skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You could start with the article itself. I read it (well skimmed some parts). It looks like an honest attempt to assess Plandemic spread and understand the marketing strategy. There is an interesting claim about the deliberateness of the marketing, which led me to two questions:

1.) If the thesis is correct and the strategy was indeed as coherent as claimed, how did the authors learn these techniques?

2.) If the thesis is not correct, to what extent was the success due to serentipity?

Returning to my original point this does not seem like an attempt to promote disinformation.
The interesting tidbit is that the US sanctions prevents Huawei from producing its own HiSilicon Kirin chipset via TSMC, and instead it is forced to use a less-advanced chipset from Qualcomm, which has been allowed to supply Huawei.
As an added bonus water doesn’t destroy laser prints like it does inkjet prints. I bought a color laser many years ago to print topographical maps when I go into the backcountry because they don’t get damaged when I have to take them out of the ziploc bag I use as a map case. Anything printed with ink gets ruined.
This just in, "Dear fulfillment center staff, you now have access to free coffee, a gym, and a great cafeteria but will still need to urinate in bottles to meet expectations. If you clock in early you can grab a free coffee! Just think of it as a beautiful environment for you to slave away in, your industry peers will be envious of all the perks you have access to but can never enjoy." --Amazon Logistics Management
No amount of metacognition or framing has ever gotten me out of a rut.

> Internal resistance is not immovable — it responds to reason, to alternative scenarios, to making space for the emotions that seem like such a threat

This has not been my experience. My own internal resistance responds to people being impressed with what I'm doing and expressing that to me, or a eureka moment (which typically come when I'm watching Star Trek or cooking a meal or doing some other activity instead of the thing I'm trying to accomplish). The eureka moment trigger is a special circumstance though; most of the time if there's a puzzle to solve I won't disengage from the problem. Usually I just have seemingly random bouts of productivity. I feel very fortunate to have a job that allows me to work when I'm mentally able.
I don't buy a lot of books on demonology, but when I do, I try to buy from the most successful author.

Edit: If you're actually "interested" (definition to personal taste), plug for Stjepan Sejic's upcoming Fine Print series https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/fine-print-vol-1-ogn... (No relation to disclose, just a fan of his work)
> Essentially, an American private company led by un-elected individuals are controlling what Australian individuals can see and hear.

No sympathy from over here. Australia brought us the plague that is Fox News, and therefore Trump, etc. If starting a shooting war with the land of Murdoch would somehow repair the damage he has personally done, I’d be all for it.

(Edit: To be clear, I don’t have anything against Australia specifically, but Murdoch has done more economic damage and killed more Americans than any foreign aggressor since WWII. Actually invading Australia would be a pointless, but proportional response, aimed at the wrong people. Kind of like the second Iraq war, which was largely brought to us by Fox News.)
Looking at those Demon sigils I'm wondering if any of them match Crop Circle patterns, at a quick glance they look pretty similar.
Consumer printers can't print even vaguely convincing currency. $20K and a good paper supplier might get you to vaguely convincing.
This could be done at the client level using some normalization plus a bit of reputation.

"Did you intend to go to “ápple.com” (suspected malware host), or “apple.com” (100b visitors a year)?
Strong words, but you didn’t cite any sources. What are the “scientific first principles” that support your claim? Lead acid batteries are entirely different materials and chemistry, e.g. lead retains its quality through secondary smelting.[1]

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/092134...
If this article resonates with you, I recommend reading The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.
git reset HEAD --hard or if it doesn't want to do it, I checkout another branch delete the old one and checkout back then use the local history from Jetbrain's IDE is my way to go. Probably not best practice but fast and efficient.
My conflict resolution skills have atrophied due to jetbrains. It’s just so much easier than anything else I’ve tried. Even when I don’t already have a project opened in idea, I’ll open it just to resolve a merge conflict.

The rest I do on the command line because I don’t want to forget — except commits because I’m not at risk of forgetting “git commit -m”.
I say: where is the data? I have not seen data suggesting that fully remote teams are more or less productive than in-office teams. How are big company executives making this enormous decision in a rational manner?
I'm slightly leery of that. But to be fair to the markets here, gov policy + protracted negotiations + lack of concrete information + conflicting guidelines surely made it impossible for a market to actually function properly.

(to be fair to the gov, not sure how they could have operated differently without advising everything the remain side was warning against. Which would have worked I guess, but would have also been bizarre and probably tanked the economy [more])

So based in that, how can it efficiently allocate resources? Given time, sure, maybe in theory. Which is great unless you're a. a business that has actual costs now or b. a real person that needs to eat and pay rent now.

