skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Hi! Tell us a bit more about yourself, I bet there's loads of stuff that you already _should_ feel great about but might be struggling to see. Given that you were brave enough to post this under your real username I took the liberty of browsing some of your comments and I don't know if this helps at all, but you've got lots of things to be proud of. You're smart and well educated, you're paid well in an interesting sounding job. You also have by far the most interesting side hustle of anyone I've come across on here. On top of that you have a nice way of interacting with people, you're generous with praise, inquisitive, even handed and empathic. Kudos!

But, given all that and where you find yourself emotionally, I wonder if you've perhaps made a bunch of choices you're not happy with, and now you're a bit burnt out. Might I ask, what options do you have in your life right now? How locked in do you feel to your current path?
This is very hard to learn unless you keep your eyes and ears open and even your mouth sometimes; are willing to move cheese when need be; put the customer's needs before your own or even the organization if necessary; cultivate relationships even when they seem to bring nothing in at the moment; look at everything around you even if it seems not connected to what you are doing; see the big picture in even the smallest detail; learn from every misstep until you make fewer of them; and do all this without getting completely burned out.

I've spent almost 40 years try to do this in every place I've worked, sometimes you fail but often you make the place better, if only for little while.

In all the last point is the hardest, as this profession can be hard to keep doing. Every day I still wonder if it's worth it but I keep going.
These are some extremely timely books, can't help but think that was on purpose or that you're simply good at keeping up!
My RAM truck does have a tiny digital display that has a ton of functionality and I can read the tire pressure on all 6 tires. A lot of the standard stuff also has a secondary mechanical analog display too, because I purchased this truck in 2016. Of course, forget about tire pressure on those analog displays, that would be crazy complicated to have. The other thing, is the RAM display is not connected to the internet, so I don't have to worry about the menu changing locations or button order changing. What I got when I purchased will stay the same. That's comfortable.

How do I feel about EVERYTHING moving to a large LCD panel that could play Netflix if I really wanted? I think as long as manufacturers guarantee the interface won't change in very substantial ways since the purchase of the car, I would be OK with it. I would imagine that if the speed limit and engine temperature sudden swapped position, people would get into deadly car accidents very quickly. I know it's not that simple, but you have to realize we're talking about not just you, but 5-7 billion people that may have digital displays to worry about when they are driving. When you scale those UX mistakes, people will die.

So if updates and digital screens are on the way for all cars, I would recommend some basic rules for manufacturers to follow. (Of which I don't know what would be good but it should exist)
How do you know whether someone is a pilot? Don’t worry they’ll tell you.
We Started a $400K/Month Business Selling Seeds and Growing Supplies
The Relentless Picnic

https://relentlesspicnic.com/
> pre Eternal September era for the web (~10 years ago?)

LOL, was that by chance the time that single from Green Day was released? ;)

["Eternal September or the September that never ended is Usenet slang for a period beginning in September 1993"]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

EDIT: TIL Green Day's single has nothing to do with that September. Huh. I gave them more nerdcred than they deserved...
We're working on a new VB6 for the web platform, and would love your feedback :). Good for quickly spinning up CRUD apps with a few new features such as embedded BI and simple ML tools.

It's still in early access, but if you'd like to play around with it, please don't hesitate to message me at verygoodtool1@gmail.com.
COM/UWP is the proper way to use C++ features on Windows in a inter-language way.

While not ideal exporting templates has been possible since Windows 3.1 days, as long as one sticks to a specific compiler.
On another note: I just wish if every website would charge based on pay-per-read (e.g. $0.50/article) instead of forcing me to register or start a free trial or pay for a monthly subscription.
That is my question too, if the abort system just went "Step 1, Step 2, etc." or if the abort system went "Step 1" and the automated processes took over from there. It wasn't entirely clear but it felt like the first one which is why I watched it again.

As for the fireball, from the press conference I got the sense that the fireball was not triggered manually, that the rocket just broke up.

Again, on neither I'm 100% sure.
> I put in key words for something I'm looking for. I suspect that The Masses(tm) type in vague questions full of typos that search engines have to try to parse into a meaningful search query.

Yeeaap, sometime in gradeschool - I think somewhere around 5th grade, age 11 or so, which would be around 1999 - we had a section on computers, where we'd learn the basics about how to use them. One of the topics I remember was "how to do web searches", where a friend was surprised at how easily I found what I was looking for - the other kids had to be trained to use keywords instead of asking it questions.
Pretty good analysis and recollection. Thank you.
The Mad Fientist. This was my gateway to podcasts in general, as well as my road towards financial independence.
Essential skills every relationship needs
This is why TypeScript is so popular. JavaScript is very loose, but you can progressively enhance it using TypeScript with stricter and stricter types, many of which can be inferred, and since 3.7 can be derived by runtime assertions, and the strictness of which can be controlled with compiler flags.

