skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Obvious is a hypothesis. Obvious with supporting evidence is a theory.
The trend is making fun of Pakistani ultra-nationalism and jingoism.
Screw this webcam stuff, the iSight chasis would make a sweet case for a raspberry pi zero. Install a Linux OS with MacOS clone interface and it’s like a baby Mac.

Apply a dark tint film on the top lens and a white diffuser and add an RGB led that turns on colorfully when you wake the voice assistant.
Modern industrial design is a nauseating mix of commodification and trend-following, both of which drive drive products in the same niche to look the same. It's the beige-box phenomena writ large. Electronics used to be sexy, dammit.
TeXMe Demo – Self-Rendering Markdown and LaTeX Documents
The gene didn't become dominant in the last several generations.
> Paywalls and sign-up-walls should be against posting guidelines

I've noticed that some paywalled sites (NY Times, in particular) provoke an almost immediate posting of an unpaywalled mirror (usually archive.org or outline.com). It would actually be nice if HN just did that automatically.
They are already subpoena'ing alexa and Google home recordings, Android and iPhone location data, cell tower pings etc.

I don't think we're far away from court ordered wire taps to compel Google to enable the cameras and microphones.
Using Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, etc. is optional. Nobody has to use these platforms. So it's unlike having a government-mandated microphone and camera in your home or school, since you could not easily avoid those, and (in most democracies) you have a right to privacy in those places (well, in your home anyway).

If you want your messages encrypted, do it yourself. Then you are in control, not some big corp.
because it will make a difference to you and you will play better.
I’ll start.

I live in Contra Costa County (east bay, SF area), with a lot of retired people. 1.1 million residents. We’ve had 224 deaths with COVID so far. In the US, death rates are pretty flat (not fluctuating much with cases), and of the 198k deaths in the US, only 16K were younger than 54 years of age.

Does that sound like a pandemic?
Is it reasonable to shutter most of our economies for those numbers?
Can we not have different regulations for those with elevated risks?

Earnest questions.

People are suffering economically and emotionally because of stress and isolation.
Yeah I should add the waiver footnote around J2 requirement. This depends on countries - my friend's one is very strict so he couldn't do anything.
Do you happen to know the ratio of regular to premium in mid grade?
Stuff like this is why I haven't uploaded any new media of myself to the internet since 2010.
You might also be interested in tikzjax (https://github.com/kisonecat/tikzjax) for diagrams which works "good enough".

I use them together but there is a pretty noticeable delay with tikzjax - I'm not sure of any alternatives at this point.
But if we don’t have free will, how can we choose to pay more attention?
You can limit how many grants people are allowed to put in. This already exists with the current broken system.
Changes to the intrauterine environment (which is affected by the larger environment that has seen significant changes) are vastly more likely than selection pressure of the strength proposed in TFA.

More likely yet is that this is a spurious interpretation of bad data. The anatomists of centuries past weren't looking at the median arteries of all humans.
The CBC is not considered to be particularly reputable even within Canada, which is extremely irritating given that our tax dollars are paying for it.
The first couple of lines of this are the opening lines in the Andy Clark's fascinating book on predictive brain theory: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25823558-surfing-uncerta...
I feel like the men in tech are more brazen misogynists than the men in other fields.
Ha, I've once been to New Jersey where it's not legal to fill up yourself.

That was weird. Second only to the four consecutive tolls 5 miles apart from each other in WV.
How conversations evolved with technology
Having personally read through a large number of grant applications I would say 25% is about accurate. It really doesn’t change anything if we were to raise the threshold to say the top 50%. The key to success is to remove the human element of trying to determine what is a top 5% grant from a top 10% grant. This has been proven to be impossible.

You can stop the grant stuffing gaming by limiting the number of grants people can apply for every year.
Watts per step doesn't make sense. It should be Joules per step, or Watts continuously (averaged over time).
Better to Be Too Early to a Market Than Too Late
Social media posts for the vast majority are all risk and no reward. Risk comes in all forms. Creepy internet denizens, job loss, and misinterpretation.
The situation is a bit complicated. From having done a moderate amount of research over years, there are basically two answers:

1) Signs that you should not use a cell phone at a gas pump are largely a result of a string of incidents in the '90s in which gas station fires occurred when the operator was using a cell phone. Causation was assumed and the warning decals were put on pumps. Later research by the Petroleum Energy Institute, an industry group, did not find any incidents that were actually caused by cell phones. The correlation may be due to a confounding factor, that people talking on cell phones are more likely to get in/out of their vehicle while pumping which could cause a static discharge. The PEI reports that, in general, improvements in vapor management in vehicles and fuel dispensers makes the risk of static discharge causing a fire low at modern gas stations.

