skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> I picture you decrying the same thing about the telephone, in 1949 when the us government sued at&t & forced them to sell off Western Electric, the maker of telephones. And again in 1959 when Carterphone was created & AT&T sued, forbidding anyone else from connecting their own devices. It's just a telephone! What harm is there in consumers being forced to use only no-fuss officially endorsed solutions. You can say whatever you want, do whatever you want, as long as you say it & do it with an AT&T product.

Get over yourself. Your repeated Strawmans are while amusing quite disingenous.

> There are limits to innovation & diversity, & when left to rot, when too protected, systems ossify & stagnate. Beyond the scary platform wars afoot, I think Linux has absolutely cutting edge drivers in some places that can do things absolutely no other tech out there can. DMA-BUF & PipeWire are in early early days but already showing incredibly promising zero-copy streaming that few if any can replicate, for example.

I am sure they are very good. We aren't talking about those though.

> Linux drivers push advanced features to devices that mainstream support has moved past years ago, while increasingly offering best of breed implementations of cutting edge features & rapid adoption of Vulkan standards & extensions.

I don't think you know what you are talking about. OpenGL and Vulkan are specfications for a graphics API. If I wrote a driver for Amiga OS 4 that implemented the Vulkan API then I could play games that use Vulkan on that system. I think

> The other topic worth mentioning is systems like Stadia, which is Linux based. Maybe that wasn't necessary, but it is a strong indicator to me that Linux is an interesting & worthwhile place for gaming. That there's interesting stories of system utilization & decreasing latency that no other platform could have provided. New frontiers are possible, because the platform is not closed, and that enables new interesting gaming to emerge.

Stadia was google's attempt to get into gaming pie and it hasn't worked. Their streaming technology didn't actually provide what was promised. Thing "latency" was terrible and made games unplayable due to network latency. It was all a bunch of lies.

It could have been running "Google Magic Kernel" and it wouldn't have changed things because latency in this situation is still bound to the realities of network it is connected to, the physical world.

I don't think this is the best example of what you are attempting to argue.

After this discussion with you, I am quite sure you have no idea what you are on about.
Concrete has a high compressive strength without steel rebars. Steel rebars are added to concrete to increase its tensile and sheer strength. The article alludes that these polymer reinforcements can replace steel but then only talks about increasing the concretes compressive strength, which exactly not why they're used.
Most disinformation comes from within the US.
The future of the internet in Kenya should be fiber
You are not wrong. I just tried to listen to it in the background and he does sound like a robot doing a book report.
There are many other forms of motivation and reinforcement other than explicit threats of firing pople, and most of them are less aggravating. In fact I very much doubt Amazon actually does that constantly, and I also doubt that it was the key reinforcement in this specific case, even if it wasn't simply an exaggeration.

Refusing to do what you're told will in fact get you fired in most European companies as well. I actually witnessed that happening not too long ago. So what's even the argument here?
I may be wrong as I switched a few years ago... but as I remember Find my Friends on iOS had all these features.
I was just testing the waters, the idea seems futurist and reasonable. The price of token wasn't set back then and the company decided to inject some capital with a fixed return over a period of 2 year I believe, don't remember the amount but I know it was very generous.
People hate on Apple here for being unrepairable... but really Ikea is the best example of the worst kind of building-to-be-disposable.

Furniture like a simple table should last you a lifetime, and last your children a lifetime beyond that. You should be able to repair and fix damage. Most furniture can't even become obsolete for technical reasons.

Instead Ikea use veneers and crumbling particle materials so you can't fix it at all. Many people say you essentially can't move Ikea furniture between houses because you can't dismantle it and if you tried to it'd simply fall apart.

