skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Nope. As the GP mentioned, billing is delayed, but you could set alarms on your lambda usage. You could even use something like X-Ray to get more insight into what your usage looks like.

The problem is there's not a clear way to tell the difference between recursive calls and heavy traffic.

AWS components are fundamentally a network of nodes that are sending traffic to other nodes. But there's no unifying language that can model this, so you can't describe what this graph ought to look like. (e.g. you want to be able to say "lambda Foo should be called twice for each event to Bar".)

And that'd be hard to do since most nodes are general purpose computers, like Lambda and EC2, that can send traffic anywhere for arbitrarily complex reasons.

Since you can't describe what it ought to look like, trying to alarm on it becomes a problem of detecting anomalies. You can sort of do it, but AWS doesn't want to do it because they'd be making a promise they couldn't generally keep.
We fixed a method taking 13% of Linux kernel compiles in llvm-11.
Internet of Fruit
I don't think this is a EULA in the typical sense: its a GMO licensing agreement.
If it's a fully compatible clone - complete with kickstart and able to run an unmodified build of Workbench, I'll buy one.

I'd personally rather it be an A1200 clone rather than an A500, but maybe that's just me :)
I like the concept but felt the article was VERY light on facts, guidance, really anything other than “seek to fully understand a concept instead of getting just enough to get the job done right now “. So if you haven’t read the article yet, you might not need to, you just did.
The paraphrased summary of what you're saying here is "I want to have conversational in-person interaction with people and I identify mainly with companies that value this highly." This is certainly fine and understandable, but is more of a personality trait than a company or productivity rule (or guiding function as you put it earlier). What you call "feel a bit human" I call "office politics." Forced superfluous off the cuff interaction sounds terrible to me. You say most employees are like you (not robots), I say it depends.

The real answer here is there is no universal answer. Your guiding function is not the same as mine as we have different tolerances and wishes for interaction. Yours is not more right nor more creative in every case, just as mine is not more efficient nor more productive in all instances.

You're right companies are collections of people, and there is no singular method to organizing them that makes sense in all cases as personalities are different. Usually though, autonomy is important to satisfaction. Letting your people choose their environment rather than forcing your own personality on them is more likely to help them, and in turn the organization, succeed.
Unfortunately, that's not new. In recent years, I've seen those 'EULA'- patent-like warnings on many a fresh produce packaging.

How did it happen? Well it's very simple really. As with DRM, copyrights and patents the average member of the public couldn't give a damn about them, so only those with financial vested interests hold enough sway with politicians to have laws altered.

This isn't my idea, I picked the idea up from 'Mr Copyright' (Cory Doctorow) who wrote about such matters a while back.
Well if you have to go to court over something you did with the grapes you bought, you have likely already lost
Buy 100 bags of these grapes, feed them to some animals, and set them free? I'd love to see those animals read and "agree" to a EULA.
> our response to the virus has caused more harm to more people than the virus itself

That can happen from failure or from success. The far more important comparison is response vs. what the virus would have done without that response.

> the goalposts to end restrictions keep moving once the previous criteria are met

Criteria like what? The only one I've seen is trying to get the rate of spread down and we really haven't managed that.
This is likely due to the federal government stopping the federal noise control program in the early 80s [0].

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_Control_Act
Maybe. There are GMO patents.

As written it is a bit too broad since it does not allow the consumer to synthesize anything in their bodies that coincides with what's in the fruit.
On Twitter, we cool kids call tripe like this cope
Why Apples Swim but Pears Sink
The only shortcut I needed to be successful:

"sout" extends to System.out.println

;)
> or put the coats on too thick, to the point where I rub paint off if I brush up against the wall

How many coats are they putting on the wall, 5? I've never heard of paint rubbing off because there's too much of it.
What was the term?

