skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Are you talking about WSL1 or WSL2?

I completely agree on WSL1 but once I switched to WSL2 I haven't seen anything that doesn't "just work".
I have many good things to say about unions in the US. The the BS work rules are NOT one of those things, and have been a part of every union I have dealt with. In my experience the the BS work rules are there to slow down work, and increase hiring & especially increase overtime.
When the Long Tail Wags the Dog (2006)
Well, in table 1 they compare to RoBERTa trained in a vanilla supervised fashion?
> Also very confused at how we're spinning HTTPS as a bad thing now?

> GET /index.html HTTP/1.1
> Host: example.com
< HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
< Content-length: 0
< Location: https://example.com/index.html

That is how HTTPS is a bad thing.
There is no real information in this article. Roger Penrose has, as he himself puts it, a crazy theory that a universe existed before the big bang, and that the heat death of the universe starts a new big bang. That's the kind of chat you have over a few pints on the weekend, because there is nothing worth "media"ing about.
No, they should be reproducible if run with the same seed.
It doesn't replace one untrustworthy, poorly managed organization with another. It just means involving a second untrustworthy, poorly managed organization with its own goals in my contract negotiations.

Some might say that unions are better, but that has not been true historically in the US - they have a long history of corruption, power-grabbing, leadership with incentives that aren't aligned with the best interests of their union members, extreme resistance to change that would fix problems, centralizing so that your workplace's specific concerns are irrelevant to the union (since your workplace makes up such a small percentage of the union), protecting crappy employees based solely on seniority, and generally stagnating the company (sometimes making it less competitive).

When I think of strong unions in the US, I think of police, teachers, federal employees, and professional sports. Not exactly examples of unions as positive forces.

Europe has a totally different union model that is interesting and seems to work better, but it isn't really an option in the US.
I've been working with a tech union for 15 years, and it's been horrible. I could sit here for hours listing out all the ridiculousness...but a small taste, grievance for being woken up from slumber too abruptly. Whats that? I'm playing star ocean and I cant talk right now middle of boss fightz. How do public companies deal with unions when the workforce gets to where it no longer really needs to accomplish things? Maybe I've just been involved with bad union experiences..
Maybe, maybe not. A good cup of nimbu pani has at least two full limes squeezed into it, and there's no law saying you have to only drink one.

Let me put it slightly differently: I don't hate grapefruit, but I don't especially care for it, and I really like lime. I'm pretty confident I consume more lime than grapefruit on a gram-for-gram basis.
Just because the markup glitches are annoying me so much:

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Maybe, but I think probably not. Market rates (a measure of local supply and demand) would be more useful.

Applying network theory, though up to a substantial fraction of total employment, it's absolute and not relative size that matters.

As of May 2019, total SF Bay Area tech employment was 835,600, an increase of 116,900 over the December 2000 dot-com peak. That increase alone would rank 4th on this midwest list.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/05/tech-jobs-soar-all-ti...

In that 835,600 Bay Area workforce, what you're going to find is both breadth and depth. Need the best, or a top-ten, or the top-ten devs in a specific skill? You'll likely find it. Need 10, or 100, or 1,000, or 10,000 bodies within a given specialty or skillset? Likely there as well, certainly more likely than elsewhere.

Want to attract remote talent? Pretty good odds. At least until housing got too rich and smoke too thick. Want to swipe local talent? Noncompetes illegal FTFW, just make a good enough offer.

It's not as if tech talent competes against non-tech talent. It doesn't. At least not for jobs. For housing and transport, yes, but that's where the SF Bay Area by and large loses.

And I'm not making the case for the midwest hubs, mostly the opposite. Unless there's some specific centre of excellence ... they're simply not going to attract talent. The body counts are likely for basic tech skills generally.

The West coast offers entertainment (VFX/CGI/gaming), search, social, ads, business automation (Oracle, Salesforce), commerce, HW & devices (Apple), and some relic defense tech, plus modest manufacturing. NYC has more ads & entertainment, and finance. DC has government, defence, and surveillance.

