skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Or scalies. They all seem to trend towards feminine cat/fox 'sonas. I guess it's a result of the data-set used.
Most of them, like most people in general, don't primarily identify as some loaded political identity. Out of the US members, three would likely satisfy the criteria you're thinking of: Jamal Greene is associated with the Federalist Society, Michael McConnell was appointed to a judgeship by Bush, and John Samples is a member of the Cato Institute.
What’s wrong with using mathy names to describe mathy products?
I saw an artical that corona causes strokes in young people.
> unwillingness to seed control

Typo alert: you mean “cede control”, not “seed control”.
No, because I don't care and I'm just going about my life mostly as normal. Many people have missed the context, and that's either a massive failure of education or a massive failure in communication, and the mere fact we're having this discussion is evidence of that. Isn't it?
They’re not being counted as COVID-19 deaths; they’re not being counted at all. A lot of people are living in isolation right now, often with no regular contact with the outside world. The sad truth is that there are probably a lot of people lying dead in their homes right now, and they could go unnoticed for months.
What does that have to do with engineering talent?
My three year old nephew would ask to play the "robot man", as I referred to Kraftwerk for a while. Then would walk around swinging his arms like a robot to "We are the robots". I, having my "cool uncle" aspirations, was almost tearing up.
Vue is smaller than React and does not need a form library.
Thank you for this interesting comment!

When you say "continuous", would you consider some very high frequency solid state switching amplifier to be "continuous" enough for this application? I realize it's a different order of magnitude, but those GaN/Si transformers make me wonder if we aren't far off from some kind of megawatt scale solid state amplifier shakeup...
This looks nice to show off code and do 1-2 line fixes.

Don’t think I would write a full app or module in this though.
> Readability and aesthetics are at odds.

I'm not sure. If it's a cafe front, I can deal with Comic-like windings. If I'm reading something for a reasonably long time, I start valuing functionality - here it's readability.

Maybe people could train to read easily that font - they didn't have much of alternatives. That would mean readability is rather conditional. I'd like to know.
It's not the supply. It's not that London wasn't packed then and everyone not needed somewhere to live. All the craziness started when banks were allowed to jump on a mortgage bandwagon.It used to be only building societies before that. I'm commenting the UK situation,but I think it's similar in other countries too.
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TLDR: I think I have a simple, natural, and cost-effective solution to create lasting behavioral change towards a healthier future. I’m looking into ways to test that hypothesis and use my time productively in spite of Coronavirus. Cold calling dietitians and pediatricians sucks (but what can you do?). Can anyone make some suggestions for ways to efficiently test PMF while we still have no clue how long Coronavirus will last?
I normally host on prem and also rent dedicated servers elsewhere as standby. Way cheaper than the cloud and full control the way I want.
Guessing here...ad-tech
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git force push, and damn the torpedoes
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I vaguely remember a post a while back (maybe a year ago) where they said they can't make a part of their remote technology open-source. Maybe things have changed, but I was quite sure it was something they were keeping close to them.

Also thanks for pointing out the certificate issue. I was actually leaving it that way on purpose, but I guess it can reflect poorly on my product, so I should just update the landing page with something non-descriptive.
My assumption is that cause of death wouldn't be blindly written off as COVID-19 though.

How thoroughly do deaths of the elderly and infirm get looked into as per the cause?
Why are those sins? In my opinion they give the book's world its distinctive character.
Colocation seems to have fallen out of favour over the past decade, but it still provides the most bang per buck for server performance. The only difference is that provisioning takes weeks to months vs seconds to minutes via an API call.

Where this has the most impact on performance and cost is visible in storage systems. Low tier solutions on AWS have notoriously bad storage performance. 20MB/s is useless for just about anything modern.
Don't forget that between cloud and servers in the company there are still VPS and rented dedicated hardware in a data center.

So you:

1. Don't manage hardware.

2. But manage a server (OS+software stack).

3. Have reliable internet, power and physical security from the data center you are renting your hardware from (if you trust them fully!).

4. Have fixed cost but also fixed resources. Tends to be cheaper for many tasks. Especially CPU/GPU heavy ones.
Right, my point is, why isn't the nurse line also standing at the door to the single walk in access point for the hospital? Because we are wild fools, that's why.

The hospital is liable for the costs in the ER, so fuck no are they going to tell you go home and get some rest if they can charge you $2000 to do that after taking your insurance.
But is it taken seriously? Do people not believe it because of my age?
We colocate and as a small tech business, I can't imagine doing anything else. We don't spend more on payroll due to colocating and AWS/etc would easily double our annual non-payroll expenses.
It could be a lot of things. Would you like to argue that it is some specific thing that couldn't possibly lead to the sort of oligopoly or monopoly position that Microsoft has eagerly sought and maintained in the past? If so, which exact thing?
Bold of you to assume that a disease can just run its course and then end. Would you say the same thing about the Chickenpox or some of the earlier flu pandemics we've seen? Are you willing to bet on a far deadlier second wave not occurring?
Favor is awesome, I used them a lot when they were a startup. HEB made a really good decision in acquiring them.
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Local caching recursive DNS servers work best close to the clients.
Highways are much more relevant when we’re talking about trucking, and highways are largely concrete.
A "cookie disclaimer" does not solve any of the problems you describe.

