skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks for the advice.

"My best advice is to be transparent with your (potential?) employer (assuming you have nothing to hide) and let them know what you do outside of work hours and see if they will amend your contract suitably."

So I'm in this situation at the moment, and I did exactly this. I sought an employment lawyer's advice with my previous contract, any they suggested in future that I do exactly this.

I asked HR/legal for a "background IP form" or "prior list of inventions form" (it goes by different names), so I could list my project and ensure that they approve it.

I revived a blanket response from legal stating that I didn't need such a form because: either my projects fall outside the scope of the clause, in which case I don't need to worry about it, or they fall within the scope of the clause, in which case they are not wavering anything. And finally that it's up to me to judge whether the project fall inside or out of said clause.

Not overly helpful. I've tried to play it safe by getting approval, but it seems to have lead to a dead end. Not sure hiring a lawyer at this point is worth it if the company is entirely unwilling to engage in the standard professional processes.
$ sthttpd/sbin/thttpd -i thttpd.pid -l `pwd`/access.log -p 8080 -c '/bin/*'
Probably the biggest downside is that the government would lose a major policy tool. If there are no corporate taxes then there's no way to incentivize companies via tax breaks.

It would also become more important to enforce taxation on corporate benefits. If a company provides a car, jet, mansion etc for an executive's personal use, then they need to put a monetary value on that usage and tax it as income. It's not that it's impossible to do that, but it's an additional hurdle for enforcement. Not only do you have to confirm that the company provided the employee X benefit, but you also have to confirm that they valued it appropriately.

Finally, it's just not good politics. It's really hard to sell a plan like this to voters. Even if it doesn't raise the taxes of the average voter, it sounds like you're moving the burden of taxation from rich companies onto the average citizen.

I think there's a lot of economists who love the idea because it really does simplify things. Besides the framing, there's not really a big difference between subsidies or tax breaks. But that third point is probably what kills it.
> Why is it clever to tank an asset that they own?

It's not but that doesn't mean Musk won't do it anyway. He once tanked his own company's stock by smoking cannabis in public. After something like that anything is possible.
Hello.

I wanted to improve my UI/UX skills and I took a challenge. I tweeted 1 tip per day for 50 days.

Then I gathered it into a book.

It's a free one. Thought I ask for your email, I don't sell any ads or whatever, just sending my newsletter weekly. And keep improving :)

They are not something really insightful, rather simple. Still the mistakes are really common.
It's not a public square.

It's a private house open to the public.
> And all you hear from powers that be is global warming and CO2 that drowns out this very immediate, but such a profitable problem.

Uhm... no?

I'm not sure where you got this from or who your "powers that be" are, but I have yet to see a climate change advocate play down other environmental problems. All of those problems are understood to be in need of addressing.

Which is in sharp contrast with climate-change deniers and skeptics, whom I repeatedly see confusing people by directing attention away from climate change to other environmental problems, like talking about air pollution and clean water every time someone mentions climate change.
I am not particular about what the parent wrote. Seeing the story title, I feel compelled to correct the possible misconception.
Oblique Strategies (Brian Eno’s card based method for promoting creativity)
How I understand it he is saying Google is willing to pay for "being wrong" or rather "behaving in certain ways". Now it is just kind of a fee and both sides are happy. Maybe not the perfect situation for the customers but between the two parties and with the current legal framework the deal makes sense. Doesn't it? Should we be surprised about any of the two parties optimizing their position within the given constraints? I think it is quite clear that if another outcome is desired the constraints need to be changed.
Some math is needed here, but intuition tells me 20% of X companies is more than 1% of X + Y companies, Y being those who decide to evade taxes by being incorporated in Ireland.
There is no jail time for such a “crime”.
Oh, no, I wasn't thinking of putting the Pi into the toothbrush. I was thinking of it as a separate device: literally a pushbutton that toggles a GPIO pin that triggers hitting a web API to text you a congratulatory or encouraging message.
Ireland, is far from a rocky poor outcrop. A look at the cost of living indexes will convince anyone. And what is frequently missed on it is that this -surreal COL- is yet another form of indirect taxation on the salaries of people.
So, it's a bit more sinister than letting the companies tax evade. Ireland is moving the tax burden down to its workers, out to the rest of EU and off the big companies and the landlords lobby.

Also "others are not playing well either" is not a convincing argument. Ireland is on par with Cayman islands and similar tax havens on a whole another level - unlike any of the countries that you're pointing at.
At that amount, it is possible to actually get a good calculator such as the TI-89, used.

And I would very much recommend doing that, over an unproven new device that claims to be Open Source while actually using license that is not.
Easily.

When the Euro started the German economy was in a terrible stagnation.

