skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Given the prevalence of conspiracy theories suggesting Covid is a man-made virus, Democrats cheated to steal the election, and companies making vaccines waited until after the election to publish their results, I'm surprised that a conspiracy theory that liberals are trying to keep the vaccine for themselves hasn't been floating around. Receiving the vaccine "they don't want you to take" would be a great way to stick it to the liberal elite Deep State. /s
It’s a very unfamiliar world for sure. All of a sudden, you find yourself having to have discussions with financial people and management people who have no direct personal interest in your product. You then have to figure out what its indirect value proposition is to them.
You seem to think I'm advocating for hard lockdown, which I never said.

I see this pattern in COVID discussions all the time. Someone claims COVID is overblown, people push back, then the response is always "yeah but lockdowns are horrible!". It's largely a strawman.
It tends to backfire so well there's a name for it[0]. And the
current drug economy isn't just going to disappear just because
someone else wants to pay for it.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
This x1000.

There's nothing romantic or natural or virtuous about wasting time waiting in line and visiting multiple shops and having less items available.

It's just boredom and tedium.

It's a good thing when we're able to free up time from mundane tasks so we do things that are rewarding to our soul -- whether it's spending more time with your family, playing sports with friends, going to the theater, reading a good book, whatever it is.
Stripe, like PayPal, is becoming too fundamental as a layer of our financial infrastructure. One issue I have with them is that they take an aggressive approach to censorship and deplatforming, encoding their political biases into their offerings instead of taking a hands-off pro-free-speech approach. There are many examples of them banning users or organizations who are not aligned with their progressive world view. Stripe is basically PayPal 2.0, and their censorship actions remind me of PayPal and the credit card processors blocking donations to WikiLeaks.
Indeed, everything old is new again. You know the saying, right? History doesn't repeat, but it sure does rhyme. This is often attributed to Mark Twain, but there's no real evidence he actually said it.
You should direct your outrage towards people crowding in bars, constantly taking vacations, and attending large indoor church services.
Speaking with my wallet. I no longer use Amazon.

Though my employer users AWS. I don't have any swing over that sadly.

But for my own money, no more Amazon.
As someone who’s been recently doing front-end dev work full-time the question below it is also a little triggering. “Is there a router?” Not an official one but they list like 6 alternatives, two of which are apparently “very similar”.

The JS ecosystem’s penchant for giving you small components that you have to choose individually and then glue together can get a little exhausting. Hopefully the library whose approach you prefer has decent documentation, keeps up with changes to svelte, doesn’t get abandoned, etc.

Edit: apparently Sapper is a Next.js like framework that provides all the components you need for svelte in one package. Someone else said on this thread it’s eventually getting deprecated by the svelte team’s own thing called SvelteKit. Not ideal, but at least they’re working on something more integrated.
>Also vaccinated people can still catch and transmit covid, though they are not going to experience severe symptoms.

This is stated with far too much confidence. It may be true that vaccinated individuals can still transmit COVID. It may also be true that they can't. We don't know yet.
There's unfortunately a fire in Orange County today and had to pack a bag for evac. Truly, never a dull moment. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-03/wind-dri...
> People are getting payed $16 that is incredible for an unskilled labor position.

That's one view, but it's only informed by "the way things are". Another view is based on the way things should be, that no one should have to work for less than the wage it takes to live a reasonable life. https://livingwage.mit.edu/ offers values for this.

I don't see why someone should work full time and still end up poor.
Don't they often take their passports and prevent them from leaving?
Context is a hard problem and even the best chatbots don't nail this.
Colombia, whatever the US government may think, is a sovereign entity. The US might apply pressure, but right now, the US isn't thinking about much beyond its own borders.
Should techradar be really on the list of allowed website on HN? The amount of trackers dump on the visitors is mind boggling.
Sure I don't really care about that though, I care that this piece is a really bad representation of journalism and the fact that it's on the front page instead of better researched and fielded pieces two of which have been linked in a sub comment here from another poster are not.
I worked in a factory building car bumpers. The work was so alienating that one day I "woke up" in the factory with literally no recollection of the last 2 hours. From all I knew I could have been taken by ETs but since my bumper quota was good I guess I just zoned out and became a bot.

And I still call Amazon "horrible working conditions".

The fact that it is better than being poor isn't saying much.
The linked article is an interview with the journalist who leaked the documents discussed in the Vice and Gizmodo articles. I think this story is intended to be a continuation of the discussion on the original story.
Test positivity is part of the story, but not the story.

If you are not getting tested it’s almost certainly because you’re not actively sick and/or been exposed.

There’s value, in my opinion, to knowing how people people have not have a positive test. This does not imply COVID negative.

I also make the assumption that once you have taken a test you quarantine like a responsible person.

