skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
In my view this is Instagram providing platitudes in an attempt get ahead of a growing consensus that social media is bad for people and society overall

The harm inflicted by social media is infinitely more complex and sinister than a simple count of likes on posts.
This is not a post-mortem. This is ""damage control"", and a poor attempt at it. I've seen better ""damage control"" from skidnets that got caught running a DDOS C&C server.
As already written in the other comment: I find this result hard to believe because I think the offline experiences former generations had, would transer to online generations, too.

But yes, the youth is always terrible. I've read that in the Hagakure, but I think it has already been mentioned/been a "fact" in ancient Greece, too. ;-)
I'm wondering about the same, and I don't understand why you're getting downvoted.

At the very beginning of HN guidelines we read:

"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. [...] If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."

It sounds pretty much like a story that could make it to TV news, and the phenomenon itself is hardly new (a number of precedents has already been pointed out in other comments).
> It’s just more visible to adults now

Its always been visible to adults and has been a perennial complaint of adults about the youth.
Its not integrated into Windows. You still need to install it.
>So I'm wondering, why aren't there more thick laptops?

Because the majority of consumers have voted with their wallets for thin, sleek and sexy devices with poor cooling that are loud and thermal throttle.

If you want bulky, well cooled laptops, there are enough to choose from. XMG makes them for example.
GP is asking for the opposite. They're asking for code unfolding.

That is, given a "clean code like":

auto DoTheThing(Stuff stuff) -> Result {
const auto foo = ProcessSth(stuff);
const auto bar = ValidateSthElse(stuff);

return DoSth(foo, bar);
}

The tool would inline all the function calls. That is, for each of ProcessSth(), ValidateSthElse() and DoSth(), it would automatically perform the task of "copy the function body, paste it at the call site, and massage the caller to make it work". It's sometimes called the "inline function" refactoring - the inverse of "extract function"/"extract method" refactoring.

I'd really, really want such a tool. Particularly one where the changes were transient - not modifying the source code, just overlaying it with a read-only replacement. Also interactive. My example session is:

- Take the "clean code" function that just calls a bunch of other functions. With one key combination, inline all these functions.

- In the read-only inlined overlay, mark some other function calls and inline them too.

- Rinse, repeat, until I can read the overlay top-to-bottom and understand what the code is actually doing.
That something is likely physical dependence on a substance to get anything done
Cautiously optimistic but I'm always wary of unions that get the corporations blessing. We have some like that in Australia (SDA stands out as I used to be a member) and they can be incredibly toothless at times. But that being said, I would rather be in a weaker union than no union at all.

Unionisation like this is always a positive for the workers and I hope it brings about positive changes for all of Ubers drivers and leads to further unionisation efforts in the ride sharing market around the globe. If you're an uber driver in the UK get active and push for the improvements you need, and if you're an uber driver around the world start organising!
https://youtu.be/npxUsrbcdoY
World may breach 1.5C warming within 5 years: WMO
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Um, probably not.

I just heard an interview with a journalist, Jolyon Naegele, a Western correspondent in Czechoslovakia in the 80s (who worked for Radio Free Europe). He talked about how Czechoslovak secret services bothered him (often in a very crude, stupid ways) and also how they, in some sense, were afraid of him, since they assumed that he is a foreign agent. The assumption came from the fact that all the Czechoslovak foreign correspondents in the West actually _were_ agents of secret services.

My point is, you cannot generalize the systemic features of Western liberal democracies to authoritarian countries.

So I would be surprised if this is not true for diplomats as well. Most of them, if not all, are probably operatives of Belarusian secret services, and they probably have mostly conservative-authoritarian values.
I don’t think one gets delegated to an embassy for not being totally supportive of the delegating system.
Vaccine-Induced Covid-19 Mimicry Syndrome
Typically embassy staff are well vetted for being loyal to their governments. Also, some embassy staff are straight up legal spies, tasked with carrying out clandestine work for their governments. These are not people who you would recruit if you weren't absolutely sure of their allegiances and beliefs.
Thankfully, the open protocol means it's just a one-line change to move over to irc.libera.chat , run by the same people as ran freenode until last week, carrying on in the same spirit.

https://libera.chat/
>Or in case of VOOC, they don't check if the cable is an actual VOOC cable, which goes over 5A

Actually they do. My OnePlus wich uses the same VOOC tech will not charge at full power with its fast charger if I don't use the cable from the box.
So it be, I have also build a simplistic regex engine:

- http://blog.marcinchwedczuk.pl/matching-regexes-using-backtr...

- https://github.com/marcin-chwedczuk/reng/blob/master/src/pl/...

