skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This blog post touches on the topic (highly recommended read):

https://blog.erratasec.com/2020/07/how-ceos-think.html

> Outside consultants often end up saying the same thing you do, but are trusted whereas you are not. CEOs listen to the outsiders because they have no hidden political agenda.
mynoise.net is so much better
iPhone SE came out in 2016 and has a resolution of 640x1136. I still use it.
Sure math itself may be profound. But asking whether math was "created" or "discovered" is a language thing.

Put this way. Whether something was "created" of "discovered" are human concepts materialized through language. To apply it to math is pointless.
Ponies are cool.
They're really nice animals.
I am sure you realize that this one word answer is not very useful.

I've been there -- too tired or busy to write out a proper response. Lately, I have been thinking that not responding is better in such cases.
Automatic Generation of Models of Microarchitectures
You see two competing apps. One is rated 3.5 and has 100 reviews, another is rated 4.4 and has 10000 reviews. Which one do you install?
What are your goals for sustainability? Will you charge for use of the website or have advertisements?

I've always been a bit sad that the websites we use most (GitHub, StackOverflow) are closed source, and was kinda hoping this would be an open source reimagining of SO, so it would be interesting to learn more about what differentiates TrueQ. I understand you are very happy with your post editor, and that its kinda more for discussions than "solve this problem" like SO is, but there are other sites in the StackExchange network which could also fill the same role :)
My critique of is shaded by an irritation of within the both the "non-scientific" community that has been indoctrinated to take what "scientists" say as expert factual irrefutable statements and the "scientific" community that has become not what I'd call scientific and more close to dogma, orthodox, ideological, and or protectionist to break novel grounds. The scientific community is explicitly sanctioned by a centralized order of groups that endorse individuals within a process enforced upon anyone born. You either accept the game and fight to get into "science" or you're not a "scientist."

I know plenty of individuals who are more-expert, more scientific than any scientist publishing papers funded by poorly designed incentive structures between education, research, monetary incentive, and survival.

There's a lot of "clique politics" within the academia of science and it deeply troubles me. It's largely based on the university system being in control of it and the processes that contribute to that structure.

Luckily it does seem to be getting more attention so that is good. Additionally the trend towards self-organization with the internet and wherever that leads us will most likely lead to new structures that allow more freedom of information within science to propagate without as much dependence on centralized entities being corrupted and tainting the scientific process.

Outside of that, my critique here is largely based on various modes within Functionalism (theory of mind)

> In an analogous manner, the role of mental states, such as belief and desire, is determined by the functional or causal role that is designated for them within our best scientific psychological theory. If some mental state which is postulated by folk psychology (e.g. hysteria) is determined not to have any fundamental role in cognitive psychological explanation, then that particular state may be considered not to exist . On the other hand, if it turns out that there are states which theoretical cognitive psychology posits as necessary for explanation of human behavior but which are not foreseen by ordinary folk psychological language, then these entities or states exist.

I think the solve I'm looking for is required on both ends to communicate truth and "fuzziness" of truth. I'm not sure if English and current languages will ever trend towards this because every statement has a value of assigned truth based on existence/to-be. So short-term would be communicating the meme of this through the zeitgeist/noosphere and embed it within the culture - then potentially evolve towards a language that is fuzzy based.
Historical Emacs Software Preservation
Topically, the presumed explosion danger from hydrogen fueled aviation is also eliminated by installation of electric fans.

But they do need battery backup.
It says "a story"... stories are usually fiction.
An Outlandish experiment.

Yes I know there is third-party plugins and services. I mean "core" wordpress. Not what a bunch of other's built.
Science as Amateur Software Development
If it is easy (at least that's the premise of Haxe), would be great if you generate a different target as well - for those end users who despise Electron.
Which in turn reminds me of the (apocryphal) quote from Óscar Benavides, former president of Peru:

"For my friends everything, for my enemies the law" [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_R._Benavides
I've tried it in the NextCloud and it's pretty usable. Of course formatting can be off if you need some advanced staff, but for basic formatting it's a pretty good alternative for Google Docs. As a 2 years Linux user in a past it's much better than LibreOffice was 5 years ago, at least I can confirm it's usable.
Yes, a distro implies GNU/Linux.

