skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Its not the number which makes me chuckle, its the relative importance the number is given, and the associated tone. A sensible headline would be:

"Wikipedia have launched a social media site, based around sharing news"
Understanding compound interest thoroughly.

Compound interest is probably the most powerful "force" governing out lives.

It is crucial when borrowing money, especially for longer terms.

It is crucial when saving and investing.

It is crucial in self-development, where a tiny 5% improvement in some area of your life per year can mean that you are twice as good at something in 15 years.

It is important when evaluating any kinds of improvements in personal life or in business.

The trick is that the percentage never sounds like much. The number of years always sounds like a lot. Nonetheless, the years WILL pass whether you want them to or not, and what tiny life choices you make throughout have a huge impact on where you will be in the future.

Being aware of that does not take much. An hour of intense concentration should be enough to get this insight. Of course, this depends on your age and math background. However, I feel confident saying the above as this to the Hacker News audience, as the above requires nothing more than an imagination and the ability to add and multiply by decimals.
It's hard to measure I suppose, I personally started using a Redox Wireless (and now own several split, non-split mechanical keyboards of all variaties). I went from being unable to comfortably type a 1/4 of a page to being able to type an entire page at a time. (I'm a developer, so this is really important to me. I was starting to have RSI/CTS complaints at the start of the year)

Here's a study I could find with a quick search:
http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/conferences/hfes02/gttalkhfes0...

Essentially comfort isn't significantly higher than with a standard keyboard, but there's less discomfort.
Cryptomator [1]. Cross-platform, allows you to encrypt your data in the cloud, and access it transparently.

Thing is, like Syncthing, it lacks a collaborative feature. Nextcloud has it, but only if you have the Nextcloud accessible (I want to host only on LAN). Something like IPFS (or Tor) is a solution to such problem.

[1] https://cryptomator.org/
I think one great and simple skill would be use Google more efficiently. This will give you better access to global knowledge so better generic problem solving abilities. See a complete list of google operator https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/
Honestly, these aren't issues that would block something like Stadia, the solutions will simply be games designed around these issues pretty much how many modern games are designed around the limitations of a console controller or a mobile phone touch screen.

These issues will be solved. The loss of control is not something that can be solved though and is IMO a much bigger issue.
I'm currently hosting a spamassassin instance, and route incoming mail via that, however a lot still gets through :(
Touch typing is not about speed to start with, its about the correct placement of the hands.

Yes not looking at the keyboard is a useful side effect, but from ergonomics point of view, not over stretching to reach a key really is important.

I was forced to learn touch typing when I was about 11. I hated every moment of it. It was an interactive program, and I had to have a box over my keyboard so that I was forced to use muscle memory to get the right key.

But, it meant that I have my hand in the right place, the correct angle, and use the correct force.

As a side effect, I'm not thinking about where letters are, and having to look at my keyboard(as much). This means that typing is almost like speaking, in terms of cognitive load. (hand writing is much slower and arduous for me)
Well, this is what people are not entitled for.

But they will expect it.
This exists.

I have used this keyboard for the past few years, and swear by it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000V5GQ8O

Full num pad, but on the left.

For right-handed people like me, this makes the mouse position more natural, while still letting me use the num pad when needed.
You can learn the principles of good city design / urbanism in about an hour, which could inform your next housing selection.
I swear by a keyboard with a built-in numpad on the left.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000V5GQ8O

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21582790
The only thing I dislike about my corne as opposed to the iris and redox I use, is the missing [] in the centre.
> a relic of the past

I could be a potential customer, since my company works on the embedded market and we design and manufacture all our PCBs.

There was a time the company has a moment of big growth, and we looked into solutions like yours. The question was: what would happen if this guy (not specifically you, others similar to you) closes tomorrow? The answer generally was: you can export all your data and then you feed it into your local database. So the matter ended with: OK, we'll stick with our current database. Goodbye.

At the end of the day we saw such services as a glorified data-entry/store/search database that hardly will suffer many modifications or require updates, and since pretty much of our distributors (apart from mouser, digikey, avnet, etc.) won't support data exchange and PO/Offers will be negotiated in the traditional way (also negotiating price reductions). No need for VC funding or anything else.

We need to be able to open an schematic/BOM/whatever in 10 years and be able to operate as if it was just created yesterday, so much of the software we use is "a relic of the past" (in SaaS vendors eyes), but effective and "the way is supposed to be".

Online/cloud or subscription-based CADs? Also kicked out of the door.

