This seems to be the case for longer fasts and for starvation. I wonder if it also applies to time restricted feeding without calorie restrictions.
In my company they started calling people ”resources” maybe two or three years ago. This felt always really dehumanizing to me but now almost everybody does it.
They aren't currently on sale, but still a great deal at $10/shirt.

https://m.shop.nordstrom.com/s/nordstrom-mens-shop-regular-f...
I wonder if there is even anything one could do in that kind of situation to have a normal life.

Edit: I also think this kind of thing exists in society today, but probably bought and sold on exclusive markets to modern lords and ladies.
Spiegel Online used (or uses, idk) a blurring overlay to hide their payed content. My first thought was "That'll be easy!" and I removed the overlay only to find that the underlying text was obfuscated in a way that made it look like the original text through the blur. Well played Spiegel!

Still, I suspect the substitution could at least be partially reversed but I never tried. What makes it more complicated than a usual substitution cipher is that it can be arbitrarily lossy because it isn't meant to be deciphered. As an extreme case they could just replace all uppercase letters with X and all lowercase letter with x - for example - and no information could be gained while still looking similar when blurred. Luckily it's not what they did, the substitution looked more complicated. Another reason to make me believe that it's reversible is that I think I remember David Kriesel (the "Lies, damned lies and scans" guy) once hinted that he did it. Anyway, deciphering it would be a nice Sunday afternoon entertainment, I guess...
These comments are fascinating to me.

I was responsible for designing, leading, and building the frontend for an AWS service. One of the challenges was with obtaining useful feedback from a diverse range of people. During the product definition phase, the majority of the feedback, input, and feature priority was for customers who were planning to dedicate a large budget towards using said service. I often felt that stakeholder decisions sacrified usability for feasibility.

Regardless, it was the responsibility of my service team to seek and obtain feedback, input, and data points that could help us inform our decisions. But from what I witnessed, it only went as far as to validate our exisiting concepts and user personas of how people use AWS services. Going beyond that was seen as unnecessary.

The universal thinking within AWS is that people will ultimately use the API/CLI/SDK. So, investment into the console is on a case by case basis. Some services have dedicated engineers or teams to focus on the console, but most don’t.

I’m proud of what I built. I hope that my UI decisions and focus on usability are benefiting the customers of that service that I helped build.

A little known fact, in the AWS console exists a feedback tool (look in the footer) that will send feedback straight to the service team. I encourage you to submit your thoughts, ideas, and feedback through that tool. There are people and service teams who value that feedback.
The article is an excerpt from a book on Sydney Gottlieb, which is linked at the bottom. It’s one chapter, not a summary.
Tell me about the hardest project you have had.

Give me examples about both over-engineering and under-engineering. If either or both of the examples are on the extreme side ask them for less extreme examples until you get an idea where the boundary between the two things is for them.
Well let's revisit this statement in 500 years. Every decade has brought the world closer. Even the recent developments (brexit, trump) are reactions to increased pace of integration. You can find kfc, coca cola in socities as diverse as Mongolia and Madagascar. It will be extremely difficult to turn the clock back on this and this will only keep on intensifying in my opinion.
Ehh sometimes kids like guns. My aunt was telling me how she wasn't going to let her kids have toy guns or watch violent shows. One morning she made toast, and my cousin had bitten his toast into the shape of a gun. He's now a writer for wacky kids shows.
My experience is the exact opposite
This was my thought as well. NY metro can be so confusing, last week they announced changes by printing an A4 page and putting it up on a wall. Interactive screen would be a huge improvement.
> Cultivating a sense of safety is key.

That is ludicrous.

"Cultivating a false sense of safety is key" might have been more accurate.

Does anyone here believe that the commies cannot ready any and all WeChat messages?
in theory, the 777X is just a variant of the 777

Uh oh. Haven't we seen this story before with a different model (cough 737 cough)?
The example I ran I to the other day was so typical of AWS. I was trying to set a monthly budget for my account but the "Continue" button was greyed out. After staring at every field for a long, long time (and attempting to undisable the button through the dev tools) I realised that the value of "80" in the percent usage trigger field was not in fact a pre-populated value, but a value in the "placeholder" field. I needed to manually enter a value (and chose to enter "80").

This is not just bad UX, this is the territory of never even bothering to sit down with someone to see how they might use the product. Amazon love to tout their focus on the customer and amazing leadership principles, but they sure produce some mediocre experiences.
- The "Esper Edition" of the Blade Runner soundtrack, by Vangelis et al., is a must: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQFRtbDK9Yk

- The classic horror movies made by Hammer Films had terrific soundtracks, James bernard's being my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isG3-rQqxZA&list=PLs3T-t417Y...

- David Lynch's Twin Peaks, by Angelo Badalamenti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbSYAJ9Tvw

- Everything and anything by Bernard Hermann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owm8RkA3FtA

- I'm not sure if it ever received a proper release but the Hannibal TV show's soundtrack, by Brian Reitzell, is highly regarded for, IMO, good reasons.

