skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
No problem! It depresses me that something so recent, so... open and easily accessible (literally a click away) is so misunderstood, what hope do we have of countering misinformation on a larger scale, if even the nerdy techy folks of HN can't be bother do counter misinformation.

It doesn't have to be pro or anti musk, you just have to look at the facts

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I was just on Twitter DM (magic of technology, you can just talk to a rando person a thousand mile away now!) with the Thai journalist (@thanr) who had been reporting on site on behalf of the BBC or some other press, and he told me there are so many other facts not publicly know, like the scope of the cooperation between Musk, The State Dept, The American Embassy in Thailand and the Thai government. I've requested him to perhaps write some article or a book or something to detail those.

it's understandable if not knowing those not easily google-able facts were perhaps the cause of the confusion. But not doing a simple tweet search? The man is a prolific tweeter, why not just... go read what he said, and make your opinion on that? Good, Bad whatever, but atleast you should be fully informed.

neither Musk nor Vernon come clean out of this mess, but atleast there is some clarity to be gained.
I'm in the UK and i have a similar issue with services, like NowTV, not being available via Android TV for some reason.

At one point i dumped Amazon Fire because all the services didnt support it and only seemed to support Google. Now its switched, I'm not buying all new hardware again.
That's 100x what you need to be a millionaire. I'm a millionaire, a few times over in fact, but there's no way I'm launching a space plane.
Moore's law happens when the output of the system can be used to improve the system that produced the original output. In other words some recursion is required. It also requires that there is an economic need for more output.

So yes if somehow putting engineers and labs in space allows us to iterate faster or spaceship designs then the first requirement is achieved. Then there's the question if the masses want to travel to space. Unlikely unless it just so happens to speed travel and reduce cost for getting from Earth point A to Earth point B.

We'll see.
sciencebasedmedicine.org used to be one of my go-to places on the internet, along with the Cochrane library (which is more concerned with evidence based medicine). But they've shown themselves to be as dogmatic as they come:

https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-based-medicin...

Such a pity. That is an explosive topic that needs to be examined carefully and honestly, but it is clear that Gorski and Novella are only interested in one narrative. And Novella is the author of one of the best works on critical thinking:

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/your-deceptive-mind-...

I'm not saying that the Ivermectin article isn't reliable, but Singal's piece is utterly devastating to their credibility.
Sadly, none of the natural fibers have a high sun protection factor (SPF) whereas polyester often does.
The news is that it's still alive and successfully kicking.

Oh snap, I was mistaken.

~~The death of Burt Rutan changed a lot :( As far as I understand, the original launch craft was lost in that crash, too.~~
>I make full use of curated feeds, and make sure my feed has a good signal to noise ratio. The ADs are annoying, but I would rather trade my data for them.

I just don't think that is a sustainable position with the way things are moving. If anything, this is the direction social media is moving away from. Feeds are increasingly curated by the user's browsing behaviors and and not their conscious decisions. Data is only becoming more valuable as more people make the choice to trade theirs away with no real thought about the long-term effects of colossal repositories of complex user data and very little regulation in place to restrict their use.

Not to say that it isn't possible to make social media work for you. I just continue to wonder what the threshold is where users won't be comfortable leveraging their personal data for convenience.
Also don't want anyone else to pay for it, or link to it, or talk about it.
Yeah, the demo malpractice was the thing that stood out to me as peak idiocy.

I mean the general toxicity was awful, but even in a functioning company with sensible timescales and staffing that's 100% how to end up with a mid-demo disaster.
Where did you get them? Prices here in the UK are double or treble that!
Get other offer(s) on the table as soon as you can -- then if the situation continues and your feedback isn't respected, you can walk away. There are hundreds of companies hiring in the monthly threads here on HN. Bad managers often (only) treat you a lot better when you have leverage. It sounds like the company you are at has systemic issues though -- sounds like there's a lot to be fixed.
At least you're engaging with the premise. You could also get a $980 with tax M1 MacBook Air. A Dell prebuilt - even the Alienware, which does not have to pay scalper prices and comes with a 3070 - is $2,611. These are all comparable options. In the instrument world, a $6,500 computer is more like a $30,000-150,000 violin and bow. Like the stuff professionals use.
Im no fan, but do you remember how Trump tried to withdraw more and his own generals lied to him about the numbers? Seems that IC and bureaucrats had a different plan

I’m not sure he gets exactly lumped in with Bush and Obama here. Too early to tell what Biden admin will do.
I think the causality is backwards; as countries become more prosperous they become less religious as the people become more cosmopolitan.
> People believe they have access to free thought, speech and completely objective information. Really though, your world view became limited, bias, censored, crafted and curated.

