skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Good searching! I've heard the claim about Sacramento before and think I found it somewhere fairly reliable, but it's admittedly been a few years. It would have been safer to say "Sacramento has a lot more trees than you might think it does." :)
Also, plenty of people use pickups for work (plumbers, carpenters, electricians, etc) and there's no reason they might not live in an apartment.

There's even a whole class of pickups for the people that find the occasional use but don't need the big ones, and want to fit easier in places designed for cars. The small pickup.
This. and more so, they should be charged for the broken windows.
dev hours times 80.
Again: it's not clear from anything you've said why those meeting notes were problematic for you, since the one thing announced terms of the arrangement between PIA and Freenode do seem to make clear is that you were not to be operationally involved in Freenode.
I expect that a real advantage to an EV F150 over any Tesla truck (or car) will be repair costs, most particularly collision repairs.

Of course, they'll always cost more than the estimates, plus you get to throw in sales tax and the annual registration tithe to the state.

I'm always surprised that people are willing to spend so much on new vehicles but I guess it keeps the money moving through the economy. The spice must flow.
Appreciate the stats.

I disagree even with the use within the rules.

I don't think society should pay for students' university books.
Why not? When I worked at BT they did - a nice one or two year posting abroad on full ride expat status looks good on the CV.
As far as I can tell "freenode" is a fairly blurry mix of:

The brand, including the DNS: that was passed on between people and then sold within the Freenode Limited company. If you have this you can point the blog and the network to whatever you want but you don't actually have an IRC network to point it to.

The servers: these are donated by various organizations and thus owned by each one. They could join any other IRC network tomorrow or just be turned off by any of those organizations.

The staff: all volunteers that apparently left in mass as they didn't like what was happening. As far as we know they don't have any employment contract with Freenode Limited.

The actual channel/nick data: this is what actually makes the network recognizable to anyone and it's quite unclear where that is and who owns it. Are the Nickserv/Chanserv servers separate and owned by a particular entity or just sharded/replicated across the donated servers?

That last bit seems to be the crucial one. The data is supposedly stored on those donated servers and was operated by that volunteer staff, so owning the DNS wouldn't give you too strong of a claim to it. But apparently the staff was indeed forced to hand the keys over on their way out and start from scratch instead of just standing up the same data on another DNS and doing a blockchain style split. Why this happened seems to be IRC drama. Exactly who has legal rights seems extremely muddy, both because we lack a lot of information, and because it's possibly a thorny issue even for a judge to adjudicate with full briefs. If you buy a DNS that points to a volunteer run network on donated servers do you now own the network that exists there and evolves over time?
#2 is very false
It wouldn’t affect it at all, the transfer switch for transferring from utility power to car battery power would be located after the service disconnect or meter socket, power isn’t backfed into the grid, since the transfer switch has lockout provisions to prevent it. This is a solved problem, backup generators have been around for a while.

Also, linesman assume that utility lines are hot.
No joke, minivans are actually great for a lot of things people think they need a truck for.
Oh. Interesting too. I read that Lee was involved in Handshake but handshake looks so silly to me that I didn't even envisage this.

I've also raised the IRCd thing in another sub-thread, and I think that freenode adopting/developing a new IRCd (and publicly) could impair Lee's idea of merging Irc.com/Snoonet/Freenode onto ToC, since ToC seems to be running Unreal.
Oof this hits for me. Maybe not as much during the day - my mind is running 110% all the time but I'm a very active person so I usually need to be _doing_ something too.

When it comes to falling asleep at night, and trying to sleep to a reasonable hour though, I'm SOL. No matter what time I wake up in the morning, that's the time I'm getting out of bed, because the second I'm awake my mind start churning through thoughts and what I could be accomplishing that day. Case in point - I didn't have anything to do before work this morning, so I would have loved to sleep in until ~7:30 to catch up on some sleep from waking up at 6am every day this week. 6:32am, wide awake in bed, no chance of going back to sleep.

