skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yep, floating point numbers are intended for scientific computation on measured values; however many gotchas they hsve when used as intended, there are even MORE if you start using them for numbers that are NOT that. money or any kind of "count" rather than measurement (like, say, a number of bytes).

The trouble is that people end up using them for any non-integer ("real") numbers. It turns out that in modern times scientific calculations with measured values are not necessarily the bulk of calculations in actually written software.

In the 21st century, i don't think there's any good reason for literals like `21.2` to represent IEEE floats instead of a non-integer data representation that works more how people expect for 'exact' numbers (ie, based on decimal instead of binary arithmetic; supporting more significant digits than an IEEE float; so-called "BigDecimal"), at the cost of some performance that you can usually afford.

And yet, in every language I know, even newer ones, a decimal literal represents a float! It's just asking for trouble. IEEE float should be the 'special case' requiring special syntax or instantiation, a literal like `98.3` should get you a BigDecimal!

IEEE floats are a really clever algorithm for a time when memory was much more constrained and scientific computing was a larger portion of the universe of software. But now they ought to be a specialty tool, not the go-to for representing non-integer numbers.
> Whereas browsers are starting to limit the sharing of referrers

AFAIK, they are starting to standardize the sharing of referrer. For most people, this is limiting the sharing. However, they used to have an easy to find GUI option to just opt out of referrers in general. That is no longer the case.
Don't you need to be a bank to settle funds from issuing banks? That's not what I interpreted you meaning when you said "platform reseller" for processing.

I believe Square is a bank now, so maybe they'll stop using Chase.
If they own android devices I would suggest Google Family Link as it allows you to control their devices such as installing applications,what websites they visit and how much time they spend on their device.

It has worked really well for me
Germany was also the last country that formed, by far. Not that that even matters because copyright laws did exist before that. The difference is that the "Deutsche Bund" had copyright only last for ten years, starting with the publication of a work. Though, it changed in 1845 to lifetime + 30 years. But, just like in all the other countries, copyright only applied on a national level. International copyright became a proper thing in 1886 with the Berne Convention. Before that, the British could easily copy French or German works for instance.

Anyway, so basically all countries were on an even playing field. Industrialization in the German states also only really kicked off after the revolution of 1848/49, so that was after the copyright version which lasted a long time came into effect. Of course, industrialization then switched into high gear after the formation of Germany in 1871. In the end, something that gentleman11 mentioned is of actual importance here: "My impression was that Germany was an industrial powerhouse because of their fragmented states prior to unification, leading to needing a hard work ethic to get by." Having a hyper-competitive national market and the means to transport the wares into all corners of the market really fuels innovation. It was the case back then just as it is the case now.
replying to myself to let people know that nope, it wasn't that missing plane. It was another missing plane from 1986. There were no fatalities in that 1986 crash, fortunately.
I use Nextcloud and markdown files to take notes, it lets me search and sync to my hearts desire. Nextcloud is chronically underrated.
Hahah... And there is another story, about perfect "pitch" in baseball too - https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/06/04/sticky-stuff-is-the-new-st...
Apple has already made money by selling you the iPhone/iPad hardware.
If different app stores are allowed then Apple's app store does not host or review the app so they do not suffer any loss there.
So this just means that Apple wants the extra money from App store and they don't care what users want.
Now people say that Apple has the right to control their devices and that would be true...if they were leasing them but they are not, they are selling them and once sold the phones are not Apple's devices anymore. So when I ask Apple to allow me to use MY device any way I want they should not have the right to say no.
200/year is a huge amount when you consider the agenda the AP and The Drive is pushing. These "news" organizations aren't, and haven't been unbiased in a long time.

Won't someone think of the children?
I think there's a self-selection phenomenon. The inherent danger of American roads select for cyclists who are more reckless than the average person.

I strongly believe that when good protected bicycle infrastructure is built, average folks will be more represented among cyclists — and so cyclists will appear nicer and more cautious.

I try to be a good ambassador for cycling on my bike — got a rear radar, always hand signal, and always stop at lights and signs. But I've already been indoctrinated into cycling by having lived in the Netherlands.
As an embedded dev I'll never trust Google to support it long enough to be relevant. I don't care how many Nest units use it.

IoT isn't a craze, it's a buzzword. We've been building net-connected units for decades and will do so for decades more.

