skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
To extract that, you had to go farther down the same page than this:

>Book
medium for a collection of words and/or pictures to represent knowledge or a fictional story, often manifested in bound paper and ink, or in e-books
Well let's put it this way, does the artist as the the creator of said art permit you to do such a thing?

If the artist is okay with it great! But if the artist is not okay with at all does he own the rights to the art he created? Does he have the right to permit you not to copy his things? That is the ethical question.

Did you have the right to do it without asking the artist for permission? What if one day the artist did actually want to make a profit off his work?
So, let's see: a failed company that never produced anything useful now feel that it has the "intelectual" property rights to force other people stop doing something that will save millions of lives? Only looking at the criminal aspect of such a proposition, I imagine that any normal judge in the world would throw this request away, disgusted.
Just because the primary effort of a company is fraudulent doesn't mean that everything it did is inherently so.

As an (admittedly absurd) example, if I set up a company that sells cures via mana crystal magic, I could still end up with a novel, patentable process for crystallizing exotic compounds that would otherwise tend to explode during crystallization.

I don't know much about the actual patent in question, but it sounds like it's a patent prohibited by Alice anyways.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8283155B2/en

The claims are actually pretty general as well =/
>The primary beneficiaries of this military consumption are the corporations that supply the goods and services that the military pays for (with public money), but the gains made by those corporations go into a relatively few pockets.

Why do you consider the primary beneficiaries of an activity that consumes resources the ones who supply the resources? Surely, the beneficiaries from the activity itself are the primary beneficiaries. Or to put this into context: the primary beneficiaries of the military are the people and trade that the military protects. The primary beneficiary from the military's use of helmets aren't helmet manufacturers, but rather the soldiers using the helmets.

>Another example is big agriculture corporations. In the US, for decades there have been subsidies paid to corn "farmers" (now big corps), to the extent that the businesses had to find ways to use corn beyond just food.

And cheap food benefits nobody? I would imagine that if the food they produce is so cheap that they have to find other avenues of using it that this would benefit people who have trouble affording food.

>This has nothing to do with cheap food for poor people;

It has everything to do with cheap food and goods. Without these economies of scale a chicken sandwich would cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars. If you had to gather all of the ingredients yourself then it would be incredibly expensive.

>and after all, the research shows that the cheap food is the unhealthiest.

I wouldn't call potatoes and rice the unhealthiest foods. Nowadays we consider some foods unhealthy because they are so plentiful - because that are cheap. People tend to overindulge in them which makes them "unhealthy". Most of the time it's a question of how much is consumed.
Online schools: Students’ performance often falls behind
> Stop calling anyone who thinks their smart "smart.”

they’re
Reducing it to "nitpicking" is fundamentally misunderstanding the content of the comment, and goes to show the truth of the criticism regarding the myopic nature of the perspective you are peddling.
I haven't read the book, but from that article "they" = March of Dimes, not Salk.

And of course, you can defensively patent something and then not enforce the patent too...
Facebook is giving $1k to every employee
Saving lives is an incentive.

As evidence, I present all of the charitable giving and volunteering related to medicine.

It is entirely possible for a thing that saves fewer lives to generate more profit. That's bad, and proves that profit is not 1:1 correlated with value generated.
Maybe, but in this instance the trickle down is personal... the people who benefit (franchisees) would be trickling the benefits down to people they know -- their employees. I think the calculus ends up being different when you are giving benefits down to people you know (as opposed to the more nebulous trickle down). McDonalds could also dictate how any rent deferral was handled.
Using what you don't need to further help people around you is a really great suggestion!
https://archive.md/YjZUI
Why Do the Airlines Need a Bailout?
Remember "One small step for man, one great leap for McDonald's fries"? Oh, and the 3M Hoover Dam?
Trump is in a no-win situation here - if a fearful knee-jerk reaction would have successfully mitigated the disease making it into the USA, it would have been painted as xenophobic and overreaching. The WHO has just proven itself to be largely ineffective. It's a dumpster fire all around.
True. And finding a way to do that is part of our initiative. If you would like to contribute to it please get in touch :)
Keynesianism only works (in theory) if an economy pumps the breaks a bit during the good times. Failure to do that isn’t really Keynesian, and the US has done nothing but hit the gas during the past few years of growth.
So you're saying that if the USA was a different country, like China, then things would have gone the way they did in China?
I'm critical of the content.
There’s a giant emergency stockpile in the US which includes ventilators and other material managed by the federal government. They already talked about distributing them if they become needed, during different press conferences.

