skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> There has been an escalation of porn compared to the 70s, but so has also every from of consumption and consumerism. What is not clear is if peoples ability to adapt and filter out the extreme aspects has also increased.
Violence in movies are also more extreme. As is violence in music, violence in news flows, and violence in the messages of peoples social communities.

And yet, all across the OECD since ~1990 violent crime is down, teen pregnancy is down, and on and on and on. For all of the pearl clutching about the morality and decency of this stuff it doesn't seem to be ruining society.
I think you nailed it. Most name brand VC firms reputations are based on a couple of good decisions early in their careers. The time scales we're talking about scream hindsight bias, and even in the best case where they made good decisions rather than got lucky, whatever cargo cult training baloney they come up with doesn't mean they will continue to make good decisions as they pass the torch to whatever MBA dipshits they dig up as successors.
I hadn't heard of this service until just now but I worry that it is another volley against the consumer in the war on the attention span.

It can't be good for individuals or our collective to consume all of our media in short, predigested clips (or posts, or comments). I genuinely believe that the average capacity for "long running" thoughts (and general idea complexity) is being eroded.

All of our media seems to be
> Having gotten my start on the internet mid 90's it always amazes me the number of people that attached their offline identities to their online identies

> This was just something that was unheard of back then.

This is not entirely true. I remember many people using their real names on Usenet, or on mailing lists.
The sane or lazy choice? Right tool, right job; would be the right choice.
Aka backdoor.
I'm looking forward to these future HN posts:
"Increase iOS app reliability with this simple trick",
"How I Increased retention 10x by canceling Facebook", and
"Most popular app in world yanked for privacy violations"
>Outside they blow away because of the wide brim.

Easiest way to fix this is to fit the hat to your head like they used to do in the way back whens. This technique works for felt hats and straw hats. When your hat is new it is unlikely to fit your head well since head shapes differ so widely. A old cowboy method of fitting the hat to the head will work perfectly every time. Wet the hat and the sweat band and put it on your head until the band has shaped to fit your head with no pressure points so that it contacts all the way around your head. Then just wear it until it dries. It will always fit your head perfectly and will not blow off in the wind. You can do the same thing with ill-fitting boots. Just get them wet, slip them on and walk around wearing them till they dry. They will fit your feet like a glove.

I'm with you on the headrest thing. That's the main reason I no longer wear a hat when I drive. You have to remove the headrest for that to be practical. Years ago before headrests in pickups were a thing I wore a hat everywhere. For a while I got around it by rolling the back of the brim up so it curled enough to fit with a headrest but that defeats the purpose of the brim.

I can see 8-9 cowboy hats right now from where I'm sitting. They each fit a specific person in my family. That's one of the reasons behind it being really bad form for someone to grab your hat and shove it on their head, the hat is fit for an individual and though it may look nice on them, it won't fit - plus it's disrespectful to mess with a man's hat.

Way back in my own way back whens, I boarded my horse with an old cowboy who told stories of his younger days rodeoing and riding. At one time he held the calf-roping record time he set at Madison Square Garden. Him and some of his cowboy friends, his sidekicks, were wranglers in the 40's and 50's for movie studios in California. He had worked with Tom Mix, Gene Autry, and others and taught the lead character from Rawhide (can't remember his name) to mount and ride a horse since he had never been on one when he got the part. He wrangled their herd for that old show. Anyway, getting long here but he told me a story one time about one of the stars he had worked with who couldn't or wouldn't wear a hat, saying that he had a head too much like a nickle watermelon and a hat just wouldn't stay on it.

I was reminded of that by your comment about losing your hat in the wind. Hope this helps someone.
Just looked; it's $22 to sign up now. That's quite a change!
I mean it's really simple.

No lockdown => hospitals overwhelmed => people can't get care they need or people avoid hospitals to avoid getting sick => excess deaths

Lockdown => hospitals less overwhelmed => people avoid hospitals due to lockdown or to avoid getting sick => excess deaths (but less than the no lockdown scenario)

Here in Austin our medical community is practically begging us to take better precautions because our hospital system is starting to hit capacity due to the second wave we're staring down [1]. Saying it's not 'accepted' in the medical community seems wrong.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4kCwo1JMc
So based on the comments, this post is completely incorrect and yet its front page?
Vertical lists can also work better with the wider aspect ratios of modern monitors. There's tons of empty space on the left and right in a typical Word document, but MS decided to suck up limited vertical space instead
> "take their jobs away and make it harder for them to survive"

This bit from that clip was especially poignant, thanks for sharing.
As another commentor said, once you have enough downvotes your comment disappears therefore my statement stands that it is technically cancelled. I think after 2 negative downvotes it should really be required to respond to a comment to downvote any further if they are in the negative.
> used to be able to do Control+Shift+V for "paste as plain text", I don't know which version removed that again

