skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The cost is literally the entire point of reusability, though. In case of Space Shuttle, the reusability of orbiter module achieved very little - between inspections and fixups of the orbiter, rebuilding SSME, building new external tanks, and expensive refurbs of the SRBs (where it was arguably cheaper to build new ones - a dip in salt water is very bad for rockets), the whole program was so expensive that the US would've been better off launching people in throwaway return capsules on regular rockets.

Meanwhile, SpaceX is actually landing the rocket in upright position. No salt water dip. The whole rocket is so cheap and procedure is so normalized that by this point, most people have lost count as to how many flights a given F9 first stage already had. I think they've already flown at least one booster 6 times. This is how true reusability looks like - saving money, increasing cadence, and well on its way towards the ultimate goal: being able to land a rocket, refuel it, and launch it again, all within couple hours at most.
Funny, I've been hearing that argument since the 1990s yet here we are. This concept isn't new, military aircraft were been hardened against electronic attack for years by limiting them to very simple software loaded from tape.

There's a kind of product life cycle where people build tough robust systems with state-of-the-art technology, then those become dominant to the point where it seems superfluous, and people see opportunity in reducing inefficiency, overengineering etc., and adding new and genuinely beneficial features instead.
There's a surprising amount of lock-in for corporate customers. They'll be using proprietary software which is only certified for Intel (for reasons which can sometimes be real). They could be using the Intel compiler which as far as I know still pessimizes on AMD. Also it's not necessarily cheaper to move your workloads to AMD if that involves buying new hardware (if on-prem) and retesting everything or having to go to all your software suppliers to check if they support AMD.

Personally I switched to AMD hardware a couple of years ago and haven't looked back, but corporations don't do that.
Check out SMPY - here's an image of their results showing that academic output, patents, tenure, income continues to increase well beyond IQ 135. Details in the later links.

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4b8ThyfDgzs/U29nQEBAQTI/AAAAAAAAE...

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

https://my.vanderbilt.edu/smpy/

The obvious question is, if IQ (or whatever SAT is measuring) is irrelevant, why is it so predictive of lifetime academic output?

Also, people try to attack the SAT as nothing more than test prep - but I don't think that argument works well because it supposes you can produce kids who score 700 on the math SAT before age 13; such a training program has never been observed.
> If there was a fire on the internet, and I could only save one website, it would be you Wikipedia.

Well said, I concur, and I'm borrowing your quote for my fortunes file.
I would love something like this, but for Firefox. Does anyone have any recommendations?
As an initial primer I would recommend Cornell’s Functional Programming class that teaches OCaml: https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs3110/2019sp/textbook/in...

After that, I would recommend the new (beta) version of Real World OCaml — it gets a lot more in depth about more advanced language features: https://dev.realworldocaml.org/toc.html
Only 30% left and they were about 60 people before that, so it might still be true. It's likely that it's only about 22 cities now though.
> nervous about not finding any brands that I was familiar with

Every "amazing" supplement I hear about encounters this problem. It has become laughable just how scammy/scummy some of the packages look.

Here's one of the more recent https://www.amazon.com/Thermal-Non-Stimulant-Thermogenic-Bur...

It's recommended by a seemingly serious and reputable doctor. I'm not buying it though.

The problem is that the supplement market has the incentive to maximize short-term marketing since their isn't any defensibility without a "proprietary" formula, which is a red flag in itself.
If you want to use OCaml-like GADTs and pattern matching in Python then there is the Haxe -> Python route.

The Haxe compiler is actually written in OCaml and its type system is influenced by it.
“Toe the line” is pretty much a synonym to work within the system.
I would say that's almost more disagreeable than conscientious.

Conscientious can almost be better described as 'consistent', 'doing what you say you're gong to do', 'being responsible'.

I think you might be hinting at the right thing ...

.. but 'weighing evidence in a very highly deliberative, judicial fashion' - might not be the best example of that.

Extolling the Judgment, might even land on the disagreeable side. For example, the Judge who finds a supposed murderer 'not guilty' even with the mobs of people chanting 'guilty' outside the courthouse.

I don't think 'disagreeableness' is necessarily even the right word, it's more like 'will have their own opinion even if it makes them unpopular'.

I almost think that those Big 5 could be reoriented in a way that divides people as those inclined towards populist outcomes vs. those inclined towards judicial, principled, truthful ones.
You make fair points in that micro services are not a silver bullet, the functional wins I perceive aren't automatic and I intentionally build a service in that way to get the functional benefits.

