skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> An employee cannot really complain/shutdown the project on moral/political-ideology grounds, at the cost of shareholder profit, while they themselves suffer no ill consequence (since they get paid a salary regardless).

I disagree - there are certainly things which would justifiably get shut down and cause them to not have an employee base if they went through with it. They are just so unnormalized that it is not only implicit but they don't even have names for it. It is perfectly legitimate that the untoward would face demands because it isn't what they signed up for. There are all sorts of depraved things which could be done for profit which anyone remotely moral and reasonable would nope out of - often because it is already stupidly illegal. In a healthy system this aspect goes unnoticed because nobody even tries for it because it would be foregone disaster in the same way attempting a coup in a healthy democracy would just end with the instigator in jail very quickly.

The alternative logical result of the logic would be that when every cannery workers quits when the management decides to sell canned human flesh would hold the workers at fault and not the depraved cannibal manager. An extreme example but it demonstrates that the principle would have its limits.

The reverse principle doesn't hold entirely either. Sailors thinking they signed up for timber shipping and finding they would be engaged in privateering with a letter of marquee or transporting slaves would be very within their rights to demand sticking to the enterprise. However objecting to hauling finished lumber instead of timber would be unreasonable of the workers unless there was say a safety issue from load distribution and vessel design.
Could @mods please editorialize the title. "The world's best pro notebook" is marketing speech and not a fact.
For others who might be wondering, this replaces the 15-inch MacBook Pro. There's a small increase in size (15 vs 16):

- Thickness: 1.55cm to 1.62cm (+0.7mm, +4.5%)

- Width: 34.93cm to 35.79cm (+0.86cm, +2.5%)

- Depth: 24.07cm to 24.59cm (+0.52cm, +2.2%)

- Weight: 1.83kg to 2.0kg (+170gr, +9.3%)

The display alone is ~1.3cm wider (and ~0.7cm higher), so there was a small reduction in bezel sizes, allowing the screen to grow more than the rest of the hardware.
I’m frustrated by the 720p camera. That is not good enough quantity.
This model is actually 7 mm thicker than the 2019 15".
Finally! Maybe now I might be able to have a horse made of diamonds.
"I'm so glad this model has a touchbar"

"I would buy a dell xps but only if it had a touchbar"

things no one ever said.
All of my other devices have LTE modems.

That mobile carriers have not caught up with a better pricing model is not as important to me as having fewer failure points when traveling.
For those who think that google locking arbitrarily your google account isn't fun enough...

And also for those who reject adblockers and are happy to see google roaming through all their financial transactions (and health information [1])

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-s-secret-project-nightin...
They also brought back the 100 watt-hour battery
AWS – Introducing Savings Plans
I have Google Fi and bought from Google Store. Their customer service has been fantastic.

Maybe my experience is one of the few exceptions but I know a bunch of people who also had a great experience with customer support by Google.
If I understood the post correctly, fresh investments typically happen at the beginning of the fund. Only half of investable money is invested so that follow-on investments could be made when those portfolio companies go to raise again. It seems like the pressure might be on you, as a startup founder, if your vintage is underperforming and the fund is nearing the end of its expected return. Others in the vintage may have even had an easier time exiting, even if modestly, because they weren't encumbered with the pressure of carrying the vintage -- if that makes sense -- since they wouldn't be around near the expected return date.
I have a similarly-spec'd System76 Oryx Pro that cost less than half. No soldered DIMM's either :)
Can only speak for myself but here in China we need Caps Lock to switch between languages which is used very very often.
No, I read that, but the author presented a viewpoint from the historic example of luggage, cargo, etc. searches and then simply stated the courts disagreed. Expanding on that to talk about why those things are in fact different and not comparable is a salient point, and not something that a reader of the GP comment would necessarily come away with otherwise.
“Peak Apple”
I remapped `jj` to escape (shortly before the touchbar was announced), because I disliked either having to move my hand or use both hands to get out of insert mode.

map! jj <Esc>
A lot of people shitting on the website in this thread, but it seems to me like you guys are missing the point - this isn't a site targeted towards people who aren't using it currently - it's a site targeting the true believers to give them more concrete actions they can take to help spread the faith.
No part of the Constitution entirely forbids discrimination on any basis, but the part that is held to limit state discrimination on that basis is—as limits state discrimination on every basis—the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
It may be "flexible" or their hand was forced. I know, personally, at least half a dozen people who have either delayed a Macbook purchased or outright moved to PC alternatives (e.g. XPS 13, Surface Laptop) because of the poor keyboard (both reliability and touchbar).

