skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/5/14/18618618/phage-... is not the one in remembering, but it mentions the same effect.

> deploying phages can cause the bacteria to evolve in response, and that evolution sometimes involves switching from being antibiotic-resistant to being sensitive to antibiotics.

There's a few big stories like this. Chances are, in the next 25 years you may find yourself being treated with phages.
It's really easy to pile on and see every single 737 crash from the past as somehow related to the MAX crashes now.

There are actually very few similarities between this crash and the MAX crashes. The failure was in one part of a highly redundant system with additional warning systems. The pilots failed to correctly react to the failure and failed to do basic airmanship like monitor their speed until it was too late.

Whereas the MAX failures may well have required well-above-average piloting skills and instincts to successfully recover from, this one simply required basic competence and attention.
When was the last time you tried? Steam introduced a refund system with clear rules a while ago: https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/

As others pointed out the european 14 day return policy only applies to physical goods.
The battle is not lost. Just don't use this kind of crap. There are alternatives.
Interesting. Switching back and forth from Powershell and bash must be hard. Also $? has the exact opposite meaning in a Unix shell. $? as zero indicates success.
> I often wonder about my father's last moments ... did he know what was happening?

It's possible that he had no warning whatsoever before the event. From another article[1], a person who survived said he had no warning or memory of the event.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-51181230?sa=X&ved=2ahUK...
That’s known as “structuring” and is illegal:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuring
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You could easily export your passwords if needed and leave bitwarden in that case.

Now I think there is a scenario where the maintainer gets bussed and bitwarden later goes down after some months resulting in lost passwords.
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> Meme's are free advertising for the rights holder.

Most of the time I don't know where the meme's graphical content is from so it's not really advertising the source. But by the same token of course the meme is not harmful to the the content owner's economic interests.
Explains why new phone have as much RAM (8GB) as macbook pro laptops.
People ask me why I take cold showers regularly, post to my blog daily, and never miss my burpee-based twice-daily calisthenics over more than a decade (approaching 150,000 cumulative burpees).

Among many reasons, developing the skill to do what I said I would is tremendously valuable. Without these habits, I lacked discipline and thought to avoid tricks, which I thought of as short-term cheats. The habits developed discipline in me and revealed that developing tricks is the way to make habits work.

I have no doubt that the most accomplished people use tricks to do their most valuable activities -- athletes, politicians, business leaders, whatever.
I use to dislike linguistics, but you made me change my mind. Any book suggestion on early language development ?
It's insanely expensive if you are comparing the price and functionality to existing apps. I would expect a "me too" app to have "me too" pricing.

The reason people are talking about Roam is because it's not like other note taking apps. People who use the app will need to extract a break-even $30 / month worth of ROI just like you might from any other piece of equipment or tool which extends your capabilities.

I find Roam compelling enough that I believe I can reach that point. If I'm not reaching that point, then I need to adjust my efforts.

I feel pricing shouldn't be a sticking point. I try to keep my consumption to a bare minimum, so that my focus is on high value activities. If the tooling can't return the investment, then that activity and the related tools aren't for me. It's not that the tooling is bad, it's just that my efforts are best pointed elsewhere.

I believe the founders operate on this idea and it's refreshing. Yes, it will be expensive for many. Potential users will walk based on the pricing. And I wish more developers would be willing to create something different and charge proper pricing for the effort.
IMO: this is a good thing, memes are addictive and worse still they’re often themselves advertising on commercial sites. I’m glad something is being done.
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that would be a reasonable solution. I wouldn't oppose it if it came with a slight cut to income tax rates.
+1 he’s humble, a spectacular interviewer and somehow draws truly remarkable insights out of a really diverse set of guests
This isn’t correct. The calculation can be found as the worksheet on page 33 of https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf — regular income gets taxed first, and then long-term gains after. The 15% bracket only applies to the portion in excessof $40k, not the whole amount (lines 11-20 on the worksheet).
The original bourne shell source was using mac.h ( https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V7/usr/src/cmd...
), a bunch of macros, according to wikipedia, "to give the C source code an ALGOL 68 flavor."

Here's the original source tree, if you're interested: https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V7/usr/src/cmd...
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Wow, thanks! OneTab has changed my life and also saved me about 1gb of memory.
Trivial inconveniences are huge. For years, I could not get myself to floss. I had no problem with the brushing habit. So then I tried using those floss-picks instead of the reel. Bam, flossing rate went from about once a month to every other day.
And it’s possibly complicated by the fact that many podcasts don’t even carry advertising but are clearly content marketing for businesses. Mind you for SEO and other reasons, transcripts are often a good idea but probably the vast majority of even quasi-pro podcasts don’t do them.
This deserves attention as a well-made, easy-to-use and productivity-increasing little tool. Really cool.
Another aspect I didn't see mentioned was that, at least in my experience, one can put too much effort into solving a problem. Then one ends up with a nice bespoke solution, but once it's been used for a bit, the requirements change and the solution might end up being a poor fit.

