skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The schools can just provide an in person class once a week and
they could wear a mask in class and sit farther away from people. I think a lot of these students either don’t want to go to class or are working on their visa. I’ve been in their situation so I have a doubt ICE is randomly coming for them. If they did nothing wrong they can present their case in immigration court.
"Please tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage?"

https://medium.com/terminal-1/please-tell-us-about-the-time-...

http://www.paulgraham.com/founders.html
Improving efficiency could mean anything, efficiency of what? It's the thing being made efficient that needs to be evaluated for appropriateness, so I'm with Stallman on this (an infrequent but not unknown occurrence).
And that's why you always test your one-liners before posting. :)

> I assumed your point was that zsh magically handled the «‘s» in «Everything’s»

I'm very glad it doesn't. String parsing and expansion rules in Bourne-like shells are already complex enough as it is.
Github you mean. Prior to git, people also did similar things with svn and other VCS software.
Is the graph at the bottom showing volume of sales increasing, or lack of data before 2018? I didn’t entirely understand the comments about gaps in data, what specifically is being referred to (e.g. the big dip in 2019, or the noise, or the 5x jump from 2017 to 2018?). While reading, I was wondering what the volume of sales were and if that explained price increases. If the volume really increased more than 10x, it’d be surprising if prices didn’t go up even more than they did, right? But I guess volume didn’t jump this big this fast?

It might also be nice to adjust for inflation over the last decade, which hasn’t been huge, but it makes a little difference in the price curves over time.
Women in Engineering at Brex
> We shouldn’t try to downplay good actions just because money is also involved.

I disagree. When there are thousands upon thousands of innocent people in privately-run ICE detention centres, whose economic value is solely based on their being locked up, it doesn't go nearly far enough to say that THESE immigrants are worth fighting for because their economic value is based on their relative wealth.

So you consider it downplaying, I consider it attempted betterment.
I mean, I totally get your point, but these protocols/technologies solve specific problems quite well. In most cases is not an arbitrary decision.

A different case would be rewriting your Angular app in Vue just because the latter is more shiny.
wrote a side project using FDW to query twitter like 7 years ago. i really expected this part of postgres to never be talked about again, but alas. It was super easy to use it once built, but when I looked at the source code of the twitter one, it didn't seem super straightforward
Why China Banned Skyscrapers
Great article.

REST with JSON has always been a category error: JSON is not a hypertext and thus, as the author says, violates the most important and distinct aspect of the REST architecture.

I have written quite a bit about this:

http://intercoolerjs.org/2016/01/18/rescuing-rest.html

http://intercoolerjs.org/2016/03/15/hypertext-hypotext.html

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1276556432385531906.html
I recently started a trial version of Mathematica and likes it so far. SymPy seems like a good free alternative. How does it compare to Mathematica?
Not a lawyer, but I think the recent Supreme Court decision on DACA - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-587_5ifl.pdf - is telling:

To be clear, DHS was not required to do any of this or to
“consider all policy alternatives in reaching [its] decision.”
State Farm, 463 U. S., at 51. Agencies are not compelled to
explore “every alternative device and thought conceivable
by the mind of man.” Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.
v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 435 U. S. 519,
551 (1978). But, because DHS was “not writing on a blank
slate,” post, at 22, n. 14 (opinion of THOMAS, J.), it was required
to assess whether there were reliance interests, determine
whether they were significant, and weigh any such
interests against competing policy concerns.

The issue of reliance, I think, is important here - did ICE actually internally discuss the extent to which international students and their families were relying on the previous guidance, and did they actually do any kind of analysis that the benefit to society and economy would outweigh those reliance interests, even for non-citizens? Given that societal benefits are practically nonexistent and that many university systems economically rely on continuity of their matriculated student bodies, particularly international students paying non-subsidized tuition, it seems unlikely that such an analysis was done in good faith.
You can buy an "inferior competitor" and integrate their feature set into your own products, and end up with a much better integrated solution for your customers, which will strengthen your business.

But switch "inferior" to "superior" and your question makes sense. Red Hat's products mostly suck balls. I can't think of a single one which has been an enjoyable experience to use. People paid for them because they were the IBM of the Linux world.... And now they're the Linux of the IBM world.
> Another thing: Keepass(XC) became a snap package on recent Ubuntus.

"became" is misleading. It's available as a snap if you want to use it. It [also] remains available from the apt repository maintained in the traditional way.

