skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
are the clinical trials more expensive in the US than anywhere else??

Maybe that's part of the reason medicines cost multiple times more?
Reminds me of back in the day when everything was mail order, “please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery”. Now if it takes longer than 2 days, we riot xD
If you’re on Emacs I’d recommend checking out org roam [1]. I’ve been using it for a while to do connected notes (Zettelkasten) and I’ve been very happy with it. I tried a couple of methods for note taking and this one seems to be the one that I’ve managed to stick with the most.

1: https://www.orgroam.com/
Explaianble Graph Machine Learning a Survey
Isn't a compiler supposed to produce one or more of: machine code, link-able segments of machine code, or at least 'bytecode' for a 'virtual' machine?

The definition of this problem strikes me far more as either a transpiler or a pre-processor for a Domain Specific Language.
I definitely found the qrencode command interesting, just not the reply to which I replied.
> No game studio would want to spend resources (developers work and licensing cost) implementing anti-piracy for nothing.

They are doing exactly that. Pretty much all research has shown that DRM schemes are ineffective and mostly just cause problems for legitimate users.

The reason for DRM is mostly

1. Cargo culting.

2. Liability ass-covering (we did our best, it's the DRM company fault our game leaked!)

"Company wouldn't do anything unreasonable." is a really unrealistic takes - companies do unreasonable decisions due to managerial cargo cult pretty much constantly and consistently.
After what feels like trying every note tool under the sun. I’ve been using Joplin 3 years now and won’t leave if I can help it.
Why pay Obsidian $4/month, when Joplin is free and open source, can sync, has a desktop App for every OS, has a mobile app, encryption at rest, and I can contribute to it?
Except the latter is not good, just aggressively marketed.
I used it for a while and switched to obsidian.

Some reasons:

- Joplin doesn’t save plain Markdown, you can‘t just edit/view your files with alternative editors easily

- Creating and organizing notes feels less smooth for me

- navigating between notes is not so easy

- you can’t write #tags inside your text and it just works

- plug-ins and configuration is stored inside the vault, if you sync the vault, you have all the plugins everywhere

What I liked better in Joplin:

- 2 Levels (or panels) of organizing notes, instead of just one tree view in obsidian. Like every email client or file manager does it (one panel with folder tree, another panel with all elements inside)

- possibility to custom order inside notebooks (but I didn’t work well)
I wonder how government spending would go with a public/viewable chain.
Got it. Thanks for the clarification. I think I agree on that.
It had meaning to its creator, but not to others. That's kind of what madness is, a break from consensus reality, and why some art can veer into the uncomfortable territory between the two.
No, they make their search worse to sell more ads. Just like they make YouTube worse to sell more ads.
Thanks for explicitly pointing out the odd photo-specific reaction. I’ve seen it a few times, but I didn’t make a conscious connection that it might be something low-level visceral.
I don't think that nerds have an inbound tact filter. I don't think this is a good explanation of going on.

If you spent twenty years being called a "smart kid" and then went to a job where all the smart kids end up, then you may have a rock-solid self-image. That gives you a certain amount of immunity to tactless comments. It also gives you the confidence to make tactless comments.

On the other hand, not all the people you want to work with grew up that way or have that kind of self-image. In order to avoid hurting people around you, you should learn to speak tactfully.

I think what happened is just that nerds care about speaking directly. There are also a number of types of neurodiversity over-represented in nerds, such as autism, ADHD, and social anxiety disorders.

Speaking tactfully naturally takes extra time. An autistic person would not pick up on the necessary social cues in order to speak tactfully. Someone with ADHD may be irritated by the interruption and want to get back to work. Someone with social anxiety may just want to leave the interaction.

Yet, in spite of this, there are plenty of nerds who care about tact, and make an effort to consider other people's feelings when they talk. The effort is appreciated.
Oh it would use the other, non public chain.
you can get a free glass of water from bars and the like
> An example here is how, sure, in theory, JITs can outpace AOT compilation because they have all the information the AOT compiler has plus runtime insights. But the ability to truly do that always seems to be a decade of compiler development away, with many giving up on the idea entirely.

JIT has been used very successfully for a couple of languages, e.g. Java. But adding it requires a lot of effort. The same thing is unfortunately true for new query languages, building a new database is really expensive, this is probably the main reason that there have been no serious alternatives to SQL.
I have to say, I find this bit amusing:

"That is the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. I'd point out it does not operate in other arenas of life. In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say."

The last 4 years of US politics (and 20? of UK politics) have given the lie to that belief.

