skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> and a tiny tiny group floors it all the time

I would like a max limit of ~160 km/h which would make driving the highways where such people appear over proportional often much more pleasant,
also complement this with a awareness campaign about "Richtgeschwindigkeit" (~recommended max speed), accidents and insurance ;=)
I think it will be much more than 30% based on the numbers I am seeing offered to other non-US developers who are equally good.
So, propaganda-wise, it's basically "Yay! We're selling your data and that's a great thing because of service X that we could provide without selling data!"

Which is especially crappy considering it's a paid product, not some advertising-funded service.

GDPR is far from perfect, but we (the US) could really use something at least minimally comparable.
The DMCA exception only means that the manufacturer can't sue you for unlocking a device they meant to be unlockable. So, of you find a way to do it, it is not a crime to hack a device you own.

Right to repair laws are (would be) a whole different beast, it would mean the manufacturer would have to sell the devices unlocked or provide the unlock method themselves.

In other words, DMCA exception removes a legal hurdle for repeatability, but Right to Repair legislation would remove the technical hurdles (and some other legal hurdles).
>> One thing that really gets me is thinking that every two years, humankind experiences the equivalent collective time that a being who had lived since the beginning of the universe would have experienced.

When I got my head round that, it exploded. I love it.
I noticed this in Wikipedia[1]:

> It is not often treated, except in severe cases, where vitrectomy (surgery), laser vitreolysis, and medication may be effective.

I'm not a doctor, but it may be worth it to ask one about options.

I have floaters, but I can't see them unless I try very hard to focus on the sky. Your case sounds more severe.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater
Yes, Stylo and WebRender are still maintained by Firefox team.
This is my first post on hackernews, I registered as I feel this perspective isn’t but should be considered:
Many had already came to this conclusion based on available data around the middle of 2020; however, the body of this report (that the virus mainly harms already-unhealthy individuals, not the majority of the population) as well as the corollary (widespread lockdowns are not required/will statistically do more harm than good as only at-risk individuals should self-isolate) were universally regarded as a “wild, baseless, unhinged, and potentially sinophobic conspiracy theory” by most social media, “fact” “checkers”, and large news organizations; sharing this CDC report’s sentiment would result in the individual sharing it experiencing “de-boosting” and “‘platform integrity’ moderation activity” (hidden post and banning).
Is it the case that earlier insistence of “the science is settled” and the corresponding moderation activity was too confident? Major news organizations were stating as solid facts their position on COVID-19’s origins, as well as information surrounding it, but are now walking back those claims - should we reevaluate our confidence ratings we assign to news agencies’ outputs, or was this a special case? If so, why?
This article fails in so many, many ways. The most basic way is assuming that "patent" == "innovation." The next is failing to distinguish between software patents and everything else. If we removed software from the list of patentable subject matter, whatever real problems still remain would vanish almost overnight.

The same problem appears whenever you see an op-ed about how "patents protect innovation." The examples are NEVER about software patents, because those are too embarrassing.

The paragraph about how companies' advice not to read patents is impeding innovation is misguided. First, the specs in patents are usually not written to "teach" anything, and no one reads them to learn how software works.

Secondly, patent trolls do not look through your server logs to see if anyone read their patents; they send you a letter pointing out their stuff and offering to license it.

"You can read whatever you want -- just don't put anything about it in writing." would be a more realistic directive to employees.
Bitcoin mining electricity mix increased to 56% sustainable in Q2 2021 [pdf]
> This is either intentional on the part of the author, or so poorly researched that it should be removed.

It's rather worrisome that it's so difficult to tell the difference in 2021. I'd 100% believe you if you said that this was some conspiracy theorist looking for more ways to peddle their EMI/EMF scare stories.

With that said, I suspect this was a misinterpretation of the Apple KB [0]. From the KB:

> Magnetic interference and medical devices

> Under certain conditions, magnets and electromagnetic fields might interfere with medical devices.

I suspect the author made an accidental leap from "interference caused by an electromagnetic field" to EMI.

- [0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211900
> There is no way my vote on a whole range of medical issues should have the same value as that of a medical professional, such as my wife.

