skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't think the article is arguing that the specifics of what people see in an LSD or Psilocybin trip are of significance. Rather it's the shift of perspective that often results that can be of benefit. For someone with an incurable illness, the fear of death might make their final years unbearable. An experience that deemphasises the self and puts life in context (which is what some have described) seems like a valuable treatment.
Probably a lot of utility ones but none that made me jump into the code
Read the WikiPedia article I linked, or watch the MythBuster's video I posted below... the water in the eggs turns instantly to steam and causes them to be buffered from the pan.

It's not magic; I use this technique when making omelettes and scrambling, but not when I'm frying eggs.
Broken for me on iOS Safari.
I don't know where my karma ranks, but I've had a few front page submissions - nothing original. Just interesting reviews of brand new tech, that sort of thing. I simply posted the article first and lots of people were interested in it.

To me, it seems obvious that the value of the content and timing are the two biggest levers. I've gone to post things that are new and interesting, but someone else posted it, my submission counted as an upvote, and the submission ended up on the front page.

I have never asked anyone to upvote anything.
According to the paper, the estimated period is 157 ± 7 days, so it's not meaningful to read anything into the precise number.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.03596.pdf
Awesome, thanks for answering and welcome to HN :)
I'll give you an honest answer, but well, it's obvious. Yes, it's a big threat, it's clear if you pay attention. It's killed more than 100k people, a lot more than an annual flue. It's a horrible death with many people not being able to be around their loved ones. There are lots more deaths not counted as covid-19, because they didn't get tested after death. If we look at total deaths vs normal years we are undercounting.

How many sr citizen homes do we need to wipe out 1/3 the population in a month or two before its a serious issue? Mortality rate in the us for people who have it tested via test is 5.7% - https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality.
For what it's worth, Ask and Show posts are less likely to fall into the abyss than regular posts because they both have their own front pages where the threshold is lower than the main FP. So they have a longer exposure time to gain the upvotes to make it to the FP.
It is not a dumb question, it is a question everyone in their 20's should be thinking about. Not surprisingly though, it doesn't have a "right" answer as there are different answers for different people.

In my personal experience being 'bored' is a huge red flag for me. When I'm bored I don't do my best work, and I don't engage strongly with the team. Thus someone managing me would get the impression that I'm not very capable.

So instead of an answer I'd suggest an algorithm to use to guide you in your career choices. It goes something like this:

Ask yourself, what parts of this job give me satisfaction?

There are different ways to measure that, perhaps the easiest is to look at the past few projects you have worked on and write down what was your favorite and least favorite part of that project.

Understand that "writing software" is a skill or a trade that you apply to different problems. A woodworker that applies their skill to building houses might see themselves as a home builder, or one who applies their skills to making kitchen cabinets as cabinet maker.

Some people find pleasure in the finding of algorithms and efficiency, some like to dive into how software is created (tools), and still others enjoy specific domains such as databases, or accounting, or operating systems.

So step 1 of the algorithm is to find the parts of your job that bring you joy. It will also help you find the things you dislike the most about writing software.

Step 2 then is to invest time in mitigating the things you don't like about writing software and to start focusing on companies or roles that are more focused on the things you love about writing software.

When I joined Intel out of college I had a co-worker who had started the same time I did who was a software engineer. They found they really liked writing accounting software (they wrote their own money manager for CP/M) they left Intel and went to work for a company called PeachTree that did accounting software and loved it. Another co-worker at Sun who started out writing software but found they really enjoyed the planning and project management aspects rather than the coding aspects, so they went into project management instead. Both examples of people examining what they liked about their job or skill and then investing in doing more of that.

To your point 1) ... you mention the 'strictly 40 hours', and that is possible in any job, you just have to stick to it. Others may chide you for it, or be jealous, but it's a life choice that you get to make. Managers who don't respect it are not worth working for.

And "earning potential lowers as you age" this is only true if you don't grow your skillset with age. You can also find yourself in a unique skillset that grows in value with age. So basically it isn't a given. That said, its always a smart move to live well within your means and bank the excess for later.
API with NestJS #5. Serializing the response with interceptors
> I suggest you try caring less or not at all about fake internet points and more about saying what's important to you.

They aren't fake, since they determine and unlock all sorts of real powers on the site.

Also, if the community doesn't appreciate his wisdom, why should he continue to provide it? The downvotes are giving him useful feedback, and he's smart to respond to it.
Neat idea! I am just struggling a bit to understand what problem this solves.