Additionally, it is fairly typical in js to use functional programming styles, making type inference a breeze / provable / not introducing much boilerplate by adding types.
>> as it is given it has no obligation to do so.

That's the big change, the lack of obligation. If SpaceX is going to be fulfilling government contracts, on government facilities/ranges, using countless government employees, resulting footage should be free.

It hasn't happened yet, but with human spaceflight nearing we may see SpaceX drafting license deals in a manner NASA never contemplated.
Find Investors, Friends, Recruiting Leads, and More Directly from Your Twitter
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Cambridge Analytica and the End of Elections
I don't mean to disagree... yak-shaving is fun, and you get to learn about the internal workings of so many tools during the whole process (I myself am trying to have every project 'make'-able, with self-documenting Makefiles).

But I see the point the author has made:

That personalized configurations are hard to recreate for other users, particularly those that are less technologically adept.

And then, you're stuck maintaining everything...
Hmm... I like Jordan Peterson, but not regarding self-esteem. I simply like the advice of "make something of your life". In my opinion, he's too conservative and Christian to relate to me on how to get more self-esteem.

I also think Jordan Peterson is a tough person to understand. The reason for that is: (1) sometimes he has a science-based psychological discussion (e.g. Big 5) and (2) sometimes he talks about Freud and is a lot more into metaphore/language stuff that isn't science-based and IMO philosophical at best.
Why can't every web server just remember (index) all the content that it serves?

Much like resolving DNS queries, I could then ask every server near me for specific terms. If they serve that content, they'll return a list of links containing those search terms.

We could have different apps with different algorithms to sort the bare results according to the criteria that's most relevant to each individual user.
Nobody fetishises monopolies in the US. Some naturally come about, such as Facebook, and they naturally come about much easier and faster in the United States than in Europe. So they become world monopolies. If there wouldn't be competition from the US, there would have been a European Facebook, Google, etc., just not as inventive and bold, and a few years later.
I read though all these emails and chat messages when they were first released. I'm pretty sure that those particular email quotes were from people working on developing the 737 Max simulator, not the aircraft itself. So maybe the 777X simulator program will have similar problems, but this doesn't necessarily mean the aircraft itself will. I don't have much confidence in Boeing at this point, but this does seem like scaremongering.
Ask HN: The New York Times digital subscription business model?
Hi folks, I just realized even after subscribing to digital NYTimes (https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015852367-Digital-subscriptions), they continue to show ads both on mobile and web.

On web, the ads are especially super annoying. While trying to read a long article, you see the same half-screen filling ad over and over after every two paragraphs. Sometimes it's like 10x shaver ads for me per article.

So I naturally cancelled my subscription. I am curious why/how they're able to sell this digital subscription. I can't seem to find any value adds.
"A girl among the anarchists" by Isabel Meredith (pseudonym) - found it on Project Gutenberg somehow, it's a contemporary (fictionalized) account of anarchist activism in late 19th-century Britain and I found it to be a fascinating description of fanaticism.
Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders

https://ecorner.stanford.edu/series/etl/
Yes. Begin with a novice linear progression program such as Starting Strength or StrongLifts 5x5 (https://stronglifts.com/5x5/#gref even has a nice Android/iOS app which will tell you everything to do).

These programs can be boring in the beginning because you are starting with such light weights, but because you progress linearly (adding weight each workout), the weight adds up quickly and the light weights in the beginning gives you a chance to get comfortable with the movements. Watch videos on YouTube of good techniques for squat, bench and deadlift (this is a neverending pursuit though in my experience - I'm still working on perfecting form 4 years in).

