skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
These are the kinds of reports we need to hear about, not the "some of the (almost always unnamed) experts say that <insert baseless alarmist prediction>" type.

So yeah we need reports from the ground, if anybody reading this is in China please chime in and give us a quick rundown of the situation over there. Thanks
Another bit of corroborating evidence for reduced traffic is air quality. The current day over day difference in places like LA (or earlier across China) is dramatic.
Hold up. Clean doesn't mean sanitized. You don't want a regular towel with fecal bacteria sitting around.
Its very likely and we kinda know that catching the virus gives short term immunity. Longer term is unknown.
That tweet is by someone who would know. I've also verified this with some people I know in the industry.
Stop smoking. Walk in nature. Cut out caffeine. Ensure a dark, cool, uninterrupted sleep environment. Keep a log before leaving work that lists your major achievements for the day in bullet form so you have the habit of recognizing your work. Don't worry about things you can't control, because it's a waste of your time and energy. If you have to delay the formal marriage registration due to the government's overreaction, so be it. It's irrelevant in the scale of life.
Probably sufficient to add it as a chapter footnote/challenge like you did with flexible array members for the string implementation. Maybe with a pointer to an example if you have time to find one.
If that were true, wouldn't showering in those climates be much more uncomfortable? It's not like the water goes everywhere, or you don't dry immediately with paper...
Maybe people from other places (particularly Europe) should join the projects and start sister sub-projects to do the same things but for Europe.

For the 1M ventilator one, for instance, there's no reason everyone can't work together on the design phase, because that's universal and open-source.

Once that's done, there can be separate teams by nation or region to do the parts that are more specific to those places, such as financing, manufacturing, and distribution. These teams could still all be part of the larger project so they could learn from each other, while still focusing on their own immediate areas of responsibility.
Really wish they would stop hijacking the scrolling on their website. It's absolutely horrible to navigate and makes it hard to find information. I kept scrolling and scrolling and finally had enough and just closed the page.
Head to https://egpu.io/ then
Don't you end up using a massive wadge of toilet paper to dry your now dripping wet backside so it doesn't dribble down to your pants/socks?
It’s not the transportation firms who are owed the money, my understanding is the airlines took on debt to financial institutions (to buyback stock, held by other financial institutions), and the bailout money would ultimately go to those obligations to financial institutions (“wallstreet” here).
ah, that's a better comparison.
I broke my 2016 15" Macbook Pro display while attempting to replace the Macbook logo bezel (I know, stupid of me...).

Anyone have suggestions on what the best option is going forward? Looks like ~$700 to pay Apple to fix, less to DIY but that's a risk in itself, Apple trade-in would give me $310 with damage or $890 without damage (so basically the difference is price to repair).

The cheapest option is of course to not repair at all and just continue using the laptop with an external monitor.

Definitely want to stick with Apple. I only use this computer for DAW / home music studio.

Anyone been in a similar situation and what did you do?
Ill do a digital standing ovation for that. Imagine knowing exactly what the user thinks and cares about. :-)
No. If you're on TD Ameritrade, for example, you're insured up to $152 million through the FDIC, SIPC, and private insurers. Other companies are required to carry similar insurance.

https://www.tdainstitutional.com/tdai-en_us/resources/docume...
VB.NET's only purpose should have been 99% compatibility with VB6. Instead, it was too much like C# to be compatible and too much like VB6 to be consistent.

I had lot of experience with VB6 back in the day but I moved straight to C#.
Intel to Release Neuromorphic-Computing System
Thanks. So, practically, developers can move capabilities deemed non-essential into plugins, which are more problematic to install, so end users would apply pressure to site authors to avoid certain technologies. Hm. History says it can work.
Yes, but real estate is at least half in the "financial assets" category.
Do they want a data scientist or yes man?
Chinas new cases per day rate is effectively zero at this point. They beat it, plain and simple. And only 3,000 people died from coronavirus. Compared with literally any other cause of death, it's a tiny blip, even negligible. Around 11 million people died in china last year.
How does such a contagious virus simply stop spreading? after infecting a just tiny percentage of the population. Their economy is coming back up and life is pretty much back to normal over there, while the rest of the world is just headed into it.
Hi Bob! I just want to tell you that I've just started reading your book and I'm enjoying it very much.

