skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
For my use case[0], I found weasyprint[1] easier to work with than wkthmltopdf, it gives better results (in the sense they look more like what I get when I save to PDF using a browser), and it seems to be more actively maintained.

But in the end, I switched[2] to "chrome --headless --print-to-pdf-no-header", since it reproduces browser behavior pretty much by definition and, while it's a colossal dependency, it's also trivial for non-technical users to install.

[0] https://github.com/mikepqr/resume.md
[1] https://weasyprint.org/
[2] https://github.com/mikepqr/resume.md/commit/206a6cbc85fd0456...
What's the advantage over print > save as PDF? Asking for a friend.
I don't know. They're losing money every day, every delivery.

> DoorDash, Shipt, and Uber Eats in the United States, and Buymie, Deliveroo, and Grofers, based elsewhere

They all lose money.

So how do we know any of this is actually working?
>I find the hardest part about OO is that a lot of people don't know what good OO looks like.

Aside from Bjarne Stroustrup, is there any computer science major figure, great dev, etc., that thinks there is such a thing as "good OO"?
> where authoritarian laws cause activists or whistleblowers to be in jeopardy in contravention of all decency

The short answer is jury nullification is an unavoidable thing. If matters get bad enough, it will kick in. (Though if things get that bad, they'll be eliminated.) That doesn't mean it should be encouraged.

The moment you let juries start deciding whether the law is just, versus deciding if a law was broken, you remove the veneer of objectivity that has kept our courts somewhat sacred. It also becomes problematic for lawyers to remove jurists for ridiculous political views, as it becomes a First Amendment issue. Currently, that isn't a problem--your political views don't matter. Only your objectivity does.
Now I wish AWS Cloudwatch would put the same care into their log viewer. It's maddening.
No need to leave a comment then.
I ran into the issue recently where Zoom's web client wouldn't display my camera's correct aspect ratio. Their full client (on a burner laptop, don't trust them) had a setting to fix it.
VS Code One features:

* Clickable slide show, with 120 slides, each containing approximately 1/5th of any current sentence. Good for school presentations, family movie night, or mundane business meetings.

* Subdomains for everything. Excellent SEO utilization for preventing server downtime from user connection surges and spikes.

* Static sidebar buttons, such as "Create New Theme", that create irremovable forced registration overlay popups. Perfect for dimming screens. (Psst, a secret, you can think of the "Browse Themes" button as the "x" button because that's exactly what it does. Don't tell anyone.)

* Statistics of such prominency that require no citations!

* Absolute guarantees and claims of being the "fastest, easiest, most efficient way to master VS code". Keeps users safe by keeping them informed of their fantastic choice!

* World's first legitimate "shortcut to mastering VS Code". Now with 50% more rich in getting rich! (Or brain in this matter, get it?)

* Usage of proprietary and trademarked assets for commercial purposes. Having licensed logos on your product, as well as "VS Code" in its name, can't be cheap! Product shows commitment by following copyright laws.

Final thoughts: I felt as if I was with a constantly gasconading taxi driver, orating me his years of skill and knowledge, driving me around, showing me all the roads he knows, and then being charged for the hour, miles away from my destination.

In all seriousness, this is a scam. He is charging $150 (which is currently a sale discount from the normal $300) for his videos that teach you...basic introductory topics that already have an immense amount of free official educational resources.
That you can script it.
Note that coveryourtracks will be biased towards people who are private. It's a good way of identifying information that you're leaking, but you'll also see stats like 1 in 11 users disabling Javascript, which is just not representative of most of the web -- 10% of users on most sites are not disabling JS.

It's still very useful, but don't take every single number it reports as gospel. It's tracking how unique you are among people who purposefully visit a fingerprint testing site.
I've been living with this for the past few years. The only remedy is to do a full system reboot. Sometimes I reboot a few times a night.

One way to buy yourself some time is to disable the sleep file. I'm not sure what it's called -- it's a file that MacOS uses to let the computer hibernate when there's no power. It's a few GB, which (like the blog post stated) is a nontrivial amount of freeable space.
> It is the law that gives juries this power. Can it be used for what you or I consider bad purposes?

The law grants this power to juries under the premise that they behave objectively. If jury nullification became commonplace, I would expect we'd see calls to join the rest of the world in abolishing popular juries. I think that would be a net loss.
I'd point out that until Marbury v Madison the supreme court was not a co-equal branch. It was simply an interpreter of what congress passed with no ability to declare things unconstitutional. It was a power grab by the courts.

You can claim declaring laws unconstitutional is kind of an implied power, but it is certainly no where in the text.

