skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm reminded of how lottery voting, a.k.a. random ballot, is immune to any kind of tactical voting. [0] Either your vote counts for nothing (the most likely outcome), or it is the only vote that matters. Either way, you just vote for your favourite. See also [1].

I suppose it may also have the effect of reducing incentive to compromise, as well as the obvious effect of opening the door to fringe candidates.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_ballot

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%27s_impossibility_theore...
Sure. But I don't consider this be a "user installing their own RAM". That's more of a professional doing a delicate operation.
/r/The_Donald did not pretend to be anything it is not. /r/BernieSanders operates in the same way.

The problem is when /r/politics, /r/news, /r/worldnews, etc. do so as well.
They offered, but they didn't even come through on that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23333070
Exactly, a normal drive from my apartment to Brighton or Snowbird is about 45-50 minutes, I've had several times where it was just short of 3 hours one way, this past season.
"When the looting starts, shooting starts"

Read that above statement, how is it not fanning the flames? That a way a president get to talk to an oppressed black population?
Maybe Indian tech services provide enough work that it doesn't make sense to deal one on one? You already have at millions working for top us companaies.
Perhaps this one? https://github.com/zfedoran/pixel-sprite-generator
In no way am I arguing Apple is right here, but could this have anything to do with a possible shortage in RAM due to supplychain/COVID-19?
I haven't seen sortition suggested for "singular" roles like heads of some departments or such. It's designed to create representative bodies of a sufficiently large size to smooth out things through numbers. I don't think it's adaptable to things like mayors, presidents, cabinet members, etc.
My own experience is that trying to sell software to GNU/Linux customers is a lost battle, unless it is behind a server wall.
You would also need more delat-v or a tug to get Dragon to Moon and back. Unlike Orian (or Apollo back then) Dragon actually does not have a real service module - the trunk provides aerodynamic stability at abort and hosts solar panels and radiators - but is otherwise empty.

For lunar operations you might need to put fuel tanks inside the trunk & the make the fuel usable to the thrusters in the capsule.

Or alternatively put some simple thrusters in/on the trunk. These could have more efficient nozzle compared to what Dracos & Super Dracos have due to capsule aerodynamics constraints (compare the nozzle bell size for Orion and Apollo). On the other hand this would increase complexity quite a bit & you are effectively lugging around duplicate engines.
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I think they mean Accenture leadership
I'm an older millennial and I don't bring my "whole self" to work. Work is for work, I'm not there to share my beliefs or values with my colleagues. It's really not a terrible way to operate, and I think it's often foolish to "show your hand" at work as it can give people ammunition against you.
I'm keeping a running list of non-profits and businesses in Minneapolis that strongly impact and help make a change in their communities of color. A lot of the businesses have been looted, burned, destroyed, or are just unable to reopen and directly aide their communities with their profits.
> "the difference between digital engineers and analog engineers is that the analog engineers KNOW when they're designing an antenna".

Hahaha this is a beautiful quote! I didn't believe this was a real concern until I ran into it in the real world.
It is precisely because cops are human beings that we cannot allow them to operate in an effectively consequences-free environment.

Also; the idea that any cop would have "saved 100 lives in his career" is ludicrous. But even if it were true, it would not justify allowing them to murder without consequence.

In actuality, the pattern we see with Derek Chauvin is more common; 18 complaints on his official record, involvement with 3 police shootings, and never any consequences beyond a reprimand. Until he just casually crushes a dude to death, and people like you are _still_ arguing there shouldn't be consequences.
UPDATE: Wrong guy! Missed the middle initial there.

He lied his way into two extremely expensive and unwinnable wars, both of which are effectively still on-going after almost 20 years. That required charisma. His legacy is north, south, west, and east of Tikrit.
Thanks for the insights!

I've been wanting to get from "limping along" to "vaguely competent" in vim for awhile now, but it's helpful to have some actual action items to run with.
Thanks a lot! Glad you like it.