I would say that the amount of people who tested positive is roughly the same as the amount of people who are contagious yet don’t know.
As a store of value it's better than gold in some ways, because you don't need to physically store it. But unlike gold, which can appreciate in value indefinitely, Bitcoin is mathematically capped in how much it can appreciate in value because the expected value of mining and purchasing need to go to par.
Jenkins 2.264: Major changes in the weekly release line
NIST used to recommend password rotations not that long ago, pretty recent change.

I work in a compliance heavy environment and have tried getting the rotation policy changed, but it's baked into so many contracts at this point it will take another 5+ years before we to the ~2018 era guidelines.
So efficient = working 12 hrs/day and being able to afford everything ready-made/shipped for/to you (frozen and flavorless, on occasion past expiration date).

Even if you have an exciting/fulfilling job (a relative rarity) it gets old very quickly after a few years because most people need some variety in their lives.

Every time I vacation in southern Europe, I love going to markets, picking fruit/vegetables, having prosciutto cut for me. I think the time you claim it takes exagerrated - usually there are 1-2 people in line.

People dream to retire and tend to their garden (very "inefficient"), cooking their meals from scratch everyday, etc.

Lots of cooking shows and shows like "Escape to the country" (BBC) seem to prove my point.
Which was the deprivation?

Then or now? Running around and being efficient after spending your days working away in an office might not feel like an upgrade to someone who had the other option.
I've tinkered with CL for numerical analysis, but always have had trouble picking good libraries to help. Do you have any recommendations for good libraries for scientific computing (especially some that will run in Windows)?
A lot of it is because eventually production will catch up, and in the meantime companies want to catch consumer attention with the actual intended retail price while still big in the news rather than scaring them away with a higher launch price and then dropping it later and risk not catching the attention of uninvested customers.

There is also some marketing value in having a product sell out quickly.
I would contact a doctor.

Vitamin D stores in your body can take a long time to build up, but if you store too much it can be a major problem.

You should at least consider an at home vitamin D test, I found a few online(that i didn't order in the end) that were selling for around $50.

If you're determined to do this yourself you should periodically use those tests to help keep yourself safe.

Source: I'm not a doctor.
How many corporate execs have actually gone to prison for wrongdoings done in the name of the corporation? There's Ken Lay from Enron, one completely random banker from the financial crisis of 2008, and not a whole lot of others I can think of.
The exact same people? I marvel at their longevity! 128+ years is quite an accomplishment!
https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2020/12/02/workers-riski...

> On June 10, the Oregon Health Authority announced a COVID-19 outbreak at Amazon's Troutdale warehouse that has now lasted 25 weeks and infected 97 people with the virus, making it one of the largest workplace outbreaks in Oregon.
But what is the goal of all these new efficiencies?

Many of the efficiencies the modern age brought us have been in service of "more" - more house, more car, more entertainment, more clothes, more disposable technology, more status symbols, etc. We totally live in a consumer society, our biggest companies revolve around advertising. The economy would fall apart if people stopped buying stuff they don't need.

Instead of all that we could have chosen the best modernity had to offer and only worked twenty hours a week. That would have been way more efficient than what we have now.

But no, everyone went for the prosciutto. The advertisers won.
If you can't see why it may be necessary to be extra vigilant about racism against historically, economically, and judicially oppressed groups then maybe you're not looking hard enough. That said I hope you enjoyed this crumb of oppression you've been seeking.
Well it really doesn't. I was mainly asking for the conversation of it and to see what people had to say about the matter.
It sends a signal that you don't want to risk asymptomatic transmission to others, even if the likelihood is low, because the cost to you in infinitesimally small.
> I still agree with the general message of love that the bible teaches

That's just called Humanism. I think it's weird to say that being baptised makes you Catholic if you don't believe in the specific tenets that differentiate Catholicism from other Christian beliefs.

Like...say for a moment that you were baptised and then confirmed Catholic but then later had some kind of epiphany and decided to convert to Islam. Would you still be Catholic anyway? Can you be an Islamic Catholic?
Especially given that TSMC seems on a good track to go to 3nm nodes. Which supposedly will have something like 2.5x the transistor density then Intels current production mechanism.

Even without much other improvements from AMD this can hurt quite a bit.

The only think currently beneficial for Intel is that they don't relay on TSMC and in turn are not affected by shortages of nearly everyone else competing for TSMC production capacities. Also they will be less affected if the situation between China and Taiwan escalates.

(Through I would argue they didn't lost phones, as they never had any relevant footing in the phone marked at all.)
> [citation needed] It was never said that it was an unsafe design.

