skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> doesn’t really match the evidence

Here's some data:

https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/01/09/trends-in-income-...

Something is driving down wealth at the low end while driving it up at the high end. It seems unlikely in the extreme that this a reflection of actual value produced by people at the high end relative to those at the low end. Much more likely is that this is a reflection of some kind of structural problem in the system that is being perpetuated by the people at the high end using the political power that being at the high end affords them. Whether those people are "bankers" or are better described by some other label is kind of irrelevant. It's the overall dynamic that matters.
aka "O roto falando do esfarrapado" (The worn-out telling off the ragged)
Nothing of value to add to this convo but I de-googlified 2 years ago and chose fastmail since it's cheap and extremely easy to convert to. I've also had 0 complaints.
> A side effect of this is that the motions of objects would depend not just on their own mass, but all other masses in their neighborhood.

As I understand gravity warps spacetime which seems to imply that the masses of all objects in the neighbourhood would be taken into account because they all exert a warping effect on the same spacetime. Could somebody clarify what the difference is that they’re referring to? (or possibly the error in my understanding)
> I wonder how common it actually is for people to take significant paycuts in 2020 for a startup opportunity (founders aside)

I think it's still super common in general, although perhaps not in the bay area.
MBAs, duhh
Almost certainly; look at the rough plastic surface of it. Sea water and UV will almost certainly degrade this boat and have it shedding loads of plastic. The only upside is they didn't choose to cover it in glitter, but such coatings are certainly optional for traditional boats...
They're way better than they used to be. I have a few Sigma "Art" lenses that are incredible, at half the price (at least at the time) of the Nikon equivalents.
This gives me the same strong negative impression as the Citizen and Nextdoor apps.

The idea makes sense in some abstract theoretical way, but in practice this will simply reflect the biases of users by representing the subjective "sketchiness" of (typically) poorer areas, leading to gentrified travel routes that siphon yet more business away from communities who could really use it.
STRIKE!!!!
I can totally see the argument that since the technology is set up to collect the data anyhow (at least for billing and troubleshooting) then better make use of them.
They used Freon coolant so it's possible they can't/won't
I didn't say that. If you have a free market, you don't have the lockins described above. So you a market where people decide whether to do business or not.
I'm really sad to see this happen as well. I've been a Nikon user for 3 decades myself. Canon has always historically had better lenses and Nikon has had better bodies but lots of third party support. I do have some Nikon primes, but most of my lenses are made in Japan by Sigma or made in Japan or Germany by Zeiss. I have had exactly two lenses made outside of Japan by Nikon from their consumer line, and both were subpar optically compared to the Japanese made lenses in their pro line-up. It's such a stark difference, in fact, that I have taken to mostly buying used consumer lenses from the earlier auto-focus days (1973 - 1998) because these lenses are on par with the optical clarity of current generation pro lenses if cleaned professionally. You can usually acquire one for a significant cost reduction compared to buying a new pro lense and have it cleaned locally by the camera shop and get something really quite good. That's how I acquired my 600mm, 500mm, 400mm, and 300mm telephotos for birding, as well as my 50mm f/1.2 prime for general use.

Seems if I add any lenses to my collection I'll be buying used or new from Sigma/Zeiss. I saw the shift happening already and had mostly already been doing that. I will say the new PF series pro lenses with fresnel lens elements are really great though. While I still have my older 300mm, I also got the new pro series 300mm prime from Nikon as it's significantly smaller and lighter weight, doesn't even require a lens foot and can be shot hand-held if you have a steady grip. I suppose I should start budgeting to acquire the 500mm version of the PF lens before they move production out of Japan as I find it unlikely I'd buy anything else that's Nikon branded for lenses. For shorter focal length stuff Zeiss is far far superior.
No-one is making an argument by authority. Here is a nice popular article that outlines some of the issues with MOND https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/03/06/only...

I just think that it is very hard to understand the scientific consensus (average view of people who spend a lot of time thinking about this) when all you read are popular science articles that tend to focus on the exciting/new/possibly game changing edges. I'm just here letting people know what the consensus is.
Yes, we need price transparency, but the last time I had a surgery, it was an emergency surgery, in the sense of "get him to the nearest ER or he'll die."

By the time the anesthesiologist came around, I was drifting in and out of consciousness -- no way to ask if they were in-network. (They weren't, by the way.)

This isn't an uncommon scenario, and one where price transparency isn't really going to help.

Also, what am I supposed to do, decline the services of an anesthesiologist and request an in-network one? What if there isn't an in-network one on duty? What if they're busy? if I need a surgery now, what choice do I have?
A real working Cray 1 is a bit hard to find today, but in addition to the FPGA version by Chris Fenton that was already mentioned (https://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/), there is also a simulator for various Cray models at https://github.com/andrastantos/cray-sim

The biggest problems will be finding a C compiler for the Cray and adding a framebuffer output, I think... but this is a very nice challenge :).
The solution for that would be to bring your own domain name: https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/custom-domain-...
I see that alot in the stuff my insurance bills. $60 test they paid $3 for, another $180 test they paid $21 for or a $37 test that paid $2.80.

