skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Based on the research I've done over the past year, the solution here is a few different features:

- Whitelisting, with the ability to request to join someone's whitelist, which sends a push notification within the app to the recipient.

- The ability to toggle filtering off and have it automatically resume

- Easy usage of PINs you can share with loved ones or groups.

- The ability to send via email call invites, where the recipient can only call you starting 5 minutes before and up until 5 minutes after the meeting time is over.

This is why I built CallStop, which is Superhuman for your phone number:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/callstop/id1455892856
Yes businesses care about the bottom line - but the only way they make money is by selling things that people want.

The government should be involved in regulating where there are negative externalities. Negative externalities are not - I don’t like having two cables.

Also politicians care about what the majority wants. As long as you’re part of that majority you’re fine. But if you aren’t - the last thing you want is more government power.

Businesses don’t have the ability to take away my property or liberty. The government does. Given a choice between the two, Id rather the government have less power.
> Fashion only cycles on equivalent choices. Some stuff are better or worse than the alternatives, so they stick either in use or out of it.

Even if that is true, there are potentially a lot of dimensions to consider in solving the problem of what is better or worse. Some of these dimensions, or where in that dimension what-is-better falls, take a long time to discover and are different for different problem spaces. Sometimes you think you've got it right only to learn that you were wrong much later.

But it isn't true. Fashion is by any indication only loosely concerned with utility and sometimes settles on downright masochistic flavors-of-the-day.
I don’t think anyone is saying they can’t purchase from someone other than Huawei. They’re saying that they aren’t purchasing from someone other than Huawei (at least for some proportion of the network which is, obviously, manufactured by Huawei).

Vendor lock-in is not the issue. If we get into conflict with China and it takes, say, 6 months to swap out all the now-compromised Huawei hardware (which is obviously insanely optimistic), that’s a problem. Wars have been won and lost with much less than 6 months of technological/infrastructural head start.
That’s one key feature, but another is the real-time approval UI. I’d love to have that for my other network devices like printers, video game consoles, etc.

If I had that I might even consider off-the-shelf “smart home” stuff but for now I just won’t buy any such hardware unless it’s 100% local with wires and/or 802.1X support, and even then I don’t really trust it.
> Netflix doesn’t seem to get that I’m not going to invest my time in a show that likely won’t get a second season, and if it doe almost certainly never a third.

Do you think that they don't get this, or that it's not true for most of their audience and thus not relevant? Ie, they don't need to cater to your specific individual preference unless it's shared relatively widely, and I'm not convinced that it is. A lot of people just watch TV to have something "good enough" on while they vegetate. Netflix has always fit that niche a lot more than it's fit the "deep connection with prestige show" niche.
Not just outdated values, but skewed. The idea that having kids is something that requires you to be a wage slave lacks imagination and perspective.

You can absolutely raise children without a high salaried position, big house and tons of plastic junk. People do it all the time.

In this case the author is in an even better position - he has savings, a house, a growing business, and has managed to get his expenses down to the point where he's breaking even. That's great! Why would anyone think this lifestyle would make him ineligible for parenthood?

Some would say kids would benefit more from a parent with this lifestyle (happy, living with purpose, knows how to budget, flexible work situation that lets them be around more often) than the big house and toys that the average American developer's job gets you.
Nitpick: Plenty of people gripe about CL. By giving away classified ads, CL killed a huge cash cow for many newspapers.
This is why I hate buying clothing/accessories that have a logo on it. Not because I don't want to have a logo showing, but because I feel like I'm paying so I can have that logo.

The nice thing about men's fashion is that there seem to be more staples that are timeless than there are in women's fashion. There are wide swings in women's fashion, but if I buy right, I can get away wearing something for years and it isn't dated.
Funny. I can't stand most of the stuff on HBO. I had it for a few months to watch GoT, but I couldn't find anything else I wanted to watch. Although recently Watchmen was really good.