The midwest has ... relic manufacturing, some new manufacturing, healthcare, food & ag, a lot of back-office work, and ... not too much else that really comes to mind. Real estate? (Cratering.)

Plus a lot of tech-unfriendly legal and political legacy.

Chicago ... kind of has scale? But at 40% the size of the Bay Area's scale, even if equally complex and skilled, by Metcalf's law it would have one sixth the net value.

(There are plenty of issues with Metcalfe's law, this just illustrates how much scale effects alone might affect net prospects.)
> Actually, Sony support wrote me it's noisy because it's powerful.

That is correct - all that power has to be dissipated somehow.

When it comes to cooling considerations, the limitations are: fast, quiet, compact - pick two.
Interesting that you are just glossing over the fact that a) Tesla trounces all competition on performance and b) Tesla trounces basically everyone on safety as well.

I guess that's inconvenient to mention?
There's some efficiency gains from having streams at a lower level. E.g. if it's known that a transmission of a particular chunk of a stream failed, the next transmission can capture that chunks plus additional data from that stream instead of just blindly retransmitting a full datagram.

Besides that the crypto and handshake parts also need streams with guaranteed delivery and ordering, since they carry TLS stream data.
It's not. You could install a root certificate from the ISP and then they could man-in-the-middle your traffic.

Encryption is what allows user choice rather than leaving you at the mercy of your ISP.
Faster typing by context sensitive completion in Linux (ibus-typing-booster)
List comprehensions aren't quite the same thing; they are declarative but they describe an iterative method of creating lists through maps and filters, whereas optics are semantically oriented around traversals and projections.
> Yet they continue to manufacture cars with legacy, tactile steering wheels. Curious.

That's still required by federal (!) law, cf. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/393.209
If grapefruit causes the bio availability of a drug 10x stronger, it makes sense to be to prescribe 1/10* the amount of a drug with a shot of grapefruit juice. Seems like a good way to make drugs more economical.

* I'm assuming the active ingredient in drug is in the 10mg+ range. The way to get the accuracy needed from 1mg to 100ug sounds nontrivial to me.
It seems to.
It's not that bad. You get a crappy release once in a while and it gets fixed within a week or a month at the most. And most of those bugs are in new features they continue to add after I've bought the car. Meanwhile, my Chevy has the worst software and infotainment system I've ever experienced and the dealer wants $169 just to check for updates. I've owned a half dozen cars in the last 5 years and none of them had software remotely on par with the Tesla. Toyota and Honda were probably the only others I liked because they didn't really try to do much. They just worked.
This literally makes no sense. Australian unions have been giving free representation to immigrants bring exploited by employers
Unions are just another idea that sounds great on paper, only if you don't consider second and third order effects. They don't serve the workers, they serve themselves (like pretty much any organization).

Tech workers are in so much demand that they don't really suffer such a disparity of negotiating power, like workers in other industries.

Many software companies offer equity, which makes employers the shareholders. What's good for shareholders is also good for a lot of tech employees.

Also, barriers to entry in software are almost 0. If you can't get someone to treat you well, you can have your own software company paying your bills in 6 months, or VCs funding your startup.

Given all that I personally think the downsides of unions in tech would be much higher than the upsides. I would rather see more laws universally protecting intellectual workers like e.g. non-enforcability of non-compete clauses and alikes.
Google the names of the committers and major contributors, and you'll see many are working for quite large enterprise-y companies ;-)

Obviously, if more companies start supporting the community, that'd be even better.
Especially in the Bay Area (the user name hints at that), this is a good guess. Most of the trees you'll find a few to a block are Meyer lemons. One of the things I miss about the Bay, along with the pervasive jasmine, and persimmon season.
A System Design interview is required for all senior+ SWE candidates, plus other roles like at least SRE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg318hR5JY0

Similar but smaller questions along these lines are given to more junior candidates often enough too, as one of multiple questions.
I agree with your points, but would just point out that the upbringing - ennui connection you make isn’t as firm as you imply. I had a very laissez-faire, American upbringing and identify with this blog post. A friend with the opposite upbringing (Indian, IIT, only child) never did - she was immediately freed and happy when hitting the same points that left me listless.

