skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My main issue with apps like these is that I don't trust you.

The convenience that you provide is not sufficient for me to give you not only access to a significant part of my financial information but nearly unrestricted access to my money. In addition to that, not only do you have access to it but any of the services that you might use. And I probably don't trust them either.

Furthermore, I'm also deeply skeptical of services that require you to top up an account and then use that balance. This is mainly because of the way these types of accounts are (ab)used in South East Asia. (eg. if you top up that account and use that balance to buy something, you wont ever be able to get a refund in money, it'll only ever be refunded to that account) Besides the fact that in many cases you have limited access to your own money.

With that said, given that I'm probably a bit more privacy conscious than an average user given I'm in tech I'm probably not your target market so my feedback might be nearly irrelevant.

Btw when I shared a house, I had an Excel sheet where I put the bills and rent as they came in. A few days before rent was due I'd remind everyone that the sheet has been updated and when everyone paid their share I'd pay all the bills. I definitely understand how your solution could be a selling point if you live with people you don't trust or are unreliable.
Or at least auto-delete them after 30 days, in case a customer didn't get theirs, and needed it resent. Retention policies limit the blast radius when there is a problem.
That's pretty much how I see it. Except the company's policies do not state any change to the required hours. I feel this is a deceptive employer practice (one of several I've seen).

The bigger issue is that I can't see myself continuing to work here until I'm able to "retire". The work is shit. I've heard many managers will look to fire people or drive them out if they are moving up. I need the job to support my family, so that causes a lot of stress. If I were single, I would have quit years ago... or just stopped trying until they fire me.
Clavinova digital piano! I hated piano as a kid, largely bc of the lesson style (and plan on trying Suzuki method with my kids).

I’ve played guitar (poorly) for years and I’m shocked with how (relatively) easy it is on piano to do fun improvisation or learn songs I love (Radiohead’s Videotape to start, now trying Piano Man)

And digital means I can turn down the volume when kids are sleeping, use as a midi controller, etc. I’m not audiophilic enough to really care about the tonal difference between it and a real piano, I really can’t tell
What do you define as "bad"?

Arguably several.

I've seen cases of overflow checks that were implemented assuming signed overflow (which all relevant platforms implement!) getting optimized away. Correct, given "signed overflow is UB" and thus can be assumed to not happen. Problematic given for widespread such checks are, and given that there's no easy portable alternative.

Entire checks getting optimized away because of a presumed strict aliasing violation. IIRC between structure with a compatible layout. Pretty code, no. UB yes. Reasonable, IDK.
> Value does not come from money

I didn't say that. I said money measures value. Without money, value is purely subjective.

> Real value comes from the goods and services actually produced

Agreed. And making more money over time is a means of measuring "real value" creation. It's a crude approximation (patent trolls and telemarketers are strictly negative value IMO, and they still make money) but it's the best we have right now.

> An increase in productivity in an industry might not necessarily entail an increase in profits for those in that industry.

True. It can also spark price wars and a race to the bottom, which is great for consumers. However companies are required to make a profit in order to continue to survive. Otherwise they run out of money eventually. This is the current reality of balance sheets and return on capital and quarterly results. Wanting currencies to be deflationary under this reality is like wishing that time runs forward for everyone else while you keep getting younger.

> the money supply was not actually fixed - it was backed by gold

Why does anyone give a shit about gold? Why does it have any value? This whole thing is circular reasoning. "Gold standard currencies are good because they're deflationary. Deflationary currencies are good because they're backed by gold".

> the cause of inflation is an expansion of the money supply

When speaking of inflation, I feel like it's necessary to differentiate between nominal inflation (the number on your grocery receipt goes up) and real inflation (percentage of your income/assets spent at the grocery store goes up). Btw, I'm not an economist so I have no idea if these are real terms. But as a consumer, these are the only things that actually matter to me. I wouldn't care to live in the 19th century, when the price of wheat only increased by 10 cents/bushel decade-over-decade, if I couldn't afford enough food to feed my family.

Moreover, given how different everything in the 19th century was (open immigration, tons free land to settle, tons of newly discovered resources, less competition for everything, less well-developed capital markets, less global trade), I'm skeptical about how useful it is to compare prices of consumer goods back then to now.

Sure the money printer makes all the numbers go up in a scary way. But does it make people poorer in real terms? The answer to that IMO is, "it depends". If the money supply exceeds actual value produced in the economy, it does. If not, it doesn't.
I'd take our spelling system over Chinese characters or hieroglyphics any day. English has weird exceptions but with spell check and autocorrect, I think it's manageable. Their they're there, where we're were, there are many bad combos that unfortunately do need memorization.
I also have a relatively old kindle(the voyage) replacing the battery is easier than newer models due to the lack of waterproofing. It only took me a few minutes to do, I really recommend it as batteries are cheap and my battery life woes are now gone.
Enamel cast iron e.g. Staub/Le Creuset or their more reasonably priced alternative is great ... but it does not function the same as raw cast iron.
Not as fun though. Using the rope adds challenge and builds/reinforces coordination among all four (usually) limbs
The best incentive is higher wages, better benefits, and better working conditions.
The multiple-cursors problem goes to show how much of computing is STILL strongly single-user, even for all our multiuser underpinnings.

