skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If only these people would suffer that would be alright - it was their mistake. But rich countries should not make poorer countries pay for the bad decisions of their own citizens. Policy needs to be guided by data, not emotions.
The power imbalance means companies can use all sorts of crazy leverage to do all sorts of things that wouldn't really be fair in a free market, and certainly not a free market of ideas etc..

I'll bet $100 that companies would love to wash their hands of a lot of this stuff, and just be able to 'comply' with some regulatory things so they can't be blamed or get into trouble one way or another.
From what we've seen until now, this company deserves everything that happened to it. Hope they go under. Ignoring security best practices for the chance of a quick buck.
Derek Lowe, as usual, explains this quite nicely: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/01/12/mo...

To quote:

One goal has been to try to selectively affect autoreactive T cells, but that’s a lot easier said than done. The regulatory T cells and regulatory B cells are key players in immune tolerance, the “friend or foe” recognition system that keeps our own immune systems from attacking everything in sight. If you could present some of the antigens involved to those cells in a way that they accepted them as normal human proteins rather than as an external threat, you could presumably turn down their response.

BioNTech and others have been trying to target the population of lymphoid antigen-presenting cells, known to be very important in immune tolerance mechanisms, but without setting off any of the general inflammation pathways. They have a liposomal formulation that when injected into the muscle tissue seems to end up almost entirely in the lymphatic system, and they’ve been doing all sorts of modifications to the RNA payload (such as replacement of uridine with methylpseudouridine) to make it as non-immunogenic by itself as possible. The liposome lipids themselves are also chosen to be as non-immunogenic as possible, too – the coronavirus mRNA vaccines actually get an adjuvant boost from such properties, but you don’t want that in this case.
I don't think the comparison is between social media access and electricity access. The comparison is between access to internet and access to electricity. You just picked a specific case of "internet access" to make it look more silly and easier to defeat.

Using that same technique, I can say "Comparing internet access to being able to use your toaster is the height of disingenuous absurdity". You can see why this technique isn't really legitimate and should be avoided in public arguments.
Do you support the idea that government should be able to force you to allow your private property to be used by others?

If so, when can I start hosting raves in your front room?
That's brutal. What kind of heating do these people have? Central heating, or electric registers in some rooms?
> Or is the Outlook+Exchange feature based on the same?

Not sure but unlikely. It works in Exchange for 20 years now, that RFC was written in 2008.

> having this functionality is more on the "common" side than "borderline unique".

The complete UX makes it borderline unique. Available out of the box, has a nice GUI, and is reliable in practice.
Googol 10^100 not Googolplex 10^(10^100).

Googol or goggles, it's still just a typo someone decided to keep in mind for a name.
Been thinking about this, and basically -

Freedom of speech is, colloquially, about being able to discuss things. That's something I'd like to support, and to see more of,

but I'm going to draw a stark categorization between discussion and incitement. Both use words, sure. Are both speech that should be free?

Edit: To be clear, not a rhetorical question: actual question, one I don't have an answer to.
Not sure why that was downvoted, there is a glut of funded SPACs and more on horizon who would love to take Plaid public.
REAL programmers use a magnetized needle and a steady hand

https://xkcd.com/378/
I think all domestic and international travel should have this requirement at a minimum. Nobody should be on an airplane without a recent negative test. Or working in a factory, hospital, or other indoor environment for that matter, it would be great if essential workers could all routinely get tested once or twice a week, though maybe that's not feasible.

I don't really get the international focus of this either, but it seems like a step in the right direction.
What They Don’t Tell You About Setting Up a WireGuard VPN
I work at GitHub: the comment was made after the Capitol had been breached.
I think there ought to be a bit of a difference between e.g. an engineer that customizes your local car dealerships WP instance and one that works on a semi-security-related product that can become a prime hacking target and is deployed across nearly all Fortune 500 companies.
Related: https://xkcd.com/1756/
I’m told a new meme is that Parler was a honeypot run by antifa.
I believe you're projecting a picture you'd like to see. One that is painting the side you consider yourself to be a part of as morally clean and just, while the other side is reprehensible and shameless.

