skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The NEM (National Energy Market) is doing fairly well on rooftop and PV Solar. Current growth is actually causing problems as typical base load power (coal & combined cycle gas) are becoming uneconomical during solar hours. As the NEM covers the east coast and south Australia (at least major population centres), that doesn't leave much place to sell it. WEM (Western Australian Energy Market) is more regulated and have their own PV capacity.

The only way this could be economical into Australia would be if it had an energy storage capacity. Someone might do the math and build a battery to be powered from this and inject into one of the grids, but longer term, if it is to supply singapore, it makes more sense to put the batteries at the singaporian end.
Even to the extent that was true, you almost certainly could not get back there. Today, a search query that has no good answers tends to throw up lots of SEO tarpits leading to pages containing nothing but the search keywords, some connecting verbiage, and ads/trojans/popovers.
"Making JavaScript to startup fast on WebAssembly"

The original is at least grammatically correct.
That's quite a fatalistic point of view for a non-technical problem. But who cares if scraping is involved? You can still use all the technologies I listed.

Looking at Hash.ai's product roadmap, it looks like they're building a "Splunk for simulations". And probably their big value-add, besides just a flashy tool, is going to be collecting and curating data. But they probably realize how much time and money it takes to constantly curate all that data. So probably what they are doing is building the tools so that individuals can curate their own data, by using a scraping tool, a transform tool, a load tool, etc. And if they want that data to be more useful within their own ecosystem, it would make sense to make all that data semantic, so that data from one customer is composeable for another customer. The more taxonomies and semantic relationships that are built over time would just make the whole dataset more intelligent over time. Enabling customers to build graphs of graphs would turn them into the world's premier crowd-sourced and curated data warehouse, netting them a trillion dollar valuation in 10 years, without ever charging a single person for access, or paying for anything but infrastructure and a couple devs.

Or maybe it's something else, I dunno.
The new driver model is Vista-era, I think.
Holy crap, it's worse than I thought...

Shortly after Greg Clark took the reins in November 2016, Symantec acquired consumer credit protection company LifeLock for $2.3 billion. Combined with the Norton consumer AV business this represented $2.2 billion in annual revenue for the consumer division. [1]

So basically, this has gone from consumer credit protection to... Ethereum mining?!?

1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardstiennon/2020/03/16/the-...
Probably to stick with 3D Max. I really like 3D Max a lot. It was my tool of choice for about 18 years but, as I stopped doing much 3D professionally, I just decided to give Blender a shot and, once I got over some of the weird UI, most of which is now fixed, I found that I liked it a lot.
Not touching tether with a 10 ft' pole. Stay away from that junk. Use USDC or something else to on ramp.
This is common. I've worked at places where interns started rambling about classified stuff because they found articles on wikipedia and unknowingly put two and two together. The classification system is like any other extremely bureaucratic system: fairly arbitrary and frequently divorced from reality. That's not to say it's terrible and doesn't work, just occasionally struggles when dealing with the problem of determining what needs to be secret out of the set of all facts about the observable universe.
trolls dont thrive on likemindedness. they thrive on narcissism.

also, there was atleast one nation state deeply invested in keeping trump believing he was popular on twitter.
I don't understand why this is downvoted. It doesn't look like top results for "how to center html element" show the flexbox method. My example of "center vertically css" also doesn't show the flexbox method.

The first result recommends the ol' "top:50%; transform:translateY(-50%)". [1]

The second result shows the padding method, the line-height method and the translateY method again. [2]

The third result is a complete guide asking you questions three layers deep about what you want to do and gives you the personalised answer for the scenario. [3]

I gave up afterwards.

But the point is people are still learning old ways of doing it. Should they read a guide to modern CSS? Yes, but we all know searching and clicking on the first result is easier.

[1] https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_css_center-vertical.as...

[2] https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_align.asp

[3]: https://css-tricks.com/centering-css-complete-guide/
tangential plug -- THE FIRECRACKER BOYS
by DANIEL T. O'NEILL

The story of how we nearly Chernobylized our northwest Alaskan wilderness. O'Neill, a University of Alaska oral historian, builds on his previous studies of Project Chariot, a plan by the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1950s to use a thermonuclear blast to create a major harbor on the Alaskan coast. We are taken back to 1948, when a science writer at the New York Times gushed that work on the atom would usher in a "new Eden" where man would "abolish disease and poverty, anxiety and fear." Atomic hubris is personified by O'Neill's Faust, Edward Teller, who wanted to nuke the world's ice pack and flood the deserts in what he called "geographic engineering." Teller and others from the military and scientific communities were opposed by a vocal minority of Alaskans, by the first environmental activists (such as Barry Commoner), and by Arctic-loving scientists. (O'Neill delights in describing this last group eating parasites from dead caribou and crawling into dens to take the rectal temperatures of hibernating bears.) Because the stakes in this largely bureaucratic drama were so high, we can forgive O'Neill for demonizing the Atomic Energy Commission as "little boys...with a pathological glee" for setting off explosions. The proposed ground zero was a pristine spot called Tikiraq. O'Neill periodically breaks from the political wrangling to limn in glorious detail the richness of Arctic wildlife and Eskimo culture, rendering absurd the government promises to relocate natives and turn them into "productive" coal miners. For the first time, the Feds (obsessed with Reds) had to consider a people's irreplaceable loss of their "way of life." Federal money for an O'Neill film on Project Chariot disappeared, but this book became his eloquent revenge. Eyebrow and consciousness-raising at its ecological best.