How can you shop around when prices are that distorted?
Any other recommendations for a DIY bicycle frame?
These workers claim to be paid pennies on the dollar. It's not like that kind of scam isn't hard to fix. Either the supplier corrects the situation or Apple ditches them.

It's not like the workers are getting a fair shake anyway.
It used to be [1][2] until competition was largely regulated out of existence (much to the benefit of doctors and insurance firms). It might be "private sector", but it sure isn't subject to market forces.

It's no accident that those industries with the most anti-competitive regulations are those with the highest costs and poorest service (which ironically begets more anti-competitive regulation).

Tensions between supplier and consumer are profit opportunities for extant and would-be competitors. That no one is stepping in to reap those profits is a strong indicator of a (state-enforced) anti-competitive environment.

[1] https://theunbrokenwindow.com/2011/05/16/lodge-practice-evil...

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1652413/?page=1 A doctor in 1908 complaining that fraternal lodge medical insurance was too cheap:

> the chief aim of many fraternal orders appears to be the exploitation and control of physicians in the interests of the numerical and financial growth of the lodges and mainly at the expense of physicians.
I think the new no-one-is-responsible approach is to let it all fail so interest groups like the low quality private schools won't exist to have an influence then revive state school funding..

A less drastic approach might be to give schools qualifications for seats in a department as graduates take jobs in their field with the overall lost capacity being redistributed evenly over participating schools. In such a system, the bad schools could finally drop out.
Then I just go work for somebody else. It's pretty simple.
I'm on Exchange Online ($48/year) for Exchange push email to iPhone and iPads on my own domain - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/exchange/compa...
I think physicists throw around the word "fringe" too easily. Most physicists think that MOND is not true, but "fringe" implies that the physicists who advocate for it are wackos, like they're Young Earth Creationists or something.
It's true the LCDM is the consensus, so this result is even stronger from an outsider's perspective since the lead author apparently comes from the LCDM community, not the MOND community.

https://scitechdaily.com/what-if-dark-matter-doesnt-exist-un...
Just to congratulate everyone involved.

Any thoughts about pursuing similar endeavours with System 3?

System 3 is closer to modern systems in L&F, which could make some students feel more inspired to delve into Oberon based platforms.

Just as an idea for other upcoming projects, I guess.
Here's a video from Sabine Hossenfelder (2018) which explains the subject in a simple way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VNcDoLNJk8
I would love it if they had the same programmatic interface, but allowed different distributions and customizations of the interface. It doesn't matter how the code works, it matters what the user experience is. So keep the code the same but provide a different user experience if you want.

Can you imagine if roads were designed so only specific cars could drive on them, and so in order to have different vehicles, we had to build completely different sets of roads??
Sabine on the matter (pun intended): https://youtu.be/2VNcDoLNJk8
What Is GBTC?
Do you think that granting mortgages to NINJAs (no income, jobs or assets) had any affect on the sharp rise in housing costs leading up to the ‘08 bubble?
Nikon is my favorite type of camera. I hope they survive.
Fastmail is brilliant, better in every way than gmail. Great mobile versions, great web ui, super easy to import mail from gmail, super easy to setup local desktop clients to use it. I made the exact switch you are aiming for, for the same reasons, 6 months ago and I am very satisfied.
Protonmail - for sure
Not just the recommender, but the design is horrible for me. I can't rest my mouse anywhere, it auto-starts something or enlarges something, it's all too twitchy. When you're watching an episode, there's no navigation link from the play screen to the main page of the series. As if they don't want us to navigate the site, instead be led on their happy path.
This is really cool. I am always in Org mode which lets you do "literate" programming as well. I think NoteCalc is a little more streamlined, but I am very used to throwing a little Python or elisp into my notes when I need to do math. Great to see more options on this front. Org-babel is a nice package, though it does have some limitations.
I've been a happy user of Fastmail for over 2 years (and will continue to be), but their spam/scam detection has been worse than Gmail.
> There is no collateral for a school loan.

There is no collateral for credit card loans either.

> Banks have to make up for that risk somewhere.

Private student loans have pretty much shriveled to a drop in the ocean of higher-ed financing since they were excluded from the federally-subsidized loan programs (for quite a long time the only “federally-subsidized” loans are direct federal loans), so banks don’t need to do anything; privately-originated loans are only a factor for unaccredited schools whose programs are not eligible for federal loans.

The only lender relevant for federal loans will do exactly whatever federal policymakers decide is desirable, so need to motivate lenders is not a constraint on policy choices.
> Small ISVs don't need people like that

I think this becomes a lot less controversial if we realize that the author is specifically talking about a small, independent software vendor.

