skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Same here; font is huge on catalina. It seems like this is the culprit:

static double get_scale(void) {
float dpi;
SDL_GetDisplayDPI(0, NULL, &dpi, NULL);
#if _WIN32
return dpi / 96.0;
#elif __APPLE__
return dpi / 72.0;
#else
return 1.0;
#endif
}

I found changing it to dpi / 192.0 to be fairly comfortable. It wouldn't be too hard to add a scale option and change to `return (dpi * scale) / 192.0`. The "right way" is probably to do that but also get scale by checking the screen resolution; I'd go by height due to the increasing adoption of ultra-wide monitors:

static double get_scale(void) {
SDL_DisplayMode dm;
SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode(0, &dm);
return dm.h * scale / 786.0;
}

Edit: works on my win10 and arch boxes.
In my experience implementing online learning in higher education in Peru showed that for most poor families wi-fi time is gold, no matter the context/situation. Student would connect as soon as they get into campus and work on things for her mother, father, uncles etc. From banking to social services, to buying things that are not available in local stores (mostly gifts or kids' toys). Work is done for family in between classes when time permits. I'm not surprised that kids at any age do the same (at school or in a bus) elsewhere.
As someone who fell into a similar situation just last year, I can say that it helps a lot when you have previous work that had been done before you were involved. Perhaps the existing project doesn't show you how things should have been done, but it certainly shows you some of the challenges that were faced and what not to do about them so you don't fall into the same traps as they did.

So it's not always "those architecture astronaut guys used the company's resources to study their webscale fantasies and I came to save the day", but rather, "they did as well as they could using the choices and resources they stuck with and I happened upon the project with 20/20 hindsight".
That's the federal government? Or is it all "The Government".
Textadept is also very extensible with little effort.
Ask HN: How do you work with slow/metered connection?
I leave in an area where there's no fiber. We only have ADSL and 4G. usually ADSL is pretty slow, especially during peak hours. And 4G is metered so it start to be a little costly with time. Sometimes I have to download hundred of Megabytes of dependencies and it takes almost an hour to finish.

What are your tricks to manage internet when it's slow?
PS: moving to another place isn't an option with all things related to COVID-19.
Darknet marketplaces are full of “Covid-19 tests and medicines”
We all know exactly the quote that Trump said and you're just attempting to lawyer his quote to make it look like he wasn't saying something completely absurd off the top of his head.
I was curious if I was using an older version that led to my problems with WSL2, but I just did a search right now for “WSL 2 slow” on Google. I see threads and discussions in the past couple months with people still calling out how slow it is and other issues.
SEEKING WORK | Portland, OR (remote preferred, travel OK)

I'm looking for projects working on interesting problems at the intersection of science + data + software. I'm a heavy user of Python and the Anaconda data science stack for data analysis and visualization. I've worked on several bio data + research projects, building a synthetic biology research game and dashboards for drug discovery companies to explore their data with.

Python, pandas, D3.js, React, AWS, fast.ai

https://rowan.earth/
What would you say are top open source editors one would consider, and by what criteria should one benchmark the comparison?

While subjective criteria are perhaps most important (usability, integration with favorite programming language, extensibility), for technical quality perhaps there can be some meaningful numerical benchmarks. For example, the lag and memory use when opening a many-GB text file and editing the middle of it with syntax highlighting.

Supposedly editors using ropes are good at this.
I agree. The conclusions in the abstract are not warranted by the experiments. It's hard to imagine a situation where in silico docking experiments lead to a clinical conclusion such as "This call (sic) for restrictions for prolonged use of PPIs in elderly, and in patients with dementia or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis."
You say it's not obviously not a waste, then you list 5 steps that are essentially time-consuming hoops that you have to jump through before doing the value-generating activity. How are those things not a waste?

> It would be nice if society was set up such that there were more "work hard" paths to financial security as opposed to risky paths, but we collectively can't shake this risk-reward caveman mentality, so people go into law or finance.

This is precisely my point. If we set things up so that finance and MBAs weren't the things that lead to financial security then things would be much more efficient. Because people would be rewarded for the things that are creating value, rather than having to make choice between creating value and earning more money.
When your company’s centered around moving faster and faster then you have to stop it can create all sorts of issues. He may see greater financial upside or even the only way to continue to be solvent to pivot to other manufacturing projects. Ie it’s easier to say you need funding for a new “Terrafactory” (or GF) than to say you need funding to keep the books out of the red for this month/quarter/etc.

As someone who genuinely appreciates what Elon is striving for and wants all of his projects to succeed, I hope he’ll succeed in building a new project soon in addition to keeping the California factory for reopening later on.
BTZ Assembler (better than zork) discussed by Robert Pinsky here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9dj3XiJKhYQ

http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/BTZ
> The classical herd immunity level hC is defined as hC=1−1/R0

How do you use this in places where transmission is less than 1? New Zealand now has a transmission rate considerably under 1, but this seems to break the calculation.