2) General industrial best practice, and various safety regulations which are influential but not necessarily applicable to consumer gas stations, prohibit the use of electronic devices near flammable substances unless those devices are certified to be safe for that use. While many cell phones are probably "intrinsically safe" (do not involve potentials high enough to reasonably produce a spark), few are actually verified to that standard by the manufacturer (would need to be labelled "intrinsically safe" by the manufacturer following their safety analysis). In a safety-regulated environment they would thus be prohibited out of an excess of caution.

On the balance it seems likely that cell phone use at the fuel dispenser is probably not a hazard, but it never hurts to minimize distractions and extra factors when handling something potentially explosive.
I think you should try working a job in the construction industry... any job.
Not to make small of her points, as i am sure women may get it more but the point 'Why should a woman have to expect to be harassed every time she puts herself out there online?'.

I agree this is bullshit, but its the same for anyone, if you put yourself out there expect to be harassed.
Did well-organized tape copiers realize that they needed some kind of gain control when mixing tapes?

Speculating wildly that this kind of calibration at the beginning of the tape could be like an analog ancestor to 'ReplayGain'.
Could a fecal transplant one day restore cognitive function in elderly?
I've seen demos of Jonathan Blow's language Jai where he shows how fast his current video game project in Jai compiles. He's doing the opposite of what you say: just give all input files to one compiler invocation without headers or incremental compilation, in order to let it handle concurrency properly. He still ends up compiling at 1mil/s. The added benefit is that his program can get access to the entire AST and modify it during the build.
The same approach can be applied to tenure. Set a basic threshold that someone needs to meet, then run a lottery to chose who gets tenure. Would end an amazing amount of unproductive gaming of the system.
As a man, I've never experienced something like this (also never went viral) but I think it's at least somewhat comforting that most of those disgusting comments were downvoted and the moderators had an apologetic response.

I wonder how much of the hate was because she was a female programmer vs just because shitty human beings are going to be shitty on the internet regardless of her gender and unfortunately, being a woman in tech is an easy target for them.
I don't see how a tech company being the final arbiter on what is deemed misinformation on its own platform is politicizing free speech.

Yes you could stretch any argument to categorize anything as what you want, but I think under a reasonable interpretation of 'politicized workplace', Twitter could institute a policy of adding warnings to content it deems misinformation without politicizing its workplace.

As for workers having power, yes, but the company has the right to dictate what the worker does in their capacity as workers, if they choose to stay employed at the company.

Maintaining a mission focused company that doesn't allow employees to turn the company into a vehicle to advance a political cause unrelated to that mission is good for productivity.
You have to remember, we're talking about Reddit, here. Anyone with eyes knows that Reddit is a cesspool and anyone can create an anonymous account with no verification at all. I'm a nobody, and I regularly have people fight with me on there and sometimes get death threats. Never happens anywhere near to that degree on other social media sites.
No, Yugabyte has their own K8S implementation, just like all the other databases that Rook supports.

Rook is just reusing the storage operator to also deploy databases which I find strange and don’t recommend. Best to use it for storage only.
I'd like to direct you towards AutoAdmit/Xoxohth
That was a really funny video and so spot on!

I think there is a chronic plague amongst programmers to act differently around women, it is very unnecessary and that was a very relatable and humorous video that was posted. It is good to see more people being able to relate to the problem of tech recruiting as its closer to changing that way, and that isn't going to come from the maladjusted edge-lords prevalent in this industry.
I believe that religion should not enforce any rules on scientific study.

That being said, it would require (for me at least) some study to prove some of the claims you made.

Egypt, while has a majority of muslims, is a secular country. Not in the sense that they have some worldview and understanding in political systems, they just don't rule with religion. So, I wasn't taught much about religion in my studying years.

So, claims like "Arab culture doesn't value science" and "translated scientific literature into Arabic for political reasons, not for the pursuit of knowledge", would require me to read a lot in history to make a judgement.

For example, I know that the chemistry that existed in their days was actually alchemy, so I think it was reasonable for them to reject it.

The part of "Translations were for political reasons" needs a lot of research, or maybe I just don't know about it.

I also think that those boundaries between cultures are almost gone by now. While there are some extreme groups (which I believe it does exist everywhere), young people here worship Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and old people have their version of Fox News. It is the same shit everywhere. They don't have a 'culture' or some philosophy to reject science using it as you might think. They know nothing about Islam, and they know nothing about science. That is the majority of people, not all of them of course.

I will exclude from that most of the young people who were active during the revolution. While the revolution changed us and made us more open to the world, it was a huge shock. [You might find this interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tTdlSzIANo]

I realize that the situation was fucked up before the US gets into the picture. But a lot of people realized now that we need a real change and they will accept a lot of western ideas more than you think. But we saw the people getting killed in the streets, and the US supported the killer happily. So I don't really know where the situation goes from here.
Aaron Sorkin May Write a Social Network Sequel
There's been some tries in that area, using basically the blackberry trackball.

https://i.redd.it/ddu76x8mwg221.jpg
> Twitter's yearly revenue is equal to Durov's entire net work. Twitter's market cap is 250 times higher than Telegram's.

