skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
As I've done before, when this came up, I've aimed people at the PJM Interconnect's training materials on this. Here's the simplified version.[1]

Here's the more advanced version.[2] This discusses the Carrington event, the Hydro Quebec event of March 13, 1989, and what PJM does when there's a problem.

The effect of a geomagnetic disturbance is that DC currents appear between distant points that are earth-grounded. This is caused by the ionized solar wind flowing through the space between power lines and the ground. Current flow through a loop generates voltage, remember. That puts DC currents into AC transformers, which can cause partial magnetic saturation, which makes the coils a resistive load for part of the cycle, which causes heating. Transformer damage is possible if power levels are not reduced. That happened to two transformers in 1989. The DC currents aren't huge; 10 amps is enough to cause trouble.

So, PJM now has DC ground current meters at a few key points. These report to the system control centers (they have two, just in case), where operators can take actions to reduce power flows at the vulnerable points. In [2], there's considerable detail about this. ("The procedure is implemented when a DC measurement of 10 amps or greater is detected at either Missouri Ave or Meadowbrook. Reduce Salem 1 & 2 units to 80% power, and Hope Creek to 85% power ...")

Journalists and pundits writing on this subject should read that before writing. If you don't understand it, find and take the "PJM 101" online training course. PJM's materials are written for the people who run the system, and there's little nonsense or hype.

The reports go out to anyone who gets PJM alerts. Those have been on the web for years. Since the last time I looked at this, they've added apps for IOS and Android. Since energy traders need this info, PJM lets anybody view it.

[1] https://insidelines.pjm.com/geomagnetic-disturbance-what-is-...

[2] https://pjm.com/-/media/training/nerc-certifications/trans-e...
That's what we're finding right now. Any attempt at negotiation just means your offer gets binned and the house will go to somebody who'll pony up the money, no questions asked.
Drug resistant microbes are getting bred by Indian pharma factories [corrected from "pharmacies"] through their own carelessness [1]. I think it's high time WHO or some such agency got more powers to penalize the perpetrators beyond the jurisdiction of the country. If these bugs start in one place, people on the other side of the globe get affected quickly too. At the moment, it seems that the best the west can do is not buy from factories that pollute. But this measure is insufficient.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9EJuAU2Un4
They also made a video game inspired by it, called The Last of Us. One of my favorite games.
Might be also be attributed to attention bias. Interest in fungi steadily grew -in my perception at least- over the last years.
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I've renovated four houses with my minivan.
This is where the inspiration for The Last of Us came from.

Another form of this is in Cicadas: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997998920/the-fungus-thats-ma...

The fungi is essentially a cicada STD which eats at their bodies.
Tell me when I need to actually do something about it. Until then, I have better things to spend my mental energy on.
Also worth mentioning that U-haul trailers are very handy for this. There's at least 3 U-haul dealers that I can think of within a 5-minute drive of me. The one I prefer is probably 2 minutes away, I can rent a trailer for a day for like $15, they're never out of stock, and the owner of the U-haul dealership is the most chill person on the planet. I get all the benefits of a pickup truck, but don't have to pay for one. Win-win.

You're of course welcome to own a pickup truck if you want, nothing wrong with that. And I'm sure plenty of people don't live in suburbia with U-haul dealers everywhere. But if you do, it's stupid simple and you can save a ton of money.
Regulation is what connected every home to electricity and telephone service, it could do the same for quality broadband service.
I think it’s the Germanic roots bleeding through.

A “German” way to pluralize a noun is to “open up” the vowel, and occasionally add an “uh” at the end, for effect.

Maus -> Mäuse (kind of sounds like mice, listen to Google translate)

For moose, it would be spelt “muse” in German, which would be pluralized “müse”.

But umlaut does not exist in English, we use “oo” for “u”, and the “uh” is silent: so we get “moos” and “moos” :)

Also, apparently moose is an Algonquian loanword! TIL. Perhaps the plural in Algonquian dialects was not distinguishable to English speakers in the 1600s.
At may last gig, I was super burnt out, it got to the point where I'd go into the office, but spend my time mostly dicking about. Maybe doing an hour of work in a day. After six months of that (and having no one actually notice, that was probably the worst part) I decided I couldn't take it and quit without a plan.

The first few weeks I did absolutely nothing but workout, read books, play video games, or just lay out in a hammock. But as soon as the stress started wearing off, I started feeling the itch to make things again. Because I didn't have anywhere to share what I was making, I ended up organizing a local meetup for Rust, which ended up getting me my current job doing shit that I love. Though when I accepted the offer I made my start date a few weeks out just to round my time off up to three months off. That was the happiest time of my life. I fully intend to take at least that much time off if I ever leave this job too. (Though I might even see if I can swing a three month long vacation/sabbatical without leaving once my project is released.)

