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There is something that can fight misinformation without censorship: a mix a culture + education. Scientific method, critical thing, logic, statistics coupled with a bunch of historical examples of non-intuitive results and demonstrating situations where correlation does not implies causation should be teach on schools repeatedly and from early age.

Most adults don't even know what a double blind study is. It is not surprising that so many people are falling prey to covid quackery.
I'm actually finding the responses between Telegram and Signal's announcements interesting. While there were some shady things with Signal a lot of people were upset about the feature in general saying that a messaging app should just stay a messaging app as well as callbacks to how Telegram failed. So I was kinda surprised to come into this thread finding everyone being so positive and encouraged by the superapp aspects.
> Easily center anything, horizontally and vertically, with 3 lines of CSS

This can actually be done with 2 lines now!

.center {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
}
Yes, the current use case of cryptocurrency is breaking or avoiding the law, it has yet to find a use case outside that.

People who dump money into gold are idiots or speculators (or hedging larger positions.) I have lived with the ups and downs of the gold industry and it is very much not stable.

The US dollar has far more infrastructure and institutional support preventing it's collapse than bitcoin. Currently the collapse of the dollar would destroy the world economy to such an extent that I highly doubt the bitcoin network would survive intact.
I’d be interested in the links to the published research!

If it’s actual research, I think the naming is fine. If it’s reading a bunch of “top 10 tips for looking great on webcam” then it’s not.

When I clicked on “why” I was expecting some actual information. As is, it just reads like an opinion piece IMHO

For example, you state an arms length as the optimal distance - but this would be different based on FoV, etc. There’s no real data I can see that would lead to make that statement.
As I said, these systems should be met with skepticism. I would rather someone write a draft law that starts a conversation, rather than just let these systems run amok.
How AWS AI Services Can Help You Improve Your Foreign Language
ShittyPrompter: An OKish teleprompter that kinda does the job
you described one user profile of a half dozen use cases of dating apps

no dating app is actually designed for that one use case, just like Cosmopolitan magazine, they are built on frustration and doing counterintuitive things designed for never reaching that kind of user's goal
> You've conveniently not addressed the concept of forcing companies to transparently compete by requiring a salary range.

I'm not arguing this. Again, I agree that these practices are good for employees.

>I think a lot of where we disagree is that you believe that shopping yourself around and asking for a raise is the proper way to obtain your full worth in a market, whereas I believe (and the author believes) that providing an average salary or salary range gives transparency to the process.

I agree that providing an average salary or range gives transparency, I just don't buy the idea that it somehow benefits underprivileged groups more.

There is nothing stopping anybody from negotiating or trying to find a good value in the market. If being a woman means they are less likely to negotiate (which I don't believe), they need to learn to negotiate, because they don't have a choice. It is how the market sets prices, and there is no way around it. Setting a range helps, but it doesn't remove the need for negotiating.

> The Howard and Heidi case study indicates that aggressive behavior impacts a woman's likeability more than a man's

I agree with this, even if the "study" itself is laughably weak. But basically all the study is saying is "sexism exists".

Based on my experience I do not believe this has a connection with negotiating. Everyone can and should negotiate. Having been on both sides of the table many times in negotiating compensation, I have never felt that "this candidate is too aggressive or no longer likeable because they are negotiating" was a factor.

Employers understand that negotiation is necessary as it is the only way to set fair prices. I would need a lot more evidence to buy the idea that it is somehow discriminatory. The author provides none.

> This is relatively strong evidence that minorities and women ARE being disadvantaged in an environment where the average pay isn't specified.

This is correlation and not causation. The fact that women and minorities make less has been established many times. I just don't see any evidence that this is because they can't negotiate. The author needs to provide evidence that the process of negotiation itself is discriminatory, and that salary ranges will somehow alleviate this problem. Based on my fairly extensive experience I don't think it makes sense intuitively.

> I think a lot of where we disagree is that you believe that shopping yourself around and asking for a raise is the proper way to obtain your full worth in a market, whereas I believe (and the author believes) that providing an average salary or salary range gives transparency to the process.

These aren't mutually exclusive
The fact is that almost only photos matter, so the same time that you put into thinking of replies is better spent in the gym.
New iphone with packaging for just $50 extra (we don't give packaging anymore since its bad for the environment)
These competitors aren’t held to the same standards Apple is. If it turns out you can unlock these phones with a printed fingerprint copy, nobody cares. But if it happens on iPhone it’s fingerprintgate.
The Agency Trilemma and ACM
It is worse than that. Here is the calculation.

The number of graphs of size n is 2^(n choose 2). (There are n choose 2 pairs of points, each of which could be or not be an edge.) If the answer is 43, that's 2^903 which is roughly 6.762 * 10^271. If the answer is 48, that's 2^1128 which is roughly 3.646 x 10^339.

