skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You're absolutely right, and I use a Pixelbook and an iPad Pro for much the same reason. The cryptographic protections are great. (They'd be even more great if I could blow my own bootrom CA into the fuses.)

The phone-home is the issue, however. I've long understood the issue with certificate validity periods and the tradeoffs between short notAfter/frequent reissue and revocation check intervals.

The side effect is that it functions as telemetry, regardless of what the original intent of OCSP is or was. Additionally, even though the OCSP responses are signed, it's borderline negligent that the OCSP requests themselves aren't encrypted, allowing anyone on the network to see what apps you're launching and when.

Many things function as telemetry, even when not originally intended as so. The intelligence services that spy on everyone they can take advantage of this when and where it occurs, regardless of intent.

It's not worth putting everyone in a society under surveillance to defeat, for example, violent terrorism, and it's not worth putting everyone on a platform under the same surveillance to defeat malware. You throw out the baby with the bathwater when, in your effort to produce a secure platform, you produce a platform that is inherently insecure due to a lack of privacy.

PS: The platforms, even with all of their cryptography, aren't nearly as secure as you'd like them to be: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/10/new-report-on...
"Appearances in the aesthetic" is literally hardwired into your reproductive biology
Not everybody lives at the latitude their skin has evolved for.
Breaking news: “attractive people are attractive”.

It’s good to get the data but surely they knew what the results would be?

Next up: “The sun is bright”.
> > It is our belief that the repo as a whole represents a circumvention tool in violation of 1201 and therefore needs to be removed.

That bit is probably irrelevant to the DMCA takedown procedure, which only applies to "material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity". I don't think there's much clear precedent to what "be the subject of infringing activity" means, but decryption tools that don't use stolen code definitely don't qualify as "material that is claimed to be infringing".

And if Google does want to claim that the circumvention tool is infringing a Google copyright rather than merely running afoul of an unrelated provision of the DMCA, then Google has to specifically identify their own work of decryption code that the circumvention tool is ripping off. All this notice specifically identifies in the way of actual infringement are two documentation PDFs and an API header file (and we all know where Google stands on API copyright).
Yeah, that is not how the blender institute works.

The question how to balance spending on Blender features vs dependencies is a legit one though. Blender "is killing it" because for years they never chose the easy fix or the low hanging fruit over sustainable changes.

In addition to that the Blender dev community is really goal oriented. Not many holy cows, everybody is just focused on the result. Imagine how Blender's 2.80 changes would've panned out in any typical Open Source project — often they can't strike the balance between old and new users, a lot of bikeshedding, infighting, forks, ...

Blender is killing it because there is a great community that is focused on the results. The influx of money could also have derailed the Blender project, but it didn't, which is further proof that they are doing something right.
There are suspicions that some publishers just pay money to the scene groups who able to circumvent it successfully.
Same in Germany. Even when paying privately (despite being in the common healthcare), I've had problems getting an appointment.

It's sad, because a full blood profile (including hormones) has such huge cost to benefit ratio in avoiding completely unnecessary speculative wild goose chases.
I mentioned heart disease. Heart disease is very common, and nowadays, a lot of people live productive lives despite it. If someone is managing their heart disease and living their life, and CoVID-19 comes along and kills them, that's still a tragedy.
>There are reasons why some people can do more than other people.

Yes. 80% (or more) of that is them perfecting their technique (whatever this means in each case). 15% is them spending time on what is really matters. And 5% is for the rest, including crafting or customising their tools. And in many cases you don't really need these 5%.

>IDEs are a trap because they automate only certain things the IDE author thought was important

No, human mind is a trap. IDE is just another piece of software that can be extended just as much as vim or emacs and tailored to your needs. Maybe not that easily or extensively but still.

