skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Health care is not a commodity. Different services are not interchangeable, and for anything more specialized than basic care, there may only be one provider within a reasonable distance of you that can offer it at all, let alone at an acceptable level of quality.

In what way is it not a commodity? Does the medical practice in the next town over not have an X-ray machine or an operating room or whatever it is that you need? There are very few procedures that can only be done by one provider in the world.

Reasonable distance is also related to price. If the local provider is asking $10,000 then a $300 plane ticket to use a provider that charges a quarter of the price is completely reasonable. Which, if we had meaningful price transparency, would then prevent the local provider from charging $10,000 to begin with or else nearly everybody would know to buy the plane ticket and they would have no patients.

> Furthermore, at the point of sale, much of the time, the "customer" is neither in a condition nor a position to be shopping around. Sometimes, they're literally unconscious. And while some elective procedures and preventative visits can be scheduled and planned, emergency care is by definition not something you can plan ahead for to determine where you can get the best value for your money.

So have your city provide emergency rooms the same way they provide fire departments. What does that have to do with the majority of medical care which is not done on an emergency basis?

> It is impossible to have a truly free market for healthcare, because getting it is literally a matter of life and death for the patient in many cases, which means that by the economics of an unregulated market, the provider can charge them literally whatever they can afford to pay.

Being a matter of life and death doesn't break markets in any way. Markets operate through competition. It may be worth a million dollars to you to save your life, but if it only costs $200 then providers will be lining up to charge $250 and make $50.

Food is a matter of life and death too. Does that mean we should have socialized farming?

> So instead of trying to fight for a tiny baby step that will improve the system by 1%, let's fight the same people for single payer, a meaningful change that will improve the system by 1000x.

Because you can get a lot more than 1% improvement from things like price transparency or addressing existing constraints on the number of new doctors, which are easier to pass because for each one you only have to fight 10% of the incumbent apparatus instead of the whole thing aligned together.

Also because single payer doesn't actually solve problems by magic, so you still have to solve each of the individual problems anyway. If the FDA approval process continues to be very expensive and thereby causes drugs to only come to market when they're expected to be very profitable, how is single payer supposed to reduce drug prices without reducing the number of new drugs? How does it address the de facto limits on the number of new doctors? They're still independent problems.
A one man subsidization of local tv stations via ad buys!
I got mine as a gift and my 6 year old thought it was the coolest thing in the world. He begged me to let him use it. I immediately felt a since of dread, as the last thing I wanted was him using it to shoot his little sister and maybe get her in the eye. It's now hidden in the truck of my car. It's a neat gadget, but definitely not a toy.
Of course, once the Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse ride, nobody will shut the barn door and the rest of the herd will soon follow.
No matter what the intentions are on either side, this is still a user creating data inside the black box that is a web service/company/database and once you do that it's their data. They can shut you out at any moment for any reason, right or wrong. I try to avoid all of this where possible and if I have anything in the cloud I keep a backup of everything, say in the case of Fastmail or Gmail I use isync. Anything else that isn't critical I just accept that one day it might not be there. I know this isn't addressing anything in the article directly I just mean generally if people are going to be annoyed if a company has changed the goal posts in their domain then don't commit to using that service. Offline first!
This isn't all that new - I've lost the link to the press release, but this thing will also do 1Gbps+ at 1km: https://www.siversima.com/wp-content/uploads/product-brief-t...
Not recently. They had one briefly some years ago, but it is long gone.
It looks like it doesn't actually support changing the port currently, despite the documentation saying it is possible. I already use port 8080 so kind of stuck until I can use a different port.
Building tractors efficiently at scale is not an easy task and requires lots of investment and experience. John Deere has decades of experience in production, building supplier networks and dealer networks and making tractors reliable. This is very hard to build up quickly and very expensive.

Big hardware is much more difficult than for example software or small consumer devices.

That’s why we barely see any new car manufacturers either. Tesla may make it but it has taken them a very long time and very hard work.
Put more simply: if we assume the human mind to be material, and deterministic, then by definition it is possible to replicate it in a computer (at least one with infinite resources).

At the same time, contrary to the popular media narrative, today's "AI" is still lightyears away from that.
Ask HN: How to Take Advantage of a GeoDomain?
I own the GeoDomain of a popular tourist city. It is an exact match. The population is around 5 million.

How do I take advantage of this? How best to monetize this? Is the web even relevant in the age of smartphones.
Show HN: Project Management with // todo Comments for Developers
Hi HN,

My name is Patrick, the maker of tickgit.com, a tool to help developers do project management using TODOs (soon FIXMEs, HACKs, XXXs, etc) in their code comments.

