skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A quick guide to remote work during Covid-19
Path Tracer Written in Go
Harsh words, but there is truth ingrained in them. I appreciate your willingness to address what otherwise might be seen as too abrasive or thorny to approach normally.
Fidelity offers banking services and doesn't have a banking charter but they aren't a "clown car," they are one of the largest financial institutions in the world.
Eric Weinstein calls this phenomenon "earns as an X, spends as a Y". Someone earns credibility in one domain and is suddenly qualified to spend it in any other domain.
Show HN: Shashin – a command-line based photo library management system
Rates of drowning in Europe[0][1] vary by more than an order of magnitude. I'd be curious about compulsory swimming lessons in schools, as is done here in Switzerland[2], and its correlation to the rate of drowning.

[0] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/D...

[1] http://78.136.22.110/europe/info/switzerland/switzerland-dro...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_lessons#Switzerland
Except tech folks are supposed to be more evidence-driven, and not prone to praising pointless fluff as wisdom. Worth mentioning at least, to warn the careless to not get sucked in?
this is so true! but we have ourselves to blame for it. these days i don't get mad at google search results anymore. i knew someone gamed the result in order to try to sell me something...

here's one the has started to puzzle me: TED talks have become the ground for people trying to sell you something. but it's different when what they are selling is hope, optimism, and encouraging words, right?

wrong!

at least to me. this feels wrong.
Nature is the ultimate super-human technology available to us for free. We only have to formulate the right questions, and the answer is often there, ready to be reverse-engineered.
This has been tried several times. First one I remember was the Motorola Atrix in 2011. Performance might be better now, but it would fail for the same reason they always do: most people don’t want a phone with a Linux desktop.
Do you think this is the sort of forum that should turn to posting celebrity biopics?

If you like, I could post some stories about the kind of clothes Mark Zuckerberg is wearing today.

Personally, I’d prefer to see interesting technical or related content and I’m disappointed that other people interested in technology upvoted an article about what a wealthy person thinks of Elizabeth Warren.
Indeed, SerenityOS has been using C++17 from the start, and will be using any helpful C++20 features as soon as they are available in compilers. We're already using templated lambdas in a couple of places :)
This dystopia is more about convenience. Losing freedoms for convenience. Nothing you can do but opt for the least convenient systems. And be looked on by others as backward.

Or ask for government to allow and prohibit such systems. But then you will have to give government the key. You will have to trust one entity.

People create things like cars. But they trust society to regulate those instruments. Don't blame the creator.
reddit appears to me to have a lot of crap with the few nuggets in the rough. subs like personalfinance seems to be on net helpful for people, but "cousin" subs like investing are cesspits of grifters and ill informed maniacs
Pwned Passwords Padding (Ft. Lava Lamps and Workers)
Google I/O 2020 Cancelled Amid Coronavirus Thread
Let me rephrase: it is at worst (or allegedly) copyright infringement.
Milliennials relish in not being able to do simple things that they took for granted because their parents did it for them. It's where bizarre neologisms like "adulting" come from. It drives clicks, that's for sure.
And what about in Kazakhstan? Primary source of energy is from coal. Should we let them freeze because they aren't as fortunate as you to live in the UK?
An O’Neil Cylinder is a few miles wide. Stainless steel can handle the rotation required to create earth like gravity. If we can practically produce graphemes instead you can go up to several thousand miles in diameter (McKendree Cylinders). 1 AU in diameter is something else entirely.
That's misleading. The way that this has worked for decades on Linux-based operating systems and on Unices is that one installs a local caching DNS proxy, choosing one of the many available: ISC's BIND, Bernstein's dnscache, unbound, dnsmasq, PowerDNS, MaraDNS, and so forth.

Every Unix system having a local caching DNS proxy was and is as much a norm as every Unix system having a local MTS. A quarter of a century ago, this would have been BIND and Sendmail. Things are more variable, now.

To illustrate that this was considered the norm, here is a random book from the 1990s. Smoot Carl-Mitchell's _Practical Internetworking with TCP/IP and UNIX_ says, quite unequivocally:

> You must run a DNS server if you have Internet connectivity. The most common UNIX DNS server is the Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (BIND), which is part of most UNIX systems.

People sometimes think that this is not the case nowadays, and the fact that a computer is a personal computer magically means that a Unix or Linux-based operating system should offload this task and not perform it locally. They are wrong, and that is DOS Think. Ironically, they don't even get to play the resource allocation card nowadays. The amount of memory and network bandwidth that needs to be devoted to caching proxy DNS service on a personal computer is dwarfed by the amounts nowadays consumed by WWW browsers and HTTP(S).

There's no similar argument for a node in a datacentre.

