skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The argument that kills any monetisation discussion
Check out UDify for dependency parsing with universal parts of speech and features.

https://github.com/Hyperparticle/udify
>but nothing is going to be done until we've stunted the lives of the people at the top

Do people honestly believe "nothing" is being done? We are chipping away at these problems, otherwise you wouldn't be reading about it in a mainstream newspaper article. People (especially younger people) are more conscious about these issues than at any time in my lifetime. It's not like you can flip a switch and change a society that has developed over millennia.
Ha. Boy, you make a lot of assumptions.
I bought recently HP 455 G7 with Ryzen 4300U and IPS screen. It's not the best screen but miles better than TN-film panels anyway. Good for a budget office laptop.
I really like Rust's approach of keeping string length in the pointer.

It allows making substrings without copying (and there's no costly substring gotcha you get in GC languages, because the borrow checker will loudly remind you when you try to keep the substring longer than the original string).

In string-processing algorithms the length usually stays in a register, so (unlike Pascal string approach) it doesn't contribute to on-heap cost of the string. Knowing length ahead of time allows having SIMD-optimized loops.
At least Airbus worked (somewhat). So there is that.
You missed diagonal. I believe that is how VR displays are often measured.
Being under an open source (the term you’re really looking for is free software) license isn’t enough to protect a project. You have to maintain forward momentum. A company can buy the trademark, and the company or group of people providing that forward momentum, like Oracle did with Sun, and then, like China assimilating Hong Kong, it’s just a matter of time. Solaris died, Java got wholly corporatized and free software mostly moved on.

Stallman, of course, realized this a long time ago and started a group of people, in the legal form of a charitable foundation, to keep that forward momentum going. To his telling, his Hail Mary was phenomenally successful.

If what you want is to work on a platform that will stay free no matter what, your best bet is to align with the FSF. They have the most momentum, the fewest corporate threats, and a long enough memory to keep it that way.
I've been hoping someone would create an open source version of the lighthouse technology. I think that technology could be huge outside of VR.

Inside VR, I just want more custom hardware... I want VR feet.
It is actually easier to deploy a repeat certificate you bought as well. Once you have it all setup it is usually just a drop in replacement and a config reload of the web server. Multiple times now I have spent hours fiddling with certbot trying to get it to do its job properly and stop invalidating my certificates. SSL has never been as much hassle as it has been with letsencrypt. Its free and I feel like I am getting what I paid for!
I have mixed feelings about the Oculus and FB’s ownership. I would like an open platform but I appreciate both the more than adequate Oculus hardware and some excellent VR experiences created by both Oculus and many 3rd parties.

I might still buy a manufactured open platform system, depending on available experiences. I would also definitely buy an “Oculus 2” that had a higher resolution screen and slightly lighter weight.

I really like the recent Oculus software update that allows some games and VR experiences to be used without controllers by recognizing hand gestures. I hope there is a lot of exploration of new ideas based around no controller use.

Hopefully open platform VR headsets will be adopted by university research teams as well as commercial content creators. Hobbyists creators are to be encouraged but they are not enough to get widespread adoption.
I get where you're coming from but there is a general frustration out there about physics that a lot of nerds share. We need kicks as well as truth or the heart won't be in it. People invest a lot of energy into something if they feel they are involved with the general effort because it gives meaning and we enjoy that. Our lay ideas will be incorrect - but the urge to ask questions being stifled by a existing body of understanding we don't understand makes us apathetic and prone to leveling.

Somebody like Graham Hancock is actually delivering more people to the pipeline of scientific understanding than Richard Dawkins. We don't want to hear it but it's true. Similar things are true of WebMD and doctors, Elon Musk and space research. All the time the domain experts are shooting themselves in the head because the true opposition isn't a cruder wrong idea - it's apathy. Creationists at least give a shit about what version of events took place, the population that doesn't care is much larger. There is no critical mass of creationists that is going to undermine scientific research but the universities being defunded by an apathetic public turning hostile because they believe we're a waste of dollars - that is only a matter of time.

Science and expertise are an ecology - the people on the edge only exist because of a bigger enterprise capable of providing support. So it's not great that the stories the general public and scientists tell themselves are starting to sound like a protagonist antagonist relationship.
Something else will replace it. The people who are effective on calls, emails and chat will get the brownie points instead.
and not only the size what does matter here. i bet whoever whats to use it, he must time to time update the code, because some weird software bacteria tends to rotten nowadays programms, so you can not just have written the simplest few lines of code to solve one unit of requirement. no. you must update and upgrade ad infinitum, creep the scope, refactor, add n×3 dependency for every n feature. each update brings 2 new backdoors, breaks interface, etc, but you're obligated to update because it's labelled "security update", obviously.
The website makes it clear you can swap out for other panels.
That example is pure bullshit.

