skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I understand that the essay isn’t about deciding what is true (I.e: is there a pitch or not?), instead it’s about the fact that a group blinds itself from asking or even considering that there could be a high pitch. Because they don’t experience it, and in their reality nobody seem to experience it (orthodoxie) they can dismiss any allegation of a pitch, or will ask for evidence that cannot be produced (though that’s were the analogy fails here).
It is not clear that legally meets the definition of "direct threat".

> On May 26, 2020, a woman with an alleged respiratory disability filed suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against a supermarket chain in Pennsylvania after she was denied entry because she could not wear a face mask.

> [...] Does the risk of spreading the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) qualify as a “direct threat”? Cases like this may start to provide an answer to that question.

https://ogletree.com/insights/no-mask-no-service-supermarket...

The fact that lawyers can't quite agree on this, should be more than enough to evidence to show that it will also not be clear to the laypeople who are responsible for setting, following, and enforcing those policies within stores. I am sure my local news and anecdotal experiences are also not unique in showing that compliance has been spotty. This is the US; being uncooperative is basically our national past-time. Most people will avoid confrontation, and when confrontation does happen, it'll be rare that police get involved unless they escalate to violence.
Tencent is owned by the CCP:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/28/commentary/w...

However, this isn't specifically Tencent. I don't know why the title doesn't highlight this is specifically the CCP.
The issue is that there is no firewall between services that Google offers. Which means that there is protection against data leakage when you use any of its services despite turning on its privacy settings.
Foreign implies a sort of familiarity/similarity to what you know. Hence me using alien as it is different enough, to basically be, well, alien.

But that only wants to make me learn it properly more.
I think it has more to do with world wide's low interest rate which is pushing asset prices to sky rocket.

You now get a fast shrinking middle class and dismal living condition in lower class.

Of course, they could have combated this with more supply. Not sure if they have done so.
It's also much, much easier to be against something than to be for something.

All you need to do is find some flaw or imperfection, comment on it, and so long as you're not wrong... you'll at least be counted amongst those making valid observations; even if what you're pointing out isn't fatal to the proposition or fails to win the big picture case.

Making a positive assertion however is much more difficult. You have to not only find a valid observation but then be convincing that the supporting observation makes a compelling case in favor of the proposition; perhaps with supporting evidence, etc.

So a flaw can stand on its own and be factually true, but a supporting argument must be part of a larger framework of support to have meaning. And I'm not so sure this is wrong by itself. Positive statements and assertions should have solid foundations to win the day.

Where I think we go wrong is we allow the negative arguments win the day for an opposing position. We let the ease of someone making a negative argument confuse us into thinking that person's opposing proposition is right and is so doing we fall into the trap of false alternatives. Current public discourse, speaking in the US, has taken this problem to the extreme. Activists come out against one thing or another, often times with legitimate complaints and gain public support in their opposition... but then get away with translating that shared opposition into support for a different idea without having ever had to make the positive argument in favor of it.

A critic can be correct in making a criticism... but that doesn't make them right.
Probably too early to speculate on motives but it’s interesting to me that he was running a Nigerian tech company. Wonder if he stepped on the wrong person’s toes. It looks like authorities were trying to shut it down on some trumped up safety disputes (which likely means they were not giving out enough bribes)
My kid's classes of 22 or so probably regularly had 15 or so kids attend the online version (the fact that so many kids did not attend online classes is a disturbing aside)

After the teacher had done their lesson and left, my guess is between 8 and 12 kids regularly stayed to goof off.
Is your "<synapse_domain>/.well-known/matrix/client" set up?
A person being found chopped up in such a condo is, however.
Sure, but economically equivalent white and black people have different experiences. That's a privilege under the definition.

That more affluent-appearing black people are treated like less affluent looking white people isn't proof that white privilege doesn't exist. It's the opposite.
Poor people get murdered all the time, a rich person getting murdered is newsworthy.
Also Ireland is off the hook, if you remember they also disagreed with the original ruling and maintained that they were not offering special deals to various companies like Apple. Instead they benefited from the massive influx of liquidity in their banking system, and all that implies on their domestic economy.

They have since reportedly closed down this option in their tax code because of optics, and they probably don’t need it so much anymore.
People are skeptical about CanSino due to the way it works and, right or wrong, worries about Chinese data.

The Oxford vaccine is the front runner. They're doing several Phase III trials right now, and people are taking that to be a good sign - that they want to present plenty of evidence of efficacy.