I think this has much more to do with internalization if external reward systems, which is tremendously complex.
The Church had doormen since the beginning, in the West the office of the doorman was the lowest of the Minor Orders until when Paul VI reformed Lower Orders in 1972.

Not surprising that the Temple of Mammon also has doormen. Heh.
Hello! I've just changed the way errors are displayed (it'll show what you actually typed in red if it was wrong). Maybe seeing what the site thinks you typed wrong will help us troubleshoot. Btw, Chrome seems to work for a lot of people, if you don't mind using it
The theory lets compilers catch a ton of bugs at compile time. When you can get a functional language to type check, it really does Just Work. And when you limit side-effects, you know another function isn't going to monkey with something it's not supposed to.

That said, I'm presently struggling with AST transformations and other fun stuff in Haskell, so I completely agree with stating it imperatively. It's far, far easier to learn and read simple imperative code.

That's why in my language Tenet[1] I'm trying a hybrid approach: the underlying representation is immutable, but the language uses ordinary control flow and mutation.

[1]: https://tenet-lang.org/
Yes, people always assume that only one type of union exists, and that it can only really work for low-skill interchangeable workers. That this belief is so widespread is actually a testament to the effectiveness of anti-union messaging...

However, not all unions operate on that model. One major example: the Screen Actors Guild

> According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild sought to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; collect compensation for exploitation of recorded performances by its members, and provide protection against unauthorized use of those performances; and preserve and expand work opportunities for its members. (Wikipedia [0])

Actors have a lot of freedom to do what they want... For example: they can work on a big budget movie and make millions, or they can take the minimal fee and do a small low-budget artsy film. They can also write/direct/produce the movies that they act in. The guild's contracts just require that they be treated and compensated certain ways (both up front + residuals) for their acting roles.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild
Microsoft 365 outage takes down Outlook and Microsoft Teams again
It's true and it happens when nerves around the stomach (called vagus nerve) react to the cold by sending a signal to the brain. Because among other effects signals from the vagus nerve reduce cardiac frequency, you can indeed pass out as a result.

Not a doctor, but it happened to my wife and it was a little scary.
Penicillin and cantaloupe
It balances RAM allocation between Windows and Linux dynamically. That's a major feature. It starts up in 1 second.

One interesting thing is that if you have WSL2 turned on, then Windows runs virtualized as well -- it's just the 'root partition' under Hyper-V.
How does this seek to overcome the problem that killed Concorde: Civilian sonic booms over populations are illegal, and most places aircraft want to fly to/from are cities?

Concorde found a kinda niche between the East Coast of the US and European cities near the sea, but it really doesn't feel sustainable for an entire aircraft class to be limited to only that route (and wasn't for Concorde).

If it doesn't go supersonic then what is the USP?
Frankly, that would be your problem. Enterprise intransigence should not hold back the rest of the Internet.
Geneva introducing a minimum wage of $25 an hour
It seemed to help with severance when they got rid of 40% of their staff a few months after the union was formed [0].

[0] https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/13/21257585/kickstarter-layo...
If curious see also

2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17533341
> Are unions in the US really like that, or is it a one-off being used to spread fud?

Yes, they are. I've been working a booth at a convention showing off some tech and asked a passing worker for an extension cord. The response was that they asked on the radio, but the only person available to perform this role was on lunch so it'd be at least 45 minutes until I could get an extension cord.

I have had this happen in many different situations when working with union members.

