skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> What makes you think that ?

Most recently Macron's overtures towards Russia, so much so that even the Financial Times [1] felt the need the to blame it in one of its opinion pieces, and that is saying something (they generally are pretty neutral to "liberal" European leaders like Macron, even more so when they happen to be former investment bankers).

> One other trope is framing the desire for a European Army as a master plan to sell more French weaponry.

That does indeed happen and it's an active concern, one of the scandals that is about to erupt here in Romania is of the Romanian Army buying military stuff without following proper procurement procedures directly from an US company (via some Swiss and Israeli intermediaries/shell companies, depending on how you look at them). The French are fuming because apparently they were in contention for that contract, too.

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/168243c2-bac4-404c-843a-ca1f61196...
It's been over 15 years now that I actively participated in a classic forum, so from my PoV the "die off" phase is long behind us, though there are long-standing dev forums still alive and kicking, such as Apache's (and there were others, such as css-tricks.com's forum I got a lot of value out, and that I'm missing). As anachronistic as it sounds, mailing lists might be the past, present, and future of community building. No "platforms" needed.

Edit: Ok, HN is a forum I obviously participate in, though for some reason I was thinking about forums with a narrow tech, hobby, or product focus

Edit2: the end of classic phpBB-based forums was that pages were plastered with ads at the top, bottom, left, right, and in-between; this was the result of (untargetted) ad prices going down, which, in turn, is the result of "platforms" and the attention economy we're enduring
The Making and Maintenance of Our Open Source Infrastructure
The behavior of tech companies in the US was certainly a template for governments around the world to block their own content as corporate censorship wasn't criticized and instead hailed because it censored the right people. Heck, they have validated Chinas censoring attempts or that of any dictatorship really.

Tech companies were stupid, but so were the users. And not only those that believed in more esoteric conspiracies.
Going one by one:

- I've been using Firefox as Wayland native for a long time now. It works fine, certainly better than in X. I use the version as shipped by Ubuntu with no changes. Initially there were some bugs but haven't had any that are Wayland specific in a while. Chrome has recently enabled Wayland support in the release builds. I've only briefly tried it in that mode so I don't know what bugs it may have.

- Emacs is X-only because of the way it's built, that will take a while to fix. But XWayland works fine. The blurryness with HiDPI is fixed by a workaround in XWayland. I haven't used it myself because I don't use either emacs or fractional scaling but the solution exists.

- Electron is now getting Wayland support with the new versions but it's not needed to use those apps. I use Microsoft Teams daily in a HiDPI screen even. It works fine under XWayland and even has a setting to change the size of the interface if wanted. Everything but screen sharing works.

- Screen sharing with pipewire exists and works in both Firefox and Chrome, it's still going through the channels to be available in distributions. The first workaround is sharing a tab instead of a screen in Chrome. That has always worked fine and I've used it extensively for presentations. The full workaround is that Chrome under XWayland is also able to share any other XWayland window so it's possible to create a fake output, connect to it using a VNC app running under X and share that app. Complete hack until we get proper pipewire support from Electron apps adopting newer Chromium. Don't know about Zoom and Webex but if those support X sharing the same hack works and if they're native apps they also need a pipewire patch.

If you're happy with your Xorg session then by all means stick with it. Quips about year of the Wayland desktop are actually quite appropriate as they're the same as the complaints about year of the Linux Desktop. For me the year of the Linux Desktop was over 20 years ago, and I've been taking advantage of it ever since. The year of the Wayland Desktop for me was this year, as even after dealing with the rough spots I've gotten quite a bit of value from the transition. If you use different apps or have different requirements you may want to wait more, no one is forcing you to switch. Complaining online that your use cases aren't solved to your satisfaction in open-source projects is a bit much in my opinion.
It either "feels sluggish" or shuts itself down when the power draw peaks. Those are the only two options, and neither looks good compared to a new phone with a new battery.
One of the simple things that my secondary school biology failed to explain was enzymes. They were presented as these mythical entities that magically reduce the energy requirements of certain reactions, using a clumsy key/lock metaphor that didn’t really explain anything.