It has little to do with reality, and it's obvious that you haven't spent time with conservatives. It's not useful to only learn about those who think differently from yourself by listening to what those who think like you say about them. Your perception seems heavily based on shrill far left voices. It's essentially a mirror image of what somebody on the far-right thinks about progressives after hearing about what they do/did/want to do by listening to shrill far-right voices.
iPhone 7 booting Ubuntu 20.04 to full gnome-shell desktop GUI
What will not move the needle:

I didn't eat a hamburger today!

What will move the needle:

Remove beef industry subsidy at every level of government, making beef as expensive as it really is. People will eat less beef and production will also go down.

What won't move the needle:

I walked to the store one time.

What will:

Creating more accessible, more frequent, and more pervasive public transportation, even for small towns.

City planning that doesn't require a car for most things.

Eliminating the government subsidy for fossil fuels -- which would make the price of fuel as high as it should be, which would cause less production and less demand.

I'm a fan of trying to take responsibility. I'm also a fan of not pissing into the wind.
What would the tartigrades eat? Surely they would die off eventually due to a lack of an ecosystem - no matter how hardy they are.
It's been a while since I looked at Plain Text Accounting but I want to do one thing I couldn't figure out how to do. Maybe someone here has ideas?

Cross Account Budgets[1]. I want to assign every cent coming in to a budget but the budget shouldn't be tied to a specific account as money can come in on multiple accounts but I want to model the "real" situation at the same time and assign the money to a bank account.

[1] Described in this old mailing list post: https://groups.google.com/g/beancount/c/ddi5fOuAFoU/m/jp3d0M...
You know, one day we might see real Nazis but we won’t have a word for them anymore.
Gotcha. I had understood it to be purely GPT-3 somehow, rather than as a second step.
> In a profile on The Guardian, Saunders says that he hates that people only know him for the drug portraits, so if you like these, consider checking out more of his work on his personal website.
Hypothetically speaking, by that logic a black rapper who talks about being a gangster would be reason enough to assume that other black people around him are also gangsters. So if an employee said of a group of black rappers "the gangsters are out today" under your logic it would be wrong to fire that person, even though they couldn't possibly know what that person was, is, or wants to be.

You're assuming guilt by association, and probably falling to Godwin's law. There's a difference between what someone may be, and what you may say in the workplace. The fact that the person who said is is Jewish means nothing, it's only a distraction from that an employee referred to a group of people as Nazi's and the employer took a offense and..the employee is looking for a new job.

You can't fire someone for behavior and excuse it in the other simply because you agree with their politics.
To the extent that we accidentally contaminate the moon -- with life, radioactive material, etc -- we screw up some of our ability to study the origins of life, the solar system, etc. And we don't materially seed the universe with more life in the process.

But then again, astronauts have been there, and the practices that were used were not (could not be) completely sterile. Still, this is probably a bit worse.
If the hull costs the US company $10 but $1m to manufacture, who covers the loss? There is a loss of profit so airbus needs governmental bail out. The US has now two reasons to be further upset. Or do I see it wrong?
So it's not possible. So what? What is your point? We are back to square one. What conclusion are you trying to draw from the fact you can't set up 500 servers in 24 hours?

Are you trying to say it's unfair? I just don't see it that way. If Amazon violated the terms of their agreement then fine, let it be litigated. But if Parler can't get back up quick enough in the mean time that's on them. That's how business works. I know. I conduct it. It's not personal.
Windows source is open to most people at Microsoft IIRC, so I’m not sure why you’d pay 500k for that...
Was that when the CEO penned a letter that started "I kicked X off the internet because I was in a bad mood this morning"?IIRC, even they felt this power was a bad thing at the time, even if the instance of it was ok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive

>>sometimes called a solid-state device or a solid-state disk

>and are most of the time in context.

