skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That doesn't seem to prove anything at all? It's a 1.6 lb camera. Weighing in at 1.2 lbs short is either a bad scale or a lot of accessories missing, but it definitely does not corroborate a missing camera.
> This cynical surrendering is not keeping bureaucracy at bay, at all. It's joining the bureaucracy and increasing its size. It is the bureaucracy.

It is keeping it at bay in the context of a team. My company is a company with seemingly more paperwork than the government (and I used to work in government).

Until a few weeks ago, I saw none of it as an individual developer (then we got individual specific paperwork and I looked at the required paperwork in the Google drive). A little digging turned up exactly why he doesn't have time to write code anymore. I would have called my company extremely low in bureaucracy before that.

How does that work? He is constantly in meetings with senior people. So my manager keeps the bureaucracy at bay from the perspective of me by joining it.
There's obviously a misunderstanding with my statement. I am not talking about what should or shouldn't be happening, or what is morally right, or what the ideal experience is. I'm warning people that unfortunately Amazon does not operate the way many people think. Of course I do agree that Amazon should be the sole seller and that if you buy something from Amazon you should expect to receive it from Amazon.

I am simply stating facts as to how the website operates today. Right now, it's possible to order an item on the Amazon.com website that does not come from Amazon.com at all. It can be "shipped and sold" by a complete third party. Most items are shipped by Amazon, but it's not difficult to find items that are just listed on Amazon but the entire sale/shipping process is done by the third party.

The parent comment:

> If you buy on the Amazon.com website it’s on Amazon to deliver your order and provide a good shipping experience.

is simply false, because that's not how Amazon operates today. It is literally wrong because it does not apply to all items on Amazon. That statement is only true if something is fulfilled by Amazon, which includes items "Shipped and sold by Amazon.com" and "Sold by <some_third_party>, fulfilled by Amazon". Fulfilled by Amazon means it's located at one of its many warehouses and Amazon ships it in their Amazon boxes.

If I misinterpreted the comment, then my mistake.
In Germany, anything computer-related is subsumed under "Informatik".

- Students learning to use MS Office in school? Informatik.

- People fixing printers and replacing your harddrive? Informatik.

- System administrators managing a datacenter? Informatik.

- Data scientist applying deep learning techiques? Informatik.

- University professor trying to prove P==NP? Informatik.

Honestly, I envy the Americans for their destinction between "computer science" (CS) and "information technology" (IT). Even if computer science is not really about computers.
Here is Harold Abelson discussing the topic in ~1986. His introduction to “Computer Science” has stuck with me for years. Interesting to see the lineage of the statement, it must have stuck with him as it has for me, when he first heard it.

https://youtu.be/-J_xL4IGhJA?list=PLE18841CABEA24090
Right, i was specifically outlining depression. Taking care of a sick person, i would also err on the side of giving more specifics eg. "Tell me if you want me to get you groceries or something".

But there is a difference between empty platitudes such as "thoughts and prayers" and a genuine albeit abbreviated "I'm your friend and I love you, I don't know how I could help you, but if you know, don't hesitate to ask on account of it being too much."
You can turn off the Xfinity hotspots on the Cisco-brand modems. It appears to be neighbors and/or pole-mounted APs that provide the SSIDs where I was.
This exactly.

If it works it makes companies fly.

Sadly when said companies grow, the managerial part needs to grow, but with that all too often true understanding of the technical core is diluted and diluted and diluted
What Is Time?
Here's my answer-

Time is the opposite of the speed of light and also a locally constant rate of elapse with respect to a reference frame which is not moving through the universe at light speed.

If everything moved at the speed of light, nothing would happen. At light speed there are no antecedents, no precursors.

Time is a special constant rate set by the universe that is relative to any reference frame. Time is not universally consistent - it is an unequal rate when comparing two reference frames.