The issue has more to do with leverage. Most software companies are not able to turn a great hacker's ability into a lot of money. As such, the baggage associated with a great hacker is totally not worth it. However, if you can turn that into a lot money, then the baggage associated with them, is not an issue.

Take for example John Carmack. It would be a waste of time to hire him to develop your enterprise CRUD app. But if you want to push the limits of gaming and interaction, he is awesome.
Thank you!

And, you're welcome! :)
Ruby should be one VM per CPU with message passing like I did for the Blue Gene/L port. Threading can't scale between cgroups let alone kernels.
> A small percentage of people make FAANG salary.

Also, keep in mind that only a small percentage of FAANG employees have the nosebleed-high comps people frequently quote here. So, we are talking about a small percentage of a small percentage.
Go low level. Get back to basics - abandon higher level abstractions (thinking bloated and depressing frameworks). Implement a project that interests you, purely for fun.
I agree it is definitely a stretch for a full mold, but was thinking along the lines of an mold pocket insert, like those which can be 3D printed [1].

You could make this from reasonably sized stock with 2 setups. First you rough the shape and cut the mold cavity, then you remove the stock and face the backside. I'm used to an automatic tool changer, which would be needed if you want to go fast

https://www.pressebox.com/pressrelease/apium-additive-techno...
I'm a big Hey fan. Have been using it since launch. The screener feature is great, and I like being able to organize my feeds. They've also done a good amount of iteration in the ~9 months I've had it so I'm hopeful for a consistent release of features.

I do with it had better calendar integration, or maybe it's own calendar. I'm not sure, but that's the big thing that Gmail has that I really miss
List of 50 GPT-3 prompts that you can try on your own
Just to play devil's advocate... sometimes a little spectacle is OK.

A lot of these ideas really are "new and exciting." Science just moves at a slower pace than media. It's not a monthly. By exaggerating the pace they're.. uhm... bridging the gap or something.

Controversy is even more engaging than novelty. Maybe a pop science article gets you sucked into the pre-clovis camp of a paleoanthropology controversy. Now you are engaged in paleoanthropology. Three years later, a possibly butchered snake skeleton is found and you go "aha! I was right! They ate snake soup! Clovis people didn't even like snake!" It's a little cheap, but it's also fun. Why not.

People enjoy having opinions. No one loves sports without having a favourite team, strong opinions regarding training schedules and sports rehabilitation practices... an occasional gamble. Most know that they're not really experts, but they enjoy being in the fray nonetheless.

Pop science magazines aren't supposed to be textbooks or encyclopedias. We are fortunate to have wikipedia for that. Give me a little sauce, a little clickbait. I might not always admit to it... but sugar tastes good.
This is a good point. The intro to gamelisp reads like so:

> Rust is my favourite programming language. It has impeccable performance, an expressive and powerful type system, and a great community.

> However, when it comes to game development, Rust has a few well-known problems. Compile times are painfully slow, and the type system can sometimes feel rigid or bureaucratic. When adding a new feature to a game, you'll often need to write code in a messy, fast, exploratory fashion - and in those cases, Rust can be a hindrance rather than a help.

Having to bolt a programming language from 1958 to your hip new language du jore to make it easier to use doesn't exactly make a good case for using it.
By far the best part of Mac OS to me is that Cmd-, opens Settings/Preferences on every single app.

On Linux you have to dig to find these things and then have to remember a different keybinding for every app, if there is one
I meant, send those jobs to countries with higher labor standards.
Yup, last employer had me on a different plan then I signed up for. Went round and round with the employer and the insurer. Of course it was the others fault.

Finally talked to DoL guy and they told me it's absolutely the employers responsibility. They kept going back and forth with me. This was about and $1800 difference in out of pocket max, not in my favor...

Finally they fixed it, but only for my wife. Since she had the majority of the bills due to a surgery, the insurance clawed back a bunch of smaller stuff they had already paid. So that cost me about a $1k. I guess I'm going to have to sue in small claims, which is what the DoL guy recommended.
I switched to Posteo [1] and am very happy with them. 1€ per month, based in Germany (but you can choose from many country TLDs [2]) and they take privacy very serious.

[1]: https://posteo.de/en/
[2]: https://posteo.de/en/help/which-domains-are-available-to-use...
2. A door that doubles as an ironing board
> The real problem is the demand for college is enormous because it's the only way to a semi-decent living these days.

There are well-paying jobs that don't require a university degree. Skilled trade jobs exist and are in high demand. Tech careers with IT, networking, software, and hardware exist for those that put in the time, whether that time is on school grounds or at home.