In June last year, the medical crème de la crème were proclaiming that COVID antibodies last 3 months. I (an engineer with no formal biology training past high school) read some obscure studies that past Sars-Cov-1 infection seems to still provide protection against severe Sars-Cov-2 infection, and it was also what my understanding about the mechanics of the immune system suggested (why would antibodies only last 3 months? how could the human race survive?!)

Lo and behold, I was right, the "medical professionals" were wrong. TL;DR: common sense is worth at least as much as a medical degree. Also, never trust people whose incentives aren't aligned with yours.
This is what I found with a quick search.

* Simon Singh & BCA: appeals court changed Singh's "statement of fact" to "fair comment" (opinion) in 2010. The BCA then withdrew the libel lawsuit. The "Libel Reform Campaign" used this case to push for a 2013 act which modified libel laws.

* I don't know which Scientology libel suit you're asking about. The most recent news item I could find was a 2015 chilling effect where a local broadcaster and publisher rethought showing/printing "Going Clear" because Northern Ireland wasn't covered by the 2013 libel law. The latest actual libel suit I could find was a 6 year libel case where: (ex-Scientologist) Bonnie Woods started a phoneline for other dissenters, the Scientologists printed leaflets calling her a "hate campaigner" and distributed them in Hood's neighborhood, Hood sued, the Scientologists counter-sued, Hood eventually won a settlement.

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/03/21/394273902/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_in_the_United_King...
But it is very sad that it took such a long time before he found the courage.
And China is worse still. And people cooking non-electrically in Africa, let's get those first.

... or we can tackle multiple areas at once, perhaps? I'm not arguing the Autobahn must be high on the priority list, but simply pointing a finger "this is worse" and then turning away is also not constructive.
I bought MSI GP66 Leopard with RTX3070 (90W TDP with spikes up to 170W) for my nephew this year. It has 230W PSU, but it usable and not too hot even under heavy load as long as it standing on table.

It has two fans that in turbo mode can keep GPU it under 70C even at 100% load. But yeah it's bulky almost 3KG workstation.

Oh and at max fan speed it as loud as modern vacuum cleaner, but people play in headphones most of the time. So yeah you can have laptop with high TDP, but it's gonna be bulky and loud.
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That's not a public performance.

Otherwise using a radio would basically be illegal.

Playing music for people waiting in the lobby at the station, or restaurant patrons, DJ at a club or event -> public performance.

Playing music at your desk/office/car/workspace/radio for yourself and whoever you happen to be working with at the moment -> not a public performance.

If you want to make a more eccentric claim, you should try to find some examples of case law to support it.

So here is the relevant case law from the Supreme Court back to the 19th century [1]

None of it really comes close to establishing that someone playing a radio for themselves and those in front of them would be tantamount to public performance.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_...
In my experience some people experience a very strong and qualitatively impressive sentimental connection to elements of their subjective past. It's amazing to watch in some cases.

The details of the connection, its frequency, amplitude / subjective potency, and accuracy seem quite different from person to person.

There have been attempts in some spaces of research to group people by the various characteristics of their subjective experience with their past, and how they metabolize (so to speak) nostalgia.

I was kind of in the same boat as you in the sense that it was new to me (whether one is aware of it as a practice available to them is another differentiator) and I had to cultivate it. I started by making a timeline of my life in bullet points, and then found myself naturally expanding on my favorite parts much later in the experience. This was really pleasant.

Also some chemicals seem to help. Personally caffeine brings this nostalgia-awareness to me quite easily after the initial spur of executive activity has worn off.
Everybody wants the respect that science gets today. Therefore everybody describes what they're doing as "science". It's just debasing the word "science" to make their ideas seem more respectable.

But this isn't new. Marx called his thinking "scientific socialism" back in 1845, as if socialism - or any political theory - would ever actually be scientific in any real sense.
I was called a conspiracy theorist only yesterday for claiming there was anything wrong with the restrictions. I’m glad to know numerous federal agencies share my views.
I don't think that's the problem here, Russia is not part of the EU. It might have to do with additional risk of fraud and criminality as well as risk to stripe if they deal with a sanctioned entity.
Germany's motorway fatality rate is similar to France and somewhat higher than the UK (similar size/density/wealth countries, I hope you agree).

