skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
To address the question in your edit:

When the key file is created, you are prompted for a password to encrypted the private key. That password is used (along with the public key) to generate the HMAC key which gets recorded in the keyfile and is used to sign each file in the backup. The encrypted private key is sent to the server, and gets sent back when you do the restore, but the HMAC secret key stays on the client.

Since you need to type in the password to restore the data, the HMAC key gets re-generated at restore time.

The reason the passphrase is hashed with the public key (again using an HMAC-SHA-256 hash) is so that if the same passphrase is used on different hosts with unique encryption keys, the HMAC key still ends up being unique.

So a compromised key file on the client will compromise the secret HMAC key, but it won't compromise the encrypted data. Which is better than having a single symmetric encryption key laying around for both encryption and authentication (encryption being the more important item). And the key is tied to the backup snapshot, not to the repository so each client can have their own keys.

Further information is at https://www.snebu.com/tarcrypt.html which gives the inner workings of tarcrypt (some of the description of the tar file extensions are dependent on a working knowledge of the basic tar format and the PAX extensions, which are documented in the GNU tar documentation).
> There isn't enough money in the world or GDP for a generation to cover a 100Trillion debt market once it matures (which would be 100T+rate the purchased bonds bear).

Not sure you're making a good case against equities here (unless I misunderstand)... if the world cannot produce GDP to cover $100T of debt, there's only one realistic solution: inflation. In case of inflation, equities make a good investment (as they represent real value, not nominal value such as debit).
They run a business that owes taxes to the US but can’t pay a one-time fee of $2000? This story seems to be of a very small group of people.
As long as we're engaged in extremely reductive reads of the political situation, Trump and the Senate GOP were ready to agree to $1,200 checks and UI extension before the election, but Nancy Pelosi used the pretext of being opposed to employer immunity from Covid lawsuits (which they have since caved on) to block the legislation.
The core psychology of populist American politics is "F$ck you, got mine." Taxing other people is great, putting other people's kids in cages is ok, cutting off University funding is fine once you've gotten yours, etc...
> FATCA can be completely nullified by not maintaining foreign bank accounts.

That is not even remotely feasible. You pay forex fees every time you buy milk? Lots of government stuff / utility companies will only accept local bank accounts. The hassle and expense of having only a foreign bank account in a foreign currency is massive.
Facebook uncritically permitted the government and in Myanmar to foment genocide using their platform for propaganda[0]. They are now blocking requests from Gambia and a group of other countries, which has accused Myanmar of genocide at the World Court, to access posts and communications from Myanmar police, military, and other government officials[1].

Beyond that, just look at the dumpsters-ful of hate speech (anti-trans memes, etc.) out of the American right wing, passing without criticism; only recently has Facebook bothered to at least even point out that lies are actually lies in their ecosystem.

It would be wrong, perhaps, to say that Facebook supports hate. It would not be wrong to say that they're okay with it, and would be righter still to say that they profit from it.

[0] - https://archive.is/TYp9A

[1] - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-facebook/facebook...
My neighbors had a wedding in their front yard a few weeks ago. The photography of it included a dramatic drone scene where the drone took off from the couple and flew away at tree top level (about 60-80 ft).

We live within 5 miles (as the crow flies) of a major international airport. Did they have an airspace authorization? I have absolutely no idea. Did they know they needed one? Probably not. Was there risk of any in-flight aircraft incidents? Not really, unless somebody was flying in the canopy of our local trees over a bunch of houses.

To be honest the rules are confusing. For example, some cities have an absolute no-fly zone in and around the city. The rules then say you are free to fly (with certain restrictions) outside of that zone. But in major metros, the restricted zone is usually so large that it merges with other no-drone-fly zones (like the ones near other airports, air force bases and the like) making the entire metro practically a no-fly zone. We're talking about areas that are maybe more than a 1000 sq mi. In the pockets you can fly in, you usually need pre-authorization and have restrictions.

At some point drones need to know where they can fly/can't fly (and simply report an error), automate the flight authorization and authorization envelope and just simply license pilots as well.

Considering somebody with no training at all can buy a drone out of the local Best Buy, and probably can't read a pilot's navigation chart to understand what an airspace is, and probably doesn't know the regulations at all (or that there are any really), it's probably time.
Honestly? If someone drives as recklessly as the fined has piloted his drone and in a similiar setting i.e. a busy city… yes, please. By all means, fine a multiple offender $182,000 for repeatedly endangering a great number of human lives.
In the US, drug testing is governed by complex regulatory frameworks as well as risks from tort liability.

