skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Actually on the 3rd of June there was 1 death attributed to COVID-19. This is very likely to increase as we get more confirmations and backfills the data. The other 73 deaths reported are confirmed cases for other days.
Will never replace general computers.

It's more of a hardware to run specific types of algorithms.
> Aren't these the real reasons why people are disadvantaged?

No, or at least, not exclusively. There's tons of social science research in which, for example, two identical fabricated resumes were submitted for a battery of jobs, differing only by, say, a headshot of a black vs. white person, or a stereotypically-African-American name vs. a stereotypically white (or not-obviously-race-signaling) one. In these studies there are huge differences in response rates and callbacks, even when everything else about the resumes (educational attainment, experience, etc.). is identical.

It's true that many black people suffer structural disadvantages because of systemic lack of access to resources, etc. But they also suffer disadvantages because they're black.
Indeed, I like the thumb keys (2 per thumb would be enough for me though), the tap/hold feature and the central special keys on ergodox for instance.

I have not found anything like that for laptops. Not even a split space bar. The tap/hold feature is possible at the os level, with caveats.

I usually map the key left to the space bar to Enter.
Yeah, I thought the same thing. I had to check, and on my phone I have ever only sent 3 SMSes. I got lots received, but that's like "your token for service xxxx" or "your parcel is ready for pickup" kinda stuff.

No one uses SMS here (and by extension very few use iMessage). Everyone got mobile data turned on and has for almost the last decade. And then it still cost money to send sms, so other apps won.
This is akin to the reservation system in India, which was amended to cater to this very problem by identifying "creamy layer"[1] who are higher income group coming from backward castes and they are not eligible for govt benefits.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creamy_layer
As a fighter pilot, the ability to move switches without touching them is incredibly important. But most of that is achieved via HOTAS (Hands on Throttle and Stick). Anything outside of HOTAS if already hands off and a "labor". That's where fast access to data is important. Our checklists have migrated to iPads over paper products and that has honestly been great. The physical limitation of number of buttons to achieve an effect is an issue.

So.... I need physical buttons where I need real feedback fast on touch. I can use touch screens where I need to access a lot of data but have seconds to spare.
On HN there should be an expectation that people actually read the articles before commenting.
Also a happy donating user for the free plan.
(No affiliation, I just like the project.)
> I am practicing colemak which mentally exhausts me a few times a week and I'm only up to 18 wpm.

And then what? You go back to your original layout? No wonder it's taking months.

The best way to learn a new layout is to switch to it and never look back.
Non-deterministic compilation would be pretty bad.

First, producing different outputs from the same input brings the question of caching tools (e.g ccache, FastBuild), who assume the compiler is a pure function of its inputs.

Moreover, assuming your code and the compiler are correct, you might still end-up with a situation where the performance of the resulting binary differs depending on the planet's alignment at build time.

Worse: when the input code is wrong (which does happens when you're writing new code and trying it on your machine) : you build your code locally, and you're in "luck", as the compiler generates binary code "that won't crash". So you push your modifications, and then you start getting complaints from your coworkers, because they pulled your commit and now they're getting crashes. At this moment you don't know what's happening yet, so you might even tell them "it works on my machine, did you try to rebuild all?". And this might appear to solve the issue, if this time your coworkers are "lucky"!

Finally, let's suppose your code is correct, but the compiler has a code generation bug. Have you ever tried, as a user, to diagnose a compiler bug? You spent many hours trying to minimize the input file that triggers the bug, so it's executable without needing the rest of your project, so you can send it to the compiler devs. I wouldn't even try to do this if I knew the compiler was non-deterministic.

In short, non-deterministic compilation is an invitation for trouble and confusion.
> So what if someone is giving special opportunities to someone based on their skin color, or their gender?

Because if it is done for white people, or to men, it would be heavily criticised for being racist/sexist. I am purely advocating for consistency, and for tackling the real problems (education, socio-economic, familial, etc.).

I am sick of the corporate hypocrisy during COVID (we really care about you!), and we'll only see more of it with these new events (we love PoC more than anybody else!).
Is there a rationale behind that?
I wish I had more evidence-based arguments for my opinion, but I strongly believe text-based interfaces are among the best out there. They have an ability to squeeze in an uncanny amount of information in any given space, without turning cluttered.

If I think about it, even GUIs tend to be driven by text in most cases. The difference is that every word gets a graphical border (be it in the shape of a button, a tab, a menu item, or whatnot.) These borders are needed in a GUI where the location of the text is less predictable, and it helps novices to see the window under a menu while the menu is shown, but these are not problems for experienced users at predictable text-based interfaces.
Recommend MM.0N, or better yet, YYYY/YYYY-MM-NN.

