skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The part about how quickly they figured out the number of missing was actually 97-99, opposed to the "official" number ~150, was really impressive.

Of all the things the article covers, I'm most interested to know more about how they interview friends and family so quickly and efficiently, when things are still so raw and emotional. It does say that half the team is dedicated to that task, at least initially.
The more amateur world I am familiar with (OSM et al) does not go for a theodolite at all. The general approach is to satellite-trace the place out and use GPS tracks for what it can’t cover.[1] For more detailed shapes or up-to-date imagery, OpenDroneMap might be used to assemble own drone imagery.

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapping_techniques

The rendering part is usually done by leaflet on the web. GIS software should allow importing from OSM too.
It's pretty clear you haven't actually used DeFi. To convert my shares into dollars in my bank account takes almost a week. In DeFi I can do it within minutes. Same with sending money, trading, loans, providing liquidity, purchasing insurance. It's a night and day difference between this and the existing financial system.
Web push notifications would only apply to PWA's, which you have to deliberately install by seeking out the add to home screen menu item.

They are not the nuisance you are making them out to be.
Seems like it would lead to marginally better discussions too. Or at least, very very heated ones.
Comcast can now pinpoint fiber optic cable breaks within minutes
> It clearly worked too. They found 84% of the 100 victims.

finding 100% of the victims should have been possible, but of course countries spend more on killing... I think they are just trying to bring Israel's image up since they are killing so many innocent people in the Gaza Strip... For some reason, Biden loves Israel (is that because of their religion? IE: they believe the same lies that he does)
Friendly reminder: Writing unsafe Rust is hard
It makes sense why it would be part of the IDF. In Israel, the usual reason you need disaster response is an act of terrorism. Having the disaster recovery and security forces all under a single authority makes coordinating a response much easier.
This comment would be a lot better if it dropped the antagonism. They were just asking questions – questions I agreed with, for what it's worth.

They didn't quote from the article.
The general hatred of stability speaks volumes about the attitude of web developers (or perhaps the strength of Google's propaganda) --- what in $deity's name is wrong with software not changing?

Look at something like a C64, which has remained basically unchanged for a few decades and the original is long out of production; and yet people are still writing new software for it. Bugs and limitations become features to be exploited for new avenues of creativity and awe.

Then you have the Google-ified vision of the web, also known as the "modern[1] web", where it churns the "standards" and its browser frequently (often to the detriment of user control), new frameworks spring up by the dozens every week, and websites become overly bloated and stop working in anything but the latest version of Chrome because some trendchasing hipster decided to use $trendy_new_framework that executes a bunch of totally unnecessary code and crashes on attempting to use some new feature, nevermind the fact that the site itself doesn't even require it and could've been written in simple HTML to be perfectly functional down to IE5 or even Lynx.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25915313

I'm not an Apple fan, but in this case I'm on their side in attempting to hold back the insanity the "modern web" has become: "an enemy of an enemy is a friend".

[1] I increasingly find the presence of that adjective to be a reliable indicator of a bad experience.
Just because the U.S. government gives Intel money doesn't mean it's a good deal for shareholders. I can think of two different ways this can go poorly:

1. It causes Intel to optimize for government money, similar to the many aerospace contractors
2. The government could acquire a stake in Intel, as it did with many companies under TARP during the 2008 Financial Crisis
Open standards don't equate to slow. Vulkan is an open standard, for example. The standard just has to allow for performant use.
Seems to be for rendering? I’m talking about getting my boots on the ground and measuring where things actually are!
I thought this might have been about Safari’s devtools. While they have been slowly getting better, it’s still painful to use them compared to Chrome’s.
Actually reading HN is quite refreshing while you feel stress in your working.

