skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Wouldn't it be easiest to just backdoor all clients, everywhere? And ideally you'd even do some basic threat analysis at the device to save you some compute resources.
there's a lot of C++ around this FlexBuffer thing so I'm not sure how relevant it is outside of C++. Any idea?
I had an MBP whose battery swelled up so large that it was pusuhing the Touchpad out of its seat. I was pretty alarmed when I found the cause, worried the thing might blow up on me. But from what I read at the time, it actually is the (or, at least, a) normal progression of the battery.
To be fair, the credit score is the only leverage these nasty companies have and why they get away with being so scummy and get the customer to bend over for them.

Not giving a shit about your credit score and not living off credit (which is a problem for a ton of other reasons) is the only way to thwart that and personally it's been a highly successful strategy for me.
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I'm certainly not trying to compare the two at all. But I can think about times I've been treated as an "other" or not catered to because I'm not the majority and draw empathy from that.
Well, harassment can be a criminal offence here, and depending on the circumstances actual police officers will turn up to formally notify someone that a complaint of harassment has been made against them. I imagine uniformed police officers turning up at your corporate HQ would be enough to get most businesses' attention.
They used to be a CFC like R12 before the ozone depletion was known, now they are a HFC like R134a or R152a.

...which also means they are a cheap source of refrigerant. Look up "charging A/C with gas duster" if you want to go down a rabbithole...
Apple sold both 68K and PPC Macs for years. Even going further back in history, Apple sold Apple //e’s and Macs at the same time for 8 years.
Apple products often use pentalobe only for the outer casing, and standard torx for all the interior screws.
Glider pilots have simialar requirements - they need screens readable in bright dailight, which is most of their flights (really, if you are under a cloud for extended ammount of time, you are either rapidly loosing height as there are not thermals anymore or are entering a cloud on top of a thermal, which should be avoided at all costs due to gliders being VFR only) to display maps and navigation apps.

The problem is that most gliders are not very rich & fly on shared hardware of the local flying club. So there is no incentive for manufacturers to build a device for this kinda small and nit very afluent community.

IIRC a couple years ago some of them we using hacked Kobo devices.
The public has a short memory and also has authoritarian tendencies of its own. Which is why huge country estates and other trophy homes are considered the ultimate architectural ideal, even though they're insanely inefficient and you have to be a multi-millionaire to afford one.

Popular architecture is about land and status, not sculpted living space, and the populist solution is to give people an experience of land ownership - even if it's vicarious. The Garden City movement attempted this with some success, but the political problem is that land is an expensive commodity, and there was no way that kind of low density housing was ever going to be available on a mass scale.

And consider that before modernism, most housing was appalling. No one loves the flats built in the UK during the 60s, but they replaced slums which were cold, damp, smoky, and very cheaply built, and often lacked even the most basic plumbing.

There's a lot to hate about modernism (and its descendants) - not least that bare concrete looks absolutely fucking awful in a rainy and cloudy climate. But it makes no sense to compare hyper-expensive hand-crafted Victorian homes of rich elites and high-status civic projects with modern worker housing or utilitarian office spaces.

The fact that high-status civic projects - libraries, transport hubs, town halls - are (mostly) not being built any more, but trophy skyscrapers are, is a political issue, not an architectural one.
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This is probably more of a stack overflow question. Good luck hunting for answers!
fascinating indeed.

also, God != religion

in fact, the question of God can be reduced to a simpler question of Faith.

is there more to existence than the egoic, discursive mind?

no myth necessary.

only a willingness to go beyond the mind.

psychedelics are tools for exploration which can catapult into states which offer a glimpse (REBUS)

but the same is possible through meditation. in fact, better. and when pursued in this natural way, there is no doubt that what is found is real.

this is the path of enlightenment.

a recognition of truth via direct experience.

Calm and Headspace won’t reveal it. requires dedicated practice, but less than 10,000 hours. retreats can accelerate. and there’s no getting around self-surrender.
You're right. It's way too late to edit my comment, but it's the sense of being excluded or being seen as less-than because of my Judaism. It's the knowing that Jews were and sometimes still are hated just because they are different. It's not just being a minority.
Hi everyone, latest update on my JavaScript WebGL 3D engine.

Why I'm doing this you ask?! Well, back in 94 when I was a teenager and my dad got us internet, he thought the internet would be a virtual place you can go. So, what the hell not?! We have the technology. I'm planning on using this engine to provide model visualization on the internet, virtual walks for archviz, small games... But most important, I've been learning a lot since I started this project. Hope you like.

Source code and an interactive demo coming soon.
Static is not really a problem because the components are mounted on a PCB that connects them together with relatively low impedance.

(Personal experience, from having cleaned many computers over the years with a vacuum.)
Sure- but there is never going to be a perfect policy. Facebook Engineering typically hires people with degrees from great programs, or great prior experience.