Try Control+Alt+V. I have Office professional plus 2016, works here, however it opens a popup. Plain text is at the end of the list, making the complete sequence Control+Alt+V, End, Enter.
> "There are steps you could take short of a total ban, of course - as we do for other vices. "

Yup, there are strict regulations with regard to gambling because of its addictive nature and, let's not kid ourselves, loot boxes are an uncomfortably close analogue of gambling. I would be very much okay with putting lootbox, particularly gacha games, under similar heavy regulation.
My understanding of basic income is a bit different. The average American adult needs to make 1500/month to meet the basic requirements of life. This is equivalent to paying off a mortgage over the term of your life of about $500,000, or student loans to the tune of $250,000. (I used an annuity calculator for these figures https://www.bankrate.com/calculators/investing/annuity-calcu...).

Basic income can be distilled to notion that, if student loans are bad for humanity, then it is reasonable to suggest that this intrinsic debt might also be bad.
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I like this sentiment but just wanted to add that school buses are one of if not the most efficient vehicles on the road (obviously when you divide emissions by a full bus of people) so this is arguably not a good place for an environmental crusade.
For (B), the outcome is not necessarily death. Getting Covid-19 is not an automatic death sentence. Better to risk getting it and have a chance of living than stay home and die of a stroke.
also grocery delivery...Thats gonna be big!
You're complaining about a CNN headline. That's on CNN (which I abhor), and is typical of media in trying to get clicks and attention.

Nobody should be forced to take a knee, however, it is a simple gesture so it shouldn't be a big deal. Remember that this was originally done instead of standing and saluting the US flag, which is first class groupthink.

A list of your disagreements with BLM would be interesting to see.
Zoom Is Fighting Rumors in India That It's a Chinese Company
Being actually supportive of free speech requires some level of tolerance for things that you disagree with. It can't possibly work if people with unpopular opinions are are cancelled (i.e. blacklisted, fired, castigated, sanctioned). If the government did these things to people with unpopular opinions that would clearly be anti-free-speech, right? Why is it different when it's done by a mob instead?
I really don't see why it wouldn't. Unless all those devs quickly switch to the next Half-Life game in the works, why would they not go back to working on Valley of Gods, which seems pretty far along?

Also, if you accept that Valve no longer runs on "work on what you want", as you imply, it means people will be forced to work on and finish that game.

The fact that the store page still exist and is up (which is more than you can say for any unfinished Valve project) gives a clear sign that they still plan to finish it.
In China, trials are irrelevant, because there is no independent judicial system.

What's more important is intention. One side tries to catch murderers and sometimes does not follow due process.

The other side tries to kill off the culture of an entire people by violently "reeducation" millions of human beings.

Honestly, I find it disgusting that people here seem to be mostly fine with those crimes, and even try to defend them.
> We really, really aren't.

Mmm. https://firestephenhsu.github.io/
not illegal, hence proving his point
Absolute insanity right here.
I just found my mostly typed-out comment from yesterday in a forgotten tab and figured that I might as well finish and submit it, but it looks like you already made a lot of the same points.

I'm left wondering if the 'article'/excerpt is just not that compelling or if I'm simply not in its target audience. In the latter scenario, what might characterize those who would find it convincing?
Deep tech dive video explaining how PS5 has likely already won the next gen race
>Someone may not like me enforcing the same standards on them as I do myself,

The same standards are not being applied to different groups, that's the whole point as I understand it.
* product name: beat.yoga

* product description: yoga music recommendations (no playlist)

* market research/validation: people think the app look good but and it seems like yoga teachers could use it because making good playlists takes a lot of time, but the idea hasn't taken off

* number of users: a few downloads but no regular users

* business model: none

* product implementation stage: working app launched

* tech stack: React-Native/Django

* cost of running: 7$ for Django worker, requires an Apple Developer account

* domain name(s) owned: beat.yoga

* available platforms: iOS (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/beat-yoga/id1505203964)

* patent(s): none

* next steps: reach out to yoga teachers and yogi who self practice to try to the app. business model could be subscription based

* minimum offer: $5000
This is just how the dishonesty of discourse works at this point. People aren't really prepared to defend to the death the right of Gillette to run adverts they don't like.

When I say I don't like something, it's free speech; when you say you don't like something it's cancel culture.
I became a Pinboard customer on December 17, 2010 and currently have 7,940 bookmarks, the most recent pin was added yesterday.

It's a great service. I recommend it to everyone.
Maybe there was a guy named Jesus around that time. But son of God? Only if you consider every man a son of God.
JK Rowling is a good example of middlebrow views getting you and anyone who can be associated with you in trouble.

