skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just like A Small World or Decayenne both of which flamed out trying to monetize an "elite" social network ? I still get spam about renting Yachts for the summer.
I suspect you're being downvoted because you're simply wrong as a matter of physics. Your body isn't a closed system. Entropy is a global variable, it's entirely possible to have subparts of a system (often called things like "engines" or "HVAC systems") experience net decrease in measured entropy just by moving energy around. And your body does that every day. The overwhelming majority of all identifiable entropy transfer in an organism happens as part of "metabolism", not "aging".

That the engine doesn't work forever may very well have a thermodynamic expression, but "because of entropy" is basically missing the point.
https://aydacfu.xyz/downloads/1111B_WhitePaper_traditional.p...
25 years of plentiful SQL injections and XSS, and 25 years of posters rushing to PHP’s defense with variants of “you could do this in any language. All languages are potentially insecure.”

At a certain point it turns from tragedy to farce.
So by your definition all of FOX news and CNN are not journalists.
Your company probably talked to our company a lot through the years. It's been a while, so I don't remember my specific complaints, but I do remember that push notifications would sometimes not be delivered, so I would miss messages. It would also go the other way. There are a lot of small nice refinements in slack & discord that mattermost just doesn't have.

Once recent new feature slack added that I like was scheduled messages, but that is a pretty new thing.
It's an interesting proposal (make 0123456789.xyz available for cheap and thus allow more widespread use of custom domain names for various applications), except for two things:

1. This is basically just a strategy for XYZ to generate tons of new revenue from otherwise junk domains ($0.99 * 1.11B names = $1,098,900,000)

2. We don't need to charge for domain names to allow a wider array of applications to communicate using personalized global addressing.

E-mail is the standard example: throwaway984393@mailprovider.com does not cost me anything at all, but it's personalized. Mail provider has to pay for a domain, but nobody else needs to. This kind of free personalized addressing is a design choice. In fact, you don't even need to use DNS at all, as many peer-to-peer networks (Bitcoin, IPFS, BitTorrent/Gnutella/Napster, YaCy, Usenet, etc) have shown.

A 3rd potential problem with this proposal is that if it were expanded to other TLDs, it may generate significantly more traffic for the DNS root.
If more people are going to live longer, so will more of their friends and more will retain fitness and health

You chose to focus on that many, while ignoring the other many
I share a similar feeling and a somewhat similar story as well as you do.

I've been making websites actively since I was maybe 14, my first one being at 12 years old with frontpage and uploading it to the municipal's shared FTP host during a summer camp. That's almost 20 years ago for me.

I never really stopped, but I kinda fell off the wagon around the time JS begun to be a thing and we moved from the brand spanking HTML5 and CSS3 to all the new stuff they've bolted on in the last decade or so.

The bar for getting employed in webdev these days are way higher than before. The simple hobbyist with a text editor splicing images into divs or tables just has to be that much better and know so much more to get things done right.

Like you said, it's all for a good reason as well. Tech is much more ubiquitous and just having a website isn't enough when businesses actually need to have backend and frontend functionality on their sites, things that weren't really necessary before.

I moved into full-time design some years ago because that's still largely something you can do without amassing a ton of knowledge. UX design mostly just requires a right mindset for problem solving and there's a lot of research already available, like if design pattern a or b usually works better. So you just have to apply your creativity for the most part. It's not relying on learning a new programming language or fixing some obscure layout bug or making sure your backend API isn't full of security holes.

I'm also saddened by the fact that what we're once a type of needy artsy hobby has been broken into a thousand sub-jobs in which you need to specialize.

It's not entirely impossible to manage the whole stack, but I've yet to see a solid full-stack coder who can actually build a solid backend on a fully configured secured server and manage the devops pipelines while also being a competent frontend developer with an eye for aesthetics and who understands usability.
Re: living in simulations: The Thirteenth Floor[0][1] and eXistenz[2][3]

Great movies, but may be seem somewhat dated if you're new to them as they're late 90's fare. I still love both of them.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor

[1]: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1089671-13th_floor

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existenz

[3]: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/existenz
Entropy applies to any closed system, and we are far from closed. We take in external energy every single day, and reply on external order with every breath. There is zero reason to think that over the time frame of hundreds to thousands of years that entropy is the limiting factor on human survival.
Why are most innovative consumer products and software from the US, would be a more relevant and contemporary question.
As mentioned elsewhere, self-reported happiness is notoriously inaccurate, and is not correlated with objective statistics like suicide rate. The suicide rate in 2021 is at an all-time high [1][2]. I think it's more likely that after months of forced self-isolation, people are less willing to show vulnerability and express unhappiness.

