skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Why do you need an app to display an image? Your own website proves that a browser is all that’s necessary to display images in a vertical scroll.

You want to sell subscriptions? That tech already exists as well and can be platform-independent.
The manufacturer of the complicated machine is withholding diagnostic tools, locking out owners and independent repair shops, in order to protect their own dealership/service business.

From the article:

> A Crain’s Chicago Business article reported that dealers make five times the profit margin off repair than they do off the sale of new equipment.
That's awesome that you got so much success from interviewing at FAANGS. But, I'd say you've done a lot better than most people could. So, give yourself some credit.
N.J.’S Largest Hospital System Pays Up in Ransomware Attack
Amazon is reaching further and further into the economy, and I don’t see much stopping them.

As much as I'm concerned about monopoly and the potential for anti-competitive behavior... I'm impressed by how effectively Amazon operates at the scale that it does. It's not like Comcast or AT&T which operate horribly at scale. I wish they would get disrupted by Starlink or something and go out of business.

Amazon is an incredibly effective business.
If there's even one important situation where it is necessary to disable text selection, then disabling text selection must be supported.

I gave you several examples of these. The text for many UI elements isn't supposed to be selectable, because it interferes with user interaction.

Your off-chance example where somebody is trying to copy-paste the text for translation because the application is in a foreign language is subordinate to this.

Good UX is about choosing the right tradeoffs between functionality and usability.
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21782994, which was submitted earlier.
And that expectation is a key reason why many people use Amazon more often nowadays, in situations where they'd previously have gone to a retail store.
> There is no hope if you have a recent phone.

OnePlus 6, 6T, 7 Pro - these are not "old" devices. Granted, you might argue that OnePlus doesn't count, lol.
General Fusion is based in British Columbia.
And then they have a certificate. What are they going to do with it? It's still not installed on your server.
> In some cities sleeping in your car is illegal even if in a valid parking spot minding your own business.

It should be illegal. Parking spaces are by and large meant to primarily serve the needs of legal, taxpaying residents. When they get taken over for use as housing, it diminishes the ability for others to travel and visit friends/family/businesses. And street parking is taken away from those who live locally who may need to park overnight.

All this is still leaving aside the fact that it is super creepy to have someone living out of an RV on your block, watching everyone's arrival/departures, casing their joints. Especially because a number of these RV dwellers are permanently-nomadic drug-addicts who engage in property crime to fuel their habits.

No thanks.
Can you point to any business anywhere that doesn't reserve the right to raise prices?

Would you be willing to work for your employer if they also guaranteed that your salary will never go up? Because that and a guarantee from all vendors the company uses would be needed.

And are there companies out there that don't include required arbitration? Anyone that is setting up a huge one-to-many relationship has to cover their but. The fact that any or all of your users could sue you in court at any time creates a very risky business.
And if I cross the street I could get hit by a car. I'm all for countries teaching their citizens about financial responsibility, right in school with the rest of the curriculum. But I would not want the state to tell me how I can invest, they are protecting their own interests as much or more than mine.
... and as true as that could be in theory, doesn't mean that it couldn't essentially bankrupt a business model that has built a lot of these companies. My family is in heavy farm equipment sales, and the reality is that without the margins on parts and repair, a lot of those business just aren't viable. The lock-in is there to really prevent the fundamental underpinning of their business model. Not saying it is correct or ethical, but it is the economic reality of how a lot of those businesses are structured.
Look to the automotive industry then. I owned a shop as a mechanic for several years working on euro cars mainly as well as a lot of track cars. The software in cars has gotten insanely advanced, and yet independent shops are still able to service cars because there's support from 3rd parties on diagnostic equipment from companies like Snap-on who make diagnostic equipment.

Look at the auto enthusiast market for standalone ECUs that have been common for years. ECUs in modern cars are black boxes that are reverse engineered for aftermarket purposes. Software isn't a wall that can't be breached.
Way to Host MongoDB on DigitalOcean
It would be impossible to establish damages for that in civil court.
1. Read a few tutorials and just start using the stuff relying on Stack Overflow, blogs, etc

2. After a couple of months, get a good book on it and read it cover to cover. Make a list of useful things

3. Keep using the stuff, apply the list

4. After another few months, go through all the reference docs, make a new list of useful things

5. In rare cases, continue this process by reading all of the source code

Repeat for all other stuffs until end of career.
What is the solution then? All I know is my city (Denver) is being destroyed by it. I have a disgusting camp on my block full of trash, puke, and needles. I can no longer actually use of of the public spaces my tax dollars pay for because we’ve fully given them over to the homeless.

Everyone will post that article about Utah but Denver instituted the very same program at the very same time with far less effective results.