[edit: added UK politics because they're just as bad]
If obsidian really hits it off, maybe there will be an open source clone once, that is compatible with Obsidian’s plugin ecosystem.
I made a WhatsApp bot to solve Math problems
that's very rich coming from google
This video about how ink cartridges are a scam might be related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ
I don't see why. a) the word "punishment" is misleading, since not all negative stimuli are punishments in nature. b) if removing a stimulus is reinforcing behaviour in some way, then it is reinforcement.

The argument isnt to reverse the meanings of existing labels containing the word punishment. The argument is that the four categories should be, e.g.:
1. "Positive": Reinforcement of behaviour from positive stimulus
2. "Antipositive" (or similar term): Reinforcement from reversal of positive stimulus
3. "Negative": Reinforcement of behaviour from a negative stimulus
4. "Antinegative": Reinforcement from reversal of a negative stimulus.
Good story and a great attitude towards your father, i must admit i don't really understand the need to revel in other people's misery, even though sometimes it's difficult not to.

I also don't understand why he did not listen to the advice, but i guess some people can only learn from making a mistake.
as far as state actors are concerned, it's state propaganda that 's the greatest threat and big tech is actually facilitating this because it's structurally convenient for autocrats. For the rest, google is a company that can actually do things about the free internet, so actions are better than words here
That's the reason why CS degrees teach core principles, not a collection of every possible platform and technology.
Dropbox, OneDrive, Custom, etc. Just like other similar apps, BoostNote and Joplin.
Yes, it was normalized. It was a very comprehensive, well thought out study. Of course the researchers could still get the results they wanted by choosing which metrics to include in the comparisons, but the choices attempted to balance individual cost (physical, mental) with social (family suffering, divorce) and societal (burden on society from underperforming people, shared health costs, etc.)

The takeway was that alcohol was one of the worst, along with crack cocaine and heroin; ecstacy was really not bad, and weed was a bit worse but still nowhere near as overall costly/damaging as alcohol.
Health care spending in the US was tracking with countries like Germany, Denmark, Sweden (increasing from 6% of GDP to 8%) throgh the 70s.

After 1980 US really took off though. In 1980 US spend 8.2% of GDP, Germany 8.1%, Denmark 8.4%

By 1990 US was 11.2%, Germany and Denmark 8%

US plataued in 1993 about 12%, lasting until 2000 when it took off again, reaching 16% in 2009, then was mostly flat (slightly reducing) until 2013.
Users can adapt to anything because they're flexible and smart. Humans can put up with a lot of problematic things and find their way through anyway, but that's not a great justification for doing so. I think if you want to make a user-centric argument about this, it's that users like web apps because although the UIs end up primitive and inconsistent, the benefits are worth it, benefits like:

- "Instant on" apps without having to manage the computers resources via installation and uninstallation.

- Hassle-free updates that don't bug them all the time due to perverse/skewed value systems amongst developers, who think users deeply care about whether to accept an update or not.

- Not having to worry about malware

- Not having to worry about backups

- Not having to worry about your lethargic and incompetent IT department to roll things out

etc etc. Lots of advantages to web apps, none of which are really intrinsic to the web platform itself and all of which could be implemented also in desktop apps. As in fact, Chrome tries hard to do.

But I don't think the proliferation of web apps is actually due to end-user focused arguments. I think it's mostly about developer convenience and a lot of cultural/ideological assumptions. Web apps are piracy free and naturally justify a subscription model. People have to learn HTML+JS at some point to make websites, so at that point it makes sense to double down on those skills and keep iterating them to learn to make apps as well. You can write cross platform software with Qt or Java but for the longest time (not any more?) people associated the web with openness, being free-as-in-beer, decentralisation, not being controlled by any one company etc. A lot of wholesome stuff. On mobile that's probably still true. On the desktop it's no longer quite so true, if it ever was, but lots of developers really wanted to make a web apps for social reasons as much as technical reasons.
Can you clarify what "Hybrid web app" means? Are the mobile apps React Native / Flutter / something else?
My advice isn't based on your current situation (since there isn't much we can do about that now) but just how I got to the point where I feel ok saying no.

Last year I worked on a project and because of my mistakes it looked like we weren't going to hit our deadlines. I did not want others to have to suffer because of my mistakes so I made sure to work late (some days as late as 1AM) to make sure that our deadline was hit. Nobody asked me to do that but I didn't want others to suffer. We didn't hit our deadline but weren't too far off and people were overall ok with the situation as we were just headed into beta for the internal users. I'm pulled off that project and put on a new project, which is to work on something that literally made my previous months of effort obsolete. It was the project to completely replace the application that I worked extra on. Fast forward a few months and I am given a project that had a super aggressive timeline, which I didn't think could happen and I was told my estimate wouldn't be communicated out and I worded my estimate poorly thinking I covered my ass when I didn't and my estimate was communicated out. I was pressured hard to work nights but I pushed back and then I got to a point where I relied on another team and I couldn't get any further without them. It turns out nobody had actually verified that the other team had the functionality we needed (it was critical to what I was working on) and the other team hadn't even started working on the functionality that we needed. That was the straw that broke the camel's back, especially since they were wanting me to work the weekend before I brought up the fact that we don't have the pre-reqs even done and nobody from management actually verified we were ready to start. Since then I have pushed back on all attempts to get me to work late hours. I have seen mismanagement from terrible timelines to straight out lying to business people about things that are done when the work hasn't even started. Nothing changes if everybody keeps working late to hit crazy deadlines and management isn't affected at all if we do hit the deadlines as they aren't the ones taking time away from their personal life.