Of course if you want keepassxc on Ubuntu 20.04 from apt/deb, you'll get 2.4.3, because that is the traditional way. The snap available is 2.6, because consuming the latest directly from upstream is how snaps work. You can choose with methodology you prefer.
I mean, there certainly is a class of travellers who are absolutely willing to pay extra for time, as proven by BA's direct London to New York flight, that is very unusual in that

1) it's serviced directly from London City airport, which is tiny, but also closest you can get to the city centre by air

2) because of how short that airport is, BA ordered special shortened Airbus A318 that is only made in a full business class configuration(only 32 seats) and it only ever flies on that one route. And even then it's actually too far for its range, so it makes a quick stop in Ireland to refuel before crossing the Atlantic first.

I'm reasonably certain that paying extra for this special flight saves you more than 90 minutes compared to taking a conventional one from Heathrow, no matter which class you'd travel.
I refuse to use GUI's for multiple reasons and I've been using the -m flag for as long as I can remember... Truthfully I've never been big on fancy IDE's or GUI's, which eat up cpu, memory and disk io like a bodybuilder after a training session.
For some reason, in the English wikipedia article for Christopher Columbus [1] you can read: "Christopher Columbus... was an Italian master navigator who...".

On the other hand, the article about the theories of Christopher Columbus' origin [2] says: "The exact ethnic or national origin of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) has been a source of speculation since the 19th century".

Considering this, and the fact that Italy became the nation we know around the 19th century, I wonder why the (semi-protected) article reads like that. I think it should be updated.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_theories_of_Christopher...
There is already something in place where if you forget to renew, the domain is place in holding for a specified amount of time before it is released.

domains are an asset just like anything else. personally i don't see why if you are a business, you don't register you domain for 10 years or more. just as a test i went to godaddy and looked at how much it costs to register a .com domain for 10 years... it was less than $100. honestly... if you are a business and it costs you $1000 to register you domain for 100 years, why wouldn't you do it.
> I'd argue that a 40% jobless rate is a major structural problem.

In what country? In the US, the unemployment rate is 11.1% right now?
Looks fantastic!

I can't find any demo videos on your website that would make it clearer how it actually works, though.
Standard Notes is my Google Keep replacement. Fully encrypted, straightforward business model, works great, apps available on iOS and Android.
Nothing is stopping you from being a full stack dev, but teamwork, while it is tricky to achieve and execute on, is very valuable once it's there. This is speaking from my experience.

Most often I found that bringing on junior developers and mentoring them very closely brings about a very strong team bond. These developers also inevitably become very productive pillars of a team.

Of course, there's always going to be a place for solo work - by teamwork I don't mean constantly pair programming (although doing it a little bit is a good learning experience for fresh grads) - I just mean collaboration, communication, the like.
How trusted are the iOS/Android app compared to the "mainstream" desktop clients like KeepassXC ? I'm a bit wary of downloading a "random client" from the App Store. Are those audited/trusted as much ?
China blackmailing dissenters in US to return home – FBI chief
Sorry that it's not clear. Happy to take suggestions for clearer language. Maybe this part should just be removed as it is maybe a bit off topic.

I am trying to lay out what principle Richard Stallman is advocating for exactly, when he says that it is never okay to collect data for the purpose of improving efficiency of a system.

The principle that RMS is pushing for here, seems to be that only “legitimate” purposes should be allowed. And RMS seems to think that “improving efficiency” is not a legitimate purpose.

So, I added this part in the post because in all fairness, if RMS thinks that we should consider that improving a system is an illegitimate purpose, then I think we finally found an actual critique of GDPR that is actually advocating for something not already in the GDPR.

But honestly, I think this is just too radical. I think that, provided the right protections are in place, the goal of improving a system has nothing illegitimate per se. I actually prefer to interact with improved systems, and if some personal data may be necessary for that, let's allow it and put the right safeguards.

Update: just "Improving a system." without more explanation is not very "explicit" - it should be put in context and more detailed, and information about the explicit purpose must be disclosed to users (see Art 5(1) and 13 of the GDPR).
> If self-regulation doesn't work out, a directive is passed.

We can do better! Public education campaigns and support for alternatives for starters. The "they didn't fix the issues, so new laws will fix their issues" is myopic at the least, and potentially harmful if it doesn't fix the issues either.
> learning to cook and prepare your own food.

> learn to budget money and manage expenses.

if you've never done this before, i very, very strongly suggest you look at how much eating out is costing you.

my wife and i are saving literally thousands of dollars a month.
> "It assumes that the sole reason people use new things is a combination of ignorance and boredom."