It was much later in my 30s after buying a book on cellular biology that I learnt that enzymes work by using electro-static forces to bend target molecules to increase their probability of breaking at lower energies. It’s this pattern of +ve and -ve charges on the enzyme that matches the target molecule and provides the basis of the key/lock metaphor.

This realisation was so beautiful, astonishing and illuminating that I can’t for the life of me understand why it was left out, particularly as we were learning about the physics and chemistry of the related concepts anyway.
My discover weekly is maybe 50% songs that I've heard before though maybe not on spotify, I think they're from the itunes library I imported.
I preferred React over Vue.js because the first one can be truly functional and it is easier to containarize and to use as library, whereas the second one is a pure mess of state, and copied/synced status.

That became even more important when I was adding F# (fable) to the question and Vue reactiveness only worked when I modified their observable instances. At the end the architectural difference was just too important.

Vue is nice is you just stay within its walled garden/pattern using the ilusions they created.
Fashions, programs, rhetoric, task forces, agendas, etc., come and go in the public schools. The only constant is no change in results.

It's actually kinda funny. There's an endless search for an effortless way to learn math. There is no such thing. Learning math requires work.

Just like there is no way to get strong without hard work.
Awesome!

Immediate comment: replace the km slider with an input field :)
Sigh.

> The 30% number was based on what video game consoles were charging developers.

Actually, the 30% number was based on what Facebook were charging developers.

Like I get that we're all nerds here, and thus hate FB, but can we at least remember that the reason the west has F2P games everywhere is because of Zynga, Facebook and Farmville?
At least an "questionably sourced article that made incriminating claims about Joe Biden and his son Hunter".
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I remember Sacrifice not for having amazing textures or artwork, but models and animations. Spells are a joy to watch.

The game plays a lot like Magic Carpet.
The not-indexed-by-Google thing is probably more a feature. The odds are slim but there is a tenancy for angry flash mobs to appear sometimes on the internet. It isn't desirable to invite the whole world in to every conversation.

I do think it is unfortunate for these groups to be giving their data to Facebook. I heard a wild rumour that FB was doing a purge of some sort on right wing political groups. Gauging the truth of something like that from a distance is impossible, but it did raise the point to me that if your private group was kicked off Facebook there probably isn't a way to take your post history with you.
And the reason the US is pushing such a strong anti-China narrative is so they don’t lose their backdoor into all those juicy networks

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Said managers are very good at saying "I'm afraid it isn't a priority for our team at the moment".
When stars collide: Solving the 16-year mystery of the Blue Ring Nebula
AWK never stops to show its usefulness.

At work a colleague of mine was looking for some nice way to get some summary of configured/created resources from a kubectly apply with dry run.

I stepped in and provided an awk one-liner that counts and collects the configured and created resources, suppressing the various unchanged one...

Suddenly we were able to clearly see what our kubectl apply were going to touch :)
It doesn’t make sense when we have tools that give you autocomplete on column names these days. You don’t have to hunt down the column you need and ensure it’s in the same place every time.
>They're notoriously incompetent in military affairs

True, but the biggest payer has the biggest voice.

https://www.bpb.de/nachschlagen/zahlen-und-fakten/europa/705...

Germany pays more then double as much then France.
This is false. I can and do set whatever scale factor I want for each screen in sway and all apps are scaled correctly. This includes my browser, my text editor, my terminal, word processor and spreadsheet. There's literally no app I use where I have a problem.
Tldr. I didn't read the article. My kids are fine, I think you're wrong. Why is this the top comment?
Why is everything brown-ish?
Yes! Glad it's not just me. And no status page. (?!)
Not even Linux has a terminal as good as iTerm2, yet funnily enough Windows Terminal is the closest one in terms of eye candy and ergonomicity.

