skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You probably have HTTPS Everywhere with EASE mode on.
What's the Future of the Internet?
> Tech skills top out at senior level

Do you not think there's any difference between a senior who might be working well at a high level but just within one company, and a senior who might be doing work at the very top of their entire field worldwide?
Owners have to op into "Neighborhood Watch" for their neighborhoods but they are opting into package thieves, not protest monitoring. And it's all or nothing, not a per video request.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/28/doorbel...

By tapping into “a perceived need for more self-surveillance and by playing on consumer fears about crime and security,” he added, Ring has found “a clever workaround for the development of a wholly new surveillance network, without the kind of scrutiny that would happen if it was coming from the police or government.”
You can annotate your code with JSDoc comments and get the full value of TypeScript while just writing JavaScript without any transpilation step[1]. It won’t help you with IE11 support though.

1: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/intro-to-js-ts....
There are also two major issues with science today.

The first is that a lot of studies are simply careless. They use a "placebo" which has a scent to give the indication that there is something there, but then the "placebo" unintentionally contains VOCs. Or the lab's janitor uses them to clean the lab, things like that.

The second is that a lot of studies are funded by people with agendas. It's all too easy to get an invalid result by accident, much less on purpose.

See also replication crisis.

So then you either have to know and trust the authors of the study or spend the time to go through it with a fine toothed comb and find replications from independent scientists before you can trust it. Which nobody really has the time to do, so the default position becomes to dismiss anything the reader disagrees with.

It's a problem.
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26130320
> Jacquard™ by Google weaves new digital experiences into the things you love, wear, and use every day to give you the power to do more and be more.

WTF!? Sounds like the CEO of Google giving the intro to Google I/O. If it was Microsoft, it would have the word ‘empower’ instead of power. God I hate this BS lingo, Steve Jobs would fire the editors over this crap.
Tencent backs digital rights startup Pex in $57M round
I think US democracy will survive, but it's surely not a coincidence that we're seeing more extreme, and potentially destabilizing ideas gain ground on both the right and the left amid widening inequality.
Protests are monitored by police because mobs are a very real threat whenever a large group of people assemble for a cause. The mere existence of police surveillance in a public demonstration is not at all unreasonable in my opinion.

Case in point, if there was no police presence whatsoever at the Capital protest there's a very real possibility a few senators might be dead right now.
> just checked BitWarden v2.8.0 (449) on iOS 14.4, no setting for “swipe to refresh” anywhere in its settings

Settings -> Manage -> Sync -> Enable sync on refresh
>Anyone can create underpaid openings and they will go unfilled.

Sure, but these positions are not underpaid. They are often 2-3 times what other software engineers make. Location can explain some of it, but in other industries that stuff tends to equalize.

>Look at the Cravath pay schedule. If you paid these sums to SWEs, those positions would also get filled really fast.

That's pretty close to what the FAANGs pay and they're sitting on thousands of open positions. I doubt Cravath even has one open slot.
Hey, sorry for taking so long to respond to this.

When I moved here I made a list of hacker spaces that were both general and biology-focused. I thought I had found more that were focused on bio but unfortunately I think you're right, for biosciences it's only Baltimore Underground Science Space.
One trick of `pragma journal_mode = WAL` is that even with synchronous normal, SQLite syncs when you close the last connection [1]. So re-using a connection is key to getting the full benefits if you're executing commands from a single thread/process.

[1] https://sqlite.com/wal.html#the_wal_file
Can't figure out what it is from the page. An accelerometer clip on for your shoes and sleeves? Something woven into some of the fabrics in one cutaway image, maybe strain sensors or touch sensors?
Those ratings are unrealistic, suggest 8000 write cycle flash for the small drive.
> What is the product?

It's a cliché by now, but still: It's you.

This is peak Google.