In any case, reading their blog post, this sounds like a positive change, although of course it depends on how it's implemented. But good for them for recognizing that action is needed.
Given that I don't have a degree in hyperbolic topology, that would definitely put a damper on my appreciation for the language, yep haha. I'd probably consider myself to be on the lower side of average intelligence for programmers, and I like it a lot. Granted, I haven't gotten around to writing a working web app in it yet.
> Anyone know if this is likely to hold up in court?

It would already be illegal to grow clones of the plant anyway, at least for commercial use, so whether or not the EULA is binding is kind of irrelevant.
I'm curious if they have a plant patent on this variety, it wouldn't be valid outside the USA and given that it's also written in French I assume they sell outside the USA. I think this text is probably meant to protect the IP outside the USA mostly if they have a plant patent, seems like an interesting legal strategy.

I've also had these grapes and never noticed the text, I wonder if it is new, and yes these grapes taste amazing! They are super sweet, and a slightly different almost artificial seeming flavor.
For those unaware, the new wave of apple varieties (juice, not space gray) are also IP-encumbered [0].

The Honeycrisp's patent seems to have expired, but varieties that you will need permission to grow: Ambrosia, Cosmic Crisp, Envy, Jazz, Kanzi, SweeTango.

[0] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/11/10/358530280/wa...
Hilariously, I can't see whatever is at that link because Cloudflare.

Access denied

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

Ray ID: 5e1522cb6c3cd1c3
Timestamp: 2020-10-13 01:02:34 UTC
Imagine if they had clauses like this back in the time of Johnny Appleseed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed
"We" is the United States here, right?

> In the U.S., about 28% of the population of 105 million became infected, and 500,000 to 850,000 died (0.48 to 0.81 percent of the population).[129][130][131]

We're pretty close to half of 500k.
How is owning an AWS account easier than a cheap dedicates server? You should have a code repo and backups in either case.

At least some people mention "but I can scale this lambda x1000" and that's one advantage... But you can do all those tasks on a hetzner server in same amount of type, just python scripts.
The grapes are under patent, it's not the eula that's making it illegal its the patent. See Monsanto and it's trademarked seeds https://www.rt.com/usa/monsanto-patents-sue-farmers-547/
Reminds me of 2013 IOCCC entry: https://www.ioccc.org/2013/cable1/hint.html
FTA: "I don’t want to make this blog post a rant against side projects. In fact, I’m advocating the exact opposite. Continue to do as many side projects as ever, code on nights and weekends if you want too, but don’t think about how they could be useful to you to get a new job."

Clickbait title that even author doesn't agree with.
As a systems developer, comments like yours make me amazed at the state of web development. From the outside looking in, it seems like 10% code and 90% monkeying around with tooling and frameworks and stacks.
what social good is served by facebook? I suggest their servers are slowed down by 1 second so everyone spends less time on facebook.
https://desalvoinc.com/ another option if you are looking for a chunk of aluminum that holds a raspberry pi.
In the USA there are also "plant patents" which like software patents aren't recognized in most countries. It doesn't require it to be GMO, just to have undergone certain types of selection and breeding and be registered in the right way.

GMO patents are usually done via standard utility patents, the plant patent is actually a third category separate from design or utility patents.
WTF is it with AOO? The barest minimum of care for their users would have them just redirect download clicks to LO. A little more would lead them to hand the OO trademark over to LO.

But, no. The users can suffer; they deserve it for being so hidebound as not to have noticed that the action has all gone elsewhere, leaving them in a cul-de-sac of their own ignorance.
Let's say someone decides to just take their grapes (Cotton Candy Grapes) and grow them in their farm and sell it as "Popsicle Candy".

At that point the company that originally bred the grape would sue and claim patent infringement but also for EULA contract violation, giving them additional ammunition.