The universe is a two-sided coin: on one side is the speed of light (the maximum speed available - the maximum speed of causality itself). Because nothing can happen at the speed of light in a reference frame, light speed could be considered a zero/negative/false state - impossible for any thing to achieve because we live in a world where things happen.

On the other side of that coin is time. Any thing that moves even a little bit slower than the speed of light is where you get events that elapse in reference frames. Things happening in reference frames could be considered a positive/true/1 state.

Strangely, someone moving at slightly less than light speed in a closed box would not notice anything out of the ordinary going on. Their perception of time in their reference frame of the box wouldn’t be much different than our perception of time here on earth in our local reference frame of earth.

When things move any slower than light speed, a locally constant rate of elapse emerges unique to any reference frame. Though time is locally constant within any reference frame, comparing time between two reference frames differs and those differences are caused by unequal gravity and movement forces.
Unfortunately the same is true of the dams required for hydro - after all, concrete is a major green house polluter itself. Not sure which requires more concrete though, per MW.

Still, nuclear requires fuel, and mining is an extraordinarily dirty industry, so I would guess hydro generally wins out overall.

However, if we are to avoid global climate catastrophe, we need to consume less energy, there is no future in consuming ever more but slightly cleaner. Especially given that in Europe and the US and so on we already have enough energy for all basic human needs, while the developing world still needs far more energy to achieve this. So to make room for them in the planet's remaining budget, we would have to not just stop building more, but actually reduce some of our power most likely.

The chances of this happening are... Slim.
I was generally popular and got along with most everyone and still found high school to be absolute hell, though really no more than middle or even elementary school.

The issue, I think, comes from a lack of agency, you are told where to be and what to do all day every day. Every minute is scheduled and that wears on people and leads to stress and abnormal social interactions where kids pick at each other.

I do think school plays an important role in social development and learning to interact and get along with others, but I think the environment sucks and isn’t even a great parallel to the real world in most cases. It is more like prison than anything. If you find yourself in a work place and think, “jeez, this place is like high school,” you should probably run.
Try to get yourself into tech company that is working on interesting, future-oriented problems. Clean energy, robotics, medicine, biotech, self-driving cars, etc. These organizations always need a ton of administrative and non-technical staff.

On a daily basis, I think starting small and incrementally improving is very underrated. It’s easy to look at a large ill-defined problem, feel intimidated, and not make any progress whatsoever. You have to break things down into smaller pieces.

As an example: If your goal is to run a 5K, start by running 100 meters on day 1. That’s it. This will take a minute or two, at maximum. Add 100 meters every day...and in about a month and a half, you’ll be there. That’s not a long time.

Whatever your professional or personal goals are, try and think about them from a similar perspective. It might be applying to one job (+1 everyday) or spending 5 minutes learning how to code (+5 minutes everyday.)

If you share more about your skills or interests, I can try to offer more targeted advice.
Yes, last year I had no enjoyment at all. I used to write a blog every day. One thing that put the joy out of blogging are the constant negative SEO attacks that lower the blogs google ranking I've been building over the last five years.

Sure you can disavow, but every week they add another 100+ garbage domain backlinks to your site. It gets really tiring and rankings keep lowering.

To the point where I think blogging is not a good side hustle anymore. I decided to do a lot of different things.

Think of it as just work. There's life (enjoyment) and work.
It's worse than just the title:

> This means that if someone who regularly goes to bed at 1 a.m. instead goes to bed at midnight and sleeps for the same amount of time, they can reduce their risk by 23%...at 11 p.m...40%...early risers may benefit from waking up even earlier. For those in the moderate or evening ranges, however, shifting to an earlier bedtime would likely be helpful.

> “This study definitely shifts the weight of evidence toward supporting a causal effect of sleep timing on depression,” Daghlas added.

> Dr. Vetter gives the following recommendations to individuals who desire to go on an earlier sleep schedule...

They are explicitly recommending that people change their sleep schedule, even though the study did not explore changes in sleep schedule.