Naive plus better computers is not enough to tackle this problem.
What a great article! I specifically like the emphasis on the human touch, like showing empathy and trying to build a connection with the customer and the team, despite the remote aspect.

I also believe that correct use of communication media plays a huge role in the effectiveness of remote work. But personally, unlike the author, I believe that written communication is much better for remote teams. Shameless plug, I've wrote an article specifically on the topic of communication for remote work https://dragoshmocrii.com/remote-work-and-efficient-communic...
That's where the user preference setting comes in.

Users voted with their wallet and bought a Roku, then explicitly defined their preference in the settings.

Google then says fuck you, no.
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> if you wanted to meet somebody you probably went to a nightclub

I'm sure that I have seen somewhere here before some hard statistics on where partners meet in Western countries – maybe someone still has a link. In spite of the existence of known meat markets, those meat markets are not the source of most of the population’s relationships. Instead, people come together through mundane things like friends of friends, people at work, people in the neighbourhood, classmates, etc.
This is only a problem for hype-based ad funded news. Our news is so bad today because it's ad funded, instead of subscription based. With a subscription, you read a source you trust and that source has an incentive to keep you trusting it by giving you interesting information.

By contrast, ad based news gets most of it's revenue from vitality, shares, and clicks. They create hyperbolic headlines aimed to create an emotional response (usually highly negative) in order to induce people to click in a rage.
I believe you need a minimum of 32 eth so unless you're confident in your internet connection and have ~$80,000 in eth, you're better off with a pool.
I assume that this criticism is offered in good faith, and that you're in need of good, solid Wiki articles about the tens of millions of victims of Communist regimes--well, I'm happy to get you started!

Here's an article about the Soviet terror-famine (known as the Holodomor) which killed 4 million Ukranians. No worrisome notifications on this article, so I assume it meets your rigorous standards:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

And here's one about the so-called 'Great Leap Forward', when the Chinese Communist Party's top-down modernization plans resulted in the accidental deaths of ~50 million human beings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward
Yeah that sounds right, although I don't think they ever claimed or even implied that they themselves are creating manufacturing jobs. Even prior PR by them around creating domestic manufacturing jobs was showcasing their suppliers.

Barring a major transformation, I don't see Apple ever operating a factory, whether in the US or overseas.
I currently have YouTube TV I access via my Apple TV. The nice thing about internet cable is how quickly you can switch providers. If Google or Apple get into a tiff or whatever then I can switch to Fubo and not miss a beat. Many people have mentioned Fubo as an alternative and frankly it looks pretty good. The biggest reason I watch TV is for sports. Fubo and YouTube TV seem similarly matched in that regard. As consumers we should all be glad we have choices.
Thanks, ye I don't recommend doing this in your full time job but I think it's ok for side projects. I've added a disclaimer to the top of the article :)
I already said Java is safer than C. But neither language would catch that error _in the typesystem_; it's a runtime error in both languages.
https://simondedeo.com/?p=705
I visit the elderly in a local old folks home where my grandma lived and listen to their stories each month. At least I'll be popular with the ladies when it's my turn to go.
sure maybe a majority of users think they are, but really aren't.

many users of that kind of profile are just outsourcing actual human interaction to dating apps that claim to solve it but are incapable of doing so
" Only ideas can be judged that way and history decides what the bad ideas are." Well, historians do. Subject to change.
Certain Sikh women grow beards as part of their culture. There are quite a few women outside of that who do get beards, for a variety of reasons.

Regardless, even if it was hypothetically only people with medical conditions, then why is bad for them to be represented?
>I think I have been pretty open with my own perspective in TFA.

Perspective and bias are two different things.

>I addressed both of these in TFA, too.

No you didn't, or I wouldn't have asked. You mention proof-of-stake in passing. You also seem to continue to conflate proof-of-work with cryptocurrency in general.

You seem uninterested in discussing these topics further than what you've laid out in your article, which is totally fine. Thanks for taking the time to write and share.
This is the traditional approach and it really blows my mind that so many hammer-syndrome AI/ML/flavor-of-the-month VC spenders haven't simply gone to see for themselves what works on farms. It probably doesn't even register to the casual observer, but planting a careful row of tomatoes with the root ball in a particular direction is a fit for the cultivator tool to come by and turn the soil up on the stem of the young, but now established plant.

That's actually the "weed control at scale" developed in conjunction with the tractor.

I'm not a fan of modern conventional agriculture. The abuse done to topsoil is terrible, and we need better systems. But new systems need to keep their eye on the ball and the ball is a John Deere pulling a 40-foot cultivator across a field while the "operator" reads twitter ( or <verb>s Clubhouse ) only looking up to mind the turns.

Everything starts somewhere, but just because your tech has ML and Laserbeams doesn't mean it passes the tool/toy test.
Same as with this one:
>> If a single role is as expensive as thousands of workers, it is surely the prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy.