(It's sensors/triggers sewn into clothing, connected to your Google identity.)
I use UML diagrams for topics not computer related. Diagrams help me visualize and abstract concepts in an easier way.
The Unpublished Final Chapter of the Lord of the Rings, Illustrated
You are right. However, imagine a world in which you sleep with a log-fire burning...
I'm sorry but the history of world has shown over and over again that merchants are the side of the equation that needs to be regulated and kept in check. Saying "I want no protections" marks you out as weird and historically somewhat illiterate.

For your contrived example, a bank transfer would work just fine, and can be done online in seconds. Good luck if the 'trusted' merchant decides to cash in their 'trusted' reputation by taking a lot of people's cash and skipping town, or if their business just plain goes under before you can get your items, though.

> In other words, things that are de facto prohibited through inconvenience or risk.

This is not the same as prohibited.

> And disclosing your bank routing number would allow the merchant to withdraw more than agree

Why would you be exposing anything? Sending a bank transfer doesn't allow anyone to withdraw anything. A cashiers cheque even less so - it comes from the bank, not your account.
What does it say about Alphabet that I expected to see a: We're closing down Project Jacquard. After clicking the link...
Hey, I was trying to do this same thing for a TypeScript project I was bootstrapping. Digging around the issue tracker, I recall the maintainer stating that this is currently not in the scope of esbuild, and that swc[0] might be better suited for this.

Personally, I wrote a crude JS script using the esbuild transform API + node-watch to compile .ts files and copy files/folders during development. This is all very recent, so I can't ensure that it's bulletproof quite yet.

[0] https://swc.rs/
I see what you mean. I truthfully don't usually swap and instead leave ctrl-left as is and just re-assign capslock elsewhere (e.g. win-right, or another chord) as the habit of which key to hit for ctrl is hard for me to break. AltGr at least still works in this setup.
Perhaps I'm dense, but what's the scam here?
Like stocks, you can buy ideas “low” and sell them “high.” Some ideas are cyclical too, AI, mainframes/cloud, etc... And this extends beyond tech for instance “equity” is currently hot but that may be short lived which is unfortunate.
I definitely have an active aversion to integrating Google products into my life after being bitten by this several times.
Why not read before commenting? https://atap.google.com/jacquard/technology/
Yeah just what I need, a Google Jackoff Chip
I thought it was pretty obvious: Work on what you're interested in. You'll work hard on things you care about.
This is a modified quote from the movie Half Baked. Not literal.
Measuring Hardness
More like peak HN.
> "the police have too much power and not enough oversight"

On this general point we agree.
All this time spent going in and out of the art world makes me wonder if there is any kind of art grant program going on in YC.
There is a spot somewhere between abstinence and gluttony where you can live well and keep your risks under control. I think I'd rather live a little and take my chances - as long as its my choice. I'm with you generally, its good to have notice, but not all science is correct/settled and we need thresholds.
To test autoremediation and alerting. At least in the environment I'm evolving these days it makes sense.
"Speak your truth" and "say the thing" are other fake axioms from these people.

I attended a DEI seminar at work where someone "said the thing" as he was encouraged to -- but it was the wrong thing apparently -- he was then humiliated by the organizers for wrongthink for about an hour in front of his coworkers.
A public protest is, by definition, in public. There isn't what the Supreme Court would call a "reasonable expectation of privacy".
I admit, In my younger days I fell for the "fits in my pocket" fallacy. No, I don't need that. I almost always need some kind of cable, and a keyboard you can type on is... key.

I do like my laptop to be lightweight, thin, with some semblance of battery life. But for what I'm considering a portable utility computer, I now think in terms of a textbook. Self contained, usable, but also expandable.
It reminds me of Amazon Dash, so I think you are right.
You intervened in a subthread you weren't involved in, to rudely ask "what's my point", failed to understand the exchange that followed, and continued by throwing the "rulebook" at me.

