skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
https://zenodo.org/record/1429642#.XrC1NCUpDDs It wasn’t until 1920 that the first paper suggesting it could be nuclear fusion was published.
I think it is. Electric and magnetic fields exist in relationship with the processes that create and shape them. There is no prerequisite "background electromagnetic field" that is universally necessary for all of those processes, to begin with.
There's a difference between saying "I saw you scheduled a meeting for 2-3, just so you know my day is over at 2:30, can we reschedule?" (which I have done, and will always do), and cutting someone off mid-sentence to say your day is over because your clock beeped, and being out the door and in your car 15 seconds later.
It's over 88%. For the younger patients it's practically a coin toss:

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200422/most-covid-19-patie...
Agree with you, that has been true. There could be something unique about this one though maybe. Instead of transmission it could be it just thrives better in one climate vs. another. It’s also very possible that climate isn’t playing or is having a very limited role as well.
It is now May, in most parts of the universe ;-)
There is two things you can do.

One is target your local job market for anything that will still exist post-pandemic. The second is target one of those online developer mills like TopTal, BiersDev, and that means implementing the 'mother of all demo apps' repeatedly from spec until you have a fully tested and optimized app ready for deployment in whatever language you think you will most likely find a job for (javascript/expressJS, React, etc). See https://n0x400.1mb.site/ for the MIT webdev crashcourse
True, but if the website provides an API and signed data, it can be possible to verify the signature on chain in a smart contract.
(backblaze ceo here) We're happy to take customers regardless of which API they choose. Sure, we make a bit more on our B2 Native APIs, but ultimately I'd rather we make it easy for them to use us how they wish.
What about my government? Nationalism teaches us that only every other government is wrong. We conflate love for our land and its people with the state and the exploiters who guide it. This is always convenient for both of the latter entities.

If this political and economic system is a "necessary evil", we must ask ourselves: Who is benefitting from the evil and who is directing it?

To convince ourselves that we are joined with an oppressor by social divisions is a timeless manipulation. Yet every economic crisis presents the opportunity for liberation.
I put zero reliance on external forces making the change I want to see and make decisions without this being a factor. It cuts out false hope.

If I'm not willing to pay the price, I should not expect change.
In that case, having a smart and informative site already is even more of an impressive achievement. :-)

I don't personally think much needs to change dramatically. It's already useful and seems reasonably well organised. As someone who hadn't previously heard of Caddy other than incidentally and who is currently setting up some new projects for which Caddy is a very interesting find this evening, that production-ready setup information is the key information that was missing for me until I found the other page (and as it happens, I found it via a link that wingworks helpfully posted in this HN discussion, not via browsing the Caddy site or a search engine).

If I were to add one other possibly helpful point, the configuration via HTTP request idea is interesting, but everywhere I've seen it mentioned on the site so far seemed to imply it is on by default and did not say anything about locking it down. Again, this looks potentially useful for a quick start experimenting with Caddy or maybe for development purposes, but it doesn't seem like a killer feature and it's obviously a concern for using it in production if anything like that doesn't default to safe.
> Likewise, with CI/CD. And don't get me started on the monkey-work that is TDD. You might argue that it improves code quality. But, it's hard to make the case that it improves job satisfaction. If you move more work from the creative, problem-solving bucket into the busy-work bucket, the result will not be personal fulfillment.

A lot of the comments in this thread are pretty funny to me. CI systems are awesome when they are working. It is a real pain in the ass not knowing when something is broken or not being able to find out when it broke.

Similarly, writing good tests is really helpful for me. I do this even on my own personal projects.

These things are so helpful to me that these comments are like reading about people who hate source control.
As I've written before on HN:

A hub with multiple USB-C downstream ports cannot exist with any sort of reasonable UX. The C port supports multiple "alternate modes," which remap USB-data pins to other functions (like DisplayPort, HDMI, Thunderbolt, analog audio, etc.)

The various alternate modes are not simply transporting display/audio/Thunderbolt data over a USB channel. It's the difference between packet switching and circuit switching.

Plugging in, for example, an HDMI adapter to one downstream port affects what devices can be plugged in to other downstream ports.

A true HDMI adapter would revert all other downstream ports to USB 2.0. But... an HDMI adapter that's really a DisplayPort with internal DP -> HDMI converter can potentially allow USB 3.0 on the other downstream ports (or, potentially, ONE other port with DP and the rest with USB 2.0).

Either way, plugging in the HDMI adapter means your USB-C headphones might stop working (depending on whether they are analog or have an internal DAC).