Objective information is still there (google scholar, etc.) but what the last two decades have shown is that people do not have the training or the time in the day to read it. So you get people reading websites like Natural News (which while it sources scientific material, the actual article about it does not represent anything that's stated in the paper, and often states the exact opposite of what the paper claims), and getting drawn into it. Next thing you know, they're anti-vaxxers who believe that Bill Gates himself is putting microchips in their body as some kind of obscure cartoon-villain hive-mind scheme (I have literally seen this happen to multiple people around me, and it is just utterly depressing).

> People who truly hold alternative views are often banned from the few places left Joe Sixpack would try find important, unbiased, real (sometimes controversial) information.

IDK man, Alex Jones is raking in millions and he's said some downright ludicrous bullshit. Naziism and racism as a whole seems to be 'in-vogue' (Look at Joe Cox's killer and the whole UKIP thing). Alternative views seem to suck-ass aside from some transhumanism ones -- but even they are all "Torturing a guy for 60 years is ok if it stops dust specks getting into an impossibly large number of human eyes".

Probably the best thing I ever did was find out I was trans -- since then I've met a lot of absolute geniuses. People like Micah Elizabeth Scott who have several contributions to "Proof of Concept or GTFO" that make people say "woah what the fuck!!!", one woman who made an antenna cane (A mobility aid that can also pick up WiFi from a distance), people taking photography and music to whole new places -- bona fide synthesizer witches and code sorcerers who perform stunning feats of artistry, and thousands of people biohacking their endocrine system based off the latest available scientific information, simply to get boobs and cure themselves of gender dysphoria.

Now that's a REAL alternative movement / counterculture.
The behavior described means it was not a first world country, couldn’t be US, UK, EU, Canada, or Australia. The amount of money is also too small for those places.
> Following this argument, nobody is culpable for any crime they may commit, because their behavior is fully determined by their biology and environment. Try that in a court.

I’m not sure I understand the contradiction there. Are you saying that a court doesn’t care enough about any mental disorder which may have led one to commit a crime to completely absolve them? That’s does indeed seem to be the case in many areas, and for good reason: one important function of our legal system is to prevent future harm.
Getting fired from a predatory, horrible company like what the author describes is not shameful at all. It’s a badge of honor.
Obviously, I can't expect them to. I'm not paying them. But I can absolutely encourage and discourage different ways of thinking and doing, and I'm absolutely free to express that. And yes, I would like to discourage "the GNOME way."

To elaborate a bit about why I'm saying this; For quite some time, onboarding people to Linux was pretty easy. "Just use Ubuntu" was a really good answer. And then Unity came along, with a) bloat and b) this new paradigm that was ostensibly as simple as a Mac, but different enough that people wouldn't recognize it. And this was a terrible direction for Ubuntu to go, especially since XP was on its way out.

And now, when people ask me, hey, how do I get started with Linux, and they've heard of Ubuntu, I can't just say "Yeah, go for it." I have to launch into a thing and name 2 or 3 different distros, primarily due to the weirdness of GNOME. I appreciate freedom and choice, but I'm also quite free to say, I believe the following: I really wish the GNOME people would more-or-less give up, because they have mindshare not off of the quality of their current interface, but because of the momentum of their old one plus Ubuntu. I believe that (much like Windows, frankly) if they actually had to compete in this space on the merits, they'd lose out.

KDE (and LXDE and others) are doing a better job of making a predictable useful interface.
As my friends have told me, there are policy papers sitting in staff offices in DC/Virginia that say pretty much exactly what you’ve stated here.
It concerns me that we are so celebratory about these hugely energy wasting vanity projects.
I think intrusive ads / kids dreaming to become influencers and other bad things are just a temporary derailment, typical to current generations, and disappear as the internet related technologies and ecosystem become more mature and settled down. Future generations will be more inspired by space travel, like in the 50s/60s. There are already signs of this.
> People forget that pre-internet, USA Today was basically a news aggregator that just happened to print other people's stories on newspaper form.

This part you’re wrong about, USA Today has always had its own reporters, a fair number of them, although it’s probably true they ran plenty of wire service stories as well, and may have run stories from other papers run by the parent company (Gannett).

It’s true about the hotels and as far as I know few people ever bought direct subscriptions.
where is the code? I only see open source client, but the server side(nvr etc) are really the key.
> It claims to be both for security pros with many years experience, but others say it is foundational material

> Is there any wonder why we have a security problem?

You're absolutely right, but it hurt to read.

I know the management/technical divide has existed for a while, and yes, I know management sometimes has a point in stopping technicals focusing on irrelevant details. But... jesus. I'm currently tasked with evaluating "what an attacker could do" having compromised <X> on a <Y> system. No, I'm not allowed to evaluate a specific <X>'s likely vulnerability, or even an exact specification of <Y> - because that's losing the bigger picture.

