skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> For some reason, a lot of people consider it a problem only when the consequence is brought on you by the government.

Well this is because it's all the the US constitution legally protects us from.

I agree with your general point about corporate power, but getting fired from your job (corporate power) is simply not the same as getting thrown in jail or having your rights reduced in any way (state power)
gittutorial I had seen before, but the others I had not. Thanks for that, I'll give them a go.

Wow, mid 90s! Git came out in 2005, so I assume they started out using some previous version control and then switched to git? That must lead to some serious knots. Is there a way to retroactively migrate source control history into git? Depends on the legacy source control tool, I guess.

I think git-blame and git-cat-file are probably the next commands I need to explore in depth. Will investigate those further.

Thanks for sharing your gitconfig as well. Always interesting to see how others are streamlining their workday.
It is quite amazing how US keeps attracting top talent in the world. Look at the born in description . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_cou...
I don’t think that companies in general have really figured out hiring. I liked the trial at Automattic much more than whiteboard coding and theoretical architectural discussions.

And it also helped me find out whether I would like to work there — it’s a trial in both directions, really. For the applicant it’s a much better way to figure out whether they like the company and its people than, say, things a recruiter tells you on the phone.

I can’t find the study right now, but there was one that evaluated predictors of job performance and found that only work samples and general cognitive ability were really usable and reliable measures.
It needs to be organized, focused, and have real consequence for the companies that choose to stay in the middle.

A couple of snarky tweets isn't going to save hong kong, and taiwan after that.

The writing is on the wall, if we don't stand against China now the rest of the world will stand idly by as they erase 200+ years of liberalism and the greatest improvement in human rights in our species history.
Or the difference between an entrenched status-quo closed-source commercial software ecosystem and an industry-disruptive open-source free software movement, perhaps?

the downside to revolutions is that sometimes the revolution gets away from the control of those who start it. ;)
Tim only stands up to leaders and governments who cannot cause him physical of financial harm. Pretty much par for the course for many American CEOs but he stands out because how much he touts Apple's stance for rights.
Sources please. I, and everyone I know, pay for our own gear. We haven't received any offer of funding from foreign nations.
Do you think he's above using his power to help his daughter's handbag company? Because he isn't.
I knew people who were struggling to find work, performing menial tasks online for scraps of change, and built systems for them to optimise their workflow. It still required them to put in a lot of time and effort, but I could increase their productive output by 5-50x depending on what they're doing. I did this in exchange for 20-50% of the proceeds. It was a win-win, however it ultimately helped them get back on their feet, get on top of their bills, and then have the mental capacity to look for real work again. Once they got a real job, they stopped.

Which I suppose is a good thing overall.
i agree with the conclusion: that we should make judgement, and step up if the occasion requires us to; but i find the general claim that "These are not incredibly difficult to distinguish between" to be very delusional and harming

in the case of offensive speech, i agree that usually we can see what is bad. but without going into detail, i think its also a bit more subtle that
I found when reading the book, it also really helped to have a polar projection map out. It made it easier to follow what was going on.

It's one beef I have with some audiobooks. Sometimes it really helps to have maps or other graphics.
I'm one of the people who subscribes to the Open Source Initiative's definition[1] of the term "Open Source". On that basis, the "Commons Clause" applied to the license of this software discriminates against fields of endeavor. This makes it a "source available" license to me, and not an "Open Source" license.

[1] https://opensource.org/osd
I'm watching this talk with tears in my eyes. I can't thank you enough. I'll talk to my psychiatrist about this. Thank so much.
s/routers/computers/g
There's a reason that, historically, fascists cozied up to the ownership class. People who operate on the assumption that they must profit over everything else are easily coerced into aligning their interests with those of fascists.
Another book you might appreciate is Stan Nadoldny's "The Discovery of Slowness." It's been a while since i've read it, but I still remember some dazzling language about the arctic landscape and an evocative passage about a sailor gnawing on a human ribcage.
England’s Fairford Leys Testing Smart Road Technology
I don't understand why one thing is work and another isn't.
The trains don't seem to stop for very long, for about 1 second or so. Or am I not interpreting it correctly?
Thank you, I know the history and what they've said in the past, and also know about their B2 product. I'm hoping for a real answer from Yev, but if not I've been reasonably happy with CrashPlan (which is a NAS-friendly solution).
> The Chinese consulate in Houston put out a statement condemning the tweet.

Okay, perhaps. But that could also be them jumping on a popular bandwagon.