My only advice: do it.
Who is the American customer for a service like this? I knew someone who did VIP protection (standard former military, protecting bank execs and families during travel), but the work was mainly international travel.

The threat model appears basically to be urban street crime and maybe targeted harassment and political pressure. Unsure what else. If I could get this for airstrikes, I would totally buy it though.
> The downsides are that I have trouble sleeping unassisted, as I'll just lay in bed thinking til the sun comes up, and also have trouble staying focused on movies or even conversation, as my mind will be elsewhere.

I daydream a lot. But I (mostly) don't suffer from those side effects. Instead, a couple of years ago, I got myself trapped in a spiral of recurring daydreams which slowly removed me from active life - to the point where I found myself on the verge of financial ruin (because: lost interest in finding work). I managed to pull out of the spiral with the help of a psychotherapist, but it was a close-run thing. The scary thing was that I didn't notice I was spiralling until one day I found myself in tears because my bank account was empty and I genuinely had no idea about how to fix it. Those daydreams (personal historical what-if scenarios, mostly) were highly addictive!
Sounds like a viable model for certain universities, though.
They are under the group "Health Care Clearinghouse"
Another example of crime going down: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#/me...

This app, Ring, and a good portion of the media are fear mongers looking to make a buck.
I hope you draw and quarter your friends who spend $50k+ on sedans/coupes/sports cars that have no reason for being other than to go faster than is legal and to burn extra gas.

It's a slippery slope to go down to say you know better than others what they should be allowed to own.
Localised is relative. We're still talking about currents circling a significant portion of the planet twisting back and forth.
Section 508 and ADA laws are quite real, and there are activists out there literally just looking for websites to sue who do not meet those requirements. You need to balance launch and revenue with the risk that you'll get sued and the cost of the consequences.

I'm not disagreeing with you, BTW... just saying that for the decision to be good business sense you need to look at the full potential impact on the business.
I've had several nights where my dreams are just trying to solve programming problems, but in my experience it always breaks down and ends up useless because logic doesn't make sense in the dream. Everything in the dream is inconsistent and changes from one minute to the next, but some part of my brain is still trying to solve the problem.
I remember growing up in the UK having a few similar to this: https://www.wayfair.ca/Nostalgic-Warehouse--Clear-Crystal-Wa... if thats what you mean?
And that’s the reason the modern world sucks for a lot of people. Imagine living in a world where people don’t design for you because it’s not economically worth it.
Unless people with the most something have hedged/shorted it against something else.
Watching some Journey to the Microcosmos videos, and seeing even the tiniest forms of life express struggle and pain has fed my personal doubt that this world might be Hell.

Of course there are many moments of joy and pleasure, but ultimately it ends in a negative score (all the suffering + ultimately dying anyway)

https://youtube.com/c/microcosmos
Except it doesnt take into account if you need the vehicle or not.
I can turn my phone off, or put it in a faraday bag, whilst traveling if I desire privacy.

I can't do that for a GSM radio built into my car if my car has to be on to drive from A to B.
That is not true AFAIK
Judging the appearance of some late model vehicles, I'll joke that we might as well skip a few small steps and go straight to mounting Hellfire missiles on the front. :-)
You might want to check out Neovide.

https://github.com/Kethku/neovide
I drive a 1999 F-150 for all the reasons you describe. The sheer amount of _stuff_ that needs to be moved around the countryside was so surprising to me when I first moved out here. I remember thinking how insanely huge a 2 cubic foot back of potting soil used to feel. Now I routinely buy two yards (54 cubic feet) at a time.

It all still feels a little weird to me. There was a time not long ago where I never thought I'd own a car, much less a big pickup! I'll admit that this lifestyle feels very inefficient.

Though, I wonder if my carbon footprint is actually smaller, since I spend most of my vacation time working on stuff at home (rather than flying places).
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Interesting, I'll have to check that device out. I'm using Raspberry Pi 4b and it does not have the right capabilities, ethtool just says the operation is not supported:

sudo ethtool -x eth0
Cannot get RX ring count: Operation not supported

I might have to add a NanoPi to my collection
Very easy just start interviewing. Grind leet if you want to be serious about it.
Its interesting to see 3 months coming up a lot. I think it sounds like a lot of time but growing up I got 3 months off from school every year for summer break. We really torture our selves to work.
FAANGs are FAANGs because of the possibilities of immense profit margins and cash flow due to computing power and automation offering near zero marginal costs.

There are a lot more people with money that speak English than French, so it’s almost inevitable that best strategy is to start with the English speaking markets. Once you hit it big there, there’s no stopping you worldwide. Except China, who also has a ton of rich people.
This is the most cyberpunk think I've read all week. Yes please.
Gardening may be answer to rising food prices
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Or arrange to use my wife's car or my brother's van. So many options.
>If people want rule of law, and not rule of force, then they should become officers not 'security force'. But I have a feeling that the reason they want to be 'securoty force' is to avoid the responsibility.

