skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
None of their dark patterns or shenanigans make it easier to use. They don't make it harder, but they really do nothing for the user experience.
Objectively speaking from outside Germany, Germany's response has been far better than that of other large EU countries (UK, France, Spain, Italy). Germany has done contact tracing and testing, Germany has done (and is doing) 3-10x as many tests per capita per day than most other countries, Germany has been rigorously enforcing quarantines as opposed to say the UK, which has not enforced them at all.

Yes, no mandatory masks, no temperature measurements of key workers -- it is still far worse than Korea or Taiwan -- but don't kid yourself, Merkel and her advisors have been far more competent here than Johnson, Macron let alone US authorities.
Are there other app installers that do this? I've got a feeling Zoom is definitely not the only one that does that.
Very common.

It’s called salary compression or even worse salary inversion.
Sketch/Figma seem like a different class of product to me, I don't see much overlap.
Changes coming to Netlify site URLs
I don't see how Hungary is not a dictatorship yet.
The big problem with gas turbine gearboxes is that they have to operate at such high RPM that only the best metalworking tech works.

Same with driveshafts and any kinds of transmissions. Any off-axis power diversion from turbines is extremely hard. Imagine a driveshaft spinning at 1/10 of the turbine RPMs, it will still require extreme stiffness or it will disintegrate from vibrations.

Very high RPM generators are not that efficient too because of eddy current losses. It's not so bad in big industrial turbines spinning at 5-7k RPM or so, but losses mount at 15k+ RPM.

This is why there is such a high interest in making superconducting generators for direct drive by turbines. They can be very efficient, and very small — two usually mutually exclusive qualities for an electrical machine.
The "good reason" being that it shamed Google?
The worst is when you search for important information and you get flooded with SEO crap.

Try searching for 'retirement for French people leaving in the UK'... It is close to impossible to find anything relevant.
As signaling is the opposite of practical, it's like asking how kryptonite could best help superman
While I love Bret's work I don't think that's scalable. If you can simulate time axis, it means it can simulate only systems that can are hundreds of times smaller than system resource. E.g. can you simulate a Kubernetes swarm with thousands of different settings?

It's a great learning tool, but not much else.
Top South African scientist dies of coronavirus
Have you looked at Things, I've been using it for the last year and am really pleased with it.
Read the wikipedia article and be less agressive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_testing#National_stat...

Note that the German numbers are a week out of date compared to other countries and Germany has been doing 200,000 tests in addition last week.
I'm not saying the product can or cannot be good on first release...

But the world is ever changing. Let say you build a UI for database. In a few years, a new version of mysql or postgresql will be released, and you have to update your software as well to use the new features.

What I'm saying is that almost whatever you are building, the development will never be done.
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I think the best games are the ones not outright telling you how stuff works. Figuring this out is part of the experience and then, when you learn a new mechanic you can go play the game again and feel how powerful that knowledge really is. Like the wall jumps in Metroid III (SNES).

Unfortunately game designers are often lazy, just printing some instructions on the screen instead of making the game in a way that the player will naturally learn these things.
Cloudflare now supports security keys with Web Authentication (WebAuthn)
So far I only read the Welt interview with the 2nd German expert who is on site. The famous one, who dominates the media, is only sitting in his lab in Berlin and looks at the numbers. He always talks about fantastic the testing goes, but only in this article you'll see why.

Whilst on site you see nothing much, as you won't get tested if you cannot prove contact and risk or symptoms. Only symptoms will not get you tested, even in Germany. Only Korea is able to do that. So anecdotes are appreciated.

Maybe manifacturing and PCR sequencer availability and how these tests are now prepared automatically should have been mentioned also. But nobody went that far. Only the recent Atlantic article on Quest touches that a bit.
I have a starter that is about 40 years old now. Recently before the pandemic I was given a new starter by someone who didn't realize I had one (or did and thought I'd want to try a different one).

The flavors are pretty surprisingly similar but not exactly the same. The older one is a little more complex or something but I'm not sure most people would know the difference, especially if you didn't tell them.

