skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's actually medically anxious. One doesn't need panic attacks, or even really dysfunction to have anxiety. A constant feeling of aimless dread is classic anxiety. It also doesn't have to be aimless: when I'm anxious, I realize I mostly post-facto create stories about why I'm feeling anxious. Sometimes there's a bona fide trigger, but other times I'm just inflating problems to justify my feelings.

Medication, meditation, therapy and exercise are great tools for improving quality of life. Not feeling constant dread is wonderful. 10/10 would recommend taking steps to alleviate.
Feeling of dread, hopelessness, or lack of motivation to do normal tasks. Not just for work, but for things you typically enjoy doing -- so more than just procrastination.

This can be caused by anger, despair, loss of a loved one, brain chemical imbalance, alcoholism, drug addiction, etc.

Severe symptoms would including thinking about harming yourself or others.
Also: drink less coffee.
Wow! Someone linked to my website, I can't believe it.
5GHz wireless phones were deployed to deal with a crowded 2.4GHz band flooded by baby monitors and other BW hogs. This was all before wifi became ubiquitous.

Funny enough the rare digital spread spectrum 900MHz phones that came out just before the higher frequencies took over were great because of limited use by that time plus minimal interference from walls and analog phones.
Nearly 28M licensed Texas drivers hit by data breach
FYI: Your email isn’t visible to other users (except moderators) right now—it has to be in the About field to be visible to everyone else.
> You are already assuming RTOS/Linux with this.

> UART is easy to initialise on about all platforms. On an AVR you you don't even have to think about configs or clock trees.

I'm assuming fairly standard microcontrollers, but yes, from my experience as a lead for a proprietary RTOS that I ported to dozens of boards.

I'd say that AVR is the outlier here. Nearly every more complicated core has clock configuration that's finicky and needs to happen to bring the UART up. Blinking an LED just needs a couple writes to PINCONFIG and GPIO blocks and a busy wait loop that isn't optimized out.

> UART is one of the best ways to debug and vastly superior to just blinking a led.

It is once you've validated that code execution is actually occurring.
i have and it leaves all media on the hard drive still
When Donald Trump launched his campaign he said; “ When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

How else is one to take this? He said some are good people implying the majority are not despite evidence to the contrary.
> Developers will be forced to buy macs

Yeah, what's up with that, having to buy a Mac just to run XCode! And having to register as a developer to get a certificate.

Apple should bring back Lisas and the UCSD Pascal/Clascal for Mac development like it was in the 1980s. And they should also bring back 4-letter developer signatures. ;-)
Exactly. You don't make money without having a boss (or many bosses).
I've worked at plenty of big name companies you've heard of, and I have not experienced what you describe. Oracle, for example, was pretty much about showing up at work every day.

Personally I think they churn out 'better' engineers simply because you are afforded more opportunities to work on things that can be of enormous scale, specificity, and complexity.
Yep, that's exactly what depression is like.
Wait, more than normal?
I feel extremely lucky to not be experiencing depression right now. I for some reason seem to thrive with this stay at home stuff, maybe being a gamer as a kid and having my primary social outlet be friends online has helped. I tune into twitch streams and becoming a regular in certain channels feels like hanging out with a group of friends.
Extremely. Mostly can't focus, can barely get out of bed at all some days. Some people are trying to help with various aspects of this, and they're doing some good, but they're poorly coordinated and there's secondary damage when they get things wrong.

Out of money. I was trying to get my career back into play via Triplebyte + one or two contacts around the beginning of the year; I had some minor success, but my interviews promptly got cancelled as the pandemic ramped up. And I think my Résumé of Nothing is now even more of an infinite liability than it's been in any recent years. (I took enough of a hit at the end of 2018 to pretty much lose my ability to work, after some years of on-and-off self-underemployment, and spent 2019 trying to recover; what I managed to regain has mostly been undone again in 2020.) Oh, and video calls and screen sharing (things people want a lot of nowadays) are both tricky due to secondary effects.

I finally have a source of medication that requires less effort to keep going, and that might help stabilize. Wish me luck?
I voted, but I'm not really sure if I'm the audience you sought for this poll; I've been severely depressed for the majority of my life (it gets more and less worse from time to time, but always what I'd consider depressed), but the coronavirus situation hasn't (as far as I've noticed) affected it all that much.