>things the IDE author thought was important

Modern IDE's are crafted by great number of people with constant communication with their customers and industry. Obviously mass product can't be tailored for each person but you can safely say that a generalised IDE will have all things that are actually important. Everything else can be added via plugins

PS: I'm writing this as a neovim user by the way. Still think that IDEA and VSCode are the best pieces of dev software aimed for mass market out there.
Honestly, I deleted both Twitter and Parler as they are both rife with radical eco-chambers which are unhealthy for my mind.

If the author's evaluation of the app is down to nitpicking a single spacing issue, then perhaps the author needs to consider applying to become a supreme grammar checker and copywriter for Parler to meet those very high standards of these spelling and grammar errors.

If not, maybe a similar role at Twitter which may aid such skills in 'checking sources' and information at a site level? Maybe suitable for the author? [0]

[0] https://careers.twitter.com/en/work-for-twitter/202010/1b0a3...
Just in case someone is looking for editable version: https://pastebin.com/Rbj6nd3q
I don't agree. The information is there, even the YouTube algorithm (the last part of my life that isn't deggogled) is recommending me degoogling videos!

People just don't care enough, even among my fellow geeks I had to "battle" to get them to install Signal because I couldn't use WhatsApp anymore.

We are bombarded with news about revolting situations and at one point there's so much outrage one can take. So the Evil Big tech spying is very low on the list of most people especially since they don't see the damage.
> Every company I've worked at for the last 10 years has developed exclusively on macOS.

There are probably also plenty of companies which exclusively develop on Windows. You can have an entire career in the embedded industry, target Linux all the time, but never use it for development. Development is not all Linux based, I never said that. What I quoted were percentages.

> it should be widely accepted in spite of being a distant third in usability.

As you shared your anecdote, let me share mine. Recently I had to set up a new networked printer on both Windows and Linux. On Linux it worked immediately, on Windows it didn't and required installation of a manual driver. That installation was partially botched and removal didn't work. Only after a few attempts it did, at which point I've spent an hour with the problem. It's the same old crap that you had with Win 95, but now on Windows 10, while Linux has a proper IPP driver and no need to install outside software. Maybe Windows has an IPP driver too, no idea, but it didn't work which is what matters :).

Also, there are definitely distros that are more usable and ones which are less usable. I think there is a true core in the meme of people being lured to linux by "use linux it's user friendly", then being told that Arch isn't that much harder anyways, and then ending up using one of the expert distros which often break in subtle and hard to debug ways.

But yes, in many ways Linux could do better usability wise. For example, it's a nightmare to target GUI Linux and then expect your binaries to work for years. It's almost easier to just ship Windows software and then use Wine. Nvidia also has shitty drivers, and in general, the driver situation isn't perfect. But things are improving I think and the gap is shrinking.

Also note that there is an effect when more people use a piece of software, there is a larger market for people who make a living with improving that software, via support contracts, consultancy contracts, etc. So once desktop Linux gets adopted widely, it might improve in many ways from the current state, simply due to ecosystem size.
What's so interesting about this? Climate change will have killed off all civilization long before 2500 anyway.

As an exaggerated analogy consider a bus full of people seconds before it drives off a cliff. This paper would then be the guy in the bus that tries to warn us the tires might pop if we keep up this speed for 50 more miles.
Not 'worth keeping a secret' - worth controlling the information revealed about it. In the case of nuclear weapons, you want to keep its weaknesses and fallibilities secret while trumpeting its existence from the rooftops. The more parties know you have a mega-weapon, the lower the chance you'll have to use it.
Of course you can hide the biggest complexity behind a single function.

What I was getting at is that if I see code with a lot of duplication, often it's not only the code that's duplicated, but the runtime as well. Then you have people using nested for loops where a dictionary would do to look it up.

Things like this, in the same language and same framework, make things on average faster, and simpler.

And if that piece of badly architected code is fragile and breaks on every change, you will stop trying to find even the low hanging fruit of optimizations that usually pay off, because every change affects multiple different files and you have no tests to see quickly if it still works.