With above in mind, I don't think it's about resilience. Maybe that ultra-simplified answer works! But it seems a pat free market 101 answer -- ignore the context, market will fix it.
The logic driving China’s big tech clampdown
I've been one for the last seven years, and recently quit because I felt unable to make positive contributions to the success of the organisation due to the way the role had developed.

In an ideal world, solution architects are really your most senior design engineers, have long-term plans for how the sum total of your businesses IT systems fit together, and steer development, acquisition, and upgrades across all aspects (clients, network, back-end, in-house code, cloud etc) to turn those long term plans into reality.

Without that view, a businesses IT landscape will lack cohesion resulting in higher cost, complexity, and risk. Done well, architecture can keep all those things at better levels as well as serving as a bridge between the technical world and management that often doesn't have the domain knowledge to understand the implications of the choices they make. Likewise engineering (whether software, infra, or network) likely don't have an agreed view of all the stuff outside of the tech itself and architecture is a place for that to be considered. Stuff like what support processes and staffing needs to look like and how it will be funded, or ensuring that some compliance gotcha coming down the pipe in five years time won't conflict with some technical minutiae being planned for right now and likely to still be there, or utterly essential, when that five years comes to pass.

Now, that said that's just my personal interpretation and the role is interpreted quite differently from org to org. I probably won't re-enter the field because I have a dim view of architects that sit exclusively in the abstract conceptual realm all day long and don't/can't roll their sleeves up to design and deploy tangible systems and services any longer. The longer anyone spends in that abstract space, imo the more useless, self-serving, and eventually actively harmful their output becomes. Solution design and infrastructure deployment (storage, networking, client, systems management layer stuff) is more my speed but that realm is being eaten up by cloud in the SME space where individual contributions actually matter.
0 interest rate as well as all the stimulus money flowing through the economy. People are looking for places to put their money to not lose out to inflation and most investments reached all time highs already. So investors are looking for pretty much anything to buy - look at crypto (even shitcoins gained tons of value), real estate around the world, etc... in addition to equity markets.
First of all, using "noob" like that is offensive. Everyone's a "noob" at some point. And if that's how you talk and treat people, I probably wouldn't want your help.

And second, what exactly mystifies you about what e.g. SourceTree menu commands do? They map clearly and intuitively to CLI commands.

If you have "no idea" what it's trying to do then you're not even trying to be helpful. You're just being condescending.
What’s interesting is much of this is designed to protect the English-compatible world - I don’t know the problem set for confusingly similar Han characters (and even if it’s a thing).
...and it's just great. Capacity to be lazy (being very important in itself) does not negate existence of this 'pro status quo' force, holding you back.
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You might be surprised to learn there are 3D printers with what is essentially a inkjet print head in them to do full colour 3D prints. Search up, Mimaki, HP Jet Fusion and ColorJet technology to start.

Sadly you can't use them for printing on paper though!
I disagree. That's like saying "yeah church is lying about evolution but that's nothing compared with the claims of flat earthers!" I mean sure, but the point is that the church/WHO/governments have massive megaphones which they use to spread false information (sometimes honestly believing it's true), whereas 9 times out of 10 nobody listens to loony conspiracy theorists anyways.

E.g. conspiracy theorists were spouting "China designed this virus" on Twitter from the beginning, but I never took those claims seriously (I mean, it's technically possible, but I'm 100% certain that anyone claiming this has absolutely 0 proof of it and are just saying it to stir shit up); on the other hand, government suppression of "lab leak" theory (and intentionally conflating it with the crazy "lab designed" theory) was extremely concerning.
This isn't about "understanding the issue at hand," this is about UX development.

Linux is, very intentionally, a piece of software which does not have "easy to understand for non-experts" in its design goals. You generally interface through Linux with system call wrappers provided by a libc (or another specialist library for other interfaces like libfuse or libnetfilter or whatever), not directly. Linus is, quite obviously, good at many things; it's silly to assume that means he's an expert at everything.

Linus developed Git as a low-level tool. Linus put a lot of thought and care into getting the implementation details right, but intentionally did not build an easy-to-use interface. The Git command line that people use today ultimately derives from Cogito, a toolkit written by someone not Linus that sat on top of Git. Eventually Git (which Linus had long since handed off to someone else) adopted most of the conventions of Cogito and created a "porcelain"/"plumbing" split. If you think it was arrogant to develop Cogito, I suspect you disagree with Linus.

