skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My apologies, I misunderstood your previous reply. I'm just afraid that loosening standards in this specific crisis is walking a really fine line. It makes sense during short burn epidemics like ebola where the fatality rate is so skewed, but exposing millions of people to HCQ during an extended highly infectious pandemic, especially without proper screening, is dangerous. Small price to pay if we're talking about something safe like aspirin or if HCQ cuts the CFR in half but if it's only a 10-20% difference, or the effect disappears with a larger sample size, or the mad rush for the drug causes a breakdown in quality control, or the demand deprives people who need it for other reasons - there's a very high chance of worsening quality of life for many people and creating a net negative.

What is the fast track system for COVID? I've seen the emergency use authorizations for clinical testing but not any for new treatments other than the usual off label use.
The lines between registers of interaction (e.g. who you are at work, who you are at home, who you are down the pub), stage personas, and multiple personalities are extremely blurry.

Also "having multiple personalities" is not in and of itself sufficient for a dissociative identity disorder diagnosis.

So you're approaching fractally wrong here in a way that's really quite offensive to a lot of people, and I'm afraid negative reactions are largely going to be inevitable as a result.
Sigh, there goes the product i was working on since last three months. This has most of the features i was planning to implement.
Well I doubt that any of these have reached perfect design (the way that say, a can of Coca-Cola has) so we’d expect to see some minor changes. Hinges, ports, keyboard, etc etc
I'll take this one! The short version is that I invited the repost and coached the founders the same way that I do for YC startups with their Launch HNs, about which see https://news.ycombinator.com/launches and https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu....

I will come back and add more explanation about what this means, and how it works, because the intention is to open this facility more up to the community.

Edit: here are the details. I helped edit the text with which they were appealing to HN. Then, when the post was ready, I put it in the second-chance pool (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380), so it got a random placement on HN's front page. We're happy to do that for posts that we think will interest the community. If they don't interest the community, they fall off the front page soon enough.

The support I gave these guys was exactly the same as what we do for YC startups who want to launch on HN—with the exception of the front-page placement mechanism, which is different (see links above).

I've wanted to open this Launch HN process up to non-YC startups for quite some time, and have begun to do it experimentally. The goal is to produce threads that the community finds interesting, and also to help startups. The downside with this is that I'm the only person doing it, there is only one of me, and it doesn't have much spare time. If you want to be considered for this experiment, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com, but please have mercy if I don't reply right away or don't feel that it's a good fit. There's simply no possibility of supporting everybody, even though I would love to.
The Fairphone smartphone is now available with Google-less Android /e/OS
Also to add to this, dt/pattern_string_here is really handy for deleting until the occurrence of some pattern.
“Build a Better Zendesk” Challenge by Pioneer.app
the end game is the developer gig economy. you assign a ticket to yourself, write the code while they analyse your behavior to calculate your hourly rate then you get paid
Entertainingly, the Chinese government also tut-tutted about our border closures as being racist. Since then they have implemented border closings of their own.

Speaking of fuckwittery, the Diamond Princess debacle is really in a class of its own. There's some suspicion that it's also linked to (one of?) our worst fatality cluster in that medical personnel from the Diamond Princess may have gone to a eldercare facility straight after. Nice.

As far as I'm concerned, every cruise ship that docks in Australia can pay $1M for the right to not be greeted with an Exocet missile until that industry has paid back the hideous damage it's done.
I feel with .NET Core migrations the wind is shifting, at least for web development where VSCode is starting to be preferable to Visual Studio. VSCode isn't likely to get the WinForms or XAML visual designers any time soon, so Desktop apps will likely stay a Visual Studio niche, but even then I've found myself increasingly working in VSCode up until the point I need to do a UI tweak even with Desktop apps.
Russia old is 20 years. (Before Soviets from 1917, before Russian Empire 1720, before Moscovia 14th century, before Golden Horde). I wrote about Kiyvan Rus text/chronicles from 10th century. What are you talking about? overdosed with commie propaganda?
And electronic dating in "Computer Love" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBGWenPlGo).

I always thought that song was about the "love" one feels using a computer. The relationship between a programmer and a machine. Perhaps I was just hearing what I wanted to hear though.
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He was not powerless, he was putting work for 2 years until he got lucky.
People hope they will stick in week or two into something and will get lucky.
You can infer cases from deaths, as a whole you’re going to get the same death rate.

Getting the death rate is tricky, what you need to look at is the increase in mortality over the 5 year average.
Visual Open Authoring
I stand corrected on the number of strands of HPV that Gardasil 9 protects against. That's more comprehensive than I remembered (and I've also received it).

Thanks for correcting me!
> It's obvious there is value, otherwise these companies wouldn't exist, no matter how much VC money is pumped in.

Would you say this about WeWork a year ago? VC-style central planning has had a great distorting effect on the supply/demand information function of the market.
Oh, now things are getting interesting.

