skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I use Ableton with Focusrite Scarlett 2nd gen. I'm currently using 256 buffer. I've tried using 128 but it screwed up some vocal takes I did the other day (there are 5-10 seconds of cracks in the middle of each 4 minute long complete song take). Also I froze the other tracks (eight of them, so not that many) before starting recording. No FX on master track.

Maybe I should've bought 2015 MBP then. Or maybe I should downgrade to Mojave? Or buy the Apple adapter? Or a different interface? No idea; both Focusrite and Ableton say they are compatible with Catalina.
I have the 2020 XPS 13, no coil whine. I'm hearing that no one is getting coil whine in this year's model. It's my first XPS, and it's amazing, I highly recommend it.
Oh, huh, I thought they were paintball-sized.
You don't need to send text (but you should by default for 99%+ cases when the performance is good enough and use the advantages of a human-readable format)

The simplicity of a pipe is a feature.
I'm late to see and reply to this, but to answer your question, I read it (as well as listen to "alt-right" media) because I like trying to form my own opinions on things, which I don't think I'm able to do well without consuming these other sources and seeing the various lines being toed across them.

That said, it's been a frustrating read the last few days. The lack of anything resembling nuance is astounding.
wow, really nice IMO. I'd be interested in seeing the spider and crawlers to do this, as it's something similar to other project I want to do.
Or maybe they're getting exactly what they wanted.

Maybe they let their political goals eclipse their IA goals, and they thought that tying this lawsuit to the life or death of the IA would force IA fans to donate?
While not super related, I've always been fascinated by shoplifter analysis of loss prevention you can find on the internet: https://raddle.me/wiki/shopliftingml
+1 for Bitwig.

>>other than the typical setup issues related to Jack (one time thing resolved in an hour or so)

I was never able to get Jack up and running on my MBP. I tried both Jack and Jack2, compiling from source, using their prepackaged binaries, using the cli vs the GUI, etc, .. nothing doing. Do you have any resources you can share detailing how you resolved the issue or how you configure it? Feel free to PM, emails in profile.
The question isn’t whether failing to stop a crime makes you an accessory, it’s a question of whether or not performing perimeter security for a crime makes you an accessory.
“No Instruction Sheet”: Trout Mask Replica's Unfathomable Origin Story
Not sure of the value of this study, the authors sketch out observational evidence only with no medical evidence of a link (correlation != causation).
Walkie – Simple, real time voice chat for your remote team
I think it would be relatively easy to build a facial recognition database of cops using publicly available data. A touch of irony to it.
I agree... problems created by modern technology that can also be fixed by more technology :)
> Of all the big tech CEOs Zuckerberg seems like the most removed from reality

and the most principled.
Sorry but a slightly better script based init system maintained by one person just isn't gonna cut it.
> 2000$ for those of us that are confused by decimals as positional separators

To be fair, it's not a "decimal", it's a period :P
I wish twitter hadn't opened this whole can of worms. I thought their previous policy of basically saying 'yes, different rules do apply to the president, so we're just not going to delete his posts' was pretty good.
> Semi random person asks Zuckerberg to make changes and he politely dismisses them..

You're, for some reason, confusing the messenger with the message. The fact was that Zuckerberg met with civil rights leaders and, when faced with questions regarding the current racial justice problem, Zuckerberg's reaction was to do absolutely zero with regards to any possible solution or mitigation.
> I seriously doubt the people who donated to the IA wanted their funds to be used on this.

I'm not annoyed that my donation is being used for this. I trust them to do what they think is best. Although I do have my doubts.
yes. mtg has less physical items but they more than make up for it with rules. if you want to have a laugh look up the full official rules.
Most police departments do business with extremely shady technical firms. These are things no normal say DevOps engineer has ever heard of.

I can say confidentially the whole computer forensics industry is something of a cross between Chinese government schemes and Organized Crime schemes.

