skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There's definitely a market like that but I'm not sure that this product is a good fit. I'd expect the typical buyer to more along the lines of being so wealthy that they don't even notice how hard they are displaying. What they show off isn't the price, it's that they consider bothering about smartphone performance to be beneath them. "I don't care if maybe some Samsung or Nokia or BenQ or Whatever is offering more for less. This phone does everything I need. Did you know that father was traveling with a Leica in his youth?"
Donald Trump GPS
That video is a screen capture from another video (which was screen capped from a livestream), but the original has much better audio quality.

Here's a direct link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOL_rCK59ZI&t=28293s
That makes sense. I wasn't sure if SDEs get x units or y dollars worth of stock units each year. The former is most common, but everything about AMZN is unusual, including the vest schedule.
Complete hyperbole. Vaccination increases the duration of reinfection immunity. Moreover, significant proportions of people suffering long COVID feel an improvement after vaccination.
I guess it shows that they weren't just going to take a manager's word it and that multiple levels of management engaged in a PIP. Especially with how busy this director was typically, it was a use of their time that I didn't expect. Also, having a director be competent enough as an IC to pair program was something I hadn't experienced or expected.
It doesn't have to be universally moral. People are free to retain professional connections with this person. In effect, what people seem to be arguing on this thread is that people should be enjoined from exercising their own freedom of association when someone is deemed to be unfairly targeted online. I think you can coherently argue that, but I don't think you can reasonably argue it.

What's muddying the discussion is the invocation of the criminal justice system. We all implicitly understand that you can lose your job for being incompetent (not a crime), for calling your boss names (not a crime), for disparaging your company (not a crime), for flying a swastika flag from your car's antenna (not a crime). But because sexual assault is in fact a crime, people move the goalposts: now, for someone to face social and commercial consequences, they need to first be found guilty in a court of law.

That's a strange and, I think, indefensible standard.
Creating and Sequencing Audio
It's not _just_ because you invented it earlier, you also have to disclose it in a way that makes it workable. The disclosure is supposed to drive innovation and use of innovations; that's the patent deal, the monopoly is "paid" for with disclosure.

Aside, in the UK there's compulsory licensing (UKPA Section 48x to prevent people from inventing stuff and refusing to license it (at reasonable terms), too.
Was physics, not math, but the argument is the same. It is the later, that physics is intrinsically sexist since it was invented by men and therefore uses a male mode of thinking. It is talking about middle school education so there is nothing about sexism among teachers.

Example she used: The kids is given a lab to test how quickly sugar gets dissolved in coffee depending on temperature. A girl suggests they test immediately with hot water and after it got cooled for 5 minutes. A guy suggests they also tests after 10 minutes. The girl objects and says that nobody wants cold coffee so there is no reason to test at that temperature. The boy argues that they should test the how easily sugar gets dissolved depending on temperature and that the setting isn't relevant. This the paper argues is sexist behaviour and the girls perspective got trampled on when the teacher sided with the boy that they should do three tests.

Page 14 here, you can use an auto translate or so.

https://www.skolverket.se/download/18.6bfaca41169863e6a65380...
Malicious PDFs Flood the Web, Lead to Password-Snarfing
I once read something that went like:

- do not carry a gun if you are not ready to draw it

- do not draw a gun if you are not ready to shoot

- do not shoot if you are not ready to kill

Because when faced with an opponent with a gun, one moment of hesitation could mean your death.

I also read (from a gun instructor) that if you intend to use a gun for self defense, you should know that using it will bankrupt you. Because even if you use it in a lawful way, the legal process that will determine that it was lawful costs more than the typical gun owner can carry financially.

So I think you are right. I can understand how fear might push to buy a gun, but I definitely see it as a bad idea, even if the danger the person fears is real (which I think is often not the case). Using a gun is the end of your life.

As a non American, it is often puzzling to read that there is even a debate about it.
> I've been at several places which would have been improved by higher levels of management-directed firings.

