skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Interesting that you use a lot of the same terminology as UiPath. Orchestrator, Robot, Studio. Even the same OCR libraries.

What's that about? Just the right words for the right concepts?
If ocean liners cost significantly less than flight and only took twice as long I think they would be quite popular indeed. However the real trade-off is not comparable to Concorde.
> The sad reality is I know this is something an employer will tend to look down on

That's not an employer you want to work for, and in the end, all they will succeed in doing is hiring kids who don't know any better, and driving away skilled talent.
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> As for whether they're a secret weapon? Well, they're not so secret, but it does seem like they're underutilized considering the power they grant. We certainly like them.

They are indeed powerful and underutilized. They also go by different names in other RDBMSes (proxy tables, linked servers, remote tables, virtual tables, etc.). If I remember correctly, SQL Anywhere 6 released in 1998 was the first rich implementation [1] of "proxy tables" to "remote servers" and Microsoft soon followed with "Linked Servers". The embedded database libraries (Apache Derby and SQLite) added rich APIs/SPIs to create virtual table plugins like SQLite's FTS.

Using remote tables for federated queries across heterogenous data sources, and for access to non-relational data sources, is a well established technique and a powerful "weapon" for those who know how to wield it. It might not be PostgreSQL's secret weapon but it may very well be Splitgraph's.

[1] http://dcx.sap.com/index.html#1001/en/dbwnen10/wn-remote-new...
> Is admission for internationals in general need blind as well at MIT/Harvard ?

I think that's true now. I don't remember if it was true 10 years ago when I went through this process, because I do remember submitting financial forms together with the application.

> What about income level of people attending ?

The statistics get published, but I don't think they generally get split out between international and non-international students. Anecdotally, it strongly depends on the country the person comes from. Some smaller countries gear their educational programs towards sending their top students to the top universities abroad and have appropriate recruitment programs in their public schools. For those countries the parental income distribution can be quite varied (not counting of course the taxpayer money spent to say send them around the world to international academic competitions and conferences). I think for countries that don't have such programs (usually because they have excellent domestic programs), you tend to see students come from wealthier backgrounds (that is middle class and up - I don't mean to imply that you need to be filthy rich to get in, just that participating in those activities that look good on US college applications requires a certain amount of money and parental support that needs to be supported from somewhere). That's just my sense though, I don't have any hard data.
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If the goal is to have DNSSEC replace the CAs, then you need DANE, and for DANE to work, browsers have to support it.
For those who don't know, reading the product descriptions on shopgoodwill.com listings can be downright comical. They're written by random employees of random Goodwill stores, of items which they may not understand or have a very pointed opinion about. If you're really bored it can be a goldmine of mild entertainment.

It's sad that they revamped their website. It used to look like a 1990's e-Cart website, which was so wonderfully functional and compact. Back to 2010's "endlessly scrolling through giant type faces and no content" design...
Perhaps the maker of award winning human.com is not particularly concerned with graceful degradation. Different people have different values, friend
One can do some good (even for selfish reasons) and it can be commendable. One isn’t obliged to solve the entire problem.

https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-eth...
I'm not convinced public awareness campaigns and various support for alternatives were reasonably tried. Also, the firmness of one's stance isn't in its words.
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>She’s effectively canceled for rest of her writing career for even thinking what she ended up writing.

No, she isn't. Her views on transgender rights, offensive as I and many others find them, are still comfortably mainstream. She lost a lot of Harry Potter fans, but a lot of fans have also chosen to divorce their love of her work from her politics, and many others simply couldn't care less. I seriously doubt publishers are going to refuse to publish her, bookstores to stock her, or studios to turn down piles of money from franchising her work. I seriously doubt that she's going to be wanting for fame, readership or money in the forseeable future.
I really enjoyed reading this book too. It's an interesting story about finding a hacker and Cliff has a great writing style.
I bought three of the first four iPad models (I was working at a big cellular provider, so I got them at a significantly reduced price) -- each of those early models made substantial performance gains. The fourth model they shipped (the second with the retina screen) was the first one I'd feel comfortable about recommending to friends and family -- it held up well, the screen was unlike anything else on the market at the time, and it didn't weigh a ton.
I self-host Bitwarden and I haven't even bothered to install the desktop app. Since I have a browser open at all times, I just use the browser extension.

