skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
IME big box store prices are 2-3x that of a real lumberyard for low volumes. I don't think they're reflective of the rest of the market, especially at high volumes. When you're talking an order of 100 or 1000+ board feet from a lumberyard, it's a completely different story. I've had situations where the last mile delivery fee alone was 25% of the cost, not including the cost to get it to the lumberyard in the first place.
Rotaries are a funny case. Look good on paper. Thermal efficiency issues. Smog. Seals. Noise control difficulties. Weird patches like bridge ports.

For modern passenger cars, it's kind of like overcoming the difficulties of two-stroke.

In anti-defense of 4-stroke ICE, it seems to me like we are hitting peak wacky complexity of those. Variable timing cams, turn off the cylinders, direct port injection, turbos, variable intake, complicated ECU. It's a far cry from a flathead 6 or VW flat 4.

Thank God electric cars are becoming more available, although I fear increasingly complex cooling and battery management and the 1000 things a software guy is going to add to them.
The chilling effect versus attempts to fix things
I second this. It’s a bit cumbersome, but it’s required reference reading for any serious Bash scripting.
Speakers and computer components are great examples of where companies provide less tangible benifits in quality control and customer support.
OSX's Keyboard prefs lets you define custom menu shortcuts for any program. Sadly there's no global interface for stuff like "hold this to zoom" so you still have to deal with whatever the program's developer thought sounded good.
Some of the big loot box mobile games in fact use this model to pull in more revenue - they sell soundtracks or other goods at marked-up prices that happen to include in-game bonuses you'd otherwise be giving Apple 30% for.
You and I agree. But the "gatekeepers" on Hacker News believe that if something's not "hip" enough for them, it has no value and nobody should be enjoying it.
Just not, like, power over people or world economies or anything of the sort. :)
Hollow fiber would almost reach full light speed:

https://www.nojitter.com/enterprise-networking/hollow-fiber-...

https://www.rp-photonics.com/hollow_core_fibers.html
It's been probably about 8 years or so since I touched QEMU, but at the time the performance was unusable (on a modest system) compared to a very usable virtualbox or vmware. IIRC, I was just trying to run win XP on Windows 7.

How do things stand these days?

Also, given that QEMU is somewhat platform independent, how well does it run an x86 OS on top of an ARM chip?
Say that you own an auto repair facility. You have 10 mechanics who have applied, and all ten have previous experience on their resume.

How would you interview them, so as to choose the best candidate the first time?
I dont buy that this tax will meaningfully reduce investment. With interest rates on bank accounts and and bonds so low, there really is no way to keep up with even relatively low levels of inflation without investing in stocks. People aren't stupid, they aren't going to make investments with a 0.5% rate of return just to spite the state.
Honestly you'd probably be more qualified than some of the companies the UK government has been dealing with recently.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/30/no-deal-bre... for example (and it's got worse since)
Equality is the least of your problems if you multiple instances of the same entity floating around.
> It was the most simple, intuitive way to customize app keyboard shortcuts I've ever seen

IFF you knew about it. Gnome X.X has always suffered from poor interface intuitivity, while simultaneously having some great UI/UX features.
Hence why Apple thinks that they can get away with charging 30% just for access to the platform. I’m really having a hard time understanding the other side of this argument. Apple largely keeps to themselves and doesn’t mess with other markets.

Competition among products on the shelves of Kroger seems like such a silly thing.
To add, there are very few "Arch-isms" beyond package installation. Sometimes you'll be instructed to confugure something up that your distro has already preconfigured, and very rarely a new version of something will change enough to make the guide unhelpful with an old version. Most of it should translate fine though.

And if you use duckduckgo, !aw.
I'm tired of crypto. It has no value and it will end badly for lots of people.
We can probably bring back The Linux Documentation Project (https://tldp.org/index.html) from its slumber with a fresh coat of paint
That's not how it works in practice. If anything, it pre-filters the next group of haters so you don't have to deal with them in the future, but it also lines up the sensible people.
Isn’t this roughly what Julia does?
It worked. But I remember Media Temple being slower than their competition. Seemed to have to pay a performance penalty for the "grid".
So one big difference is this tails the bin log (as a replication slave), while Hasura polls. Hasura makes that polling efficient by multiplexing the polling queries transparently so they send one query to poll N queries on the same table with the same shape.

