skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I started smoking when i went to study in China. Someone gifted me an expensive brand of cigarette, and I kept it hidden in a drawer for two weeks as I didn't smoke. One very cold day with no where to go and nothing to do, I took the pack out and lit one stick. My did it have a lovely scent. The heat it created inside me was also soothing. It took me about a week and half to finish the pack of 21 cigs. I couldn't afford to buy the same brand often but i had become addicted to smoking. I struggled with anxiety back then and smoking calmed my nerves. Within 1 year I was smoking 2 packs a day.

Smoking is frowned upon in Ghana, so upon my return there were few places I could smoke. One day while out and about I got really anxious about something and I needed a cig badly. I had to go some distance to get one, and even got a harder time finding a place to hide and smoke. I felt like I was committing the most heinous of crimes cause I had to take off my shirt to ensure the smell didn't stick on me. I didn't even enjoy the smoke because the quality wasn't that good, I smoked in a hurry and kept looking over my shoulder. I simply couldn't live like that anymore. So I quit after that day. The next time I tried to smoke again was 2 months later. I couldn't even finish a stick as it made me feel sick. I have disliked the smell of cigarettes ever since. And that was 7 years ago.
Why Covid rules on liquor, pot and telemedicine might last past the pandemic
If slander were the point, sure. But for a lot of the people calling out sexism, etc, the point is not really the one offending guy. It's the caste of guys who have been supporting and benefiting from the problem that the current focus is symptomatic of. It's the system itself. But humans mostly don't think in systemic terms act to solve systemic issues. They work in terms of narrative, of example.
The neighborhood I grew up in was obnoxiously “think fo the children” and the speed bumps were labeled to be 5mph. They looked more like a spike than a bump. There is no reasonable way to travel at that speed, so it will make noise.

It was a residential street nowhere close to high traffic, so it basically only punished the residents
>People form or join HOAs because they want to

Not from my experience. Try finding a non-HOA house near any major city. From all the friends I know who are homeowners, not a single one got into HOA willingly.

One managed to find a home about 20 miles from Seattle that wasn't HOA-managed. The others had to settle for an HOA house, because there were none available within a reasonable driving distance from the city that weren't HOA.

Sure, this is just my anecdata. But you should check how many people explicitly are looking for HOA vs. how many just settle for it. I hate HOAs with passion, but when I decide to buy a house, I am already mentally getting ready to settle for an HOA one, simply because of the location.
> The problem can come down to defining 'harm'

Indeed. If I, say, allow drug addicts to camp out on my front lawn and defecate on it, I'm probably going to make the neighborhood as a whole less desirable to live in and hence reduce property values. The net effect of that is the same as literally taking money from you. Is that harm? Because it's really hard to draw a sharp line between that and the wrong color of shutters.

Aside: I lived in HOA neighborhoods and non-HOA neighborhoods. On the whole I prefer the later, but I have horror stories from both.
This, precisly this. The author's stance on the Left (as shown in his other articles and personal blog), his mention of Lava Jato as corrupt and putting FHC as neoliberal and Haddad as center-left really undermines all the writing of what could be, in the hands of a more experienced and neutral author, an interesting reflection.
https://github.com/kingcons/cl-6502 Can the gameboy be finished using this instead of chip-8?
So? Why should one fruit grower get away with a practice that is almost universally condemned in another?
> Can someone explain why?

I like order, and I do not trust most people to behave responsibly. I am more than happy to be told when to cut my grass if it also comes with the guarantee that my next-door neighbor is not going to be throwing wild house parties after dark, or turning his driveway into a junkyard, or running a kennel in his backyard, etc. Some people might be willing to tolerate this kind of barbarism, but not me, so I will gladly consign myself to the restrictions of HOAs.
In many areas, the local government _requires_ an HOA for all new developments. It's an awful situation.

I'll never live in an HOA neighborhood if I can help it!
No. I guess my point is that self-interest trumps high minded ideals.
I've lived in a few HOAs in my lifetime.

Ive had my car towed multiple times when I was parked in my designated spot with my parking tag in my window. They didn't care, they just towed it and claimed they coudln't see the tag. Every time it cost me > $300.

I've had the HOA manager show up when I had friends over because it was technically over the allotted "2 guest maximum" for the area. I was just having a game night, it wasn't even an outdoor party.

