skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A couple of years ago one of our local shops closed down, and in the end, they threw away tons of books - as in metric tons. They had a couple of weeks where people could basically just come in and take whatever they wanted, but still, tons of leftovers.

I have fond memories of those shops, but, they had their quirks. Inventory systems were typically non-existent, and some of those shops were a mess.

But you know, even those things had their charm. Reminds me of the older mom'n pop stores and shops that didn't have the 100% cleanliness or neatness of modern big-box stores, where everything has been designed and optimized to perfection, and just looks...sterile. The modern stuff is excellent when your only goal is to go in, find your stuff, and get out - as fast as possible. But it's not that great when you just want to exploring/treasure hunting.

The old and unorganized stuff was great for that - treasure hunting. You didn't get the flippers or re-sellers that would swoop in 9AM on a daily basis to get the most valuable stuff, because their inventory trackers had notified them that store XYZ just got in rare item ABC.
> The harm is your IP address and other information being provided to a company that's trying to extort you...

If you get sued, you've suffered damages and you have a cause of action. You'd need to show that YTS wrongly provided your information, but in the hypothetical where you in fact did nothing wrong, that seems theoretically doable.
In case people haven't read the whole original:

https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blac...
You're right, if I just click on a link to a file that's not a PDF in chrome (in this case it was a .ps) it does immediately download the file, but it at least displays the filename in the downloads bar below the main window.

So as far as I can tell it would be hard for a site to cause a download to occur without the user noticing.
There's a difference, facebook did not attempt to run its social media business in China, and Google voluntarily quit so it doesn't have to comply to censorship law. Meanwhile Tiktok has a US branch and is complying with laws in the US.

China has a restrictive internet where if you want to operate, you have to comply with a certain set of rules that are unsavory to say the least. Facebook, Google decided to not bother instead of complying to those rules, but they very well could have, Bing and Amazon is in China.

Tiktok's US branch did not violate any US law and its being prosecuted with administrative action, which is why your equivalence is false - The actual equivalence would be to make laws that enforces ownership for social media companies and make them store their content in location. And enforce those laws, like China did.
I'm a solo founder working from home, and even though I'm kicking goals with the startup, I'm really having struggles with separating work from the rest of my life within my headspace. For quite some time, I've been waking up at 3am with work thoughts perhaps twice a week, and will struggle to go back to sleep.

Does anyone have any advice, beyond what this article mentions?
To be fair, the negative reviews are mostly because the steam installer only installs the game installer which then downloads the actual game. And that counts towards gameplay hours. And just the sheer size of the download means the number of hours spent downloading and thus counting as hours played puts the game outside of the refund window.
You never had to do that yourself. cpanminus, cpan, and cpanplus all got patched to do that during installation for you before the release of 5.26.
Redox (https://www.redox-os.org) is still under heavy development, and isn't intended for widespread use yet, but it is based on a microkernel architecture. I don't know if that's close enough to what you'd like to see.
If you think the American way is superior why are you so quick to throw it in the trash to adopt China's policies?

Or is it your view the American way deficient and we should learn from China?
> The examples in the article are totally meaningless.

Which ones and why are they meaningless?

> An idea is _not_ better accepted by some _because_ it replicates better in their brains. That's a tautology.

I'm not sure it's a tautology, as the same phenomenon could be explained (poorly) through updating of "credences," for example, or other explanations. In any case, if you think that acceptance of an idea must involve replication (or is indeed synonymous with successful replication at the expense of rival ideas), isn't that an argument in favor of the theory?
But what is that prompt? an ip and a port?, a local (m)DNS name? is it stored? what happens if the network changes? Do most people even know the names/ip of things on their network?
How exactly is this "horseshit"?

In a private dinner at the White House in late October, Mr. Zuckerberg made the case to President Trump that the rise of Chinese internet companies threatens American business, and should be a bigger concern than reining in Facebook, some of the people said.

Mr. Zuckerberg discussed TikTok specifically in meetings with several senators, according to people familiar with the meetings. In late October, Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.)—who met with Mr. Zuckerberg in September—and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) wrote a letter to intelligence officials demanding an inquiry into TikTok. The government began a national-security review of the company soon after, and by the spring, Mr. Trump began threatening to ban the app entirely. This month he signed an executive order demanding that TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance Ltd., divest itself of its U.S. operations.
As was mentioned: it is not always self-applied
especially not when used as a slur, where the
usage has reached inflationary levels on e.g. imgur.

Is it wrong to insult somebody purely based on their sex life or perceived lack thereof? Yes. I would agree.