But once you're polling a large percentage of your whole data set, the bin log approach has a clear advantage.
I had a lot of PTO accumulated from years of FTE, mostly unused. Talked with my manager to get approval for starting a side business, then used the PTO to get 1-2 days a week to work on it (also with manager's approval of course). I did this for 4 months and by the time my PTO ran out I was ready to go for it and quit. The plan was, if after 2~3 months it doesn't start to get off the ground, rethink my plans and probably not quit.
Ask HN: How much money did you have when you retired?
Hi there,

I'm a young, 30-something programmer/manager working in silicon valley for the last ~12 years at decent paying jobs. I've been saving and investing for a while now and currently have a net worth of ~4.5mm USD (650k of that is my primary residence).

Lately, I've been thinking about "retiring" to no longer work in tech, take a year or two off, and rediscover what excites me. The thought of not working does scare me a bit, however.

I'm curious: for those of you who've "retired", how much money did you have when you called it quits and what is your life like now?

Thank you! (Using a throwaway as my main account is well known.)
I spent about 15 minutes trying to create a custom Distance function in Google Sheets:

const DISTANCE = function(a, b) {
[latA, lonA] = a.split(",");
[latB, lonB] = b.split(",");
latA=parseFloat(latA);
lonA=parseFloat(lonA);
latB=parseFloat(latB);
lonB=parseFloat(lonB);

return 2 * 6371000 * ASIN(SQRT((SIN((latB*(3.14159/180)-latA*(3.14159/180))/2))^2+COS(latB*(3.14159/180))*COS(latA*(3.14159/180))*SIN(((lonB*(3.14159/180)-lonA*(3.14159/180))/2))^2))
}

So that I could just paste concatenated "lat,lon" coords in place of the AWS region names and just compute e.g.

=DISTANCE(A2,B1)

Into a second sheet, and then just divide the first sheet by the second sheet as a third sheet.

but I kept getting some "#NAME" error and I don't have time to figure it out.

Bad UX, Google. This should have been easy.

Better yet, you're freaking Google, why isn't there a DISTANCE("Hong Kong", "Singapore", "straightline") function?

I have to get back to work but if someone can figure the rest of this out please comment back.
> Hm I'm surprised that sqlite seemed to introduce some sort of cross compilation issue? I would have thought it's very easy to cross compile.

To be fair, it might not be a problem / or might be very easy to resolve. I do vaguely recall problems cross compiling on Windows but that was a while ago. However given this is quite an experimental feature I think it's still fair not bundling it with the default build.

> I'd be interested to see some examples of the 'select' builtin. (I also think it's nicer if SQL queries start with "from", but sqlite doesn't seem to support that, unlike LINQ and I think a few other SQL engines)

I actually drop the FROM clause because that felt superfluous to needs for one table queries. An example:

ps aux | select count(*), user GROUP BY user ORDER BY 1

https://murex.rocks/docs/optional/select.html
I wouldn't call an exclusivity agreement reasonable.
The text immediately before the first image says “You can drag it around to see it from other angles”. Our attention spans are deteriorating quickly…
1. TSMC pay its employees well compare to other companies in Taiwan. they are also know for paying big yearly bonus.

2. this news is interesting. i'm guessing we have reach to the point where Taiwan have to use this tactic to prevent brain drain. it also shown us how aggressive China is to make Made in China 2025, a reality. semis chip is the biggest China import.

3. there are several news about China poaching TSMC employees before. this is really going to test TSMC, from what i understand their high end node production process is componentized and not one person know the whole process from start to end. we'll see if that is true.
general "people are leaving basecamp" threads:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998127

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998018
RAF pilot: 'utterly horrific' drone warfare gave me PTSD
Yeah , the Apple tax makes Apple lazy and focus on how to suck even more, also makes some rich dudes richer while government tax goes into research, schools, roads etc.