Neither ChromeOS nor Android expose the Linux kernel directly to userspace apps, so for them is irrelevant what kernel is being used.
In the tone of the ancient dispute, with its arrogance, self-assurance, the belittling of the other's ideas, the condescension, ones can see the burgeoning of every internet discussion boards.
Not only that, they start to guilt trip you if you don't watch all 60 seconds of that really hilarious ad that you didn't ask to see but they're sure you'll enjoy anyway.
Crossing the Chasm, The Little Red Book of Sales, To Sell Is Human, and The Challenger Sale are great intros to sales, especially for those coming from a technical background.

I like HubSpot for tracking / metrics. They have an always free tier too.
Those lobbyists and salesmen and quacks tout common sense much, much more than they do science. The science is hard to understand, and non-emotional, the common sense is easy to understand, and can be very highly charged.

To take something that isn't currently in the political eye, but demonstrates this well, tobacco. "We believe in freedom. We believe in choice. You are free to educate yourself and decide for yourself; we don't need some nanny state deciding FOR you". Nevermind that it's a physically addictive product, being sold with ads targeting adolescents who are especially responsive to imagery and messages around rebellion, bucking the status quo, etc, and less long term thinking.

As to medical procedures...yes, the perverse incentives are in place to where extra tests = extra money. But the article you link even lists "Patients often insist that a medical provider “do something,” like write a prescription or perform a test." - this is "common sense" overriding expert opinion.
I believe one of the biggest barriers to personal advancement is self-perception, in particular, the difficulty in imagining yourself in a role that is not your current one or some version of it within a company or industry hierarchy. For what it’s worth, I’ve managed to enlarge that self-perception and change jobs by a) asking good friends and professional colleagues for their honest views on what I’m good at and where my shortcomings are and b) networking outside my professional circle to understand how my role is perceived in terms of what constitutes success (personally and for a company) and how others succeed in non-engineering (e.g. sales, management) roles. You will probably be surprised at the answers and, I hope, see that there are many more options out there for you once you see yourself as more than just your job title.
probably Windows Privacy Dashboard.

https://wpd.app/
>I'm unpleasantly surprised at how fast we are approaching the dystopic brain-hacking of 90s-era sci-fi.

we're approaching the potemkin village version of it. Slapping some electrodes on your head and feeding it into scikit-learn makes Phrenology look like science.
This page immediately had a pop up to ask for my email... funny...
https://www.songsterr.com/
> I no longer have the financial means to take a step back into a less senior role at a company with a larger engineering team.

I'm already the third person to pull this quote out of your post. I think you need to stop and look at this. You are saying "I am living beyond my means."

As long as you are living beyond your means, you are going to have to make compromises in your career. Look around outside. Any of us could be laid off three months from now if something doesn't change soon. As much as you need a career mentor right now, you need to look at how finances trap you too.

If what you say or what I say are true, this may be the last time in a good long while that you can refinance your loans at a lower rate. Limiting your discretionary spending, finding a new 'normal' that is sustainable.
Not really unless it is spamming users. Apple have an API for sending "yes I like your app" to give a rating and give "no I hate it" a feedback form. On the Play store it is "gaming the system". In the App store it is "working as intended".
I'm rolling my eyes at this. The dreaded MBAs salivating at obscenely huge bonuses doing this to benefit themselves and stockholders at the expense of humanity.
Wow, this is fantastic.

It’s not a medium with much popularity potential (very few people have >1 hour to spare on something as leisurely as an interview). But for the few people who would care for it, I think it’s super valuable that these things exist.

It’s kind of like the “Slow TV” idea, except instead of touring Norway’s mountains and rivers, you’re touring the landscape of somebody’s thoughts. Very brave on the subject’s behalf. Many people, even public personalities, wouldn’t enjoy such scrutiny.
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24332761
You can negotiate your salary in big French companies. State-owned ones like SNCF are may not exactly good examples...
My recent favorite is "creaky wooden ship sounds" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89XoBPjgWcI. My daughter also sleeps very well with this sound

There's also https://generative.fm for generated ambient sound.
ESP32 based old clock controller, with NTP sync
Your theory is plain wrong.
Thanks for the response - I had assumed the beta period was soon coming to an end, so by the time I was able to have access I'd have to pay just for basic experimentation. It was hard to say specifically what I'd design since I'd have to experiment with the API first to see if the ideas I had were feasible, so I probably did a poor job at that part of the application, but appreciate the offer!
Actually, that particular issue (the alleged attempt to crack a password hash) isn't covered under the Espionage Act[0].

Rather, it's a separate charge under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act[1]. And that matters because the penalties are enormously more severe for the the former than the latter.

>This is a far cry from conspiracy to commit murder, with our without a functional gun.

Conspiracy is defined[2] as:
"If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor."