Contrary to your goal you actually made Durov sound much more impressive.
> IMO they aren't on-topic here under the guidelines[1] "Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."

The FAQ [0] actually specifically allows for paywalls with workarounds.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Edit: Missed character.
> And I’m sure most of these kids would have NEVER said any of those things in person, but being anonymous gives you a strange power and a weird desire to say harmful things.

Not to your face, no...

That's where I falter with the lamentations about the toxicity of online forums; to me, it's not that the language or vulgarity is novel or new, because it's not. At least, not in my personal experience.

What is new, and what makes the vulgar abuse more dangerous online, is that it has far greater reach. Many more people will read the forum comments than would have heard the spoken comments.

So, ie, where previously conspiracy theorists were a small community that relied on printed zines, limited run books, and (sometimes) radio; the "scene" took a nosedive when the internet took off.

Where listening to Art Bell and reading the Whole Earth Catalog was humorously enjoyable and rarely offensive, the online forums and facebook groups have given rise to QAnon.

There's something about the medium that's altering the message.
This material is part of Red Hat's RHCSA, so pay attention if you ever want get certified.
I’ve used an unmodified iSight camera since working from home, it’s fine, no one needs more pixels of my face on calls.

Its FireWire 400 cable is connected to a powered drive enclosure to convert it to FireWire 800. That cable is connected to a Thunderbolt 2 adapter which is connected to a Thunderbolt 3 adapter. I already had all these parts; if I had a FireWire 400 to 800 cable, I wouldn’t need the powered enclosure, the iSight cable is detachable.
I've felt for some time that comments are probably the worst part of the web (and yes, the irony that I'm posting this is a comment isn't lost on me)
Yes, Oregon as well
The True Story of MKULTRA and the CIA Mad Scientist
I know a team that used to use it, but have since switched to Portworx for more features. K8S is great for bare metal although the installation and maintenance can be complicated. Rancher is a good option to outsource all that.
I think it happens on every large social media website, unfortunately. You can find it all the time on YouTube, for example.
Pure thought experiments are useful because they make predictions which can then be validated. It’s part of the basic foundations of science, otherwise you’re just curve fitting across all exponential data.
I agree, and have tended to keep a low profile online. Unfortunately, much like the unspoken rule to code in your spare time (the subject of Emily's video), it seems like there's always pressure to have an online non-coding presence including blogs, twitter, etc...

That's why I briefly wrote about side projects at ${myname.tld} when I was on the job market a few years back, and why I suspect I'll be back at it at some point in the future.

In many cases, it's all just a way to stand out in a pile of resumes, which is disheartening in and of itself. That for many women it turns into outright harassment is disgusting and a reflection of the worst that internet anonymity has to offer.
My car is also a chevy.
Digital Ocean Spaces is an S3 alternative that is powered by Ceph.
Alas, if only schools weren’t staffed by us oldies.
I think a LinkedIn and a Github are enough for SWE. You don't even really need a Github once you've got experience.
this is very very good.
> If that was true, Amazon would have the data to back it up

Absolutely.

> and would only benefit them to say so.

Not nearly as obvious. It might have some PR benefits (this week, until later when public opinion shifts), but it also provides information about their business that they may prefer to not share (off the top of my head, it probably leaks something about defect rates and their quality controls).
I think the coronavirus narrative [0] is falsifiable, if only an effort would be made. My alternate timeline holds the virus was probably widespread in Wuhan by October 2019, had spread worldwide by November/December 2019, and it was too late to do anything by January 2020.

The widespread exposure of a significant percentage of the population to this virus would mean there's no need to wait for a vaccine. SARSv2 will certainly burn out, just like SARSv1.

I met someone in Northern Arizona who said her symptoms of COVID-19 started on December 7th, soon after her friends returned from China. She had lots of bloody mucus, and said her doctors didn't know what to make of her. She eventually tested positive for COVID-19, and was better by March.

I've since talked to a lots of other workers in retail. Many report waves of illness among their coworkers in January 2020. I seem to recall being off my game for a few days in December 2019 or January 2020...

The family practice doctor... Dr. Zelenko... was entirely reasonable to treat his patients early with anti-inflammatory drugs, rather than waiting for them to deteriorate and need hospitalization.

Athletes competing in the Wuhan Military Games were getting sick [1][2], maybe there's still some blood samples stored somewhere.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pande...

