skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This goes for any position with responsibility for and access to end user data. For instance: administering a mail server or hosted mail account for the company, dealing with the fall-out of security incidents and so on.
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I’ve been in sales for over 20 years and the one thing that helped me the most and continues to set me apart is the 6 terrible months I sold cars at a Honda dealership.

It’s the worst kind of sales, but it teaches you the sales process, and most importantly it’s humbling when someone you consider intellectual inferior outperforms you time after time. Sales is not about intellect, it’s about building relationships and solving problems.
The Great Firewall does not block TLS 1.3. You may have seen headlines which claim it does, but they're based on a report that actually says it doesn't. Remember journalists probably know even less than you do about most things they write about!

In this case the report says the Great Firewall was determined to block the following specific combination:

* A ClientHello for TLS 1.3 that
* Includes the 0xffce extension value (used for experimenting with an earlier SNI draft)

If you add a 0xffce extension full of random noise, the Great Firewall blocks it. If you use the same random noise but pick a different extension value (do not do this in production code - those aren't for your meddling!) the Great Firewall doesn't interfere at all.

We have yet to discover what happens if a big bang release of Encrypted Client Hello (the current iteration of the encrypted SNI work) just deluges the Great Firewall with ECH connections. But we do know TLS 1.3 has been used successfully for years from China.

You also mention this idea that it would "force hosts to drop down to 1.2 for connections".

It is hard to tell what you intended here, it would of course be possible to force the humans using a computer to downgrade, or to disable encryption, or to cease using a computer altogether, perhaps you could put a gun to their heads for example.

But TLS 1.3 has an anti-downgrade design. A [edited to add] modern TLS 1.3 capable web browser which connects to a TLS 1.3 capable web site but finds that the connection has been negotiated as TLS 1.2 instead will reject the connection as clearly under attack, you cannot reach that site until the problem is remedied. I think you would notice if all TLS 1.3 capable sites (about a third of popular sites) suddenly did not work from China, even the Chinese government might struggle to silence such confusion and dismay from their people.
That's weird. I just get a 301 redirect to the HTTPS version when I visit http://duckduckgo.com.
In a similar vein, by the same author: https://www.mathwashing.com/

(It's linked at the bottom of this one, but I'm sure a lot of people don't get that far)
> Meanwhile <script> and <style> content hidden by default.

This is a fun thing that most people don’t realise. You can totally do this in CSS:

head, title, script, style {
display: block;
}

And bam, your document title and the contents of any inline scripts and stylesheets are now visible on the page.
The biggest competitors will never license something like this. They'd be basically giving (or creating an untenable risk of giving) their customer data over to Amazon.

"But AWS etc etc.." Trust me, the retail landscape is very different. Source: I work in it
50% Ministers in Modi regime are Brahmin; And Brahmin are just 3% in India; https://www.quora.com/Which-caste-is-looting-India/answers/2...
Also, it's a point-to-point express. Lorton, VA to Sanford, FL (and nothing in between).
> 5G

Don't believe coverage maps from wireless companies - 5% will get reception at best.
Couldn't agree more, this kind of thing drives me nuts - if I see "call us for pricing" or whatever, I just move on.
> most of them miss one or more of F keys, symmetrical meta keys, standard navigation cluster layout, volume buttons, and so on

This is why I made the gallery -- it's an easy way to compare a lot of options, even if not all options have filters.

I have just added the C989 Ergo, which was mentioned elsewhere in the discussion. That seems to be the closest mass-produced, mechanical keyboard to the MS Natural: https://c9ergo.com/
My parents actually taught me an important life lesson, by buying expensive and quality stuff instead of cheap ones to save money.

When I asked them why we were buying only expensive stuff, they said: "We are not rich enough to buy cheap stuff."
DDG is a strong advocate for user privacy, that might be all it takes.
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> Google can decide to slowly bring back those popups under the guise of "protecting users" or some other FUD.

But Google can do any thing right? They could push an update that plays Matchbox Twenty on full blast every night at 2am.

What are you suggesting they do, and doesn't you argument apply to every software publisher?
Is it possible the forces that are causing the demise of trains today are the same forces that caused the derision toward trains 50 years ago?
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This is the door you didn't hope was opened? So many other more terrible doors are open. Not saying this is great. But look at what social media is doing to the social fabric. This is just shopping.
That is true, but it will nag you every time you turn on TV.
This is upsetting. I just checked the results for Germany and decided to visit PrivacyWall. I was greeted by a banner of a pixelated Microsoft Logo (presumably because I use edge) next to an extremely broken translation of "make us your default search engine" in German.

So that localization criteria is... just not enforced?
It conceivably raises velocity which would lead to inflation.
> What I can't understand is this argument that Apple specifically shouldn't be allowed to restrict software but game consoles should.

