skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I want to comment on your brother’s reflection that he was in pain, bitter, and resentful that he did not have useful knowledge/skills and needed your help.

There is an incredible amount of shame and self-directed anger and fear in men who have found themselves in this position.

All of those feelings are heavy to carry, but they can be shoved aside and ignored by constant entertainment (video games, tv binges etc). Shoved aside they don’t hurt as bad.

But those feelings don’t go away. They get bigger as each year goes on & they flare up when confronted with having to do something they aren’t capable of doing (or think they aren’t capable) like moving out, getting a job, getting a better job, having an adult relationship etc.

Those feelings of inadequacy have to be taken on and grace & forgiveness has to be granted to oneself in order for them to spread their wings / leave the nest and not come back.

For me, the question is how do you get someone so deep into a dark emotional morass to take on the emotional dragons they’ve been hiding from?
I can think of some incentives that would prevent hyperconsolidation. Sliding scale taxation based on some formula including a
ratio of revenue to people employed. Maybe take away big company's litigation advantage by making them pay an amount somewhat proportional to their size into a pool that covers the total costs of litigation. Let them recover money on wins. I think such incentives/disincentives would be met with the usual: "but if we're hostile to big business and restrict growth, they'll leave the US for greener pastures!". Is that really so bad? Let companies that are hostile to the US public leave the US. Penalize their advantage away in tariffs or something for fleeing to weaker regulatory environments.

ISPs can't leave and yet we don't seriously regulate them into doing public good or having a competitive market, which is mysteriously somehow contentious politically. Many others can't leave because their talent pools aren't willing to go with them, and that would be even more true if the workers had a government that worked for us.

There is a problem with government being full of people who would rather stay on the receiving end of a money hose than pinch it off for anyone's benefit. All the other apparent problems seem to me to be excuses to protect that. Check greed or we all suffer. You can check greed without stifling ambition. It's a valid choice.
I don't think you could really call this a cellular automata, as that's defined by the cellular-neighbourhood-processing update rule. To put it another way, this looks like a 'vector' simulation (or automata) compared to GoL's 'raster' update.

There are certainly a lot of other fascinating cellar automata though! Even within 2-state-2d-totalistic (the class GoL is from) there's loads to see and lots of surprises! Well worth exploring! (there's an app called 'golly' that's good for that, and it's cousin 'ready' does related (also 'raster') 'reaction-diffusion' simulations.)
It's a natural phenomenon. Potential for anything turns into realization that hard work and passion need to also be coupled with capability. It's debilitating in some ways but a coming of age for others. Those who can cross this chasm succeed and pivot accordingly.
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I'm sorry, but your comment cracked me up - viscous means a thick, sticky consistency, so a viscous cycle for women, well; you meant vicious circle, I assume
The thing about E2EE is that it's not something that you can meaningfully ban in a non-totalitarian society. RSA boils down to one fairly simple formula, for example, or a Perl one-liner. People who really need it will figure it out.

Besides, there would be quite a few people who'd be actively circumventing any such law if it were enacted, e.g. by hosting the apps in other jurisdictions. And I think that's a good thing! There should be fundamental limits on the power of governance, regardless of how democratic said governance is; and democracies can be no less abusive than other forms when it comes to minorities etc. Or even majorities, when established public mores essentially require widespread hypocrisy - the Prohibition comes to mind. "Think of the children" (or terrorists, or whatever is the go-to political excuse at any particular moment) is not a valid exception.
Removing the URL didn't seem to stop phishing. I was just being obtuse.
Being an influencer is an enormous amount of work. Sure, one could build a brand around games, but maintaining that brand is constant effort, even though the audience rarely sees it.
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Well, MacOS went to 11. Windows can't get left behind.
Social media is the real digital crack.

That’s what most people are getting their hit of when they’re staring at a screen during a family gathering.

Games are the mild stuff in comparison (so long you steer clear of gambling and the ‘basically-gambling’ of loot box-based games)
Diaspora is one of my all time favourite books
> why not just cut out the tedium and watch tv or a movie?

Well, I would dispute it is tedium (particularly compared with watching a modern Hollywood production, and particularly watching TV) - I like exploring and finding new and strange areas of the world.
That's a good one.
"I decided to become a NEET in order to protect the environment"
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=NEET
This seems obvious and unharmful.

Its funny, my co worker insisted that his children shall go to MIT so they can have all the opportunities he did. He didn't see any irony is saying this to me, his peer, a first gen engineer from University of Midwest Farm Community.