Arguably the only "single user" devices should be things like the mouse itself, as multiple people can see the same screen (and maybe even use the same keyboard).

Some games implemented this to allow two-player on the same machine - each would get a joystick or "their half" of the keyboard.
It reminds me of PNP & NPN transistors. Could these liquid "defects" have applications too?

Ever since childhood I've wondered why the water behind a rowboat stays flat for so long. You'd think the surrounding water would flow in and make it as wavy as everything else. Then a few years ago I was on Thera and saw the same thing with the cruise ships coming in. Their flat glassy trails would last for hours. Why does it take so long for them to vanish? It is a liquid transition that is weirdly persistent. Does anyone have an answer? If not, maybe this can be someone's wobbling plate.
Depends where you live. Some people cannot afford to buy a house but can afford to rent. (10k/month to buy, 5k to rent)
If anyone else is wondering as to why there's so much human drama written in what should otherwise probably have been a normal retrospective, it's (at least by my judgment) to increase the likelihood that the article gets optioned for a film or tv series, etc.

This isn't a first for Andy Greenberg, either. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5200697/

(My comment isn't critical of his writing; it's merely an effort at explaining it.)
Bicycle Neon deck.

I fiddle with playing cards when taking breaks, thinking through problems. And no other deck of cards lasted me as long as these decks. Maybe it's generally applicable to 2019+ produced Bicycle decks.

More in line with the HN crowd; JetBrains IDEs always provide top notch experience I'm happy to pay for.
Have you checked out Indie Hackers?

https://www.indiehackers.com/
I understand the incentives argument here, but supply and demand is still a real thing. If you can’t hire people, offer more money. Is as simple as that. Your competition is working under the exact same rules you are.
You paid less than $30K? I've owned used-luxury cars before and everything's wonderful until you have to get it repaired. I guess with a warranty it might make sense, but what's that payment?
Metacycle. The Model 3 Moment for E-Bikes
Seemingly right out of the Runnerblade, Sondors followed the path of Tesla and created a motorcycle unlike any other that you would want to ride on Mars.
Managing Identity in Customer Service Operations
I never said he was a teenager, I said he came off as one.
> They've backed themselves into a corner, running out of odd numbers.

Nah, next odd number smaller than 1nm is simply -1nm lithography.
Even as someone who doesn't use Ungoogled Chromium, those are pretty dumb reasons not to use the browser. The biggest draw (to me) is having the telemetry digitally stripped out before being compiled, so that Google can't remotely activate any tracking, fingerprinting or identification.
Or maybe it's a personal assistant that lives in your phone and asks you how you're doing everyday, acts like a friend, inquires about your mental health and well-being... And then subtly nudges you in the direction of buying X,Y,Z thing or service to help you fill that existential void in your life.
U.S. Treasury calls for stricter cryptocurrency compliance with IRS
I am very pleased to hear that, and I'm looking forward to trying something daring with it.
Zooming out: I think lots of comments suffer from a combination of workcentric view of life and old school puritan values where work is holy and good no matter what. In a true 'smart' society first thing you would do along with your skilled and big headed friends would be to figure out a way to fully automate everything and NOT work... Yes fix the odd broken stuff and help out when is needed, improve and innovate for the sake of optimization/discovery and scientific curiosity, but nothing mandatory to the actual single in order to have basic needs covered, food, housing etc. Money and all the financial system is a lame excuse to keep the status quo and everyone else under its control, with enough computational power you can forecast and implement very nice lifestyle for everyone, the ability to measure and compute nearly everything to a very good degree is something that only recently we achieved and we are not taking full advantage of. Simple example: Japan... too many old people too few to support them, yes we could automate most of the food chain and provide free housing for all of them, but we don't have -fantasy resource x (money)- to accomplish it, this is frankly ridiculous. If you can measure resources and make sure you use them in a reasoned manner you can cover most basic needs for everyone, the reason why it doesn't happen is the heritage of a feudal society who prized violence and subjugation of others and believed in invisible entities that would punish who was against them and/or the established power, and power needed slaves/workers. This was a blink of an eye ago historically.
As an Italian in the US, I initially had trouble in stores asking for "sodium bicarbonate" (baking soda) or "talc" (baby powder). I would have never thought of those names since I didn't need them for either baking or babies.

