skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Much of Ransom Paid in Pipeline Cyberattack Is Recovered, Justice Dept. Says
"But comparison of Third Reich and USSR is an anti-communist propaganda cliché. For obvious reasons: no jew could become a member of national-socialist party, but anyone could become a communist."

The main reason Jews could become communist in the USSR is that Stalin died before he could commit his own explusion/genocide. Had he lived, he would have likely used the Doctor's Plot to deport Soviet Jews to Siberia. Read Stalin's Last Crime:

https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-Last-Crime-Against-1948-1953-...
The average person on the internet can view more war and carnage than even the average soldier in WWII (remember that the majority of the fighting forces don't actually "fight", per se). We can also connect to survivors of even the smallest of conflicts. We're steeped in the miasma of geopolitics. For sure, it's nowhere near as saturated as post-WWII, but we are still connected to the sad reality of violence.
Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos to fly to space next month
Highlights of new technologies introduced at WWDC 2021
Most skepticism here comes from the point of view that the technology overcomplicates without providing commensurate ROI.

The political part comes from blockchain ignoring basic social constructs and believing that they are ushering in some new glorious future. The constant portrayal of this is what turns off a bunch of people.

But the root of it is that the technology is really only useful for finance. Trust breaks down at the transition point from real world to digital.

Also, the only stuff which has meaningful usage has become centralized, thereby going against the ethos. There are expected social constructs from the greater society that blockchain will have a hard time meeting. Thus while being interesting from an academic standpoint, the vast majority seems like a pyramid scheme
Have nothing but praise for FoundationDB. It has been by far the most rock solid distributed database I have ever had the pleasure of using. I used to manage HBase clusters, and the fact that I have never once had to worry about manually splitting "regions" is such a boon for administration...let alone JVM GC tuning.

We run several FDB clusters using 3-DC replication and have never once lost data. I remember when we wanted to replace all of the FDB hardware (one cluster) in AWS, and so we just doubled the cluster size, waited for data shuffling to calm down, and just started axing the original hardware. We did this all while performing over 100K production TPS.

One thing that makes the above seamless for all existing connections is that clients automatically update their "cluster file" in the event that new coordinators join or are reassigned. That alone is amazing...as you don't have to track down every single client and change / re-roll with new connection parameters.

Anyway, I talk this database up every chance I get. Keep up the awesome work.

- A very happy user.
I don't think a software product that removes features for a momentary political fad is a reliable product.
If you were bringing the balance back to 0, it would not be cheaper than using a credit card. What am I missing?
Thank you so much -- love the enthusiasm from this community :)
https://archive.is/20210607201705/https://www.nytimes.com/li...
A breakthrough in the physics of blood clotting
Lots of little changes like this add up and get us to a better place than we are currently.
> A laptop is too much

I don't mean price. I mean I don't need a keyboard. A tablet is the perfect form factor for consuming media 99% of the time, and a whole laptop I'd use for 1% of the time ain't worth the money. I need a mobile device I can attach to a keyboard and do "Pro" work 5 hours a month, is that much to ask?
That's one example in a very specific niche (sales), but this approach really underplays the value of being an active and present team member.

But yeah, if your job is shit and you're just doing it for whatever money you are getting, then you may indeed be prone to find loopholes that enable you to do the minimum amount of work required.
Content design considerations for the new Firefox
AHHH: A Programming Language for the Dreadful
> momentary political fad

I don't think the Tiananmen Square democracy protests qualify as a "momentary political fad".

Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, Uighur, et al. independence/democracy is an important, ongoing issue.

A multi-party, democratic China would be dream come true for the world.
It’s cool to see the “move your mouse between computers” concept become more widely available. I worked as an intern at TideBreak in 2007. Their product PointRight was based on work the founder did at Stanford in 2000. It let you move your mouse from one computer to another:

http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/pointright/
iPad OS's multi-tasking patterns suck. I can never figure out how to have a juxtaposed safari instance.. Heck I think even now, I have two safari tabs shelved, from when I somehow triggered multi-task gestures on them..

just give me the normal desktop paradigms for multi-tasking. Don't need some contrived "tablet oriented" pattern developed by some UX person at Apple.

I don't want to learn you sht. I just want it to work. Learn it from the team that developed the swipe up for home pattern.. they got it figured out!
The title and premise is about how important psychological safety is. But the actual content is about how to avoid making mistakes and caving in or getting out of environments lacking safety.