Of course it's not the sole reason; fad chasing, herd following, and résumé driven development are reasons as well. :)
Supermarkets are selling us bank domination when they tell us to use cards
Works kind of imilar in Germany. Stay for your studies, which are basically free for everyone who enrolled at a university. Be forced to leave if earn under a certain threshold. That threshold was roughly double of my first salary right after graduation, and I was on the higher end of my semester. Having applied this threshold to my semester, we would have all been forced to leave. Kind of cracy, if you ask me.
Agreed, Rancher rocks.
How and Why Computers Roll Loaded Dice
One of the reasons I like Hacker News is seeing all the people who will commit to days/weeks/months of work just to satisfy their curiosity. You’re in good company, this isn’t weird by HN standards.
It wouldn't be Red Hat as such... it would have been IBM. And the same question can be asked there with IBM Cloud Private and the UbranCode suite.

Look at it from IBM's perspective - battling business units are good and one of them will certainly be the best.
On the subject of foreign data wrappers, there's an extension for storing columnar data in Postgres which is implemented via this concept: https://github.com/citusdata/cstore_fdw

I haven't used it myself but it's pretty cool that it's out there.
One big issue here is that F-1 students must maintain residency in order to be eligible for OPT.

This is secondary to the fact that if you're a PhD student on an F-1, you literally live in the US; you aren't just popping over for a few weeks now and then. The current situation basically forces people who have lived in the US for nearly 10 years to suddenly leave the country.
I like the simplicity/design of KeePassX more than XC
I always have two cards on file with my registrar, but this year I had to cancel one card and the other one expired. Thankfully I was on top of my emails but I came within a month of losing my domains, which all kind of renew around the same time. It's frustrating to have to worry about this every once in a while.
The Catholic church doesn’t globally pool their wealth.

“ In 2010, the Vatican had an income of $326 million and ran a $13 million budget surplus, but in 2011 the Vatican ran a $19 million deficit. And while some of that money obviously went to maintaining church buildings and art, much of it also went to charitable causes.

Recent re-evaluations of Vatican assets show that the Vatican has approximately $1 billion in total assets. For comparison, Harvard University’s endowment is over $30 billion. So, relatively speaking, the Catholic Church is not really wealthy, and no one blames museums for maintaining their art work and structures. “
Here's the email I got from Faculty this morning:

Dear members of the FAS community,

Shortly after Monday’s announcement about our plans for the fall semester, we learned that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced new regulations that imperil the lives and academic progress of our international students and scholars. These new guidelines directly undermine the careful planning and approach we have taken for fall, specifically our plans to deliver all graduate and undergraduate instruction online. This plan was put forth to reconcile the health and safety needs of our community and the vitality of our academic mission, including accounting for the needs of our diverse, global community of students and scholars who face a host of limitations and complications brought about by the pandemic. This reckless reversal by ICE hurts our students and it hurts us as an institution. The FAS is an international community and that is a source of pride and inspiration. That we bring together the voices and perspectives of some of the brightest minds from across the world is fundamental to our intellectual strength and ambitions and must be protected.

While there is still much we don’t know, we are working quickly to respond to the needs of our international students and scholars impacted by this news. To that end, early this morning, President Bacow announced that Harvard, together with MIT, has filed pleadings in the US District Court in Boston to seek a temporary restraining order against the enforcement of this order. In doing so, we continue to be guided by our core principles to protect our academic enterprise and preserve access and affordability for all our students. The new ICE order is a direct threat to that institutional imperative. But we are committed to doing all we can to enable our students and scholars to continue their studies without further disruption to their lives and academic progress in an already uncertain and challenging time.

Many of you have reached out to express your concern about these new regulations and what they will mean for our students. I share your deep distress over this new order, and I assure you that the FAS and the University are working tirelessly to fight on behalf of our international students and scholars. We will explore all avenues and exhaust all options to chart a path forward that protects their place as valued members of the FAS community.

Sincerely,

Claudine

It's the most strongly worded email I've ever seen from Harvard. It seems like they believe that the Trump Administration is trying to manipulate them into opening prematurely, and that they are very cognizant of this.
timezone disparities?
America's got AI Talent: Built on importing researchers
I agree they’re theatre, but letting 1st class queue-jump isn’t acknowledgement of that: they’re not skipping the checks themselves, just making the queue longer for everyone else.
Try adopting a perspective of curiosity: "How does this new tech work? What new benefits might it provide?" Or at least one of professional duty. All knowledge workers have to keep up with the latest developments in their field; lawyers have to study up on the new case law, doctors have to read medical journals.

