skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
But your argument was "All Freenet peers know each others IP addresses". All the nodes in the tor network also know each other's ip addresses. (I suppose clients arent really public, especially if you are using a obfuscating bridge). I don't understand how you are distinguishing between "plausible deniability" and "anonyminity". I feel like either both freenet & tor either have these properties or they both don't, depending on what your definition of those terms are.

That's not to say they have the same threat model or provide the same protections. They are very different systems that have different properties - but at a broad-brush high level they both roughly allow you to publish stuff without people being able to easily track the information back to you under various assumptions.

> But it's hard to imagine how any low-latency overlay network could resist global adversaries.

This is a bit of an aside, but making a scalabe low-latency anonymous network is tricky. If you drop the scalabe requirement you can use dining cryptographers.
You need a home office, a separate room in your home. It's too easy to get distracted otherwise. Simple as that.
If I understand right, it's similar to caching but done beforehand, automatically identifying what can be done. Just like in their examples moving a loop invariant out is similar to either calculating once and caching or manually moving it out - but you let your compiler do that.
Food shortages would be the results of lack of agricultural output and disruption of supply chains, which by and large is not happening. (At least to no degree that would put you at risk of serious shortages in Europe)

Non-essential workers don't influence a food shortage. If those workers stay home their income may be hurt for a while, but in contrast to 1918 we have a social security system. Nobody's going to starve.

edit: For reference, Greece suffered from 18-25% unemployment for the last ten years. The economic effects of the pandemic will have bad consequences, but it's not an existential issue, it just sucks and will destroy some wealth.
> Im sort of half surprised at the down votes and not surprised at the same time.

Reducing the complexity of the bio-psycho-social model down to "exercise" and "eat better" isn't great.
How much money can we print until people lose faith in the currency? How many months can we do it for? It may take up to 2 years to discover and distribute a working vaccine. Can we print money to pay everyone's food and rent for 2 years?

Why aren't we treating every workplace as essential, since they produce an income for their workers?
ImGui won't work in a breakpoint, but on the other hand it's more or less designed to do what you want, in the sense that there is not a lot of ceremony required to create a slider to adjust a variable (unlike, say, Qt, where you to need to wire a few things). So if you can keep your program running, you can use Dear ImGui as a sort of custom debugger front end. Many people in the video game industry use it to do exactly that.
HIV has medication you can take that makes you immune. The only difference to a vaccine is that you have to keep taking it.

If you get HIV there is also medication that turns it into a chronic infection but you can’t infect others and you will not get ill.

So no there’s no vaccine but they’re pretty close.
Talk on Tensorflow.js by Jason Mayes (Google)
Yes of course. The comment above was a joke. Hence the winky smiley. :-)
Sorry could you please out the connection between lockdowns in wealthy countries and starvation? I missed that in my reading?
Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia
I find myself buying from Amazon for two main reasons:

1 Delivery is quick and my parcels will be left in a location selected by me - many other companies won't leave parcels. Lockers are great too, when I'm in a location that has them.

2 Great customer service

A billing/shipping API won't impact my reasons for using Amazon. I'd love to use other companies but they aren't getting the basics right at the moment.
I also find it extraordinary that unelected health officials have been allowed to dictate the freedoms of millions of people. These bureaucrats are experts in health and not economics, politics, and law and we're all beholden to them. They're qualified in a specific and narrow field but their decisions are impacting so much more. There's more to our lives and well being than an r0 number.

What we are experiencing right now is a considerable loss of freedom, this is what government intervention looks like, but into the most cherished aspects of our personal lives. How much of this control are governments going to try and hang on to after this is all over?
Probably not so lesser known but the mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson is very good
Because tons of legacy applications rely on it and it would be a major outcry to change them to the way Powershell works.

Locking down batch files, vbs and js scripts can be easily done at AD level and let people be pissed off with IT instead.
To add context to the downvotes you've acquired: I didn't downvote you, but I think I understand why others did. Your parent comment was asking about 96 GB of RAM, and you posted a reply talking about 512 RAM. I suspect others thought you were talking about 512 MB (ie. 0.5 GB of RAM, which is common in very cheap hosting) rather than the 512 GB of RAM you actually commented on. When I first read your comment, I admit I first saw "512 MB", but you quite clearly wrote "512 GB".

tldr; The number "512" when talked about in the context of RAM is assumed to be measured in MB, but 512 GB is also a less-commonly-encountered amount of RAM. :)
> How much money can we print until people lose faith in the currency?

How much money do you think the recession will destroy?

Take that amount, and add a few percentage points of the total money supply to it.

> Can we print money to pay everyone's food and rent for 2 years?