I guess its useful if you are trying to solve problems that are defined on blogs, but don't have a "leetcode"-like editor that leets you write your code online?
AI the No Bullshit Approach
Curious about your experiences as an early developer myself, any way to contact you?
No. Ask a question directly about it then.
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It turns out that a FOSS operating system largely maintained by volunteers does not meet your requirements, and you know what? That’s fine. No ones forcing you to use it. Giving people options is the whole point of Linux. We cannot compel other companies (such as NVIDIA) to support it anyway.
Big mail providers block indie mailing lists
I looked into this a few years ago out of curiosity, most European countries (and Australia, Canada) hover around 190-200 police per 100,000, the US is ~300 which isn't that exceptional given Scotland has more as do some other countries.

I don't think it's necessarily about numbers so much as quality via recruitment, training and policy.
Not working for me on iOS.
If they weren't directional they wouldn't blink, they'd just look like a type of star.
I haven't seen any plans to privatize NHS as part of Brexit (and it's not clear why the two would be related, anyway).
I get what you're saying, but to be more general I'd argue that's just 0 indexing with the API specifying what's in what index.

I'd more "formally" define 0/1 indexing as:

Zero indexing: arr[0] is a valid way to address the first element of an array, and len(arr) - 1 is the index to the final element.

One indexing: arr[0] results in an error or an out of bounds access, and len(arr) is the index to the final element.

These statements are true in Matlab, but not most command line tools.
It also seems they may see this filing as a way to reinforce their marketing as a “good” company that directs funds where they say they do. I could imagine them telling their customers to buy their stock as a way to be involved with how they operate.
They were cheaper for me until I realized they don't cover earthquakes, and then they became much more expensive than bundling with USAA sadly. I'd definitely be interested in them for most types of insurances though. They're super easy to use and importantly, super easy to cancel.
Yeah, this is the switch/router operating system that runs most/all Cisco networking devices, not the mobile operating system which runs on iPhones.
Thanks the Fed's policy of Leave No Investor behind, the NASDAQ is +10% on the year. So many of the deals will get done, somewhat irrespective of L/T, M/T profitability. Investors have too much cash and no where good to put it.
Hertz’s stock rockets to erase all post-bankrupty losses
HSBC’s tightrope act opens up internal fault lines in Hong Kong turmoil
Note that from a SEO and discovery standpoint you bring link power and authority to the domain you blog on. So if you use a platform and not your own domain, then the platform gets all the link juice. Platforms are only good for spammers as they can piggyback on others authority.
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Cool idea, but why not have that client side model operate across websites -- if I switch from hacker news to reddit why not carry over that data to figure out what I will like on the separate platform?
80% is quite a lot. And my point was never that stroke order was hard to learn, i find it very natural moat of the time. Like you say, some basic principles cover almost all cases. Like spelling in languages like Spanish. What I’m arguing is that if you had no idea about stroke order, it would be very hard to remember how to write them at all. It would just be a meaningless heap of squiggles.

And sure you don’t have to be able to hand write these days, but for me that is one of the joys.
The maillard reaction is important in brewing too - https://beerandbrewing.com/dictionary/AVLhhy07n5/

And not just in the malting/kilning process, but during decoction mashes and boiling too.

https://www.brewersjournal.ca/2017/05/18/science-malliard-re... is interesting regarding this.
This looks incredibly useful! It'll also probably tell you who is using Pi-hole though.
Meanwhile, Android still doesn't fully support java 8.
Not all hardware is commoditized.

I do not understand why so many other markets have a number of luxury/craftsman brands and in computers we only have Apple. Cars have tons. Even woodworking has 2 built-to-last brands and 2 others that like to flirt with that moniker.

You will have to pay though, if you want the company to stick around. If you buy something that lasts 3x as long then they get less revenue from you, and the smaller volume means every sale includes paying off the initial R & D.

I recall when Lian Li first came onto the scene and the notch-up in ergonomics of computer cases that followed. Maybe we need something like that for consumer electronics.

The problem is that people like small and clean, which is where Apple excels (to the exclusion of accessibility), so I wonder what bomb-proof consumer electronics built for modification would look like.
Where does it state they're giving all "leftover" cash to charity? I guess it says it at the beginning but it sounds like marketing speak. What is even "leftover" anyway?

> Our 2019 annual Giveback for the 12 month period ended June 30, 2019 amounted to about 1.5% of earned premiums.

They take 25% on all premium to begin with. From what I know - standard in the industry is somewhere between 20-25% cut. So, for them to take effectively 23.5% isn't weird at all.

