skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Another +1 on Not Just Bikes.

Something many people overlook about Netherlands is how reliant on public transport they aren't. City design enabling local amenities to actually be truly local (within walking distance) is an underestimated boon. That's enormously easier to do in practice without the burden of highways and carparks.

There's also a general myth about Europe being "forced" into smaller more localized city plans by having older cities with smaller streets (accidentally creating more "local" urban environments) but that's not really the case. Road-widening projects have been common in many old European cities for centuries; the cities that are human-friendly are the ones who've undertaken the gargantuan task of reversing a lot of these car-oriented urban plans[0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/05/amsterdam-bic...
Corporate compliance
Perhaps saltiness?
The keyword / genre here is "Interactive Fiction"; MUDs fall in the same league as text based adventures of old (which later on started to add some graphics until they eventually evolved into e.g. the Monkey Island games), or even the choose-your-own-adventure (comic) books.

It's an older style of games, but honestly, I could have seen myself getting into this back when. It's tech that predates MMO's like WoW or Ultima Online. It's stuff that works everywhere.

And of course it's a different way to experience a game and its story. Dwarf Fortress also comes to mind, weirdly.
That sounds a lot like IRC

https://matrix.org/docs/guides/introduction
I’m sure there are people who think that way, but I assume more think along the lines of “the free market helped replace VHS with better formats, so the superior product still won out in the end”.
I cant help but feel sorry for Salesforce engineers who will have to work on figuring out how to integrate the monolith with Slack and figure out the user permissions and access control nightmare.
That's such a great idea... I've done this with cigarettes and I've had similar thoughts about how I no longer enjoy coffee either.
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Almost any modern application format is "a box that contains other boxes that themselves contain boxes".

PDF is an interesting case study, so are the old Microsoft Office formats (e.g. a "doc" file)

The new Microsoft Office (e.g "docx") format does what almost anybody would do today which is pack everything into a ZIP file, they just don't put a ZIP extension in it.

It is not hard at all to treat a ZIP file as a filesystem or create it dynamically (look at the stdlib ZIP support in Python or Java) so you don't need to "zip up a directory". In fact the ZIP file format was designed to be editable in place, with the slight awkwardness that you have to rewrite the directory at the end of the file if you extend the file.

You can definitely make a "hole" at the end of the file that you can write new items at the beginning of and write new directory entries at the end of. You can "delete" a file by trashing its directory entries and at some point "garbage collect" the file removing all the holes.
A few reasons but the primary one is impact. Our mission is corporate accountability through information transparency. Once you become a hedge fund your incentives for information dissemination become warped.
OK. I'll sit on my pennies for a couple centuries until their value raises a couple dollars :)

We can look at old, pre-Euro money like pfenning. What are the coins from the 90s worth today? I mean, sure, maybe a few extra bucks, but then you have to factor in some leg work of finding collectors who want what you have.

It's not really a worthwhile for most as an investment. The scrap is easy to sell right now.
I do find that I have time for side projects even with my wife and I working full time with a one year old but some / most weeks I feel like Im going to drop dead and that is in part because I find myself with little time for exercise and other self care. I just think its worth regurgitating the adage that every child really is different and so is every tech job. My friends that end up working till 9pm and on weekends regularly or have more demanding children are living in completely different realities and my heart goes out to them every day. With all this said my side projects end up being very consuming and not necessarily geared towards looking good on a resume.
IMO the use of the term "engineer" is sadly now meaningless. Engineer implies an understanding of the world around you, which implies calculus and physics, and other things depending on your academic and professional focus. Today people whose math is limited to subnet address calculation call themselves "network engineers" (and believe it). People who spin AWS hosts with Ansible are "devops engineers". People who know how to program but don't have an intuitive sense of what is and what is not congruent with science (an intuition that engineering school hopes to instill), and hence best practices, call themselves "software engineers".

The term means nothing now.
In reality, more of a prophetic message given what people will pay for the right scarce variants of Star Wars toys. No more dangerous and speculative than cryptocurrency IMO, but with a much longer investment horizon.

The part that's unrealistic IMO is the wealthy collector paying a fair price for the toys when in reality he would go out of his way to convince Mark Hamill that his crap is worthless and he's doing him a favor by giving him a pittance for it.

And the final shot would be a dirty and broken Mark Hamill sobbing uncontrollably as he watches a television in a store window where his collectibles are auctioned off one by one on one of our many shopping channels for far more than he got for them.