Thinking about your reply again, it's actually the perfect example of this. Since it was a one-liner, it was so simple that it was easy to exchange it for a different one liner with a different framework just to see if it's faster. If you had to spend weeks on replacing frameworks you wouldn't have been able to do this low-hanging fruit of an optimization.
Not OP, but non-subscription Adobe.
+ 3°C

Don’t forget to add the unit.
As the Brits say, "Good man!".

Meaning, you just volunteered.
This could have been written by an Apple user circa 2000, when the entire world ran on Windows.

I switched from Mac to Linux, and it's been fine, partly because I used a laptop that has Linux installed by the manufacturer. If you only ever used Hackintoshes you'd think MacOS was a mess, too.
Corner cutters did their part very well too. Nuclear power plant accidents haven’t always happened as a matter of unknown consequences. Some of them have happened due to mismanagement which is inherent in so many parts of life.
One of them is used for charging, so you really only have one useable port. Still, TB3 dock should be able to provide enough ports for most people (at the expense of portability).
Have you checked Accessibility options? I think lots of software that needs this enabling for it silently fails if it’s not enabled.
The small fact that half the country burned down last year might have something to do with it.
I am tired of this 2trillion company becoming too strong. Screw them. I aint gonna develop for them anymore. Parasites.
Got this mail from Apple:

Dear Developer,

Compatible iOS and iPadOS apps will automatically appear on the Mac App Store when the first Apple silicon Macs become available this year. However, we noticed the following issues with one or more of your apps that are opted in to appear.

The following apps will not be made available on the Mac App Store until you address the issues and select Make this app available on Mac in the app's Pricing and Availability section of App Store Connect.
That’s true. I guess other languages are more popular so it will be useful to solve this problem for them
Doing it synthetically uses up a lot of energy so doing both would potentially diminish the natural way’s efficacy.
It seems to refer to the "rendering backend" used to paint user interfaces, as in actual/native elements.

The PDF linked to by @DuncanMak compares it performance-wise to things like Cairo (the canvas library used by GTK+), Qt Raster, and SKIA GL). It seems to perform very well in comparison.
CSS Secrets to Improve Web Designs
The firmware issues are fixed just fine with fwupdmgr. It also integrates nicely with Gnome.
Ah, good ol' immanentizing the escathon.
FIFA 21 Coins
The FIFA series (also known as FIFA Soccer or FIFA Football) created by EA Sports with FIFA 21 and FIFA 20 is the most popular and longest lasting series of soccer games on multiple platforms. Since 1993, a new episode has been released every year with constant innovations in graphics and gameplay. Much of the series' success is due to the exclusive FIFA license, which allows EA Sports to include real names of players and clubs, original jerseys, stadiums, player faces and more in FIFA games, making it a unique realistic soccer experience for PCs and consoles.

Here at SSEGold you can buy FIFA coins for the PC and game consoles of the current generation (PS4, Xbox One) and the previous generation (Xbox 360, Playstation 3) and mobile systems (iOS, Android) to get great benefits in the Ultimate Team mode. Turn your "Ultimate Team" into one of the best by using the best players and other bonus content against your opponents.

Get your FUT coins at a low price at SSEGold!

Here at SSEGold you can buy FIFA Ultimate Team Coins to strengthen your team in FUT mode. Coins are the currency in FIFA 21, with which you can get some of the best players and useful bonus content. Among our offers you can find FIFA Ultimate Team Coins for a variety of platforms: PC, Xbox One and Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PS4, iOS or Android.

Cash is king, Buy FIFA Coins now!