If they go public - their employees can cash out. There's no way anyone at Lemonade will stay unless that stock everyone is earning gets paid out.
I have a lot of friends that I grew up are perfectly fine with just working--took a similar-sounding job to you out of college, bought a house, had kids, and really enjoy it.

Personally, I get bored easily. I took a similar job to you out of college but used all my spare time to start building my startup. As soon as I had a thumbs up from an investor, I quit my job--in retrospect, very prematurely--and went all in. It turned out to be a good overall career move as I found out what I liked and didn't like by doing literally everything in my startup--sales, software, hardware, you name it.

Youth is an advantage, as you have no responsibilities, and can do whatever you want, so take some risks if you want to. The last thing I wanted to do is wake up when I'm 60 and wish I had done X, Y or Z.
> but I should totally make the PDF link easier to get to.

Great! Would be really useful.
Microsoft Issues New Strike to Chrome with This Stunning Browser Move
What happens when regulators require disclosure of claim handling ML models, as they already regulate insurance rates?
You don't. You just do it the dumb old simple way, with some boilerplate here, and some boilerplate there. It may not be elegant, but it's not a blocker. Haskell needs more than this, if it's to find wider adoption.
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Adding on this, I just checked the logs and looks like some persons started playing:

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Calling: https://fbi.net
Calling: file:///bin/sh
Calling: file:///etc/passwd
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I was half asleep when typing that comment, sorry. Too late do edit now. I meant to write:

"I believe that word was used very precisely"
Not that it means anything, but are you using Mars or Earth days for Mars?
Does Cabal still have issues with multiple, conflicting versions of packages installed globally?

Stack's main advantage was that packages (essentially everything, including the compiler if I remember correctly) are installed in project-space, so that two different projects don't conflict, anyway.
To be clear, I should have specified this was _only_ the case with cemu which is much more experimental and likely to need more obscurity from Nintendo than others.

Other emulators, dolphin in particular, are fantastic in this regard.
On this day (8 June): The Viking age begins in England [video]
> At most big old and public insurance companies, claims payable represents a significant chunk of expenses, but not even close to 100% (it's closer to 60-70%).

By law, it's required to be at least 80%.
> I think Python2 will be 2050's COBOL.

I expect otherwise. My company has various tools and applications that weren't migrated to python3 and it's getting harder and harder to support then as dependencies keep dropping support for them (someone had the bright idea of not versioning dependencies). Sooner or later a nasty bug is going to be found that makes continuing to use it untenable and you'll be forced to upgrade. Python is still under development enough to make upgrading attractive.

If a language manages to become hugely popular and then stops development, that's how you end up with Perl or COBOL.
Something can be both true and ideological flamebait. For example, if you embed a shallow and obvious truth in a snarky comment on an inflammatory topic, you've posted flamebait.

What you're saying in your reply about unions being Luddite is obviously not a simple "historical truth". That's highly debatable, and it sounds like you're bringing it up as part of a generic argument about unions which is not particularly on topic here.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
My first introduction to the Maillard reaction was in "Cooking For Geeks", which turned me on to cooking. It was no longer (just) a chore but a science/chemistry experiment that ended up being tasty! I'm including the link here because maybe it'll do the same for others.

https://www.cookingforgeeks.com/

(I am in no way associated with the book or author; just a fan.)
Yes! The biggest community is in Yucatan with over 800K speakers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan_languages#:~:text=Yucate....
Roughly 8% is spent on management which makes up 4% of the workforce. Which is significantly less than the private sector. That took me 60 seconds to Google btw.
Salvia can be one of the strongest "psychedelics" (it's not really a classic psychedelic even), and can completely replace reality with something else. Often a bizarre 2D experience where someone "becomes" the floor, or the siding of a house, or whatever. Or transported to some alternative reality completely unlike our own.

It can also be extremely dysphoric and terrifying. I personally wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I have heard that chewing it produces a less dysphoric experience than smoking it though, and is how it was used in traditional ceremonies.
It's a bad success ratio if the 200 predictions didn't have good explanations for why they were made, because that means they are essentially 200 arbitrary predictions. In that case, the fact that one prediction came true is irrelevant.

To put it another way: if you're making arbitrary predictions without explanations, then you increase the likelihood of a prediction coming true by increasing the number of predictions you make. But clearly we shouldn't value predictors simply based on the number of predictions they make.
> "the founders probably already did by selling to the VCs"

That is the opposite of how that works, FWIW. Unless the founders took VC money to pay themselves multi-million Dollar salaries or something?
Unit tests are definitely plenty old.

