skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Tex has unprecedented backwards-compatibility. Microsoft does pretty well too. Adobe is a mixed bag. Calling it "almost unprecedented" is simply dishonest.

My 30-year-old Photoshop files used PostScript fonts. Even multiple master fonts, which don't have the same broad support as mainstream PS fonts.

Good luck opening them with Photoshop.

Truth be told, most of my 30-year-old files are in PageMaker.

InDesign has some support for them for a while, but dropped support. Adobe's official line is "Open the PageMaker files in Indesign CS6 or an earlier version first, and then save them to native Indesign Format (.indd ). Once the files are saved in InDesign format, Indesign can open the files."

Of course, Adobe won't sell you old versions of InDesign to do that with, so YMMV.

I dropped Adobe for Affinity not so much for price, but because I can buy the software and use it forever. Even when I retire. I still have an Adobe subscription (paid for by someone else), but I don't use it.
Yeah I think I've been pretty clear that I think that conversation is possible and also that I think that is not the conversation that is happening in this thread.
Made the switch. I quite like the short cloaks:

icy (znc@user/icy)

Staff are a little overloaded, understandably. Nickserv works, so now's the time to grab that nick you couldn't get on Freenode!
I’ve always been surprised by the flight costs of some European airlines. It seems cheaper to fly around Europe than it is to fly within the US. I recall during the peak of the pandemic some people I know posting pictures of $5 flights while in the US they were they were still 10-11 times that for domestic flights.
It happens, despite you not seeing it.
Possibly of interest, Edward Kmett posted [1] his thoughts on the issue to r/Haskell today as well.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/nfqw0t/thoughts_on...
The big difference is when you learn something as a kid, you "become," something, where as an adult, it's just another thing you do, at least until you have spent more of your life doing it than not, and few, if anyone, remember a time when you didn't.

This is a skill I've developed, and it's as difficult as anything. I've been taking lessons from masters at things for the last decade and more, and the ability to become a student as an adult is very liberating, even if the freedom has difficult moments.

The professional benefits have also been huge, since being able to bring real confidence to situations where you are not an expert is a significant leadership trait. The confidence comes from knowing your own boundaries and being able to recognize expertise in others and use it instead of trying to emmulate it. You can also recognize skill much faster.

Imagine learning to read music as an adult and asking what the names of the strings are, what the dots on the page mean, why it doesn't resemble this other thing you think you know about, and why your skill in one area doesn't import into this one. The only path forward is work and practice. I'd imagine learning to speak a new language would be similar, where your skill level is beneath that of children.

The key is to do say, "I am going to suck at this until I suck less at it." and then the huge piece is forgiving yourself the natural conceits that your adult mind/ego puts in your way, after recognizing them. To become a student means to accept vulnerability, sometimes humilitation, even shame for the things you do wrong when you realize why you do them, and then deal with them in the psychological present instead of as just being a kid who grows out of it.

You can expect it to take 5-10 years to get as good or better than most of the kids who did something growing up.
Having that horizon in mind is useful because it makes the present less urgent. Start it for the challenge, but finish it for the pleasure.
For what it’s worth, XQD has been succeeded by CFExpress which is why you don’t see new devices using XQD.
These are all irrelevant gotchas but also not particularly insightful.

>Prison guards should work for free?

No, but their employment shouldn't be tied to how many prisoners there are.

>How about maintenance workers?

Ditto

>How about contractors who build the prisons?

Hopefully there aren't building companies that would lose out significantly if prisons stopped existing to the point that they'd be incentivized to get more people in prison.

>Are they all incentivized to keep people in prisons?

I'd hope not, but maybe they are, and if so that's awful.

>What if a government-run prison outsourced management of prison to an outside company - is that OK?

It would depend on how it's set up, but I think such things do exist and they're usually not much better than private prisons.

What's the point of all of these irrelevant questions? Their answers don't affect what we should do about companies profiting off of prison labor, at all. They're irrelevant.

>I understand your sentiment, but I think private prisons is one of those non-issues that are blown way out of proportion (like the idea that somehow prisons are full of non-violent drug offenders). Nothing changes if you get rid of private prisons. I suspect you know that because your primary objection is philosophical rather than practical. You just don't like the 'idea' of them.

This point would be better made if you had any sources to back this up, at all. Like, I could theoretically try to rebut these points with sources, but then I'd have effectively gotten gish galloped.

>Vilifying profit as this great evil is a common trope among the internet intelligentsia.

Why are you so quick to defend profit? It's pretty clear to me that allowing companies to profit off of prisoners is a perverse incentive, and the only refutation of that fact you can give is a bunch of irrelevant points, unsourced waxing lyrical about private prisons, and then blandly pointing to "oh you always hate profit". Do you own a prison? Why are you so invested in defending them?
Mobile subscription economy is hard to converge. Here's a calculator for it
> If you saw someone wearing a seatbelt when they were stopped at a red light, would you make fun of them due to the relative safety of that situation?