But most of the "IT" work done by InfoSys and others are things that can practically be done by Americans as well. It would take training, but it wouldn't take a degree from a top university.

So - companies like InfoSys and Tata are a good place to start.
This comment is the reason why we need to rethink our current culture of censorship and social media outrage.

It explains a non-trivial logical connection, showing how something that could look unpopular from the surface, would pay off in the long run. Except you cannot make comments like this in public anymore. Because all it takes is an angry mob leader shouting "%USERNAME% is %CLICHE%ist" and that's it. Your employer fires you, your friends abandon you, you are socially bankrupt in an instant.

There are many bright people our there with great perspectives to share. Except they have to maintain radio silence, because they are not willing to take that risk. So the only voices to be heard are the most extreme ones that have nothing to lose.

I sincerely hope we can overcome this and get people to discuss problems and work together on solving them before our civilization sinks into medieval barbarism.
What I find interesting is that many are asymptomatic. If this is true, and means that the disease does not cause meaningful harm, should we be worried? Is this going to be in reality more like a 24 hour bug?
Prescient! Does he have 2030 predictions?
Patients in this article refer to positive tests and no hospitalizations. The article also mentions that they are currently not showing symptoms or only mild symptoms. This is expected based on our understanding of the disease. Media editorializing the headlines to be misleading to the general public is also expected based on the past few months.
>So are you just glad that Apple didn't decide to create a new screwdriver standard for each Macbook model? :)

Compared to Microsoft? They created a laptop that was impossible to open at all without destroying it.

>According to iFixit, the Surface Laptop isn’t repairable at all. In fact, it got a 0 out of 10 for repairability and was labeled a “glue-filled monstrosity.” The lowest scores previously were a 1 out of 10 for all previous iterations of the Surface Pro

It’s clear that Microsoft never intended for the Surface Laptop to be repaired because it’s a completely sealed device. There aren’t even any screws to take out, so iFixit had to slice the fabric cover open to peel it away from the metal chassis. That’s never going back together. The inner metal shield is also devoid of screws, relying instead upon spot welds and glue. Again, this is probably not going to be reassembled.

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/251046-ifixit-labels-s...
Highly recommended for keeping things clean: Metro Vacuum ED500P DataVac 500-Watt, 0.75-HP Electric Duster.

I've had one since ~2012 and it helps me maintain a small fleet of laptops and workstations for my large family (with many pets).
Sounds like some implementations of MessagePack may be in the same category.
Re-read the quote and note the word "don't" which flips the meaning of the entire sentence.
This is true.

It makes it really easy to first building a design system (like Bootstrap, Material Designs, Antd,etc). Which are a bunch of components, from basics like headers, list, to modal, message, cards, etc.

Then just place those components into the wireframe.

If anything need to update, it will be updated from the design system, then sync to the project
That's what they did
Aren't the newer versions of protobuf zero-copy?
Making an iPad case for blind to “see” with touch (Stuff Made Here)
Zerotier has changed my life.

Stop reading and try it right now anyone reading this who isn't familiar with it
I have the same set, and agree on the case. If they spent $5 more on the case they could probably charge twice as much.
From the same site as above here is a link to setting up Wireguard. I was a bit mystified with Wireguard before reading this guide. https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-20-04-set-up-wireguard-...
Turning that off was the first thing I did when I got the phone. Just checked it's still off. Cheers though!
The way magic numbers and curves are elected is not a naive process.

The obvious backdoor in Dual EC-DRBG is a good example, and you have companies helping the NSA in very extensive ways (e.g. Crypto AG).

It's just logic, the goal of the NSA is to protect interests of the US, if it involves pushing rigged / weak algorithms for the greater "good" (at least from a US perspective), they'll do it.

It's legal, and logical.
Why do they assume that an alien civilisation could only hold communication technology for a hundred years? Surely there’s nothing really holding them back from it unless they wiped themselves out, and is there any reason to believe that at least some of them couldn’t last for thousands or even millions of years?
Reading that resulted in a lost 10 minutes I will never get back. Clearly these terms are, as the paper’s introduction specifies, not intended to be socially offensive. These are technical terms only entirely detached from any social referendum. The only offensive thing in that paper is engineers wasting other peoples’ time illogically convoluting two unrelated things for some sort of desperate attempt at appeal to sympathy.
This is something different.
I think you underestimate people's desire to complain about things. If the website pops up a dozen new windows full of porn that autoplays with audio I guarantee someone will call the business to let them know.
You mean "Popular software XX" auto-updating ?

It's likely already operational ;)

Silent updates are extremely dangerous. This is why you can see some Israelis, for example, refusing over-the-air updates on their phone while traveling.
Xstreamos
Now that absl::Cord has been opensourced, I'd expect a release of protobuf that takes advantage of it. Up to you to use the API though.
You might find Dialogue Mapping using IBIS another useful tool in dealing with disagreements and wicked problems. http://cognexus.org/id41.htm
> Peter Attia is one of the many great people worth following in this area, with a very high-quality information-dense podcast.

