skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Someone sent me this article which is quite interesting: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/revenge-of-...

> Shedding its specifically Northern mainline Protestant cultural attributes, a version of Social Gospel Protestantism has mutated into the secular religion of wokeness, the orthodoxy of the universities and the increasingly important nonprofit sector. Its converts include many of the affluent white secular children and grandchildren of members of mainline Protestant denominations like the Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and Methodists, which are hemorrhaging membership to the category of religious “nones.”
> “The more the ice melts, the more sea surface is exposed, the more iodine is emitted, the more particles are made, the more clouds form, the faster it all goes,” Kirkby said.

A positive feedback loop. Not good.

Reminds me of a passage from Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael". A man jumps off a cliff in a winged contraption. As he plummets to the ground, he truly believes for a short period that he is flying. If our biosphere is more fragile than once thought, I wonder if our current period will be humanity's short flight?
The airspeed at the bottom of the dive is "yikes" all over again, too. Maybe four seconds tops if AGCAS hadn't kicked in.
svelte is refreshly simple, for some use cases.
https://svelte.dev/
Exact epidemic models from a tensor product formulation
> 419 approach

What does this mean?
> How far have we come!!

Patting yourself on the back for gratuitously wasting resources really, really grates on me.

Sure, I can buy a car that gets 10 miles per gallon for my weekly groceries shopping. I can even afford it, it won't break my bank.

But actually being proud of it? Like it's some sort of sign of social and technological progress?

Whew.
Piwik PRO introduces free, privacy-compliant alternative to Google Analytics
Snap, been taking budesonide for about 5 years now. It was a massive improvement to my quality of life and I have basically zero asthma symptoms now as a result. My doctor tried to take me down to a weaker alternative medicine but I shot that down straight away. It's been the next best thing to a cure for me.
This is why Amazon stopped mentioning the product name in shipping confirmations a while ago. It just says "Your order no. XXX of n items has been dispatched" and they don't say which items. In the order confirmation, they do list the product name but no longer the product number (ASIN). Looks like they don't want Google to have access to the same extremely valuable data on what items shoppers actually order and when. The unintended consequence is that the messages are now quite useless to me (it's literally useless spam if you order more than 1 thing per week), as you never know from the email itself what item was actually shipped...

I thought this was a privacy setting that you could toggle somewhere (so as to get useful information if you're not using Gmail) but that isn't available.

Quite annoying on one hand but on the other, good on Amazon (I am saying this fully aware of whom I applauding) for frustrating Google's data hunger a bit.
I use “private tabs” exclusively on my phone now, and it works great with not too many downsides.

On HN, I can browse just fine; when I want to vote or comment, logging in only takes a few seconds.

News sites either just work, work with some nagging that you have to click through, or hit paywalls and other dead ends. I’m happy to stick with the sites that work and spend less time on the more annoying ones.

Edit to add: I realise I’m still being tracked, but at least I’m making a best effort to limit it. So the idea of a completely siloed browsing session per site sounds great to me.
Two things struck me about this. First, the numbers being thrown around remind me strongly of the red-baiting father/politician in the original Manchurian Candidate. Second, the way the various execs are reportedly wrestling to throw each other under the bus is deeply self serving and I hope it ends badly for them.
There is a solution, but it's somewhat clumsy compared to just right-click, "Open in new tab / window": Right-click, "Copy URL", paste into a text editor, remove any suspicious bits, copy what's left, go back to the browser, open a new tab / window, paste in your sanitized URL.

No, I don't think anyone does that with every damn link. I sure don't.
I wonder how many WW2 (the eastern front kind) and early-jet dogfights were won not because of airplane damage, but because one of the pilots GLOC'd himself and hit the ground.
Indeed, they aren't, because it's not economically worth it, because the energy is mostly too small to bother.

Which is my entire point.
Dumb question: this is basically the same thing as the HTTP_PROXY env variable on Linux but at the TCP level instead of HTTP?
Yes, I (and my teammates) are currently doing this. What specifically are you looking for? Are you wanting to build one yourself and looking for advice, or are you looking for a service that provides a turnkey solution?
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Yeah, the BBC B was normally the thing your school had, and despite being a "boring school PC" your mates were probably too busy playing Elite on it too much for you to spend much time using it. BBCs were about twice the price of a C64 or three times the price of a ZX Spectrum, so not many people had them at home.
The thing that confuses me is that this obviously happened as part of PCB production (there's solder mask under where the trace should be). However, the assembly looks like it was done by hand: tons of solder on D1, and R5 is facing the wrong way. How could you possibly not notice that??
Elizabeth Holmes denies destroying evidence in Theranos case
How does HR "picks up" abuses? I work in company that has HR, but I don't see them as a place to solve actual issues - basically any of them. They do routine administration just fine, they are useful for that, but that is it.