Also, I think the Android client is quite a bit better than Keepass2Android.
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> presumably as a profession

No, I just meant: people who design web sites. Whether the person who designed it got paid for the work is of no concern to me.

And my comment was intended more as venting of steam than well-considered critique.
The Precolumbian Pacific Northwest would take issue with that statement. There is also an argument that Peruvian urban development (in the Norte Chico area) predates the domestication of a primary grain as a food crop.
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That is true, but you still need a relatively long time to make sure there aren't any nasty side-effects.
"Bflops"? I'm guessing this is a measure of the total processing power needed, in billions of floating-point ops, and not a measure of operations per second?
Thats exactly how big pharma is usually defended.

Access to elite society is controlled by these institutions so if they have money motive then they perpetuate rich-> rich cycle.
The letter itself was discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23759283
> women experimentally have a narrower IQ distribution

A glance at Wikipedia shows that this statement is contested. Pretty much every statement about men, women, intelligence, and IQ is contested.

> This is also the expected result if you're familiar with GMV

OK, I'll bite.

https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-019-02...

"few sex differences (if any) remain statistically significant"

It amuses me that any article about racism and sexism in the tech inevitably devolves to "It's not racism and sexism if we just think that other races and sexes don't perform well in the tech industry."
Hahaha no disrespect, but I’ve been seeing almost this exact conversation continually for at least 20 years (the number of years I’ve been curious about economics).

At this stage, it doesn’t matter what runs out, who takes the fall, or anything else (save the democratic power of the people): the power structure will do whatever it takes to maintain that house of cards.

Fractional reserve lending alone can prop up the system almost indefinitely. (Feel free to debate this if you feel strongly, but A. it’s only 1 tool in the garage, and B. Arguments about “they can’t” or “it’s not legal” are irrelevant because they will simply change or circumvent the law.)
Don't host that stuff in Germany. It is not a safe country to host such data. Few countries are, but German authorities will always cooperate with US ones.
Thanks for sharing the original letter!

Many good points therein, can we still able to have a conversation about conversations, are we too far gone, can we course correct?
The second part of your comment isn't really necessary to justify your premise.

The entire point of the student visa is that the student's presence is required in order to realize the educational benefits the University provides. Going online only eliminates that necessity.

I don't make any claims about the motives of ICE or the Trump Administration. I also recognize this will be very inconvenient for both the students and the Universities that depend on them. But the reasoning used to justify the regulations is defensible.
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The 32-bit instruction sets I'm familiar with all tend to enforce alignment which means page boundaries aren't a problem. Also, you get 2 extra bits of jump distance for free by not having to specify the exact byte you're jumping too but only the 32 bit word.
Buttons were introduced one by one. Also, when they moved into another apartment, the dog was trying out various buttons to see what phrase is where. Seems like colors don't have a role here.
I am not versed into fashion or thrift stores, but the author managed to make it interesting. I appreciate the attention to details, the quality of visualisations and transparency about data acquisition (isn't scrapping 50% of data science?). Good read, thanks!
Reminds me of AutoHotKey which I used to automate some work for a warehouse a while ago
Living in a places with weather very similar to what you describe (Raleigh, and before that in south Florida, Orlando and Tallahassee), I used to feel the same. I hated walking anywhere outside. I recently moved to a walkable neighborhood and since I'm motivated to walk and bike more since it's easier than driving, I discovered that despite thinking I was dressing to be comfortable in hot + humid weather (shorts and a t shirt), I wasn't. I was dressing to be comfortable once I finally got out of the weather (pretty much exclusively in air conditioned buildings). As a result I was spending as little time as possible outside, which reinforced the way I was preparing for the day.

I've only really made a few changes so far (breathable/better ventilated shirts and shoes, and not wearing socks when I can do without). It's still hot and I still sweat, but much less and when I do sweat it evaporates more easily and I feel cooler. I also now try to bring a sweater if I'm going to be inside for hours, just in case they have the AC really cranked (occasionally I'll find it's needed at work or in movie theaters).