I like it in some ways - I know I'm driven and motivated. But man I'd love to be able to turn it off sometimes.
I agree this is less safe for pedestrians, which matters in cities, but it is maybe safer in rural areas? I'd much rather hit a deer or moose going 80 in a tall truck then a short truck. Also, in my experience, people drive much slower in smaller towns, and are therefore less likely to hit a pedestrian or cyclist.

Plus the added visibility is nice and certainly would increase safety, I would think.
I am perfectly satisfied with my existing (and now expired) Sublime Text license. Yet I just bought an upgrade anyway because I'm so happy with the software and the developer that I simply wanted to support them through further development regardless.
A Candidate Geometrical Formalism for the Foundations of Mathematics and Physics
Some of them could be badly designed. Mine has a part that hooks over the top of the door-frame, along with a bar that sits against the door frame on the other side... so the more weight you have on it, the more solidly it sits. I like that my body weight isn't hanging from a little screw in the door frame (which I suspect is a failure point).

From what I've seen in those videos, most of the time people are screwing around, swinging out of them and trying to do tricks... if you're doing proper form when the bar breaks, you should probably be landing on your feet anyway?

I'd definitely recommend getting one though.
To be clear, I 100% understand the harsh reaction. If anything I think they were lucky no criminal charges were pressed.
Oh, man. I do this, too, but mostly with youtube. I have discovered that Jim Al-Khalili, Brian Greene and Hannah Fry are too interesting to fall asleep to but that there are plenty of Royal Institute lectures that serve really well and have no, or very few, commercial insertions.
Council staff in Spanish city to get monthly menstrual leave in pioneering move
I know a few people who tow big trailers, and they buy the V8 because once you hook up a real load the turbo kicks in and you are burning just as much gas. They figure that larger engine without a turbo is probably going to last a lot longer. Those who use the truck for a mix, sometimes with the trailer, sometimes with small loads opt for the turbo v6 and like it just fine, but they all agree if towing is the real goal get the v8. (or better yet get a diesel, and a bigger truck)
Who actually does stuff that needs a pickup more than 10 times a year that doesn't work in a field that obviously requires a pickup?
Straws were banned more for their impact on marine life than because of their plastic use.
Well I did make that comparison and the point was that it’s an inconsequential amount regardless
> I wouldn't expect an article from a Nobel Prize winning economist titled "Krugman Wonks Out" to be so devoid of substance.

NY Times opinion pieces kind of have to be "dumbed-down" and he's admitted as much. He stopped posting the really wonky stuff on his nytimes blog for whatever reason, and these days seems to write opinion pieces the most.

> You increasingly see politics seep into discussions where it does not belong. What happened to the money supply is not left or right. It started in the last administration and is continuing in this administration, and the stakes are high. Krugman's writings on the subject of monetary policy and crypto are not helpful and just fuel this polarization.

So I don't know if you know this or not, and I'm not saying this as an insult, but because I really don't know if you know this or not. Monetary policy is not handled by the current political white house. Hasn't been for decades and never should be, ever.

In fact, the group that seems to be politicizing it are libertarians and crypto advocates. "GOLD STANDARD!" arguments have long been settled by economists a century ago.

Edited to add:

I feel like if you want to complain about printing money willy nilly you should take a deep look at Tether before suggesting we all go off USD and onto BTC.
Thanks, I don’t know a lot about the situation for young people in France, I do meet a lot of French people in Germany who have moved for work, I’ve even heard of French startups and tech companies opening offices in Berlin purely to hire.
If you like this sort of weird bit operations, you should check out HAKMEM, a huge list of hacks created at MIT in 1972.