She has widely-held opinions like trans-women should be respected, but they are different from women. But if you log on to Twitter, she's vilified so much as a "transphobe" that people have been attacked for merely signing the same open-letter that she signed.

https://twitter.com/emilyvdw/status/1280580388495097856
Umm. In fact, most adult site revenue comes from non-payers, they view ads and help keep that count up. If they are allowing Chinese traffic (and most do), they'll take anything.
Because the Big Think was recorded in 2016. It's interesting to see where the Big Thoughts have led him in the intervening 3 years.

Engaging ideas on their merits isn't the same as engaging them in a vacuum.
Absolutely they were! I eventually wrote a reply addressing your points on that thread, not sure if you saw it (though this isn't a chase for further replies, alas I haven't had time for QM in a few years). Thanks again for your help there. One of those threads that really shows the value lurking around HN (alongside its anti-java bias :) )
Suicide is not a comorbidity.

Nor can you assume that all of these deaths are simply undetected Covid-19 deaths. We simply don't know what percent of the 35% are caused by Covid-19 and what percent are caused by the lockdown and/or people being too scared to seek treatment. All we know is that there is an additional 35% in excess deaths.
This 100%, and from the articles I've read on it, it doesn't look too difficult to implement.

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

https://github.com/search?q=provably+fair
Replicas do have intrinsic value. I have several replica paintings and none of them were cheap. I prefer hand painted artwork & craftsmanship over prints. The difference is, nobody is fooled into thinking these are authentic Picassos.

As someone else said, the original paintings are worth more because they are one touched by the master. That history is valuable to certain people. I am not one of those people, and many others share the same opinion, they appreciate the art only for its aesthetics.

Interestingly, replicas of famous works are often much more expensive than original works by the same no-name artist. I have lots of originals from art students that I picked up for <$20 or so.

You see the same behavior in other fields. An original Mustang GT350 is worth a hell of a lot more than a replica, even if the replica is better in many metrics, because a small group of wealthy people value the heritage and history much more than the tangible good.
> 0patch became aware of the flaw thanks to a “private researcher” who wants to remain anonymous—that person said no disclosure was made to Zoom

No disclosure was made to Zoom. Why? What's the point of doing that?
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If you find yourself needing to go in again (or able to get the follow up appointment) I wouldn't hesitate to go in.

At least in my area, hospitals are nearly over-the-top in terms of separating people who have symptoms, going in for tearing, and those going in for anything else. Separate entrances, separate waiting areas, no visitors, multiple tests required prior to non emergency treatments, etc.

Of course, if you can't find a specialist at all, that is a very different story.
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You can't mock it, that is the entire point. Simply loading the shared library of the SDK will execute the broken code.
I use Pinner on iOS. While I get the impression it's not actively maintained, it appears to still be working. I use it to store bookmarks from iOS Chrome on a regular basis (did so just earlier and the bookmark is up on Pinboard).
Shame is a way to impose social norms without violence. To me it is intuitive that shame is a fundamental tool used to organize groups, especially when thinking about the formation of more primitive societies. Not intended to replace a citation, just my two cents.
Are there? Which ones?
Not the first time this kind of ad-hominem's happened in relation to PC culture: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19750395

Notice the reasoning that person gives for calling Murray a racist. Among other things, because he refuses to call some other bloke called Robinson a racist.
That would be interesting indeed. The way I do it right now is that every institution listed on a paper gets +1 submission for that paper. That's not always fair since sometimes corporate labs only provide resources and no other contributions. But I couldn't come up with a good method to resolve this issue. I think the numbers are a good approximation of reality.
To be specific, it was a failure because, as they point out, they basically did not finish any games for the entirety of the 2010's. The ebook goes into all the projects they worked on that lead nowhere, and the lack of focus/direction that resulted from the "work on what you want".
There are plenty of cities with plenty of housing going vacant. In Baltimore, for example, it is a city designed for a million people with about 600k in residence. Houses go vacant, neighborhoods loose value, and the city dies. Why?

A large part of it is the lack of financial resources that the residents have. The lack of financial resources is directly related to redlining and the fact that Baltimore is a majority black city. But whatever the reason, money is what is required.

At $1000 a month, someone could take that UBI and spend half of it on a loan of $100k (30 years). That's a lot of capital and it could provide an individual with a home in Baltimore. A family would have even more capital to work with. This gives a great deal of flexibility and a lot of resources in neighborhoods without any. Further development would take place, giving these neighborhoods the kinds of businesses that wealthy white neighborhoods take for granted (such as grocery stores and banks).

What the UBI does is not just provide some financial amount right now, but a guarantee of future payments regardless. The risk of default would be far, far less and the promise of sustained financial reward for investment in these areas, without booting out the current residents, would be far greater.