I guess it's not really a great solution if you are restricted in what you can wear to work though. There are supposed to be breathable suit fabrics (like linen) that are good for hot + humid weather, but I have tried them. I wonder if we'll see increasing acceptance of "professional summer workwear" in the US as the sunbelt continues to boom. Maybe that's part of the reason athleisure has become so popular?
Here's the same article via MSN / Microsoft News for those unable to opt out of Techcrunch's dark pattern cookie tracking accept policies.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/facebook-boycott-l...
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Ah, that. Agree, less students means less business. Assuming foreign students permanently live near campus, it would even hurt more during Covid-related closures.

EDIT: I read OP that this policy ams to force campuses to open for fall. That would mean more students on site. Even without international ones, that is more than now.
If you were actually someone who has been through the US immigration process, your lack of empathy is appalling.
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I wouldn't be sure. I've seen failing companies get restricted to just organic marketing as often as not.
There's a big difference between saving a few hours and saving a few days. The ship will likely also be quite a bit more money and have a very limited set of departures. And somehow I doubt very many companies are going to give you that time off and pay for your trans-Atlantic trip on the Queen Mary 2. I doubt most companies would be big on you taking a trans-continental train trip in the US for business either. (Though I've taken overnight trains in Europe.)
A significant part of the GDPR - and in fact the bit most software people complain about - is forcing the companies in question to educate the public on what their data is being used for.
IMO I'd like a required timeout for "lost domains" before a new owner is able to pick it up would help this situation, unless given the transfer code from the old owner.
ITYM SID. The 1351 essentially looks like paddles, and those come in through SID registers.

The article says 1351 compatibility "Commodore 64" is planned. However, any joystick adaptor will be sufficient to emulate a 1350, which just looks like a joystick anyway.
Hong Kong has a population of about 7.5 million, so there is no guarantee that the signers are the same people as the protesters. And if they are, that raises the question, did they really support it if they are actually on the streets opposing it?

The 3 million number is actually from two petitions, one offline (with 1.83m signatures) and the other online (with 1.08m signatures).[1] A similar petition purported to be signed by about 2500 entertainers was disavowed by some of the same entertainers who had supposedly signed it,[2] so I would be doubtful about the numbers.

1. https://parstoday.com/en/news/world-i122011-nearly_3_million...

2. https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/02/artists-deny-signing-petit...
I switched from MacPass to KeePassXC because it supports newer versions of the KeePass database spec and is compatible with Windows and Linux. If you ever end up sharing password databases, it's a must.
Then I'll be fired.
Supercruise is actually more fuel efficient than subsonic flight. You're going faster but also through less dense air and the engine works more efficiently. The major impetus for the concorde was actually to save on fuel costs. The reason the concorde lost out was that it was using inefficient turbojets at the same time that subsonic airliners were adopting the much more efficient turbofans. Turbofans for supersonic flight wouldn't be developed until the 80s.
Getting two explosions in the first 20 launches is par for the course in making a new rocket. :)
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The US has restricted travel from certain countries (not all), but there are several exceptions for US citizens, permanent residents and their family.

So there is still a decent amount of air travel happening into and out of the US.
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That along with their CLI utility is what killed Bitwarden for me.

It is absolutely horrendous, mostly due to being written in NodeJS, AFAICT ("when your only tool is a hammer..."?).
Or spinning up yet another framework at any large software company.
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I agree, timezone disparities are hard. These are hard times, people make sacrifices. Maybe the schools could run some night classes: sounds drastic, but maybe that would finally justify how the schools continue to charge full tuition.
Who had a strict lockdown? Most of the US did not and if they did, it was too short. Source: I'm a Texan.
I also strongly prefer paper journals. For those of you in the US, checkout Vela [1], a little company in Michigan that makes outstanding journals. The paper is excellent quality for fountain pens and they have many choices for page setup - ruled, grid, dot grid, etc. A little pricy though.

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Broken Earth was a great Trilogy. I appreciate how fast she writes. No patience for waiting years between books anymore. She was recommended to me since I was a fan of Butler and Bioware games. There's a lot of overlapping Dragon Age feels in the series and I think she wrote a Mass Effect novel. Her twitch is accessible if you want to ask her questions. At least a few years ago.
Yes it is a joke. Nvidia now sells things that cost a million dollars.
The only good thing about the ST mouse was that you could use it in confined spaces. It was possible to lift the mouse a bit, twist your wrist, and scuff the pointer across the screen - I called it "ballistic mousing".

