skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is another distraction for the current BLM movement and thousands of death per day due to covid. I see a lot of hypocrite comments and I just want to laugh. Meanwhile on the streets of Detroit or Baltimore ghettos, kids/teenagers are under the influence of criminal culture and facing generation after generation of poverty they may never come out of. And I see no one even trying to figure out a solution.
For debugging issues in Safari, Browserstack should be good enough.
SpaceX Can Conduct Critical Starship Booster Hop in October Says Musk
The T450 touchpad is compatible with the T440s and has real buttons. Should be a few bucks on ebay. See my question in this thread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21316263

ps, Love my T440s also.

I would like two-finger horiz scroll to work better however, especially the swipe for "back" gesture. Somewhere a few months back was a comment about the XInput team comprising one overloaded guy needing help. I mess with stuff like "synclient HorizScrollDelta" but it really needs acceleration detection to trigger the gesture, not scroll.

pps: it's libinput: https://bill.harding.blog/2020/06/22/linux-touchpad-project-...
Facebook wanted to tell users about Apple’s 30% cut; Apple blocked it
does the browser know to fallback to resolv if its an internal domain or perhaps what its looking for returns nxdomain?
opam-repository-mingw does need Cygwin for development, but the resulting binaries won't depend on it. I was able to port a CLI application with a lot of dependencies without much trouble.

Alternatively, Esy supports Windows and might provide you with a smoother experience. Esy is an alternative to opam cli tool that feels more like npm and supports OCaml projects and opam packages.

https://fdopen.github.io/opam-repository-mingw/

https://esy.sh/en/

https://github.com/esy-ocaml/hello-ocaml
> ...and child safety advocates who promote DNS-based filtering solutions.

DoH doesn't prevent filtering. Sure, it doesn't respect OS or Network-enforced settings, but that's kind of the whole point of its existence.

> ...DNS for centralised network management.

DoT (and DNSCrypt?) would arguably be the better alternatives in these cases.

So, use-cases are absolutely being addressed in DNS' case at the very least.

> I really wonder if the IETF's contribution is political: DoH on it's own is highly so...

I think DoH and ESNI are exactly the kind of response expected from a tech firm like Mozilla: Fight for its users and invest in the right technology that helps keep the Internet global despite the many efforts to dismantle it, not just by governments but by big tech in equal measure. In fact it is big tech that sells "cyber security" solutions to these governments in the first place: A trillion dollar market opportunity [0].

Look no further than ITU to see how anti-user, pro-corporate, pro-government politically-influenced technology standards can be [1]. Things might take a steep dive given Google's [2] and Facebook's [3] recent inroads in the Communications industry. This pro-user political engagement from Mozilla et al is more than welcome, in my opinion.

[0] https://foundationcapital.com/cybersecurity-the-next-trillio...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23416269

[2] https://www.opennetworking.org/

[3] https://telecominfraproject.com/
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This is one of the reasons I've been so careful and paranoid. It's a new disease and yes, some people recover with no issues but we just don't know what's going to happen.

I'm 44 now and one thing I've learned the hard way is that injuries DO NOT reverse themselves. You recover 90% but the remaining 10% is just lost forever.
People talk about it, they just get effectively censored on consensus based websites like this because even the data-driven crowd is full of people that will cry “fearmongering!!”

Specifically because the data doesn’t exist yet so they have a coping mechanism shunning all discussion of possibilities
> so changing the visibility of a variable or function now results in a huge diff if it's used in many places)

You can create an exported version of the function (calling into the unexported one), no diff except the new function.

But also just updating all the callsights is usually not a huge issue, especially if you are using an IDE such as GoLand.
Obesity is worse.
Fun fact: asbestos is blowing around in the air pretty much everywhere at some level.

Since it is naturally occurring, it could be that some sort of natural selection has happened over time to cause people who live in naturally asbestos-rich areas to develop far greater immunity to its presence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbest
Lynne is one of my big inspirations.

A self-taught developer AND a solofounder AND self-funded.
I love your math! My website [0] does literally only this calculation. I’m super excited about this collaboration between LEGO and IKEA.

[0] https://unitprice.org/lego
While disputed, here's the article[0] where I got those numbers (2016). It's definitely not 80/20.

