skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
UK death rate, 2015: 9.179 / 1000; 2020: 9.413.

Calculated total deaths, 2015 (pop. 64.85 million): 595,258.15; 2020 (pop. 67.89 million): 639,048.57.

Difference: 43,790.42. Weekly averages: 11,000 - 12,000.

See Figure 1, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... for a chart of England's excess mortality.

"In week 16 2020, an estimated 22,351 all-cause deaths were registered in England and Wales (source: Office for National Statistics). This is an increase compared to the 18,516 estimated death registrations in week 152020. ... In the devolved administrations,no statistically significant excess all-cause mortality for all ages was observed for Northern Ireland or Wales in week 17. Statistically significant excess all-cause mortality for all ages was observed for Scotland in week 15." (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...)

It looks like the peak occurred in week 17, with 22,351 deaths.
for me the biggest problem of Reddit is the Toxic culture. More than a half of the subs I follow its flooded with useless comments, toxic and negativity towards a subjected and many direct answers to get upvotes.

But i guess this is not very different from other social networks.
Two off the top of my head:

ENTER/LEAVE

BCD-style opcodes
Shifting to a Remote Mindset
>Which shows how uncoordinated this all is.

While the Federal response and some state responses have been horrible, I actually don't see it as inherently bad that schools have flexibility in deciding what they do based on their location, size, need for physical access to teach/lab work. Schools have indeed responded differently and some of that is simply different decisions by different administrations. But some of it is also recognizing that situations are different. And so far, schools do not seem to have been a particular problem in disease spread.
Robert Pirsing's second book -- Lila -- had this as a major theme. He talked about how cities, by having people living in them, created almost a new life form. Much like our bodies are just a collection of cells, that together create a new life (humans), based on emergent behaviour.
This also works on iOS and you can even get a shortcut to let you bypass PIP being disabled and by pausing the video 2-3 times in picture mode you bug it out and can play the video with the screen off - not very convenient for short videos but longer ones it works well with.
Yeah, I guess "multidimensional array" is longer and not as "deep"
How do you currently deal with pinned certificates on those devices? What makes you think that they're currently respecting your network? A Google Chromecast will already ignore all of your network-wide DNS settings.

This removes a couple of avenues of attack you might have used to rein in some of those devices (but probably weren't doing), but it's just a symptom of the fact that using DNS for device control was always a really hacky, kind of awful solution to the problem of having rogue devices on the network.
Daniel Stenberg Is Finally Granted a US Visa
That's a neat story! Here's mine from when I was about that same age.

Grownups knew I was interested in science and physics. Sometimes they would ask me to explain what E = mc² means, and I had a ready answer:

"When you accelerate matter to the speed of light squared, it turns into energy!"
Extremists Are Cashing in on DLive, a Youth-Targeted Gaming Website
The mathematics itself might not require doing arithmetic, but human psychology forces us to approach the abstract via the concrete. A facility with arithmetic helps with building a pile of concrete examples as a springboard for the leap to the abstract.

For example, the usual example of a cyclic group is {0,1,2,3,4,5} with addition modulo 6. Maybe we start with 12 rather than 6 because it is familiar to old people used to analogue clocks. We end up with one example for each size. But we could also give {1,2,3,4,5,6} with multiplication modulo 7. Now the abstract idea of an isomorphism has a concrete example. [0->1, 1->3, 2->2, 3->6, 4->4, 5->5]. And we get a new perspective on generators. {0,1,2,3,4,5} has an obvious generator: 1. We are tempted to view 5 as an extra nuisance generator. But we notice that 6x6 = 36 = 5x7+1 means that 6x6 = 1 in the multiplicative group so 6 isn't a generator. And 2x2x2 = 8 = 7+1 == 1 mod 7, so 2 isn't a generator either.