If management hire the wrong people they will likely fire the wrong people too. In my opinion it is better to keep apparent low performers around since it is so hard to rate programmers in a fair non game-able way. Especially from the managers' viewpoint where they don't work side by side with someone.
"Not quite there" is an understatement. The advancements necessary in optics, battery technology and GPU performance for a practical AR wearable are considerable, this is without considering the need for a fashionable form factor and practical heat dissipation. IMO we're at least a decade out from a serious MVP.
It seems so important to Americans to own guns. I don't understand why, but sure, it's your country, live it like you like.

For my side, I'm happy to know that people around me don't have guns. If I beep at a bad driver in front of me, he won't come out with a pistol. I won't be shot at by accident if I'm driving through a bad neighbourhood. If my neighbour gets drink, he might pee in my flowers, but won't come at me with a revolver.
There are some signs that it could be poised for a rebound:

https://www.rit.edu/news/rochester-rising-rit-helping-make-r...

https://13wham.com/news/local/some-experts-believe-rochester...
I don't have an example handy, but there are software solutions that take a recorded GPS track and apply EXIF to photos based on timestamp. Heck, knocking that together with command line tools wouldn't be too terribly difficult.
Does anyone know of any good resources for learning how to invest? I make decent money as a software engineer and max out my 401k but I don't know what to do with the money I have sitting in the bank earning almost no interest. I have a fidelity account for my 401k and company stock awards but I don't know how to go about investing in other things. I'm looking for resources to learn from, not which specific stocks to buy.
duplicate, please check before submitting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27559290
DNA Test Fails to Find Any Tuna in Subway Tuna Sandwiches
Because on my Google account I can turn off all the history settings, same for YouTube.

LOL!

So with this setting off, Google forgets the IP you use to sign in to your Google Drive and GMail account and doesn't use it to identify and track you across the estimated 80% of web sites that have embedded Google trackers? And you've verified this how? Did they show you their tracking source code?
Debian is great, personally i favour it most with either the LXDE or XFCE desktops - they're blissfully boring and functional!

I would have perhaps recommended Ubuntu LTS to some folks previously because of the long release/support cycle (even if you only decide to install security updates), but i guess with software packages like snap infecting the OS i can no longer make that recommendation.

Previously i would have suggested that some folks also look at CentOS because it's wonderfully stable and releases are supported for ~10 years, but i guess all of that was ended by Red Hat with CentOS 8. Maybe Rocky Linux will once again provide a stable RPM distro for free, without resorting to using Oracle Linux, but only time will show that.

Is it just me, or have many once stable OS releases have been killed off in one way or another in the past decade, either forcing people to migrate to paid projects, forcing automatically updated software that cannot really be controlled easily (snaps) upon them, or doing other shady practices for no discernible reason?

That said, i personally also only update software (like Nextcloud, GitLab, OpenProject etc.) manually between larger releases when i have made and re-checked backups of all of the data, before archiving the old versions and then migrating over a copy. I'm not sure whether i could live that way with OS updates or versions, though, without absolutely minimizing the attack surface - maybe with something like a locked down Alpine Linux.

Either way, it feels like perhaps automatic updates that can't even be controlled being forced upon users are the inevitable future. It's nice that there's Debian, but my question would be: "How long before it goes the path of Ubuntu?"
I agree that this would be helpful but people are lazy and don't really care. They know the car costs $60K but they only ask what the monthly payment is. We really need a strong CPB to get rid of all the rent seeking and exploitative business practices that are all the "profit" centers for so many businesses.
>The norm today is auto-updating, pre-built software.

Only if you define "norm" as what's prevalent in consumer electronics and phones. Certainly, if you go by numbers, it's more common than anything else.

