skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> They have thought thousands of years ahead

That level of stupid theatrics really annoys me. If society has regressed then it will be a godsend to rediscover nuclear power. If society has advanced this is like the Romans trying to anticipate modern problems.
I have been thinking about this a lot. I don’t really regret the random injuries I got from younger me being dumb on a longboard and overdoing it with weight lifting (my wrist, for instance, is going to get way worse over the years because of a bad power clean). But I’ve settled on bodies are meant to be used, not coddled.
Might be interesting to print this on business cards and distribute at conventions or something like that.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times.”
Be a turtle, rabbits are overrated
This is a fascinating discussion because it hits directly at a topic that civilization-after-civilization has faced throughout history: are we able to reasonably assess whether we are continuing towards growth and progress or stagnation and extinction?

Frankly, the historical record is not encouraging. Usually, when this topic comes up people chime in with easy takeaways like "people have always complained about this, and it rarely amounted to anything", "look at this thing that happened recently that's never happened before. It's proof that we're doing better than any other civilization ever has", or "things have not been going according to my value system, therefore doom is approaching!"

It's possible to cite example-after-example of these phrases coming up when the conversation happens in the historical record. And yet. And yet at times civilizations do die, and there was plenty of warning while it was happening. The problem is that denial and complaceny is tough to fight. When the Emperors took over Rome, it kept the Senate around. They gradually stopped having power, but by keeping them around, it was possible for the illusion of things staying the same to remain. People, with the very smallest prodding, are more than happy to believe that everything is as good as it used to be, plus there's all this new cool stuff we've never seen before!

Hell, ask a few people when the Western Roman Empire ended. Good luck with that. There are folks who will tell you it never did end. If you're that far in denial, how could you ever reason from your current historical position to the long run?

Many times I think conversations like this are much more interesting by the types of responses you get than the actual merits of the case presented.

If our civilization is entering the great 1984/Brave New World Fizzle, I can tell you with certainty that there will be fierce denial that such a thing is occurring. Just like always.
You'd have to make sure the diodes were exactly lined up with the strip in order to avoid false negatives. That doesn't seem like a risk worth taking to save a few bucks. Maybe some sort of cartridge system could be developed.
Aren't those subreddits default? Which would explain why so many people joined.

I don't generally "join" any subreddits anymore. I create a multireddit and add subs to the multireddit. My joined subs is really small and are the subs I monitor regularly so I see them from the main page. Multireddits let me "subscribe" to less frequently visited subs without actually joining or being forced to see them.

For instance, I have one for books, one for music, one for finance related subs, one for programming subs, one for humor, etc. Almost none of those contain subs that I'm subscribed to.
> must be destroyed

I think that the article is not saying anything about ought-to-be matters. Just what-is observational statement.

It's not that it 'must' be, by some moral standard, be destroyed. It's that it would be destroyed by inevitable laws of objective reality, which, like gravity, do not take any moral stance.
Thanks, those types of sites were a huge inspiration for this. Actually the zesty.ca site you linked was created before I was born :O
Sigh. Why are there still lots, heaps, and tons of horrible, inhumane, broken legacy technology still around in active use? Because its users/proponents are "knowledgeable and motivated" enough to keep pushing through. Sort of a Stockholm syndrome of computing, really.

My brain is really quite small compared to all the knowledge about computers that is out there. And my willpower too is very limited. So I would rather learn things I'd rather like to know, and be motivated to do things I'd rather get done instead of spending those precious resources of mine (and time! I will die in less than 25,000 days, that's a pretty small amount of time, you know) on something of dubious value.
Well, it's not the act of casting/dereferencing void* that's UB (otherwise malloc would trigger UB) but the potential for violating alignment requirements.

If you're certain there is no violation (such as with malloc), then go ahead and do it. -fno-strict-aliasing is unrelated to this issue. It removes the strict aliasing assumption from the compiler (another source of potential issues if not understood), but void* (and char*) are explicitly allowed to alias to anything regardless.
At my previous company, performance management was a show they put on to get a story to tell when it was time to discuss compensation. Lack of performance resulted in firing without warning. Performance assessment gave information about their reading of the job market and the risk you'd jump ship.
Or rabbits! (I'm old enough to remember people joking by saying "the rabbit died" to mean they have an unplanned pregnancy)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test
I think you are incorrect in blaming older people for this issue. I would argue it's simply the increased user base regardless of age. When things are niche and communities small conversations tend to flourish and surprisingly I think echo chambers are a bit less of a problem since dissenting views can often be voiced without down vote floods etc.
As the user base increases you get further from the group of people who were passionate enough about subject X to be early adopters and into a more generalized audience. That general audience is often not interested or not equipped for indepth discussion of X. That mentality also leads to down vote parties I think.
I have seen it in a number of subs that I used to really enjoy. After reaching a critical mass of users they have become meme and low content post factories.
I suppose part of that is an increase in users who specifically care about generating up votes so they generate as much content as possible which inevitably leads to low quality stuff.
List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills
There are anxiety-like responses in animals but nothing similar to what we consider anxiety in humans. The key take-away is that most of the anxiety behaviors are found in prey animals. Most predators have a social system that removes members from the genetic pool who get anxiety.
Seconded. Easily my favorite programming book for any language.
came here to post this.