There’s a causal relationship between seatbealts and utility in a crash. The fatality rate is lower because of the use of seatbelts.

Wearing a mask while vaccinated is not causal with reduced transmission or death.

I wouldn’t make fun of someone for anything like this, but if I saw the driver of the car next to me with a pillow in their lap with the intent to help during an accident, I would think that they are being silly. I would definitely think they were super silly if they were espousing the benefit of keeping pillows in laps while driving because it makes them feel comfortable, or can’t hurt, or is an easy thing to do.
I think an important aspect is that, even if you're frugal, there's signifiers of class that you can easily 'turn on'. I'm pretty frugal myself (I drive a 15 year old hand-me-down from my parents, have the cheapest phone that will still function, and generally avoid buying anything new ever), but my upbringing was fairly comfortable. But I can definitely recognize that I'm able to fit in upper class settings, and can recognize easily when people can't.

I think it's fair to say that an SF-based tech startup is a place where you're going to see a lot of these upper class signifiers.
Some people enjoy having their heartstrings tugged. Others don’t. What causes people to feel sympathy differs from person to person. I remember reading some tweet from Chrissy Teigen before she stopped tweeting complaining about a restaurant serving her a $10,000 bottle of wine without mentioning the price when she asked for something that went well with her dish. Not my kind of problem but it annoyed her. No doubt there are Americans from generational wealth who could write about their discomfort dealing with Brits of similar status in Britain, not knowing all the correct shibboleths. People feel alienated all the time, everywhere. I felt alienated from my classmates all through primary and secondary school. I got to university and found my people. Not fitting in and figuring out how to fit in is a really common experience. Right now there’s some black kid who’s really, really into metal going to his first live gig and he’s feeling awkward because he doesn’t know anyone and when he does he’ll pronounce something wrong or say cool instead of based or something. There’s an American kid at his first day at a school in Britain who’s going to get called a Yank. There’s a leftist kid going to his first demonstration who’s going to get called a TERF. This is a thing that happens.
Delivery text scams: the nasty new fraud wave sweeping the UK
A member of the real (old money) upper class would certainly greet the cleaning lady, as the servants are seen as part of the family.
I don't know about the process of the sale/takeover of Freenode, but I'm a long time PIA user and have a fair amount of trust and goodwill for London Trust Media (the owner of PIA and now Freenode).

- PIA is much better designed for privacy than many competitors

- They don't seem to get into the "snake oil privacy" marketing that so many VPN providers seem to be doing

- They have been fairly open with how their tech works and it all sounds reasonable

- London Trust Media have sponsored the Open Rights Group (the UK's equivalent of the EFF) in the past and engaged in ORG events.

It's hard to know how much you can trust an organisation as an outsider, but for me they tick most of the good/reasonable boxes. They may have messed Freenode around, but I'd be surprised if there was a significant danger to user privacy here.
Of course you view things differently if you've never been poor. But that doesn't make you evil, and OP is not a victim. In none of her examples was anyone treating her badly. (I know you are not claiming this, just saying).

In fact, as you hint, having been poor and then getting in to the middle class you probably have a better chance of making it big.
In my opinion, actual community service of some kind is far preferable to prison, both to society, and to the prisoners. Why lock up perfectly fit human beings for life, when we as a society could say, you know what? This person murdered somebody, and as a way of paying back society, they're going to work as a trash collector for 20 years on minimum wage. Far cheaper than paying for their prison upkeep, and no perverse incentive from private prisons.

Yes, there are issues around them running or reoffending. But I think tech might be able to solve these problems. We just choose the easy way out and pay tons of money to lock them up. I think there's a missed opportunity here.
It is, and always been: who you know more is more important than what you know.
Show HN: Artificial Ataturk photos created by StyleGAN2-ADA method
Why would it be bad? Most of the list doesn't attack the "rich", in my opinion. It just highlights the difference between the subjective experiences, but I don't see as a vale judgement on anyone.
My only opposition to this is that labor should be done by fully paid employees, and not having companies getting this legal avenue to cheap labor, and that most convicts should have been executed a long time ago instead of actually giving them an occupation to entertain their time.
Are you experimenting with many dishes at once? Pick one you like, cook it once a week (or whatever your boredom tolerance is), and experiment with that. Try throwing in alternative spices or ingredients, varying salt amounts, cooking times, etc.

IMO, cooking is best learned one or two dishes at a time. After some experience, you'll start to get a broader picture of the art. Think of it like trying to learn "music" from scratch by picking up a different instrument each night - it could work eventually, but you're probably make better progress with a little focus.
The byte apparently was not part of the file contents but part of a file header that was interpreted by the editor; probably encoding some kind of "file type" that was displayed differently when opened.

