skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I wonder why this happens.

Is it engineers internally that gather up momentum for a projects, see it to fruition and then folks move to other projects?

Or is it the sort of "google waterwheel" that scoops up non-google participants, gets them to create a google account, and in a few years moves on to other corners of the internet?

the end result is that google seems to "dabble"
you are not the target market.

I'm pretty sure the venn diagram of hacker news and pinterest is not one circle. :)
This "commentary" is really common on HN. Perhaps, to add "integrity" for cynical HN readers, articles critical of tracking and advertising should be published on pages that do not include the means to access trackers or ad servers.

Not sure how that changes the effect of the article. One would think the content of the article is what matters.

Perhaps this is just another example of shooting the messenger.
Ideas aren't worth basically anything. Just start.
http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html

If you can convince yourself of this, then what you have is really not worth anything unless you execute something on it.

If you send me an e-mail and tell me your idea, I'll write the first line of code for you for free to get you started! :)
People put up the same comments about Alex Honnold when the Free Solo documentary made the front page of HN. That he was an irresponsible jerk who lived only for himself.

Ultimately, the individual pays the greatest price. There is a difference where you if you want to set the land-speed record on a public highway in rush hour versus going out alone into the wilderness or climbing a mountain without a rope. The difference is where you draw the line. I believe that if any individual desires to stake out into the wilderness, alone, live in nature, hunt, and forage without a whisper to society at large - that is precisely the place where you would go. If not in wilderness, then where?
Interesting. Do you have links or papers that provide data or details?

My acquaintances (esp those who tend to be more 'pro-capitalism') cite Steven Pinker's 'Enlightenment Now' as a source that current economic systems aren't ripe for disruption because things are 'generally better than they were before.' While it's often vague responses when we're in conversations, I'd like to review information that articulates the opposite POV - especially in-light of higher cost of living, stagnating wages, and increasing income inequality.
I'm somewhat confused by this. Do you mean typos in code itself or displayed on the UI? I'd expect code typos to not delay a project even if they need to be addressed and I'd expect a designer to come up with the copy displayed to users and devs code to that agreed upon text.

What am I missing here?
> Edit: one other thing I haven't seen whether Basecamp could just charge $141.43 per year if someone pays through Apple, so Basecamp would get $99 per year after Apple takes their 30% cut. They are allowed to offer outside subscriptions for multiplatform products, as long as those subscriptions are also available in-app. That seems like it would follow Apple's rules. People that don't care about money could sign up in-app, but most people will sign up outside the app.

There's been couple of times when I've eaten the markup that comes with paying through Apple simply because that means that I can go into my iTunes subscriptions page, hit the "stop" button on it, and it's done. No buried unsubscribe links, no "tell us why you're leaving" quiz, no disputing charges on my card. It's done and over and I don't ever have to think about it again.

If third-party payment services become the norm on the App Store, I expect a steep decline in quality of unsubscribe experiences across the board.
> We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and “villages” that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.

> We foster a queer‐affirming network. When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual (unless s/he or they disclose otherwise).

Even though I fit into the queer label myself, being gay, this stuff sounds incredibly fringe and extremist to me and largely orthogonal to advocating for the human dignity and equality of black people.

https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/
+1 - we're in complete agreement.
Why does login on a console terminal depend on networking being up? It's a false dependency, one decided upon by the developer of systemd. And it was a poor choice. The mindset that "it's configurable" is inexcusably lame. That mantra allows bad developers to get away with not putting in the work of thinking about and understanding how users experience their software. It also allows rewrite-the-world projects to take off and throw out all the knowledge that is implicitly present in an existing system before having understood why that complexity came to exist in the first place.

Those who do not try to understand history are doomed to repeat it. That has clearly happened in the case of systemd and is why I don't think the attitude it presents towards end users is at the level that such a core piece of infrastructure should display.
That’s a ridiculous argument.

Hundreds of kids die in pools because millions of kids swim.

If there was an abandoned mine next to every pool, yeah... people would do something about that.