Maybe you could add a design note in the chapter with the mentioned content?

Keep it up!
The incentive for the executive team are set by the board and shareholders, who could easily restructure incentives to favor R&D investment. Whether is this is good for long term profit will be different from case to case.

I worked at a company where annual goals routinely included invest X billion on new technology acquisitions. Some of this money sticks and some doesn't.
Got it :)

The President mentioned something about wanting to backstop money market funds, so that may be part of what you are seeing.
I generally have the opposite experience you've described--I can find exactly what I need in settings/Control Panel on Windows, but rarely on macOS. Could be that I'm just used to the names of things in Windows?

Realistically, they both get the job done.
This is exactly how my friends at FB work every day (not necessarily from an iPad Pro), but the remote VM thing is very real in some parts of the world.
I honestly can’t imagine not being willing to clean feces off a shoe, but I guess that’s just my farm upbringing showing itself :)
Upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS releases delayed
That is only for cross OS FS work, the Linux FS speed is as good as native.

Yes, the /mnt/c situation is bad.
Ask HN: What real-world applications must use MutEx?
I'm in the middle of an operating systems class right now and we've started to talk about concurrency. Specifically we're talking about MutEx[0] and multi-threading.

I have two questions:

0) I'd like to know what some real world applications where using MutEx is an absolute necessity.

The conditions the application must require are

0a) exclusive access to some shared resource (obviously)

0b) arbitrary order of thread execution (the OS may not guarantee thread execution order)

OR

0c) ordered/dependent execution of threads (where order is guaranteed by the application). To me, this stinks of a DAG and I'm ruminating on how to make something like this work without introduction additional global state (re condition variables). There could be some neat outcomes from using a DAG to model dependent thread execution (like error checking in an IDE, for example).

I'm stuck on what could possibly need these conditions, though.

1) I'm also interested in some fundamental examples (like you'd find in a course on algorithms) that show the characterization, logic, and correctness of different implementations. Where can I find resources that talk about these?

[0] https://stackoverflow.com/a/34558/7823006 <-- I found this explanation to be so amusing that I thought I'd share.
The UK "just do nothing, we want herd immunity" is not their approach and is actually a bit fake. However protecting the most at risk groups is part of their plan. The plan is to flatten the curve so that hospitals can cope.

For example today, all schools have shut.
Why 6 months? How much money does it take to do it in 1 month? Is that amount of money less than trillions of dollars?
Right, but if a future alien archaeologist were to dig up a thumb drive (preserved in a vault) after humans went extinct, what would indicate that it held bits?
I have a stockpile of maple syrup, a war in Maine would be great for my investments.
Fixed. In Firefox, verify the GPU is enabled in `about:support`. In this case, I had to reset `layers.acceleration.force-enabled=true`.
Test case generation for native applications from Python with branch coverage
I was thrown by the coloured overrides and removal of underlines from the normal display of hyperlinks and wasn't looking at the actual entry. I've read the explanation page for all of the colours, now. (-:

That said, the real entry says "OO version of REXX".
DIY OpenDNS Servers (Fully-Custom Domain Names for Home Servers)
If not text, what even emojis are? How is a smiley face any different than "!" or "?" it carries a meaning in the text itself. As a programmer, I want my user to type text including emojis so I can store it as string, not a messy mix of string and images.
And, to put it bluntly, there are going to be a lot of empty houses previously owned by elderly people.
My new Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard comes with an "emoji" key in place of the right-hand Windows key that I can't remap.
I meant in general.
Except python-like languages that make it a non-issue, in C/C++/Java I think people attach way too much importance to spacing, trailing whitespace, tab vs spaces, and column width.