Is being a spiteful busybody appreciated on HN?
Discussion about the Specification for the D Language
Personally, I've used 1Password, Bitwarden, and LastPass. I switched from LastPass to Bitwarden a few years ago (use it on android and browsers for the most part), and use 1Password for work. Overall I'd say 1Password has the worst UX of all of them, though it looks "clean". It routinely messes with my settings on update, it's password generator is annoying to work with, and it doesn't pick up new logins I've entered well (eg. if I tell 1password to create a login from this page, it populates nothing while bitwarden sets the name and URL + any username or pwd it thinks it sees).

I could go into more depth but overall Bitwarden has been a great daily driver for the past few years and would recommend to anyone.
If you are interested in this, you might want to start looking here [0]. The general term for lifeforms in such extreme environments is "extremophiles". The different classes of extremes have own names though, for example "Acidophiles" for life in acidic environments. There is a list of them in the article.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremophile
Note that Project Jacquard was announced by Google in 2015:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngt0Xg4lLOo
Epic Games behind Senate Bill 2333 to limit big app store exclusivity
Similarly the only use Siri gets on the kitchen HomePod is for hands-free timers while cooking.

In my eyes the primary thing that's standing in the way of voice assistants being useful isn't even as high of a bar as general AI, but just the ability to parse a command into multiple, potentially chained commands. Even with the inability to figure out things like context that would boost usability a lot — for example, it'd allow commands like, "set timers for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and an hour" instead of having to make each request separately.
Most people in CZ have around 24k CZK/month, and 240k/month is certainly doable for a programmer. Not an average one, that's true - though not necessarily the best one, there's still plenty room to the top.

Shoot me an email at emteycz@gmail.com, I might be able to help you.
it looks like it's a remote button that you can configure and attach to your clothes, then you can tap it and something on your phone happens (like play next song)
For some definition of 'easy', yes. You still need to know a lot about how a CPU works. I think a project to bootstrap a PC with code generated from a completely verifiable platform would be really cool, but in practise would be of limited usefulness above and beyond secure boot we already have, because you're still trusting all the binary BLOBs you can't control (BIOS/UEFI, Intel ME, microcode, etc)
That was the way, once upon a time.

I really like his stuff, I disagree with him a lot, good. I cannot be bothered with people I agree with all the time, boring
I sometimes notice how much my environment is a part of my personality. I get to a different environment and some of my habits change, simply because the objects I used for my old habits are no longer there.
How to Get Microsoft Azure Certification Online, Study Free, from Home
This is how to pass the Microsoft Azure exam online WITHOUT actually preparing the EXAM OR doing TRAINING.
I think its a poor turn of phrase. Given the context, I would replace delaying with slowing.

We all improve faster with effective feedback loops.
Shoes, Jackets and Bags powered by the technology is cool and all, but it doesn't say anywhere whether this is waterproof? Are the jackets washable in a washing machine?
The gadgets are cool, but there are questions about the real world utility of this.
Hey, it's on the home page: "it's a new Every Thing". Obvious!
I think the appropriate conclusion would be your sensitive to something more specific than just the very broad class of VOCs in general.
I have very serious problems with fragrance chemicals and some VOCs also. It slowly emerged over time in my twenties, well at the same time I was also experiencing what I now know is undiagnosed celiac disease.

I've gone through times where almost anything made out of plastic and most indoor furniture made me feel sick, but these days it's mainly just artificial fragrances. Shampoo, conditioner, air freshener, carpet cleaners, garbage bags, dish soap, incense, laundry soap, pesticides, dryer sheets, and so on. I have to use all of these in special unscented versions and try to get any roommates to do so as well. Some are difficult to avoid in public, other people's clothes and hair, fumes coming from laundry vents outdoors, or areas where large amounts of these products are stored such as groceries and hardware stores. The distancing and masks from covid have helped a bit, plus I'm staying home more which is a safe place.