That's not due to choice, though, it's because of the desires of corporations for ever more extensive control of their revenue streams.
It is the struggle, itself, that is important!
> hopefully it is cheaper to add honest reviewers than to compromise developers

Cue the XKCD comic about compromising advanced encryption with a $5 wrench: https://xkcd.com/538/

The issue isn't adding honest reviewers, it's keeping them honest. If you have a nation-state adversary that has the resources to compromise supply chains, such an adversary almost by definition also has the resources to threaten the safety of the loved ones of key engineers.

Software security with such strong technical guarantees ultimately would require going back and re-learning the same security guarantees that militaries afford and demand of key officers and scientists - security clearances, bodyguards, loss of personal freedoms and privacies (most notably financial privacy), etc.
Cool, then if they know how it works they'll be able to fix my IBS, right?

I don't think they know how it works yet, nor did I read any details in that article that would make me think that they had it all figured out.
The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life [video]
> had fewer commits and SLOC compared to my teammates

Hope this makes you feel slightly better: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Li...

It is impossible to measure someones productivity using metrics like commit counts and SLOC. There are times where I don't commit for weeks and provide actual business value by solving direct client issues without even a ticket being present.

At one time at my second IT job, I had a manager reprimand me (yelling over the phone) that I was away from my desk. I was remotely supporting a bank fixing consortium credit contracts (substantial amounts) after a migration. I was told to stop doing that. So, I told the support tech that my 1-up blocked this. He told the people at the bank; this went up the chain at the bank to the main accountants which resulted in a nasty call from the client to the skip manager of my manager. He called me back and asked me to resume what I did almost crying on the phone. Later that year I was selected employee of the year mostly because of that client constantly sending positive feedback on my help.
India proposes tough ecommerce rules to address 'widespread cheating' complaints
No, they still don't. I went to a GI doctor recently with the complaint that I can't consume caffeine, or oily foods anymore without stomach issues. He prescribed a GI antibiotic to "try." Nothing has changed but I'm a bit poorer.
What a weird distinction. Those who shoot RAW are probably more likely to be the ones that spend for the upgrade in kit. Those that shoot JPEG/PNG I assume are more likely to not even notice the difference.

And even then is a custom firmware worth the extra cost? No experience here, but I would think that the Panasonic would likely come with more frequent firmware updates, possibly closing the gap between the two over time.

Interesting user experience you shared, thank you.
Addressing the human cost in a changing climate
From the article -

>> In an interesting article, Mihrdad Bahar has highlighted the similarities between Rustam and Indra, the god with whom Kunti, Arjuna's mother, conceived her child. Bahar notes that Indra and Rustam are both born by caesarean section, they are both large, both eat a lot and drink too much wine, and both have a club.

>> Rustam and Arjuna both marry a woman outside their city or land. In the Shahnamah, Rustam marries Tahminah, the daughter of king of Samangan, and returns to Sistan after spending a short time with her. Tahminah gives birth to a baby boy and calls him Suhrab. Suhrab later tries to invade Iran and unknowingly fights with his own father, and is eventually killed by Rustam.

>> In the Mahabharata, Arjuna marries Chitrangda, Raja Manpour's daughter. Raja Manpour agrees to the marriage on the condition that if his daughter becomes pregnant, the child will stay with him, which Arjuna accepts. Like Tahminah, Chitrangada gives birth to a baby boy, called Babruvahana. In time, Babruvahana too fights with his own father, Arjuna, although unlike Rustam, Arjuna does indeed recognize his son.

>> In both stories, the surviving hero goes in search of a magic medicine to revive the wounded or killed hero. In the Shahnamah, this medicine is called Nushdaru and in the Mahabharata, Samjioni. Nushdaru is held by Kay Kavus, the king of Iran. Kay Kavus is afraid that Suhrab will join forces with Rustam after his recovery, and overthrow him from power.

>> Despite the differences, both stories have a similar plot, involving the murder of a family member. In both epics, the fathers cause the war with their sons. Suhrab and Babruvahana both plea with their fathers to stop the war, but in both cases the fathers refuse.