I love a ton of stuff from Netflix: Ozark, Unbelievable, Witcher, Lost In Space, Altered Carbon, and a lot more stuff I can't think of at the moment.
Idk if it forces someone to take a break. If I get forced into a long compile. Maybe even 30 seconds I might pull out my phone and 5 minutes later.. Oh its done..
yeah this sounds more like it would be a T&C clause
I don’t thank anyone anywhere disagrees that now is the time for UK and US to work on trade. You could be the most strict “remainer” there is and have to accept this - regardless of 5G.
Defining a variable before use makes a language context sensitive. So does e.g. typedef in C - is (a)*b multiplying a by b or typecasting what b points to? Depends on the types.

We usually semantically patch that at the right stage through the lexer or the AST so things still work in a CF setting, but almost no modern language is CF.
But the UK is part of the 5 eyes, it makes more sense to use US backdoors than Chinese backdoors, despite both being undesirable to say the least.
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I’d like to believe this vision of superpowers working together for the betterment of humanity. But I feel like the moment anyone gets a slight advantage they leverage that to squeeze everyone else - economically, technologically, fiscally, geopolitically, you name it.
>How to solve this? Limit political spending to natural persons, and limit their contributions.

I think this would prove to be exceedingly difficult in practice. In fact, this kind of is the system we live under, and it doesn't work.

Sure, you could argue for changes in the amounts, and who can donate to what, but consider this: I believe Obama's biggest corporate donor in 2008 was Goldman Sachs, and the value of their contribution was on the order of $1,000,000 (correct me if I'm wrong). Considering the funds that Goldman Sachs has access to, and the cost of a Presidential campaign, this is a pittance.

Clearly there are other forces at work here. You can fiddle with the numbers, but I don't know how you set up a system that doesn't reward "cheaters" or the already wealthy (ie received their "contributions" in advance). Which is where we're at.
Let me know how it goes if you do try it
I tried to install TrioMode for the bandwidth-monitoring features until I realized it actually needs to run in the kernel, which is too much of security trade off for me to accept.
MoonScript reminds me of CoffeeScript in this regard. Lua and JS are both prototypical languages, which is a feature, not a bug. Putting some `class` syntactic sugar around it helps initially, but also causes confusion when it doesn't act like a traditional OOP class.
> A VP of content should be focused on the quality of shows

The sole purpose of Netflix is to make money. That’s all it’s there for. So that the owners (which includes thousands of normal working class employees) can buy food for their families.

Everyone should be focused on that goal, surely?
This is only true if you naively believe that being compromised by the US carries even remotely similar risk to being compromised by the CCP.

One key difference: China is an adversary to the US and UK. The US is not an adversary to the UK. This strategic relativism is tired and indefensible in any version of reality.
I think you should rework your pricing model.
Capitalism Broke Young Adulthood
Thanks for naming Grof - I’ve read many books of him and had some holotropic breathworks. Really interesting stuff.
They know exactly who's watching what. Those shows were just not hits.
Off topic, but just curious, what makes you choose mpv over VLC?
"The US is not an adversary to the ...UK."

Not generally, but there are cases where they are. Ask Assange, for example. Surely the UK has information they would rather not share with the US in some cases.
I’m not sure why any popular YouTuber would go to Netflix. I doubt it could ever make financial sense. The distribution must be so much lower on Netflix. I would be worried if any of my favorite YouTubers went to Netflix because I would be afraid that’s where their content would go to die. Netflix discovery is absolutely terrible.
As a music student, I was always amazed at the irony of Schoenberg's thesis about the "Liberation of the Dissonance", when 12 tone Equal Temperament is an arbitrary intonation system that limits the actual potential for freedom when creating harmony.