Many firms try to get video data from the police. This is key. Look at Granicus Video, the recent debacle with Banjo in Utah, or the various bodycam makers.

Many drone makers with established Chinese military connections have been pitching police departments for months. Look at Autel Robotics, sister company of Wyze Camera, and what they are doing in Virginia. They have not broken any contract that is for sure.

I welcome the down vote bots. I also welcome the "yeah but what's your evidence!". The evidence is go research what I said on a Google. More than happy to go into detail on certain parts.
> There is a link in the second paragraph. https://www.emaxhealth.com/13955/vitamin-d-deficiency-and-ge....

Those links are to studies which do not support the 40% claim. They are basic science research about vitamin interactions in the human body. Please consider that if you can't find studies showing "widespread deficiencies," then perhaps they don't exist.
If random for-profit companies can be deemed too important to fail, then the IA absolutely deserves that designation.
This struck me, too. So days were 4 hours shorter 2500 years ago? The evidence our ancestors worked fewer hours a day just keeps piling up [0]!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16656903
Great. All you need to do is disentangle one of the most powerful labor unions in the country.
get the 2015 mba, you would have been happier

stay 1 minor release behind major releases of apple hardware, you will be happiest
Hmmm seems to say UTC +/- 2 for the support engineer. Would EST or MST be ok?
Hire more humans. Problem solved.
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I disagree. The main recommendations are not ads, they are recommendations. Formerly known as clickbait, but without the full negative connotations that the term has gathered. But still clickbait in that it's a source of distraction, a mechanism for derailing your train of thought.

In small doses, I rather like them. Back when Firefox only displayed 3 or 4 on the new tab page, I even left them enabled. Now that it has the huge grid of options, with a row peeking out above the fold in the classic dark pattern that demands discovery, I have turned them off.

As for ads, yeah, you'll get those by default too. (But there's a checkbox still where you can turn off the sponsored content.)

I just think it's useful to distinguish true ads from stuff that's intended to provide value. (Sure, ads theoretically can occasionally provide value, but the difference is huge.)
I just learned that "rubber" bullets have a steel core:

https://old.reddit.com/r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn/comments/guy6ln...
Slightly off topic, but: how does one debug a multi-threaded python app? PDB just doesn't seem to work at all.
There has been a lot of effort put into demonising the media over the last 5-10 years. Lügenpresse was used heavily in the 30s to attack enemnies of the party.
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Well, maybe not Linux. Yet.
If for-profit companies can be deemed too important to fail, then the IA absolutely deserves that designation.
No, the worst case is you throw money away but I guess the HN crowd doesn't really grasp that there are people who have to consider each dollar/euro/etc...

At least take vitamin supplements with proven effect and decent uptake and not garbage filler pills designed to collect snake oil money.
> Doesn't sound like a lot but it's still 524 times higher than the effect of the moon's gravity which creates the tides.

Contrary to common belief, tides are not caused by the direct influence of the moon's gravity (it's far too weak to have any effect)[1]. The tidal forces are caused by the gravitational gradient from the moon (and the "centrifugal" forces from our path around the earth-moon barycenter), and I don't believe you'd get the same effects from a gravity source on the surface of the earth.

Even a lot of very respectable scientists and textbooks get this wrong.

[1] See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwChk4S99i4 for a pretty good explanation
I guess more towards predictable and within expectations.
> The problem, which shows up in plenty of posts on social media, is that people's concern should, first and foremost, be the excessive use of force by US police officers

This is precisely my point. The looting and destruction creates a major secondary storyline that has taken over. And that you're delusional if you think it isn't hurting the cause.
Isn't this what section 230 prevents? It protects Facebook and Twitter from this specifically. It's also what Trump was pushing back on.
Sticking with RPG as the genre, Pathfinder the card game is much more simplified. Even more simplified would be Roll Player. Even more simplified would be One Deck Dungeon, or Four Against Darkness.