First, you can't avoid solving the murky analysis. You must be able to specify in clear language what personal data you're using for what purpose and which specific paragraph of the GDPR gives you the legal basis to do so.

Are you using that data for A/B testing because it's a legitimate need where you don't need consent or because the user consents to it? Well, you have to decide before implementing that disclaimer, because the disclaimer should clearly state that answer!

Furthermore, if you decide that some use case does not fit the legitimate need criteria and you need consent, then a "cookie disclaimer" does not reduce the risk of fines - because a disclaimer does not collect opt-in consent, it can (at best) record acknowledgement, so if you need consent but only have a disclaimer, then that still risks fines.

On the other hand, if you trust your developers to know what is required and what's not, and you have documented it properly (because it's not just a good idea, it's mandatory), then you should be able to run that documentation through your local data protection authority to validate any doubts, that's part of their job, and wherever I have seen them work it's something they eagerly do.
Woah, I didn't think of that. I know that it happens, for those without close friends and family. But for many, the first clue has been failure to report for work. Which doesn't happen so much now. And it's eerie to think that it's become far more common.
If the software developer didn't get anything off you they wouldn't make the software available to you in the first place.
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The problem? Pricey. The business model doesnt work.
If this is of interest, I’ve been publicly releasing a series of educational Nix videos I originally recorded for developers at Shopify that you may also enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGI9KQ3_HP_OFRG6R-p4...
In Back to the Future — I can't remember which — Doc says at some point: Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull? If you told me he was talking about websites I'd believe ya
Unfortunately this has happened since I installed it, and I rarely open many tabs on my phone. It's mostly for quick lookups when I'm out or cooking which makes it a problem.
Even better: don't override +load or use static constructors!
Rob Fitzpatrick on Taking a Long Term Approach to Bootstrapping
> I'm pretty sure those don't exist and if they did they'd be very large and heavy

I'm clueless on these things, but what order of magnitude for "heavy" are we talking about here? If we take a 1Kg microwave and add 4 orders of magnitude we're at 10,000Kg and a 747 weighs in at ~200,000Kg, so by that measures it seems achievable. I'd also assume existing terrestrial ones aren't optimized for weight in any way.

> I would be surprised if there's much hope of that competing with conventional jet engines on efficiency.

Efficiency isn't the only measure, there if energy can be cheaper than fuel then less efficient can win out. There may also be applications for long running, low weight flight powered by solar like starlink.

TIL I learned of this handy site: https://whatthingsweigh.com/how-much-does-a-boeing-747-weigh...
It’s entirely subjective. If you search for “has died” posts you will find plenty of posts of other public figures who are more similar to Kobe (not technologists) than Florian.

Anyway it’s not worth spending more time thinking about I just remembered being taken aback at the forcefulness of the flagging and downvoting of all the Kobe posts in seconds like nothing I’ve seen before.
They made electronic music across multiple synths before MIDI! Must have been fun.
I think the point stands - the standard 6' / 1.5m guidelines are completely arbitrary and it's likely that droplets remain suspended for some period of time, so regardless of direction, you're certain to encounter potential infectious agents if you're in an aisle within 15-30+ minutes of someone contagious passing through.
Sigh is a traditional laptop smaller than an A4 sheet too much to wish for?

I just want a Surface Go with a decently-sized SSD that I can hold by the keyboard, and there just doesn't seem to be a machine like that.

(Or a Surface Book that is just a bit smaller)
I believe your impression is wrong. I believe that amazon shut down its picking challenge in 2018 because it was clear to them the technology wasn’t ready to replace humans in there distributions centers yet.

I’d be happy to be proven wrong though if you have examples.
Sometimes job titles mean something. M.D. and quarterback, for example. The title connotes specific skills and experience.

Some titles only mean something in a specific context, like SW3 And GS-4. Those refers to an org chart slot or pay grade in an organization but carry little meaning otherwise.

And then some titles mean nothing, like Senior Wizard or Director. Anyone can call themselves a Director of their own company. By itself it means nothing.

A resume should communicate accomplishments, demonstrable skills, and experience. It should not advertise meaningless or pompous titles.
There was a tales from the crypt where the main character dies and finds that his consciousness remains after death. But then it turns out he wasn't really dead, it was a prank. But then he has a heart attack and dies for real. And his consciousness remains as his body is dissected.
At this point, is there anything not linked to Alzheimer’s? Herpes does make sense as a plausible factor, but I feel like I read “X linked to Alzheimer’s” every few months.
What does it mean by "what margins do you want?"
Margins of what I earn?