But otherwise I’m agreeing with you that there are better ways than flooding orderbooks for federal stockpiles. Like subsidies, capitalization, and removing red tape for both hospitals and manufacturers.
Unless you work at a tech unicorn. Remember that uber loses money on every ride, but has grand plans to make it up on volume :)
> Google-Web-components... The next BIG thing in web development which is used in YouTube...

> ...failed in the past to implement highly complex features...

This must the most toxic web community I've seen in a while. I basically agree with this troll but they still sound like some imposter failing miserably at faking confidence and competence. (Or, you know, the current leader of the free world).
I don't usually downvote. But when I do, I add a comment explaining my action.
That patent is absurd. This system is broken.
The problem with UBI is what others have already pointed out.
My conclusions are from personal observation, so it is anecdotal and it is a generalization as most societal woes are.

There will always be a group of individuals who are content with the minimum without making any effort. This group will not work to gain more. They are just content at not working and getting the minimum wage and additional government handouts.

My experience is from a communist country. The shoddy craftsmanship for buildings, cars, services all around in my opinion was direct result for all the promised universal basic "something". In the beginning it all seemed good and well, but as more and more people got on the UB something, the less and less production/service was done.

This is not a communist/socialist economic problem, but a human nature problem in my opinion. We always go for the least amount of effort, for the most amount of reward.

To this effect, I cannot see how to prevent UBI pushing the lowest common level of participation in the society as a producer.
This is what happens when Google forces Amp and other similar metrics in their rankings. Only companies with a sizable IT department can keep up.
There seems to be much misinformation, as per one translation of sources, the Chinese CDC only asked that the samples which are kept in unsecured conditions/facilities be destroyed.
So, how do I know if I am one of those asymptomatic cases?
That's going away soon. so better get in quick. If they hold ZIRP as long as they did last time, it'll be a very long time before we see rates go back up again.
There is nothing wrong with an having an emotional factor in decision making. There is only shame in not being willing to eventually come to terms with writing the eventual rational check in order to pay for the inevitable run-up against the difference between the world as you imagine it vs how it actually is.

In fact, there is a much greater danger in abolishing emotion in its entirety from your decision making process period. It is very easy to end up in a situation where you create more problems than you created a solution for because you didn't take into account the fact you're dealing with other human beings. A practice famous for requiring good interpersonal communication; something dependent on being able to see things from another point of view.

Also, let them. The truly novel solutions tend to be hiding in places no one bothers looking because we're trying to take the rational structures have, and work backward to a solution whereby we can use as much of what we already have in place to make what we want. Working from a dearth of preconceived notions can lead to genuine innovation in some cases.

If it can get you a helicopter, it can get you a ventilator.
I think VC game is evolving and there should be a group of VC investors or a chunk of VC money aiming at longer and riskier shots.
So, is there a Guinness record for "largest lynch mob"? These idiots seem to be trying to break it.
FDR issued Executive Order 9024. Which established the War Production Board.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board

> The WPB directed conversion of industries from peacetime work to war needs, allocated scarce materials, established priorities in the distribution of materials and services, and prohibited nonessential production.[3] It rationed such commodities as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, paper[4] and plastics. It was dissolved shortly after the defeat of Japan in 1945, and was replaced by the Civilian Production Administration in late 1945.

> In 1942-45, WPB supervised the production of $183 billion worth of weapons and supplies, about 40% of the world output of munitions. Britain, the USSR and other allies produced an additional 30%, while the Axis produced only 30%. One fourth of the US output was warplanes; one fourth was warships. Meanwhile, the civilian standard of living was about level.

It was the WPB that coördinated all contracting and procurement through 12 regional offices and 120 field offices... At a time when the very basic tenets of information theory, and subsequent digital communications, had just begun to gestate in the heads of Claude Shannon.

Joseph Stalin said in 1943 at the Tehran Conference:

> Without American production the Allies could never have won the war.

Basically, it's been done before. You don't need to look far for inspiration: the historical record basically hands us a blueprint.