The Euro needed to be higher for countries like Ireland that economically were doing very well at the time. By keeping it low to make German exports more competitive it meant countries like Ireland overheated, instead of having a natural breaking mechanism though higher interest rates. Irish interest rates were way too low at the time. (Of course that doesn't remove our responsibility for not taking the loans or for regulating things better)

Tons of money in Germany that was making little return then flooded into countries running hot. When this stupid money should have been written off as bad loans the Germans strong armed Ireland and elsewhere to pay it all back in full. Many of these debts should have been properly haircut.

It's the same thing with the Euro post 2008. Germany's tight control of its policy means it gets the strongest say on what actions the ECB takes and generally how the wider EU approaches finances etc.
Reality does not conform to this analysis, unfortunately.
Softening up for what's to come?
You're going awfully out of your way to not engage with the arguments you're presented with by other people, dismissing them with sardonic one-liners, and making wild assumptions about the motives and thought processes of the Apple employees. If you're not trolling, I suggest you take a couple steps back and reassess the situation, because you're not coming across as a reasonable person.
Yeah, I fell into this trap with early employers too. But refuse to do so going forward. As I posted above, I am currently delaying with a potential employer that just doesn't want to engage in the process (they are not the first), and I'm wondering how common this is. It's really pushing me towards self-employment.
That's not cool man. Hope you have a good quality bed at least. I can just imagine what an impact this would have on your life. As you said, no words can describe but I feel you man.
This sounds so cool, I wish I could try it out, usually I never think about letters when typing, only words and they are executed by my fingers instantly non-consciously, I'm curious how this system would work with a fast-typer like myself
The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare [2016]
Here's a related 2016 article about PFOA and PFAS for anyone interested: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27140589
> lawsuit to decide whether Jaffa Cakes are legally cakes or biscuits

We had a lawsuit to determine if KitKat is a chocolate or a biscuit for similar reasons:

https://www.businessinsider.in/KitKat-is-a-biscuit-and-Parac...

> In the case of Nestle India Ltd Vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai of 1999, it was ruled that KitKat is a biscuit and not a chocolate that is taxed high.
There's a number of papers linking air pollution with neurological damage.

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/air-pollution-li...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201...

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abst...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00139...

Reminder: particulate is not just one substance, it's a zoo.
It's not surprising that some can get into our bloodstream and become neurotoxic.
I'm no expert but I'll try my best to answer your questions.

> Will it know if it should keep/delete/regenerate file manager indexes for each DE for install or uninstall?

Yes

> How will it roll back the app launcher icons, which is shared by all DEs?

If they are shared, they won't be rollbacked as they are used by other DEs.

> Each DE inserts stuff like system monitor, settings etc.

Yes?

> Will it be possible to install/remove Firefox integration with KDE and Gnome, which is currently packaged by distro?

Possibly, as long as the install is proper, it'll rollback everything it did to install it.

> If the OS needs Python, can we upgrade Python via PPA so that OS won't use an untested Python?

No, PPA is for Ubuntu so it's not relevant here. You'd install Python from NixPKGs, and each tool would declare which version it needs, and you'll have all versions installed locally and each program pointed to the version they need. If you need a different version for a local project, just that local project will use that version.

Overall, I'm mainly using AwesomeWM as my window manager. But some weeks/months ago, I wanted to try the full KDE setup. First I tried this on my Arch setup (big mistake) and I still have stray files and things from KDE that I can't seem to figure out how to remove when I wanted to go back.

But, did the same thing on NixOS (from AwesomeWM -> KDE -> AwesomeWM) and I had nothing left from KDE when I went back, as I rolled back the entire system to before it even knew about KDE. Pleasure to try out new DE/WMs now.
I mean, if you donate to the ACLU your money goes to lobbying. The comment isn’t wrong.

Nothing stops citizens from organizing a non-profit to lobby the government. I’ve worked with a few groups that lobby for better healthcare coverage. They go to Washington once to year. They are surprisingly effective in getting changes passed.

Actually being more “grassroots” makes the lobbying easier. It’s harder for a Congressperson to reject a meeting from their constituents.
Sounds similar to QuantumScapes battery. Anyone know what’s different?

There was just a very interesting interview with Munroe: https://youtu.be/OKFiQIMyF-A

Seems like they and their customers believe the battery is ready for mass production.
> She did not changed her mind. And answered yes. And she did not get the job. The wishing to say no is something that comes only later. It would not change a thing.

But the description of a "beautiful, made-up reason" and the text around it makes it sound like "no" was accurate, which seems really jarring. I couldn't stop thinking about it through the rest of the story, because it confuses the context especially without any more explanation.
Of course you can. It happens all the time. There is nothing stopping you from calling your Congresspersons office and asking for a meeting. Obviously the more people you represent, the better, but you’d be surprised how effective even a small group can be in terms of pushing issues.