Ideally, not only should every machine have a (forwarding/resolving) caching proxy DNS server, every organization (or LAN, or even machine) should have a local root content DNS server. A lot of (quite valid) DNS lookups stop at the root with fixed or negative answers. Stopping that from leaving the site/LAN/machine is beneficial.

Ironically, putting a forwarding caching proxy DNS service on the local end of any congested, slow, expensive, or otherwise limited link is advice that I and others have been handing out for over 20 years. It's exactly what one should be doing with things like Amazon's non-local proxy DNS server limited to 1024 packets/second/interface.

* http://jdebp.uk./FGA/dns-server-roles.html#ChoosingProxy

So the question is not whether there a local DNS cache mechanism exists. It's whether it's set up by the company dishing out the VMs, and if not why not. Amazon provides instructions on how to add dnsmasq, and clearly labels this as how to reduce DNS outages. So it's not even the case that Amazon is wrongly discouraging having local caching proxy DNS servers.

* https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/dns-r...
Same here, im very disappointed those features are not there. Mixer running, move the mixer part up, no problem.
Auto-fetch OTP without SMS read permission in Android App
Yeah, indeed, I'd wonder what'd happen if you asked i.e. oneplus to make a version of a model very open and start hacking away. Perhaps you can even convince them there is a market or that it is worth the experiment. Or would they fear Google?
The Battle of C# to JSON Serializers in .NET Core 3
There are reasons for enameled cast iron. It's not advisable to cook acidic ingredients, such as tomatoes, in raw cast iron, for example.

But if you're not doing a tomato sauce or tomatoey braise, then I can understand shooting for a less expensive but otherwise just-as-useful plain cast iron.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is 42
/opinion
Since I follow paulg on twitter I don't have to read the article to know where this is going. On twitter paulg is a "capitalist idealogue" (a term someone else used to describe him which I thought fit very well). and that comes with all sorts of controversial points of view.

The most entertaining/snarky way I can describe it is he is a try hard auditioning for the role of Peter Thiel's best friend.

It's a little disappointing considering the regard I held for him for so long. I try to separate the essays from the twitter account.
Is there still water in their lungs? Why doesn't it get coughed out once they are out of the water?
No one would be confused by the meaning of Tuesday night as night is defined by the sun and if it is paired with the word Tuesday then you automatically know what they are talking about.

There could be some confusion if you are talking with people far away, but that already exists. The sort of confusion that would come up would just be slightly different.
I eventually upgraded to a used Hobart would not trade it for the world. I make a lot of bread so it was worth it for my household, it was only about $100 more than a top of the line KitchenAid.
I didn't think of that. So if it's so difficult to prove and we'll all be paying the tax anyway, then logically we should all practice tax evasion, right?!
eg. for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 there are two variants "nikel (Mediatek) has 6 speaker holes on each side, while mido (Qualcomm Snapdragon) has 5. Mediatek also has screws on each side of the micro-USB port."
You get quickly muted on SO if most of your answers aren't upvoted.

Make it actually kinda frustrating to start helping over there. You basically can't answer a beginner question, because they probably have a new account and can't vote yet, so your (possibly good) answer gets 0 likes... Do that a few times and you get banned from answering.
Yes, the floating hidden window always pops up on whatever workspace I am currently working on.

I thought about automatically hiding it, when switching to another workspace, but have not yet come around doing this.

I use a simple script to start emacs in case I accidentally close it:

i3-msg 'exec emacs -name emacs-server'
i3-msg \[instance=\"emacs-server\"\] move scratchpad;
i3-msg \[instance=\"emacs-server\"\] floating enable;
sleep 1
i3-msg \[instance=\"emacs-server\"\] scratchpad show;
i3-msg \[instance=\"emacs-server\"\] move position 450px 0px;
i3-msg \[instance=\"emacs-server\"\] resize set 950 100 ppt
i3-msg \[instance=\"emacs-server\"\] scratchpad show;

The i3 config portion additionally has the key binding:

bindsym $mod+less [instance="emacs-server"] scratchpad show
/r/personalfinance ignore the subreddit and read the sidebar
Seven Day SaaS Challenge
80% of the stuff on /r/securityanalysis is actually top notch. Reddit is a combination of dumpster fires and brilliance.
This is brilliant and one of those things that should be in all schools etc as it is an education in observation awareness that holds well in many walks of life.

I speak as somebody who trained to be a lifeguard in the UK - taking the bronze medallion #1 and whilst in intensive and in depth (having to know the four chambers of the heart as well as full CPR...) course with lots of practical exam parts, awareness that this gives you is something you can not learn from books and is hard to roleplay.

#1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Medallion_(United_Kingd...
Big companies lost interest in licensing many year ago. Few companies have interest manufacturing Nexuses for Google these days, and smaller companies would get no chances at all.