I wish good luck to all of you out there who might be going through this for the first time in your life, or those for whom it is a regular (yet unwelcome) visitor.
I daresay this sounds a lot like the drums and trumpets history that the author isn't particularly fond of.
no, but optimism is dwindling by the day.

quit my job in 2018 as I was totally burnt out. figured id take a couple months off and get back to it. spent all of 2019 job hunting with no success. took my last interview in January 2020 which was also a dead end. beaten up and making zero money for all that time takes quite a toll. wife and i had our first child in march. have been a babysitter since then more or less. happy to have our child but feel totally worthless; zero income, zero prospects, tons of student debt, nothing to my name. have attempted freelance work but finding more than 15 minutes where I can sit down and do something is impossible. keep failing to start or finish things, missing deadlines. feel totally burnt out again. probably even more unlikely I can find a job at this point, no money to do anything. just completely stuck.
Who said anything about any wars? There are rumors abound about TSMC infrastructure being booby-trapped due to national security concerns. As soon as China reaches 14-28nm and is able to sustain internal needs using home grown foundries an "accident" in TSMC facilities could put mainland in a position of silicon leader for at least half a decade.
I updated to iOS 14 and I'm slowly going mad
> In Science as a Vocation, Weber weighed the benefits and detriments of choosing a career as an academic at a university who studies science or humanities. Weber probes the question "what is the value of science?" and focuses on the nature of ethics underpinning the scientific career. Science, to Weber, gives methods of explanation and means of justifying a position, but it cannot explain why that position is worth holding in the first place; this is the task of philosophy. No science is free from suppositions, and the value of a science is lost when its suppositions are rejected.

> Weber reasons that science can never answer the fundamental questions of life, such as directing people on how to live their lives and what to value. Value he contends can only be derived from personal beliefs such as religion. He further argues for the separation of reason and faith, noting that each has its place in respective field but if crossed over cannot work.

> Weber also separates fact from value in politics. He argues that a teacher should impart knowledge to students and teach them how to clarify issues logically – even political issues – but teachers should never use the classroom to indoctrinate or preach their personal political views.

> Weber also makes some practical comments about research and teaching. He notes that good scholars can be poor teachers, and that qualities that make one a good scholar, or a good thinker, are not necessarily the same qualities that make for good leaders or role models.

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_as_a_Vocation
Daylight savings needs to be permanent
Early into quarantine I noticed I was feeling intense lethargy, apathy (and anxiety) with mood swings. I could not get any work done. My sleep schedule was inconsistent. Some days I wouldn't sleep till 4 am and wake up at 12pm. Other days I would sleep at 10pm and wake up at 5am. I couldn't focus in any meetings, etc.

Thankfully I was a high performer pre covid so I didn't get punished for this. It took me two months into covid to realize something was wrong. I scheduled a meeting with a psychiatrist and requested adderall. I was mostly trying to fix my issues with work.

Obviously he was hesitant to give me it and instead gave me prozac. Prozac was absolutely horrible, it made my apathy worse and heightened the intensity of my mood swings. I stopped after a week.

My next appointment I tried wellbutrin and I have to say this drug is life changing. It's helped me regulate my eating and sleeping patterns, I can focus through entire meeting at work. I can actually get stuff done and Im not completely apathetic towards life.

Note: drugs affect people in different ways. My experience might not be yours but I recommend if you are struggling to try seeking help.
Like this?

https://all3dp.com/1/best-photogrammetry-software/#section-f...
I think it's a good idea to see a doctor/therapist any time something changes in a way that interferes with your ability to be functional in daily life, for more than a brief amount of time. It sounds like that's the case for you.
Do you message older people? I interact with multiple and they find audio messages to be indispensable. (Who can blame them when recording a voice message is vastly easier than getting your glasses and typing out a message on a small screen with even beady on-screen buttons). In addition to old people, I also message a disabled person to whom speech and recorded messages are her primary mode of communication.

In short, I don't think it's regional. It depends on the person with whom you need to communicate.
Comparing revenue between industries is nonsense. Profit says something.
Yes it is. HN has a UFO post weekly now.
I think I agree with all of that. I will say empathy is a lot "easier" for people, as rational compassion requires life experience that people don't usually pick up until later. But they're different skills and are appropriate and effective at different times.

As for overrated/overhyped, I think those are dangerous words. Totally dependent on how you rate things, how you perceive others to rate them, and how they actually are. It's almost impossible to have constructive communication about something like that because everybody is operating from different sets of facts.
It's likely that some others here have followed along with the old Flash based Lena tutorials at some point. Are there any modern resources in a similar vein? What I found fulfilling about them was that some (all?) sections talked you through reversing/keygenning actual applications, rather than simple CrackMes.

I know there are projects from OWASP etc with a realistic site for learning web security, but I don't know any realistic installed software for teaching in the same style with multiple targets in the same package.
Most of the times when I try to write I am struggling like Bradley Cooper in limitless before taking the magic pill

I guess you the point you wrote that when we start to write, different ideas will come to our mind and the final version of the writing needs to be in sync with all of them is a good insight.
Profit matters, not revenue.
The problem isn't mathematics. The problem is the operation "÷" is not well defined. Note how this looks when variables are substituted:

6÷2(1+2)
x=6, y=2

x÷y(1+y)

...

is x÷y(1+y)

A) x/y(1+y) ... 6/2(1+2) = 6/6 = 1.

or

B) x(1+y)/y ... 6(1+2)/2 = 6(3)/2 = 9.

or

C) x/y+(y+1) ... 6/2+(2+1) = 6.