Now six people isn't statistically significant, but if that trend mirrors a wider one it could be costing Apple a measurable amount. The real question is will this be enough to satisfy e.g. programmers that actually want to bind the F keys to build/clean/run/step over/etc?
Can I use on it my company provided Adobe suit to create images, sprites and mockups and then use them to create iOS apps?
I have never used them, but what is wrong with the full-sized left and right arrow keys?
I have a TouchBar MacBook and I was pretty peeved about the escape key at first, but once I remapped the caps lock key to escape I never looked back. The caps lock key is worthless anyway.

That said, the only cool use for the TouchBar that I've noted is with iTerm2. Changing terminal colors on the fly from the TouchBar is actually kinda nifty.
<quote> And keystrokes will probably work, 100% of the time, for years!</quote>

How does he know? Sounds overoptimistic to me.
Because caps lock is already control. :-)
> I use my personal phone for work because it's extremely handy to have work email and calendar on my phone, and I don't want to carry two phones.

I invite my personal calendar to any work events that I need to be aware of when I'm not at work.

Otherwise, when I leave the office, I leave work there too. I'm extremely fortunate to be able to do that.

It's tragic that my good fortune isn't an option for many.
That's the premise of this thread, that we care about these things.
Completely agree - the workplace is not a family and (mostly) not a group of friends.
It should be considered relative to the individuals earning capacity.
Agreed! I'm waiting for the rumours for the 13" now.
You "start making your app work in their language" by hijacking default OS functionality?

No.
Probably Slackware. Quite similar to OpenBSD although I did have a hard time with driver support. But if I remember correctly, installation was blazing fast and you'd get a barebone system up and running in no time.
Still has the touchbar.

“Hey Siri, wake me up next year.”
I didn't have a touchbar but wouldn't the escape key have been the easiest non-physical key to reach without looking, due to its indexed location? Or was the problem that it wasn't always exposed by the software?
A training set for this could be created from VR paintings. We have the full spatial painting and we can create as many 2D views as we want from it.
For me it is 25 years of vi muscle memory.
And the quality of results there seems to have gone downhill now too. I can turn to Scholar to find a lost article, only to have to go through pages. Again, I think it's also geared towards the common and the popular at the expense of the detailed and the idiosyncratic - it's just using a different definition of common and popular.

Ten years ago, I gave up subject specific databases for Google Scholar. For most of that time, I was happy. Nowadays I wish I had access to a subject specific db.

As for paywalls: I sometimes find better results by adding filetype:pdf to the title of an article in DDG than I do in scholar. They're both completely hit and miss. I think they're trying to respect copyright more nowadays than before. Unfortunately, of all the unreasonable copyrights in the world, journals and academic books are the most unreasonable, since they're trying to get libraries to buy them.
"What do we know [about male homosexuality]? We have a lot of indications that there has been some change in the brain. After all, that's the most logical location for the cause of a change in behavior. Simon LeVay and others see differences in hypothalamic nuclei (similar to those seen in sheep). There are associated changes - the lisp, increased neuroticism and depression, etc. Somehow the cause is affecting the brain." [1]

I dunno, man. If you want to take seriously some dude who builds a house of cards from incredibly tendentious evo-psych nonsense so he can scale it to the dizzying heights of "this is why all gay men lisp", you do you.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20081011094900/http://zero.poynt...
Their 2018 MacBook is by far the best typing experience I had on a laptop. Other laptop keyboards would be happy with just writing down what I just typed, the MacBook goes one step further and doubles many letters. That's after 6 months of use and 95% of the time using an external keyboard.