[1] https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3932712

[2] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/olympic-athlete-fell-ill-...
I came here to say the same thing. After my first tests with Parcel I haven't gone back to webpack again.
The United States leads the developed world in deaths due to this fucking virus. The gbdeclaration will help us continue to lead the world in deaths from the virus.

I'm sorry things are tough.
You're supporting his point: apparel is one of the segments where such return rate is plausible, but it is completely off the mark for general merchandise.
> [...] tired of the potato quality of my laptop's built-in camera, I decided to do something about it.

The term "potato quality" has a lovely ring to it.

I don't really care if you meant "makes you look like a potato" or "looks like you're using a potato as a webcam", it works so well either way.
Is is dead? Its still has a MSRP listing on this page:

https://www.microsoft.com/accessories/en-us/products/keyboar...

Along with a "#1 Best selling brand of ergonomic keyboards" icon that isn't on any of the other ms keyboards I just checked.

There have been times when they stopped producing them for a while and I thought they were done. But they have come back after a year or so.

Although, I was at best buy last year and they were $15 each and I bought the entire stock out of the store and its stashed in my attic. So maybe they are planning on an updated version. The only problem with them is really the keyboard feel is a little squishy, but nowhere near as bad as just about 99% of the other non mechanical keyboards out there.

MS has killed the intellimouse a couple times too, and they keep resurrecting it. And it keeps being this crazy good "sleeper" mouse. The latest "Classic Intellimouse" is again maybe the best tracking mouse out there. I just went through my mishmash of various high end mice and swapped them for the classics because I slowly over the span of a year or so (and lots of messing with the tracking on a couple high end logitech mice that cost 4x) came to the conclusion that it simply tracked better on the machine I had one plugged into. I have a desktop resolution that is crazy high, and the combination of sufficient acceleration+fine sampling required to land a mouse pointer on a small button somewhere on the screen is difficult on all but the best mice. I recently found myself struggling to do accurate text selection, swapped in the MS mouse and problem solved. The buttons and infinite scrolling thing on the Logitech/etc will be missed, but at the end of the day its about tracking, and MS again delivers.
I don't necessarily think what you don't like is related to early returns because the code in the article could be written like

if (!status.hasInsurance()){
return 1;
}
if (status.hasInsurance() && status.isTotaled()){
return 10000;
}
// ...

to be explicit about the conditions. Or without early returns but with still the same issue:

if (!status.hasInsurance()) {
amount = 1;
} else if (status.isTotaled()) {
amount = 10000;
}
// ... return amount
Check out cloudnine. It is a split mechanical that is super similar to the 4000.
Here's an experiment. One cubic mile of space in a gravity free region is filled with tennis balls that freely float around and bounce each other from time to time. If we produce a wave in this medium by oscillating one of the walls, would we call this wave "sound"? If not, what makes atoms "better" than tennis balls? What if we replace atoms with electromagnetic balls exhibiting similar bouncing properties, would it be good enough to count waves in this medium "sound"? Getting back to the original experiment. Now, the tennis balls float not in vacuum, but in a gas, e.g. argon. In this case, both gas atoms and tennis balls would transmit waves induced by the oscillating wall. What makes one wave more "sound" than the other? What if we don't know for sure that the gas atoms are real atoms and not some atom substitutes? At what point does sound become not really sound? My point is that if we can substitute the medium carrying the waves, than we may as well remove the medium from the definition of sound.
I’m a neuroscience PhD and this is the majority of what I end up working on. Large one-off systems engineering projects to enable new instrumentation for performing new types of experiments. It’s good fun, but there’s always a tension between doing something fast or right, and tape somehow always sneaks into the final product.
> 1. How is this really different to government-mandated microphones and cameras in your house, school, workplace, etc?

It's different because you're voluntarily giving information to a third party (Facebook), which the government is asking to share with police.

You may not agree with it, but that's the difference. It's a pretty substantial one.
The bad accessibility of math notation and math content is one of the main reasons there are very few visually impaired people in STEM, one of the main reasons why I'm doing code and not physics, and why Firefox is given as the accessibility default in web.
Problem exists between cognizance and cranium.

(Anyone have a good word starting with K?)
This is an oddly specific hardline stance to have.

When you have 85 octane available at 7,000 ft and your car is engineered to run with 87 at sea level, you'll be fine.
This kind of behavior -- I mean degenerate, human filth online behavior, not specifically the sexist kind -- happens a lot more lately now that it can spread by example over the internet, get learned by teenagers, and mimicked. This didn't generate out of, say, people that spent some teenage years posting on Usenet, or even people playing certain video games at certain times in the past, in my experience.

And you don't imagine 40-year-olds suddenly picking up and enacting this sort of conduct.

Maybe it's also absent in other languages' online behavior.

I think it's the sort of conduct that could be socially engineered out of existence -- or lowered by an order of magnitude -- in one teenage generation, if we figured out a way to do it.