skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>hardware doesn't matter

>perhaps hardware created by a competitor, or using open hardware

I think as the Purism folks are demonstrating with the Librem phone, we live in a world where the barrier to entry to compete in hardware markets is enormous. The "hardware doesn't matter" argument only holds where the hardware to run software is sufficiently commoditized or where it's easy to develop open-source alternatives.

For phones and select other segments of the hardware sector this simply isn't the case: consider the yawning chasm that separates the Librem phone from the iPhone.
Its not legal for the MAX to be flown without MCAS. It corrects a control force issue that must be corrected for it to obtain an airworthiness certificate.

Cite: FARs §25.173, §25.175.
> Every third sprint is a tech sprint.
Can you elaborate on this? I love the sound. I get pushback even suggesting a tech sprint once every 6 weeks. What kinds of projects fall under here, and do you still work on product? What's the product team work during this sprint? Thanks!
I'm not sure what your point is. The exceeding majority of the work done on these foundational projects has been done as works for hire. The issue isn't the relationship between Google and Coder Jane. Its between Google and Red Hat. Its between Google and Samsung.

Intel and ARM both collaborate on GCC and Linux all the time while being fierce competitors. Google, Canonical, Red Hat, etc all contribute to Linux while being fierce competitors.

But the only companies that contribute to Android and ChromeOS are device partners, and the partner contributions are far more limited in scope.
I wish I could read the mission and ‘about us’ of this business without having to fill out a form?
I see it as better way of developing a product. Or actually, a foundational system, if Fuchsia really ends up becoming something like that. You see, lots of things that today are fundamental were just "developed organically", and that is OK because people never tought that it would end up being what it is.

Besides, a greater part of the cruft we have today is rooted in the development model companies adopt that is "develop it, make it work, and ship so not to delay the schedule/budget so much". And that is OK too given that companies just want to develop a product and don't have lots of time, budget and resources... But, as things are in software engineering, that model doesn't produce as good a piece of software as it would with more iterations and refactoring seeking the best software model and implementation. In the end, that results in greater issues issues than what was really needed and the backward compatibility hinders an actual solution. But Fuchsia being meant as a foundation, cannot be developed like that. Like a product that "just works". It would end up being just another bad designed (and chances are, bad implemented too) system based on concepts of the beginnings of computer industry that doesn't necessarily apply for today's systems.

As I've loosely accompanied Fuchsia's development, they've done a lot of early bring up work just so that other parts of the system could be developed. And that is expected because they developed arguably almost everything from scratch. You cant expect ending up with really great system design and implementation just from these first iterations. Then, with the experiences from that, they've done lots of refactorings that refined system's abstractions, APIs and implementation. And, if they are serious about Fuchsia being a good foundational system, they have to solve these left over from the early development.
Ah, I see. I found the manual. [1] Thankyou!

Windows – 7, 8, 10
OSX – Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina
Linux – Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04

[1] - https://community.nanoporetech.com/requirements_documents/mi...
AirPods Max Ear Cushions – Silver $69.00
Yup, you’re right, we have an existential crisis brewing in rural America with remote work and the influx of residents driving cost of housing up when residents who were there already are still struggling from the recession of 2008.

I don’t have a comment or solution to this problem (is it even a problem?) otherwise I’d suggest something. I’m just observing like others, but I will admit to browsing Zillow for a farm if remote work has staying power. I think being able to provide some stimulus economically from this will help those smaller rural businesses. I don’t know. I’m not qualified in economics to predict the outcome, only some hope and some fear of possibilities.
Here's Why Vaccinated People Still Need to Wear Masks
We were explicitly told they would deny our packages at the depot/hub and would be limited to 5-10 packages at each FedEx Store in the area. All packages in the area still flow through the hub and an end of day report for packages scanned is used to enforce this.

Re: our UPS rate, we aren't paying retail rates, thankfully. But the final weeks of Q4 is not an ideal to negotiate favorable rates when they know we have no other options.
That's why I have big hopes for PineTime open-source smartwatch for $25.
+1 for the virtual conference interface. Really clear at-a-glance info architecture and schedule. Modest deco elements, dark mode, and great content overall. Wonder if source code is available ;)
QuantumScape Releases Performance Data for Its Solid-State Battery Technology
> This part is not true.

Yes it is. A wider rocket has more generous margins when it comes to wind, sure, but thunderstorms, heavy rain, storm with strong gusts (doesn't have to be extreme either), sudden ice, heavy snow, etc. etc. will still prevent launches and especially landings.

> Of course, a tornado or cyclone might be disruptive, but that's also true for normal airplanes.

Normal aeroplanes fly around unfavourable regularly and flying holding patterns is normal procedure anyway. None of that is possible with rockets, no matter how wide.

