skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My guess is openssl, since we experienced this problem with a lot of our internal services and our monitoring, both of which make heavy use of Perl and LWP::UserAgent, which build on OpenSSL. CentOS 7 boxes had problems (easily shown through the lwp-request util, which can often be used like curl's CLI tool), but not on CentOS 8.
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I dont expect FB to be a arbiter, but in a more general sense, prevent harm done using the facility. Like a transport company to be held liable if someone is using them to mule drugs, or banks for money laundering.
Receiving socket events and then POSTing to your endpoint.
"I'd expect an inverse correlation between % of the population employed in ICT and salary, instead, I find the opposite. In the better-paid countries, a lot of people are working IT, whilst in the worst-paid countries, it's much fewer."

I am not sure how that is not a simple corollary of economics behaving more or less how it usually does.

"Moving on from the right to the left of the economic axis we have a maximally corrupt market, which serves only to funnel money to the richest people at the expenses of the poorer at all levels and thus global inequality in anything (including salaries) should be correlated with how rich a country already is.

"How do we identify a "rich oppressive country"? Hard to tell.

"Is PPP per capita as good and indicator as any? Probably. Since I don't know how recent the Bloomberg data is, I will go ahead and use the GDP data from 2012, since that's when my PISA data is from."

High GDP indicates high inequality?

"Programmer salaries are very strongly correlated with how wealthy a country is.

"Programmer salaries are strongly correlated with how well-educated a country is.

"Programmer salaries are relatively well correlated with how well a certain country speaks English.

"Programmer salaries are inversely correlated with % of the population working in IT.

"But since all of those 4 things are strongly correlated to each other."

Ok, I'll buy that. But I'm still not sure what this has to do with the question asked by the title.
But: the sea still keeps getting more acid, so no more coral reefs and severe damage to shellfish. And once such an effort gets started, we're committed, we'll have to keep doing it.
Importantly, the non-uniformity may have a big impact on weather patterns, leading to an increase in hurricanes and flooding and other adverse effects.
> health savings plans where we get a debit card and can buy that stuff with pre-tax money,

These are stupid, and I wish they'd die, for multiple reasons.

First, the list of things that are allowed and not allowed is completely arbitrary and random. Feminine hygiene products are allowed, but baby formula isn't. Wtf why? And now someone's gotta maintain this list of items and enforce it (Wageworks et al), and process claims made manually. So now we've just added another actor in the whole system that can add their own profit margin on top. All so we can save a few bucks in paying taxes.

Second, these aren't available to everyone (just like 401k plans, the other symbol of taxation inequality). It's a benefit that has to be offered by your employer, and there are plenty of shitty employers out there. The people who could most use a tax break on a $10 bottle of aspirin are the least likely to get it.

Third, the use-it-or-lose-it nature of FSA money. And if you lose it, the money goes back to the employer. Again, wtf why? You're basically placing a wager against your expected healthcare expenses every year at open enrollment time. For really no clear benefit. Why can't the "debit card" work like a "credit card" instead, with payments made directly from your paycheck? There's no guessing involved, and no one ever over- or under-contributes.
This ignores obvious regulations around freedom of movement. There is not actually one global market for programmers.

1. Even remote-first companies are likely to want to all gather together once in a while.

2. It's easy to run afowl of things like American crypto export restrictions when doing work in a foreign country

3. Startups are going to want to prefer working with local people because you can simply get more done working in a room with someone than via slack / zoom / etc. Moreover, hiring a single employee gives you more leverage than hiring an outsourcing firm.

4. Remote, foreign employees are going to be independent contractors, because actually complying with 50 different employment laws is really really hard.

5. Even if an employee is hired in a foreign country, that country's laws may lower the salary. For example, taxes vary by country. Payroll tax is higher in Europe than America, thus companies may be spending the same amount, but the employee receiving less. Similarly, in countries like India (and some in Europe too), there are much stricter requirements on when you can fire employees, whereas in many US states, like California, employment is at-will. This would also be expected to lower salaries in areas where more employees could easily become a liability.
More details:

https://www.medicineuncensored.com/a-study-out-of-thin-air

> Just yesterday, the Get in touch with us link on Surgisphere’s homepage redirected to a strange WordPress template for cryptocurrency. The Surgisphere website has since been changed and the link deleted; however, this serves as just another example of incompleteness and unprofessionalism from a company supposedly holding highly sensitive records on millions of patients.