[google it]

I never claimed it was unsafe. I argued with the claim that, due to the additional scrutiny the 737 was now somehow 'far safer than other models.' It is not and no amount of additional scrutiny will change that.
I'm not sure what your comment is really adding/arguing for, could you clarify further?
Collection of 88x31 web buttons from the 90s
The FDA has not yet approved it, and that approval may be as late as the 17th. I do not believe the vaccine can be shipped to doctors until it has been approved, and logistics of a cold vaccine takes time.
I feel the same way, but it’s worth noting not everyone does.
My point is that if we are interested in helping people in geniuly terrible working conditions there are plenty of people who have it far worse than those at Amazon and those should be the focus of these efforts and outrage rather than people making $16 an hour in moderately decent conditions.
What products does Circles make, and what is each of their purposes?
Battery life, but mostly the topic of the article: apps use it to track you [1]. I always ask myself: why does this app need to communicate with a server if I didn't open the app? For the majority of apps there is no need to do anything while they're asleep.

[1] https://www.macobserver.com/news/background-app-refresh-data...
I just received my similarly spec'd T14s AMD yesterday. I opted for the low power, high NIT screen as well. How do you check if you got a good screen?
AWS: Run Microsoft SQL Server apps on PostgreSQL with little to no code changes
The odds that I die after getting hit by a bus are presumably infinitesimal, yet I still don't make a habit of hanging out in traffic.
I think that's a bit LESS likely now that gamers are "demanding" backwards compatibility. While not entirely unfeasible, it's a lot more feasible to simply stick with what they have been using to make that process easier.

So my opinion, as a gamer and not much else, is simply that it feels like it's easier to stick with x86 at this point.
> Crime free can happen without laws.

This is true in a very literal sense.
Hi Tara! First off, I've never posted on HN before, but I felt so obligated to write this because this solves so many of the challenges my team has been going through building our application. I'm wondering if students under 18 are permitted under the TOS? I can see how this product will change the open banking game and fill so many gaps in. Thank you for building this!
Ask HN: A total beginner asking for advice
Hello there!

I'm looking to get into technology (I'm a marketer) because I started working for tech-heavy company, and I need to get acquainted with concepts like git, continuous integration delivery, cloud compute, and other tech stuff.

I've been mostly reading guides here and there about git, CI/CD, etc., but those are only light stuff.

I feel like there is so much material to be absorbed that I don't know where to start.

What computer science courses would you recommend? And are there any helpful blogs for beginners?
Rollup doesn’t import automatically, Parcel does.

`npx`’s specific use case, though, is specifically to run scripts that you haven’t installed - else you’d use `yarn/npm run whatever`.
I was prescribed 50,000 IU Vitamin D and told to take it once a week, and not take any other Vitamin D supplements while taking this. Everyone is different, just sharing my experience.
From the school of thought that I would adhere to (Jack Bogle, Warren Buffet), Gold on its own is not an investment.
For those who identify strongly with unions, union-busting stuff like this is triggering... like "bringing up the war" in a war traumatised nation.

I get that. But... 2020 isn't 1920 or even 1980. Fresh eyes might see more clearly.

To the advantage of union organisers, mass communication and organisation is a lot easier today. Surveillance is easier too. IDK. Yes, Bezos does not want an amazon union and won't just let it happen without a fight. Same as always. That said, if people want to hear what an amazon union organiser has to say... it's almost impossible to stop it.

I don't think the central factor here is Pinkertons. Union organising is the actual determinant. If they can get enough amazon employees interested, they'll probably succeed regardless.
> The west could start by not exporting a huge portion of its plastic waste to said Asian countries.

That's not how it works. Worst-case scenario that winds up in landfills instead of being recycled.

The problem in Asia is 100% domestic, with citizens and households and apartment buildings dumping their local plastic trash on the side of the road, burning it in backyards, dumping it in the river.
You can upgrade it to 32gb, but it's soldered and non-upgradable unlike the regular T14.
Stocks are shares in profitable companies. They have risks, sure, but they also have expected returns based on sound fundamentals and a long history of generating income.
When you dislike black people, the proof is supposed to be implicit - you’re just supposed to agree with them, or else they’ll start with their stormfront sales pitch.

In reality, black people make up 13.4% of Americans, so the chances that most Americans are steeped around blacks that hate them is usually very low.

Much more common are mentally unstable white men who accost you for your skin color (pretty common, especially during the last two election), and the “white moderates” who hate your skin color but need to find socially acceptable ways to express that.
I see a lot of talk about "virtue signalling" when it comes to mask wearing. The implication is that those who wear a mask outside do so to broadcast their left-leaning world view to others, and those who don't wear a mask outside are taking a neutral stance and not broadcasting anything at all. But I think the reality is that non-mask wearers are also wanting to send a signal: something like "I'm not a sheep. I think for myself. You can't tell me what to do". Is there a name for this kind of signalling?
Where do we draw the line? What tactics are ok for a company to use to combat unions if it doesn't want them? Or should companies just accept and work with any union that forms?
Stripe Treasury currently supports businesses whose customers make business use of the platform. We are interested in innovation in personal financial services, too, but see more need currently from B2B platforms. We will see how things develop as we improve this offering!
It really depends on where you live. If you want to own a home, Facebook and similar are really your only options for the Bay Area. Assuming you also want a nice commute, decent schools, etc. stuff that most professionals work towards.
I would love to have some kind of integration between Victoria Metrics and Promscale, using VM for ingest from things like InfluxDB and Promscale for SQL queries on stable data.
> Do you disagree with the 565 independent pilots and aviation experts who signed off on the Max in Europe alone?

