skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> most low- and mid-range phones sold in 2021 have slower hardware with fewer features than my 2014-era flagship phone.

Unlikely. Top of the line then was a Note 4; 3 GB RAM, 32 GB storage, Snapdragon 805 quad-core (Geekbench 5 score--around 154/449).

Mid-range now--

Motorola One 5G Ace, $349
https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-battery-Unlocked-Camera-Silv...

6 GB RAM, 128 GB storage, Geekbench 5 score 660/1888

PLUS 5 G

So-2x RAM, 4x storage, 4x CPU + 5G.

At about half of the price of the Note 4 when it came out.
I responded to a comment on that one

both were from me, the first initially didnt go thru so I posted a second one.. then both went thru
Nice. I have been following the betas so this update isn't really much different for me.

I didn't see the update in F-Droid. I had been manually installing the apk and had to do the same for 5.800.

I especially appreciate that it works on my Android 6 device. My MotoX from 2013 is still my primary phone and it has no newer updates (running LineageOS).
Not just that his parents don’t have time; in many places, parent’s social standing has an impact on the teacher’s willingness to be flexible.
Fish over crops? We already have crazy shortages of corn and grains world wide [1] (ignore the conspiratorial tone in the video if you don't like it, there are still plenty of objective observations).

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNry6K908xw
Unfortunately I think a lot of these problems are the result of the relentless focus on money in the US. Most of the problems have an incumbent business interest that prevents change. For example free wifi , all those companies who presumably paid to have their expensive wifi options available (boingo?). Transit links- rental car companies would not be happy with increased transit links,also you make far less revenue from car parking and the companies who run your car parking would not be happy. I think you can continue in this way for a lot of the issues.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wheredidthesodago/
The original DK1 was 3DoF, and the CV1 launched with a single sensor and an Xbox controller. The CV1 didn't get proper 6DoF until after launch.
Of course, there's also the Piccadilly line right there--which is cheaper and depending on where you're going (I commonly stay around Trafalgar Square) can end up being just as fast door to door.

Public transit being actually right at the airport as opposed to somewhere connected by a bus or pokey airtrain of some sort makes a big difference.

In general, new light rail lines in particular have improved the public transit situation at a number of US airprots.
One thing I love about blocky vs scratch is that it outputs regular code, in several languages. This means you can use it as "guard rails" up until you understand the concepts, then start using the generated language when you need more. It's also a DSL, in the sense that you can generate regular code from any blocks you make, at any level of the code flow, and you can mix that with already-made blocks for your target language. I started work on a Minecraft bot/mod tool that outputs JavaScript, for example, and added the full API (that is available in JavaScript code) so if you feel limited by the the blocks, you can just focus on the code. I stopped working on it, because the library it depends on to interact with Minecraft stagnated (and got really out of date with Minecraft versions) but a similar approach could be applied to pretty much anything. https://github.com/konsumer/botmodblock
Is Voyager 2 flying? Not sure if the definition of flying is propulsion and/or steering, or if it requires atmosphere. If it's the former, Oumuamua might actually count if you choose to not reject the implausibly unlikely but interesting-to-explore hypothesis that it's a space ship. Or at least that it has propulsion (iirc that's the part we're sure of) regardless of whether it's intelligently designed or can steer.
not everyone uses the APIs to interact with the registry. some manipulate the file itself. it's not supposed to be possible, but it is, and people do it. you have to keep the registry itself to keep backwards compatibility.

if everyone used the API, then yes you're correct. in my opinion, Microsoft should do what you stated, but they don't want to, out of fear of breaking backwards compatibility for people who do the wrong thing. their needs are just as valid as yours or mine.
Wait, we know this since QED, no?
I think they put a lot of extra work into 10.4 because it was also the first version that ran on Intel hardware. Lots of QC related to the platform transition from PowerPC. If all those $2500 MacBook pros had launched with a flaky OS it would have been a disaster.
It seems to be the case. Very little sustainable agriculture is practiced anywhere.
I have seen a lot of press about perovskite solar panels. They fail via reaction with assorted atmospheric gasses = short life, but very low cost. They are at work on sealed panels? In addition, I have seen press on multi-layer flexible panels.
The combined perovskite and multi spectral and flexible is nearing 50% - but is not 20 year rated, however if they can reach a 10 year life rating along with the flexible aspect, this will lead to shippable rolls that are locally integrated with local glass. Plastic might also serve if they can make it fully gas proof.
>_In particles physics ... very natural

Er, I'm not sure that things like dressed particles [1] and off-shell matter [2] violating E=mc^2 [3] could be described as even remotely "natural".