> The internet trail behind Surgisphere is peculiar to say the least. Mostly because it isn’t there. The Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) has records on more than 439 billion web pages and has long served as a tool to view webpages as they existed in the past. I’ve used the tool hundreds of times and am frequently surprised by the breadth of its database. Even some of the most obscure webpages have historical snapshots available. In the rare circumstances where a historical snapshot is not available, the Wayback Machine’s response is “Wayback Machine doesn't have that page archived.” A far less common response—one I’ve never seen before—is “Sorry. This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine.” It’s this last response that is delivered when searching https://surgisphere.com/ in the Wayback Machine.

> There are primarily two ways for companies to hide internet histories. First, they can insert special codes into their websites to hide from the Wayback Machine’s automated crawlers. Secondly, companies can request the removal of their historical snapshots, but there’s no guarantee the Internet Archive will honor these requests. Both of these practices are highly unusual and almost exclusively used for obscuring nefarious activities.

>
Yet another way that my Panasonic GX-1 can't capture video :(. It has a mini HDMI port, so I thought I could do it there, but it doesn't do live-view over HDMI, just playback.
If the senators use this data and that argument to prove they didn’t make too much money or didn’t do anything wrong, then please remove all insider-trading laws. Right now, it only hurts the law abiding minority that accidentally makes a mistake
It's easier to imagine and end to the world than an end to capitalism.

Indeed!
You can get a discount on allergy medicine by showing your insurance card?

Is that true, that's a really good tip. How does that work I feel like they would just tell me this is an OTC drug and politely decline
> The fact that you called up a bunch of companies, and none of them were producing dedicated barebones MP3 players, kind of speaks for itself.

Not really. From here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23405591

"It is fascinating just how poorly modern touch interfaces do compared to older vehicles" with a response of

"I can't figure out how to turn the HVAC system on in a newish car"

This proves that the market is demanding worse interfaces, otherwise why would people have to deal with them?. That's how your argument goes, and it's bunk. Remember the cries of pain over windows 8? That's because people liked pain. The market spoke, right?

> I don't have numbers, and neither do you.

Then again I only spoke for myself. Whereas you "...this is not representative at all of what the majority prefers" & "it looks like the market has clearly expressed what consumers want" believe you can speak for others. Nope. Facts please.

> I can also bring out hard factual numbers for the sales numbers of dedicated MP3 players going down as smartphone proliferation increased, if you want, but you probably already know how those numbers look.

Irrelevant. I spoke about dedicated MP3 players, and if you'd bothered to read what I said, I actually said yours was a good point. Still, dedicated MP3 players have a market because they are still being sold - https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3... So a market for them still exists. It's not about smartphones vs dedicated MP3 players, this is about interfaces and choice.
All of those things were based on evidence of the time, and then they updated their stance as they got new evidence. How is that ridiculous or fear mongering? Blame the media for blowing things out of proportion if you want (only using the high values for model estimates which have been accurate for months for example) but don't blame scientists who are literally saying they're working with the best evidence they have at the time.

> No evidence of immunity.

Was actually the WHO and they said "There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection"

Which is an entirely accurate statement at the time. The intent was to make sure people who had tested positive and then negative post recovery did not decide they had a party pass when we simply don't know how long their immunity lasts.

> You can get it from touching things.

It lives on surfaces, including some for a long time. Wash your hand.

> You can’t get it from touching things.

"This is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about how this virus spreads"

> The six foot rule with no real basis.

Saliva and mucus typically travel 3-5 feet.

> Masks don’t help.

We thought sick people are the only ones that need to wear masks.

> Masks do help

We learned a lot of people are asymptomatic spreaders.

There are many things that have gone wrong with the flow of communication during this crisis, but if you read what the CDC actually said instead of what the headline news source was, they've done a good job of
America’s Cities Were Designed to Oppress
I agree. I get the wish to keep HN from being an (overly) political place, and I might agree with flagging this if it was a post on some random person's blog (even if that person is well known in tech). But this is not that. This a statement from a long serving and respected former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, someone who is eminently qualified to comment. Furthermore, it is a post that speaks not to any of the details, but to the larger picture of what is going on in the United States right now.

If there was a single post about the current situation that I would nominate to be allowed here, this is undoubtedly it.
The recent acquisition of Alstom by GE is just another example and a pretty serious one
I've done price comparisons and CVS is hands down the worst price for anything.

The only reason you go to CVS, is if you have 0 other options.