I would agree with linting or just deferring to existing style, but in truth I care little about this, it's just not significant to me (yet others seem to overvalue it, to the point of talking exclusively about this).
Philosophy of Math: Naturalized Platonism vs. Platonized Naturalism [pdf]
It really depends on a lot more than lidar. Kinect and Tango were lidar as well but getting a point cloud and computing perfect geometry are not the same thing!
Job loss etc is temporary and should even out in less than a year (uneducated guess).

But if 1% of the population dies, that's a permanent demand drop!
Please clarify on how we're throwing money at the problem. No bailouts or stimulus plan. Changing the prime rate isn't "throwing money".
The cheapest bidet attachments all have very flimsy plastic threading for their supply lines. My first one did develop a small leak after eight years, but by then it had more than proven the concept and I bought a nicer one.
I am currently attempting to use an iPad Pro in this fashion (code server running on a DO droplet)... it is quite difficult and developer-hostile. For instance, until I upgraded the OS to iPadOS (it was on iOS 13.3), the cursor keys on my bluetooth keyboard did not move the cursor inside the code editor pane! Also, if you have anything at all copied to the iPad's clipboard, pressing the Escape key (say I'm using Vim inside the VSCode "terminal" pane) will reveal iPadOS's own clipboard popup. Overall, I strongly recommend staying away from this setup for any serious remote VSCode work.
Yelp cancels internship program due to Covid-19 outbreak
Depends how close you are to it, though, I would think
I would think/expect that long term demand for the services provided would continue to exist/grow, so probably just short term commercial real estate impact?
Visual Studio Code vs. Android Studio – Functionality, Search and Source Control
I read in the Economist that this price war was initiated by Russia as an attempt to kill off the American oil industry who is in deep debt and in increasingly under pressure..
Think about it, you have a resource that powers the world... why would you need to store it?
yes you can stop taking it out of the ground. except Russia and Saudi could not agree with one another to do that, so now we have a reduction in demand coupled with no reduction in supply. soon storing that oil will start to be a cost centre. then we will see less demand at the wholesale level combined with price cuts to move existing stock. all of which will ultimately hurt oil producing countries.
Companies might also realize that now that they've figured out how to work remote, they should keep doing that and save ten grand or so a month. I believe the smallest offices in the WeWork we're housed in are $6k/mo. Those are generally used by teams of 3-6 people.
Scientists ‘prove Darwin’s survival of the fittest theory’
Macbook Pro 13“
I've owned both, I agree.

The other "big" feature of a plugged in biden is meant to be the blower/dryer, but at least in my one (TOTO branded) it is a waste of time. If the blower actually worked (e.g. Dyson Airblade), it would be a significant benefit, but as it stands I agree you get 80% with a simple spray toilet seat (other 20% is heated water, maybe the moving head a little, although you still have to shift your body for good coverage).
That's exactly what happens when you disable Docker. We default to local builds because it's a little more secure. It's usually faster (our remote builder isn't great at caching layers yet).

It would make sense to be able to force that. Right now you'd have to stop Docker.

(Also I'm a huge fan of Django)
Thanks. I wanted to avoid getting into the weeds on Chapter 7 (liquidation) vs. Chapter 11 (reorganization).

Both are so disruptive and costly that threatening to invoke them can be (and has been) used to force a public bailout.

A good example is the case of California Edison and Dynergy from 2001.

[1] https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-16-mn-12864...
It is not fountain. Just small stream of jet to wash the target area. No dribble down happens.
That's always a concern, but not something we focus on. DX is a big deal. That's why Heroku and CF Workers are so popular despite everything the big guys offer.
you da real mvp
It seems there is still no escape key. It’s super annoying to have to pick up your hand to touch the screen to escape out of random UI tasks. I haven’t found a hack or remapping ability like on macOS etc.
Not even 10,000 USD. A bit underwhelming even at the original award amount (3m Yen, ~27,600 USD).
Also, 'hand-tight' is more than sufficient (in most cases) using compression fittings (not brass but rubber/silicone/Viton, etc). After all, you are dealing with relatively low pressure, which a strong grip exceeds, while a wrench too tight can easily foul the soft seal.