The situation is worsened by the fact that pilots have the luxury of time when planning their route, e.g. bad weather at the destination during launch isn't a big deal for long-haul flights, since there's often 10 hours or more until it even becomes relevant.

With a rocket, weather at the launch and target site have to be favourable at pretty much the same time, since you'd get there in well under an hour.

We'll see later today how well the aerodynamics might work and how the rocket behaves. I remain very sceptical about the point-to-point idea.
(This subthread was originally a child of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25345134.)
"You are more likely to be violently attacked working at a convenience store than being a cop."

You are absolutely more likely to be shot at while serving a warrant, than working in a convenience store.

"Citizens that choose to carry a weapon for self-defense cannot point their weapon a people just in case"

Citizens are not police officers, entrusted to carry out the law and who must actively confront danger, moreover, police are trained to do so.

"Then this is a failure of their training or a failure of the individual police."

This is wrong to the extent that it's very rational for police to at least have weapons drawn when individuals are refusing to comply with the warrant etc.. 'Weapons drawn' is a very simple tactic, which makes them easy to use if necessary. It is not in and of itself particularly dangerous.

"First, it is not too dangerous. "

Yes it is. [1] (from the AP, not Fox News) Have a little Google yourself.

" Second, if it is, then pick a new line of work"

This is a shameful remark, exemplary of the general tone here. "If you don't want to get COVID and die - quit being a nurse - now go ahead and work without a mask!". It's absurd (and basically offensive) to suggest that public servants shouldn't have the right to take appropriate steps to defend themselves, or even have to put themselves in a position of danger, let alone harassment in the first place.

Even African American Police officers are called the n-word and put up with all sorts of horrible abuses (just search 'police' on TikTok) which should definitely be illegal: you cannot go into the DMV or IRS (or Wallmart!) and start harassing people - the same should apply to police.

If the woman in question was concerned for the safety of her children, she would have simply opened the door and 'used her words'.

If in fact, the Gov. is illegally intimidating her, and she's done no wrong, well then I hope the judge recognizes that.

Finally, police reform is not going to come form the plebes on social media, it's going to have to be done thoughtfully, by them, led probably by ex-police officers who have first-hand experience.

[1] https://apnews.com/article/30fd23e66f21446b90d2b8cb0135ae03
Such implementations exist and have been discussed a few days ago here on HN. There are also REST adapters for Postgres: https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest
System Default likely just infers dark mode preference via prefers-color-scheme. It doesn't seem to be a unique theme.
I agree. I tend to believe it's gonna be the closest vetted plane in some time at this point - including by European regulators, who've less reason to be nice to Boeing.
Would you also drive a Lamborghini that had contrived controls to make it as if you were driving a Ford Taurus?

If so, why?
And the iPhone SE, iPad Mini, and MacBook Air are extremely competitively priced, especially if you amortize over their lifetimes versus competing products' lifetimes.

There isn't even a competing product for iPad Mini.

Maybe a case can be made for the highest end Apple products are Veblen goods, but that's a far less interesting comment than all Apple products are Veblen goods.
Shipping is the only reason I still use Amazon. Their search is awful, their listings are manipulated, their reviews are fake, their prices change randomly and are often high. But their shipping is the best in the industry.
> But they were just announced, why the hell would you assume that they are any good at all?

I'm not an Apple fanboy, but people said the exact same thing about the M1, which basically blew everyone away. So the track record pretty heavily favors Apple here.
Sundar, do you think we will believe you?

Google will bait and switch you again, like it did with Android.
^this.

I believe Red Hat is anticipating this movement and betting on other things. Playing the long game.

It's sad, the community is sad, the employees are sad. But company-wise it makes sense.
Now that I'm thinking of it, the Boost C++ libraries have a signals/slot implementation:

https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/doc/html/signals.html

(probably already superseded by more modern C++ constructs)
Is cancelling your nose really a price worth paying?
As I've repeated above, this is not a pick up per day limit. This is a package scanned per day limit. We were told explicitly that they would turn us away and place a hold on our account if we brought them to the hub ourselves. I even offered to drive to major hubs hours away if it meant getting this packages injected into the system.
Chuck Yaeger Drove the Indy 500 Pace Car Twice
"every 3 years", and you think it's unbearable ?
until last year, on the big bank i work for, most developer's machines on IT still had cdrom and floppy drives installed... only the cdrom i was able to try, since i didn't have a floppy disk for ages.
Don’t you realise the entire point of leaving is because we can’t cohabitat here?
To avoid crashing it as a brand-new owner who's never driven one before?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHs6uGhj41M

Cars already have this sort of thing - anti-lock brakes, traction control, differential braking, etc. All the computer working to make it easier for the driver.
> why RedHat is giving away the very same thing they're trying to sell

Goodwill. I use CentOS and until now if I had a project were Linux support had been important I would have gone with Redhat. They can rot in hell now.
Do they have a USB-C or lightning port?
> a standard db

Yes, ACID works for one database. Many databases? Not so much.