If you can get additional protection by printing some text on a package, why would you not do it? They spent twelve years breeding this strain, it would suck for someone to steal it.
Have you tried Wiktionary?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cunt

You'll note that in addition to the literal meaning, it explains various other usages in depth as well. And it's fairly resistant to UD's unfortunate habit of having completely made-up words and definitions written by giggling teenagers.
This is pure speculation, but I wonder if they are using GPS time signals to synchronize all of the inverters perfectly in frequency and phase. Or maybe they just have them resist changes in frequency like an actual spinning flywheel would, and let phase drift.
Wondering why more similar projects doesn't exists, yet ?

Love the shopping list - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-3OBo0eH2512aYwh1O4u...

Great write up and courage for build
The title is misleading since this has nothing to do with Commodore. Assuming it's based on nothing more than a software emulator core (just like their previous C64 project), you're better off getting a MiSTer [1] or just using WinUAE.

For extra points, it's not hard at all to setup the MiSTer board in a used Amiga 500 case with the original keyboard.

And of course, one can always buy a classic Amiga 500 system from AmiBay, there are lot of them out there and prices are still reasonable. Moreover, there's a galaxy of modern expansion boards and hardware accessories that can be used to bring them into the 21st century.

[1] https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
Ask HN: Is there a website/app blocker equivalent of HN's “noprocrast”?
For those not aware, HN has an anti-procrastination feature in the account settings called "noprocrast". If you turn it on, when you visit HN, it only lets you interact with the site for the next "maxvisit" minutes, and the limit only resets after "minaway" minutes.

E.g. if you set "maxvisit" to 60, set "minaway" to 720, and access HN at 4 PM, you can use the site until 5 PM, at which point it locks you out for the following 12 hours.

I've found that this is an excellent anti-procrastination measure. It takes what is usually an impulsive decision ("I'm just going to check this website real quick") and turns it into a conscious choice ("Do I want to start my one daily HN session right now?"). Rather than impulsively taking 5 minutes here and there, I have to take my time on this site all at once, so I only come here if I think it's going to be an actively good use of my time.

The problem is, this seems to be rare among productivity apps and "screen time" features. Most of them do something different, such as:

- Time limits for apps that only count time when you have them foregrounded

This doesn't work as well, because "a half hour" on a particular app can easily cost you more than a half hour of productivity if you split it up. Every 5-minute session distracts you from what you were doing before.

- Scheduled or ad-hoc downtimes for apps

These tend to be really inflexible, and my time isn't this well-planned. Both this and the previous feature just train you to hit the "Ignore limits for the next X minutes" button.

- "Screen time reports" telling you how much you've been using an app

This feels more like a guilt trip than an actual anti-procrastination measure. You know where your time has gone, but not how to fix it.

So are there any website and app blockers that actually take this strategy, letting you ad-hoc allocate contiguous blocks of time to access apps or websites, then locking you out for a while after that time is up?
It'd help with the edge case I showed... "safe" is a strong word though, doesn't handle this one:

std::string json() { return "\"123\""; }
std::string_view unquote(std::string_view s) { return { s.data()+1, s.size()-2 }; }
auto i = from_string(unquote(json()));

It's a fundamental problem of subtly & unexpectedly deferred action.
This whole thing seems perfectly reasonable to me. The analogy between DNA code and computer code seems pretty direct. They made the code, they should get the rights to the software/fruit. Don't like it? Write/selectively breed your own fruit.
I don't think the seeds will produce the same kind of fruits. I think its like apples in that you have to clone a cutting to get consistent quality.
I agree Git won the power users.

I think perhaps all that's needed is a GUI front end that ignores the structure of Git and just gives non-power users what they want.

Like one button. Backup, delete repo, re-pull and re-add my changes. No explanation of what's doing under the hood. Simplify branches for simple repos. Power users can do their thing seperate.

And improve GitHub. A WYSIWYG to edit .md files for instance.

I think it's not impossible to get Git and GitHub good.
Complaining about 1-based indexing in Julia is so... 4 years old! Just use OffsetArrays, and you can use 0 based, or whatever base floats your boat (start underwater with -5, for example!)
Found a few more, mostly minor: https://app.pagewatch.dev/87cdfd49e2ece1f692ac7fdfcb58562477...