I have no problem with people doing risky activities (I do plenty myself), but you should be aware of the consequences, not only to you, but to your family, to SAR, etc and act accordingly.
I think you misunderstood the parent, who seems to be pointing out a broader cultural trend towards skepticism of science as a trend to follow closely, not necessarily one to embrace or support.
iOS is the minority phone OS. It's prominent because it's not been intentionally commoditized as Android was.
It’s obviously intentional. I’ve never heard about Hey. Then today, first they post something else and now someone defrosts this tired whine about Apple monetizing, and Hey (whatever it is) tops the list. Sigh. Good work marketers, people seem to buy it.
"Sharecrop" is a brilliant metaphor for the entire racket.
Paleolithic Europeans, or West-Europeans, would have been fine.
The client doesn't use SMTP, you send your email to their server, probably using a json payload. They then send it for you over SMTP. Since the client doesn't use SMTP or POP/IMAP, you can't use Hey with a traditional email program, you must use their client.
It's not about that. It's about the VP's explanation being disingenuous. Apple's issue isn't that the app doesn't work, despite their claim. It's that they can't collect money. They should just be honest.
It’s worth noting that courts and legal systems generally don’t work like that either. There are some examples of weird loopholes due to some specific wording of a law and things like that, but in general you can’t just get the best of the legal system because you “technically” did such and such. For example, you can’t scam someone by having a contract with extremely small print that they technically signed.
Considering how many of the anti-portfolio DavidC seems to have missed, I wonder how he still has a job?
It isn't clear that Hey couldn't just be a PWA like many other email services?
Rust's ownership system has Affine types (types which must be used 0 or 1 times), which are indeed closely related to Linear types, which must be used exactly once.

Types marked with `#[must_use]` in Rust are pretty close to linear types. But must_use is a lint rather than being integrated with the type system.

See also: https://gankra.github.io/blah/linear-rust/
It’s just one data point, but on the topic of IAP and revenue share, Spotify actually pays Apple 0.075% of its total revenue. It’s a 15% fee on 680,000 out of their 100,000,000 subscribers.

The 30% fee drops to 15% after one year, and Spotify hasn’t accepted IAP in several years, so everyone paying for Spotify through Apple is paying the 15% rate.

I do think larger clients should reasonably pay lower rates, as there’s a more equal/symbiotic value proposition between the two parties.
Remote work. 20 years of progress were consolidated into the last 3 months.

Previously, you saw people living in hubs like SF and NYC for the high salary and high prestige jobs. But when those jobs are available from anywhere, all of a sudden the "lifestyle cities" like Boulder, Boise, Chattanooga, etc. start to look a whole lot better. You no longer have to sacrifice the high-prestige career to live in a lower cost-of-living area with access to outdoors activities.

This is going to exacerbate the divide between the haves – who can bounce from city to city, chasing the best lifestyle at all times, enabled by their remote work – and the have-nots, who are tied to one physical location because of their jobs.
Buying an electric car (instead of any other car).
I want the looters and arsonists to be caught, and if aerial photos can identify them, good.
Abolition of the Prison-Industrial Complex
Replace your Google Authenticator TOTP with a pair of YubiKeys and the Yubikey Authenticator app. New YK models have U2F so use that when available on whatever service you're logging on. Disable all SMS auth where possible. Look into Bitwarden.
Doing exactly as you are told by the copyright holder isn't being a jerk.
Why is it unethical to charge a fee to developers who want to distribute their software through an app store that Apple owns?

I get that it's unpleasant for developers who don't like the policy, and at some point it might have business consequences for Apple if they don't change the policy, but why is it unethical?
Ask HN: Can you help me find an old essay on composition?
Hey team,

There was this great blog post I remember, where the author talked about composition vs configuration for abstraction.

He starts with abstracting a `button`, and then goes deeper: I think he said "what if we want to make a switch button".

He then talked about how by creating composable bits, it lets the programmer break through and use different levels of abstraction.

Does anyone remember the post I am talking about? I think the author was either a game designer or made stuff on windows. His blog looked old school.

Would love to find this post — it’s one of my favorites and I wanted to share it with a few folks
> Anything essential is going to want to be in the App Store, in order to reach customers.

The logical extension of that argument is that the Hey app would still be in the App Store and still be facing this exact problem.
- Grime music. A UK hybrid of hip-hop and punk, with a focus on showing poverty as a cold reality rather than a hardened persona - removing the "gang" in favor of the "pang". Honesty and sadness in mainstream music is on its way back.

- Self-hosting. A hugely growing movement to host server-side software yourself (on a cloud provider or at home). De-platforming is not possible unless ordinary citizens can host applications on the internet, rather than being relegated to being "clients". Server software needs to be distributed as much as client software, and no re-invention of the wheel is necessary (ie: no blockchain required). I am biased here as I am the founder of a startup focusing on exactly this potential future.
remember when comcast was blocking/throttling netflix until they paid?
> David, I’ve got to I ask you, because so many people have said this. You’re very successful. Basecamp is excellent at marketing. Did you do this on purpose? Did you time this to create this firestorm before WWDC?

> I wish I was that smart. Imagine if I was that good at 4D chess. Imagine just the mechanics of this: first, you have to plant someone within Apple that approves the application, which, and then, what, I plant someone on Monday that then disapproves it? How does any of this work? How powerful do I have to be to orchestrate this?