Apple tax should not exist, you should pay for what you use or have freedom to chose exactly how you can chose web hosting companies and plans.
https://linuxjourney.com/

http://write.flossmanuals.net/command-line/introduction/
Here's the equivalent for GCP, FYI: https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/fc733b10-9744-4a...

Ironically less colorful. :)
> Where's your data to support this?

Multiple mobile/security companies publish annual malware reports, for example here is Nokia's Threat Intelligence Report for 2020 (https://www.nokia.com/networks/portfolio/cyber-security/thre...):

Figure 3 provides a breakdown of infections by device type in 2020. Among smartphones, Android devices are the most commonly targeted by malware. Android devices were responsible for 26.64% of all infections, Windows/PCs for 38.92%, IoT devices for 32.72% and only 1.72% for iPhones.

I wouldn't say this is "just fine". Perhaps you (and most HN commenters) have the technical knowledge to avoid installing malware but the vast majority of people using these devices do not.
If you like these kind of animations, I found this website a while ago: https://jacoboneal.com

*Graphic designer & 3D artist. Creator of animagraffs.com
The announcement of buy-out offers came later.
Google: Unfortunately, Roku often engages in these types of tactics in their negotiations

Yes sure, Google, always the victim in these situations.
I haven't tried it, but you might be able to use Chrome via WINE to get the Widevine support Netflix requires.

Back in the day, I was able to use Android Flash plugins on x86 Linux browsers by loading them with binfmt_misc. You might be able to use binfmt_misc in a similar manner with WINE.
If you're in the US, have you explored https://healthcare.gov ?
You would absolutely have to back away from free-trade with low-wage countries for this, but in the restaurant/retail side of things it's not as big of a consideration, because not many people cross borders to do that in a country as big as the U.S. But for many industries it is absolutely a consideration (e.g. agriculture).
This is equivalent to paying more to move one's ebay listing up the page,
except instead of money, it's sweat equity of dashing off a separate email. I
shall automate an email with every vanilla upvote I make to defeat this
initiative.
My family moved into our newly built home in the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Oct. of last year. We were part of the first group of buyers in a relatively new plan of higher-end homes.

Since Oct. of last year, the base price of our model has gone up $215,000 and every lot in this phase (phase 1) has now sold. I suspect at least half of that increase is materials, and the rest is due to market demand.

The market is just crazy and in talking to my builder he has said supply shortages could last through EOY and into next.
I don't understand how cannot code would even hold a job for more than a month.
My first thought too. I could find no mention of why this project chose this particular name. It feels like it’s only a matter of time before lawyers descend.
"what precedent are we setting by legally mandating what a corporation can do on a platform they solely built? "

They key word is 'platform'.

It's designed for 'broad public consumption', this is different than other, purely internal aspects of their service.

So Ford or GM cannot stop you from buying other vendors stuff and tweaking your car. The very thought would be absurd. A car is designed to be at very least maintained, they can void warranties etc. but not have absolute control.

BMW is stricter about those things, which is fine, but it's still outside of their control.

Finally, I think the reach of the platforms actually does matter - once something becomes a public good, we treat it differently.

Imagine if the electric company in 1921 only ever let you buy appliances 'made by them' suited for 'their electricity', it's just not good.

A similar situation is MS using their platform monopoly to dominate other areas, such as MS Office, which I think should have been regulated as well. Using a platform monopoly, companies can definitely dominating adjacent economies - even while providing an inferior product or experience, which is bad for everyone.