With git your are right

>because when an old person I know started to use computers for his first time, I learned him to use Chrome.

That's why you exchange the Chrome icon with the Internet explorer one, but let's just call everything Browser or WWW-Explorer ok?

> I did read it multiple time _in context_ and I only found out later that it was a window manager..

Then work on your internal memory system and try to use a search-engine, and don't blame others for it...btw i3 is also a Car, not that your even more confused when someone wants you to show you a i3 in a Parking slot.
Where does it say it'd be only $20 ?
Some of them. In a previous job this was actually the solution my department ended up using - one box running Mailman, with various lists set up for things like special groups, people who need to receive alerts on specialized systems, stuff like that.

The big win was the ability to rapidly subscribe and unsubscribe from lists as you needed them. The actual corporate email distro lists were handled by a dedicated IT team who insisted on tickets for everything, so most people just added filter rules to their inboxes instead of dealing with that mess.
The whole debate has been framed in terms of free speech. Which is misleading. Because, technically, any corporation are free to impose their policies, as long as they abide by the laws of the state. The debate should be pivoted to tech concentration and monopoly. This has been argued by Elizabeth Warren during her presidential run. However, the same people who are complaining about tech's supposed censor of free speech, where vehemently against Warren's plan for tech break up
FH == Community College / 2 year schools?
weather =/= climate

Climate is more or less the average weather over time. Think about it this way:

Let's pretend (and for the sake of simplifying the problem), we have a tiny planet with only two equally sized places, A and B. And here's the (year 1) seasonal temperatures for each: (winter/spring/summer/autumn)

A: 10, 20, 30, 20

B: 15, 25, 35, 25

The global average temperature (if you average all the numbers) is: 22.5

Now, let's say in year 2, the numbers change to this:

A: 8, 22, 30, 20

B: 12, 28, 35, 27

Now the global average temperature has increased by a 0.25 degree to 22.75. But all of these things are also true:

1. A didn't get any warmer during the summer in year 2 than it did in year 1.

2. Both places got colder during the winter.

3. B only got 2 degrees warmer than last year.

4. The largest temperature fluctuation is 60% more extreme in year 1 than in year 2.

Now, expand this example to the thousands of places that we measure weather on earth and you can see why the weather in one location would contribute statistically very little to the overall climate.
'Parler Has a Right to Exist,' Says Vitalik Buterin. Can Ethereum Help?
Why Apple Chose Clang (2008)
Like I said, there's some context to that; quoting from the thread:

"I took some more time to read it up and from what I could see, I found that indeed cultural marxism has become more of a political slogan rather than a normal theoretical term in the USA.

Here in Germany the term “Kulturmarxismus” is much less politically charged from what I can see and thus I was surprised to get this response after I just had “translated” this term into English. It might be a lesson to first get some background on how this might be perceived internationally, however, it is a gigantic task for every term that might come around to you.

So to reiterate my question, what term could be better used instead? :)"

I don't speak German well enough to really have an opinion on the veracity of the claims here, but I see no reason to immediately assume the worst or to doubt that this is how this particular person intended to use this term (regardless of how it's used in Germany in general). People get confused about language all the time, and I'd rather look at the full context instead of getting all hung up on a single term.

This is not an endorsement of those views – far from it – but I really take issue how people just just to the worst possible conclusions on things like this.

[1]: https://lobste.rs/s/nf3xgg/i_am_leaving_llvm#c_lfctpe
Maybe, but that's not how internet services are currently regulated. Ironically, because the Republicans have fought that type of regulation tooth and nail.