If you actually think that something bad is going on, talking up actual hierarchy (complaining to higher ups) or leaving are only two sensible options. And if complaining to higher ups, then you put your resignation to HR.

But none of my interactions with HR made me think that these would be people capable to solve issues. They don't have processes to even realize problems are happening. They don't have trust of employees either.
Someone should do a movie about the whole Theranos case.
I'm not familiar with Microsofts practices, how are they driving down salaries via LinkedIn?
Sure and that is how we do SSO (though SameSite=Strict can interfere with that method too).

But if that's the recommended approach, why are they providing a standard route to do SSO via an iframe with the Storage Access API? Does that API have any other valid uses that aren't tracking or SSO related?
AFAIK this is Wirth's last document/version of Pascal:

http://pascal-central.com/docs/pascal1973.pdf

It doesn't mention Writeln anywhere. In section 13 (page 39) "Input and Output" it only mentions read and write for text input/output and at the end of it mentions that the end of each line must be indicated with the EOL characer. A few pages later (page 44) there is a table of standard identifiers and there is no mention of writeln either (but there is of write).
My first contact with computers was with an unlicensed clone of the Zx81.Too bad the acorns never catched in south america. They seen far more capable computers. At least they have better keyboards.
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I guess we're talking about software development. Because it depends a lot on the kind of the job (or maybe I'm just ignorant and someone else's job seems simpler ;) ).

But if we talk about software only, then estimating is hard, creating a strong and stable enough specification (that can be used for estimation) is hard, you have to sell it to the client - most clients are not willing to pay for it, for they don't understand that it would be needed in order to come up with a fixed cost. Even if they do understand the need and acknowledge the effort, they might say that if you create the spec and they don't like the final quote then the spec may not be valuable for them, because the next freelancer/company may not find it useful. (And it has some merit, though there are a lot of freelancers and companies who are willing to work and quote based on an existing detailed specification.)

And if you do the estimation (and create the quote) without quoting for the specification work then you'll put in a lot of uncompensated hours which you'll have to make up for with the paying clients, so you'll be more expensive. Especially if you find a client who shops around for quotes, plays the "lets do a spec" game (for which they don't pay), and then go with the specification (or even just the improved understanding) to the next few companies where they can provide a detailed spec so those companies can quote lower.

Oh, well and the client will compare the price tags (obviously and rightly so), so they will more likely to be choosing the offer that has the larger estimation error (as long as it's an underestimation, of course). And you can say that competition takes care of this (whoever is constantly underestimating, that constant underestimation will actually be their real price), but the above points still hold. It's just not worth it. Definitely not worth it if you don't have the client paying for the specification/planning that's needed for the quote.
They don't have to be nearly that indirect; they are, after all, members of congress. They have broad power to advocate for and pass all sorts of legislation if their demands are not met, to drag C-suite executives in for testimony, and to confer with and oversee executive-branch regulators and bureaucrats.

It's often "better" for congress to get "voluntary" cooperation. Not just because it does an end-run around constitutional limits on powers, but also because it launders government action through ostensibly-private actors. Note well that this letter is not addressed to Fox News, but to an important business partner. There's recent history of this strategy, Operation Choke Point did this sort of thing with banks.
A Javascript backend is better focus than one usually sees. There are also quite a few web dev projects in the nimbleverse, and https://forum.nim-lang.org is written in Nim and there is much support code in the Nim stdlib.

Frameworks/simplifications are better left to the broader community that knows their own web-needs. It took many years for things like Django for Python or Rails for Ruby to appear. Even now, those are not part of the respective core languages, but external projects.

Anyway, it's open source. Instead of just wishing for more effort, adding your own effort might be even better! :-)
The BBC B was for the posh kids. It cost about £400 against (I think) £100 or so for a Spectrum (or £80 for my Dragon 32 that I got cheap after Dragon went bust). The only good thing about the BBC B at first was Elite.

There was the Acorn Electron, but that didn't come out until later and was still £200.
Very good money for my skillset(IMO I'm below average programmer), "prestige"(company is in TOP 5 in its field), and things I do are not ordinary boring stuff like web apps - but rather specialized stuff.
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It’s a difficult argument, depleted of its true meaning by its overuse in VPN ads (which make it... easier to track you at the VPN level). But Firefox has a good enough corporate image to tell that _they_ are the ones who really do it.
Very sensible comment.