I've gone crazy trying to find a good, maintained GNOME terminal with good implementation of Smart Copy (Ctrl-C copies if there's a selection, which is unnecessary under OSX) and some semblance of UI. Kitty was the best but it has no UI, which means you need a cheatsheet for the first month of usage to remember how the heck to access the scrollback buffer when you're doing some late night server debugging.

Windows Terminal has GPU acceleration, splits, a good implementation of Smart Copy, the fact that it does both WSL2 and PowerShell is pretty neat. No tmux integration yet, but I don't use tmux personally.
Stdout -> fread from r -> data.table -> where ever it needs to go.

I churn through hundreds of gigs a day.
Unseen JRR Tolkien essays on Middle-earth coming in 2021
> Russia also regularly crosses neighbouring countries' (Sweden, Finland, Alaska, etc.) borders with fighter planes, boats and submarines.

That's something all capable militaries do on a regular basis. "Accidentally", of course. The US does this, Russia does it, China does it and so on. While it's of course not nice, it's disingenuous to use it in any kind of argument.
I mean, if you try this with a real frog, the frog will actually just jump out when it gets too hot.

It's just a metaphor. It's not a law of nature, nor is it even a GOOD metaphor.
It is good that Huawei is releasing software APIs for developers. However, despite them having the best phone cameras, I can't have one and be their customer. I would really want to though.

The core of the problem predates the Google ban:

https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-bootloader-unlocking...

When they then famously were banned from accessing Google tech beyond AOSP, they stick to this previous policy instead of embracing open source software on their devices, supporting alternate ROMs like LineageOS or even making them the default instead of their seemingly average Android version.
Awk is great but I don’t get why every single example is using tabular data.

It’s strength comes from attacking non-tabular data.
> There's an endless search for an effortless way to learn math.

Nonsense. There is a search for more effective ways to teach math. And there most definitely are differences in effectiveness, so no reason to believe that any given way is optimal.

> Just like there is no way to get strong without hard work.

There are, however, lots of ways to spend a lot of hard work for little gain.
The question is never quit. If the decision is 'switch', it is a lot easier. You can be open-minded about opportunities. 'quit' does not mean anything. You don't quit your current job and then start search for a new one. When you are not happy with what you currently have, you will see anything not current job a help rope (see current election). It is going to lead to some bad decisions. It is important to see what you are doing from a different perspective, and seek values. Then be open minded to explore other things now. Once you find something you really love, you will switch without asking anyone here. Wish you the best.
> why does Europe need a military?

If you want peace, prepare for war. In 1939 we weren't prepared for war, that didn't turn out so well.
I was looking forward to publish apps on Huawei's AppGallery [1], but the requirement for identity verification [2][3] is a major turn-off, considering the increased risk of our personal data being misused by government entities. The same is true for Xiaomi's Mi Store.

From Huawei's developer site:

> HUAWEI AppGallery, HUAWEI's official app distribution platform, is the world's first app market to implement a developer identity verification system.

[1] https://appgallery.huawei.com

[2] https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/appgallery

[3] https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/doc/start/10122
Most opposition channels also spread blatant and obvious lies. Just a recent example: Navalny posted a link to the video that says that crime rate in today's Russia is comparable to the crime rate in Russia in 90s. It's an obvious lie to everyone who lived in Russia in 90s.

Also, about a year ago Navalny published a video that said that education in US universities is free for everyone (if you don't have money to pay, some rich businessman will pay for your education).

There're tons of examples, usually ignored by the people watching his bullshit. They probably don't even know that most of his lies were debunked because YouTube, Twitter, Facebook will never show them any contradictory articles for two reasons: information bubble and manual censorship.
Tyler should interview Larry Sanger… Encyclosphere sounds more interesting to me at this point[0]

[0] https://larrysanger.org/2019/10/ksf/
I'm for a forum spectrum.

Have some open, some closed, some paid, some free, some curated, some chaotic.