> Funnily enough a list of events is pretty much what a transaction log is in a standard db.

When I "SELECT Balance WHERE user = 12345", I usually just get back a balance, I don't get back the transaction log.

If nothing else, adopting the Kafka model gets your teammates to append updates to your ledger, rather than changing values in-place.
You don't even have to go to the ocean. We still don't know how humans work.
I’ll add cesium also has commercial support and has been doing this for a while. It’s excellent. Patrick Cozzi and crew really know their stuff, highly recommend.
When is your Netflix special?
Toothfairy helps here https://c-command.com/toothfairy/
Companies can now invest in open source with GitHub Sponsors
Tech Riddles – The Shepard
Planet Escher is inhabited by a human civilization, named the Shepard. Due to the extremely powerful light the star it orbits radiates, they've been forced to live in the darkness of the caves. Over the centuries, the Shepard have lost the sense of sight. Conversely, they've developed a formidable sense of hearing, and as a consequence, all of them are great musicians.

The Shepard are capable of communicating in different music dialects, being the most commonly used the "midi". When they're in danger, the Shepard emit a very disturbing tone that confuses their enemies. It's a very particular tone: it seems it never ends, it keeps ascending, or descending, endlessly. The Shepard take advantage of the state of confusion to escape or counterattack.

However, at least two Shepards are needed to make this sound. If two Shepards are in danger, and one of them sings:

1001000 00111101 01111111
1001000 00111110 01111111
1001000 01000000 01111111
1001000 01000001 01111111
1001000 01000011 01111111
1001000 01000101 01111111
1001000 01000110 01111111

What should the other Shepard sing?
Isn't this sympathy?
The OP said that $100 was a generous max high end.

I estimated $130 as an absolute bare minimum for the operation I was familiar with, it was based on the real world.

Feel free to take away the parking for a location that doesn't have paid parking. But make sure to factor in that the mileage and labor hours must also go up if the depot is farther away.

The larger point is that it is an additional expense and operation that small businesses need to deal with at the busiest time of year.
Yes [1] and yes [2].

[1] https://flutter.dev/docs/resources/faq#what-technology-is-fl...

[2] https://flutter.dev/docs/resources/architectural-overview#la...
Ya I disabled it too. Toothfairy helps with switching: https://c-command.com/toothfairy/
The way free software is supposed to work is that you buy a device, you want to improve it, so you do. And then you share your improvements with everybody else.

If you buy a TiVo and then can't modify it, you don't. So there is nothing to share with everybody else. The entire system is destroyed. It's an existential threat.

> And if this is something that a sufficiently large segment of the users actually care about, then they will vote with their feet, and purchase hardware where they can update their own code.

But that's the problem. Most of the users aren't (currently) developers, but if the dominant hardware isn't open to developers then there are fewer developers, and the users then can't receive their improvements.

It's not obvious that there are always enough developers to justify a production run of open hardware separate from the hardware everybody else uses, even though everyone benefits from its existence. So we need the dominant hardware to be open.

> Maybe this will even result in a software ecosystem where the company selling an open product will be able to take those improvements from the dedicated power users to improve future releases of their product.

Except that if this becomes popular and the software is open source but can be locked down, proprietary hardware vendors will ship the improvements on locked down hardware. Then anyone who doesn't make modifications themselves, or doesn't anticipate making them even though they might have, buys the locked down hardware and the open hardware has no competitive advantage in the market among non-developers. Even though its existence is a prerequisite to continued community software improvements that everybody wants.
From the direction of your phone? Like if you left your phone on the counter and you're walking around the kitchen the headphones attempt to make it sound like audio is coming from your counter?
Shoring up places where I thought my proof was weaker:

- I rely on the assumption that an irrational number with this property exists. (If it didn't, then the property would imply normality.) This is easy to fix; Champernowne's constant has this property and so the assumption is valid.

- I assert without proving that z' is irrational. We can prove this using the definition of a rational number as one whose decimal expansion repeats after some index. Since z is irrational, somewhere in its decimal expansion there is a digit not equal to 2. (Otherwise, every digit of z would be 2, and z would be the rational number 2/9.) Since z' successively repeats larger and larger stretches of z, this suffices to show that, for any index i into z', there is a higher index j > i such that the jth digit of z' is not 2.

- But we also know that a sequence of n "2"s in a row can be found within z' for any positive n. Assume that the jth digit of z' is not 2. Since we know that a sequence of 2j "2"s occurs later within z' -- it can't occur earlier because not enough digits have yet occurred -- any cycle in the digits of z' cannot yet have begun by index j.

- But since there is no maximum index into z' beyond which all digits are not 2, a cycle in the digits of z' cannot have begun at any index into z'. This shows that z' is irrational.
The author of this post is "building a new way to publish books online."