Apple and Google have banned applications about COVID since the world was littered with apps and scams trying profit from the COVID pandemic.

The author is making a news app that's promoting COVID articles and content, so it got instant banned on sight. That's super clear cut and straightforward even though he doesn't like that.

You really shouldn't call that censorship. You're making a disservice to countries who experience real censorship, where people risk their life for saying innocent things.
Rust has pretty decent documentation.

My point is that it's possible/ we shouldn't settle for "that's the universal status quo, nothing can be done about it". Something _can_ be done. And we _should_ be demanding more - especially so from tech giants like Google.
Mandatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1338/

That was a real eye-opener when I first saw it. Talk about Anthropocene...
It's probably enough for most organizations, though.
Is there anything inherently wrong with recommending a "copycat" extension? As long as it complies with the license, why is the fact is has copied an issue? If it is useful for users and passes Mozilla's criteria why should they not recommend it?
Arguably investing your money accelerates the unsustainable growth of our economy and hastens a dystopian future as well.
How to write self-healing functional API tests with no coding effort
I think it depends if you’re doing Direct Response Ads, or branding.

With DR if your sales / leads are not generating a Return on Adspend (ROAS), you will change or stop advertising.

With branding, you might not even notice that Google is sending traffic from the wrong country. And you might be happy with the great looking vanity metrics.

My experience with Google (YouTube) Ads is that they work extremely well. I use them to generate leads for solar panel installers.
Can we just go back to calling resolutions by their height?
I do, their SDK is OK... but Nordic is the clear leader on tooling and SDK quality. The DA14531 has OTP memory for the final firmware and you can program and run out of RAM for testing. The firmware is typically mirrored to RAM anyway so this is pretty much indentical to how it works after programmed.
Its pretty clear why you're here -- you're arguing with shadows about whether Biden is or is not a good candidate in another thread. You want an argument. Sorry, I won't be giving it to you.

>You're new on the site. I suggest you stop posting here.

I haven't seen someone brag about their seniority on a website in like ten years. Congratulations, I feel like I'm 14 and on AIM again.

You seem to have a lot of suggestions for other people (readers to flag my post, me to leave), here is one for you: don't be this guy. You're jumping around in here commenting everywhere and arguing with people you don't agree with. Choose your battles. There is a time and place.
Peace was never an option.
This isn't really a programming solution but you should check out this webapp:

http://www.hemingwayapp.com/

It may not be the exact thing you're looking for but it can probably be helpful to your students.

I would also look at Python NLTK. I've only dabbled in the toolkit, so I'm not sure if it has what you're looking for exactly, but it's worth a look.

http://www.nltk.org/
Ha! Your grandfather must have been a great man, Barrin92 :)
I’d recommend going through Brian Harvey’s video series while doing the book. Watch the video that covers the topic and then go through the section in the book. They also have recommended problems to do in the book. You don’t have to approach the book as a completionist who needs to complete every problem, etc. especially if you’re starting out. You can always revisit the book later with more experience, but the insights it can give you are invaluable . https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhMnuBfGeCDNgVzLPxF9o...
You Do Not Have to Be a Super Developer
Oh I'm just snarking at 'modal text editing is some programming superpower'. I've had RSI scares and similarly odd change-of-habit relief.

As to the second thing, it occurred to me recently that my .emacs is old enough to vote and probably still contains bits of other people's .emacsen that were old enough to vote when I first edited it.
RemoteApp mode for RDP lets you interact with server-hosted apps like a client-hosted one. Also, I recall using apps with rdesktop in seamless mode, which worked pretty well.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-an...
I was thinking of Theranos a few weeks ago. And what role they would’ve played in the pandemic had they not been outed.

They likely would’ve released a fake test and gotten a lot of people killed.

Hope she gets her appropriate punishment.

I almost applied for a job there and was willing to move my family to the Bay Area to work on something that meaningful. So glad I dodged the bullet.
Which locate wand did you get?
Likewise I have had issues 3 times. In none of those cases did I really understand what went wrong, the fix was blow it away and redo it. Something just gets messed up the answer the community comes to is just start again. Its hard to answer the question of what went wrong when the error message is often garbage and gives no clue and just says the certificate can't be updated and there is no information on what just got broken.

The answer for me each time has been the age old turn it off and on again with redoing the install (or changing the way I utilised it in docker completely) and I have just found the whole thing more hassle than SSL certificates ever were.
> screens with both a high frame rate and a high resolution are still vanishingly rare

They're huge power sinks. If you need to play games on the laptop for some reasons and can have it plugged in all the time, it works. But 4k often take 1-2h off the battery life and the high frame rate will likely have an impact too.

