skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That analogy may hold for arctic ice, but not antarctic ice, which is mostly a set of glacier's above the ground - some of it even has its base more than a mile above sea level.

So think of a full cup and dropping ice cubes into it. Totally different result.

https://antarctic-logistics.com/about-antarctica/antarctic-e...
Yes. US oil production fell from around 1971 until the fracking boom took off in 2008. Remember when everybody talked about Peak Oil? That's where it came from.
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=37416
Aluminium-air battery can power electric cars for 1,500 miles
There are a lot of arguments for and against this, but what's not controversial is that widespread 5G is going to significantly impair our ability to forecast weather by as much as 30%.

23.8 GHz is the frequency water vapor in the atmosphere emits, which is what weather radars are looking for. A bunch fo 24 GHz signals all over the place are going to screw it up.
This is excellent. I had been wanting to see something like this for a long time. It was difficult for me to imagine the orbit of earth around the sun, and nothing I found showed it well. Thanks for making this!
I don't think it's an indictment since it's a clear tradeoff. Yes git isn't intuitive or self explanatory for newcomers, but that's only because it's optimised to be maximally efficient for experienced users.

To me, this is a sensible decision. The target users of git will use it day in and day out for decades, in this case it makes sense to prioritise experienced usage. For onboarding new users there are plenty of good tutorials, and I think in the long run it makes sense to put the legwork in with those, rather than switch to a more intuitive but less efficient porcelain.
I too admired this program when it first was announced. giving thieves or dealers a chance at a tech job, i'm all for it. Or most other criminals. Nor would I want to discourage even a murderer from creating something meaningful with code. Or even to start a business with it. But this is about a murderer pushing good people out of a good job and i don't think i can forgive a murderer to that extent.
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TAOCP and SICP
I like the detailed error messages -- it definitely helps learning the language! But I would also like a 'terse' mode for when I become an expert and want to integrate this into a build system and don't want all that chattiness.

Also perhaps a mode where I could instruct the compiler to fix the error itself (like the closing brackets) and continue the compilation as far as it can and then output the "fixed" code. That might be a dangerous feature, but it could also be a fun feature to auto-gen your code without knowing much of the language :-).
That and iirc Evan concieved Elm with the aim of making it an accessible language, and used (uses?) it to introduce teenagers to webdev.
Unless Activision Blizzard plans to move their HQ to China, having the US government talking about you in a very negative light is likely worse for them.
The IPCC report is actually biased--it's too conservative. It doesn't consider positive feedback loops that cause "runaway" change:

> By largely ignoring such feedbacks, the IPCC report fails to adequately warn leaders about the cluster of six similar climate tipping points that could be crossed between today’s temperature and an increase to 1.5 degrees—let alone nearly another dozen tipping points between 1.5 and 2 degrees. These wildcards could very likely push the climate system beyond human ability to control.

[0]: https://thebulletin.org/2018/10/climate-report-understates-t... (by Nobel prize winner Mario Molina)
You know every one who should call himself a programmer should learn Sanskrit, the language of quantum computing. /s
This comment explains precisely why the dismissal from so many here. Correlational studies without a plausible causal mechanism are highly suspect.

As an illustration, people have used obviously bogus examples like, in the past 100 years, piracy has risen. So has global warming. Therefore, pirates cause global warming.

Unless a 5G study specifically addresses the mechanism, and how non-ionizing radiation can cause damage to DNA, or has a very large correlation established that does a very good job of controlling for other factors, these studies will be dismissed out of hand.
The voice from our Nest camera threatened to steal our baby
Indeed, nothing is difficult to imagine how to do if the method is common knowledge.
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There is a company that has a 400 module miso application and the bundle size is not an issue (https://www.polimorphic.com). After closure compilation GZIP'ing, pre-rendering and caching of the JS, it's a one-time cost, and is negligible due to pre-rendering. We build websites for users, who care only about experience, not about how large the payload is. Payload only matters insomuch as it adversely affects user experience. This argument is strictly a developer concern and is in no way correlated with end-user feedback. There are many <1MB js payload size websites with 0 users.
A Prayer for the Poor
I am surprised why isn’t anyone suggesting Cloudflare’s Warp VPN? Genuinely curious what is the difference. I guess Clodflare one is only for mobile?
The Ethics of Eating
Well, of course it's personal - in the sense that it's done at a personal level, directly between individuals. My point though is that when you have Zuck's level of power and influence nothing you do can be legitimately considered separate from your business interests. Everything billionaires do w.r.t. politics should be considered in the context of their (institutional) business interests. It can't be taken in isolation. Billionaires don't just have casual private chats with old buddies. Or if they do then those buddies should not be presidential contenders...
We had very expired dog food shipped to us from Amazon, and luckily Amazon was able to give us an instant refund, but that was enough to prevent us from buying foods and other perishables from them.
I would love to learn more about traffic simulations they use. I saw some software traffic simulators in college and they looked nice but in no way included real-world driving.