- https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/18/21295778/apple-app-store-...
Self-Enquiry as transmitted by Ramana Maharshi
When you bought the device, did you expect it to run “Hey”? If Apple promised that, sue them. If not, you’re just confused about what you bought and probably shouldn’t handle your own money.
I people like a David (in this case, HH) vs. Goliath story and wants to root for the so-called little guy.

I tend to think Spotify is too big for the media and other pundits to consider to be the little guy.
> your implication that a person walking off into the woods leads to no additional demands on others

I don't deny that dying out alone in the wilderness does end up having a cost to others. I don't agree that the potential cost of it should preclude someone from doing it.

The whole argument against McCandless begins to sound absurd.

"Does an individual have the right to die alone in the wilderness?"

If you pose the question this way, the answer becomes obvious. If you were to ask me if someone has the right to suicide by train or suicide by cop, or even if they have the right to jump off a bridge, I'd be inclinded to say no, or at least hesitate on the last one.

But being alone in the wilderness, prepared or not, is a different category.
Blazor's WebAssembly variant is much more interesting and exciting in my opinion than the server-side model. Finally, a language for the frontend that's a joy to use.

Still early days of course, but something I'll be watching closely.
That wouldn't work, because the value must be used in all possible control paths. In this case, both the 'then' and 'else' branch would have to use the value.
The spirit of open source is to protect the users, not benefit the authors.
Cloud gaming. GeForce Now immediately upgrades a $500 laptop to a $1500 gaming desktop with modern GPUs.
> It's impossible to use Summon mode without the app

My Model X does summon using only the keyfob.

For Model 3 owners without a keyfob (it's an optional extra) - yeah, I'll give you that.
They’ve been doing that[1] with iPhones for a while now.

[1]: https://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/iphone-upgrade-program
> So clearly there is a line.

So you agree with your parent.

> is not covered under the first amendment

The 1A doesn't explicitly define its limited uses, but thru jurisprudence, courts have ruled that the 1A only protects American persons within the USA and that it's not an absolute protection, but can be infringed / withdrawn / overridden if it violates the rights of others or the national security interests of the country.
How machine learning will be used with physical tech unlike many other software tech. Everything from generative design, to designing new chemicals, self driving cars, and everything between I believe will be very big in the future.

I also think unlike software it will take very few of those new technologies to change how we live in a huge way.
The reason it didn’t last is because of blog-driven development. How does Udemy make money if everyone is using Rails with CoffeeScript and JQuery? How does Medium drive new articles and new authors? They can’t. So new authors have to drive new trends, which their audience grabs onto and forces into the mainstream.

Recently I had a discussion on here about React vs PHP. The conclusion seemed to be that PHP died for no reason and on second thought it’s more popular now than it’s ever been. That might be a mainstream opinion today but five years ago? How dare you speak against the React/Node hegemony.

Hopefully people come around to the idea that newer is not always better and older tech is sometimes only considered outdated because the trendy blogs don’t talk about those languages/frameworks anymore. JavaScript everywhere isn’t the answer and server side languages/frameworks are often better.

Phoenix LiveView might not win but it’s certainly going to define what the web looks like over the next few years.
Think of a flee market.

Lets say this flee market runs their own PoS system that tables can use, they require all sales happen via this PoS system "to protect customers from hacking", and
they charge a percentage for providing this service, higher then normal under the guise that the transaction is being conducted on their property, they are "hosting" the "sale" under their roof, so they set the terms for it.
Seems fair and good, ish

Now lets say that they also own the city bank, and they are the only one allowed to take their bank's debit card as payment. Most people don't use the other, newer bank because everybody they know is using the flee markets bank as it was first. So if you want to take credit card payments you have to sale at the flee market.

Is it still fair and good for them to continue to set all terms relating to how sales are conducted in a selfish way when they have a monopoly gained in part from first mover advantage? eh, maybe, maybe not.

Now they say that if you sale any spare parts or consumables for a product that was originally sold at the flee market, you must only do so at the flee market.

Is it still fair and good for them to use the fact that the transaction is happening on their property to set higher fees on these follow up transactions when they require these follow up transactions to happen on their property? While exploiting a first mover advantage that causes more of the initial transactions to happen on their property?

Never forget that you can't just look at each piece, the whole matters too.

Each individual piece of the macro is ethically an "eh" at most, but the whole is a bit more then "eh"
Much easier to temporarily boycott Facebook than cease the use of sweatshops and child labor. Note how it's always someone else that needs to change or pay for something, never the person/brand signaling virtue.
Think of a flee market.
Lets say this flee market runs their own PoS system that tables can use, they require all sales happen via this PoS system "to protect customers from hacking", and they charge a percentage for providing this service, higher then normal under the guise that the transaction is being conducted on their property, they are "hosting" the "sale" under their roof, so they set the terms for it. Seems fair and good, ish

Now lets say that they also own the city bank, and they are the only one allowed to take their bank's debit card as payment. Most people don't use the other, newer bank because everybody they know is using the flee markets bank as it was first. So if you want to take credit card payments you have to sale at the flee market.