Ben Johnston, an American composer who studied with Harry Partch, used extended Just Intonation, which is a system of unlimited harmonic capabilities, for several serialist pieces [1][2]. I feel like he was able to achieve striking dissonance unlike anything capable within the confines of Equal Temperament.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ujeXlFP7p0

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5HIPRuYdjA&list=OLAK5uy_mn3...
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One downside to moissanite: I bought some earrings that I thought were nice looking and affordable. My wife doesn’t wear them very often and instead wears real diamond earrings that were the same price because the moissanite is too big.
Dear Keybase, can you compete with Auth0?
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I'd also like to mention that MIDI 1.0 runs on a 31250 baud/s com link. This requires a balance between precision and throughput.

The bandwidth gets pretty tight with CC messages interleaved with clock and SYSEX (sample dumps, patch/pattern updates), that in a DIY sequencer, we have to do pendulum SYSEX updates to avoid disrupting the timing.

Care to elaborate the DX7 sysex?
Most newer manufacturers have a long ID so the header already goes like F0 00 20 3C 02 00 ...... F7
This shift is largely due to the cost of human capital. If automation advances exponentially like many believe it will, should we expect much of this manufacturing to move back to the US? At that point, shipping would probably be the largest variable cost in getting goods to market.
> I’m not sure why any popular YouTuber would go to Netflix.

Making more money than an ad-based monetization model can provide?
In my experience, re2c is an improvement on lex/flex in most ways, but I agree - flex is indeed nicer than hand-rolled in every way (except if you are Arthur Whitney - his hand rolled lexers are a marvel)
The housing crisis is moving into the heartland
There are a few companies selling all of that in a single package as a SaaS boilerplate application:

If you like PHP - https://spark.laravel.com/

If you like Ruby on Rails - https://bullettrain.co/, https://www.getsjabloon.com/, https://railskits.com/

If you like NodeJS - https://usegravity.app/

If you like ASP.NET - https://aspnetzero.com/

If you like Python/Django - https://djaodjin.com/

I can't specifically recommend any of them, as I never used, but I used another one built with Rails+EmberJS that was worth the money (I am not sure if it's still supported these days, but here it is https://www.maxiomapps.com/apps/application-starter-kit/).

If you want to build a SaaS web app for problems that don't require cutting edge technology to be solved (aka most of them), I think buying one of those is a no-brainer in terms of cost/benefit.
AFAIK every user with a supported wallet received it, the airdrops started way before Keybase supported XLM. See earlier blog articles:
https://www.stellar.org/blog/bitcoin-claim-lumens-2/ and https://www.stellar.org/blog/bringing-lumens-to-millions/
I literally was that photographer before DSLRs got affordable. I love film and still own some extremely expensive film kit, but it is still a hassle. And when it’s not my job and real life kicks in, the fact remains that there used to be a digital workflow that “just works” for me, and Apple killed it.

Photos.app was a joke and Adobe was in the process of flushing their entire suite down the cloud, and shipping horrific bloatware for everything else. I probably should look into Lightroom but at the time it was just not an appealing option.

And the self-pity interpretation is off, but whatever. I guess we all like to be mad at the people we post at.
Show HN: CallStop – Superhuman for your phone number
Robocalls and unwanted calls are one of the biggest hassles these days. Over 50% of phone traffic is spam.

I'm the founder of CallStop: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/callstop/id1455892856

CallStop allows you to:

- Block 100% of robocalls on your current number, using your contacts as a whitelist

- Effortlessly email call invites to an any email (that can be joined in one tap, the PIN is embedded), where the recipient can only call you starting 5 minutes before the meeting start and up until 5 minutes after the meeting end

- Pause call filtering and have it automatically resume after a certain time

- Accept whitelist requests to join your whitelist, and receive notes from the callers prior to accepting

- Specify PINs you can give to loved ones or groups to reach you from unknown numbers.

- Get a second phone number with which you can give out in lieu of your primary.

CallStop is a productivity tool that lets you better manage your time and who can reach you.

If you're expecting a call from a business from an unknown number, or want to limit a salesperson from calling you more than once, CallStop is perfect for managing these interactions.
I'm not keen on defending the US, but as an European seeing these two countries equated doesn't make sense.