I've known (and currently work with) professional programmers, sysadmins, network engineers, designers, and hardware engineers who don't have formal credentials. All of these people are making six figures in US dollars outside the bay area. They've all put in the time in their domain and in speaking with any of them their expertise is evident.

A major factor in learning these skills is available dedicated time. Middle/Upper-Middle/Upper class kids who are interested in tech can often find available free time to read books, tinker, and acquire hardware/resources (whether through their parents buying it or by tracking down cheap/free hardware (more of a time cost)). The less financially stable a family is, the higher the likelihood that there won't be free time available for academic endeavors and will instead be filled with finding a job to help pay for food/shelter/clothes for themselves and their family. Going to college provides a structured place where dedicated study is expected (and paid for via scholarship or loans). This is an escape hatch for students who didn't have the same opportunities.
Network scope existing at all baffles me. Insurance companies become the ultimate deciders of which hospitals are worthy and which aren’t instead of government certification agencies. Seems like an open door to malevolence.
Or bake it into a task graph and use the gmake executor.
Granted, I haven't been to a Costco in several years, but I thought the primary appeal of Costco was their low prices. I doubt that people want to drive to a store in the middle nowhere where everything is sold in bulk, on pallets, unless if they were getting a good deal off of it.
It's not, but if 50% of your business cares about prices and 50% doesn't, that's still a lot of pressure to have competitive prices.
I can't tell if the investigative journalism is that amazing, or if the FSB tradecraft is so embarrassingly bad.

If another world power was investigated over a potential assassination and had such lax control over civilian personal data, would it be as easy to derive the chain of command and movements of their agents?

Would the cover identities be so shoddily arranged as to use the surnames of their spouses to make them easier to remember?

Or is this unique to Russia and this particular organization of the FSB.

Similarly, regarding the ongoing Solarwind attack, what is the tradecraft of the folks involved in that mission. Not only their opsec but in their own personal coms? Will we see an independent investigation that reveals the calls and networks of the hackers?
No, it’s not like this. Most startups promise to be dynamic as a tactic to pay people less and swindle them on poor options deals, then they bait and switch you, the work experience is not as advertised.
It's certainly better than nothing, but the number of caveats in their language shows just how hard it is to accomplish. "All the electronics will be made in our USA facility" they say, but I wonder how many components are made in the US? It sounds like it's mostly PCB soldering and assembly that are done in the US.

"Fully made in the USA" is an almost fractal claim that can't be literally true unless all raw materials were mined in the US, but even without demanding that level of depth I think calling this "fully made" in the US is a stretch.
Credit cards are a ~2% tax on the economy. I think they're squeezing quite well still, but as has been historically shown, the number and depth of those sorts of opportunities declines with time.
https://github.com/jart/sectorlisp
You pointed to a book that focuses on racism arising out of the enslavement of Black people in America and subsequent events over 500 years, in an article addressing the MSG myth. My point is that whatever inferences you can draw from that aren't usefully generalized to Americans being skeptical of what Chinese restaurants put in their food.

Skepticism of foreigners and the food they eat is universal to human societies. Enslavement of a distinct minority group, amounting to 1/8 of the population, for hundreds of years, and the social and economic consequences that remain when slavery ends and the groups must subsequently live alongside each other, is sui generis. It's not analytically useful to look at both things through the same lens. The causes, consequences, dynamics, and solutions are more or less completely different.

Skepticism of Chinese food ingredients is much better understood through the lens of the experience of prior generations of immigrants: Germans, Irish, Italians, etc. Anti-German antagonism in World War II accelerated uptake of English in German-speaking communities in the midwest and caused people to change their names; JFK's candidacy was met with charges of Popery; and people were actually quite skeptical of Italian food and unfamiliar ingredients like garlic.
Also a Fastmail user with my own domain. Reliability has been excellent, their web-app is great, and their documentation is very helpful. I've never had to contact support (in over five years), so can't comment on that. Two minor complaints: (1) their spam detection is good, but not Gmail good; and (2) their file storage has a 50MB per-file limit, even though the total cap is 10GB. I have a small personal site hosted with them. I'd like to zip all my personal files and store them with Fastmail, but I can't because the file size limit is too low.
Grapejuice can be found everywhere
They've definitely gone downhill since their peak, but Rackspace still has decent, US-based phone support. Called about a sub-account user who had had their mailbox frozen; re-enabling the account via the control panel was of course no problem, but the cool part was this: the support rep was able to find and confirm the source of the problem (a group message which had been flagged as spam by some number of recipients). I haven't seen many other email hosts that can provide this level of detail.
Also a nice perk if you up to the $60/year "Microsoft 365 Business Basic" plan is 1 TB of OneDrive for Business storage (and a Teams license, if that's worth anything?).
AM seems great and all, but ABS still seems like a trash material to make a boat out of. Picking ABS sends strong "when all you have is a hammer..." vibes.
Found the Al Franken of our generation.