I was learning about continuations in LISP and how you can use them to get rid of the call stack and implement pseudo-concurrency. After reading some articles I realised that the same approach can be used to implement a backtracking regex engine in just few lines of code.

I was reading about LISP, but the code is in Java. Don't judge me.
Tech startup recognizes basic modern advances that have been made in the past 3 centuries, after realizing it provides a competitive advantage due to regulatory capture (small upstarts can't afford to pay workers as workers).
How much would you bet that human interviewers' opinions of a candidate after a video interview wouldn't be affected if they were visibly in a room full of books? Or if they wore glasses, or had a painting hanging on the wall, or the various other things the researchers found made a difference to the AI's assessment?

To be clear, I am super-skeptical about the ability of AI systems to do a good job of judging an interviewee's personality from a short video clip. But (1) this seems obviously to be a really hard problem, and one that couldn't even have been attempted in 1970, and (2) I am also pretty skeptical about the ability of human interviewers to do it.
> Including the network share of my other computer’s /home.

TIL network shares also get deleted in recursive deletions.
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Or.. and hear me out here..

Just close your account completely?

We’ve seen a great many of the people that built these systems come forward to explain that not only do they regret their role but that the harm being caused is worse than most people believe.

I’ve also not seen or heard anyone (even people that currently work there) argue that these networks are in any way a net positive for society or the vast majority of participants. This should be a red flag to you as a user.

Maybe we could do something similar to what goes on cigarette packs.

BROWSING STAGED AND MANIPULATED PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.
Primates change their 'accent' to avoid conflict
Instagram can actually be a nice place, if used as a platform to look at cool pictures and not at all as a social network. I never added any friends or family, I just follow accounts and topics I'm interested in. So my feed is almost entirely pixel art, cool architecture, and retro console mods, and it's very pleasant.

Considering they're Facebook-owned, I see surprisingly little effort to cram low-effort garbage down my throat. I've even bought a couple of things via ads, as they seem to be pretty aligned with my interests (as you would expect from that level of data collection).

The only real issue I've had is that a weirdly large number of people seem to tag their family photos with the #architecture hashtag.
But should you design your API like a data store ? That's my whole point actually.

Do you design anemic domain models, or models that represent just data without any kind of logic ? If yes, I guess REST is ok as well.
> many periods, even for centuries on end, had almost no change between generations regarding lifestyles

Many of the instances where we have records of this being a recurring complaint of adults toward the youth were in those times of little apparent lifestyle change; part of that ia that the distance of our perspective probably minimizes changes that were perceived as significant in the local context, but a bigger part is that, while objective changes in lifestyle or technology can provide something to tie the complaint to, the main driver of the complaint is not the change in society but the change in the observer’s position and perspective within society.
Can anyone explain what SICL stands for? It doesn't seem to explain the name on this repo.

(I'm guessing the similarity in names to SBCL - Steel Bank Common Lisp is intentional?)
Only experts can make this judgement in the short term. As time goes by, the reception of the work accumulates and it becomes increasingly possible for non-experts to judge.

It took over 20 years after the Standard Model reached broad acceptance (ie., the experts thought the theory was probably right) for the first supercollider powerful enough to observe the Higgs boson to be financed. This was enough time for policy makers to reach high confidence that the experts had not gone badly wrong and for there to be reasonably well-informed public opinion on the merits of the search.
That's such a boss move. Hope it goes through.
Are we renaming streets after Neo-Nazis now? What else?
> more data

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTWD0j4tec4

Negativeland has never been more on-topic.
Sounds similar to the concept of 'self-exclusion' in the UK gambling industry:

https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/for-the-public/Safer-g...
For many broad questions, when you google them one of the top results is an old Stack Exchange post that wouldn't be allowed today.

It's a shame, because these answers are usually more thorough, objective, and helpful than anything else that comes up in the search.
Isn't this just a map? Usually maps are smaller than the territory.
The people are the soul of the network. The communities are almost incidental. The people are what make it go.
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Iran bans Bitcoin mining as its cities suffer blackouts and power shortages
Yeah, ecologically the Chesapeake is very distinct.
Thanks, this is similar to what I have started to work on. Note GitLab supports a Kroki integration, which is a powerful way to enable "all the things" wrt diagramming libs.
> it enhances the ability to reason about code

In your opinion.

> Generally, functional programs are safer and shorter than their procedural/OOP alternatives

Please provide any evidence that this is true, especially the ‘safe’ part.