With this I want to say that people like the article author seem to live in a little box, thinking on what they use daily as web-service-saas-whatever developers, without realizing the world is much bigger than they think it is.
Can confirm. I'm currently pretty addicted to Beat Saber. Let my (non-gamer) mom try it some time ago and now everytime they visit she asks if she can play a bit.
I'd suggest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHO_Model_List_of_Essential_Me...
History is a pretty much endless well in this regard. Pick some era or focus, and read the major wikipedia articles on it. For example the Franco-Prussian War or the reign of Augustus or the early history of vaccinations.

In 60 minutes, you can pretty much become more educated on about a specific historical event than 95% of people you'll meet.
For my part, as no one special in particular, I've seen information and intelligence tools available to line unit leadership which were well ahead of their time. As well, I have seen technology at work in the field during missions which I did not recognize at the time (and at least one thing I still cannot explain but which certainly must have been some kind of weapon or recon platform). I also have family that works tangentially with skunkworks engineers who is quick to say exactly this, that the bleeding edge the defense contractors are working on is easily a decade or two ahead of the curve.
> What does that numpad offer that is not already on the rest of the keyboard

Navigation using one hand, allowing even different body positions. Those who don’t use it have to do Ctrl-this Shift-that. I press singe keys with a single hand allowing me to have less of constant strain in both hands than if they were always at effectively same position. Like some other posters here I believe “always everything in same position” during longer work times is worse.

During my work hours I spend more time navigating than typing, so that’s what I optimise for.
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If the other side also knows NATO alphabet. There are too many uncommon words for the average helpdesk operator
Hi Roger and Chris!

I have read your landing pages but still not understanding how you are going to make leaps and bounds ahead of competition trying to add “selection”...

I see your biggest challenge is onboarding suppliers that are non-tech or don’t understand eCommerce platforms.

Otherwise you’re onboarding brands that are already listing their products with other dropshippers?

I run an a consulting agency for Amazon suppliers, essentially holding their hand through all things related to Amazon and eCommerce strategy.

I also run a marketplace store for when my brands don’t want to have their own Amazon relationship.

We haven’t pushed any brands to oberlo because it seems like a massive headache with low sales opportunity.

Who is your “perfect” brand?
P2P & CRDTs are definitely production ready already.

HackerNoon & Internet Archive are using (mine) https://github.com/amark/gun already.

Local-first is very much the mantra of the whole dWeb community. I'm liking this naming "local-first" as an evolution to "offline-first".

Ink & Switch had a good article on this:

https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first.html

Also, for doing End-to-End Encryption, we've built some really good tooling around this as well: https://gun.eco/docs/SEA , wraps WebCrypto and works across Browsers, NodeJS, and React Native, so you can do some really cool cross-environment/platform apps now.
Streaming will never take off for competitive playing, because the physical latency will always be there. You already have people optimizing their display & input latency, not to mention GPU buffering tweaks, to shave anywhere from 5-20ms off the final result, and that's in _local_ gaming. Windows 10 1803 introduced a "fake fullscreen" mode to cut around the window compositor lag.

Assuming Stadia really does all these render path micro-optimizations perfectly, you then have the issue of datacenter location and speed of light creating more latency. And because in this case the end user needs to react in real time rather than offload operations or create autonomous behaviour (the stock market example), at some point they'll have to move closer to their nearest datacenter. (assuming the US ISP landscape is fixed by then)
compound interest is where the bank say's its 3.5% interest but if you do the math you're paying 180% for a house. I don't have any idea how that became acceptable/the norm.
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An artificial intelligence algorithm can learn the laws of quantum mechanics
I went down that path briefly too. After having trouble getting results, I realized I needed to check the fundamentals. What did it in for me was finally just doing a simple correlation analysis of earlier prices to later prices, and realizing there is NO CORRELATION. I realized, if there's nothing to predict, no amount of ML will magically figure it out for me, no matter how complex the indicator.

(I was just looking at single products.. I suppose this may be completely different when considering multiple products and markets and integrating external information like news sources.. not at all saying that ML can't be applied to the stock market, just that it's not nearly as simple as looking at previous prices to predict future prices, as everyone says... the point being, always check basic correlations!)
I'd say basic CPR, you never know
Does it get much easier than target date retirement funds? Vanguard’s TDF basically have no fee at sub 0.1% expense ratios.
implementing min max in every language you know. it surprisingly encourages you to both use a ton of language features as well as allowing you to see patterns across all programming languages. this is probably more fun if you build tic tac toe on top of each implementation
I just use overlay on top of ZFS. It's just the native ZFS docker backend that is very slow.
If you are open about what your money-making-model is, they can decide for themselves — however — if you are brainwashing them into believing you are the good ones while hiding the colateral damage, then you are wrong.

This isn’t about opinion, it is about honesty and transparency and knowing what you’re working for.
Can someone tell me what the Mishima quotation has to do with the content of the article.
The value in doing nothing, just observing with a clear and patient mind.