I'm going with 6. Without a formal definition for "÷" 6 is just as reasonable as 1 and 9.
Yep. But surprisingly not as bad as I expected, given COVID, and ADHD+bipolar going into this mess. I've been reeeally depressed in the past, this isn't that. But feeling very burned out. Focus and working memory is really suffering. I'm too busy/tired to be bored but I feel novelty-deprived. I'm barely exercising and I know that's contributing but forming exercise habits is hard for me.

Would be great actually if anyone had tips on how to get exercise habits to stick. I've literally tried to addict myself to working out using nicotine gum, nope, nothing.
That was completely conventional and expected per the innovators dilemma - they moved to a higher margin product with more features. iPhone was innovative and impressive for many reasons but it did not short circuit innovators dilemma.
flashbacks
That is exactly what depression feels like. It’s okay if you feel like you can navigate it without help. But if you feel like you would benefit from help but don’t know how/where to start, there are people and resources available to help you get there. Don’t let it get so bad that it’s an emergency before you’re ready to ask.
Bonnell which became Atom. I was pushing to make XScale be the 1GHz multi-core lead vehicle but was soundly mocked. XScale died on the vine. You're 100% correct, it was a hyuge missed opportunity.
I think the advice was in case the microwave was started accidentally. My parents used to leave a cup of water in the microwave, and they explained it in that way.

I don't think it's gotten any less bad to run an empty microwave, but maybe we've realized starting it accidentally isn't that common, and/or we've gotten complacent.
At least they weren't due to radioactive cows: https://www.jakepoz.com/debugging-behind-the-iron-curtain/
Starting with just 5 minutes run, or maybe 1 minute push up per-day.

Start small, then you will feel not enough and then you make a big leap.

I also getting started to loose weight. just lost 5kg, still 20 to go.
It turns out 90% of people live in the northern hemisphere, which surprised me! I would have guessed 60-70%.
ADM64... Aka Yamhill on Intel. Holy shit I had to sign waivers and get a special Unix acount just to ACCESS the RTL model with Intel's 64-bit iHDL.

I kinda laughed when AMD beat Intel to the punch not once, but TWICE. (1GHz, then 64b).

I also worked on the 740, 810 and 815 (both hardware and drivers, oddly, I did a lot of stuff). Game devs HATED us for the 810/815 because it was such huge volume they had to target it as the LCD.
Some of us. I do it on the stove in a pot or a kettle.
Next-Gen wireless networks such as 5G cellular and small-sat internet. I think most people are thinking fast internet in town rather than the ability to connect everywhere on the globe with broadband and the ability to build out rural areas without poles or trenching. Many communities are still stuck with DSL in the US.
People in this thread get downvoted for just paraphrasing what the article is talking about, which is unfortunately defending Apple.
Why compare a phone OS which is much more tightly controlled to a desktop OS?
Want to know why the Chinese market is growing? This very reason. A capitalist economy doing business at all with a communist regime economy of China’s flavor and caliber is a good recipe to have your wealthy business owners and politicians sell you out
The vast majority of the potential market is running somewhere between some and all of their stuff on x86 stuff in the cloud. Of course someone could launch an ARM-only cloud. They'd either be severely limiting their potential market, or they'd have to convince prospects to migrate to ARM. Certainly not impossible, but is it competitive?
A "non-binding eugenics guideline" has been considered highly unethical regardless, so no a non-compulsory solution here fails as well.
I'm simply pointing out the brazenness that this comment section has become.

Multiple election officials are here posting anecdotes of them breaking election code. I assume this is due to their biases and hatred of the right.

The gall of it all...
Welcome to the club buddy
As the author, I can confirm I'm fully aware of the etymology of “A Modest Proposal” — my undergraduate degree included the Honors program in the Humanities and there are many professors who would be aghast if I'd forgotten.

I chose the title because the proposal should be not a big deal — especially given that these companies already demand that copyleft projects grant these 30 days — however, it's ultimately an untenable proposal. Just like the original Modest Proposal, it's made to a ruling class who don't realize their policies are completely unreasonable.
Hmm. That’s a valid point. I wasn’t thinking from that perspective, but your thoughts make sense. I came at it from the angle of arguing your own side in a disagreement with someone—that’s what I associate with perspective-taking. But the idea of misleading yourself with a fake story is another facet I failed to consider.
Try out being a foster for a rescue. It gives you a chance to practice adopting, plus the organization will usually pay for supplies and medical costs. And if you're a "foster failure" (i.e. you keep your temporary guest permanently) that's not the worst thing in the world.
The real action was on the 4th floor. You know, I can tell. :)
Cheers! It had a big effect on my perspective when I read it.
> An incorrect perspective.