Once a levain/starter gets going it's usually pretty stable I think. Maybe older cultures are more resistant to prolonged shocks, but I think it depends on the case. In general I have a theory that older cultures are an opportunity to evolve them to different conditions, like time between changes in storage conditions (which might affect things like rising time), alcohol levels (useful for sugar levels in breads), temperature, etc.
It lets anyone with an admin account run any scripts as root. No privilege escalation here, it's basically a gatekeeper bypass.
Specifically, my "Pro" plan allows up to 12 people.
I think companies should use something like what Jetbrains does with its IDEs.
You get a lifetime access to the version you paid a year subscription for.
Keep the yearly subscription up, and you are getting updates, getting a more recent lifetime access, and the sub gets cheaper.
Well they can wash and desinfect medical equipment at hospitals (admittedly not everything) and restaurants wash glasses and cuttlery every day. Why should we not be able to wash bottles?
That depends on the interpretation, which differs by jurisdiction.

The EU, for example, aims its anti-competitive regulation towards firms who have a "dominant market position" rather than a "monopoly".
Cockpit design is strictly regulated by some very risk averse and conservative people. (And not just the cockpit, the passenger space as well.)

So it's hard to tell which parts of he design stem from being conservative and which parts actually enhance safety.

(I get your overall point. But your argument isn't really a good one for the point.)
C++20 supports enums as non-type template parameters, so I think it'd be possible to do it with enums there. Something like:

enum class Color{Green, Yellow, Red};

template<Color C>
struct State{};

auto newState() -> State<Color::Green> {...};

auto next(State<Color::Green>) -> State<Color::Yellow> {...}

auto next(State<Color::Yellow>) -> State<Color::Red> {...}

auto next(State<Color::Red>) -> State<Color::Green> {...}

int main(){
const auto state = newState(); // Green
const auto state = next(state); // Yellow
const auto state = next(state); // Red
const auto state = next(state); // Green
const auto state = next(state); // Yellow
}
Responding a second time as HN seems to have missed the relevant part from that link:

> "When you clone and build from the vscode repo, none of these endpoints are configured in the default product.json. Therefore, you generate a "clean" build, without the Microsoft customizations, which is by default licensed under the MIT license (note, i made this commit to help make this more clear)."
I really like their model as well.
I am not a fan of the hoverbear state machine pattern. I find that it makes simple things complicated and hard things impossible. I used it and I had problems with:

- Reusing code between states.
- Making callbacks to other APIs during state changes.

I ended up using the standard state pattern described here:
https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch17-03-oo-design-patterns.ht...

The state pattern is not considered to be idiomatic Rust, but in my experience it works better and is very flexible.

The state pattern has the downside that the type system does not enforce which state changes are allowed.
What do you thinks gives various distilled spirits there various flavours. Otherewise, you would just use the cheapest sugar to ferment. Also oils and tannins can get distilled too with the alcohol.

Its why distilling has what they call different cuts. That depend on temperature and where in the distillation you are in. A vodka would have very little while a brandy will include cuts that have traces of things for flavour.
Uhhh, no - they're well known for meeting that need. They're also very well known for being good at what they do.

It's just economics of the race to the bottom in software development, likely coupled with a touch of worldwide pandemic.
Hahaha, nice link. Confused me for a second.
Can you perhaps point to it? Sounds interesting to read that code!
Why should they use a third party when said chains already have a huge workforce? They can ask them to make deliveries, pay them good including a hefty compensation for using their own car (an X amount per mile and / or hour).

Uber / Lyft need to be put out of business, not given extra work to keep them in business. Their drivers need to be given a proper contract, pay by the hour / week / month instead of this fucky zero-hour contract, because as it turns out everyone that depends on work from Uber is left in the dirt right now, because they're not actually employees.
Hanson's theory is not trying to explain everything. He is puts limits to this theory. He also explains how signalling component helps to get real progress outside signalling. Even this article uses the words 'most' and 'a lot' because that's the message you get from the book.