Pub Date: July 20, 1994

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

I really enjoy this book.. cannot recommend it enough.. I met the author on the book tour at the time.
If it's because of acid reflux or heartburn, try darker roasts or cold brew.

If it's because of caffeine jitters, try popping some L-theanine: https://examine.com/supplements/theanine/
On the surface SPACs are a bad idea for investors (as many have outlined below). But in a world where companies are spending more on customer acquisition (SG&A cost as a percentage of sales is ~50% for most SaaS companies) could it be that the hype/marketing that comes from SPAC promoters has material savings in the year the SPAC goes public?

Might be a stretch as your customers may not be following SPAC promoters or be listening to CNBC all the time but there may be some value we are underestimating.
Yeah, it's no way for a human being to be treated.
I guess this is the wrong article to ask, I'm thinking more of the recent meat company hacks.
>IIRC it says they keep customer funds in interest free accounts

exercise for the one's imagination - you come to a banker and say "i'm thinking about keeping with you an N billions of dollars, interest free. Any ideas?" (in mid-199x i did some work around large Russian municipal funds to be kept in banks, and what i saw helped develop my imagination :)
Trump closes his blog a month after launching it
Sure, but BOTH about solving problems and getting answers. That's the important thing.

The culture of SO become incredibly weird and IMHO will eventually sink it.
Don’t small pupils correlate with stress? If a participant did an iq test and was smart they might be more relaxed than a participant who knew they would do badly.
Visual Basic was never "Low Code". It certainly was "RAD" ("Rapid Application Development"), but VB was always a heavier weight language than people thought it was.

There was a Visual Basic 7. The current compiler for "Visual Basic 2019" is version number 16.0 and the version numbers carry directly through. The VB team moved on, even if if so many of the users didn't. You can get pretty RAD with WinForms (or WPF) on .NET 5 with VB in Visual Studio right now today. It's not the same ActiveX mess of the 90s but that's a good thing in its own way.
Not all stocks have dividends.
The drama is pretty ridiculous sometimes, it’s true :)

This aspect isn’t unique to Depop however. Other buying and selling platforms that allow negotiation are full of people trying to assert their nonsense onto you.

It feels like it’s just part of organic haggling culture. And for some people, like my partner, I think wading through the nonsense and having a handle on it can be part of the fun.

Likewise though, I’m interested in seeing how the acquihire goes.
> But, no, the insecurity is optional, and comes from an entire culture of "good enough", which is manifestly not good enough.

You sound so sure of this. You should start a company that guarantees security, and get everyone's trillions of dollars flowing your way. Good luck with that, seriously.

Or maybe you'll realize how complexity breeds imperfection and realize the countless ways in which theory and practice are the same in theory, but in practice aren't.

It's very easy to imagine a secure system, though. I give you that. Also everyone at the company is completely impervious to social engineering, even the cleaning lady. I'm imagining it.
Today NASA also announced new missions to Venus, discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27374233
A small chance of being robbed is way better than a global survellience system that's tracking my face in all public places. Besides, criminals will simply learn to wear masks.
Interesting site, like the fact that you can look by year. I was able to locate the Lancia Stratos HF Zero concept car. I remember the incredible response it got when it came out in 1970. It's so low to the ground they were able to drive it under the entrance gate to Lancia!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHPqe4khs90&t=94s

There's a YouTuber, Casey Putsch, who runs Genius Garage (offering on hands experience for students) and he's building an almost exact replica. In this video he tells how he's risking burnout and how it's kicking his butt to replicate the car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbVgJ7zQhIA&t=4s
So many memories! Really was a center for life in that late 90s early 00s in so many ways.

I remember when you could see when someone was typing (what technology!) and some programs would pop up the message box before they hit send so you knew a message was incoming. And then you could freak them out about how you knew they were thinking about you :-P

(And that's where I first encountered the sideways emojis, still my goto over the new fangled ones)
Not exactly me but I authorised it: some stupid 3rd party app install that ended up draining daily API allowance and the system almost gone into a standstill... not fun at all.
Correct, crypto is to blame for the current ransomware epidemic. Weak security and a culture of passing the bunk may have created the environment, but crypto made the entire enterprise profitable and is completely to blame for what is happening now. Whether you like it or not this is a simple truth.

