skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is not a DMCA notice; A DMCA notice requires the identification of claimed copyrighted content and this document does no such thing.

The document claims that youtube-dl is illegal for being able to download video and audio from YouTube but not for hosting copyrighted material in the repo or binary distributions. The RIAA is claiming youtube-dl is "circumventing DRM".
Awesome.
Special thanx for 5x5 mode
YT ad targeting is crap. I watch bicycle videos and get ads for potato chips, shampoo and food delivery services exploiting young people working as bike couriers. It's like cable TV hogwash detergent commercials reloaded.
Jewelry.

Digital assets will have their place alongside gold and diamonds in jewelry, and perhaps even entirely replace them.

A significant issue with gold and diamonds in jewelry is that the value is destroyed if the jewelry is lost or stolen. However, Bitcoin and other digital assets do not have this issue since a pointer to the value can be worn, not the value itself.

I made a site which promotes this idea in an open way:
thebtcring.com

https://www.engadget.com/2015-05-21-a-bitcoin-engagement-rin...

https://m.imgur.com/kX9i80Q
You can try a different reasoning track. In the 'old days' software was more often than not driven by intrinsic motivation. I just loved making games that me and my friends could play. I loved writing software so writing useful apps for myself and good people around me did not need an extrinsic financial reward. Later I worked in academia for a long time. Again the research. gaining new insights in the company of other passionate and smart people was the intrinsic driver.

It was not until much later, due leaving good environments for bad reasons, that external financial motivations became a driver, providing a temporary bad self justification for not leaving sooner. Even then, solving the puzzle, exceeding the clients expectation. We're still the most rewarding parts of the job.

If you love what you do, money just becomes an issue in just 2 cases.

(1) When your needs for living in comfort (and with that I mean the luxury of not having to worry about money) are not met.

(2) When you feel others are exploiting you financially (you see disproportionate gains by others based of your work)

Now. Against this background, let us return to the question of 'will software still get written if we allow the free distribution of it'?

My believe is yes. While it is most certainly not for everyone, a certain type of people just love to create digital platforms and solutions. In fact their passion is now more often than not exploited, see for example the practices in the major gaming industry. There are more than enough specific needs that people will want to prioritise to offer financial incentives for their prioterization even if that means the result will become part of the commons. Current exclusive IP exploitation rights very seldom reward the creators, most often just those who have constructed layers on layers of financial instruments confining and leeching of the creative.

Finally IP protection most certainly stifles innovation. It restricts forms of further creation. The question is Wether this reduction is compensated by a boon in extrinsic driven creation that would be missing in the absense of guaranteed monopolies on exploitation. My guess once again is no. Science, innovation in knowledge, has progressed for centuries through the free sharing of ideas. The Eastern electronics industry has thrived in a climate of fluid copying and absense of IP enforcement. Most of the 'major' industry investments carry disproportionate public investments through grants and incentives while still locking up all rights on the publicly funded results.

We might see a different software world if copying and extending of all software was free, but not one whete creators go hungry, or innovation ceased to exist.
But what part of it is copyrighted? URL? It does not contain copyrighted text, audio, video.

Information is on the plain sight, it is like banning base64. Any general purpose computing should be taken down as well. Browsers has DRM, as I know youtube-dl can't download Netflix, Youtube Premium etc.
This seems like a security issue, no?
What about desktop app?
Yeah it's amazing, and I recently did a project on KiCAD nightly (because it has better support for complex buses and high speed stuff, and I needed to put 14 HDMI links on a board) and that's even more amazing (though currently quite buggy as a lot of new stuff was added and it's now in pre-release feature freeze to get the bugs out).

There's also two other excellent floss electronics CAD tools - LibrePCB and Horizon, which are also worth trying. They are built by people who felt they could do a different workflow to KiCAD, and have succeeded at that. I personally still feel more comfortable with KiCAD, but it's always nice to see alternatives.

One thing I've been seeing with the FLOSS tools that just doesn't exist at all in the commercial world is cross-pollination of both code and features. KiCAD now has footprint DRC built in, which is something that originated in LibrePCB. And Horizon uses the KiCAD routing engine internally, while having a completely different everything else. Developers of all three hang out with each other and exchange ideas. This is something where the commercial closed stuff simply cannot compete.
I wonder how much the fact that coffee was a hotly traded item played a role in this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coffee

Apparently by 1675 when Lloyds opened, there had been over 3000 coffee houses and they were often used for "deep religious and political discussions among the populace" as the article says.