There's no logic, it's just catchy sound bite that when said makes some people feel smart and forward looking.
I'm deeply confused by the way the author keep referencing race in this article, while describing traits and actions that reflect poor/horrible management and people skills. Are they using 'whiteness' as a shield because they see 'attacking' women in leadership as taboo?

There's really no behavior I can find described here that seems related to race or 'whiteness'. We've all seen men, women, and PoC act abusive as managers...
> Just because you're not a journalist doesn't mean you can't be ethical.

I think this is my favourite HN comment of the year so far!
I'm not sure that's really the reason, but at the same time it seems the overall tendency is to invest more in machinery and automation rather than pay better wages.
> There’s one caveat: The hackers have to convince a user to download or run an app that’s not in the App Store or allowed by Apple. But once that’s done, the malware won’t be stopped by any of the Mac’s defensive tools. For anyone still running an unpatched macOS, Wardle’s advice was simple: “Don’t open anything from anybody.”

This... doesn't sound that bad. It's still the state of affairs on other OSes, right? Don't run random executables from the internet
Can you put a link to your comment in your original blog post? I am really happy to hear from you what you meant, and adding that to the original might help the message.

Also, I was one of the readers that managed to interpret your original basically the way you meant it. (One thing that helped is that I had previously read your criticisms of Go.)

I am curious though: what do you think about structured concurrency? It was your post that made me search for a better solution than async/await, and I am of the opinion that structured concurrency might be better. Am I wrong?
I think there is a lot more quid pro quo than you think. Lobbiests are NOT usually just regular people. They're usually paid agents.
> Why on earth would I spend the time and effort to write up a well sourced research paper to satisfy some random request on hacker news?

According to your own words: Because you are trying to explain your position and enjoy talking about it.
Yes, but assuming equal mass of radio active material and identical radiation output something with a half-life of 1000 years is less dangerous, radiation-wise (it still might be more poisonous)

Caesium is often brought up in this kind of discussions. I think one reason might be because it decays fast enough to be harmful and still slow enough to be harmful for considerable time.

Another reason might be that more of it gets released in your typical nuclear accident. I wouldn’t know whether that is true.
earlier discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26916237
Happens to me all the time too, super annoying. If I'm outside and the suns out its even worse.
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That is simple: because CEO's need to be the best of the best.

Most professions require an average performer. Building my house didn't require the best of the best. Programming software doesn't require the best of the best.

But there are other professions where you need (to be) the best of the best: athletes, musicians, authors, ... . Coincidentally also the professions where the top performers make a crazy amount of money, and the average ones starve.

If you invest your money into a company, and hire an average CEO, you company will be crushed by a competitor that hired the top of the top CEO.

That is why shareholders are willing to pay so much money, because they are fishing in the same pond as their competitors, and will be crushed when picking the average performer.
The proxied safe browsing feature also launches as part of this release: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26110928
The EU as a bloc will presumably have a less dynamic AI sector as a result I suppose. I’m fine with that personally, but perhaps I’m a bit of a luddite on this issue. I just believe we should cast a very close watch on any algorithm that could make decisions about citizens. If anything, the current laws do not go far enough in my opinion, but that’s another conversation entirely.
Face unlock for Samsung phones provides no security unlike FaceId. So really Samsung just has a fingerprint scanner.

https://www.samsung.com/ph/support/mobile-devices/can-you-un...
Yeah a paragraph is way, way too much. Probably made you look desperate. Stick to a sentence
It's so pointless for most men anyways, as women compete for the top 10% of men (woman get plenty of options on those platforms anyways) while men might compete for maybe 90% of women. I know my brother would just swipe "yes" to pretty much all women, hoping at least a few women would respond. And I bet he's not alone in doing this.
Ask HN: GPA on Resume (Failed Out Freshman Year and Returned)
Hi all,

When applying for jobs, I fear being judged for having initially failed out of school due to mental illness even though my grades--and entire life--have turned around since.

I started college in 2011, unfortunately, I developed fairly severe manic depression. Reluctant to return home, I pushed through three semesters anyway, and my GPA slowly tanked each semester: 2.8, 1.7, 0.5. Cumulatively, that's 1.5.

Years later, after working as a software engineer, I decided to finish my degree (same school), mostly to prove I could finish. And I just finished! My GPA this time around has been a 3.7--including several graduate level math courses. I also double majored.

My cumulative GPA, including the time I failed out, however, barely scrapes above a 3.0.

Now for the conundrum. I've heard from many people that not listing my GPA is a red flag, while a breath later saying the 3.0 would raise concerns.

- Do I just list the 3.0 and hide the fact that I failed out?

- Do I list the 3.7 and the 1.5 and give additional context?

- How much context should I give on the resume? The interview?

- Should I just not list the grade point average?

