skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
We have numerous designs that claim to be better and safer.

They haven't been built. You can blame "NIMBY", but the nuclear industry hasn't exactly done what it can to fix its current reputation for continually costing multiples of initial estimates, taking multiple times longer to build, and failing multiple safety and other regulatory requirements.

We have a really good, efficient, nuclear fusion supply, guaranteed to work for at least the forseeable billions of years, safely located 8 light-minutes away from the ecosystem that we're trying to protect.

We also have a thermal side effect from that fusion supply, combined with the rotational energy of our planet, that provides atmospheric fluid energy transfer capabilities that can also be used to generate power.
Coolest thing that happened to Email
"e.g. Federal contracts such as defense contractors often have, a job may be restricted to US citizens."

While true, that seems like a rare occurrence. Most jobs I've seen just require US Persons (e.g. to work on space / defense technology) which includes permanent residents.
Works fine for me as well (FF88 on Big Sur)
Text editing hates you too (2019)
I'm seeing a "NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID" error on Chrome when opening the site.
Pinebook Pro First Impressions
Then you'd miss out on GME, TSLA, and all the stocks that make the most money. That's obviously a viable strategy, but it's certainly not the best in terms of ROI.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/23/questions-raised-...

> "While we're looking into the reports, know that the SMART data being reported to the third-party utility is incorrect, as it pertains to wear on our SSDs" said an AppleInsider source within Apple corporate not authorized to speak on behalf of the company. The source refused to elaborate any further on the matter when pressed for specifics.

We'll likely never hear anything else about this again from Apple officially or unofficially, so I don't expect anyone who believes there's an SSD wear issue to stop believing that there is. Either the combination of "smartmontools is emulating SMART access, but doesn't actually have it" and "a source at Apple said that smartmontools is incorrect" is enough to make this a non-issue, or it's not — and since most people who think that there is a wear issue don't realize the part about smartmontools faking that it has access to SMART data in this scenario (hint: nope!), I don't expect to find common ground.

So as far as I'm concerned, this is all irrelevant until someone's SSD wears out, and no one's reported that, so everyone is all tempest-in-a-teapot over some numbers that an open source tool is handcrafting from a macOS kernel API based on assumptions about Apple's proprietary hardware that are probably wrong. Wake me up when someone's SSD wears out.
It's odd that talking on a cell phone while driving is illegal, but messing with those user interfaces is perfectly safe.
Good FLOSS speech recognition and TTS is badly needed. Such interaction should not be left to an oligoply with bad history of not respecting users freedoms and privacy.
He seems to be advocating for some sort of economic rearrangement that will have an ultimate effect of giving the current lower classes similar access to healthcare, education, housing, etc as the upper classes have or at least substantially better access than they have now.

He seems to be advocating for tax policy to do that but I don't think the specific policy nuts and bolts are relevant in this case.

I think the goal is noble and I endorse it but I think it comes with more baggage than he thinks it comes with and does not solve some problems he thinks it does.
You do cook in a plastic bag, but I've seen people also use Silicone sous vide bags.
How does it compare to Vosk and other open source models/APIs?
If you're being paid, sure. But volunteers are allowed to withdraw their support at any point in time for any reason under the sun. They have exactly zero obligation to anyone but themselves.
Awesome comment, though I feel that "use technology to your advantage" is doing a HUGE amount of work, and is the entire subject of the linked article.

> Control the high ground. Use technology to your advantage. Deny the enemy use of territory and resources. Destroy the will of the enemy to fight.

Genuine question: how useful is a principle like "deny the enemy the use of territory and resources"? Isn't the devil very much in the details of how one actually goes about this? Pursuing this same goal in two different technological eras will be drastically different in all kinds of ways, and that's the point of the article.
Large items are pretty easy to predict. You aren't going to buy a bathroom vanity, then rent a truck to take it home and then realize you needed two vanities.

If you are buying wood you can measure the size of the wall. Estimate the studs you need based on 16" gaps. Buy that much plus a few extras.

