skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The parts I found most interesting:

> Effect of sexual constraints: Increased sexual constraints, either pre or post-nuptial, always led to increased flourishing of a culture. Conversely, increased sexual freedom always led to the collapse of a culture three generations later.

> Highest flourishing of culture: The most powerful combination was pre-nuptial chastity coupled with “absolute monogamy”. Rationalist cultures that retained this combination for at least three generations exceeded all other cultures in every area, including literature, art, science, furniture, architecture, engineering, and agriculture. Only three out of the eighty-six cultures studied ever attained this level.
Alas, my point was not to add to discussion, but to deliver HN standards. Repetition helps with that. Also, the links help people to know that the issue is a common one and they aren't being singled out personally.

If it helps at all, moderation comments are even more tedious to write than they are to read. Here's another link: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
It's not just that, but Carbon Monoxide poisoning from incomplete combustion is just as much of a killer.

I love cooking with gas but to be completely honest I'll be happy to see the back of it.
Also be sure to check out Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
Also, you can already get call audio working if you get latest packages from git or CI.
> there's a massive perverse incentive for public servants in charge of awarding contracts to pick the most expensive one.

I'm not quite following your logic here, could you elaborate a bit more? There's nothing prohibiting well-funded competitors from similar GSA approval, is there? My understanding is that this method is used to streamline contract awards...being listed on a GSA schedule means you've gotten a stamp of pre-approval (i.e., you've checked all the boxes to meet government contract requirements).

An overly simplified example would be that an agency can go from a whole soup-to-nuts bid process that takes, say, nine months to award. Or, they could select a contractor from a GSA schedule list of contractors and have it awarded in two months. Those numbers are arbitrary, but hopefully you get the point. Agencies have a variety of reasons they may want to hurry the process along, but over-paying isn't likely one of them.

Further, most government contracts go to "lowest bidder"; in order to be awarded to a higher priced contractor, they usually need to be part of a "best value" contract that is generally more difficult to justify.

I could be off on this, but understanding has been that the government is almost overly incentivized to award to the lower bidder, even when the lower bidder is the riskier bet.
She doesn't live in the city because according to Google Maps Durham, NC is 15 km across and you can walk to almost any part of the city in less than 2 hours.
Would love to have your voice on the platform
> If you send garbage to a WireGuard endpoint as I understand it nothing at all happens.

As far as I understand, the idea is to send garbage not to the VPN endpoint, but to any interface on the machine that the VPN runs on, with VPN tunnel's IP there as destination.

The fact that the machine would even consider accepting that leaves me speechless.
That's so interesting, thanks! So it sounds like actually there could be a big technical piece of the solution to this problem, if devices already know (or could know) how to shift automatically into driving mode…

If only there were the regulatory will to implement this, over and above being nudged (I guess?) by insurers…
The U.S. Economy Keeps Defying the Recession Odds
Great resource!

For those interested in creating something similar with NodeJS, but not having to write or manage any of the socket or socketio logic yourself, check out this 5min interactive tutorial of ours: https://gun.eco/docs/Todo-Dapp !
Yes, I caught the drift of the article. I think a better title might have been "Teletype Emulation Strategies to Break Your Dependence on the GUI"
>> "Pan frying an egg and some veggies (using food item examples above) takes less than 5 minutes."

> Which includes: 1) Owning a pan 2) Owning a cooking surface 3) Selecting, cleaning, and cutting vegetables 4) Dishes, or owning a dishwasher

It's also worth noting that food deserts are a thing, and they make it much more difficult to eat healthily.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert
I thought this piece was quite refreshing. The author did a wonderful job writing a technical blog post that was also enjoyable to read. We have been kicking off some of our technical posts at Routefusion, so maybe I am biased towards nice technical writing, but kudos, and congrats to making it to the front page of HN!
Don't think this is real. The only mention of this diplomat on the internet seems to be this announcement on two dubious websites.
> What happens when that much energy is so cheap and every home has what amounts to a sizable bomb inside?

There is very little correlation between the amount of energy contained in a device, and its likelihood of exploding. A container of helium does - after all - contain an enormous amount of potential energy (if fused), but that's not gonna happen all on its own.

Your worry about batteries exploding, is because of your experience seeing Li-ion batteries exploding (or at least burning very quickly) in videos. But this is something specific to the Li-ion battery chemistries. It has very little to do with the energy stored in the battery. It's the flammable liquid electrolyte catching fire that's the primary cause.

Solid state chemistries contain even more energy, and do not explode at all. You can cut them in two and nothing happens. Their problem is cycle life though, but that might be solved.