The US is a _liberal democracy_ and at least when it comes to Europe, they have been a valuable ally.

Saying that the US is just as bad as China, a comunist country that routinely violates human rights and keeps its people in the dark via censorship, I for one don't think it's a rational thought process.

And I'm speaking as a citizen of an ex comunist country in Eastern Europe. I know what censorship and living with fear of the state looks and feels like.

When the US infects the world with their ideology, what we get is freedom of speech, Hollywood and Coca Cola. I'm horrified however of a world in which China's policies are normalized and their values exported.

And before you say anything, think about how we wouldn't be able to have this conversation in China without fearing reprisals against yourself or your family.
Singapore claims Developing Country status in the WTO [1], so it's not entirely inaccurate.

[1] https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-sup...
Right? I've had Netflix for nearly 10 years. Not once have I not found new, interesting stuff to watch.
Then hire new people, or outsource. The B product may take a hit, but better than killing it.
You’re inferring something that isn’t true. The EU is not “good” or “bad” it just “is”.

They do good things and bad things, however there’s a very clear delineation between pre-2004 and post-2004. It is very clear that even if it is not a direct cause then it is at least a large push.

USB as a a standard existed for sure, but rarely if ever used on phones. (The only phone I can think of is the RAZR and that was actually a huge selling point)

I remember hearing about the directive when I had a new Sony w300i (which is a phone that came out in 2006!)

I’ll let you tell me what charger it uses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_W300i?wprov=sfti...
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I feel the world is splitting in two:

One half watching YouTube at 1.5 speed and skipping the first Wadsworth constant minutes of it, reading Wikipedia and looking for more ways to get directly at the essence of things.

The other half who wants to pay a fixed monthly price for somebody (Netflix today) to keep them "entertained" for hours while filling up their non-working hours.
Japan still has components if I'm not mistaken, LEDs especially.
Not tactically aligned 100% of the time != an adversary.

To act otherwise - or to act like China ought to enjoy a similar relationship - is downright dangerous in the face of escalating geopolitical tensions.
1. I don't believe a show is defined by its widespread popularity. I don't think someone on the content side should believe that either. TV and movies are forms of art, and good art is good art. If Netflix doesn't value that, it deserves to lose every bit of market share it's about to over the next decade.

2. We don't actually know how the popularity looks because we don't have the numbers. Even with the numbers, show popularity is a function of marketing and time allowed to grow, which is exactly what the article highlights.
People care more about Facebook's dealings than anything Google does despite being more evil.
Hmmmm,

I'm not a physicist but I've long suspected that Jupiter has a metallic hydrogen core.
EvolutionX for Xiaomi MI9T Pro / Redmi K20 Pro
Plus there is likely a fair number of chinese nationals employed by all their competitors. All it takes is one line of code.
We humans can do anything even fix the climate change do they take the responsibility ?
The wisest man I met in my life was a 65 year old cab driver in Washington DC who was about to retire with $3m in the bank. He saved 10% of his income from the day he started working and didn't buy lattes or sports cars.

Yes, you most definitely can get rich by not drinking lattes. This article is a disservice.

Maybe for the author of this article, a $6 latte is "within his means". For most of the world, it's not because they're not saving 10% of every paycheck, so they should minimize discretionary spending until they do.
[-ve](Carbon Footprint) + [+ve](Personal Handprint) = [+ve](Positive Impact)
Yep, that approach works best. I think microservices can still be introduced for things that are quite separate and don't require internal communication (the biggest thing that people underestimate when going with micro services is that communication between services is not an easy problem) between components. Although not every business will have such situations.
I am currently a big fan of the hexagonal architecture which is pretty close to what you describe as far as layering.

https://blog.octo.com/en/hexagonal-architecture-three-princi...

https://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2012/08/13/the-clean-a...