So yes there is a caveat, if a service doesn't return the same output for the same input then some benefits of the approach are lost. I would like to add an additional benefit for teams of programmers, in that each team gets the ability to build out a service using whichever technology they find suitable i.e language, frameworks etc. Something I personally find difficult to do with a monolith.
Yeah I remember talking to my grandfather a few years ago and he made a comment about cars being so fragile now. One accident and they crumple costing thousands to fix when "back in the day" it would just be a bent bumper. I explained that in the old days the car was built sturdier and survived but the people had worse odds, now the car is sacrificed to take the brunt of the force. That finally clicked for him as he remembered quite a few friends being in life threatening crashes back then but barely any today.
I'm not doubting it is different in other places and circles. I personally just haven't seen it.

>SMS unfortunately cannot share pics and videos, and location

MMS can. Not only that but it is only old people that use these things according to the younger people I know. Just today I read an article about emojis: It's only for old people. Matches my experience perfectly. These chatsnsill soon die out and be replaced by something different.
hauls our old grindstone of GChat refusing to do XMPP federation
Pretty sure this was the start of the downfall. If we had a time machine, go back and convince the Google and Facebook PMs / mgmt who made the decision to not try to extend / support XMPP, maybe the world would be different today. I wonder if one could quantify how much global warming was caused by those decisions.
Not sure what your usecase is, but I bought a used 3950X for $633 (with tax) in January to use for a homeserver build. You could buy an X570 mobo and a used 3950X for now, and upgrade to the 5950X if you decide you need it.
If that's true, you're right—that has not aged well. I meant that he has aged well as a performer, which is what that interview was. I've added that qualifier to my comment above.

Generally though, I don't think it's that hard to separate. Everyone is a combo of good and bad–that's how humans are. It's childish to expect otherwise. The fashion of denouncing historical figures by anachronistic standards is especially lame. No one who ever lived would pass such a test.

The related internet habit of saving the worst thing one can say about anybody in a big hash table [1] and then looking it up and repeating it every time the name is mentioned, is also a bit silly. What are we doing when we do that? certainly nothing interesting. But I rant. I take your point that "ages well" needs a qualifier!

Edit: I noticed something else that's mildly interesting—calling this "woke" is also an anachronism. The word that Bowie uses in the interview is "integration". That places him ideologically as a civil rights moderate, and of course wokeness (whatever it may mean) didn't exist yet.

[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
The good thing about being able to do it, is that you're not obligated to do it.

I'd you dont want to pass on anything to your children, you're welcome to spend it all however you see fit. Allowing people to pass it on to whomever they like won't change your ability to do that.
"Hosting wikipedia accounts for roughly 2% of their total expenses" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26056276

The links in the post explain where the stuff is spent.
I like your comment, but I think Electron is only part of the problem. IMHO, the bigger part is that all these apps are built using JavaScript and all the SPA style frontend frameworks. Heavy Javascript-based UIs aren't slow because of Chromium or V8... I wouldn't blame it on them. It's the frontend frameworks and libraries, their design and abstractions, and then as a consequence, how they are used by developers.
Yeah they smell strong, that's why I had to stop bringing them to my job's kitchen office.
I think it depend on usecase, my main laptop at home is an 8GB MacBook Pro from 2013, and it’s completely fine for my use.

If non-technical friends and family ask for computer recommendation I just tell them to get the cheapest Mac. If they want a PC I noticed that they’re normally not to happy about the price if laptops I’ll recommend. You’ll still find Windows laptops with 4GB of RAM (and a terrible screen). The main selling point is the price, $1000 or less (note that’s Danish prices including 25% VAT).
I mean, notPetya claimed to be ransomware, but you couldn't pay the ransom, so yes, at least some ransomware is politically motivated instead of financially motivated.
I agree too. I have the same feeling about Scott Young's newsletters. They both seem talk a lot but don't provide the same level of value they used. Then again, this article is from 2015.

> The best way to improve your ability to think is to actually spend time thinking.

> Good decision makers understand a simple truth: you can’t make good decisions without good thinking and good thinking requires time.

One I still subscribe to is James Clear, I really like his 3-2-1 newsletters every thursday.

One from a few weeks ago:

> "Fear of failure is higher when you're not working on the problem.

> If you are taking action, you are less worried about failure because you realize you can influence the outcome."
This isn't about Russia or the US or politics or anything else you're talking about. It's about the Russian government's particular stance on cybercrime perpetrated against other countries. Unlike most other countries in the world, they explicitly choose to permit it as long as Russian citizens aren't targeted by it.