However, that is not how "incel" is typically used. "Incel" refers to men who hold a specific set of misogynistic beliefs; chief among them the belief that they have been unfairly denied access to sex.
At the risk of over generalizing, I think 2 things are going on:

1) They hire a lot of smart but inexperienced people. I've noticed that those kinds of programmers often write clever and overengineered things, which means overly complex.

2) They get promoted for creating complicated things. They don't get promoted for writing simple things.
I don't think you realize how impossible it is to enter the Chinese market... Google wasted a ton of money trying to enter the US market (I recommend watching this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XImsSgdr4fg), and Facebook did too. Look at how it went for Uber.

If you want to give an example of a US company that is doing much better in China, it's Apple, and the sole reason is that everybody who works for the Chinese government owns an iPhone.

BTW I was living in China when Facebook got banned, it was in 2008 when it started becoming popular outside of the US. Nobody saw it coming, and obviously there was no way for Facebook to go back into that market once the CCP decided against that.
I don't care for software patents. I feel software is like art (excluded from patents for a very long time) and if I come up with what someone else comes up with that is that.
I worked at a startup that dumped crazy money into patents. They were awarded many that I feel are borderline at best.
Patent system overall sucks, it is capitalism like so much else.

Side note: I worked for a guy that was awarded a patent that allows him to be the only person legally able to fill a balloon with ANYTHING but a gas and sell it. He refused to monetize it and went broke.
One way to avoid work from home, is to pick a profession where your work is simply unable to follow you home.

Sounds obvious as hell, but it's true - some professions, even in tech, come with the benefit that you're not allowed to bring your work home.

Some people will probably say "but that just makes you stay longer at work", well - yes and no. Completely depends on your work guidelines. Some workplaces have stringent rules, and will practically shoo you home/refuse you OT if you work too much OT.
I don't entirely agree with that argument. I do agree that 90%+ of all software patents are garbage, but it does take legitimate insight to design something like a better video encoder, for example.

The incompleteness theorem (and a few others) define the boundaries of what a computer can do, but defining the boundary of a space and exploring it's interior are entirely separate endeavours. Some types of computer programs are harder to write than others, and some have more interesting effects than others. It's not unreasonable to use the patent system to reward explorers for finding the interesting parts of that space, just as inventors explore to find interesting parts of the space of all possible mechanisms.

The real problem is that the rules of our patent system are pretty broken for software patents, and the USPTO is terrible at finding and understanding prior art in practice.
I wonder how this could pass anyone who's now older than 10 years by. Are there countries that just never had (widespread adoption of) teletext?

Most people probably haven't used or seen teletext in years, but I'd expect people to know what it is anyways because there's cultural references aplenty.
Aren’t there restrictions that the companies need to be 51% owned by local interests? And issues with IP transfer, etc.
AFAIK most of these are DKMS, so compilation (although automated and supported by distro) is still necessary.
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> every class should always call super().__init__()

For this to work, should every class also have an __init__ method that accepts zero arguments?
The occasion for “The Tay Bridge Disaster” was also the occasion for a poem by Theodor Fontane (1819–1898), which, however, is held in high regard: “Die Brück’ am Tay”

German: https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Br%C3%BCck%E2%80%99_am_Ta...

Link to “Norman Barry's English translation”: http://www.johnmaynard.net/RelPoems.html

A side-by-side presentation with another translation: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/die-br%C3%BCck-am-tay-when-we...
Found this true of everything, and yet I continue to procrastinate. For example I write fiction. The absolute hardest part is just starting to write. Once I start I have no problem whatsoever to keep going.
I wonder if it would be useful to use Have I Been Pwned to find a list of accounts on websites using that domain.
That’s not an issue when all native OS’s UI become a thin veneer stop WebKit.
I'm not suggesting it's common; it really depends what the beginner is doing. If you're just learning Python because you're trying to use e.g. a web framework like Django (that uses mixin classes all over the place), then chances are you'll put __init__ somewhere and run into this. If you're doing something else, you might never see this in your life. My comment was just responding directly to the parent comment though (pointing out a Python flaw), not trying to suggest every Python developer will run into this.
Trust. If one study is from the Institute for Tobacco Studies and the other from Harvard I would trust the one from Harvard and stop smoking.
I get what you’re saying, it’s a very smart point of view. China has enacted absurd, oppressive laws which it interprets conveniently in favour of the party when it wants. However it wants to enjoy all the freedoms awarded to the rest of the western democratic and capitalist world, defended by their laws.
It’s the old communist adage: Socialism for other, private property for me.
Precisely, that's what I'm talking about, if you think the US should adopt the same restriction, maybe ask your representative to pass such a law then.
Steam is very liberal on giving refunds even if you go over the refund gameplay hours of Flight Simulator.