Signalling explains a lot. Since we are social animals where the survival and status of the group is important, it should explain a lot.
How to Focus on One Thing at a Time in the Age of Distraction
Great, will share with my network
$2 per hour I presume, and do they get paid overtime as well?
Iceland lab's testing suggests 50% of coronavirus cases have no symptoms
The point I'm making is that you might see that distinction, but the person hearing those words in that moment will not.

It's a moment in life where you just keep your mouth shut.
Stocks are deflated because they aren’t expected to earn because people aren’t out buying and companies aren’t earning. Same for oil. Same for airline tickets. It seems obvious that there is deflation. If you have a good paying job right now, you can buy a lot for less.
Related tribunal judging the CCP for harvesting organs from political prisoners and transferring them to more deserving CCP members:

https://chinatribunal.com/
https://www.mudconnect.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?mode=mud_listi...
India's race to build a $650 ventilator
When I was living in Melbourne I recall reading a story about the asbestos plant in sunshine (suburb of Melbourne). It was talking about how the kids used to play in the mountains of asbestos dust on the property and how on windy days the asbestos would fly through the town and give the impression it was snowing (quite scary to read this with today's knowledge). It was definitely considered harmless for a significant time.
Got me good
another presstitute article
In my opinion, we need a mix of both. Trying to interact with an entertainment unit with some type of abstracted/bastardised joystick or touch pad is just plain awful. Whereas interacting using touchscreen is just so much simpler, plus allows for UIs that weren’t part of the original product development (e.g Apple CarPlay).

But for other things, we need dedicated physical controls that mean we don’t have to take our eyes off the road to use; for example, climate control, volume control, cruise control, hazard lights, etc.

A good manufacturer will integrate a mix of both, and user test at each stage of the manufacturing process to ensure what they’re doing is in the best interest of the user.
Do catapults on aircraft carriers cut down noise and fuel consumption? No because you still run the engines at max.
Strange that it’s written in Bash!
This is actually a good counterexample for people who think splitting code down into one-line methods improves readability.
How much would someone bid for Hacker News? It's just devs slacking of and wannabe entrepreneurs giving questionable advice.
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Damn! I really thought it's happening and clicked the link multiple times!
I love the app idea. Will give it a deeper look in the morning. But why did you delete the email column?
A robot built to strike back at IP telephony spammers.
https://jollyrogertelephone.com/
Someone should show this to pg. Brightened up my day in these difficult times. :).
I was like WTF Nooo. It should have opened Rick Roll video .
Now I'm curious what buying Hacker News would actually cost if someone actually wanted to do it.
What? There are articles on Hacker News?
Friends in Travel, Hospitality, Entertainment, Restaurant Tech, Mobility (to name a few) are all reducing staff, while others in Healthcare, Mental Health, Education, E-commerce, Cloud, Supply Chain Management, Insurance (to name a few) can't even cope with the demand right now and must hire. I will obviously share this with both!!
This is weird combo of "movie hacking" and "real hacking".
I woke up like 2 minutes ago and this is the first thing I read. Fastest I've ever failed April Fool's.
Alt. molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 – escape from NA extraction kit-shortage
MIT researcher says droplets carrying Covid-19 can travel up to 27 feet
Perfect for slowing down those pesky 10x developers.
If they have filed the paperwork[0] then they are. (Whether their solution to be compliant is or is not enough would have to be audited.)

Apple's FaceTime is not HIPAA compliant because they haven't filed the paperwork.[1]

(Obviously, there are a lot more steps to it than signing a Business Associate agreement, but I would bet FaceTime is probably a little more secure than Zoom)

[0]:https://www.hipaajournal.com/become-hipaa-compliant/

[1]:https://www.hipaajournal.com/facetime-hipaa-compliant/
Feynman wrote that his Nobel prize came from his determination to have fun while computing.