That's the only thing I'm referring to, here; not anything else their current or past governments or any other country's governments have done or are doing.
> If you're the CEO of a company and a ransomware gang targets you, encrypts the disks of every single server, including backups - leaving you completely inoperable - and messages you with screenshots of all the sensitive documents and PII they'll release if you don't pay, it's hard to just release a PSA telling people to ignore it.

If a company is this incompetent once, it will happen again. Paying a ransom is just giving the company the opportunity to cover it up and collect more PII without punishment or oversight.
Yep, we're hearing 52week lead times on pretty much all microcontrollers at the moment, with more esoteric parts being... somewhat more than that.

A year ago you could buy 10k+ units of most common parts -- in stock -- from each of the major distributors.
None really. All they do is "borrow" with interest.
This is a contextual comment from the date of the 2001 post.

Obviously those criticisms have mostly (and in some case completely) proven false.

A cautionary point on the criticism (and enthusiasm) of contemporary inventions — in any age.
I had high hopes for this article, but it kind of let me down. The tl;dr is that you should slow down and focus in order to make better decisions, and that people suck at multitasking and multitasking makes you stupid.

The article didn’t really get into how to learn how to think.

My opinion is that there are two critical skills to thinking effectively.

The first is to assess each of your “inputs” critically - why do you think that something you know is true (epistemology)? Why do you believe a particular fact? People have a tendency to cherry pick and to accept information unquestioningly if it confirms a bias; you have to constantly challenge yourself not to do this.

The other aspect of effective thinking, IMO, is to work backwards to first principles (challenge those too btw). Extrapolate your thought to extremes and see if it still makes sense- if it doesn’t, you’re likely just rationalizing to come up with your preferred outcome rather than really thinking.

And of course practice. A lot.
Most of the improvements are invisible. Better crumbing zones, better shock absorption, better composite materials. If you watch crash test of a modern car Vs 10-y old car, the later is significantly more dangerous. 20+ year old? Basically a death trap.
This is a dialogue my friend. I don't know what prior knowledge you're bringing to the table so I don't know ahead of time how to explain myself. By interacting and asking questions and me answering (and vice-versa) we can hopefully come closer to understanding one another. I'm not trying to dismiss your questions. I probably just need more from you in order to know how to answer them.

EDIT: And that's not to say I'm necessarily "right" about any of what I'm talking about. It's just an idea, and sometimes ideas can be a little complex and nuanced, which can make them even more difficult to explain.
Even if there was, you need to be aware that the DNA has much more personal information than your name and surname, there can be multiple Joe Does, but probably just you with your DNA. Also Joe Doe doesn't tell anything about your race, sex, appearance, nor conditions while DNA can. Using the DNA you can be traced even if you submit it anonymously e.g. one of your relatives may upload their DNA which will point to you.
It seems a convenient shorthand. Intelligence is surely a multi-dimensional vector, but it’s convenient in a lot of circumstances to talk about its magnitude.

“All models are wrong; some models are useful.”
I didn't eliminate that from my quote?! Apple made their direction a buying argument after iAd, it doesn't mean they didn't had a stance before it.

If you believe Apple's marketing, how do you explain Google not bowing to China and therefore not bowing to China's influence, while Apple seems to be doing just that.

Eg.
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-china-censorship-apps-flag...

Caring about user privacy shouldn't have exceptions, no?
Getting good grades is a grind.

Being 'sufficiently smart' - plus - being organized, diligent, applying yourself consistently, will probably get you better grades than being a disorganized genius.

If everyone had the same IQ, then University grades would be actually a really, really good measure of raw conscientiousness.
And cans update the maps, except in a rare, cumbersome and expensive manner.
While it seems that we're not in a position to discuss this issue, I am extremely interested (and worried) about the rise of prescription stimulants specifically as it relates to meritocracy and credentialing.
No, it's actually quite accurate. In many cases, the games were allowed to be sold on any platform and digital service _except_ Steam. Epic was, quite literally, paying developers to not sell on Steam.
Do you think it was astro-turfed to the front page?

Or does HN get that giddy about Google controversy that they'll upvoted without reading?
Perhaps it could be framed differently. Clojurescript has unlocked new levels of productivity for him/her.
And if you had walked out the door they would have run after you to take the cash deal AND given you the discount. You think they prefer to deal with the time and uncertainty of putting you through a loan application, when they could pocket the same sale in cash? Nobody is coming out with less money on a loan purchase vs. cash, except the buyer.
This is a mailing list from 2001, they mostly still look like that nowadays.
Absolutely, the bloat has grown far faster among web apps. A modern VR game with many GB of assets handling vastly more difficult computations at super low latency can often still fit in 8GB of memory.