Sources:
2021: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/suicide-rat...
since 1999: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide
I was in Christchurch New Zealand in September 2006 when we experienced a meteorite. http://meteorite-identification.com/mwnews/09122006.htm . Extremely loud, sounded like a truck had fallen over!
> I think the accusation is that he essentially encouraged someone to hack into computers, which sounds similar to encouraging someone to break into someone's home or office, to retrieve info.

He told Manning "curious eyes never run dry," but more importantly that is one of the eighteen charges he faces. The others are all for publishing classified documents.

If he only faced that one charge, I'd still disagree that it matters but I would understand your point of view. As is, they're using that charge to justify an attack on the free press.
> it's also sad that we need to add to the bureaucracy just to insist that professionals act professionally

That's how bureaucracy and laws form. Individuals (people or companies) do X. The rest of society doesn't like it. They outlaw or regulate it. That's why the rivers no longer catch on fire in the US.
> I don't think you would say the exact same thing if this happened to closed-source apps like WhatsApp or Discord

You're right. Because I judge a project backed by a company worth hundreds of billions of dollars and with hundreds of developers differently than I judge a company with a few tens of millions and only a dozen developers. I'm not sure why any sane person would judge these with the same metric. 15 devs just can't do what 1500 can. I'm not sure why you think differently.
The ability to choose and go back and forth on these kinds of thing at will is the perfect expression of freedom. Being forced into one or the other option no matter how they feel about it is the opposite of freedom. Now some sports might define rough regulations about the minimum and/or maximum to wear, and that is fair too, as long as it is open for change as well.
Very interesting, also would be curious to know how everyday things evolved today: booking travel, ebanking etc? since here in the west we sometimes see the home computer beeing pushed away by mobile/tablets or the home printer starting to disappear.
> If you call it a "whim" if I point out that the latest version of the Signal server is proprietary software most of the time then so be it.

For whimsical definitions of "proprietary."

> Or maybe you are referring to the other commenters who were entitled to expect...

Anyone who feels entitled to bug free software is going to be disappointed, and rightly so.

> You can both be grateful that Signal is free and at the same time call out shenanigans of its owners. Just saying.

Remember: they're giving this stuff to you for free.

There's a wise expression that's worth remembering: "don't look a gift horse in the mouth." But if you don't want to take that advice, then you're https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7Eki5EZ8o.
Device turns your sweaty finger into a gadget charger
> is a large enough sample size

What logic are you using to say that( for my future reference). I am having hard time wrapping my head around how .001% of something can be representative.
"The Sheriff’s Office acknowledged that they want these “problem people” gone. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco, the architect of the program, boasted that the goal was to predict which residents are likely to commit crimes and then “take them out.” In the words of a former Pasco County deputy, they were under orders to “[m]ake their lives miserable until they move or sue.”
That's approaching credit card transaction fee. What do you get in turn? Identity verification? Nope. Broadcasting your personal details to every spammer on the internet? Yes.
What's wrong with just using hibernation without kernel lockdown?
I personally think only about half of objections to any given proposal are sincere. Many people make arguments for strategic reasons rather than because of good faith belief. It's very noticeable on topics like climate change which yield many flame wars.

Some people make asinine dismissals that seem rooted in ignorance, and when rejected to schooled switch to ever more specific and obscure arguments, attempting to one-up the other person by displaying superior technical knowledge. They get huffy if someone asks why such an expert person would lead off with a demonstrably specious argument.
Maybe if they didn't snore so much?
I think it’s just a function of how much cars trigger some folks here on HN.
My feelings aren't hurt. Befuddled means confused or perplexed, not upset.
I appreciate you taking the time to write this out.
I'm curious about the lack of any mention of C/C++ tooling - I thought there are some mathematicians who write stuff in C/C++ and leverage libs like GNU SL (Scientific Library) etc. I've written a few custom pricers and needed to use those libs and they were pretty efficient, and didn't need to resort to anything crazy to run them in production.

Curious if you ever find stuff written in those languages, as opposed to the gamut you just mention, which are classical "research tools" (language/IDE combinations that let you not need to think about the language specifically.
I'm scratching my head, because this sounds like the Republican talking points from a few years ago about why we must "repeal and replace" the ACA.

But you're not mentioning the ACA or any right wing key words/phrases, so I'm confused what your message (what action should be prescribed) and target audience are.

If holding on to your job is totally a matter of life and death today, that seems like a really clear and complete denunciation of what was formerly considered the Obama administration's greatest accomplishment.

