skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I posted in this thread a little bit ago. I couldn't find anything coherent to say at the time. Now I have something to say.

I will be pushing for our current & future customers to use alternative device vendors as part of our product stack. We have developed a cross platform implementation of our iOS application recently, and this is a great opportunity to start putting it to use.

I don't know if Apple is paying attention, but there are enterprise customers out there paying them $300/yr for the permission to use their presumably-secure devices for purposes of running custom LOB applications. Our organization and product are part of the reason you have financial institutions making bulk purchases of iPads and other Apple accessories.

If Apple makes it impossible for us to provide assurances to our customers that no data is leaving the devices (aside from agreed-upon application protocols), then we have a serious problem. I am not putting myself in a position where I push a customer to purchase 1000+ iPads for their business if I will then have to answer to their auditors 6 months later on when sensitive customer documents hashes or whatever other horrible things start getting sent to the mothership as part of v2.0 of this shitty idea. Apple even said it themselves - "These efforts will evolve and expand over time.".

Is there a special order form if I need to purchase a non-bugged iPad for a classified government setting or very pissed-off enterprise customer? If not, our default recommendation is going to be Microsoft Surface and we will totally deprecate usage of Apple hardware over the course of the next 18-24 months. This is setting a completely unacceptable precedent, and most of our customers I have spoken with today also agree.
If you’re trying to sequester carbon, fast (new) growth and softwood is the way to go correct?
I felt the same way, but I found the article’s explanation and elaboration thorough, easy to understand, and surprisingly effective at communicating the problem. You could be forgiven for stopping reading there for this reason, but if you did and you’re still interested I encourage you to read further.
Great question!

We're thinking about Ockam Routing, Transports, Streams and SecureChannels as composable building blocks for end-to-end encryption. This allows us to provide end-to-end encryption along a route that may look like this:

Alice <=> Bluetooth hop <=> TCP hop <=> Kafka <=> TCP hop <=> Bluetooth hop <=> Bob

Data between Alice and Bob is end to end encrypted. This guide has some detail about how that works, if you're interested https://github.com/ockam-network/ockam/tree/develop/document...

Currently One Ockam Stream is backed by one Kafka topic. This is simpler, more composable and easier to think about so we started with this approach. In theory there could be a Bidirectional Stream that is backed by one topic, but we haven't focused on that yet.

Re: "PGP, S/MIME or JWE etc."

A secure channel protocols like Ockam SecureChannel or TLS are more comprehensive and have more security guarantees than simple encryption primitives like PGP or JWE. They provide guarantees like forward secrecy and resistance to Key Compromise Impersonation among other things
You're not alone at least -- those working the population punch-card system in 1940s Germany thought the same thing.
This type of system is just ready-to-use for a totalitarian regime with minor configuration modifications.
Pop culture spreads using the instruments of media (social or conventional). Presence of ubiquitious media in the age of the Internet and snatching everyone's attention - now we have a recipe for a total mob thinking. A giant hive of people (often passionate and angry) moving in unison for a singular ideology. We've created many of these mobs. Intellectual people are also losing their grip on truth.

Before the internet, there was some damping factor in how information was distributed. This allowed for time and place for debate. How do we balance this? We desperately need instruments of truth without care for what the majority/minority believes, thinks, accepts, rejects or promotes.

100 years from now we're going to look back at this chaotic time in human history when we didn't know what to do with the Internet.

For nature doesn't care about anything but the truth.
Jonathan Haidt gave an interesting talk on the psychological make-up of those who created so-called social networks. I posted a transcript online, which has curiously disappeared from the Intertubes :o
Seatbelts do improve the safety for other people. Car crashes are not always just bang and then the rescuers come and maybe save survivors. A good blow to the head from being flung about can daze or knock you out, and you may lose control of the vehicle after that. If you're wearing a seatbelt there is a much greater chance you stay conscious and still have partial or full control of the vehicle after a minor collision. So hopefully it doesn't turn into a much worse one.