However, technically, switching an 'E' for an 'F' is flipping *two* bits :/
> how business travel becomes nearly irrelevant

I hope not. Video chat can really never be the same thing as meeting people in person.
If it's not hard to avoid being overweight when poor, and most poor people are overweight... what is happening? Do you see the obvious conclusion here? Do you endorse it?
I am not saying you should.
Nuxt.js: it's a frontend framework that let's you do server-side rendering using a framework (Vue.js) designed to do client-side rendering.
I'd say even the receptionist at a SV startup can easily afford to do rock climbing if she wants to.
Buyer: I think I could come up to maybe $7500 but that’s about it. .. then later: Buyer: Ok at $10,500 we have a deal.

I've sold a few projects in my time, but this conversation makes me think I should really look at having an agent represent me in future. The whole "I can only offer $7500" but then that turned into a $10500 sale just goes over my head - the communications skills needed are next level, and I've read Getting to Yes and such books :-) Maybe having someone less emotionally attached to a project could work in negotiations to increase the price to far more than cover their fee?
I wonder whether old and long-lasting communities that depend on Freenode (eg. #linux or #openbsd) are going to switch to the new network.
The only answer is it depends on your job, IMO
Great news. I'll wait for the official docker image to be updated (I deploy on my own server with CapRover).

Seems a bit weird though that they do not generate images for the same elixir version with different OTP versions.

Currently the latest is elixir v1.12.0-rc.1 and erlang 23.
Were those people barred from multiple forms of unemployment after they graduated from your program? The "prison work preps people for normal life" argument is just absurd to me, I don't see any long-term training or rehabilitation benefits to making license plates.

If you want to talk about reintegrating prisoners into society, then clear prisoner's records after they leave prison and bar employers from asking about prior convictions. Otherwise, I don't buy that we're doing this out of concern for the prisoner.

Also, to be clear:

> Prisoners at Angola can be legally forced to work once cleared by a medical doctor, and most are required to perform field work, like harvesting soybeans and corn for at least 90 days upon arrival. For long hours in the hot sun, they earn as little as 4 cents per hour.

So yeah, that sounds a lot like slavery to me. What's hyperbolic about that?

4 cents an hour is not compensation. By your logic, the South wasn't practicing slavery either since plantation owners gave their slaves "free" room and board.

From the Appeal's coverage of the same prison (https://theappeal.org/louisiana-prisoners-demand-an-end-to-m...):

> Once cleared by a prison doctor, prisoners at Angola can be legally forced to work under threat of severe punishment, including solitary confinement. Even prisoners with physical impediments may still have to work. “Angola frequently fails to accommodate men with disabilities—often forcing them to work in dangerous factories or in the fields,” said Mercedes Montagnes, executive director of the Promise of Justice Initiative.
https://gist.github.com/aaronmdjones/1a9a93ded5b7d162c3f58bd...
This sounds really bad, but I know nothing of the other side of the story. It's been a couple of years since I used freenode. I worked up some tests for Stripe integration, and followed a developer of something or other and bought him some whisky (Adam Shaw maybe? I can't recall).

Anyway, is there a better network for finding these groups now?
Advocate for open salaries in your company. Everyone should know what everyone else makes, or at the very least, what the bands for every position / level of seniority make. Information asymmetry in pay is never to the benefit of the employees, only the employers - so why have it?
You said that because you’re poor too. Rich people travel right into resorts, not specific places, because resorts sell you the dream directly.

I definitely saw the videos of those dreamy Greek hotels with in-room balcony pools and if I were rich I would know their names too. I’m sure that if you contact them you’ll just have to drive to SFO and the rest will be taken care of by them.
But wealthy people should be defensive about it. Or at least acknowledge the fact that we have severe and increasing income disparity in America and a lot of people are suffering with anxiety and other ills because we let so many people expose themselves to massive risk by being poor.

In Europe, you don't go bankrupt when you get sick. Health care is one of the top causes of bankruptcy in America. In more socialized countries, you don't lose your housing when you lose your job. You don't need to struggle to keep a car (which you need for a job) because there is public transit and you're almost guaranteed access to higher education.

The upper middle class and higher need to realize this is a big systematic risk for the country.
> Would $1,000 (in 1982 money) have been too much?

To compare some prices:

In 1983 Lotus 1-2-3 was selling for $495, which is about $1320 today.

In 1988 CompuServe was charge $11 (so, over $20 today) an hour.

In 1983 an IBM 5150 was between $1565 and $3000 ($4200 and $8000). http://www.oldcomputers.net/ibm5150.html
Or your assumption wrong. Here is a reasonable explanation: People are poor since they got bad self control, which also makes them fat. People who lack self control are easily tempted with shitty fast food, so their areas mostly serves it rather than real food creating these "food deserts".