So I figure he wants us all to read as much as possible.
It's exploitable (more or less, depending on details) if the attacker can convince the program to map memory at address zero. Linux and possibly others usually refuse that without root approval, but I don't know of any systems where it's actually officially impossible. That said, it is rather difficult to exploit in practice, since being able to map memory at address zero is practically a vulnerablity in its own right, and you'd need to chain through that to get anywhere.
I don't see how that's an exception at all - price sensitivity is presumably really low at that end of the market, and Apple priced accordingly. Who's realistically gonna pay $6,000 for a monitor and then buy an aftermarket stand to save $900?
Why is this downvoted? These are valid concerns with respectable citations.
China claims fastest quantum computer in the world
China claims to have the fastest quantum computer in the world. It's based on optical circuits and was designed to solve just one type of problem.
Can you elaborate on Android part?
Notion API
Openlayers has web GL support but not for vector tiles and I would like to have fast vector tiles :)

They removed this support in some previous version, I think.

Or do you have a link to a pull request or issue?

(IMO Leaflet is dead now that the creator is working since several years for Mapbox)
Feminists who don't think trans women are women should not be slurred as TERFs, and they should be allowed to have their own online community.
Not the scale of Apple, but: https://puri.sm/products
> There are two parties to a transaction, and by definition of agreeing to a trade, both benefit.

1. So, what you're saying is that banning imports hurts ourselves.

2. The parties who benefit from a trade are not necesarily the countries involved, but a handful of individuals in the countries involved. Foreign policy should not be set for the purpose of maximizing their comfort. It should be set for the purpose of maximizing overall welfare.

3. If China wants to export useful goods, in exchange for worthless pieces of paper that they can't buy anything with because of tariffs, that sounds very much like 'not our problem'.

Either way, this is all a complete tangent from my original point - that Google, Facebook, etc, do operate in China, and can operate in China, when they adjust their local operations to comply with local law.

The TikTok ban has nothing to do with lack of compliance with local law, and everything to do with an arbitrary executive order, not approved by congress, issued by what is now a lame-duck president. (Which is, ironically, the very same kind of capricious behavior that folks accuse the CCP of.)

You don't want foreign social media companies operating in the US? Fine. Pass a law banning that. Get ready for the world to reciprocate, though. I'm sure there are Indian, German, French, and British startups chopping at the bit, waiting for an opportunity to move into the space that banning Google/Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/Yelp would do in their countries.

The US has everything to lose, and nothing to gain by getting involved in this war - because it has a monopoly on exporting social media. By your logic, for example, Germany would lose nothing from banning US social media platforms, because it has no social media platforms that are being exported to the US market, and thus, a reciprocal ban would have no effect on them.
https://www.amazon.com/Back-Napkin-Expanded-Problems-Picture...
All: there are multiple pages of comments; if you're curious to read them, click More at the bottom of the page, or like this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25344762&p=2

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25344762&p=3

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25344762&p=4

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25344762&p=5

(yes, these comments are a workaround which will eventually self-destruct)
Are you saying we should (mis)use a program designed to give free RHEL for development/testing only, and use it in production as well?
Is this true? that its for a reason other than its easier to make dark colored ink and to bleach paper white rather than the other way around?
I really really do, because it's not a product for people who compare brands and prices.

Like, think about it this way. Few years ago if I told any of my friends that I have a £200 pair of earphones, they would genuienly think I was crazy. Now, they all have a pair of AirPods, and no one thinks it's crazy. You know why? Because not a single one of them was in the market for a £200 pair of earphones - but they all(as apple users) were in the market for a new apple gadget. Same reason why people who would never consider spending £400 on a watch, happily bought an apple watch. There's just no comparison, no one buying an apple watch considers a £400 mechanical watch instead - it's just not competition.

So yeah, in my humble opinion - people aren't going to be comparing £500 Sennheisers or anything else to them - they will just wonder if they can justify it as a new apple gadget or not. It will be sold to people who would never otherwise in a million years consider £500 headphones.
> We immediately know this is a fluff piece because it uses pop psychology terminology, instead of the actual terminology.

Using the actual terminology in a popular article is what turns that terminology into pop psychology terminology. You can ask for popular articles to use the current terms, or you can ask for psychology terms to retain their precise clinical meaning, but you can't have both.
I am guessing smtp would be the most obvious choice here? checking certs issued by someone else against a CRL you dont necessarily control ?
My terminal is solarized light, and I had to battle with Windows to let me use a very light-grey as an accent color (not the off-white I wanted, but good enough)

Everything matches, even notepad.

At night, if I find the glaring brightness hurts my eyes even at the minimum level my LCD will allow, I just invert the screen colors - and everything still matches!
clever and cool!