1. This is nonsense. Not everyone is out of work because of the shutdowns.

2. If you want more businesses to re-open, we should be working on better mitigation for the virus. The more testing, the more contact tracing, the more PPE, the better we comply with social distancing requirements, the better we can prevent spread in workplaces, the more non-essential businesses can re-open.

For some reason though, nobody who wants to re-open wants to talk about the work that has to be done, to allow for re-opening to take place.

There's no shortage of work that can be done, to improve the health of the economy. Why aren't we doing it? Could it be because the same political factions that are pushing for re-opening aren't interested in paying for it?
There is a reachable middle ground between "everyone stays home all the time" and "everyone goes back to work, consequences be damned." It requires close coordination between governments, widely available testing with quick turnarounds, and a mutual understanding that this is a serious situation and we all need to contribute by doing things like wearing a mask, being mindful of personal hygiene, and accommodating those who need space.

The real unknown is whether we have the political and social will to get there.
> What good is social distancing and quarantines when residents use elevators? Masks on the other hand greatly reduce R0 and aerosols.

> Cuomo just found out the “shocking” statistic that most hospitalizations are from people who stayed home. Elevators play a huge role.

I don't understand your reasoning here. Obviously if everyone is following the lockdown then most new cases are going to be from people that "are staying home". In quotes because no one is truly isolated so of course there are going to be new cases, such as the elevators that you mention.

Are you suggesting that there wouldn't be significantly more cases if the lockdown was ended?
How can a library providing only sync functions a good thing? Lots of IO is inherently async and it makes little sense for a library developer to go out of his way to make it synchronous only for the callers to make things asynchronous again. If something is async, it's async. You deal with that.

Also, I don't see why one would even consider using a framework if squeezing out every bit of performance from your hardware is that important. I can't imagine writing a Web app without some framework in the interest of time it takes to develop. Then writing a hundred of the same stuff again? You just have to ensure you don't use a bloated framework which is akin to not choosing a bloated library. Unless you are working on a device layer, it's not our job to spread things over the hardware. Unless you have direct access to memory, you can't do this anyway with most of the languages designed to develop apps. I think the primary goal of an app developer is to implement the business logic correctly and securely in a reasonable time. I agree with the OP that libraries should be preferred but I don't see a problem especially with performance in the domains frameworks are used.
It does seem like we are in a strange situation where we can produce all essentials for everyone, and in fact, we can do so so efficiently that we don't need everyone in order to do so.

Imagine a scenario where 5 people can provide for 10. It seems we are in such a scenario. But it used to be that the 5 essential workers would take the surplus of their production and give it to the other 5 non-essential workers in exchange for non-essential things like serving them a beer.

Now that those activities are risky to the 5 who can provide, they don't want to catch Covid. As well as currently restricted by the governments themselves. The 5 who produce the essential in enough quantity for all 10 have no incentive to give their surplus away to the other 5.

So logically, if it is true that we produce a surplus from people still employed which could cover all people no longer employed, then it seems all we need is to figure out how to self-organize in a new way, so the surplus are still being distributed to those who are not currently producing. And to find a way which does so while still allowing for social distancing and lockdowns and all that.

This is the ideal, but I really doubt we will figure a way. Thus, the best way we know for now is the traditional economy, which requires people to continue to wilfully spend money on non-essentials. So somehow, we need to strike a balance between Covid protection and motivating and still enabling people to spend on non-essentials.
That's just not what was said.
This "lock down" thing was completely improvised. I've checked various medical dictionaries, in French and English, and the term is not even there (you will obviously find terms like "quarantine" or "quarantaine", which is a different concept).

It's something invented by politicians. Which is why they also use terms like "shelter in place", which is a concept that was used until now for earthquakes, bomb threats, etc.

And because they improvised this concept, they have no idea how to get out of those "lock downs".
About the "at home" statistic. What proportion of the population is staying at home? If it's say 90%, then even if the case rate among these people is five times lower than among the people who are not staying home, there will still be more 'at home' cases. Also, there's a big risk of bias - people who are in risk groups are more likely to stay at home, because they know that it would be dangerous for them to go outside.

I'm not saying that there's nothing to the statistic, just that we have to be very careful about how we interpret things, and make sure that we think about the contextual factors.

Generally speaking though, I also think elevators should be taken into consideration more. I haven't heard much about recommendations regarding elevators, but surely it would help if people take the stairs as much as possible? I always take the stairs since the pandemic started, even the few times I've been to the office, which is eight floors up. Granted, a lot of people can't take the stairs because of health issues or because it's just too many floors, but those of us who can, should.
"Life value" considers a life over the years, not life itself. The value isn't constant since the earning potential is a large part of that value. It should be obvious that it sinks with age, that is if you're 80, the projected earnings that you will achieve during the rest of your life is very different from the projected earnings of the same person at 20 years. If you wanted to take out an insurance that would pay you some sum for the rest of your life if you had an accident, that will also change dramatically if you're 20 vs if you're 80.