It fulfills:
1) focusing on other things
2) finding somethings fun
https://www.zotero.org/ also allows sync
Stated intent maybe yes, but that's only optics. Censorship is just meant to preserve the powers in control, be they good or bad.
What if the phone is fully compromised?
For the most part W3C is where standards go when they’re finished (often long after developers expect them to be available everywhere, especially these days). WebUSB for example is currently a draft, not a standard. Many of these complaints are about technologies that Chrome implements that have yet to be fully standardized.
Not necessarily. There are “web standards” pushed by Google that are inherently inimical to increased privacy and cannot be implemented with sufficient security for a billion devices. I have to use Chrome and Chromium-based browsers for a lot of what I do, and the very first thing I do when I have to set it up or configure a new profile is _disable_ crap like:

- Web USB
- Web MIDI
- Web HID
- Web Push
- Web Motion Sensors
- Site protocol handlers
- Web Serial Ports
- Web local file editing
- Payment handlers
- VR
- Attention

That is, I make it so that sites aren’t even allowed to ASK me for those permissions. I know that a regular did a Web MIDI site recently that is sort of neat, but the protocol is essentially impossible to secure.

Each and every single one of those things provides additional security risk, fingerprinting opportunities, and privacy leaks BY DESIGN, and I can’t ever see turning them on.
Gordon Geckos are running the show.
The filesaä are quarantined, not removed. You can restore them on the other OS as well.
According to the following article VW sold over 200k electric cars in Europe during the last 12 months and is now out-selling Tesla in the European market...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltaylor/2021/05/24/volksw...
You say this but it still feels gross to do.
Yup, seconded. I was going to recommend that book.
Sorry, I'm using the OPs parlance here – by PWA I think he means "JS apps that use advanced browser APIs".

The typical concern is that a phisher will use to make a page that looks like Google's sign-in page and display it in fullscreen mode. This would let them collect credentials while mirroring the input in a real form that'd be filled in the background.
I disable all autofill as one of the first things I do on a new computer. Not just for passwords, for everything.
>Even at first thought, it makes sense why the IDF would be well equipped for such a mission, given all the turmoil in the Middle East(mentioned in the article), they have much more experience in this situation.

Actually they don't really have similar "field experience" from Israel (fortunately). They do have a bunch of training with artificially made piles of rubbles and whenever something happens somewhere in the world (earthquakes, tsunamis, etc) they usually among first to arrive.
News articles have been puplished for the last decade or so about how Tesla was going to die to these larger car companies when the larger car companies really start making electric cars. Which could be true, but so far, not so much. The Bolt is electric, but not a very good comparison to Tesla.

The offerings from the other car companies do not currently surpass Tesla in any meaningful way I can see, and the assumption that the other car companie can "will into being" a technical marvel better than Tesla, seems to continue to be only an assumption.

I do not like Tesla or Musk very much, and would love for my next pickup to me an electrified F150, but none of the current electric offerings seem all that appealing if you aren't looking for a Tesla or can't reasonably commute in a Leaf. I am still skeptical I will be able to buy an F150 electric within the next 2 or 3 years, and would not be surprised to have to wait 3-5 years as they work out the kinks. I am not looking to plunk down 100k+ on GM's Hummer, either.

Dislike for Musk aside, I have to acknowledge Tesla is delivering a reasonable vehicle (discounting the stupid auto -pilot that isn't auto-pilot), whereas most other companies are still delivering small numbers of electric vehicles, but large marketing campaigns, which seem aimed at getting people to continue to wait on buying an electric car, because the next best version is always just around the corner.
What sort of apps are in the intersection of being performant enough to be written in JavaScript and also generate lots of in-app purchase revenue (which is typically recurring revenue)? Certainly not most games, which are the biggest money-spinners, and also not pro camera apps or video editing apps.

Video streaming apps (eg. Netflix / YouTube Premium) come to mind, but they don't rely too much on in app purchase I think. That leaves news apps like the New York Times which need notifications to deliver breaking stories, and perhaps dating apps with messaging/photo features.