Viewed abstractly, product groups look dull and easy. The Klein Four group is a product C2 x C2, and has four elements {(0,0), (0,1), (1,0), (1,1)}. Obviously the only set of generators is {(0,1),(1,0)} and there are two automorphisms, the identity and the map that swaps (0,1) and (1,0).

Those with a facility with arithmetic might play with {1,3,5,7} and multiplication modulo 8. Or {1,5,7,11} and multiplication modulo 12. But beware, you are venturing into dangerous territory. Which one of 3,5, and 7 is (0,1) and which is (1,0)? You are going to discover that the previous paragraph is wrong. (1,1) looks different from (0,1) and (1,0). It looks inferior and not a generator. But actually there are three minimal sets of generators {3,5}, {5,7}. and {3,7}.

Playing with similar examples gives a second insight into what mathematicians mean by isomorphism. The first insight is that names don't matter: an isomorphism is what a ConLanger would call a relex = relexification. You invent a new language by inventing new words for the same old stuff. The second insight is that we build compound names, with internal structure. We have primitive names, 0 and 1. We build compound names (0,0), (0,1), (1,0), and (1,1). Then the mathematical concept of isomorphism treats our set of compound names as a mere dust of points, discarding the structure. An isomorphism can as easily map (0,1) to (1,1) as to (1,0) because they are just names, like 3,5,7. A loose notion of isomorphism as "same shape" can trip you up, because the structure of the names isn't part of the shape.

Knowing your times tables well enough to play happily with simple examples can help learners appreciate the subtleties of advanced math.
As an side, earlier this evening was the first time i ever heard of RSocket or Armeria, and now they both show up again here!
What are you even talking about, dude? It sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder or bought some propaganda.
I think you're selling rsync.net a little short here. I'm not aware of another service that offers a turnkey remote full filesystem (ie not just an object store) that you can access over SSH.

Your Hetzner numbers are impressive, but I don't think there's anything available in the US for a similar cost. Most block storage I've seen is ~$10/mo/TB. I would love to be proven wrong on that.
You're actually on point even though you're being sarcastic. Communities aren't hiveminds, and the edgiest members of a group don't constitute the whole picture. Upvotes and downvotes definitely work to make communities act more like them, however.
Thanks, especially for:

https://john-doe.neocities.org/

I'm just looking at modern front end web again (we're using react, ant - and I've stockholmed myself into considering react with tailwind as a "lightweight" alternative... Nice to be reminded about truly simple html+css).
I mean the geopolitical status of Puerto Rico is not necessarily better, given that even today PR has terrible power infrastructure and no clear plan to fix it.
> Much faster

We can only hope so. I would love to run Linux on my iPad (which is not m1 of course). I would be sad to use macOS though. That’s all early thoughts.
A lot of forums also have tyrannical mods, but the key difference is that a forum doesn't have the same unique authority that a subreddit with the best name for the topic has. If a forum has bad mods, other forums are on a bit more equal footing as competitors. The discussion thread format is also less prone to bad moderation than reddit's link/image focused post threads are, and usually also forces the mods to actually participate in the community. Plus if someone breaks a forum rule other than one related to creating threads, other users can come scold them for it more easily (necroing is a common example).

Reddit isn't built for community discussion and is getting worse at it as the admins try to turn it into instagram.
> The explicit nil in the original implementation implies that the method is being called for its return value — that it’s probably functional, with inconsequential side effects.

> Making the nil implicit says that the return value is not important. This method now reads like it’s implemented by avoiding side effects within super.

That's...not my understanding of idiomatic ruby conventions. The idea that a method is assumed to have no or inconsequential side effects and be called only for its return value with an explicit return, but to be called for side effects with an implicit one, is a Python idiom, not a Ruby idiom. As I understand Ruby idiom, it is basically "a method defined with `def` is assumed to have both significant side effects and a significant return value unless documented otherwise on either point, except that a method with a name ending in `?` is assumed to return a value meaningful in a boolean context and have no or inconsequential side effects." Concise function bodies with implicit nil returns are normal, including for functions called for their return value.
I would think it could be argued that a pandemic is not of one's own choices for the cancelation, and much more aligned with act of god reasons for canceling.
That would mean the final exam is optional - and most students will not take it (at least until the fellows program gains more traction to take on more students).