The product is free for any public Github repo, and today I'm launching a $3/month paid plan for private repos.

TODO comments seem to hit a nerve on HN 2 months ago when I posted about the 3k+ in the linux source code (many from over a decade ago) and I'm really hopeful that I can build a tool that many developers will find useful in their day-to-day. There's a free and open-source command-line tool, which can be used on any local git repo (augmentable-dev/tickgit).

I would love to know how I can make this project useful for you and your team and have been humbled by positive responses so far. I have a lot in mind to improve tickgit, and hope to be rolling out the following soon:

- Support for more and custom phrases (FIXME, HACK, PERF, etc)

- Better searching and filtering in the web UI (show me TODOs I created, show me TODOs older than 1 year)

- Advanced comment parsing (extract markdown, ticket references, assignees, due dates, custom fields)

- Better CI integration and policy enforcement (disallow TODOs in master, ensure TODOs have a specific format, etc)

- More higher-level stats (TODOs per LOC, avg time to TODO removal/close, etc)

- Pricing for organizations/teams

- Gitlab/Bitbucket support?

- And more!

I hope you find this project interesting and really appreciate any feedback!

Thank you so much for your time and please feel free to reach out

Patrick
(all new paid signups will have a 3-day free trial)
Point taken, I don't find it to be that much trouble, but I have had my iron for years and received it from my grandmother most of which has been in use since at least the 1950's so it's about at seasoned as it can get. I just personally don't find the maintenance onerous.
You should not trust the claims made in that book.
https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/
I have one of these as well. I'll need to try kosher salt to see if that does a better job of killing wasps.
WordPress GPL License: Protect Your Plugin or Theme Business Against Trolls
The future is grim.
Barnes and Noble’s new plan is to act like an indie bookseller
A "nice visualization" is not necessarily just a "pretty"/"shiny" thing to show off to people. Human beings are highly visual creatures with outstanding visual pattern recognition abilities. Maybe you personally don't get anything out of them but the value of visualization is proven. Here are a few sources to get you started: https://www.csgsolutions.com/blog/15-statistics-prove-power-...
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> it's harder to know a child's being abused and not do anything about it.

So why is no one defunding the military? US bombings have maimed and killed more children than any trafficking ring. I guess it's easier to rattle off a bunch of justifications than admit a child's being blown to bits with your tax money.

Or, more locally, why is the 2nd amendment still a thing? I guess guns are more important than dead children. Indeed, it somehow end up that everything that helps those in power is more important than dead children, while anything that protects the marginalized can be discarded "for the children".
Does you being tagged in a photo make it your photo? Or do just want the metadata, that says "you were tagged in person x's photo number #2345345?
While I agree with you that universal healthcare should be "free", in most cases it's just "universal" healthcare and there is a marked difference between the two. Universal Healthcare only centralizes the insurance industry into a government managed program and determines cost by public committee rather than behind closed doors in boardrooms. That has been determined to reduce costs but not eliminate them. And the purpose is "access."

"Free Universal Healthcare" on the other hand focuses on delivering all healthcare at no cost for all common illnesses. To be clear, South Korea has Universal Healthcare and Bernie Sanders is proposing Free Universal Healthcare. But even Sanders' program would not guarantee that prescription drugs are free, they'll still be at maximum $200 per year per perscription. So, while I agree with you that it's "unethical and classist" to pick and choose who gets to live based on whether or not they can afford it, Universal Healthcare is not an end-all to this and is just part of the whole solution.

Also, to stay on topic, South Korea has the most consistently highest rated access to healthcare, but the issues presented in the movie Parasite still ring true for many Koreans.
But we're not doing 24/7 surveillance, and it does not follow that using this system will lead to that. It is good to stay vigilant for these things, but we should not allow people to be harmed today because of a worry that it might lead to something else that might be worse down the road.
Yeah, but drowning is way more common than the other ones. This is like saying, "Well, I am not going to wear my seat belt, since people also die from being struck by lightning"

Just because multiple things are possible doesn't mean they are equally probable.
That is the thesis of the NPR article. Personally, I think minimizing disease is more important than minimizing economic loss.
My brother has a Fidelity account and apparently even he was blocked from putting in orders online last Thursday, so I'm not sure they're immune either.
This remind me of famous:

> When the shoeshine boys talk stocks it was a great sell signal in 1929

https://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archiv...
The article has a few interesting points about community ties, but it's generally long on word games and short on substance.

The article equivocates between marriage as legal privileges, marriage as lifelong monogamous commitment, marriage as cultural ideal, and marriage as signaling mechanism about relationship seriousness.

