skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"Better police" does provide more "public safety". This argument has been used to create the system that we have now, caging people you don't like or don't look like you; it can never be "reformed" in any meaningful manner. I'd rather have a 20% greater chance of being randomly shot than to continue with this push for a system that cages people for victimless crimes or creates more criminals because Karens' across the country feel that they need to control everyone and everything. Everyone should have the right to defend themselves against any threats against themselves or their neighbors; this is not negotiable.
A few fairly disconnected thoughts:

1) It could be a scam of sorts, but one that the parties are in on. For example tax fraud or an attempt evade capital controls.

2) Leave aside digital anything, art has gotten really weird lately. The self destructing Banksy thing, the banana duct tape thing—-I could see being knowingly, publicly scammed as some kind of bizarre performance art. I guess the super rich are really bored.

3) The most reasonable spin on it I could think of is what if there was a limited edition print where the print itself wasn’t limited edition. There were as many prints as anyone wanted to buy for the cost of production, but the artist sold a small number of certificates of authenticity. It still seems kind of pointless and scammy to me but it’s at least closer to understandable.
Science fiction really does predict reality. Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a video game world.
> More critically, it’s nearly impossible to externally distinguish between a kill made with human oversight or machine autonomy, blurring the lines of accountability on the battlefield.

This seems like the real threat to me. The ethics of outright autonomous weapons have a straightforward solution, at least in theory: giving the order to deploy them is precisely morally equivalent to pulling the trigger yourself. A flying bullet is a simpler system than an autonomous network of machine guns, but you still set it in motion and are responsible for its path. No, the tricky part is when you can't tell who set it in motion.
You don’t know that was the issue. There may be other (more or equally valid) scientific data that contradicts the article, or there may be flaws in the analysis.

Looking at the article, is about a computer model that somebody built - these are incredibly easy to (intentionally or unintentionally) bias, and I’d say that looking at this critically is entirely appropriate.
> I wish we, the global community, didn't all have to pay for America's internal cultural hangups.

Can't wait for Disney to remove any references to the "Dark Side" in Star Wars, Harry Potter to rename the "Dark Arts" into the "Bad Arts" and Lord of the Rings' "Black Riders" to become the "Evil Horsemen."

Nobody ever used to connect the term "blacklist" to race. But common sense doesn't seem to play a role anymore.
No, there is no affiliation at all.

However, in late 2005 / early 2006, when we spun it out[1] as a standalone corporation and registered the domain name, etc., I did request, and receive, explicit permission from the authors/maintainers of rsync to adopt, and use, the rsync.net name.

[1] rsync.net began operation in 2001 as an add-on feature to JohnCompanies which was the first provider of the VPS as we now know it.
Ask HN: What do you do to get your kids to programming?
At the beginning of the century there was a thriving web community doing basic HTML + CSS. If you were a "real programmer" you could convert your page to PHP and get into algorithms and databases. I know some peers who started like that, same as me. You could easily create a "professional level" web page at the time. Teenagers were building web pages for pocket money.

Nowadays, we have Medium, Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, ... Mostly noone needs a custom blog. What do kids these days to start with programming?

Since I got a kid I was wondering what I can do for him to show him the marvels of that world. Everything seems to be less accessible than anything from the time of my childhood. Including stuff made for that purpose, like RPis. What did you do to tech programming to your kids?
Sounds like justification for capitulating to the woke nonsense and cancel culture to me.

>....feels like we're now just looking for things to be offended by

Exactly, no one should have ever listen to this nonsense. There is no end goal here being offended is the goal.
Just imagine the millions of man-hours* of non-productive work this will cause over the next decades.

*nothing here lol
More and more people should be aware of this. Thanks to one of my friend who shared it with me.
If you read the very same report you linked, you’d see that of the Israelis that Palestinians killed, 69% were civilians, while from the Palestinians which Israel killed, 59% were civilians.

It doesn’t sound like Israel is deliberately targeting civilians.
I wonder if policies are the best measurement. Why not take e.g. the google movement data directly?

I had a look at the german numbers and often the public reacted before the policy. Similarly they might subvert policies if they disagree, different cultures certainly got together in different ways, ect.

On the other hand I had a look at the "stringency index" of ourworldindata and found it doesn't represent all the little more or less compromising compromises in the policies very well.
The EULA says:

> If you do not accept and comply with these terms, you may not use the software or its features. You may contact the device manufacturer or installer, or your retailer if you purchased the software directly, to determine its return policy and return the software or device for a refund or credit under that policy. You must comply with that policy, which might require you to return the software with the entire device on which the software is installed for a refund or credit, if any.