Edit for clarity.
Playstation 5
No, it won't. But there's no need to compile untrusted code in this scenario. All the code that is run should be packaged in.
> fighting between themselves in order to bring down the US shale companies

This is the key. They are cooperating to destroy US efforts at self-sufficiency.

On the bright side, the canals of Venice are clear (you can see the fish) for the first time in recent history.
I use TP with my bidet. Unless you want swamp butt, you have to. I use LESS, but there's certainly still a hard requirement.
This adds the millions of US fracking jobs to the already imploding virus unemployment situation.
Trusted just fine by Mozilla
What good is insurance that almost no one can afford?
Silly rant. If everyone who didn’t like the world changing got their ways, we’d be back in agricultural times. There’s no weight to this argument other than building a web browser is hard. It’s been hard for a long time well before CSS3!
But how do you achieve that with those hand-sprayers? And don't droplets of black water fall all over one's hands and the sprayer when doing so?

The whole thing just seems awful to me. I know, I know: I am the ignorant one. The rest of the world seems very happy with them. But I just can't figure out how to use one in a sanitary fashion.
I agree with you :) but let's not tell the employers who gladly buy the top-of-the-line models for their programmers ;)
I am quite happy with my new 2020 MBP.
The Fed has also injected cash into the system more than once, to no avail.
Can you run xcode on iPad?
> death rate in the absence of hospitalization

A reasonable proxy for that I suggest is the ICU rate from Diamond Princess -- assume all ICU-severity cases die, and all normal hospitalization cases survive, under a tent in the hospital parking lot. About 4x DP fatality rate.
A lot of these comments are expecting magical perfectly scanned geo but really its just another slightly less fuzzy point cloud you need to sort through. Kinect and Tango did it. Maybe Apple cracked it and it is magical. We'll have to see.
> Maybe you could add a design note in the chapter with the mentioned content?

Great idea!

Made a note of it: https://github.com/munificent/craftinginterpreters/issues/62...
All the bidets I've used (standard fare in .fi) are attached to the faucet, so you need to open that if you want to use the bidet. (You also use the faucet to control water temperature)
OP's argument is so cheap... "Nationalization failed in this corrupt country, therefore nationalization is terrible!".

It's like saying Ford are shit cars after a drunk driver crashes one..
Sound by Monday (1982)
If one API request makes on average 5-10 round trips to the database, and the database is in Virginia, this only makes the problem (much) worse. How do you solve this problem for this use case?
good suggestion, I made an issue :) https://github.com/superfly/flyctl/issues/80
Is there a time expert who can comment if this is equal or superior to the Public NTP Pool [1]?

[1] https://www.ntppool.org/en/
I'd like to know what percentage of revenues they request in practice (according to their press page [1], it is between 1-10%).

If you are located within the U.S., is the primary benefit of utilizing Corl over the US' SBA the fact that payback is via revenue-sharing versus interest on debt (the size of the loan)?

[1]: https://corl.io/press
I'll put his entire report for us all...

>>People back home have asked me for updates from 'ahead of the curve' in China so here is today's: China has added USA to the list of mandatory quarantines. My friend just arrived yesterday to Shanghai from the Bay Area and was taken from the airport to a testing facility and was then put under a 14-day quarantine at his apartment in Shanghai (even though he tested negative). Meanwhile, those of us out of quarantine are free to move around the city with our green cards. And many are indeed choosing to do so while still observing social distancing. Infection rates are way down all across China.

He goes on to say the following in two of his responses below...

In regards to how long

>>China was worst around early February. So I'd guess at least a month to get over the hump.

In regards to a 2nd outbreak coming

>>Have not heard that at all. I wouldn't say it's 'relaxed' more like 'beginning to relax a bit'

That's all I got from the ground.
I'm still looking for a rational explanation in your comment why the virus should just have "vanished" in China and NOT resume spreading when life gets back to normal.
They don't want the legacy UI and code of macOS, they want iPadOS to be good enough that you don't need a Mac. Hence why the last couple years of iPadOS have been covering more and more use cases.