The premise sounds nice, and the content is practical, but they don't seem to belong to the same article. :)
"Pro" has lost its meaning in the last decade. It has become a marketing buzzword that means "premium" instead of "for professionals".
PHP library that wraps the FTP extension functions in an OOP way
The Kilted Killer
Elon Musk has yet to visit space, despite his company's longer record of successful manned spaceflight. I don't exactly know how to interpret that, but it's a striking contrast.
Colonial Pipeline warrant: “The private key is in the possession of the FBI”
MoviePass Agree to Settle FTC Allegations That They Limited Usage
They cannot as it was already published (by... them)
Might be worth merging https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27426748

Same story, different outlet.
AI isn't here to replace radiologists. It is here to augment them.
iOS, iPadOS, and macOS gain built-in two factor code generator and autofill
Of course you get a lawyer before it goes to court. However you can do the first round without a lawyer. Just a simple letter saying you dispute a claim is enough in some cases to tell the others you are serious. If you get a response after that, then find a lawyer.
Xcode 13 adds Vim mode
I don't understand why a person would risk their life. Why not first establish a series of successful flights without humans first, and then with humans?
You're missing that financial illiteracy that causes someone to have enough money to reliably pay payday loans but not enough to pay their bills minus the loan fees.
I don’t think that most of the people who complain about multitasking on the iPad actually use it regularly.

It works very well in my experience and the stuff they’ve added in iPadOS 15 are great quality of life improvements.

Very happy with the developer beta so far, although it has only been a few hours.
Welp, I think you posted 4+ more times than intended while HN was having server issues. Maybe dang can fix it or you can delete them, lol.

Besides that, 100% agree on the personal investment/grandeur trap for founders.
"First, according to the FTC, MoviePass’s operators invalidated subscriber passwords while falsely claiming to have detected “suspicious activity or potential fraud” on the accounts. MoviePass's operators did this even though some of its own executives raised questions about the scheme, according to the complaint.

Second, MoviePass’s operators launched a ticket verification program to discourage use of the service. This program required subscribers to take and submit pictures of their physical movie ticket stubs for approval through the MoviePass app within a certain timeframe. Subscribers who failed to submit their tickets could not view future movies and could have their subscriptions canceled if they failed to verify their tickets more than once. The program blocked thousands of subscribers from using the service because of problems with the verification system, according to the complaint.

Third, MoviePass’s operators used “trip wires” that blocked certain groups of users—typically those who viewed more than three movies per month—from utilizing the service after they collectively hit certain thresholds based on their monthly cost to the company, the FTC alleges."
Quite a few brand names

https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies

It's the community frowning upon crypto. The moderators are largely hands off.
My understanding (from the work of marcan et al) is that the hardware's there, macOS just doesn't have the drivers. Is there something in the announcement that made you think this will never happen, or just a "if they were planning on doing it any time soon, they'd have announced it by now" situation?
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> Newest iPad Pros with M1 obviously have the capability to do so much more, yet the OS holds it back.

Holds it back from what?

> Instead of proper multitasking, virtualization and external monitor support,

Why not use a laptop if you want these?

> we just gain new and iPad-only gestures to learn and memorize.

That’s the opposite of what they just announced. The new features can be accessed through visual UI elements which addresses people’s chief complaint about iOS multitasking.

> The iPads, especially iPad Pros, have become an increasingly complicated method of computing.

Less complicated than if they just added all the features of a desktop computer.
CouchDB 4 is built upon Foundation FWIW
At least it wasn't just me then:)
This may be urban legend but I remember hearing that the first time the FaceTime team learned it was going to be an open standard was when Steve announced it on stage.
You might be interested in Stafford Beer's work and books, which applies cybernetics to organizational management.
Remember when “developers” tried to update the license on their code to preclude ICE and the US government from using their open source projects due to the “kids in cages” thing? This is much more mild but just as pointless an effort. Do they think google and many other institutions are not bending over backwards for the CCP? Might as well shut the whole project down and quit.
Censorship is a "momentary political fad"?
Ages ago, when I had a small Hackintosh netbook and a Mac mini, I used a great little app called Teleport to do this, and it was great.

Apple's UI for establishing the connection — the little squish and pop thing that happens on the first attempt — is really brilliant. I think it's likely to cause some consternation when it doesn't work perfectly (as is their bias), but if it works well it'll be a great boon for those of us who like to use multiple computers at once.

I wonder how they detect device orientation. That part is utterly magical to me.
Why does software engineering never get included in the “creative” category?

I would love, for my personal use, to replace my MBP with an iPad but it just won’t be possible until there is some method for executing arbitrary code, which I see as a requirement for software engineering. Even if they just made Virtualization.framework available so you could spin up a Linux VM so things were totally sandboxed, I would be able to actually use the thing as a computer.

The reason for preferring this over a MBP comes down to several reasons: touch, form factor, pencil support and honest for “everyday” use, iPadOS is better than macOS.
Some points:

1. I am not lawyer but:

Is threatening someone with legal action illegal?
Yes, if the intent is to resolve a good-faith dispute without litigation. But the threat of legal action without the intention of taking it may constitute extortion. Note that the person making the settlement request does not need to be right that the claim is winnable. But it must be made in good faith.Feb 24, 2020

OP needs to spend some coffee money and ask questions of a local attorney.
Apple let users stay on iOS 14 and receive security updates after iOS 15 release
I am not familiar with this organization and will look into it. Thanks for bringing them to my attn!