There are so many games out now, the choices are overwhelming.
Some are, usually they’re packed into 12ga shot shells, but those are limited in their velocity due to their tendency to penetrate rather than bounce off the victims. The bigger ones are able to strike further and harder with a reduced risk of penetration.

At the paintball size it’s now more common to see CS filled paintballs. Those don’t require a huge amount of kinetic energy to work, although exposure to CS gas has its own long term side effects.
Does it support multi-threaded python code?
> Did you really just use a “think of the children!” argument to justify tear gas? Not cool.

Way to misunderstand and derail an honest opinion in my opinion.

Also I am not playing the "think of the children card", I'm just trying to create a situation where we can discuss

- the correct use of force

separate from the issue of

- if the use of force is correct

Feel free to come up with a better example.

> To answer your question, basic tactics in crowd control using water cannons and riot shields with minimal force is plenty to handle crowds when you don’t deliberately antagonize them to violence.

Let me explain:

Why I wrote what I wrote: I've been subjected to tear gas while locked in and unable to escape until allowed (military training). I know very well what tear gas can feel like: coming out from the bunker I felt I was suffocating but I did as I was told and ran until it cleared up and lived to tell. Same with everyone else.

So unlike many (most?) HNers I have actual personal experience with it.

I've also worked with and around some high pressure pump systems (farming) and seen some demos of firefighting water cannons and my best guess is that water cannons will be more dangerous if you use enough force to have the same effect. After all, being knocked to the ground is really dangerous if you don't manage to protect your head.

I'm open to learn though, preferably if someone who actually know what they are talking about (might very well be you, just explain how you know) will explain.
Maybe I am dumb and stupid, but I actually like the Touch Bar... ESC key is a bit annoying but I don't mind it that much.
Speedy Beet
I recently started on a 250mg Magnesium Citrate supplement. I began taking it because I have been experiencing weakness in my hands, and after some research reasoned it probably wouldn't hurt to at least try the supplements.

I also saw a study that said that 95% of children diagnosed with ADHD are magnesium deficient [0]! Another found a "significant decrease of hyperactivity" in children who were given oral magnesium supplements over 6 months [1].

My wrists and hands have felt better, but I've given a lot of attention to them in addition to the supplements, with more upper body workouts (on top of running 10-15 miles a week) and stretches. I'm looking to get more ergonomic tools as well. While I can't say what is and isn't due to the supplements, I don't currently see a reason to stop taking them.

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9368235/
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9368236/
This [1] from a group that usually investigates Russia's security services.

[1] https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2020/05/31/us-law-e...
If you wear that in public, people will keep their distance.
Hold on there for a second.

When Pocket was first introduced in Firefox, the official party line was that it was just something temporary donated by the good people of Pocket to plug a feature hole so that you, dear users, won't suffer much while we develop a proper replacement.

And now this has somehow transformed into a vitally important revenue stream?
> They have far too much power, and not enough internal controls, to be involved in politics.

How does this compare with television? Newspapers? Any form of media? Facebook isn't special. Maybe you're right, but if you are, the problem is bigger than one tech firm. It's bigger than all tech firms.
Ask HN: How to bring up a kid interested in programming to become a programmer?
My 13-year-old nephew has been dabbling with Python and Arduino on and off for a year. I've seen folks here often say that the best way to learn programming is to work on a project. So, a few days back I told him I require a program to bulk-rename subtitles based on the corresponding video file names, and to my surprise, within a day he wrote a python program that did it. Then I told him to make it an executable file and again within a day he learned how to do it and did it. I'd like him to grow up to become a professional programmer. What can I do to help? Thanks in advance.
For some people this type of rhetoric is simple rhetoric. For others it represents a very real threat to their physical, emotional and psychological safety. For those who are most impacted by these words and pursuant actions, they represent a death sentence, they are no longer with us.