But maybe it was just my accent.
Ask HN: Interesting Web-Socket implementations / projects?
I am currently learning web-sockets with node.js and would like your suggestion of any interesting ideas of where to implement web-sockets other than just a live-chat application?
The only tricky bit is I think you would need a custom enclosure. Perhaps down the line they will have a slim right enclosure/plate
How do you suppose all the people in the article are doing now, seven years later?
Really the only advantage of cast iron is it is cheap, lasts forever, and you can bake with them. Other than that any pan works about the same. Your choices are about a compromise of weight, how long it lasts, and price. I do once make in my cast iron once in a while, but other than that any pan I have works. I keep the cast iron on the stove though because it is my favorite.

Regular non-stick works just as well for about 3 years or so (very much depends on how much you use it, and how careful you are), then the non-stick wears out and they stick worse than anything else.

I have stainless pans that work just as well as cast iron, but they cost more. They end up spending most of the time hidden away but I do use them and won't get rid of them.
> > And don't think these pernicious incentives don't exist and that peoples reliance on social security doesn't happen. That quote of "The state will save me" is almost word for word out of the mouth of friends and colleagues, with children and families, who despite being very well paid refuse to save and invest for their retirement, choosing instead to spend what they have today and only rely on social security for their retirement.

> Tbh, in the current system (which is bad!), they are the "smart ones".

I've had people tell me I'm a fool for saving for retirement, because when the time comes, the people who haven't saved will massively outnumber the people who have, and they will simply vote to fix it. Spend it now on BMWs and fancy vacations because "Our future government will not let 90% of their population starve on the street because they didn't save."
This happens regardless of whether you are logged in or not. IIRC it's some weird implementation bug with how they use webworkers. There was an HN thread on it a couple of months ago that prescribed some fixes. It varies by browser, browser version and some other things like what chrome may be a/b testing for you. The fixes are temporary, though.

Dunno why Twitter seems to have completely deprioritized the issue though. They change the error message every once in a while but nothing else.
Its so true, was very depressing when working at my first aero job
A Kamado Joe.

It's easy to expertly cook food on kamado style grills. Because of their construction, they have a wide temperature range from 150ºF to greater than 750º and they sustain heat for a long time. I can use this thing as a smoker, a grill and a pizza oven.
Ranking Intellectual Dark Web Twitter Accounts
I've played a lot Beat Saber, and ended up getting wrist weights. Very recently I've been spending time in Thrill of the Fight. I would never have expected myself to like it, but it's a fun workout.
Mostly yes.

Numbers (and character) are implemented as arrays with 0 dimensions. Text would be an array of characters with 1 dimension (the number of characters), and generally speaking the dimension of an array is a one dimensional list of non-negative integers. Many array languages also include an array type which is approximately the same as a C pointer to an array, with a bit of jargon thrown in to distinguish a reference to an array from the array itself.

Something like an SQL table in an array language would be implemented as a list of columns (rather than as a list of rows) and a corresponding list of column labels. This has some interesting benefits.

That said, functions in array language are typically not arrays (though they presumably would have a textual representation). So... not everything is an array.
I believe Mint used to have this and they discontinued for some reason -- re paying utility bills
I just think of Futurama
> The report pointed to $52.72 trillion in unfunded Medicare benefits and $37.60 trillion in unfunded Social Security benefits

https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/u-s-governments-financi...
Did burned game CDs work with Bleem? I assumed it made some check for an official disc.
Worth introducing a bug that would annoy him enough.
/s
Nothing about the reasons behind his actions are evident, despite repeated questioning. The answers he gives don't add up (a lot of vague mumbling about improving freenode by making it distributed, which seems completely counter to his actual actions).
Agreed, but your tone implies that you won't be an old person one day.
I drive to work because it's cheaper to pay for car insurance, road tax and diesel fuel than it is to purchase a season train ticket, not to mention it takes less time to get to work and the commute itself is more comfortable. UK trains are not a sane alternative to driving. Until the Gov steps in and fixes that only people who absolutely much use trains will continue to do so. With ever so popular and becoming the norm remote working, the train service companies are in for a big surprise.

EDIT: Also I wouldn't call UK trains reliable. I see a lot of stations having a fleet of coaches ready or sometimes in use because the trains are out of service. That's very poor.
You don't get damages on the enamel when cooking a steak?
The situation has gotten at least somewhat better since then. Ubsan and friends are not a guarantee, but make it much more realistic to find UB issues.
It's probably just WebView but from the UI and elements it was obvious that it's IE-based.
What's also interesting is that for the manual's videos Flash was required which now obviously doesn't work as it was removed via cumulative updates on W10

https://steamcommunity.com/app/34330/discussions/0/864947668...
This is so true. I guarantee my ancestors out in the woods of Pennsylvania didn't spend any time deliberately seasoning their skillets. They were tools to be used, not decorations to be delicately and painstakingly maintained.
It used to be like that but not any more. These days upper people mostly speak 'accented' english.
Trade Republic hits $5.3bn valuation in record-breaking fundraise led by Sequoia
The jury is still out. Traveling and going out is a massive discretionary spending article, even just from my own experience. There IS a glut of cash on-hand right now, hence all the degenerate gambling in the stock market and crypto, but we will find out how permanent this is, soon enough.
> On windows I'd expect the default allocator to be a black box, but I might be wrong.