Zero padding months means they will sort properly, and not jan oct nov dec feb

Putting the year in the sub folder means they can be moved around/back/out (or zipped) without losing important metadata.
That is so weird. I can remember several police strikes here in Belgium, and none of that sort of thing happened.

The latest police strike announcement was for April (12th to 19th) this year, and was over the lack of PPE for field work. The strike was cancelled as PPE was made available before the strike date.
I use a modified Pok3r layout and dumping the caps-lock in favor of another modifier is one of the best keyboard hacks.
NZ does rely on quite a few seasonal workers from overseas. Some are currently stuck here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300025484/seasonal-workers-...

That article says 14,000 workers/year from just the Pacific. Not sure of the total, and it's probably not large by European standards.

Our borders have been very effectively closed the last few weeks though. The fact that 56 Avatar film crew people have just been let in (on a chartered flight, after testing negative, and now spending 14 days in quarantine) has been quite contentious: https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/121681...
One of these is clearly not like the other, in multiple ways. You're at the very least misrepresenting why these people are being banned.

Tax policy is not anywhere close the tweets at issue which often amount to terroristic threatening. If you started verbally abusing other customers in a grocery store, perhaps even implying you'll murder them, then yes, you'll be banned.

To the rest of your comment, are you seriously comparing tweets to food? You have a fundamental right to food, not to have your opinions transmitted by others.
Wow, a company fighting racism with racism. Not really surprised.
I've always had a passion for writing and started in school. During my studies at the university, I kept improving my writing skills and sought opportunities to get published. Now I blog at https://custom-writing.org/blog helping students in their studying.

I always feel motivated and there are not many difficulties for me in the process.
But if your feedreader does not pick that up when adding https://hnblogs.substack.com/ directly, you might want to switch to a better reader ;)
I never thought of it this way. This is a really good observation in my opinion.

There's a lot of math and viewpoints that should be considered here. It does not seem to me that proponents of lockdowns are even doing any maths, it seems like they take it for guaranteed that lockdowns are the only choice.
Hm, why classroom requires admin access to organisation and private repos? It seems there is no way to opt out.
100% this.

I'm using an ergonomic keyboard with the two halves of the keys at a slight angle and column-staggered design, and I can't imagine ever going back to a normal keyboard. Being able to enter every symbol without even moving the wrists is just too comfortable.

It's more expensive than any standard keyboard and I had to solder it myself, but it's basically customised for my fingers. I'm not typing faster, but I have much more fun doing it and fewer issues with my shoulders. I would say it's a much more important upgrade than changing away from QWERTY(which actually isn't that bad, there are a few false myths floating around about it).
It's right there in the article:
“Racism is a lamentable thing,” Son wrote on Twitter, ending his post with the hashtag #blacklivesmatter.

If you discount a subset of a systematic issue and paint it in a broader light, it doesn't portray an accurate picture.
Yes, technical writers at google use the regular code review progress (the code review tool is called critique).
Yeah same here. I don't have the beefiest Android so I thought might be my issue.
yep, move along.
And if you start with X cases, and have and Rt of 2, you get 2X cases, no matter if X is 10 or 1000.
555 timer teardown: inside the most popular IC (2016)
> As far as I can see, this doesn't exist in the tech world (any more)

Bluntly: there's probably a lot that you can't see.
All new construction in the bay is usually high priced luxury since that’s where developers make the most return. Thus new units aren’t cheaper.

What I’ve heard is that’s either supposed to free up other older apartments or we’re supposed to wait 30 years for the new luxury apartments to become old and cheaper.

I think we need rules about constructing diversified units, not exclusively luxury ones but proportional numbers of basic, medium and luxury.
Say there was a disease that predominantly affected a given race. Would you then object to a health system producing a tailored response to that group based on group characteristics?

e.g. https://www.gaucherdisease.org/blog/5-common-ashkenazi-genet...
I tend to invest in companies whose products and behavior I like. It's not terribly surprising that they've done well - pleasing customers is good business. I've dumped stock in companies that began a business model of suing their customers to make money - and those companies (again unsurprisingly) tilted down.

Buy companies that customers love, sell companies that customers do business with only because they have to.
Thinking back to my college liberal arts classes, I think this would’ve been great. I wish my professors would’ve required going back and revising papers—making them more of an iterative process.
Google Page Experience Update – Google's Latests Algorithm
You are talking about people with jobs.
In addition to your points, another reason for "flattening the curve" is to give time for hospitals and health care systems to prepare for a spike in cases, so that every patient who needs critical care can receive it. For countries like Italy that were hit at the start of the pandemic, this was a serious problem.

Where I live, in Victoria, Australia, the state government has used the lockdown time to plan for and deliver a huge increase of ICU beds [1]. Thankfully, it looks like these beds may not even be necessary, but initial modelling suggested a peak of 10,000 active cases with only 500 IUC beds available.