Yes, this is par for the course for the "Case Against X" template -- shift seamlessly between different meanings of the word X, because the whole point is it's a polemic and not a careful argument. But it's still frustrating and sloppy thinking.
I can see how this would be more effective in some areas of my home than a fly swatter, where you can't wind up easily. Fly swatter work because their arc surprises flies (in my experience).

If you find it fun to use or repugnant that's a personal thing.

Flies are yucky pests that I don't want to have around.
Mr. Truman’s Degree (1956)
Unless using Windows XP was somehow making them less money or costing more billable hours, why would they switch to Windows 7 or 10? I wouldn't even think about switching until an EOL notice went out. If it ain't broke...
Running Istio In Production
I've been doing the exact same thing for quite some time now. Google is filled with so many garbage results. For most things I want to see short and sweet answers by real people.

Just yesterday I searched for "index funds vs etf reddit", as I'm really new to any sort of investing. The first reddit result on google has a simplified response that is to the point.

Now try searching google for "index funds vs etf" and the results are littered with investing sites and long lists of information, that is more than likely helpful, but much more verbose.
I’m not sure why the effort alone makes it worthy of use. The product needs to be judged on its functional merits, not based solely on what it costs and how much work was put into it.

I also disagree that it was a step up for spec made available by other vendors before. Apple’s original Human Interface Guidelines for the Macintosh (http://interface.free.fr/Archives/Apple_HIGuidelines.pdf ) was a paragon of usability. AFAICT nearly everything we’ve invented since has been a step back.

If anything, Material Design is a textbook example of “you get what you pay for.”
The problem is, virtually no VC is taking cold calls anymore (did they ever, really?). YC is great if you are early stage and need the money, networking and yes, validation. Their knowledge and experience are also very useful, but they already make it available to the public for free (which is amazing in itself).

If you can bootstrap a business without needing any of the above, that's really great and you should do it. But that depends greatly on the type of your business.
I am just glad I never uploaded a photo to social media and made sure nobody of my friends or family did.

A curfew would also save some children from being abducted or abused, that doesn't mean we implement that or install cameras everywhere.

There is a reason why they denied the use of large databases of normal citizens and there will probably be repercussions for that. The plead for the case of two missing children is dishonest. We could also install remote sensors in their jackets, but this is not a valid analysis about advantages and disadvantages of mass surveillance.

So I don't mind sitting on my high moral horse too much.

You would also kill for a cookie if you are hungry enough. That doesn't mean killing is "out of the bag".
Ah, the good old "For the good of our children" or "protect the children" mantra.

Every time the police state wants to grow and take more freedoms from you, it uses children as a prop.
Worth noting that Riot can be configured to use any jitsi instance, the default option is jitsi.riot.im which is hosted by New Vector on behalf of the Matrix.org Foundation.
You right, I should add that to the landing page :)

It's in the footer but... who looks at the footer? :p
It's more that a drowning person will grab anything, and if that thing is on your neck it will make the rescue more problematic than it already is.

(Which is also why the lifeguards here are told to approach from the side, less likely to be grabbed on the head that way.)
> Way simpler to do on Linux than M$ Windows.

Where, pray tell, do people who write the software for this "operating system" store their source code if not somewhere that is connected to the internet? Do they use punch cards?

> Which of those is ubiquitous enough to ensure availability of what you're looking for in that format?

Have not met someone who hates AppImage. flatpak is also rather ubiquitous. I use both every day.
Whilst it is now true that the YC model is now widespread, YC were the first.

They invented this model!

They were the first to realise that web-based startups didn't need a whole lot of capital and that the mentoring and guidance part was where the USP was for the investor in this sector.
Oh please; I see it all the time, including in my own family. "Right-wing talking points"? From what I can tell, it's frequently the Trump voters who this describes well.

Did you even read my post? I specifically noted this doesn't apply to poor people (the ones the right-wingers will claim are only poor because of bad choices), I'm addressing middle-class and up people.
Everyone that is fully against killing insects has likely never lived anywhere that has insects.
Again, flatpak, appimage, docker ... you can use one of these, don't have to use 15.
I'm pretty sure I ran into an MLM that does this. They said they do "network marketing" with "social media" and represent big brands like Nike. I met with someone a couple times, but didn't continue to their seminar or whatever because they wanted me to do more than I was willing to do (in this case, get my wife to read a book and bring her). My guess is that you get paid based on some combination of your number of posts and your connections' posts.