"The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact." - Maurice Blanchot
Absolutely awful. Temp hit 41 oC regularly over the space of 3-4 days. Couldn't move. In agony and sweating constantly.
Do police really still use unencrypted radios?
I'm guessing that in the countries that have such laws, nobody is going around and enforcing that people are working with external keyboards in their homes, but instead, employers are probably required to provide this equipment if an employee must work from home.

Among workers, I imagine such laws raise awareness of the risks of working for too many hours on a laptop keyboard. I wish I had such awareness before I developed bad RSI pain after working on a laptop too much during previous WFH stints. Now I'm much more careful about my home work setup.
USB-C is garbage from so many perspectives.

User friendliness is a problem. There's no easy way to tell what protocols a USB-C device actually supports, whether it's USB 2, USB 3, DisplayPort, etc.

USB-C hubs are not possible like you could do with USB 2 or 3, so you're always limited to the number of USB-C ports on your machine. The only possible hubs are those that give out USB-A ports, which is fine now because most peripherals are still USB-A, but will become a problem when peripherals start using USB-C themselves.
Transitioning between Ableton and Bitwig is seamless from a UI standpoint. They have essentially the same controls.

The only thing that isn't great moving from Windows to Linux for production is your VST ecosystem becomes much more limited. Running plugins under WINE is alright, but if they're heavy you'll run into latency issues. There's a sizable collection of plugins that are native under Linux though[0]. I've used many of these with great success.

[0]: http://linux-sound.org/linux-vst-plugins.html
Alternatively, it's extremely sad, because it means we haven't made progress on the issues of 50 years ago.
Wow, I’m really shocked that police still used unencrypted radios.
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The research has been done.

It's largely a solved problem, and has been since the 70's. The cops in the US just don't use those tools and tactics.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/de-escalation-keeps-pro...
perhaps if i saw protesters actively stopping violence and looting instead of just spectating and filming and cheering, as well as comments supporting violence getting flagged on hn

otherwise, plenty of people may not be personally willing to risk themselves by being violent, but are happy to stand by as others are violent

anyways, i hope the protesters look forward to trump 2020, because that is the current trajectory they are pushing
Then you learn that .net throws localized exceptions, word by word machine translated.
I'm suprised they even bother to try and stop it. My grandfather works at WalMart, and said that they're told to not try and stop shoplifting because they don't want customers to be afraid to shop there.
>The problem is that any apparently healthy individual may still develop a chronic disease decades down the line.

Sure. My impression is that sub 10 ng/mL levels warrant supplementation. However, I have also seen studies that included wrist X-rays of subjects to determine bone loss, and most subjects were sub-20 ng/mL with acceptable bone densities. This was a study in Indians, and another study in rural healthy Indians showed most were in the sub-20 ng/mL range, coupled with low dietary calcium intake, and no ill effect. While it's true that they may develop problems decades down the line, a longitudinal study like this demonstrates that Vit D related deficiency diseases are actually quite rare, and at levels far lower than would be expected from the serum levels alone. There's clearly more going on.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17413106/

On the Hunter-Gatherer levels, I'm guessing you're referring to the Masaai and Hadzabe study. However, is this the optimal vitamin D level?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180659/

This study from healthy black blood donors in Nairobi found much lower levels (95% CI 12.73–22.07), and these people had significant sun exposure as well. Rather importantly, they note that while parathyroid hormone levels are inversely proportional to Vit D serum levels, they start to go up with high levels of Vit D. Individuals with 50 ng/mL vit D had PTH levels similar to people with a Vit D serum level of 15 ng/mL. PTH causes calcium levels in the blood to go up, drawing them out from skeletal reserves. The health implications of high Vitamin D supplementation are linked to the inappropriate deposition of calcium. Keeping PTH levels low is likely beneficial. The Nairobi study found PTH levels were lowest in people with vit D levels around 30 ng/mL.
I can't remember who suggested it but it would be awesome if we could have plug and play algorithms for our Facebook/twitter/youtube/etc content.