[0]https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35339475
It's not that they can't find new drivers, it's that the business model specifically relies on new drivers to make money so they want as many as they can get. The trucking companies finance the purchase of trucks by these freshly trained "independent" drivers, who may own their truck but also agree to a contract to only take jobs from the trucking company that trained them and provided financing. Many of these drivers make almost no money despite delivering loads, and eventually return the truck and get out of their contract, having made nothing or even lost money.
Gosh it's weird to be recognised on HN for something good that I've done :D
> The point is that there's no future where everyone consumes as much as today's average American. You either:

> a) reduce the consumption of the globally wealthy (this includes most Americans)

> b) keep the globally impoverished poor to keep their consumption low

> c) add in some eugenics and stop the poor people from having more kids with the promise that one day you'll let them consume the same way you already do

I think there is a plausible scenario where wealth becomes even more concentrated such that most Americans join the globally poor (this reduces the number of globally wealthy without reducing their consumption, after which you can assume scenario B). This is more or less the setup for the one-season TV series "Incorporated".
Glad you found me :) Here's the main site where you can learn more: http://js8call.com/

And a video walkthrough I did just a few months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz0Cpkaol-o
> The risk of dying from COVID-19 increases significantly with age.

Not exactly shocking news. The risk of dying from most diseases increases significantly with age.
Same. In general I go out of my way to not use Amazon these days, coming from a customer who was a customer when they only sold books.

80% of the time I buy something from Amazon what I get feels very much like I went to a garage sale. Defective products, opened packaging, mismatch with what was on the site, etc.
Maybe because they are already rallying for BLM? Americans are too busy before the election.
NASA just announced in a blog post that SLS will cost 30% more
Startup ideas generated by GPT-3
Tesla has certainly got the furthest forward in releasing features - but I fear they've gone a long way down a dead end by putting all their eggs in the we-don't-need-LIDAR basket.

And that decision means their Level 1 autonomy is nowhere near good enough to form a foundation for Level 4 autonomy.
Specifically you're talking about RTL-SDR, a hacked soundcard that can receive a lot of frequencies. The channels you can legally transmit back on for a few hudred dollars more are FRS/GMRS family/business radio channels. (Speaking about USA only here, since that's the only radio location I know about).

tl;dr for the rest of my post: ham radio is the best type of radio for hackers.

Undoubtedly you can have tons of fun with a $30 RTL-SDR and basic antenna, but there are lots of things you can do with ham radio once you grow tired of that, or if you find yourself being interested in how radio works generally, but more fundamentally, you can actually talk to people who are _actively hacking on the same types of things you are_ using projects you've both worked on, maybe together.

Regarding FRS/GMRS walkie talkie frequencies: these are UHF (Ultra High Frequency) frequencies, which means a couple of things: range is limited to well under a mile in most conditions, and building a radio to work on FRS or GMRS would be _possible_, but would require a lot of specialized equipment and maybe an engineering degree. Additionally, power is extremely limited on these radios, so you might be able to transmit back, but you'd better be near the business's parking lot to do so legally. Again, as far as a hobby goes, try breaking in on the Chik Fil A drive-thru attendant's recitation of someone's waffle fry order to ask whether you're coming in clearly on your home-built radio.

Ham radio has a community that's thriving and full of fun for new and/or young modern hackers. You just have to know where to look. For starters, consider Ham Radio Village at DEFCON (https://hamvillage.org) or the online Young Amateur Radio Club (https://yarc.world/) (an inclusive and active club centered around a Discord channel full of people interested in the latest tech in ham radio), or Ham Radio Workbench Podcast (https://twitter.com/HamWorkbench) (a podcast focusing on the latest in ham radio with a focus on new technologies and the intersection with the maker sphere). Hackaday frequently hosts new, fresh takes on ham radio hacking as well.

I think ham radio is back to its roots. With the resources of the modern maker movement, it's possible to learn about radio and hack something together that puts you on the air with people as excited as you are.
Eyes Forward as Artemis Missions Set to Begin Next Year – Artemis
I invite you to read astrophysician's comment on this idea -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24144959 and in fact browser his/her other comments on the topic. Summary: It is not that simple and assuming it is is not a good look!
A quick search shows in January 2020 that Waymo has already driven 20 million miles. So I guess that’s the plan?
TeX is a 1970s system. I thought it was cool in the 1990s, but in 2020 it makes the typesetter in me want to hurl.
Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Using Kasten K10 in Cloud-Native World
The Mac trackpad is very good. Was a key reason I left to Macbook after 10 years of running Linux as on my workstation.

I may go back to Linux someday. I miss focus-follows-mouse. Apple sucks at some things, but gets more core capabilities right.
Giving Up Google
This problem is solved in most languages by wrapping endpoint code in an interceptor that creates and cleans up the transaction for you.

I'm not a fan of Go because it encourages hacks like this. The language is not expressive enough to handle database transactions properly. So it's suggested to try to catch bad situations with a linter instead.