Thing is, for every New York Times, there are tons of "news" clickbait content farm websites out there, and I certainly don't need to elaborate on the risks of "free-for-all" dating apps with no enforced guidelines.

I'd much rather Apple end the anti-steering rules where apps are not being allowed to tell people that they can subscribe on the website. Congress is working on this[1].

1. https://stratechery.com/2021/the-cicilline-salvo/
My experience in this industry is that it pays well, good benefits, but it ebbs and flows much like the defense industry with large boom times and slower times with large layoffs.
> Apple _does_ put effort into Safari.

I did not say they did not. What I said was...

> that does not materially help the bottom line.

Security, privacy, and battery life sell phones. Better PWA and WebRTC would cost them money because those modern Web technologies compete with the App Store.
the ford maverick compact pickup is $20,000
> Further contributing to the frustration is the fact that unlike Chrome or Firefox, Safari updates are not automatic on regular basis. They’re only shipped together with the infrequent updates to the entire OS.

I wouldn’t say twice a year is infrequent.
A password manager only really offers marginal phishing protection, in the sense that 'automatic autofill' (as defined in the original post) is not available with an unrecognised website.

The problem is most profound with tech illiterate folk. If you have tried to teach a tech illiterate person how to use a password manager (as I have), you may have encountered the issue that 'autofill' isn't 100% accurate. You will occasionally hit a subdomain or alternative domain which using the same credentials as the saved website (eg amazon.co.uk vs amazon.com). It will appear that no credentials are available for that site. Therefore, you usually have to teach the person how to manually search the vault and either fill manually, or copy and paste credentials. Otherwise, you can expect phone calls for support. And, of course, the original article actually suggests disabling automatic autofill. It suggests filling manually, further opening up the possibility of mistakenly filling onto a dodgy domain. As soon as you teach them a workaround to deal with this case, the phishing vector is basically no different to a post-it.

This problem might also apply to a tired, tech literate person, who mindlessly fills manually or copies credentials without checking the domain.

In either case, we fall back to Google Safe Browsing doing its job properly, and await solid anti-phishing solutions like FIDO2/webauthn.
Sure, let's have competition in the browsers on apple platforms then? Let the User choose what they want?
Making Wortharead's Mobile App Work Like Magic
> Chrome explicitly do not care about other browsers, and think that the world would be a better place if Chrome were the only one.

They are gunning for monopoly. No shame in that. The chrome app is the biggest gateway to the internet globally and winning that war means complete dominance as the world moves towards web applications. Using the carrot rather than the stick.

But therein lies the rub. Safari is betting on being bundled with macOS/iOS. That's a cool few million users with nary a breath of effort. I can at least empathise with Apple. Why put in the effort like a schmuck selling fried chicken, chips and skateboards door to door when I can lay back and just collect the meatball bacon cheddar pizza rolls falling from the sky?
That depends really. In the US, nuclear power plants are supposed to be able to withstand a certain amount of damage, specifically a direct impact of a certain sized plane (even before 9/11).

So, like all things, it's a bit of a matter of perspective.
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/nparticles-instanc...

https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/RFM22/Variation+of+Instan...

Although I don't know what tool they used, probably it was something like this, where they created many instances of an object and used a random number function for the color.

Whatever they used for the seed, it must have changed between shots, program reloads, users, or something else and I would suppose the artists either didn't notice or couldn't figure out how to fix it (I suppose you would just set the colors manually on each instance)
I'd personally be more than fine with someone who didn't want to ever verbally communicate, as long as they had excellent written communication skills. Especially if it's a remote job. For example, I'm sure there are many deaf people that excel in software engineering roles.

I can see how it'd be a major challenge to be deaf or bad at speaking at an in-person job where everyone else is speaking, though.

I'm much better at writing than speaking, myself, and find it much easier to convey complex ideas in writing (real-time or asynchronously). Especially writing vs. speaking through a conference app like Teams, where the latency can sometimes make things awkward.
Comcast is highly behind the times.