Meanwhile, every time I take out my 6 years old Thinkpad T440s the keyboard feels nice instantly.
"The new Magic Keyboard features a refined scissor mechanism with 1 mm travel for a responsive, comfortable, and quiet typing experience. The Touch Bar puts powerful shortcuts front and center, and Touch ID provides fast authentication. A dedicated Escape key allows quick switching between modes and views. And the inverted-T arrow keys enable fluid navigation whether you’re flying through lines of code, navigating spreadsheets, or gaming."

Sounds like they've listened to some of their feedback. Haven't used the touchbar, but a dedicated Escape key while retaining touchID for authentication and the touchbar for those that like or use it, seems like a good compromise.
Not posts. Only comments can be downvoted. Posts can only be flagged.
As with many things Perl, it's tounge-in-cheek.

Yes, they want to increase Perl adoption. No, they probably don't think they can realistically meet all those goals in the forseeable future.
I remapped caps lock to escape and it's been wonderful. The oversized caps lock key on keyboards is an inexplicably bad UI choice anyway.
The Caps Lock key is reserved to be remapped as Ctrl in many people's setups.
But those services would still be better integrated and cheaper with a plugin for a CMS
there are great alternatives to reaching up for ‘esc’ in vim. ctrl-[ is my favorite. the ol double-pinkie
Let me tell you a catchy title for HN.

"How I switched my AI bot from JavaScript to Go (webassembly) and it's 500x times better"
>It’s the bitcoin of yestercentury. It doesn’t display wealth - it proves effort has been spent for something that’s mostly (or entirely) useless. Quite, but not exactly sunk cost.

I really like that, bitcoin as the diamond of yesteryear. Effectively finite, has to be mined, only has value/importance because a group of people assign it one, has limited practical use (diamonds as abrasives mostly, bitcoin as a cookie crumb record of transactions) is seen as foolish/wasteful by others, you can't use either for practical trade as the vast majority of individuals/companies don't accept either for trade and both could easily be rendered worthless by a technological advancement or social change.
> The far greater purpose is for the man to signal commitment to his bride. By spending a lot of money, especially if it’s not easy for you to afford it, you signal to her that you are seriously committed to her. You signal that you trust her with something very expensive that would not be easy for you to replace.

I agree with this, and it even makes rational sense. I just wish we could "spend a lot of money" on something else like gold, or a house downpayment. At least those are assets - you aren't simply throwing your money away. Even a charitable trust would be a more impactful way of demonstrating commitment through sacrifice - spending money on diamonds is like throwing it away.
OMG, I'm very depressed as a user who loves the butterfly mechanism. I hate the wobbly feeling that the scissor mechanism produces. Apple didn't need to return to the scissor mechanism, it should have reiterated the design. I'm very disappointed that Apple just gave up & used the safe way of regressing back.

It feels like Apple is losing the spirit of doing things itself, whether other people dislikes it. Apple is more and more becoming a usual company that just does what consumers demands. And I'm sad with that.
ctrl-[ works out of the box
I would pay $1000 extra for no Touch Bar.
They're hard to locate by touch. Seems counter-intuitive, maybe, but I'm sure I won't be alone in attesting from experience that it does make a difference.
Go from 16GB to 32GB of RAM and 1TB to 2TB and you have over $800 in upgrades.

I put 16GB in my 2013 Mac Book Pro. The extra RAM is key to getting a few more years of use.

An external SSD would be fine but Mac laptops never have enough ports.
A co-worker is really impressed with all the improvements, but they seem to mostly be improvements over previous poor ideas from Apple, that other brands already had or never abandoned.