Of course they are going to stand behind your president and give short speeches... if literally everybody is just accepting that as a given without actually pushing back on the whole thing, holding people accountable now and demanding proper statesmanship.
The government should pay for them. It can print or borrow money if it needs to, inflation be d-ed, but it should but them.
Mine are this same way. My side mirrors do a better job at covering the gap between my peripheral and my rearview this way, instead of overlapping as much with my rearview.
To add to what jshevek said: Please don't insinuate astroturfing or shillage without evidence. Internet users are overwhelmingly too quick to leap to such explanations from (at best) a handful of data points, and it leads them to smear each other's integrity in ways that are not good for community. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Much more explanation for anyone who wants it: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

In this case, a new product was launched today, it's normal for companies to coordinate that with press, and it's normal for multiple submissions on a story to show up on HN. It's also normal for humans to overinterpret streaks as something other than the randomness they usually are; we all do it, but it's not good to do it in ways that insinuate dishonesty in fellow community members.
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Italy, China, U.S. most likely determine cases the same way so far. No wonder CFR is similar. However, these tests are limited compared to serologic tests:

> The test kits in use in the U.S. described in the articles detect viral genetic material—RNA, in the case of coronaviruses—which can be infectious material or noninfectious fragments. Once the patient has recovered and the RNA has been cleared, the tests will be negative. If we’re trying to ascertain what proportion of the population has been infected and experienced asymptomatic, mild or more serious infections, such post-infection testing yields “false negatives.”

> Additional, essential information will need to come from “serological tests” that measure antibodies in blood, which will tell us whether a person has been recently infected with SARS-CoV-2 and recovered. (Note that antibodies take about 10-14 days from exposure to the virus to appear.)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-antibody-testing-to-understa...

http://archive.vn/SJkJu

> The mortality rate is thought to be ≤2%, but precise numbers uncertain due to a lack of available serological testing.

https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX...
Like all jobs, these jobs are voluntary. Workers can quit any day they want.

Since they keep showing up, they clearly think these jobs are their best option at the moment.

Here's my point: I strongly believe that you or I have neither the information or the right to judge that choice or take it away from them.

The piss in a bottle stories are just that. Amazon and Bezos have much attention and many enemies. Stories about how awful they are will always appear and circulate.
Been thinking this since January. Did not have the guts to do it.
Shouldn't one at least start by giving tough punishments to officials i.e. years in jail etc, before reaching for the more monstrous punishments?

Yes, and it has been. It didn't work.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_offences_in_China for a list of existing crimes that result in capital punishment in China. This coverup is a very good fit for #14, endangering the public safety.
Anthony Bourdain (RIP) loved weird exotic food — he talked about it at length in his books. The weirder the better. (Not for me; I went vegetarian about 5 years ago.)

These wildlife markets are a particular problem. But virologists (see: Pandemic on Netflix) highlight not just the wildlife trade be our enormous animal agriculture production as an explosive situation.
I fully agree with you on all points except: "still a crime btw". 'pirating' on this small scale without a direct financial benefit [money coming towards you] is a violation of the copyright act(s) and you would end up in civil court.
> They are not smart. Just stop telling yourself this about those people and stop respecting them. Stop it.

They can be smart, they can also lack empathy and be smart. Both can be true at the same time. Intelligence isn't an indicator of empathy.
You’re right. Workers now pay a higher tax rate than Capital owners:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/16/us-now-ta...

What I want is for the value workers create to be returned to them, not hoovered up by the wealthy in some distortive, unjustifiable scheme that prizes Capital ownership over everything else, including the lives and well-being of the majority of citizens.
Are you saying that fixed parameters chosen for no apparent reason by the WireGuard developers are better than modularity and interoperability of IPsec?
What if in a few months ChaCha20 gets proven insecure due to collisions found or easy factorisation? What can WireGuard offer to mitigate that?
Shouldn't then also browsers implement only TLS1.3 and ed25519 ciphers because they are currently the most secure?
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They would only get the most positive press they've ever had in their history. Health care companies seem allergic to goodwill.
That quip was actually documented quite lucidly in The Founder (where Michael Keaton plays Ray Kroc). I really enjoyed that film.
As in most cases when this link gets posted here, this is not actually a case of whataboutism.

Here, the argument is "this cannot happen here because the US is not a dictatorship and we have free press". I linked to an actual case of this happening in the US. So apparently, the Chinese don't have some unique property making only them supress whistleblowers.
Post a progress report about any lifesaving tech you develop, or ideas you could get into production, so when the time comes we the people with feelings for each other can shun you into oblivion and solve the problem ourselves.

"If I don't make money from it, I won't bother to help save lives."

We can do without you. Even if you're medicine's Einstein and Edison rolled up together, we'll do without you.
This. The misleading title seems to point to a completely different conclusion deliberately.
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This kind of thinking is very ... convenient.

Say you're a toilet paper maker. In normal times => "your product is trivial to produce, why are you charging so much" => razor-thin margins => almost no profit. In crisis => "why are you thinking about profit" => razor-thin margins => almost no profit.