A home battery pack will be built in a much more safe manner than a cell phone battery, they have more space to go on and they're experience less physical stress than a cell phone or even a car. One of these spontaneously catching fire is likely to be a freak accident, possible but extremely rare. And it's likely to be a fire, not an explosion, as the cells will be more contained than in a cell phone. Check out the video of Tesla setting one of their grid storage battery packs on fire. It's not very spectacular.
Yes, and use https://webtest.app to show the world we can speed up the web by blocking ads.
Open wounds: The abiding effects of Latin America’s past
We use it in our CI, just before deployment, to compare the DB structure of what's being tested with the DB structure of our staging or production environment.

It's a last minute check that prevented a lot of mistakes.
Please stop creating new accounts to submit this URL with an ad-like title (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html regarding titles). It won’t lead to the result you want.
Great article as usual! Nice analysis. btw, just wondering, were you a processor architect in your previous roles?
A human shield from what?
Security researchers should be able to gain fully privileged access to their devices, via a process that is well-hidden from the average user.

I hope those special iPhones for security researchers come out soon.
Not just talking, we have to ban listening too. If somebody is listening to the radio, they're not focusing absolutely 100% of their attention on driving, so that makes them a menace. Never mind that statistics don't show that listening to the radio causes accidents (just as statistics don't show that talking on the phone causes accidents), we won't rest until everybody is miserable all the time.
Fair amount of typos in the article itself.

"Teh ransomware caused on outage of FIA Tech cloud services."
The Armed Forces Officer: Edition of 1950 is also excellent in this regard. Covers leadership and also personal career development. Many lessons for tech teams if you pay thoughtful attention. https://www.amazon.com/Armed-Forces-Officer-1950/dp/09883696...
I understand the frustration at a cyclist doing this, but are you more bothered by a cyclist doing this or a driver doing this?

You say "it's difficult to fathom this level of negligence", but a driver doing this is significantly more dangerous -- yet current laws don't take this into account.

For example: a ticket for a cyclist running a red light in NYC is greater than a ticket for a driver texting on their phone.
Trivia: it was called 'freax' at first.
You misunderstand the 8 second CSS animation in the AMP boilerplate. Here's the code (simplified):

<style>
body { animation:-amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both}
@keyframes -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}
</style>
<noscript>
<style amp-boilerplate>
body{animation:none}
</style>
</noscript>

See the noscript section: if javascript is disabled, the CSS displays the body immediately. If Javascript is enabled, but for some reason the AMP javascript fails to load, after 8 seconds, the page is displayed anyway. When the AMP Javascript loads (a single js file, one request, typically already in the users cache), the javascript displays the page immediately. The page is probably somewhat broken without the javascript loading, but the 8s is a fallback, not code to slow down non-javascript browsers.

The only two cases where the 8s is relevant are: the network connection is so bad that the javascript file fails to load within 8s and the useragent has explicitly blocked the one javascript file on the page, without blocking javascript overall.
Open source terms of service and privacy policies from Basecamp
Thanks for this! I get inspired to host my own stuff!
Your proposal also sounds good, and probably more reasonable. We could probably implement both on a small scale for a pilot study to see which has better outcomes.
I used camelcamelcamel to check prices on a bunch of things I was interested in that were advertised as black friday / cyber monday deals. About 90% of them were the same price as normal or the same price as if you just waited for cyclical discounts to come around. There were a few advertised things that had legitimate deals of about 10-15% off the best price from the last 12 months, though.
I was about to post the same thing. People today can barely remember what time felt like before the invention of the Internet eradicated boredom.
Have worked with two ex-McKinsey consultants (hired as employees) and want to echo the observation that they tend to use their fast execution to generate excessive BS like large spreadsheets to win office politics.

In one case, the guy had built a small org to fulfill a need that we had previously outsourced to a vendor. The company was thinking of signing a large contract with the vendor and he created a barrage of 20-page spreadsheets to try to justify his budget. He made me sit with him for an hour to extract random cost estimates for one of his sheets. The vendor ended up turning into a Silicon Valley unicorn... exactly the sort of opponent he wanted I guess.

I think the trouble with McKinsey is they breed competitors who have never seen working products. If a product works, there’s probably a clear vision and a clear definition of value. When products are broken, winning office politics looks valuable, hence the McKinsey fascination.
Did you just say secret backdoor or secret root account for research purposes?
Author Bio: Thirty four years, and continuing, speaking at most of the major universities across Canada, focussing on topics pertaining to the interplay of God, philosophy, and science. This includes a few hundred talks and lectures as well as participating in approximately 80 formal debates on topics relevant to the defence of the basic beliefs of Christianity.