This is _not_ the final exam. Your comment is uninformed.
The thing is... doesn't Samsung already do this with their Exynos chips? And even with Qualcomm, they must already build them with Android (even a particular phone) in mind, right? Yet somehow the A14 is faster than a Snapdragon 865. I think strategically if Exynos put pressure on Qualcomm in a nontrivial way (e.g. Samsung switched entirely, and started selling Exynos chips to their competitors) that would change the game. Maybe the fab needs to be spun out of Samsung, just as Intel's fabs might be spun out as well.
I am rejecting that premise, yes. If you expect major news outlets to accurately report the truth, and believe we should only rely on their interpretation of reality, you are misled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8mP2jN6bJI
By falling productivity, I simply mean that the same amount of funding results in fewer, less valuable and less useful results. Whether it’s caused by research itself becoming progressively more difficult, or some kind of fundamental dysfunction within science, I cannot accurately determine: I think it’s both at least to some degree. I think it’s reasonable to expect that keeping pace of results requires growth in spending, in general.
I think it’s telling that this happened just shortly after the election results were known... Who did he piss off?
Same reason the Americans and the Soviets did: national pride.
I can’t wait to see Apple’s high-end GPU configurations. In either laptop or desktop form factor.

Efficiency is cool. (heh) But if I need X then a highly efficient X/5 still doesn’t deliver X.

I doubt Apple will ever sacrifice their overly thin MacBook ergonomics for power. But I’m hoping they max out their desktop form factor.
It's kind of crazy how the elimination of pork-barrel stipulations ended up polarizing politics.
Manufacturing consent can be highly lucrative. It's even easier if your audience is primed to view products as necessarily reflecting consumer demand. Thankfully for Google et al, if you control the market actual demand is not important!
Note for people trying this at home, vim is case sensitive.

I still regularly use this feature to look up libc and other things. You can also type 2K to go to ‘man 2’, or 3K to go to ‘man 3’ etc.
Follow this advice by left-aligning your text please :)
Alphabet cared. It cared about what corporations can care about, making money. It invested so much because there was a good return on investment and there was a lot of cash on hand wanting for investment and Amp was big enough to make use of enough cash in hand to be worth pursuing. With billions of cash on hand fixed overhead makes small investment not worth the bother. For Alphabet, a hundred million dollars is less than rounding error.
Although Not for games, but for movies Tangent Animation comes to mind.

source: https://www.blendernation.com/2018/08/20/next-gen-blender-pr...
Microsoft Office365 is not the same across MAC and Windows 10 machines. The Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Outlook features and capabilities are not the same.

Teams is barely useable on OSX

As a corporate user of both, side by side (thank you Barrier) I can tell you that it will be difficult for corporate IT departments to wrap their heads around a broad-based OSX-based deployment

Windows gives them the illusion of control through their master configuration abilities of Windows 10
ABIs have always been platform-specific in that sense. C ABI is beneficial in that on any specific platform, it's interoperable - which is good enough, because native code has to be compiled for a specific platform, anyway. In your specific example, I don't really care how "struct foo" is passed, so long as all shared libraries compiled for that platform agree on how it's done. And we have that on C level today on all major platforms.

Sure, there are compiler switches and language extensions that can break the ABI if you use them. But, well, you don't have to use them (at the interop boundary), and neither do your API clients.
That’s funny because the first time I saw someone make the OPs comment it was in reference to the Economist. I want to say there was even a catchy term for it but I’m struggling to find it

Edit- It was Gell Mann amnesia as described in a comment further down
If you're interested, I happened to write a simple forum software in Ruby a while ago. Indexable, light use of JS, nothing too fancy but it worked.