What a timeless Goland solution to the problem. They should put "fix it with a linter" on hats and sell them at Go rallies. You could make billions
The homebrew/jailbreak community have a custom toolchain called Theos (https://theos.dev/) which enables you to cross-compile to iOS devices without a Mac. I don't know how legal it is, but it's really frustrating that we aren't seeing more efforts to develop tools like this since so many companies and individuals are scared of pissing off Apple.
And what does this have to do with the article? Every time there is a post about the Chinese state committing some evil act, there is a post like this - whataboutism at it’s finest. Usually written by a new account, usually written in a way that makes it seem like English isn’t the primary language of the poster.
So there is logic to determine if a different thread has modified the value between those instructions?
I've ordered from them many times to Hungary, it works well.
What we really need is a spider/database that's publicly-funded like PBS, with an open API that anyone can write search engines on top of. That's the way forward for search innovation.
Arizona DMV Sells Drivers' Photos and SSNs to Private Investigators
SNI doesn't make the TLS handshake process and more or less secure. The ServerHello and Certificate messages sent by the TLS server are still sent unencrypted.
Senior Linux Systems Engineer
Hi all,
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I’d take it further. If you do business in/with China right now you would of done business with nazi Germany.
https://bookshop.org/ is now an option to use instead of Amazon. It also raises money for local bookstores.
Looking for a mentor? Wyzr is here for you
Hi fellows hackers! A few weeks back when I was looking to find mentors to connect with, I noticed as a consequence of the pandemic, that we are witnessing a boost in the shift from the gig economy to the knowledge economy.
You can find a great explanation about it here: https://www.nfx.com/post/labor-marketplaces/

I struggled to find a mentor and decided that something had to be done to help people that are looking for mentors/experts.

Wyzr aims to connect experts to users seeking advice in one-on-one live conversations. On this platform, for instance, startup founders can reach out to experienced entrepreneurs for guidance.

Our goal is to contribute to the knowledge economy, make it easy and accessible for people anywhere in the world to get advice for their most specific needs, while experts of any field can earn extra on their own time sharing their knowledge.

We are looking to gather users for our beta version! So we would love it if you checked us out! Feel free to give feedback/ask questios!
https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/jason-furman/

Jason furman, a well known economist, argues that Amazon is not really a risk as they compete with Walmart and basically all retail (he doesn't break out the book segment).

A bigger monopoly risk are firms which grow by buying competitors. Looking at you facebook.
No, you have power to actually influence at least people in your circle.

At least on a personal level, you can start looking at the place of origin of products and be ready to pay more for an alternative.

There is a subreddit where people will help you out with recommendations as well.
FTC Probes Financial Data Broker Yodlee
At my current place of work, we have a rack of Mac mini’s in a closet as our build server for the iOS app. I was kind horrified and amazed to learn of this at first, but it really is normal. It’s impressive what gymnastics Apple compels us to go through :)
If a self-host blog post falls in the woods and no one is there to read it...is transitioning from Commune Y or Z a sound worth whining about? :)

It's only sharecropping if you allow it to be.Furthermore, SEO take more. There's a reason it's its own industry. So early on, are you better off learning SEO and working at it? Or becoming a better communicator, publishing content, finding fit, and getting traction?

SEO is marketing. It is a tool. Not every business and business model is the right fit for that tool. Full stop.

p.s. VC invest in a lot of things. Most fail. A few deliver marginal returns. A sliver deliver. I'm not so sure it's a lens that applies here.

That said, if Medium, etc. are so bad, why doesn't the market reflect that? If content is king, and you're the content producer, then that makes you the land owner.

Yes, SEO is valuable. But to base your entire decision on it and only it, and apply it in a OSFA way is foolish.

If there's a platform to avoid it's FB. That content is walled in and locked down.
This drove me crazy in Google Meet. Also had issues with trying to show the Meet bottom toolbar sometimes where it just refused to unhide itself. Mercifully, there's a keyboard shortcut for toggling mute state. Try out `⌘/Ctrl + d` next time.
What gets me is that there's something basically wrong with the "Microsoft Word" text editing model.

Basically, when you try to set the properties of text (e.g. bold, fonts, ...) there are always anomalous behaviors involving:

* if you just start typing what font it is in

* selections (why is that the selection region seems to actively avoid the exact selection you want?)

There is something fundamentally wrong with the data model behind it that makes it impossible to implement in a way that makes sense 100%.
Yeah... I hear you and I think there’s a valid point here, but let’s not draw false equivalencies. Mass forced detention of entire ethnic groups is not comparable to systemic racism. One can argue that the US is systemically racist but we did elect a black president.
The issue with deeper and deeper ad blocking technology is that you're going to end up putting more and more trust into your ad blocker.

uBlock Origin requires access to the DOM, where it can do nasty things like overwrite window.fetch or window.XmlHttpRequest and intercept network traffic. PiHole, just based on the way it operates, has to route all your network traffic along a different route, and it's up to you to watch its upstream output to make sure it's not doing something bad.