Well, I didn't see anyone here saying that game consoles should restrict software they run.
They are in the monopoly wagon as much as Apple.

Users should be allowed to run any software on their machine.
The alternative to viewing college like a jobs program is not "pure research".

There is still a stark difference between someone who has the expectation that: "college will get me a job" and "college will give me the education I need to be successful". And that difference is not whether or not someone is employable.

There are many activities that universities facilitate, which are of upmost importance to society, but are not vocationally important. These activities should not be undermined. If you want a vocational education, you really should be attending an institution with that goal.

The vast majority of people leverage their liberal arts education in furtherance of not only their career, but their quality of life in general. Narrowing that scope is a regression, not an improvement.

If vocational schools aren’t offering the types of educations that job seekers are looking for, that’s a a failure of our vocational schools, not a failure of our universities.
JSYK: "injuncted" -> "enjoined"
Which is a fair argument, but using the current math it's about half the cost of rail. So even if you need to increase the gas tax in order to "make it pay for itself," you're absolutely not going to do that so much so that you double the cost.

It's hard to make an argument that rail is cheaper than driving without getting into a lot of mental gymnastics, and I really like taking the train when able.
Good points, but remember we can't only compare the initial capital outlay, we have to compare the hourly operating cost. I imagine that it isn't quite as cheap as you think, and we would also need to see sustained operations from these jetpack to know what the hourly flight time cost is. This is amplified if you need 10 to 20 jetpack to cover and area that could be serviced by two helicopters that are being leased under a maintenance contract. As far as the pilot requirements, sure a jetpack might be able to be just a sport pilot, but can they operate in a commercial capablity then? The FAA says no. Also, this probably isn't trivial operations (search and rescue is highly dynamic, especially in mountainous, maritime, urban or poor weather conditions. On paper my flight experience is 500 hours and a commercial license, which isn't that hard to get as a rotary wing pilot. But in actuality it's 500 hours of highly expensive military flying in dangerous environments, to the tune of well over a million dollars of initial training. Just like a commercial EMS operator isn't going to hand the keys to a helicopter to anyone with a commercial rotary license, are you really going to have a jetpack medic be someone with the bare minimum of certification?
Just look at what the facebook algorithm is doing. By optimizing for engagement it is pushing outrage-generating content turning people against each other.

800,000 people in Myanmar have been displaced because they had to flee their country. All driven by the Myanmar military posting false information on facebook.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...

Facebook's AI doesn't hate Muslims, but it is responsible for at least million refugees.

Now look at what is happening with polarization in countries all around the world. In the USA, Canada, everywhere.

Skynet isn't going to send a bunch of robots to terminate us, it's going to manipulate our media and convince us to terminate each other... and unless something changes skynet is probably facebook.
And the external costs of rail.
The "X Alternative" is such an effective tactic, even today. I stumbled onto it, tried it myself (successfully), and wrote about it way back in 2015: https://www.gkogan.co/blog/alternative-pages/

One of my favorite examples of this is Bitrix24, which made maybe a hundred such pages: https://www.bitrix24.com/alternatives/

For most startups you don't need to go that far... Just making an "alternative" page for your biggest competitor could start bringing you people who are eager to switch.
It's a good metaphor, could definitely help people understand the nature of the problem and raise awareness of its urgency. I'll be using term "social cooling" going forward, definitely.
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I never saw an ad with Chromecast, and I use it basically since it's inception.
So what you’re saying is these programs are so expensive, they overtax a population to where it can’t maintain replacement reproductivity?

That seems to be Japan, EU, US, etc. — worsened by the fact the lack of replacement is among the productive members of society (middle to upper middle classes).
I'm not too familiar with the technique; doesn't pixel tracking still require JS to derive more info from the visitor beyond just their IP address?
Open to closed is on a continuum [1]. What we include or don't include in our analysis is a matter of preference. As such, there is no one true definition of a walled garden.

For example, Apple doesn't dictate which electricity provider I use to power its devices. Does that mean it's an open platform? Of course not.

The comparison of the App Store to a grocery store is apt. They both leverage their access to demand to control (and extract profits from) the supply side.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_platform
Right. Also, for those language designers trying to figure out if the right white space is 'tab' or 'space', just do a quick DDG for 'tab' and 'Makefile'. The answer is space.
At scale governments who try a UBI often see a drop in GDP, but also a decrease in health issues and other social costs.

Here’s and interesting yet biased overview of different programs around the world:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/19/21112570/univer...
Since whistle blower protection in India is inadequate/inefficient proliferation of TRUTH is stopped in the name of loyalty, discipline, patriotism, job security, national security, intellectual property etc https://archive.is/VWFSC
We already know there are solid theoretical basis for rebuilding 3d spaces from photos. Infrared imaging doesn't dramatically get different data from a regular camera except maybe picking up your veins a bit more clearly.