Considering German drivers consider themselves particularly careful and attentive etc, that's unimpressive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn#Safety:_international...
Ah, the definition was wrong. You failed to correct us, though.
Animals die every day. That’s just what they do. Don’t get so worked up about it.
The problem with the conspiracy theory about Citadel forcing Robinhood to halt GME is that plenty of providers for whom Citadel wasn't most of their revenue also halted GME. There are other reasons this conspiracy is silly, but that fact seems to kill it pretty dead.

I don't like Robinhood and don't feel any need to apologize for it; I think they're predatory. But this isn't why.

"Fraud of the century" is pretty funny, though. Kudos.
oracle is probably already arming their lawyers. just setup a git, put a restrictive license, and scan any new github projects.
I don't know man, Germans never been known to posses much humour, but lately the no-fun-allowed mentality is really getting steam again. I think people feel oppressed or perspective-less, so they divert their anger into a zealous notion, and want to restrict and regulate for what is perceived as a righteous cause. There's so much ill will directed at all kinds of people currently, people traveling abroad, stadium visitors, youth gathering in parks. Not the same topic, but again, quick to condemn any kind of enjoyment without being reasonable.

Besides, I think it would self-sabotage their own automotive industry (which is the biggest part of Germans GDP). That 2 MT isn't gonna do anything, but the Autobahn is pretty much the only place that warrants buying nice expensive German cars (and for a lot of people cars become a huge motivation). So with a tempo limit it all kinda seems a bit pointless.
I thought it was pretty funny how similar Henry David Thoreau sounds to a certain modern day archetype in silicon valley.

Interesting overlap between the industrial and computer revolutions too.
We still really need a good cross-platform VR browser. Firefox Reality is still the only decent browser for some headsets.

Another niche would be a browser that can embed nicely in Unity apps. I need one right now and there's no decent open source option other than a poorly maintained and fiddly servo distribution/port (I can't remember which). A bit of polish there would go a long way.
I'd speculate that "customer obsession" and "insist on the highest standards" are used to justify many decisions that are hard on employees. Now there is a counterbalance to those.
You don't develop on them. That's the point.

One device I know of that doesn't allow sideloading or developer mode is the Ratta Supernote A5X/A6X.
> Do you think drugs won't be advertised like how cigarettes and alcohol is being advertised

Many countries ban advertizing for cigarettes. So while it's not banned the cost on society and public health is large enough that it's worth restricting advertizing.

I realize that likely seems totally weird for US folks, but that's really not weird at all in Europe. Same as regulating advertizing targeting kids, etc.
Its not a good idea to allow heads of massive institutions to just hop around right after their tenure is over.

For one, it creates a negative incentive for the regulatory roles. Now people will seek to be head of the SEC just so they can score a specific job after. Incentives are misaligned.

Lots of private sector companies (especially law firms) include non-compete clauses for similar reasons. They want to prevent their former employees from leveraging their insider information against them.

An IRS employee becoming a tax advisor is one thing. The head (and more broadly executive level personnel) of the IRS becoming the head of accounting of a major firm is another.
Good point. I forgot about Vietnam.
This reminds me of work a design masters student is doing to explore how breathwork practices support spiritual wellbeing among engineering college students. After 10 good minutes of breathwork, most participants seem to have a mild spiritual experience characterized by feelings of awe and connectedness.
I definitely fell into this trap, but fortunately came out ahead. After switching to Vanguard I feel more comfortable in my investments since I don't feel the time-pressure to check performance etc. RH feels too much like a social network where it's trying to push you to buy and sell every single day while more traditional brokerages follow a "set it and forget it" path.
It's not my plan, nor am I advocating for it. I just think it's a potential in the logical progression of events.

To your point though, what if a few or even all Fortune n companies formed countries (or one country together). Who would the sanctions really hurt/benefit? I doubt it would hurt the corporate nation states as much as the others.
> "it can feel better to be on the giving end rather than the receiving end"

I find that, disappointingly, in-person charity is a lot more satisfying than more efficient forms, because the people I have a chance to help in person are in much less need.
More like a $50 credit at Experian/Intuit/The Work Number(parent corp. Experian). It's pretty common for class actions to actually benefit the defendant when plaintiff lawyers take their $millions in exchange for driving more business towards the services they were fighting. Which then simply change their ToS to allow the behavior they were sued over anyway.
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Love that it’s installable via homebrew: brew install --cask cakebrew

The cake is a lie, though. :)
You are precisely right. It seems to have been protective against a disease found from mouldy rice:

Mycotoxins, from toxin-producing fungi found in moldy rice, can be converted by the host ALDH enzymes from protoxin to toxin, and the effects of mycotoxins can be further potentiated by ethanol. If the incidence of hepatic disease found in many East Asians, especially JPN, is related to the consumption of mycotoxins, then individuals carrying the deficient ALDH22 variant with lowered alcohol consumption would be selectively favored.*

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1821113/
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> "Just do something that helps others, take some responsibility in the real world, even if it's small but at least you're doing something real, and worst case you're still miserable but at least you've done something meaningful."