The constant trips back and forth to home depot is generally smaller items that you forget. You need a special socket size, you need a different type of nail, etc.
That's already happened... more than once actually: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/world/europe/denmark-cell...
How is that a strawman? You will roll off a 2 foot prius grille and you will get your skull caved in and your body ejected twenty feet backwards onto asphalt with a 4-5 foot high pick up grille if you get hit.
I stopped doing DevTools docs/advocacy when I became documentation lead (content strategy + people management) for Chrome DevRel (the team behind web.dev, developer.chrome.com, Chrome Dev Summit, Workbox, and lots of other stuff) about 1.5 years ago.
Sorry I used to work for Amazon and we did not allow Rails to be exposed to external customers for performance reasons. I think what you classify as high performance is very different what I classify as high performance.

Btw. I haven't seen Rails or Ruby on this list in the top 50% for a while:

https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/

I would prefer hard data as opposed to "this is a legend".

UPDATE:

Rails is number 399 out of 439, having 0.3% performance of the top frameworks in a plain text task.

I know, facts hurt.
Did you happen to see the part where I explained that a company could hire someone at a relatively junior, mid-level or senior opening- in an extremely competitive market for software developers? Like, let's say you're X Startup, you desperately need a Golang developer, not having another good Golang developer on your team is costing you Y amounts of money per month, and you just can't find one in your preferred experience range. Do you A) do nothing and just continue to lose money each month for lack of a good developer, or B) hire someone who knows Golang, regardless of whether they're more junior or more senior than you were hoping? Does that kinda make sense?
Great comment!

I don't think Journey is gonna replace humans for selling all software, I just think some interactions are better async. A friend of mine, Sahil (CEO of Gumroad) once told me that "live meetings should be used for closing" and that maps to how I feel too.

For example I believe over time discovery can actually be made superior async than live, since with async we can do all kinds of crazy personalisation - rather than expecting a sales person to know all the questions to ask on a live meandering phone call.

BTW we actually sell Journey by simply building a custom Journey for the prospect we're selling to. For example for calixa.com (a killer new CRM) I sent them a Journey of me "selling" Calixa so they could imagine how Journey could be used to sell Calixa to prospects. IMHO this is how selling should be, not generic materials or even sales speak — real world use cases!
> burn your house down while wearing a MAGA hat or something.

That's not what I saw last year and this year on news channel. I saw "mostly peaceful" protests, or so CNN/WaPo/NYT/MSNBC/ABC told me, from justice warriors. And I don't why those media were not sticking to the truth, as everything has been peaceful. Just as my trusted author of The 1619 Project said: "Destroying property, which can be replaced, is not violence".
It would not have collapsed at all. It simply disappeared because the sponsor of it was a sponsor of freenode, and didn't want to be a sponsor of Andrew Lee. This is entirely up to them and their decision, it is their box, their money.
It sounds to me like you killed a network but you're not mature enough to admit it so now you're grasping at straws in a futile attempt to look like a victim.
The probable outcomes of these are very different, particularly at low speeds downtown where pedestrians tend to be. Why not pay attention to that?
Not necessarily. Religion, simulation theory, multiverse theory and other currently untestable things could potentially make falsifiable predictions and lead to a greater understanding. I don't think religion specifically is going to achieve that, but neither can I say that with 100% certainty.

Anytime we unlock a new branch of science we potentially refine our knowledge of the physical world. Computer Science was the last branch we unlocked, it might lead us to a better understanding of the universe.
I love reading older material like this for two reasons:

(1) Since people were less familiar with computers back then, the way that things (like the cursor and drag-and-drop) are explained in this guides tends to be more explicit. Being re-introduced to concepts we take for granted is refreshing and helps with coming up with new concepts rather than just being confined to what we already see around us.

