skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I literally have my touchbar configured so that I can't use the F keys. Fn brings up a consistent palette of touch icons, because hitting the tiny < key to expand the icon palette is annoying.

So you kinda have to believe me when I say I don't use F keys ;)
Then we discovered that urban accommodations for a family of 5 do not exist at any price

I grew up in a large city and had a ton of friends in families of 5+. Their houses still stand today. I live in the same city today and have neighbors with 3 kids. Maybe this is true of the unnamed city you're speaking of, but this is a bad generalization.
OpenBSD now has binary packages for -stable, but AFAIK this does not include e.g. Chromium: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20694338.

Running -current does give you up-to-date Firefox and Chromium packages.
NTSB Investigation of Fatal Driverless Car Accident
This is a decent writeup. And kudos to Figma for releasing IndirectBuffer as open source. Currently lots of dark arts around offloading compute to gpu and asm.js, but I think as browsers expose APIs such as SharedArrayBuffer and WebGPU some of the chaos should abate.

Am interested in similar gains for high performance browser networking. Some experiments with wasm in linux kernel show safe bypass is a possibility ;)

https://github.com/wasmerio/kernel-wasm
Well I hope someone reads this ...?
Then you'll be just as disappointed as I am. This thing comes with 4 USB-C ports and an audio jack. That's it.
Ive been using one since the touchbar 15” came out and I loathe it.

There’s no physical feedback for the escape touchbar area even after you learn to strike it without looking. It sucks.
What Google does is store account data that is shared with all Google apps under "Google LLC".

Go to "Settings > General > iPhone Storage" and you will find "Google LLC" where it explains the data stored is shared with all Google apps.

Microsoft does the same thing to enable you to quickly sign-in to their different apps under the name "Microsoft Corporation".
People buy a Mac or Windows machine because they want to run Mac or Windows software. What good does a super high quality Linux laptop do for the person that needs to run Visual Studio?
2011 model was the best. I upgraded the RAM and hard drive myself over the years
Investigation into Deadly Uber Self-Driving Car Crash
Cuisenaire Rods
On every keyboard the escape key is at the top left.
> a PR would be nice

I don't like that mindset. Usually an open source contributor/creator shares a project, calls out how awesome it is. A bunch of people prove that it isn't, then the creator's response is "well, help me".
What is this comment even trying to say?

There are plenty of bugs that result in less data... many of them are called crashes and FB has them just like any other app.
This tweet has been doing the rounds the last couple days too:

https://twitter.com/StretchArmy/status/1193925862569193472

There honestly seems to be no actual value in maintaining the NYPD force, only cost after cost. It was even demonstrated pretty clearly that they were unnecessary when they went on strike and the city kept going just fine. Why do we give these bullies so much power at such cost when we get nothing in return?
TikTok is not (only) banning LGBT content, they are banning political stuff altogether.
It's a hacked-in-a-afternoon solution, but the gist is that I run a server in Emacs based on the emacs-web-server package[0], and I wrote some scripts that request to them.

I used Better Touch Tool[1] to add the buttons that execute the scripts.

[0] https://github.com/eschulte/emacs-web-server

[1] https://folivora.ai
I'm on the young end of X. My first spouse and I got cheap sterling silver rings from the mall.

My current spouse and I just skipped it all entirely. It all feels like ownership.

I've also never had a proper wedding - both times I got married at a courthouse. With this one, I had a small wedding/going away party (I moved overseas upon marriage). I definitely do not think I've missed anything.
Apple's product line is "simple" for marketing reasons. It's easier for customers to understand what product is right for them, then funnel them into configuration option trees. While limiting SKUs is still good retail practice (especially if you primarily sell through indirect channels), the ability for customers to easily understand your product portfolio is what's really important.