AWS cares because they're a public company with a reputation, and many of their customers and employees are anti-rioter.
Sure seems like pursuing public source & public development might help generate some of that talent & know-how. If a nation has forgotten how to do something, or never knew in the first place (the Apollo Program), sometimes a climb is worthwhile, not only for where you get, but for what your nation learns & becomes along the way: greater. I'm in extreme favor of public-sourcing America into a nation with more more savvy & more skill at wireless connection. Get the ball rolling on getting better! Thankfully there seem like a lot of interested, civic minded folk out there, whose passion for radio-based connectivity & sharing that information is high.

Meanwhile our nation's cellular networks still run fantastically unsecure SS7, is my understanding.

Some kind of neat undertones of Secret History of Silicon Valley[1] here, except it's a different kind of protection, a different kind of guard for the world: not against military adversaries, but against our own inability to connect ourselves amid the software-run world.

[1] https://steveblank.com/secret-history/
If you are considering the purchase, I think it's a good deal. The API works well, as does the desktop app. Comes with a software-switchable air pump which is really handy too.
I don’t think Democrats represent workers’ issues any more than Republicans if that’s what you’re asking. The point of labor organization is to enable workers to leverage their fundamental role in the mechanism of capitalism in order to make demands with teeth. That’s the only way to gain concessions from the establishment political parties.
I think this is an English thing. That “widely trafficked forum” means to me that it is popular. If I wanted to imply they were a part of trafficking I would write “ar15 a popular forum for the trafficking of firearms” or something like that. Trafficked does imply the illegal part, but the way it’s written that makes no sense.
Note that even PCR tests have a relatively high rate of false negatives.
Oh you sweet summer child... (take the summer part literally)

> i'd rather sweep it off my roof

Any significant amount of snow in LA would crush every single one of those beautiful flat modernist roofs. Snow load is no joke.
>No it wasn't; just in the US. Not everyone in the world is obsessed with the latest drama in the US

In Germany the association between fascism and torch marches is even stronger and absolute a political symbol, it's an unambigious symbol that nobody adopts accidentally, and it is a contemporary political issue. So called 'Fackelmärsche' by far-right fraternities and far-right groups have been an issue over recent years.(https://www.dw.com/en/germany-torch-wielding-neo-nazis-march...)

Where do you think American Neo-Nazis get their symbolism from? The US invents a lot of culture, but this one is sadly on us.
Honestly I sort of agree with your sentiment, but I have some sympathy because many people who join early startups do it at comp deficits, and believing you're actually going to make a significant return on your investment only to suddenly realize you're not is pretty shitty-feeling no matter what.
It's so great. I forget that I'm using it, and then am shocked when I use HN on a browser which doesn't have it.
Yeah, the interface with "Start A Meeting" was always there, but as far as I can tell, you had to know the special URL to bring it up - we found out about it on the google branded instructions on our hardware devices in the meeting room.
"Serious buyers only: solarleaks@protonmail.com

- -
Q: Is this really happening? Can you provide proof?
A: Yes and yes.

Q: Why no more details?
A: We aren't fully done yet and we want to preserve the most of our current access. Consider this a first batch.

Q: I'm [vendor] and want my data back?
A: Talk to us.

Q: Why not leak it for free?
A: Nothing comes free in this world.

Q: How to buy?
A: Contact us for more information."

These don't sound like things that the Russian government or any nation state would be saying.

Makes the U.S. intelligence / media look stupid. And if it turns out that it is some individuals that happen to live in Russia, it still makes the U.S. look stupid.
Hey, I now see that my reply was kinda "bossy". Sorry; I was just a bit upset.
> My biggest problem however is the EU commission acting like they are a democratic institution.

You have a valid note on the lack of democracy in the EU commission. But about the topic at hand, both Merkel (Germany) and Macron (France) have directly expressed this same opinion about Twitter, as the EU commission. And Merkel and Macron have more direct democratic leadership mandate, than the EU commission.