If you've decided ahead of time that it's a drudgery, you're only going to make yourself miserable. You don't have to spend all of your free time on it, but you do have to remain flexible and open-minded. You may as well try to find something there to enjoy.
How different are the fuel efficiencies per passenger-km for the Concordes (A and B) and modern aircraft?
The same argument would suggest that spacious and luxurious ocean liners would be much preferable to flying across the ocean in a cramped tube. Sure flying is a cool experience but unless you're a CEO, lawyer, investment banker, etc do you really need to be in London by tomorrow morning?
Can I ask for some tips on playing the game? I got into developing later in life, worked in restaurants most of my life.I never learned to "play the game". My boss last meeting told me he loves my work ethic,but has been told im not a team player. Im the only dev and work with mostly marketing people. I try to stay out of the way, but I think this might be a mistake
Hi there, I have a genuine question about your comment and I apologize if this comes across as attacking, that is not my intent at all.

> why is KeePass 10mb installed and KeePassXC 108mb

Why does the file size matter? Are the devices you use so short on storage that an extra 100 mb is an issue? Obviously if it was something like 50 GB then yes, that makes sense but in general most HDD's and devices have GB's of empty space.
It targets a group, foreign students, that is mostly non-white. I guess some colleteral amage is OK when it makes discrimination a little less obvious.
Why don't you apply the same logic to PPP program or eviction moratorium or tax returns?

> However I feel there is more to this story. We can’t just tell Treasury and FED to ignore the law. The law should be updated if necessary but as of now it’s the law.
Pandemic is a good reason for exceptions they can bring this up in supreme court. That’s what it’s for.

> They should have changed the law way before the FED came don’t you think? Why is it a concern now? I feel like something isn’t being presented.

Either you are being naive or more likely evasive. We elect lawmakers to make the right choices on our behalf, NOT to rigidly debate laws in emergencies. Selectively applying exceptions in one place while not at another (clearly marked by partisan politics) is NOT representative.
Face detection is a critical and difficult part of face classification, it's not like we're decrying the invention of the transistor. It's more like working for a bullet manufacturer and hoping they'll be used for hunting deer.
It ends wherever you set your ethical boundaries, and it's certainly not black and white, but I'd say the man who builds fireworks from gun powder has an easier time than the one who puts it in steel casings.
Sure there is or at least significantly easier than without going to a US school. There's a reason all these international students are going to US schools.

Go to a US school. Get OPT visa status upon graduation for 3 years. Get a job at a US company using OPT status for your work authorization. Have US company file for a H1B lottery every year until OPT runs out. This whole time you're legally allowed to work in the US.
This sounds really cool!

However, I wonder about the reliability aspects of it? Many sites are pretty hostile to Selenium and robot-like behaviors. Also, software can change it's layout, colors, icons, etc.

I've seen this with a team that was using SikuliX[0] to automate testing of a GUI application. It worked, but any time the UI changed even a little, the whole automation program would have to be re-done.

In short, I wonder how ElectroNeek solves these issues:

1. Working around software that has been designed to be hostile to automation.

2. Coping with changes to a UI when a software is updated.

3. All the difficult little error handling bits. How do you know if the workflow succeeded? How do you make sure it only happens once? How do you notify the user?

4. Where does the program run? Do you have to have a pile of PCs sitting around running mouse movement scripts in real-time?

Another thing I wonder -- how do the users feel about this? I think many people would be uncomfortable knowing that there is a Sword of Damocles hanging over their head, waiting to automate their job away if it seems too repetitive. I guess that would ultimately be a cultural issue for the company using this tool to solve, but still something I think would be important in order for clients to be successful using it long-term. For example, you don't want to create an incentive for people to try and make their tasks seem non-repetitive in order to avoid having their job automated.

0 - http://www.sikulix.com/
That is your choice, but journalists must be held to a higher standard regarding what they publish about past events concerning private persons—that’s the subject of this thread.
After 40+ years as in electronic, software developer, OS and App, Networking, SysAdmin, DBA and DevOps I see it all as a multi discipline. Knowledge in Electronics, CPU design, Compiler development, OS design, communications, Business management and user interfaces all relate and a "Rock Star" would need to be an expert in them all.

Most Dev's stop with App dev and business design. Some go on to UI or compiler performance. System a little and communications and electronics almost never.
“Rowling, whose beliefs on transgender rights have recently seen scores of Harry Potter fans distance themselves from her [...]”

That’s an understatement. She’s effectively canceled for rest of her writing career for even thinking what she ended up writing.

Looking forward to the next chapter though - the best is yet to come.
It's good to know that in this thread at least one person is having fun.

By the way, as for irrelevance; someone has disliked the book for being too "melodramatic", and it had no replies. But when someone dislikes the book because it has graphic gay sex scenes, the whole HN hive-mind unleashes its fury. How's that for irrelevance?

I think that you're a part of the group I was talking about, that they don't even understand why they're downvoting.