I don't mind 1080p, or 60hz, but I'd love proper HDR OLED for work, so I can have high contrast together with lower brightness.
It depends on what you invest in!
It is still fun if you see Washington build the Kremlin - you might remember that differently from history class.
When we get a functioning micro-payment system it should be easy to just pay Facebook etc. the ~$1 a month pr. user that ads otherwise gets them.
This might be instructive reading re: the plan you alluded to lower in your comments: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lotus_Eater

Can’t find text online but it’s a good story. Most humans want to live when older, even if circumstances bad.

As for the future, you may consider a few things:

1. What will happen of everyone sensible to problems lives a life of empty hedonism? Rather than trying to improve them.

2. Will the change really happen so fast that death will be preferable? See the story above. Young you can not reliably plan for what older you will consider early of living.

3. Certainly your analysis cautions against working to death in a job you hate to enjoy it all at 65. But, that plan is not a good idea even if the world at 65 is paradise. These are your most capable years and it makes sense to enjoy them.

In my own case, I worked really hard for about three years, built a working business, and now work a moderate amount on it. (I mean really hard. Sacrificing three years can be rational, sacrificing 30-40 is not. And I still did some memorable things in that time, like travel)

The other option is to pick some work which is moderately enjoyable, and leaves ample free time and mental space to pursue your interests.

Or work you love for itself.

But again, I fail to see what the end of the world does to either of these calculations. In my view the hate your life then retire then die was obsolete regardless.

However, there is a fourth option that presents itself regarding the future apocalypse: work against it. For instance, if you have the technical skills, there is a booming field in renewable energy or carbon extraction.

What about animals specifically? Current nature reserves exist because people in the past decided to make them. You can be part of making one.

Or you can make a lot of money and fund these causes directly.

If everybody gives up hope then hope is lost. My expected future scenario is so grim it startles my parents. But I also think we could still avert much of and it’s worth trying.

As for the recession, that’s far too short term to worry about. If you’re posting here you surely have the skills to avoid it. I came into the market through the 2008-09 recession. Statistically, it was worse for my cohort, but my friends are doing just fine. It lowers results on average, but that doesn’t mean all individual results are disastrous.
Judging by animation it would be quite obvious to leave at 1PM and you still have plenty of time until 5PM before things get really bad, heck in 2 hours you can get at least 12km away to Nocera inferiore, where you would be already pretty safe and in another hour to Cava de tirreni where you would be completely safe
But we also don't even take the most basic actions to prevent that fertilizer from making it into our waterways. Farmers insist on putting in thousands of miles of drain tile and running it straight into creeks and streams. They plow their fields right up to the very edge of marshes and streams instead of leaving grass strips to act as a barrier to runoff. It's shocking how little people seem to realize or care about the fact we can't even handle minute changes to help mother nature. The ironic part being, at least around here, every year some group spends millions and millions of dollars on "Farmer's Care" commercials and billboards.

Also, not trying to be a grammar nazi - I just appreciate when people point things out to me so take it in that spirit.

Alluded to - eluded means you're evading/escaping something.
Oh, interesting. I had assumed that the usual dev setup would involve external flash rather than running the code from RAM. That sounds quite a bit easier. It seems like Nordic is the way to go unless you really need to shave every cent off your BOM cost. Thanks for responding.
I have a few Chinese colleagues and a couple more Australian colleagues of Chinese background. I have been a little worried about how the first group are handling the strain lately. I hope they are OK. My feeling is anyone with an Australian accent is a local, anyone who I can communicate with easily can be a friend and anyone who I can communicate with can be a valued colleague.
If you down vote tell me how I’m wrong - appreciated!
I always wished that XPostFacto, the tool for installing early versions of Mac OS X on unsupported Macs, supported the Daystars.

https://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cf...

Early versions ran on some 604E machines. I ran it on a 7600, which later got a G3 card.

A quad-processor 604E with 10.2 "Jagwyre" would have been cool AF.
Not sure why you're getting downvoted, my guess is the reference to COVID.

The earth is currently overpopulated for the system we have in-place to feed it. We are very inefficient in resource usage and waste over 1/2 the food we produce each year. COVID isn't the answer to this problem, but your point is valid.
Great, is the oculus go open source?
I loved Sicario (1 only). Arrival was decent. Prisoners was great !
𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴
Can you give more details on this? Is that name already associated with something else?
Sure, but being effective in calls, emails, and chat requires fewer advantages from factors that aren't under your control. Consider that on an audio-only call, a blind person can be just as effective as a sighted person, if not more so (edit: until sighted people learn to go without visual cues as if they were blind). And in email or text chat, a person with a thick accent, a person with a speech impediment, or a deaf person can be as effective as someone who speaks well in the team's common language.
How do you relax with all this noise? Made me uneasy.
> Sure, but I don't think you or me will experience any dystopian future. Such a future is still far from being here and we will most likely die before that happens.