A recurring theme on Amazing Stories was the power of imagination best embodied by the episode about the World War II gunner who was also an animator who saved his own life by imagining a set of landing gear cartoon style after they were shot off his bomber. The Mark Hamill episode was yet another example of this theme where he prevailed by the power of his own belief in himself and his imagination.
From the recent bit of looking around I have done for Senior and Staff roles the typical process after screening is;

* Behavioral interview(s)

* Some form of pair coding excercise

* System design interview

Side projects have never really come up explicitly, but my GitHub profile is included in my deets and I'm sure people have viewed it.
I wouldn't be surprised if this flew under the radar of the people at the top.

> Secretary: "IT said we should use matrix".

> Minister: "Whatever. I'm busy with other things. Do I need to sign something?"
Actually the discussion of using an AI trained robot has been frequently discussed on the various forums. Nimbella has even an "python ai" runtime that would support it. However does not seem the winning robots actually uses any A.I.
> Faster charging rates

Tesla's chargers are slower than CCS chargers. For example, Ionity's chargers are 350 kW: https://ionity.eu/en/design-and-tech.html

Telsas even charger faster on CCS than on superchargers: https://insideevs.com/news/507489/tesla-model3-charging-fast...

The Lucid Air will have a peak charging rate above 300 kW. The Air is on a 900 volt battery platform: https://www.lucidmotors.com/charging
For what its worth, open source is en vogue in german government IT at the moment. "Dataport", a government-owned IT-company, has an open-source based project "Phoenix", as a first step in this shift of paradigm. This is interesting because Dataport used to be pretty much a windows-shop; despite old and established hierarchies and its special place in the public domain, change is happening.

(Source: I'm working in that project as a consultant)
Interesting, the steady state nature of the code reminds me of MS Excel! Which is a compliment by the way :)
Pretty sure the citizens of the U.S just voted for 'the government'
Oh noes! I hope they don't gate it behind an engine asset store.

Sketchfab has some real gems, would really recommend. Only a hobby modeler myself, but I have bought assets there for hobby programming.
they could have opted for XMPP, which is clearly a better and more mature alternative.
Not my business model guys, but a business model used by parties out there that decide to misuse open source licenses and charge for basically a layer on top of the open source.

If this company has two products that under the hood seem to rely heavily on open source but they don't mention it, then it sounds this is their business model.
Dropbox paper is amazing though if you need to create an "easy to collaborate that look decent" document. And it does not affect in anyway your experience with the "cloud sync" functionality
Marginal tax rates in California also reach this level. Health insurance is not included.
I'm sure you have a source that shows that Bitcoin/crypto in general is dominated by things like money laundering and terrorist financing, right?
> Note that it’s legal to sell stockfish as long as you’re compliant with GPLv3. ChessBase seems to be compliant.

Unless your license has been terminated by the copyright holders, in which case you cannot be compliant with the license because don't have a license to distribute the material at all.

> Stockfish argues that ChessBase isn’t compliant because they refuse to release the weights.

I haven't seen them argue this anywhere. You've linked to their previous statement in which they only say that they "condemn" the fact that the weights are not being released.

The announcement says that they've filed the lawsuit "to enforce the consequences of the license termination" because "ChessBase is ignoring the fact that they no longer have the right to distribute Stockfish, modified or unmodified, as part of their products."

> But GPLv3 doesn’t give you the ability to terminate a license arbitrarily; it requires you meet some specific criteria, and it’s unclear that ChessBase meets it.

You seem to be talking about this paragraph in the GPLv3 (https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/blob/sf_14/C...) :

"Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice."

However, this is not ChessBase's first violation. They've also tried to pass off Houdini as original work: https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/houdini_6_pro_multipr...

Houdini 6 is also a stockfish clone. https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/29181/is-houdini-6...
<sarcasm>No need to invade! You could just build a large antenna array to control the weather: https://presscore.ca/news/haarp-mandated-to-create-floods-to...

There are some crazy stories related to the HAARP program including opening holes in the ozone layer which caused instaneous skin burning to anyone caught under the hole. Even back in the early days of the internet, it was obvious how the conspiracy circles were going to flourish and push the drek to world. I had never heard of presscore.ca, but based on this article alone, I now know to hopefully never see it again except for examples like in this case.
I'm also curious about this. Gitter.im (which now is integrated with Matrix) is also an option, but not as user-friendly as Discord. With Discord at least you have unlimited searchable chat history (which is invaluable for OSS communities, and one of the top reasons you should avoid Slack). However, I can see Discord removing this free luxury in the future...
How very reddit of us both.
it's a monster, Unesco is absolutely right to say that this is not congruent with a world heritage site.. They were also warned multiple times apparently.
Facebook Took Our Election Ad Money. Then Bulk-Deleted Our Pages
Thank you for explaining this so clearly.
Looks like they've received a total of $2.5B in subsidies and $466M in loans[0]. Feel free to compare that to GM with $8B subsidies and $50B in loans[1] or Ford with $4.3B in subsidies and $33B in loans[2].