Other thinkers have said that legalism is fake and there is really only contests between political factions with a legal gloss to pretend things are fair and objective. If you take that critique seriously, then the courts shouldn't have that power and congress should decide what is constitutional as they are actually elected and represent legitimate authority.
As a general rule I never trust a news outlet to accurately summarize a supreme court opinion.
>You gotta stick the state somewhere

The state is just data structures. You don't need to stick it anywhere aside from some namespace.

You can then have functions operating on those data structures and be fine.

For protection/privacy just make sure access to the data structure instances is not global.
UK Government: The Integrated Review 2021
We do go to the door and call door_open(DRIVER_SIDE) - it's just second nature now because we've done it so many times that it takes up no conscious bandwidth. But that subroutine is running somewhere in the brain.

To use a car, we're performing a bunch of actions involving modifying the state of a car. That seems to be quite analogous to the OOP way of thinking.

You're right that we don't consciously think of car travel in this way, but I don't see that as inconsistent with OOP either. Our thinking about cars is highly abstract, as though it's an abstract class/interface with a single go_somewhere(destination) method, which fits quite well with OOP thinking.
Correct, common law courts make law. That doesn't mean they decide if a thing is right or just or moral or okay. Coloring within the lines versus drawing new ones. The boundary is blurry. But blurry doesn't mean nonexistent.
Ancient Egyptian manual reveals new details about mummification
Being conductive may be enough.

Search for videos of a copper ring falling slowly on a strong magnet (or vice versa); eddy currents create a strong magnetic field.
Or more likely, it will break the hull apart and then there are 5000 containers stuck in the bottom of the canal.
> Thomas asking questions during oral is exceedingly rare but has increased in frequency over the last 2-3 years.

My understanding is that, historically speaking, Thomas found that Scalia's probing of arguments was frequently sufficient, and that after Scalia's death, Thomas felt it necessary to start asking questions again.
I mean the boat is located 90 minutes from Cairo. It’s not easy but Cairo has skyscrapers and a construction industry.

Of course there is the “what is physically possible” and “what is politically doable” and there maybe a bit of a gulf there.
> if it was only used on rich people it'd have a stellar reputation

We've tried this, a lot, in Latin America. It doesn't work. Throwing out the rule of law because you don't like a group of people is a short-term strategy.
I'm going to give this a real try. I live in Brooklyn Heights, NYC. My GF is having a birthday party/gala in Harlem at 140th and Broadway. I'm going to try this for traveling to Kerri's birthday party.
Part of being an employee means towing the company line. Even when you don't feel like it. It's a sham you are collectively expected to endure. Is it any wonder that the most successful employees are the ones who succeed in reading and adjusting themselves to this requirement?

That said. I feel and connect with your rant at a personal level. For reasons I won't share on this post.

I know you didn't ask for any advice and yours is just a rant. Based on your review and what you say i.e you had to spend a day just to refute it. It would be wise to increase interviews with other prospective employers and other professional opportunities.

Your efforts are much better spent where they are valued a bit more than this.
Because you own part of the co-op, and it's value would go up if that research succeeds?

I think co-ops can actually be a good way of handling technology replacing manual labor. The profits made from the technological advancements can be put in a dedicated trust of the co-op that is focused on retraining the workers for new positions. With that you could handle inevitable technological progress.
Data Labeling – How Auto-Driving Achieved Through Machine Learning?
yr cmmnt's ndlssly vrbs.
Interestingly enough, the Wikipedia page for this ship says it does have two 2500kW bow thrusters. I imagine if they were worth much in this situation we wouldn’t be talking about them, though.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Given
Wow. I thought driving a car in fog was terrible. This is absolutely terrifying.
I'm currently trying out a circular swap of left ctrl -> left super, left super -> left alt, left alt -> left ctrl. The goal is the same: now the thumb just curls a little bit more to reach ctrl.

Edit: my preferred keyboard layout has levels, and the Caps Lock key is a level shifter, which makes me prefer not pushing it down to Left Ctrl.
In order to allow the exchange of SMS between networks, a system of SMS interconnect was created in the late 90s. Essentially, each company that wants to exchange SMS will query a database to find out what carrier is responsible for delivering SMS to a given number. (There are a lot of moving parts and several databases, varying by country code, but you get the idea.)

What services like this do is enable someone who owns a number that is not ordinarily enabled for SMS (POTS, VoIP, toll free/WATS) to enter their number into the SMS routing system and tell other carriers to deliver SMS to a service provider (one that can handle the inbound SMS traffic and display it on a web portal, for instance) of their choosing.

The flaw is when a SMS-enabled number can have its instructions overwritten by a service like this so that messages are routed where they shouldn’t go. As all mobile numbers are considered SMS-enabled by default and only the owning carrier should be the destination, this is a flaw. (Yes, I can think of some scenarios where you might want your mobile number SMS messages going elsewhere, but that’s dead for now.)