We need a decent small flexible OS/RTOS that's beyond Linux. Zephyr has been a disappointment in this respect.
Unless you intend to walk the 85 miles to get there from the nearest population center, you're going to need a car.
The government barely knew enough about us to make a website that could connect people to healthcare. Forgive me for being more concerned about what Google can feed into DeepMind Person Predictor in 2026 to know about me.
My God, that warning is definitely needed. I'm either going to be extra productive tomorrow or not get a single thing accomplished, but this is great info. Mostly commenting b/c I can't favorite on mobile,but also to say thanks for posting that resource. I'll have to dig through and see if I have anything I can contribute. Thanks!
I did, now makes probably 5x what I'd make in Europe.
(Hi! I work at Stripe on the JavaScript SDK)

What types of features / compatibility are you looking for?
Securing Open Source Software at the Source
Apples to oranges

This is fundamentally different as it’s asking to pic internal vs external whereas the Facebook choice is about controls that both parties have access to within iOS
This is a movie.
This was my first thought when I saw the headline. What I once thought was satire was, in fact, prophecy.
COVID19 Vaccine Deaths and Risks
Sorry, I meant that this is self inflicted by the national parks. They know how to run a permit system and if the spaces are actually over crowded they can implement more of these systems across their parks and areas.
People tend to contest the result because they feel the result was wrong or miscounted. Not because not everyone voted. I don't see how that changes if everyone is forced to vote.
I had PRK done 6 years ago. I was lucky and never got the dry eyes thing, but I still have some (fairly minor, I guess?) halos around lights at night. I think the trade off is well worth it, though.

I certainly know people who have had worse complications, though, and they might have a different feeling about it than I do.
That price was specific to iMac aka 23.5". At 30" it would be a 5.7K screen, at least $1099.

These are just calculated with BOM cost and Apple's margin. Ignoring yield issues at 30" which would likely bump it to $1299 if not a lot higher.

Unfortunately high PPI LCD screen are not getting investment anymore. All of them are going to OLED. You will need 8K TV at 40" to get 218PPI. I seriously doubt that will come anytime soon. Which means there isn't any projection of these Display getting cheaper.
My weird thought sometime says "I don't want to make progress but instead spin wheels in mud" which means I am productively procrastinating.
I've taken the phones from a table in the paper. There weren't any more recent phones in the list. The listed phones are probably still common, even in the first world.
Most countries in Europe have similar schemes. In Belgium, a work week is 38 hours. If your contract states that you work 40 hour weeks, you get 12 extra days off every year.
> and you are 25 to 30

Or older, even. I got PRK at 34 and my eyesight is still 20/20 (or better), nearly 6 years later.
Despite that video's dated CG it was absolutely captivating to watch
> Little kids as young as 10 take the subway alone to/from school.

That's not a little kid, that's just a kid. Americans have weird standards for kids' independence.

Compare the Japanese show 'my first errand' where little kids go on their first errands:

https://www.reddit.com/r/JapaneseGameShows/comments/1lvvgm/h...
that’s great and all but it’s irressponsible and he should be stopped. confessing that you’re a hack scam artist is not a defense.
When I went to Kindergarten in the late 80s / early 90s in East Germany, many kids went home by themselves.
I just want something that's not an Electron app, not plain text, and not bloody markdown. I hate markdown, and I hate that it's taken over everything.
I was actually reading your article and found some really interesting information. The thing is quite clear that I just want to thank for it.
https://www.myccpay.pro/
That’s because Stripe is coming for their lunch.
A related series of articles I read about procrastination that verbalizes what exactly happens when you procrastinate and why https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrasti.... Found it quite relatable and somewhat empowering when realizing lot of people struggle through this. As someone who has been diagnosed with OCPD, persistent severe procrastination puts up huge roadblocks and gets difficult to manage.
Wouldn't be surprised if the tech gets confiscated by the military, for national security reasons.
Mechanical switch can be automated, and it is automated in tons of industry, like sound mixer, airplane cockpit, etc.
World Bank Rejects El Salvador Request for Help on Bitcoin Implementation
Uber isn't forbidden in Germany, it even has a presence here[1]. The difference is that something like unlicensed drivers aren't allowed (which makes sense). You always have the rather good public transportation system as well as professional drivers. For some journeys, there are also websites that connect you to other people, so that you can share a ride on a private basis.

[1] https://www.uber.com/global/de/u/wir-sind-hier/
All things are trivial when you compare them to the size of the entire military industrial complex. This comparison is absolutely meaningless. The simple fact is that bitcoin consumes something like an entire nuclear powerplant of power continuously, and this has a non-trivial environmental impact. The real problem with bitcoin is that it entirely removes the safety net provided by regulated currency. It's good for nothing except drug deals and speculation.
I highly doubt any issues with security of the Android ecosystem in general have anything to do with side loading.
> When you're the default, you have representation in all media

Not true.

> there's no reason to believe that the character is anything except the most common case in society

Not true.

You are simply throwing out baseless assertions.
If not markdown then what's your recommendations?
I have many issues with this. First:

> Think of the classic campaigns from Apple, Volkswagen, Absolut, and Nike.