Essentially all the reviews I've seen of the actual game and experience have been extremely positive.
Meanwhile the US Embassy in Canberra, Australia is a 18th century Georgian style colonial townhouse.

Photo: https://au.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/canberra/
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Facebook is banned in China, it thus cannot even enter the competition.
Do you think it’s a coincidence Xiaomi keeps producing very good smartphones and other tech?
Asimov's The End of Eternity(USSR, 1987, english subtitles)[video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrqwFgrluyY (first part)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq6YiDYarR4 (second part)
> Whether your grandmother is still using it in 10 years depends primarily on whether Microsoft can get its act together to pick and ship a replacement.

So yes she will I guess.

Then it's vital Linux gets NTFS working well.

My partner is not going to use Linux things if every time they try and transfer the 8k 3D holographic photos of our CRISPR'ed dog learning to spell to my grandmother it doesn't work on her Holovision.

True story, last month I just lost about 1 in 10 of my media files on my Linux Share to NTFS issues. So now I run the box on Windows.
These are good tips for flying GA and getting started in the sim. Older versions of FS used to teach more of the ground school theory than the current version. I did the tutorial just out of curiosity but it didn't really teach enough to have an understanding of flight in the way the FS2004 lessons did.

For flying jets though (assuming this is what the GP means when mentioning the respect for airline pilots), you'll have some higher numbers, and you'll use the thrust for speed rather than the "counter intuitive" approach you'd use in a smaller aircraft.

The things to remember at first are that you're moving faster than you think in the air, so you need to take a longer final approach than you may think as a newcomer, as you're "consuming" that distance rapidly. You'll also need to get used to lining up with the runway (assuming you're doing VFR approaches, which isn't how airlines do it in reality) and find a reference in the cockpit. And chances are you'll be coming in far too high as well - you will feel lower down when you get the view from up front (compared with a side window) and often end up too high. If this happens, go around and try again - if you dive down to compensate, you'll end up gaining too much speed and miss your touchdown zone on the runway.

A good way to learn and practice landings is to wait until ILS and autopilots in FS get their bugs fixed, and learn enough to configure them to fly the landing. If they're accurate replicas, the A320 neo should be able to land itself from ILS. Learn what the approach looks like, and get used to the height and view of the descent. Then try some ILS approaches with flight director on, but autopilot off, so you're flying the approach yourself, but with guidance. This can be tricky if you're not used to the auto throttles on an Airbus though.
Thats a fair point, just thinking that most think are in the second scenario (by pressures that also make cut testing, planning, etc) but really are in the first one.

This happens a lot, because some of the "advice" in this industry is for "startups that if not ship something like now will die", when the majority of the work is not that disposable...
In the words of Steve Madden:

"It does not matter if it does not sell".

So, work on it for a week, max a month, and start selling.
That's an excellent question and this opens the door to another another interesting discussion. I don't have the energy for that unfortunately, but to reply to your comment: it's not really important that it succeeds per se. Drastically increasing the likelihood of an error is good enough. What's important is that it mitigates the chances of introducing a bug silently.
Interesting, I just went to the repo's README and followed the directions for conda and had it installed and running in 3 commands.
Fun!

I had a hard with with "collections of nouns are called" (even though what I know what declensions are) because of a lack of context -- I answered "noun classes"

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

because that is another kind of collection of nouns that has something important in common grammatically. :-)

I might suggest "collections of nouns that use the same endings" or "collections of nouns that use the same inflections" or something, in order to be less ambiguous.

Tibi gratulor et filio tuo fortunam bonam exopto.
When I was traveling, I'd love me some second-hand bookstores. They were perfect for a few hours to kill. Each one was like a tattoo on a town, unique yet familiar.

Large cities, small hamlets, the used bookstore in each were all the same stacks of yellowing books haphazarded. The smell, oh the smell, exactly the same musky deep scent. The pacing feet or strolling dogs outside the door drop away, leaving an alike meander and comforting scootch past stacks.

But the books, the little things in the windows, the person behind the counter, the dog or cat, the hippie and the retiree, the fliers and aged comic strips, each of those things was utterly unique to the place. Those little bit of character just sing out the place they are in. The stacks of surf boards on Bondi Beach, the brownies in Newhaven, the beer glasses in Denver, it's those little things that made those used bookstores an absolute joy to wander into for an hour and slow down.

I'll miss them, I think we all will.
US could definitely do a better job of leading by example here while still fighting for a more level playing field.