Is it still fair and good for them to continue to set all terms relating to how sales are conducted in a selfish way when they have a monopoly gained in part from first mover advantage? eh, maybe, maybe not.

Now they say that if you sale any spare parts or consumables for a product that was originally sold at the flee market, you must only do so at the flee market.

Is it still fair and good for them to use the fact that the transaction is happening on their property to set higher fees on these follow up transactions when they require these follow up transactions to happen on their property? While exploiting a first mover advantage that causes more of the initial transactions to happen on their property?

Never forget that you can't just look at each piece, the whole matters too.

Each individual piece of the macro is ethically an "eh" at most, but the whole is a bit more then "eh"
Youtube Premium is more expensive if you buy it as an in-app subscription. $15.99 vs $11.99
Ting(https://ting.com/)'s Lawyers: Allow me to introduce myself
AMD 3990X task-manager play
We just need to realize that there is only have been two viable platform for apps since smartphones exists, and as such some decisions should not be in Apple/Google hands anymore at this point, some subjects should fall in the public space. 3.5 billion people are using smartphones today, and we shouldn't being told what to do by a few exec-dudes and their shareholder friends.

If Basecamp wants to do publish an email app - it's not porn, it's not racism, it's not bad - and that iOS users also want it, Apple should not be in the way.

I publish on the App Store and frankly I'm happy to benefit from the hosting / payments / search and I'm ok to pay a price for that - even if 30% is huge - but if some don't want that let them do what they want, it's not Apple to decide that anymore.
The 'const' system is one of the messy features of C++
My favorite example of this was the attempt, by the Hunt Brothers, to "corner" the silver market in 1979/1980:

"But on January 7, 1980, in response to the Hunts' accumulation, the exchange rules regarding leverage were changed, when COMEX adopted "Silver Rule 7" placing heavy restrictions on the purchase of commodities on margin. The Hunt brothers had borrowed heavily to finance their purchases, and, as the price began to fall again, dropping over 50% in just four days, they were unable to meet their obligations, causing panic in the markets."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday
And what's the ballpark price they're offering? I think that's more important to whether people will sign up.
You can still sideload or use an alternate store on Android. The experience isn't very good, but it's still an option.

I think if the fees were split out people would lose their minds on more expensive apps because they'd recognize it isn't good value. Ex:

Hey: $70 / year

App Store Fee: $30 / year

Also, did Hey get the prices wrong or are they talking about keeping the prices the same and eating the 30%? If they want $99 in their pocket, they need to charge ~43% more. Assuming Apple takes 30% of the sale price:

- 99 * 1.43 = $141.57

- 141.57 * .3 = $42.47 for Apple

- 141.57 * .7 = $99.10 for Hey

So by taking 30% of revenue, it increases prices by 43% because if someone is taking 30% of your revenue, you need to increase your prices by 43% to break even.
This is called FIDO2 and can be used for passwordless authentication as well as two-factor. It’s compatible with Windows Hello or Touch ID (in Chrome, not Safari), and there are a number of dedicated USB tokens available if you want a second factor beyond your device authenticating itself.

It’s just not well-known enough on enough sites and services yet, but it exists and WebAuthN makes it easy.

Outside of the browser, it has OpenSSH support but not git or pgp/gpg support. GPG (and by extension git) don’t support very many security technologies... Windows Hello and CryptoKit are solutions but rarely implemented yet. Perhaps this will change over the next decade as hardware-based security authentication supplements or replaces soft- or password-based authentication....

Touch ID on phone apps can show how it’s done...
I love grime but only know the more mainstream artists (stormzy, dizzee rascal, bugzy Malone), do you have any recommendations for any more under the radar artists?
But not in the Tesla app. Apple Pay doesn't really seem relevant here.
Like, way to ruin the joke man.
The US Army Survival field manual is one of my favorite book about surviving techniques. It's a long and good read and useful for pretty much everyone

https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-05-70.pdf

Also the US Army Basic Cold Weather Manual

http://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/army-fm31-70-basic-co...
Nearly every reply in this thread only lists one answer though?
Why does the pet store down the street from my apartment have a storefront on Amazon? Because they want access to Amazon’s customer base and are willing to pay for it.
Beautifully designed website that communicates the issue at hand superbly.

I wonder what grounds Apple thinks they have to do this? It really seems like an above the law scenario.
> Oh, so it's not a $0-budget movie.

Note that the movie's actual production cost / budget was indeed $0.

In order to then get to the top of this particular list on IMDB - by showing the movie in an actual cinema - that bit cost some small number of $'s, according to TFA.
Totally different. The goal here is to maximize my profit and minimize my expenses.