I've had them literally show up with a measuring tape to check the distance from the curb one of my guests was parked and then come knock on the door to inform me that they were illegally parked and would be towed in the next hour if they didn't move.

yeah, all of that? That's a horror story. Basically every HOA I've ever interacted with or lived under has been nothing but a thinly veiled legally-backed racket to kick back money to towing and lawn care companies.
In a nutshell, the article argues about similarities between Brazil sociopolitical landscape and that of other western powers (mostly US and EU). The similarities, it argues, are that the capitalist system consists of growth based on exploiting peripheral groups to the benefit of the elites. The repercussions are indeed clear: erosion of employment (e.g. the tipping system in the US, air quote "contractors" barely making minimum wage, multiple jobs to make ends meet, etc), a growing sense of disconnect between the people and government as an entity to drive social improvements, the rise of corporate lobbying, etc. Even if specifics are different, it seems easy to agree with the premise that first world countries are headed to the same fate of "endless frustration" that characterizes Brazilian socioeconomics and politics.

I think it's telling that the author felt the need to reach for Brazil as an allegory to avoid the tired capitalism-vs-socialism bickering that plagues discussions about economic policy and social inequality. Nobody wants to hear that their own capitalist pursuit of success is fundamentally perched on exploitation. It's less awkward to point and shake heads at Brazil.

In a way, Brazil is a perfect poster child of the sociopolitical ailments of the world: its inadequacies serve quite appropriately as caricatures of the inadequacies of the western world, but its society is so alienated that people can't even be bothered to attempt to mount a patriotic defense of its ways.
If you are ever in Portland (OR), it's worth a trip to the Bonneville Dam and Fish Hatchery to see Herman the Sturgeon:

https://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/visitors/bonneville_ha...
These pieces[1][2] on the economy of soviet Poland say there was a black market of US Dollars:

> "the government, which controlled all official foreign trade, continued to maintain a highly artificial exchange rate with Western currencies. The exchange rate worsened distortions in the economy at all levels, resulting in a growing black market and the development of a shortage economy.[25] The only way for an individual to buy most Western goods was to use Western currencies, notably the U.S. dollar, which in effect became a parallel currency. However, it could not simply be exchanged at the official banks for Polish złotys, since the government exchange rate undervalued the dollar and placed heavy restrictions on the amount that could be exchanged, and so the only practical way to obtain it was from remittances or work outside the country. An entire illegal industry of street-corner money changers emerged as a result. The so-called Cinkciarze gave clients far better than official exchange rate and became wealthy from their opportunism albeit at the risk of punishment, usually diminished by the wide scale bribery of the Militia.[23]"

> "As Western currency came into the country from emigrant families and foreign workers, the government in turn attempted to gather it up by various means, most visibly by establishing a chain of state-run Pewex and Baltona stores in all Polish cities, where goods could only be bought with hard currency."

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/09/business/the-lure-of-a-do...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic#Eco...
From The Wire, Prop Joe suggests to Marlow to "steal that shit." If it's local police, they'll come looking for it. If it's the feds, they'll just write it off. "steal that shit and see who comes a callin"
“malicious compliance”: nice.
I like our HOA. They do a good job maintaining all of the common property, including the pool, the shuttle system, and the copious grassy areas and parks that are part of our neighborhood.

There are rules here that are related to maintenance, but since there are so many common areas (and roofs and walls, there are a lot of town houses) one person's deferred maintenance can easily become costly for others.

I don't find the HOA oppressive our violating my rights at all. I was completely free to not buy a home in this development, and the HOA documents were shared with us early and often in the buying process. I feel more like our HOA is about buying into the community, and getting the benefits of pooled resources. If that's not your thing, keep looking.
Freedom is generally understood to be a trade-off with various levels of control and power. There's a lot of subjectivity in the freedom concept, especially in America. In other countries it's treated more monolithically when talking about America, but that's not always fair.

An HOA itself also falls under various systems of control, from interpersonal social control e.g. within its board, to
the levels of legal systems inside of which it operates.

The benefits really depend on you. Some people like the HOA for perfectly fine social reasons. Are you after status? Maybe the strictest HOA neighborhood just has it. Are you after structure and control at a fine-grained level? Great, and might as well get on the board while you are at it. More structure makes a lot of people feel safer and even more free inside their own skin (freedom to see one's preferred perspectives celebrated! Feels good in that you can be yourself); that's just how psychology works.

Another important factor: Will you even be home much? Do you just need a place to stay that's orderly, pleasant, and convenient, and you can afford to hire people to take care of upkeep? Or is your home more of the main place for you, a subjectively calibrated environment? A big part of your identity?