This must be subjective, since to me it is most certainly already here and just intensifying, rapidly.
I mean what is not crashing the new firefox, browser choice of the masochists.

edit: I see it hurt feelings of those few diehard fans left, who still didn't abandon this Titanic.
I agree that "relativity" isn't a great name: it's a mouthful at 5 syllables, and I don't see a logical connection between the name and the product.

But I don't understand why the name would be infuriating. Can you explain?
Honestly, getting going with emacs:

$ sudo apt install emacs
$ emacs

From there it's learning some keystrokes. Payback? Almost immediate. And you can use it to work with Python, or any other language. After that, maybe reading a couple of howtos and installing a few add-on packages and customizing your configuration. Payback? Almost immediate. It's really productive.
gone missing:

Umatrix
no issues reading it in chromium browser with ublock
No, The decrease of death rate is because more testing done on more people. The more you test, the larger the number of asymptomatic/mild symptom case you have, thus decrease the death rate.
The stock photos were people working remotely and looking relaxed. Which, I think, is part of the point of the article; stuff "leaders" would normally do in meetings are kind of lost on somebody who is in their study feeling secure.
I just received an answer from the professor that was interviewed in this article. His answer explains why going east is not advised. There was just another eruption that can be compared to the one of 79 BC, and happened around 2000 BC. During that event, the direction of the material was towards east, reaching the city of Avellino. Other (less intense) eruptions that have been studied all showed that winds generally go to east/east south east. 79BC is considered an unicum. To wrap up:
- if you time-travel to 79BC you may survive going to Nuceria, but we don't have evidence of anyone survived through that path
- the ones we know survived the event, went to Neaples
- For future eruptions, go north or south, but avoid east - winds at 2-4000m are much different respect to what you feel at the ground
It would be nice if the tool could "import" an existing YAML and show the resulting configuration in the GUI.
Cronyism exists in all political systems. Doesn't matter whether it is a monarchy, dictatorship, socialist democracy, federal republic - it's always a concern.

But, cronyism is not capitalism. It's actually a subversion of capitalism.
Same. Was watching twitter feeds if people planning to come up to “F$&@!” My area. Lots of people with guns near me. Could have ended very badly.

Police shutdown the highway and trains. Eventually people gave up and went back to burning downtown.
The PoliteType
You forgot to cover the part where day names lose meaning -- you go to work at 21:00 on Wednesday and come home at 06:00 Thursday. Basic concepts like "tomorrow" start to come apart at the seams. (Yes, shift workers already deal with this; no, that doesn't make it easy.)
Any kind of smartphone, yes, the iPhone in particular, definitely not.

Nor does Fortnite.
Just look at sweeden right now, does it look like chaos or total economy collapse to you?
It's hardly a bribe though, is it?

The allowlist exists so it can guarantee users install add-ons which work, and don't break their browser. Both reviewing and adding support for required APIs costs money.
“What we are facing now is a person whose crime dwarfs all of the crimes ever committed in human history. We were unable to find a single law applicable to his crime. So we recommend that the crime of Extinction of Life on Earth be added to international law ...”

— Cixin Liu, The Dark Forest
Isn't is literally show the `7 Days` on their home page? Except this time, they bypass the physical connect requirement with wifi.
The Little Schemer by Friedman is a good choice.

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/0...
AWS Lambda Performance Optimizations
I saw a figure[1] the other day that blew me away. If you exclude pets and livestock, then human beings comprise ~90% of all mammals (by weight).

All wild whales, bears, lions, deer, moose, mice, rabbits, wild horses, camels, beavers, buffalo, elephants, tigers, rhinos, chimpanzees, pandas, goats, etc... are in that remaining 10%.

[1]: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/29/17386112/al...
At the very least, even if a full government dystopia hasn't happened, the environment will be almost gone. Even if the headline is off by a huge amount its not like we're slowing the course. We're going full steam ahead on overfishing and destroying coral reefs, I made a comment not too long ago on here about noticing there no longer being lightning bugs during summer where I live. Even my dad has stories of pulling over on the highway because bugs have encrusted his windshield, something I can't imagine. I rather enjoy hiking, I'd like to get my full while there's still things to see I guess. I can respect you're decision to lessen your impact, definetely, but I can't see enough people doing that to stop anything
Yes, humans in previous generations wouldn't even bat an eyelid at the death rates. it wasn't long ago that people used to willingly go on boat journeys even though 10% of the passengers would typically die on the way
Earlier:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24355426

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24292455
NYC Tech Professonals interested in joining the Corps, feel free to shoot me a message.