This bullshit shouldn't have been published in the first place.
There's also a Netflix show called "Curon".
I've got n24, the glasses work temporarily for me but i cant see them as a long term solution as the entrainment doesnt last. Dedicating 3-4 hours first thing every morning to staring at a painful light while getting nothing else done (no driving, no computer, no active work or exercise, no going out in public) simply defeats the purpose.

ed: I should caveat that some people will no doubt be able to do some kind of productive activity while wearing them, I've not yet been able to.
In Swedish it is called "datavetenskap" i.e. "data science".
Given the amount of control the Eero team has apparently retained over their product since the acquisition, I'm not surprised at all. I'm heavily invested in Eero and would throw them out if they did this without an opt-in (not opt-out).
Funny, linear algebra is essential if you want to do anything machine learning or graphics related.

More so than LeetCode
It's a cost of doing business, not really a fear. I can't recall this happening to me, but if Amazon did make an error or damage a minor thing or whatever I wouldn't object because I would object if it were a major thing and I want to maintain a good record to make it more likely I automatically win any major objections in future. The cost of this strategy is accepting any minor loss from Amazon and the benefit is an increased likelihood of good service for major items.

The only error I can recall from Amazon is they once included an exacto knife I didn't order in a package to me.
Build a machine to make the sounds you can't physically make:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129624-300-dolphin-...
An alternative perspective is that crypto mining should be required to only use main-grid surplus or their own renewable energy sources. Then make it hideously expensive for them to not use renewables. This way the bitcoin / cryptos would be for public good. They'd be incentivised to improve the world situation rather than be a burden.

But governments are usually really bad at this sort of thing and they'd probably just mess it all up. It would likely involve a messed up website, multiple privacy violations, various forms of messed up bureaucratic red tape and all sorts of other anti-patterns.

Also, incentives being incentives, forcing crypto miners to use, eg solar, would likely just spike the prices of renewables and cause other issues.

Ok, I'm outta ideas.
> "Amazon has no concept of "open box" vs "new,""

Yes they do. There is a large section of the website ("Amazon Warehouse deals") devoted to open-box items. I've used this a few times and got great prices on perfect items, just with opened or damaged packaging.
Eh, I work with investment fund admins, the rich have profited quite nicely off NFTs.

In the past their portfolios were made of companies that... you know, do things; but now I see them with $500k of NFT minecraft tiles and they're more profitable than ever before and weep for humanity.
Also, when they decide to stop supporting it (servers and security updates), they can flick a switch and kill the products. The best planned-obsolescence ever: unrepairable and it only works by dialing-home.
What I've noticed is that the blackhat behaviors of the past have become business models.

I remember when going around logging locations of wifi access points was "wardriving". Now apple and google do it as a matter of course using everyone's phones.
That's not an option with throwaway accounts
Class-action lawsuit
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or maybe create a technology that does not waste that amount of energy and advocate for that?

That is more respectful than yelling "STFU" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I used to have this extension, until I noticed the tiniest changes to pages even when the extension was "disabled". Ironically, I distinctly remember looking for the dark/light mode switch on hackmd.io and couldn't find it. Only when I uninstalled the extension did the whole page become usable again.

Generally I like the extension though, I still use it on my phone.
The Man in the High Castle had probably the worst ending of any book I've ever read, it's really incredible how the book takes such a sharp nosedive in the last 2-3 dozen pages
Because "pseudoscience" is a pejorative.

There is an uncanny valley between non-science and science. Realistically, everything we know about a lot of things exists in that uncanny valley. Most or all of psychology & economics. A lot of of zoology, ecology, health sciences etc. Yet, it's an uncomfortable place.

Different professions have dealt with it differently over time, usually trying to reach one bank or the other.

The bad name pseudoscience has isn't unearnearned. Our modern conception of "scientific" (empirical falsification, etc.) was kinda invented to debunk turn of the century psychology and economics... and those often did earn pseudoscience's reputation.