Do the linear progression program as long as you can to get the most out of it...obviously you cannot keep increasing the weights each workout forever, but run it as long as you can. In the beginning, since you are untrained, you will make what they call "noobie gains" and get stronger every single workout. When that stops working, you can run a program that is still linear, but where progression is weekly rather than each workout. Then after that, you'll need to do more research into the proper "periodization" you'll need in order to continue to progress.
+1, BJJ kills the ego quickly and forces you to harness your kneejerk self. Started out getting out-classed by everyone, from middle aged heavyweight blue belts to a 14 year old prodigy for months but I learned so much that I’m glad.
I find that it triggers the fight-or-flight instinct for me because tapping is like simulated death. I wouldn’t say that confidence is guaranteed, but the cycle of learning in BJJ is so rewarding that it’s hard not to come out with a positive outlook.
I have no idea where Mbene is from. It sounded African enough. It is not like France never fought for Eastern Europe (ww1 they got drawn in because their alliance with Russia, ww2 because of alliance to Poland). Other than explanations based fantasies about empire based on a neo romantic conception of France as this old world place lost somewhere five hundred years ago, deployments to places like Mali are of interest for the protection of France and the rest of Europe against unchecked propagation of Islamic extremism. Which is why other European allies have joined that operation. In that sense, it is similar because in both cases the reason for intervention is the strategic interest of France. It's unsurprising that France still has bilateral military cooperation with Britain. But Britain's historical track record on the EU level military cooperation issue is that they do not want anything to do with it.
Gadflies everywhere
But then you’re stuck with DynamoDB. DDB is only suitable if you have a well defined access pattern.

I’m all in on AWS, but I wouldn’t recommend APIGW/DDB as a general purpose solution.
Yes, it already has a code command to automatically add top level type annotations. The caveat I that it can only work if you add -Wall to your compilations flags.
I read Intimate Connections from David Burns (author of Feeling Good) and while it was after my low self-esteem period, I thought to myself "if only I had this book, it'd have taken 2 years less."
Privacy Preserving Artificial Intelligence (from MIT Lecture Series)
I wouldn't say it's a trivial ask, but yeah, if you have 400 employees at least assign some resources to get it right. Unless it's intentionally broken. Facebook's prioritization but also randomization of the feed is a feature not a bug.
You can use HIE. It supports template Haskell
I disagree. I'm sure that, if we really wanted to, we could put a person onto Mars. I don't think we have the ability to send someone & retrieve them, or for them to fend for themselves on the surface. So this is a bit like saying we have the technology to explore the inside of a volcano because we can jump into one. It's not really the proposition people are talking about when they say "go to Mars".

But I agree that it's actually a generous comparison to self driving cars. After all, we do occasionally send machines to Mars, and they work quite well.
Certainty Is a Smell
The Union Station (EarthCent Ambassador) series by E. M. Foner[1]. They are fun lighthearted sci-fi about the characters and their lives. But under the lighthearted fun hides thought provoking commentary on society and people. The books are included with Kindle Unlimited so if you are a member of that you can read the books at no additional cost.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K4I391A
Financier: The biography of Andre Meyer by Cary Reich. The book goes into the beginnings and psychology of one of the most important investment bankers of the 20th century. It also goes into great detail of the toxic nature of banking and the Genesis of complexity in modern dealmaking.
It's Time to Pay for Social Media
This sounds really nice. Thank you for posting it!
Tony Robbins is not science-based. Some resources here are.

I think science-based resources are slightly better on average than things like Tony Robbins. Simply because researchers tend to talk more moderate and less hype, and there's a slightly higher likelihood of what they say is actually true, in my opinion.

That said, one can always see something like Personal Power and take out the inspiring bits and see what works for you.
I don’t mind the displays being screens as long as certain things have mechanical buttons. Eg: The AC/Max AC. Don’t make people go through touchscreen menus that take a minute just to boot. When it’s 100F outside and you need max ac, that minute is a LONG minute.
Never tried to make a programming language myself but what you say is interesting. I wonder if this mentality (mutable-first) can be changed at least in universities?
"60 Minutes" once interviewed a 102 year old research chemist tottering about his lab. They asked him why he didn't retire. He replied why should I retire, I love doing research!
Google parent Alphabet is now a $1T company
I wish I had the time to watch this. What are the biggest ideas that you've learned?
China's approach with its 737MAX competitor, has, ironically been the exact opposite of this. Their fear wasn't getting the price low enough to satisfy shareholders but not getting the airline approved by US and European regulators.

I was dubious before the crashes but after Boeing's reaction to the crashes I'm fairly sure I'd feel safer on their planes than Boeing's.
AIUI, wasm does support using multiple linear memory segments at the same time. You don't get that on native processes short of using memory segmentation, which no modern architecture supports.
I wondered this as well.

Also, even if the rate of cosmic rays has been constant, would it make sense that the impact of said rays on any body would be perfectly uniform? Wouldn't it follow a normal/gaussian distribution, such that some parts of the meteorite received a bit more cosmic rays, and some a bit less? Do the "ages" they found follow such a distribution?
HN User Whines About Blog's JS/CSS is quite analogous to Old Man Yells At Cloud
Author here. Was thinking about this due to some open-source libraries that were oddly hostile to each other, and were ran be two of the most certain people I've ever met. Either (or both) of their approaches could be good ones, but that's not tied to the certainty of their authors.