As such, the example was just that, an example. Would you be less butthurt if the example was conspiracy to steal office supplies from a US Post Office, and the overt act was to bring a hand-cart to the post office in order to cart away said office supplies?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act

[2] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/371

Edit: Fixed grammatical error
I learned some things.

GTP-3 is so complex the model requires large cloud computing resources to run. Ergo, it is also very expensive to run.

Assumption: Bleeding edge AI will require tens of millions of dollars of computation before new network architectures fall out of state space. After this, the models can be pruned to be ran by mere mortals.

If this is true, OpenAI will not be able to move to the next level without partnering with very wealthy institutions a la Microsoft.

If this is true, those calling for OpenAI to not monetize intermittent progress are essentially preventing next generation discovery, unless they have alternative monetization ideas to generate 8 figures for research.
> I mean obviously there are obscure things only Word can do... but these days Docs is pretty grown-up. The only time it "falls apart" is if you're working on a 150+ page document, but even there it's improved a lot (it used to slow down at ~30 pages).

I have a very simple resume that I wanted to align items on. I couldn't do that using Google Docs, but was able to do it in a minute with LibreOffice.
UI design: stop asking for superhuman reaction time
Looking back over the years, what was a constant source of frustration with all user interfaces I've ever used? Speaking in general, it's the assumptions they make about me that just aren't true. But that's too general. I have a more specific complaint in mind now.

You're on the phone, searching for stuff, tapping the links in the browser and apps. There's a link that looks promising, you move you thumb towards it, and decide to give it a tap.

But lo! - 0.1 seconds before your thumb hits the screen, a UI element pops underneath, asking for confirmation or whatever. There's no time to read what that thing wants. There's no time to change the decision. You just give it a tap and it's gone. Maybe it asked you to confirm a download. Maybe it was a survey asking a yes/no answer. Maybe it was the OS asking for confirmation before it performs a factory reset (just kidding, but not entirely impossible).

Why are you doing this, UI? Why do you imagine my reaction time is superhuman? How can I possibly process that information, and respond, within the time it takes a bullet to cross the street?

Things get even worse when the system is overloaded, sluggish, things take time to respond, and then pop on the screen when you least expect them.

All UIs should implement a brief delay before they accept feedback from the user. I don't know what the best value is, but it must be some fraction of a second. Buttons on pop-ups should ignore taps during that time.

This should not be a per-app decision. The whole UI must implement this delay.

Some apps (such as games) may request exceptions, but those should be granted only sparingly and wisely.

I think this change would produce user interfaces that are far less annoying.
If it keeps hurting, it should keep being mentioned. When things that hurt are turned into silence, then things don't change that can stop hurt.

I understand your point though, and I'm sorry if it came off as an attack. It's a criticism rooted in a few things. I typed up more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24601665
If you've run many kinds of POSIX-like OSes, it should be fairly obvious you're not the vast majority of folks when it comes to the Windows user base.
Are advertisement cookies now considered "stalking"? The news media does engage in _actual_ stalking for stories. And no, Facebook doesn't actually sell user data, no matter how much their competitors like to repeat it.

Facebook revenues are EUR 70 B / year, tax receipts in the European Union (EU-28) are around EUR 6,000 B / year. Facebook is a gnat, but the press somehow manages to convince people that the former is a larger threat than the latter because it's not elected.
And with Firefox on iOS it’s not even managing to obtain camera access.
I think it's axiomatically true. If we don't consider dogs to be "self-aware" then I think the discussion becomes an issue of semantics, because dogs clearly possess an emotional intelligence that necessarily implies a kind of "self-awareness" that is common to humans.
Have you considered combining the GraphQL query with some form of transform query server side instead? Maybe something like `jq`?
I'm not sure this will reflect the advice others here would give you, but maybe try to take a position with a larger tech company? They typically have good resources and opportunities for career development and you shouldn't have to worry about taking a financial hit.
When Britain Nuked America .Twice (War Games/Cold War)
I didn't know YouTube even had ads for several years. Family and I all use adblock. Then I watched a video on someone else's computer and it was like, where did all these ads come from?
Seems like every job title is heavily diluted. You have to look at (job title, company) as a tuple. I've known Senior Principal Engineers in companies I've worked for who would not be able to make it past L4 at google.
No kidding. I might 'sign up' after I've visited your page/ tried out your thing ten times on ten different days and found that it was worth my while. Likely not.