- David Lynch's Dune, by Toto and Brian Eno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMnM1Qww2xs

- Goblin's horror soundtracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQejiArD608

- John Carpenter wrote the soundtrack of most of his films himself. My personal favorites are The Fog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKGzUxH9GyQ and Christine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEwN1-Gaj5s

- John Schlesinger's Marathon Man, by Michael small: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh8osZAYTjo

- Classic Godzilla soundtracks by Akira Ifukube et al.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3FnS6lx-Ds

- David Cronenberg's The Naked Lunch, by Howard Shore with Ornette Coleman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBh_4_i2zLk
I'm not aware of any research that establishes how it affects dental plaque, but there is research that suggests it dissolves arterial plaque, which is, in part, made of calcium (hence the cardiac calficiation score), and there is sufficient information overall to formulate a hypothesis on why it would work for dental plaque.

The general effect of vitamin K2 is connected with vitamin D, calcium and magnesium. Vitamin D upregulates calcium utilization, and has been shown to cause conditions of excess calcium e.g. hypercalcemia when cofactors are not present (e.g. magnesium or vitamin K2 deficiency).

While magnesium has a modulating effect on calcium absorption and utilization, vitamin K2 has a stronger effect whereby it causes calcium to be pulled out of inappropriate places (arteries, and apparently teeth) and moved towards appropriate places (bone and other tissues).

Dental tartar typically consists of biofilms made in part with calcium that shield the bacteria from the immune system (consider the term "dental calculus," which has the connotation of calcification). Presumably, vitamin K2 pulls the calcium from the biofilm, which causes it to collapse.
Society preys on those who show weakness. Harvard asserted immediately they would give no money back, while Joi apologized. Negroponte, a more old-school elite, stepped in to play the same move as Harvard but it was too late.
On some of the subway platforms in downtown Chicago, they have signs on each wall of the station at the platform that tells you what street is at each end of the platform.

Then also on that sign they have a picture of the street there as well. So they have a Southwest view and a Southeast view, and ext one tells you which it is.

I grew up there though so not sure how useful it would actually be for tourists but seemed useful.
there is a real problem with getting affordable, convenient and descent sandwiches in the US

Subway? I'm uninformed but is this not a common thing in the usa?
> It requires less maintenance (no moving parts)

They are no rotating parts, but some parts are moving.

see here:
https://vortexbladeless.com/technology-design/
Some local hipster stenciled compasses onto the ground at the exits a few years back, they were a huge hit.
Software like this has been around for years. YouTube does apparently change things in a breaking way every now and then and that's why tools like youtube-dl (and hopefully also this) receive continuous updates.
Also, the distance between the northern and southern tips seems to be around the distance between Chicago and New Orleans, which is a road trip I did earlier this year. Even did the drive back, by way of the great smoky mountains and other sights – great trip! Clocked 3330 miles, thankfully the rental included unlimited miles!

Edit: the reason I mention this is because I've wanted to do the north to south – or vice versa – Sweden trip for years, just always thought it was too long to do on my own. For some reason (Mercator projection, let's just be honest) I didn't think Chicago to NOLA would be that big a deal. It wasn't trivial, but also the distance wasn't really that bad, so I think I finally will do the cross Sweden trip at some point now.
Just because we’re separable into groups doesn’t mean we have to be in competition. That’s exactly the false equivalence of petty tribal nationalism that GP is calling out.
Land is an asset, but if there's a house on it, it is an unproductive asset that you pay property taxes on.

The building is an asset, but you also pay property taxes on it, and in the US, about 60% of "home owners" have a mortgage on which they are paying interest and principle. Furthermore, it is a deteriorating asset that must be maintained and updated in order to hold value, and that has continuing operating costs such as sewer, water, electric, etc. that may otherwise be bundled into rents.

Complicating the economics is the fact that lots and houses are very non-standard and hard to value and the fact that when selling it the transaction costs will be about 10% of the selling price. Consequently if your mortgage is 60% of the selling price, you will lose 25% of your equity.

Psychologically, homes are more like jewelry, since people have strong likes and dislikes which depend on fashion, and people get attached to the pieces that they have.
You're saying George Bush Sr. is a sexual predator? Regardless of what you think of him, there's no indication of any credible rape allegations, such as a civil settlement. The media would be interested in those if you have knowledge. That said, he may very well be a 'grabber' based on media reports. On the other hand, Bill Clinton settled numerous rape allegations.

Bill Clinton logged 27 flights on Epstein's private jet known as the Lolita Express. Among Bill Clintons spelled out name, there are many initials and non-full names in the flight log of the Lolita Express, which are potentially the underage girls known to fly on that plane. It's against the law to not record passenger names. Initials are a no-no. He also more than once left his Secret Service detail on trips with Epstein.
In most countries creating private copies of openly accessable material is perfectly legal, am not a lawyer and I cant talk for all countries here.
Ask HN: How to make An Android phone more private and secure
Does anyone have any advice on making an android phone more private (from google) and secure.