I do the same workflow, where I generate types during build. I often generate them directly from the datasource (e.g. directly from the API). Then I get compile-time errors if the API changes.
What legal action, though? That is, what did Microsoft do that violates the law? I don't see anything. The code is open source, so I believe they're in the clear there. And I don't think they had a contract with Keivan, so I don't see any breach of contract disputes. To be clear, I think Microsoft acted unethically. But I don't see any obvious violation of the law.
Oh I meant depth as in take only CS-related courses, not European History, Greek Philosophy, Sociology, etc (which seems to be common in US universities). By all means go broad _within_ the field, from graph theory to transistors to DSP to anything really. I would venture out to STEM fields that seem interesting.
And, while new residents and the next generation are paying insanely high property taxes, the NIMBYs pay a small fraction of the real property taxes. And, big businesses like Stanford and all the countless farms that fill up much of the land across CA, are paying a tiny fraction of the property taxes that any resident would pay.
Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
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> Prop 13 is just homeowner fiscal responsibility.

This argument doesn’t hold up when you consider that Prop 13 applies to much more than single family homes; commercial property is included and wealthy land developers benefit greatly from the measure.
> They directly ripped it off.

No, they used some very common and unoriginal ideas that were implemented in AppGet.

Can you point out exactly what was "ripped off" here?

- https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli

- https://github.com/appget/appget

They're not even written in the same language. And everything done in AppGet has been done before. Yawn

> Big companies will try not to pay even when they have money.

I will try not to pay, even when I have money. I think this applies to most people. Who wants to pays for something that's already free? I'm not running a fuckin charity over here.

> To not even give the minimum of non-monetary credit...

They've given it.

However, I wonder if during all of this Keivan has credited Microsoft for all of the open source tools, services and frameworks that he's used in his other work???
> Well the current debate is on if it SHOULD not if it does

Then say that instead of saying that 230 means they “need” to be neutral.

As far as “should”, the answer is a hard no. It is not wise or prudent to inject the government into regulation of private speech to achieve short term political aims.

And yes, your plan is an attempt to regulate speech, snuck in via the back door. You would give the government the ability to decide which forms of protected speech receive extra special protections, creating a 3 tiered system. It is wholly unconstitutional, and represents a massive growth in governmental power. Hard pass.
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I really like calling it "Demarchy". Mostly because I came upon this by reading Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space novels (which use the term with a somewhat different meaning, everyone is continuously polled through cybernetic implants. But that's just an extreme form of sortition IMHO, by "randomly choosing everyone".)
GHW Bush = George Herbert Walker Bush, the first president Bush (1989-93)
You could apply it to new sales —grandfather current owners to minimize that effect.
It would have the effect of ending 'political aristocracies', where there are whole families of politicians across several generations. It would also reduce the distance between politicians and ordinary people.

It would also prevent anyone accumulating years of political experience before assuming office, though, which seems like a serious drawback.
F-15 won't survive in a modern A2D environment without a lot of SEAD support. The airframe on the F-15 are also getting a lot of miles on them. I'm referring to the F-15C types, not the F-15Es.
He doesn’t have a vendetta against Apple, he makes a living acting like he has a vendetta against Apple on YouTube.

Between his computer repair business and video productions, he financially benefits from Apple products being relatively difficult to repair.
Are you a west coast native? As a new yorker (and nj native), I've found that west coasters often think we're rude but I see it as just our communication style. We often interrupt and speak over each other, and really don't like being interrupted on a commute (which is often just walking somewhere).

Since working more with west coast devs, I've learned to be "nicer" when communicating. But still have the same habits with my family. To be fair I think that some these habits are good to break.
What a fail on my part. Sorry!
If I'm ever required to provide social media handles when entering the USA, I'll be deleting any relevant social media accounts.
Behind tech layoffs lay cash flow-negative companies
Allegedly, most public tech companies that have fired staff, are largely unprofitable.
Ask HN: For tech podcasts do you prefer transcripts, bullets or something else?
Hi,

When it comes to show notes of tech podcasts, which style do you prefer?

1. Full transcripts with clickable time stamps whenever a guest or host switches talking

2. A bunch of 1 line summaries every 30-120 seconds with clickable timestamps (similar to what you might see on Youtube)

3. A couple of bullet points to summarize the topics talked about with no clickable timestamps

In all cases, links to everything talked about would be included in its own list.