That way we could get the bring me top stories from all side. Or, I'm looking into this topic let's go with this other matching algorithm.

I suspect we'd be back to one algorithm that gets 5 stars and 90% of people use, but it'd be interesting to see and would remove the need for Facebook to curate content.
> let people decide for themselves whether they want to be gay

> By allowing gay marriage, you are forcing your views on everyone

This is a straw man. People don't choose to be gay, and conservatives are depriving people of their rights for something they can't choose. Allowing individuals the right of self determination is nowhere near allowing a sitting president to incite violence against American citizens.
The question is what will happen with the archived data (wayback and user-submitted material). Ideally someone will scrape them and a new similar entity will spring up. Is there anything in law that would prevent that from happening?
But where does the contrary position go, if you follow it through to the end? Say you delete the presidents post, so he goes and says the same thing at a press conference, do you now delete all the posts from news networks carrying his remarks? Deplatforming the president of the united states is just not a thing that is physically possible.
As the founder of a small bootstrapped team of 15, I can confirm that good managers are needed. I am already struggling at this size so I can now fully appreciate the role of good managers in larger orgs. Trust me, you need good managers. It is not only required but very critical to the success of any team and organization. There is a reason good CEOs and Executives get top dollar (and yes not all are worth the money but many are) because ultimately their job is to manage the company. Lower level managers as well have a critical responsibility to manage their own groups/teams.
Also very importantly Europe gets the Gulf stream to keep it mild
You forgot to mention that the hollow points law enforcement use are banned internationally per the Hague convention.
Why would you be wary? 15min of full body sunexposure will net you ~20,000 IU. Supplementing 8-10,000 IU will not bring you into danger territory by a LONG shot.
If you have the time to read one more thing, I recommend
https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham....
Tzaar is a great abstract that my son enjoys!
We save the keys in a cloud vault. For the most important keys I also print them on paper, in text and in a QR-Code (that I generate with an offline tool). It is then placed into a physical safe. This is in case we lose access to our cloud vault, or if the keys are deleted from the cloud vault.
(Isn't this what mp3.com did?)
This sounds like pointless nitpicking. Has there ever been any real C compiler on any OS (not the DeathStation 9000) where this distinction has caused any issue?

FWIW, I learned "ANSI C" from a book older than 1989. I've written C programs that ran on 8-bit to 64-bit machines, big- and little-endian, on a dozen OSs (most of which no longer exist), and even no OS. I've never even heard of this being a problem.
I can say that I see violent posts on facebook every day, and often ones inciting violence. I still see absoloutely no reason to take this stuff down. There is a comment section that people can use to share their thoughts and views, and to me this is the place where posts should be getting called out for any issues a viewer has with them. Putting a sensitive content warning on something is acceptable, but in a way that provides no moral opinion on what is behind the content warning.

To remove these types of posts due to a moral opinon is a slippery slope to so much more censorship. If facebook starts actively taking posts down and writing their own reality they should not be protected under section 230.
When Pro tools, Reason and all the major "creative" apps decide to port over to Linux (remember, Microsoft's desktop is moving in this direction), I think the macbook's days will be numbered when you can get a similar device in formfactor and quality for 1/3 of the price running Linux... I actually think Apple doesn't care. They want people to buy iPad's and iPhones and get out of the laptop and desktop business.
github page would be the cheapest. Then it's a control vs price.

You can generate your own static site with Hugo / Jekyll / Frankenstein's ___.sh then upload somewhere (including github)

You can go S3 static pages : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/EnableWebsit...

(I think backblaze has a cheaper API-compatible S3 clone,)

You can go the VPS way, Vultr being amongst the cheapest (Monthly $3.5 IPv4 / $2.5 IPv6 only)

Or you can go semi managed hosting, with nearlyfreespeech starting at $1.74 per month for static sites if you host DNS with them.