How are users expected to understand that they need a certain type of USB-C headphones and a certain type of HDMI adapter in order for both to work at the same time?
But imagine the new frontiers it opens! Countries would exchange and trade massive amounts of user data like oil. Want to participate in air travel? Better to sign treaties to buy tracing data, as without it your country won't be compliant with the international safety laws. I see trillions of new wealth being built there. On a serious note, this reminds me of a quote from one book: "the fourth round will be remarked by a fierce battle between materialistic and spiritual forces in humanity". We're like being subjected by a high voltage electrolysis now: those with moral are being dragged to the right and those without it - to the left.
First off, the tool is beautiful, and so is the website. I thought I understood what it does, but turns out, I was a little bit wrong.

I initially thought this was a tool for someone like me, no drawing abilities, but wanting to add some characters in different poses to my webpage without hiring an illustrator.

Then I watched the demo video, and I see it is only for creating a character outline, and then an artist needs to still draw the character. This is just a guideline for them.

My question then becomes. If I'm an animator, aren't I already an expert at this? Do I need this tool in order to give me a guideline with which to draw my character?

With the current state of CV, I'd like to be able to see this sort of tool allow me to re-position a character I can import into the tool, or potentially even a photo.

I understand that is much more work than the author has envisioned with this app, but as it stands, I'm not completely convinced it is valuable enough to the target audience, and I think it could have more value to a larger audience.

Keen to hear if this is a tool that animators actually need.
Divide and rule
A few hours later..

> "Guardian took it down again with a very civilized apology. A real class act, thanks."
I do the same and use the shortcut at least once a day for things I don't want to permanently unblock but might need occasionally. I set it via a shortlink on bit.ly so it's easy for people to remember/bookmark.

It points to ..../admin/api.php?disable=300&auth=authkey

300: Time in seconds to disable it.

Auth key: You need to have a password set for the Pi-hole installation, and the API key is the salted version of that password. You can find it as the value for the key WEBPASSWORD in your /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf file.
Hmm. Although it shows up in Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, it does not make an appearance in the MS Word font list, either as a master or as individual styles.
It's not that they mutate specifically to less dangerous versions; rather the subtle variations that don't kill their host before spreading persist while the ones that are rapidly fatal quickly disappear when containment measures are put in place.

Which makes this one bad as it's infectious for a long time before there are symptoms or it kills the host - hence the panic.
It's extremely trashy to quote someone when they didn't actually say the thing you put in quotation marks. Bother someone else with your straw-man bullshit.
Yeah, and the commenter upthread didn't personally saw Jamal Kashoggi up alive, and he's got a whole headful of justifications as to why he couldn't possibly be complicit in that. When he is. He doesn't have a single atom in his body with the ethics and morals of Tim Bray...
It was definitely a conundrum for scientists. Throughout the 19th century, evidence kept piling up from geology supporting longer and longer time periods for the age of the earth, but there was no known source of energy that could keep the sun burning for that much time.
Incredibly prolific, especially given his how well-received his track record has been. Takes some serious guts to take a year off from Princeton to _self-fund a trip to Syria during the middle of a war_ to learn how to be a war correspondent.
lol I know me too I just made it up to type that comment and it was the first thing that popped into my mind.
My apps on Windows: KeePass, Chrome, Thunderbird, Putty, Oracle VM, Idea, EditPad Pro, Paint.NET, Battle.net, Discord, foobar2000.

My apps on macOS: Chrome, Thunderbird, OracleVM, Idea, Battle.net, Discord. Can replace Putty with Terminal ssh (I like Putty more, but that's not a big deal), can replace KeePass with text file (less security, but not a big deal either), can replace EditPad Pro with TextEdit (worse replacement, but I can live with it), can replace Paint.NET with Gimp. Not sure about foobar2000, may be DeadBeef.

And there's no software on macOS that I would miss in Windows. So that's questionable about third-party apps, at least for me. The only thing that I loved in macOS is its Terminal, because I know bash, but recently I learned a bit of PowerShell, so it's not a big advantage anymore. Also I can always spin up CentOS VM if necessary.
Thank you for taking time to write a detailed response.
Anecdote: Metro NYC area. First week of March something weird ripped through my household. Wife lost all sense of taste and smell - complained she couldn't taste my cooking - and had a pretty bad cold. Kids and wife got weird pink eye at the same time with pink rings around their eyes. I was very lethargic during the same period of time and when I would lay down would get waves of chills through my body.

No clue if it was COVID-19, but it was strange. And we're ground zero for it (I work in Manhattan and used to commute every day on public transit).
As someone involved with the industry, this is my take.

The work defence contractors do and will continue to do is a measurable positive in the world. This work generally falls into three categories:

First is projects that make the lives of armed forces personnel easier. There is no moral or ethical hazard with these projects. They simply are making it so that pre-existing work, often non-combat work, is less tedious.

Second is projects that actively protect the lives of armed forces personnel and assets. Why would somebody have any reason to feel anything but pride in their work when they know that the only things it could ever do is save lives.