The implication here is that police officers stay within the bounds of the law, and yet a cursory google search will reveal that (at least in the US and Canada) the police are entirely corrupt forces of legally-sanctioned mob violence who flout the law at will without fear of repercussions or consequences.

If there's a high-blood pressure situation and whether I call 911 or if I were to start using Citizen, I have about the same level of confidence that extralegal brutality will occur.
How much better do you think vigilante forces would be?
Since you answered: do you have a good way to visualize the curvature of spacetime? I really don't understand how to think about light-cones being distorted, because it's the curvature of a lorentzian manifold that stiches together light cones with distortion.
Hot take: this, as some like Ars Technica have observed, stands a decent chance of being a real game changer.

Everything about this vehicle launch appears masterful, from its technology to its branding to the obvious care taken to ensure that in almost every respect it is so superior, and offers so many no-brainers, as to make anyone who can (both individuals and especially, fleet managers), buy these as fast they can.

This thing has more than one killer app.

The biggest by far IMO is its ability to power high voltage high draw tools at the jobsite.

If you have never worked on a jobsite, this is a BFD.

This is itself a game changer, it offers the ability to "disrupt" in a material way a whole class of project. Logistics just got 20% simpler and projects 30% cheaper.

Sure, it can go super fast; yes, you can lock your stuff in the truck...

But the other killer feature for fleet owners is that these are remotely manageable.

Your fleet now has detailed telemetry and its only going to get better.

And this is on launch.

We just got a RAV4 Prime and if I didn't live in SF proper, I might be seriously regretting not waiting for this thing. (I don't, and don't think this makes sense in the city.)

If we move to e.g. Sonoma and work remote? This would be that no brainer.

Hallelujah. Now, to invest in Ford...
Well, still don't have answers, only more theories about theories.
> The observation is that disruptive innovation is inevitable.

Makes sense, agreed.

> The role of VCs is to protect against this risk.

Protect who though?

Are you just saying that a LP has to allocate funds to a VC asset class in order to hedge against worse returns in other asset classes? In other words, if I'm a pension fund, I don't put all of my capital into Marriott because I need to allocate some of it into AirBnb, since Marriott's market cap will likely go down as a result of ABNB's success? Hence - the hedge.
The neighborhood watch is often staffed by amateurs. Security forces are trained professionals. If a neighborhood watch is necessary, then an on-demand security force seems better.

What would you think happens if you abuse this service to call security on your poor neighbors? They keep showing up? I don't think so. I do think the neighborhood watch could take it personally.

Security force is a perfectly respectable and responsible job, and many ex-police and ex-military use their skill set to get into this field.

If officers always showed up, and always showed up on time, then you would not need private citizens. Rule of law is for the government to control. Citizens just want their parents to feel safe, and be able to call security to drive through their street, when they suspect gang/drug activity.
This is what will happen when you defund the police.

Its not the end if law enforcement, it's the end of equal (supposedly) law enforcement.
What makes you think a private force will be under more scrutiny?
The same happens in other languages, of course to a lesser degree.

I now know how to speak in very standard and slang free Spanish, very different to the Spanish I use with friends.
Old Ford Ranger is my sidekick. Got it used and has paid for itself many times over.
I’m interested in the off-grid potential of the Lightning.
Who knew Ford with be the first to offer “offloading capacity of 9kW, and based on an average daily power demand of 30kWh, can provide full power to a home for around three days”. In contrast, Tesla has a cigarette-lighter port offering 12V. There’s an additional one in the back in case you want to charge an iPhone while tailgating.
the problem is that it is not in jest. It is accurate and reviews both how weak societal oversight of police is and how important it is.

Officers are under scrutiny. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes (not often enough for me) when that scrutiny fails changes happen.

What is the oversight process, and the public input on that oversight, for Citizen?

Your example is an argument specifically for not letting go of that scrutiny, and significantly increasing that scrutiny. It, to some, is an argument of why existing state sponsored efforts at law enforcement simply need to be rebooted entirely - because they operate with scrutiny more akin to a private corporation already.
- "Try to take 3 months off maximum"

- "structure your time off"

- "Have goals and schedules"

- "Arrange ahead of time for a role to return to"

You are getting a very American perspective in this thread so far (possibly due to the time of day). I will counterbalance it.

Advice: You're overthinking it already. If you feel like a long break in between roles, take one. Book a one way ticket to a place you've always wanted to visit, and figure out your next steps once you get there. Many/most places in the world (including within the US) are very cheap to live if you don't need to live close to work.