I do agree that they have slipped in this area, though I think it's an inevitable consequence of being a trillion dollar company. Apple was only able to become a trillion dollar company because their marketing and operations were easier to manage, and companies in a market-leading position typically grow until the point their size overwhelms their ability to steer the ship.
you are trying to use a small simple neural network to predict the behavior of thousands of other completely different and significantly more complex neural networks: the average Hn user.

Of course you will fail.
New White Paper on GRU Online Operations Puts Spotlight on Pseudo-Think Tanks
" I've only bought/got a new Apple device because I could, never because I had to (ie: it was broken/unusable)."

Same case for me but desktops and laptops are Windows based. Laptops: very old Toshiba which was super nice at the time. After that gaming laptops from Asus and HP. All desktops are built to order from the components I chose.

Hardware problems during last 20 years:

3 hard drives had died (one on desktop, 2 on servers). Does not mean of course that I use the same one for 20 years. Keep upgrading them every once in a while as the amount of stuff I have to keep grows.

1 Video card from nVidia died.

1 Desktop began crashing. Further investigation revealed that thermal paste deteriorated completely and the CPU would shutdown after a very short while. Put new thermal paste and all works again like a charm.

Other then that I kept upgrading things but now it does not happen so often as the hardware became generally good enough for just about anything. Well I am sort of looking at that new 32 Core AMD for server when it comes out.
> Do not fucking turn off these mitigations on desktop computers, they are too complex and run untrusted code all the time.

No, fuck you. It is my computer and I have determined the threat to be extremely unlikely and the consequences of successful exploit minimal in my case, while the performance hit of mitigation is guaranteed.

Stop trying to tell other people how to use their computer.
> There is no reason the escape key needs to be physical that doesn't also apply to the function keys.

IMO, those are completely different.

The sscape key provides access to a fundamental concept, "go back, undo, I didn't mean it, no!". This even goes beyond humans. E.g, my dogs have the same concept.

Function keys are abstract in a distended way... they mean, generally, some function specific to a certain context that doesn't fit into the general patterns, but is maybe pretty commonly needed in that context.

IMO, the Touch Bar, with text and graphical cues, is better suited. Of course, various software has been written to the F1-12 abstraction, and physical keys are nicer to type on, so it's not all good. But I think this is a case of one step back, two steps forward.
Again, how do the numbers of substantiated report stack up compared to other manufacturers? That would be the only metric that matters.

The article you linked looked like an opinion piece and provided zero data points or official documents.

Lastly, Cal-OSHA has much stricter rules than other states. Tesla is pretty much the only auto manufacturer in the state of California currently.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Motor_vehicle_assembl...
Everyone knew that before and it didn't stop anybody. It won't stop now either. Violating the Constitution with impunity has become standard.
There was heavy marketing that buying a "used" ring was bad luck, tacky, or somehow tainted. You'll find that most people that must have a diamond also must have one that is "new". The exception is if it's a family ring.
Is there value beyond the compliments you receive?

(I apologize for this sounding snarky - I am genuinely curious)
The best escape key ever!
Yeah, I basically only use F3 and F4, and if they were missing I guess I’d just learn the alternatives.
Well I am a part of the Berlin startup scene, so I have personal experience there, completing a fundraising attempt myself. I'm not saying there is no tech happening in Berlin, I just don't think that Car2Go and Coup are good examples of startups.

They are actually perfect example of the German mentality in investing in startups - fairly secure plays which they can understand.

As far as early stage investments companies go, it's not as nice as you make it sound. Have a look at any list of startups and apart from infarm (which is great and I've worked there) and maybe n26, most are ecommerce platform plays and some fintech (of which most are too late to the game). A lot of the people in my network wanting to do something different had to go elsewhere
Does a sniper rifle ever work? It sounds like ads aren't a good choice for an upstart with a new product (which is what I hope to be). Are there advertising channels better suited to people like myself?
>If Google could get Adobe on-board with Linux support

Google may convince Adobe to make one for Android like in iPad Pro which will function fine on Chromebook, there's no reason for Adobe to start supporting Linux.
> The thing is, you are bound to come across someone who finds a feature useful even if the feature is not useful for the vast majority of the people.