Third is the arguably morally shaky stuff. Weapons technology would fall under this category. The thing people seem to miss about this category however is what new projects' goals are. Very rarely is it ever to create a more lethal weapon. Almost all development of this kind focuses on either making existing technology cheaper, more precise, or have increased range.

In the first case, you could argue that it makes the weapons more likely to be used which is fair however if a weapon system is in active use already, it is unlikely that a cheaper version would do anything other than bring down operating costs. In the second case, these projects are actively making these weapons safer. Look at the Hellfire R9X as a prime example. This weapon sole purpose is to minimise casualties and minimise damage to the surrounding area. Finally the third and last case I mentioned. Increasing range is important for force projection reasons but the most immediate benefit is that it allows armed forces personnel to be further from danger. These people would be in this fight regardless but now they are able to operate from a safer distance instead.

Weapons tech gets a bad rap for obvious reasons but I see that as mostly having been a relic of a past era. Nowadays there isn't really any reason to make more lethal weapons. We already have those and you can see a steady trend in new military technology towards lower risks, costs, damage to the surroundings, and minimising civilian casualties.

Additionally, in my experience, you generally have a choice whether you work on a project or not. Leadership fully understands what they do as an organisation and get that some people may not be comfortable with doing certain projects. If you can't conscientiously work on a certain type of project, simply say so and leadership will take that into account when planning personnel assignments for projects.

TL;DR Armed conflict and existing weapons will never go away. What we as a society(namely the modern purpose of defence contractors) can do instead is make armed conflict less dangerous to those caught in the crossfire and those who risk life and limb to defend our countries.
Demand Nothing Less Than a Visionary Future
I think you could say that about anyone.
Ok so devils advocate here.

Google and Apple need to advocate privacy for reasons. But they also want to help the government (PRISM example). So they carefully craft a bug that only government knows about and that allows the extraction of location data. If ever discovered it was not intentional. The NSA backdoor at RSA is an example [1].

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-nsa-rsa/excl...
A lot to write about, but in a nutshell:

LLC is a business entity type. S Corp is a way to be taxed.

With LLC, life is simpler (formation, filing taxes, maintenance).
With S Corp, you can distribute the profit as dividend (at a lower tax rate) after paying yourself a reasonable salary.

Edit: I just noticed that you'd posted the original comment in this thread. So, LLC electing to be taxed as an S Corp means simpler filing requirements (as opposed to C Corp and the like), coupled with the ability to distribute dividends.
I cancelled my membership because it makes little sense when pretty much all shipping is taking over a week. This is not about getting the laws changed, this is about what tbray wrote in his blog - strong arming the poor employees and not providing a safe working environment. These workers are literally putting their life at risk for you. Why not send a message to Amazon that this is not acceptable?
I had absolutely no idea that SA is so old. New Scientist - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Scientist is a mere whippersnapper.

It doesn't matter that the article is bollocks. It is reasoned bollocks. That is basically what science is all about! I would prefer if there was some more working shown to back up the article but it seems to imply that some might be available rather than just simple assertions.

We live in a world where some people genuinely seem to think that a newer version of a mobile phone comms medium can cause a disease that we know is caused by a virus. These same people seem to be aware of other viruses and bacteria and their effects just as well as any other layman. It is only this particular combination that is the current "conspiracy".

We need the likes of Scientific American to carry on their work of delivering the best descriptions of the rather odd workings of the world and the universe. They are what the rest of the media turn to when they need to cover something they don't understand.

The sun does not burn coal but frankly that is less embarrassing than admitting that our best theories can't explain where most of the sodding universe actually is. We are so advanced that we do not know where 85% of matter is hiding out. lol
> race to a vaccine

This is absolutely insane. My ex was telling me today, "well we could have a vaccine in 18 months" and I am so getting sick of this bullshit big-pharma narrative.

Safe vaccines take 5~10 years to develop. A vaccine in <2 years seems like a disaster waiting to happen. Vaccines for SARS1 were very difficult to make and some caused reinfections worse or incomplete protection[0].

We still don't have safe vaccines for HIV or Herpes. I feel like people talking about vaccines in 18 months are being totally unrealistic and irresponsible.

[0] https://www.pnas.org/content/117/15/8218
So, I rarely see people saying that the U.S. financial system doesn’t have tons of room for improvement. The problem is when someone comes in pushing something which features at least one of {costs more, no consumer protections, harder to use, slower}, especially when it’s something like Bitcoin where they have an obvious financial stake in getting you to buy in even if it’s not good for you.
For me it is still the best OS experience by far.
The primary difference is that the aether was supposed to provide a universal rest frame, which we now know doesn’t exist, but quantum field theory does posit that the field is a fundamental medium and the particles exist only as perturbations in that field.
'jk' are on the strongest two fingers on the right hand home row, since that's what you'll be doing the most. 'h' can be hit once or twice with no real effort, but there are better ways to move left and right within a line, such as `bBeEfFwWIA`. I also remap `H` and 'L' to move all the way to either end of the line, but I might be doing it wrong
Alfred3 Workflow for Microsoft Todo
Grateful Irish honour their Famine debt to Choctaw tribe
> The money in a bank is not paper currency. Your deposit is backed by as little as 3% cash reserves.