> . It’s billed as a debate but it’s not at all contentious,

Does Erza ever debate though?( not counting sam harris episode). He seem to invite ppl who already kind of agree with his worldview and amplifies their thoughts.

He was on IQsuared debates but it wasn't a debate, he was just reading excerpts out of his book.
Earliest known work...

"Am I a joke to you?" - Gilgamesh
Is there a resource for "help naming stuff"? Naming is hard. Especially so when you dabble in domains you're not learned in. I have almost no math background so sometimes I really struggle to know what to name things.

My latest example is, "I need to provide a flag to switch if this element is positive or negative. What do I name the flag?" (came up with simply: sign, or polarity)
Google: Let's start all of our projects on a foundation built by an intern.
Tangent: Are there any good books or articles on how to find the answer to this question within your own company as applied to yourself?
> Sure it sometimes takes a few life times, but we’ve never moved permanently backwards before

Playing devil's advocate here: perhaps that's because we always think of things that we're doing now as "right"? For instance there are societies in history that were open to some sexual relationships that we are not (mainly the ones involving minors or incest). At times in european history, animals were tried for crimes similarly to people. Are we more or less progressive than they are?
Maybe not stupidity just an oversight, words do have weight.

I'm sure it was oversight from your part.
>It's true everywhere else in the world.

Sure. It's true that your background matters in general. What's not clear, and does put the burden of proof on OP, that the specific background of FAANG experience matters.

>and instead you should provide evidence this isn't the case within the YC/VC system?

As a general rule, it's not easy to prove a negative. What kind of evidence would you expect for YC/VC system that would answer this for you??
Ad Serving 101: Where Advertisers Meet Publishers
> As an American, cars are a central feature of your life.

Unfortunately true and frankly one of my least favorite features of American life.
So, you are saying you never drank from a hose as a kid, or ever saw any other kids drinking from hoses? The fact that the phrase "drink from the hose" is used as a metaphor on top of the literal meaning should suggest this is a common human experience, at least in the US.

Of course, it is already known that tap water is no safe for human consumption, everybody will buy bottled water (or brave the ill effects, if they are poor enough) and be done with it. The problem is when you advertise tap water as drinking safe, spend tax money on delivering safe water to every home in the municipality, and then fail to control the quality/safety of plumbing inside said houses.
https://github.com/zx2c4

I love Michael Fogleman for graphics: https://github.com/fogleman/Craft
Let others know the status of your project
Programming Pics from the Ground Up
First of all, CRUD projects are great to start learning kudos!

As far as the node/express route I'd say you should learn about the `req` (request) and `res` (response) objects, what information they have and what you can do with them. It would be pretty helpful to learn about how express middlewares work (they allow you to put little pieces of logic that will validate/enhance/authenticate etc..)

Express isn't the only library outthere you don't need to learn them all but its good to know they exist (hapi, koa, ...)

For node I think it is important to know how to use promises, (async/await) and some basic system libraries (such as `fs`, `path`, `os`).

After that you should probably transition form JavaScript to TypeScript (most new project will start with TypeScript today, and older ones are migrating to it).

Check starter projects, you can find a bootstrapped node js project with almost any framework you can think of, use it if it makes your life easier and later learn how to make your own project from scratch to learn the basics.

Hope you enjoy your JS journey ;)
As someone who grew up with Win 95 and remember the Atari and Amiga in the early to mid 90s, Linux would surely seem archaic even at that time. I'm sure my preteen cousin who was showing my even younger self cool games and apps on the Atari didn't write a single line of code and I doubt a large percentage of ordinary computer users were writing much code at the time. Someone using a computer could be seen as more technical to people who didn't want to touch it, but not more than a school kid showing her grandpa how to use an Android phone nowadays.
>Nuclear serves as a baseload and backbone

Not in France, the nuclear plants here can do some load following (to some extent).

>You will not find pro-nuclear supporters upset with France's decision to reduce their dependence on nuclear. In fact you will often find support.

I cannot agree here, there is a growing movement mainly lead by Jean-Marc Jancovici deploring the shutdown of safe and profitable nuclear power plant.