>> In both stories, Rustam and Arjuna also go on adventurous and dangerous journeys to help the king.
Scientists: We are studying gut neurons.

Marketing: What are neurons?

Scientists: They are cells in our nervous systems, such as the brain.

Marketing: guts have brains?

Scientists: well, I wouldn’t…

Marketing: never mind, we got this…
Cool. Ulrika’s office is across from mine, and this is a more extensive follow-up of work we did together in 2018 to map neuron types in the gut (and in the whole nervous system). I’m pretty sure Ulrika wouldn’t claim to know how the ENS works (nor do I) but having the parts list is incredibly important. For example, it enables genetic manipulation to delete cell types or activate them on-demand using light. Those things are what will lead to understanding how the system works.
Here [1] is a bigger study. There are a handful of other studies, but I have not validated who did the studies or who funded them. [2] It's probably safe to use a less scientific method and try it out. Admittedly I have been negligent in allocating time to meditate.

[1] - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5278216/

[2] - https://www.google.com/search?gbv=1&q=site:nih.gov+%22medita...
As offices shut down for Covid, workers hit the road – some don't want to return
I think people forget what high school is like. I had something like what you've described. It was called "Life Skills". Most students treated it like other courses - they didn't care at all and learned almost nothing.

I'm someone who liked school for the most part, and even I treated it as a "just pay attention enough to pass the test" class.
Right, but the times they are a'changin', and many people don't live within reasonable distance of extended family anymore.

We can throw up our hands and either say a) stop moving away from your extended family, b) deal with the struggle, or c) don't have kids. Or we can use our big brains and try to figure out a better way for everyone to live where/how they want, but also be able to raise kids in a loving, supportive environment where the parents can still get a break sometimes.

I don't know what that better way is, but I think it's pretty fatalistic and defeatist to assume it doesn't exist.
The Right Questions to Ask When Learning to Code
> If coercing people into getting unnecessary medical procedures…

This is a pretty enormous stretch.

The policy boils down to: you must be vaccinated to attend.

The policy is further clarified: getting COVID does not exclude you from the vaccine requirement.

As an individual interested in attending, I can either:

1. Make sure I’ve been vaccinated.

2. Attend the virtual version of the event.

3. Not attend.

You have to twist this pretty hard to conclude I’m being coerced by an evil entity to get unnecessary medical procedures.

And this is omitting the possible reasons a COVID positive test might not be sufficient to claim “immunity” or the safety of unprotected proximity.
Maybe? Making good, well rounded, happy humans should be the number one goal. Skipping a bit of everything else working towards that goal wouldn't hurt.
OK. This is a reasonable answer; Amazon is good for 95% of the market and you shouldn't attempt to use it to fulfill the remaining 5%. That's correct: I use digikey or mouser to order precision and power resistors (for the 5% of the time I need either of those instead of a generic cheapie). I use mcmaster for some parts that amazon doesn't stock (or what they stock looks dodgy).

But over the years "what is precision" has changed. For example, I can buy micrometer stage on Amazon for $100 that is as accurate as the $10000 stage from 10 years ago.

Also, I think most electronics parts are engineered with 3X so I wouyld expect my 0.25W resistor from amazon to smoke itself at 0.75W and the one from digikey at 1W.
Get the ESTA and go to Silicon Valley. Thats the only real answer and the only answer you'll get here.

That won't get you over your misanthropy, California has problems lol, and Silicon Valley also has a parallel non-technical industry that just caters to people with tech dreams, such as hackathons and VC-star studded conferences with no utility for anyone.

But thats the answer.
Pfizer to Pay $2.3B for Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History
You can search HN, the typical advice is to go for things like index funds which have low fees... the value rises with the rest of the stock market, but doesn't get eaten by fees. As you get closer to retirement you will want to alter your investments.