I think there's some benefit to the way Apple is intentionally limiting the available surface for content blockers, but it'd be nice to expand on that surface in limited means (eg: freeze library functions so more of the DOM can be accessed, but at the risk of breaking badly-behaved websites) or at least to get a better, plain-English explanation as to _why_ those decisions are being made.
That’s a really complicated way to say you have no evidence.
I remember my oldest son built a mobile platform with a tablet on it, so he could bother his sister at college remotely! He put his face on it, and the tablet was on a stick that could rotate as well. that was over 5 years ago. He was 15 around then. Anything particularly novel about this platform from other phone/tablet robot projects?
That's cool - thanks for sharing! Luckily brew on mac makes it super-easy to install vmaf & ffmpeg
90% of the spam I get when I occasionally review it has dropped the dot in some silly effort to canonicalize my address, so yeah, the dot matters, as I filter the non-dotted address.
What?! Who knew covid was deadlier to old people!?!
it's like board room A and board room B. little butterfly effects in the past and those executives could be repping for the other team.
Google is apparently taking down all/most fediverse apps from the Play Store
The Uighur people are imprisoned solely for being not in the right/approved (i)religious and ethnic group. It's like if Germany decided to imprison or expel Romanians because they're mostly orthodox East Europeans.
You must not have been paying much attention. Trump has been sanctioning China because of Ugyhur camps:

https://nypost.com/2020/06/17/trump-signs-sanctions-bill-ove...

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

I don't know what else Trump can do. Invading China is a bad idea.
I find that I can tune the battery life on a ThinkPad to be pretty amazing, but it is hard to get my change to stick after a reboot or even a suspend/wake cycle. One of the things that seems to make a big impact is PCIe ASPM. But where do you change your config files so it's always on? At least on Ubuntu there are numerous config files that formerly controlled power management settings, are still referenced in Stack Overflow answers, still exist on the filesystem, but don't actually do one damn thing, which is infuriating.

Used to be able to just drop commands into rc.local but now it's not as simple.
thanks for those links.
reminds me of the meme

human body: i can produce a fully functioning human being in 9 months, complete with a skeleton, brain, digestive track, the whole 9 yards!

person: great, when will my ankle start feeling better?

human body: a full year and it will never be the same
Given the situation in HK, I find it very believable that it would not be in the best interest for a foreigner living on the mainland to get involved in political criticism — at least - until they leave the country.
I wasn’t aware of this distinction and never saw something like that in the options. I think it was press to click.
Economic sanctions should be directed at leaders. I don't see much use in random people boycotting random things from China, having much effect on the leaders.

I guess it may have effect if you tell your favorite seller on Aliexpress, that sorry, I will not be buying anymore stuff from you, because XYZ. But just stopping, means nothing. Sends no discernible signal to the other side, and just increases economic suffering, which while it can lead to revolutions, only probably when it hits some extreme level. Just look at Syria, massive sanctions, people can barely eat, currency is spiraling to hyperinflation, and they still have not toppled the corrupt asshole in charge. And I doubt having to spend half a day just figuring out how to get something to eat helps in any way. In fact corrupt asshole in charge is using the sanctions, to rally his supporters.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/syria-s-assad-say...

And that's the ideal case of a country west doesn't really need anything from and can boycott/sanction at will.
> how little attention the media gives to the damage that covid does to people

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/long-haul...

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-...

https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19positive/
>I still don't understand why anyone would want to do work in their browser though.

One of our colleagues had around thirty students who had to prepare their final year pojects in machine learning. We deployed our internal platform and gave them access so they wouldn't lose an academic year, as they were in a zone that was hit really hard with COVID-19.

They are mostly on Windows, are not comfortable with the CLI, have never used Git, they don't do Docker, have poor connectivity [4kB/s], don't have access to powerful machines, found it difficult to handle dependencies, and needed to work on +200GB datasets. They also were split into groups of two or three, and needed to be able to share the work with each other, and with their supervisor (our colleague).

So, one reason to use a browser based solution is to de-couple the user's computer from the dependencies, internals, or infra the work happens on, and simplify collaboration. This, or the main tool you rely on does not play nice with other tools, even if you're proficient.

We started to push for remote work in late 2018, and we started really going after it in 2019 because commute was draining our colleagues' energy. It really bothered us to see them arrive at work completely washed out, or see them worry about transportation at the end of the day, so we made remote work a priority. But they mainly trained models with notebooks, and there was a need to be able to do actual work as a team, so we built the tooling around our workflow and we've had to add in missing features to accomodate our colleagues who needed the notebook.
Resources have to be allocated to determine evidence after collections of anecdotes.

That's how data is collected to have a data-driven conclusion.
My email is firstlast I use first.last for subscriptions I am unsure I want to keep. I can then filter out based on to address and also use diff combinations when I already know I don’t want them contacting me (firs.tlast) for example
Its only less coherent if youre not off your tits.
No, it's just that we are discussing here just one country, see the topic title.
There's work to make the touchpad better https://bill.harding.blog/2020/06/22/linux-touchpad-project-...
ImpFS: A new library FS for unikernels