And the article says:

> Finally, in December 2020, the Court of Monza rejected all Lenovo's arguments, confirming that the right to reimbursement of the pre-installed software was due. The sentence pointed out that the manufacturer itself had expressly assumed this obligation in the Windows licence.
It is when they turn around and try to pretend you're not, i.e. when they try to take away all the consideration for exempt status and treat you like an hourly worker while still milking extra time out of you.
Isn’t low earth orbit the best place for space junk as it burns up relatively easily?
Did you read the article? It's plainly a scam. There's no sensible way to look at this without concluding "scam".
> From the outset, it could handle complex numbers, double precision, etc., etc. natively without having to resort to calling libraries/special routines as other languages had to do back then.

At least until sometime in the '80s another advantage of Fortran over C was that it could handle single precision floating point. C always promoted float to double when you did arithmetic with it.

Arithmetic was faster on floats than doubles, and that could make quite a difference in a big simulation that was going to take a long time to run.

The high energy physics group at Caltech back then had a locally modified version of the C compiler that would use single precision when the code tries to do arithmetic on floats. Some of the physicists used that for programs that otherwise would have been in Fortran.
Regardless of weather stay at home orders worked for COVID I can tell you one delightful side effect. The last time I was ill of any description was late Feb 2020, I had the worst cold/flu of my life that lasted 3 weeks, I’ve had nary a sniffle since. Usually I have 6/7 colds per year (summer and winter) but in the last 12 months - nothing. Seems very likely that is down to not seeing people, wearing a mask, washing hands etc.
> What you see here depends on what time things get posted and how many up-votes posts get.

Is that not a large part of how most social media algorithms work?
This article by antirez helped me understand HyperLogLog a couple years ago
http://antirez.com/news/75
> Countries with > 100 deaths and with a Healthcare Access and Quality Index of ≥ 67 were included

So this excludes New Zealand. I think that’s an important point, as due to strict lockdowns we’ve had at least six months with no restrictions on movement at all, except through the border. We’ve had three community outbreaks and each time lockdowns combined with contact tracing have stopped the spread.

I’m no epidemiologist so have no clue if there’s other factors in play, but I appreciate having cafes and offices open.
That looks like the pilot was intended to survive.

A better comparison would be the Japanese approach. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze
Maybe you mean it can still be lethal.

It definitely make it less lethal. Your chances of dying from a well aimed bullet to the legs are an order of magnitude less than a well aimed bullet for the head or chest.

In case it’s unclear: Aiming for the legs would be an option for an unarmed person approaching the Israeli Gaza border, and not yielding to instructions, or warning shots. There’s generally not any other good options if your goal is to keep your border protected, and protect your forces against such events being used as diversions for a real attack, which is why it’s a common tactic.
China will just confiscate any satellite dishes. SpaceX will comply if they want the market, or someone else will.
> Right, I think hydro is about as close to at-scale 24/7 always-on generation as you can get with renewables right now.

There are quite some solar-thermal installations of >100MW, which store solar energy in a thermal buffer to later convert this to electrical power, creating an effective 24/7 stable supply of power, weather permitting.
It’s not space junk. When they’re ready to be decommissioned or they fail, the thrusters turn off and the whole thing descends into the atmosphere and burns up.
Also deflation could be an interesting tool to cool down the economy and so literally cool down climate. Less consumption is what is needed.
I didn't get that, but it's a legitimate problem. There's a chance that at some point some organization (say the Chinese government) will have enough resources to takeover the blockchain, at which point you're at the mercy of them, with no recourse.
I don't understand, if any country HAS to print money, why not via direct payments to the public?
It reinforces black is bad and white is good.

Also, deny list and allow list are more precise terms anyway.
Because I can kill you back.

It is said that Al Saladin, upon learning that Richard Lionheart’s horse had died in battle had the best horse in his own stalls sent to his opponent as a gift.

It would appear that Saladin held King Richard in high esteem (he was brutal to those he did not)

Compare that behavior with our drones and F-16 raining death from the safety of miles of distance, and you see how pusillanimous we’ve become. Im sure NPR will wax poetically about drone operator’s PTSD, but it’s not PTSD what they suffer from for there was no trauma. It’s shame, guilt and disgust.

In the Christian West we held Saladin in the highest esteem for the way he conducted himself in war. We sought to emulate him, added his behavior to our codes of chivalry. Now, there is no doubt in my mind that future generations will spit on the memory of our generals loosing wars from the safety of telework.
Oh, ok, I guess that might be a bit confusing. :)

The comment documents the interpretation (by the UPS MIB) of possible return values. The same is true for the surrounding few functions (upsAutoRestart, upsBeeperStatus and upsOutputSource) that are similar in form and purpose. Obviously, there is no requirement that all possible output values are generated (exactly once or at all).