Ikea was a terrible thing to happen to furniture - disposable single-use furniture - madness.
Indeed; it will be a bit of a different design (though still in a Mini ITX form factor), especially considering the much-expanded IO capabilities from the exposed PCIe lane, but I spoke to Turing Machines and they said they're already working on a V2 for the Compute Module 4.
Edit: My bad didn't recognize the parent comment was about Ruby, and that the code isn't elixir by a long way.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think there are 1 (and a half) other ways you could write it - that don't result in branching

1:

def something(args) do
with {:ok, obj1} <- depencency1.call(args),
{:ok, obj2} <- dependency2.call(obj1),
{:ok, obj3} <- dependency2.call(obj2),
{:ok, obj4} <- dependency2.call(obj3),
{:ok, obj5} <- dependency2.call(obj4)
do
{:ok, obj5}
else
{:error, msg} -> {:error, msg}
end
end

1.5: Use a try/rescue block where you match {:ok, obj} and then catch Match errors.
Usability 101: Introduction to Usability
would have loved to see a secure element in this iteration/design to enhance the security of the hardware platform
Yes, ftw.h has a couple of nice functions–it's an apt name in this case ;)

I could have done a number of things to keep the line count down–in the spirit of the challenge I tried to keep it clean, pedantic, idiomatic POSIX C because if I didn't I'm sure someone would have jumped on it for it not being that :P So it's written in nano in the style of how I might write a homework assignment rather than something I specifically golfed. In retrospect the fixed-depth buckets probably added more complexity than they saved, and using a linked list or open addressing would have probably been much easier since it'd clean up some of the resizing and traversal code. Plus, the load factor was in general fairly poor, the final table (when I ran it on my Downlods folder) had just over 8 million buckets of depth 5 allocated and only about 600k got used at all, and of that 570k were filled just once.

Oh, and here's the results on my Downloads folder:

514464 Developer
425236 Xcode
386616 saagarjha
386075 Users
361324 Library
337374 build
333056 Wno
306758 WebKit
302892 DerivedData
296179 eugbibmfmfphgbhczsxiimkhynol

I have a couple WebKit build logs that dominated the results…
I have a theory that most people who consider themselves night owls get to be that way because they "manage" their sleep. They stay up later than they should, wake up to an alarm and then their mornings are screwed for productivity. Additionally, normal demands screw up this time of your day. Instead of working during one of your most productive periods, you're getting ready for work, prepping the family, cooking breakfast, commuting and everything else which makes them hate mornings. They don't realize they get two peaks in a day and they are screwing up the first one.
Yet they will gladly give out 10.000usd for gender reassignment surgery. Apparently having eunuch slaves is better than having a secure product.
Evolving technical ethics to build up the Remote IT Business
In the year 2020 is not about the year of all the unpredictable and unexpected things which tied our lives up with the word named – “Covid-19 Pandemic”.
IKEAs biggest competitor is used IKEA. The downside of selling an incredibly amount of identical items is the eventual saturation of the market.

I think it's a brilliant move to ensure both the seller and the buyer of the furniture now have to stop by IKEA, the promised land of impulse buys. And paying for the furniture in IKEA vouchers means the real re-purchase cost for IKEA is even lower.
Free Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Carrier Boards with Seeed Fusion PCBA Service
Ah yes, a source on the GDPR that has a non-opt-out cookie box. Seems legit.

Where this falls down in practice can be clearly seen e.g. from UK's Information Commissioner's Office [0] (despite Brexit still one of the most readable English-language sources of the GDPR):

> Consent must be freely given; this means giving people genuine ongoing choice and control over how you use their data.

> Consent should be obvious and require a positive action to opt in. Consent requests must be prominent, unbundled from other terms and conditions, concise and easy to understand, and user-friendly.

> If you make consent a precondition of a service, it is unlikely to be the most appropriate lawful basis.

The way companies really get away with it is that the data protection agencies are understaffed, inundated, focussed on big targets, and the GDPR doesn't allow individuals to file suit.

[0] https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...
I think many a scientific journal requires LaTeX for submissions since it allows them to simply apply their own style to it (some will even provide their templates).

I always felt like failing to move to LaTeX from my own set of macros in Plain TeX mostly because I had my own stuff for ToC generation, code snippet syntax highlighting and cross-page continuation, and image embedding that I felt lazy to learn LaTeX.
According to wikipedia the Southern African countries got a different variant.