Perhaps they are valid theories, but "natural" certainly isn't an appropriate description of most of what unavoidably follows from particle assumptions.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressed_particle

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_shell_and_off_shell

[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_particle#Properties
Ah, sorry then I can't help you.
Having a Polish developer create a game around a South American drink really shows the power of cross-cultural spread of the internet. Love it!
Suicide is planned, preferable and I will attempt again to complete it.

Seriously, fuck this ape species. Glad to almost be dead while simultaneously infinitely afraid to cut it short. Dying is all that I give a shit about.

I changed my mind, I don't want to do surveys, code or anything. I just want to be fucking dead now.

Thanks.
A much better solution is to eliminate the zoning restrictions that lock properties into specific uses and ease the permitting process that makes it hard to convert these empty storefronts into something else (while also discouraging speculation by letting supply naturally grow to meet demand).

But, frankly, even if I'm wrong about that, the point of my original comment is that the OPs claims make no sense, because, again, the implication that they can come out better under the current regulations by keeping the units empty is incorrect. It is arithmetically wrong.

They would make much more money if they leased the units.

So whatever explains these empty storefronts, it isn't this:

> Fast forward to today, all of those stores and more are shuttered... the rent is still too damn high... and the absentee landlords that own these buildings are actually rewarded with property tax benefits for keeping them EMPTY!

Unless what OP means by "[they're] rewarded with property tax benefits for keeping them EMPTY!" is that they lose money relative to their other options.

I don't know why this explanation appeals to so many people; it doesn't survive a second of scrutiny.
Repulsive
Thanks for the explanation. If you have the time, can you also explain _why_ would we be multiplying "each point of the universe with a different complex number of modulo 1?" What does it mean in physical reality; why multiply points with any number at all?
I've noticed this too personally in my social circle since childhood - my female friends in the circle are often more direct and personal (and thus seem more vicious when they are discussing something unpleasantly personal about you or others), where as the guys are often more diplomatic and / or laid-back. And some of the ladies do get pissed at you if you don't support them in avoiding or alienating someone they have tiff with.
I would like to know what the alternatives are. What are the negatives to a decrease in the fish population?
Wow, that suprises me about the average age of cars on the road. I've grown up with the expectation that since cars are so expensive, it pays to take care of them and keep them working. Most areas I've lived have been areas of smaller populace and I am used to seeing older cars everywhere. My daily runner is a 2001 Outback with 140k miles. It's had problems, but I've always fixed them myself (engine rebuild following head gasket issue, broken fuel pump, etc). It's what my dad always did with our vehicles growing up and what many guys I've known have done. The mindset isn't universal of course, but looking at those numbers, seems to be relatively more prevalent in my microcosm than overall average. I guess my suprise is that what I took for granted to be normal really isn't compared to the overall average!
Does "-5e4" really evaluate to "-5000" in this language?
Bear in mind salaries in the EU are lower, so even if the taxes go higher the "average" person will never hit those peaks.
Cozy Futurism starts with current problems and human needs not with technology
Thai Sticks are a real thing, and not a brand. You can think of them as the way tobacco leaves are wrapped to make cigars, but marijuana instead. Then they're wrapped in a thin string to help them dry/cure into the right shape.

YouTube has a few videos showing how they are made.
I don't see a field for this in the Connection Settings dialog. Where do you type the socket name/path?
NSO Group CEO says law-abiding citizens have 'nothing to be afraid of'
The satellites can be subtracted out of the image more easily than the atmosphere can, this isn't an issue for actual scientists.

Cheaper access to space also means more cheap space-based satellites which provide much higher image quality.

A telescope constellation would be pretty amazing and would allow astronomy pictures never before possible, similar to the black hole image. A constellation like that could create an effective aperture larger than the earth.
It’s really interesting to see other fields trying to explain research.

Here, I feel the authors are not entirely clear who the audience is supposed to be. At first, they seem to target people who need the difference between Einstein and Maxwell explained. The section is titled:“ Maxwell's equations and general relativity—what are these all about?“

Then when they reveal the missing link, the uninformed reader is presented with a logical progression that is obviously written towards somehow for whom the statement:“the Lagrangian of electrodynamics is just the Einstein-Hilbert action“ is self explanatory.
You know, people who say, yes of course, if you say:“ keep the spacetime manifold Ricci-flat.“

Writing about science is hard
They don't even do CI when reviewing patches. Some of the code they review on mailing lists does not even compile.
Well, with a 35-45 lb. annual weight gain, after 40 years you would literally weigh as much as a car. Obviously that doesn't happen with any regularity, so clearly an equilibrium is reached and the curve flattens off at some relatively modest point. Therefore, the heavier you are, the more food you need to maintain your weight. Asymptotically, calorie intake predicts your final weight, not weight gain.
In that case it would probably be great to link to those sources rather than spread disinformation from a channel that apparently thinks Bill Gates is spying on your trash and China is bio-engineering tiny humans.