Saying that the value is constant is a PR thing, not scientific, and it's not what "we" (as in governments, insurances, hospitals etc pp) do. We look at age. We'll prefer to give a new heart to a 20 year old vs a 89 year old.
Hey, I respect Freenet hugely. It's almost 20 years old, and it's been ~well maintained throughout. People do hate on Java, but I've had no problems with it, using OpenJDK in Debian.

But I don't buy the argument that it's targeted just because it's too small. No matter how many used Freenet, it would get targeted because it's way too laid back about child porn. Sure there's child porn on Tor onion sites, but it's not so easy to find, since the Hidden Wiki has been cleaned up. On Freenet, however, it's a top level category on one of the featured search sites.
Exposing Websites' Real IP Address from Behind CloudFlare
Well what's the alternative to buying a Tesla? Are there any other purely electric car makers out there that produce at a non-negligible scale?

Global warming is orders of magnitude more important than COVID19.
Thank you very much for the link, I missed that discussion. I had no idea the security of OnlyKey was so terrible, in light of this I will stop recommending it.
Not really books, but stuff I've picked up via osmosis, mostly from the internet:

First, the biggest way to make improvements quickly is to make sure you are getting good sleep, exercising regularly, and eating well. This does huge benefits for mood, alertness, and energy. Also if you drink, smoke weed, or take some other non-stimulant drug regularly that you don't need to be taking - stop. Not only do these impede focus while under the influence and for a day or two after, they also prevent you from getting high quality sleep (which is why you get very vivid dreams after ceasing regular use for a few weeks - you are catching up on REM sleep).

Second, set small bite sized goals. Instead of thinking about the long path ahead, it's better to think about what is the first thing you need to do. That really helps me prevent procrastinating. You can also do what I think of as "reverse procrastinating" where you tell yourself you'll take a 30m break from procrastinating right now to get something done - usually I end up getting in the zone and working for longer than 30m.

Taking breaks is also helpful. The frequency/length depends on the person and for me changes from day to day. If you catch yourself slacking or losing focus, or stuck on something, get up and walk around. When I'm at work I basically drink 5+ diet sodas a day, partially for the caffeine, but weirdly enough also because it makes me pee a lot so it forces me to get up and walk around every 1-2 hours.

The goal setting, and seeing them to completion or at least making good, sustained effort, is the part that improves over time with practice. Eventually you start setting larger goals and can start planning more (if you are like me, paralysis by analysis is really easy to fall into, so you have to take it easy here). I'm by no means some kind of self-actualized ubermensch, but these have really worked for me, to the point where I've transitioned from a serial procastinator in college - doing almost everything day before, day of, or late if the penalty was low - to someone who actually does stuff in advance and spends almost the entire workday working.
Can someone explain the science behind this process? It looks really cool but I don't understand how this is achieved. He puts the chocolate into a vacuum chamber and molds it with something? Or is it the vacuum itself that adds the effect without the chocolate being merged with anything?
As far as I know, they are not allowed to dictate the freedoms of millions. They simply report and provide guidance from their angle of expertise, and it is up to elected officials to aggregate the advice of all their consulted experts and their own judgement and hopefully with a bit of listening to their populace as well, to make the decisions.
Shame, reminds me of ancient slavery or when the master exploits the slaves in spite of the plaque.
I lack the explanation of the cause of the shut down. Are they being shut down because they cannot find employees or because they they cannot find consumers?

If they actually over produce (i.e. the consumption decreased), then I don't see how you can claim this will lead to shortage. On the other hand, if they shut down because there is undersupply of labour, then surely the people can be employed once they actually become hungry?

Either way, the market mechanism should rectify both situations.
I find his heterodoxy refreshing, not selfish. We don't know how much worse things would have gotten without lockdown, but the negative consequences of lockdown are pretty bad too.

As for corruption and misinformation being everywhere - the truth of that is evident. This doesn't make our institutions worthless, but it doesn't make skepticism prudent.
> The Solaris ocean is utterly alien to the point that the humans are unable to understand and communicate with it

This is the theme of all Lem's novels involving aliens: Planet Eden, Fiasco, Solaris, The Invincible and His Master's Voice. It's the opposite of our Western optimistic idea that we can face any challenge and solve any riddle, either thanks to a universality of scientific reasoning (such as in Greg Egan's novels) or because the aliens are nothing other than Americans or Nazis in rubber costumes (as in most SF blockbusters).
How much blame does China deserve for the pandemic? No blame at all?
Lockdowns aren't preventing it, they're delaying it.