I think this sentiment holds true for function keys in general. I the vast majority of people never used them.
I find this similar to software key vs hardware keys for android phones. Hardware keys are more reliable and do not disappear of move under you, but with software keys you can add contextual options as is used to add a "change keyboard" key in the bottom right when on a textbox.

Essentially a partial fusion of the two things would be physical keys with screens on top for dynamical renaming. but that would have its own problems.
Why someone want defend corporations?
Especially those which breaking law

What motivations of such people?
One only needs to take a look at the press images to see that they remain soldered on - https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/product/mac/standard/A... for example, there's just no space for SODIMM's to fit.

Really annoying they continue to do this, especially given they charge excessive markup on memory upgrades (2x32GB DDR4 SODIMMS average $250-300, Apple charges you $800 for 64GB of memory).
Why has Apple gone with Touch ID on Macs, while moving to Face ID on iOS devices?

Is there some technical reason why Face ID isn't a good fit? I can't see cost being an issue, nor physical space for the sensor.
Dear god, if Apple ever made a 14 inch (in 13 inch body) with a dedicated GPU, even if it was thicker to keep the same size battery, take my money.
Is this a broken keyboard joke?
Can't wait for the 2021 MBP where the keys are even higher in action akin to the 2011 MBPs, and the full Function Key row is restored.
Well, they do this at the initiative of a social worker, they "drop people off" (cuffed, to be locked up) at a mental health facility where that social worker works and the justification is a form that was filled in by an employee of that mental health institution as well (which you'd think would be a severe conflict of interest, but apparently not).

And, of course, they charge for this. Thousands of dollars. I don't know if the police charge for this as well.

As to who lobbied congress for this right, I can't claim any expertise. I hear it's state law, so it wasn't even congress itself.
AirPod Pro.
What might put Perl back on top (or at least no longer at the bottom) would be a really awesome modern web application framework.
You're right, but it's not just hardware.

I was part of the spell correction team at Google, and we made sure that we aren't overly aggressive even though lots of people mistype their web query.

Nowdays I find it much harder to research rare things on Google, and I have to undo the automatic correction that the spell corrector does all the time (which is OK as long as it's easy to undo).
As an American, I'm lovin' it! Guns are everywhere, yet shootings are very rare. I feel very safe knowing I and others around me all want and enjoy safety, and we have strong law enforcement to keep it that way.

(Although I agree that our 4th amendment has been horrifically raped in modern times.)

The vast majority of gun deaths are consentual (suicide), and of the homicidal remainder, the vast majority are within organized crime. Stay away from gang activity and don't flagrantly disobey police officers, and I guarantee you'll be completely fine.

If you disagree with all this, it's probably just not the country for you. You make a good decision staying out.
Having lived and worked in several highrises, I'll say that density advocates (which includes me, mostly) almost always glaze over vertical commute time and annoyance. Elevators and steps are a huge pain in the ass any time you're carrying anything more than a messenger bag/handbag and a travel mug. And there always seem to be way more doorways involved, somehow, with doors that don't really want to be opened or stay open long enough to allow real-world transit.
Camera quality is far from the biggest issue in videocalling. I can't even get the video to stream all the time at reduced resolution.
Here's the thing though: I use sites like SE a _lot_, primarily because I can usually type my thought into a search engine and then expect a question with hopefully more than one answer. Would the answers be as succinct and accurate as the OpenBSD manpages? Probably not, but at least it gives me an idea and hints as to where I can find more accurate information if I were so inclined (which I'm sometimes not! Sometimes quick & dirty just works)
I either hold down shift for short vars or use the vim uppercase motion. After a variable is declared then I use autocomplete.

SQL does not have to be written in uppercase generally. If you care, use an autoformatter.
I've been holding onto my 2015 MacBook pro now for ages, waiting and waiting.