The function upsBatteryStatus returns 4 in two cases, because in both of those cases the battery is deemed 'depleted'. And it does not return 1 because there is no input case from upsc (that I know of, at least) where it would make sense to report the battery status as 'unknown'.
Right-click + Open resulted in the same error dialog; I presume this has something to do with Big Sur. The option to allow apps from "Anywhere" is also not available in the preferences pane.
i believe signal uses the phones contact list, but telegram manages its own contact list, and i can add telegram contacts contacts without knowing their phone number or adding them to my phone contact list. i can also block my number from being shared with anyone.

the only thing the number is needed for is to create a new account.
If my bank has insider fraud, I usually don't lose my deposits
Towards the end (Rule #11) "Avoid the use of apt/apk upgrade". Why? (assuming base OS image version is pinned)
If you bought Exxon Mobil in 2011, oof. It's down 25% while gold is up 25%. Warren Buffett is irrelevant, literally the old man shouting at sky. His ideas are garbage and lose money, what other proof you need?
Creating a BKM-129X compatible board
Most of the persons crossing the border between Gaza and Israel do so for nefarious purposes, ie attacking civilians in nearby Israeli villages and cities. So yeah, it's self protection.

It wasn't always like this, Gaza had an airport, free travel to Israel and Egypt, etc. But the majority in Gaza has voted for Hamas, an extremist party which calls for the annihilation of Israel, so for now all Israel can do is watch the border closely and thwart attacks.
As usual, Apple's principals are steadfast only as long as they can't find a way to violate them and extract more value from their customer.
That actually didn't work; see my response to the sibling comment.
Hitler is absolutely the correct comparison. The lowest estimate for Cromwell's death toll in Ireland (sourced in in my other reply to you) is 15%.

In comparison, Hitler in Poland is 16%. [1]

Another factor that makes it an appropriate comparison: Like Hitler dispossessed Poles to give their land to Germans, Cromwell dispossessed Irish Catholics to give their land to English and Scottish Protestants.

[1]: Materski, Wojciech; Szarota, Tomasz (2009). "Przedmowa" [Preface]. Polska 1939–1945. Straty Osobowe i Ofiary Represji pod Dwiema Okupacjami [Human Losses and Victims of Repressions under Two Occupations] (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. ISBN 978-83-7629-067-6. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
> deposit it into a smart contract that then issues you a loan in eg stable coins (DAI, USDT), with your crypto locked as collateral.

Makes sense in theory, but are people actually doing this? Can you point us to more info about it?
You multiply by zero as the transactions do not contribute to energy usage.
The amount thieves have gotten away with (several $100m+ crypto heists) is comparable to the total amount that has been legitimately spent using crypto for actual goods and services (not counting “investing”) in the entire crypto economy.

https://mobile.twitter.com/patio11/status/122957996277401600...
Trained scientists are capable of reading any article with a healthy dose of skepticism and does not need to be reminded of this for any paper. All papers have limitations and just because it is published even in a prestigious journal does not make it true. I think this notice exists for the casual reader and reporter and I also doubt the message would have been posted if it did not counter public policy.
Only if Apple kills the podcast directory that powers that ecosystem.
Automation for video games, did it for me. Hooked me on code and made me realize how unfulfilling grinding up MMOs was.
Israel does rank very favorably on this list - I wonder why the perception of corruption, among businesses, is so much higher the measure posited by risk-indexes.com?

Perhaps one reason is that the perceived corruption ranking that I shared is just that, while your measure dilutes "Corruption Perception," and "Corruption Experience," to just 42.5% of the measure, filling in the majority of the corruption measure with:

- Ratification status of Conventions
- Citizen's Voice and Transparency
- Government Functioning and Effectiveness
- Legal Context
- Political Context
- White collar Crimes

Which to me, in the context of evaluating "Why have there been no new banks in Israel since 1978?" are not as useful as just the combined experiences of companies who are financially exposed to Israeli government decision making.

(source: https://risk-indexes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GCI_Tech...)

That said, clearly closed room deal-making is not the only challenge to new banks in Israel. It is a small market.

China, who does poorly on many measures of corruption, but does have a relatively robust market, has many banks to serve its massive population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_China

One difference is that corruption in China is often local (federalized corruption?): if you can't get something done in Guangzhou maybe you move it to Changchun and you can. That option doesn't exist in Israel.
Be careful here, because even those that seem to speak for themselves require (cultural) context to appreciate fully. Take Rembrandt's portrait of St. Bartholomew. It's unquestionably a skilled production, and aesthetically pleasing. But it's also, on its face, just an old guy holding a knife.