In other words, religious propaganda.
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Kubectl randomly hanging sounds like a problem with the Metrics api. You can use -v9 on kubectl and see what it’s pausing on. Note that metrics aren’t refreshed every single run - instead on a timer - hence the “random” feel
This article is awful. You're not going to "break your dependence on the GUI" by replacing 5 things you do a few times a day with obscure, less good CLI alternatives. What about things like manipulating files and running programs? Aren't they the things people do with computers?

Also, bc is especially terrible. Nobody who is already "dependent on the GUI" is going to want to know about scale= and all that. Better to use Python or even bash (echo $((123+456)) etc)
"company town" is a small town phenomenon. Superstar metros are the ones that need regulation that promotes building of housing units.
Ohh good to know! I'm not in any hurry so I will just wait for the official updates.
How America’s System of Legalized Corruption Brought Us to Impeachment
This is interesting times we live in.

True Energy independence could turn world politics upside down.

The only solution for big oil to survive is to take over big battery business. Interesting what they will come up with!
Just found a good article about this in case anyone else is curious:

"Insurers know exactly how often American drivers touch their phones"

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-distracted-driving-in...
Nice idea! I'll be making a Telegram group, maybe, to discuss about probable improvements.
A point system would involve user authentication, which I would like to implement in the near future.
This is one of those neat tricks where by adjusting your success criteria you can make anything seem good or bad.

tldr: Sexual freedom and atheism (non-deism) are interlinked
He was "driving" by using my rear bumper as a guide.
If there is anyone on here who works in the battery production, EV, or utility industries, can you comment on exactly what is driving the dramatic cost/kWh declines? Every article I've read seems to imply that the cost declines are just being driven by economies of scale (massive fixed costs of plant construction being averaged out over large production runs) and learning economies (https://rameznaam.com/2014/09/30/the-learning-curve-for-ener...).
Apart from these two forces, are there any innovations in manufacturing processes or product components+architecture that are partly responsible for the decline?

Edit: grammar.
Sites which optimize their pages via https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ampproject/toolbox-optimizer have the initial layout performed server-side instead of by javascript, and thus the CSS Flash-of-unstyled-content protection is removed. amp.dev runs this optimization, along with lots of other sites.
Thanks.

I looked into it. It seems that crossing the border not at a port of entry is a misdemeanor offense and typically results in "only" a few days in jail.

I was confusing that with the US law which says that the asylum process does not require entry at a designated port of arrival.

> Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien's status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225(b) of this title. - https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prel...

Since the people are being held for more than a few days, and not as a result of a judgement or plea bargain done over a misdemeanor offense, then "illegal" in the context seems more like a red herring. It's like saying that most people are illegal drivers, because few have never exceeded the speed limit.
I guess because I work on mostly b2b or private apps, I'm not up on the latest for sites that are trying to drive traffic and views. SEO has always seemed like a dirty world of stepping on whatever you have to just to get clicks, and be the 500th app someone grants notification permissions to.
Directly linked on that page: https://fonts.google.com/attribution
Sorry, that's definitely not what I meant!

I would like there to be a process similar to disabling System Integrity Protection on macOS, which requires booting into recovery mode. From there you can gain kernel access and inspect whatever processes you want.

It won't happen, and I consider it a major problem with iOS.
The chromium base is very well supported, I like and am familiar with the dev tools, and the battery life has also been much better than Firefox on OS X. I would prefer to use Firefox for everything but I run into enough small issues that I prefer to use Edge. I'd run Chrome if it didn't have so much of Google hidden in all the nooks and crannies.
...was just going to say the same thing. I don't understand how that even surprises anyone.

What I find more troubling is that the default sort order for browsing search results and categories etc is stuff like "Sort by: Featured", "Bestseller", interleaved with "Sponsored Results", bla, bla, bla. What I want to know is which button to click for "please make a goddamn effort to show me the stuff where it's in my best interest to see it, given the query I gave you, or given the category I browsed into, rather than in your best interest or in the interest of someone who paid for the privilege of my attention" -- A long time ago, I had some level of trust that online shops were able to deliver on that. But that's no longer true with Amazon.
The findings are a bit suspect IMHO.