I also advocate for packaging by feature rather than layer (each feature defines its layers)

https://hackernoon.com/package-by-features-not-layers-2d076d...
Stanford's free course on higher mathematical thinking is about to start soon
Hi dessant,

Really appreciate you, we will follow up the things you mentioned.

Thank you again. :)
The CIA’s Infamous, Unsolved Cryptographic Puzzle Gets a ‘Final Clue’
Yes, it does; and no, they don't.
I think that’s a pretty appropriate use case for the word “want.”
For those wondering, as I did, who’s behind this terrible report:

> The background check company is Sterling Talent Solutions, and it looks like they contracted with Fama Technologies for this part of the report.
Alien Nations: Why Life on Other Planets Will Resemble Ours
I've always felt that as a general rule across all platforms, downvotes should be required to come with a hand typed, not selected from a drop-down, comment of at least 50 characters. Sure, I could just hold down 'r' and be done with it, but I feel like the mods could easily clean that up.
Spending scolds don't just come out and tell people to not buy new cars or lattes. It's almost always in response to a complaint by someone that they are having trouble making ends meet. The advice is spurned because they aren't atually trying to solve a near-term budgeting problem, they really are just expressing jealousy of richer people, and in particular jealousy of their richer lifestyle. As such, any advice suggesting they adjust down their own lifestyle (which is easier than trying to earn more, as it is more fully under your own control) is to them offensive and is going in the wrong direction. I take this from two data points in my personal dealings, which is a small dataset, but considering I've never had anybody actually need and use budgeting advice I suspect it's broadly true.

TO ADD: I'm not saying nobody has a budgeting problem, I'm saying that those who don't take seriously the advice to curtail spending probably have more of a jealousy problem than a budgeting problem.
I'd like to speak in support of Schoenberg's (only) piano concerto as a genuinely enjoyable piece of music to listen to.

Although strictly atonal using a tone-row method, it uses quite traditional phrasings that are fairly easy to latch on to mentally, resulting in something quite sympathetic, almost hummable, only one step ahead of your mind, and it's a light step. Nothing portentous or self-regarding about it.

There's an excellent recording of it played by Mitsuko Uchida, with Boulez conducting the Cleveland orchestra.
I'm torn between "My god, this is a dystopian nightmare" and "Well, you did all that in public, in print, with your real name attached, what did you expect?".

Maybe both things are right.

Edit: Since, looking at the downvotes, this seems to be controversial, let me clarify that I'm not blaming the victim, I'm questioning whether it's a good general policy to give everyone, including various bad actors, a vast database of information about you, carefully indexed and attached to your real name, that they can then use against you.
Really makes you think. That's when civilization started, that's when humanity reached the peak of human glory from there on we only live in the shadow of what once there was.
A classic case of the 4 horsemen of the infocolypse [1] invoked to threaten digital liberties.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp...
> Upstart in an appliance

> single cronjob that starts a big supervisord

/me screams

Seriously, why? All of those you're listing are monsters, and they should never have existed in the first place.
No, it isn't. Both are essentially workable to do the same bloody thing, and just mean the same outcome can be achieved with the minor inconvenience of an additional layer of indirection.

Geolocation information shouldn't be considered a desirable dataasset to hold onto as a monetizable asset at all at the level of granularity that enables individual resolution.
Kinda this, it all nice those spoken words about a fair world etc. But the actions of those great powers show a different reality.
Perfect is the enemy of good. And we don’t know what work they’re doing on the engineering side.

What if it turns out they detected this code was run by other people and responsible for 50% of the unauthorized access? Just because it doesn’t entirely solve the problem, does not mean they shouldn’t pursue all partial tactics.
The road to riches is this simple: Drive a crappy car (2019)
I'm the opposit. What can be so detailed that it needs more than a 90 mins film?

Some super complicated thing where every detail count and that lasted several decades in real life? Ok, make it one season, and let say 5 or 6 episodes max.

What in the world could be so intersting that it needs to be several season? By the time you're done you could have done a PhD and know absolutely everything about a particular subject!