No, it merely emphasizes things that you do not consider and ignores things that you consider relevant.

> Fascism is sacrificing one set of the ownership class for another, diverting populism directed against a hostile liberal economic system to only part of that class while giving more power to the rest of it. Fascism is characterized by privatization, not central planning

Fascism is characterized by an alliance between state and corporate leaders. Its not truly private if the state still controls your production.

> I can critically examine them and always have been able to.

Good, then you should be able to respond to arguments that question your preferred perspective on property rights by defending it rather than assuming it to be the case.

> Should I interpret this to actually mean, "until you change your opinions on them"? I figured there would be an accompanying pushback about them, but I don't see one.

You should interpret it as a gentle nudge towards considering the pushback you have already received in a new light.

> Again, this seems to just be, "I disagree". A fruitful conversation would be one where we can have a discussion and real exchange, not vague dismissiveness.

I'm not interested in debating over the factual accuracy of the deplorable conditions in the soviet republics and satellite communist nations. I consider that (alleged) fact to be settled, you do not, there's nothing to be gained here.

> Historical and economic analyses are rarely simple matters of fact and this is a subject where dealing with other perspectives is a necessity.

This is true.

> None of what we're discussing is at the level of simple facts, they are interpretations depending on a large set of suppositions and historical knowledge.

The factual dispute I referred to is our disagreement on the quality of life of the soviet and communist citizens under state controlled economies. I'm uninterested in your revisionist account alleging that it "wasn't that bad."

> But I welcome a discussion.

Lets return to the issue of property rights. How do you justify imposing your opinion on property rights on other people who don't share that opinion?
It's because the eigenvectors of the collection of all time shift operators are the exponential functions, and if you want to stick with real functions, then sin(ax) and cos(ax) together form a basis for the sum of the ai and -ai eigenspaces. (In the non-periodic case, you also have to deal with e^(cx) and products of this with sin and cos for all the "transients"). If you are doing something that is time-invariant, that means it commutes with time shift operators, and that means it has the same eigenvectors. Importantly, this implies such an operator can be analyzed (more or less) by how it scales these eigenvectors.
Pretty sure hawking wrote a book with just that concept in it.
Also being discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25095833
> the school on your diploma has much larger impact at these big, more calcified companies than it does on startups where individual hires could help make-or-break the company

Google and Facebook hired almost exclusively from Ivy League and equivalents during their "make or break" phase.
I am much better than I was in the past 2 years this year. I still suffer from depression but I have found ways to deal with it. I am better at redirecting thoughts and containing them. I was able to finish few books in the last 2 weeks and continue with a morning walk routine. Those books really helped me understood why I was failing at modern life.

I cut mainstream social media from my life and reduced screen time. I am more optimistic. I am able to fight against the profitable pessimism.

I am reducing the urge to hoard more material belongings. I learnt that on HN. I was able to let go off fancy toys and electronics that I didn't use anymore but kept because I bought them and grown attached to them. If I don't use it, it's better someone else can. I don't want to keep them on eBay for months.

4x faster than before? I don't care to look more unless I need it.

I re-evaluate my room and budget every month in order to cut down what isn't needed. If I don't do that, I will keep using past as a justification for piling up more til I suffocate between Amazon boxes.

I bought a dustbin for my neighborhood because people were throwing wrappers outside and placed it with a note. So far, some people are using it and that makes me happy. Reciprocity is a powerful tool and I am optimistic someone will think about what I did and do the same in future.

I write more using a paper notebook. goals, priorities, learnings, etc. Software note taking tools suck because they limit your freedom on what you can do. At the end of my todos, I make origami pets from them as a reminder of what I able to accomplish.

Don't be afraid of being messy. Here's my notes from a few days ago: https://ibb.co/yPGb4Z8

They aren't coherent but just enough to remind me.
Good luck! Glad you found a more stable source of meds, that's clutch.

Try to find ways to talk up that resume. I was under-employed for a long time but I was also working out of the hackerspace every day. I milked eeeeeevery project I even tangentally got involved in. Helped some kid flash an arduino? "Tutored microcontroller development". Have 2-3 projects you can really talk in detail on, and the rest is just fluff.
Yes, Treatment-Resistant Depression MDD -- F33.2 [1] for the last 15 years.

[1] : https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/F01-F99/F30-F39/F33-...
I'm sure it causes untold amounts of damage
I'm a little more irritable than normal. Quarantine has been great for me in almost every way but being cooped up at home while working on my masters is not exactly the best environment on a 750 square feet apartment with family.
I just ordered Susskind, thanks!
Don't fight your cat's nature; you will lose.

They're very loving - on their own terms. I personally prefer the dumb loyalty of a dog but YMMV