What do I even say?
I live in Portland, Oregon, which has high COL and high food costs, and just checked my actuals (not estimates). Total spend for the last 2 months was $1263 for my wife and I. That’s $315.75 per month per person, and we buy a lot of organic food and produce. However due to Covid that was only including 1 restaurant meal both months, the rest was prepared at home. I think you are spending far too much on food, probably because of restaurants. Do you have something like Mint where you can see your spending by category and dig into this?
your cynicism is outdone by a new method of getting into space for the general public, that will have implications for travel around the world, faster, cheaper and more energy efficient. try looking up sometime, instead of down.
Wow, some of the negativity in the comments here astounds me.
No, that's just a side business at least for virgin. Their main focus was to make high speed flight internationally. After all Richard Branson already own an airline (Virgin)

https://www.virgingalactic.com/articles/virgin-galactic-unve...
You only had to hold it differently and you'd have no issues ^_^
Some interesting things are scary, though.

If I were a millionaire, I would still be afraid to try out deep diving or rock climbing, even though I greatly enjoy reading about them or watching the videos. My experience is that I will panic in certain situations and that could easily be fatal.

Just yesterday we had a thread about the famous cave rescue here. Brrr, the very idea is attractive and repulsive at the same time.

Perhaps Branson has a lower than average threshold of risk aversion.
And it is so strikingly different from the Apple logo! I wonder if it was, ahem, by design.
I've been very impressed with the volume of quality shows for kids (mine are four and two) from different studios: PBS Kids -- Daniel Tiger (based on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood), Peg + Cat -- Amazon Prime: Tumble Leaf, Stinky and Dirty -- Hulu: Curious George -- Disney+: Bluey (I enjoy watching this one myself). Common Sense Media has also been helpful to find quality shows. I'd never choose TV as an educational tool over screenless options, but for those times when you need to have your kids occupied, there's good stuff out there and not all screen time is equal.
It would be an impossible coincidence if all newspapers were of the same quality, however you define quality. USA Today and the NY Times are news for different purposes:

I think USA Today is (or was, last I read it, ~5-10 years ago) underrated. They did some important investigative reporting and good journalism, and while they can lack depth in their short, digestible format (which is their intention, per distant memory), they also can be more succinct, which is a good thing. I thought the lack of depth was a real limitation, but I thought they also suffered from projecting themselves as a simple, easy (my words, maybe imperfect) source of information: People looking for the best information don't associate it with simple and easy.

The NY Times addresses serious topics in much greater breadth, depth, and sophistication, and their investigative reporting is unparalleled (and taken for granted - if you step back and look at the stories they've broken, and think of what the world would look like without those stories, it's astounding). Certainly it has its flaws, including IMHO sometimes long-windedness - rarely do I wish an article was longer!

You mentioned the NY Times but it has peers, IMHO, in the Financial Times and, to a degree, the Washington Post.
> Lots of people say the content isn't worth paying for, but see enough value to want to consume it.

There’s nothing fascinating about that. I’d love to drive a very expensive car too, but I don’t want to (can’t!) pay for it. This is basically just the law of demand.
I remember in the 1980s Branson flew almost entirely across the Atlantic by balloon only to crash off the coast of Ireland. Plus the powerboats, Breitling Orbiter and most bravely I think: appearing in drag to promote his wedding business.
Neorg: Neovim 0.5’s answer to modern life organization
Most self-made rich people get that way because they have a higher tolerance for risk than your average person.

(Also, in before "survivorship bias!!": yes, there are also many more risk takers who went broke - that doesn't change the fact that Branson/Bezos/Gates etc. have a higher tolerance for risk than most)
This sort of discussion usually gets trapped in discussions about God allowing Evil in order to allow free will; but that is an evasion; especially since the universe is probably deterministic; and consciousness is probably an illusion.

The problem of evil; is logically caused by the existence of life that strives and competes within an environment of finite resources.

Give us a universe where all the beings are powered by an infinite source of energy so they don't need to chase, catch, kill and eat each other.

Problem solved; would have expected God could figure this out.
I’m doing this kind of task, and I tend to avoid any GUI and just have input and output files as simple text, CSV, or Excel spreadsheet. It seems to me that it’s the best way to have a satisfactory UX without too much headache.
I don't know much about theology but couldn't this be justified as punishment for the original sin, at least in the Christian/Catholic worldview? From what I understand, the real perfect world is in paradise, after you die. But during your life you have to """prove your worth""" in a world where evil exists. Maybe the problem is on the "benevolent" part.
Well if you’re 5mins late then just come in after lunch, might as well take 1/2 day off if you’re only getting paid for 1/2 a day.
There's no single definition of Christianity. There are so many denominations and different practices within, it's almost mind-boggling.