I have worked late a few times since that incident but it was because I lost track of time working because I was just so focused or because the delay was completely on me and I wanted to fix it so others downstream weren't affected
It's magical thinking.

People don't understand how technology works. More than that - because it's not really about computers. Most people don't understand how reality works. What is information. How reasoning works. What can you infer from observations.

They feel (and sometimes, in some places, really think) that a picture is like a piece of their soul. But it isn't. It's just a hash of their phenotype, useful mostly to check if it matches to a person (or another picture of them). It's mostly irrelevant.

The soul - that leaks out in all the rest of your digital footprint. The sites you visit, the articles you read, the things you look at when scrolling. The ads you click, the ads you ignore, the products you buy, the products you only check out but don't add to your cart. The messages you send. The posts you comment on. Where you comment on them from, and on what device. How long did you own it, how many other devices do you own, how do your habits differ between those devices. Who you "befriend" or follow on-line, who follows you. Etc.

All these things add up to who you are. Taken together, they give a comprehensive look at both your personality and your life circumstances. Photos? Photos just show the shell that you won in the genetic lottery.
Can't they just say the code was randomly generated by Copilot so copyright and stuff like that doesn't apply?
> You can buy prescription drugs online from India without a prescription for super cheap. They arrive in your mail.

And what guarantee do you have of their contents?
It seems that if he didn't explain his motives (i.e. art, not hacking), his actions may have easily been construed differently.
Such a great tool. I switched from note taking in Notion to Obsidian, mainly because of the speed at which Obsidian loads files.

So while I use Obsidian for my personal notes I still use Notion for teamwork.
Mind’s Eye Magazine
Did you even read the article?

> Despite getting the plant back to full power, there's not a lot of profit in running a plant that still uses all of the original 1800s machinery. That's why some of the plant's energy is now being used to produce bitcoin.

Mining bitcoin will allow a threatened landmark to survive through used hardware and clean energy.
You can do that with JavaFX as well actually. Not many people know about it or do it but you can compile the same codebase to Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. It's not particularly high effort. You can get native binaries without JIT compilation out the other end.
> The development velocity of the (TWO PERSON!)

Well in general, isn't the velocity inversely correlated with the number of people in a team?
What Does the Event Loop Sound Like?
> sin taxes

Do we have taxes on gluttony? sloth? lust? anger? I never noticed.

What we have are taxes and other limitations on health-harming substances, like cigarettes, strong alcohol, and even on excessive sugar in certain places. This is not because the nicotine high, or inebriation, or feeling the sweetness are morally objectionable. This is because inhaled smoke, large quantities of alcohol, and large quantities of sugar lead to health problems, and treating these problems is expensive. It's more like a road tax, higher on heavy vehicles that damage roads faster.
Do you use org mode at all?
Not an emoji, but an emoticon in a message to you: xD
It doesn't seem fair to say that he has no intention of not doing it again.

"I'm not sure I would make this piece today, anyway. I'm increasingly critical of artwork that attempts to engage with the theme of surveillance by replicating systems of surveillance. How fruitful can a conversation be about consent and privacy, when an artist does not seek their subject's consent?"

I also don't think it's as bad as you're making it sound. I feel it's akin to gray-hat security research. Maybe he crossed the line into "you shouldn't do that" but ultimately had a harmless intent and didn't cause any real damage. Not exactly whistleblower status but more like a comedian being granted the liberty to push some boundaries and spark potentially valuable conversations.
I've been saying this for years, but academia is filled with stupid administrators who are incapable of evolving the state of teaching / learning because their salary depends on having administrative bloat.
Game of Thrones is a fiction. And a fairly ahistorical one. This military historian's blog has several texts regarding its flaws. I can recommend reading them, they are well written.

https://acoup.blog/tag/game-of-thrones/

There is a reason why we distinguish between force and power. People generally perform better in societies where they aren't constantly threatened into obedience.

GRRM's world is a lot more cynical and obsessed with raw force than our own historical record.
Correct. It’s been utilized in a highly limited capacity in enterprise conditions, like manufacturing. The Community Edition (aka consumer version) was killed.
XAML is declarative UI, no?