To quote, he makes the following observation:

“Physics disgusts me a little bit now, but I used to enjoy doing physics. Why did I enjoy it? I used to play with it. I used to do whatever I felt like doing–it didn’t have to do with whether it was important for the development of nuclear physics, but whether it was interesting and amusing for me to play with...

I’m going to play with physics, whenever I want to, without worrying about any importance whatsoever.”

He started looking to have fun with physics, and claims the breakthroughs came from that.
Zoho banned 3rd party cookies
Because it's 32 degrees in New Delhi, 33 degrees in Mumbai and 36 degrees in Hyderabad.

This doesn't cease all transmission of SARS-CoV-2, it considerably reduces the rate of infections. The virus does not do well in higher temps (ideally with high humidity; which is why it's doing so very poorly in both Hawaii and Singapore, despite entirely different approaches to dealing with the virus). Singapore gets up to 32-33 degrees this time of year and Hawaii is at 25, which is enough.

There is overwhelming evidence at this point that SARS-CoV-2 is slowed by temperatures over ~18 degrees. China and the US have both seen the same thing. Prior studies on influenza indicate that its transmission rate plunges over roughly 17-18 degrees. Which also matches what the MIT study (below) found looking at the infection data for this virus. There are two other recent studies mentioned below, that reach a similar conclusion.

Here's China seeing the same thing:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3551767

Here's the US:

"The results: In the most recent analysis, which used data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, two MIT post-docs in the civil engineering and cognitive science departments found that the maximum number of coronavirus transmissions has occurred in regions that had temperatures between 3 and 13 °C during the outbreak. In contrast, countries with mean temperatures above 18 °C have seen fewer than 5% of total cases. This pattern also shows up within the US, where southern states like Texas, Florida, and Arizona have seen a slower growth rate than northern states like Washington, New York, and Colorado. California, which spans north and south, has a growth rate that falls in between."

"Two other preprint papers have drawn similar conclusions. The first, posted on Monday by two researchers from Spain and Finland, found that 95% of positive cases globally have thus far occurred at temperatures between -2 and 10 °C"

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615381/coronavirus-spread...

Note: that publish date for the article is from March 19. The predicted results have not only continued to hold well globally, they have unfortunately proven to be a future forecast for what happened in NYC due to its climate.
15-20 year old kernels are probably very insecure, what contexts are you seeing such old systems in?
Great initiative ! Good to see some solidarity in such difficult times :)
Ballpark estimate...

- They have 50,000 ventilatators now.

- 1.3 billion people.

- Suppose they miraculously keep the infection rate below 50%, say 500 million over three months.

- 15% need a ventilator, but flatten the curve and it’s 5% of 500m at any one time.

Does that pencil out to... um... a million ventilators? Yikes. What did I miss there?
We recovered manuscript found near the crematorium 3 in Auschwitz-Birkenau
https://github.com/paranim/paravim - A Vim-based editor for Nim https://sekao.net/paravim/nim/

https://github.com/paranim/pvim - A Vim-based editor for Nim https://sekao.net/paravim/nim/

So what the fuck is what? paranim? paravim? pvim?
tenx_me_right_now()
// SINGLE RESPONSIBLITY PRINCIPLE, ONE FUNCTION ONE THING, NO ERROR CHECKS!

I'm in tears. HN late at night (pacific time) is so bizarre but beautiful. I'm ready to be a 10x programmer.
How to be productive during the quarantine
It's a widespread incorrect belief.

* http://jdebp.uk./FGA/truths-about-telephones.html#CallerID
Y2k was definitely overhyped.

Yes, lots and lots of background work went on. My grandfather made a nice chunk of cash from being able to work with some near extinct programming languages and assembly variants on obsolete machines.

But: the hypetrain wasn't so much focusing on glitches in banks and insurance companies, but on catastrophic failures in missile control software etc and embedded systems that often don't even have any concept of date.
With live sports canceled, pro athletes join the streaming surge
While your plane is falling from the sky?
> could develop emergent qualia

If we were to admit there really is such thing as "qualia", there's not reason you wouldn't ask the same question about non-biological software or hardware systems... electronic hardware or biological hardware can have same computational qualities.