It's no suprise that later, the very traders who brought coffee to the UK probably got talking about it at the coffee house they all spent time at. The only surprising part is that someone was quick enough to pick up on it and monetize it so successfully.
Lloyd's was very important for trade and shipping, but my understanding is that banking related more to the banci (tables and benches) outside the Ghetto Nuovo in Venice, as well as the Medici in Florence.
Great job but for Examples/SimpleFolds/Russian Triangle

had to go old skool physical media to understand what's going on

https://youtu.be/nz1TMFyhqMs
From the cited article:

"The confirmed examples worldwide could possibly be counted on your fingers (depending on whose count you believe) out of at least 38 million total cases."

Statistically speaking, this is 100% immunity. Biology is never perfect.
Thanks for the effort of registering an account just to post this.
> On most indicators the world has gotten better and more free and more democratic.

On what timescale?

Freedom House's metrics on freedom and democratic governance have been in retreat for over a decade now[0], due both to increasing authoritarianism in the underdeveloped world and the rise of illiberal[1], anti-democratic, movements in the developed world.

Human development indicators--such as the percentage of the global population in extreme poverty--have certainly been rising up to the end of 2019, but the pandemic has been forecast, by some, to undo several decades of those improvements[2].

> I would posit that what has happened is that second order effects are now more visible like the crime that was not reported and is now reported.

This is absolutely true. In the US, the crime rate has been falling since the 1990s but most Americans continue to believe that the crime rate is rising.[3] In part some of this perception is due to media sensationalism but a very large part of it is, to be blunt, the result of deliberate political propaganda.[3]

> A Hoover dam would probably not be built now because the communities affected are more empowered and have the resources to mobilize political opinion. ... I am not saying this is a bad thing or a good thing

I believe the privileging of local preferences over collective needs has been extremely bad for society as a whole because it has prevented collective needs from being addressed. For example, the housing affordability crisis that is gripping much of the anglosphere is largely due to local preferences against housing construction to override the need for a growing population to have housing. Collective needs that impact millions of people are more important than the whims of local NIMBYs. The same applies to public infrastructure and mega-projects, including nuclear power. We most likely need nuclear power to save the planet, and that need is far more important than the property values of people who are in the immediate area of new power plants. Our current NIMBY-first system does not allow for this.

[0] https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/democracy...

[1] This word does not mean 'conservative.'

[2] https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/half-billion-people-...

[3] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-conv...
The 2020 meme is by far the worst meme of the year (and worst meme of the decade since we've started saying $CURRENT_YEAR is bad). These are peculiar times but it's far from the end of the world. In fact it's given us some perspective and respite from modern frantic life in some aspects.
If you’re okay to run things in the cloud, https://transloadit.com made an abstraction over FFmpeg that chunks files up, and parallely encodes them on many machines to speed things up (“turbo mode”). 5GB free each month. Disclosure: I’m a founder :)
That's because the media are craving for examples to prove their points, but if they don't have facts, they just fake them...
That observation doesn't seem right. There are a lot of people in STEM. Most do not come from upper class parents. Many of the children of upper class parents go into non-STEM fields, including law. (Some go into music, which is not STEM.)

My decidedly working class parents insisted we learn to play piano. Most of my relatives had a piano in the house. I think it was a holdover of the days when home entertainment was self-made.

A friend lived in both the Los Angeles and New Orleans areas. He compared the two as: in LA, the parties of rich people have live music. In New Orleans, the parties of poor people have live music.

And Damgård, mentioned earlier, was born in 1957 Denmark, and plays Danish and Nordic folk music. Postwar Denmark was poor. Perhaps this interview (in Danish) explains why he started? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUF_EkN4Z-g

So, 1) is there a significantly high proportion of people in STEM who are into music than non-STEM? (and not simply some sort of observational bias), and 2) is the major contributing factor to the high proportion because the parents of those people were upper class? (and not some other factor like STEM fields paying enough so people have free time for hobbies.)
I was comparing iOS app vs desktop app.

Back then when I was using Nokia N900, I made PyQT version of Anki for Maemo platform, but I reused some of the python code of Anki, instead of reimplementing it from scratch. I'm still thinking about creating open standard/ecosystem for flash card and space-repeititon software, but it'll take ton of focus and person-time to do right.
The first point is not completely nonsensical. The treatment methods improve over time, even if we don't have cure. People being sick later have better chance.

The healthcare system overload happening or not does matter a lot too. People not being sick at the same time matter.
I thought it was for people who want to run older firefox addons but apparently they're not even fully compatible (?)
I disagree with that. Effective eradication is also an option. It will be significantly harder now that the virus has spread around the world, but if we can create low-covid areas - where the case count is low enough to support test-and-trace, we can place a cordon sanitaire around those areas, and slowly expand them as more areas lower their case count. If we can get to the point where, say, the entire Schengen area is low-covid, we can use that as a template for other similar parts of the world, like the US. It requires active work to maintain, but it will be worth it as there will be a return to normalcy within the cordon sanitaire, as well as a clear path out for regions still in the grips of the infection.
Tesla is collecting insane amount of data from its Full Self-Driving test fleet
Paper torture simulator (coming soon the feature to rip it apart).
Then get better at it. I'd constantly add 3 words real quick while I was in some restaurant's bathroom. Using templates for various kind of information makes it so you're only typing in information, no formating. Also don't forget to calculate in all the work of having to actually store, organize, and carry around all that paper. Suddenly the digital version doesn't sound like more work anymore.
https://cornucopia.cornubot.se/2020/10/september-2020-least-...