Does this mean that a reproduction number under 1 doesn’t need herd immunity? We do, because we can’t stay locked down indefinitely, and presumably our rate will go up when we relax restrictions.
Yep. That’s most of the country by land area. Someone I follow on twitter just started construction on a licensed wireless backhaul to his house. Took months to even get the time of day from the ISP and it’s costing thousands of dollars to install.
This all happened a long while back, but yes, she has kept in touch all that time. But they don't get on at all, and have a very turbulent relationship. I think she feels a sense of familial duty more than anything else.
No, I was recently a college student who lived near frat houses. (Yes, I know there are academic fraternities: that’s not what this discussion was about.)
Indeed. And if building Teslas in Texas helps to move Texan opinion toward being pro-Tesla and pro-EV... that's a net win. Texans have strong state pride [1] - could do well to key into it.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Mess_with_Texas
A court ruled that Elon did not defame the individual, and no damages were awarded. Sounds harmless despite being in extremely poor taste.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/06/unsworth-vs-musk-pedo-guy-de...
Agisoft Metashape is pretty good as well. Results are comparable to RealityCapture (depending a bit on what you want) but personal license is only 179$.

I tried all sorts of free photogrammetry softwares way back but after I tried Metashape I decided to buy a license. With 32 GB of memory it's great. I'm taking photogrammetry models as a hobby - here's a recent one made with Metashape https://skfb.ly/6S6NR
This software seems pretty cool.
BER Airport Construction Simulator
"After almost 15 years of planning, construction began in 2006. Originally planned to open in October 2011, the airport has encountered a series of delays and cost overruns. These were due to poor construction planning, execution, management, as well as corruption. Late 2020 became the new target for the official opening date as 2019 became too improbable. A TÜV report published in November 2017 suggested that the opening could be delayed until 2021" (wikipedia)

"Der Postillon", a german satiric news site published this game.
There’s a free photogrammetry app in the iOS App Store called turn3d. It’s a bit rough around the edges but does the job
Why Covid-19 kills some people and spares others
To be fair, California doesn't have the highest tax burden in the nation, although it is up there. It also taxes consumption more than assets, which I'm a fan of.

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-bur...
Looks like a nice start, kind of confusing interface though. Needs an open folder command.
Bryan Ford's Threshold Logical Clocks[0] is a great read.

[0] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.07010.pdf
So, when active spreaders do most of the spreading, when they have herd immunity, there is a disproportionate affect on the overall spread.

Meaning, let the young and stupid go out and play, it will allow for herd immunity at a lower rate than the typical randomly distributed rate.
Fedora Silverblue User Guide
Gmail succeeded back then because everyone was switching to it for the free storage space and to be the cool person with a new gmail address. This happened long enough for new internet users to start choosing gmail for their first email, eventually becoming the majority email provider.
I am a permanent vote by mail voter in CA - I love it! I get to sit down, research the candidates, and make an informed decision.

I remember there was a judge on the ballot, and he had been on the record for some very divisive political takes that I didn't think belonged in our court system. If it had just been me in the voter booth, there would have been a 1/n (cannot remember the number of judges) chance I voted for him at random. And if I can't make a snap decision, I can always think on it for some time. Best way to run a representative democracy IMHO.
> The stock price which is now... close to 2x the exaggerated $420 claim? Yeah, maybe he knew something you didn't.

That.. doesn't mean it wasn't stock manipulation. Its not really about the stock price, its about whether he caused people to buy or sell based on false claims or information.

> He has different risk/reward beliefs than you. If he was working from home while his employees sweated unsafely on the factory line, that's one thing -- but he's also been in the office working beside them the whole time. He cares about what he's trying to do, and his risk/reward function is "fuck it".

That doesn't make it ok, nor does it mean his employees don't feel pressured to go against their own risk/reward beliefs. There have been plenty of stories of Musk flippantly firing people for not "working hard enough". You might say well people who work there have other options and could choose to work elsewhere, but is it really a real choice if the person otherwise believes strongly in the mission, or is blinded by Musk's personal brand, or otherwise loves their job, or is worried about the economy due to pandemic. There are plenty of reasons why someone might feel pressured to work even if they do not feel its safe. The risk/reward function for a billionaire is not the same as for the average person working for him. Just because he thinks "fuck it" doesn't make it ok to put his employees at risk.
R0 is the reproduction rate without any countermeasures.
Sorry, I pasted the wrong link. This is the one I meant to link to: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259165058426232832

Shareholder: [...] can shareholders file a class action lawsuit? [...]

Elon: Absolutely, please do! You should be allowed to recoup damages from the county.
Eh. The Fediverse actually try hard already to avoid this. Fpr instance by blocking signups to popular instances an redirecting people elsewhere.
And still, most of the successful tech companies are headquartered there, and people keep fighting to start up companies and open offices there.

