skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'll add my own bit:

Best class I ever took was Dinosaur Natural History. A fluff class if there ever was one, but very hard to get a seat in. I really loved the class, but thought it would never really add anything to my life. Because, well, Rexy has been dead a while.

I was so wrong.

What I learned in the class was mostly the applied basics of biology, geology, and evolution. And presented in such a fun way, I gobbled it all up. Those basics later lead me to a successful career in bioengineering and a dalliance in carbon geology.

Like I said, best class I ever took.
Samsung doesn't, actually. They now only make "QLED" TV's and LED TV's.

However, a lot of other brands sell OLED TV sets including Sony, Vizio, TCL, etc. Maybe they're referring to manufacturing the physical OLED screen? I don't know what impact that would have on privacy concerns, though.
Congrats! That sounds like quite a goal accomplished for many on here. Well done to you.
Yes, but not at the cost of accuracy.
Anyone know how this compares to porsager's "postgres" lib?

https://github.com/porsager/postgres
Great site:

https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/ads-in-smart-tv
I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on Zig so far. I have a lot of respect for your design taste based on mithril.js, particularly when it comes to tradeoffs between functionality and simplicity.
Just an onlooker with no actual experience, but https://www.reviewgeek.com/42502/epic-games-announces-unreal... is mostly claiming that polycount is no longer an issue, handled transparently by the Unreal engine.
> Can anyone expand on this?

I think it's a somewhat garbled description of the Einstein-Rosen bridge, which is a feature of the maximally extended Schwarzschild spacetime--you can see a diagram of this spacetime in [1]. Roughly speaking, this spacetime has two "exterior" regions that look like an ordinary universe with a spherically symmetric gravitating object at its center (these are regions I and III in the diagram). The gravitating object that you can actually see (as in, receive light signals from) in the exterior region is a white hole (region IV in the diagram); but if you try to fly into the white hole, you can't get inside--you end up inside the black hole instead (region II in the diagram).

The "Einstein-Rosen bridge" interpretation comes from viewing this spacetime in the coordinates used in the diagram, which are not the same as the natural coordinates of an observer in either exterior region. In the coordinates used in the diagram, it looks like you have two disconnected universes (regions I and III are disconnected at the bottom) that get connected by a spherical "wormhole" or "bridge" which starts at zero size, expands to a surface area of 4 pi M^2, where M is the "mass" of the hole, and then shrinks back down to zero size and vanishes, leaving two disconnected exterior regions again (regions I and III are disconnected again at the top). The bridge shrinks too fast for anyone in one exterior region to fly through it and reach the other exterior region; any attempt to do that ends up with you trapped inside the black hole (region II) and destroyed in the future singularity.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruskal%E2%80%93Szekeres_coord...
The market leader of prefab homes in the U.S. (afaik) is Clayton Homes, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, "run" by Warren Buffet.

Clayton Homes was in the news earlier this decade for abusive loan practices. They are likely best avoided, and I say this as a Berkshire stockholder.

https://money.com/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-clayton-...

I have been to Omaha for a few shareholders' meetings, and I've toured a Clayton prefab home erected in the convention center.

I do like the aesthetics of the Japanese prefab home that is in the article, but I cannot imagine anyone using the glass shower or tub that open to the entire neighborhood in this picture (to say nothing of having it behind my desk):

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dwell-ugc/photos/60633913...

Glass in the shower needs far too much cleaning anyway, so that really isn't a good idea from several perspectives.
Reminds me of Rybka.

http://rybkachess.com/
Scientists develop transparent wood, lighter than glass
I definitely would support Roku over Google/Amazon. I like having another player in the market that has a "neutral" platform and large support across different streaming apps due to the size of their userbase.

I am just skeptical of something like the Stick+ being snappier or as snappy as the C9 processor. And if I'm looking at dropping $100 on the Roku Ultra, again, I'd rather wait on a Shield update to HDMI 2.1 and then pick that up for $200 in a year or so.
I wish it had a standard OSS license
'Economic disaster': Samsung's Austin fab still quiet 3 weeks after Texas freeze
So you'd disagree with the author of the article posted?
You are absolutely correct. I can’t believe people are using this garbage product. Who needs yet another alert on Slack? Companies and managers are going to use this against employees.
Fu*k this shithole companies coming from YC and destroying livelihood.

Edit: if you really got guts, let this post stand.
Power asymmetries are not always and not simply the result of a lack of "diversity".

Power asymmetry can be the result of a variety of interactions between a variety of factors-- not just "lack of diversity".

For example, a power asymmetry might result from information asymmetry, and information acquisition does not necessarily require [political/economic] power.

Also, a power asymmetry might result from a competency or cultural asymmetry (such as "need for achievement" *), which are also not necessarily due to a "lack of diversity".