The downside is that it's two doses and you're still going to get COVID-19. It's just that the effects are far less severe.
Like the article states, Cisco does sell at a major premium, so as long as you undercut that, you can make money.
yes, that's the historical context (free-marketization), but i'm referring to the more recent machinations of the last couple decades, as there aren't enough communists/socialists (in the US at least) to account for the rise of our current brand of (neo-)liberalism. that arose from nominal conservatives shifting away from unfavorable connotations. the free-marketization makes that transition easier ideologically.
To the GP asking what's stopping us: 150 usd per month is a quarter of average wage here.
I don't disagree, though it's worth noting that the CIA seems to engage in the same practice.

https://news.yahoo.com/secret-trump-order-gives-cia-more-pow...
Compose Outage
> Is that bad? Isn't that sometimes just the nature of having to prove a different idea in the face of another idea that may be proven?

It isn't necessarily bad. Novel ideas should face a higher standard of proof than orthodox ideas because a lot more is known about how orthodox ideas really work (including their faults) than about novel ideas.

But there are a couple of ways in which this push back can get really pernicious:

1) By focusing on person rather than the idea. If the orthodoxy views the world as filled with people who are rotten to the core but successfully mimicry as decent, it makes sense to watch everybody for the slightest transgressions and attack the person with full strength when you notice one.

2) By emphasizing ideological unity. Suppose someone has an unorthodox idea and the orthodoxy denounces it. In a pernicious orthodoxy everybody must join in with the denouncing. You are already suspect merely if you don't join. If you try to say something like "hey, actually this has some merit", you are the next target. In extreme cases (e.g. Stalinism) you are the next target if you didn't denounce vigorously enough.

And of course the very idea that orthodoxy can be wrong must itself be orthodox! Otherwise from the POV of orthodoxy there is absolutely no point in engaging in real argument with those who question it.
Hong Kong is not a democracy. People in democracies can make dramatic changes. Hong Kong was changed by their authoritarian overlords.
>The average American doesn't read Twitter daily, and is somewhere between a moderate liberal and a moderate conservative[2]. These people represent orthodox privilege.

Orthodoxy is not just a numbers game---you also have to factor in reach and institutional support (but I repeat myself).
"What's up" is actually a true invitation to tell the person recent events that have happened to you. If you don't want to give many details, possible responses are "Not much", "Same old, same old", "Nothing new", etc. You can also respond in the same way as you would to "How are you?", e.g. "Let's see, I'm doing good, trying to stay sane in Corona-times, but healthy!"

You should never just repeat "What's up" back without first answering the question. That is, it's OK to say "Not much, what's up with you?" but not just point black "What's up" in response.
Sorry, if it came across like I believe lisp is purely functional. I meant to say that I never had any experience in functional programming, and so want to use lisp to learn it.
As was mentioned in another comment, memexy is in Phase 1 - mischaracterize
I went from AIO to air cooling quite recently after the pump on my AIO failed. Honestly not sure if I was just going from a bad AIO to a good cooler (smaller version of the Dark Rock Pro) but I actually found it to be quieter and the performance difference.

Honestly the best bit though was the piece of mind that I don't have liquid inside my computer anymore. The idea of the pump leaking down onto my GPUs when I'm not around was stressful.
The <45years of age US population in 2010 accounted for 60% of the total. Depending on what the threshold for herd immunity actually is, it could be "enough" to have everybody outside risk groups vaccinated. Even if we don't achieve herd immunity then, it does put us closer to it, meaning fewer people in the risk population would die.

https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf
> Am I allowed to think the described use case less than compelling?

Only if it's presented as a "motivating example", rather than "illustration".
Yes. Orthodox privilege is a thing, and it changes in different spheres, but having people on twitter "cancel" you for a hot take doesn't really add up against the real material orthodox privilege paulg receives from the system we live in.
It's frustrating because he is so close to really getting it.

"Cancel culture" is not a thing, in my opinion, because the things that people cry are "cancelled" are almost universally orthodox!

- Gender critical feminism: the orthodox view that trans men are not men and trans women are not women

- Rape, sexual assault, harassment: the orthodox view that women are the property of men (if you don't think this is orthodox, you should really study the history of laws around women)

- Racism: the orthodox view that those of European decent deserve more and better (orthodox since Europe spent most of the last 500 years conquering and exploiting the rest of the planet)

Because all of these things are orthodox and hurt others, it is a privilege you have to defend them. If you write a national NTY editorial that is explicitly and disgustingly racist, you will be fine! Racism is orthodox! Racists are in power everywhere! The president is racist! His friends are racists! Being "cancelled" is not a thing in this context!

Meanwhile, if you speak out against violence against black bodies (which we know still happens because it never stopped happening!), the government will actively spy on and harass you, and in some cases there is evidence they will even kill you (https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-ferguson-acti...).
Because presumably the customer tried to apply new Cisco firmware on counterfeit hardware it wasn't designed to run on.
> I can't imagine a civilized society where an opinion like "capital punishment for every minor fault is ok" is not taboo.