HTC was the last big OEM amicable to co-branding or white label terms. They tried to build an own brand, and failed miserably because they failed to perceive how marketing works in the West. Maybe they will get more agreeable again.
Italy closes all schools and universities due to coronavirus outbreak – ANSA
I dunno, I still think the legal industry is pretty ripe for some disruption.
Netherlands reporting in: swimming lessons are spread over three competency group, and as far as I know, nearly all primary schools take time in the curriculum to do at least the first two competency levels before the pupils turn 7 or 8.
It's also about serial number encoded parts. The computer will only accept licensed ones it recognizes. Apple plays the same shitty game to keep you from replacing easy components yourself.

Louis Rossman has testified to Congress on the matter.
Is there a specific piece of legislation to target? To get legal process need to have the people who’ve suffered damage be the claimants. I wonder if these farmers agree to arbitration instead of bringing a court case.
Also reported by the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-51734185?&ns_linkname=...
The enamel in my mother's Le Creuset pot is over 40 years old at this point and still a daily use. That's n=1, but I think it still applies over their product line.

I bought a pot thinking it was similar (it wasn't), the difference in food-stuff adhesion is … palatable.
I wonder how people would feel about machine-learning enhanced lifeguard system. Machines are sharp all the time.
What's What in messaging jargon
If IRS can't say when you paid enough tax, who can then?

Shall we ask all politicians just in case they gain power and implement their own vision of taxation someday? Or is it safer to just give all earned money to the state just so we can sleep at night?
Thanks for your answer. I posted my question to the open data stack exchange site[0]. If there isn't an existing dataset, maybe we can create one country by country.

[0] https://opendata.stackexchange.com/q/16182/1511
Viruses are not living things.
So... Do you feel that the establishment of the Roman Empire was "illegal" as it imposed taxes and Roman rule on previously independent territories? As far as the Romans were concerned, their actions were entirely lawful.

Or how about the American Revolution which was literally a conflict about taxes? As far as the British Crown was concerned, sending an expeditionary force was all about enforcing the rule of law among rebellious subjects. And if the British had won, we would now consider a short-lived Congress just a bunch of irresponsible rebels.

How about the Civil War? Slave owners have balked for a long time over Abolition violating their rights; yet, today nobody in their right mind would consider slavery as something that should to be legalized once again.

What's "legal" or "illegal" has little to do with "The Contract" and everything with who gets to define the rules.
Having been rejected 2 times by YC, could not agree more.

biz #1 is now series B at $120M valuation

biz #2 is now series A with $50M valuation

biz #3 is now seed with $15M valuation

I did not bother to apply with biz #3 to YC, probability-weighted, it was not worth the effort to me.
It's fun and nobody takes it as anything but fun, even when losing money.
That can be manipulated too, though.
Apparently lying about something and then admitted it (with no consequences) is a popular theme these days.
VPNs (2020): ExpressVPN, TunnelBear, Mullvad
While there are many machine learning-based drowning detection systems out there, I'm having a hard time finding solid information comparing their reaction time and accuracy rates to lifeguards. Does anyone have any solid research that they've found?

I don't want to replace lifeguards or increase their workload by spreading them thinner, but want to find out if we complement them together whether or not it would increase detection rates and lives saved. However, if the current state of the art performs abysmally compared to lifeguards, then I have doubt whether or not they can be combined for improved outcomes.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=machine...
Looks like this has already been done:
https://swimeye.com/
You're spot on, the visual risk assessment aspect plays a big part as does the whole environment filtering aspect.

Also helps that in this instance, most have rubber rings and if you see an empty rubber ring, that in itself would trigger concerns and focus.
You can't make a slow cooked tomato based sauce on unenameled cast. The acid in the sauce will eat away the seasoning.
You're talking about an ability, Iain Banks was talking about some unknown bit of physics, a field or somesuch.

From what do you posit this ability to "instantiate one specific abstract into a physical item" comes from, and why do you think only wetware can do it?

Reading it again, I think you might be talking about Qualia.
The iBackpack has it all: Kevlar, batteries, and a federal investigation
Apologies, I'll amend my previous comment.

>You haven't met many Europeans have you. Not all of them are Dutch, Scandinavian, urban youth, immigrants or throwawaybbb's great-grand-mother.
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> I canceled a honest to god subscription to a newspaper online because they decided that even if I was logged in it was necessary to subject me to dozens of 3rd party trackers.

I also have issues with this on a news site where I pay for. If I pay, please quit tracking me. It provides incentive to subscribe, and shows a honesty in the matter.
you can drown even if youre a strong swimmer. a cramp in your feet/abdomen can cause you to drown.
I don't understand you. If you wanted to specify that each case (theft;copyright) has its own law then you should say that the comparison is "wrong\mistaken". But you said "dishonest".