"Germany and France oppose Trump's Twitter exile"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-11/merkel-se...
Meta: Hey @dang and crew, I just want you all to know how much I love this community and all the hard work you do- reading articles like this makes me aware of how much effort it must take to keep HN a fun civil place. Thank you for all your efforts.
From the study you linked, first sentence:
"Five clinical trials show that prolonged antibiotic therapy has no clear and lasting benefit in relieving posttreatment Lyme disease symptoms, a condition often called “chronic Lyme disease”;1, 2, 3, 4 no evidence of active infection was found in any of these studies by culture or molecular methods."

Almost all those citations are outdated studies from almost 20 years ago and one recent from 2016 where patients _did_ improve with antibiotics according to the data but the abstract concludes they didn't. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If they have to ignore recent studies and go back 20 years to "prove" antibiotics don't work then what does that tell us about bias in medicine?

2018:
>Conclusions: Using multiple corroborative detection methods, we showed that patients with persistent Lyme disease symptoms may have ongoing spirochetal infection despite antibiotic treatment, similar to findings in non-human primates. The optimal treatment for persistent Borrelia infection remains to be determined.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324539470_Persisten...

2019:
>We collected data from an online survey of 200 of our patients, which evaluated the efficacy of dapsone (diaminodiphenyl sulfone, ie, DDS) combined with other antibiotics and agents that disrupt biofilms for the treatment of chronic Lyme disease/post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). ... Conclusion DDS CT decreased eight major Lyme symptoms severity and improved treatment outcomes among patients with chronic Lyme disease/PTLDS and associated coinfections.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6388746/

2020:
> This study, which drew on a sample of over 3500 patients ... Approximately half (53%) of the patients in the study reported some improvement, and more than a third (35%) were “high responders” to antibiotic treatment, underscoring the value of large samples, subgroup analysis, and real-world evidence as standard components of Lyme disease treatment studies. This spectrum of improvement is consistent with reports for most pharmaceuticals due to patient treatment response variation
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/383

They only test for Borrelia Burgdorferi. We know there are several more out there that cause Lyme symptoms.
Borrelia

japonica – Discovered 1994

andersonii – Discovered 1995

lusitaniae – Discovered 1997

bissettii – Discovered 1998

spielmanii – Discovered 2006

californiensis – Discovered 2007

mayonii – Discovered 2016

I'm betting we can add the Australian variant to that list in the future.
Bear in mind that the "results" of a notorious hack are often offered for sale as a diversionary technique, and in particular this offers up nothing beyond commercially sensetive information, if even legitimate at all.
Ask HN: What is stopping the sciences being as accessible as ComSci?
I feel like you can largely teach yourself(at least bad programming) to the extent that you could pass a grad interview.

Can I just become a Chemist by watching some Khan Academy videos?
F** that, I use Butterflies and Murder Hornets.

when my code doesn't work. I send in the murder hornets for retaliation.
I question if Google even cares. Their pipeline to talent as a whole is pretty epic and wide. They may have lost opportunities to hire great black employees, but those same gaps will be replaced with equal talent. Google only seems to care about diversity if it interferes with profit.
I think you meant regular employees? From my limited experience, the windfall is actually much more than a new car or down payment and can reach into the millions of dollars if the stock rises a couple hundred percent. Most of the unicorn startups that have gone IPO were offering stock options close to or above the million dollar range for senior engineers. Don’t forget the refreshes. The big limiter is actually taxes which take close to half.
If you still have yet to test positive for COVID you may not have COVID. A loss of sense of smell and taste is a common symptom of a viral infection.˜ [1]

[1] https://www.healthline.com/health/coronavirus-loss-of-taste-...
If that was true, I am pretty sure that the entire windows source would be all over the internet.
It should be noted that GovChat itself does not appear to be a government entity, and if they are breaking terms of service, it would be well within WhatsApp's right to "offboard" them
Central Spain records temperatures of -25C after snowstorm
There is something very wrong with your Outlook and/or Exchange install if it takes "several minutes" to start.

I've used Outlook in several organisations over the years, and start time has always been in the order of 5-10s.