Anecdotally, I do not want to be a part of any union that has these types of rules.
I'm pretty sure we aren't going to do any of these things. Humanity will just keep pillaging the planet, as is tradition. F you, got mine.
Genetics in the Madhouse
The meat is in the 48 page PDF: https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020062...

There's a similar QAnon report:

https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/qanon-and-conspir...
I don't use a case. If it were meant to be used with a case it would come built in. Iphones could easily double in thickness without making it harder to slip into a (male) pocket.
The text cursor is put below the prompt when the window isn't fullscreen:

[feelqah@github ~]$
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Also, on trying to copy the prompt to paste here, I noticed the mouse cursor disappears on everything but links, and whatever I select is immediately unselected.

It's a cool project.
Yeah, that was my suspicion. From a cost optimization perspective, I don't think SQS will ever hit the level of price per instruction that RabbitMQ does. SQS also doesn't get anywhere near spitting distance on latency either. For my needs, though, it's always done a great job on reliable throughput.

If you have folks with deep expertise with RabbitMQ, I can see why you'd go with it. It means that you can essentially neutralize its operational risks and maximize its strength, which is performance (as well as great integration codebase maturity).
Distrust? I just dont need one. I already make an absurd amount of money, work less than 40 hours a week, and get vacation whenever i want.
Indeed a very good example of what union can do for you.
It is 64 degrees outside and cloudy. The young man energy is raw and overpowering! Air quality 24 with very little wind. Good day for a bike ride or a spell of right inaction.
The Pros and Cons of Software Crowdtesting
I think the irony is that the "entry level" devices tend to be plenty fast and capable, yet produce nowhere near the level of heat.

For example, I think the LG K31 is an amazing phone. It's fast, it has plenty of memory, and it has really good cameras. It charges fast, stays charged long, and doesn't get hot.

ARM is also in the business of making chips that don't get as hot as many of its competitors.

I remember when that was AMD's domain. Now I guess it is ARM's time to shine.
I think it’s time to re-wire the house
I do not think this is ‘American thing’. I think this is unique for ‘hipster start ups’ (not sure how to define them, but I can recognize one when I see one).

For me, messages like this resonate like ‘we are cool and do not use us if you need us to run your business’.
The term is over 50 years old: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoization#Etymology

Probably been used in CS longer than “caching”.
Thingifying the World (ii)
And my wife won't use cast iron because it's too heavy and hurts her wrist.

Each of these (non-stick, stainless, cast iron) are great for the appropriate application, while also having downsides (like ANY tool). Knowing what to use, and when, comes from experience.
For me it's that it's forced. I don't like anything being forced upon me. If I could both keep my job and not be in the union, I'm fine with you unionizing.

I just don't want to be forced to be a member or forced to give a chunk of my paycheck.
Anyone else reminded of the fat PS3 in this teardown? Almost all the components are in the same place with a very similar disassembly sequence. I had a weird sense of nostalgia watching this for a piece of gear I've yet to see in person
I'm a bit of a late bloomer, and had my first "quarter life crisis" at 30. I'd like to think this means I'll live to be 120 :) I remember it was my 30th birthday in 2016 and I was taking an airplane to be at a conference I didn't care about in a city I didn't like. "Is this all?" I asked myself. As it turns out, it wasn't.

I quit that job, worked on a startup for 9 months. It failed. I got another job. Soon I'm going to start working on another startup. I started taking my social and dating life more seriously. Like much more seriously. In my 20s, I'd be lucky to get invited to do stuff every couple of months. My weekends are full of stuff these days. I rarely dated, but over the past few years I've rejected women, I've been rejected by women. I'm still not where I want to be: I'd like to build a successful startup, I'd like to have a solid long-term relationship and family, I want to leave my mark on this world.