I'd like to see the touchbar disappear completely, and the function keys return - but the real escape key and no butterfly keyboard is enough of a change that I think I can finally buy another MacBook!!

It was definitely off the cards for a few years there, and I was starting to wonder what I was going to do!
On a Mac I use "option" for this; much shorter reach
The issue isn't that workplace practices can be political, the issue is practicing political activism for your own pet cause in the workplace on company time and expecting literally no retribution. A lot of the pain points come from the fact that in practice it's turning out a lot of the politics in debate are only vaguely related to the specific company's actual activity.
With proper implementation JVM could be kept running and loading applet would be extremely fast.
> There’s no physical feedback for the escape touchbar area even after you learn to strike it without looking.

Ah, I also agree that it's a problem. For now, I use the HapticKey[0] app to mitigate the problem. It's wonderful.

[0] https://github.com/niw/HapticKey
I see a lot of mentions of Gigabyte and Asus in this thread -- I have had good luck with MSI boards too.

Maybe the reason Intel quit making boards is because there are lots of good motherboards now?
But isn't that not where the worry is? Isn't it cloud computing and server spaces where the real damage can be done here?
Tell that to my girlfriend. The first thing her and her friends do when someone they know gets engaged is zoom in on the pics to see the diamond and talk about.
I wish I could downgrade my desktop camera to a 720p camera for the increased privacy of the narrower field of view.
Which is pretty redundant to say. No one would say the opposite and everyone expects an improved version.

It's just fancy PR talking points.
>I mean, you're right that I use them to change brightness or change volume. But the touch bar can still do that, so... Meh.

I can't use the touch bar without looking at it, in contrast to Fn keys. It's hit or miss
Xilinx's toolchain is the worst piece of software I've ever had to work with.

There are two things that amaze me:

1. That the dumpster fire is actually capable at all to synthesize hardware without exploding

2. That their head of software still has a job.
Sorry, yes, only trying to talk about the US here
Also, the dude loves keyboards, he hated text editor controls so much he freaking invented Markdown.
I'd be curious to know why jewelers wouldn't buy these diamonds and reset them. Is there some chain of custody that they want to maintain or something?
false dichotomy. you’re free to ask my colleagues.
And this is the problem with losing trust.

It's perfectly plausible that this could have been a bug. It could also have been some type of performance enhancement, e.g. initialize the camera in the background so you can begin a video call more quickly.

But do you believe them? Facebook has scourged any goodwill I ever had for them.
Sounds like "Markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent" would apply here
It might seem perplexing when imagining a American bank, but from the perspective of Swedish banks, it make perfect sense. Any direct contact with customer is a cost center. Dealing with people, dealing with physical cash, checks, just having a office in city areas. It is all just very expensive. It is much cheaper to just have an online service with online products that get processed without human involvement.

The result in Sweden is almost 40% less offices in the last 10 years and only a handful in existence that handle physical cash. Customers are a bit less satisfied but you can't really live in Sweden without having a bank account so what are people really to do but accept the change. Banks profits are up so the trend is likely to continue.
On keyboards that divide them into groups of 4 (Esc, F1-4, F5-8) I absolutely do. My work laptop has that.
a past discussion, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18503276
No matter how much we pat ourselves on the back for how rational and smart beings we humans are, the reality is that emotions are running the show much more than logic. Evidence is everywhere - elections, fashion, life, shopping and partner choices and so on. For some people its almost purely emotions, and their lives usually look accordingly. Peer pressure, status symbols etc - all just variations of same emotional loops.

Congrats to having such a smart wife.
The issue with the keyboard is whether it's good after a month or more of use, not how good it is fresh out of the box.

I thought the previous macbook pro felt great for a week out of the box. Then switches started breaking and keycaps started coming off within the first three months.

In fact, the issue seemed to be that it feeling good out of the box was the only testing Apple did on it.
Caps for envvars is not a cosmetic convention, it's a style convention to indicate if a variable was sourced from the shell/parent/sourced file vs an internal definition.