I don't like the idea of trusting the executive branch to arbitrarily ban apps. Would much prefer a clear policy as to when and why actions are taken, and what policy changes could be done to avoid them altogether.
Okay, I've got a month of procrastination pent up, now if I could only release the hyper productivity!
When I did my last masters, I somehow managed to get into a hyper-productive state, hacking on an app to collect participant voice data for a fews sessions close to 20 hours straight. (much to the annoyance of the guy who slept in the graduate lab) I don't think it was healthy, but it sure felt good at the time.
Technically, Apple is completely in the wrong here and in any country with a sane justice system they would lose this case due to blatant anticompetitive behaviour.

However, Apple is also one of the largest companies of USA and a quite successful one. At that size they must have considerably good lobbying efforts, political class might also have connections to Apple through shares etc. They might go and say that enabling third party vendors will cause thousands to lose their jobs at Apple. They basically got a huge amount of political influence and I’m sure they will use it for this case.

How much political influence Epic games have? Zero? Perhaps not zero but definitely not at the level of Apple. Hence, this case might not be a straightforward win for Epic.

It is good though, perhaps some of the fortnite players will understand why antitrust laws are needed and perhaps influence the justice system once they grow up.
The author's website?
I had a close call one time while trying to delete a directory `~/foo` and its contents. Here's what I typed — can you spot the error?

rm -rf ~ /foo

I realized after a second or so and hit CONTROL-C. Nothing seemed to have been deleted, so I think it may have been still winding up.
> the main one is thinking that the world begins and ends with you

i.e "egocentricism", as mentioned. Are you arguing about the perception of a narcissist, or your own? I'd rather not bite, thanks.
I'm moving out right now and using facebook to sell out my stuff, and let me tell you, you are missing out
"profitable until deemed illegal". These apps are just A/B testing to exploit and drive compulsive behavior and they cause the most damage on those susceptible to addiction and impulse control issues. It's continual experiments to optimize for abusing the weakness of the human psyche. At best people get some excitement from the thrill of a spin, at worst, you're going to turn susceptible people in junkies and cause financial ruin for a few families
> interprets conveniently in favour of the party when it wants.

When the laws are written in such away you don't have to interpret it. Western companies that follows those laws like locals are fine - e.g. Apple. Apple Store/Cloud in China store all their info in Guizhou and presumably with agreed access for government on demand, just like all local businesses.
I think the usual suggestion is a public/private keypair. You then sign accounts saying they are yours.

This would also allow you to have multiple identities in cases where that is useful.

I've heard of various groups doing this under blockchain (of course) which is a way to solve the problem of publishing the details, but in many cases you don't really need that. It should be enough to make a key and get involved, like Bitcoin.

The issue of course is that if you lose the key(s) you have a major problem, whether they're just lost or stolen. This is probably solved with MFA but it's not a solution if that opens up other attacks.
I Googled for the author’s name and degree acronym - basically, I copied the article’s byline. Her name and degree (“MNSP”) are unique enough to find other bio pages, including the one I linked to.

I’m not affiliated with the company or her.
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this doesn't seem to indicate that Zuckeberg said that the reaction should be to ban these apps.
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This is where the lizard people are hiding...
Do you think it's a coincidence that after iPhone 4 all smartphone looks more or less the same?
Reading this, I wonder if the melting of the ice caps causes a measurable slow down in the Earth's rotation and an increase in the length of a day by moving mass farther from the Earth's axis of rotation.
That seems vulnerable to the Spartacus attack.
The leading nuclear attack dog, whose name I will not mention here, spends much time attacking renewables, especially wind and solar, as "the enemy" and "destroying the planet". He gets lots of dark funding, and it constantly picked up by the gullible press for amplification.
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Yes! We love the Book Barn! Looking up from my desk now I see at least four books from there. They are great for getting rid of your old books too, just make sure to get the store credit so you can fill that empty place on your shelf back up :). They recently (last year I think) moved the computer related books from the back of the downtown store to the back of the first floor of the store next to East Coast Taco (I think it's called Chapter Three). (Final note: when you go there, East Coast Taco is a must if you are into that kind of food)

EDIT: also the cats are friendly
New startup idea co-founder as a service. Who's in?
BC police make arrest, issue 2nd fine at apartment where party host fined $2300
A Nubian Kingdom Rises
You might have a malicious prosecution case against the party that sued you. I still don't see a cause of action or damages against a third party that provided information that they likely would have been forced to provide in discovery anyway.
Unix Haters Handbook is still surprisingly up to date.

http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf page 28 (68)

>Some Unix victims turn this filename-as-switch bug into a “feature” by keeping a file named “-i” in their directories. Type “rm *” and the shell will expand this to “rm -i filenamelist” which will, presumably, ask for confirmation before deleting each file.
Paying top of market also helps
Cops are not lawyers or judges, but cops can make your life hell totally legally. There are people who are forced to sign away their right to protest in order to be let out of jail for a charge that is totally dropped.