If the government is willing to suspend these[0] in order to fast track vaccine development, then why isn't this the default for all new drug development?

The answer is political expediency, of course.

[0]https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/08/14/57...
We should really be giving a unique identifier to each contact. Then we can revoke addresses that have been leaked. Of course for phone number this is impractical. However for email this could work.
One of our first hires as a startup was a BizOps hire. She's awesome. We've been distributed pre covid and felt like we needed someone to help oversee processes, culture, etc... All the things that are important for ANY company but crucial if you're distributed. So she's basically our Head of Remote.
As a hobbyist: Good! I like flying my drone, and I do so responsibly. I don't want people like this ruining it for others, and I especially don't want people like this endangering others with their irresponsible behavior.

I have a DJI Mavic Mini. If you're marginally competent, DJI makes it very clear that you are operating an aircraft and have rules to follow. In certain circumstances, you do not need to be Part 107 certified to operate this aircraft, nor do you need to register your aircraft. That said, you still must follow all related FAA regulations, like them or not. From the linked video from @nathancahill below, I see the Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) issue, night time flying (appeared to be started before the 30 minute twilight, and I doubt he had supplemental lighting which would have brought it over the weight limit for registration), and generally reckless operation. Height is to be 400 feet AGL (above ground level) unless near structures, which allows you to operate 400 feet above that (§14CFR107.51(b)).

The FAA warned him. He didn't pay attention. Maybe a $182K fine will get his attention.
> If I basically stop being a citizen of the US by moving to another country why do I need to continue paying for it?

You don't "stop" being a citizen. Part of the process to apply for citizenship is education about what becoming a citizen means through the civics test, and it should be very clear to you that this is not meant to be just a convenient thing that you do as a formality.

Citizenship comes with rights but also duties, if you are not willing to accept the duties that comes with it, you should not become a citizen and you should instead renew your green card.
Often I email the person directly to thank them, but only works if there’s a public email.
Such a pretty decoration. Why fast food chains do not look that nice nowadays?

It is said we are so developed and wealthy and still we just build and live around ugly stuff all the time ...

mmm something changed
Other than intact paint, I’m not sure why this is getting so much attention. We saw similar identifiable stands like this when we visited 20 years ago. Cool yes, but doesn’t appear to add anything new to the archeology.
> The evaluations based on such reasoning as ‘root cause’ do not reflect a technical understanding of the nature of failure but rather the social, cultural need to blame specific, localized forces or events for outcomes.

I've heard this line before and I don't buy it. Methods exist that have been proven to identify root causes and those have led to significant reductions in failures. Half this page talks about how systems are made resilient to failures over time. But to do that you need to identify the failures' root causes!

The Five Whys is one example of an effective method to find root causes. The solution may not be simple, but it does lead to more robust systems.
Here is one I received last year: https://github.com/susam/uncap/issues/9.

The comment began with, "I just wanted to say thanks for the wonderful software." It made my day! The GitHub user interface should encourage this as a feature.
Well I have another good news for you: Permanent residents still have to pay the IRS the same way citizens do even if they left or to renounce their green card.
It sounds very similar to a Roth IRA, the very account type mentioned by the GP. (Though the roll over and lack of income limits make it more accessible)
Yes, money is debt and debt is money. That’s clear. But banks do like to attract new deposits cause it has an effect on how much credit they can create. They can’t just create infinite amount.
What is a letter?: Literary correspondence in the age of instant communications
Django and Stripe subscriptions – Part 2
Listen to his interview on Sam Harris' podcast. The whole thing is nonsense.
> countless accidental [...]

Linked article says a bit more than 3,000 around the world. So, 0.001%. Article content is clickbait. Basically, a very small part of the population complains about something that others work decades on.
What are the basics of starting a big company like Google or Apple?
> I know it sounds like a sob story.

No, it sounds like the intro to a lawsuit. (Although I'm surprised because I thought a cell phone could effectively run purely on solar power if you get any decent sunlight)
My dude.

I read your posts.

They speak for themselves.
Would you feel the same way if observatories were lifted beyond Earth orbit where their view was never obstructed? There is so. much. space out there, and it seems silly to argue over the artificial scarcity of clear sky when we can solve this with technology. We’re even putting a global comms network in place that could support high speed science data store and forward from space observatories to science consumers on ground.