JavaFX has done what you ask, actually. There's FXML which is an XML UI description language (actually it can describe any object graph) and you can style it with a dialect of CSS2 tuned for desktop apps.

But React/Vue etc aren't quite the same thing are they. React actually throws out normal HTML and replaces it with some sort of HTML-esque simulation that they then try to performantly map to the real thing.
"The industry has a lot of code in Java even when it takes much less time to write code in Lisp."

There are those in our industry to whom it is important to write code fast, and those who think focus should be on reading and understanding code.
> By contrast, emojis can only represent a very limited number of words

But in combination, they can represent many more, surely, just like hieroglyphs or Chinese characters?
JavaFX + Scene Builder gives you that. FX CSS isn't exactly the same as HTML CSS but it's quite close. When I've used it I've felt that the limits on the styling of my app are mostly my own lack of design skills.
The Fallibility of Heroes
DynamoDB Autoscaling Dissected: When a Calculator Beats a Robot
When to use DynamoDB On Demand, Provisioned and Autoscaling
Great write-up.

As a natural nerd, took me 5+ years of unintentionally offending people at work to figure out the same lesson. Turns out nerds are somewhat overrepresented in early startups, but the trend doesn’t hold as companies grow!

Another general takeaway from this is “tailor your communication to your audience”. If they’re in marketing, you could talk about a project in terms of the potential conversion lift. If they’re engineers, maybe emphasizing how the same project improves dev speed is more valuable.
And why no blockchain?
How is this different from vim + vimwiki which exists for ages and is very stable and mature?
I don't like this "must rewrite everything in Lua" obsession that neovim has started. The neovim plugin landscape is now riddled with rewrites of vim plugins, often multiple attempts of the same thing, but usually with half the features and more bugs.

Can't say I'm happy with the split that neovim has brought in the vim community, the incompatibly between the two is increasing sharply.
Yep, in the UK for example the crying laughing emoji has mixed meaning depending on context.

It still has the innocent “this is really funny” meaning but it’s also known as the “c*%t emoji”[1] after English comedian David Baddiel noticed that anti-Semitic trolls would always sign off their messages to him with it.

He was able to turn his experiences into a stage show called “Trolls, not the dolls”[2].

1. For those that don’t know, in this context “c#%^” is a nasty but non gender specific insult that might be used for anyone being particularly unpleasant.

2. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/feb/10/david-baddiel-...
Yup! The app is written in TypeScript and shares much of the code with our desktop app. We're using Capacitor https://capacitorjs.com/
What would be Orwellian is the need for every citizen to have an account at the central bank to use the monetary system at all. Paper money leave much, much fainter trail of transactions than a centrally mandated and controlled digital currency. It's the pervasive tracking aspect the people find Orwellian.
They are not the biggest app in this space to do it. Joplin did this a while back. BoostNote is working on it.

https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/
It isn't really a hack but the best thing I've done is use org mode for organizing work. I make a file for each sprint and each ticket in that sprint gets its own file which is hyperlinked in the sprint file. I can open the sprint file then navigate to each ticket which will have a link to the Jira ticket and then may directly link to certain lines of code that may be a central focus of the ticket.

Another thing I did with org mode was create a release document of all commits that are going into a release as well as the link to that commit in github, then exported to PDF and sent to the team. We had to cherry pick a bunch of commits for a release and in order to make it clear what was going out I organized it by newest to oldest and had the commit hash as a hyperlink.
Was going to say the same thing! I can understand the wide range of reactions and I’m not 100% sure how it makes me feel, but I think that’s perhaps the nature of art like this.

Definitely an interesting project and I did like the montage of all the faces aligned in the video. Not so sure about the privacy invasion of it.

Kind of a crazy story, but I don’t actually think it was unreasonable for Apple to get the secret service involved - they didn’t know the details of the project and it might have looked like someone had hacked their internal network, for example. And I’m sure even without that, you could argue this was legally sketchy.
CPP Implementation of Graph Algorithm
I've picked up studying math. Right now I'm using "plain" markdown, but I'm starting to struggle with writing down formulas. Is this something that Obsidian (or something related) support well?
I'm not from the UK obviously because, one look at the picture and my reaction was darn, those things look handy.

The ubiquitous leftover rubber band hereabouts comes from bundles of broccoli but that's a less convenient form factor.
It's hardly a hobby given the huge amount of features they've added to it. It's not winning, but that's not due to lack of trying. Probably more due to lack of enterprise nous and a bad reputation in certain areas.
Extrapolation from the way the article skirts making this explicit?
https://help.obsidian.md/How+to/Format+your+notes#Math