The philosophical implications of "hard" sciences really are different, and the disadvantages of semi-scientific pursuits do really manifest.

Say we study mental health impacts of exercise on teenagers. You may find a result in one school. It might be replicable in a nearby school. It probably won't hold true in a different country or a decade. That's because we aren't really isolating fundamentals, as scientists should. OTOH, we can't isolate fundamentals in a lab and still have results that are relevant to actual mental health IRL. Does that mean the whole pursuit is pseudoscience?

Computer science is in the same position. You can strive for an F=ma, ideal understanding of fundamentals... but... there's not always a lot of gas in that car.
Number of Covid cases in Delhi crashes after mass distribution of ivermectin
It is good to hear from someone in the display industry!

Please do provide some evidence. (not a snark)

So often here on HN we hear from experts in some field that common wisdom is wrong but we do not see the evidence. (HFT insiders come to mind)

I have been hearing the lamentations on the consumer side of eink for over 10 years .

My observation is that there is a dearth of competition and innovation in e-ink display industry.

What are the causes? Physics okay, but what else?

My hypothesis is that it is caused by Eink corporation choosing to go after a big slice of a relatively small pie. They are trying to grow this pie very slowly in a controlled matter not willing to sacrifice any market share.

I would love to hear otherwise.

Why are we as consumers only now getting one choice of a 20+ inch eink screen?

Analogy would be Mac:PC in the 1980s and their experiences with compatibles. Both Apple and IBM regretted allowing compatible devices.
There is also Xerox and before-mentioned 3D printing.

So to me it seems E-ink has taken those lessons(closed system good/open bad) to heart.
Congrats on launching. Looks really promising and I'm excited what can be done with it. Any thoughts on final pricing? I understand the biggest cost are those overpriced e-ink panels, will the post-indiegogo price also be around 60 EUR?
> The article we're responding to... is evidence that that is at minimum an unreliable assumption.

They were already refunded before the story was even published. Yes, Amazon didn't refund them 7K in their first customer support call, that ruffled their feathers but it is not at all surprising. At that $ obviously they need to be be escalated.
Fascinating attitude by the US strategic planners thinking Russia would just accept going from “mutual assured destruction” to “we can destroy you at any time without you being able to do anything”.
I did that once. Made a thousand dollars for my efforts when it closed down.

As long as the expectations are not too serious and it is not a crackpot idea, why not? I have a main job so as long it does not interfere with that, all is well.
It's only pinko communism when the 99% do it.
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Yeah it's necessary to visit a dentist regularly, even if you go for conservative treatments. Every now and then they might have a good recommendation. Regarding the muscle tension itself Progressive muscle relaxation can help.
Isn’t it a small claims court case?
I'm still really upset that confluence bought and ruined pipeline db. It solved my problem perfectly and I haven't seen one yet that fits what I needed as well.
Looks like they're different technologies, found that oceandb has been offered in AliCloud under ApsaraDB umbrella
https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/oceanbase
The Decorator Design Pattern
Such a shame that such a great book had to have such a lousy ending.
I think your message is fair and reasonable.
> Thus is life.

No, such is full-blown neoliberal capitalism, where the only thing that is considered worth optimizing for is profit.

Once you accept that there are other variables that deserve consideration and cannot just be abstracted by price and profit alone (most prominently customer and workforce satisfaction), other optimizations will come into play, which will reduce the amount of crap people have to deal with, and will ultimately lead for a better experience for everyone involved - except for the very few at the top, which are currently reaping all the profits.
Google Accused for Hiding Privacy Controls in Latest Android
you re missing open source's main power to proliferate.
This is what Tesla is doing with their solar roof product. They raised prices by 50% even though people already had signed contracts. All their communication is incredibly insidious, telling people that they need to sign the new contract, when in fact that’s false, in hopes of convincing customers to cancel their order. I can’t wait until a class action lawsuit rips them a new asshole at this point.
Microsoft Quantum challenge at QCHack 2021: Recap
Yellowbrick
No, probably not directly. But could it be a catalyst for conflict?
What about http://materialize.com/ ?
Anything above 0kb is too much for my taste. I was contemplating switching from Google Home to Alexa but it looks like I'd be jumping from the pan into the fire. I guess I'll have to brush up on Home Assistant hackery, sigh...