What if we could churn out orbital science platforms as fast as SpaceX churns out Starship SNs and StarLink satellites?
What about companies with multi site offices? Isn’t that effectively remote?
I like this framing! Very interesting way to think about it.
The actual headline should be: record low interest rates continue to fuel bubbles in stocks, bonds, real estate, and speculative assets like cryptocurrency.
Probably because the comment can be mostly summed up to:

'The majority of humans are idiots who need to be protected from themselves by the government.'
Seems like a great depression-like downturn is imminent(?). Any advice on the best way to weather the storm? I'm not looking for huge gains or getting rich through it. I just want to make sure my money isn't worth 10X less and/or my family doesn't starve.
Pilot draws syringe in the sky to celebrate Covid-19 vaccine
I agree this use of ”!” is unprofessional. This is like yelling at someone in person where as the sibling examples are being extra cheerful and thankful.
Flying over the Cloud Forest of Mexico
> people really need to start using the encryption technologies […] Otherwise these systems, which are being trained to extract as much value out of you […] as possible, will use this data […] against you, […]

You are proposing a technical solution to a social problem. That pretty much never works.
Email you can encrypt with PGP tho?

The problem isn't really the technology, it's that the people you are interacting with on the internet don't care about privacy as much as you do, and obviously when it comes to keeping things private, everyone has to participate.
The article argues that is solar keeps getting cheaper at 10% a year and batteries at possibly double that the cost of transmission becomes way too high for new transmission lines. It will be cheaper to overbuild solar and have a few hours of battery backup.
On Being Data-Driven
Like most of Krugman's blogs, he's over-simplifying for a mass audience.

Full-employment is very easy to achieve for the government, if that is the government's only goal. Create artificial demand for ditches to be dug, and then hire people to dig those ditches. The fundamental question is not how to generate artificial demand, but how to generate artificial demand that succeeds at generating useful value.

Now, that spectrum has a range of answers. Sometimes you don't really care about value, or you take value on faith, e.g. when constructing public infrastructure works. They put people to work, get people spending, and everyone agrees that the country is in dire need of infrastructure improvements right now. There are, however, two non-infrastructure extremes: a) spending money on strong companies that will become stronger (instead of failing due to temporary unavoidable circumstances), but if anyone knew for sure which companies these were, the government wouldn't need to spend any money at all, investors would step in and pocket the profits. Then there's b) spending money on weak companies that would've failed in a year or two anyway, and emergency bailouts only forestalls the inevitable, wasting money and time and creative potential for nothing.

Now most companies are on a spectrum, which means that the strategy of such wide-spectrum spending is to offset the losses of boosting weak companies with the gains made by strong companies, overall.

Will it work at generating (net) useful value? Maybe. If so, then the currency is tied up in the extra value generated, and we'll avoid inflation. If not, then we have far more currency in circulation for the same amount of value, and prices will go up in tandem. Jury's still out.
Where is the evidence of this wealth transfer? That just seems like the same old mistake of thinking that wealth is zero-sum.

Isn’t most of this stock market gain from new wealth that is being created? Much of it goes to people wealthy enough to own stocks, but if it’s new wealth that’s not a wealth transfer, plus not all of it does. Companies with higher stock prices will tend to hire more, reinvest into growing the business which requires more employees. Amazon has been on a hiring tear all year, for example.

Then there was also the whole CARES act this year, and the follow-up package that should be passed any day now. Which offered an unprecedented level of unemployment insurance for laid off workers and actually reduced the poverty rate in the country over this summer to lower than pre-pandemic levels.
I think this article needs to be tagged that it's from 2010.
They also laughed when Japan was supposed to take over in the 1990s and were correct.
Lol, that's a good one. The chances of a resonance cascade are very small...
>For example, "jup" launches a jupyter notebook.

Would you be willing to share what you do with Jupyter notebooks, your workflow, how you collaborate with your team, your frustrations?
I was affiliated with a company in Singapore which had it's bank account closed, I believe due to FACTA, even though at the time no one involved with the company had ever been to the US and didn't have any ties to the US. It was simply that the size of the account was too small to justify the associated administrative burden. FACTA has impact beyond US citizens - pretty annoying.
Sounds like bullshit akin to "Chief of Staff" but hey, if companies are going to spend time focusing on how to make their employees' remote lives better, more power to them.

Related reading: The Job Status Cycle
https://chiefofstuff.substack.com/p/the-job-status-cycle

> Phase 3: Harvest
> Competition intensifies as New Title attracts more and more interest. Momentum from the high status of the earlier phases begins to be overwhelmed by declining exclusivity. Hiring managers and recruiters have caught on and start repainting old job descriptions.
They're responsive. I designed these templates from 320px, 768px, 1024px, and 1200px. What you're looking at was screenshots, not live demos. I'll update with live demos sometime next week. For now, just screenshots.