Utterly irrelevant so long as it's backed by the FDIC. Nobody has lost a single penny since the Great Depression to a bank failure. Not during COVID. Not in 2008. Not ever.

> Your deposit is backed by as little as 3% cash reserves.

I'm not sure the Bank of Tether even has that much on hand, and it defines the pricing of all cryptocurrencies.

> My original point was that crypto is a medium of exchange.

It's not a useful medium of exchange due to its insane volatility and high implied and direct fees.

> ...not that it is a store of value, like bank account deposits

Cash and bank deposits are a medium of exchange and an intentionally lossy store of value.

This is all pretty much ECON-101.
It’s probable that very few of the people who got sick in Vegas stayed in Vegas; a huge percentage of the people in Vegas on a regular day are short term vacationers.
I think the bit where the labels change is a pretty big differentiator, for things that are per-app.

Are you old enough to remember when PC applications came with templates that fit over a 101 key keyboard to show you what all the fn keys did? That's why very little outside professional tooling uses them for anything but system-wide shortcuts anymore. They're horrible for discoverability so unless you live in the app enough to thoroughly memorize them they aren't terribly useful.

As much as I don't care for the Hot Bar in general, it is far better for per-app shortcuts that are used rarely enough not to require (and thus develop) muscle memory. You'd need one of those OLED keyboards to do much better.
88% is not 100%...
I think it might be because we are no longer in April ;)
They mean the virus itself. Viruses that are too lethal can't spread as effectively because they cripple the host and are easily detected. This creates selective pressure for viruses which mutate to be less lethal to spread more widely. If the less lethal virus confers immunity to the more lethal version then the lethal version is likely to die off, or at least become less prominent.
When I buy a Mac, I don't buy a computer.

I buy an operating system.

In my case, the Apple OS gives me exactly what I need. Apple holds all the cards, and are able to set the price. Wish it was lower, but I am glad the OS works as well as it does. The control that Apple has over both the hardware and software is key to that.

For others, Windows is exactly what they need (I see this a lot with hardware hacker stuff. It's very hard to get Apple versions of a lot of the tools I need). They do have a lot more choices, but I prefer my experience. Well worth the difference in price, for me.
> Well, I don't care for choice in my init system. I want it to work.

We Agree.

> And systemd works fine for me.

But it doesn't for me, and I am left with no choice but to suffer with it.
Mars has a singular advantage over the moon (at least for Starship): it has a atmosphere that can be used for aero-braking and it can be used to create metholox). Landing on the Moon will require more fuel.
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. Unfortunately this exists. And before I get downvoted (for obvious political reasons) I acknowledge that it happens on both sides.
Dell XPS + Linux Mint seems like it would be an incredible development machine. I used to love OS X because everything "just worked" and you still got a real bash environment. I think Linux has caught up in terms of UX. I installed Linux Mint on my desktop recently and Cinnamon is really nice. All the tools I need are there, and I had no drivers issues whatsoever.

I see little reason to continue buying into the Apple ecosystem. I switched from iPhone to an S9+ a couple years back and plan to keep this phone for at least another few years unless it dies.

I think in general people are getting sick of the upgrade cycle. Gadgets are getting good enough that they can last multiple release cycles. I think consumer electronics companies are going to need to find a way to evolve, or they really will be running into the classic "not enough consumers" problem.
> It's really very unlikely that any of you had covid 19 in Las Vegas in late December.

I think this needs to be repeated more often. Everyone who had a sniffle in the last 6 months thinks they had COVID-19. There are always a lot of different diseases going around in the winter.
Renewables surpass coal in U.S. power generation throughout April
Going to drop a toplevel comment and say while this is interesting (sincerely!) if people are interested in deeper tools/techniques the book Practical Binary Analysis is excellent, it ends in taint checking, symbolic excution techniques and uses Pin. https://practicalbinaryanalysis.com/

Also worth checking out is BAP, the Binary Analysis Platform, which is the successor project to Bit Blaze, and is one of the most fascinating binary analysis frameworks out there for my money. It was the only one of the darpa CGC entries that ran on real binaries, not the much less complicated ones developed specifically for the challenge.

https://github.com/BinaryAnalysisPlatform/bap
No, this article predates young Earth creationism, which is fairly modern, by 50-100 years.
I am not a particular fan of Neruda (I prefer Vallejo,Ramos Sucre or Machado), so save your snarky comment.
You should read the paper. It contains an excellent answer!