This is a problem that's been somewhat peripheral to my other health problems, but has been very disruptive for me. in terms of interpersonal relationships, maybe even worse than type 1 diabetes or celiac because it can make it uncomfortable to get near other people physically, either for a hug or to be in their house or car. Having to convince girlfriends to change hair products has been a major source of stress, too. There are times when I've been forced to be around people who use typical fragrances products on a visit, or at a hotel, and that's difficult.

I've tried to look into what health problems could be related to this. There is a syndrome that used to be called MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity) and is now called TILT (Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance). Mainly I have found people with Multiple Sclerosis and an immune disorder called MAST cell activation. I have celiac and type 1 diabetes, which are very closely related to MS, so it makes sense. This is the sort of thing that's very difficult to work on with doctors, and it seems likely the best treatment currently available is like an allergy - avoid the triggers.
> You also don't need a transpiler like Babel if you drop support for IE11

I really dislike this line of thought: Babel isn't just a polyfill tool. It's an incredible way to enhance your code. Further, the future of javascript changes isn't static and shouldn't be.
What the GameStop case teaches us about the power of online communities
not OP but I use Enpass as well. Afaik backups are manually created with a button click in the desktop and mobile apps.

The normal database file (or 'Vault' in Enpass's parlance) are synced between your devices via your own storage. I keep it in google drive.
Spotify is kinda hype and it is cool saying you work at Spotify in a bar, so they have no problems finding workers (but they sure complain about "engineering shortage").

Music streaming is probably not even a especially hard technical challenge. Quite low bandwidth, open source audio codec and no real time syncing requirements between users. I guess most SWE work is in DB management, cataloguing music or fixing phone vendor bugs in the Android app.

Why would Spotify pay eg. twice what Ericsson, Volvo or Scania pays to reach parity with Apple, Tesla or whatever big truck manufacturer there are in the US.
It's fascinating that they teach the medieval approach to syllogism. I learned about that in a history of logic class, not in the actual logic classes. Slow to change indeed.
What a strange name and marketing scheme. It's unclear what they're selling, how to get it, or if I would even want it. I increasingly feel out of the loop when it comes to new products and services marketed by large corporations.
Hence the "half" part. We have yet to see 1ny condemning evidence. No code, no written report, nothing.
Given most of what I've read about rare earth metal seems to suggest they nearly all are sourced from China. And given how important they are in modern electronics, I'm surprised this wasn't China's immediate response back when Trump started his trade war. Why did they not play this card straight away?
And the relevant HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9625641
> Shoes, Jackets and Bags powered by the technology is cool and all

Why? What makes them cool? What do they do that normal clothes don't?
Gametimer – Keep Track of Screentime
I'll post back in a month or so, once the accountant has had the chance to go over the fine detail...
Custom domains are back on Medium
As somebody who liked reading about Bel but gave up after the first paragraph of the source code, something to note is that (a) most new ideas are failures, (b) I’m happy for Mr pg for trying new things, I like when people try to do something new, without regard for success, (c) great ideas take time to be appreciated in full - it may very well be tha t Bel will be a great success, but once understood by people far smarter than me and (d) (importantly for me), I appreciate the reminder that the path least travelled can be the most rewarding and it reminds me not to lose heart in my own crazy projects. I really liked the quote that the intentions on why we do things is important - the going will get rough, but we will persevere if we do it for the right intentions (our own happiness).

Bel will most likely not gain traction; but the fact that Mr pg spent four years and enjoyed his time developing it, makes it to me a highly successful outcome for himself:) outward Success is not a requirement for a successful project, the only thing matters is whether we achieved our internal goals on it.
This is an interesting approach: this device will free you from constantly checking all those other devices.

To me this is the selling point of the Apple Watch, and it's hard to see what this does that a watch does not.
Congratulations, this is exciting. Canned solutions are a good way to get young companies from zero to one quickly
Functorio
I wonder if we'll ever get technology that can interpret very, very quiet vocalizations, almost a subvocalization.