I warned the encyclopedia salesman that I didn't need a reference work. He went ahead and pitched me. I humored him for a half-hour. Then I asked him, after he'd finished, if he believed me now. I'm still enjoying my time-investment.

The bigger and more prominent the button, the more needy it looks. It's gotten to the point that when I see that I just close the tab.
If it happens, it will be to deliver justice to the 37 million victims of American war criminals.
You may enjoy this episode of Radio Lab: “Musical Language”, which explores how sound stimulates the brain.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/91512...
I dare you to make a website using only css position: absolute; Make it work on different screen sizes. Do independent scrolling. It'll be hell very quickly. Nesting is used in all somewhat complicated layouts.
First congratulations. You broke out of the cycle of can’t get a job because you don’t have experience and you don’t have experience because you can’t get a job. That’s an achievement by itself.

I’m going to die a little bit inside for suggesting this and I realize that it is an r/cscareerquestions cliche, but the easiest way going forward might be to “learn leetCode and work for a FAANG”. In other words study how to prepare for coding interview. Even if you are “down leveled” to a more junior position, you will probably make more at a big tech company or one of the 2nd tier (no judgement intended) tech companies than you do now.

I definitely went down a level in terms of title from “architect” at a small software company making close to the top of local salary to the second lowest level as a consultant in professional services (not complaining they leveled me correctedly) at $BigTech but ended up making a lot more money.

Are you willing to move? I got lucky that my job was always designed to be remote.

This is more of a question for other posters. Are most companies changing their policies to be fully remote?
“value-based pricing”

As I understand it, the value is based on the customer’s perception of value. And I believe this is contrasted with hourly-based pricing.

If I try to come up with an example, I might say the postal service has a value price. Mail a letter anywhere in the (continental) US, 0.55
You don’t pay 1.55 if it gets there sooner. Even if you overnight the letter, there is a flat fee. The extra cost for more difficult deliveries versus easier deliveries is a wash; the post office doesn’t charge you more or less.

Hourly consulting, like for a winning advertising campaign—what is that worth?

I don’t understand the remark suggesting value pricing is the more lucrative of pricing structures.
Interesting. Do you have a source?

EDIT: For whatever it's worth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_banknotes#Design says "The initial designs by Robert Kalina were of actual bridges, including the Rialto Bridge in Venice and the Pont de Neuilly in Paris, and were subsequently rendered more generic.", citing https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/03/news/etching-the-notes-of.... This is a much weaker claim than what you wrote, and even this isn't supported by the article.

The relevant parts of the NYT article are: "For his central motif, Mr. Kalina chose a bridge — not Pont Neuf in Paris or Venice's Bridge of Sighs. Mr. Kalina's was a bridge that no European had ever crossed. The ground rules for the design strictly prohibited displaying any recognizable national monuments or heroes that risked giving greater prominence to one country over another. So Mr. Kalina took bits and pieces of Europe's great bridges and with the help of his computer melded them into a neutered bridge presumably acceptable to all. "Hopefully," Mr. Kalina said with a grin, "no one will recognize the old places" incorporated in the design." and "He began the design process by scanning in architectural images from library books and toying with them on his Apple Macintosh. The initial landmarks included known sites such as the Rialto bridge in Venice and Pont de Neuilly just outside Paris. But Mr. Kalina, guided by the need to stress a European identity over any national loyalties, painstakingly eradicated all recognizable vestiges of each image, pixel by pixel."

This doesn't sound to me like "the initial designs were of actual bridges", like Wikipedia says. And especially not like "copying" and "fraud" like you said.
Need Amazon to stop replacing the "Continue" button with "Continue with Prime".

Keep cancelling it, but they keep tricking me again.
So the solution to the problem brought up by the author - having to regularly deploy a new authorized_keys file to servers - is to instead regularly deploy a new revocation document to servers. I don't see how this is any different or a solution to the primary problem discussed. It just adds the additional effort of having to sign and revoke certificates.

We use a cronjob to regularly fetch, verify and deploy updated authorized_keys on servers.
Iraq lost 5% of its population.

37 million refugees from America's wars.

And now, Americans supporting genocide in Yemen.

This is NOT just about a wedding getting bombed. The order of magnitude of the USA's crimes is much, much worse than Americans are trained to think.

https://www.psr.org/blog/resource/body-count/

Australia won't do anything because Australia is a captured war-fighter state, and its forces answer to the sovereign, not the Australian people. This is why the ADF is so key to US' war plans - it can get away with things Americans cannot.
What are your thoughts on kamikaze pilots in this regard?
Agreed. Upvoted.