https://medium.com/@FrankfurtZack/unprecedented-overall-mort...

https://twitter.com/FrankfurtZack/status/1317001636779347968

https://softwaredevelopmentperestroika.wordpress.com/2020/10...

https://twitter.com/HaraldofW/status/1318260177955684352
Electrolyte caps are not solid state and they leak - likely the most common electronic failure. I have not heard of ceramic or polypropylene caps whine. OTOH coils are solid state and they are a lot more common to cause 'whine' than any type of capacitors.
Searching in one file is easy in any text editor. Searching across files (and directories) is more difficult.

I don't use an IDE. In fact, I'd say it's a problem if code requires an IDE in order to work on it effectively (Enterprise Java is the most prominent example of this.) I'm nowhere near Bellard level, but would consider myself above average, and have observed that some of the most productive programmers don't either --- and their code is far easier to understand than e.g. the mostly-autogenerated, split-into-many-tiny-files projects created by those far less skilled.
> The Swedish “CDC” have pushed for long term resilience and believe that strict prolonged lockdowns will be impossible to maintain.

> Other countries have had a far more political response to this pandemic.

Spain suffered so much from the covid epidemic that they had to commandeer hotels and convention centers to serve as makeshift emergency hospitals to receive critical covid19 cases.

Death rates were so high that in Madrid they had to commandeer an ice rink to serve as a makeshift morgue.

Spain's investment in a lockdown allowed them to contain and lower the daily death count from nearly a thousand to single-digits, and reign back spread rates.

The lockdown decision in other countries is not political. It's common sense.

Have people already forgot what "flatten the curve" means?
Education won't help with systemic problems. Even if individuals would be equally, ruthlessly greedy as corporation, you're still talking about uncoordinated individuals taking on a money making megamachine.

Living by greed in the market economy is an exercise of exploiting a positive feedback loop. Larger entities benefit more from it, and the larger they are, they more they benefit.
When 'Me' Trumps 'We': Narcissistic Leaders and the Cultures They Create
I use a Kindle, but always buy books from sources that also offer epub and PDF in addition to Kindle formats, unless the only digital alternative is on Amazon as some editors are very keen on Kindle DRM.

For my eyes e-ink devices are the best to read on, just like paper.
WHO put out an estimate a couple of weeks ago that up to 750 million people worldwide could have been infected with the virus. The confirmed cases is an obvious lower bound, and it's probably safe to use the WHO estimate as an upper bound.

Either way, a handful of cases of reinfection among hundreds of millions of cases means we're in lightning strike territory. It's completely statistically irrelevant.
CompileSwift Podcast – Code Refactoring Reasons and Tips
I'm a long time (7 years) contributor to pandoc. Other frequent contributors often drop by here as well. Happy to answer questions, ask us anything.
How to build a self-healing system using supervision tree in Elixir
More attorneys does not convince judges more. The RIAA has some merit, therefore they can preliminary injunction github to remove the repo. If github doesn't comply then they receive sanctions. That's simply how it works.
Indeed. Permissive licenses are about protecting the rights of developers; free software licenses are about protecting the rights of end users.
Imagine they said that investing money is a bad idea. And their argument is that people who tried had less money to spend in the short term.

Then I come and say "Duh! That is the point of investing.".

Now you point out all the great stuff one could buy in the short term.

Yes. That is the point of investing. You trade a negative effect in the short term for a positive effect in the long term. Nobody ever said it is a free lunch.
But... the Peter Principle?

You seem to be assuming that there is an equivalence between good programmers and good managers?

I wish I lived in this alternative reality you describe. My career has been littered where non technical managers--essentially clerks--get paid more than I do to sit around with a others and talk about what should be done while I (and colleagues) do all the doing. I end up doing a LOT of "managing" from behind the lines in all these cases.

Frankly, the reality distortion field where "a good manager has increased the output of their team" has been such a small observed sample, that I wouldn't be able to claim there was even a correlation between the two, much less causality; I'd just chalk it up to something like "the water" or "the lighting" if I saw it happening with any regularity.

(QuickJS seems tres cool; hat tip to the author)
Does anyone have practical experience maintaining an entire website through pandoc generated HTML? Is it worth it, and what are some pitfalls to be aware of?
Fun-with-Rust-Traits
The Baltic Exchange has similar, interesting origins (which have little to do with the eponymous sea). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Exchange
Pandoc for text, ffmpeg for audio/video and imagemagick for images?