This one isn't. Here, I can say "there should be capital punishment for every minor fault!" and nobody will bat an eyelid. Nobody will agree, which is why it's okay to say this.

"Taboo" means "opinions you can't talk about", not "opinions that won't be popular". Many taboo opinions are extremely popular, such as "homosexuality shouldn't be a crime" a few decades ago.
> can you give some examples ... that are unspeakable?

There is a reason they are called unspeakable.
Flog their book, push propaganda, or just someone projecting their feelings about a topic that is tangentially related to the main thread.

HN is targeted by agi-prop and marketing as much as any other social media site.
I greatly appreciate this, as someone who has had a very difficult time avoiding distractions (slack, email, meetings, etc) and tries to convey that I need time to not context switch constantly. I know I'm not the only one because other developers I work with have the same complaints but we keep winding up in environments where it's just kosher and "its how we do things" with regard to meetings and interruptions.

Do you tell managers this as well? That the developers need deep focus time? I've been fighting for this my entire career, it's nearly always our managers not shielding us from interruptions that have been my problem.

I'm not sure if the distractions you're referring to are people just scrolling through twitter all day and not working or actual work distractions.
This may be socio-politically related. Extremists from Bangladesh (his original country) are known to use hacking and dismemberment as a terror tactic.
In surprised that someone was able to get done footage of this. You would that a drone around an area like that would be taken down asap.
According to whom? In this neighborhood in the last year 9 properties sold for over $2.5m and 8 sold for under, meaning $2.4m is below the median value of the area. Why didn't they just say "Dismembered man found in Greenwich Village apartment"?

Edit: The article keeps changing, it originally said 200 W Houston, now it says both 200 East Houston and 365 E. Houston.

Edit #2: In a standing proof that local journalism isn't worth the cost of the paper it would take to print it out and wipe your ass with it, the actual location, judging from the video that accompanies the article is 265 E. Houston.
These controls are not a trick, they really do what they say.
If that theory prevails, then it will be illegal for a computer program to do anything that a human doesn't understand in a single summary sentence. Which defeats most of the purpose of computers.
Ask HN: C++ Dev Jobs Are Rare, Aren't They?
Apart from game companies and the computer graphics scene, I don't find many C++ jobs at all.
Most are either enlisted for languages such as Java, C#, JavaScript or Python.

If you find a "C++" keyword in a typical job listing, it will be among a list of other high-level languages.
And in my experience, you'll soon find out that it has nothing to do with C++ programming once you got past the interview process.

Embedded development may seem as a last frontier for C++, but no, you won't find it there either most of the time.
You'll rather find something C-related there.
Furthermore, someone who interviewed embedded developers told me that those types of developers tend to be bad software engineers or C++ programmers for some reason.

C++ jobs seem to be rather inside a niche market and many companies seem to have few use cases for it.
I think you misunderstood what is meant by orthodox privilege. It's not just that orthodox ideas are easier to speak, it's that someone who is largely orthodox doesn't realize how hard it is to express unorthodox ideas, because they personally feel free to say whatever they want.
I've heard the same data as you. But I haven't heard data on what happens if you force people to make a choice about the telemetry upon install, without offering a default.

Like, instead of having a prechecked box that people would have to notice and uncheck before proceeding or a greyed out "maybe later" button, what about two different continue buttons labeled "yes, help us improve with anonymous statistics" or "no, I'd rather not contribute"? (Either way with a link available to more details in the privacy policy before deciding.)

My guess is that it would be less useful telemetry than opt-in, more useful than opt-out, and a slight obstacle to sign-ups for consumer webapps but not much of an obstacle to enterprise webapps or anything pre-downloaded.

Maybe it's still useful and smooth enough to be the right balance vs privacy?
How common is to release device like this without giving out any actual hardware specs?
Sorry, I should've said `disproportionately benefits`. Economic growth in this context only serves to further increase inequality.
I don't believe they are conspiratorial or paranoid. The mission of the CIA is information gathering and analysis to gain knowledge, not paranoia. The current president may not listen to facts, but that doesn't mean everyone in government follows his lead. Or even most. I believe they are good people overall, who take their mission to protect democracy seriously.