Though I agree, the best thing to do if you disagree with the policies is to walk out, and it will probably help with the craziness (and not only with the governmental craziness)
Same here, customer for 18yrs. In 2002, $1 trades with honest exchange routing was unheard of.
It isn't, and the same phenomenon has been observed in other cases. The 2009 swine flu for example had R0 estimated between 1.4-1.6, yielding a theoretical herd immunity threshold of 29%-33%, but estimates of how many people were actually infected range from 11%-21%.
Yeah we've heard of Cicero. And Cassius.
This Elon tweet adds context:

> San Joaquin County, right next door to Alameda, has been sensible & reasonable, whereas Alameda has been irrational & detached from reality. Our castings foundry and other faculties in San Joaquin have been working 24/7 this entire time with no ill effects. Same with Giga Nevada.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259163638142660618?s=20
I think that term (shark vs. the original sharp) got popular due to a TV game show by the name "Card Sharks".
Joe Rogan is not alt right, far from it. That was my point, that the interviews were not from one side.
Not even that: SDL just provides a pixel buffer, the application draws everything itself per-pixel. Lite uses a technique I refer to as "cached software rendering" which allows the application code to be written as if it's doing a fullscreen-redrawn when it wants to update, the renderer cache (rencache.c) then works out which regions actually need to be redrawn at the end of the frame and redraws only those. You can call `renderer.show_debug(true)` to show these redraw regions: https://youtu.be/KtL9f6bksDQ?t=50

I wrote a short article detailing the technique here: https://rxi.github.io/200402.html
From your story it sounds like you already know this, but most companies really do not want broad discussions of controversial ideas, especially not ones entirely outside the remit of the employees participating in them.
Stomach is known to kill stuff before they become harmful to us. If PPIs let more things through... well that makes sense.

Specifically:
- https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/06/researchers-show-herpes-...

There are more relating to opportunistic fungal, bacterial, and so on. Relating to the mechanism of increased susceptibility to infection may be related to our stomach's part in naturally being an infection load regulator through its acid, in combination with our hydration gradient providing for our saliva in (that tract). Someone please credit me in the future if they win a nobel prize.
But this doesn't explain much, because in the case of counting cards for blackjack at a casino, there's a very simple and straightforward metric for whether you're doing it well. Are you making money or losing money?
how are "usability, integration with favorite programming language, extensibility" subjective? these all seem like very objective features.
Or, rather, "X laptop which is cheaper than premium laptop Y benches higher".

Which also isn't news. It's trivial to find a laptop that outperforms a premium laptop at half the price. That's equally true of any non-Apple vendor that has premium business laptop models.
Although, teenagers exchanging email addresses has fallen out of style recently in exchange for sharing Discord tags or Snapchat usernames/showing snapcodes.
Epic systems (?) because levels.fyi says otherwise.
The United States Federal government by way of the CARES stimulus act, funded using Federal Reserve lending operations.

States don’t control the currency, nor have the budgets to backstop large cap firms in economic distress.
'Finally, a virus got me’: Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects
Look, he's clearly having a hissy fit, which isn't the best look for any CEO. But you saying "billionaire" here is pejorative and unnecessary.

How about "...for CEOs to threaten moving their economic operations to places where governments are more hospitable". Still dangerous and toxic?
Hello fellow Baltic Sea inhabitant .
Casinos defeat this tactic now, after the MIT team became known. A player wanting to enter a table must wait until the next reshuffle, which of course foils any count in progress. (In practice, this isn't usually enforced unless the casino has some reason to suspect it's a counting attempt.)
Sure there is a need for finance, but overall the industry is bloated field full of bad ideas, nepotism, leeches and outright corruption.

Musk is absolutely correct. People need to go back to making real things.
Thanks for posting this! I’m the author of CodeTour, and would love to hear if folks had any questions/feedback.
> we still want those billionaires to succeed, but we also want taxes paid and workers protected across the board

We want taxes paid and workers protected, so we want tax-evading and union-busting billionaires to succeed.
People get fired over internal issues all the time, you just don't hear about it because they don't make the news. The people involved make the rational decision to not go public, because if they did, it could easily cause them to never be able to work in the industry again. No one wants to hire a malcontent.
As far as I can tell, there is one big unknown that makes planning particularly difficult: What are the long-term health effects from being infected?

If it turns out that some significant percentage of the population is going to have a negative impact over the course of their lives from this, should we continue to hunker down until a vaccine or better treatments are found?
Yeah, my parents don't live nearby, I can't visit them without having a plan for a 14-day quarantine on arrival, and then after that, me living with them is more of a risk to them if I haven't been infected beforehand.