(2) Seeing what advice still applies decades later is a great way to figure out which pieces of advice are timeless and universal.
lmao Safari is just fine
There is - as gas is taxed per gallon, the drivers of less-efficient vehicles pay more in tax per mile.
I believe the 2011 era MacBook Air (EveryMac.com confirms only the 11”) had an entry level 2GB RAM variant. That one probably got pretty painful after just a couple OS updates.
You are right that the front grill of any car is going to be bad news for a pedestrian. The issue I have with the higher front grills is the front blind spot they create.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/14/21065319/suv-truck-front-...
I think if you are going to take an environmental stance all the city dwelling commuters (the ones who drive an hour+ each day) are the real offenders, Trucks or not.

I'm considering buying a Truck, but I work from home and drive only a few thousand miles each year or less.
TIL about Falcon, which can power any rack app, including Rails: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/index.html

TIL also that in Rails v5+, `config.allow_concurrency` is enabled by default, so Falcon works with it out of the box. Neat.

Looks like Falcon's [benchmarks](https://github.com/socketry/falcon-benchmark#results) show 250+ concurrent connections serve with an order of magnitude less latency and 2-3x the RPS of puma or passenger, and >10x that of unicorn.

Seems worth a look for anyone running Ruby in prod with really any concurrent traffic.
> It is also not really a viable large scale solution to "how do you move people around?"

Not every solution needs to be large scale to be usefull. I think biofuels should be promoted and used as much as possible (obviously within the limits where it makes sense ecologically speaking, e.g. not destroying ecosystems to plant more biofuel crops or burning coal to synthetize (m)ethanol). Both the idea that EVs are suited for every purpose and that they'll quickly take over the entire ICE car pool are ludicrous. Where EVs can not / not yet be used it makes perfect sense to use alternative fuel sources.
I haven't bombed any interviews, other than cutting a couple interviews short and leaving. Life is too short, so I generally approach interviews from the viewpoint of "do I want to work here?".

Aside from that, I recommend that people don't burn bridges, treat subordinates poorly, or participate in gossip. It is a small world. It will come back to haunt you, some day.
Mozilla CommonVoice is definitely trying. I always do a few validations and a few clips if I have a few minutes to spare, and I recommend everyone does. They need volunteers to validate and upload speech clips to create a dataset.

https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/en
> if you're hauling base rock or lumber every few weekends

Yes, exactly. If you've actually got a use for it, great! The comment I was replying to was suggesting that realizing you need to get one more bulky item would happen frequently enough to make up the difference for someone who would otherwise rent, which is ridiculous.

Even used, the marginal cost of a truck in maintenance and higher gas bills really adds up. Comparing a used F-150 to a used Prius, mile-per-mile, the truck is going to be more than twice as expensive.
most museums in France are already free to people under 25
Museums in france are usually free if you live in the same town (no matter what age), and almost always free or at extremely cheap price if you're student or under 25.
Data about how those job posts perform with large vs small ranges would be helpful in dissuading smaller companies from doing it. I think larger companies are going to do it regardless though.
Ec2 just released serial console, too. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/introduci...

This article appears to be a couple years old
Being a giant pickup truck, how long do you think it'll be before there's a variety of petrol range extenders that go in the frunk and/or bed?

I fully expect that to be something the local u-haul rents out for cross-country road-trips.
Ask HN: Those who have taken extended time off, any advice?
I've been looking to take some longer time off in between my current and next role, on the order of 6 months to a year.

Any advice from those who have done it? Did you get bored? Was it worth it? Was it more expensive? Things you found helpful when preparing?
Thank you for mentioning this bit about Erikativ; I was just talking to somebody the other day about (linguistic) morphology so these ideas are fresh in my mind, and German is my best non-English language, so reading all the examples of Erikativ is invigorating and reminds me of how much I used to enjoy consuming written German.

Within a few clicks of a google search for Erikativ I found this paper that analyzes it: https://silo.tips/download/the-erikativ-form-and-the-nature-...
They had a limited amount of memory and accessing it was probably fast, comparatively speaking. So it was a better fit for those devices than it is for our modern ones.
The moral judgement isn't mileage, it's that pedestrian deaths are rising, partly because of cars that have zero forward visibility for no good reason (no, the engine doesn't need it) and weigh tons.