Maybe you end up getting bored and returning to work in a few months, maybe you run out of money, maybe you love it and travel for a year or more, working hospitality jobs to get by. All of these are great outcomes, and you will learn something about yourself that would have been impossible to discover while heads down working full time employment.

COVID is a bit of hassle right now, but places are already opening up, and come summer you should have many more options.
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This was the backstory in Robocop (1987), btw.

Detroit was going broke so they privatised Detroit police, OCP made the winning bid, then their plan was to replace expensive human police with cheap-to-run Robot-cops. That’s why the film was satire /first/, Hollywood-action-film second.

Unfortunately I don’t think Paul Verhoven can save us from this...
Yep. Took a year off.

I can't advise you because I don't know your circumstances. I would do it again, but I cannot well articulate the advantages. I'm more deeply calm. I know my priorities. I learnt to play ukulele.

I was never bored, because before I got to that state I began working on a project. When I got bored with that one I worked on another

It cost me a year's income, but I keep my expenses low and live within my means, so it wasn't a terrible burden. To prepare, I kept my expenses to 25% of my income for over a year.
It's not strange that tech products are basically just digital middlemen today, taking their cut.

What is strange is the people working on such products, when speaking in public, always talk about innovation, creativity and freedom. Adjectives that are directly at odds with the strategic direction of their products.
That was also my progression! The end of the road was the C++ AP test my junior year of high school. I believe we were the last year of the C++ test with Java being used after that.
Ask HN: What API do you wish were a spreadsheet?
I was recently talking with my brother who is a SEO practitioner about making a way for him and others (whom aren't techies) to simply download a CSV of all his Google Search Console API data which is hard to do without a knowledge of programming. Personally, there's been many times in my career that I would pick up a backlogged bug item and have to dig around months prior for the data to fix it and wished that I could get permission from my boss to write a proper cache server to poll our API data but there was never a perceived time or place to do it. Often the bug couldn't be solved because the given API no longer had the data. Also it would be slow for certain APIs and tricky to make sure you don't go over your quota.

Mostly I think that developers such as myself would like an easy and affordable way to safely just save all their API data without having to write their own servers to transfer and cache and archive it and have it normalized with something like JSON-LD with a more sane API design, and perhaps use SQL or something like it to interface with their cached data. However, for non-technical users, I think a spreadsheet interface would be preferred and would open up your every day user to new world of possibilities. Either or, I feel what matters is taking ownership over your data (which can get expensive to retain with a given API) especially in these ransomware times. This sort of service I'm alluding to is easier to do with OAuth services than it is for say Twilio because this hypothetical service would need your API key which could be a deal breaker for some companies.

So if you could magically turn an API into a spreadsheet, what API(s) would those be and why?
It's definitely a tough one when thinking about marketing Logo, because the educators do need to be Logo-savvy for it to work in a classroom setting and it's hard to convince them to take the time to learn it properly themselves. That's why I think it's better to try to get contemporary Logo into code camps, because the facilitators are more motivated and have some enthusiasm for it. But we'll see :)

Could you please e-mail me at melody at retrocoders.org ? I'd love to chat with you about BBN. We're in Victoria
In India, Mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection is being seen in patients recovering from Covid-19. It has been declared an epidemic I believe. Doctors believe that high blood sugar and an indiscriminate use of steroids to reduce Covid-19 inflammation is linked to the spread.
I'm not particularly worried about being taken advantage of. "No" is a well-established part of my vocabulary.
Part of the reason is the utter failure of public security systems in much of the US over the last year - whether it's the riots and occupation of public buildings in Portland or the takeover of city blocks in Seattle (and no one needs a reminder of how bad things are in SF).
Twitter does the same, and I (along with other people) hate it. I mean... nice that it saves data, but I can't save it. To download an image is SO simple, but have to rely on 3rd party services to convert the video back to gif if I want to post it as gif on twitter later, or send as gif on whatsapp.
Here’s mine too!

https://www.kevan.tv/2020/12/14/the-best-sites-for-public-do...
> Each dogecoin minted today, affects the value of bitcoin tomorrow.

Dude, same with Montenegro real estate affecting the value of your apartment in Manhattan.

> If bitcoin was the only possible cryptocurrency but the hype around cryptocurrencies was the same, a bitcoin would cost substantially more today.

Just like if the rest of the land didn't exist, your Manhattan apartment would cost substantially more today.
That's poor strategy when creating developer docs, no one wants to listen to a 15 min podcast when they come to a page to learn something or find an answer to their question. Most people on website are scanning for relevant information and they don't want to spend more time than needed, that is how good content should be presented.
Mick West posts some pretty compelling explanations of the phenomena shown in the videos:

https://m.youtube.com/user/mickword