I never open sourced it, but if it could help keep up some communities online I would happily donate it.
Hey! I own a copy of that, although I’m not sure where it is. A great fun read. I think I’ll download and read it again.
What's a good framework for building lightweight websites? Or am I better off just writing HTML?
They mean a normal component in React, Vue, Angular, or whatever other front-end technology you are already working with. I think they’re calling it a “micro-component” just to emphasize that there is no logic in the component beyond the templating.
How much control does that give them? I don't suppose anyone would like to see Blender requiring a Facebook account?
Shoot me an email - it's in my HN bio.
make that https://lite.cnn.com , please :)
The rules for qualifying by professional certification require maintaining good standing with the state licensure or registration requirements but do not require actually practicing the profession covered by the certification, nor even having a minimum amount of work experience in that area. Very interesting. How does this apply to people who hold a Series 65 but do not practice as an investment adviser?

In particular, Series 65 carries no requirement to be sponsored by a FINRA member firm, and many states don't require an investment adviser firm to register if there are fewer than 6 clients in that state. And New York, uniquely, does not require investment adviser representatives to register at all, though they do require that they either pass the exam or qualify for a waiver.

So, if I move to NY (as I'm likely to do in 2021 or 2022 for unrelated reasons) and pass the Series 65 exam but don't practice as an investment adviser, do I automatically qualify as an accredited investor, either for a certain number of years since last passing the exam or indefinitely? If not, would it work to create and voluntarily register self-owned investment adviser firm (with as few as zero clients) and deal with the annual registration and financial statement paperwork? My guess is no and yes, respectively, possibly with a requirement to pass the exam every 2 years if my firm doesn't actually have any clients as would be required to truly count as practicing as an investment adviser.

I see why they used the general securities representative example (Series 7) to illustrate their "you don't have to practice" requirement, since those lapse two years after leaving a qualifying firm, and the same therefore applies to accredited investor status on that basis. For Series 65, it is a lot murkier.
10 Amazing Benefits of Serverless Technology
Including an ad, no less.
This is true, although any resources loaded introduce CPU overhead, which can be non-negligible, especially on mobile.
But the part that I really want to discuss here is the other part -- i.e., the phrase "if k is any constant."

To most teachers, that additional phrase doesn't seem important, because in the teacher's mind "x" usually means a variable and "k" usually means a constant.

Most teachers get this right, using these conventions as a redundant booster to their verbal and written communication. Some are grumpy and lazy and want as much as possible to go unsaid. "For the next couple of weeks, when I say 'ring' I'm going to mean a commutative ring." Just say commutative ring. The time you save by glossing over these details doesn't add up to anything.
No DRM on iOS app binaries running on macOS
I hope it works out!

I tried registering for updates but got a Cloudflare 502. HN "hug of death"?

Once it's sorted out, I'll give it another shot. Quick request: can you please add more details to a faq or something? eg. how much it'll cost for us users, will there be a desktop interface, etc.

Thanks!
> They always had to add ads at some point, hosting video, and the bandwidth and transcoding that goes with it, is incredibly expensive, not to mention the dev time going into creating such a massive platform.

This isn't about covering expenses that they couldn't afford otherwise. This is about making enormously rich people even richer.
Thanks! It's open source and you're in control of your own data. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25151741
I mean... you take the good with the bad to get the breadth and depth in your platform. You make a shitload of money on PewDiePie and nothing on Mieleman (sorry; I forget the name of the German guy who posts videos of washing machine cycles), and balance the two. It's not difficult.