It’s hard to imagine, given how bad traffic is, that our streets were planned by sophisticated computer simulations. There’s one place near me where it can take nearly an hour to go 3 blocks during rush hour, due to people blocking the box. Do simulations take that into account?
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I'd also like to point out it's not just "the DNC". Seems like whenever a candidate presents more centrist positions these days, it is only "the evil establishment" that supports them, and not "the true people".

While I like a lot of the policy positions of Warren and Sanders, there are a lot of positions of theirs I just plain disagree with and I believe will be damaging to this country.

There just happen to be a lot of people who are strongly anti-Trump and want more progressive taxation, but who think things like the 2% wealth tax and blanket cancellation of student loan debt is a bad idea. I'm kind of sick of this false idea that the only reason people don't support "bold policies" is we think they're too bold. Sometimes we just think they're wrong.
The kingdom may have been founded 90 years ago and the sun set on the British empire, but you can't say other powers such as the US and Russia didn't take their place in the Middle East in another form.

See also the overthrow of Iran, 2 invasions of Iraq, hundreds of billions of US arm sales to both Israel and Saudi Arabia, indirect involvement in the invasion of Yemen, the Russian/US/Iranian proxy war in Syria, I'm sure there's much more.

I can't think of another region of the earth that has faced more foreign involvement in the past 50 years.
I disagree. Not even a new language, even for libraries/frameworks - if something is unnecessarily confusing/annoying to use, I'm going to take a pass, and I won't recommend it to others. Of course I will put up with some level of obscurity if the benefits are great. It isn't the case often though.
I'm not sure who will have the greatest effect, but gamers are historically good at not forgetting old but unresolved news. Blizzard is going to be dealing with this for as long as it takes for them to make amends.
> It's not a page turner where you'll read it from start to finish. It's a resource.

I’ve seen other people suggest that, and I always find it surprising. I did read all of them (well, the first three, anyway) cover to cover, and I can’t imagine trying to jump into the middle without having absorbed all of the preceding material first. The book is so full of back references that even having read everything in order I still found myself turning back to re-read sections that were referred to later. I’m genuinely curious, which sections were you able to make sense of “standalone”?
Private Internet Access is PFS (using DHE - Diffie Hellman Ephemeral).
activision (blizzard's parent(?) company) is looking to expand in the chinese market.

I m using this as a source : https://youtu.be/L3E1feh30fE?t=59 , and i m certain they want to ensure that their mobile titles do well in the chinese market (like their up-coming COD titles, as well as existing titles like candy crush etc). This requires that the chinese gov't "approve" them. They don't want to jeopardize this relationship.
It is odd to mention shingles in this context, as depression is a very common symptom of herpes infection, actually fixed by antiviral medication.

So, even on its own terms, the argument is incoherent and, not to put too fine a point on it, wrong.
At least the EU has a very good tool for grey area scenarios like this where evidence is still lacking either way: the Precautionary Principle.

>>We conclude that, because scientific knowledge is incomplete, a precautionary approach is better suited to State obligations under international human rights law.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S14629...
Meta-analysis is good if you assume no publication bias. The problem is that most of the times only studies with successful result get published, and in those studies only the successful (or at least interesting) parts are published. You can use meta-analysis only in areas that have pre-registered trials, and perhaps that is too optimistic.
As I've repeatedly said. It's on those who claim something happened to provide proof that it did. You haven't provided a single link of evidence to support your argument. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and you haven't provided any. Certainly you've seen some data to back up your assertion? I know I haven't but I'm willing to look at anything anyone finds.
Elm really raises the standards in this area far beyond most languages. This isn't something to be bothered by but rather something to see as an example to be emulated elsewhere.
That's super interesting. I wonder if they have moved to use SMBv3?