Here in Ontario, you can let your 14 year old drive around without a seatbelt, or a license, in a car on private property. But on public roads, seatbelts. That seems reasonable to me.
> At this point, I think phones can be compared to a home in terms of privacy.

unfortunately the law hasn't really kept up with technology. Let's hope this gets in front of a judge who's able to extrapolate some 'digital' rights from the (outdated) constitution. Unless of course they also 'think of the children'.
Am I able to negotiate a later start date if unemployed?
Usually, I give 2-3 weeks after the offer since I have to transition out from my current role.

However, I’ve been unemployed for the last 8 months. Took 6 months to focus on my health issue and started the job search 2 months ago once I fully recovered.

I’d love to be able to take a break where I’m not job searching and just relax or go on a trip before I get back to work.

Is there a way I could negotiate for a start date thats 3-4 weeks out? I’m worried because I’m unemployed, so they expect me to start immediately.

For context, I’m a mid level product manager.
Come on, isn’t it just a bit not ideal to go point by point in someone’s yComb announcement thread (which is sort of a happy event because historically a lot did cool things and grew really hot) re: someone else’s biz? Maybe you do a showHN the other company if it’s so differentiated to let these guys just starting out try to put their message out to the world.

Sorry didn’t mean to word that negatively btw. On mobile not at home.
Those are quite unbalanced relationships. I think you're supporting GP's argument.
The Singularity Is Nearer
Looking through the recent and top creations, it seems that including specific artistic styles or moods in the prompt produces more recognisable results. Do you have any other tips for crafting the prompt?
Really the only complaint I have about the article is this separate heading was unnecessary, and signaled to people who read fast with a short attention span might take that short section as “author assumed knowledge not in evidence”/“I’m not the intended audience”.
History of institution has no bearing on actions of individuals in this institution today. What has bearing is policies that exist today. Not history of those policies, but their actual current state.
Pandas API on Apache Spark – Part 1: Introduction
Same here. I know a couple of MDs who have chosen to wait for their vaccination. They are educated professionals who looked at their risk profile (retired, in states like Idaho and Montana, reasonably fit), and they decided that the risk wasn't worth it to them. They aren't blind MAGA hat owners.

OTOH, I'm fat, asthmatic, over 40, and live in a pretty congested part of the world. My risk calculation is different than theirs. So, I got the shots as soon as I could. It is indeed sad we are so split on this issue.
Hasu's TMK USB to USB Converter
Look for the problem at `about:performance` page.
Even open source operating systems have closed source components, and unless you're in charge of the entire distribution chain you can't be source used to compile it was the same that was shared with you. On top of that most devices have proprietary systems inside of their hardware that the OS can't control.

So it would be better to say "this has been a risk by using modern technology".
Obviously anecdotal, but literally none of those examples I care to use on my phone anyway. Overtime, my phone has just become a glorified camera with some messaging features.
This +20. Screw the managers they always held back progress.
I think the parent is implying enough vaccinations to slow the spread of COVID. Clearly Delta is proving that 50.4% vaccination rate is not even close to good enough, unless we're willing to consign the other 49.6% to their fate.
I'm not saying that's what i believe. I don't believe a soul exists, or could exist. But I'm saying that's what billions of people believe. It doesn't help to redefine away a problem.
It looks very similar to this[1] which uses a fork of a deprecated project called gnuclad[2], which, like gnuplot, is not a GNU project.

[1]https://github.com/FabioLolix/LinuxTimeline

[2]https://launchpad.net/gnuclad
It became a lot more common around 2015.
The shown attacks aren't a true case of protocol downgrading, but of an overeager direct translation of request headers across protocols. The attacks weren't possible because the client is doing some backhanded protocol negotiation, but because the client/front/back are being very directly connected.