Competency or cultural asymmetry can result from cultural or sociological tendencies of a given group to promote certain activities for their particularly culturally nuanced view of "status".

Power can also be a geographical asymmetry. And a demographic one, in terms of political economics.

* "Need for achievement (N-Ach) is an individual's desire for significant accomplishment, mastering of skills, control, or high standards. The term was first used by Henry Murray and associated with a range of actions. These include: "intense, prolonged and repeated efforts to accomplish something difficult." . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_achievement
This is one of those comments that just does the perfect job of bringing the thread back into the context of the original topic.

Indeed it's astonishing to think that one of the tasks that lead to safety and victory for an aircraft which is simple (as opposed to the many which are complex) is the single point of this particular failure.
Peter Schiff: Wrong about Bitcoin, right about BTC
This report worried me, but it was timely because I was literally in the process of upgrading to macOS 11.2.3.

So, while the update was downloading, I changed my firewall settings specifically to allow built-in software to receive incoming connections, but disallow downloaded signed software. I also specifically set GarageBand to block incoming connections but not other programs among those listed.

I'm happy to report that all of these settings were maintained after updating to macOS 11.2.3 exactly as-is. I wonder if the OP is referring to a different update (none that I'm aware of recently).

There is no Privacy > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking setting on macOS 11.2.2 or 11.2.3: there's a checkbox for "Personalized Ads," which remains turned off after the update also, just as it was before.
The word "empathy" has an enormous amount of baggage attached to it unfortunately and triggers a whole library of insinuations and assumptions. Admittedly, it was the wrong word to use. I should have said "Consumer empathy" which would have been appropriately in context. Also there are varying degrees of consumer empathy. I know some people who are absolute naturals at understanding people and it's amazing to see how vivid their intuitive understanding of people is. It's like watching people do sketch art who can draw beautiful things like it's nothing.
Wow. That is egregious.
But multiple headlines can both be accurate with one being more engaging. These aren't mutually exclusive.

Article about a bank robbery:

"First National Bank Robbed"

"Gunmen Rob First National Bank in Daring Robbery"
This is why I still use a 720p LCD TV from the early 2000s.

Am I ever tempted to get a bigger, higher-def, TV? Sure, but then I remember that they're all "smart" and realize I don't actually have a problem with how I'm watching TV now.

I don't want smart anything in my house. My lights are hardwired to a switch on the wall. My washer and drier need me to turn dials and push buttons and go ding when they're done. My fridge has no microprocessor in it.

I honestly don't understand people who want all this internet connected garbage. These things weren't broke, they don't need fixing!
The Product Strategy Stack
PPP Loan Question
Throwaway for a few reasons...

So, I was recently approved for and recevied a first draw PPP. I applied because I have a fair amount of lost income from my 1099 consulting over the past year.

I primarily work for a single client, again as a 1099. When things started slowing down last year we had made a deal to defer some, or all, of my monthly invoices. That is fine, I'm not cash strapped so the deal made sense because of other potential in the long term for some type of equity conversion.

In any event, now that I have received my PPP loan the company asked me to write off the equivalent amount of deferred compensation. While I understand this would help their debt on the books, I'm not sure whether I actually could do that. I understand the basic reasons for not doing that, they owe me money and all, but I also understand that the PPP is about lost payroll and does not include 1099 compensation in those numbers. So, it seems like if I were to write it off, I'd basically be giving the company that opportunity while I take the risk. It just feels off.

All that said, my question is simply whether it's even an option within the rules of the SBA PPP to write off deferred comp/invoices? Of the research I have done, I don't know anything definative. Any info, sources, CPAs, advisors who helped you would be appreciated.
Nuclear is way too expensive. It'll never happen.

Fukushima cost $200B to cleanup in order for it to not wind up killing anyone.
Is there actually an either/or here? Surely it’s possible to write two (or more) headlines for a story that are all equally accurate?
Does it? The physics is beyond me, but the article doesn't seem to imply that this is based on a specific, not commonly accepted, hypothetical.
Does Zapier only get revenue from paid subscriptions? Or do companies pay for promotion / integration? I suspect there is a big business around semi-private APIs and gluing "enterprise" partnership deals together.
By "trick you into enabling" do you mean "asks"?
I want him to build one under my home. As long as he pays me.
An issue that some manufacturers are foreseeing - some TVs, if you don't give them network access, will just start looking for open networks and find their own way out.
But, from the OP article, that doesn't particularly seem to describe at least some of these cases.
I'm aware HDMI can carry it, but how many people are plugging their TVs into things that issue them dhcp leases, and act as a gateway/router for a path to the internet? Probably some, it seems like a feature that comcast or others would build into cable boxes, but not many (yet).
You can use IPv6 today. If your ISP doesn’t give you a connection, get a tunnel set up with Hurricane Electric. Since about 2012 I’ve considered any network that doesn’t have IPv6 to be broken. I think currently I run only one site that doesn’t support it and next time I touch it I’ll convert it to dual stack.