"Tab uses a different recipe compared to Spain and the U.S., where it's a caffeine-free drink, and uses less carbonation."
Thanks for this write up, it provided some context and confusion I had.
At the cost of safety, yes. It scores 0 on the NCAP.
Tried Mastodon several times, but I came from Facebook and LJ, not from Twitter. UI is artificially limited both in characters and in physical size, timelines is a chaos of disconnected posts which behave essentially like stories - if you've missed it then it's gone. No search, no prioritization, no groups.
And picking an instance is as hard today as it was years ago. What if I'm not interested in the specifically FOSS Linux area of computer technology or in the LGBT?
Nope. Keep in mind you don't need those tools to use wg. Wg was integrated in such a way that you use it with the normal tools like ifconfig
Reminds me of a story a friend told me, about how their university management wanted to save money and shut the AC off during holiday break. This almost destroyed a $1M research laser; after the break, the researchers came back to their lab, only to discover the air inside is just a little short of hitting the dew point and covering all the expensive optics in water.

(AFAIK that same team also had a problem when moving to a new building, because it wasn't constructed level enough.)
Some of my IKEA bookshelves withstood at least two moves, retaining a reasonable shape. Though yes, particle board is not the sturdiest of materials, and is harder to amend than wood.

My IKEA dinner table is solid wood, though, perfectly repairable if need be; same with chairs.
> So the protocol we used was that Americans would send them a 2400 baud modem, and make international calls to them, in exchange for hot new European game releases, because the extra speed would reduce the expense.

I never was that involved in trading. My circle stuck to mailing floppies, mostly within Norway. It was fun seeing how that too became optimised for quick turnaround - sometimes mailed without an envelope, just the protective cover taped in place... And with a lot of the more prolific traders eventually getting caught using wax over the stamps to allow them to scrape off the post mark and reuse the stamp to save money.

But, yeah, especially the lack of unmetered local calls in Europe was a massive limiting factor on modems, and coupled with no single standard for type approval of telecoms equipment which drove up the modem cost massively, especially in the smaller markets, it was a massive luxury until early 90's at least. I didn't get one until '93.
> That kind of incremental improvement strikes me as the sort of thing that shouldn't be patentable.

It is. Almost all patented inventions are improvements of other inventions. Foundational new technologies are a rare exception.

> Can you really patent "changing the physical dimensions a bit so it fits better"?

It depends. If the claimed dimensions were new and non-obvious, then maybe. The obviousness analysis would depend on the particular facts of the case and could be quite complex. The questions would probably be ones like, “Would a person having ordinary skill in the art be able to discover the claimed dimensions without undue experimentation?” or “Do the claimed dimensions provide an unexpected result?” or “Does the prior art ‘teach away’ from selecting the claimed dimensions?” So, again, it depends.
> Signs point to no: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1146

That's an interesting paper and I hope to give it more than the cursory read I've given it so far. I've requested the dataset (there's a waiting period of 4 weeks, unfortunately) because the outcomes obviously rely upon what is considered false news. Their reliance upon "independent" fact-checkers is not good enough in my eyes, because of what I've learnt about those doing the fact checking (just one example[1], there are many).

I agree, false content is a real and somewhat measurable problem and that it is spread through ignorance and dishonesty. However, we know from experience that censorship does not lead to a culture of honesty - far more often it is used to support the opposite - and would you contend that it encourages critical thinking? Those cultures certainly support education as long as it's approved. Hence, I'm not sure why any of those should count against having more free speech.

I'm not against being pragmatic, I simply think that there are other more effective and largely unheralded ways these problems could be mitigated. For instance, you shared a paper on trolling (I've yet to read, my apologies). Instead of widespread censorship in response, why not give users the powers that social media companies have? I've seen Twitter claim that they removed bots and score users based on behaviour, why can't you or I see those scores or know who bots are? Why can't I be given power over the algorithms and filters that dictate my feed? Surely that would be a better way forward that diktat by very powerful entities from above?