I think that maybe folks aren't quite clear on what "Unit Test" means.

Nowadays, "unit test" means a test written into an existing test harness system, like JUnit or XCTest (what I use).

In fact, I was writing unit tests for PHP-based Web apps and C++-based Mac software more than twenty years ago. I just had to write my own framework.

Even nowadays, I sometimes write my own framework. For example on my [hopefully] last PHP project, I designed a SaaS-type system, and eschewed PHPUnit; mostly because it would need some special installation that might be beyond the ken of the target users. Instead, I wrote my own test harness system, and it worked great. It wasn't a crazy amount of extra work. I always create massive tests, anyway, so it wasn't that big a deal.

For my Apple/Swift work, I rely on XCTest, which is a perfectly acceptable test harness.

I'm pretty sure that unit tests were mentioned in Writing Solid Code, which is almost 30 years old.
I don't think Google has declined because the quality of the web has declined, I think Google has fostered laziness and a optimistic reliance on algorithms that has caused the quality of the web to decline.

In the early days, algorithmic search wasn't the only way you found stuff. Links had a lot more use, and people would spend time looking at, cataloguing, and grooming lists of resources.

This doesn't scale well if you want a one-second answer to any possible question, but the SEO-gamified Google world is far from perfect in that regard either.

Maybe we just need to give up on that "any answer to anything at your fingertips in one second" goal.
HN has a pretty good voting ring detector. And while folks have emailed me and asked me to upvote their submissions, my response is always "I upvote things I think are interesting and bring something new to the discussion, period." I would gather other "high karma" individuals have similar positions.
Do you have more info on this?

I used to be really into FTA satellite, but have not played with it in awhile.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381222/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207076/
Yes, I should have been clearer that I was speaking of intel products (which is what the article was talking about) not NUMA in general.
I also really like it when managers mention significant individuals (as suggested by the phrasing that started this thread), as long as everyone on the team is getting mention-worthy projects. Both group and individual recognition, as long as it's fairly used.
Leo has a ton of fun tracks. Well worth a listen if you like slightly silly but technically solid metal.
> apply pricing discrimination in a way that a human could not because of regulation?

I've read several anecdotes of people hard coding hacks into black box algorithms which end up being discriminatory even when stuff like race is not a direct input. I do not think the law cares how discrimination is arrived at.
I don't think these drugs should be scheduled but here's a perspective that you're less likely to find online: I would never put myself in a position to be indoctrinated by the modern ideologically slanted American psychological establishment while my guard is down, so to speak.

These kinds of drugs also make people extremely open to suggestion. It's one reason why they are used in, say, cults. We are raised to believe in the authority of institutions and the conditioning is so powerful that when most people read any media that seems authoritative (news, books, Wikipedia, etc) unless they are specifically suspicious of the source, there is rarely an innate drive to question the content. This is especially true of how people treat advice from doctors. Now combine that with alkaloids which directly inhibit neural circuits related to suspicion and defense.

You may agree with the tenets of modern western society now, but it's clear that they have a checkered history (e.g. lobotomy, forced sterilization) and no doubt we will look back on some of today's practices with the same horror (sterilization and genital mutilation for gender dysphoria, for example)...

Point being, anyone undergoing such a treatment should be aware that they are effectively handing over their psyche to another human being who is inevitably influenced in some way by the zeitgeist, and it's hubris to presume that current ideas are correct simply because they are different from ideas past. This is also a potential avenue for mass government indoctrination under the guise of medical treatment. Imagine modern "humane" psychedelic reeducation camps orchestrated by your friendly authoritarian uncle sam!
I really like The Food Lab book by one of Serious Eats authors, Kenji López-Alt. It helped me to understand the purpose of different steps in recipes and what is important about them. For example when recipe asked me to saute something for X minutes until brown fond forms on the bottom of pan, I usually continued after X minutes even if brown fond didn't form. It turned out what the recipe actually asked is to create products of Maillard reaction, and it was crucial for taste of final product while amount of minutes it would take can vary depending on type of burner, pan, frequency of stirring, etc...
DDG started out using Bing.

Now they use other resources as well, and also have their own internal web search.

Yahoo search is largely powered by Bing, as well. That's kind of funny since MSFT wanted to buy Yahoo at one point.

Also, there is the concept of dependent competitors. In old days, GM sold transmissions to American Motors, for example. So American Motors was a dependent competitor of GM.