I'm just raising this doubt because I've seen, many times on sites like this, enormous panics over supposed Chinese government actions, which actually boil down to totally innocuous actions from individuals. The most common cognitive bias when the West discusses the East is to think of it as a giant collective -- not being able to "tell them apart".
I don't think you can. I tried creating a Google account anonymously once just to see if it was possible. A verified phone number was strictly required and they refused to let me use numbers from any of the anonymized online phone services I tried. Maybe they would have let me skip that step if I was connected over my home IP address rather than TOR, but doing it that way would have sort of defeated the purpose of not giving them my phone number in the first place (anonymity).
Physics Nobel goes to exoplanet and cosmology pioneers
True enough, but I think one with accurate math is more likely to focus more people on the more enraging substance rather than the mere fact of a math error. It may be enraging to some people but I don't think it's anywhere near optimally enraging.
The thing is, we don't know what they were describing. There's a lot of strange things old records describe that do turn out to be true; I don't think it's wise for us to be so dismissive.
Are you really that dense, or do you just want to argue a strawman?

This is talking about young LGBTQI+ people being distressed, not about gay marriage. Yes, people who express their diversity feel stressed - because they're surrounded by bigots. Who distort the truth wherever they can. Even if it requires completely distorting study results.
Why do you force applicants applying to Automattic to do something that violates the company's own conflict-of-interest policy?

Automattic's draconian conflict-of-interest policy is well known in and out of the organization:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20831965

We are not allowed to do outside work at any time during our employment without legal approval, including things as basic as part-time DOG WALKING (I won't ever forget that town hall debate). We have to shut down our money-making apps, are not allowed to do any type of consulting or freelance work, and are essentially barred from doing any kind of for-profit behavior without lawyers getting involved.

And yet you require your applicants to do paid work in their off-hours to even be considered for the job? How is that OK?
That's honestly part of the problem.

Increasingly, every single right that we have that was enumerated in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has been encroached upon by the government via workarounds and loopholes (see: Commerce Clause).
I'd be interested to see if they make it even more "Checking account"-like by allowing users to mail/write checks out of the Cash Management account.
"D-Link takes the issues of network security and user privacy very seriously. " ... "These products have entered End of Service Life. There is no support or development for these devices. We recommend replacing the device with an new device that is actively supported."
> Why go through all of that for an extra $250/wk?

You wouldn’t. If you’re interested in the job and Automattic are interested in you, you can do a trial. Because it’s a non-trivial time investment, they offer a small compensation.

If Google flies you in for a full day interview, do they pay you a full day’s salary? Or, any salary at all? They don’t.
I also have mostly been a supporter, at least in spirit, of China. I enjoyed traveling there and I respect their tech abilities.

My support has changed, and I can’t help but think that this is about the ego of Chinese leadership, since it seems like they are making some poor decisions. Perhaps even stupid decisions.

I also wonder what the effect of President Trump has had in the poor decision making process of Chinese leadership since Trump also makes a lot of bad decisions and has lowered the bar on skill in diplomacy.

This is a sad situation since I really hope for lots of trade, travel between countries, and respect for other countrys’ rights to their own culture and autonomy.
> Does Polish draw the same distinctions as English, I wonder?

It does, and propagating totalitarian ideologies is banned by law, while propagating for example monarchy - isn't.
While I agree that the NBA has stand up and to do the right thing, I'm not sure that "incremental" is the correct description of the league's profits.

I read an article very recently (NY Times, maybe?) that laid out the numbers, and the amount of money the NBA earns in China dwarfs its U.S. revenue.

not like China is going to come up with their own basketball league

It already has basketball leagues. And considering that China has exported star players to the NBA, it's certainly a possibility.
This isn't a joke man, people are dying.
Why did you think I was talking about America?
Ecuador Moves Government Out of Capital as Violent Protests Rage
Innovator's Dilemma

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2615.The_Innovator_s_Dil...
It works better than fiat rules. That's kind of why we have democracies. (Well, not in China. So maybe that's the point)
DD-WRT doesn't necessarily provide more security, typically models will get one release and then not get any more updates.
Like I said, I'm not well informed when it comes to politics in India, so my opinion here is cautious and open to change.

Having said that, surface level information I see displays similarities between Modi's nationalist policies/agenda and Trump's nationalist policies/agenda. As an outsider, being anti-Trump and pro-Modi seems conflicting to me is all. I could be wrong.
NBA?

How about the US government? I know in another post I made the point that we could not just call out Blizzard or other game companies but instead have to call out ALL companies that do business in China and worse crack down on their own and related who dare say something China does not approve of.

However the real party that has to be taken to task is our own governments. In the US that means both Congress and the Administration. That means all candidates for President need to state their stance NOW.