Do you know what 'currency' is involved in ALL ransomware crimes? I'll let you guess.
I haven't thought this through I have to admit.

I thought that the BSD license was friendly to this kind of stuff.

If I step on people's toes I would ask for forgiveness and try to give them something back, which I think is just the right thing to do.

For example, I read that OpenBSD developers were sad that most of the contributions they got was from individuals more than from companies, when they actually help companies a lot.

Maybe this could be a way to change that situation?

At the end of the day I want to be happy with myself. I don't want to make enemies. Possibly, I would love to keep working on this for a living as I enjoy it more than everything else I did in the past.

This is not a product yet. If it's going to be, it's going to be a very long and hard way before that happens. Why is everyone so concerned about money at this stage?

Personally, I thought that this was a cool thing that some people would like. Maybe I could make a simple living out of it.

Most people comments seem to me like they are assuming that this is going to be a huge success that could make money and are worried that the other devs would be left out with nothing.

Isn't this a bit of a prejudice? And isn't it premature to assume it's going to be a success?
Apple employees asked to return to offices 3 days a week starting in September
I'm personally waiting for the next revision. Hardware specs are not for me at the moment.
To be clear, there are a lot more downsides too. Sci-Fi dystopians bring up facial recognition technology a lot and about how the technology can be abused and help a government rule with authoritarian power. I do think it is important to think about these issues since democracy isn't stable (Before we start a flame war: I'm not convinced any system is and I think you'd be hard pressed to argue one is). We should consider the vulnerabilities to our system of governance and this seems to be a common one: tracking citizens. But I think in our society "potential of authoritarian takeover" (sometimes called "turnkey tyranny") is less of a concern for people than racial bias (which is still an important topic, don't get me wrong). I think the difference is that one requires foresight and the other is an effect we can see right now. And of course, historically we've seen minorities become the early victims of authoritarians.

We should think long and hard about these technologies and how to use them properly. Historically we haven't thought about ethics much in computer science, but the time isn't post hoc. We (Hacker News readers) are the experts, and we need to be talking about this decades ago, not decades from now. So let's not ignore the conversation.
It looks more ugly in real life than it looks in pictures
Not so - the result holds for all feasible distributions.
Of course, but it doesn't invalidate the point, banning cash would have similarly reduced muggings. Just like banning bitcoin will reduce ransomware activity.
If you do it constantly, the solution is simple: multiply by 2x, if that doesn't work out, add more leeway until you figure it out.

But remember to always "estimate" the same way, whatever that way is. Just add an artificial factor that you don't think should be there.

If sometimes you end up really being in line with your (noninflated) estimate, feel free to lower the price for your clients: they will appreciate it and have even more trust in you in the future.
As a man, I found it made me feel a bit uncomfortable, but that is maybe kind of the point. I like speculative fiction, when it makes you re-evaluate your preconceived notions, and it did that for me.

From your choice of words and the fact that you wrote, I would gather that the story didn't leave you indifferent. So it achieved something.

What do you understand as "gimmick" and how could a "punchline" for that story look like for you?
I think you can run ZMK without bluetooth.
I understand that you are now saying that you accept people talking about their traumas, if you personally agree that they have suffered, and if you personally understand and recognise what they are saying within your own narrative: one of overcoming and having power, as these four successful parodies are claiming.

But that's not the reality of trauma for many people. Some people are never going to be quaffing wine in a fancy restaurant and reminiscing with their aged school-chums. Some people will suffer evident psychological harm that they may never fully recover from.

The four yorkshiremen's tales centre on a factual recounting, not touching upon feelings or harm done or how the situation was dealt with. [it was presented in this way with the effect of parodying this attitude.]

I think this deserves the pushback you are getting. It has damaged generations, to not be able to talk about their subjective experiences of objective harm.

I think your attitude is selfish (in the sense that you're making it about yourself). It does you no harm for people to tell their stories, in their own terms. Why not let folks be?
SpaceX will launch baby squid and tardigrades to the space station
Looks cool. If someone could implement a complete System 8 interface with the old Finder and tabbed file drawers, I'd be super happy.
The "Features Reel and Showcase" video on that page was a cool overview of the type of work being done in Blender (link to video: https://youtu.be/fxNlpQYRz7s)
What zealotry are we talking about? JetBrains's bots? I'd hardly call a bot making a polite non-binding suggestion "zealotry"

I'm told Tinder is starting to do a similar thing with DMs.

I'm either case, you can decide to proceed with your post. Or you can follow the suggestion.
Have you tried it after 2.7? I'm not familiar with 3d modeling, but I heard a lot of people praising the UI changes for that release
Spoken like everybody who never treated their apnea.