This is what is referred to as a moral hazard, because the people driving these trucks are not taking any risk, even reducing their own risk, but at the cost of increasing the risk of everyone else, and most importantly people who didn't drive to begin with and opted out of the risky activity. Particularly when deaths are involved this is obviously behavior worthy of (1) popular condemnation (2) fucking regulatory action.
Is this not the average state of humanity? Anyone who does something less than me is an uneducated idiot, and anyone who does something more than me is a wasteful idiot?
I wonder if it would be possible to map vim keybindings to sounds and effectively drive the editor with the mouth when the hands are otherwise occupied. It might be possible to use sounds that compose into pronounceable words with minimal syllables for combinations. What would vim bindings look like as a concise command language suited to human vocalization?

E.g. maybe "dine" maps to d$ and "chine" to c$. So as in keyboard vim you can guess what "dend" and "chend" do.
Hah, I am in the exact same spot with my Outback (it's a 2010). These new EV trucks are very tempting, just waiting for the right one!
I don't think your definition of rural matches with people who live in rural areas. Maybe that's why conversations around Urban vs Rural never make sense.
For UTF-8 I believe the question is ill-posed. The "position" of a "character" in unicode is very hard to determine and depends largely on what you take to be a character.
There is also Cyberus Technology which develops Hedron, yet another L4-based microkernel and ships that as part of a secure workstation targeted at the german government market.

There’s quite a community that has taken the research to successful industry applications over here in Dresden, Germany. :-)

If you’re interested in some of the stories behind the technology I can recommend the Syslog Podcast at https://syslog.show
No the 6502 was Chuck Peddle's baby - not related.

It had a quite a nice simple instructions set.
Yes, most of the oldest EV batteries are still on the road. In general EV batteries have been remaining in "first use" (as car batteries) for longer than early estimates and it will take a few years more before the world sees enough EV batteries that EV battery recycling starts to have a scale that looks economical (compared to just sifting through salt brines of salt lakes).
I don't think tomaw had any interest in control over the limited company, but did want to exclude the limited company from control of the network.
ERCOT has the ability to share power with Eastern grid and Mexican grid. This is done through high voltage DC interconnects so they do not need to sync the AC transmission. That is why they are still considered separate grids.
> 1. They look great.

Not after you own them for a few months. You really ought to look at some of the scuffs these things are picking up.

2. They sound great (compared to similar wireless options).

At it's price point? It honestly sounds "competitive", and that's putting it nicely. It stands toe-to-toe with the other headphones in it's category, but I feel like it should be demolishing them for costing twice as much. I honestly have no preference between the QuietComforts and the Airpods Max in terms of sound quality. That's really disappointing for $600.

3. They're fully integrated with all my other Apple devices, switching devices is super easy (I have a mac, iphone, and ipad).

I haven't had Bluetooth switching issues in ages. I've owned a few pairs of wireless audio headsets (Galaxy Buds, Surface Headphones) over the years, and I haven't had to manually switch devices in months.

4. The noise canceling is great.

The noise cancelling is good. Remember our friend the Quietcomforts? They cost half as much as the Max, sound just as good, and the noise cancelling on the QCs makes the Max sound like a pair of aluminum open-backs.

5. They have features like spatial audio and possibly other updates coming down the line.

Not lossless audio, apparently. I wouldn't be too confident in how much Apple cares about these headphones.

6. A power button isn't needed because of how it's designed.

Several early reviews said they would have preferred a power button to it's strange case, and some even reported that the case wouldn't properly put the unit into sleep mode when stowed. As far as I know, this is still an issue, and could have been fixed by engineering a $0.30 button on your six-hundred dollar headphones.