I believe that has been lost and it's also very important.
I think Khan Academy recommended somewhere else in this thread may be a great choice for many people. Sal was a hedge fund analyst before starting his project, and he's a great teacher. I'd note, however, he has a classical liberalism bias, but for the most part he manages to stay reasonably objective.
Hi Milan,

Congratulations, the project looks slick.

I had a couple of questions after looking at the site. I'm a bit stuck with how it works. How does it work? It runs locally? Where does it create and store the "db"? Could I configure it use an external HD? Could it work on a remote datastore on a server? I see that Linux version is coming soon - it currently just for Windows?

How about the column types. The todo list "type" - is that a column type that you can manipulate and view using the Skyalt application or would it expect a JSON list?

Many thanks and good luck with this!
I see what you're trying to do, but even at face value: emotional manipulation does not break the fundamental trust children have in their parents, and it does not teach the children that violence solves problem and might makes right.
This is a good description of the default 40% layout and function layers on MiniVan keyboards: https://drop.com/talk/115/where-did-all-my-keys-go-a-look-in...

Of course you can reconfigure everything to suit your needs and flash directly to your board using open source QMK firmware: https://docs.qmk.fm

Custom keyboards are a great hobby for people who want to control and hack their own hardware.
You need to adjust for inflation.
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I'm convinced the gist of any given unix command can be nailed in an hour.
very much agree - I would suggest as a starting point learning a couple basic knot families and then the more important of how to apply them. Keeping it simple - learn a clove hitch, a figure 8, and a bowline (maybe also a sheet bend). Those cover almost all the use cases you will come across without having to remember many knots. Is an alpine/butterfly better than a figure 8 on a bight for a loop in the middle of a rope? yes, of course, but it’s one more thing to remember. If you like knots, learn all the good ones, there’s a knot for every use. But if you just want to have sone practical knowledge that is used rarely, learn just three or four very versatile knots and when to use them.
I'm a bit dyslectic (and yes, pedantic too), but isn't that commit d0ce00?
(d0ce00 != d0c00)
Why are vibrations associated with mystic bullshit? I've noticed this too, but I don't understand.
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> But it also works a bit better in practice to put more functions on shifted layers

I've never found that to be the case. For me, layers (and modifiers in general) have always been slower and more error prone.

Also, I find the number row on the kinesis quite comfortable. I have yet to find a comparable keyboard in that regard.
Cool project! Some suggestions:

* Allow "patchcables" with different hooks, so for example a different recipe database, or a different language.

* Allow groups of ingredients, ie. tag ingredients. For example, if I say I don't want meat, I still get shrimp suggested which might be what I want but it might also not be what I want.

* In line with that, allow to specify allergens or blacklist ingredients (in line with dietary preference). Allergens are more important than dietary preference.

* Allow weighting of ingredients, such as "80% tomato and 20% bell pepper", or something like "tomato or bell pepper" or "tomato xor bell pepper".

* Some kind of verification reading at store or fridge (bar codes / tags) to remove entries automatically. Been dreaming of this for a long time. The way I envisioned it stores would share an API, with price, and customers could use it to compare prices and order appropriately (including taking into account S&H). Then the smartfridge (and other smart storage) would read the incoming ingredients. It would also read outgoing ingredients, and it could detect when they don't reenter. It could read weight checking how full the package still is. I had this idea 20 years ago, but I never saw a viable business case in it. You'd need to sit between all these stores who already claim they have low margins. Plus, if you'd sit between them, how would you earn profit from such software? My take is that if you want to secure privacy, software like this would require an initial investment, and then being FOSS, or a subscription and it being partly FOSS.
Most MSM publications simply repeat AP and Reuters press releases without further thought
I use vscode even though I don't particularly like it. Imo rubymine is a better editor but vscode does 90% of the job while not costing $300/year.
Thanks a ton for developing the library :)

If & when you're looking for any more contributors and/or testing, let me know; I'd be glad to pay it back.

I'm hoping to open source the reciperadar application's stack soon and happy for it to be part of any ecosystem of examples (jbenet's peer-chess was a big help to me getting started).
I suspect that the goals are slightly different.

The thing that immediately stands out is the routing. It looks like cjdns is a traditional-ish multi-hop network. The DHT routing table allows you to map out a route to peer A via peer B, R, & D.

What wireguard and nebula allow is for the underlying network to figure out most of the routing, and effectively create a massive point to-point network. whilst you can have concentrators/gateways, the idea is that most of the traffic goes direct from peer to peer. This can reduce load considerably.
This is a good example why one should understand compound interest. Through in a payment schedule and amortization as well.