I've used pandoc for pdf generation and ffmpeg for some audio recording/encoding/playback. I can't imagine what I would use imagemagick by itself for though (that I wouldn't use some common image processing application for). What do you use imagemagick to do?
Thank you for the feedback! I agree, I failed to elaborate on this, this is definitely not what I meant. Now I extended that section a bit and added that having "The boss said we have to do X" is exactly what leads to having a team of disillusioned RHINOs.
You come to the site and receive a lot of text and good information.
There is a lot of damage from corona all over the world, is your health okay?
It would be nice if everyone did not damage and survived well.
I also created and run a site. Please come to play once to see and go and leave some sketches. Have a happy day^^
My site address: https://sukacrot.site/
To be entirely accurate, even though the Swedish health authorities have used weasel words to avoid calling the strategy herd-immunity in public, in private emails and internal correspondence their true motivation is very clear. Very thoroughly documented by the respected Swedish journalist Emanuel Karlsten here: (in Swedish)

https://emanuelkarlsten.se/tegnell-mejlen-sa-fick-flockimmun...

Edit: Just gonna add that downvotes for a post that straightforwardly cites direct quotations about herd-immunity from the relevant authorities says more about the downvoters than about my post.
i have a Cardboard... but since I upgraded to Iphone 11 i can no longer use it :O (ie it does not fit in the cardboard)

For its price point it is pretty dope
I've tried gitmoo-goog now. It's downloaded only compressed or even resolution reduced versions of all my photos and videos.

Does not really seem fit for purpose. I'll be looking into it if I can update it.
Thanks for the feedback, I didn't see it that way and it was never my intention - I added now a short intro paragraph which hopefully eases this tension.
Local music players on Android, now that Google Play Music is dead
>- Person A goes into doctor's office for something pretty common

>- Doctor requests cat scan or MRI (I forgot which one is which) based on symptoms

>- Person A gets the scan

>- Doctor evaluates results and says to book surgery in a hospital ASAP as it's probably cancerous

>- Person A books surgery

>- Surgeon comes in and looks at the scan in the operating room

>- Surgeon says this scan is nothing to worry about and surely doesn't warrant surgery and it's not a tumor or cancer

This seems really unusual. I'd also say that (as someone who lives in NYC), I can't imagine things going this way.

I have never heard of a surgeon not reviewing the radiology reports, preparing a surgical plan and consulting with the patient pre-surgery.

If this is true, it's flat-out malpractice.

Given the sheer number of people, resources and precious operating room time involved in ordering, prepping and performing surgery, your story stretches credulity well past the breaking point. To put a fine point on it, I call bullshit.

I had surgery a couple years ago. I had specific symptoms and went to my doctor.

He referred me to an actual surgeon who ordered an MRI. The MRI showed what we expected it to show and then the surgeon ordered an additional scan to cover more area to make sure he understood exactly what was necessary. He then recommended surgery.

Not taking the surgeon's word for it, I sought a second opinion. Fortunately, my ex's brother was a surgeon in the same specialty and he offered to look at the MRI (I would have gone to another surgeon myself had he not been available to me).

He completely concurred with the surgeon and I had a successful surgery.

However, the normal process for surgical procedures, especially since there are significant pre-surgery protocols including medical history workups, blood work, discussions about what the surgery entails and risk factors, as well as a pre-surgery consult with the surgeon and/or his scrub nurse.

What's more, the surgical team (not with the patient) will meet at least once pre-surgery to review the surgical plan (which includes reviewing any imaging), and this may result in additional testing if there's any ambiguity.

And none of that is optional. What's more, on the day of the surgery during prep they will mark the location to be operated upon and confirm, multiple times, via existing imaging, discussions with the patient to confirm, specifically, what the surgery is for and what procedure is to be performed.

All of that is done before any sedation or anaesthesia is administered.

So no. That's not a credible story.
That soundbite is a study in how to turn something cool uncool.
LBRY.tv is a decentralized Youtube alternative. Another one is : bittube.tv
Excellent point and potentially good material for a separate post - I totally agree. On that note almost any kind of culture can be (mis)used to create gatekeepers.
May I recommend looking into Flutter?

I'm sure you've heard of it, but not sure people realize how mature it is and sick its internal design is, which allows writing native beautiful UI apps for iOS/Android/Desktop and web from the single codebase. While desktop and web support is still in dev/beta state, I successfully use it in production already and it's total game changer in terms of productivity and fun to code.

SRS app like yours will work on all 6 platforms with near-native performance (web might be a bit slower, but will produce pixel-by-pixel same UI as mobile/desktop) and I don't see any obstacles.

It's not like my backlog is not overloaded, but I would love to join a project if there is a chance to contribute. I want great SRS too badly for too long :)