I'm asking because I run a podcast where I've been doing #2 for 33 episodes. An example of that is here https://runninginproduction.com/podcast/33-zego-lets-you-easily-buy-insurance-by-the-hour. I also do #3 in the form of the summary paragraph near the top.

But I recently started a Twitter poll and out of ~100 votes, most people preferred #3 by itself or #1 which was surprising since I personally thought #2 was the most skimmable option. I figured I'd also ask here to get a larger sample size and hopefully start a discussion around the topic since I'm sure lots of us listen to podcasts.

I'm mainly asking because to do #2 requires a lot of effort so I'm wondering if I've been creating extra work for myself. It's about 3 hours just to do that part alone and it's not quite possible to outsource it since it depends on having an understanding of all of the tech and having an awareness of the show. Where as you can get multi-guest transcripts done from a number of services and #3 only takes about 5 minutes.

My concern with doing #3 but not #1 / #2 is that a lot of interesting talking points could be missed if you don't end up listening to the entire episode because #3 only works if you include a couple of high level things. If you go down the route of literally bullet pointing every point discussed then you end up with #2.
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That's painting it more black and white that I think it is. Proponents of elections won't argue that their system will always produce someone suited for the job, just that it will produce the person much the electorate believes is suited for the job.

The big difference is probably that a proponent of elections believes that the masses have a better idea of who is suited for that job than random selection, and proponents of sortion disagree.
I put this line:

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On the footer of https://remotivo.com and I've already had a couple of people comment that they thought it was a nice touch. I just built this site/bot for a fun side-project, I don't care how many views it gets.
> the lobbyists have nothing to grasp on.

There are a few court districs where the big IP fights in technology are being fought. In those districts, there is tons of lobbying by tech companies to make create a positive image of them in the local community's mind.

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/why-south-korea-s-samsung-built-t...

If more power is given to sortition, companies will do more of those kinds of things. In fact, I think that a component of the big-name-college-favoring GAFAM selection practice is due to them wanting to bribe upper-class America. If one of your family members works at one of those companies, you have a much different opinion on them.
Debian testing is on 5.6 right now. If you can handle a high update volume and are comfortable managing occasional packaging issues, it’s a rather nice “not arch but newish” experience.
Interesting idea. One thing I will point to is that in the Euro Champions League, they randomly draw small plastic balls with the names of teams inside it to set up fixture match ups. People still regularly question whether its free of tampering because one could use heated or rough edged balls influencing which ball is chosen by the person making the drawings, in this case for a more favorable match-up for a team.
And all of them are still paying off the student debt.
The article talks about it, how it never makes sense to say both because the phrases are redundant and contradictory. You would either say one or the other to indicate that you have finished speaking, your choice indicating if you intend to hear a response or not.
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Best of luck to it (no irony!). That said, it might not hold. Stamping out the virus (2) requires keeping a perimeter around all existing carriers. New Zealand, being naturally removed from other countries, has some advantages in this regard. But even there, as soon as travel restarts reintroduction is not unlikely. We will see...

For example, many countries kept mandatory smallpox vaccinations long after the disease was eradicated within their borders because otherwise a single traveler can wreak havoc. Check for example smallpox reintroduction to Yugoslavia in 1972 by a single pilgrim. A quick martial law and quarantines helped contain it, but even then it caused, according to Wikipedia, 175 infections and 35 deaths.

If COVID-19 is as virulent as it is claimed to be I would not bet on NZ staying COVID-free after travel restarts. My 2c.
I believe the parent comment was talking about the shitshow that Hertz was, not Accenture.
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Remember this is essentially how American jury pools are selected - of course with the lawyers having some rejection powers.
No but I rent movies from Google Play. And I don't subscribe to Netflix.
Why electrician? My father is a licensed (but not union) electrician and I used to work as his assistant when I was a teenager. The job was pretty boring, mostly driving to job sites, running cables, wiring them up, etc. It never struck me as an intellectually stimulating job. He had a book with a bunch of formulas in it (called Ugly's, iirc) that I would read while driving to sites sometimes, but it was plug-and-chug algebra.
Building on this, I think good technical skills will definitely help get you in the door but won't get you that far up the ladder if your ambitions are management/executive track. And that's not for everybody, which is why larger companies have built individual contributor tracks.
Brings to mind one of my favorite quotes (not sure from where): "A plan is just a list of things that can go wrong".
I agree with all of the above, but would also like to add the ecosystem to your list. With my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro I get some really nice integration of Keychain, Handoff, Continuity, etc.
I can't imagine a simpler way to share a file to friends/family vs Send. And I don't mean that facetiously I mean I literally cannot imagine. You open the site on whatever device you are on (no account needed), drag/select the file, and give the link to your friend/family. They don't need a special client or account either they just click the link on whatever device and the file shows up.