That would definitely be something I would buy on to.
> The last time it hit, at a Chinese restaurant in SF,

Not to not take it seriously, but isn’t there a lot more stuff in American Chinese food other than MSG? Like of the 1000s of chemical substances that would be in a plate of Chinese food, why of all places would that be where you would isolate an MSG allergy?

> or adulterant that travels with commercially produced MSG

Then that wouldn’t be an MSG allergy. Oats are gluten free but celiacs have difficulty with them, not because of the oats but because of contamination.. we wouldn’t say they have an oat allergy though.
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I do think everyone saying "this can't go on forever" is correct, but lacks the imagination to describe the possible scenarios, and instead points to the speculation and energy/capital consumption as a given. But it's not a bubble in the usual sense - the miners and speculators are encouraging each other, giving pricing a rising base and profitable peaks over the course of multiple market cycles. That base will keep rising with spending on mining.

To me, the most probable outcome would be that as mining network consolidates and it gets harder to acquire more power, it becomes urgent to support the price by finding other sources of value to attach to the chain being mined, so we end up in a scenario where mining firms(which will increasingly mingle within the nation-state system) sponsor new coins and applications with additional social value.
The idea that this document counts as a "elm roadmap" explains all you need to know about the future of elm.

On any elm discussion board, you'll find people clamoring for updates, trying to tease out what the language's founder is up to... and this is the result of that, a document that can be summarized as "I'm experimenting with some stuff, stay tuned." Is it any wonder that this leads to anxiety among would-be adopters?

Elm's pluses are:

* elegant language, and fairly fast
* it's got an active community on discord
* it's got a huge stable of packages (https://korban.net/elm/catalog/)

Is that enough for pet projects? Yes, and there are plenty of people hacking and having fun and being productive. But there are serious questions for anything besides pet projects: Where is the language going? Who is stewarding it, and what are their goals? Why must all packages restricted to package.elm-lang.org (https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/why-im-leaving-elm/#techn...)? Why do first-party elm packages get to use an escape hatch to javascript, but other packages cannot (https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/why-im-leaving-elm/#fairn...)? These have been brought up here before https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22821447
If anything I'd say REST is dramatically worse in this respect. There's no structure for nested queries (or anything except thing/:id really), so the only broadly compatible option is to pull every piece as a separate GET request.

Sure, you can use query params... but there's no implied support nor semantics, so one site will do one thing and another will do something from a completely different universe of architectural patterns, while a third will just have nothing, and there's no way to reconcile those in a consistent way.
That diver did not have the ship sneak up on him, he was diving in a shipping channel and knew there would be a ship coming up. He prepared by staying next to the large chain on the bottom and holding onto it so he would not be sucked into the propeller. In addition, the reason the ship did not sound "loud" to you is the way gopro records audio. Had this been recorded with a calibrated hydrophone the noise would have been off the charts.

I agree with you the bigger problem is sonar but I hold my opinion the whale in the video swims how it does because it is avoiding the sound of these ships, it is not acting on sight or attracted to wakes/ plankton.
I attended school in the late 90s early 2000s (in canada).

It was a big deal then, there were kids i knew who were deathly alergic to peanuts.

Severe allergeries seem to be on the rise but i think your timeframe is wrong.
I see it unreadable in Firefox, but its actually light text on dark background in Chrome, Safari
This is one of the Google projects that I'm surprised still exist. The new technology here is integrating touch sensors into fabrics. You can see examples on the website of clothing and bags.

The main problem is that it's just that - a touch sensor. You still need a separate device that will contain all the other pieces - processor, battery, IMU, connectivity, etc. Once you make that device and wear it - you might as well integrate the input mechanism into it, why bother with using the fabric?

Better yet - integrate a screen into it as well, do you don't just have an odd, input only device, but you can actually see what you are interacting with. Oh wait - at that point you've just re-invented the smartwatch.

Can someone enlighten me on what is a killer use case that is actually better served with the Jacquard technology?