Finally, Linus develops Linux with a very particular model, with e-mail-based patch reviews, merges from subsystem maintainers, etc. Most projects (even most open-source projects, but certainly almost all proprietary projects) do not work this way. The Linux kernel does not use a GitHub-style workflow for development, which is by far the most common way people outside the kernel community use Git. It may well be the case that a lot of thought was put into making Git work really well for Linus's use case but it does not match how other people do development.
I always thought of Mercurial as being better on UI grounds, never heard someone suggest it’s better technically.
I came around to the idea that procrastination or other form of akrasia is an emotional problem, not a discipline problem.

That said, it doesn't really give me new tools or tricks to deal with the problems?

It's still the same: podomoro or timeboxing, giving oneself a reward for completing an objective, trying to complete a given task every week, and so forth.

I supposed I could give mental health therapies a try, I guess?
Markets are distorted by subsidies, lobbying, credit lines and old-boy networks to (a) remain solvent beyond their actual consumer revenue, and (b) act on information or distort the flow of information in a way that's independent from consumer choice, and in fact frames consumer choices.

Large corporations also act anti-competitively through acquisitions without market development, which in the evolutionary metaphor is like an invasive species suffocating the diversity of ecosystem by digesting other species only for what they need and excreting nothing valuable back into the whole.

So you're articulating an idealization that's only true in free markets, and we are not, and almost never, in a free market.
So disappointingly predictable that you're being downvoted. It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it, and all that.

If interest rates were up at 8%, there would be a lot fewer bets of the type of "litter the sidewalk with scooters and hope some money falls into them". The entirety of Surveillance Valley is basically a play to parlay overabundant monetary capital of the present into surveillance capital of the future.

The "continual growth" mindset was only worthwhile when it produced productive investment. The mass malinvestment we see today indicates that it has gone way too far. If you care about sustainability and global warming, you should be concerned with monetary policy - it's the main lever controlling the amount of production/consumption.

Furthermore, higher interest rates would allow technological deflation to actually occur, making it so the surpluses of technology get widely distributed in the form of lower prices. As it stands right now, the feedback cycle from the mandate of "full employment" guarantees that everyone on average will need to keep working the same amount, making technological gains accrue centrally to where new money is created.
Yes and no. People can pick out vintage and older stuff and mix it up.

Also you should look up Zara and fast fashion.
Hmmm... Would love if this allows me watch netflix using a fully FLOSSed arm sbc.
Analogy still applies, though. If a room is smelly to you, you aren't going to hang around. So the people who spend time there are going to be ones comfortable with the funk.
That’s the kind of thing that can and should be fixed by every person that gets onboarded updating the onboarding docs.

The thing I find more problematic with remote onboarding followed by remote work is that there’s no relationship building. There needs to be some play in the joints for a team to work. Getting to know teammates as real people, and not just an image on a screen and some IM messages, makes it more likely you will give them the benefit of the doubt.
In other words, the article leaves aside the possibility that you might have ADHD, which is present in an estimated 7% of people in a clinically significant way, and likely far more to a degree that wouldn’t satisfy the DSM, but is still a handicap.
Thank you very much for this info.

From the article, I was thinking that it was again a stupid confusing design for the cli to requires the -- even with a dedicated command.

One main issue with git is to not be consistent and logic with the comments. Always to use different way or option abbreviation for different command.
For example having a space or a slash between repo and a branch in a command.
Mikovits' claims are bold-faced lies regardless of your opinions on the pandemic.

Probably the most hilarious claim from that video was the line: "The controversial article sent shockwaves through the scientific community, as it revealed that the common use of animal and human fetal tissue were unleashing devastating plagues of chronic diseases".

None of that is true, her [research](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3073172/) had nothing to do with autism or vaccines. Many people tried to replicate her research, which contradicts her claim that she was being shut down by the government/big pharma/the boogeyman.

The fact that people don't care to distinguish between Mikovits and someone like Tyrone Hayes just shows how easy it is for grifters to take advantage of people's strongly-held opinions about the health system. Sorry to say, but if you buy into Plandemic just because you're critical of vaccines/shutdowns/whatever then you fall into that group, and you hurt your position rather than reinforce it by buying into such garbage.
That's called totalitarianism m'lord and I'm not sure the proles agree with assessment about the strong need for this and the learned elders have shown there is a lack of a need for this as a blanket policy.
Whilst you return to your throne we'll begin inoculation of the at risk groups until the problem goes away.
Isn't the FIRE person just delaying it's consumption? At some point the saved up money will be spent, therefore I wouldn't expect it to have a huge negative impact on economic growth
I wouldn't underestimate or dismiss them. This is what happened with China, they were making ball point pens in the 80s and then after 40 years they sent a rover to Mars and threaten their neighbours in the South China Sea.