It makes me wonder if you all in this subthread were influenced in the last couple of elections towards or away from Democrats for that reason.
Has anyone ever looked into the real effect laws like these this have? It's never really bothered me having to produce ID, but after thinking about it, I am curious as to how much these laws really help.
...and if you buy it outside the state?
Wow. I had no idea China accounted for that much of the global percentage for CO2 emissions. If I'm looking at this right, their share is more than the US plus largest EU countries combined?
WordWeb: Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus
Laws are enacted by politicians, so when talking about dumb laws, it's relevant to mention which politicians are in charge.
> We should fix this with a better system.

What if we made driving tests far more difficult (otherwise, you can drive a 50(?)CC moped that tops out at 35mph)? What if we had government subsidize rides home after going out drinking? There are a lot of solutions that don't involve "let companies test 5000lbs autonomous vehicles on public roads." Heck, those companies have enough money let them buy a city and test it on the now private streets.

> Tesla and Waymo seem to be making progress. I don't expect them to be perfect but in the long run this will save lives.

Let's assume for a second your unstated assumptions I was alluding to above are correct. This is the only way to make a better system and that system has to be tested on public roads. Why do we allow two private companies to reap the inevitable huge monetary rewards when we all pay for that system with a higher increased risk of dying in the meantime?
Hierarchical Bayesian approach to regularization in inverse problems
Presenting my research - Bayesian learning in inverse problems in viscoelasticity at USNCCM16 conference this week.
This isn't about you. This is about their taking control of how others sexualize them.

By making this about your reactions and telling them to change (even jokingly) you are being part of the problem.
You missed an option: more renewable electricity generation.
Family is of utmost importance. A faceless entity, whether government run or private, doesn’t ultimately care about you as a person. An elderly person in nursing home care is a check, and a statistic, and something that a low-paid, low-skilled person has to bathe, clean up after, feed, etc.

You need family to look after you - children, grand children, nieces, nephews, and so on. They are the people that will truly care and advocate for you, if you become incapable.
No, sleep monitoring isn't helpful for most people, what do you do with the data?

We're focused on improving the neurological functioning of your brain during sleep. We talk a bit about it on our (very fluffy) website https://soundmind.co - and link to the research on the "how it works" page.

We put up the website before we really understood our target market, and even the long-term impact, so we'll be updating it as we get closer to launching. We're working on improving comfort so we can properly get into trials.
What really jazzes me here is this:
> "(People learn this stuff via the number theory gossip grapevine apparently?)"
With the panoply of dev-oriented social platforms I find it curious that – to my knowledge – nobody who's studied Number Theory, Category Theory, Set Theory, etc. have established a kind of social network for sharing ideas formally.
Between LaTeX for Markdown and the limitless Compsci-leaning Maths experts you'd think there would be a thriving online community out there!
I only have an undergrad's (very limited) understanding of these topics but feel the ability to create a network for effective communication on these topics is 100% doable.
(Isn't this the kindof thing the DAT and IPFS protocols were supposed to solve? P2P protocols/networks for bettering communication?)
W3Schools seems to be a great developers source while being quite reliable in terms of teaching best practices, avoiding exploits, and vulnerabilities.
> Yes, they can.

If they do, they're either incompetent, lying, or building something enormously expensive yet completely impractical for most if not all real world uses.
Previous discussion
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27794018

FYI
"the author also believes that, "it is difficult to escape the inference that powerful people and organizations have engineered this pandemic with deadly intent," believing that Bill Gates' TED talk indicated that he knew that COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) was coming. He thinks that the pandemic was planned to profit the pharmaceutical industry, and that vaccines are sometimes maliciously manufactured to induce infertility."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27794425
I was wondering if someone could comment on the pronunciation of "q" in Chinese (Mandarin). From time to time the advice that "q" is pronounced as "ch" pops up. While I have no issues with "q" sounding like "ch" in "quan", but it bothers me that the "q" in "qian" sounds nothing like "ch" to me.

Thank you very much in advance!

Edit: added "but", "to me".
That sounds pretty legal to me, however..
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1419281153983500290.html
JavaScript Short code snippets for all your development needs
If people believed it, it wouldn’t be newsworthy.
I suppose if you could convert California into a rain forest, maybe they wouldn't have forest fires. Then they could run the power lines any which way, and everyone would be happy. Right?

You ask how to convert it into a rain forest? How about heating the ocean offshore, so more water evaporates?
It’s easy to underestimate a break-away rider when you don’t know that there is one.

The silver medal winner thought she had won the race.

They need a kick for not communicating amongst themselves.
She's not a mathematics teacher, but a research mathematician.
Wait, what does "couldn't find a CEO" mean?

Wasn't there a single VP- or director-level person in that industry willing to be a CEO for that pay?

Or does that mean they only consider a very small set of people who are CEO-worthy?