While I blame the various medical cartels for making healthcare unaffordable by bribing (Lobbying) hundreds of millions of dollars to politicians- can the customer be blamed for negligence?
Wouldn’t this just be a regular lawsuit? Why do you need the ACLU?
> but apparently can't pass a law on the consumption of oil

Geoengineering requires no other change on anyone's part. Except for the funding (which could fit into any government budget with little notice), nothing changes for most people.
Yes, that's in the works along with Executive branch data!
Vee vill succeed 'coz vee häff https://www.dataport.de/who-we-are/

Hugh!

edit: Especially https://www.dataport.de/was-wir-bewegen/portfolio/projekt-ph...

disclaimer: No affiliation apart from being resident of said town. https://www.hamburg.com/residents/about/11853222/government/
The Zoom release notes are a bit misleading. They didn't enable all virtual cameras, but instead a very specific list of virtual cameras. Here's how you can see that list

strings /Applications/zoom.us.app/Contents/Frameworks/nydus.framework/Versions/A/nydus | grep "Developer ID Application"

A number of folks have reached out to Zoom support to request that my plugin be added. See the latest in https://github.com/johnboiles/obs-mac-virtualcam/issues/4 for details.

I wouldn't fault Zoom for being restrictive about what they include in their allow list, since every addition adds risk, but it looks like they've already included closed-source applications from individuals as of 5.0.5. At least my code is open source and auditable!
The greenhouse effect is trapping the heat, not the light. So sunlight hits the atmosphere, some reflects, some more reflects off of the surface and back out, and the rest is involved in various things that eventually results in heat. That heat can then radiate out, or be trapped. Our problem is the balance of heat radiating out vs being trapped is changing. If we jump right to stopping the sunlight in the first place, sure it'll reduce the amount of heat that is produced thereby reducing the amount of heat trapped in the atmosphere, but that's not the only thing we need to consider.
Larry Niven in Ringworld had carbon nanotube dongled solar shields - that was the 70’s?
> "We Get Confessions"

The ultimate goal is (temporary incapacitation if necessary and then) rehabilitation: satisfying one's own needs in the real world and respecting the rights of others. How can we model those behaviors?

How can we minimize total costs?

Clean Language:

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

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

A) The suspect may be an asset to this and or other investigations intended to prevent further harm.

B) This person may be an asset to our team (which is working to help ensure that we can all continue to pursue happiness).
If it is going to be done, either it needs to be an internationally coordinated effort or the countries that object will treat it as an act of war.
A Baseline Compiler for Guile
This is frigin' awesome.
Makes you wonder what we really think about freedom.
shell darwinism. I toss files onto the Desktop, and have a cron that runs every night, deleting files older than 30 days. This knife-in-the-steering-wheel approach leaves me constantly scrambling to make sure my files are all properly curated into a more suitable hierarchy, of which is not interesting.
Typically, it's switching from PTT into another context: we often start short conversations, and then realize there's more work to be done and we slack the results of that to each other.
On the other hand, there are quite a few counter examples.
> you can't make up for it with software

Actually that's why the Pixel gave so good results in the evening scene in the blog post. Because of the tons of AI that Google has put into improving low light conditions.

https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/11/night-sight-seeing-in-dark...
I can’t help but think of the CDC (hear me out) as the Night’s Watch in Game of Thrones. 1) Setup to protect against things that haven’t happened in most people’s lifetimes. 2) Reduced funding/personnel because nobody really believes it can happen (due to #1). 3) When something finally happens, ignored because it conflicts with the desired political narrative.

As the most watched TV show in history, it wouldn’t be difficult to draw an easy parallel between to two in order to illustrate systemic failure to the public.
>Yeah, they are unenforceable in other states

Yes there are other states that have similar limits, and many other states that don't.

>and in all of them if they are determined to be unreasonable in court

That's a tautology. A court can refuse to enforce any contract for many reasons. The problem is that what may be considered unreasonable in California might not be in Georgia.

It's also not super helpful for someone who can't afford a lawyer to fight it. Or for someone who can't find another job because companies don't want to deal with the hassle.
I don't think this is actually feasible. [0] suggests you would need a mirror of 600,000 square miles (~700 miles to a side) at the L1 point to block 1% of solar radiation. And Lagrange points aren't actually gravitationally stable, you need station-keeping thrusters. Not sure how we'd go about pushing a wall of mirrors the size of France.