There aren't a bunch of other sensors available.. probably some heat/temperature just to make sure it's a real palm but that's not for uniqueness.
"A simple way"..that costs $10 a month. This price point is set ridiculously high, sorry.
I agree to disagree which that headline. IF helps you to loose weight because it helps you to actually take in less calories.

I think it's basically a combination of two things:

1. It's really difficult to break out of that viscous high blood sugar -> Insulin -> felling hungry cycle using pure will power because it's really strong and it most of the time wins in the long run. Our typical high glucose western diet makes this even harder. (Intermittent) Fasting drastically puts the breaks in, anecdotally it can be very hard at the beginning but for many success arrives before willpower is depleted.

2. IF fasting is basically changing your eating habits while not changing your eating habits. Skipping a meal or two is easy (all you have to do is literally nothing) compared to making sure getting the "right" kind of meal in the "right" amount 3+ times a day is a constant effort both psychologically and depending on your daily routine even logistically. Also there is no feeling of missing out on things you like because you don't have to, you just delay them for a couple of hours.

// edit:

To add to that: In itself it's an interesting finding that there seems no additional weight loss effect by the fasting itself but the framing of this in the media (just to gain some attention) is really, really terrible in my opinion. It can turn people away from trying a weight loss technique which for many who failed and failed again with trying "simple" calorie reduction finally leads to success.
Eventually TVs will VPN out. Dat revenue is way too sweet...
Whereas Netflix, probably closer to the average Android version distribution..
Personally I use it for mainly three things: Data format for sending data between Clojure/Script backend/frontend, query format for Crux and configuration for the Clojure backend.
I didn’t say Indian channels are biased or aren’t biased, my point was on freedom of press and how they don’t hesitate to ask or harass the govt or people alike. Re read my point
That makes it even worse though! If the problems were foreseen but willfully ignored.

It goes to show that even in developed countries corruption happens and this is a major liability to nuclear plants. If it can happen there it can happen anywhere.

And deaths aren't the only measure of accidents. It also caused major pollution.
Well if you're American. You've got this big military costing you heaps that could probably have some fat trimmed of it.
1 less JSF would feed and cloth and house a lot of homeless.
The TV market isn’t that elastic. If there’s a backlash, it’ll take months to years to shake out.
There are Samsung ones that are 4-5x more expensive with more features (HDR 10+, HDMI CEC, etc.) so its definitely important to make sure they have all the features you want. As with anything it may or may not fit your use-case
More than "fields to a record" the difference between attributes and elements is that attributes cannot be nested. So in a sense if you are trying to write JSON in XML all base values should be in attributes.
> I use my Apple TV exclusively for “smart” functions

That's the difference then. I have a Bravia and use the Android TV functionality. It started showing ads on the home screen earlier this year and I can't figure out a way to disable them and still be able to use the apps I actually want to use. If the ads had been there on day one, I would have been tempted to return the TV.
You seem to be suggesting that because these ideas are contrary to the "common" understanding - and I'd encourage you to examine _who's_ understanding this really is - that they are deceptive and worthless. This is a criticism of the way these views are presented. This is not a criticism of their content.

I find it increasingly strange that three commenters have spoken very loudly in this thread about how they feel this is a divisive attack, yet not one of them has engaged in good faith with a single idea of that field or otherwise demonstrated an understanding of it.
Supermarkets also need to stay open so they can sell you your beloved products, and you'd not believe how thin the margins of some supermarkets are

Oh, no doubt. I'm not saying the spreadsheet guys aren't needed. They clearly are because competition is so stiff. So the reason store A needs spreadsheet guys is because store B has them. All of the spreadsheet guys, collectively, lock the grocery stores into a race to the bottom.

I'm complaining about the existence of spreadsheet guys in the first place. Pulling back a little bit, maybe we need to question whether technology is always beneficial to society? Maybe some technology is inherently worse for society but we can't get rid of it because it's now locked into the market.
I think the problem with XML is that people tried to make it into something as comprehensive as CORBA (this is SOAP) so that all the decisions about the communication was done in-band. JSON requires everyone to make out-of-band decisions about what the JSON should look like: people talking to each other, imagine that! The former seems quaintly antisocial nowadays.
Is it possible they are saying that you can’t uniquely identify a person in the population at large based on palm, but you can in a smaller population of people such as registered Amazon go users or ticket holders for a venue?

On an iPhone, biometric is being treated as a password where the expectation is that no one but you could open it. For Amazon go, it is just an identifier to a user

Plus a data dump of uuids and palms might not be useful information. Maybe there is a effectively a way to hash the raw palm data since this is just effectively a user look up

This is pure speculation
Is there good evidence for this?