Any study I’ve read says there’s almost no effect on language choice at all on bug rate.
Yes I am aware, I am implying that the original poster is not. Volatility does not imply constituents. The benzene could easily come from so many places, but the poster decided to pick out volatility as a qualifier? For reasons?
I want this for League of Legends. Disable my account for 2 days, one week, one month etc. I don't want to lose the progress I made in the game by deleting the account completely but I also want to focus on my finals for a while.
Don't forget to use your feet
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26430466
hybrid approach should really be handy.

Don't think only voice coding for enabled, becoming standard anytime soon.
I’m not surprised, but still ashamed. This isn’t the first time post-89 Romanian authorities rename something to honour a fascist. It even happened to the street I grew up on.
From the post it's unclear whether Tesla made a signed offer, or just sent the offer without signature. If the latter, there's probably not much that can be done about it. That kind of thing actually happened A LOT last year, and LinkedIn was full of people warning you to make sure you get a signed offer before you give notice in your current job. In the middle of the pandemic, many people went unemployed because of this.

Now, if the offer was signed, I'd imagine the contract had some terms and both the employer and the employee have to abide by the terms of the contract. As a candidate, you can reject an offer in the last minute, even if you accepted it, as long as you didn't sign it. But once you sign the piece of paper, you've got liabilities. There'll be a notice period and other things. And the same goes for the employer. I guess even in the US companies have liabilities towards their employees?

I'd think if this candidate passed an interview with Tesla, he won't have much trouble finding another role. It's always more difficult when you're unemployed, but you can always build leverage by applying to multiple companies, get multiple offers, and let them compete for you. Then again, NEVER turn an offer down until you're all signed with one of the potential employers and ready to start. If you can, don't even turn the other offers down until you've already started the new job. And when you decline the offer, do so in good terms making it clear that you'd like to consider working for them in the future (you can be fired anytime).
As a counterpoint I use Instagram maybe 2 hours a week total and get some minor value at little cost. I dont really see a benefit in closing my account.
Do you have some examples, showcase or demo somewhere to see the actual final result? Thanks
That might be good principle, but kinda difficult to execute on a volunteer basis. How do you attract volunteers to run a service that they themselves don't use?
A new 'gold standard' compound for generating electricity from heat
How to delete your Facebook account
Thanks so much for the links! Joining something along these lines was something that I'd been considering, and it's a push in the right direction.
Well, regular languages are a specific, well defined subset of all formal languages.

If you want arbitrary parsing, use a parsing library?
Do you think that Snowden prefers to live in Russia because of his values or because of his safety?
The carpet bombing of North Korea was one of the great war crimes in history. 15% of the population died. 85% of the buildings were destroyed. Many, many cities were wiped off the map forever.

All this for a country that had never offered the slightest threat to the United States.
The big difference is opportunity time. Previously you had occasional opportunities to impress your peers and evaluate their lives against yours giving you gaps to work between. Those gaps now no longer exist. The information and comparison is 24/7 and real time. I think comparisons to previous generations as being equal in goals vastly over simplifies vast differences in the landscape they operate in.
At a high level, I really like this. Some UX concerns are all that stop it from being amazing:

- The mouse should be a pointer, not a hand. Not only is that the expectation when an element is interactive, but it helps with precision clicking.

- The map almost made me sick when it starting moving. It needs to be slower and smoother. You already let people speed it up, but start slower.

- Dragging the map should be possible. I wanted to scroll back to something that had moved off-screen, and the map dragged a few pixels, then snapped back. If it is supposed to be draggable, let it drag. If not, don't let a drag start and then snap it back.

But really, those concerns aside, this is a nice tool.
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If you're considered an enemy of the state you're not safe on any side. Some countries terrorize their own people, others terrorize someone else's people. As I said in the past, after moving between democracy and dictatorship several times in my life I can say that it mainly boils down to how well your interests align with the interests of the one(s) in power. The main difference is that if your interests don't align you'll have a much harder life in a dictatorship than in a democracy.

But don't think for a second that the US won't force a diplomat's plane to land even outside their jurisdiction just because they believe an enemy of the state is on it. It's all about interests.
Yes but their demo is a 100GB download alone, it seems. That's just a demo. The capabilities of new hardware and engines to render worlds is massively outstripping the capabilities of distribution networks to get that data into people's homes. That's where the next challenge is. Xbox Live is already a long way from being able to deliver games quickly and it will only get worse.
The actual paper is named: "Using Climate Model Simulations to Constrain Observations"

They seem to claim that they suspect the actual measurements to be biased because they contradict the models?

I may be wrong here but this is what I gather from the abstract.
> Users will be forced into a new dilemma: Enable likes and accept the 'social media pressure', or announce to everyone that they harbor some sort of insecurity about their social media status by turning them off.