So you may think people in the US merely profess being Christian according to your personal definition of whatever you think a Christian is or ought to be.

But I can guarantee you the US is an extremely religious country and the different denominations are quite sincere in their beliefs.

You don't have a monopoly on judging what "actual" Christianity is. In fact, your attitude is an extremely paternalistic, and frankly offensively, literal "holier than thou" position.
Let us hope so. Most derailments are temporary. Certainly the technological window of opportunity in space seems to be opening again.
From Andalusia to space: a zero-emissions odyssey
But then multiple services, like NowTV for example, don't support Google TV but do support Amazom Fire for some reason.

Piracy for convenience happens again.
Wrong guy? A quick check on Wikipedia seems to show Burt Rutan is still alive.
A bit off topic, but I wanted to say that I have respect for French entrepreneurs.

How do you manage to start a company in France? I gave up.

It seemed to me that the environment is heavily against employers. A lot of taxes, regulations, especially those overly protecting employees, social charges, etc. Employers are held responsible for many aspects of employees’ lives.

Employers sometimes offer tenured jobs (CDI contracts), that in US can be found only in academia.

Interestingly, France’s economy remains significant.
> Moore's law happens when the output of the system can be used to improve the system that produced the original output.

This is a thing that possibly facilitates exponential progress, but it is by no means a prerequisite. I have a hard time believing that compute power has been the bottleneck in chip design for many years now.

Other current counterexamples include solar cells and batteries. They have been improving exponentially, but no recursion to speak of comes to mind.
On the way down it's easy: because the air compresses and heats up to the point it becomes a plasma. And despite that we associate it with a glow, it's actually perfectly dark (there are free electron bands in it). In other words: it blocks every frequency, and lasers, if you want to go line of sight.

Now you can get better quality with better receivers/transmitters, but I guess it takes a lot of engineering they didn't do yet.
Just turned 40 and things I've noticed as I age are:

I can't pull all nighters anymore. My body literally starts shutting down around 2:00 a.m.

My poop is less firm. I have to wipe a lot more.

Muscles take more time to stop being sore.

Other than that that's about it so far.
I think there is a big difference between the powers that committed those atrociticies. Japan was behind Pearl Harbor wheareas a scraggly fundamentalist group in the middle east was behind 9/11 attacks. The former was a full blown exercise of military power and neutralization of some half of our naval fleet in the Pacific. The latter was a targetted terrorist attack largely organized by one main guy. We got the guy, and we could have probably gotten him without 20 years of war.
What doesn't help?
The 90s was the beginning of the collapse of journalism in the US. Media ownership laws were relaxed, and some of the bigger players were acquired, leading to layoffs of “redundant” journalists, and their replacement with partisan shills.

Soon craigslist popped up and destroyed the market for classified ads (which used to be the primary source of revenue for local papers). Free internet news didn’t help either.

Since then, more and more ownership rules and things like the equal time doctrine (if you let one politician on the air, you need to let their opponent on as well) were eliminated.
>the article says there's basically a 50% chance you paid for it explicitly on your room bill

I'd like to think I'd have noticed that, at least once. That's a pretty shitty tactic.
Imagine the heat waves when space travel becomes more accessible. 10 years ago I would have celebrated this because it is an incredible technical achievement. But today, I just have a hard time celebrating such flagrant acts of pollution.
The optimal path is for companies to have single sign on.

Password managers are a poor substitute. They don't work well and they are not consistent across websites.
You jest, but one of the main features of cyberpunk is a sense of hauntology, the economy of futures that never were:

"Is hauntology, then, some attempt to revive the supernatural, or is it just a figure of speech? The way out of this unhelpful opposition is to think of hauntology as the agency of the virtual, with the spectre understood not as anything supernatural, but as that which acts without (physically) existing."

-- Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, emph. added.
For me, Excel is a tool mostly for entering data manually. In the case you described, it would be good for that purpose. I suppose you would have a column for each volunteer and then just enter data. Then you can read the file with python (pandas) and make a sum over the columns and give the one with most hours. Of course this case is also easy to do in Excel, however, the idea is that if you know more powerful tools (programming in general), then you will be able to do other things that otherwise you would regard as more time-consuming. Maybe you want then to give different awards for age ranges. And if you have too many volunteers then it would not be so easy any more in Excel, but in python you would just know how to do it.
There's a joke that the quickest way to become a millionaire is to be a billionaire with a rocket company. Musk certainly bucked the trend in that regard.
> Cyber noir is subgenre that combines elements of noir and cyberpunk.

Isn't cyber punk supposed to be film noir set in a high tech future? So we just increasing the amount of film noir to get Cyber Noir?