If you learn the guy's name from the plaque next to the frame, and you know the word "saint" and are familiar with the reasons that title is applied, that probably gives you some impression that the knife is not going to be used to eat supper. (It's interesting to imagine viewing the and not knowing these things, in my opinion.) But only if you actually know St. Bart's (horrific) story do you understand the look on his face and really grasp the depth of Rembrandt's depiction.

This same problem applies to modern->contemporary art. In some cases the cultural context is, ironically, "people thought art should be produced for its own sake", which is harder to engage with if you happen to also not like the surface aesthetic. But it doesn't stop the artifacts from being art.
> Nuclear weapons are not necessary either, but they certainly do give an adversary pause when considering to attack you.

This is something i've always found weird... Nukes arguably make the world safer by your definition one but particular country gets to decide who is safe and who gets a free conversion to democracy.

Its maddening.
I think you're seeing this case from the article:

> So when you see Trump or other conservatives calling for a Section 230 repeal, sometimes it is just an effort to inflict pain to try and get the platforms to do what they want.
No need to change your mind, you are correct. I can think of one success story over the last many years where the initial development was outsourced: craigslist. Beyond that, for technology startups, development is obviously a core competency.
I have come to the conclusion that a rational, scientifically sound analysis of things like mask-wearing, social distancing, stay-at-home, closing schools, WFH, etc. is all going to have to occur a few years from now, when tempers have cooled. The initial analysis of any complex system is virtually certain to be riddled with errors, even when it is something like the growth patterns of crab claws in the southern hemisphere, about which few people have strong emotions. Little has been demonstrated to my satisfaction so far in this pandemic, except for these two things:
1) the vaccines appear to work (whew)
2) we aren't really able, as a society, to think clearly about a pandemic while it's happening
the un has proved countless times, since 1948, that they have no reliability when it comes to honestly presenting the Israel Arab conflict. To prove my point, look at UNRWA, a singular organization, whose sole aim is to maintain the status of the Palestinians as refugees. Show me a comparable organization to UNRWA. Show me any large group of refugees -and there are many- who have had their reputation maintained for 70 years.
No disrespect toward Ms. Reynolds, certainly! But Mr. Postel had been in that role for 11 years before Ms. Reynolds joined him (1972-1983). Though it turns out that my history is a little fuzzy on the name itself; though Mr. Postel had been in the role for many years, the earliest reference to the name "IANA" that I can find is from 1988. Regardless of whether they were using the name "IANA" in 1972-1983, Mr. Postel was the sole authority during those years, and many of those who were around then would later refer to him as having been the IANA during that time.
>1. Clearing price assumes efficient markets. My house in my neighborhood is one of maybe three (probably much less judging by the rental units friends of similar means live in) like it that will be available throughout the year.

Yes, low liquidity in the rental market means that there's a spread in the estimates, but I don't see how it follows that "imputed rent is meaningless". The low liquidity can cause the estimate to be both above or below reality. Do you have evidence that the inflation numbers for the housing component of the CPI is totally detached from actual market prices?

>2. Even in the stock market the clearing price is dubious; the market cap of a company is a useful bit of fantasy. By multiplying the clearing price by the outstanding shares there is an implicit and incredible assumption that all the shareholders value the shares equally - which is obviously not true, some share-holders believe the stock has more promise, others are sentimental (the founder’s family members).

Again, this seems to be more of a complaint that the market cap figure isn't 100% accurate, rather than that the number is "meaningless" as claimed in your original comment. It seems like the entirety of your argument (for both imputed rent and market cap) is "well there are these factors that causes the number to be inaccurate, therefore the number is totally meaningless and should be ignored".
Cheesy police procedural plot line...

Create a bunch of art, put the ownership into a decentralized autonomous organization with 51% held by the artist and the other 49% held by a bunch of random, anonymous "owners".

Start the hype train with a loud, crazy scandal that results in the "death" of the artist.

The artist's estate leaves their stake to the gallery owner who starts to sell off the stake at stupid prices following the death of the artist.

Secretly, you've faked your death and also were in control of the "anonymous" ownership stake. You can launder the increased value of that part of the stake and recombine it through a bunch of shells and mixers.

Who knows, maybe this was "Satoshi"'s plan all along. That "unclaimed" stake was just there to increase the mystery and the hype, meanwhile "he" actually had control of a bunch of other coin that "he" was able to launder at a later date.
How is the token associated with the work?