How it plays out in the EU I have no idea, news of any of their businesses or governments bending to China's will are pretty much absent from US news

edit:recently we have had major issues with privacy concerns, losing freedom of speech is a form of that as well.
Rule of law is not about whether the outcome in a particular case is good or bad, or whether a particular law is good or bad. It's about whether the outcome is arbitrary, and whether you have recourse when the outcome does not align with the law as written. When the state can arrest people and imprison them (or release them) arbitrarily, you don't have rule of law.
What do you expect from companies that sell kit at $50/£50/€50?

You always kind of get what you pay for. If you pay an annual maintenance, then you can expect regular and secure updates, otherwise you are buying the product as is at time of purchase.

Then again, I buy stuff that can be flashed with OpenWRT ...
The genius of this approach is that each reader will fill in the blank of what the statement could be, and therefore the story is more relatable to a more widely diverse audience. If it was made explicit, it would only resonate with the people who agree it is a scissor.

Consider this quote: “Books are mirrors. You only see in them what you already have inside of you.” -Carlos Zafon. This isn't the quote I was actually searching for but I think gets the sentiment across: a blank mirror lets you see yourself much more clearly than the Mona Lisa.

This type of rhetorical device is constantly used by politicians. Donald Trump frequently says things like "you know what they're saying about..." without ever actually saying what is being said. Then the audience fills in the blank with their preconceived notions and boom: what he said is right in _all_ of their minds.
God, how are these Chinese people offended so easily?
Name a country who democratised through entirely peaceful means. Hint: there aren't many
> Lot of truth to the funding sources for HK protests originating in the west even if the protestors believe in what they are fighting for.

What truth? The protestors don't actually need that much funding [1], and the help they need actually comes from older Hongkongers who are sympathetic to them:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-dont-have-to-face-it-alone-...

[1] Seems like their equipment typically consists of: an umbrella, a household respirator like the ones used for painting, protective googles, a hard hat, and bottled water. None of that is expensive.
Why you should have a side project? So you don't waste all your off-time reading HackerNews comments, that's why...
The story defined scissor statements as ones that simply make two ideologically incompatible groups realize the "other" is hiding amongst "them".

Close contact and narcissism of small differences means fighting will naturally ensue.

For example the statement that "You should wipe your butt standing up" (or sitting down). Neither side knew the other group exists, and once they do they will automatically start ridiculing each other: you're doing it wrong, weren't you raised properly, etc.

A more serious recent example is "feelings matter in open source". Coworkers you previously respected can instantly become enemies because you didn't realize they were monsters.

Unlike the short story, I think these scissors are somewhat healthy. I have faith that people are drawn to controversy because deep down they want to resolve the dissonance. So eventually one side will win and the fighting will stop.
>>Cook et al saw the writing on the wall years ago

exactly, i've read somewhere that they are trying to move further to south/south east Asia, like India , Philippines etc..
How high-touch is this kind of setup? I have a separate access point and I am using a consumer-grade "wireless router" for DHCP. (and other things?)

I'm more of an app developer that does DevOps stuff when I have to. Is this something I can get done in a day or so? Is a Raspberry Pi enough, or do I need something more powerful?
Truth. Ask Chappelle... "You people are the worst motherfucker's I've tried to entertain in my life!"
You can install OpenWRT on most D-Link routers. I have one at home that works fine that way.
I'm aware of the "but what if the router is connected to an ICU bed? A patient's life depends on it!" straw man but let's be honest, it would only be the ICU's admin fault.

Having sorted this out, let me clearly state that the only ethical solution is to brick these devices offline.
It's a position to which you're elected by users, not posted by the company which owns the website.
Kubernetes liveness probes are dangerous
But does it cost the rich more than it costs the poor? Larry Summers once had an infamous opinion about this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers_memo I am sharing it not defending it.
> Surprise that consultants can be as different as normal people.

That was my point, yes.
Talking avatar using AI from a spreadsheet and no coding
What is your source on the United States government taking action against Kathy Griffin?
What else do you recommend ?

Patience and a long view. Computational understanding only has much value for your child at multiples >= 3x of their current age. Right now, the primary value will be spending time with you and you sharing your interests with them. Good luck.
He is a MacOS developer (Swift, Cocoa), she is a Windows developer (.NET, WPF).
Agreed. If you can do a project on 10 hrs/mo that can fit.
Totally agree with everything on this list, with two exceptions:

* I almost always just do a regular merge to master (rather than squash).

* I use GitKraken which (in the pro version) has a great merge tool.

A lot of people seem to want "clean history" so just I'd just like to put it out there that it's not really necessary (there's nothing wrong with it, of course), and regular merges work just fine. In my experience, the two main reasons I look at git history are:

(1) Checking when a feature was done and what releases it got into

(2) Finding out why a particular line of code exists (blame)

For (1), with software with numbered releases, you end up following the branches anyway. Having the individual commits from feature branches makes you scroll more, but it doesn't make it any harder to follow. If you really don't like seeing them, you can hide anything but merge commits.