Is this not the definition of selection bias? If you only think about the classics, everything seems better than it was. It also rests on the point that those classic ads were 'good', and that's something I disagree with - I don't think there's any moral form of advertising, which is my second problem with this article.

> Ads aimed to be compelling.

Ads aimed to redirect your attention without your knowledge and artificially create an urge to consume. I interpret the author's use of the word "compelling" as an admission that ads are story-telling, and give a narrative that does not need to be beneficial. The classics of Absolut apparently (I don't know for sure - I'm just looking at the images on the website) are about Vodka, and encourage consumption of alcohol unilaterally, despite and because that's not a choice consumers would make unguided and without external influence. Alcohol kills people, and that's not something ads are going to mention.

Apple is of course into their slave labor and suicide net model of production, and VW lied about their car's energy efficiency. It's a cliche to say this, but there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Please, for the love of all that is good, let's stop acting like there is.

> It wanted people to feel something.

Yes, that's called emotional manipulation, and it's both bad and not gone.

> Sadly, we’ve lost those great, Ogilvy-esque, creative campaigns and replaced them with the digital equivalents of windshield flyers, direct mail campaigns, and door tags. What a snooze.

Why exactly do we want the fine-wine equivalent of emotional manipulation? This does not feel like an art form, much less an ethical art form.

> 96% of consumers don’t trust ads. (source)

Thank fuck? Why on earth do you want people to trust ads? What good to society does that do?

> I’m a creator and I need an image so I can make something I care about.

If this is what was encouraged by economic dynamics, I'd be all for it. But no matter who runs the ad, individual or multi-million dollar corporation, it'll still be pushed towards an image encouraging consumption to an excess. *That is how capitalism works*. This article is the advertisement equivalent of addressing climate change by consuming more products. It completely fails to address the root problems and favors a near straw-man argument to substantial change and effect. Honestly, this feels like a parody of neoliberal ideology meant to poke fun. I really hope I'm not missing a joke.
A stack-based WASM CPU for stack-based WASM bytecode will be slower than a traditional register based CPU for reasons that have been known at least since the 1970s-1980s, when stack-based CPUs for Smalltalk, Lisp, and C were tried.

This didn't stop Sun from trying again in the 1990s to make stack based CPUs for the JVM (picoJava, UltraJava, ...).

TL;DR: A WASM CPU will need a complicated stack cache to map stack positions to registers. This will involve more transistors, power, and latency than just letting compiler writers use the registers directly.

One of the earliest important papers is from 1982: "Register Allocation for Free: The C Machine Stack Cache."[1]

Lispers sometimes lament that current processors are 'C machines ill-suited to Lisp like the Symbolics Lisp processors of yore', but in reality, C is very much a stack language, too. A C compiler is soooooo much easier to write if you don't have to worry about register allocation, a hard problem.

I like that WASM is stack-based because it makes compilers for WASM much easier to write. But it makes the WASM JIT compiler much more complicated to write. But it's better that top talent at Google, Mozilla, etc. does the WASM JIT compiler so that the rest of us can focus on solving other problems.

The Lisp Machines of yore had instructions for tagged arithmetic, which can speed up, say, adding two dynamically typed variables. No need for a compiler to infer and enforce the datatypes of simple variables in advance, the processor checks the datatypes while it is executing the code and signals a type error if you try to add a float to a character. But modern JIT strategies, which can infer the datatypes of loop variables and emit native instructions lightning fast, might ultimately be better.

[1] https://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~jzhu/csc467/readings/ra-for-fr...
Yes, Europe is pretty fortunate in that respect. They have 2x the power at normal outlets, while US normal outlets are 110v at 15amps.

This means there are some things possible in europe that are underpowered or impossible in the US. Tools like air compressors or garden equipment like electric mowers are smaller.
Well, and the last commit is Dec 14, 2018.
I'm not sure you understood my "haha" moment.

"Means to an end" generally assumes that the means is justified by the end goal, which isn't what I'm talking about. I'm saying that seeking truth is misguided, searching and defending any truth is always a falsehood, because there are only models of the world and their practical applications.

This applies to history as well, we have fragments of the past, we will never know the truth of what happened and why, you can insist that your assessment is the true one, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter. What matters is that your assessment is useful to you or to me right now, and that is the only thing we can successfully argue about, otherwise everything else is just our opinion of our own belief in the interpretation of the past.

Generally this is implicitly ackowledged in science, it rarely claims an absolute truth, simply a model that best fits all the data, and which affords us the best predictions and the best methods for accomplishing some desired outcome. The model that succeed the best at that will be the agreed on "truth" and how we go about understanding things until a better model shows up. In that sense, the scientific "truth" is a moving target by design, because the success criteria for truth is just: the current most practical understanding.

What that means for history is that yes, the science of history is very much grounded in this practical reality. You are successfully studying history if the lessons you take from the past allow you to predict the future or increase the likelihood of your desired outcome for some decision you need to make today.