Very often in my experience this is because the client doesn't have a perfect handle on what exactly it is they want, which is only natural when venturing into the unknown. So they end up spec'ing a solution that doesn't exactly match the ideal work flow.

These days at work, when the client wants some new custom feature, we try to figure out if we can get something good enough by making small adjustments to existing features.

Then, when the inevitable changes come, we're in a much better position to determine the true requirements if we decide to go for a bespoke solution.

This does however require that the code is malleable, so I write with that in mind.
relatively speaking, 119 patients for this type of research is a rather large N.
> Meme's are free advertising for the rights holder.

Unfortunately, artists can't make a living from free advertising.

Anyway, the "Germany to ban memes" is just a spin on the story to generate clicks and outrage (similar to the EU copyright directive some time before). This legislation is about commercial use of images. The 128x128 pixels is what the law would consider a "thumbnail" image that can be used without explicit license from the copyright holder.

Perhaps a more correct headline would be "Germany to unban memes smaller than 128x128 pixels".
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> Seriously, who cares about a warranty on a $6 thing?

Just because you do not care doesn't mean it should apply to everyone.

My parents would definitely use a warranty on a $6 thing if it had one because they do not spend blindly all their money on one-time items that cost $6 each. Sorry but I have to disagree with your reasoning.
It seems that right now it's considered beta, so all accounts are free trials.

I can't tell where "Roam Research" is based, or if it's even an actual company or just some developers using the name. There's no terms of service beyond their privacy policy, which doesn't list what jurisdiction they claim to be under.

I definitely wouldn't risk using the service based on the lack of information they provide.
That progress is happening and I see it every day around the academic labs I work at. There are improvements in manufacturing larger sheets, it is used as an important step of various nanofabrication protocols, and it inspired a whole family of more interesting 2D materials.

I suspect the hype died for the same reason it happens with any important new discovery - it is overhyped in the beginning by excited scientist because they love what they are working on, then mostly silently the work continues for decades, and then people just do not notice when it is part of the everyday tech we use.
It's nice to see the work from Type Systems as Macros (also Stephen Chang of NU) continued! Thanks for sharing.

http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/stchang/pubs/ckg-popl2017.pdf
Ask HN: Am I missing out on something by not taking notes of my daily life?
I typically organize my structured thoughts into my favorite text editor (vim) in markdown, which gets synced to the cloud. I can search these notes, tag them, and read rich previews.

When it comes to sharing those thoughts, I'll post a gist or toss it into a Notion file.

My tasks live in Trello.

Is there any real benefit to something like Evernote? The only thing I can think of is sharing with others.
It's still not, as of the time of this comment.
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Ask HN: Does anyone keep a programming journal? If so what do you use? Phone/tablet app? Paper journal?
I was thinking about starting a programming journal to keep track of things I find confusing or want to learn. Then each week/month/year review what I have learned/now understand and what things I still need to work on.
Turkish does seem to have some kind of problem with the landing phase in general:

* THY A333 at Port Harcourt on Dec 31st 2019, runway excursion, tyre damage

* THY B738 at Odessa on Nov 21st 2019, runway excursion and nose gear collapse on landing

* THY B738 at Lviv on Jan 6th 2019, runway excursion during backtrack

* THY A321 at Bucharest on Jun 22nd 2017, overran runway on landing

* THY B738 at Pristina on May 2nd 2016, runway excursion on landing

* THY A319 at Sochi on Sep 28th 2016, ATC prevented controlled flight into terrain

* THY B738 at Nice on Aug 27th 2016, went through extended centerline and descended below safe height

* THY A321 at Tbilisi on May 5th 2016, hard landing

* THY A343 at Antananarivo on Jan 9th 2016, touched down short of runway

* THY A333 at Kathmandu on Mar 4th 2015, runway excursion and nose gear collapse

* THY A320 at Istanbul on Apr 25th 2015, hard landing, go-around, engine problem, gear problem, gear collapse, runway excursion

I could go on...
I'd like to submit an another interesting motivational tactic along these lines: The Christian/Catholic practice of Lent.