[1] https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/thousands-of-bed...
For Germany, the profits usually come from rent itself as well as capital gains, at least in the cities.

I'm a member and live in a housing complex owned by a cooperative. The rent you'll pay in this kind of setting is at the lower end of the market, the services you get are at the upper end. Being a cooperative means I own shares, so I get dividends and balance sheets etc. Even with this great (for renters) setup, they still pay out 4% dividends and expand like crazy (not to produce more dividends but to provide more apartments). They could pay out much more than 4% but they don't want to optimize for profit and make it an investment, the dividends are meant to incentivize members to invest/save more than legally required.

The place I lived at previously had higher rents and less services. I don't know how much of a profit they made annually, but I'm sure it wasn't anywhere close to 4%.
Where do your expectations come from though?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...
Patent troll strikes again!

Maybe we should call it patent fraud and make this kinda thing illegal? Patents should be for companies actually making products to get a market edge of sorts. Not a portfolio of things you never intend to build but instead berate other companies for cash over. Its okay if they are actually still in the process of building the thing but if your company has one single employee and 0 products...

Also wondering where WebRTC stands against that patent.
I live in a city with a vandalism problem. People throw benches into the river, break glass panes, and perform other similar feats just for the fun of it. Oh, and the ubiquitous designer drugs ads on every damn wall.

Well, it _was_ a problem until the government put cameras on every street corner and the police started tracking down and punishing every one of the vandals.

How would gun ownership help with this? I look out of a window at 2 AM and see a couple of guys destroying a bus stop. Should I grab my gun and start shooting at them?
For anyone who is interested in making an iMessage proxy and has time to spend: There is a legitimate way to interact with the iMessage system with a standard protocol. It requires you to have a host iPhone (no jailbreaking needed).

What you need to have is a Bluetooth adapter with MAP (Message Access Profile) support. Your iPhone will treat all messages from the MAP protocol as if they are from the Messages app. This means it will automatically route your SMS as iMessage if possible (you have no say on what the iPhone decides to do, however). As a bonus, you can also use email addresses as recipients with MAP.

A good place to start probing is the WT32 or WT41u module from Silicon Laboratories. It supports MAP, although it looks like the module supports receive-only [1]. I do not know whether you can hack blueZ to support MAP. I've tried to look at it and I don't think the MAP support for blueZ is complete but I could as well be very wrong. A Raspberry Pi 0 as a bluetooth middleman is very sweet, regardless.

Once that Bluetooth middleman is set up, you can use a public server to relay your messages. The scheme will look something like this:

iPhone <--bluetooth--> (WT41+ESP32)|(Pi0+BlueZ) <--wifi--> MQTT broker <--wifi--> your device of choice.

I am relatively confident that this scheme will work. I just don't have time in my hands to do it. So I figured I could share here. Hopefully, some good hacker will do it and publish it. Happy hacking!

1: https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/application-notes/AN...
blogs haven't really existed for hundreds of years my dude.
Intentions sound good, sure: we want to address inequality.

But is the solution “we will only consider people of specific racial backgrounds. We will reject you on the sole basis of your race”? Affirmative action has been firmly grounded in policies for decades. At what point do we do away with it, or decide that it needs to be rebalanced for groups that had potential reduced because of the results of affirmative actions good intentions? It’s made getting into college and many positions as an Asian American pure hell, despite being minorities and many coming from poverty.
How that patent is even valid astounds me. It saddens me more Apple did not challenge the patent!
And people scoff at reporters and journalists that they don't check their sources... Apparently almost nobody does. We have copy/paste information ecosphere.
"Are you smoking crack?" enron

--google it before downvoting, all these ignorant people making my Karma go negative
The review system at Google is just a review system. My main concern with this approach is, doing a review is tedious work. Getting the context, keeping an eye on changes, giving honest but non-offensive and actionable feedback. Clearly a good way, but fear it wouldn't scale to a classroom.
I use Iriun Webcam to use my (leftover) Android phone as a webcam into my MacBook Air and iMac, with Zoom, OBS and Quicktime. It works pretty decently, the only gripe is that I can't control exposure from the phone camera so it needs the right lighting to look nice.

There are also other apps out there, besides DroidCam and Iriun, that support different phone-computer connections.
And people do. At least in Europe.
One idea is to have more human curation of the content posted on /newest.

Currently users don't have much incentive to go through newest and curate/upvote. Adding some badges & special privileges (or just awarding karma) for folks who consistently help curate & discover great content would set the incentives correctly. Essentially, gamify the curation process so the load gets shared.
If only there was a way to make more trees that wasn't so labor-intensive...
One long press on WhatsApp to forward (on the same menu as copy, reply, and delete) as compared to a long pressed followed by “more...” to find forward on iPhone (and it was only “recently” added).
> So what if someone is giving special opportunities to someone based on their skin color, or their gender? There are plenty of special opportunities to go around for all of us.