I took it as you trying to justify something. Like saying that one is not as bad as the other. So I answered that they all can be sued for damages and are the same morally (given law as a base).
An article that sums up the idea:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/design/a31114696...
They’re also twirling their whistle which helps a lot, I’m sure.
+1 to roaring bitmap. I've actually implemented a PoC in golang with roaring bitmap to keep IPv4 maps (unfortunately its closed-source, at least for now) and it seems to be quite efficient, both performance-wise and memory-wise, at least in the "millions of entries" range.
Well seasoned cast iron will hold up to tomato based recipes. I cook them quite a bit with no issue. I think the issue is with everything else that one needs to learn if they are just starting to cook, seasoning iron can seem like another complicated step but it's pretty easy, just oil them and thrown them in the oven, on the highest heat, until they oil is a dry veneer. Repeat about 5 times and then you only need to season your iron about every 6 months.
NMAP command line info gathering magic
Demystifying SSR, CSR, universal and static rendering with animations
https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
Italy closes all schools and universities for two weeks
You can, I do it all the time:

https://www.thekitchn.com/5-myths-of-cast-iron-cookware-2068...
An important lesson to learn in general is that television and movies depict very inaccurate representations of everything.
r/fatfire
I've found OpenAPI is very poor for more dynamic resource-based APIs where the mechanics of interactions between the resources is standard but the resources themselves differ, e.g. a JSONAPI API. Does anyone know of tooling that more accurately fits that use case? I have hand rolled (well, generated) JSON Schemas in the past and published those, but that felt unsatisfying and too ad hoc.
That's exactly my point. GCC's copyleft was only effective when there wasn't a viable permissive-licensed alternative.
It's an chrome extension that reads your google and outlook calendar, captures your screen and communicates with "cooperating" websites
I can only strongly confirm this: last summer, my 2.5 years old boy fell in a (private) swimming pool while playing around it. Of the 4 adults that were around the pool (less than 3 meters away), only one saw him and could get him back safely. We could not hear a single noise, no cries, no water splashes...

Although he was wearing those kids armbands, they were useless as they were keeping his head underwater (he fell head first).

The whole thing took less than 5 seconds, but it was really frightening in retrospect.

Do not break line of sight.
I'm sorry but what does your anecdote prove here? Reddit is a collection of thousands of subreddits, moderated by a wide range of people, your experience in the Kindle subreddit doesn't say anything about the micro culture of another subreddit. There are good and bad communities on Reddit, that is the beauty and the flaw of it at the same time: you have to find them.

Yeah, it is commmon practice for some subreddits, go find other communities. I've been part of very shitty ones 10 years ago when I didn't know how it worked, for years now I just tailor my usage for what I want, like and need.
Way to Clone Entities
The water (and chemicals) in the lungs irritate and damage the lungs, which causes inflammation, which causes fluids to build up in the lungs, which eventually causes suffocation.
"This application is optimised for Chrome, but the default browser is Edge. Please cut and paste the following link into Chrome." Literally read this today.
While the article is specifically looking at the effects of the transition to DST, it references the fact that there are adverse effects of time zones besides just the transition or the use of cars. Here is one of their references: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikhail_Borisenkov/publ...

Others have also attempted to estimate the amount of sleep of people in eastern vs western edges of time zones and they have found it to be some 20 minutes.
The issue is that these bad answers are frequently upvoted.
You know, candidate/preview releases have been available for some time, if you can't wait to test these new features:

https://jdk.java.net/14/
COVID19 testing guidelines (there are no guidelines)?
This is coming more out of a theoretical interest, but what are the advantages of Mumble over TeamSpeak 3?
> Because it's not a "country" asking for this. It's politicians.

Politicians are, more or less, democratically elected in the US. A country is just a huge net of social relations, and those social relations express power in electing a representative. A country isn't going to express any preference because it's collectively imagined, and the closest we're currently capable of expressing the preferences of those who are apart of this imagination is through democracy. These politicians don't just pop out of thin air.
Where's helio P24? https://www.mediatek.com/products/smartphones/helio-p
I agree with your general point but I think some of the assumptions you've made aren't quite accurate:

> They have also been staring at the same pool for hours and their brain is ignoring all the visual noise that is distracting you.

I'd suspect mental fatigue would counteract any benefits you'd get from increased filtering. Which, I assume, is why life guards are generally rotated regularly.

> They also have the benefit of stereo vision and sound.

Sound might not be of much help here because drowning is usually something that happens quietly (as the linked site also explains).
In case of lifeguards it's probably best to react even if you have doubts. Human life is at stake, better safe than sorry.