Even simpler, if all you care about is whether a given feature branch is done (merged) or not, that's easy to see and the same as a squash-merge workflow.

With continuously-deployed ("cloud") services, things are even simpler - you start at the hash currently deployed and go backwards. It makes no difference if there's one branch or many feature branches (other than scrolling past more granularity).

For (2), the greater granularity from individual commits is generally useful (at least provided that each commit has a ticket number and useful description), and squashing erases this detail.

Also, a nice thing is if you end up merging the same branch to multiple places (master and a release branch, for example) it's obvious what happened by looking at the tree. Contrast to if you cherry pick a squash merge commit, the only way to see that is to read both commits and realize they're the same -- and this is much less obvious if there's other commits between them.

Basically, squash merging doesn't help with either of these, and in fact actively hinders (2).

My team has been doing this for a few years, and I'm not even sure if it was a conscious decision to merge this way (or not do squash merge) but we've had no reason to change. It does depend on every commit being well-formed, but this is pretty easy to ensure in a paid team that works on this every day (whereas with open source I'm not sure it'd work well).

Anyway, like many things in git, there's more than one way to do it, and there's no clear "right" or "wrong" way.
"ownership class"??? Just say Jews.
It's only an alternative interface... not much different pushing a button you don't understand than copy/pasting some commands.
Yes, if you deliberately ignore any of the bad things the government did, and focus on the bad things the protestors did, that story is roughly accurate.
Sure, critical thinking skills are important, but how do we teach kids or ourselves to counter tech like deepfakes?

I always try to go to primary sources, but even that breaks down with a sufficiently advanced deepfake. What happens in a few years when there is no way for a human to distinguish deepfake from authentic?
But within the US we observed that the judiciary was hijacked by the congress with their failure to appoint a justice in a timely manner and lately the congress has been acquiescing to the executive - going against prior initiatives and momentum to stay in good political graces owing to the intense cult of personality over the executive.

I think from country to country the amount by which different branches check one another will vary - and I agree that stronger checks leads to a stronger government - I just disagree that this is a black and white issue rather than a grey one.
How dare you insinuate... Of course I picked Michael Bay on purpose for exactly this reason. His characters frequently devolve into expository prose that’s quite superfluous.. to adults. Kids on the other hand really appreciate the characters telling them what they’re about to do. He’s just catering to the audience. What’s annoying for us is essential for them to follow the plot.
I think that's just your own personal bias on the matter – 99%, really? To me (IMO), Git is something that's inherently visual and not really suited to a CLI, it has nothing to do with not understanding how Git works under the hood.
propaganda is a term i've heard too
Is this a dilemma though?

In fact, the more I think about this, is this even a problem?

I've been on Weibo a bit looking at reactions to all this, and here's the thing, if your average mainlander is upset and no longer wants to have anything to do with you, which, judging from the volume of comments seems to be true, why is that necessarily a problem?

People can say whatever they want. And other people can associate with whoever they want. Again, the more I thought about it, the more it struck me as simple Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Association in action.

Fine. Just don't watch NBA anymore. You have the CBA anyway. No worries and no hard feelings. You do your thing in China and we'll do ours in the US.
This may not affect the majority of Adobe’s customers (which I’d guess is outside Venezuela), but the takeaway for me is that anything you subscribe to is at the whims of someone else. You as a paying user have no control over it, leave alone any kind of ownership or licensing terms that would allow you to use it whenever, wherever (like with non-subscription software that you purchase, download and install). It’s the same as DRM, just in a different form. Subscription doesn’t necessarily mean the model adopted by Adobe and others, but it’s becoming common to keep customers locked in. “You’re a pirate and a thief until we can phone home and verify you’re not” is the way customers are treated.

In this case, Adobe is also being dishonest. It will allow users to download their data till around the end of this month but will not offer refunds because the executive order means no dealings/interactions are allowed. How convenient an interpretation, Adobe! Shame!

Whenever you can, vote with your wallet for freedom, and let these subscription services know that you desire, and deserve, to be treated better.
They have a bandwidth-checker so you can see what throughput you'd get to their data center: https://www.backblaze.com/speedtest/
The point of a transparent process would be to make the rubric as non-subjective as possible. A "how much they like me" criterion, if it were still part of the decision, would become very obvious if/when a company selected some candidate that was not in fact "the best" according to their transparent rubric.
This stuff is absolutely fascinating as it gives an insight into a worldview that we (well, many in the west) have lost, and not so long ago either. I wish I had time to read this lot.