"Here is some little known data which may be of interest to
computer hackers. The items and examples are so sketchy that to decipher them may require more sincerity and curiosity than a
non-hacker can muster. Doubtless, little of this is new, but
nowadays it's hard to tell."

https://w3.pppl.gov/~hammett/work/2009/AIM-239-ocr.pdf - see e.g. page 79
What do you do for road trips? The supercharger network is essential for that.
I don't think it's really fair to pin some random person's bad take on the kernel developers. disproportionate calls for mob justice have always and will always be popular, especially on the internet where it's very easy to leave casual comments without thinking about it too hard (and you can never really tell someones age)
I already acknowledged the size increase is due to safety. It's not an opinion that modern cars are physically larger and heavier than they were only a few generations ago. There's nothing to disagree with. The M3 (now called M4) has become an entirely different class of vehicle.

2021 G80 M4 length: 189.1″, width: 74.3″, curb weight: 3,840 to 3,890 lbs

2011 E92 M3 length: 180.4 to 181.8″, width: 71 to 71.5″, curb weight: 3,704

2001 E46 M3 length: 176.8", width: 70.1", curb weight: 3415 lbs.

2021 M5 length: 196.4″, width: 74.9″, curb weight: 4,345 lbs

2010 M5 length: 191.5, width: 72.7, curb weight: 4,012

2001 M5 length: 188.4″, width: 70.9″, curb weight: 4,024 lbs
It never works to start a business with the goal of employing a certain kind of people. Better to start with a product or service you will deliver, and then figure out what people you need to make it happen. It can include large numbers of low-skilled tech people, but it'll also require other kinds of people.
I can't wait for the day the car companies want a cut of every business "their car" delivered you to
Cartels are illegal ask the companies in SV that got caught.
Sent an email to policy@freenode.net to see my personal data as GDPR provides me the opportunity. Curious to see what they have.
I definitely know the place! Haberdasher might be the best whiskey bar in the Bay Area.

Davis seems like a neat place, although real estate was surprisingly expensive the last time I checked. (Okay, sure, welcome to California.)
Glenn Greenwald's Anger Is of More Use to Putin Than Edward Snowden's Freedom
I've worked with engineers that must read these blogs and try to out-clever everyone.

They succeed, and that's the problem.
How big of a file are we talking? I've had to open multi-gig Maya ASCII flies before to find broken nodes and Sublime was always my go to solution. Scrolling performance takes a hit, and the file can take some time to open, but overall works reasonably well.
Be careful, just because you can fill your car with stuff, doesn’t mean you should, I learned that the hard way when I damaged my car’s suspension.

Be aware of the weight limitations of your car.
smash some windows in their own university
Institutional Review Board dropped the ball and failed at their job. Which reflects on the institution. It's not just about individuals.
I think the $40k price tag is deceptive if you look a bit closer. The extended range 300 mile battery is only available on the Platinum edition which starts at $60k IIRC, otherwise you're stuck with 230 miles which IMO going to make the truck feel hamstringed.

The $50k Cybertruck gets you 300 miles.
Probably would not be wise to guess or speculate and instead go by what I have actually said.

The issue with services was because the previous team pulled our mail server and all its contents.

We had to abruptly get everything in place.

As for the decentralizing - that’s what I’m into and the way to do it on irc is by ending reliance on a central domain name for the connection.

It’s not decided yet but is something I have put out and requested for comments.
I picture a gardener turning up to work on a tech person's yard, unpacking his mower and tools and soil and plants, and the tech person shaking their head from their window and saying to themselves 'wow he's clearly just got that truck as a substitute penis...'
Either the car has an automatic transfer switch built in, or they forgot an asterisk and the sentence “Provided you have an automatic transfer switch, that is also connected to the internet”
Strange, I hear about them all the time. Aren't they literally trying to pass affordable daycare as part of an infrastructure bill as we speak [1]? Wasn't a significant portion of the progressive platform during the Democratic primaries (not to be confused with Biden's platform) Medicare for All and other such progressive healthcare reform? I'm curious who you are listening to, because it's not progressive leadership (or would-be leadership).

1. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/27/991061868/democrats-outline-c...
Remember Michael Hastings?

https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/wikileaks-vau...
I guess suburbs are where these trucks and people most often encounter each other.
They lied in their abstract [0], they lied to their IRB, and Kangjie Lu's aspirations have been wasting a lot of Linux maintainer time.