The one-size-fits-all mentality is a source of much woe.
Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tasks Share a Core
> without having to become vapid background scenery as a result

Obviously not a direct analogy, but podcasts seem like a new-age version of audio books or novellas
Amid Evil, Ion Fury, and Dusk are all great. Great recommendation with Hrot. It looks to me like a mix between Quake and Half Life
> How do you feel about the perspective that democracies allow the majority (or plurality) to force their values on the rest of us?

Better than a warlord forcing their values on us, even if the majority often seems lacking and with the exception that you are the warlord.

I agree that governments could do a better job at letting people pick their values themselves, especially with the current Victorian approaches

edit: Well technically a authoritarian warlord doesn't care about your values, only a totalitarian one would require that you tell everyone how much you love him. Maybe the latter is worse, but what would it matter at this point.
Google apps for your domain is handled by the GSuite team. All their accounts have various extra requirements, like legal checks, not randomly adding features without consulting the admin, having different sets of servers for some services, having different treatment of private data (since the domain admin must be able to have some control over it) etc.

Some product teams within Google don't like all the extra overhead, paperwork, and complexity that adds, so instead they just block all enterprise accounts.
My guess is that they think DNS resolution failures are consorship. There where some insane numbers like 95% unavailability of pcgamer.com and worldofwarcraft.com in the article as well. It makes no sense.
Freelancing when you have a stutter
You want to hold up Daikatana as a success then? That was Romero at his most free after all.

And what do you have against serious sam series that you disqualify it from being "old school"? Did they have too many cutscenes for your liking?
Pixel phones come with an unlockable bootloader so...
Even in Denmark where the political system is much more cooperative than in the US, politics is still a “dirty job” full of spin and personal sacrifice, exposure etc. As a result many good people would never put it on themselves to enter politics.
Intel Tiger Lake-H Beats AMD Ryzen 4000 in Geekbench 5
Guide to vs Code Snippets and Why You Need Them
I gave Golden a read when it first popped up, but it's backed by VC so I'm not sure how this model goes well with open access to data.
It's why I'm building gurlic. Gurlic has communities, publications and galleries. I care about anonymity, custom domains, integration with Matrix among other things.

https://gurlic.com

https://gurlic.com/about

Some communities:

https://gurlic.com/programming

https://gurlic.com/interesting

https://gurlic.space

A gallery:

https://gurlic.art

A publication:

https://classics.wtf
I clicked on "Careers". Marissa Mayer is holding a pillow that says "Be Nice Or Leave". Ironic given all the stories that came out of her time at Yahoo. The one that really stands out given current circumstances was when she forced everyone to work at the office, then built a nursery at work (presumably with company money) so she could have her baby next to her all day.

"we value diversity in the classic sense as well as a diversity of opinions, values, and ideas."

"Above all, everyone on our team is smart, loves to learn, and is NICE. Because life is too short to spend time working with people who aren’t nice."

It's possible that the reports coming out of Yahoo were made up, but I don't think it's much of a stretch to say her reputation makes it tough to hire good employees. I can't find it now, but I recall a NY Times story about how miserable it was to work for her.

Edit: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/11/technology/yahoos-brain-d...

"...the common criticism that she was tightfisted with praise and sometimes displayed a harshness that could be demoralizing."

"Last March, Ms. Mayer told the staff at an all-hands meeting that the bloodletting was finally over. Shortly thereafter, she changed her mind and demanded more cuts. All told, about 1,100 people lost their jobs in the layoffs."
I don't mind mobs appearing on my forums about ultralight aircrafts. Easy to clean, not much harm. Most of the members know each other or through a common friend IRL anyway.

But the value in these forums are enormous, and helps saving lives. That knowledge doesn't stale either.
US Military Buys Location Data from Muslim Prayer App
Multicore scaling on M1 doesn't appear to be as efficient as that on Ryzen - for example, the 4200U is able to beat the M1 in multicore tasks at quite a similar power draw, but gets soundly beaten in single core. Ryzen's big advantage over previous multicore implementations was infinity fabric - so clearly there's more to scaling than just the actual compute cores.