I admit, a 16" screen in a 15" body sounds really nice. But most of this is stuff other brands already had.
You mean the only people who seemed to show him any compassionate, reach out to him or not interpret his actions as negatively as possible are who he started to associate with?
Mild shock
I have both using Karabiner-Elements. Escape when pressed alone, ctrl if pressed with something else.
Yes, "business" and "Pro" users would benefit more than most others.
Personally an Emacs user---I use the esc key loads too. Best thing I ever did was install Karabiner to remap capslock to esc when tapped, and to ctrl when held down. (One meta key to rule them all!) Have you tried anything like that? Just curious.
Probably friends from college or other workplaces.
Apple can innovate as much as they wish. For example put the touchbar above the keyboard or below the LCD. Nobody is complaining about the TouchID on the power button for example, since that maintains its core purpose.

People are complaining because 30+ year old keys they rely on to do their professional work were removed to add arguably a gimmick with a worse user experience/no touch feedback.
The neural network used here is very weak, it's not going to do much better than word correlations.
16 matches for the word “ever” in that page.

I love the Esc key is back though and hopefully it doesn’t throttle as much as my current 2017 MBP.
For reference, a Dell Inspiron (~$400) can have a Intel Core 10th gen (+50% L1/L2 and AVX512).
It's much harder to blindly tell where in the arrow key cluster your finger has landed without the blank spaces of the inverted T layout.
Kinda surprised not to see WPengine on the list.
Thanks, I was actually wondering about this.
I thought the whole push behind this was exactly due to the ability to track phones etc?
Couldn’t agree more! It’s so frustrating how the 13” is treated like it doesn’t have to perform.
LiquiPrep LP804 – The new standard for material preparation and feeding [video]
Now if only .NET had arguably the world's greatest IDE!
So the answer "Can a neural network predict if your HN post title will get up votes?" is a clear "no", at least for this tool.
Have it somewhere else? Have it in Mitte (Downtown) if really needs to exists. Kreuzberg is not a business park.

I don't object to its existence, only location.
People have certainly tried. If someone figures out how to do it, they usually don't tell everyone because they will have less of an edge.
Ask HN: Working with UX/UI as a Software Developer
Hi everyone, I'm looking forward to collaborating on my first mobile and web app with a designer (UI/UX). I'm more of a back end guy (20+ years programming), and have minimal front end and mobile experience.

What is the usual or preferred method of transferring the work produced by a designer to a web or mobile app? Do I have to recreate their designs programmatically for each platform? Or is CSSs, HTML and images assets produced by the designers helpful to alleviate the integration work? Help!

I'm thinking of using React Native or Flutter for a fairly simply application (not a game or anything CPU/GPU intensive).

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Discussion already underway at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21523780
> ask her why?

Sometimes that's 'just the way it is' and being an aspie fucking developer INTP type person you cannot wrap your head around it. Most normal people do 'normal' things and can't justify why.
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/ - 13 and 16 inch available
I'm very proud of them for coming up with a keyboard that's almost as good as the one on the $700 laptop I had nine years ago
"The best keyboard experience just got better."
This is a justification for exterminatory politics. As a person with views to the right of centre the historical record suggests I would at best end up losing everything I own and probably end up in a re-education camp or dead in the event of a communist revolution. By your logic I would be justified in quite extreme measures to combat communism in the present day.
Facebook’s TikTok Paradox
The escape key is back, people. It's happening.
To be fair in some countries providers give data SIM pretty much for free. Here where I am, my provider gives one SIM with data plan for free every other normal SIM, so in my mini company I have 2 company phone numbers and I got SIM card with data plan for free and there was literally no way to opt out of that SIM without paying more.
Why wouldn't we say firm no, until the classic keys are fully back.
DeBeers are losing money?

"Hello? Is that the Tiny Musical Instrument Company? I'd like to make a bulk purchase of violins."
Is committing to spending your life with someone not trusting them with something that wouldn't be easy for you to replace

And how does she know you’re committed if you’re not willing to risk anything up front? You can say “well she knows me! We’ve been dating for years!” but then you balk at trusting her with something valuable? Maybe she doesn’t really know you. Maybe things are great now, when nobody has committed anything of value, but will it work when things get tough?