If you are curious, you could always get a browser extension that shows you which IP version a given site was loaded on to see how many actually support IPv6, or just straight up disable IPv4 on your network for a bit to see what happens.
Still higher than other countries
I've read about her before. She was very tough: a very admirable human being. I wish I could have interacted with her to gain some insight into her personal, internal way of thinking.
To answer your question pedantically, probably nothing; with enough time and effort, you could bend either tool to perform the general duties of the other. Terraform is capable of injecting and running shell scripts; Ansible can likewise interface with AWS and other cloud providers (or your own hardware). As sibling commenters have noted, that’s simply not the ideal primary use for each tool.
Command blocks and mods aside, Minecraft is more or less large-scale pixel (voxel) art with added elements of (optionally) having to survive while collecting your voxels and being able to program your environment with DIY mechanical/electrical constructions (which could range from assisting own survival to showing off). I personally find these limitations both useful equalizing forces (in multiplayer) and engaging creativity-boosting constraints.

Having seen screenshots of Roblox, I generally find the visuals pretty horrible. Considering its “free to play” model constructed to extract money from players, as opposed to Minecraft’s buy-once-own-forever, the choice seems straightforward.
Pretty nice reduction in price to begin with!
Yes, but did you read the examples in the article? Many of the high-engagement headlines ignored most of the content in favor of a tangential but titillating detail. That's National Enquirer stuff, not what the New York Times has prided itself on being.
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It's also somewhat problematic: the above poster made a lot of assumptions about work day, but they're less and less true. Empty nesters, people without kids yet, childfree folks, all that rules out the school schedule (looking at the size of the school in my town, it's a small minority of people who have school aged childrens).

Then the 9-5 work day. Tradefolks often start much earlier. People working late shifts at restaurants and other service industries are very unlikely to do simple 9-5. People in tech are all over the place. "Early bird gets the worm" because if you're not at the default or earlier, you're basically fucked: hope you didn't need to sleep 7+ hours after that night shift, because you certainly aren't going to when the neighbors let the dog out to bark!
What about for local web/mobile content provider's IPv6 adoption rate in India? Possibly IPv6 network is faster than crowded NATed v4?
Disclaimer: My experience with Unreal engine is very limited and close the zero. However, I've worked in the Game dev industry for more than a decade. And have experience in mesh optimisation for various platforms.

I don't think the mesh can be directly used in games for any platform. However, the texture capturing with reference geometry is a great asset. With the scanned mesh, there are surface reconstruction algorithm that can use the original mesh as reference and create a mesh close to what a 3d modeller does for gaming. There are still a lot of manual work to optimise and make it ready for tessellation. I am not really sure, if there are any recent innovations in this field to automate this at the level of details needed for a game.
If there is, I can only imagine GTA inside a city with this level of details.
Well, every language is more compatible with C than C++, because C is a subset of C++†. Even C++ is more compatible with C than with C++ compiled with a different compiler :)

† I know it's not a subset, but near enough for our purposes.
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Apple's updates will clear all sorts of things, specific firewall rules was the most egregious in my mind (pf.conf).

But allowing incoming connections without a prompt, I think it may be getting worse now.

Related, what annoyed me is that 3rd party installers can gather telemetry even before you've installed. The one I recall from a year or two ago was docker. The Docker installer is doing telemetry before you've even decided to install it.
I don't usually read any US news as a rule, because of how sensational it all is. But I think I see most NYT headlines because someone inevitably posts them to NH. And honestly, when I compare them to what I saw on Fox News (which admittedly I only looked at for about a week around the election), I see no difference in the level of partisanship or spin. If anything there is less on Fox News just because the headline writers are not trying to show their undiscovered writing talent in the same way as NYT.
Yeah, I've really never been impressed with the quality of any prfab house I've toured. Especially looking at any built at least 20 years ago, they just seem so cheap compared to all the comps, and ironically never seemed much less expensive.
I don't think I agree anymore; most of what I'd get done with Ansible now I'd do with a container, and if all you need to get done on the host is networking and a reasonable Docker setup, Terraform is good enough to get that done. I'm a lot less likely to ever use Ansible now.

But, I mean, the answer to the question above is easy. :)
Jamming is usually illegal, probably even in your home. For good reason: it's unlikely you can prevent the effect of the jammer from leaking outside.

But shielding is just fine and is mentioned elsewhere in this thread.
Its really not that complicated.. each except either handles an error or rethrows it for the outer except to handle it.