Also founder salary should not be in pricing. More like how much customer saves a month
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I'm not interested in arguing definitions. I look at what apps on my phone do, and delete anything that wants to talk to the surveillance shops.

It is that simple - I don't trust or use FB, and of course that includes third party FB feeders.
It's no contest, JetBrains Rider provides the best C# development experience on any platform, with smarts well beyond what VS is capable of.

While a commercial product, I've got 9 JetBrains products installed under the same toolbox subscription where it's by far the best value software suite I've ever paid for. Thanks to their Toolbox App you can update all products with a single click, just the productivity saved from not having to endure VS's multi-gigabyte updates & OS restarts pays for itself.
If we’re making plasma why not push it out the back with an electric field? Why is heating and expelling it more efficient?
This is an edited transcript of Rob Fitzpatrick's briefing at the May-1-2020 online Bootstrapper Breakfast.

Rob believes that a long term approach confers two key advantages on bootstrappers:

1. It cuts the friction associated with early customer discovery, customer validation, and early sales.

2. It provides a safety net if you need to shut down via either jobs, freelancing, or quick opportunities
> All the machines are highly utilized, and they have fast Infiniband/OmniPath networks that you simply cannot get in the cloud.

It's weird that these networking technologies are not used more in "plain" datacentre settings, since networking latency and throughput has to be a significant challenge to scaling up non-trivial workloads and achieving true datacentre-scale computing. We hear a lot about how to "scale out", but that's only really feasible for relatively simple workloads where you just seek to do away with the whole issue of keeping different nodes in sync on a real-time basis, and accept the resulting compromises. In many cases, that's just not going to be enough.
This is so shortsighted it’s painful.

You’re describing the attitude Facebook takes towards candidates, not the attitude I take towards anything.

Candidates should be saying to Facebook, “ I really hope all of your code is perfect every single time to be acting so high and mighty” and absolutely making a huge deal out of a case like this when it isn’t.
Yes, that was entirely predictable, was in fact predicted, and was really the whole experience of the cookie banners which have already plagued the web for years before the GDPR.
Your blog is very useful and knowledgeable I have read it for many yrs, and I think if someone has to reach out to you for asking any question surely they will reach out on twitter than blog comments.
That's not actually true Klaus Dinger the drummer was a permanent member. There was even a brief period where it was Florian and Klaus Dinger in the band but Ralf had quit. And both Conny Plank their legendary producer and Ralf thought very highly of him. Klaus was known for pioneering a hypnotic minimalist beat known as "motorik." Klaus and Michael Rother left Kraftwerk to form Neu! another hugely influential German group.
Quite cool! Nice work :)
Why an app vs. full hosted given it's Electron?
> I really wonder how much of this is a self-created problem

It's part of the overfunding game: you can't just take the money and go "yay, 300 years of runtime because we stay lean". Investment is meant to be spent. Burning it all purely on buying market would also be a little too transparent, investors want to believe that they are getting more than that and they need others to believe that as well should they ever desire for greater fools.

But once you add an army of well paid talent to the mix it gets much easier to claim that there's more to your growth than buying market. Even if all they do is cosplay unassailable technological lead.
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What I tend to find most effective in supporting otherwise-minimal dialog is to focus on facial expressions and body language. Compare this:

“You renewed the certs, right?” asked Alice.

“I think I did,” stammered Bob.

To this:

”You renewed the certs, right?” Alice said, eyes fixed on her screen as she typed something into a terminal window.

Bob looked up from his laptop, eyes suddenly wide. “I think I did,” he said, a panicked look slowly coming over his face.
Totally. I don't want to be perceived as pompous but fuck it, I'm skilled too. lol. So I'll leave it in there and include my accomplishments.
I think that the communities experience has led them to the belief that the suction gripper is simply the most effective gripper currently available. It’s possible to get other grippers working in theory, but I think if you want reliability suction on constrained packages is the way to go.
I'm in the same boat. I tried buying tickets for European shows last year but didn't succeed. And now the show is coming to USA town, I get 4th row tickets and bam... Disappointment all around.
Except with something like Kaiser, they are the insurance provider and the hospital system. You only pay a copay for the ER, and that’s it. There’s no incentive to push unnecessary medical services.
I don't envy those who have to make these decisions. I think the public health impact from prolonged isolation could actually outweigh the direct effects of the virus. Just mental health alone is going to be rocked to the foundations.
Mad Trist by Sir Launcelot Canning.
This is utterly false and in a trivially verifiable way in this age of street view.