I really liked the direction with Nano in 2016, but I guess it makes more sense as a container OS. Still, the latest version is what a lot of people wish they could start an operating system with. NT kernel, no wmi, no servicing, no activation.
> why would anyone still buy items in Amazon that are otherwise typically found in pharmacies or grocery stores?

Presumably with the following logic:

* I went to Big Box Computer Store and they tried to charge me $$$ for a gold-plated Monster USB cable when I could get a perfectly good one for much less online.

* Therefore, there's precedent for me finding things online for a fraction of the price at big box retailers.

* Amazon has a pack of 8 Duracell-brand AA batteries for half the price of the nearest supermarket.
Blizzard counts on revenue from China making up for the revenue lost due to censorship.

Gamers in the west hope Blizzard is wrong.
Cloudflare's Warp is not an anonymising VPN as far as I know. It is just a way to speed up Internet speeds, especially in poorly connected areas. They make no effort to hide the origin IP. So it is not in the same class as other VPN providers.
If you already have a DigitalOcean droplet up and running and you have ssh access, you can use sshuttle [0].

e.g. run this from the command line:

sshuttle -r example.com 0/0 -x example.com --dns

[0] https://github.com/sshuttle/sshuttle
Because for certain types of things, like pirating movies, it's good enough.
Probably those ads keep the tournament running, money wise, and thus result in focus on the game and on the tournament.
Funny thing, my auntie once got banned for life from Amazon. She used to sell used books on Amazon (as "used", obviously) until she got one single complaint from a client. Even though the complaint was without basis, she offered him full refund while letting him keep the book. Still, she got banned by Amazon. They even banned the account of her husband, with no explanation and no possibility for recourse. She cannot ever sell anything ever again on Amazon, and she doesn't even know why.
I'm a stickler for well-written tickets.

In general: All products have a few pieces of information that must be clearly provided in a bug report (or support escalation.) For my product, (desktop file sync,) this includes build version, unedited log files, filenames, and clear steps to reproduce.

Industry-wide, a clear ticket title that is more than "XXX doesn't work," that uses known product terminology, is also important. [Edit] Also critical is that information that defines what the ticket is, such as clarifications, and updating the steps to reproduce, shouldn't be buried in comments. Edit the ticket description.

Poorly-written tickets, either because they are missing agreed-upon information, like log files, or because they just don't explain what the problem is, are sent back. I tell all my engineers to regularly look through their tickets and send anything back that's confusing; so once they are able to work on the ticket, everything they need is there.

Another critical thing: It's important that tester follow good practice for your specific product. I've had testers attach videos, but ignore log files. Videos might be very useful in a product that the tester worked on in an old job, but they very rarely are helpful when trying to diagnose why a file isn't uploading. (That's why we have logs.)

The final critical thing: Managers must respect what engineers need in tickets. This means that the testers' manager should be instructing testers in the specific items of information that they need to collect for your product. If a manger doesn't respect the fact that you need logs (or whatever else you need) present in every bug report, your problem isn't communication. It's that you have a manager who doesn't respect the needs of your business.

[Edit] Why is it important to be a stickler, and make sure that tickets are well written? When you have to look at a LOT of tickets, you don't have the time to read through 100 comments in each ticket, and then spend an hour trying to reproduce the ticket just to understand what the problem is. If you have a lot of tickets that don't make sense within the first 60 seconds that you look at the ticket, then you need to figure out how to improve ticket quality.

Another thing: Don't combine bugs into the same ticket. This happens when testers start doing things like failing verification because they found a new bug. (Does the ticket refer to the new bug or the old bug. How come, when I follow the steps to reproduce, I can't reproduce the bug?) This also happens when testers think that the same bug has multiple steps to reproduce. It's always easier to close a bug as a duplicate, than the fix one bug in a ticket and keep the ticket open for the other bug.
"If".

What if the substance is abundant? I suspect (here again, just an intuition) that our planet is actually exceptionally good, not for life to appear, but for evolution to occur.