My dad has had 30+ years since he was diagnosed and his apnea symptoms are terrible and really noticeable.
Are you suggesting you use a different account per SX site?
if it's just scraping data: why don't hook it directly into the DB then?
> The fact that this prediction is not 100% accurate when considering Earth's countries does not invalidate the argument.

I mean, it does , because he's moved from making general applications of the anthropic principle to very explicit claims about confidence intervals, relationships between variables and shapes of the distributions which don't match even the figures for the part of reality that actually is observable. I'm not just saying "but there are exceptions". I'm saying "given actual human population/landmass distributions, it appears obviously wrong to say that a random person has a 95% probability of living in a country no more than 20% larger than the home country of a randomly selected person from another country, and so a claim the confidence interval is that narrow for planets and alien species is quite extraordinary"

(it's moot that much of my own data also works pretty badly for anthropic reasoning, and I'm almost convinced that the applicable version of the anthropic principle for some of those stats is "if an individual is willing and able to make observations about the anthropic principle, the probability they are exposed to Western culture and in the top decile for access to education, cash and free time is ~1" :-) )
Fortunately, we can stop that from being a reality.
If you want the coffee oils, you can also try any of the pourover methods with a metal filter. The AeroPress does it quite well.
When was the last time covert assassinations or military strikes actually solved a problem? Mostly they inflict further suffering. Mostly they affect people other than the perpetrators.

These are unlikely to be acts of war. War requires state-level actors, who are interested in geopolitical changes, not piddling little ransoms.

What you’re talking about is revenge, not justice. Each of those done well breeds more of itself. Successful revenge breeds more violence and hatred, leading to more revenge; look up the history of vendettas. Successful justice breeds more justice. Societies should choose the virtuous cycle, not the vicious one.
> Warrants across the US are frequently approved on evidence as shaky as a single anonymous tip

Here is the crux of the problem. If facial recognition were good, then it would actually make things better. If it were bad, then it isn't making things substantially worse- if anything, it creates a track record which makes things like racial bias more obvious and auditable.

The real issue is that there isn't sufficient judicial oversight, nor recourse for when it fails.
Retrospective: microdosing LSD is just cargo-culting this study.
Answering that question is really the core of designing this service, isn't it?

I have signed up for game sites before, sites that let me play and invest my time and attention in a game - I created accounts with those sites to save my progress.
There have also been cases of making an account to access multiplayer features in games I beat the single player campaign for.

The real key is the games.
You can hide "Inspect Accessibility Properties" by unchecking the Accessibility menu in the developer tools settings.
There's far more than the racial component. Do you want the government tracking you? It helps authoritarian rule (who always victimize minorities first and more harshly). I think a big problem with this topic is that we're only focusing on the "it doesn't work" aspect and not even considering the "but what if it perfectly works, do we still want it?" question. Humans haven't historically been great at dealing with questions that rely on foresight, but that doesn't mean we should ignore those questions.
> I keep shooting myself in the foot and making too short delivery estimates

Read and ponder the meaning of the first five panels here represent: https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-01-22
*rich customers have more choice than you think

Poor customers go with what they can afford
> Fresh-roasted beans tend to improve in taste over several days and then rapidly decline after around ten days.

I hear that one hack is to grind your freshly-roasted beans and leave them for a bit to degas. The far greater surface area means that they'll degas much faster than as a whole bean.
Those are all reasons why a network/company cannot be 100% invulnerable to hacks, but it doesn't answer the question of if a company can be be significantly more resistant to ransomware. My answer to that question is "absolutely".

These ransomware attacks are so devastating in no small part due to decisions Microsoft made many years ago. Combining authentication, remote administration, file sharing, printing, event monitoring, security policy updates, and the kitchen sink into Windows Networking. An attacker compromises a single Windows machine and has leeway to attack critical servers across the network. If real segmentation of services were reasonably possible in a Windows environment a single credential couldn't be used to hop between systems and encrypt file services everywhere. Not to say some segmentation isn't possible in these environments but the skills and hours needed to accomplish it are far beyond what most companies have available.

And that doesn't even begin to cover the Exchange/Outlook dominance and poor security choices that lead to the higher rate of success for phishing attacks.
A student's experience learning multi-threading with kmer-signature generation
They should have called one of the probes Arbogahst.
That's right. But the justice system can't be fixed. So we prevent it from using these tools.

It's to prevent some halfwit police officer talking to a halfwit judge and prosecuting some innocent fellow. #donttreadonme
a checklist is not where it begins, but it is where it starts. if you don’t have it you probably don’t know what you’re doing
Next, perhaps, they can ban tracking via wireless signals and cameras tracking your license plates. Amazon ring too while we’re at it. I know some students who tracked peoples wireless signals as a school project recently, it was creepy