The only way to remove any of these steps in any sharing scheme is to preassociate a sharing group permanently which is inherently more complicated for all involved unless you're going for a "stream of shared files" result in which case BitTorrent isn't good either though.

As far as the implementation of the steps it couldn't be any more straightforward/smooth - simple design, not clogged with ads, good contrast, large letters, simple wording, easy to follow UI.
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There's some advantage to abbreviations/acronyms (since titles have a length limit), but in general, I agree. I propose the first place we start is to agree that "crypto" doesn't always mean "cryptocurrency" :-)
No, that's wrong. You can't just slap a new license on top of code you've copied — that's illegal!

You have to adhere to the terms of the copyright license granted in this case by upstream License. If you do not, you lose the copyright license and the ability to redistribute under any terms.

Maybe you're thinking of license subsumption? That's when (say) a project under a more restrictive license (e.g. Apache License 2.0) bundles a dependency which is under a more permissive license (e.g. MIT), yet the package is advertised as being under "Apache License 2.0" even though the licensing is polyglot.

But even under subsumption, you still don't get to do things like removing copyright notices or declaring unilaterally that somebody else's work is now under some new license they didn't grant. The license headers in the bundled dependency's source files don't get modified, it's just that you summarize the terms of the complete package because fulfilling the terms of the ALv2 suffices to fulfill the terms of the MIT license. (Sort of. License subsumption is a complicated issue.)
I don't think they fly the P-8 in the same flight regiment as the Orion used to fly. There's no MAD sensor, and it doesn't have the range at low levels to consistently hit the deck.

ASW has been starved of funds and attention for so long. The P-8 is really an MPA, not so much an ASW platform. It can do some of the job, but compared to the S-3/P-3, it makes some sacrifices. The nice thing is that it can transit an area quickly.
Physical locations matters. I feel like we're appreciating the advantages -- but also the deep shortcomings -- of remote work and distant offices.
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He's a corporate man now, but in his youth he was legit.
Somehow "took out a flute" just didn't cut it.
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For 'beginners' they usually don't have the experience or the network to plan such a stepping stone ahead of time.

If you come in the side door (shift sectors, side-learn upgrade your capabilities) you may have the experience to plan ahead like that. But this was about beginners so I suppose that doesn't matter in this case.
I'm glad the Wikipedia summary ends with this line:

Today, sortition is commonly used to select prospective jurors in common law-based legal systems and is sometimes used in forming citizen groups with political advisory power (citizens' juries or citizens' assemblies).

People reading this are likely familiar with the use of sortition in jury selection. What is probably the single most well know thing about sitting on a jury?

It sucks. It's somehow boring and stressful at the same time, and the pay is very much token. Therefore, most people try to get out of it, with varying degrees of success. People have gone as far as not registering to vote in order to avoid jury duty. This is specifically why voter rolls are not used for that in many places.

The corollary to this is that juries aren't actually a random sample: people getting out of jury duty obviously causes selection effects. If the sample is not random, you lose a lot of the theoretical advantages of sortition. Unless we take strong steps to make sitting in a legislative body not suck, I see no reason it would be any better there.
I mean, probably, yes.

What I mean is that if you are consuming news media and seeing only one point of view, something is wrong. I feel like I frequently see commenters who implicitly believe there's only one valid side to an issue, and the other side is just racism / bigotry / corruption.

True, that's a call for diversity. But if you're seeing multiple perspectives butting heads consistently across the news media consumed by an entire country, that's divisive, as a result of having diverse perspectives and coverage. To your point, though, that's likely more the result of a lack of diversity at individual sources and people picking and choosing to consume less diverse news. "Divisive" isn't the right word.