> The swiftness with which rational thinking declined after the 1970’s is astounding. In its place arose post-modernism, characterized by “scepticism, subjectivism, or relativism” and “a general suspicion of reason”.[9] But it gets worse … post-modernism is giving way to “post truth”. In direct contrast to rational thinking, a post-truth culture abandons “shared objective standards for truth” and instead, stands on appeals to feelings and emotions, and what one wants to believe.[10] People can now “identify” themselves as something which flat-out contradicts science and rational thinking and, in many cases, receive the full support and backing of governments and educational systems. Not only do people feel they have a right to believe what they want, but any challenge to that belief, even if supported by truth and logic, is unacceptable and offensive.

While I'm concerned about anti-intellectualism in this country I don't think it is worse than it was in the 1970s. The idea that "rational thinking" is in decline requires more evidence than the author provides. In particular his assertion that recognizing non-binary gender as a sign of anti-intellectualism doesn't seem to be supported by any evidence. What he is presenting as evidence of anti-intellectualism is just society moving beyond the overly simplistic model of humanity from 1932.

> he suggests that when sexual energy is restrained through celibacy or monogamy, it is diverted into more productive social energy.

I'm skeptical.
non-rechargeable batteries are still superior in convenience and cost for any commercial business that requires their use
Why I Left Google to Join Grab
A dentist in west Texas charges $150 for a regular tooth filling. A dentist in the middle east charges $15 for the same job.
Sony bought, and squandered, the future of cloud gaming
What’s wrong with null hypothesis significance testing
> Despite your (false) claim that google support sync javascript ad libraries "just as they do in their regular sites" this is 100% false.

OP didn’t claim this.
Worth nothing that these ideas about sexual restraint and a functioning society have been floating around on the so called "alt right" corners of the internet for years. It's unfortunate that political polarization and tribalism in society leads to marginalization of valid perspectives.
Its going to be interesting to see how this works out, it has a lot of overlap with existing tools they have.

Some things that seem kind of odd to me is they have support for "blogs", but I've never really seen a use for that. Integrated Wiki / Question answer system ( bit like stackoverflow for team) would seem a better feature
> By tech fantasy are we talking about the kiosks which are already providing a value-add to customers?

No, we're talking about the making and packaging diverse types of food to order. That's why people go to McDonalds, and it's something that's surprisingly difficult to automate. McDonalds workers will be able to strike effectively as long as that's true.

Also, I don't consider ordering kiosks a value add for a customer. I've used them, they've been little to no benefit over ordering in person. It's just futzing around with yet another flaky touch screen, and who knows if the last person who used it had a cold or something. Their handling of process exceptions is like Google's customer support: non-existant. They're just a cost saving measure for business owners. It's not about "providing a value-add to customers" at all.

Remote ordering is a small value add, since it does permit some level of customer multi-tasking.
Why Countries Should Tax Global Income
We own one of the first Nissan Leafs off the line. When we're done with it, I will happily give it to someone (because resale on these is already next to nothing) if it replaces their ICE car. And an old electric is something that I theorize would be perfect for the less wealthy. An old beater ICE has to be more trouble and expense than on old EV with a usable battery. Even if it only goes 40 miles in its old age, at least it will do those 40 miles reliably.
AMP pages are just HTML. Publishers can and do use AMP pages as their "regular" pages that every user sees, not just those coming from Google. Other aggregators (Bing, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc) link to AMP versions. These pages are far from only accessible from Google queries.
I have switched to DuckDuckGo as mt main search engine a couple of months ago, but for complicated queries I just have to go back to Google. It's that bad.
The grid would not collapse but instead would evolve (maybe wiping out whole swatches of companies and utilities in the process but so what).

Many people won't (or can't) install their own PV/storage, but everyone needs electricity.

Those without PV and/or storage will need to purchase their electricity from others.

The mechanism for getting the electricity from seller to purchaser will be a grid of some sort.

La plus ca change and all that.
I think this is an important point. The lithium-ion battery market is _still_ smaller than the lead-acid battery market. This business is still ramping up.
> Any Linux phone is going to be expensive vs. an Android phone

$150 is fairly comparable

https://store.pine64.org/?product=pinephone-braveheart-limit...
"When I was a grad student I knew multiple people in STEM fields who tried to do their thesis in Word (or equivalent) and gave up in frustration, moving it all to LaTeX. I never knew anyone who successfully went the other direction. I don't know if that is still the case."

Ha! I started my thesis in LaTeX but my adviser only wanted a word document for reading it, so I had to go the other way :)
Android versions in development are not open to contributions or community participation. Android is developed in secret behind closed doors. The end product AOSP spits out is open source, but to call it an open source project would be an extreme mischaracterization. And it is developed by Google, an ad company, not the community that eventually uses it.