One theory of abiogenesis supposes that life started in hydrothermal vents, in conditions that are very far from what is considered "habitable" for the current life (very hot water, high pressure and, IIRC hard acidity)

Maybe these are the only conditions for life to start, but does not offer a lot of room for improvement. Maybe there is just so much things you can do to efficiently colonize interstices of volcanic rocks. But then you have a whole host of conditions offered to you: a gradient of temperatures and pressures, light, storms, changing currents, varied geology. And then later on, dry lands, of a varied range of temperatures.

If the conditions for abiogenesis and evolution to occur are very different, Earth could be unique in that aspect: how many oceanic planets on a stable orbit will still have days, tides, seasons, storms AND hydrothermal vents of the correct type to generate life?
NordVPN just posted this a few minutes ago: https://nordvpn.com/blog/official-response-datacenter-breach...
Files in /etc shouldn't be modified directly. You edit configuration.nix and it generates these files.

How it is done, depends on a module.
Currently writing a game heavily inspired by this story. Best non fiction read of my life.
Snake oil salesmen have been around for centuries. When you have an audience of hundreds of thousands or even millions of viewers it's your moral responsibility to not betray their trust by recommending them bullshit. Unless you personally evaluated the claims of the product (definitely not the case as most of these people don't understand how a VPN works beyond "it somehow protects your privacy") and are happy to stand behind them, don't say anything.

In my opinion there's also another problem that needs to be considered, regardless of security skills: none of these VPN providers' business models are sustainable; they offer "lifetime" plans for cheap to begin with but also tack on extreme discounts (I once saw 83% off) in addition to paying influencers money to promote those discounts. There has to be a catch.
Is it "paucity of research" or "a paucity of research"? Agreed though.
On the nail. Automation is a tool not a solution, and like any tool its best use depends on context - including not to use that tool at all. Thanks for the reminder.
Which proves the point of @markgall.
Second workflowy. There are other zoomable nested lists (e.g., dynalist), but they're too slow. Workflowy forces minimalism, which ensures your data is portable and that the handling of it is fast.

Adding colored tags[2] and the Workflowy Code Formatter extension[1] makes it really great.

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/workflowy-code-for...

[2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/painter-for-workfl...
Yes, it's more like 35-40%.
True, but in such case, defense mechanisms don't just disappear from the gene pool, they just get deactivated. The second time they are going to be much faster to re-evolve, making the disappearance of the second appearance of predators even faster.
> why would anyone still buy items in Amazon that are otherwise typically found in pharmacies or grocery stores?

Sometimes, it's comparing a one hour drive to the nearest town vs. waiting one day for free shipping.
It does create headaches for those of us who have to report gifts and extramural income sources.
Love bookstack. Thanks for sharing.
Well, I just found BookStackApp yesterday after months of searching. Then imediatelly installed it in my small company. Now, we're migrating from Paper to BookStack and it looks very promising.
> The Green New Deal is an openly socialist document, and every Democratic candidate has committed to supporting it. It’s again the party of FDR, not the party of Clinton or Obama.

We’ll see about that. No sweeping legislation has been introduced, and words are cheap. I’m not convinced that many of the Democrats who support it now won’t suddenly find reason to water it down or oppose it when they need to put their vote on the record. It looks like Democrats are becoming the party of FDR again, but I don’t think we’re there yet.
I am guessing #1 is mot wanting your internet provider (eg. AT&T) knowing what you are doing, then Netflix, Torrents, getting better deals on tickets and such, maybe activities of questionable legality?

Personally, I don't like the idea of my mobile provider profiting off knowing which applications I am using and what sites I visit.
> * Whether it is made in good faith or not is a red herring and does not change anything.*

That’s true only if we indeed know nothing about 5G, and that’s demonstrably not the case. In fact, the pretend open-mindedness is tantamount to denialism, if we accept that findings on ≤4G translate to 5G, and there are good scientific reasons for thinking so, based on our established understanding of physics and biology. It’s possible that 5G changes the picture, and I am indeed open to the possibility. But at the same time intellectual honestly compels me to describe the chance of this happening as low, given what we generally know about the biological effects of non-ionising radiation.

Put differently: Given what we know, it’s honest to say that 5G might carry risks, but that there is currently no good reason to assume so. It is not honest to claim, as the article does, that “we have no reason to believe 5G is safe”.