I think this was the stance of the segregationists in the Jim Crow South. They called it “separate but equal”

“So what if someone is getting to drink from a certain water fountain based on their skin color, or their gender? There are plenty of water fountains to go around for all of us.”

I find both statements morally reprehensible.
I am very thankful to hear you have had a good experience with your Section 8 tenants.

As a HUD-VASH veteran recipient in Los Angeles, I have hoped to discover that there are reasons to expand programs for more low-income people in the United States. I am EXTREMELY fortunate as a veteran to receive housing assistance. Thanks for making it possible for people in need to have a safe and affordable option! Blessings!
I use the Neo layout since 2013. In my optinion, it is optimized for the German language and for programming. I really love it.

On Linux this worked perfectly for me, but on Macs there are some (Electron?) applications which have their own idea of keybindings. Notably MS Teams. They have their own idea of keybindings and assume some kind of quertz layout. Which using neo makes typing a questionmark, which works using "layer 3 key" (caps lock) and what is "h" on querty impossible.
So I end up mostly just typing :question in chat, which produces a questionmark emoticon. Talk about workarounds.
Oh yeah, it does not work because Teams opens the "help" window instead.
Yes, but those kernels aren't developed according to any functional safety standards, so they're the typical jumble of vulnerabilities.

It depends if that's the case for the embedded devices.
How about $100m in the pockets of impoverished people who actually need it, regardless of race/skin color? :)
Of course not, if race was proven to be the actual underlying factor. The point in the OP was that the underlying cause is not race, but other group traits (low socio-economic status, poor family background) - which people of all races can and do possess.
With these questions is often a matter of scale. Let's take a minority person and a non-minority person applying for the same apartment. The landlord doesn't care about their background. He just thinks the non-minority person is less likeable and gives the apt to the minority person. Fine. However, if you this 100x or 1000x, the minority people will most probably lose out because of racism.
I've had only one blog post go viral on HN (and it was not even I who posted it here) and it was one that was not technically interesting (in my opinion at least), but polemic and intentionally provocative.

I wrote it in a fit of anger, not to attract attention... everything I'd written before, where I put lots of effort to make interesting points or create useful projects went mostly unnoticed compared to that angry post.

Unfortunately, that's the kind of content that "engages" people, it seems (HN is no different than any other "social media" platform, why would it be?).
Interesting, I've switched from Google Analytics to GoAccess ~5 years ago. I let both analytics run for a month and compared the results. The relative numbers were very similar (so I get the same information about what blog posts are most popular), but the absolute numbers were in fact lower for GoAccess. It might be because tech blog visitors are using AdBlockers more often (and hence block GA).

> I'd love if I could change the time interval of the shown html stats.

GoAccess displays the data that you pass it. So while it doesn't have any date filter option (at least the last time I've checked), you can just filter your logs beforehand. There's even a more simple solution that I'm using: Set the logrotate to a specific time frame (e.g. weekly), so you can pass "access.log" to GoAccess to only get the latest stats. You can still pass "access.log*" to get ALL stats at the same time.
We would need to replicate the Azolla Event to have any real impact:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azolla_event

Otherwise, to take the data of this invention:

1.29 megajoules to scrub 1 kilo of CO2 = 3.58 kWh.

7.7cents/kWh is a recent Chinese electricity price.

$0.2757 to scrub one kilo.

EU carbon price is about $23 per tonne.

1000 x $0.2757 = $275.7 in electricity costs alone, ignoring manufacturing the devices and other overheads.

So all up, we'd need a Carbon Price of roughly $400/tonne to justify this kind of technology.

Its much easier to just keep the fossil fuels in the ground!
Actually M&A companies underperform in the stock market so it mostly benefits the executives doing the merge.
I suspect because it means acknowledging that there isn't particularly special about one's little in-group, and that talent also lies outside of how one identifies. For example, I've heard that good candidates are impossible to find outside of 'good universities', those being the ivy league, etc.
You just have to keep submitting. Of all the things I've submitted I'd say <10% have hit the front page, but those that have, got a lot of comments and interest. I like to think that even if only one person saw what I posted, then the submission was worth it.

Pin the submission bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar, as it makes submitting a breeze with almost zero effort.

Also, for others, if you see a high ranked submission that you like from a user, click on their name and see what else they've submitted - it's a good way to find hidden gems.
Why Telegram? (vs. for example forwarding to another email address?)
It might not be that simple. How long do you want the solution to last for?

There's plenty that will be free or low cost initially, but it may be a matter of time before the deal changes, they're acquired & shutdown, or they go out of business.
Funny though anything that competes with D better be damn good. The more I study and write small projects with D the more I love about D!