skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Wearing your patriotism on your sleeve ... or around your neck ... tells me all I need to know.

No, seriously, I have never been wrong yet about a person's character by observing things like that. I know a view as unscientific as that will not go over well with the HN crowd, but perhaps some of us do find merit in body language, and other external "tells".

To be sure, not saying he is not an impressive, and maybe even the best Donkey Kong player — just making an observation about his general trustworthiness in my view.
I'll try to focus on a reason that Steve hasn't touched in his response -- investing in one's future.

I'm a generalist who wants to use great tools for my work. I've built a variety of systems, not just web applications, with Rust. The more I use the language, the more I learn and develop greater capabilities to do more unfamiliar work. I am on the fence right now about diving into video streaming/processing but already have a foundational knowledge that will lend useful to a Rust-based solution. Embedded product development, too. And mobile. Rust is being used everywhere, now, with success.

So, while you may get away with using slim for your web app, using Rust instead is a way of acquiring the skillset that is applicable across all software development. One may do web dev today, but security engineering tomorrow. Whatever the domain, Rust expertise carries over. Using Rust for web development is how you invest in a software engineering future. As a manager, one may argue that this is up to the programmer to do so in their own time, and not company time. Well, in response to that I recommend reading Steve's comment as to why you can't afford not to use Rust going forward. :)
Saying that they are sampled cases doesn't mean anything about whether that number can be effected by other variables. Fewer tests would result in lower total positive results. So would people with flu symptoms actively avoiding being tested. Whether that's happening is an entirely valid question.
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Karl Jobst has some great in-depth explorations of the techniques and effort put into some amazing speedruns. He also has some good videos that go into how various communities have moderated themselves regarding techniques that verge on "cheating".

Edit: grammar + spelling.
> Truth matters

How I wish truth did matter. In what time period are you referring? Clearly, in 2020, truth at best is tolerated. When you have people with photo/video evidence of someone saying something, but then argue with you that it didn't happen or that's not what was actually said, the truth is no longer relevant. So the question then becomes "Whose truth matters?" In an era of post-truth with concepts of 'alternative facts', truth is best describe as "what you believe is truth".
I'm sorry but I'm not in favor of that argument. I'm not saying you're saying this but other people who have expressed that often, in my opinion, have a hidden implication that "other choices" really means no reputable choice would take their material, so they have to pick a disreputable choice, at which point people point to them and say "See, they have to go to a disreputable choice; they must be disreputable too."

Going back to my original post, note that I didn't say I'm entirely okay with it. My argument is more along the lines is that a grassroots expression of opinion by individuals to other individuals who voluntarily want to receive it is okay but content being pushed by a source with money behind it can reasonably be treated with more suspicion because it raises questions about who exactly the money comes from and whether or not they have ulterior motives.
The actual WHO Influenza update [1] rightfully adds a disclaimer:

> The current influenza surveillance data should be interpreted with caution as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have influenced to varying extents health seeking behaviours, staffing/routines in sentinel sites, as well as testing priorities and capacities in Member States. The various hygiene and physical distancing measures implemented by Member States to reduce SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission have likely played a role in reducing influenza virus transmission.

But also:

> Globally, despite continued or even increased testing for influenza in some countries influenza activity remained at lower levels than expected for this time of the year.

[1]: https://www.who.int/influenza/surveillance_monitoring/update...
Or, it comes out on the Rogan show...
I follow your [1] link, and it doesn't work for me. It tells me to sign in to admin.google.com, but that says:

"admin.google.com is used for G Suite accounts only. Regular Gmail accounts cannot be used to sign in to admin.google.com."

Is there a way to use Internet Printing Protocol without being a G Suite account?

EDIT: Okay, I see that maybe I can do it myself. Looking up the IPP/IPPS instructions from my printer (Canon TS9120).
Saw this back when it started vs today, amazing job! https://twitter.com/DeepnoteHQ/status/1315375717526507522/ph...
I think it was pretty savvy. Windows had just released Windows 8 and was introducing the Windows Store and the idea of having 'apps' on a desktop PC. Neither of these took off, probably for other reasons than Valve decrying them, but if they had then we'd be in the same situation with PC that Epic vs {Apple, Google} are in now.

Steam machines didn't take off because there were no games for it [1], the price point for the pre-builds was too high [2], nobody wanted to buy another (inferior) PC just for gaming [3] and the Steam Controller that was billed as part of the package was an experimental concept rather than being something people could pick up and play [4].

All of these kind of made sense at the time, but kind of felt like they had the signature Valve over-engineering. They have learned from this and have done the following:

For [1]: Proton

In 2018 in on fell swoop, Valve brought thousands of Windows games to Linux. Basically everything other than Multiplayer games with EAC or Battleeye work now (and EAC has a Linux version for native games).