And I agree, its not surprising kids learn by example and inherit so much from their parents.
KDE looks really good too, but I mostly prefer the minimalism/simplicity/aesthetic of Gnome.
> Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased over tenfold over the past several decades

That should be "Diagnosis of ASD has increased tenfold..." because of a heap of factors including the medical criteria of diagnosis changing, a historical underdiagnosis of autism in girls and women, and improved public knowledge of the condition leading to more assessments and diagnoses.

EDIT:

Towards the end, it says

> The frequency of autism in the population has dramatically increased over tenfold the past several decades. This increase appears to be due in part to increased diagnosis efficiency from 1975 to the early 2000s, as well as greater public awareness of the disease [3]. The more recent increase in the last couple of decades suggests environmental factors, and exposures also have a critical role in autism prevalence.
People already added it into bitcoin if you stretch the definition a bit. As in the bits needed to reconstruct the image exist in the chain.
You studying social subjects that almost only women study is the exception, you can afford to be picky about this. Lots of guys would love to have a woman who shares their interest, but since so few women study technical topics they have to settle with women they have little in common with. And at that point whether they studied some social topic or no topic and did other stuff isn't high up on the list.
That's simply not true. Proof of work is nothing but an extremely expensive to randomly select the entity that gets to finalize the next block. The system leaks value like a sieve. Either the miners have to be compensated by printing money--and devaluaing everyone else's holdings--or by the transaction fees of a system that has a hard practical and ideological limits on its transaction capacity.

Avalanche already provides a compelling and less wasteful alternative, and it might not even be the last word.

This idea that Bitcoin got it all just right has become a quasi-religious belief, fueled by the motivated reasoning of monetary interest and ideological fantasy.
> In the US cars don't even require this to be stringent. You don't need any schooling to become ASC Certified mechanic, just take a test, no limiting factors for how often you need to recertify, or if you fail it so many times you need to school/train.

There's no legal requirement in the US federally, or in any state I'm aware of, to have any certifications for general automotive repair. The EPA does require it for working on air conditioning systems, though. [0] However, many employers do require certification and/or will assist in getting the certifications. Some of the smaller shops are more likely to have mechanics without certifications or with expired certifications (I believe ASE certs are five years). ASE does require hands on experience for their certifications in addition to the test, though. [1]

The BLS also describes this, probably better than I do. [2]

[0] https://www.epa.gov/mvac/section-609-technician-training-and...

[1] https://www.ase.com/work-experience

[2] https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/...
Breaking up has achieved excellent results before, as far as I can tell.

Source?
> How long does it take to learn how to drive

You're not wrong generally, but this one costs about $1000 where I live, which is close to average national monthly salary and approximately twice the minimum salary.

Not pocket change for someone who has trouble finding work (and many jobs require driver's license).
Any development of config management (ie: chef, ansible, etc) benefits from vagrant as well for the same reasons.
But why would they freak out about a logo?
> you have a greater difficulty acquiring assets not having another person you're working together through life with.

Temporarily. Then you divorce and lose all of those assets. It’s not a gamble I would recommend based on expected financial gains for sure.
They're largely subsistence farmers with high infant mortality and little to no automation which accounts for about 2 billion people. They need children to work the fields and it makes sense to have a lot of children when the labor turn around time is five years and up to a third of them will be dead by then.

The adults pay the "fixed costs" to keep the farm running so each additional child produces more in labor than they consume in resources. They're too poor to hire other adults for labor because they have their own "fixed costs" that are much higher than a child in the family.
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But I bet the number of universities has increased by a lot.
This matches my experience as well: Measurably reduced velocity, noticeably higher rates of rejected PRs and broken builds, and a palpable worsening of productivity and team happiness.

The strangest part is that if you asked individual developers, they would insist that WFH made them more productive and increased their efficiency. Yet managers and the data universally agreed that the opposite was true.

There’s something about WFH that puts distance between individuals and the overall big picture reality in a way that makes these overall issues difficult to see from individual perspectives. It also slowed and dampened all of the feedback loops, giving people the wrong impression that they were working on the right thing or producing proper results until much later. We tried compensating with even more manager effort and over-the-top communication repetition to try to keep everyone informed but it didn’t really help.

There were a few exceptions of people who had identical levels of performance during WFH, but they generally achieved it with significantly more work and proactive communication. Those who struggled the most were juniors who felt like they fell through the cracks.

It’s a difficult topic to discuss on HN because few of us like to admit that WFH is, on average, a struggle for companies. No one likes the idea that WFH comes at a cost.
The bias towards inflation exists because it can reduce the real interest rate below 0%. Lowering interest rates below 0% is not practically possible. If we could hit negative interest rates deflation wouldn't be such a big deal.
And a virtual world can be every bit as varied. You see someone sitting at a computer playing the same video game all the time. They see farming, running dungeons with guild mates, forming relationships, crafting things, fighting wars and so on.