To your point, it's probably worthwhile for us to start defining in legal terms what we mean by 'platform' so the rules can be applied fairly.
Mixed Boolean Arithmetic Obfuscation
I did it the first time back in 2009 when I was laid-off from HP. I was in close contact with external teams in India doing programming work for the projects I was in. So when bad news came, I asked the engagement managers from those companies if I could partner with them in case I decided to run my own business selling outsourced dev work in India. One of the answers was: "Not really. We are too expensive for you... but, I can put you in contact with my cousin who runs a much smaller company with prices you can afford". So I went ahead that way and ran my business in partnership with this Indian company for 4 years. It was a remarkable experience for a first time entrepreneur.
Yes! If you factor in businesses running ads, and even Google search usage for work-related tasks, you could argue that Google is skewed B2B. In the long run, I think MS and Google have the same goal: serve businesses a buffet of services they need to operate: productivity, cloud, ads.
Is the Global Foundries Dresden 22nm fdsoi plant "long since obsolete"?
Have you worked with medical oxygen in a practical setting? People are desperate and might give this a try. In real medical scenario, O2 is provided as LMO (liquid medical oxygen) with 99.5% purity. It is given to patients via equipment that is meant to regulate pressure and flow-rate.

> Connect it to oxygen supply through a breathing bag. Make some holes in the breathing bag. Eye the calculation so that incoming oxygen displaces at least 10 times the volume of exhaled CO2

You first need a clean and secure place to store it at pressure enough to be continuously consumed by a living breathing human.

Generating oxygen with this means will inevitably result in mixing impurities via the coating on the electrodes or any pre-existing corrosion on the electrodes. Salts mixed into lye, soda, or other salts added to increase conductivity, can result in toxic chlorine and chloride fumes. Heating at the electrode will result in further unexpected fumes.

You are suggesting plastic equipment around a 200A electrodes. If plastic is melting around the electrodes, imagine those fumes also mixing in.

These are just few of the problems that comes to my mind. I am sure an actual expert will know better. Please refrain from posting such garbage, especially medical information.
I have an AEK64 (https://i.redd.it/jqm5upnc1gfx.jpg) that I've been using for the past 4+ years.

It's a 60% keyboard that I built by harvesting the switches (dampened cream ALPS) and Keycaps (PBT Dye Sub) from an Apple Extended Keyboard II, and then using Hasu's PCB and a custom laser cut plate and wooden case.

It's comfortable to type on (those old ALPS switches are much better than the modern switches), quiet, the keycaps are mac specific, and it looks great. I find no real downsides to a 60% layout, especially since it's programmable so I can map the keys however I want.

I went through a ton of different keyboards (everything from a Model M to an ortholinear to an Ergodox to a Topre board), and haven't found anything that I like better. So much so that I built 2 of them (for home and work) and then sold most of my other boards.
> Top brass in the U.S. military is saying an invasion is likely within the decade

So you're saying if China/Russia/Iran did not have any plans whatsoever, the US generals would just say "Alrighty, you can now defund us!". Those guys will cry wolf any day to get those sweet $billions.
I wonder if this also explains something with TikTok.

If you want to respond to video, you can use a feature called Duet, and this places the original video and your video side by side. But, to my surprise, it places the original video on the right and the response video on the left.

TikTok was apparently launched in China before going international. Maybe to a Chinese audience, this layout is more natural?
Not quite.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-urges-50-billion-to-boost...
That's not, however, what the system incentivizes. It incentivizes using the cheapest energy period. Miners are not incentivized to care even the tiniest little bit about where the energy comes from - as evidenced by them re-opening coal plants. [1]

It's literally un-doing the progress we've made towards a renewable energy market.

It's a fantasy that (a) there's actually tons of energy floating around out there in the wild that can't be stored in some way or transported in some way and (b) that co-locating miners there is more economical than throwing some coal onto the fire.

[1] https://qz.com/1250980/an-australian-coal-power-plant-will-r...
Problem Space. Shipping Space
How Dire America's Pokémon Card Crisis Is
> Now "right to repair" includes not only designing devices to be easier to repair but also includes legacy software support?

Any right to repair law that doesn't also include provisions to ensure you can run your own code on the device is hobbled. How "repairable" is a device that is cloud based but they disabled the cloud service?