Landing page looks very clean, it was not immediately obvious to me though how the pricing works, what counts as an application?

How is AppSumo working out for you? I'm considering also listing my project with them.
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You wouldn’t download an apple pie, would you?
This is attacking a straw man; the elimination of single-family zoning does not imply replacing that zoning with some other equally onerous requirement. Allowing students to attend school without requiring a dress code is hardly "imposing your preferred solution on everybody else".

Also, the idea that local interests should have the power to block community changes is directly responsible for many prescient issues, like the lack of housing in California causing sky-high home and rental prices. See e.g. a review of the book Golden Gates, which touches on NIMBY-ism in California: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/business/economy/housing-...
Indeed the title of the article is "Retro Games, the maker of TheC64 teases an Amiga 500 for 2021"
You would think it obvious but suprisingly a lot of people didn't know that.
But that's my point, freedom defined as "more choice" is not simple because more choice for you may mean less choice for me. You can't just separate out the consequences.
Jabba the Hutt Is a Cat
Do you think ‘the peasantry’ should be neighbors with royalty? I don’t see it ever happening. Ever.
How about no.

I would rather have companies not make new breeds because of fear of theft than deal with lawsuits/enforcement of growing food.
I immediately put in the FUN song from spongebob and was slightly disappointed lol

awesome project though! How did you build the voice encoder for each character?
Really sweet grapes that kids love avbl at Costco Mountain View. I can imagine why they don't want it copied.
Cotton candy grapes aren't bioengineered - this is referring to a plant patent which protects the grape variety.
Monsanto has sued farmers who had plants that grew from seeds that flew from a neighbor
The only way to grow any apple is to take a cutting off the tree. Apple seeds don't grow what you expect.
Its a plant patent - a very standard type of patent in the US that will hold up perfectly fine in court
"Your car sits idle over 95% of the time." Ok, but hailing a cab-van with 3 carseats 5-6 days a week is a headache. Plus a good used minivan costs just $15-23K.

"Your guest bedroom is occupied one week out of every 52." Mine is 4 weeks a year, and we have a murphy bed in it so we use it for other things the rest of the time.

"Your kids use the yard less than 40 minutes a week." WHAT?! They're out there 24/7. I have to drag them in kicking and screaming!

Silly article. Stop pretending you know how to grown-up.
If OpenOffice was maintained and can even be considered a rival to LibreOffice, I would totally agree, it would be an unethical move by the LO team.

But as they mentioned in the letter, there has been no major release to AOO in 6 years. The project is dead. Keeping it alive only serves to divide the community unnecessarily. They can't "throw shade" at other people's work, if they aren't doing any work. The weaker unmaintained project should be absorbed by the stronger and highly maintained one. It's just FOSS nature.
> They spent twelve years breeding this strain, it would suck for someone to steal it.

First we need to decide whether a naturally occurring biological and agricultural process that forms the basis of human civilization is "stealing."

Was the introduction of potatoes to Europe an act of grand larceny on a historical scale?
Related: After the invasion of Iraq, the US occupying force issued 100 orders as to how the new state is to be run. Among them is order 81, which prohibits saving and planting of patented seeds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Orders
These are cotton candy grapes. They are a horticultural variety that was produced through traditional breeding practices to increase the sugar content, reduce tartness, and add the hint of vanilla flavor. Those all come from traditional crossing of other genetic lines of grapes. The process was more difficult because cotton candy grapes are seedless, so each generation had to be propagated using tissue culture.
on one or two errors?

Kissinger, Moniz, Briand, Obama, Mother Theresa, Kim Dae-jung.
You did not answer the question which was not if there ever was any case at all, but how many. An individual example is useless when the question is about if something works at (even minor) scale.
Cotton candy grapes are definitely patented. They've got another 10 years of patent life left IIRC
> our response to the virus has caused more harm to more people than the virus itself,

That’s not a bad thing. A bad thing would be if our response caused more harm that the additional harm the virus would have caused but for the response, but that it caused more than it allowed the virus to cause is not a problem.