Turkey is involved in wars all over North Africa and the Caucaz region. They're paying for mercenaries fighting in Libya and are suplying one side with drones. They supplied Azerbaidjan with drones and mercenaries.
There are complicated schemes that can work, but if voters are able to prove the content of their vote to another person, they will be able to sell their vote or be extorted for it.
actual title: Trying to extract Widewine key: A journey to FaIlUrE
Totally agree, I have a Canon laser that I bought for $100-$150 around eight years when we moved house (lots of stuff to print for lawyers etc).

The problem with Ink jets is that the ink dries up and clogs before I get to use them. So far the Canon hasn't missed a beat.
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> San Francisco does not have the highest average incomes in the world.

Are you joking? I seriously can't tell.

Focusing just on worker's wages, when there are billionaire property owners (specifically owners of IP) living around the corner from you, is just ignorant and disingenuous if this really is your argument.

Steve Jobs famously paid himself $1 a year, remember? I mean, that's probably why he wore those hippy sandals right? He just couldn't afford more because of his measly wage? A few tech CEO's will pull down the average if they all pull off this wonderful tax trick.

Honestly I don't understand why you use these arguments and sources, they seem to me to be completely incompatible with reality.

> I recommend you read the article I provided on rent control.

You keep mentioning rent-control, but I have never said that it's the measure I am for. You do realize rent-control is not the only policy that a city or government can use and enforce right?

I think this 2019 documentary called Push (by Fredrik Gertten) does a great job of showing what is happening to the working classes and their lack of options for affordable housing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWSVG9nsRa4
Hearthstone Battlegrounds is amazing
Headline: “why all printers suck”

Body: “There’s not a good reason for this”
That may be so. The other point is that all those media mergers are perhaps the inevitable consequence of a battled and dying industry due to disruptive technology (YouTube / Widevine).
He doesn't forget to mention it at all, it's in the article.
For business continuity:

open source > proprietary > proprietary with activation servers > SaaS

All of those have bins within them too. For example, Google SaaS, or bootstrap startup, will be lower continuity than vendors known for LTS.

Business continuity also changes the buy-build dynamic in ways not always factored in.
What I think you've hit on brilliantly here, that a lot of companies seem to be having trouble implementing, is there is no one size fits all policy.

This is an incredibly difficult thing for management to implement and write policy for. Now, if you look at my previous posts, I'm known to have made fun of a bloated middle management structure cough once or twice, but in this very specific case, it might actually be able to be used to the benefit of the employees. Using that middle management to reach out, communicate and facilitate the needs and wants while the infrastructure is in place can make a truly hybrid structure work for everyone and review based on work performed, not time in office (like it should be, anyway - though generally is).
The one thing I like about it is that it is generally a decent proxy for “we didn’t spray this with questionable pesticides”.

I’m grateful to have that option but otherwise I agree.

The other part that drives me nuts is the hate for GMOs.
Sublime Merge’s three-way merge is so good. It’s totally spoiled me.
No, it's not the only reason. Also, I'm not a philosopher, I'm a pragmatist. I'm not making a strong philosophical statement, or constructing a proof (which I don't think is possible).

I simply notice that the alternatives don't work, have repeatedly failed to work, and mystical claims are better explained by how human minds work than by some features of the universe, independent of humans.

I could be equally snarky and ask why you weren't able to send me your message with a crystal ball, or through telepathy, or by asking a spirit to tell me. We've tried all of these things, and none of them work. But, weirdly the same culture, world-view, and process that tries to get better explanations than these legacy beliefs has furnished us with computers, smartphones, and a global communication network, which do work.

EDIT> ... and which humans use unironically to try to continue to spread their legacy woo beliefs.
It's not the correct solution because it requires knowledge of the intent of the project leaders, which is not easily available to us.

A much better response would be, "Thanks for pointing that out! I have filed an issue." One can't simultaneously through shade for not being community-spirited while expecting other people to do all the work.
Here's a sci-fi movie I'd like to see. A (space alien, mad scientist, corporation, imp) unleashes a (bomb, virus, force field, spell) that suddenly removes internal resistance from everyone. Whatever intention wins the internal vote gets full control of the rest of the psyche. Everyone immediately starts working full bore on their (world saving invention, romantic pursuit, profit plan, great novel, hare brained scheme) at once, and the (evil, well-intentioned-but-foolish) instigators watch as civilization implodes. Until (Hiro Protagonist) saves the day with a well timed (hack, antidote, counter spell). Making everyone boring again, but safe.
That means “being willing to pay more” by understanding what goes into it (or just because it’s local).

Many of the “hardships” that local farms encounter stem from working to make their product nearly indistinguishable from the mass produced stuff. If you’re willing to take farm output that looks are tastes a bit different, it can make their life much easier.