The FIFA Ultimate Team Coins help you to advance your Ultimate Team in FIFA 21 - do you need 1000.000? Just buy FIFA Coins! Show the FIFA online community your skills in building an absolute top team, a squad that works perfectly and makes every game a celebration of soccer! Play your opponents dizzy in FIFA Ultimate Team mode and collect winnings and trophies - buy FIFA Coins from SSE Gold now and you can finally afford everything you need for maximum success! 100.000, 1000.000 or many other amounts of FIFA coins to choose from!
In the (brief) benchmark in the PDF posted by @DuncanMak says FastUIDraw is around 5-8 times faster than Skia.
Don’t feel bad, Lenovo intentionally blurs the line by calling everything a thinkpad. But they’re not all the same.
I switched to Fastmail two weeks ago. So far it’s great. $5/month is reasonable insurance against “getting cancelled” by Google.
Maybe I didn't parse the sarcasm tags, but they're opening up a whole new market of mac owners to your product with what's likely minimal effort?
I really don't understand why is this fuss.

TBH docker-on-mac is not that good. That is why I've most minimal config and just using to have some 'linux' time to time.

What I use is `docker context` command or DOCKER_HOST=ssh://user@host pattern.

env-var is more convenient for 'ephemeral' hosts. (It uses your own SSH-key to connect to host) And for static hosts (like staging machines) I use context.

Plus it uses native SSH client, so it supports ProxyJump or JumpServer or Bastion Host, forwarding, session-reuse, YubiKeys & whatnot.

So, I'd rather to have client on my laptop, having 1 or 2 medium sized hosts in Digitalocean, AWS, whatever place. (Some providers even gives you docker hosts with ssh access, like civo.com - disclaimer: I just started using them last weekend...)

PS: You cannot 'mount' your local folder to remote host. But you can 'build' your local folder on remote host. (Thanks to BuildKit / DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1)

Edit: I remembered that I've installed (compiled actually) docker-cli to my Android phone using Termux.
You can't run daemon at all. The client gives some warnings at the start saying some things not right. But it works with those methods & variables...

Hint:

$ go get -u -v github.com/docker/cli/cmd/docker
# profit...
Covid 19 is likely here to stay forever as a seasonal outbreak, like the flu. Viruses in general don't go away unless extraordinary measures are taken. They also tend to add up - the flu kills this many people each year, Covid19 will kill an extra this many people each year.
What does bootstrapped mean? I’m surprised with Catalina running well on a 2009 MacBook. I felt it was slow on a Mac Mini 2014 where it is supported and went down one version.
The author, Ida Augen is without a doubt one of Denmark's most respectable and intelligent politicians.

The article sohuld not be read as an endorsement of that future. It's her prediction of what the world is going to look like, for better or for worse.
From what I can tell, the model is simplistic and contradicts the predictions of more complicated ones like those used by the IPCC.

There is at least one article in The Independent on this: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/cli...

EDIT: Looking at the citations, this was published in Scientific Reports, a journal with a 48% acceptance rate for papers and from which I have seen some questionable content, including a paper on human extinction and forest destruction written by theoretical physicists who somehow managed to shoehorn Dyson spheres into their work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Reports
How can this be GDPR compliant? Apple tracks each users behaviour and know exactly what software they use and how often, so they can launch their own services and cut out competition on popular services.

This is exactly the kind of application Facebook was called out for (https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/). Just here it's much more worse as it's installed and activated by default on all Macs.
You mean like Wikileaks?

No, the 20% not 'believing' just the 'Anon. Official' - they are believing the information on the basis of verification by a journalistic institution with supposed credibility.

'Anonymous Sources' are a mainline source of journalistic information, and journos basically put their entire credibility on the line when they vet info and then communicate said information.

The press didn't lie when representing 'anonymous officials' in 2016 rather, they communicated the information. Where the press did a 'bad job' was misrepresenting the nature of Russian-Trump relations, which basically were nill.

The MSM seriously cast doubt on the legitimacy of Trump for a long time, frankly I think 'everyone actually believed it' and it was a surprise when it turns out Trump and his ragtag team were lying to the FBI for really no good reason at all and in fact had really no direct connections to Russia. Too clownish even to be actually corrupt, unless they actually were in some cases - as remember some major figures in Trump's campaign were eventually indicated. Trump's campaign manager, buddies, personal lawyer - all ended up in jail. That's not 'nothing'.