I actually built a just-swap-the-pins adapter to use a Xerox Star mouse on my ST.
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Unfortunately, her concerns are still far from "mainstream". Most people have no idea that "detransitioning" is actually a thing for quite a few trans folks, or that "rapid onset" gender-dysphoric identity is a serious concern as relating to a minority of young people whose self-perception and orientation seems to be strongly influenced by their "progressive" social milieus.
Oh it gets worse, he's threatening to cut federal funding to schools that don't reopen: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/08/trump-schools-reope...
The administration's policy on COVID is that it wants everything open and open yesterday, virus be damned. This new ICE policy that punishes universities for not doing so and tailors the punishment to mostly exempt the areas that vote for him. The schools attracting foreigners tend to be in left leaning college towns or in left leaning cities. The smaller state universities and community colleges that are in redder voting areas aren't nearly as dependent on foreign labor because they don't have as big grad student programs.

You're right about where this falls on immigration.
I'm also skeptical, but found it interesting enough / was intrigued enough to share it here.
As it also doesn't seem like it will be open source (or, more usefully: cross platform) it seems like just trading one proprietary implementation for another albeit supported one
Thanks. I have a more recent model, so I'm actually good.
I think you've just illustrated revisionist revisionist history.

The original text is true. The Concorde was what the airlines, aircraft makers, and the public wanted. It was fast. It was expensive. It was a trophy project. All things that appeal to one or more of those segments.

What changed was that fuel got too expensive, deregulated airlines started cutting corners everywhere, and people's priorities changed.

The world went from people wearing their Sunday suits to embark on a flight to people piling into Southwest air buses in their pajamas without bathing.

So the history is correct. It's just that the world has changed.

/Flew on the Concorde in the mid-1990's.
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I took a look, and MIT and Harvard specifically state that their financial aid is independent of domestic vs international status. Thanks for pointing that out!

"However, whether you are a domestic applicant or an international applicant does not impact when or how you apply or the financial aid you are offered. Rather, this page is simply intended to be a helpful resource for people who are less familiar with the American educational system and are trying to figure out how to apply to MIT."

https://mitadmissions.org/apply/firstyear/international/

"Our financial aid policies are the same for all applicants, regardless of nationality or citizenship. All aid is based on financial need, and admissions decisions are made without regard to whether an applicant has applied for financial assistance. Harvard meets each student’s demonstrated need."

https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/international-a...
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Influence but not jurisdiction. Outside of crimes against humanity/universal jurisdiction, I cant think of a situation where a country A would have jurisdiction over an event that happens in another country B involving nobody of nationality A. Even in the EU there's a lot of guidelines and processes for figuring out which member country gets jurisdiction over cases.
Also since it’s .net it may compile/run with the Mono natively on Linux/Mac.
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Far North Bushcraft & Survival -https://www.youtube.com/user/phreshayr (Bushcraft & Survival)

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You could map different ports to specific socket file names and use a dummy address, eg. like this:

ip2unix -r out,addr=127.1.1.1,path=foo-%p.sock firefox --new-instance

Whenever you then head over to something like http://127.1.1.1:9000/, the browser will try to connect to foo-9000.sock.
We're in the same camp with a cluster ~2x as large for Squawk[1] and it would cost us many multiples in the cloud (excluding our TURN relays which aren't k8s). However, the one killer feature that the cloud still has over self hosted is the state layer. There is nothing that comes close to the turn key, highly available, point in time recoverable database offerings from the cloud providers. We're running Spilo/Patroni helm charts, and we've really tried to break our setup chaos monkey style. But I'll admit I'd sleep better leaving it in Amazon's hands (fortunately, with all the money we save, we have multiple synchronous replicas and ship log files every 10 seconds).

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_EDIT_ I've just read your blog post. We went the other direction and have used the local storage provisioner to create PVCs directly on host storage, and push the replication to the application layer. We run postgres and redis (keydb) with 3 replicas each with at least one in sync replication (where supported) and shipping postgres wal logs to S3 every 10 seconds.
It's not that hard - if you get stuck with any of the concepts my email is in my bio. Cheers.