Instead of bashing HOAs I think it's a good idea to educate people in living and lifestyle design. You can then find your best-fit from the inside (of you) out, and it's less about avoiding stuff like the HOA.
you’d be surprised. these people exist and are a PITA
Same here. I started in my teens and eventually quit in my thirties. It was so difficult I'm still surprised I was actually able to finally quit. Each time I walked into the office in the morning and at lunch I had to walk through the gauntlet of smokers and the mantra I repeated to myself to resist was, "That is what death smells like" It didn't take that long (months) before I found that familiar sweet smell very distasteful.
Some of these things can be guaranteed by writing them into the rules of the HOA.

Eg. "The HOA shall not have income (including fines and charges) totalling greater than 0.01% of the value of the houses under its control."

"The HOA president shall sit a maximum term of 1 year, after which they shall be barred from all roles within the HOA for 3 years"
Treating housing as an investment is a horrible mistake.

It's an expensive durable good, policy should be focused on making it cheaper over time.

(while maintaining or increasing suitability/utility, not by letting it decay)
> Just another day in Mexico.

Comical exaggeration doesn't help your case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Mexico

> Failed state

According the the wikipedia article, the military took over the town and arrested 82 people, including the leaders and local police. If by failed state you mean Tamaulipas, sure. If you mean Mexico, you need to talk about degrees of failure.
Privacy laws need updating after Google deal with HCA Healthcare
This is exactly what they do - They're just another corporation with state backing that you have to pay to live. State capitalism.
This is the sand heap fallacy. Even if you can't tell where the line is, it's obvious that turning your front yard into a mini-San Francisco is on one side of it, and that painting your shutters the wrong color is on the other side of it. We shouldn't have to pick the wrong answer for one of these bright-line cases just because there's some gray cases.
Please elaborate on how they keep "undesirable" people out - a statement like this has no meaning without any evidence. The HOA is not involved in the purchase of a house in any way.
I've hear that villages in the netherlands have municipal (if that's the right term) policies in this vein, particularly picky about the colour of doors.
We have some ridiculously high ones in my neighborhood. In my car, I have to come to a complete stop and then roll over it very slowly to keep from dragging.

In my pickup, I have found that it is much smoother to speed up and hit them faster so that the shocks engage and it causes much less of a bump in the cabin than if I slow down.
Again, that doesn't sound like balancing competing rights and concerns. It's sounds to me like a fundamentalist's stance.
If you find something that is not yours, whatever it is, you don't get to keep it. And if the owner wants it back and you don't want to give it back, it is theft. I am sure there are plenty of special cases and a variety of laws but that's the general idea.

And if the tracker was legally installed, you know it is owned by the police and don't want to give it back, then it is reasonable to call it theft. We can't blame her if she destroyed it, torn it apart or whatever but now that she knows, there is no excuse.

Now, I don't know what the laws are but I think that could be perfectly reasonable to say: I will put it on my front porch tomorrow, it will be in an expensive looking box, feel free to pick it up. I mean, with you around, there is no way someone would want to steal an expensive looking box sitting unattended on the street, right ;)
> Americans love their freedom and hate being told what to do and how to behave.... And people enter them willingly

I think you answered your own statement. Americans don't blanket hate being told what to do, they hate being told to do X when they haven't agreed beforehand what they could be nagged to do X. Seems pretty reasonable.

For completeness, I'm sure that there is also a segment that on joining an HOA is a "temporarily inconvenienced dictator" that imagines themselves ascending to the HOA board and being able to write the rules, so they won't ever have to be told what to do, they'll do the telling.
I grew up with an HOA and we'd always get letters about the halloween decorations (I've always done it big, ever since I was a kid) that alone made me anti HOA my whole life. Obviously not to mention how the goal of many HOAs just below the surface is to keep their neighborhood as white as possible.
honestly we should treat any cop without his camera on as a regular civilian. Arrest and handcuff someone with the badge cam turned off charge them with unlawful imprisonment. shoot someone with it off murder or manslaughter.
Typically there are some benefits, like a community pool or just mowing common areas. But yeah, if I could have found a house without an HOA I would have.
>are you drawn to it because it would create different sonic possibilities that you couldn't get from the original

That's my primary motivation. On my AxeFx, I have signal chains that are impossible with real gear. If I want to tweak that chain, it is a couple clicks of a mouse. I have four expression controllers and 10 foot switches that are tied to different parameters. I can tweak this functionality on the fly. All in a single $2k box.