As a very experienced fiber person - OTDR has existed for decades, this is not new tech, its just new for them to advertise because they're just so bad.

If you want DF I guarantee someone else can light you up for cheaper. Even if not DF, someone else can build to you for 50% if not 200% cheaper. I used to do this monthly.
Gab preaches to the choir - everyone there is already gone. Parler seems to be something between catastrophe and fraud against its investors.

They don’t differentiate from the dominant players enough to be considered categories on their own, the audience already has the desired views, and they aggressively moderate against conflicting discourse.

Parler was incredibly useful for uncovering the January 6th attack, however.

Eventually some service will take over Facebook and Twitter, but I doubt that it’ll be something that’s so targeted to the far-right.
There's a bit of nomenclatural history here. There was autism, which usually manifested as a severe disorder that significantly impaired functioning. People with a social deficit like autism, but who were otherwise fine, were usually diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, which was considered like autism but not quite autism. Then there was high-functioning autism, which wasn't the same as Asperger's syndrome, a major distinguishing characteristic being that people with HFA had a speech deficit in early childhood while people with AS did not.

That was where things stood as of the DSM IV. Then the DSM V came along and lumped all of the above into a single classification of "autism spectrum disorder".
Who said it did? He mentioned the Tour de France, and US Women's Soccer. Both extensively covered.

However... if he did have a cable subscription, he could have logged into the NBC Sports Network's app and not be stuck with a 30 minute limit. That app seems to have just about everything -- you want 5+ hours of preliminary badminton matches? They've got you. Want Serbia vs Kazakhstan water polo? Done. Can't wait for the archery finals? The entire round of 64 is live streaming.
Are you implying Mozilla Firefox cares less about the user than Apple? Why not let Mozilla have it's browser on iOS? It's not about the user, it's about having an iron chokehold on the developers and we are too cool aid drunk to call it out.
Some (5%) electricity is lost during the transfer.

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=105&t=3
soulcycle
>>This is the substantiated fraud outlined in the settlement.

That there is evidence of fraud does not justify making an unsubstantiated allegation that the tether was unbacked. No reasonable reading of "unbacked" would find it consistent with the tether being backed by USD-denominated commercial paper as opposed to USD.

I am not here to defend Tether, just careless language used when criticizing a party.

>>Finally re: commercial paper, I haven't seen a shred of evidence they own a single scrap of it.

That's an entirely fair statement. Like I said, I am not here to defend Tether. If anything, being careless with criticisms undermines the credibility of critics, and makes it harder for their salient arguments to be heard. So if you do have a good case against Tether, I'd suggest sticking only to the facts so that the case gets a fair shake.
Yes, I imagine the 1.5kWh will deliver pretty sluggish performance, but it'll be in a car that costs more than a BEV, with less reliability and with even worse range anxiety.
That shouldn't prevent it from being an opt-in toggle for the people (like me) who rely on it.
Less you know, easy to solve.
I think the "Most jobs require" comment was what made it seem to broad. There are lots of jobs that require interview-style communication, I totally agree. For my friend's specific case, it was a dev at a remote company that specifically prioritized working alone and not communicating with teammates 99% of the time, to which I thought it kind of a perfect fit for someone with verbal communication difficulties.

Thanks for clarifying!
Rituals/habit.

Easily repeatable, no-fail(doesn't matter if you don't do it) routine. Using a ritual repeatedly will eventually signal to mind and body you are in a different physical/mental space now.

Many people like exercise based rituals; walking, running, sports. "walking around the block" was highly suggested as a substitute for the commute during lockdowns. Some walked clockwise to get to work. Anti-clockwise to go home.

Second part is to deliberately not think about work BUT ALSO not have to concentrate hard. You've done/about-to-do a good day, give yourself a break for a moment.

I commute via motorcycle and find the requirement to be "present" enforces not thinking about work.