From this point on I'd say that even though Linux still isn't 'the future of gaming', it's definitely a contemporary option. There are limitations, but it's viable.

For [2]: Scrap steam machines

It was a good effort, but I don't think Steam Machines will happen unless they can go toe to toe with the consoles. They don't need to, though, because people who want to run Linux are happy installing it on kit they already have.

For [3]: Steam Link

They released Steam link at the time, but now there isn't the competition of Steam Machine vs. Steam link - you can just run your Linux desktop and stream to your TV or to a raspberry pi.

For 4: Controller support with Steam Play

Steam play now has exceptional APIs which make it easy to play with any controller. I do think they need to release a Steam branded 'boring' xbox style controller, but I think they'd wait until another Steam OS version before then.

They've also invested massively in surrounding tech such as KWin, DXVK and a bunch of others. Linux may not be the 'future' of gaming, but it's definitely going to be a valuable safety net if Windows or the Consoles go rogue.
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But it isn't piracy, it's a news site.
+1 for Miller. It's a really slick tool for exploring large csv datasets. I've typically used it to do some prototyping and exploration of 200-500GB csv datasets before doing more hefty work in Java+PigLatin (our use-case is more long-term than just a single run for analysis, so that's re reason for moving out of just Miller). It's great to get a feel for the data and run some initial analysis before diving into the larger, more cumbersome system and tooling.
And Chromebooks.
It entirely depends on what the goal of your blog is. Do you want to make money? Do you want to just post random thoughts online? Do you want to share solutions to interesting problems you've come across?

I post maybe once a month tops, and for very specific niche queries I'm on the first page of results for the three main search engines. The goal for me isn't to make money or get famous, just to fill in some gaps where nobody's tried something before.

I'm not a medium expert at all, but I would wager that most incoming traffic is going to be from google searches either way. The sad reality is that search & social is the only place traffic really comes from, practically nobody uses RSS or subscriptions anymore.
Is it an extreme position? Video game high scores and speedrunning are sports that rely on honour to a certain extent, because it's difficult to detect sophisticated cheating even with video evidence, and many of Twin Galaxies' old records do not even have that, being verified by referees (at least one of whom has his own dodgy history) without surviving proof.

If someone is found to have cheated, their other records also lose credibility because of that honour component. Also, suspending records is maybe the only form of leverage honest players have.
There's also the POSIX standard which is quite readable: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/a...
Pushist Bot for control monitoring employees and you
Nextcloud integrates with Collabora or OnlyOffice. Can anyone here tell if either of them is usable and compare them with the Google offerings?
‘Cash Is Trash,’ So Let’s Bet $425M on Bitcoin
Could a gravity whip of a large star around the a galactic central black hole make a big enough ripple?
For business?
Excellent site! Thank you.
Dealing with types is boring so if I'm going to spend time on this, it should have enough benefits. In my humble opinion the rust typing system is more interesting than what typescript can offer.

The main advantage for me is the monad. Sure you could use monads in typescript or even vanilla javascript but in Rust, everything uses monads.

The vast javascript ecosystem is available to rust in the browser too. Server side it's not as big and I agree javascript has a point there. But now, if you look at the ecosystem of libraries with proper and up-to-date typescript definitions, well it's not that great.
Ah, the Tucker Carlson / Alex Jones "no reasonable person would take this show seriously" legal defense?
IIRC, Steam still does not allow a developer to release a Linux-only title.

It may seem like a minor or fair limitation, but the ability to release Windows-only titles is a key component in maintaining the dominance of Windows as a gaming platform. Letting developers release on Linux first might go a long way to increasing adoption.

I can imagine releasing on Linux a few months early, dealing with the issues not caught during development, then launching on Windows.
Is this Poe's Law?
Most people don't die from flu, so that means it might be underrepresented by 0.1%.

If anything, there's less testing for flu because of covid. But nonetheless, this is sampling, not testing, the WHO performs consistent randomized sampling over time to keep the data meaningful. If they just were based on testing of reported flu cases the data would be heavily biased and basically useless in tracking the disease.
Quick FYI - clicking the NavBar's "pricing" link on the "about" page links to "/about#pricing" rather than "/#pricing"
My thesis supervisor was surprised when I handed over my code in git repo, CDROM and USB drive.

Apparently they're used to just receiving print-outs shudders
Fine. You're a rent-seeker[1]. You're not providing any value. You're just grabbing a resource when it's cheap, in the hopes that somebody else will want to make it valuable.

You're not an "investor" because you're not contributing to building anything. You add no value to it. You're simply taking it because it was there, like grabbing every cookie off the plate simply because nobody made it illegal for you to do so.