You have enough money to hire a financial advisor, if you care. They can usually give you much better advice than random resources online (since their advice can be specific to your situation--things like taxes can be a bit complicated).
We need social DDoS protection.
Always hated the phrase "financial literacy;" our entire economic system isn't set up to make my personal reading skills and experience more difficult and weighed against my best interest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Files_(Apple)

That's existed for 4 years. A user file system is effectively available on iOS, even if it's not exactly what you might expect coming from a desktop OS.
OpenSSL 3.0 Release Candidate
That statement implies, in no uncertain terms, that the expectation is more work for less pay. It's a flowery way of telling the candidate they're getting a bad deal. If you the scope is X+1, and you pay me X+1, we have no issue.
How much cash do you have? Not much? Then I guess CAC matters.
I don't think the brake pedal was being used in this test, though.
> the NPE has zero assets to attach so you always bear the legal cost.

I've vaguely heard of this so it might not be directly relevant, but I've heard of "performance bonds" or the like being mandated for litigants. Basically the idea is that the litigant has to put up a sum of money to continue the lawsuit so that they don't get the free optionality of collect-if-win / have-no-assets-if-lose scenario.
> tone deaf responses of "you just have to learn it's internal architecture,"

Why is this tone deaf? It’s a development tool for programmers and the internal structure is conceptionally pretty straightforward. Understanding your tools is pretty much prerequisite. You don’t have to have written a compiler to use one, but you do have to have a model of what it does. Git is no different.
And yet, I see this attitude pretty frequently in the software world. I too don't understand it (All my packages move to the latest dependencies as soon as possible). It's very often not the case that things won't magically start working after a version that breaks you. From there, it's just a ticking timebomb for some random CVE to come around making your app exploitable in all sorts of interesting ways.

Yet so many software devs take the approach of "Well, this version works, so why do the next?".
What years was this? I’ve ridden the Pacific Surfliner a bunch, and have only had minimal hiccups. And a bunch of interactions with the mentally unstable, but that’s not Amtrak’s fault.
Is there an example of this in practice anywhere...?
I definitely agree that we should focus on how to minimize the amount of direct suffering each of us causes. And yeah, of course, there are more productive ways to focus on these questions rather than "plants suffer too".

Personally, I'm a vegetarian because I find it unethical to eat animals for many reasons. Their individual suffering, the environment, my personal health. Of course even within that you have to be careful, because going vegetarian but only eating food flown in from around the world isn't too great either.
On top of what other folks said, the warehouse folks not getting stock is a fairly recent development (2018, when minimum wage was raised). They do have a shockingly high turnover rate, but not sure if there is much that can be said about that relating to stock price currently, given how soon it's been since their stock comp went away, combined with the general strangeness of the Covid-19 pandemic

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/amazon-hourly-workers-lose-m...
That logic applies when you joined a while ago. However, with the stock sky high (P/E 66, double GOOG 33), joining Amazon right now may not give you that potential upside anymore. Your managers and long time careers will get a larger portion of the upside. It's already evident by the stock growth of GOOG compared to AMZN in the past one year/quarter. The P/E of Amazon is high, compared with the growth potential vs others in FAANG. Picking a company to join is also akin to pick a stock to invest. Low P/E is not everything, but it's an important part of the equation.

For non-Staff level SWEs, my opinion is that joining a FAANG with lower P/E is better for your future earnings.
Hiring is often based on around 4 hours of interviews, which seems like it necessarily creates an incredibly noisy signal even for the best interviewers and management chain.
He used a portal at the top and bottom of the hill and has now solved the world’s energy problems, including powering the portals
> ruby

> doubt
It'll be interesting to hear what the cheesy brand marketing specialists come up with when they have to rebrand their tuna sandwiches to something that sounds similar without being legally liable for not selling tuna.

ie, "The Seafood Sub." "The Pacific Catch."
I went through a raw food phase, and there was something distinctly satisfying about bean sprouts. And crunchy salads. Cooked food seemed so dull by comparison. The jar method is good, I had one with some plastic mesh that I'd leave on the drainer and swill through a few times a day. The post has inspired me to resurrect it.