Raised highways sometimes have concrete decks because the strength can be attractive but the overwhelming majority of highways are asphalt. At or below grade highways are almost always asphalt. Tunnels are often concrete but those are a vanishingly small minority of miles.
The UK currently has nothing to fear from open borders: why worry about the risk of a planeload of cases when there's ten new planeloads* of homegrown coronavirus every day?

Everyone else, however, may well have something to fear from the UK...

* 747: 450 passengers; new cases 4400 (5 May)
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A lot of the data comes from NYC open data, and the results are gorgeous (especially the hydrology)

See previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18837481
Continued use of cookies is evidence of just how incompetent web development practices are.

Cookies allow storage of 4kb data in a file per single origin policy domain. They are slow to access and require an archaic API. At one point this made sense because it’s all we had.

Local storage features an amazingly primitive API, stores 5mb per domain, and is dramatically faster to access. Local storage is achieved universal support since IE8. From a storage perspective localStorage is a complete and superior replacement for cookies.

The only remaining difference is that cookies are artifacts separate from the browser. They can be sent in a an HTTP response without either a unique HTTP request and without appending that data to another artifact, such as hidden text in an HTML file. localStorage does not have that as it is meant to be local and thus would require JavaScript to write data from an HTTP response into storage. One extra step.

In practical terms all that means is that cookies can be written by a server application by developers who lack basic understanding of browser technologies. In software we call this kind of incompetence ”accepted practice”, but other industries call it negligence. I suspect if end users sued individual developers by name every time they were harmed or violated by bad software there would be less negligence in the world.
Of the books listed, I think I'd probably be most interested in reading Maupassant's Bel Ami, followed closely by Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
No way am I waiting on people who are comparing items, nor do I feel the least bit slighted/assaulted when people quite reasonably pass me when I'm comparing items or otherwise doing stationery shopping things in the aisle.

I don't see any evidence that I'm in the minority in my behavior on this point. If you believe there's risk in passing someone, I think you also have to believe that there's risk in standing 6 feet behind them for a needlessly prolonged period of waiting.
Correct, as the code is run as the dynamic linker pulls in the library (which is usually at application startup).
I recently read Max Brooks's World War Z and (a) even before Covid-19, he was able to lay out a plausible scenario of stupidity and selfishness that led to a global collapse and (2) as he's said in interviews [1] he couldn't have predicted how much dumber and selfish we would be in real life.

[1] https://www.npr.org/2020/03/24/820601571/all-of-this-panic-c...
It by "it" you mean circumcision, it was thought to be good for hygiene. But these days it is no longer routine, as it was a few decades ago.
Most interventions are for something that's not going to kill you right away, so I would guess that seeking intervention for a medical problem I'm having would increase my odds of dying right now (due to a mistake, or exposure to other wick people) while increasing my long term odds. I would not expect an increase in mortality when non-emergency doctors go on strike.

And I hope to someday live in a world where medical error is the #1 cause of death. I hope we also focus on quality of life and not just quantity -- but if medicine seeks to continue extending life then the success case is that error is essentially the only cause of death.
Those articles, and especially their headlines, are sensational and misleading.
Read the sentence after the ones you quoted. The internet connected salt master is used to provision accepted hosts in to the tunneled (VPN) network where the real master lives.
We spend ~$50k/mo on serverless infrastructure on AWS.

It hurts sometimes, given we were fully colocated about 4 years back, and I know how much hardware that could buy us every month.

However, with serverless infra we can pivot quickly.

Since we're still in the beta stage, with a few large, early access partnerships, and an unfinished roadmap, we don't know where the bottlenecks will be.

For example, we depended heavily on CloudSearch, until it sucked for our use case, so we shifted to Elasticsearch, and ran both clusters simultaneously until we were fully off of CS. If we were to do that on-prem, we'd have to order a lot more hardware (or squeeze in new ES cluster VMs across heavy utilization nodes).

With AWS, a few minutes to launch a new ES cluster, dev time to migrate the data, followed by a few clicks to kill the CloudSearch cluster.

Cloud = lower upfront, higher long term, but no ceiling.
On-prem = higher upfront, lower long term, but ceiling.
I do see a uuid cookie though.
How do you monitor this?
Lots of people would. Grocery stores typically run on a 1-3% net margins, so they're probably not going to be handing out 20% across-the-board discounts for anyone...
Even worse is when you think you’re part of the minority but aren’t.
They are also using robotic welding, such as when assembling the domes.
Did someone realise that one of the cases wasn't actually a case?
Redlining RAM + CPU is not difficult for the right kind of database application that needs in-memory latency. RAM is a limit on your (hot, at least) data size, and CPU is a limit on your query workload.

In my experience, harder to also balance I/O so you’re close to hitting three limits, but update-heavy transactional workloads can manage it for disk-based DBMS’s.