That video is a good example of why not to ignore the 'conspirational tone'.
Yeah, I do really recommend people not to do that sort of thing when they ask me.
Is this A you speak of the electromagnetic vector potential?
Maybe stop burning our food supply
Wow, that actually looks pretty cool.

I wish they had physical distribution so that I can go try it out...doesn't seem like they do. But they do have a 30 day return trial.
So just get a DIY model? It's really not hard to install RAM, wifi, and an M.2 drive, and it comes with the only tool you need in the box.
I think the difference is that the MTV sexuality scare was predicated on the belief that sexualized videos would normalize sexualization in youth with negative consequences, whereas in social media applications create the incentive structures for that behavior to thrive.

I assume the fear was girls would sexualize themselves because of what they saw was popular on MTV, which they believed would make them popular as well. I guess the big difference is that girls that sexualized themselves at that time never had an access to large audiences without perceived consequences like girls do on social media today.

I don't think depicting violence in video games is similar because I would say the violent aspect of games isn't the defining aspect of the content that people want to emulate. For example all the video game streamers and influencers, like girls who sexualize themselves, generally want the popularity, and the popularity is derived from being good at the games (or being the entertainer), not by being violent or emulating the violence from games, whereas the popularity of sex symbols is inherently their sexuality. It was starting with internet chat rooms, but there was really no way to broadcast your sexuality to thousands of people back then without exposing yourself to risks like doing it in the public. Social media both removed these risks by creating a physical separation between the audience and the person sexualizing themselves, and provided an audience that provides the attention that those sexualizing themselves desire. It sort of created the missing pieces for the incentive structures that reinforce the behaviors.

It isn't just sexualization too, social media has allowed many communities that were either too niche or 'undesirable' to thrive in offline communities to flourish and become normalized over time.
This is extremely useful. Absolutely incredible
You can use app passwords to add a Gmail account with 2fa enabled to K-9, works flawlessly for me.
You're missing the point. It's not "Dad didn't let me on Instagram". It's "Dad didn't let me have shared experiences to build relationships with my peers."
Re limited upload: This is true with technologies that have a shared medium for many users (*DSL, DOCSIS), but many ISPs use technologies that are full duplex and/or point-to-point and at that point limiting upload becomes arbitrary. It's also pretty stupid, why should I care about FTTH if local Vodafone will only give me 1000/60, same as DOCSIS?
In Texas, you’re not allowed to robo-water (hoses are fine) your lawn outside of your two specific days (at least, in the city we were in). Seems like a common sense strategy to me, yet I know Oregon doesn’t do that and I’m guessing CA is the same way. I know residents can be weird about water but surely after years and years of droughts, everyone would understand.
I'm not sure why you think I'm trolling. I want answers to my questions about the long term energy costs of handling the respective industrial waste products from each technology. I thought maybe someone would know or have some informative comment.
Agree. Those tend to be the most functional relationships/young adults that I remember interacting with in the past. Social media though is clearly a thing to approach carefully. I personally just block it all at the firewall and watch for the day society gets through this phase.
This is so thoughtful to learn about and understand. Really enjoyed reading this.
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing by Taylor Larimore
Ok, the full list of links to all the articles he referenced are at the bottom of this page [1].

[1]https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2021/07/21/global-wheat-supplie...
Yes, and the result of that was that for two thousand years, Greco-Roman culture was directly influencing European cultures while Egyptian was not. That my country produced Alexandreis (a vernacular Czech version based on a French original by Gautier de Châtillon) in the High Middle Ages and not Ramesseis instead is telling: Egyptian culture had been irrelevant to us for two millennia. You had to wait for the 20th century and Mika Waltari to retell the story of Sinuhe.
> Researchers out of Eindhoven University of Technology found that not every person that belongs to a major generation will share all the same characteristics that are representative for that generation.

What?! An effectively continuous variation in values and experiences can't be clustered into homogeneous 15-year cohorts with an arbitrary phase? /s
Factoid: Lincoln (Ford) had a deal (now cancelled) for Rivian to manufacture their EV's.

If Rivian is successful, I believe Ford will acquire them.

I am still surprised how slow Rivian has been, and how much money they have raised. We've been hearing about these R1T and R1S for a decade now.

I am convinced Rivian is struggling internally. Despite their long...long...time to market; Rivian has yet to reveal details like how fast the vehicles charge, how the infotainment system works, etc. Despite the R1T launch being this month (until last week, when it was delayed again); the EV charging locations were non-existent.

Rivian has a map with rough estimations of where they want to place the charging infrastructure. Rivian will have 3-4 charging locations in a geographic area that has very little tourism and existing charging infrastructure. Then, in the same state, Rivian will have zero charging stations in an entire region.