If one also couples the UBI payments with a more aggressive tax on the wealthy, particularly on the ownership of multiple residential properties, then one could really damp down prices. From what I have read, several cities with massive housing price increases such as Vancouver and NYC have vast amounts of essentially vacant places because wealth has flowed into these places as wealth investment instead of living investment. But that policy is a separate one to consider, to be sure.

This country has plenty of resources. If we give people a minimum amount of money, those resources can start to be divided up much more equitably (peacefully, profitably) without the overt (and corrupting) hand of government deciding who gets exactly what.
Cops are certainly aware of white supremacist activities, but they don't need to surveil anyone:

In the 2006 bulletin, the FBI detailed the threat of white nationalists and skinheads infiltrating police in order to disrupt investigations against fellow members and recruit other supremacists.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-i...

Also, let's not forget the KKK's history of organized crime. They've earned any surveillance they're under. It's far from a straight comparison between them and ad hoc protesters when you're talking about "protected activities".
TL;DR: Sony sacrificed a bit of CPU and GPU to save die space for data compression / decompression hardware to allow for for data coherency and access speeds 100x that of PC, and far faster than the Xbox Series X, allowing for new types of games that won’t be possible on PC or Xbox Series X. (Jump to 13m into the vid for the crux of all this.)
> as you advance in your career, the expectation is that you will work on higher level concepts

That's a valid argument and response to the OP in particular re: principal/senior positions.

> Github profiles aren't really a place I've seen used to showcase architecture and design skills, nor how candidates work with others, and those things matter significantly more than a 20 line patch in an open source library

You're underestimating how much work is actually hosted on Github these days. For example, what if one of the major contributors to an open source framework like Serverless, or a programming language like Swift, applied to your company? You're convinced Github doesn't matter, even though your default job application site probably requests a github link. In terms of documentation, formalized APIs, project management, github actually could still be a great source of information on advanced candidates and junior.

I'm more inclined to believe the industry has been inundated by hiring managers who aren't qualified to evaluate anything technical, so fall back on canned questions which are of absolutely no value. "Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with a coworker" is not going to give you useful information. Everyone knows these questions exist, and everyone prepares some bullshit answer to them. What you are selecting for is "How rehearsed is this candidate." Wow, it turns out 90% of candidates had identical "challenges" and "learned" from their "experience" and are "growing as an engineer!"

It does make interviewing easier, and certainly helps with demographic hiring quotas if you don't actually care about a person's technical history - when you are hiring computer programmers.

Edit: Another point I'd make is that, as a candidate, when I find out who I'm interviewing with I always search their github. Most github profiles actually suck and are negative signals.
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I like how "HOT" deno is becoming. A successor to node would be a great thing in my opinion.

That said, the fact that the author failed to bundle shows us one of the hurdles that Deno has to overcome. When the tooling is "batteries included" people need to remember to pull the little plastic tab out(bundling).
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Well, and Dutch-born white musicians, it'd seem.

https://www.dagelijksestandaard.nl/2019/11/talentloze-tuigra...
> Attorney ancestors?

GP probably meant something like "forerunners" or "predecessors"; some form of "those who came before" that doesn't necessarily imply a familial relationship.
> The opportunity cost is not $50/hour if you wouldn’t have been using that hour to work.

It is at least $50 per hour if you could have been using that time to work. Anything else that you choose to do instead of working is prima facie worth more to you than the $50 you could have been earning. The opportunity cost—the next best alternative—is either working and earning $50 or else something you value even more than $50.

You are attempting to claim the opposite: that if someone can make $50 per hour working, but chooses to do something else, then that time is somehow worth less than $50 per hour. This makes no sense at all. This would presume that the person knowingly and deliberately chooses the option which is less valuable from their own point of view.
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Interesting take on history. Around these parts Ottomans captured and sold white slaves ("Slavs") and Caucasian ("from the Caucasus" - not the modern definition) people for transport across the Black Sea to be used in Turkish harems (mostly women and young boys). Ottoman slavery persisted until around WWI. Not a lot of people from African descent involved in this particular slave trade. There's even photos:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Meccan_m...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Ottoman_Empire#...
That's not what "means-tested" means.

"Means-testing"—as in welfare programs—specifically refers to payouts that have cliffs, that create bad incentives like people choosing to not get jobs because they'd lose access to the welfare payment, and end up with less money than they get with no job.

Progressive taxation has no cliffs; there is never† a tax-related reason to refuse to take a higher-paying job. You'll always be able to keep some of the additional pay. Thus, it's not "means-tested."

† Unless there's a 100% tax bracket. But I don't think there's any country that bothers with these, because of the clearly-wonky disincentives.