These things don't exist either, except as stories that you tell yourself. Why isn't it just as narcissistic to be obsessed with doing "meaningful" things and thinking you are so great for doing that?

And then your answer is "just" do these things and you still might be miserable? This is all around a terrible fix for anything. It's like the story of the therapist who said people should stay in relationships even if they're unhappy, for the sake of love. "So now you've got two unhappy people, but long live 'love', what use is that to anyone?"

If the article is correct (I think it is) then how you feel is based on the thoughts you have, and what you do is based on how you think and feel. That means "just" overcome your negative thoughts by magic, and do meaningful things, is a nonsense fix - it's like saying "stop navel gazing about refuelling your car and just drive somewhere". Well, how? If you don't think people will want your help because you feel worthless, how do you "just" help people? "just" fix what you think so you don't feel worthless, then that frees you up to go help people.

Like the airplane warning "put on your own facemask first".
Also after transmission loss, storage loss, losing the 'free' cabin heat and everything? I was under the impression it would at best be a wash.

Regardless, I see your point, and it's easier to switch one big coal plant than try to convince a million people to buy a new car. Better get those cars trickled in and work on the generation side in parallel. Just curious if this fun fact is really true.
Yep, you need around 200 horsepower to reach 250km/h. Most cars have less power [1]. Consequently they also use cheaper tires, not rated for high speeds. Common tire limits are 190 and 210 km/h [2].

[1] https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2018/11...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_code#Speed_rating
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>The $65 million fine in December suggests they weren't sufficiently deterred to change

People keep saying this, but the FINRA fine was for actions that took place before the 2020 SEC fine, and the SEC fine was for actions in 2015-18.

It's not like they have a time machine.
Yes cars which can safely go 250 km/h are also not typical for the whole of Germany but more like the more wealth 30-40% or so. Either way there are some areas in where you have no speed limit and a over-proportional amount of people which can afford such cars and also frequently use their cars (for non very short) commute and as such are more likely to buy such car (most times for enjoyable rides and status less often for going fast). So in this areas they might be typical.
Linux allows individuals to override tx frequencies and power on many devices, but at least that’s done in software. I could understand if the dips were for setting bits on a frequency divider and could allow selecting any frequency, but having them directly correlate to reserved frequencies is beyond the pale.
> when put next to flashy Asus or Acer laptops

Speaking of Asus, I've had no end of issues with the Asus laptop I've been using for the last 3-4 years. Decent spec for the money, but:

* audio output no longer detects external devices

* I've had to replace the display twice due to it flickering/losing part of the image

* multiple keys (~10) fell off the keyboard[1]

* bottom case cracked when I lifted the laptop (plastic appears to have gone brittle over time)

* drive/RAM access cover is held on with electrical tape, as it's broken away from the screw that should hold it in place

* charger cable insulation broke where it meets the DC Jack; replacement charger is starting to do the same

* trackpad occasionally isn't recognised from a cold boot

* USB3 ports are flakey - the slightest nudge can cause devices to disconnect (tried with multiple devices/cables, and they're all fine on other machines)

* keyboard sometimes locks into repeating the last key until I disconnect a USB device or change my keyboard layout with the mouse (probably a software issue, but I haven't managed to track it down)

Combining the repairs (display, bottom case, keyboard, charger) with some upgrades (SSD, HDD, RAM, WiFi card), it's a real ship of Theseus at this point. There's not _that_ much of the original machine left. This is my first Asus machine, and I really can't say I recommend it.

[1] And I didn't notice until after I'd ordered the replacement keyboard that it's not really designed to be replaced without replacing the top case (it fits between the top case and a metal shield, and they're heat staked together), so that was an interesting repair