I have done some of the basics; turn off location, encrypt the phone, limited the access of some programs, etc.

I'd appreciate any deeper dives into this

Thanks
Yet another youtube-dl wrapper
Spherical tarball particles form in biomass-burning smoke
Facebook's Dating Service Is Full of Red Flags
Key California Officials Join the Voices Opposing Broadband Deregulation Law
The London Tube maps seem ideal in comparison. They are minimalist, non geographic, and they are scaled depending on your location in the Tube platform system. Also, they are paper.
no it isnt, and yes they will.

and this is why we cant have nice things.

yes. there exists a tool called youtube-dl that anyone can download and do this for themselves. its not overly well known outside "i know how to use a console / command line" circles and this is a good thing. and it enables exactly this sort of "enterprise".

what this sort of low effort SaaS website really does is not democraticising such software for the masses. software that humanity needs. instead it will get projects like youtube-dl shutdown, all for a few ad clicks.

copyright exists. it is evil. but please stop trying to profit from tools that bypass copyright. let those tools live in the shadows so that we may all enjoy the fruits of their labour.
Of-course you are right: there are likely to be several major wars in 500 years where smaller and poorer nations get annexed or more likely - simply subjugated by sheer economic dominance. The winners who perform this 'integration' will definitely be in charge of the space missions.
The only part of the console that I absolutely hate is dealing with the Parameter Store. But I hate everything else about the parameter store too so there is that.

CodePipeline is pretty bad too. There is no way you can create a cross account code pipeline from the console.
I have come to realize that not everything in our lives can be modeled as a monetary value after reading Varoufakis' book «Talking to My Daughter About the Economy». One example is the work done by parents to raise children. If we really were fixated on the monetary value of things, then parents would only raise children if they got a salary for the work.

It seems we have two worlds: first the world of the well-known monetary value but also the perhaps even more important world of the — let me entertain this notion — reverential value.

After this insight I understand many weird things a lot better and also why many economists, business people and leaders fail if they don't consider the second world.
I don't think you appreciate the rate of change around here. When something new gets put in place, it's there for a long time. We are still listening to incoherent stop announcements from 50-year -old speakers that should have been retired in the nineties.

These screens will probably be around for at least twenty years. They aren't good, a waste of money from an institution that is already cash-strapped.
I read only up to the point in which I had to pay to continue. Was the article only focusing on sandwiches?

If so, is that the biggest food in common for lunches between the US and Great Britain?

I tend to bring my lunch M-Th and get takeout on Friday. My takeout is almost always Thai. When I dine-in it's usually ramen. For them, I expect to pay $10-12. What are prices like for Thai or ramen in London?
Can you address user complaints about resets to the root view and non functioning sorting?

Both seem to be bugs and single user report should be sufficient to identify and fix the issue. I think you make it look more complicated than it is.
Zip is a DOS tool, so I’m not so surprised it’s not following Unix conventions...
>You would expect things to break during a stress test.

Given the stunned silence and halting of further testing I'm guessing this wasn't a stress it till breaking type stress test
Boeing can't seem to catch a break
Someone using a rust implementation of telnet listening to port 25 to answer incoming requests.
Which is better? 1. Evil people keep all their money. 2. Evil people anonymously donate to good causes.
Retail customer support is one such use-case. In the Netherlands, national railway company, many banks, telecoms, etc - all have webchat/twitter dm/whatsapp contact options prominently displayed either alongside phone numbers or replacing them altogether:

https://www.ns.nl/klantenservice/contact

https://www.ing.nl/particulier/klantenservice

https://www.robinmobile.nl/klantenservice
They're starting to do this at some stops, like mine. Presumably it will be rolled out to all of them in time.
Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies
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Ask HN: Anyone Versed on Apple HealthKit?
I need help comparing Apples HealthKit to Redox Engine and 1up Health-unless HealthKit is completely different. I get how Redox and 1up work and their pricing, but does HealthKit work the same: is HealthKit just an iOS equivalent? Also, Redox charges to connect to a health system, while 1up charges per API call, but what does Apple charge?
"Terms of use" returns 404, which I find bit funny for a service in a gray zone
Yeah I mean most of the research at MIT is funded by the military and department of energy. Those guys are not shady at all.
If tribe was (I hope you'll agree) too small, and nations "too big", what in your view is the optimal scale for governance?

Personally, the most logical conclusion for me is that national governance being the highest level is a local maxima, and I think I'd take a long bet that if humans are around in another 1000 years, there would be a necessary requirement for at least some form of planet-scale government.
That first quote doesn't have any citation. I guarantee this disappointment was never expressed by any large group of investors.

It's a headline-worthy story itself. "Investor X doesn't want you to be safe, just wants your money"

Take it with a grain of salt. That was added to manufacture anger.
No experience but there seems to be one here: https://james.apache.org/

It has "enterprise" in the name though so it's unlikely to be very robust or secure.