Don't forget that scaling up is also not just about frequencies, there are also packaging considerations - the CPU dies have to actually be able to dissipate the heat generated, and the package itself has to be able to do so as well. I'd expect that this is something AMD and especially Intel have a leg up over Apple with - although, considering they've already tread that ground it makes Apple's job a bit easier too.
Subscribed! You are indeed a great writer.
It's hard to get a feeling for what the chalk's difference is. Is it like writing with a crayon on a chalkboard? Does it ablate much smoother and more per stroke, such that it doesn't feel scratchy? I guess you need to have used it to know.
Quite close but generally ad hominem would be: "You are an awful person and therefore your argument is wrong". The second piece is missing here.
Windows terminal seems to have everything I need. What features are missing I'm reall curious what I could be missing and not being aware
> For the past few years I’ve been trying to learn haskell in various ways but have never been able to stick to the method, let alone actually “become productive” in Haskell.

Have you tried doing something beyond puzzles like AoC? There's a weird communal perception of Haskell being a near enough insurmountable challenge, so instead of people getting their hands dirty, they just flirt with it on and off for years on end.

In my experience, after I had written a web app or two in Haskell I wasn't sure what all the fuss was about. It's an excellent language to be productive in. The libraries and tooling are great. The water is warm; jump in.

Please don't take the above as criticism; it isn't intended that way. It's great that you're learning and sharing Haskell :) Also FYI your about page currently is a 404.
The default memory limits of different Node.js versions
I think reports of the demise of community message boards are somewhat exaggerated. There is certainly a degree of churn, but for niche interests there are still plenty of message boards or forums available.

One of my personal interests is homebrewing and there are plenty of message boards covering this topic. As examples:

UK focused: https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk

US focused: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/

Australia: https://aussiehomebrewer.com

German: https://hobbybrauer.de/forum/

I'm only active on the UK forum, but do browse the others quite regularly. I do not use Facebook or Reddit, and do not feel like I'm missing out on anything.

Other interests of mine (sea fishing and skiing) also have quite active forums.

Of course, these are just small, niche examples, but that's the point. These destinations still exist.
Also, spending more money on defense for EU means buying military equipment from US, which US would definitely profit from.
Alaska is part of the US.
Ukraine is not part of Russia.

Everything else in your comment is also factually wrong or even a deliberate lie just like the ones you spread in your other replies here.
So which country would you want to take the lead. Or phrased differently: Which country's army do you think doesn't have far right people in it?
Some real gems in this, thanks! So far undo region and 'C-x $' have blown my mind!
Intel Reveals More Ice Lake-SP Details:32-Core Ice Lake Faster Than 64-Core EPYC
Can it be done in some easier syntax than APL?

Easier means - less effort in learning coming from someone who knows mainstream languages like Java.

The idea is not only limited to APL. I don't like crafting for loops or maintain indexes. Fortran has something similar. With Matlab many operators operate in an intuitive way on vectors and matrices. It breaks down quite quickly if you try to do something more complex though. This somewhat extends to Julia. In Ruby also you can have .map or .each.

Julia:

x=10
v=[1 2 3 4]
x.*v
#1×4 Array{Int64,2}:
# 10 20 30 40
Why do they need your bank document and/or bank statements?
What Is Subliminal Programing?
Is Your Fintech a Fraud? Five Red Flags from Inside Wirecard
Wow, kind of amazing that they're not losing tons of money through sales + marketing like every other IPO lately who lose 50% there. (they are losing money though). A little scary though, how much money they lose through bad credit write-offs, and what's the item about a huge loss for loan purchase commitments, both years?

Aside from those, they could be a really attractive business.
We had that around 2010 basically before the threat of fake news was conjured up. Still angry at those panicking...