One of my favorite podcasts, and I had listened to every episode until recently. (no longer driving during the pandemic, and that’s when I used to listen to podcasts)

The information density is awesome, it really makes me think trying to keep up with it, and over time I start to understand a bit more.
it would be interesting to find out just how much would survive.

ok, maybe not "find out" but... speculate?

Cellular networks have been resilient because they're possibly distributed mesh networks. I'm pretty sure the carriers have some gurus who officially or unofficially have figured out what happens.

DSL/cable type networks might be different.

I'm pretty sure dns and similar systems are widely distributed.

I wonder if a proper analogy might be the roadways. Even though one road or freeway might be blocked, people will be able to drive around and (maybe) get through. Who knows, maybe there are some "blocked mountain crossing" equivalents with the internet.

On a personal level, a laptop, a cloned git repository and a solar panel. :)
So you had a bad experience. Seems specific to you, or maybe the Army.
For most Jews, Judaism is more than a religion. It's core to our identity for many of us. All of the Jews who died in the holocaust didn't have a choice to just stop being Jewish.

To be clear: I'm not trying to compare being Jewish to being Black. I'm saying that I can draw empathy from the Jewish part of my identity toward other people who have been mistreated because of part of their identity.

Also, even if it were a choice, I would no more give it up than anyone else should have to give up their race or ethnicity or any other part of their identity just to fit in.
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I wonder if some aluminium foil around the vacuum cleaner's tube, connected to a wire through to ground would be a cheap alternative.

That said, I have heard that ESD isn't nearly as big an issue as it's made out to be, particularly the idea of slow damage/damage build-up. I don't know if the ESD thing is akin to an old wives tale with a kernel of truth surrounded in increasing layers of falsehoods; or perhaps something that was once true and is no longer, but persists in the collective memory. On the other hand maybe there's some solid evidence for it. Anyone have any evidence beyond anecdotes?
Do you actually feel that there is an interesting conversation to be had about this? I doubt it.

If you don’t want sites to set cookies, don’t let them.
Any backdoor method I can think of has downsides that could be be compensated for by a cryptographic backdoor, but I'm sure they have invested a lot in backdoors and every level.
Huh? How is the headline editorialized? It's factual and includes a quote from the governor.
I dealt with Virgin's debt collectors twice and they were reasonable and actually offered better customer service than Virgin itself. When I explained them the situation and why I cancelled the payment they immediately dropped the case and I haven't heard of anything since (it's been 2 years since the first case).

Of course, you should always aim to cancel properly, but if the company is intentionally being obtuse and you've made reasonable attempts to cancel "within the rules" then just cancelling the payment is a valid option.
Neither does a Apple. They are saying you have to provide in app subscriptions as an option, not the only option.
I recently reapplied the thermal paste on my 2015 13" MBP. It lowered CPU temperatures by about 5°C so fan noise is only slightly diminished, but it's no longer crashing under load on a weekly basis. And this was using an old tube of cheap paste I had lying around for years.
Credit score matters for the mortgage which is a very good reason to have a good credit score.
There's a slightly lower heavy steel bar in front of the bridge to prevent people from hitting the bridge itself.
Anecdotes like this are rarely widely seen, maybe its your companies hiring or your location?
You mean random Israeli citizens refuse OTA updates while abroad anywhere? Can you elaborate, I feel like I'm missing something important.
Am I the only one to feel like the Hey people are basically having a faked marketing-driven temper tantrum?

Not to say that Apple applies their rules fairly (I wouldn’t really know, but I’m willing to trust there are issues). Just that each communication I see from Hey feels entitled and self-dramatizing. It doesn’t feel like they’re helping their own case...
When the author writes about the "average" developer, that is--without ambiguity in a probability density distribution--definitely a male. To use "he/him" pronouns in that context is accurate.

The contention, I think, is that not every author wants to introduce sociopolitical agenda into their writing. However, there is a large contingent of the community that wishes to force political commentary into every word written. And with that, many are aggressive, threatening, and in some cases, dangerous. (To careers, relationships, etc.)

With that context in mind, you are absolutely correct that the grandparent was friendly and made a neutral suggestion with no threat of force. However, that is not always the case, and it is becoming more common for it to be a demand rather than a request.

As such, some people do feel threatened by the consequences of the growing vocal majority. Your parents' reaction may have been a little over the top, but it's a real concern for some people as they watch the trend to an unknown end.

Please understand that some people feel just as "othered" by the group that enforces "otherment" on people who do not prescribe to their pronoun agenda. If the equality crew doesn't like to be "othered", I imagine they can at least understand that others might feel threatened by being "othered", as well.