Meanwhile, you have politicians and multinationals evading tax, landlords and universities exploiting naive & vulnerable populations, Uber & Facebook skirting legislation and making bank, CEOs getting away with billions after burning $50B, elites raping kids and getting away with it, ... real "social responsibility".
Yeah - I wouldn't have said it so strongly but I fundamentally agree that we shouldn't excuse beliefs based on perceptions of people's intelligence. If their claim is incorrect the claim is what stands on it's own, it doesn't matter who said it. The reason that experience and intelligence matter is because they allow people putting forward those claims to make stronger arguments or know what arguments to make/experiments to run to validate the claim. Intelligence and experience can hell you make better claims, but claims shouldn't be given any more weight or validity because they come from someone with experience or a high score in some (probably somewhat arbitrary and highly subjective) score of experience - that's the core principle of meritocracy in my opinion.
The political propaganda in your post, e.g. "radical left", "leftist fanaticism," makes it lose all meaning. Sadly I didn't see a flag button. I would hope that posts like yours are not welcome in a technical discussion.
Step 1: Make money for 10 years.
Step 2: Spend 96% of that money on stock buybacks.
Step 3: Encounter difficulty
Step 4: Ask for $50 Billion in grants and loans so you don't go broke.

Imagine if you or I tried to pull something like this.
I think there is a lot to be said about social trust and reputation when it comes to brands/companies/individuals. We are seeing that it actually does work and that companies respond when they are called out on bad behavior. Maybe not always, but enough to make a difference.

This makes me believe that society has more control than it thinks and that we don't need as much heavy handed government controls that can have unintended consequences and strip us of our freedoms.
Other way of looking at it is that google is the new Microsoft and play the Embrace, extend, and extinguish game.

You are attacking the post ad hominem. But, your comment does not change the validity original argument.

I’m interested in knowing your opinion about the arguments, thou.
No, trickle-down economics is the idea that you should reduce taxes on the people at the top because they'll invest more, which only works if the balance is skewed too far towards the people at the bottom, which is clearly wrong right now.

If you had a dial labelled "wealth redistribution percentage", trickle-down economics says you that if you move it towards "0%" everything will get better. What I am saying is that if you start moving it towards "100%", everything will get better, but if you keep moving it for a long time, everything will get worse again. It is not clear to me that this has been empirically proven to be false.
The big issue right now is that the data suggests that 15% of people over 80 and 7% of people over 70 could die from this. If it turns out that those numbers are incorrect or that a medical treatment or preventative measure is discovered which drastically changes those numbers we could see a huge reversal of behavior. If the numbers get close to flu numbers people will want to know why we don't shut the economy down every year for the flu.
Best estimates are that the US has roughly 90,000-150,000 cases right now. You multiply number of deaths by 1500. That assumes doubling every five days and 1% fatality.
All the more reason to cherish Firefox.
Honesty is what lets businesses scale production to meet demand. I also find it hard to imagine the CDC would have done much better, BUT it would have indicated to businesses the potential.
Hey HN!

I finally launched a proper website for Swish. This app has been my solo venture for close to a year now. I've been doing everything myself, from coding and designing to filming and even producing the basketball inspired beat for the trailer. Making this has been has been fun, but also a constant struggle with weird macOS bugs and undocumented APIs.

Window managers are always a hot topic on HN, so I'm looking forward to any feedback and discussion!
It's a notebook, but just digital enough.

No browser, no clutter, just... really, really useful paper that's always there and doesn't get misplaced later.
I'm fairly certain that movies are far more expensive to produce than music albums.
FYI, there is a project in github where I am starting to add specific asks. Any help would be appreciated! https://github.com/CV19Assist/app/projects/1
>The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

That's the 10th amendment. Pretty sure it says the exact opposite of what you just stated.
> What goes around, comes around. if you turn the screws on people and continue to hurt them financially, they'll have less and less money to spend, and it keeps making the economy even worse.

Sorry, that actually made me laugh. Not "off with their heads!" anymore, but more like "I am not shopping anymore!" I am sure they tremble!
> I’m generally surprised at how rarely a lawyer’s Bar punishes their members for acting in a way that is immoral.

Who decides what's immoral? Not too long ago, interracial dating was also considered "immoral" by plenty of people. Plenty of injustice was perpetrated by pushing moral agendas.

I frankly think it's crazy to be so ready to lynch others for working within robust systems that evolved over centuries because these systems sometimes violate their personal sensibilities. These systems have their own (evolving) standards of ethics, and unless you understand them and the reason they exist, don't be so quick to cast aspersions.
You don't seem to be contradicting me. I'm not saying everything is normal or other operations weren't cancelled. I'm saying that at this time, Italy is saying they have not run out of capacity to treat CV patients. And they definitely aren't 200% over capacity (for CV) as claimed.