I've observed many friends who practice Lent make major life changes that are hard to make at any one time (going vegan, quitting smoking, etc.) because of how major they are. Lent helps because the change is "only for Lent", but I observe that many people carry those changes on indefinitely.

Lent helped them trick themselves into taking on a major lifestyle alteration alongside a major support network of many other people doing the same thing. But once you've built a habit for a month, what's one more month? I think there's a lot of value in this tradition done well.
The EU is a nightmare of over regulation. No wonder the U.K. is leaving. They can’t just leave people well enough alone.

Imgur has recently started displaying a GDPR cookie notice modal over the entire page on their image only URLs. I feel like I can’t escape the EU’s ruination of the Internet and I have never stepped foot in the bloc.
And that example has nothing to do with misrepresentation or mistelling. Unless the podcast is specifically about slavery, I see no reason why the podcaster should be expected to mention slavery in reference to Jamestown.

I'm taking issue with that specific example, but if podcasts are rife with inaccuracies and misrepresentations it's odd that the writer felt the need to include that example, which does not support their point.
Why are you focusing on the technical dissimilarities instead of the poor design based on one sensor and "blame the pilot" similarities?
There is a tension between the language (grammar) used to describe a language and the algorithm that is used to parse the language. In practice, a Pratt Parser (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_parser) is often a good choice since it has the simplicity of a recursive descent parser but avoids the recursive plunge for objects like expressions.
there's a bizarre trend in Germany in the last few months for legistlating completely unneccesary things. This is a great example.

Additionally today they announced that while profits on stock trading (specifically derivatives) can be taxed fully, losses can only be accounted for upto 10.000€

Berlin is trying to freeze rents for the next 5 years and make it possible to retroactively lower rents to the level of 2013.

This kids, is what it looks like when a government is too scared to solve bigger structural challenges (digitization of the beauraucracy, switch to electromobility, better competitive environment for startups, questionable pension system, unneccesarily high taxes that keep leading to surpluses, I could go on) - and instead keep themselves occupied with non-issues that are PR heavy. Schade.
Software and UI suffer the same problems as fashion.

Younger people see existing solutions as OLD and gravitate towards HOT new solutions. This creates change for change sake, at the cost of efficiency and usability.

Consumers do not like change unless it brings new functionality or improves usability.

As an older programmer and ops I see the trends and cringe at the loss of efficiency. Software running on resources that dwarf what we had in the 90s is giving a worse perceived performance.
One thing unaccounted for in the comparison is the type of housing that each respective city affords. Housing costs may be similar (Houston is still less compared to NYC in the article), but Houstonians are certainly getting much more space, both inside and out of their home, than NYC residents. This matters when it comes to things like larger families. Spending time on the road is definitely a huge pain in Houston, but in the end where you live doesn't just come down to a numerical comparison.

You pick your priorities.
I wonder if it was proposed by a Neal Stephenson fan (DODO)?
This is just a consequence of the copyright reform by the EU that passed. Remember article 11 and 13? (15 and 17 when passed.) This is it. The EU can't make laws themselves: it gets the national governments to make the laws and this is the one for Germany.
> the city is so damn big it would be cost prohibitive to build a rail system.

But yet there is endless money for roads and parking lots as if they are free or cheap. I'm so sick of people acting like there is no money for public transit.

In my hometown of San Diego they are spending close to a billion dollars adding a single lane to a freeway.

Also, public transit is not the same thing as rail. Public bus systems work amazingly well in other parts of the world. But in America they are stigmatized (as being for poor people) to the point that they aren't even mentioned as public transit options.
In general people have way more capacity than they believe. Our worlds are built around immediate, short term gratification. I find that doing something everyday that's uncomfortable helps me stay out of the short term gratification trap. Getting up early when the alarm goes off, exercising, intermittent fasting, BJJ, are all things that at times are hard and uncomfortable, but they are a constant reminder of the capacity that we as humans have to excel.
Boeing's cost-cutting design and their culture of covering their own ass and blaming the pilot seem particularly relevant and relatable.
This is false, and is an (unfortunately) common misunderstanding about tax brackets generally.

You pay 0% up to $40K, and the 15% starts applying only to income greater than $40K. You absolutely do not pay 15% on the whole thing.

You can verify on the IRS worksheet itself line 11 "This amount is taxed at 0%":

https://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/capital_ga...