My experience with “housing first” programs is the buildings end up destroyed and we pay indefinitely to rebuild them while almost none of the population recovers — a negative ROI.

That’s setting aside the morality of working construction workers to the point their bodies are broken to subsidies the idle lifestyle of another group.
... but those don't have the spike protein that CoVID has.
NGOs typically do a lot of harm. They're the means by which high income countries enforce policies that keep developing countries in debt to them, in order to extract resources.

The 2011 book "The Dictator's Handbook" does a good job of detailing how this works.
One thing I’ve always wondered, is how DHTs like BitTorrent and IPFS prevent Sybil attacks.

If anyone wanted to block a file in IPFS, could they generate node ids close to the filehash and return empty peer lists?
I can't even remember when was the last time I've used the actual TV. Whatever TV's I have all act as a monitors hooked up to computers and I do not let those "smart" things connect to the network at all.
What are you missing from Yjs?

I'm sharing the vision with you that things should just work. It literally takes you two lines of code to make any of the supported editors collaborative. The Yjs types are a minimal abstraction over the crdt model. I hope that other people build more abstractions around Yjs (for example a react store that simply syncs).

The thing is.. all of what you are talking about is already possible. A wasm port will eventually bring some performance improvements. But Yjs is already very close to optimal performance and it works in all browsers.

But I really am interested in more feature request. I'm mainly interested in building collaborative apps with CRDTs. CRDTs as a data model is an entirely new concept and we need to get experience on how to build apps with CRDTs. And also we need to find out what is still missing.

So head over to discuss.yjs.dev and share your experience.
This is like a strictly worse kind of s-expression. C.f.

(tag "This text node contains" (magic "unicorns") " and " (magic "fairy dust"))
This is pretty good considering most people will only stay on the links for a few seconds.
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Or my preference is a Chromecast, whatever TV you like. Then you don't have to deal with Apple's UX or Google's. At that point your phone is the remote.
Elsewhere in the discussion is mention of the C989 Ergo, which seems to be the closest mass-produced, mechanical keyboard to the MS Natural: https://c9ergo.com/
Your argument is circular. Game consoles don't have "apps for working, managing your life or other stuff" because they are controlled by a walled garden that prevents that kind of software from being developed. You're essentially saying "they're a walled garden, so they should be a walled garden".
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I'm not sure currently. If not, it wouldn't surprise me if its added.
Hotel mode can be activated on most (all?) Samsung TVs.
You just have to access the hidden services menu.
There is a lot to this. I have a unfortunately close relation to someone who would just continually buy new undershirts and other clothes instead of washing what they had already. Closet full of still tagged clothing. An adult, married with children. They made enough money to waste it.
HN thread Fast Vue SSR with Rust and QuickJS (2 months old) makes it clear that QuickJS is an alternative to V8. QuickJS is small and easy to embed but it lacks V8's JIT for fast JavaScript execution.

It seems that the comparative advantage of QuickJS based solutions is short-lived invocations that benefit from fast startup times. CLI apps/tools and Cloud Functions (e.g. AWS Lambda) seem to fit the bill.

Elsa adds Deno-like HTTP imports and TypeScript support which makes it a strong alternative to Deno for CLI apps/tools.

Deno (V8 on Rust) or the rusty_v8 bindings seems like the better choice for long-lived servers where server-side JavaScript performance is important.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23887336
totally agree - not to mention attempting to decide on 30+ years of career at 18 years old involves significant uncertainty risk as well. all those hospitality management majors from last year and for the next couple years have lost out on upto 4 years of time plus whatever accompanying student debt.

my first job out of college was as a "financial analyst". my undergrad degree (finance) was largely not applicable - excel skills were about the only relevant experience. any 18 year old with a 2 month excel bootcamp and maybe 2 weeks of industry and department specific orientation could have done my job; meanwhile i was desperate and had no other offers so i took it making 50k per year with my shiny new 175k degree.
I've left this unresponded to in the hope that someone better qualified than me will answer it. Frankly I'm not at all an expert on this subject, I just know enough to call a spade a spade.
The GET request will generally also include the User Agent, and any forwarded headers. This can include cookies.
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Looking at prior examples, state-subsidized education seems to become indoctrination at the worst possible time. The value of education being determined by employers may be suboptimal, but it's at least decentralised enough to resist mass dishonesty or tyranny. If you have an idea to replace the current system I'd want to know how it doesn't lose that feature before I listened further.
LG's already also have ads. They're not super obtrusive though, and I'm sure I shut personalization off.
Cheaper to get a smart panel and blacklist it from the network. The HN crowd knows how to do that too.