0: https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/prog.php?parent=tes...

1: https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/prog.php?parent=gen...

2: https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/prog.php?parent=for...
Another hybrid is Fallen London, whose graphics are mainly interactive cards with text, an image and some buttons, but the majority of the game is text. In it, they tell a number of stories set in the worldbuilding efforts done by the creators. This worldbuilding has also been used in other games by the studio, Sunless Seas/Skies.
Rand Paul Asks DOJ to Investigate Fauci for Lying to Congress
Interesting turn of events.
See response above. And not just fraud detection. We plan to expand to other areas including credit/bankruptcy, ESG and tracking macro changes and trends
The UI lag is real. I checked why, and it turns out every ticket returns permissions for every single UI element on the component.
How much money did the typical Slack engineer get out of this?
As a bonus, it can dry and warm the permafrost paving the way for extremely hard to control peat fires.
Show HN: Schedule Daily Tweets from Markdown Files
N=36 and testing protocol of 4 servings over a short period of time is all you need to know.

Even if you assume all they find is true, the effect could disappear or change into something else one month after initiation (dose accommodation, etc...)
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I’m not sure why you’re being downvoted. Is it controversial that publications have become increasingly partisan in recent years? I thought that was widely agreed upon? Or maybe people disagree with your implication that this is a bad thing (I imagine progressives are pleased that the majority of the old reputable outlets are burning through their credibility reserves to advance progressivism).
Nickel hoarding is where the real money is at.
On the topic of Discord for professional use, does anyone know if it’s possible to have different display accounts for the same login? I’m in a few different Discord groups for real-life friends, an online-only game, and one for FOSS development. I’d like to have different display names and profile pictures for each one, but so far all I’ve found is having to maintain 3 email login accounts and log out and back in when I want to switch communities. Is this really the intended way to do this?
IBM is definitely more hip. Their CPU arch is called 'POWER', they beat Ken Jennings with a computer, and their CPUs powered game consoles. Salesforce is the worst with Atlassian being a close second.
The best bang for buck would be to spend your spare time gaining a certification, for example Java, CompTIA, AWS, Azure, etc. This IMHO is far better on your CV then a side-project, as it shows a willingness to perform continued learning. Your side project could be using tools and techniques that you learnt decades ago, which could be fine but my org is only interested in cutting-edge stuff (for example).
This is a completely ahistorical take. The roads didn't all come out of nowhere and the railways that used to go everywhere didn't just magically disappear. And market forces didn't make these transformations either. Regulation is what got us into this mess and regulation can get us out.

We have also regulated away many things that were favoured by markets but had negative consequences. And there are plenty examples of people who are happy to do the less convenient thing and even end up enjoying it. Including switching from cars to bikes, which has happened in a number of European countries.
I'm weird, your comment got me interested in Nepalese custom duties. I had a read through and it looks like notebooks do not incur import duties in Nepal!

> Automatic data processing
machines and units thereof;
magnetic or optical readers,
machines for transcribing data on to
data media in coded form and
machines for processing such data,
not elsewhere specified or included.
-Portable automatic data processing
machines, weighing not more than 10
kg, consisting of at least a central
processing unit, a keyboard and a
display:
8471.30.10 ---Notebook and Laptop

> Import Duty (% except otherwise specified)

> SAARC: Free

> GENERAL: Free

https://customs.gov.np/storage/files/1/Custom%20Tariff/Custo...

You're welcome.
You might have adhd. I fall into extremely high doses because a high level of stimulant use is needed to get to a “normal” baseline.

Of course tolerance is also a factor. I’ve been reducing my intake, for a while it was well over 1g/day, and that wasn’t really about trying to “feel” anything.
In some regions "[arsch] eng" might well be used ... funny thing is it means more or less the same as "ass tight" but [arsch] would be dialect for "arg" which can be roughly translated to "almost a bit too much".
I specifically remember Elon stating that anyone could just use the technology without even informing Tesla, so I looked it up:

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ca6c332f-2cc5...

Indeed, there are no documents for executives to sign, but the patents aren't exactly fully free to use either: Tesla promised not to sue any company infringing on its patents as long as they're acting in "good faith," which obviously has a bunch of caveats (one being that you can't sue Tesla over any other patent related issues).