Of course a diamond’s no guarantee of that. It’s only a starting point.

What's more irreplaceable than the years of your own life

We’re talking about the beginning of a married relationship: the engagement. When people talk about engagement rings, they don’t look at dollar figures, they look at number of weeks salary. That is the point! You’re putting time into the relationship up front. Think of it like putting a down payment on a house.

Your line of thought is very lucrative for corporations like deBeers, however

There are plenty of other diamond sources besides deBeers. Lots of people are buying diamonds mined in the Canadian arctic, for example. They have the added benefit that you know they aren’t conflict diamonds.

People do this research when buying diamonds these days! When your fiancée is showing the ring to her friends, if she can tell them a story about all of this research you put into it, then it means even more to her.
I was listening to the Upgrade podcast (from relayfm), the episode that was just released includes an interview with someone from Apple (I think she's the PM for the MBP?)

She specifically mentioned vim users as one of the reasons for bringing back the escape key
Siraj and the Future of Plagiarism in Tech
Yes, those are exactly the types of disturbing discussions I was talking about.
Too many incentives are wrong for Google. They are fundamentally an advertising company that has built their fortune monitoring users. They aren't going to build an operating system that actively works against their best interests.
BUT DOESN'T THAT MAKE POSTING ON FORUMS HARD?!!
Seconded. The current title is misleading and not fact based.
> Just to add EU view on "legal". This is highly illegal and it is criminal offense in same manner as wiretapping. You (as employer, even if you own employee computer) can get jailtime for this although hefty fine is more plausable.

This is not an EU-wide regulation. The UK is currently a member of the EU, and this practice is legal in the UK. Employees do not have the expectation of privacy on employer owned equipment.

(Please, lets not devolve into a conversation about Brexit, it's an unrelated tangent)
This is a little tangential, but does anybody find it weird that, even on desktop, the article seems hyperoptimized for mobile? The huge margins made it feel like I was reading on a phone emulator instead of on a desktop.
Which means they took a reduction in margin to keep the price the same. Prices otherwise have risen, because of inflation. Check an inflation calculator and then you’ll be overjoyed Apple has a commitment to maintaining pricing standards for its products.
"Pro" in Apple backyard means nothing
Key Trends in Deep Tech
The problem was solved several years before journalists learned about it. When Facebook grew, they started working with data more carefully, that’s it.

We discuss it over and over again simply because people have nothing serious to use against the company.
It takes a long time to get a design through the point of manufacture... especially at that scale. And even before that happens, an organization needs to admit that it has to happen in the first place. For everybody saying the keyboard sucked and needed improvement, there were at least a few people within Apple that had staked something on the design as it was.
They used the phrase "world's best pro notebook" three times in the first 200 words! How could they be wrong?
I clicked the Learn more link and got a privacy policy in what looks like Italian (?). That kinda limits the audience, but a quick skimming makes me suspect that your experience is 'improved' by having the data about your interaction with that website sent to Google for analysis.
It highly increases rents and thus destroys neighborhoods and communities
Design and Implementation of a Z80 Computer Front Panel
I was constantly bringing up the help view in Vim by hitting F1 instead of Esc. Decades of muscle memory wouldn't allow me to actually use Caps Lock remapped as ecape.
Ask HN: Examples of Art Built with Code
I am working on a school project and was looking for the best examples of art in general built with code. I think it's an interesting question and would love to hear about some of the cool examples you might know about.
Yeah similarly I use

inoremap jk <Esc>
The 13" is still the old model with the butterfly switched, full size arrow keys, no physical esc and many more irritations.
To be fair it's a bit more than just ESC key.
Katie Cotton retired in 2014!

Now they have nobody to make new words.
So after inflation, the new version is about 20% cheaper and a lot more powerful? Yes, I get that you can do every day web browsing/watching videos/document editing, but that's not really the point of this machine.
It's not just the switch mechanism. The keys are too big and the gap between them is too narrow. I used to intuitively feel where my fingers were and pressing a key off center was much less likely to cause a typo.