I know this isn't a popular opinion here, but I've been following this for 4 years now and I don't believe the CIA or the FBI can be described as "unaccountable bureaucrats". Furthermore I believe it is dangerous spreading such beliefs without good evidence to the contrary about people who are out there every day trying to do heroic things in our defense.
I hope if I'm ever murdered, those investigating similarly don't just accept the obvious, and try to figure out what _actually_ happened vs what _appears_ to have happened.
Isn't that comma unnecessary?
I suspect he owes money to criminals
pg has been opining about so-called "cancel culture" on twitter, and the last paragraph makes it clear that this entire post is his attempt to formulate a response:

>Once you realize that orthodox privilege exists, a lot of other things become clearer. For example, how can it be that a large number of reasonable, intelligent people worry about something they call "cancel culture," while other reasonable, intelligent people deny that it's a problem? Once you understand the concept of orthodox privilege, it's easy to see the source of this disagreement. If you believe there's nothing true that you can't say, then anyone who gets in trouble for something they say must deserve it.

"Orthodox privilege" is, he sees, why some people are not worried about being "cancelled." In his mind, these people are saying what is considered correct, so they don't fear cancellation. Perhaps this is true for some people, but I think that it is inventing (or at least overscoping) a phenomenon to answer a question that has another, simpler answer.

Some people are able to honestly assess their past positions and statements, understand why things could be construed as problematic, and make efforts to better themselves. That, and a sense of what conversations are appropriate for public forums versus informal conversation over drinks, act as pretty great cancellation buffers.
Oh!

Your comment made me realize I was making an assumption that it was related to his business. I guess I just figure for someone to be trying to make progress in a place where progress is sorely needed, that its unlikely for them to have relationships or dealings that would warrant such heavy-handed consequences.

If it was political, I wonder who benefits the most from this. Surely there will be scrutiny now, if there's more case details than are reported. I hope they don't get away with this. This will scare off entrepreneurs, maybe that's exactly what the killer wants. Maybe they want to discourage not only Gokada, but any company or product that might disrupt status quo.

Who knows. This is nasty stuff.
I don't really see how this bothers you. If they're parking on your driveway, just call a tow truck. If they're on the street, you're SOL unless you can pitch the city to make your street "residential parking only" with decals (but this is no different from your neighbour just owning 8 cars and street parking them).
Pushback and civil disagreement isn’t what Paul is writing about here. The use of the notion of “privilege” as a baseball bat might be something Paul’s trying to turn around onto the typical bat-wielders here, but it’s not a convincing move to me either.
The expansion of tipping culture has been here for awhile. This particular instance generated outrage, but usually people comply. First it was restaurants because in some states waiters don't even make minimum wage. Then it became almost all restaurants, regardless of whether the employees legally make minimum wage before tips or not. Now it's ride sharing. And food trucks. Anywhere they have Square. As if handing the food through the food truck window is somehow worthy of a tip. Ice cream shops. Food delivery. In addition to exorbitant fees and overpriced items, a tip is still required or the driver is likely not even making money. I can accept this during the pandemic since the driver is risking their life, but outside, every single one of these cases is preposterous.

The underlying issue is that companies are allowed to not pay employees enough and often are allowed to classify employees as contractors. Unless you're easily paying your health insurance out of pocket (premiums, deductible, and out of pocket max), there's no way one should be classified as a contractor. It's absurd to think people making whatever uber offers have control over their lives and their work. It's tiring that these multi-billion dollar companies as refusing to pay living wages and externalizing their pay onto their customers.

Unfortunately, the only recourse is to not tip and this, like so many things, hurts the workers more than their companies. But what else to do? In a society where learned helplessness is the norm and that has no practical way of addressing one's concerns, boycotting remains the only viable action. What am I going to do? Sue? Write my representative? Please. Let's not be delusional. Hopefully if employees suffer enough, they might unionize, and claw back power for themselves. Or these business will go out of business. It's sad, but that's what it seems to take.
Firebase is loosely speaking an app development framework which hosts the server side of your app on Google Cloud. The firebase web site lists some apps built with it like NYT and trivago and Duolingo, but I don't think you could reasonably avoid them based on how they look, those look like every other app.

It's really not clear what this lawsuit is about from this article, either. Is the problem the Google Cloud integration? Is the problem Google Analytics being shipped with apps? All that we can really tell from the information given is that there is some conflict between non-Google apps and the Google privacy settings, which just sounds like a strange tension. Like, of course non-Google apps are not subject to Google's privacy policy. Still, this lawsuit may have some indirect effect where Google someday needs to rebrand, and the apps that it sends straight to you like Docs and Gmail continue to be “Google” while the platforms for other developers like Google Cloud carry some other name as part of a different subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc.

I don't want to speculate too much about that, it seems strange but that's why we have court systems to work through the stranger points of law.
> It is a common mistake to think of Web-based apps as interfaces to databases. Desktop apps aren't just interfaces to databases; why should Web-based apps be any different? The hard part is not where you store the data, but what the software does.

There's an alternate take on this point. Maybe the mistake is to not think of desktop apps as interfaces to databases (regardless of what the software actually does).