The risk of grid failure in places where things get below zero often, but not to warrant extreme precaution are high.

If you have a place where you get few days below zero a year, it's not that unlikely that once in a decade it may get to -20 for a week or so, and then you are screwed.
They were bought by Microsoft. There is no quick innovation in a large corporation.
Facebook says it inadvertently blocked content
Biden rushes to address global computer chip shortage via latest executive order
If highschool is really as terrible as you say and any random college is better then why not abolish most of it and let students take a reduced college workload at 16 years old? They would be able to finish college a year earlier. It's weird to have a dumbed down version of linear algebra and analysis in high school and then redo it in college.
Bit of a silly video, that didn't really tell me anything.
Spot: Boston Dynamics condemns robot paintball rampage plan
Side note: The comment I responded to has since been edited. It originally said that that the last time he went to Fry's a customer's dog pooped and the next guy entering the store nearly stepped in it (and he made a joke about how the store is going to shit).
I think you’ve definitely identified the problem correctly. I’ve complained about this problem before on HN, since it’s the only place where people are wise enough to not get swept up in the latest hype train.

If you want to do any regular content marketing/blogging, custom landing pages for SEO, a/b test copy, or even just update the design of your site...Jamstack paired with an enterprisey headless CMS is just an absolute freaking nightmare. I like to joke that Jamstack is the fastest way to build a site that nobody ever visits.

Literally every Saas company I work with has switched their marketing site over to Webflow for this reason (especially since most Saas companies get a majority of inbound leads through content).

And they seem to be pretty happy with it! So I think you’re definitely on the right path.

I have none of the traditional armchair critiques for you. Just keep doing what you’re doing! Marketing sites should be easily controlled by marketing people.
There is an official Nim plugin from JetBrains now. It won't be as polished as Java support for obvious reasons, but at least you can stick with your preferred environment.
Show HN: Lunatask – privacy-focused todo list, habit tracker, and pomodoro timer
So, I did this very quickly. And, it's pretty raw since I just solved for my use case. I am not bragging or anything.

Just want to put it out there for folks who use Google drive a lot. I do it and everytime I want to open a doc it takes effort to open drive then open the file. This one helps me do it fast. Can be many many modifications, I did not spend that much time to explore those. One is obviously preview in sidebar, and second is creating new ones.

Let me know your feedback. I haven't published it, hence sharing the code only
Hey, that's great advice!

Thanks!
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HR does seem like an inefficiency - and somewhat an internal police force that allows people to subvert personal responsibility. I would argue there are a lot of negatives than any positives.

People can work and function without a police force hovering over their every move. The company culture has to be really strong though.
Btc won’t protect you against a government that is willing to show up to your house and send you to Siberia or shoot you in the head. The “sweet spot” of a sufficiently corrupt country where seizing wealth is common but Btc would protect you is pretty small.
> Do you really want your managers to deal with things such as pre-screenings

Yes. HR without software development background simply don't have knowledge to do this effectively.
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Coronavirus: How does all of this end?
>I am perplexed at the complete and utter avoidance from western countries (including US, Britain and Israel) of these.

Dexamethasone's effects were discovered by a study in the UK, and: "Changes in the NHS covid-19 treatment protocol were soon announced based on these results". My wife confirms this, she's a nurse.

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2648

Hydrochloroquine is not effective as a Covid-19 treatment: "However, available evidence does not support the use of this medication in the prevention or treatment of COVID-19."

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9...

As for ivermectin: "Ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro at concentrations not readily achievable with currently approved doses. There is limited evidence to support its clinical use in COVID-19 patients."

Although they do recommend further studies. It seems it could be useful, but there are alternative treatments available now that are more effective.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5...
Y'all need to look into "butter keepers".

It's two bowls. Put the butter in one bowl. Put a 1/4" of water in the other. Flip the butter-bowl upside down into the water-bowl. Leave it on your table. Voila. spreadable butter.