50 million deaths in the USA is utter nonesense.

There's plenty of disagreement between epidemologists as to the costs of lockdowns and exit strategies.
Thanks! Next time I’ll run a cable outside :)
It is what was said, and it's something that gets mentioned in every single HN thread: people who are mentally ill need to get exercise as a treatment for mental illness.

Parent post is clear: get exercise, eat better, prevent mental illness.
Their own C++ UI toolkit mostly
Computed Panoramic Maps with Viewsheds
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Tesla prepares to bring back 30% of Fremont factory workers in spite of order
Oh damn. For a second there I confused IPFS with pingfs: https://github.com/yarrick/pingfs

Not the same thing, not the same thing at all...
Two Walmart supermarkets near me are shutdown because employees tested positive for COVID-19 and at least one has died. Which explains why they cancelled my delivery order a few days ago. The app didn’t mention why my order was canceled…

Instacart is more expensive but about 20% of what I order is out of stock.

So basic groceries aren’t as available as they were a month ago.
From the Mars Mission page it seems the non-peaceful aliens aren't Martian natives:
> The Aliens have originated from an unknown place in the cosmos, and are also searching for the crystals. In actuality, they are not from Mars
And the wiki suggests it's a soft sequel to the Life On Mars setting, making their place in LEGO canon easier to fit together.
I agree that a significant proportion of time is spent on IO. Only 8m38s is actually spent sorting (out of 19m37s). However in the past my experiments have shown that using `sort -m` to sort chunks is much much slower than using `sort -S100%`.
> The 5 who produce the essential in enough quantity for all 10 have no incentive to give their surplus away to the other 5.

Maybe then, the other 5 should stop sitting on their asses and start contributing towards that "essential surplus". For example, they could divide the shifts in half and decrease the chances of getting COVID19 for everybody.
If I had to choose between 2 screens full of source code with lots of whitespace, or half of a screen condensed, I'd always choose the variant that fits on my screen.

So my personal preference is strongly against airy and more like "cram what you can into one line".

But given the quick downvotes to my parent post, it seems I'm in the minority with my view that source code should be first and foremost useful.
That's an interesting idea. I'll look into that.
The DICE StarWars photogrammetry presentation is pretty good "Photogrammetry and Star Wars battlefront":
https://www.ea.com/frostbite/news/photogrammetry-and-star-wa...

Same rules of thumb apply to both drone and handheld cameras. With a drone you can capture large wider areas, though, which is really cool (a city block... a small mountain... whatever).

The 3d reproduction quality is roughly to what you provide in photos-meaning if you view your model from a similar camera distance relatively as the source image it will look good - or further away.

For a high resolution scan you likely want to have a hierachical set of pictures, First a roundabout of say 32 pics.

Then similar turn around of the details that you want to model clearly like columns, stairs, and whatnot protruding and receding from the house facade.

Prefer a bright overcast day - it's way better than a direct sunlight.

Overall rule of thumb is that when you move, consequent picks should have 80% overlap

I usually notice only after taking the photos that I missed an angle and some details I wanted to see are not there. No prob. Since you took the images on overcast day just go back and take the extra few picks missing.

For full on neurotic mode, Put camera on manual, take RAW images, and keep your aperture, shutter speed and ISO constant throughout the shoot.

Even though you have a drone, you still likely want to take photos of ground details by hand (unless you have a real good camera on the drone - my 12 Mp really is noticeably worse than the 24 Mp - in this case you want all the pixels as you can as that helps with the alignment - just as long as they are NOT mushed by poor JPG compression - like my Mavic does-hence RAW:s).

There are lots of tips in archaeology blogs, I think, as well.

For reference, check out the stuff around open source packages of visualsfm, colmap and meshroom, as well as the relevant online reaources of the software you are using.
You have 1 the wrong way round.

Women would not have been in charge of hiring, so no to 2. (The programming jobs men were hired for would likely not have been considered the same kind of job.)

Not sure what you mean by 3.

Roughly yes to 4, although the issue is systematic sexism, not the personal prejudices of men and women. Society in general, including many women, disapproved of women becoming programmers once it began to be seen as a high-status high-skill profession.

Yes to 5, with the preceding caveats.
It's interesting that there exists a solution (shown in the Wikipedia article), if you build the rooms on a torus. That would be the equivalent of digging a tunnel between two rooms.
"The Claremont Review of Books is the proof that conservatism is a living and civilising force in American intellectual life, and a powerful challenge to the dominance of the academic left."

Oh okay.