> and the goalposts to end restrictions keep moving once the previous criteria are met.

No, they haven't. It's true that both the restrictions in place in some jurisdictions and the criteria for step down have been revised based on better understanding of the virus and associated activity-related risks, but that's not the same thing (and has resulted in loosening of some restrictions directly and easing of some criteria, as well as tightening other a restrictions and criteria.) But they haven't moved in response to meeting preexisting criteria.

You think we should just ignore new information ?
Yes, there are banks using Haskell for many important processes.
What are has both Comcast and Wave available? Most cities only allow a single cableco at a time - or was this an apartment complex?
> Considering that rebasing is a crucial feature of version control

"Rebasing" is NOT a crucial feature.

"Commit history" being immutable is an equally valid axiom.

"Rebase" is an architectural feature of git that matches the organization structure of the Linux kernel (individual maintainers squash the detail of the commits as it passes up through developer->Maintainer A->Uber Maintainer B->Super Uber Maintainer C->Linus) by virtue of Conway's Law.

I would posit that most development teams would be much better served never squashing commit messages. Too many groups incur the complexity of rebase without having any reason for doing so.
This is the kind of subtle change in society that I can't describe.

As a kid, at my uncle place in the country side, we used to take bikes with my cousin and go whatever. Far away, unattended, no phone (hell, I don't think that house had a landline at the time).

Nowadays it feels a fantasy novel about another galaxy.
Thanks, that seems good enough for my use case. Kind of unfortunate usage of the media wiki interface, though, as I find it a little tedious to quickly search for the most relevant definition.

Yeah, I know Urban Dictionary had stupid definitions but I was kind of relying on those giggling teenagers to help elucidate what other giggling teenagers were talking about.
i do the same thing over the phone and through google meet. i don't ever have to go to see a client face to face. some clients i have are even across the country and i have never personally met them.

point being is that if you can navigate your clients through the correct questions, cut down on the small talk and have focused, guided meetings, there is no reason to have to meet someone face to face.
Police do tend to harm more when given more funds and/or gear so this is not surprising in the least.
Maybe, chki and nabla9, you two had a different idea in mind when using the word prestige
If one cannot defend one's assertion by answering straightforward questions, avoiding unpleasant questions via rhetorical insults are indeed an effective alternative, especially in a community with sufficient lack of diversity of beliefs and thinking styles. Humans do love to circle the wagons to defend their most cherished ideas.

Downvotes work well too, as does rate limiting accounts that do not stay within the boundaries of the community overton window.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-censorship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_corridor
> You would think, after all this time, and on this occassion, that an "open letter" from LO to AOO would be some attempt to extend an olive branch, a call for some reconciliation, and some appeal to increased cooperation between the project

At the moment, the only thing the Apache OpenOffice project has to offer is the name and the openoffice.org domain name. There are no active developers maintaining it full time. There is no professional support. The community is very small.

LibreOffice has the development work and the community. The Document Foundation could make a groveling blog post apologizing for 10 years of development on a fork of OpenOffice. They cannot offer the code of LibreOffice as the copyright to the code belongs to the individual contributors and the licenses are not compatible (in that direction). However, The Document Foundation has nothing to give the Apache OpenOffice community (unless they want to start over from scratch on reinvigorating OpenOffice).

> Seriously, WTF is it with these people?

These people are upset that after 10 years of extremely active development, the "upstream" of the LibreOffice project still has a very large mindshare. Despite OpenOffice having barely any development in 10 years, many users still have never heard of its successor.

I think a better question, is the one being asked by The Document Foundation: Why won't Apache point people to a more up-to-date office suite rather than continue to peddle an old legacy system?