Here is an example of a state bleeding disorders non-profit that meet with Senators in DC every year.

https://cthemophilia.org/events/washington-days-2020/

I also worked with an entrepreneurship group at a college. The head told a story where he went to DC and his senator had their staff type up the law with him there. Brought it to the floor that day. It didn’t pass but I was amazed at what got done through one person’s advocacy.
Yeah, the 2d comes from somewhere else. I'm also an indie dev, and that looks like the kind of 3d art I'd create...mostly just enough that it works, but not great.
Design principles that have been used to design fish
This works for me in Chrome 90 on Windows

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1,2,3,4,5], [1,4,3,2,5])
plt.show()
Which is a NOT Open Source and NOT Free Software license.
> Designing the full stack to be minimally intrusive seems unique.

Using the words "minimally intrusive" in the context of open brain surgery is quite amusing to me.

No matter who or what performs the surgical intervention, it still involves cracking open and replacing part of the skull and inserting foreign bodies into cerebral tissue.

That's as intrusive as it gets.
Tyniurl
Without any pretext you came up with this projection: "This seems to be very upsetting to you for some reason."

This is trying to play a psychological game with other posters. No point continuing any argument after that, as evidently you have no good intention of having a respectful and balanced discussion, as later posts clearly indicate.

Just because we have different opinions, there's no need for such cheap tricks.

Anyways, to finish my point of view: I have no crocodile tears to shed for authorities trying to scapegoat one of many NGO they are member of. Each country have their own experts, many of who serve for WHO from time to time, so have ample means to come up with new findings at any point in time. Such findings can of course always be shared with the international community, and with WHO. Collaboration is about what you contribute, not what you try to take away from it.

You are entitled to your own opinion, but I don't find it coherent in any other regard than authorities not taking responsibility for their own decisions, actions, indecisions and inaction.
That’s actually a really interesting question. Models and actors usually explicitly include a headshot.

I’ve never heard that putting a picture on a resume was a legal problem for an applicant. Employers have a the burden of running a fair hiring process. Some firms even remove race and gender signifiers from resumes before the initial hiring manager screen.

It was a big deal when they stopped making hotness a requirement for airline stewards, and for most jobs it’s totally illegal to require a particular ethnicity, but for performing arts they explicitly hire people for physical appearance. What’s the difference, legally?

A few possibilities:

- performing arts (film, stage) are artistic expression, and thus protected by the first amendment. (But then why is the physical appearance of an airline steward not free speech of a brand’s image?)

- appearance is “inherent” to acting (but I’m sure people have argued that whiteness is inherent to staffing all kinds of things, and that’s not tolerated)

- actors are rarely employees, but instead sign independent contracts with short lived, project specific LLCs. Thus “casting” is not “recruiting” and actors don’t have traditional employment protections. (Most film jobs work this way though - is it permissible to apply appearance standards to the Key Grip?)
Do you guys have a Foreign Data Wrapper for Postgres?
If you have npm installed then simply doing

npx serve

is very easy
Perception...
And also, who says speculators behave rationally?

It is rational to expect that a "bad news" might take the price down because irrational speculators would sell, therefore it is rational to be irrational, and sell.
>>It's not self defense because you aren't defending yourself in this scenario, you're defending your property.

Based on the rest of your comments I then assume you reject all Enlightenment based philosophy, Locke, Adam Smith, etc etc

The core of enlightenment based philosophy, aka the foundation of our modern society, is that you do have natural rights. Governments are instituted to secure these natural rights. if you are going to now reject those bedrock principles then you have to completely reject society as we know it as well, and the founding documents of most nations including the US Constitution for the USA, Charter of Rights for Canada, etc etc

Inherent in that foundation is the concept of property, as property is an extension of your self, your labor. If you have no right to property, you have no right to your labor, thus you have no right to your self.
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I asked a lawyer check out my last contract, which had the same thing. I'm just trying to gauge how common this is. A lot of employers don't seem to want to remove said clauses.

It's all a bit chicken and egg. You need leverage to get said clauses removed, but to have such leverage, you need to be somebody in demand ... which means you usually need to have at some point realised something of value yourself, which you can't do if you down own the IP rights.
This is indeed the early experience with BRS, which has been substantially addressed via training which started with some complex scenario-based messaging and later evolved to a more simplified “pull early, pull often” which has resulted in a bias in a better direction for human safety.
Agreed - companies realise they have a lack of engineering and want to hire. They look to see are good at engineering (FAANG etc.) and copy procedure.

A colleague of mine has been sharing their hiring experience recently (frontend engineering).

There is the initial screening, often followed by a take home technical test. This take home test is occasionally timed with potential employers asking between 4 and 8 hours of time in one-go to complete the technical task.

Depending on the results from those first two stages, a larger technical interview then follows between 1-2 hours, a second HR interview and sometimes an introduction to all team members you may be working with.