It's mind blowing that trivial tasks like editing a google sheet document have come to consume even remotely comparable resources. Google sheets as it existed 8 years ago was snappier and more responsive while using far less memory.

There seems to be more competition among games than "productivity" software when it comes to performance. It begs the question of how bad things will continue to become before it starts affecting the bottom line.
Based on:

https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/09/27/against-individual-iq-...
I'm sure there are folks here who would disagree but I'd generally trust mainstream global news sources like The Economist, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. (Which is not to say they don't get stories or even whole narratives wrong.)
A webserver, as bare minimum, should be able to serve static files from the disk - but you are correct, there is no such definition, so this is an opinion.

Regardless, calling envoy a webserver is misleading: it's both more and less, than a "traditional" webserver. It's a proxy; call it a proxy, please.
I found them invaluable, especially BSM saved me from a lot of near-crash situations. When dealing with fast deadly chunks of metal every % of reduced chance of death is a good investment in my book.
Lenovo kind of does this with their Legion laptop brand.
Those are sold for the "gamer"/"enthusiast" markets, so they don't have the premium support you get with pro ones (Though you can get an upgradee where they dispatch someone to your house for repairs. I think it costs something like 80€ (~100$) in France ?), nor the premium features (Not sure you could track the laptop if stolen, no ECC support...)

But on the other hand, they are clearly thought more as "hybrids" than other gamer laptops:
- The UEFI lets you decide if you want to enable/disable the intel chipset (Useful when you want to be sure everything goes to the GPU/want to use things that don't work well with NVidia's Optimus)
- Lightweight and easy to put in a bag. Not one of those 5 inches thick laptops that weight 5 kilograms
- The look is made not to scream "gamer laptop !".
- Wide configuration range for a single chassis.

Also not that expensive, even for consumer-grade standard. Got one with i7-9750h/RTX2060/16GB/512GB NVMe for 1100€/1350$ one year ago.
I agree. It is something I often say: "Wikipedia is probably the biggest collaborative project in human history."
They should indeed be required to report such incidents. But banning the paying of ransoms is also foolhardy, I think, even though the US has now officially declared that paying ransoms is illegal.

They're hoping to game-theoretically reduce ransomware attacks with this policy, but I'm not sure if it'll work. (It might be working to an extent, though, because in the interview I reference in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27097061, the ransomware operator says he's concerned about this policy.)
> If IQ is important, maybe it's just that intelligent people know how to take personality tests.

What even is intelligence?

I know that IQ is what IQ tests measure, but what is intelligence?

People say my dog is intelligent, but only in response to her displays of obedience to my commands, I've noticed. I silently translate their comment about intelligence to mean "your dog is obedient."

Does an IQ test measure what makes good employees?

Does an IQ test measure what makes good employers?

Does an IQ test measure what makes good entertainers?

Does an IQ test measure what makes good leaders?

Does an IQ test measure what makes good entrepreneurs?

Does an IQ test measure what makes good spouses?

Does an IQ test measure what makes good neighbours?

Does an IQ test measure what makes good friends?

If an IQ test could measure some factor that leads to happiness, I might consider that factor to be "intelligence". But the things that make people happy vary on an individual basis, as well as over time and circumstances, so how could that be encapsulated in one static test for everybody?
Only 35 points. I don’t think there’s any need for astroturfing allegations.
Very fun browsing the links… one of my favorite is [the article](https://web.archive.org/web/20010409192226/http://www.wikipe...) on Larry Sanger, who's listed as co-creator of Wikipedia and CEO of Nupedia, a predecessor project. To be honest I hadn't heard of him before. A fun quote:

> Presently living in Las Vegas for a few months and then it's on to Russia for a few more months; possibly Ireland after that… Larry can move around like this because he works online. You should be envious. He would be if he weren't he.

And here's the less flavorful [Jimbo Wales article](https://web.archive.org/web/20010412200157/http://www.wikipe...), in which he mentions this in the comment thread:

> [druglady.com is] my mom and dad's pharmacy. I made a website for her. It's on the same machine as wikipedia. That will probably change soon, as we are rearranging things.

> I have many websites.
If Apple makes up a monopoly in a given market by some important metric - be that userbase, units sold, revenue $ or %, etc. - then those alternatives may not be meaningful or reasonable for developers.
Dr Brad Stanfield has done quite a few videos over the last few months on NMN and they have been quite informative. Lots of fantastic info on current research, etc.

Great channel and I really like that he use Cochrane Reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f46mHDvdHcE
> What am I supposed to search for
SUV?