No, I do not disagree with any conclusion that the 737, including the MAX, is safe to operate. I disagree with the characterization that, as a result of recent scrutiny, the 737 is now 'far safer than other models.' It is not and no amount of additional scrutiny, and no signoffs by any number of pilots in any nation will change that.

> It's the most scrutinized plane in aviation history, and has been vetted by multiple regulatory bodies and received thousands of test flights since fixes were made.

I don't disagree with any of this.

> Honest question: if this isn't enough for you, what is? All other planes have been scrutinized far less.

It's plenty for me. I would happily fly on an 737 MAX. However, I do question whether some count of hours of scrutiny (or whatever you mean by 'far less') is a good proxy for safety. Things that operate safely tend not require so much scrutiny.
Agree that the root cause here is not Amazon, it's a system (unregulated capitalism) that incentives this behavior. I think it's still fair to criticize actors in such a system, especially if such criticism is done with the context that these companies and their bad actions are the product of that system and that it would be positive for most of the workforce for that system to be better regulated.
I think it’s fine to say or write -es or -I in general usage. I think it’s also fine to prefer one or the other in contextual usage. And I think it’s fair to roll ones eyes at people making a big deal of it.

But it’s incorrect to say octopus is not a Latin word. That’s like saying utensil isn’t a French word. It is, and it came to English from Latin through French. Octopus came to English through Latin from Greek. It’s a Latin word and it’s a Greek word.

So, I don’t think it’s a consistent position to be okay with the Englishification of Latin words, but not be okay at the Latinization of Greek ones!
I think 2x improvement in productivity is a pretty optimistic number unless you don't write much code and mostly just compile it. In heavier workloads there certainly can be decent ROI though.
I have stopped ordering from amazon.com but do still use AWS. I should probably evaluate other cloud providers, when I made the decision to use AWS about 5 years ago there were no other providers that offered all the functionality I wanted. It was also easy enough to throw a rock and hit a certified aws consultant.
From the article:

> We need to note that Amazon is an NPR funder.

The original Motherboard article [0] is extensive. The NPR version is deliberately incoherent.

[0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports...
Ban condomless sex, ban all alcohol, ban individual ownership of cars, ban individual ownership of guns.

If you participate in any of these activities you are intentionally being reckless with the lives of others.
I'm not seeking oppression. I am just opposing the degredation of our collective culture and standards under the guise of "anti-racism". If we no longer hold people accountable for their actions and merit, what is there left to judge people by? We judge people by merit in sports (which have zero value), but not in our academic, governmental, and corporate institutions and then we wonder why none of these institutions even function.
Anyone that has used a 120Hz+ display will immediately notice that everything feels more responsive even with simple things like moving your mouse and scrolling.

I also find the responsiveness noticeable when typing. You'll be able to tell that the text appears faster on the screen.

I wouldn't say it's a requirement. But it does make the user experience nicer.
> I'd also like to point out that this event itself contradicts your talking point about "it all being virtue signalling", since the person in question was indeed willing to risk quite a bit.

I think the parent is talking about Google, not the person Google fired. For Big corporations like Google, Apple, Disney, AT&T,... "wokeness" is a fad like Grunge, Emo, or Punk and they want to bank on it for good PR.
It's really disappointing to see such reactionary comments on HN. Obviously Facebook ought to pay more attention to anti-Black racism: this has historically been where the problem is, and so it's where the bulk of the effort should go.
I love this. Thanks for sharing your measurements!
The numbers in Japan are most likely severely underreported. It's extremely hard to get tested. You pretty much need to have been in contact with someone confirmed infected or hospitalized to get a test. It's a catch-22.

But even with the confirmed cases the trend in Japan is worrying, especially compared to other countries in Asia. They're setting new records every day: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201201_36/

With that said, I absolutely think the mask culture in Japan has dampened the surge a lot. In countries without this people just do the bare minimum to be compliant, so we have all these chin-wearers and nose-flashers. We're simply hopeless at wearing masks even with the strictest of mask mandates. So even if masks could reduce the spread significantly we're not likely to see the effect of that here.
I mean this article claims they'd save $320 million. And that's presumably before they sell any cocaine or other products they produce with the leaves. So it seems like it could be workable.
An even better reason to advocate for my 1.5% withdrawal rate.