If, instead of forwarding a direct translation of the headers, the front ends calculated the relevant requests and sent that, there wouldn't have been any HTTP header attacks (it would have been much slower though).
When did I ever say that? I am annoyed someone was blocked/banned for quoting facts. I don't think Floyd needed to die at that point in time.

Why are you so hell-bent on painting me as a racist? I've said nothing of the sort. I've never said anything apologetic towards the actors in Floyd's death. I've not even made a statement on his death at all, other than his drug use complicates things (which I think anyone would agree upon).

Sure seems like you're out to get someone. Why? What makes you so hungry for blood? I did nothing to irritate you.
Yes you are right, they could follow a model where the main silicon itself is unchanged compared to laptops/iMac/Mini - so there is still the integrated GPU, and the discrete GPU is an addition to it.

I think your guess makes more sense than mine, because from Apple's point of view it would be good not having to deal with additional SKUs in the Apple Silicon line.
> Singapore is more stable, but has even less freedoms than HK though

And it’s getting worse every day. I.e. recently they allowed “social distance enforcement officers” to get into your house to check that you’re not breaking any rules (for instance not having a party with more people than allowed by current regulations). No warrant needed. Non-compliance penalized by up to $10000 and/or jail time.
People are assuming that we have a miracle cure that will lead to irradication of a hellish disease.

Yet we're already seeing signs (iceland, israel, not sure about NZ) that they will not lead to herd immunity[1], and that protection is waning [pfizer study preprint][2]. The goalpost has been moved to "serious disease" (which is reason to get the vaccine, sure). "Fewer deaths" is uncertain to [pfizer preprint, of 44,000, deaths from covid and all cases were evenly split][3].

<speculation, ignore this>
Breakthrough infections are leading to viral loads resembling unvaxxed loads[4], which raises the worry of vaccine escape mutations (lesser in number than the random mutations in unvaxxed carriers, but way more deadly).
</speculation, ignore this>

[1] https://www.icelandreview.com/society/covid-19-in-iceland-va...

[2] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.28.21261159v...

[3] Page 12, https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2021/07/28/202...

[4] https://news.wisc.edu/study-shows-virus-abundant-in-covid-19...

How can you even consider mandates until these facts are straight?
I think a system to verify the integrity of the operating system and make the user aware of any changes is a Good Thing. Of course, the user should be in control of what signing keys are trusted and who else gets access to that information.

Instead, what Google has done is allowed app developers to check that the user isn't doing anything surprising - especially unprofitable things like blocking ads or spoofing tracking data. Since Google profits from ads and tracking, I must assume a significant part of their motivation is to make unprofitable behavior inconvenient enough most people won't do it.
They've done better than seniors (including me) in some situations, but I wouldn't expect them to carry a project. The variance is huge - you'll have really dumb ones who shouldn't have a job, and geniuses who will probably run their own company later.

You don't have to work with them though. Most of my interactions are tech memes and hanging around with the people who make game-related bots on Discord.
On one hand I think that people should be free to get the vaccine or not. On the other hand, I really wish we could go back to normal as fast as possible, and vaccination will help with this. I've already spent a year and half with restricted liberties to protect people. So if people don't want to vaccinate and this makes me lose even more time, it's their liberty against mine. I don't really have a good answer to this.
Two family members are physicians.. they've seen just an astounding number of people sick with Covid who picked up some horse dewormer at the local Tractor Supply Co. to "treat" or "prevent" their illness. It obviously didn't work for them since they ended up in the hospital... these are very commonly the same people who won't get vaccines since they're unproven. Worms in the brain actually might be a decent diagnosis.
From what I understand it's made by different people, but the LÖVR API tries to stay close to the design of the LÖVE API.

It can work well for non-VR apps as well by just disabling the headset module.
Does that work for baking and similar activities? Sugar sometimes provides structure to a recipe. I've never tried stevia as an ingredient, only an additive.
As it has to be. Because there's no defense against the possession of it, you don't want a situation where a person under 18 can take pictures of him or herself, send it to an adult unsolicited, and then call the police and not suffer any consequences.
I've been running an AI Art Generator for a few years called NightCafe Creator and we do most of what you suggested here. We run on a managed Kubernetes provider called Coreweave Cloud, that provides nodes with good GPUs for a good price.