Free speech implies the freedom to choose who to listen to, and censorship also removes that.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-dai...
Ask HN: What Happened to Google Web Light?
Googleweblight.com is not working as if 10/7/2020. The requests are being redirected to the original URL, e.g. http://googleweblight.com/i?u=http://example.org -> http://example.org
This is a valid concern. I may be speaking from a place of privilege, but does it really make sense to curtail innovation because a small set of people might use a technology for nefarious purposes?
It was definitely around in the UK for a short period in the 90s under the name Tab Clear. As I recall, it wasn't very popular.
a hammock chair. a zero gravity chair. a patio umbrella. hanging outside is nice. a velcro'ed up bugscreen for my patio. natural anti-mosquito incense. hats for the sun.

a zojurushi thermos or two. tea is always hot. i can brew it in the thermos & enjoy whenever. matcha & the bamboo kit for it.

ergonomic devices. split keyboard. an adjustable height laptop tray (sit laptop on it to raise screen & let bt keyboard go underneath). a gooseneck tablet arm. lenovo bluetooth trackpoint keyboard. gas spring monitor arms.

a Rode Go wireless mic & lavalier for discrete audio recording. a steel series arctis pro wireless for walking around on a call or zoom. good battery powered lights, for video, vidchat, as a work light, & an evening outdoor light. a gooseneck clamp to camera mount.

collapsible water bottles. a soda stream. shelving. good usb-pd battery packs. plants. a kobo e-reader. a moonman m2 fountain pen got me journaling on paper again. lots & lots of packing cubes, to organize my stuff (& sometimes pack it). a metcal soldering iron. chromecast audio devices aplenty. command hooks.

decent skin care products. electric tooth brush, does a better job. dental floss picks, much easier to use than floss, always tensioned. good battery trimmers, the blade kit, blade lube & cleaner. vibrating foam roller.
Is this the same effect that was behind the early EPROMs with the window that was covered by stickers?
Claiming AngularJS got killed by Google (or rather will be) because they redesigned and at the same time renamed it to just Angular and stop working on an old LTS release? That's not how any of this works.
> IKEAs biggest competitor is used IKEA.

How is that even possible? Ikea furniture is particle board and frequently doesn't survive being moved a single time.
Have you ever tried to move Ikea furniture? It falls apart so easily. Recycling makes sense if there's a market for broken particle board, because that is what will arrive.
IKEA should make it easy to buy replacement parts for their furniture. Currently even for models still in sale it is usually impossible to get parts. You can go to an IKEA store 'used' section, if they happen to have this model returned by some customer, they will sell you parts, but most likely you will return empty-handed.

Recycling large furniture, such as sofas, just because they have one tiny part responsible for folding broken, is not really an eco friendly way to go.
Hulu now shows ads when you pause the show, right in your face
The React Cheat Sheet
How about you pay tax IKEA
The C64 wasn't better than the Apple 2 because of Moore's law. The C64 and Apple 2 both had 6502s running around 1Mhz. The C64 was better than the Apple 2, because of superior overall design of the HW. The VIC-II, SID, and CIA chips.

The overall point I'm making is that for years Apple sold inferior hardware at vastly inflated prices, and made up for it only in superior marketing. Commodore had a whole team of Steve Wozniaks doing wonders, and managed to sell a ton of great, functional computers for people, but go unrecognized because of incompetent management that ultimately doomed the company.

HN is flooded continuously with Apple hagiography, but in the 80s, practically no one I knew owned an Apple, whether it was regular kids down the streets, or the hackers and phreakers, crackers, and demo scene folks I frequented with online. But somehow, an entire decade where Commodore computers were ubiquitous and dominated non-business environments, is unknown to today's millennials.
I'd love to know what proportion of walkers have any kind of map, even in areas where it is strongly recommended.
I assume this would apply to car seats too.