I was a big fan of the idea of GitLab IDE, but never got too deep; it seemed like a great idea that could use more baking. But then I saw Theia and GitPod. I like GitPod, but I just wish it had better Github integration.

Well, yeah. So... good job Github. Can’t wait to try this one out.
People really want a GUIs that are much more dynamic and context-aware. The size of the buttons should change if I attach a mouse or a touchpad. The on-screen-keyboard should completely disable itself if I attach a keyboard. (Did Windows figure this out yet?) If I walk into a dark room, apps (and ideally, websites) should change to dark mode. If I walk into an area with direct sunlight, the contrast should be boosted. The device should behave differently if it's laying flat on a desk, or on a kickstand, or if I'm holding it in my hands.

Cell phones are better. They've figured out obvious things like screen rotation, adaptive brightness, bluetooth audio handoffs, and Android has made some headway with things like darkmode and automatically changing settings when you get into a car, but tablets have lagged behind, and I'm sure there are dozens more tiny things that automatically changed based on the device's context.
In this post, I thought of a few famous second order effects in tech.

For example,

In 2016, they remove headphone jack.

1st Order: Frustrating UX

2nd Order: Airpods are a ~$200B business

Anyone here know of any other good ones?
Emacs user here. Emacs' real value is not really in text editing, though it is no slouch in text editing. It does so many other things so well, at this point it is unthinkable for me to not have it.

Eg. OrgMode, Magit, Helm, Tramp, Dired and slime to mention a few. Its a lifestyle ;-)
I have to agree. I have been a big champion of GH but the more I use GL the more I keep asking myself why I don't just do all my stuff in GL.
When a person starts to have discretionary spending power, or starts to feel to not have to be cheap any more, the previously unimagined items or services that one didn't feel one needed, inflate greatly.
I really hope that twitterdildonics and twitter_breakcore in your repos can use the same input and run synchronized.

But actually, running things in another direction, breakcore→dildonics, would really contribute to me, ahem, dying happy.
Every level of civilization is built not on laziness but on convenience and the additional freedom that convenience brings. I'm sure at some point someone was complaining that people were eating bread from grain they didn't grow themselves.
Surely this all ends in a cap on advertising spending. Advertising contributes no real output to a country and ties up its best minds in anti-citizen activity. I know you can't blanket ban advertising because that would be unenforceable (and some advertising is good) but a partial ban cannot be controversial anymore.
This feels like it's based on a lot of "gut feel", though I appreciate he devils-advocate argument. Specifically, these points:
> it might not significantly alter the emotional balance of those who survive. That's particularly true in those countries whose authorities successfully downplay the effects of covid-19, e.g. by not doing much testing.

Most countries in the world rely on global supply chains, and many countries are now closing their borders to external trade, meaning that their own prices will sky-rocket, likely causing layoffs and bankruptcies, causing stimulus packages and therefore inflation. The world is very interconnected (as I'm sure you know)

In addition, I believe that many people would suffer significantly _more_ if many more people were dying around them. They would have friends and family who died or who were tied to people who died. I don't think it would be something as simple as "eh, someone else's problem". In addition, it's not just deaths -- there is a lot of data showing that there are long-term lung issues that develop if you do survive.
Anecdotally, I've eaten 1.5 lbs of chicken wings 4 days a week for the last 2 weeks or so. Just bought another 9lbs a few hours ago.
I set this up yesterday, and it was a breeze.

Just had to be sure to omit the B2 external storage folder from the backups on my Nextcloud server.

Now only if Virtualmin (YC ‘08) supported virtual server backups to S3-compatible B2 cloud storage… There’s an open ticket for this at https://www.virtualmin.com/node/65024
Getting a bit gross here, you might feel pretty assaulted if the person doing the breaking was someone you knew, maybe someone you detested, or maybe a parent or step-parent or older relative. Or younger, for that matter.

I could keep going, but it gets worse...
Is there anything more beautiful than seeing two old friends reconnect over memories of a motorized sex machine?
I just got a new 16” MBP after hanging onto a 2013 MBP forever (with a brief detour to Windows and running screaming back). It’s practically perfect in every way.
Current batteries can be dangerous if punctured, that's true. Maybe we'll see those replaced by solid-state batteries once we figure out how to scale the manufacturing process and bring the cost down.
Not it's not, 100% sure the meaning they were going for is "the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object"
When we started our subscription design firm for Software companies, I used to share milestones publicly (mostly on Reddit back then). We grew to 5 figures a month in the first year. Like OP, I realized that the goals (and those milestones) were extremely short flashes of fun that didnt last longer than maybe a few minutes. It wasn’t after I stopped sharing business milestones and just focussed on daily improvement that things felt so much better. Not only that, it helped the business grow better as a result.
It's pretty shameful that it's pre-installed even if you are doing a fresh install of windows on a machine you put together
this is not even just replacing your local vs code.