[0]: https://www.livescience.com/22202-space-mirrors-global-warmi...
Not sure I follow your point, but for what it's worth rape and murder seem about equally bad in my book, and I think all violent crimes should draw life in prison without parole.
Once the population ... figures out that ... people are using phones/fax machines/drums/smoke/whatever to coordinate their plans to set the cities on fire, they are dead via regulation.
It’s not so odd, remember the Rocky Asap event: https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-49122557
future proofing may be something to consider. teaching students to learn independently and critically is fundamental. know what you dont know, formulate an effective strategy to learn independently, poke holes in ones own ideas and relearn independently

certain certifications will help especially if you know you have a ride of some sort e.g a microsoft java progammer certification if you have a clear avenue to a job programming java on microsoft platforms.

robotics and hardware is just as important as programming and probably should be fundamental as well.

the aptitude potentials should be discovered for streaming candidates into curriculum or hybridizing streams for an advantageous outcome e.g. java programming of web driven remote autonomous devices.
True although it's not quite that simple. Most senators have less risky portfolios than the S&P 500 with lots of bond ETFs and the like, so that's not a perfect comparison. We're working on creating a risk-adjusted return measure to provide a more accurate comparison.
I think we agree. I'm not against newer, I'm against worse.
The reason the decaf isn't as good is because they don't sell as much. These days a good decaf is basically unrecognizable from the real thing.
> the results of geo engineering will be non uniform.

The results of any climate change plan are not going to be uniform.
Press is a thing people do, not a credential people have. All people should have freedom to observe and report on (to the extent they wish or do not wish to) actions of the state. Restricting that should have severe punishment.

Social media platforms, take note!
Wrong in the obvious way that it doesn't impede transmission. The recommendation from 2009 was for H1N1 and they stuck to it for corona. If they couldn't figure it out in a decade, they should have been defunded.

If not the elites, then some other elites, obviously. But the current ones have been failing us all over: a generation of scientific stagnation, poor diet and health advice, including absolutely ridiculous stuff about masks (CDC) and human-to-human transmission (WHO), and just grifting, like saddling young people with immense debt for education which seems to have no value beyond the sheepskin effect. Which is a fairly classic elite money extraction scheme but taken to really damaging, society-wide scale.
Would you be willing to share some of the technologies/frameworks you use to host the site? Great idea!
Is quantum computing ready to leap into the real world?
This...is a regular lawsuit?

This is why people donate to the ACLU. So that they can do the extensive work, pay lawyers, etc.
Here in NL its very lucrative, healthcare software and consulting. All they care about is externalising responsibility. As long as they can blame another party, their ass is covered and therefore their work done.

It's soul crushing.
What do you mean by 'play'?

ZKP's let you prove some fact without disclosing the details. "I know an input that makes this program return true".

While you could construct an unusual game that made use of them, they don't generally map into the framework of "play".
Gives out pretty negative feelings to me.

A sad emojii with a face mask is pretty depressing, and even worse if you see the mask as political.

Black lives matter is destroying cities across the USA.

I'm sure it's just me, but I wonder if anyone else sees this?
I agree 100% with everything you've said.

They're dumb and just another band-aid for the fact that our insurance is tied to our jobs.
You're a very stable genius, aren't you? The best. Everyone says you're the best. Ask anyone, they'll agree.
Even different lenses with the same aperture on the same camera can have decently different t-stops.
Ahh, that explains it. I had a screenshot of the SmartScreen dialog on my download page. After releasing a new version last fall, I noticed the dialog changed to the hidden Run Anyways option. My error, apparently, was including the major version number in the setup file name. When that rolled, the reputation reset.
We jumped into global lockdowns throwing millions out of work and halving major Economies with little information on what the effects would be.

I worry if people get in a panic about global warming there could be similar rash actions that might be worse than the problem.

Mass panic feedback loops are definitely a threat we should now be aware of.

(Edit. Of course global warming is a big problem and this could be a good solution.)
The same accounts that tweeted about Anonymous and LulzSec 9 years back are being used, this is not "fake news" by some "journalist hucksters".
Whoa I didn't even know this was an OBS feature and (obviously) I've spent a good bit of time with OBS :)

I'll definitely be using this!
https://outsideplatoscave.substack.com/
If the sunshade has undesirable consequences, you can just move it.

It's much harder to undo terraforming attempts.
Maybe because those people can't otherwise afford a lawyer to sue the city/state?
Even on a physical keyboard it's difficult to find things without looking if you don't know yet where they are.

The problem with touch screens is that they change what you can touch all the time. If you'd fix that, you might as well install a physical interface.
Top vs Code Alternatives
Well, I'm pretty sure there are some lesser known solutions out there. I've just learned about `guix deploy` for instance, which could make such a thing doable, and might be even easier to maintain in the long run. No pretty GUIs for now, though, and it configuring a setup seems to require at least a good understanding of guix/scheme.

Give it a bit more adoption, though, with more examples, snippets and tools, and that specific solution could do wonders. This is often a problem in the Open-Source world: little manpower, so works progresses slowly.

I'm pretty sure there are more (or less) obscure solutions.

https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix... https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/towards-guix-for-devops/