~~Okay then, 15 billion in profits last year. I'm no businessman but to me that's pretty damn good profits with those revenue numbers.~~

Edit: Alright, Google search failed me. Searching for profits gave me revenue. Sorry about that. Profits are still secret, it seems. But the hosting costs won't eat the lion's share of that, I can assure you.
Time to add this to the list of "wonders that we could build at some time in the past, but probably not today"?
Animation: Deep Learning vs. Traditional Methods
sorry to be pedantic, but if you believe wikipedia, it is true (just you probably cant reproduce it on your kitchen stove)

--

The New Psychology (1897): "a live frog can actually be boiled without a movement if the water is heated slowly enough; in one experiment the temperature was raised at a rate of 0.002°C per second, and the frog was found dead at the end of 2½ hours without having moved."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog
Hmm, guess I'll have to try again. When I tried last time, a year ago or so now, the speed was comparable to VNC. The machine I tried accessing then was a i5 NUC which when used locally with KDE Neon is rather spiffy.

Resuming locally is also a must-have feature, so yeah that eliminates a lot of contenders on Linux.
I think internet in general has become cancerous when social media sites started influencing every aspect of online culture. I remember being on old forums like Digitally Imported and it really felt like a warm and welcoming community where people knew each other and exchanged birthday wishes, discussed interesting topics, shared music projects they worked on and listened to music together. Your join date and your relationship with other users was more important than any likes or karma and everyone just stuck around. Today, casual internet experience lacks humanity and warmth. It feels mindless, politicized and disconnected because everything is fueled by money, subscribers and likes. Spend 5 minutes on Instagram and it'll feel like we're moments away from the main plot in Idiocracy.
Yup, super similar situation as my friend. He was actually interviewing with some interesting companies, but part of the problem, even if they had a good tech stack, was he'd be a small cog in a big wheel.

That's one of the appeals of some startups, you're making an impact, as long as you love the problem they're solving, and think they'll be "successful", whatever that means to you.
“Who knows anything” sounds dangerously close to nihilism

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

The problem is nihilists never produce anything of lasting value. Or of any value. It seems to be the posture of those who feel like failures, and justify that perceived failure to themselves by telling themselves that nothing is worth anything.

Perhaps others hold that position too. It seems like a dead end in a lot of ways...
https://www.blender.org/user-stories/japanese-anime-studio-k...
The guys who do Evangelion.
C is write once, compile anywhere... so long as you restrict yourself to standard C, including the library. Different implementations have different levels of standard compliance, but you are still able to say, "this will do X on any conformant hosted C89 implementation".

The moment you start doing things like threads or shared libraries, yeah, it all breaks down very quickly. But that isn't standard C.
>> I'll be moving to another paid service.

> Which other free email provider are you considering?

I think you're talking past each other?
I tested it on a few apps before I posted (and after you replied) and it looks app-specific.

Finder actually fills the screen (the Apple app I did originally test since it used to represent reference windowing behavior) but only in list mode, which happened to be my default. In icon mode it does the old school top-to-bottom thing, as I found out after the replies.

But Chrome fills the screen, OmniFocus fills, Keyboard Maestro's editor fills, Firefox fills, etc. I think a lot of third party apps will fill the screen since it seems to come down to whether the dev gives it a different aspect ratio than native to "show all content." Most stuff seems not to do so anymore, presumably because that behavior is weird.

But to your point, apparently Safari was a huge oversight on my part and it's definitely not as consistent as I thought it was. Sorry if I got hopes up.

That said, to the extent an app will do that at all, opt-click-max or title bar double-click is the way to do it. Otherwise you're stuck with one of the screen snap apps that can also redefine the buttons for you.
I can - it's that secondary education has issues that are getting worst faster than they are being solved.
Expressive walrus assignment expressions Python 3.8
Oh god just click through, dude. Why are so many hn commenters obsessed with these banalities https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...

I should warn you that you might have to scroll a little, lest you find yourself writing a comment in response before you read section 2.
you have to be a bit careful, you aren't inherently entitled to the useful information written by everyone else as part of communities. In some situations the only reason the information exists is because they think what they write is just for the community they are talking with. The problem comes when communities are built around things like facebook simply because it's convenient and easy to discover but the intent is for an open community with freely available information.