The main argument being when you already have a low carbon energy production, the money invested in the construction of new renewables power plant will better used in home insulation subsidies or subsidies for a heat pump.
Which good documentation do you recommend?
They simply offer you a free eBook version with the purchase of every paperback book. This is true whether you buy the book directly from them or from a bookstore:

>"Free eBook With Every pBook! If you are an owner of a Manning pBook you can get a free eBook at any time easily from your account. If you prefer NOT to have a Manning account no problem, we won't be offended: we will send you a one-time download link after purchasing the pBook at manning.com. If you did not buy the pBook from manning.com, you can still get the free eBook in all available formats by setting up a Manning account, and registering your copy."[1]

It's also worth noting that you are supporting a a small independent publisher that's DRM free, as well as supporting independent authors.
They also regularly have sales, often with 50% discounts, often on holidays. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a sale on Monday.

[1] https://www.manning.com/ebooks
"Please run this binary from my business card". I guess it's easier than leaving USB drives in the parking lot...
I have few principles, but I stick to them!

EDIT: Besides, one of the electronic versions in the bundle is sold separately for $24. Assuming that the other electronic version has the same price, the print version alone is worth $12. I don't want to pay $48 for something that will be "thrown away".
Too bad virtually no one will flash it using a Windows device.
Agreed on the first 3.

I think you might have misunderstood #6, because I don't see how a type system can function as a todo list.
I can't recommend Bitter Southerner enough. To anyone who cares about or is just interested in the American South, check out the rest of their content and podcast.

https://bittersoutherner.com/we-are-bitter
Ummm.. Is that the language? Sounds like the preamble in the code generator. The equivalent Forth VM is just a handful of instructions also but one would not say that's the language.
I wish I had that kind of insight into my ‘performance’ pre-review! I’m at a FAANG right now and given my interactions with my manager alone, I figured I was bombing performance-wise (constant complaints about my work, refuses to acknowledge any accomplishments, super angry at me during one on ones, assigns piles of work that ‘need’ to be done by Monday on Friday at 6pm and then doesn’t even acknowledge the completion of the work next week, ...). Come performance review time on the other hand I’ve had awesome peer reviews, performance ratings, stock refreshes, etc for the past four biannual performance cycles. Given the complete mismatch here between how I feel I’m doing and how my manager treats me, I’m actually pretty happy we have this performance review system in place. Probably just need a new manager...
> we’ve never moved permanently backwards before, so it would be rather strange if we started doing that now.

It would not be strange. It would be unexpected. It reminds me of this funny little story:

> "Every morning on a turkey farm, the farmer comes to feed the turkeys. A scientist turkey, having observed this pattern to hold without change for almost a year, makes the following discovery: “Every morning at eleven, food arrives.” On the morning of Thanksgiving, the scientist announces this law to the other turkeys. But that morning at eleven, food doesn’t arrive; instead, the farmer comes and kills the entire flock."
> Xero is hot garbage IMHO, but I've built some integrations

Curious to understand more about these? I've been doing a bit of exploring in the analytics space here, and would love to know where you found the available apps falling short.
I was looking for the snake in the QR code itself (and found it!) before reading the article
Standards for Gloves
CPU Caches 101
Here's another Snake game that can fit in a QR code, this one written in C#: https://twitter.com/MStrehovsky/status/1214955696556515331

(It doesn't need a .NET runtime; it's fully self-contained and runs on Windows as a native app.)
C++20 is actually forcing two's complement I think. So it is happening slowly
I'm surprised the percentage is that high, although I'd imagine it would vary a lot depending on the sub

Problem is newcomers don't know about old, and will eventually push down that 1/4 over time
QR code’s support vCards as well. I use QR code that will pop up and ask you to add me to your contacts.

All the data is stored in the QR code.
Experts and authority figures have deceived people enough times that they no longer deserve any trust. It's simple game theory.
For me, the point of no return was the 2008 bank bailouts and it was made worse with the 2020 COVID bailouts...
In spite of the fact that the government had promised that 2008 would be the last bailouts.

Reserve banks of the world are printing massive amounts of money and essentially giving it to corporations (via 'loans' which are used for stock buybacks) and in doing so they betrayed the trust of every honest worker who earns a salary in fiat.

It's not that we want to rely on gut feelings. Gut feelings are simply the lesser of two evils.