Here's a blog entry describing:

"Notably, because the 0% long-term capital gains rate only applies until crossing the threshold of... taxable income..., the reality is that the opportunity for 0% capital gains is inherently limited – as with other low tax brackets, it only applies until there’s enough income to cross out of that bracket, and any additional income falls in the next higher bracket."

https://www.kitces.com/blog/understanding-the-mechanics-of-t...
What about a simple console app that consumes an sdk you develop alongside the API?
The problem is not that counterfeiting is not being reported to law enforcement. The problem is that Amazon is doing far too little to allow them to enter Amazon's marketplace in the first place.

Amazon is making it far too easy for fraudsters to sell their crap, and (from what I hear) repeatedly: products removed because of counterfeit issues get re-added the next day under some other (or new) product code, or seller ID.

I work in the banking industry. It's not very unusual to discover that a client might be doing something that is suspicious enough to notify law enforcement of it (these notices are mandatory).

But that's the last line of defense. You're supposed to attempt to prevent these situations from happening in the first place, hence there are strict AML/KYC procedures.

If a bank were to open a new account for a client they had banned in the past for other reasons, financial supervisory authorities would bring down the hammer on them so fast and so hard, they'd regret it a thousand times more than whatever business they expected to make with that client.

Amazon's claim that they can't do more against counterfeits than they are already doing now is bullshit. There's an entire industry with decades of experience in that matter that they could turn to. But why would they.
Why? Walking is good exercise and the public transit will take you almost anywhere, plus the gender ratios are nice. It’s only bad if you use a car.

Personally I absolutely hate cars, they’re expensive, unreliable, complex, and ridiculously dangerous. Cars are the largest killers of young healthy people in the US behind drugs.
they don't have the engine and maneuverability to reach that speed. if they had, you'd have to have the same kind of logistic and complexity as a fighter craft, negating most of the above points about drones.

missiles don't have the same restrictions because they don't have to have anything in the way of performance as loiter time or target search system or payloads.

what you're thinking of are Anti Radiation missiles such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-27_(air-to-air_missile)

but that ties with the point being made originally, you have to sacrifice payload, or go bigger to have more payload options, or go sideway and have air superiority drones sweep the area before, and it all ties into the "this stuff hasn't been tested in symmetric warfare so who knows" argument.
The functionality of the competition isn't much better (google notwithstanding, hypothetically)
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I think this submission is great. Not necessarily because of the script itself, but because of the openness and confidence of sharing it in a public forum.

In this public forum, we all have some degree of visibility and an association with our professional selves. It is an easy movement to provide a competing viewpoint on the value of a new script. Many of us have highly integrated systems that can provide the same result in a line or two of very terse configuration, often with the requirement of much hidden tooling. Others simply will have feelings about specific implementations, or languages.

So I want to just thank you for being brave and sharing this with us, because seeing how someone else is doing it is one of the fastest ways to learn, to remember, and to grow. I did look at your script and I think it's quite obvious you put yourself into the script, and that it was written out of a passion for technology as it was of a need. Kudos.
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>In fact, they could open a network of Google hospitals, and run their own software on them, or buy a big chain. Much like Amazon got WholeFoods,

I'm a fan of Google, but what's with people thinking Silicon Valley companies can easily "get into" everything? What business is Google in that leads you to believe they could run hospitals? They couldn't even design a decent social network, which is their wheelhouse. At least Amazon was selling groceries before they bought Whole Foods.
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A reminder that Joel Spolky's essay being cited is about people rewriting ugly code that already works.

That nuance is important because successful companies do invest in rewrites when there's an architecture change because it's the cleanest most economical way to do it. My previous comment of Microsoft examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19245653

Another example is Google rewriting their early web crawlers of Python/Java into C++ to make them more efficiently scalable to thousands of machines. They also rewrote the frontend web server from C++ to Java.

But some rewrites also failed such as Evernote's rewrite to C#/WPF.

I think for the topic of "rewrites bad/good", it's better to list a bunch of famous real-world case studies and extract the common criteria that makes rewrites successful.
Ask HN: Is it possible for uneducated person to join YCombinator?
I have been checking over 30 successful YC applications.
One thing I observed in all of them, that they are all coming almost from either Ivy league or top corporations.

I have a high school education from Egypt, and I never made my way to Ycombinator.

Could it be the reason that YC prefer folks from top schools or top enterprises over others?
I think "adaptation and derivative works" could apply even for simple format conversion like Markdown (what you authored) to HTML (what you see) or even image thumbnails of pages (?)
From what I understand this is the norm in the US. For another example, see credit reporting agencies. Control of critical infrastructure is given to private companies under the assumption that competition will make them do good. In practice, most competition goes away immediately and the maximization of profit destroys any remaining incentives to not be horrible for everyone involved.