Effectively I'm arguing against the narratives of truth that serves people's agendas, but I'm doing so by pointing out that my "haha" moment related to this was realizing that truth is irrelevant, believing in truth itself is a mistake. If you start to instead seek practical relevance and start to see all truth as "models of the world" and not the real truth, you'll now be able to actually judge truths for what they really are and that means how useful and helpful they are to you or me at predicting events or generating some desired outcome.
Nothing. It’s an insurgent tactic. Payment is being reinvented and developers are at the forefront, so enable them.
It's true that VW sells more in Europe, but is Model Y generally available in most European countries yet?

Given sufficient demand, it makes more sense to sell cars locally vs. pay export and tariffs. If Tesla is still not able to compete once the Berlin factory is up and running, then I concede the point.
I wonder if you could implement a compiler with this.
100 times each day you are saying hi and finding out someone is working on the same project you are and now that you connected you can get help?

Would you be better off in support forums for your specific issue.. reading about how others solved similiar issues? or asking a collection of people around the world going through similiar problems?

Talking to a 100 people a day for 5 minutes would be 500 minutes a day. Hard to get any work in.
A Go "rune" is not the same as a "single rendered/visible character" though, a grapheme cluster/glyph/squiggle is from what I understand.

example: https://play.golang.org/p/jJdS2WRWDXs
Bang on mate.

Especially the point about piracy.

This change would actually fuck over the small independent developers the most who would see their apps being listed on forums availanle as .apks or whatever, the you download from a shady hosting website, from which some random guy will make ad dollars while infecting your device with malware.

The people who support this really just want a way to not pay for shit and we all know it. Epic and co don’t want to pay apple, and the rest don’t want to pay 1Password, etc

The “I’m a nerd and I just wanna put my cool apps on my phone and share with friends” is literally like 5 people.
I think the push of announcements is linked to Stripe Sessions: https://sessions.stripe.com/
> how will disclosure work?

Honestly, I hope it never matters. If we're manipulating consumers, let's do it as obviously as possible. If we're confused about how to tell people we're manipulating them, we've chosen the wrong path.
The Nintendo Switch has a hilarious use case for this. When you view a screenshot or screen recording in the Switch’s album, there’s a menu option called Send to Smartphone. Press it, and a dialog comes up with a QR code. This points to a non-internet-connected Wi-Fi network that the Switch has just set up. You scan it, wait several seconds for your phone to connect to the network, and… the Switch displays a second QR code. This one is an HTTP URL pointing to a web server the Switch is now running. Scan that one, and you can finally access your screenshot through the phone browser. You have to go through this process every time you want to send media. You can’t remember the Wi-Fi network on your phone, as the password changes every time; you can’t tell the Switch to run a web server on an existing network; and you can’t ask it to show the password as text so you can easily input it into a non-phone device.

The sad thing is that, while Nintendo could have added more polish to the feature, they had no way to make the UX truly good for an average user without depending on some cloud service. The file transfer protocols with good UX are all either Internet-dependent (cloud storage), proprietary (AirDrop), slow (classic Bluetooth file transfer), or all of the above. Under those constraints, the QR codes feel a bit like a clever hack.
I really like Agenda app. Similar to Bear notes with two advantages- connecting notes to calendar entries is smart, it means you are organized with no effort, and create reminders in line in your notes.
Priorities are balanced by two factors; probability and time.
And time always (?) matters more.

In other words we worry more about things that may happen today, and tomorrow than what will happen in the next 100 years.

For example the Cascadia fault _will_ slip in the next 100 years (probably) and cause (probably) millions of deaths, and likely make living on the west coast untenable for some generations. But its (almost certainly) not gonna happen today or tomorrow.

By contrast much smaller events affecting "almost no-one", like say missing stop signs leading to traffic fatilities, will use up significant human hours this week.

Which is to say, we prioritise our lives at "human scale" not geologic scale. Small things, small timeliness, not big things on big time lines.

There's also not a lot of point worrying about things we can't really do anything about. When the next asteroid arrives, or when Cascadia slips, there's not a whole lot you can have done to make a difference. (mostly it boils down to "don't be there".)
The app has to declare permissions before it's launched their 'nutrition' label could be shown based on that.
The only, debatably, valid part of this argument is those apps can't be vetted by apple for user safety before installation the same way apps on the app store are.
Here's what I use:

- Mostly Obsidian, with each vault (two right now) indexed within DevonThink.

- Blog posts in iAWriter

- Paper and pen for brainstorming etc
Ah yes, I remember the embedded SoCs that started appearing in our coursework and labs that ran Java native. It just never seemed to be worth all the trouble to me. There are whole ecosystems that have to be supplanted, and for what? To help 'get into' a new domain?