The bank is giving you $X to buy the house. You’re paying off a piece of it each month (your mortgage payment). Part of that goes to the interest on the loan, the rest goes to principal. The interest each month is based upon on the remaining principal. That means your payment starts off being mostly interest and gradually becomes mostly paying off principal.

You could say, “But I can just save the full price and then buy the house with no interest!”. Sure you could. But you’re forgetting that you’re living in the house (or renting it out...) while you’re paying it off.
"The best way to have a numpad if you really need one, I have found, is to have a separate one like how the Microsoft Sculpt keyboard does it. "

The way I do this, is by having an 'Ultimate Hacking Keyboard' (ugh I loathe that name, how can anyone take you serious with a name like that? but at least the product itself is the best there is available (at the moment)) and then have a numeric keypad in the middle (between the two halves). I got one off Ali Express with mechanical keys, it's backlit with obnoxious blue leds, but once you let that go - it's quite a good setup.
The hypocrisy was obvious at that time, and Khrushchev had to redirect the country to keep it together.

Apocryphal anecdote:

Following Stalin's death, Nikita Khrushchev gave a speech to the Politburo denouncing Stalin's policies. A few minutes into Khrushchev's diatribe, somebody shouted out, "Why didn't you challenge him then, the way you are now?"

The room fell silent, as Khrushchev angrily swept the audience with his glare. "Who said that?" he asked in a reasoned voice. Silence.

"Who said that?" Khrushchev demanded, leaning forward. Silence.

Pounding his fist on the podium to accent each word, he screamed, "Who - said - that?" Still no answer.

Finally, after a long and strained silence, the elected politicians in the room fearful to even cough, a corner of Khrushchev's mouth lifted into a smile.

"Now you know," he said with a chuckle, "why I did not speak up against Stalin when I sat where you now sit."

[I can't find the link to this just now, due to company's whitelist approach to deciding which web sites are safe]
I am not making that assumption, only pointing out that my argument hinges on that being the case and concede that if he does get extradited it was smarter from his perspective to be a fugitive.
Are you seriously confused about what they meant by "worst in the West"?

What do you expect, a pat on the back for not being as bad as those?

Prisons are meant as a way to take people's freedom away for some amount of time, not to sneak in extra corporeal punishment by making them as shitty as possible. What is happening in the US is definitely the latter, and what's worse, many people seem to cheer for it.
It's pronounced "The wikipedia guy social network" :)
inflations a big scam too, stop printing bloody money
Would be interesting to see these charts based upon the actual degree. A CS degree will likely have a better ROI than basket weaving. Society shouldn’t be creating more basket weavers, and the first step is to have solid data.
But the best mouses are tailored for one hand, like the MX Master. I used to switch mouses when I used generic mice, but I'm never going back to those.
easier said than done unfortunately
when we learned that the SEAL team that killed Osama Bin Laden used a stealth helicopter, something that no one in the world had any public success toward achieving

It’s more interesting that it leaked out that they crashed one of said helicopters because they ignored the mission planning advice they’d been given. How embarrassing!
"Lack of explainability" might be seen for some to be a feature, not a bug. LEOs don't care how they have to justify an action, just that the justification exists for them to operate the way they want to.
This is not true. AGPL allows SaaS monetization (you just need to publish the source). BSL does not allow it.
in an hour
Disney+ user logins are appearing on dark web, but Disney denies being hacked
Tinder App for non-romantic dates, what do you think?
A Tinder type app but for meeting people in a non-dating way. How to make friends in a big city how to find people with common interests to you.
Get consulting, find jobs, find meetups (way to publish events, etc.

A big yes?
or a no no no?
I don't really have a problem with first party tracking, unless it can correlate my identity across websites. But otherwise I have no problem with website X knowing that I browse website X.

Can first party tracking do this sort of correlation other than through browser fingerprinting?
Former UK consulate worker says he was tortured in China
Well... um... if someone wants to love me you could definitely maybe get me to fall in love with you in an hour of conversation.
Isn't the correct way to write this loop actually:

void toupper_cmov(char* buf, size_t size) {
for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
char c = buf[i];
buf[i] = c - 32 * (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z');
}
}

Because that persuades gcc and clang to transform the conditional branch into a conditional move which avoids the branch mispredict penalty and removes the need for a lookup table.

See https://godbolt.org/z/xHYKft

Disclaimer: I haven't actually run this function. That would be too much like work.
which to me, implies that Assange bought into that theory in 2016. Which given his situation, makes me think that 'rediculous' might not be the best descriptor.
Just seems like a massive scam thats become the norm. You're paying off interest on the first month, as if you've already had the money for 20 years. They take liberties from day one.
The 'rule of 72' is a quick and easy rule of thumb to determine how long an investment doubles, and improve how you think about compound interest. For example it takes approx. 10 years to double an investment at 7%, or 7 years at 10%.