Why can't we have nice things? Why are corporations so endlessly greedy...?
You can use gpg with emails without having to deal with keys and stuff: use deltachat (https://delta.chat/en/)
> miners pay for the electricity they use just like everyone else

The article about miners literally stealing the electricity that they use was only 2 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27313686
I think it has to do with what I would call "social pressure".

During daytime you have to be ready for a phone / doorbell to ring, a package to be delivered, a package by a neighbor who isn't there being brought to you, an e-mail reaching you, which demands attention, et cetera. It's louder outside. In front of your house kids might play, a dog might bark, traffic is heavier, gardening work is going on,... it feels like a world for extroverts and there is the risk of something demanding your immediate attention while you don't feel like it. There is a "societal" pressure on you to be functioning.

And at night, it's the opposite.

You can finally relax, focus, you know nothing of that will happen. You feel safe knowing that people around you are sleeping. No one expects anything from you during these hours, because it's the designated time for sleep. What you do now is outside of anyone's expectations, it's your time, your time alone. No commitments, freedom, and focus.

So I wonder if night owls are predominantly introverts with some form of social anxiety (whether they realize it or not) and I certainly think there's a large overlap there. I'm speculating, and I am sure it's not true for plenty of people, but it certainly describes me.
The free, invisible hand will magically wave-away all of deregulation's problems using efficient markets. And then the capital will trickledown. The billionaires have been hyping their delusional libertarianism to such an extent that millions now believe "all government bad."
As per Paul Halmos one can’t really write a good calculus book as taught in US schools, since there is no single subject corresponding to calculus. One needs to study series, (and other subjects I can’t really list now).

I’m not sure which of his books I read it in..
Unfortunately this is now history.

Nowadays people go hiking in the mountains instead and argue about math there. My algebra professor from college does a biannual kayaking trip.

Not a mathematician, but I spent a few years during high school hiking with math students, talking mostly about math. We even went on a sort of pilgrimage to Lviv to see the grave of Stefan Banach and of course the Scottish Café.

I still remember one actual conversation from that trip:

-Where are we anyway?

-In Ukraine.

-What kind of response is that?

-The most precise I could give.
Did you know that cable modems -- whether you rent 'em from Comcast or buy 'em yourself -- download their configuration files from the ISP when they boot up?

> ... you probably aren't part of the Xfinity hotspot system.

Because of the above, I wouldn't be so sure (mostly due to Comcast's reputation).

Personally, when I was forced to use Comcast for a while, I purchased my own "dumb" (i.e., non-WiFi) cable modem. I didn't want to pay their rental fees, I didn't want to run an open hotspot for them, and I already had my own -- much better -- WiFi gear.
Yeah my teeth are sensitive (cold and sugar). I could use something like this pretty badly. I've always brushed religiously but I still know over time and as you age enamel is just thinning.
Is it safe? I’ve read that it might cause bone loss and the long term safety has not been established.
The subheading of the article is the only time "fossil fuel" is mentioned, not a single mention after that

>Artists are harnessing NFTs to sell their work but ignoring the vast amount of fossil fuels needed to power them.

this article is FUD

> [...] while the rest of us are saddled with an environmental impact nobody can afford to bear. One can’t help but wonder if the proud new owner of Western Flag will think it was all worth it on some day, not so very far from now, when the coastal cities have drowned, the brackish water that comes from the tap needs to be boiled before it is safe to drink and climate refugees huddle in tent cities stretching to the horizon.