Now part of it is illegal, but the name wasn't coined just to apply to the activities that are now illegal. It was coined for all of that value-sucking behavior. So you can disclaim the name if you want, but it doesn't make you an "investor". All you're doing is making it harder for people to get real work done.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
They would probably start killing their stock themselves.
That's an interesting take. My experience has been mainly with small to medium sized applications, and I just have not wanted to expend the resources to maintain a custom test harness.
I'm not sure if he's so much wearing/celebrating his patriotism as he is cloaking himself with it. He's extremely litigious from all accounts I've seen and it seems to be part and parcel of a carefully crafted and intimidating persona. Billy himself has no credibility to a lot of people, so why not throw a symbol front and center that holds weight for people. Just my opinion, don't sue me Billy.
Why should we even pay? There's no constitutional right to be able to leave your livestock basically unprotected on vast tracts of land where they're vulnerable to predators.

I mean, if it makes it more palatable it's probably worth it to pay farmers... but I viscerally dislike the idea that any industry has the right to:

1. Destroy the environment for their convenience

2. Be indemnified by the government for their inability to run an environmentally compatible business
The Cookie Is Over
How do you collect data without over-stepping the bounds of privacy?
I went with the official documentation of rust and rust-wasm. It was okay.

I would recommend to use the best tool for your problem. If you want to display a button and manage click events, don't use Rust it's not worth it.
I can't fathom how people enjoy killing for sport (for food, sure, but solely for pleasure?). That must be some kind of pathology?
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Show HN: Inspired by the 'memex' I created Kokoro for building your second mind
Hi HN,

I have been working on a new tool that was inspired by Vannevar Bush's memex and Luhmann's Zettelkasten.

Having been a long time user of different tools, I got to the point where I decided to build my own. For the longest time I have been looking for something that puts association first, works as fast as the mind, and allows you to stay in flow state. Making building a second mind, playful and rewarding.

If anyone is interested, I have added the link below. At this point I am slowly letting on the first users, and hoping to gather as much feedback as possible. The explore link on the homepage leads you to a live demo you can play with.

https://kokoro.app
Ant's record-breaking IPO attracts $3T in retail-investor bids
With no commute, Americans worked 22M extra hours during coronavirus
I wrote a tutorial on making a web app and I have some thoughts in general about rust in the final chapter.

https://dev.to/krowemoh/a-web-app-in-rust-17-conclusion-1njd

For the most part you could replace most things with rust but you'll be rolling your own solutions for things that other frameworks already supply. Actix was great to use and has enough middleware that I feel comfortable using it.

I don't see any reason outside of desire though to use rust and actix, python and flask are basically the same thing but easier to write. Luckily I like the language and it is fun so for now I'll continue using it.

It could be rust will be better once you have business logic where the borrow checker could really shine, just making a simple crud is too much glue work such that any programming language would work.
I think this is drawing on the vibe from animation styles where the artist draws several of the same frame, and minor imperfections are seen across each. (Dr. Katz etc seem to similarly be trying to mimic this.) A good example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53s5uln_bw4

The question though is why does this look so appealing? I guess it's probably because in general we see motion as a proxy for if something is alive, since things that are alive are never completely still.
By Guinness World Records only, despite the fact that GWR are not and never were the refereeing organisation for those records, so they don't have any authority. GWR just republishes Twin Galaxies' records.
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Wolves do relatively little predation of livestock.

https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/HSUS-...

I’ve also seen it said that wolf populations do two positive things for livestock: keep grazing wildlife to manageable levels (so that fields are replenished for livestock) and outcompete coyotes, who are more likely to prey on livestock than wolves.
Deepnote team member here. It took a lot of effort to get to where we are right now – Deepnote is one of the most complex products I worked on. If you have any questions, engineering, product or otherwise, ask away!
would their articles get much readership without medium? build it and they will come only works if people know about the thing
Looks interesting, there are definitely a lot of pain points when using the Jupiter notebooks for more complex explanation. One thing I would love to see you in a Jupiter notebook, which some of the various deep learning experimentation start ups (wandb, etc) have is a local visual sink for time series data. For instance it would be great to be able to dynamically plot (maybe in the left or right margin of the window) loss over time for multiple runs, maybe with some dynamic ability to group graph.

I could envision hooking up the outputs of multiple executions of the same (or different) notebooks to these visualizations.

You can kinda get something like this with matplotlib or plotly but it has always felt kinda missing something.
Two differences I see:

> At least Mailchimp, a US email and marketing automation service – doesn’t even try to pretend there is some objective, consensus-based way in determining what’s false and what’s true. Instead, they’re saying what many others in the tech industry are thinking and doing: “misinformation” is simply what we decide it is, because we can.