This is a minor variation of the existing Visual Studio Online (now renamed Visual Studio Codespace) product.

The core of it is running an automatically created azure hosted docker container. It automatically checks out your repository. It actually runs the whole VS Code backend on the remote machine, with the the user interface being provided by the "local" VS Code instance (web or desktop).

I'm going to bet this will end up with identical pricing to the existing product, at least if you don't pay for any github products. If you do, there might be some discount or included running time with those products.

The only part that sounds new here is the editor integration into the GitHub site.
China suspected of bio-espionage in 'heart of EU'
In 2006 on my first mission with MSF, we had a BGAN satellite terminal. Luxury! Because in my downtime, I'd read the tech library on CDROM, which explained how to organise a mail service with floppy disks and Landcruisers, with a relay to Paris over HF radio via Portishead, UK..
I mean, of course it's made for acid house! Surely Roland wouldn't have made a bass accompaniment synthesizer sound that unrealistic! /s
In London McDonalds, Nando's etc were all closed, even most restaurants in China Town are closed. Which food outlets are you referring too?
The boot theory of economic inequality.
that's awesome! thanks
In my experience, pretty well. If the internet cuts out temporarily, it reconnects automatically without losing any of your work.
I was going to see them live for the first time in Minneapolis before everything was cancelled. Very sad. But his legacy lives on.
Those are from like, 2007, so they'll need some upgrades. :D

Twitterdildonics came out at SXSW 2007, which was one of Twitter's first major conferences I think. There's (SFW) demo video from it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuKP5viPYRM
Teledesic
It’s lower than half percent now. Around 0.2-0.3% and probably going to go even more lower.
Isn't tourism a large portion of the economy there? I'd imagine this isn't going to help. Although no one is really traveling now, so maybe the damage is already done.
Okay, but if React isn't going to handle forms for me, why am I wasting 100KB on it?
Nitpick: Scroll down to the bottom, then hit the Home key. Should take you to the top but doesn't.
Show HN: MakeYourStats – Custom feed for soccer stats. You choose what you see
So the more corrupt and undemocratic the European Union gets, the more constrained the remaining democratic members are from acting on it?

Who came up with that structure?
...so long as you don't live near the coastline :/
This isn't really a useful observation — it's not like any of those were something unique which nobody had thought of before GitLab implemented them, either. It'd be far more useful to compare them knowledgeably and talk about their respective benefits and drawbacks.
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It's an interesting experiment and reflection of your personal interests but looking at

http://hn.luap.info/links_flagged

I can't tell the difference between most removed things and the things left alone - either in terms of quality or thematically.

Having a page that tries to summarize the workings of the filter on the inputs is pretty great though - more people who propose alternative rankings/filters should think of ways to do that.
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Though I disagree with "impossible" I will mention that those $1 - $3 customers will likely have an order of magnitude more support costs. Business users will be people who can figure things out. Home users ask constant questions and require constant babysitting.
This looks great, we've been a long time ERPNext customer, but we really only use the accounting and invoicing systems. This might be a better fit for us.
SublimeText v4 (alpha) build 4074
This IS NOT an official announcement.

Version 4 is still in early stage but some people on Discord have already reported some degree of stability. I am just sharing because I am very excited about the future of this editor. I have been a happy SublimeText user for almost a decade now and every new release brings me joy. I hope other people can participate testing and providing feedback for version 4.

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Linux:

* https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime-text_build-4074_amd64.deb

* https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_build_4074_x64.tar.xz

Windows:

* https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_build_4074_x64_setup.exe

* https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_build_4074_x64.zip

MacOS:

* https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_build_4074_mac.zip

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Changelog:

* Auto Complete: Ranking quality improvements

* Auto Complete: Added auto_complete_use_history setting to control if previous choices are automatically selected

* Added additional settings to control the status bar: show_sidebar_button, show_indentation and show_syntax

* Added relative line numbers, controlled by the relative_line_numbers setting

* Color Schemes: Added support for the underline font style

* Color Schemes: Added new property, inactive_selection_border

* Added setting hide_pointer_while_typing

* Console now uses Python syntax highlighting by default

* Windows, Linux: Added Shift+F10 key binding to open the context menu

* Fixed folder dragging in the sidebar

* Further improvements in layout preservation when programmatically editing preferences

* API: View.add_regions() calls that add an underline now have that underline applied to whitespace characters

* API: Added sublime.INHIBIT_REORDER

* API: Window.new_html_sheet() now accepts the sublime.ADD_TO_SELECTION flag

* API: Window.new_html_sheet() no longer accepts cmd and args parameters

* API: Fixed a regression in View.split_by_newlines()
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23092630
‘It’s gone haywire’: When Covid-19 arrived in rural America
The man page in the link has further links to source code.