But since OBJECTIVELY there's no such things as qualia (the concept only exist SUBJECTIVELY), it could only exist by definition for "a person/subject" eg., in this context, a neural network large and complex enough to get close to a human-like intelligence level!

A dragonfly nervous system is probably simpler than some of the the largest artificial neural networks models...
A Gene Called ‘Sonic Hedgehog’ Is Behind the Weirdest Coronavirus Symptoms
At 45, I’m still an active developer and these days just your regular old “Enterprise Architect”. Married, dual income living in the too big house in the burbs of a major metropolitan city. We make “enough” that making more wouldn’t change our lifestyle.

Grinding algorithms to work for a FAANG doesn’t interest me. I’m actively disinterested.

Even though I started as a hobby developer in the 80s doing assembly and spent the first decade of my career writing assembly, now I’m much more interested in solving business and process problems than I am in the computer science side of software development.

So, next move will probably be more in the Solutions Architect/Professional Services/Enterprise Architect/Consulting route for a few years. I’ll have to do a little “grinding architecture”, and I may end up at one of the major cloud providers but that isn’t a goal in and of itself.
Leap seconds are a big hassle. It's not even clear that they are worth bothering with individually. (We could wait until we have a whole minute worth of them before applying any.)

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

It's all too easy to write software that doesn't take leap seconds into account.
Australia speaking. We get a buttload of spam calls from China (in Chinese, no less).
End of the era.
Zoom is a Chinese shop, potentially compromised by CCP like most industries there.
Its a site that fakes being google while it is by extinction rebellion, one of the most vile group of people on the face of the earth
No, people just paste in the article titles to comment on. Everyone knows the content beyond Hacker News isn't worth reading anyway.
That my friends is the text book definition of high quality malware.
> It is possible that, despite the interest, the technology isn't at a state where it would actually be useful in practice.

Well, given that unreliable interrogation techniques are pretty commonly used historically, maybe it's more of a value thing.

i.e. water-boarding is unreliable and cheap, fMRI is unreliable and expensive.
Nobody is "spreading hatred". Please stop abusing this term to further your agenda. Thank you.
I just finished your game, and it was really, really good! I love trippy, timey-wimey experiences!
> If you have a good suggestion on how to rapidly measure site accuracy and quality I know some VCs who would very much like to chat.

I spent a few days thinking about it not so long ago and I have thought of something rarely mentioned. Don't get me wrong, I don't think I have completely solved the problem, just noticed it changes the perspective.

If I remember well, from my user perspective, the biggest change Google introduced was the ranking by page. Yahoo used to rank by site not by page.
Maybe going back to a ranking by site would help creating a good index.

A site would be associated to a number of keywords, say 20 and that's it. That would give incentive to pick the keywords you want to rank for carefully and really be an expert about them instead of having SEO experts deciding which keywords they want to rank for this week and write empty TF-IDF optimized blog posts.

This sort of search engine would not give you the answer to everything but it would give back power to the websites. The information retrieval process would then be 2 steps :

- find a good website

- find the information within the website
Comparing coronavirus responses: What did Canada and the U.S. do differently?
A rolling window probably adds more complexity and heuristics than adding a few bits once.
Not sure I got that message, considering the bulk of the population motors around on their little cushy chairs, drinks slurpies all day, and is endlessly served by robots, never doing any strenuous work at all, and only interacts with their screens. The spaceship has artificial gravity, artificial sun, artificial everything.

The movie is one huge anti-consumerism screed.
> Offering less than two weeks severance pay is outside the norm, as is offering more than eight weeks.

Is this a norm for startups?

The norm for BigCorp is to have your tenure-based severance actually map directly to tenure, so if someone worked for you for 10 years she gets 5x what someone who worked for two years gets.

(Granted there might be a baseline, like $M + $N * $YEARS.)

And that's just talking about the US, but the article definitely implied they're talking about the US and in particular California. If your startup is domiciled in, say, France, you probably don't have a choice.