From experience I can tell you that fewer people will buy prints than you'd expect (that was my original business idea) BUT more people will pay just to create the art than you'd expect.

I just launched VQGAN+CLIP on NightCafe Creator on Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28081130) and a commenter directed me here. I'm impressed that the OP here has managed to get this done in such a short time (since VQGAN+CLIP is still quite new).

Since you left such thoughtful feedback here, I'd be keen to get your thoughts on my own version.
Have you looked at CodeScene at all?
> California is in a megadrought

California has an agriculture problem.

* Since 1987, the United States has been the largest producer of almonds worldwide. The success of the California crop in seizing the No. 1 rank in world almond production is due in large part to the use of irrigation and mechanization, resulting in higher yields and cost effectiveness.

The US produces 10x more almonds than number two on the global biggest exporters list: over 2m tons/year, #2 on the list is Spain with 200k tons. California is the #1 producer of almonds in the world. It takes 1.1 gallon of water to grow one(!!!) almond.

https://www.atlasbig.com/en-in/countries-by-almond-productio..., https://keepcaliforniafarming.org/produce/california-almonds..., https://www.paesta.psu.edu/podcast/how-much-water-does-it-re...

Look at page 4: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/PDFs/2017-18AgExports.pdf

Pistachios, walnuts, dairy, wine, beer, kiwis(!), avocados, grapes, rice!
I really enjoyed the illustrations on this paper.
> Its purpose is to determine changes in the cost of using a stock of dwellings.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/62f0014m/62f0014m2017001...

This is difficult for me to understand as there is no market price for what they are trying to estimate. They have a thousand knobs to guess at. It reads a bit like they are grouping people who’ve own their home for 50 years in with those who just bought - similar to how they calculate rent.

For example, they weight mortgage interest at less than utilities. For a new homeowner, mortgage interest is probably 5-10x utilities.

Regardless, they explicitly ignore the experience of a first time home buyer, who are pretty trapped into renting. A house is not just an investment, it’s a different experience owning versus renting.
A Response To Linus Torvalds On C++ (2007)
>If you’re equally proficient in 20 programming languages, that proficiency level is, with high probability, pretty low.

I'm way too old to put down 20 programming languages on my resume. Overcoming the compulsion to do that is how I got my first real programming job.
From the article:

> "Please respect, and I know you do, the difference of opinion out here as it relates to this fundamental issue ... of climate change,” Newsom said.

I don't see this as a disingenuis way to interpret it. Summarizing - OP's point is that we ridiculed previous administration for suggesting that forest mismanagement played a larger role in California fires. Newsom, as quoted above, was suggesting that Climate Change is the primary reason.

No where in the article does it say that previous administration only blamed forest mismanagement. They said that likely the larger role is played by forest mismanagement.

Furthermore, Newsom claims "Fundamental" issue. Meaning, it is the (sole?) basis for forest fires.
This is an interesting video of some of LÖVR's capabilities and how it compares to some other popular gamedev SDKs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9cYW6ffkPM
that distinct smell of ideological propaganda - reality distorting wrong or completely missing facts in support of self-proclaimed grand high-moral standing and request for sacrifice delivered with pathos and hysteria - takes me right to my childhood back in USSR.

Having been exposed so much to the propaganda in the childhood, i'm pretty immune to it is as a result. It is fascinating though to observe (and many former communist countries immigrants that i've talked to are similarly taken aback) how these days it has been successfully infecting and quickly taking over societal groups which don't have immunity to propaganda. One can hope though that after current debacle with covid such immunity will get a bit more widespread.
If you're going to have your own platform where you control all the parts and none of them are replaceable, why would you religiously stick to the standards when you don't need to? Maybe they saved a slight amount of power consumption by not supporting 64K queues, like the nvme standard supports. A standard will try to be all things to all people, but it will never be the best thing for any given application. There is always room to specialize.
Anyone with more knowledge than me care to comment on veracity of this?