The real disgrace was the experiment. The response was fairly natural for humans with imperfect information being experimented on.

Please be more specific. How do you think the Linux kernel maintainers should improve their procedures to prevent clownshows like this in the future? No points for mentioning things that they already do or assuming infinite maintainer hours.

[0]: https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis/status/13848760502079406...
Massive height, less durable materials in the work areas (aluminum bed, I'm looking at you), more seats, and much smaller bed areas. All of those things contribute to the fall of practicality.

I tried to find a regular cab, regular bed F-150 about four months ago. To do that, I would've had to buy a fleet vehicle intended for a manufacturer or to be converted into like a plumbing truck. Everything else has 4 doors and a 5' bed. I don't want an SUV, I want a truck with a full sized bed.

The sales people were genuinely confused as to why I wouldn't want a quad-cab, and why I needed an 8' bed. They legitimately never had that conversation with anyone unless they were looking for a fleet truck.

What a world.
from prawnsalad, in his own words: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17377232

> Kiwi IRC developer here that was sponsored and hired by LTM back in November

he states he was hired by LTM (London Trust Media): your company

he is not neutral in any way, shape or form

arguing over these sort of semantics is not a good way to build up your (desperately needed) credibility
It doesn't really matter. Particularly if you are looking for (actually) senior people with specific experience, unless you are very careful with postings you will end up with an avalanche of inappropriate submissions. Either someone has to wade through them, or you use a terrible filter that everyone hates.
You're going to be really sad when you do the comparison for people who drive sports cars. Porsche 911's run at 19 mpg for the 2020 models and ~14mpg for the 2000 models, and the 2010 Cayenne (SUV) runs at 11 mpg. 11!
Should manufacturers also install governors that limit maximum speed to 55 mph? That would make them as safe as they can be, right?
> the PDF is inscrutable

I was able to follow it pretty easily. What did you have trouble with?
We changed the url from https://github.com/freenode/web-7.0/raw/main/static/files/on... to one that doesn't do a file download.
It works OK that way, they accept new members of their club when you conform. However, I've had my Prius damaged by rural folk (in lots mostly full of pickups) on multiple occasions. (Joys of having family who decide because of politics that they're rural farmers now).

I'm sure rural pickup drivers are lovely folk when you conform to their cultural, racial, and/or lifestyle choices -- that's the point!

But I've never met a Prius driver who felt the need to key or slash a pickup trucks tires, both of things which have sadly happened to my Prius in rural parking lots.
It doesn't have to be a problem, however sharing fewer interests is what I meant by 'gradual drift'. Someone I share 0 interests with that also doesn't just enjoy my company I will eventually interact less and less with. If you keep multiple diverse friend groups, you're definitely less prone to this issue
When I was in college a friend of mine who did construction work drove a Ford Ranger from the mid 1980s. It had a larger bed than the typical truck I see on the road today, while also being far smaller.

I live in a wealthy town, and you can tell someone's political affiliation like this:

- Tesla -> Democrat

- Immaculate crew-cab pickup truck -> Republican

- Beatup truck with 8' bed -> rancher
Related: there's a reason the Certified Ethical Hacker course places such emphasis on getting written permission before doing anything.

If you're messing with someone's systems, or (as in this case) with someone's processes, you don't get to claim to be the good guy unless they agreed to it before the fact. It's not rocket science.
New F150 XLT Supercrew (4-door) in 2014 for me was off the lot at $29k.
War has always been terrifying. Read about the Mongol conquest where whole cities would be slaughtered. Or earlier about the Roman conquest of Asia Minor where likely over a million people were marched back to Roman slave markets. Or the Assyrians where enemy leaders were flayed alive and entire conquered populations were deported to far reaches of the Empire.