The end result is the same: a decent idea ruined by the lawyers.
Gitter seems to be indexable by search engines. My experience using it as part of open projects has been mixed—the UI isn't great and the notification system is, in my experience, unreliable—but if you're worried about your messages being discoverable, it might be up your alley.
It's tiresome. You can't use the image of a Native American as a symbol of strength and bravery as was done by sports teams and clubs -- despite the explicit intention of honor, it's cast as an insult (the Washington Redskins was an outlier and the antithesis of this -- good riddance to them and their ridiculous logo). A man builds a monument to a famous Native American, and his stated intent is to honor and somehow try and compensate for the wrongs done to them. Naaah, he's bad, too.

When I went to summer camp as a kid, the cabins were divided in two (how they were constructed), with one side being the Comanches, and the other side the Apaches. The idea was strength and bravery (as practically all such references were). Never ever was any of that about denigrating or insulting a group. Do people want their mascot to be a symbol of someone they hate or belittle? Of course not. Anyway, I'm sure that's all gone now, too.

Fine. I guess we should topple all the monuments built for the Indians along with all the other statues of 18th and 19th century Americans. Let's think of the Indians only as victims (there is no pride in victim-hood, and it implies weakness); or, maybe keep them so that people might be able to gain some insight into history.
I find it interesting how Americans are accepting surveillance of their online content, and the government flagging posts of facebook. Seems like total violation of the First Amendment of your constitution, you know, the right to free speech.

Source so I'm not accused of making this up.
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-administration-flagging-problem...
> The extent of their [FBI informants] involvement raises questions as to whether there would have even been a conspiracy without them.

This is standard procedure for the FBI back to the 1980s, or longer. I've only been paying attention since I was a teen.
Well, there are plenty of open solutions that you can self host.

Personally, i find Rocket.Chat ( https://rocket.chat/ ) to be simple enough to set up in a Docker container and have running as a passable alternative to Slack/Discord. There are downloadable clients as well. The only real downside I've seen is somewhat bad support for calls because their WebRTC implementation is still new and integrating with Big blue button or whatever else they offered is hard.
I am having a hard time believing it is just simple entitlement - most people who are anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, verbally abuse waiters, cashiers etc tend to be bullies. They tend to just pick people who usually can't fight back and run away when their victims do fight back. I doubt they'd have the balls to pick a fight with firefighters.

It would take a special kind of arsehole to set fire, call 911/999, wait for them to come, then physically attack the firefighters. There is something else going on here.
The vast majority of Americans take the standard deduction. Those that don't can afford an accountant.
Teslas come standard with an adapter that allows you to plug in everywhere?

I know, because my home charger isn’t a Tesla one and yet I have use it every day on a Tesla without issue…
Supply and demand curves don't address the customer's awareness and perceptions at all price increases. Sure if the price doubles, they'll notice. But a 5-10% increase in something infrequently purchased would not be noticeable to the average consumer. Now if it's something they purchase everyday? They'd notice a penny increase.
The Tesla adapter is superior in almost every way to CCS. IMHO, everyone should use it. The CCS plug, particularly the US variant, is considerably worse from a usability perspective. (It’s also more complicated and heavy and therefore more expensive to make.)

Standardizing on the US CCS plug would be a mistake that would cement a disadvantage for EVs. If we’re going to insist on a standard plug, I’d prefer the Tesla plug but even the European CCS plug wouldn’t be so bad. Look at the size difference, and tell me that lifting a much heavier plug won’t have a usability impact especially for people with a small frame or physical disability.
So if it's an array, why isn't it @addresses?
My university's IT staff is surprisingly good. But they seem to be hamstrung by questionable decisions being made over their head.
Ruby is much closer to Perl than is Python.
28b to get live message actually working
This reminded me of the "I drink your milkshake" scene from "There Will Be Blood".
Here's a somewhat recent blog post I stumbled over which might be helpful:

https://rastergrid.com/blog/gpu-tech/2021/07/gpu-architectur...

There isn't a lot of actual under-the-hood information though, because GPUs are closed IPs. So the information needs to be pieced together from the occasional conference talks, performance optimization advice from GPU vendors and what enthusiasts reverse engineer by poking GPUs through the 3D APIs.
Teams is the worst UI I’ve ever used in an application.
I wonder if those issues could be related to a poor network connection to the Skype servers, and maybe poor handling of lossy or high latency connections. I haven't seen any of these issues with Skype.
Defined like this, the old world is way better and mobile OS are a bit handicapped to be diplomatic.
Last I read, the effectiveness of cloud seeding is still up for debate.

Wikipedia has a section on effectiveness, “A study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences failed to find statistically significant support for the effectiveness of cloud seeding.”[1]

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