Thanks in advance!
1. Well that's not ominous at all. Glad that resistance is "manageable".

2. Data privacy experts disagree, as does the WHO special envoy on COVID.

3. Medical ethics do, in fact, demand individual consent. As do human rights.

4. Ha. https://www.somo.nl/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/Examples-of-u... , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentatio... , Guantanamo etc.

... And when you have everyone vaccinated, then what? Are you going to vaccinate Africa, for free? Are you going to vaccinate the deer, and all our pets too? The mice??? And give them all boosters? What's the end game here?
The reason I ask is because for the forms I mentioned, it's very easy to either make an error or fail to file a form you were required to.

The fact that you mentioned "paper file" is a bit worrisome. You were required to file an FBAR if you had foreign accounts (such as bank accounts) totaling more than $10,000, and given your stated income, that seems likely. FBAR must generally be done electronically, and is a separate process from your tax return.

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...
You're right about people being fundamentally driven by the need for emotional safety. That safety comes from confidence, which itself can either come from study and training, or delusion. Delusional confidence leading to a feeling of personal safety is not problem that gets a lot of attention, because it's understandable and to criticize it seems like it lacks empathy. But I'd argue that letting it slide is just like when parents let their kids do anything they want, without boundaries. It's not nice, or empathic, or loving: it's a cop-out, it's easy, and worst of all, it harms the child. Structure, with limits, boundaries, expectations, is good and healthy for kids (and for adults).

I find myself comforted by the fact that, in some ways, the spasm toward fascism and ignorant belief is a cry for help, a demand to be held accountable, a plaintive request to be corrected. They don't actually hate elitism, they just hate the elites we have. (Well, except for one, paradoxically).
I use Coreweave Cloud for NightCafe Creator (essentially the same service as you, but more mature). Check it out.
What taxes? When I lived outside the US my wife and I would have to make more than ~$300k USD per year before any US tax obligation kicked in. And that was living in a lower tax jurisdiction.

In a country with higher taxes and a tax treaty you could earn $1M per year and never pay the IRS a dime.
I'm not one of the people that think that, but these people were forced to sacrifice their liberties to protect other people already (lockdowns, restrictions, etc). Their personal liberties have already been not respected.
I should sacrifice my freedom for yours? Why not the other way around? After all, your choice does not affect just one other person, it may affect millions.
climate change is a get out of jail free card for politicians, not sure why people are surprised.

Same thing happens with houses that flood because they were allowed to be built where they never should have been. Just blame climate change instead of government stupidity/corruption
This. I ducked out of an open security-related NPM RFC and decided my efforts are better spent recommending alternative package managers, because the maintainers/proposal advocates were exceedingly disinterested in addressing a wide variety of edge cases with a “you shouldn’t do that” attitude. Well, yeah I agree, but people can/will/do do that. If your security solution doesn’t account for how it might be misused, it’s insecure by design.

Edit: it’s the audit assertions proposal for anyone interested. I consider it so high risk that I’m actively working to move projects in my purview off NPM in case it lands.
The most astonishing thing about the xml ecosystem is that the XPath query language specification standard doesn't use xml syntax.
> but how is the commute a solvable problem?

By holding politicians feet to the fire when they've acted like infrastructure is their number one priority for the past 30 years. We should have high speed rail connecting every major city at this point but for some godforsaken reason we don't. We should have light rails and cable cars, and other green forms of transportation lightening the car load, and down the road, heavier investment in driverless technology (as well as supporting infrastructure) can almost eliminate congestion.

Sounds like a lot, but America has done more in less time. We just have allowed cynicism and paralysis to take over.