More specifically, the flaw is to do it on the back of an easily-faked, CYA letter of authority.
Why not skip the wait, take an Uber, and donate 20% to the coop?
Every Linux terminal I've used has a pop-up when there's a new newline. Like this, which in this case is xfce4-terminal. [0]

[0] https://i.imgur.com/ubCXASQ.png
> For the other side, its a substantial percent of their earnings

The article infers that the measurer "measures" around half a dozen yachts a day, so they'd be collecting somewhere around $1,200 a month in bribes (which coincidentally is the same amount as the US minimum wage).

That's not a substantial percent of their earnings, it's their primary income. Their government salary is just lunch money.
>Databases are forced to get massive and do all sorts of goofy shit so some people don't have to ever think about state; this goofy shit creates interesting reliability challenges which translates to bad user experiences.

Huh? Databases don't do anything "goofy", they implement ACID guarantees.

Which absolutely beats the untold horros of Chtulu proportions that would emerge if programmers had to implement state management at the persistence layer for multiple clients themselves (they'd implement a DB + ACID poorly and in an ad-hoc way, full of holes).

What people seem to forget is that relational databases are not the first technology we had for periststent state. The first versions were custom solutions per app, application-as-state and various ad-hoc such databases with their own formats and techniques, which were such a hellist landscape, devs jumped at relational databases with utter joy...
Thanks, Ajit Pai!
This is seriously cool. A great way to self audit browser security in a user friendly way.
Give it a week or so, it will pass.
Skills is a stretch. Having a driver's license in the US is a pretty low bar for entry for being a rideshare driver.
just attach a couple chains to my truck and the boat, I'll pull it out for you
competition and because if you own a share of a future technology you're still standing to gain financially. It's not like tech companies not routinely also innovate away their own tech.

Software developers also work on tools that make software development easier.
This is such an odd comment. What industries/businesses are you comparing with? Software is one of the least capital intensive industry I can think of. Similar for intellectual property, I mean what important IP is in building a website or a mobile app? That's why the industry is so focused on growing as quick as possible IMO, because everyone could essentially build your service, it's all about building so much momentum/user base that it becomes difficult for anyone to compete.
Do others have better experiences with co-ops than I do?

I know people love REI, but whenever I go in there to buy anything that requires someone (ski boots, skis, work on skis) - it sucks. There's never anyone available, it often takes up to an hour or more to get helped or waiting in line. Sometimes I have to leave and come back later. Last time I gave up and ordered everything online.

It's not like it's crazy packed in there either, it's pretty empty - there's just nobody working there.

Co-ops are supposed to be better about aligning incentives, but at least for me I've often had worse experiences as a customer.

Uber and Lyft work pretty well (for the most part, except for when drivers cancel on you) - I'd be surprised if a co-op could pull off a similarly good experience for riders.
> (On a side note... what's the word for scratching the name of a disgraced Egyptian pharaoh off a monument? Iconoclasm and ostracization aren't quite the phrase I'm looking for.)

Damnatio memoriae?

> Damnatio memoriae is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts. There are and have been many routes to damnatio memoriae, including the destruction of depictions, the removal of names from inscriptions and documents, and even large-scale rewritings of history. The term can be applied to other instances of official scrubbing; the practice is seen as long ago as the aftermath of the reign of the Egyptian Pharaohs Akhenaten in the 13th century BC, and Hatshepsut in the 14th century BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae
Why don't we just melt the ship? If we turn the whole thing into a liquid it could flow down the canal.
Yes, just not in practice, as capitalists amassing wealth can then buy legislation that suits them.

We end up with a few token Pigouvian taxes (when they're not ordered by businesses themselves and used to hurt competition).
Think “bridge is out.”
Where is Superman when you need one . They should make this part of the next movie.
Expanding a mounted partition on a live server sounds dangerous. Does ext4 even allow it?
Which also suggests if they start pushing containers off to lighten the load, they’ll be easy to push, but they’ll need to push off more.
I don't think they would charge the same amount from everyone. I'm sure that their bribe varies depending on their customer and how much they can pay. If they deem someone to be more valuable, it would be unlikely for them to settle down for less. And I don't think they would be able to write down their criteria for bribe in an actual legal document and make it public.
Biden's first press conference leaves Americans with more questions than answers
Ah ActiveX -- a gold mine for malicious actors.
UK Defence review 2021: ‘Warhorses’ of the military put out to pasture
Peter Thiel would ask "ok, but how would build it in 6 months?"
Yo, why are you broadcasting these details, how many strangers do you want to show up at her party?
Printing in Virtual Reality
I think that would win the prize for most ungooglable name. (As Google is not very cases sensitive)
Yay academic machine learning docker containers. What's a few 30GB docker images between friends?