Caps for constants is a long standing convention in many style guides and standard libraries.
That's the "Investment Period" quoted in the tweet. In the example it's 4-5 years, which means the fund needs to do its initial investments in 4-5 years from the fund start date. If you're in the later portion of this window, you're effectively going to get less time to build your business before the firm is pushing you to exit or looking to abdicate/write you off.
>not a problem with the fact-checker

If a fact checker can't (or chooses not to) distinguish satire from news, it very much is a problem with the fact checker, regardless of Facebook or Google's over-reliance on them (right or wrong).

At the time, (until ~Feb 2019) Snopes fact checkers for Facebook were separate from the sites traditional authors. They would have known exactly that what they were doing resulted in blacklisting.
Also non USB-C ports so you don't have to carry a bag full of dongles.
How accurately can you hit them compared to the physical keys you had before?
Well, Ruby has Rails and it is still declining very fast, it's very hard to seen it come up back again, Perl has no chance.
Court Dismisses Apple’s Attempt to Invalidate RED’s Raw Video Patent
I grew up playing games like StarCraft so I have muscle memory of moving my hand to the top row for control group management. It's no big deal.
That's probably a matter of lack of demand, though. In my Southern European city you can find everything from a tiny studio to a 3200sq ft apartment with 5+ bedrooms, right in the middle of the city. Of course, it'll cost you.
i'm no fan of FB, and do not have their apps installed. however, the rationale is that they initialize the camera so there is little delay when the user actually wants to use the camera, but the skeptics think the camera being initiated has a more nefarious purpose. scientific method would suggest these are testable theories to prove/disprove. could we not test the network traffic to see if a sudden spike in outbound data flows due to the camera data being sent to the mothership? is it possible that the app can analyze the video content locally on the device without needing to stream the video content back to the mothership? users with limited data plans would be destroyed by a constant "live" stream of video, but i am not hearing of these complaints in the wild.
Storage is one thing and I agree it should be M.2 (though there are other complicating issues like compatibility with 3rd party SSDs), but RAM requirements for desktop / laptop PCs have largely held steady for the last decade (at 16 to 32GB). Sure there are specialized uses for more than that, but you're almost always better off executing those workloads in the cloud than on your laptop.
Yeah I see why prices differ from country to country, but 10$/GB seems ridiculus.
This is clever! Thanks for the tip
The problem in the Gotham case I linked was that markets didn't consider the news to be as significant as Gotham expected them to.

The goal with this strategy is to find serious issues that will rightly cause investors to immediately decrease their estimate of the value of the company.
First off, I'm sorry thrower123, hopefully this might help anyone else from avoiding the same situation...

LPT (maybe) anyone: If you married someone who insists on a new diamond ring (first of all, I'm sorry), just buy secondhand, buy a jeweler's box off eBay, and if she's going to want to see the receipt, use all the money you saved to buy a thermal printer (though I wonder if there's a service that will print thermal paper and mail it to you...)

You can say you sold your gold/guns/whatever, hide it somewhere, and if you get divorced (you did marry someone who wanted this absurdity after all), those assets are now out of the picture because you sold them.

/joke, please don't break the law
So Google is the middle man? I’d rather just go straight to Citi directly, and get customer support on the phone or in-person
Fair question, and I think yes! If you mainly do your meetings remotely (which I do), you want your interactions to be as high-bandwidth as possible.

There is value, and data, in real world interactions that is lost quickly in video calls. The lower latency, the higher the resolution and quality of the audio, the more you approximate a 'real' meeting.

This is way beyond baseline requirements for e.g. remote work, but it's _nice_, just as a slightly bigger screen is _nice_.
The OP is about Perl 5 not Raku (formerly known as perl 6)
There's no information in this article to explain why these new uncertified machines are better. Why should we trust a non-profit that didn't get any federal certification with our voting accuracy?
Nope, unfortunately there's not a single item in there containing/related to Google :'(