Re: working with orgs, we're interested in partnering with those committed to advancing quality eyecare for all population segments. We're currently working with nonprofits like LightHouse for the Blind to bring eyecare to those with low vision. I've personally referred many patients to LightHouse and think that they provide a valuable resource to an otherwise overlooked portion of eye patient population!

One last point here. Re: slowing down myopia progression, I personally think atropine is the most promising intervention!
For good reason, the recent Weisenthal article in Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-07/bitcoin-b...) did a good job of explaining some recent happenings in the crypto space. Lot of food for thought.
Or, perhaps consider that there are other kinds of professionals out there aside from software developers.
I read TFA, but I want to know - how is this possible? Could the taskforce have offered or negotiated with DarkSide to recover the $4.4m in BTC?
Maybe it's a personality thing. Team bonding? Pppffff. I've almost never bonded with a coworker IRL as much as I have people I've met online. "My couch was the office, and the office my couch." So, uh, buy a desk like the rest of us?

Then I got to the photo of the whiteboard with sticky notes plastered all over it and it's like I'm back in the dark ages. What the actual hell.

BTW, this isn't a WFH vs. in-person office thing. Remote work can happen in a variety of forms, including offices! I'm at a SPACES location right now and it's awesome. I'm fine with working at an office. Just not necessarily your office, Corporate Overlords. ;-)

Remote work is here and it's here to stay, and companies pushing back on it are literally holding back progress in both worker productivity and well-being.
True, but it's just nonsensical to say "let's meet three days ago". Real-world constraints restrict the meaningful interpretations of sentences.
That announcement came as big surprise to everyone other than Jobs, and then died of natural causes more so than because of any patent troll.
Replit is crushing it on reputation at the moment.
Peru socialist Castillo extends narrow lead in polarized vote
I’m curious how much Xcode Cloud has to play a role in the process or if it can be done entirely on device.
With digital lightboxes, 3d imaging, automated segmentation and other workflow improvements, a lot of the "low hanging fruit" has already been removed from the process.

When my doctor thought I might have a stress fracture, I went for x-rays. I with my stint 10 year previous in medical imaging could tell at a glance I didn't have a stress fracture. The radiologists report was a brief "does not present with stress fracture nor any other visible issue". AI is not going to eliminate this; a radiologist is still going to need to spend 30 seconds "sign" the diagnosis, it's not going to take much out of the system.

The real work in radiology is the hard cases, ones that require diagnosis and consulting with other specialists. If AI can help a orthopaedic surgeon plan a surgery for a car accident victim; then it will start replacing radiologists.
Universal control + airplay for mac is enough to bring back target display mode?!!

The universal control example talks about shared keyboards but does drag a PSD layer from ipad to mac which is pretty cool. and the airplay says mirror or extend monitor, cross platform is pretty cool imho.
It's not the results. It's that DDG doesn't censor.
Those tweets are from three weeks ago, but it does seem that the US government has been going after this ransomware group in various different ways.
> any recommendations for a beginner NAS?

I did a bit of research and wrote it up here:

https://photostructure.com/faq/how-do-i-safely-store-files/#...
And yet another set of tools is vnlog (https://github.com/dkogan/vnlog). It assumes you have whitespace-separated data, with a legend comment, then you can do the above thing with

< data.vnl vnl-filter -p thiscolumn,thatcolumn 'thiscolumn != "foo"'

If you don't strictly need csv, those tools are quite nice, and have a really friendly learning curve. Disclaimer: I'm the author
23andMe does this already; I've found relatives from some distant parts of the family this way!
You'll need an Apple developer account to grab the beta.

Then you can enable Vim mode at Preferences → Text Editing → Editing → Enable Vim key bindings.

It feels fast! (Although not feature-complete just yet. Command mode and Visual Line mode are absent at the moment.)
The Real Reason Russia Sold Alaska to the United States
In the US there is no loser pays clause - except that you can sue for legal fees as well. There are pros and cons of both, with no clear winner.
The thing about Health Care is most efforts to automate it have failed. Arguably that's because no one "understands" the field, in the sense that no one can give, codified summary of the way they operate; each professional who's part of a health care pipeline takes into account twenty different common variabilities in human body/health/behavior/etc.