The UCRT is at least "source available" on Windows, up to a point, and distributed with the Windows SDK. The release heap codepath is a bit boring:

malloc: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Source\10.0.19041.0\ucrt\heap\malloc.cpp
_malloc_base: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Source\10.0.19041.0\ucrt\heap\malloc_base.cpp
HeapAlloc: (kernel32.dll alias for ntdll.dll!RtlAllocateHeap() on my machine)

The debug codepath is a bit more interesting:

malloc: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Source\10.0.19041.0\ucrt\heap\malloc.cpp
_malloc_dbg: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Source\10.0.19041.0\ucrt\heap\debug_heap.cpp
heap_alloc_dbg: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Source\10.0.19041.0\ucrt\heap\debug_heap.cpp
heap_alloc_dbg_internal: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Source\10.0.19041.0\ucrt\heap\debug_heap.cpp
HeapAlloc

HeapAlloc itself is a bit more of a black box (AFAIK), and contains a lot of the fun details about the actual process of heap allocation - although there's a bunch of hooks, debug functions, documentation, articles, alternative implementations (ReactOS), etc.
I recently installed two MrCool DIY minisplits which worked out great. They come with pre-charged quick connect coolant lines so you can install them without the need for flushing coolant or soldering the lines.

If you're comfortable putting a hole in your house for the line and running power, it can really save a lot of money.
And it's only "leftenent" in the army; in the navy it's "latenant".

(or at least, was - it is possible navy use has shifted)
I've got a bunch of the privacy stuff on my Android phone, and even when I use Google Maps while driving I'll ask "where's the nearest grocery store" and it will regularly think I'm hundreds of miles from where I am. I can't even figure out why. It once thought I was in the ocean.

To be clear, when I am asking this, the phone has access to my location data and everything else it asks for.
If he breaks something just go fix it. Would be a funny story.
A walking pad for under my (ikea adjustable height) desk.

I try to walk a minimum of 30 minutes on it in the afternoon, and it surprisingly works really well with reading, typing and mouse movements.

High concentration work is harder, but I don't have that anyway in the afternoon :D.
Also check out https://www.indiehackers.com/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/ for ideas
Amazon made Graviton affordable. You even get a discount compared to running x86 instances.

Pay-As-You-Go is great for trying out new architectures: it's easy to justify spinning a few instances to test whether something can work under ARM. And if it does then convert existing instances to save money. No (hard to get unless you are a large business) dev boards to purchase.
Recently the DFINITY foundation released the Internet Computer. A protocol which allows you run anything that can compile to WebAssembly, like Rust and their new language Motoko, in a decentralised matter at web speed. As I understand it this opens up some pretty interesting new design possibilities which the Distrikt team made use of. Firstly, Distrikt can make guarantees about API’s always staying available and bring back the API Economy https://www.programmableweb.com/news/its-end-api-economy-we-... . Secondly, it can guarantee that people own their data and control who has access to it and who doesn’t.
The main difference is that spinning gears makes sense, whereas spinning electrons do not!

(I kid of course. Spin in physics relates to inherent angular momentum. If you wonder why that exists, you may also want to wonder why mass exists.)
On top of that this particular chain is quite egregious because Carmack didn't even bother editing his text to be twit-friendly. It just breaks in the middle of sentences.

It's pretty amusing to me that this modern, high-res, multi-megabyte page has worse usability than when we could just "finger" Carmack's .plan from a terminal 20 years ago.

Maybe we should try to bring finger back. We could pretend that it uses the blockchain to drive adoption.
It's also not really about the money. It's about quality of life. If you're the kind of boss that starts whining because you are no longer able to coerce victims into working for you then perhaps there are plenty of things other than hiking wages that are at your reach that could have a profound impact on your ability to retain employees.

I'm sure slaveowners also complained when they suddenly were not able to whip people into working.
> The original intent was for signed overflow to be architecture-specific (not everything was 2s complement back then).

The term for that is implementation-defined, not undefined. If it were to be architecture-specific, back in C89, they would have used the term implementation-defined, as they do for things like the size of pointers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_9-1-1

Many phones manufactured after 2005 have GPS receivers built in. When the cellular phone detects that the user is placing an emergency call, it begins to transmit its location to a secure server, from which the PSAP can retrieve it. Cellphone manufacturers may program the phone to automatically enable GPS functionality (if disabled) when an emergency call is placed, so that it may transmit its location.