I try really hard to maintain my compassion but I see a problem with seemingly no solution and am just not sure what we can even do at this point.
I support 4 different individual content creators through Patreon or their own platform at levels between $5 and $10 per month. What they produce is informative, unique, and much more important to me than anything on Netflix, which is just entertainment. Unfortunately, I don't think Patreon is a very good content delivery platform, so I hope Floatplane takes off and has a better UX.
Study finds conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system
I think people conflate "decency" with "don't ruffle any feathers", and that led to some uniformity of thought. But in my experience, when done tactfully, feathers can be ruffled in a way that breaks that uniformity. It just takes a bit more tact and thoughtfulness than blurting out, "That's an awful idea" etc.
Yes, even the study says as much, for example: "In our study, there was a significant difference in chili intake among people with different education levels. Therefore, it is possible that the confounding effect of education may still contribute to the relationship between chili intake and cognitive function." So it's equally possible they discovered that poor people eat more spicy food than rich people in China... If there actually is a causal relationship, we would expect to see much higher rates of dementia in India or Mexico, which doesn't seem to be the case.
Many people will argue that finance / tech have already fucked up farming.
I like to play devil's advocate...

Imagine this - a sprayer stops working for any reason. Farmer purchases a non-oem electronics replacement part, but that part used a counterfeit FTDI usb controller but it silently fails. Now, the signal to turn off the sprayer when it approaches a waterway, or a school doesn't happen like it should. Obviously, the replacement part maker should take all the blame. But do you think the media is going to wait for an investigation as to why it didn't turn off, or are they going to roll footage of the gigantic green tractor and the sprayer it is towing?

What if the replacement part doesn't properly sense that an access cover is open and ergo it doesn't fail safely and crushes the farmers arm and ultimately kills him? What if a bug in the software causes this error to only happen on one day or the year, or only when it is between 4:30 and 5:00?

You can bet your ass that JD is testing the ever loving hell out of their parts, but is the replacement manufacturer? This isn't a physical device like a bearing that requires dimensional accuracy, or proper loading capacity. It is so, so, so much more complicated than that. How would you feel if self driving cars on the road had sensors that weren't properly vetted by their manufacturer. It isn't just the driver that is put in danger, it is everyone around them. The same goes for a sprayer and waterways.
Narrator: No they aren’t.

They’re going to generate unsubs and spam reports.
Back in 2017, the FDA banned the use of medicinally important antibiotics in livestock.

https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/food.html
Generally speaking, the legal system is supposed to punish religious believers, too, not just atheists.
Right! 10mm and many others are on our blacklist when we collect email (2-opt-in newsletter and sign-up)
Can't have "official" support unless everything is working. "Promoting" beta-level code would be a disaster.
Youtube compresses to 2.4Mbps inclusive of audio for H.264 1080P, which really shouldn't be a problem if the video uploaded was clean and high bitrate in the first place.

I think another reason was Youtube did not support uploading of HEVC content until fairly recently, that has cause lot of problem especially those shoot their video with their iPhone.

And Youtube may never transcode and support the playback of HEVC content. Which means you are stuck with 1080P for Apple's users.
It's possible, theoretically we already have an api and a mobile SDK.

The question for us would be around support, SLA's e.t.c our capacity as a team and what we would have to drop in order to be able to do that.
Bollocks. Seriously.
FedEx has misplaced 3 packages in the last 3 weeks. One made it “on truck for delivery today” before being sent to Ohio to replace a barcode. So weird.
Are you describing something similar to what we see in Apollo 13 when they are training for the lunar module docking?
Thanks! I'm still thinking if I should need to learn a 'learning language' first (Java or Python) and then move on to a low-level language or go directly to C++. I've been on Linux for years and feel quite comfortable with it, BTW. Can C++ be learned/used on Linux?
I was rather shooting for most people being decent, when you get to know them better, if given any chance of that of course.

As for actual assholes, one shouldn't assume they want best for the team, or anyone else for that matter. Some people shine best when slinging turds making everyone else look bad. They are usually minority though and managable.
I don't know where your church is but individual homeless people may not be able to trek around town to visit one of your rumble sales or even know that they're taking place. Perhaps sorting for durability and insulation (rather than fashion value) and driving around with a pickup asking people if they need warm clothes would be a more effective approach.
Financing for Sports Stadiums Could Count as Helping the Poor
The US Supreme Court is infamous, especially in recent years, for favoring the interests of the powerful, the moneyed and the landed over those of, well, other people (see: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22715946-injustices).