Also, the balance between infantry and horse archers was not as cut and dried as the article indicates but was rather a see-saw. The Roman Army with their heavy infantry legions could defeat heavy cavalry pretty routinely, especially once they figured out logistics. Once Trajan figured out how to love the columns down the Euphrates, the Roman legions destroyed the Parthian horse archers and heavy cavalry and captured the Parthian capital city.

The Chinese infantry, when there was organization, also could destroy horse cavalry. Han and Tang generals did lead armies who were victorious against large nomadic confederations with horse archers.

Even in modern times, air power has limitations in that in can’t actually hold territory, and you need actual boots on the ground.

I think drones are going to be a huge change, but likely in concert with infantry and not as something separate from it. Drones will still have issues of range and control, and perhaps having them based with an infantry unit and working in concert might actually work better than having them alone.

So the future of war is likely to be pretty similar to what it has been for the past millennia: 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.

From chariots, to cavalry, to iron weapons, to artillery, to aircraft, to drones, we can still see the pattern of new technology getting incorporated into the military structures.
Same with sedans, actually: today's Corolla looks like it's twice as big as the 90s' Camry.
Most of my free time I'd say, so probably depends on how much free time there is, hopefully a lot.
This is a good way to describe it.

To use concrete examples, while I know there are always internal believers, perhaps decision makers at Visa invested in Stripe and at USAA invested in Coinbase to hedge downside of disruption, not because they want to encourage those technologies.
You can once you leave - just don't take the piss like the self driving car idiot did.
I'm curious about sleeping outside. Is it normal in your culture or a personal preference? Are you in a tent or exposed?
You can also measure the end-user behavior without them knowing it. Metrics like "how long did it take users on average to fill in the form?", "how many received validation errors on this particular field?" can be used as proxies for how good the design is. Of course, this is only really an option for web applications.
What do you mean “proto ARM”? I thought the 6502 was based on the MC6800 (the predecessor to the 68k)?
Well said. Lots of people like to assert that light trucks are pedestrian killers compared to cars but according to at least 1 source[0] they are responsible for fewer deaths than passenger cars. I have worked in downtown Houston, where a lot of walking was the norm. There were multiple times that I would walk down the street and see vehicle, after vehicle occupied by a distracted driver. At one point in time I counted 7 vehicles in a row where the driver was moving and looking at their phone and not the road ahead. IMHO this is the real problem. Another problem is there seems to be a migration towards the hot take tabloid for car magazines/websites. More clicks are generated with hot takes about cars than something I would prefer which was objective testing and data.

Now for the tongue in cheek ironic part of the post
Finally had to just stop visiting sites like Jalopnik(a car site written by people who hate cars), TTAC(used to just be the right leaning car website, but now is having Jalopnik envy), and The Drive(A new car site by the guy who started Jalopnik and decided only one toxic car site attributed to him was not enough).

[0]https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/11/4/232
As a thought experiment: for the vast majority of this sorts of tasks a panel van is a superior choice- more secure, more protected from the elements, better milage, much less cool. I'm fact actual trades people are much more likely to use one than am f150.

Could you ever see yourself buying a panel van? Why or why not?
And yet we have gps controlled speed for e-scooters but none for cars...
It's a hassle but not an huge one, and any company that is in a population center that straddles a state border already deals with this (think New York, Chicago, Portland, Minneapolis/St Paul) - once you can handle two states handling additional isn't that painful.

More importantly the COST associated is fixed per employee roughly - having an employee in another state doesn't usually change the amount of tax paid, etc - just who it's paid to.

This won't be entirely true, but it's close enough - and for companies with outsourced HR (think: ADP) it's even easier.

Any company big enough to have a significant number of employees that this applies to would be big enough to eat the cost (and probably already has offices/etc in multiple states as is).
You would be right if diesel would be growing on trees and be sold in every organic food.
No, but it may be reasonable to ask 'please do not repeat this particular mistake'
How long were you contemplating that answer?
This is an absolutely mind-blowing quote, thanks for sharing.
Sure, but that's because they had to build a coalition government with the MPs from Quebec. :)