During these stages - despite asking in the beginning - there is no indication of salary or potential benefits such as home-office/part-time. As a result an applicant must jump through all the hoops until receiving the final offer before they can decide to join the company or not.

Personally I find this process quite disrespectful to the applicant and prefer to know expected salary ranges, company attitude to home-office etc. before even applying. Let alone asking for 8 hours of time to complete a technical task.
I found this piece to be puerile. The author spends her life bemoaning the fact that no one appreciates her skillset. Instead of finding useful skills, she uses her current ones to complain about it. Being obsolete is not something to glorify, its something to FIX.
Fuck the hacker news.. Censoring a holes..
> They might decide ridiculing the incompetent government is worth the PR, e.g., their shows with the US gov.

I hope you are not referring to judicial checks on executive power as "incompetence".
Yes agreed. The COL is stupid for what you get in return. It's shifting the burden from big business to the employees.
The fact that ENEL is owned by the employers of the ruling judges is just a coincidence.
severe corona lockdown risks bringing antartical environment to our neighborhoods. these articles (the one about kuru disease due to misbehaving protein think spike protein) seem to covertly suggest that possibility.
Writing concise yet non cryptic messages is both an art and a skill.

Might be worth practicing.
I agree, and this is something also I have witnessed in my own Electron project, where careful care was taken to write fast and memory efficient code. It doesn't really use that much memory compared to native applications when running, I've done comparisons.

I feel also that the problem is more with the style of javascript development rampant these days, where not a lot of care is taken into making memory efficient or even efficient code.

This has to do a lot of course with the high rise in people studying to become (mostly) web-developers, without any deeper degree in CS or understanding of how computers really work.
Ask HN: What are your unpopular beliefs?
What things do you know to be true, that other people doubt?

What was your biggest counter-intuitive discovery?

What do you understand about your business / work that no-one else gets?

What are the biggest / most outlandish conspiracy theories that you actually think are true? (and why?)

What ideas do you find yourself really believing in but which put you at odds with your GROUP (GROUP := countrymen/women, local community, family, workplace)

Bonus points: What was your Galileo (or Eureka!) moment? How did you come to realize this knowledge outside the ken of common folk, or how have you been persecuted, burned at the stake, excommunicated, forced to recant or witch-dunked for it?
I don't think the word you're looking for is jurisprudence, which is defined as "legal theory" or "legal philosophy" as opposed to legal practice.
Public relations, mostly.
Where are you getting that? I thought Intel was at 180 physical integers registers for the same core microarchitecture shared by both desktops and servers.
Most hill figures in the UK were actually carved in the late 18th and 19th centuries, due to a retro fascination with them at the time. Until now, I think only the Uffington Horse was dated before the Early Modern period. It's from ~1000 BC, so still 3 times older!
These chemicals are one of the main suspects in the decline in human sperm count and sperm quality over the last few decades in much of the world. From the early 1970s to the early 2010s, sperm counts declined about 60% in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

Other main suspects are obesity, poor choice of diet, and I believe a few other things. They probably all contribute somewhat.

It's also possible that the chemicals have something to do with some of the other contributions.

For instance, the rise in obesity rates over the last few decades isn't just a human thing. I've seen some research that found that animals are getting fatter, too. This includes lab animals that are fed controlled diets, so it isn't just that fat humans are eating more, and so also have more scraps to toss to the pets.

This suggests some sort of hormonal change or disruption might be a significant factor in rising obesity, and when you look for candidate hormonal disruption sources that both humans and animals would be exposed to, those "forever chemicals" are going to be at the top of the list.
> attends a participating gym twice a week

I exercise at least an hour every day of the week, I cycle, walk, or lift weights in my home gym. How would I prove to my insurance that I'm in fact working out? I rarely miss a workout, but your proposed mechanism would make me pay a higher premium despite being way more active than the average policy holder.
Cucking Stool
Refusing to Show ID Is Not a Crime
Having backlit screen is probably the reason why it needs lithium battery in the first place, as a simple pack of 4 AA batteries wouldn't last as long.

Lithium battery has a life cycle of around 1000-2000 charges, and may deteriorate even faster when exposed to high temperatures. Depending on the capacity though, you can expect a cycle to last more for a calculator compared to, for example, a smartphone, so it might not be that much of a problem (but then again you have the backlight, a major drain). When the battery dies, you can't simply go to a nearby store to get a replacement. You usually have to send the device back to the manufacturer to get it replaced.
HuggingFace Transformers Meets Vision
Transformers v4.6.0 release is the first Computer Vision dedicated release.

- CLIP from OpenAI, Image-Text similarity or Zero-Shot Image classification

- ViT from GoogleAI

- DeiT from facebookai, SOTA Image Classification

And you can try ViT/DeiT on the hub: https://huggingface.co/google/vit-base-patch16-224