I don't care that manufacturers support the software beyond what they've contractually signed up for, but I do care that I'm not left holding a brick afterwards by design. As long as the capability exists to put other firmware that exists on the device, or write my own, I'm protected from that, at least in the general case. If nobody has provided that firmware and I can't do it myself, that's still a situation I think it many times better than the alternative.
One word, "marfa".
Presumably they would be poached to work in China and not Taiwan.
Physical property is a government-granted right, with the caveat that if they stop enforcing it you can do that yourself with violence.

If you stop paying property tax you will eventually lose your property.
Qemu is a whole-system or CPU emulator, originally for x86 PCs but now encompassing other systems and architectures.

Where the virtualization bit comes in is with kvm. Kvm is a Linux kernel module that lets you take advantage of x86 CPU hardware virtualization. Qemu can use kvm to provide the virtual CPU while it itself emulates the rest of the PC hardware, resulting in a complete virtual system.

That said, qemu can also emulate the CPU itself, allowing for example an x86 OS to run on an ARM system, or vice versa, but that of course is slower.
I've used this since 1.5 years for sweets (basically daily...). So I take out a few sweets and lock it for a few hours, so that I don't have to fear that I overeat. It works really well and I'm really happy about it. Also, I didn't have to change the batteries once (well, you put in 4 AA batteries but still nice that it's no energy sink).
"Devices aren't built around discrete components anymore."

Your right about most electrical products. That is not the point though. (I know you were just commenting on this article, but I feel strongly over right to repair laws.)

I just want access to parts if they are available. I want access to repair information. I don't care how complicated a devise is--I want to see the factory repair diagrams. There is someone out there who can fab together a computer board if there's a demand for it.

If the company doesn't want to sell parts to consumers so be it, but release the information. Yes--trade secrets make it more difficult, but not impossible.

I would be content (now) with a huge sticker on every product that didn't want to give out information, or sell parts.

Something like, "If you buy this product, the minute the warrany ends, you are on your own. We don't provide any repair information (because you're too stupid to repair, or we are greedy), and never supply parts to anyone. We will never release repair information. So the minute the warranty ends, you will 99.99% of the time gave to buy a New product from us!".

I have a feeling after a few years, companies might put screws back in, and use a bit less epoxy? And poof--repair parts will be shipped overnight, and free?

O.K. right to repair movement is covering more than just electronics.

Like your watch you have on your wrist?

Rolex, and The Swatch Company (own mist watch brands)have pulled all third party parts accounts. Watch companies realized they could use Vertical integration, and "Quality assurance" to bring that watches back to the factory for repair, at factory prices.

I don't want to be in a perpetual lease when I buy a product.
Competing with China seems like a pretty low bar:
imagine google's ban happy AI except that instead of banning you it takes your passport, cuts of government services, and potentially throws you in prison to have your organs harvested.

If you're actually losing employees to that you have a serious moral/retention/communication/pay problem.
Soft Robotic Hand for Stroke Rehabilitation
If you want more context, this article really breaks down what happened internally. There's a lot more to the story than was presented. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26963708
In this vein: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Main_Page
"We're free market!" ... "Whoa whoa, not like that." Seriously just pay these people more.
Google requires you to use them for payments, that's been policy for a while. (They do it because Apple proved you can get away with it)
based on the article, it is not just semiconductor industry, it is ALL job listing. Wow, kinda of extreme.
It is, but solving that problem would entail re-training staff, reduce "productivity", and moreover, cost money... Many companies have cut their IT provision below what is needed to simply stand still.

IT is a cost to their business, not a revenue source. They don't consider the counter-factual of "well, what if we didn't use IT and computers and the internet" when valuing what IT is bringing to their business. If they did, they'd perhaps be willing to spend more.

MBAs don't like spending money on something that doesn't yield them more sales though...
Why? I've spent a lot of time purposely to make it readable and, being dyslexic myself, I've found this final style sheet more readable than 99% of the other sites I visit. But if there are specific problems you're finding then I'd love to hear it
I wouldn't imagine anything besides little personal projects by retro enthusiasts with a machine running CP/M. Speaking of which I should fine me one.