But honestly -- as someone that's hyper-competitive -- competition isn't healthy. It makes me an asshole and even though, frankly, I do win a lot, it's not as fulfilling as a night out on a great date. Or chatting with friends about the meaning of life. Or enjoying the best damn crème brûlée you've ever had. Winning comes at a cost. Compartmentalizing competition is probably one of the most important character milestones I've achieved yet.
Great project! Tangentially, tides is one of those topics that many people have misguided notions about (only two tides, tidal bulge, effect on sun on tides, etc.). An excellent answer is provided in this Physics SE answer: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/121830/does-eart...
Anybody know the date of this?
By my reading wrapping an HTTP request inside a bitcoin transaction does not solve for that use case.

Something like IPFS pubsub could work, or you could use any of the on-chain social networks that have sprung up, or you could use E2E group chats like everyone from the Taliban to activists in the US use.
Why would tech workers who vote on union rules, vote for a seniority advancement system? Makes no sense. Either the assumptions or the conclusion are wrong.
The United States has a common law system, which relies heavily l heavily on court precedent.

https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/lawschool/pre-law/intro-to-....
We might be at the point when it can be legal again, just make sure you don’t fly supersonic above mansions of people with actual power.
Curious. Would you think that if Penrose is correct, that each subsequent universe's timeline would be deterministically exact replays of the former universe, or would they have some degrees of freedom to develop differently?
I wouldn't be surprised if that's intentionally done to force users to leave enough space around the console for airflow.
Public Ivy
Is it me or is it a military plane ?
Exactly! We can help out. Please let use know if you need any contributions from the community. Myself and (I'm sure) others are willing to help with this.

I am sick and tired of wasting money on buying products that last a year or two. It's also very bad for the environment. It increases the pill of trash that we're going to have to deal with someday.
Escargot makes old versions of MSN Messenger and Live Messenger work again
What Marketers Can Learn About Storytelling from the Movie Industry
> Tech workers are in so much demand that they don't really suffer such a disparity of negotiating power, like workers in other industries.

In USA that is, things can be very different abroad.
Problem: You need to test if people can do A. No test exists to test this directly.

Solution: Make a test to test if people can do B. Studies correlate ability to do B with ability to do A.

Complication: Lose lots of candidates who can do A but choose not to get good at B.

Solution: Pay tons of recruiters to pound the pavement and turn over every rock and make sure every tech worker in the world applies.
Someone let a GPT-3 bot loose on Reddit
Sub-10% market share is a problem for them.

It's enough of a skew that when rendering errors crop up, product managers have to decide how many eng-hours it's worth to chase down the small implementation difference between Chromium and Gecko to snag 1 in 10 potential lost visitors, instead of throwing a UA-sniffing "best viewed in Chrome" banner on the page and calling it a day.

Being a rarely-used browser is a negative feedback loop for compatibility, regardless of what standards say (because standards are often too loose to guarantee full interoperability in all corner cases; they rarely give performance constraints and often don't consider all possible combinations of feature use).
Personally, I would be more amenable to a statement like "tech is not an absolute meritocracy". Many industries are however, roughly meritocratic. While talent may not be perfectly recognized or rewarded, it often eventually is - simply because it makes good business sense. When you have easy to recognize signals of merit and value, like in the tech industry where work can be more objectively evaluated, it makes it easier to implement a meritocratic culture.
Some people look at a problem and say "I know how to solve that! I'll write a code generator!". They then have a problem generator, that will output fresh interesting problems every time it runs.

It is the only advanced tool available in C and C++, where people hate it. But for some reason Java developers are great fans (even though reflection is available), and their generators will always accept XML. It's still the first time I see a C# developer asking for it.
I almost lost a contract with a city after union members complained that I was on their turf. Their non union bosses hired me for a job they aren't qualified for, or interested in having, to solve problems they'd been complaining about for years, but because I was using oxygen in their vicinity it became a legitimate union issue because of the language in their contracts. So, yeah. Unions do stupid stuff. I still support them. Kind of wish my contract had been cancelled, could have doubled my rate when they crawled back.
Who decides when a law is unclear?