As a frontend web developer, I would love for them to cover my use case. A native terminal and desktop browser tools in iPadOS would get me to ditch my MacBook Pro in a heartbeat.
I suspect European governments had all settled on that plan, and only the British said it out loud. The only reason they switched to a total lockdown is because the spectacle of mass death at the ICU is too much for the public to bear. The time to take drastic measures was a month ago, when the spread from Italy could have been contained.
Governments can’t simply make this go away. So, a rational market should be crashing either way, the only question is how bad it’s going to get. IMO trying to prop up the market is pointless, it’s keeping the economy functional that’s going to make a difference.

The only upside I see is people are saving money by self isolation which is going to ease the recovery significantly.
Doesn't the IKEA app already do that?
I'm writing them off as dead. I'm now wondering what companies the Gov't will bail out / nationalize over the next 6 months.
what is up with all the scam bitcoin bots? how does twitter allow that?
Who's heard of those? Should a project have a monopoly on such a generic word from the dictionary?
Semantic Pyramid for Image Generation
i took parent comment to mean, automated trading is causing it
Personally, I wasn't a big fan of having to disable the telemetry in the SDK itself - thankfully there was a single, small footnote about it in the docs. Not sure what I expected from the Goog honestly, but it was enough to put a bad taste in my mouth. But hey, M$ does it too with the dotnet core SDK, so maybe that's "par for the course" these days. YMMV.
Or similarly, let SVG animation transforms do it for us:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/ani...
Manage stress and anxiety during quarantine
There's a flight to cash taking place. I guess no-one knows what to do, so the priority is to stay liquid.
I suspect there have been times that were better and times that were worse. The only thing that is certain is that things change.
Wrong!

Local clusters can be suppressed when your testing and contact tracing capacity greatly exceeds the number of new cases. China's new domestic cases are in the single digits now. Even unsupressed, it will take weeks for the disease to become out of control again.

These so called "experts", particularly those in positions of power in the UK will cause untold damage if they rely on their assumption of this phantom second outbreak.
Will they thaw up and be usable in summer, or does the freezing destroy them?
Demand is not the same everywhere. I expect the in demand areas of the US to continue to stay in demand. Prices in the areas without demand will go down further.
I get why people wouldn't want to move to a locked down computer. I am a developer/engineer making a living off a MacBook, I'm not moving to iPad.

What I meant is, I don't get why people don't understand why Apple doesn't care to their needs of "do network troubleshooting with MAC address access", to extent that they're angry, and say "[Apple] screwed the pooch so badly that you lost me as a customer and a developer".

This is unbelievable thing to say, especially in this community.

Should I stop using Apple as a customer and developer because they're not bringing out native Kubernetes integration to manage my serverless Knative functions on iPad? ...
This shouldn't matter at all, since there are huge penalties associated with taking money out of your retirement funds before you're 59 and a half years old.

If your job is not secure, you should account for that by increasing your emergency funds (typically a savings or money market account).
How does one develop for windows without develop on windows? cross compilation? [Even electronjs cannot cross compile (correctly).]
Methods are only accessible from instances, so `this` is always meaningfully bound. If you try to use `this` outside of a class body, it's a static error.
Government productions contracts might require fresh production. No one else would realistically insist on that.
This is why I don't understand how there's even a market for the iPad Pro (outside the Apple superfans). I like iOS, but it seems like if you want to any real work it's an uphill battle, and for the money there are plenty of alternatives.
U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic and Widespread Shortages
Have you used home depot's self check out machines?

They are fantastic. Leaps ahead of every supermarket and CVS I've been in. When I was doing a lot of housework and was very used to them, I could get through a check out with a couple of items in under a minute. Really proved to me that these do not need to be awful
I wish I could've bought my desktop tower from Apple for mere $200 extra.