So, at least we know there is some bar - albeit very low - beyond which they're not willing to let local authorities victimize the poor. That is - you are at least allowed to sleep outside on the cold hard floor. Thanks SCOTUS.
But if they point to a new IP, the other IP's PTR is useless.
If you can get 600K at FB or Snap, you must be a top 3% candidate, according to FYI.levels, right?
Playing the devil’s advocate: what’s preventing them from claiming the tractor itself as IP as well, and licensing it as such? Eg you’re not allowed to change your own tires. Would such a thing be legally possible, and if not, why does this differ from the firmware?
Excerpt:

"Email is interesting, because most people wish email were a queue, and many people try to turn email into a queue using a number of tools and practices, but, in its standard implementation, email behaves much more like a stack. (Some people joke that “email is your to-do list, but made by other people.”)"

Well said!
Imagine the opportunity for a local person to create a business helping farmers troubleshoot and improve their tractor software.

Someone interested in software development might feel like they must move away from their rural hometown to have a career in engineering. Supporting farming equipment might be a way to reduce that - not to mention all the remote work opportunities now available.
In fluxx, cross-turn strategy is basically impossible, as the rules may completely change between turns. I've found that reading a book during other peoples' turns then just looking up and treating each turn as a completely new game is just as effective as tracking the game across turns and significantly less frustrating. So yes, there are rules, but only within a turn.

Furthermore, I was dismayed when I learned (upon first time playing) that "It's easy to get started: there are no rules to read!" actually means "you spend the entire game reading rules!"

I acknowledge that this is not a very social (and somewhat rude) way to play this social game, which is why I typically politely decline to play it.
Deere is controlling the marketplace for "repairs." If a farmer is required to use service centers exclusively provided and controlled by Deere, then they are inhibited from using the free market. The right to repair is essential for farmers to be able to choose the best repair options for their situation (self-made repairs, local non-affiliated repair shop, Deere certified).

Some people take their cars to the dealer for all services. They do this because they value the expertise and depth that the dealers can [sometimes] provide. Other people take their cars to the local quick lube or brake repair shop.

To each his own for car repairs. And so too it should be for any equipment repairs.
They don't really seem to care much for complaints a lot of the time either.

Somebody attempted to cash some fraudulent checks for a company I worked for, luckily this was caught by our bank before we lost any money. The NYPD had no interest in doing any more than taking a report and were extremely happy when the perpetrator attempted to cash a third check, taking the total above $100k and into FBI justification. The FBI took the report and nothing happened even though our bank was able to provide details which should have led to an arrest.
> When has any company been held liable for a customer modifying it.

All the time. Regardless, the liability is to their brand. If someone hears that a John Deere tractor blew up and set a field on fire, they avoid the brand. Even if it was caused by an improper repair.

> They already distribute parts to dealers around the world who service the tractors.

Just guessing here, but I imagine they do this in bulk to local service centers, via a regular distribution chain (on a semi-truck to many service centers) to manage cost. Distributing a part to an individual, or service centers they don't own, would require remodeling their distribution chain. My point is, it's doable, but not cheap, and customers will end up paying for this convenience in the price of the product.

> They already have repair documentation that they distribute to dealerships around the world.

That are used internally... Are your internal docs customer friendly enough to help them repair the most minute problem?

Like I said, I am for right-to-repair and I'd like to see manufacturers move towards these types of models, but it's typically basic market forces that cause manufacturers to act the way they do. Unless I see evidence that someone consciously chose the "No, lets screw over our customers for more money" option, I'm not going to assume mal-intent and start screaming "they're holding customers ransom!" from the hilltops.
It’s already being done.

The question is, what do you do when you identify a new antibiotic? Who pays for the clinical trials and manufacturing?

Academic centers don’t have experience in doing either of those for an FDA approved drug.
One can try the video used to prove the perception gap being resultant in the frontal lobes (as opposed to the visual cortex), the video which is embedded in the article.
> So far, the highest-profile death in a self-driving car was when a Tesla crashed on May 7, 2016, while in Autopilot mode.

Ugh why does the media keep repeating incorrect information?

That was not a self driving car.

It was a car with a driver who was not paying attention.

The reasons for his not paying attention are up for debate (ranging from he perceived the car, incorrectly, as being self driving, to he was being careless, to the utterly crazy assertion that Tesla or Elon intentionally tricked him into thinking the car was self driving...).

Regardless of where the truth on the driver’s reasons lie, the underlying fact is that the car did not have self driving software installed on it yet.
TLS concerns aside, there appears to be no business model here, so it's not clear how this would become reliable
> So it's equally possible they discovered that poor people eat more spicy food than rich people in China...

It'd be surprising if that wasn't true, since spicy food is a very regional phenomenon. There are two provinces known for spicy food: Hunan and Sichuan.

If an American study demonstrated that eating Cajun food spiked your odds of being poor, what would that mean?
The sheep metaphor broke down about 10 comments ago.
not the federal government, it should be the state government.

pass a version of sb50, one that especially forces SF and LA to open up large tracts (but not all) of the city to immediate housing construction.

in LA, mayor garcetti tried pushing through the construction of shelters in each of the council districts and got so much push back that only like 2 have gotten anywhere. we need to put local political pressure on the mayor and the council. the federal government is not the right political body for this effort.
That's just amazing!