And, of course, many of them feel delighted by the "others" feeling "othered". Not everyone agrees that this is a healthy mode of change. And I think that is what your parent was reacting to.
That’s exactly why it happens so often. Most of us live (well, until recently lived) lives of quiet routine, and a quiet child in the back seat is surprisingly easy to overlook when that’s not your routine.
Oh god, not this again. They is fine, but the average engineer is definitely not female in our field.
The Legofication of Workplace Tech
I agree. I think it would be a more factually accurate title if it said something like "Dramatic decline in average age of COVID-bearers" or something like that.

"Patients" implies hospitalization, I think.
Bay Area born and raised, left 3.5 years ago.

Grew up in the East Bay in the mid/late 80s and was fortunate to get to run around from Pleasanton to Oakland/Berkeley and the city (SF). Traffic wasn't that bad.

Went to UC Santa Cruz for college (BA/BS -> ABD w/ MS in Comp Eng) and still was lucky to get up and enjoy things through the 90s.

2000s rolled around, traffic increased, going to the city (SF) wasn't as fun. The influx of people changed the nature of long time favorites (many no longer around.

That influx and the increase in population has seen long time restaurants close (rezoning - especially in places like Mountain View.

The HN take is "more density", "do away with rules", but there is a lack of respect for the history, the restaurants and markets pushed out because FB needed yet another low density campus off of El Camino and Rengstorff.

From the late 90s through the 2000s, the Bay Area changed. The influx of people from other areas, the demands of tech, etc have ruined it - at least for me. A side interest is preserving history, and Santa Clara County is pretty gungho about making sure most of that is buried due to the mighty dollar.

Where I am now, it's a place. It's not home for the future, but in the mountains, mostly quiet, and I have fiber. I'm privileged in that regard. And my job allows for such.
We use FlatBuffers (the parent project) in our code @ FS... that means it has to work in C++, Rust, Java, and TypeScript. It's mostly the schema processing that requires a C++ compiler to make it work.

It's a pretty stellar cross-platform serialization toolkit and the zero-copy support for reading is no joke.
TIL “she” is gender neutral
Before you take any recommendations make sure you have the meta framework to understand what different schools of learning are. BF Skinner and his group of psychologist belong to the behaviorist school of psychology & learning, which believe that creating the right environment inculcates learning. The other school is constructivist school which believes that knowledge adds on to what is already in the mind.
Other reports also tell the cops weren't wearing uniforms, which in this case should exonerate the boyfriend of any guilt.
I think at this point it's generally accepted that - for the most part - there is a radically different response from younger healthy people versus immunocompromised people.

That's not 100% true, but close. For many people it's true that this would be effectively a bad cold. But two things: 1) they will infect others, and 2) there are a lot of outstanding questions about long term effects of short term disease.
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Love our media’s finest in speculating that it was the “end of cities” in less than quarter. I despise how much our media depends on numbers that the blur between gossip and news is dwindling further
Not when 99.999% of your driving experience tells you that bridges aren’t a threat. These are primarily rental trucks, and people are not accustomed to thinking that their head is several feet below the top of their vehicle.
Credit history and debt collection is fair, but I wonder, how does "legal action" happens considering the customer has already attempted to cancel in good faith?

How do they defend the lawsuit when the customer provides proof that they did a reasonable attempt at canceling within the rules and were stonewalled?
> Don't get me wrong though. Nextdoor's program to forward suspicions to the police is the wrong play. No one should be arrested and put at harm's way just because someone was a bit anxious one day.

Another problem is that such means of inflicting harm on people exist for Nextdoor and it's users.
Using "she" instead of "he" is neither incorrect English nor does it cripple the language.

I'm not going to spoon-feed you in a vain attempt to get a seat at the table for a discussion you clearly don't want to have.

Please investigate unconscious bias for yourself.
For people who don't know what the xkcd compliance is:

> The company's owner, Adrian Kennard (RevK), stated in a blog post that as of October 2010 the company is "xkcd/806" compliant, referring to xkcd comic number 806. This means that technical support callers who say the code word "shibboleet" will be transferred to a technical support representative who knows at least two programming languages, and presumably can offer more useful advice than a standard tech support script.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrews_%26_Arnold
The Jewish experience is multi-faceted. And yes, as far as Irish or Italian Americans were treated as non-white in the early 1900s, and that they remember that experience, and that it gives them empathy to what it must be like for other minorities, then yes, we can say the same thing.

I'm only trying to draw empathy from my Jewish experience, that is all.
I've had to do the same thing in a work context as well, it was eye opening for me.
For sure, it can be done in an ugly way, as can most things. It can also be done incredibly well - I know of a great sculptor who is focused on using forms to create sculpture with concrete - but this would be on the extremely good side of the scale.