I'm not really sure how your other points relate to mine? The point of voluntary infection is that my social contacts then wouldn't be a risk to others.
I know you hate me, frankly I don't really care at this point. I've been in the industry 6 years and I'm so utterly and completely burned out by being "a patronising and evil" presence when I make the mistake of trying to actually confer real information to people.

Everyone complains that the game companies are ivory towers and that their voices aren't heard: we hear you. But you don't want what you think you want and I'm not trying to patronise you by saying that.

Additionally, I didn't cherry pick the list I intentionally grabbed the first ones that had networking, almost no cross platform games from 2008 were heavily networked. (Fallout 3 was an oversight, I meant far-cry 3).

As I've stated repeatedly in this thread: Self-hosting servers only works for session based games.

Even then, those sessions can leave players with a very mixed experience (weird rules, mods, someone might have made themselves "god", it opens up the client to be exploited by the server). Weird latency issues and connection drops not withstanding.

If it's dedicated servers that you rent from us as a company then: it can be expensive for you, if it's too expensive, less people do it, less people do it, the more expensive it becomes to maintain the provisioning/admin tools and it's amortised across much less players so the price goes _even higher_.

Then there's the server list fiasco. Where do you connect?

* XxXxBubBas-BayxxXx--freelootlvl25OnlY!?1

* 174.255.121.2:5543

* bit.ly/free-nudes

We listened to the community before, many times, sometimes people are so outspoken that we really believe we'll have competitive edge if we're the ones to "listen" and every fucking time we get burned by it. So I don't blame anyone in the industry for listening to their CMK department more than the hardcore PC Master Race.

The Hardcore PC Master Race do not represent all gamers.
That doesn't quite answer his question though, the issue here is that quality of lawyer can be counterproductive towards finding the "correct" decision.

It's an effect on the outcome that's orthogonal to the actual facts of the case itself. Unless the guy with a public defender has as much of a chance as the guy with a legal team with a million dollar budget. I'm a little doubtful that that's the case right now.
You mean like the Honeymooners where Ralph Kramden's running joke was that he was going to cold-cock his wife? Or do we not want to go back that far?
I have to admit that this sounded apocryphal to me because it’s an almost-too-convenient illustration of a general point, but a quick search at least turned up the original study:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100520213116.h...
I agree I think it's commentary that other industries should value them as much as finance and law.
Its the spectator though....
Good for humans <> Good for humanity

Elon Musk knows and sees the difference, most don’t. That’s my subjective view on this topic.
How convenient for America
Different beast. Orca sends midi so you could control SonicPi.
Then let's be clear here too. He's not asking anyone to do anything, and he's not asking fans to sue anyone. He's agreeing with a shareholder's suggestion about a class action suit.
I don't think we should spend too much time taking Musk seriously. There are interesting discussions to be had about exponential returns and the structuring of society in a way that rewards producing things, but that's not relevant. This is just some guy trying to justify himself.

>Making a car is an honest day’s living, that’s for sure

Yes, and I'm sure the class of people who work in car factories and have seen their wealth drop further and further and further over the last 30 years really appreciate how honest their living is.
It sounded more like his much younger partner wanted the name. It wasn't his idea originally
I still remember when they showed a counter for how much free space you had, and it increased steadily. That was before they just made it a big (for the time) fixed number.
It sounded more like his much younger partner wanted the name. It wasn't his idea originally. It's not a good idea to piss off a new mother.
I thought their point was that highly active people will have been infected in greater numbers after a lockdown, numbers that are even more divergent than without a lockdown, and thus less other people will need to get infected.
I agree with your general sentiment, but in terms of UX the article is spot on.
There are other reasons to keep your @gmail, such as being a precaution in case you lose your domain as well as to use it for into your DNS/registrar account since using your domain's email to manage the DNS or domain itself is a bad idea in case DNS breaks email deliverability.
It was definitely truly horrible to read that her mom hid her acceptance letter from her. What sort of thing would make someone do that? What kind of person doesn’t wish best for their children, and tries to make their life bad instead? It’s just too much.
California often sets standards that get adopted elsewhere/nationally not because it's some magical state but because of the sheer size of its economy. It used to be quite common that auto manufacturers would build a CA-approved version for their vehicles until it became too costly to maintain two versions. Some manufacturers still do this for vehicles that have a higher portion of their sales outside CA (mostly large trucks). Regardless of whether or not you approve, CA definitely sets the nation standard on fuel efficiency for general consumer vehicles.

That said, if you're going to build a company in the American capitalism model where you inevitably interface with different layers of government, you probably would want to do it where those governments align best with your industry. If your goal is to build a car, MI is probably your best bet. If your goal is to solve fuel efficiency or an environmental problem, CA is one of the better places to be in; though maybe not the best. If your goal is to get people back to work ASAP, you'd want to go to a state with few(er) worker protections.

I think it's clear where Musk's motivations lie, but I'm sure others are unconvinced.