:)

Hopefully docker will lose the fight for mindshare in the ML space.
n00b question: how tough is to steer the ship through the canal? Is this a silly mistake or a genuine mistake? Will the Captain of the ship get fined? Who will foot the bill of this whole rescue operation? Also, how much extra cost & days will it take for a ship to take the other (longer) route?
How about sectioning off a part of the canal around the ship and pumping water in?
... how high did you expect CPU core count to be at this point with close to uniform memory access costs, and what changes did you expect to enable that degree of concurrent bus access without catastrophic stalling due to contention?
Push enough off, then pull them onto the ground. Truck them to the local market and get whatever you can.
Okay, something like the Tsar Bomba then? /s
If the legislature makes a law saying it's OK to shoot an innocent person, the courts should clearly be able to rule on whether that law violates our rights. I'm not 100% sure they do have that ability, but I find it hard to think of why they shouldn't be able to rule on the matter.
Software vendors to be required to disclose breaches to U.S. govt users
mob rules is sometimes the only defense we have against the oligarchy
> If you take that critique seriously, then the courts shouldn't have that power and congress should decide what is constitutional as they are actually elected and represent legitimate authority

Philosophically, I like this argument. Practically, dear god.

The U.S. system was supposed to balance the stability of monarchy (executive) and aristocracy (judiciary) against the justness of democracy (legislative). Our executive is, by design and decidedly, not monarchic. That removes a "slow thinking" system, leaving the "fast thinking" executive and legislature. We see the results in our political volatility.

Given the last two hundred years, Marbury was right. We needed a dampener, so to speak. People not incentivized by poll numbers.

P.S. Thank you. This has been a fun discussion and distraction.
It was fixed in this update for Windows 3.1, which switched away from floating point: https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/124/Q124345/
Have some respect, we're still grieving here!
The lighter ones will be at the top anyway to keep center of gravity correct.

Shipping company should know exact weights of each container for this and billing reasons.
It would go a loooooong way if the cops in this country would stop reflexively circling the wagons and actually make it abundantly clear that this kind of thing is unacceptable. Without firings and prosecutions for this kind of thing, the 'bad apples' see that it is in fact acceptable: They just need to say the magic words, that they feared for their lives, just like they were trained to.
I'm one of those people that move jobs more often than you do (roughly once every 2-3 years).

I prefer to arrange an in-person meeting with my direct manager. If that's not possible, Zoom/other video platform.

If it's impossible to get facetime in some capacity, phonecall/email is a last resort.

Always on a Friday. Ideally in the afternoon (3PM).

I rip the bandaid off quickly and tell them I've decided to move on and X day will be my last with the company (don't bury the lede). I thank them for being great. I talk a little about why I'll miss the team and company overall.

Generally, the manager will want to notify the team. If it's going to be more than a week in the future, I tell my closest work colleagues and ask them to keep it quiet for the "formal" announcement.

We then start the handover process. Document anything major that's fuzzy. Finish anything that you can. Don't be one of those people that coast for the next 2-4 weeks and do nothing.

During the exit meeting, I never throw shade on the company. SHUT YOUR MOUTH. There is no benefit to YOU by unloading all the issues with a company. Sure, it might help them, but you will be leaving a bad taste in their mouth, which may come back around in the future (be selfish - shut up). I outline my reasons (almost always it's money, remote work options, or leaving to join a scrappy startup with a nice equity package).

If you get a counter offer (after resigning, not during a normal salary negotiation), do not take it. You will regret it, trust me.
They're also owned by the drivers, so one would hope that would help with transparency
Surprisingly few relevant past threads (that were any good), but I found these:

Gene Amdahl has died - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10557793 - Nov 2015 (111 comments)

Compilers and More: Is Amdahl's Law Still Relevant? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8930987 - Jan 2015 (17 comments)

Amdahl's law in reverse: the wimpy core advantage - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5265242 - Feb 2013 (16 comments)

Amdahl’s law - Amdahl's original paper - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3490492 - Jan 2012 (1 comment)
Seriously underrated idea.
Yeah that sounds like price fixing.
But BetterC doesnt have exceptions :(
https://archive.is/u6jXB
Accomplishments on their page include:
* Purchased ridehailing app code and completed customizations for NYC launch

I wonder who sold them the code and who did the customizations. Do they have software engineers on staff? Do they own and operate their own servers? Or is there someone out there selling/renting a white-label rideshare app/service?
It's so frustrating that they deliberately make shitty web apps in order to force you to install an app on your phone (e.g. reddit, instagram)

It should be illegal imo
It's safer not to.
No need for Table of Contents in GitHub README!