Ironically, if Trump & Co. acted responsibly during the Mueller investigation - his pleas of 'Unfair!' might have actually worked, but he's such a liar that he only makes himself look guilty.

But Trump's lies, in contrast to media spin, are a whole other level of falsity - he literally invents facts without any basis whatsoever.

He's not 'spinning' the facts, he's literally inventing them.

On election night when he said 'If they count the good votes, I win, the fake votes, they win' - this was probably the most dangerous statement he's ever made, he was verging on plunging the US into a garbage African Republic. At that moment it was clear that he had to go, he's a greater threat to the Republic than any foreign invader. He's willing to destroy democracy for his own power and vanity.

His world view is literally: "If I win it's because I'm great, if they win, it's because they cheated" irrespective of any reality.

Fox News, in the lat few days, has had to pull away from his statements quite a few times, it's shocking.
What we poor souls didn't understand all these years is that we're effectively helping other companies to steal from Apple by running software that isn't distributed via their app store [1].

I think now that Apple has learned from iOS how profitable a walled garden business model is they are trying to bring that model to the PC world as well. Shipping hardware with their own processors is an important step in that direction because it gives them control over the IP of arguably the most important component of the computer, which in turn makes it easier to control software distribution for their architecture as well.

The transition will be slower of course because people have to get used to seeing computers as closed-source devices with app stores, there are still too many of us who have the mindset that you can just install anything you want on a computer without asking Apple for permission and without paying tax to them.

At this point I really wonder how any serious "hacker" can work on such a device, it's becoming the antithesis of everything that the original Hacker culture stood for.

1: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/11/judge-dismisses-apple...
Scrutor looks great, I must take it for a spin! And that is a great point about DI - being able to extend code/behaviour by injecting a different implementation of a dependency
The keys they are trying to suppres can be found at many locations now, one of them is https://pastebin.com/QxhukwBR
Cool, I don’t use chrome or VSCode or chromium apps. And no ms teams or google meet either. Sounds like limitations I could live with.
There is already implicit political control. If the US wants to ban X, or forbid encryption, it will impact almost everyone on the planet. Much less so if it were Afghanistan, of course.

The EU has a funs that donates money and runs bug bounty programs for critical FOSS software it uses. It should be expanded to include more underlying libraries and lower-level projects, but it's a pretty good start and doesn't come with strings attached.
I was thinking of American social media companies with exploitative engagement algorithms that foment adversarial discourse. You are right if you are saying the users are all over the world, not just America.

Is that what you mean? Or is the term “American” problematic in some other way?
In India, Its pretty easy to get various preventative tests done. As for as prices, its cheap enough for engineers but non-trivial sums for a majority of the population.

As an example here's a list of all the tests, prices that a diagnostic center chain in South India provides
https://appointments.aarthiscan.com/#/city/Bangalore/select-...
https://aarthiscan.com/test-package/preventive-health-checku...

The test for Vitamin D is about 16EUR and comprehensive blood screening starts at 18EUR
Just sharing too: I was taking 3000IU per day like you and noticed really positive changes to my mood and general wellness by increasing to 9k (my pills are 3k each).

But since seeing the alarming articles on HN I reduced a bit, and I'm thinking of getting my blood tested.
> They can afford to be choosey. So they can try to find not only the person who can do the job but also do it BEST.

Selecting people based on how well they can code some linked-list traversal, in a web editor, while someone is timing them is not a good metric for overall "best". In fact you might reject candidates that think more about larger design problems, and overall your code might suffer.
Just don't update anything.
Exports as tar instead of zip.

Every photo has an additional json with some kind of metadata.

For me it was fine.
Why Does Bluetooth Suck?
I have always experienced problem with Bluetooth on every OS and device, and it is so frustrating. The pairing seems to be the biggest issue.

Is the Bluetooth technology getting any love at all? Is it possible to develop a new wireless technology to replace it?