Seems like the API is built on top of sockets, which is not a bad idea.

I certainly agree that sockets can get tedious.
In time, my friend. Every apple cable I've had has failed after a few years. Usually the sheath by the end will get squeezed off of the insulation and expose the wiring. Over time this gets damaged and eventually the cord stops working. Typically I would fix this with a layer of gaffer tape if I notice the cord starting to slip out of it's shielding.

There's also something about the wiring material that makes it prone to breaking the insulation at the mid point. Small pinches turn into a crack that becomes a gaping hole, and can also be a point of failure. Most of my old magsafe cables that have seen years of service look like zebras with all the black gaffer tape patches I've had to put on them, but they work at least.

Here are some images of this, it seemed to have become a serious issue when apple switched to that grippy rubber coating on their cabling:

https://www.mobilefun.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/...

https://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/10/FYGXC4BGR...

https://brokenapplecords.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/wave-3-...

This one isn't broken yet but showing some of the first symptoms:

https://i.insider.com/5cc1cac5d1a2f83ea64c99ea?width=1200&fo...

Inspect your apple cables once a month for any signs of damage or pulling at the ends. Until Apple changes the material for their wiring insulation and beefs up strain relief at both ends, it's not a matter of if your cable will fail, but when. You can prolong this with patches of gaffer tape, but it will look like hell.
According to an anonymous insider, in fact it was: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11387759
So I suppose that you would like a faster horse?
> It is full of bullshitters, thieves, and good people who are misled by their government which plays on their hopes and fucks them up the ass while they protest their hearts away every year

I'm not entirely sure what country you're talking about here. Is it Romania? United States? Maybe United Kingdom?
We've thought about this too! It's not really effective with our desktop version.

The cloud version should enable it though.

One of the most common things people want to do is create a series of bots than consolidates data and generates reports; it has general applicability for use-cases outside COVID.
How do the implementations compare?
But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big JS Bundles.
They presumably mean until coronavirus disappears or a vaccine appears and everyone is innoculated, so indefinitely.
30 minutes-ish is common in any US city. The only time it goes longer is during peek periods.
I was thinking I like the blog format, actually: more like Tweets than like 'My Manifesto About Software, Life, the Universe, and Everything: Volume I of MDXXIII.' It just has an inherent digestibility and modesty that makes it really appealing.

Also it makes me think I may try this tweet-style writing also, and modify my CSS to look more like his, because I like it a lot.
I think they are doing a decent job of getting a death rate (compared to some other countries, e.g. the UK). But the implied case rate from the death rate implies that they are nowhere near herd immunity, which is awkward for them - if you've got 400K people infected (1:200?) you're still nowhere near herd immunity, yet you've killed tons of your citizens.
UberEats is suffering from some brand confusion. "It's Uber but for food." "It Ubers your food." Lots of ordinary people didn't bother to understand what this service does, even though they use both Uber (for rides) and other food delivery services. When I saw the first UberEats ads, admittedly just out of the corner of my eye without bothering to dig in, it sounded like a service that will give me a ride to dinner.
I am very curious to see where this research goes. At the risk of sounding like an absolute nut-case, I've been experiencing significant cognitive decline since getting divorced and becoming sexually active. Granted, I went through a traumatic experience(divorce), developed sleep apnea(treated for ~2 years), and am in my mid-40s, so my concerns are probably unfounded. That said, I've had my apnea under control for some time, I've gotten fit, and tried every combination of supplements I can think of. My hormones and blood work all look fine. Maybe I'll try some valacyclovir and see what happens.
VS Code online is a substantially more robust offering than the GitLab Web IDE. Not an apples to apples comparison of the actual substance of the offerings here.
Yes. That’s why they’re laying people off, and why Uber stock is up in after hours trading. Because of these layoffs, their margins have actually improved. Doesn’t make things any better for the people who find themselves without a job, though.
I definitely agree - was thinking about this in 2018 when thinking about the acquisition, and it's really interesting to see how this is driving the competitive landscape between Azure and AWS:
http://redgoldleader.blogspot.com/2018/07/using-continuous-d...
> scientists can figure out how to modify everyone's genetic code to eliminate all the deficiencies

That... might get really ugly if we ignore the social side of things. Even things like curing congenital deafness are controversial in certain communities.
I'm convinced that for 90% of these "Does not exist" generators, you can identify two or three hugely influential images, and almost all the rest is noise. There's an image where the hair comes from, an image for the facial structure, and then some perturbations are made to eye color or jawline.

Not to say that isn't impressive! Generating convincing fakes, even 1% of the time, even if they're not super unique (There's plenty of people who "look exactly like" in the real world, too!) is a big deal.
Not op, and don’t generally love flat, but here is one that I think qualifies:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clear-todos/id493136154