Beyond all, tube amps are stupid for bedroom players as they generally require gig level volume to get the killer tonez...
It always amuses me when people talk about "buying" a property under HOA control. You're not buying anything. You're agreeing to an indefinite lease with a majority share of profit upon transfer of the lease. If someone else can decide what color your house is, you don't own it.
I think it is neat demonstration how weird the CPU performance has been in recent past that on one hand M1 has very impressive performance, but on the other hand 7 year old CPU puts out competitive numbers. It is also demonstration how much performance we have left behind as we have adopted laptops as the mainstream computing platform/
HOA is a broad term. The cost/requirements vary. I wouldn't want to try to sell my house if the guy next door parked an RV on the lawn. Things like a community swimming pool and fighting the wrong type of development are a definite plus.
Google absolutely needs to be sued for monopolistic practices. You literally _cannot_ share location data without Google getting it as well. This is beyond ridiculous.
Studying fish habits when building dams is an ancient practice.

My guess: a political, hasty, rush to success to curry favor and clout drove bad decisions regarding a massive government project. Is that not the way of public bureaucracy, universally?
People that like power for power's sake becoming anal about the people they have control over, under the guise of "consistency" and "order"

It's easy to say this if you've never been on one, where you see how unbelievably petty and stupid people can be about sliding their own exceptions by, or just trying to get away with not obeying the rules until someone demands they do, or you have to mediate a real dispute between neighbours that's sort-of-but-not-really covered by the rules.

Nothing has corroded my belief that humanity is capable of governing itself in a sane, common sense manner, as much as serving on Strata (Canadian version of an HOA for a condo building) for several years.
We rented for a year in a town sized HOA that had pools, playgrounds, pools, and other ammenities. A seemingly very nice area in one of the top median income counties in the country.

They ran a contest to see who had the most amazing yard. The first, second, and third place finishers all ended up with massive fines, and had to tear out tens of thousands of dollars worth of landscaping.

It turns out that their wonderful yards had not complied with every policy and procedure of the HOA.

We purposely have bought in non HOA areas now and almost every year hear horror stories from co-workers and friends that confirm our choice.

Incidentally, when we moved out of the rental and bought our non HOA house, our car insurance dropped substantially. The crime in the HOA town was much higher.
If you look at the total space, some 10,000 different coins/tokens, all but perhaps 10 are shit tokens. They have zero purpose but to pump and dump.

Of the remaining ones that should at least get the benefit of the doubt, here's my rough opinion...

Bitcoin is king and proven in its function as "digital gold". Based on its enormous market cap, network effect (100m users and growing exponentially) and one-of-a-kind performance of 200% per year on average, for 12 years straight.

Which is no guarantee for the future, but nothing is. Bitcoin is the invention of an entirely new asset class with unique properties, good ones and bad ones.

Ether and adjacent helpers (such as link) are also a winner, if you take the long term perspective. Almost anything application-wise is built on top of it (DeFi, NFT) touching potentially almost any industry one can think of.

It is true that most things built on Ether are crap and likely to fail, but that doesn't have to be true forever. The point is that even if 1% becomes successful, it's likely Ether-based. Even failed development on Ether grows usage of Ether, and the network effect quickly gets beyond the point of no return.

Compare it to the world settling on Git/Github for software development. This doesn't guarantee good or useful software, yet when such software is produced, it's from that infrastructure.

Besides Bitcoin and Ether, there's a few semi-serious outliers like Cardano and XRP. I expect them to fail fully.

So that sums up my opinion of the space:

- Bitcoin as asset class, long term.
- Bitcoin's Lighting Network for payments, yet needs to become more user friendly and get wide support (give it 3 years).
- Ether and helpers for a wide range of uses.

Bitcoin and Ether are not only here to stay, they will grow exponentially. Pretty much anything else is safe to ignore. For now.
And what happens when you disagree?
It lacks word wrapping tho.
We love our freedom, but also love our property values and really don't seem to value the freedom of others as much as we should. Add the love of power tripping and some spots of actual corruption, and you get the American HOA. Its like the local PTA with fines. In a lot of ways, you can think of it as American who just want to be left alone taken advantage of by busy bodies with the rule of law on their side. When it breaks, it breaks badly.
Fine by me, as long as they can't use it for anything else.
I didn't know they did that. Sounds like a great decision!
What about a craft like the space shuttle? You have it powered through the atmosphere by a set of powerful rocket engines. The forces on its hull while it is accelerated through the Atmosphere by rocket engines or gravity would seem to be analyzable as atmospheres of pressure. So the Enterprise and Bessie both need to be designed for more atmospheres than 1.0, due to the fact that both ships encounter gaseous environments while under acceleration.