Isn't that just for your own view? Others will still see the likes I'm assuming?
It is rumored that some Smart-TVs, Smart-Speakers and other smart things have that capability.
Why is a preference for homogeneity always equated with a sense of superiority? I'm not defending their actions - and perhaps they did indeed feel some misguided sense of superiority - but perhaps just as equally, they did not and simply preferred to be with their own?
> The only real issue I've had is that a weirdly large number of people seem to tag their family photos with the #architecture hashtag.

Because for most people hasthags are a way of getting people to view their picture than to label the content
The „excuse“ to hijack is probably bad on purpose, to add insult to injury.

Same goes for chosing a name of Jewish orgin (Ahmed Yurlanov) as the alledged sender of the bomb threat.

It‘s done basically to tease the EU, saying „look at how obviously fake our pretense to hijack your plane was, and you still won‘t do anything about it!“

Same story with the two Russian agents who murdered Skripal in the UK. When they were found on security cams walking around the cathedral (where Skripal was later murdered at) and questioned, they said they were a gay couple (from Russia of all places!) that were just on a touristic visit. They even cited that the cathedral is one if the most special because it‘s tower is built in a special way, ridiculous.

Again, it‘s adding insult to injury.
Let me chime in as someone developing a no-code website builder. Wix are in a similar space as us in fact, though that doesn't matter for the point I am about to make:

No-code only works in a very limited context. Whether that will ever change, I do not know. But to make anything truly no-code, you immediately face a trade-off that's nearly impossible to overcome. You either:

a) Make your no-code solution more flexible by adding a gazillion options to everything, steadily driving up complexity, until learning your no-code solution is about as difficult as just learning the underlying thing it tries to magic away

b) Limit the remit of your application to the point where it does a few things relatively well, but admit that any customisation is unlikely to be possible and hope that your remit isn't too limited to impair usability

Particularly in the website space I feel that 'the thing that just works' hasn't been found yet, despite hundreds of millions in investment and advertising being thrown at that exact problem space. Which tells me it's a tough nut to crack.

And ultimately you will always need people maintaining the 'no code' solution. And those are more complex to maintain, meaning it takes more people to do it.

You might one day be able to replace a few of the simpler coding jobs, by building tools where people just sort of visually plug one API into another, but so long as I still see people doing jobs that could be automated by some simple bash scripting EVERYWHERE, I can tell you, programmers aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
Quixel Megascans are based on photogrammetry. So they're taking lots of photos of real world objects and generating the meshes from laser scans. They aren't built by hand.
> Those same personas seem to have correlations in other ways: dynamic vs static typing, languages, monolith vs micro service.

Your theory needs to account for progression over time. For example, the first programming languages I've learned were C++ and Java, so I believed in static typing. Then I worked a lot in PHP, Erlang and Lisp, and became a dynamic typing proponent. Later on, with much more experience behind me, I became a static typing fan again - to the point that my Common Lisp code is thoroughly typed (to the point of being non-idiomatic), and I wish C++ type system was more expressive.

Curiously, at every point of this journey, I was really sure I have it all figured out, and the kind of typing I like is the best way to manage complexity.

--

EDIT: your hypothesis about correlated "frames of mind" reminds me of a discussion I had with 'adnzzzzZ here, who also claimed something similar, but broader: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26076639. The topic started as, roughly, whether people designing addictive games using gambling mechanics are devil incarnate (my view) or good people servicing a different target audience than me (their view), but the overarching theory 'adnzzzzZ presented in https://github.com/a327ex/blog/issues/66 also touched on static/dynamic typing debate.
It's a mashup of replies that you get on reddit whenever you unluckily stumble into someone with an axe to grind. I think that argument here is that experience on reddit might get negative even when sticking to smaller thematic subreddits.
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I get a lot of positive experiences an connections out of both Instagram and Facebook. I use them solely for hobby purposes though.

I’m part or the largest Danish Blood Bowl 2 league and it’s all organised through Facebook. So is almost all our table top tournaments, and it’s really an wonderful community, even when you branch out into the warhammer general community in Denmark. I use Instagram solely for painting miniatures, finding inspiration, sharing experiences and connecting with other people to learn from or teach them tips and tricks.

This is all very anecdotal of course, but I think SoMe is just what you use it for. I share your worry, but I wonder if we’d get rid of the pressurised competitive society without the platforms, or they just made that part of modern western society very easy to share.

I do wonder why people post pictures of themselves, or why people look at them. I get that there are a lot of beautiful people on platforms like Instagram, but there are so many that you sort of expect them to drown each other out. I don’t get it at least, but for hobby and creative purposes, I do think these platforms are kind of great.
They're not planning on implementing infinite scrolling, rather just having the entire thread on a single page.
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