If it's not spreadable (because you just got it out of the fridge or you keep your house chilly), because it's in a ceramic bowl you can just chop/squish/stir.
How We Test Concurrent Primitives in Kotlin Coroutines
In terms of priorities, is it fair to say that the main issue here is word spacing? I don't see much difference with the kerning to be honest. For letter spacing, is there any level at which it would be too little?
Computing's Energy Problem and What We Can Do About It (2014)
Android Logging with Style
Some examples of expert networks I know:

https://colemanrg.com/
https://www.guidepoint.com/advisors/
Almost certainly SimCity: https://www.mobygames.com/game/bbc-micro_/simcity
> weird incompatibilities between libc versions

Care to provide some examples?
True! It's effectively come full circle. Although a ton of that seems like increased "industrial" (mining, render, etc) use of chips + retail segmentation + supply limits.
A while back we explored the use of Cassandra. We wanted to keep some event related data there and for it to be relatively fast read-wise in order for us to do all sorts of reporting based on it. So we wrote allot and wanted to read fast. Seemed like a perfect store for our timestamped events, especially since we wanted to not even use deletes and has in-build record deduplication via its primary key. Turns out, it is not that perfect.

Other than what the article described, I can also add:

1. It has a steep learning curve, but you do get to see the advantages while you learn it. But then, everything comes crumbling down.

2. The setup is a pain locally. Then it is a pain to set it up in prod and manage it. The tooling itself feels very unfinished and basic.

3. No querying outside primary index on AWS Keyspace if you want it managed. Also, any managed variants are EXPENSIVE. I mean, every database is fast if you only query by the primary index so why pay extra?

It is just not worth it. For example, we winded up using MongoDb and it turned out to be fast, scalable, had mature tooling and we can keep tons of event related metadata in it and it is easy to manage and doesn't cost a fortune.
> I reject the entire idea of the concept that using a word makes you a member of some group and thus permits a word-reader to infer some information about you. That's just bias, something we should all be looking out for and frustrating when possible.

I agree, and I should've made that clear in my comment. Word usage doesn't guarantee group membership, but they can still lead to someone assuming you are a member of this group. I don't believe it makes a difference to what I'm saying if a stereotype is accurate or not, but rather whether your conversation partner thinks it's accurate. Should people do this? No, probably not. Do they? I believe so.

To abstract my argument further, when we converse, we speak words which convey information. Some of that information is intentional on our parts (we choose words to make our point), and some is unintentional (others interpret words counter to how we meant them). It's probably impossible to avoid transmitting unintentional information completely, but attempting to minimize it seems like a useful goal, especially when we think our information is important enough to spread to others.

> I am a big fan of using contentious terms but then in close proximity expressing views slightly incongruent or even outright contradictory to those held by a stereotypical member of one of the term-using group, to get readers to question the usefulness or applicability of their stereotypes. I have no idea if I achieve my goal or if I just confuse people.

I don't know either, but I think this approach has value.
Anything better than https://old.reddit.com/ would, I suspect, take a lot of dev effort & maintenance
datapoint:

CPU: M1
Model: MacBook Air
Age: 1 month
RAM: 16GB
SSD: 512GB

SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02)
Critical Warning: 0x00
Temperature: 27 Celsius
Available Spare: 100%
Available Spare Threshold: 99%
Percentage Used: 0%
Data Units Read: 3,463,221 [1.77 TB]
Data Units Written: 1,571,934 [804 GB]
Host Read Commands: 51,945,085
Host Write Commands: 23,518,851
Controller Busy Time: 0
Power Cycles: 83
Power On Hours: 18
Unsafe Shutdowns: 3
Media and Data Integrity Errors: 0
Error Information Log Entries: 0
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Why CFO Jim Bell's departure is a great thing for GameStop
How often should I rotate my SSH keys?
Most of the time you can opt out of the monitoring, but if you use that monitoring feature Upwork offers payment protection. Say that I clock in 20 hours and the client refuses to pay the invoice, I still get paid by Upwork (some caveats exist of course).

Where there is more trust between client and contractor, the later might just enter their hours manually.
They can do exactly the same when shipping libraries into the company's central library repository, NuGET, Maven, Gems, Eggs, whatever.
Also, it makes a lot of difference whether you are an employee or a subcontractor. These laws protect the employees. It's actually explicitly specified in this document as well:

in the context of an employment contract/relationship,
To be fair, having a home computer at all was for posh kids. Having a BBC B at home was for really posh kids.
When people start justifying genocides with “the greater good”, they've ventured into children's book evil territory. In what real-world situation is genocide ever a good thing?

They might even be doing good on net – but there's a whole lot of evil they could just cut out. It doesn't count as “for the greater good” if the evil doesn't cause or allow the good, which it blatantly doesn't; if anything, it prevents it.
Yes? https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/cctld/co-uk/

Has been for as long as I can remember. It's the UK's ccTLD.
I know your pain. Have you used Rust lately with the Rust-Analyzer plugin? Don't use the old "rls" one. You might be pretty happy with it these days.