Edit -clarity
Its only a bug if the software was stated to support that combination. If it was designed and documented to suppot three combinations, and you tried it on a fourth, found it not to work, that’s an enhancement request not a bug report.
> They are gunning for monopoly. No shame in that.

It is pretty shameful if you’re simultaneously claiming to be the biggest defender of the open web.

> Why put in the effort

It’s pretty clear why at this point: developers hate them and antitrust regulators are looking for the right opportunity to go for the throat. Apple screwed up when they killed Safari on Windows, they could have had a solid shot at being the #2 browser in the world on the merits ten years ago and they totally blew it. Eddie Cue even wrote about this in some of the emails from the Epic discovery: https://twitter.com/PatrickMcGee_/status/1389632382244847623...
Safari is not only notorious for unimplemented features but also for unique (and often critical) bugs in spite of the shared origin with Chrome.
I think you misunderstood what I said.

Even if a court does something like “you must allow alternative browsing engines”, it’s going to be a very difficult thing for a court to rule _successfully_ that “you must allow unrestricted USB access to alternative browsing engines”, as that will completely destroy security.

It’s also what would be required to make people who hate Apple for not implementing the same privacy-busting and security-nullifying APIs that Chrome has done.
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An Open Letter to Kevin McCarthy - House Minority Leader... Hola Kevin — What’s crackin’?
i find excercising would help quite a bit. when you're tired, you can't really think much which help driving down the anxiety.
> Broken HTML+CSS in Safari? Examples?

I didn't mean that as "broken in the wild". I meant as "broken when I'm actually developing a website".

> I can't remember the last time a site had broken HTML/CSS with Safari. My impression is the desire to have good mobile support keeps Safari support alive. I think I encountered more broken CSS when I was using Firefox.

You're not seeing broken websites on Safari because everyone's forced to test (and fix!) their websites for Safari due to its market share.

On the other hand Firefox's market share is relatively low, and dwindling day-by-day, so there's less incentive for everyone to actually test and fix Firefox-only issues.

That said, I use Firefox as my main web browser, and personally I find it very rare for something to be broken under it, even when it's not officially supported. It probably highly depends on which exact sites you visit though.
Anytime gov't gets involved though, you have to consider how the lobbiest will get involved. So a proponent with deep pockets that is thouroghly entreched with a language about to be "banned" decides to hire a lobbiest to convince these "well educated in all things" gov't reps. Yet proponents of "safe" languages have no cash to spend. Which language is going to get banned then?
I don't notice any hits to battery leaving it on, and I've got 2 or 3 PWAs that ping with notifications throughout the day. YMMV, but I see no reason why Apple couldn't enforce this feature at least as well as a cheap Android smartphone can. As long as it's opt-in, they can please everyone here.
True but that's the trivial case. You'll never get food poisoning if we outlaw food, never get into a car accident if we outlaw cars, ...

The point is there should be a better way that just pull the plug on anything potentially unsafe.
Looks like almost everybody would be worse off if Firefox went away and looks like nobody gives a shit if it's going away in part due to uncompetitive behaviour on iOS and largely because they don't seem to have a handle on the situation, investing left and right and not focusing on the browser.

Here's a thought, Mozilla does a lot of political campaigning, how about campaigning for open app stores and death to no other browser engine? Why not do this which seems like a do or die situation for them?
Do you have your password manager database and private keys backed up in a way that would survive if you have a fire? A lot of people may think they have backups of stuff like this but unless you remember to grab that thumb drive out of your desk drawer (assuming you're home) a fire might still destroy them.
and it was stolen by sjw morons who want to push the app so they ignore bugs about the mobile site
It’s more often than twice a year, at that. It would be nice if Safari and Safari WebView were updated more frequently like Chrome and other browsers, but the pace that exists is not as slow as people like to pretend.
Thanks for that. I'll sleep well now. These are the litteral nightmare scenarios.