Any advice would be much appreciated!
It doesn't seem _mundane_, it seems safe. They meet via social proof rather than via randomness.
>The US lacks the infrastructure to leverage talent or capacity domestically

I dont think infrastructure is the root of our (US) problem. We do have a skills, and talent gap. not just in "tech jobs" like many people think but at factory floor level as well.

Even if they could open the factories tomorrow finding people to fill those jobs will be hard.
Dating sites are not actually designed to help you find relationships.

They are designed to leave you constantly questioning the relationship you're in, knowing you could always find something better around the corner. They might get signups because people believe they can find a partner, but they keep customers because those people are addicted to the game of newer, "better" lovers.

It's another of many cases of businesses that claim to solve one problem, but really solve a different one that's not in the user's best interest.
I learned something. But would have been better (easier) if the snippets of code only included the css in question and not fonts/backgrounds etc. I had to read each a few times to find the relevant bits.
This Stanford study (2017) says 39% of hetero couples meet online today. Wow, that's really high if true: https://www.statista.com/chart/20822/way-of-meeting-partner-...
From what I understand, you risk getting margin called if the value of ethereum drops below the loan amount, so wouldn't you potentially need a large cash pool to offset that risk anyway?
Pitching your early stage startup
It's just getting attention now.

Something like this needs time.

Normal government does not monitor btc as closely as people on hn.
I wonder if that's by design? without careful curation it could be an abomination
Only if by “meet somebody” you mean for casual sex only. If you wanted an actual girlfriend you were (and probably still are) better off meeting through friends or in-person activities that demonstrate actual shared interests beyond getting drunk.
I really want FPGAs(and dev tools) to succeed. With proper commitment, FPGA can really shine in designing efficient ML algorithms, Database engines, networking stack, cryptography etc.

I have seen enormous potential building up in FPGA development tools in last few years, they have reduced the complexity of development and release cycle time significantly but not quite close to Java/JS/Go/Python/others. Time to market is still dominant factor over elegant and efficient software design.
Agreed. Creating small, achievable tasks to start my day gives me some easy "little victories" which provide some confidence to tackle harder problems. Often tiny things like "send an email to X" or "write JIRA ticket for Y".

Sounds stupid, but it really tricks my brain into not procrastinating on the more important tasks.
"and then $15-$20 per drink so you wouldn't be wandering around without a drink in your hand"

Wow. This is the first time I've heard anyone express this concern.

It boggles my mind that anyone would care about being seen without a drink in their hand.

What consequences do you imagine will come from that?
macOS Big Sur 11.3
Cloudflare rallies the troops to fight off another so-called patent troll
> Yes, but the amounts are tiny. Would you pay an extra 10 cents a pound for your produce? That amount would be life changing for farmers.

You underestimate the percentage of the income some people spend on food. That's why agriculture is heavily subsidised.
this is my first time seeing the `place-items` property. at first glance I have no idea how it relates to `align-items` or `justify-content`. Feels like the grid API is getting a bit too cumbersome but maybe its just me.
If you have a gaming desktop and do a complete system wipe, you will be downloading several terabytes of data in backups and games.

Most AAA games these days are in 100GB range, and a steam library of my friends occupies a couple of TB. Also Dropbox / Onedrive give you 1TB of space, and is easy to fill it up with videos and photos.

A continous stream of 1.7 megabits, seems reasonable on both FTTC and FTTH, and maybe even on a xDSL. Definately more systainable than GPU mining
I paid for OKCupid once for a month or so, because I always had like 25 likes (for multiple years now) I couldn't see and I was curious.

I could see my like and in that paid month my likes almost doubled.

I didn't act on them, because I wasn't interested in the people who liked me. But I wouldn't see this as a OKC problem. Overall I had the impression, I got my moneys worth.
> It’s been a whole year since the pandemic started and video calls are still terrible.

Because it's hard. Just going through the list in the article:

> Use a cable to connect to the Internet

Difficult if your house isn't wired for ethernet and the modem is in an inconvenient spot, or in a room which contradicts tip #4. Do you let a long cable drift along the floor?

Powerlines will work in some houses, but not others, and can occasionally introduce their own connectivity problems.

> Make sure your upload speed is >3 Mbps

And if your ISP doesn't offer that much upload bandwidth, well then I guess you're SOL.
Why would you stake at 7.8% when you can earn 10% on celsius ATM? Honest question.
It says "and add", not "to add". So I'd say the new jobs are just a side-effect.
Dynamic video ads are getting a bit scary
Not sure, but it says "UI inteRgration" on the frontpage...
Event that is pretty rare in startups IME. Typically it might be 2x-3x a (truly) sr. dev, but CEO's in "proper" startups tend to be equity heavy and salary light, like other employees. Equity difference will be a much higher multiple than salary.
that's anecdotal evidence and has nothing to do with your risk of encountering a swat team