Defining a metal illness is non trivial, but for starters, their mental state needs to cause them or someone else harm or discomfort. But it's also possible that the discomfort isn't caused by their mental state, but the society they are in who rejects them.

In 1000 years no one will remember what that person in their virtual world did any more than you know what a random person 1000 years ago did, but if they feel every bit as accomplished and emotionally fulfilled, then what's the difference?

Now if their involvement in their virtual world means they are unable to sustain themselves in the physical world (not showing up to work, health problems, etc) then we have a problem that needs addressing. But living in a virtual world, in and of itself, is perfectly valid.
Here in NZ, a lot of work on your own property is legal - even some relatively complicated stuff - but the catch is that you need to find a qualified inspector to sign off on it.

The reality is that unless someone knows you and your work personally (friend, relative, w/e) it can be really difficult to find an inspector who is willing to sign off on some random persons work as there is a liability component (nowhere near as large as there is in the US, we have publicly funded "accident insurance" called ACC) in doing so.

That being said, anything I can legally do myself I do and I am sure to maintain good relationships with the inspectors I know.
So the country getting richer made us poorer?
Phthalate chemicals used as plastic softeners are also suspected to reduce testosterone levels.
I strongly disagree. Having elite schools is far far better for upward mobility.

Being a poor kid and going to Harvard is a far more effective ticket to the upper middle class than any alternative the author proposes.

Sure, you could theoretically dilute academic signaling strength, by force, to the point of homeopathic levels - but who does that help? Whose life completely changes for the better by attending such an institution?

EDIT: If you disagree, please feel free to express why. Not complaining about the downvotes, but dialog would be preferred over drive-bys.
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This strategy won't work anymore, because old OKCupid style "long form" profiles are gone. Modern dating profiles have the equivalent of a twitter bio worth of stuff on them now.
In conclusion, I think facebook's advertising arm is likely much more societally damaging than other platforms, and - so long as it continues at current quality level - I would celebrate its demise.
I would seriously consider not allowing special treatment in cases like this. In my experience things like this can be a slippery slope. Decide what is most broadly reasonable for both your company and your customers, communicate it well, and then spend time and energy on your core product.
Hey guys, thanks for the perspective! (I'm the guy who wrote the article)

You're right, saying "16px minimum for all sites" was wrong. I have no idea where I heard the phrase "16px is minimum for accessibility", but I guess that just stuck in my head, and since I even found similar sayings in other sources, I took it to be true.

So umm, fake news I guess?

I revised the article to clarify that and left links that go into more detail on font size.

Thanks again. I appreciate everyone voicing their opinions.
Labor rights should be the big issue for 2022 or 2024.
That's different though "it's not real X unless you make it with Y" is about authenticity. I did not bring up authenticity in the criticism. You are right - Kenji rarely cares about authenticity or tradition. That's fine.

If you go through his old recipes though on SE, you'll see "The science of the best XYZ" or "Perfect XYZ" all over the place:

https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-5118015

I stopped following him a few years ago on Instagram because it was tiring. It looks like he's changed a bit.
The money isn't given and isn't targeted at "the rich" anyway. It's lent, with interest. If it wasn't lent, people would have to borrow money from the [mostly] rich, at higher interest rates, so in that respect the rich actually lose a subsidy.

Sure, some rich people take out loans (but have to pay it back, which often they do by spending the loan on stuff that creates jobs) and some benefit very indirectly from asset prices rising. But as a general rule the poorest demographic borrows more than they own and lends absolutely nothing, and the richest demographic borrows less than it lends, and sees returns to its lending fall
> Maybe I'm not looking at the right thing here but APL's and J's notation seem to be similar. One does look better than the other, but both seem to serve the same purpose.

Not sure if it is possible to understand this without having the context of being well versed in another means of communication that uses specialized notation. Musical notation being an easy example of this. Mathematics could be another. And, of course, languages that don't use the latin alphabet. Outside of APL, I happen to be fluent at musical notation and one non-ASCII spoken language, as well as having the mathematical background.

The closest I can come to explaining what happened with J is that they did their best to convert every APL symbol into an equivalent combination of ASCII characters. Here's the key:

They did NOT do this because Iverson thought this was a better path forward. He did not abandon thirty years of history creating and promoting notation because mashing ASCII characters together was a better idea. He did this because computers of the day made rendering non-ASCII characters a pain in the ass. This got in the way of both commercial and open adoption of the language. He likely genuinely thought the transliteration would bring array programming concepts to the masses. It did not.