It's similar to the situation of self-driving cars, where the ability to do the ordinary task is overwhelmed by the existence of many, many corner cases that can't be easily trained-for. Except in health care, corner cases are much more common. Just seeking health care is an exceptional relative to something in ordinary life.
You're right, we should never do anything, ever, about anything hard, because incrementally makes almost no difference.
"Tu quoque" is a later tradition. According to Suetonius, who writes more than a century later but is our oldest source on this, the literal words were in greek and it was "kai su teknon?", which is literally translated as "You too son?".
The time can vary but it’s likely if you’ve had your prescription change over years it will continue to do so.
> As a matter of principle, when someone goes into your home and steals from you, even if it's not material, you have to respond.

That sounds like a a disingenuous way of admitting that he knows he’s lying.
Seems to be improving right now.
Well, the price fell drastically and the Bitcoin 2021 conference still happened (the biggest crypto conference ever), El Salvador still decided to recognize Bitcoins as legal tender, Paraguay is on the way to do the same, Miami still wants to become the crypto/bitcoin capital of the world, and senators attended the Bitcoin conference in support of it (I understand there's plenty of opposition as well).
No multi-user support? Meh.
Signal: requires disclosing a phone number to everyone you use it with
Among iPhone users, iMessage is heavily used as it's simply the most pleasant solution out there for messaging. For what it's worth, I'm in South Africa and about 95% of my friends have iPhones. WhatsApp is very popular here, but for chatting I probably check WhatsApp three times a day, and I use iMessage almost continuously.
> Holds it back from what?

Being a full-fledged computer.

> Why not use a laptop if you want these?

What if I want a tablet I can dock and turn into a laptop or workstation? The M1 iPad Pro would be a perfect competitor to the likes of the Surface Pro, if the OS weren't holding it back.
> I for one happen to think it's great that our expensive medical system is financing all kinds of wonderful new technologies that benefit the world overall.

Does it factoring in situation of people unable to pay medical bills?
Law suits cost both parties a whole truckload of money - replit almost certainly has a larger war chest than you and can outlast you.

It's easy to stand on the sidelines and criticize this person for not being a martyr to the cause of our terrible legal system - but, while such a lawsuit would never throw you out of your home, it could very quickly drain your personal savings which, if you have a family that's reliant on that savings for future education, could be devastating.

It is 100% reasonable and a good idea to reach out to the EFF if you're being cyber-bullied by a corp with an axe to grind, but standing on your own in this sort of a scenario is certainly going to inflict a fair bit of pain on the aggressor - but it's likely going to inflict a whole lot more pain on you. Lawsuits like this can be tied up in appeals essentially until we die of heat death given our legal system unless you get extremely likely.

Additionally I feel like you're making the assumption that the work a lawyer does is essentially busy work - discovery is an insanely expensive process to comply with and messing something up during discovery and accidentally deleting a key piece of evidence won't get you a "Well, you're just a rando - we'll let it slide" from the judge.

Lastly - if the trial actually did end up going to court, it's extremely likely you're going to lose without the assistance of a legal professional, US law is insanely complicated and I can almost guarantee that your current employer is breaking some law on a technicality currently, I have no idea what it is - but without legal council neither will you.
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Do you mind if I incorporate these into the blog post and mention you in the thank you?
I agree. One of the things the judge is going to ask both parties is if there were any attempts to resolve this issue in good faith outside of court. If you show up penniless with no lawyer, and they show up with a high end legal team to show off punitive damages and the only dealbreaker is that the little guy won't sit down and die quietly; you're in pretty good shape.

The judge will tell you all to go away and try to find an agreement. This agreement will either be Replit leaving you alone or Replit buying you out.

IANAL, but I was in a similar situation and I cannot see any circumstance where you get raked over the coals.
Sorry, that was sloppy, it was linked elsewhere to a story on the recovery and I checked the account and other things out, but totally missed the date.
Full list of updates is here: https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview/features/
Hold tab -> drag to one side of the screen. I don’t know how much closer to “just works” it can get.

Or, open app drawer, long press safari, use menu that pops up to launch a new window.

Multitasking on iPadOS is not very complicated and the features they announced today are going to make it even easier.
Show HN: Email content tester that predicts results
What are some good recent crypto articles that HN has overlooked?
Recently repl.it announced they will integrate nix pkgs into their environment.
They are simply building a better ux on top of existing open source technology.
Not if it's some decentralized offshore thing. Which legal system are you going to use to sue bitcoin, and where is their office to send the paperwork?
That's excellent! Thanks for posting. I've seen most of the tools in this area, and visidata is a new one to me. And it actually does lots of things the others do not.
As the most valuable company in the world, the bar is very high for apple. When they replaced the home screen with swipe up, they succeeded that change tremendously.

The multi-task gestures - Not much success at all. It shouldn't require a manual and practice to use this.
Apple confirmed they won’t be supported during M1 announce week.
Jeff Bezos will blast into space on rocket's first crew flight
>Have you tried recently?

Yes, it was fine. If you are in a hurry you can even boot from a Time Machine backup.