If the R1T is truly just weeks away from reaching a customer; it would seem like some of the basics (infotainment and charging) would have information out.

The fact that all of this is missing, makes me believe the R1T is 12mo+ from reaching a customer, and the R1S could be as far out as 2yrs+ from reaching a customer.
> in person schooling should be an option

It always has been an option.
It's because it contains a chemical used to make meth. It has nothing to do with corporate, it's federal law. Sales are tracked nationwide because gangs were bussing groups of people to different stores when they couldn't buy large quantities anymore.

Hardly "petty authoritarians". I worked at the drugstore counter for years and people entitled enough to make a scene because they needed ID to buy a drug precursor were one of the worst parts of the job.

There's a certain portion of US population that thinks it's trendy to protest anything they don't understand. Which is why people are getting kicked off planes and out of restaurants at record highs. We had a certain leader that normalized bad behavior and it doesn't seem to be going away any time soon.
(Clarification that these codebases were obviously not as large as Linux, and I don't mean to imply that the job was anywhere near the same scale as this one would be, I just think some of the same lessons are broadly applicable)
My belief is the American ruling class is terrified of the working and under classes. Airports are where they can't escape having to interact with ordinary people. And that's why security theater exists.
2020Q3 is after the patent expired in May 2020.
I suspect you may be in for a rude awakening in your relationship with your kids, and probably your kids are doing things behind your back.
For a sec I thought you were talking about Snowden's Book

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250237231
site does not load with javascript disabled. But does show me a <title> tag that implies it's a Facebook product, so I'm definitely not going to enable javascript.
Concluding Paragraph: Being a cozy futurist is being aware that even when indubitably science & technology are cool, we can't forget about the lives of the users of said technology; the goal is a nice future, not just a technically advanced future.

I think this is something that the Amish have been able to manage. Incorporating new technology into daily life when they understand the impact on their values--or put another way embracing technology in ways that allow them to maintain their values.
This enables newer cards to have updated security features. If there were no expirations, then you'd just make fake ids targeting older versions.
In advanced democracies, we’ve got a pretty good handle on pollution of the kind you’re supposedly afraid of. Batteries from EVs aren’t going to end up in a landfill. And the known health effects of ICEs air pollution are so overwhelmingly and obviously worse that I can’t help but agree with a sister comment that it’s hard to take this line of questioning as genuine.
Well, it doesn't help that nobody actively releasing apps seems to understand that AR is a lot more than just drawing things on top of a camera feed.

Almost every social video platform has some firm of AR filters. Snap probably has the most pervasive use of AR, with tools available to develop new filters (Lens Studio).

As of right now, these are the only examples of apps that do something with the tech that can't be done without the tech, and probably done better.

You can see why in the games market and Pokémon Go is a good example of why. The AR camera feature distracts, not adds, to the gameplay. Everyone I knew playing the game turned the camera feature off because it drained battery fast and limited play time.

Now, I would still call Pokémon Go an AR game, even without the camera feed, because I count the map overlay tracking your real work location a form of AR. It is a feature that augments your reality. And that feature adds to the gameplay. People enjoy traveling to play the game.

I think AR games will never be a big thing because AR design is fundamentally at odds with game design. With AR, you have to design an app the works in a context that the user brings in. In contrast, with VR, you're designing an app that provides a context to the user. Game design--especially as done by most game studios--is usually focused on providing a wholly contained experience for the user.

And that AR design challenge is just fundamentally more challenging. First of all, we can't get a lot of the interesting information about a user's personal context. The most we can get right now is geographic location, rough estimations of surfaces in their area, and maybe some very rough object classification. We don't know things like whether or not the user has a TV, or where that TV is located. Even if we did, we'll probably never be able to know what brand of TV they have, so now you have a problem of none of the stakeholders caring to ever fund a "TV classifying" project, because they'd never be able to sell the branding tie-in.

And I think that's the real problem with both the AR and VR industries. There's little incentive to create a product that users will care about, outside of games, which work better in VR. Any funding your going to find for any use case outside of games will want it 100% married to their brand, but brands have all gotten so indistinguishable from one another that there's nothing to really do.
Hah! Good catch! That readme typo has been in there since Lumen’s inception.

It evaluates to -500000, as you’d expect.

(Just kidding, it’s -50000. Amusingly, the https://docs.ycombinator.lol version gets it right, since it has to; every expression is actually evaluated in the browser.)
It depends where you're going. The Silver Line stops at each terminal so there's very little walking required unlike some airports. And if you're going to the Seaport area or (near) the Financial District, there are no transfers required.

And in the case of Boston connecting directly to the rail network as opposed to subway system wouldn't make a lot of sense. You're probably not talking Amtrak if you just flew in and the commuter rail probably doesn't make a lot of sense either.