I'm asking for general curiosity; Will look for articles but appreciate any insight or references you might have
A very large native consumer audience that (more or less) all speak a single language goes a long way. You can get access to a lot of customers before you need to do anything international.
I'm trying to understand how you can just come to that realization when that point get repeated ad nauseam all the time on HN.
Your work sounds awesome.

(And you probably mean O(n) and not O(1), otherwise O(log(n)) isn't really an improvement).
It's also a little harder these days with how barren the environment is, comparatively. The oceans and shorelines especially, past generations could walk on down and gather lobsters by hand. Good luck now. Maybe after a few hundred years of human population collapse.
> They still vote the same exact way they have for 15-20 years, they don’t get active and write anyone, etc.

It seems impossible to fix this (or even improve the situation) with voting. Both parties seem to be in agreement on how they would treat Assange. They only differ on unrelated hot button issues.
From the beginning of the Clubhouse escalation, I always thought: this is BS. I never used it and never will. It is a BS concept. People like Naval and Balajis (both of whom I admire in some aspects) kept on shouting how good it is. I think this is because of the internal handshakes these guys have within the Valley. (One of the founders of CH is Indian.)
But at the end of the day, it is nothing new and the escalation, which I felt would dry up pretty quickly, did dry up pretty quickly.

Edit: I would also like to say how angry I am on heralds like Naval and Balajis. These two guys are ardent promoters and promote anything which they can see, especially Balajis. Much of what Balajis dreams about at night is never gonna happen anyway. There is few truth nuggets here and there and he stumbles upon good predictions here and there but ultimately, that guy is just news source. That guys spends time scrounging news from different sources and present it to people. Which is good actually. But people should remember not to buy everything he says and start dreaming the world's gonna look like that in a few years. That is just day-dreaming. Naval is better because he actually says what's on his mind and not just news.

This is a rant and an opinion which is different from thousands of people out there. And not even related to the post. Sorry.
Im very interested in text-based gaming. As a developer, there is so much more freedom compared to graphical games, you’re creating imagery in the mind with text, which means there is so much less friction than imagining your own take, and then tediously painting it for someone else. Let them form their own visions so it is personal to them.
You don't have to like it, but the right of the people to rise up against an oppressive government is a founding principle of the US.

That sentiment was all well and good back in the 18th and 19th century. But in the next civil war, the Mason-Dixon Line will run through your and my back yard.
We dealt with disease without modern knowledge of medicine or hygiene for the past 300,000 years too. The fact that lacking something didn't make the human race go extinct doesn't mean it's something we should just give up.
God, I hope so. And glad the research suggests it.

I've been downvoted a billion times for my opinion, but I hold steadfast. Nothing is meant to live forever.

The one equalizer we all have is we all end up in a pine box(figure of speech). The last thing the world needs is a 500 year old Bezos.
In America, you can check the secretary of states office for the state in which the business is located. That will list the articles of incorporation, and you can find the registered agent. However there are other services like Hoover’s that research this stuff, but you have to pay. Most businesses you can track down the people involved, unless they are part of other shell companies then it can get harder.
It sort of already happens but not in that way where a doctor makes a choice. Those without means do no even intersect with the system in a way that that choice is possible. Those with means will be opted in automatically.
Felt like I had to dig this up, I saw it too from the beach at Matauri bay. Google timeline was handy in pinning down the exact date!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/reports-flood-in-of-possible-m...
And that's why programs that segregate homeless people (put them on shelters, or put them on government-designated parking lots) won't ever ever succeed. You need to properly integrate the homeless into society, which in our society generally means having an apartment for each family unit.
This article is about how to use XState in a React application, but says almost nothing about why XState is a good solution for React components.

Here's the entire justification for adopting XState in React:

> Instead of having that imperative business logic scattered around the code, we can define it in a flow chart that everyone from developers up to stakeholders can see and understand.

This only works for trivial flow charts, i.e. demos in blog posts. Once you have a non-trivial application, the flow chart becomes too big to read/understand.

And even for trivial problems, where the flow charts are legible, you're not buying anything by looking at the flow chart, precisely because the problem was already trivial.

Just let each React component manage its own state with useState.

P.S. Did you know that you can pass a function to useState? It's pretty handy when you want to code an "event transition."

<button onClick={() => setCount(prevCount => prevCount + 1)}>+</button>
None of this is the real reason. The real reason is that computers are known to the State of California to cause cancer. The other states in the list are just hitch-hiking, I guess.
This case of “catalepsy” reminds me of the “Lazarus Syndrome” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_syndrome).

Patients return to normal sinus rhythm after a failed CPR and declared dead.
ironically (and anecdotally), pre-touch iPods are still popular in Japan. still see them being used (edit: sometimes) in pristine condition
So Dell can’t ship the computer directly, but could a third-party?