If there was demand for food in those areas people would sell it, but there isn't.

Edit: A strong piece of evidence is that people aren't getting poorer, but they sure are getting fatter.
The secret to cooking is to test the food and know some basic things which may seem awkward at first but are simply learnable. Everybody who started cooking had a moment when they didn't know what they were doing and a lot of practice made them good. As a beginner I would concentrate on a few dishes and get good at those then slowly progress to more
Something something demo gods
Must be another "outage" coming right now
Okay, it's not true... now.... but it's super fucked up that it was still true literally less than a year ago. So as an indicator that our systems incentives are completely messed up. It's still valid. The system hasn't changed in a year... just our need for firefighters.
Ask HN: What is the best form of employment (at a startup)?
Currently, I am a contractor working in the EU. I normally send my clients a VAT tax invoice every month, which has been great for optimizing the amount of taxes I owe. I pay VAT (23%) + income tax (5%), compare that to 31% and 40% (tax brackets) I would pay as a regular employee. I can further reduce the amount of taxes owed by subtracting expenses, e.g. buying a laptop.

For those of you that have worked at a startup (or otherwise) in the U.S., what is the best form of employment in terms of maximizing the amount of money you take home? I want equity in the startup I am applying for. It seems that most people working at startups are regular employees but is that really the best thing to do? I’m curious on your thoughts and experiences on this matter since I haven’t been able to find much material on this particular subject.
This article needs to be marked 2014.

No developers in 2021 should be struggling with N+1 or thinking that not enforcing schemas in your DB makes them stop existing. You've just moved schema enforcement to your application, or maybe you've chosen not to do it at all which is even worse for just about anything more than a hackathon project.
How many would move to Matrix?
No, that doesn't sound right. Probably more like:

"

The RDOS file system provided means for protecting files by setting attributes. Because RDOS, not being a multi-user system, had no notion of file ownership, attributes applied to all programs that accessed a file. The sense of the attribute bits was, in most cases, the opposite of that in Unix; if the bit was set, the operation was prohibited. Files were by default created with all attribute bits cleared, permitting all operations. The attribute bits, as identified by the letters used to identify them in a file listing, were:

'R': prohibited reading
'W': prohibited writing
'P': "permanent file"; prohibited renaming or deleting the file
'S': identified a "save" file, that is, one that contains an executable program.
'N': prohibited symbolic links from linking to this file
'A': attributed protected; prohibited any further changes to the file's attributes. (A file that had both P and A set became un-deletable, except by reformatting the disk.)
'I': Prohibited reading or writing by means other than direct block I/O. (This was removed from later versions of RDOS.)
'?' and '&': User-defined attributes, ignored by RDOS

"

http://www.self.gutenberg.org/articles/Data_General_RDOS
So I guess we finally have poor people people in tech. Time for something else then?
How is this better than Matrix? Freenode had posterity going for it. What does a brand new IRC network in 2021 have to offer than Matrix does not?
This is pretty fun, reminds me of flash games from my childhood, thanks for posting!
> there will inevitably be services to put us all in a restaurant/bar environment, pipe in some bar white noise, have food sent from a local restaurant, etc. for an "in-person" virtual happy hour...

I honestly can’t believe this still sounds fun to anyone after a year of Zoom dystopia.
OK, I've played it for a bit.

- This is effectively a progression game, where the player builds up abilities. But defeating a low-level enemy is boring and slow, even when you kill them with your first blow.

- It's disconcerting that you forget how to punch. I was expecting punching to not advance quickly, but instead it has limited uses. That's a strange metaphor.

- Everything feels slow - not because it needs better programming, but because it doesn't resolve actions fast enough. Asking whether I want to return to the start after every enemy is aggravating.

- There's no actual sense of progression or reward.

- There's no sense of danger, either.
I'm from a "poorish" family, but from Europe. Some stuff is relatable some is not:

- People ordering lunch always felt weird for me, in my mind I think "why should I pay 10€ for a bowl of salad, when I can go to the grocery store below the office and have the same for 1€", or even better pay 70 cents for the raw vegetables, wash them and chop them in the office and they will last 3 days

- Student debt doesn't apply, the good thing of being "poor" in Italy is that the country pays you to go to university and not the opposite

- When I got my first tech job I was like "wow, I got a MacBook just for joining the company, this costs like 1 year of salary of my previous job"

- The part of stealing I don't find relatable, even when my bank account was empty I would never resort to stealing, must be some honour system I grew up with

- The gym part is also not relatable, when I was fat and I did go to the gym everyone was very supportive, and every little progress was celebrated by everyone making you want to go more and more.

A thing I notice, is that the mentality stays with you no matter your salary, I always try to avoid spending more than necessary, with a comparison with my colleagues my monthly expenses are less than 1/3 compared to them.
The buyer has to mark the items as received for the inspection period to start.