And BTW, there are plenty of intellectuals who promote the viewpoint that the system is fragile and corrupt such as Nassim Taleb, Noam Chomsky, Chamath Palihapitiya and others. If you want to make sense of the modern world, just read some of their books or watch some of their interviews and presentations on YouTube. The evidence that authorities cannot be trusted is absolutely clear.
Yeah, that is a valid point that I've thought about as well. Though there is also the argument that pilots would be told less critical information if the people commanding them didn't expect them to commit suicide before capture.
Sounds rational since existing car owners prefer to covert to EVs https://www.bharatmobi.com/faqs/
That Whole Foods is an Amazon warehouse; get used to it
> little or no growth in working-class wages, lower social mobility

Murray, and the AEI he works for, have fought against higher wages for workers and social mobility for decades. I don't take seriously him bemoaning the results of what he has helped do.
The Creator of Alpine Linux – Natanael Copa
See "You and the Atomic Bomb" (1945):
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300011h.html#part33

for the lines of thought which I believe inspired 1984's Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania.

(the latter of which Airstrip One will have joined by the end of this year)

Edit: for GP, I believe BR 'quaint' == US 'out of touch', much like BR 'brave' == US 'will lose you the next election'.
Apple publishes human rights policy, commits to freedom of information
What do you mean? They're our resources collectively as Earth-dwellers.
Yep, it's a jailbreak tweak.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is the true 4th Indiana Jones movie in my book. And yes, I'll die on that hill.
They may be disgusted, but have they stopped buying?

People rage at airlines all the time. Any given us legroom back? No, as people still boarded the plane.
First, use a better language. This is the syntax as I remember it from Ada:

subtype Probability is Float range 0.0 .. 1.0;
How does your BI system identify them as promising? Is this via company metrics already inserted into your CRM or maybe something organically gathered?
Few people deny the Western empire ended. The East however..
That's why I said "most". Is that incompatible with what you said?
> A clarification: these are interviews with people who assemble custom keyboards, I was expecting chats with the people who actually design and produce custom keyboards (like yuktsi, Rama, Wilba, ZealPC, etc...)

At least one of them is with a board designer, the V4N4G0N one with Evan (formerly of TheVan Keyboards)
Press X to doubt. Everything going fine at my company, no politics and profits are good. Maybe some rogue wave will come some day but that also happens at companies with lots of performance reviews no?
The M$ Edge PDF reader is a thing of beauty, IMO. I much prefer it to the Adobe Reader which is network challenged. Edge can still use the PDF when the windows share is offline.
should't the first one be "network as last word"?
> I'm not passing judgement necessarily. It's just what everyone I know does.

I like funny pictures, too. My point is that there are better sites than Reddit for it. So if that's who they're trying to retain, they're screwing it up.
Can you back that up with some research or are you just basing that assumption on your emotions? What even is "emotional charge"? I bet that emotional capability of people isn't tied to their interest in startups and tech
I'm eight years into management across two different sized companies. Both have ultimately had entirely subjective systems.

I'm currently a director of a twenty person office. My current teams are supposed to have stack ranked individuals, so I simply give everyone the exact average. I also give everyone the same objectives: improve performance with technical debt repayment, use retros to determine working agreements and adhere to them, adhere to a WIP limit and then help any other team areas when there are bottlenecks, do weekly research to keep your skills sharp, self organize your team to best meet the business goals, help anyone with their job when asked or offer a time when you next are free, and if you have no work ask your team for something to do. These are pretty easy to meet, so people usually do well on them.

Ultimately compensation is tied to the whole product, not the employee, since we all split any money evenly.

I find this works exceptionally well at ensuring the ultimate goal is team performance, not individual performance.

Team members not pulling their weight are identified and asked to find a new job or improve. The ones that don't are given low ratings and let go.

In all it allows us to have a very stable team of high performers. Our average tenure is over seven years. No one has any incentive at all to "beat" everyone else. I've found the teams that employ such tactics never have long lasting talent anyway, just a string of "heroes" who burn out after a few years.

Also I flush this out with a regular "salary review" where I try to ensure everyone is paid fair market rate for their job. This happens maybe every 18 months or so for new grads, and less frequently as people get closer to salary ceilings for our location.
Just curious: How would I go about playing Monkey Island today? I know DOSBox comes to mind?

But, is there an official port, like the "remastered" versions of Final Fantasy that are in the Play store?
@ocdtrekkie: “Pretty sure the user is wrong about what caused this dialog. It was the recent Firefox update.”

Explain like I'm five how a firefox update would set the default browser to EDGE ;]
Cool, so all the 1k demos/intros from Assembly (https://archive.assembly.org/2019/1k-intro) could also be distributed via QR code... the 4k intros unfortunately not. Maybe it's time for a new category ;)
I nearly started looking for it - thinking of the SIRDS images that were popular year ago - until I noticed the position markers. It's almost like we're trained in memes...
Even for Humans, some regions of the world will be simply to hot to be continuated habited.
It's definitely not an absolute beginners book though.
/r/homelab is great, but you'll probably end up with a rack in your living room at some point. /r/mechanicalkeyboards was great at least, but due to my inactivity I can't talk about the last few months.