7. The microphones are great - which make this a great device for taking calls.

The microphones sound pretty standard for the Airpods range, which is to say middle-of-the-road. I've only heard the mic in action a few times, but it's lack of a conductive/internal microphone means that the audio comes off as distant and compressed. Even worse is that you can notice the software raising the noise floor (!!!) on the mic so you can hear the other person better. Besides that though, I don't have much to say on the topic. They're microphones. Apple's been doing this for decades, am I supposed to act surprised?
Perhaps what you really need is a Designer. I know I just like my work better when other people get involved. When I code up really awesome CSS, there's usually someone else involved. Until then stick to something like bootstrap that hands you some basics, but still allows you total control at the end of the day.

Perhaps Tailwind is another option? Use a system to make an MVP or wireframes, then get someone to pretty it up and give you a PSD, Zepplin or Figma link.

Or for a DIY angle look into 2D Design, Print design and Desktop Publishing. Design a business card, that kind of stuff is the old school of user interface. Typography is another hot one, studying communication is the key to getting good.
Except that absolutely not how the Fourier Transform works and gives a very false impression.
Oh yes, I've solved many coding problems by leaving my desk to grab a cup of coffee or get water.
Can you declare a video as looping, and have that correctly honored everywhere it plays?

That has always Just Worked with GIFs, but the last time I checked (a couple of years ago) it basically never worked with any “proper” video format.
You'd think the water analogy would be easier to build and sell. Regardless, the more "analogies" the better, as the abstract concept reveals itself more readily.

When I was taking physics, the water analogy of circuitry helped me out a lot, especially with regards to capacitors and inductors. Inductors being like a water wheel, taking time to ramp up to speed then reinforcing flow of current (as I remember?). And capacitors being like a rubber sheet separating water. A strong current provokes a respective force against the water on the other side and slowly stretches the rubber until current stops; the key thing is it requires constant voltage to keep the rubber stretched; the elastic energy of the rubber is analogous to the stored electric field in a capacitor (?).

Physics was hardest for me... I preferred the more structural and compositional nature of computer science. Things changing continuously is hard for my brain :(
I'm surprised I don't hear more pushback from the people who were willing to get vaccinated for free.

I'm all for it. Ohio vaccinated an extra 40,000 plague rats for $1 million. (They probably could have gotten the same result by offering them the 25 bucks apiece, but then you'd have to separate those ~40k from the ~75k who would have gotten the vaccine anyway.) Maybe we'll drag the country across the herd immunity line, kicking and screaming.

I'm sure we'll get extra kicking and screaming from those who didn't have to be dragged, too. Being loudly and persistently stupid can pay off.
Depends if you mean on purpose or accidentally.
Because I contemplate on purpose perhaps once or twice per week, where I lie down and think a little about life.

But the accidental ones, those are the real deal. As an ever fateful watchmen, just when I stray a little, a wild thought pops in my head which takes my focus for at least half an hour, where my imagination goes wild on the ride.

I would say it happens once or twice per day at least, and I must say that I noticed it became more often after I started listening to audiobooks. I don't know exactly why, but I would assume it stirs the imagination?
While I’d much prefer if the SSDs were replaceable, I don’t think there’s any evidence that Apple SSDs were failing or will fail in only 3-4 years.
Well, multiplayer just means people are going to try to have their robots have sex. So it could really turn into a giant sex game ... fast.
My job is contemplating. I am a director at a well-funded startup. My day is meetings, design, and thinking. Cannabis helps me relax in the evening, and that's when I decompress and let my brain figure out the next steps I need to take across my projects, write explanatory documents, etc. I have to pay extra attention to health and sleep so that I can have more control over my focus and reliably transition my mind to family time.

In general, patience, strategy, and self-motivation have helped me achieve goals I would never have dreamed of 10 years ago.
Oh my god. I get it. You’re reading the headline as “this GIF uses xx memory”. That’s not what is says. It’s “GIF uses X memory on x86, X*10 memory on M1”. You’re picking a fight based on your own misreading.