Mailchimp is outright acknowledging that epistemically-sound, conclusive Truth is not a deciding factor, whereas Twitter, Facebook, etc (and much media reporting) hint/imply that conclusive Truth is a deciding factor.

Secondly, if one is deplatformed from Mailchimp, one can move to another provider with little loss, particularly as it comes to the most important aspect: attention. The commonly repeated meme that deplatforming or filtering are not(!) in any way free speech issues "because you can "just" move to a new platform (or build your own)" completely overlooks this aspect of the debate.

https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-issue-tech-turmoil-n...

>> Here's how this golden age of speech actually works: In the 21st century, the capacity to spread ideas and reach an audience is no longer limited by access to expensive, centralized broadcasting infrastructure. It’s limited instead by one’s ability to garner and distribute attention. And right now, the flow of the world’s attention is structured, to a vast and overwhelming degree, by just a few digital platforms: Facebook, Google (which owns YouTube), and, to a lesser extent, Twitter.

>> These tactics usually don’t break any laws or set off any First Amendment alarm bells. But they all serve the same purpose that the old forms of censorship did: They are the best available tools to stop ideas from spreading and gaining purchase.

>> Even when the big platforms themselves suspend or boot someone off their networks for violating “community standards”—an act that does look to many people like old-fashioned censorship—it’s not technically an infringement on free speech [1], even if it is a display of immense platform power. Anyone in the world can still read what the far-right troll Tim “Baked Alaska” Gionet has to say on the internet. What Twitter has denied him, by kicking him off, is attention.

[1] Here the author actually falls victim to conflating free speech (the general principle) with The First Amendment, but makes up for it well enough.

Another good article (with a John Stuart Mill basis):

https://felipec.substack.com/p/the-fatal-freedom-of-speech-f...

>> In 2020 the concept of cancel culture is rampant. The common argument is that the right to freedom speech doesn’t imply that people must listen to you, or that you cannot get canceled, or that you should be free from the consequences of your speech.

>> This is correct. But did you spot the fallacy? The [right] to freedom of speech is not the same as the freedom of speech [argument]. That is an equivocation fallacy.

EDIT: It seems these ideas are unpopular - I would appreciate hearing any opposing ideas so that I can improve my stance.
Maybe you misunderstood me. I currently subscribe to: Youtube TV, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime and HBO MAX. I spend more on streaming services than I did on cable.

I'm not asking for them to lower their prices; I'm not even asking that they don't raise their prices. I'm simply saying that when they raise the price it makes me think about the value proposition and I am reminded that I'm paying for far more content than I can possibly consume. That's my fault and nobody else's.

I don't need a service that rotates my subscriptions as suggested above. Rather, if someone wants to create a service for cable cutters, I'd like a central place to curate what I like, what I've seen, what I'd like to see and know when that content becomes available. I agree that Apple does some of that, so does netflix, and HBO and some of the others... and I do use those features, but there is still an opportunity for someone to create a service that is centralized and provides more depth.

For example, I'd like to go a little deeper than a thumbs up/down when rating Netflix content. I'd like to have more than one playlist on Apple, Prime, etc. I'd like to know when a hard to find movie/show gets licensed and will be available on a streaming service, etc.

So, no... I don't want to pay very little money for lots of content. I just want to rebalance what I do pay for to match what I have time to watch. No, I don't want to spend very little time... I actually want to spend more time curating.
As someone who used to run a WordPress blog as a kid and taking a long hiatus from blogging, I'm really happy about all the options there are today. I spun up a blog using 11ty and netlify, and it was just as easy as all the blog posts about them say it would be. I don't think there's a better time to try to self-host a blog if you are at all inclined. I've also been excited about Dev.to (although I haven't dug too deep into it).

* Shameless plug: my blog lives at salem.io, and I'm more than happy to answer blog-related questions (or any other, honestly) if you're interested in starting but need a little push. My email is in my profile.
> Vega-Lite is also available as the default plotting library in JupyterLab.

What does that mean? I thought plotting was done by what-ever program script was running on the kernel.
Anyone who creates a persona around their association with something else casts suspicion on anything they do outside of that something else.
This is really fantastic to see, and I hope it is read widely. Anything that can get rid of jet is a godsend for better figures.

My only minor quibble is the use of "scientifically" in phrases like "scientifically derived color maps." Since there's no general "scienctific" concept, and it's actually about the color values perceptual consistency, using a term that reflects that specific "scientific" aspect would be a lot clearer. The terms "scientific" and "unscientific" are highly subjective and do not convey much useful meaning, IMHO. And when an article is read by non-scientists, which I hope this article will be, using terms like "unscientific" reinforces the false popular perception that scientists are commonly dividing the world into "scientific" and "unscientific" like a 1950s Time magazine article. But again, very minor quibble in what is a very important message.