Does anyone know if leather avoids/reduces these kind of chemicals?
If you're repeating yourself, debug it
"Being a monopoly" isn't illegal; abusing a monopoly position is what gets you in trouble. What does Twitter do that would be considered abuse of their monopoly position on Twitter-like social interaction?
Taiwan official in hospital after alleged 'violent attack' by Chinese diplomats
Show HN: Alto – Video chat using animated avatars that move and react as you do
Run a second-rate band through strip clubs for 8hrs a day for months and you won't get the Beatles. You washed quality out of the conversation by only looking at the stats.

Roald Dahl stepped out of a fighter plane in ww2 and into a writing role. His first stories were wartime stories, which has a quality you can't grind out. He has since proved himself to be a good writer.

Someone in your pottery class mistook perfectionism for quality.

There are a few french chefs that run perfectionism as a culture, with the corollary that if you think you achieved it, you haven't and you should start again. It works in a time-limited task like making food for hungry customers.

It doesn't work when you allow people to ponder what it means to be perfect forever. The important qualities in life have a meaning and aren't just points on a scale to perfection which you have to grind out.
Hey HN!

I’m wenbo and I created Alto, short for alone together. The app's purpose is born out of the necessity to meet and converse with others while preserving privacy and comfort.

I wanted to create a safe virtual space for people to connect without worrying about how they look and what they might see. I also didn’t want to sacrifice the visual cues that help human beings communicate in more meaningful ways.

You’ll speak as you normally do, and through your webcam, you’ll animate an avatar with your movements. Users you chat with will hear you and only see your avatar.

I built the app by integrating Pose Animator (https://github.com/yemount/pose-animator), which processes camera frames in-browser and animates SVG characters, with the codebase of a side project.

Future direction:

- Higher fidelity and more diverse avatars

- 3d virtual space for immersive experience

- Spatial audio

Built with Elixir + Phoenix LiveView + Alpine.js + TailwindCSS + WebRTC.

Looking forward to your feedback!
I suppose all cars are supposed to crush like aluminum cans in their crumple zones, just the cabin needs to stay intact. But good point, I might try to find a scrap yard just to stroll around and see this pattern!
> fed by an anonymous (outdated?) source

The majority of Google employees don't work on search. Even fewer have access to webspam tools/code, for obvious reasons.
Isn't AMP same ?
It’s a seriously evil plan. Used old IKEA furniture was made from wood and had some level of quality. These things could last decades. Current new things there are made from paper!!! I manage to damage these new things while assembling. New IKEA things can’t be moved, because assembling and disassembling them does not work anymore. It’s a great decision to destroy old used things, so they disappear from secondary market and IKEA can sell more of the paper trash.

Edit: paper furniture isn’t new and secret. Old article about it: https://gizmodo.com/and-now-ikea-is-making-sofas-out-of-pape...
That's what I thought of as well. I first read this short story a very long time ago and it's still something I think of often. For those who aren't acquainted, I think it's worth a read: https://marshallbrain.com/manna1
When they where fixing the roof of Notre-dame, they had to source wood (oak) that was as old as the original. That kind of thing would really accelerate costs.
I agree with You so much, got a Herman Miller right before the pandemic and I can sit for 12 hours in it without discomfort
I don't know if they have every single part, but some IKEAs have vending machines with spares of at least the common parts.
Here is an even better idea: Stop making poor quality products with a low lifespan. Furniture used to be airlooms not trash.
Oh god.

Imagine the dust.
>Instead Ikea use veneers and crumbling particle materials so you can't fix it at all. Many people say you essentially can't move Ikea furniture between houses because you can't dismantle it and if you tried to it'd simply fall apart.

Not only say that. It has happened to me. I bought 3 doors wardrobe with 2 mirror doors. 2 years later I was moving to a different accommodation, wardrobe fall apart when we were holding it above stairs. Only mirror doors were reusable. The rest filled full container for garbage.

I'm all for buy-for-life, so I bought only oak-made furniture since then. I still visit IKEA quite often, but just for plants and clearance section where you can find sheepskin, natural carpets and IoT lights for 1/3 of price. They also have really good hot chocolate and cakes :D