In the grand context of computing, J is a failure and APL suffered greatly when its creator and primary evangelist abandoned it.

Imagine a world where people are writing perfectly legible code in C, Basic, Pascal, etc. Now imagine someone proposing the use of seemingly random arrangements of ASCII characters instead of those languages. It's like telling everyone: Stop programming in these languages! We are all going to program in something that looks like regex!

Well, the rest is history. The proof is in the fact that APL is but a curiosity and J isn't a commercially viable tool. Yes, they both exist in corner-case applications or legacy use. Nobody in their right mind would use either of them for anything other than trivial personal or academic applications. That's coming from someone who used APL professionally for ten years and even envisioned a future creating hardware-accelerated APL computing systems at some point. It's computer science history now.

I still think it should be taught (along with FORTH and LISP) as there's value in understanding a different way of thinking about solving problems computationally.

As an extension of this, part of me still thinks that the future of computing might require the development of specialized notation. For some reason I tend to think that working at a higher level (think real AI) almost requires us to be able to move away (or augment) text-based programming with something that allows us to express ideas and think at a different level.
Although they could call this an automata, I think it's incorrect to call it a CA as it's not cell-neighbourhood based:

"A cellular automaton consists of a regular grid of cells, each in one of a finite number of states, such as on and off "

From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_automaton?wprov=sfla1
Wars create a lot of debt and inflation is effectively the act of not honoring the debt. It's pretty obvious why inflation follows wars.
Apple definitely is lacking in comparison to their (former) reputation, but it's saying something that they're leagues better than everyone else when it comes to creating an integrated hardware-software ecosystem.
Thats really sad to hear. I used to think NASA would be some pinnacle of security but it is government I suppose.
> a compromised corporate MITM proxy

A corporate MITM proxy does has it own certificate authority, or else it wouldn't be able to monitor its traffic like it's expected to do.
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Because the same symptoms can be produced by very different brain structures.

Have you read this paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-019-0631-2

They find that the four-way distinction between ASD, ADHD, OCD and "typically developing" has poor correspondence to the observed interaction between cortical morphology and behavioural symptoms.

If you take their clusters – https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-019-0631-2/figures/3 – as "what is really going on in the brain", then the same "what is really going on in the brain" can produce all four of ASD, ADHD, OCD and typical development, at different proportions (clusters 1-5). Whereas, conversely, there is a subgroup of ASD (cluster 10) which doesn't overlap with ADHD or OCD or typicality.

I'd also recommend reading https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40489-016-0085-x
Their services will just be banned and access made difficult enough to dissuade the average person. By that point I'm sure China will have perfected the technology enough that we can just copy them.
I don't think it's a tragedy. The overly dramatic media and pundits get this all wrong in labeling it such.

Young people are simply responding to incentives to live at home longer. Living expenses keep going up relative to inflation and wages, such as home prices, rent, insurance, etc. Living at home is a good way save money, even for the employed. Family formation is expensive and fraught with risks such as divorce and having to pay child support.

In having to choose between playing video games at home, versus a low-paying job and commuting, video games may be the rational choice depending on one's individual preferences. So someone who values leisure over money, would stay at home. Someone who has a higher preference for money than leisure would go to work even if the pay sucks. I don't see anything wrong with people voluntarily choosing leisure over work, because there will always be some people who will choose work over leisure. Someone who makes a lot of money may be more inclined to work, not because they are less lazy than someone who plays games at home, but that earning $100+/hour and no video games is more enticing of proposition than $11/hour and not playing video games; if you give the $11/hour guy $100/hour, then playing video games at home becomes a less attractive proposition.
The other day my wife asked why I have so many cookbooks. Your comment is why.
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Self-selection has already lead to increased racial segregation, Asian and white students are already increasingly being put into private or charter schools.

If we want to improve academic performance of students in predominantly black neighborhoods then we should aggressively remove disruptive students from classrooms regardless of race. An entire classroom is held back by a handful of students intent on raising hell and it does more harm towards ambitious young black boys and girls than any policies intent on solving "disparities."

Disparities in outcome is not evidence of discrimination.
So are you saying our ability to detect it has not actually improved in the past several decades?
Work and games are the same activities. The only difference is whether someone cares about the end result, and hence will complain if you don't do it properly, take your time or go explore different areas.

Having a casual conversation is fun. Being forced to have casual conversations with people all that long is work. And so on etc.