There's also an interesting meta-issue here. When talking about certainty, how certain should I be about that? In this case probably not very much, but there probably is an appropriate level of certainty for any topic, project, or solution we have. Ideally tied to the level of effort, research, and work we've put into something.

But I think my entire point is that we should never be absolutely certain in ourselves. And we shouldn't fall in the trap of following others who are absolutely certain.
Conversely I supplement my PCP with a cash pay MD (in a hospital setting with a background from a reputable school) who believes in "wellness" which he views as the flaw in western medicine. Instead of going from sick to ok, he believes we should go from ok to wellness. And he sells mega Vitamin D doses and maybe I'm a sucker but I buy them.

Since its cash pay and I absolutely love testing/scanning myself randomly (any blood/dexa/cortisol/ekg/heart test I can find and afford) we usually spend 20 minutes twice a year going through the science of whatever I'm testing at the time and (typically) shooting down the necessity of whatever crazy thing I want to try next.

But low impact low benefit things like vitamins and a few no-cost hobby things are super under-rated. For example theres a handful of entries on this chart that are low cost with low behavioral change required medium impact that were unexpected for me: https://blog.23andme.com/health-traits/what-patients-say-wor...
SpaceX recently relicensed their photos to an Attribution-NonCommercial license, when previously they were effectively public domain under Creative Commons Zero: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/88449p/spacex-just-retroa...
If you have a better definition, I'd like to hear it. I don't have many friends, so my definition encompasses all of them. Maybe if I had a better definition, I'd be able to make more friends.
Nobody Knows HTML (Except Me)
I don't have a list, but initialisation is quite a mess and the syntax inconsistent. That would be one of the first thing I would fix in C++.
Nice but advertisement is violent :D
Holy shit, she had to copy code into the DMA control registers to get it to blit fast enough. Which meant she had to fit the blit routine into 32 bytes. That's fucking hard core.
More like in production for years. What do you think powers those "instant curing glue" lights that have been helping old ladies glue together their purse straps for over a decade.
>I think the hate has gone too far on PHP

It was very well deserved back in the pre-7.0 days, when it was common to have horrific spaghetti projects with zero structure, global variables/functions everywhere, and all kinds of logic (including database calls) mixed into view templates. Modern PHP is a whole different world, but most people will simply choose something else now because that stigma is impossible to lose, and finding dedicated PHP developers is increasingly uncommon.
> were called "Foils" because they were printed (by the print center) on transparencies and shown on overhead projectors.

How does that explain them being called ‘foils’? I think you missed some part of the explanation?
From reading a bit more on the issue those zones are defined as free of LGBT _ideology_. Poles seem to make distinction between homosexuality and LGBT movement, which is valuable insight. But media portrays it as zones where homosexual people are not welcome. That’s not right. It’s concerning how much pressure there is to accept LGBT ideals.
Some news in media are published with money. You send your story and pay some money, then they publish it as a news.
It sounds great by your description. Unfortunately I couldn't find any version online, so far. I got interested because I have a pretty significant commute now, that I use to read books. Would be interested in what he recommends!
I’m guessing since this test was not focused on the rocket itself that they just decided it wasn’t a problem worth trying to solve simultaneously with the dragon
Related: Mazda is removing screen from future vehicles due to the clear safety issues. https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1121372_why-mazda-is-pur...
> Create a core protocol at the same level as DNS etc., that web servers can use to offer an index of everything they serve/relay.

So, back to gopher? That might actually work!
> Framefree worked on harder cases, too; not just video game characters with nice sharp edges.

Check out the claymation example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAUn7Nvx73s
Linux Kernel Communication – Netfilter Hooks
While Martin Seligman didn't make it on my list in my comment. I read him as well and IMO he's completely legit as a psychologist (way more legit than I am, and I even published a paper on the neuroscience/psychology of gamer frustration and engagement). He has studied the concept of learned helplessness (a fascinating concept) and optimism itself.

Simply following his advice will make anyone's life more awesome.
I don’t agree with readibility (there are pros and cons, ie. terser code vs. implicit types) but, at least in Haskell, it improves usability by inferring the most generic type to your expression.
What a bad article. Started so well and then finished in a haste. There is a whole theory of invention called TRIZ. One idea there is tht transcending matter phase boundaries could lead to new inventions.. worth looking up.
Yikes, this reminds me of the nebulousness of GDPR. I guess the intent much like GDPR is to write a law too vague to follow and then fine the crap out of companies.