More templates to come!
When you start with a premise that all sites MUST have HTTPS and MUST NOT support TLSv1.0 in each argument, then your arguments are simply unsound, because they're based on an incorrect premise, so, the conclusion couldn't possibly follow, because the underlying premise is false and thus cannot support any of your conclusions.

My point about capitalism is exactly that -- capitalism -- Google, Bing, even Amazon (i.e., companies that make the most money from the web) -- show that HTTPS is entirely optional (Google Search and Bing both work over HTTP just fine), and TLSv1.0 provided by the server is just as secure at TLSv1.2-only servers (Google, Microsoft, Amazon).

I can still use any device from the last 20+ years to access both Google Search and Bing. If you intentionally disable your blog from working on such older devices, shifting the blame to device manufacturer is simply ludicrous! All my sites are HTTP-only, so, anyone anywhere can access them, from any device, over any connection (some WiFi via satellite links only allow HTTP-only traffic for free -- I win again), and with any browser. They are not in any way "insecure", either, unlike what the newer browsers might tell you. I can reach as large a variety of visitors as Google and Bing if I simply don't listen to what Mozilla, EFF and Google itself tells me on how to run my website.
It's a reflection in that revenues are at all time highs for many companies. Shopify running at Black Friday Numbers all summer, for instance.

If you're worried about your cash losing value, it seems like a better idea to peg it to the companies that create value, not some random deflationary asset like Bitcoin that isn't used for anything but speculation.
This is a really cynical read.
I don't think people have given up on model based RL, it is just that describing a proper model is (like you are saying) very difficult.

in the case you haven't seen or read the following: https://bair.berkeley.edu/blog/2019/12/12/mbpo/
Flipping through this looks like an alright resource but more than anything it looks like a process that is really driven to standardize Clearbit's middle management.

Almost reads that they don't want leaders at all in their managers and just puppet managers that executives are pulling the strings on.
Isn't that the purpose of the star feature?
My first Supermicro just turned 9 and it's still running strong, with a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 & k3s over the holidays. The second Supermicro turned 5, and has been running FreeBSD all this time like a champ. They are both loft guardians.

A bunch of bare metal hosts run on Scaleway / Online, and different VMs & managed services run in Digital Ocean, Linode, AWS & GCP. I sometimes spin the odd bare metal instance on Equinix Metal (former Packet).

A diverse fleet means that there's always something new to learn and try out. A single large host would make me anxious, as no internet provider or power grid is 100% reliable and available. Also, software upgrades sometimes fail, and things get messed up all the time, which is when I find it most efficient to just start from scratch. A single host makes that less convenient.

Every approach has its pros and cons, which is why my main workstation is a 20 Xeon W with 64GB RAM & 1TB NVME : ). Yes, there is a backup workstation which doubles up as a mobile one meaning that it can work without power or hard internet for almost a day. Options are good ; )
Not really. Japan gained significant inroads and became a major world economy but did not “take over,” and demographics caused Japan to cool off quite a bit toward the 2000s.

China has similar demographics, but is also larger. It has roughly 4X the number of people as the USA, so all it would take to equal the USA in aggregate is reaching 1/4 of US GDP per capita. GDP/capita is a more meaningful measure anyway.
Frankly I can't make sense of your story.
It’s not that humans need to be protected from themselves (individually), but that they need to be protected from other unscrupulous people, because computers are empowering the unscrupulous (and even the accidentally unscrupulous) more than they are empowering the common person. I broadly agree with ojnabieoot.
For what it's worth, Rook, OpenEBS or Longhorn are worth exploring.
I loved a library on github enough to track down the creator on twitter and thank him there. Not sure if he never saw it, or just didn't acknowledge it.
Because telephony system is actually reliable in case of emergencies and regulated
I always speak to my confident, which is my wife. I bounce ideas and problems to her. she is in the same field as mine. so she will just listen and no response. But somehow my mind gets cleared up and I see through the problem. I dont do self-talk. In longer run it seems to be counter productive. Having a good friend or confident will be more powerful is my thought
I agree with it being a bit intrusive. I certainly wouldn't write a package in lambda.r or use it in code that I share with coworkers. I think the target audience are people familiar with R who want to explore and play with pure FP concepts, without leaving their comfort zone.
Don't think that'll stay hot for long