Considering there are more than half a million homeless in the United States, the sound of that many people furiously masturbating must truly be deafening!

Not to mention the vast underground supply chains necessary to keep that many people constantly high and on drugs. For next to no money! How efficient!

I might spend a few weeks in the US to witness this unbelievable spectacle when I use up the remainder of my paid leave.
I don't know why it's falling away from the front page, but as far as skepticism goes, numbers that surprising raise more questions than answers. Your anecdotes have been very informative by the way.
I actually think Cloudflare should step into this space.
Child-Robot Interaction
Microsoft’s Office365 will make a similar change in October 2020.

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/office/blogs/end-of-su...
> ...in 2018, AWS outperformed GCP by 40%, which we attributed to AWS’s Nitro System present in c5 and m5 series... In 2020, we see a return to similar overall performance in each cloud.

How did GCP and Azure catch-up to AWS Nitro in one year which IIRC is a coming together of minimalistic micro-vms, hardware-accelerated network and IO cards, hardware offload for encryption and other maintenance tasks... a work that was 5 years in the making [0]?

[0] https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rUY-00yFlE4?t=1m45s
So you're saying we'll get a reboot ;)
DevOps Guide to K8s
10 Commandments of Intrusion Analysis (2011)
They can screw the people who know how to repair their stuff and prevent the ones that don't know what they are doing from screwing something up, I guess (none of it make sense)... but of course they make more money this way.
Airlines - and the airplane industry as a whole - are quite efficient and actually proof positive that we can do stuff at that level. Where this whole saga really went off the rails is in the regulatory domain, an FAA with teeth that would not be in bed with Boeing would have required major modifications or certification as a new aircraft, and the knowledge that they would not get a sweetheart deal would have kept Boeing honest.

The 'obsolescent 50+ year old product' ended up serving the market better than some much more recent designs. The whole reason the industry moves slowly is because they want to play it safe, if they end up not doing that than they might as well 'go ahead and break stuff' but I really hope that they will be able to regroup and do it right the next time around because Airbus needs the competition as much as Boeing does.

I'm pretty curious what would satisfy you in terms of a modern day business model for aircraft manufacturers and airlines, so if you would care to write out your thoughts I would definitely be grateful.
That's good to know, thanks for the link. However, up until recently, you could buy 55-gallon drums of antibiotics without a license on sites like Alibaba.
If Amazon made it possible for a customer to pick (and pay for the presumed incremental cost of) alternative carriers, they'd have a gold mine of data on customer WTP and carrier quality at the local level.
America After Climate Change, Mapped
Snatch ransomware reboots PCS in Windows Safe Mode to bypass antivirus apps
Stories: Living with ADD/ADHD
And the thing about "children learning language" is that all sorts of bad habits are often picked up that don't conform to standard grammar, not to mention following rules without really understanding why they're there or what they do.

Social rules are even less concrete, meaning that learning the amorphous set of unwritten rules, guidelines, best practices, etc.,through analysis more than osmosis may let you know when it's okay to bend or break one.
How to model the behaviours required to build a psychologically safe team
How Drones Changed the Way This Photo Pro Works
I was thinking about this for home use too, but it only can pinpoint up to 10 meters.

At least in my house, that would basically be telling me they're in the front half or back half of the house, which I guess would be vaguely useful but not really for locating specific objects.

And if it's not in the house then I'd have to be lucky enough to happen to walk near it at some point, since it relies on your company's (ie your family's) phones.
The 9th Circuit court of appeals is a federal court that just happens to be based in San Francisco. It has no direct influence over the governance of the city (and county) of San Francisco, other than that the jurisprudence it establishes is federal law for all of California and the other states in the 9th circuit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals...

Also, what is prosecuted is a crime. The homelessness crisis is not a crime per se (as established again by this very ruling), so it cannot be prosecuted--only actions that are actually crimes.
Googling for "Best Business Books of 2009", I'm struck by how few of them I would bother reading today. I remember Shop Class as Soulcraft fondly, although it was a bit of a slog at times, and Brightsided is still on my Goodreads To-read list, but otherwise... Would anyone who's read it recommend Lords of Finance - if so, I'll add it to the list after Brightsided.

But really, do any of those three count as "business" books in the traditional sense?
Manufacturer locking end users in to the manufacturer's chosen parts and maintenance shops. Like how Apple tries to pretend the only place you can repair a Mac is at the Apple Store.
There are many successful companies that didn't do either of those things in their codebase.

Commercial success is a very poor measure of code quality.