It would be interesting to get an idea of what percentage of posts are from marketers.
Thailand Supermarket Ditches Plastic Packaging for Banana Leaves (2019)
The constructor example is an interesting one. A Go constructor is just a function such as `func NewMyObject(someParam string) (*MyObject, error)`, it is possible and not that uncommon to return an error in addition to the instantiated object, for example if there is some check on the parameter (an example I have in mind is http.NewRequest https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#NewRequest).

How do people deal with constructor errors in the C++ world? I have never seen C++ code where the constructor call is wrapped in with an exception handler. I would guess that's done by creation an addition function "make_my_object"? But then what is its signature? Or is an exception handler used in that case?
There are several gaps in logic here but in my opinion the most remarkable assumption here is:

- the only way that alien life could be intelligent is if they exploit the resources of their solar system maximally.

Don't we have enough evidence yet that maximal exploitation of resources is a Very Bad Idea?
What Is Not Agile?
As long the capacitors have a width much larger than the distance between them, the energy stored is (if I recall correctly) linear. this is because the electric field is a constant vector field between the plates.

Once that is not true, you will transition to just separating two charged objects. Use Coulombs law to figure out the force. (Work energy is integral of force over distance).
Floating on your back is only possible for a subset of the population. There are plenty of people who simply sink when on their back, and must kick or more their arms constantly to stay afloat. FWIW
> This is the most useful introduction to a language I have ever read. Often language introductions produce a "Wall of Complexity" and I failed in my last two attempts learning Rust failed because of that. This is just great.

> Be warned, the "half hour" part is probably a bit like "99 cents" as a price tag. I've already spent more than that, but it is time well spent.

> Thanks for writing this!
The divorce rate in Maine correlates with the per capita consumption of margarine.

Also, the number of letters in the winning word of the U.S. Spelling bee correlates with the number of people killed by venomous spiders.

Spurious Correlations:
https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
I think I’ll pass on sowing my own backyard with salt.
Alexa Python Development: Build and Deploy an Alexa Skill
Personally, I would rather ask questions on the Personal Finance & Money community at Stack Exchange, and watch videos on YouTube but to each their own.
not a subreddit but I cross-reference bogleheads wiki and /r/personalfinance wiki anytime I want to look for consensus or diverging opinion. Bogleheads still has a slight edge on /r/personalfinance for its specific topics.

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_Page
Market Analysis: Passenger Growth Slows as COVID-19 Impacts Airline Industry
I had one around 2004 (got it as part of swimming lessons in a german elementary school)
I was really attracted to graph databases mainly for the ability to do joins in effectively constant time rather than O(log N) time.

But then I realized that sharding and localizing data can accomplish roughly the same thing.

Also the graph database doesn’t have to duplicate data so much for joins, saving on memory.

If you are going to have a huge dataset, build your data as RDMBS first and then make a cache in a graph database.

I say this only because graph databases are not mainstream yet.
I wonder if it would work with a single load of small crushed ice?
And I complain about having to drive 20-30 minutes to get real darkness, puts some perspective in there.
Works great in RedReader and it's much better than dumpster fine that Reddit own app is.
Ask HN: What features would you want to have in your time tracker?
Hey. I'm working on my side project which is a tiny time tracker and doing some research.

My time tracker will be focused on tracking time for personal goals, e.g learning, building your own projects, etc.

1) What time tracker you use and?
2) What features you would want to have, but you don't?
3) Do you think the integrated Pomodoro technique would help you to boost your productivity?

Thanks, HN!
When I was your age, we had to compile morality ourselves.
>Yes! I have learned tremendously about personal finance from ukpersonalfinance.

I would not be so vigorous in endorsing any subreddit, especially not one that is related to financial matters. I will attempt to frame my salvo, with the express intent to inform. No money was lost.

After trying to subscribe to Freetrade and Trading212 (Robinhood equivalents). I was unable to register with the former ─ a bug they mention regarding deep links in their FAQ, referencing an older version of iOS. I followed their instructions on troubleshooting, without any success ─ found an arcane way to get to the chat session (really hard, without being subscribed to the service), which resulted in no action. However, it was really surprising to find out that asking for help in this subreddit, where this app is held in high regard, elicited no response and only downvotes. Always assume some inherent bias, where money is concerned; don't follow blindly and stumble across problems, after the event.
How does that look like to you?
Weird they'd allow that, in the US you have to be able to swim a lap to graduate from Navy bootcamp, no matter which job you're going into.
2020 edition: when the news is quoting /r/wallstreetbets it might be a sell signal
Selectively delaying market orders by minutes would allow easy arbitrage! Very illegal and very profitable.