Maybe a one liner comment would help, but exaggerating as if the code is some horrifying monstrosity is not helpful IMO. It just smells of elitism and makes the code seem more unapproachable than it really is.
I get your joke, but what I'm describing solves a problem even in our current reality as well as solving the problem in the "No time zone" reality. This lets you allow specific people to interrupt your sleep so you can catch important calls while missing unimportant interruptions.
Correct me if am wrong but doesn't this mean they are eventually going to move entirely to a click-bait model of acquiring readers.

If this level of desperation is actually seen as acceptable for a media house, then journalism or whatever is left of it, is in dire need of help.
Photoshop for Apple Silicon and a way to enlarge images without losing detail
Either strings or (in the common case where I know I'm dealing with v4) uint32's. In fact, I probably do v6 stuff with uint32s too (I'm never working with an arbitrarily large v6 prefix).

I think this post is right about net.IP, though I also think the solution they've reached is Lovecraftian. But I write Rust, too, and I'd take net.IP over Sockaddr any day of the week.
Isn’t that a federal crime in the US under CFAA?
> The "problem" with the LG OLEDs is that webOS is actually quite good

You might change your mind once you see what LG have done with webOS 6.0. [1]

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/11/22223767/lg-webos-6-tv-so...

> LG says "the new home screen provides faster access to the most frequently used apps and streamlines content discovery with the ability to receive recommendations based on the user’s preferences and viewing history". You can see a big "sponsored" slot in the top left there, so yes, you can expect some ads and paid placement recommendations on the home screen of your future LG TV.
This summer I became a manager of a help desk team for large enterprise headquarters. I don't know anything about basic help desk work and was learning on the job.

Focus on the basics first. Know what success is and strive for that before drilling down into any technical junk. Here is what I did different job:

1. I did nothing for the first two weeks. I observed operations and talked to people. I looked at how people worked, observed personalities, observed personal performance, and looked for failures. I tried to find as many gaps and problems as I could and refused to jump in with solutions.

2. I wrote a new help desk ticket application from scratch and launched it within 2 weeks.

3. After a month in the job I moved people around. This was partially forced on me. I threw out seniority in some cases to ensure the correct personalities were in the correct positions. This meant I had to fire my second in command and promote somebody to replace him.

4. I focused on only two things: improvements to customer service and productivity. Before the new ticket system came online we had 125 open tickets. WTF. My goal was to get down to 20 open tickets. My boss's goal, which I guess is all that really matters, was to get down to 0 open tickets. We eventually did it, but we had to focus on customer service and productivity.

5. Reward your high achievers. This is much harder than it sounds. In a fast moving operational environment your top performers tend to get worked to death, because you know they are more dependable. That is so not fair, but it is what happens.

This was a temporary job. It ended and I went back to being a software developer. In reflection I was only moderately successful. I should have been a much better manager, but I was too busy being a technician because I lacked trust and faith in several of my subordinate managers. If management is doing everybody else's job then they aren't doing theirs.

A large part of that management failure was reporting enterprise failures to the VIPs. The VIPs only wanted to hear from the team leader, me, which means I had to be personally engaged on the things they would shit themselves over. Next time I will create a dashboard of VIP concerns and order my subordinate managers to brief the VIPs so that I can strictly be a leader/administrator.
Are you saying there isn't just two sides to every story?
> I haven't found a good enterprise (for SME's) wiki. Mediawiki is not really usable out of the box without significant work.

Hmm. Have you tried any of the Mediawiki enterprise distributions?
The Rights of the Naturally Immune
Prettier lost me forever over how they handled the issue of massive (IMO correct) pushback over not allowing "break before else".

Mozilla got it right on that one.

Setting aside "right" from a technical perspective, the Prettier response to the issue was very, very disappointing.
I don't understand. but I'll consider my commas and periods more carefully next time I comment,
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For a long time I used a catch all feature at my Gandi domain to send anything at mydomain to my gmail account.

What I did was put their company in the email, sometimes with an easy to mentally create hash. I was convinced knowing who and more would help. It did, but with a twist! (One I did not expect)

I found out a few things: (90's through 00's)

Almost everybody sold those addresses. Seriously.

Political campaigns trade on them frequently. Build up, suck them dry, get more. And whales get hit HARD.

Interestingly, a filter for 5 spaces in a row got rid of a ton of spam. Curio for your thoughts right there.

Some companies freaked right out at their company name as my email. lolol They "own" that, blah, blah...

All the hassle did not get me much!

Remember, almost everyone does let those addresses slip somehow, or they flat out trade on them.

So, more addresses = more spam, and you do know who, but it also does not matter.

It was all a push, bordering on net loss.

So, I abandoned doing that and moved to a set of filters for important email sorted into buckets.

Promoting known signal works for me. And there is always SMS, Skype, other channels. Peeps can get hold of me easy enough.

Maybe I miss a little sometimes. When it happens, I am a good human about it and what comes from there is no big so far.

Good luck!