skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> In fact it’s currently writing almost 2 million SD Cards & USB Drives per month!

And how do they know that? Correct. Telemetry.
> SQLite, even though it’s implemented on top of IndexedDB, easily beats out IndexedDB in every single performance metric. The absurdity!

This really is quite incredible. Same idea extends to your filesystem too. Tracking millions of 1KB objects on disk? You could load the whole set into memory substantially faster from SQLite using the same disk. If WAL is enabled with reasonable sync flags, the same applies going back out to disk as well.

SQLite is the most powerful dependency that our product uses today. We have been using it in production as the sole persistence mechanism for 100% of our data for the last 5-6 years now. Recently, we have started leveraging the actual SQL engine to process all of our business logic as well.
Nothing that a hundred million dollars won't fix.
Wut, people has been using gas stoves since... forever.

And no asthma has found or correlated in Europe.

With pollution around industry, cars and wastes, yes.

Gas stoves? that sounds tacky as worst.
You don't need to use website font's. You can configure the browser to use your chosen fonts. It's a normal accessibility option on the browser config page.

The only problem is devs who use fonts for icons, which is as stupid as it sounds.

https://megous.com/dl/tmp/0199107a482b8f75.png

(It would be nice to also have minimum font weight setting, not just minimum size, because some designers just can't be helped and use <=200. Then most of the issues with typography on the web would be solved.)
with a button where you can click it to save particularly genius results that appeal
Turn Your Open Source Project into a Stable Income Stream
ATM machines aren't marketed that "their code is law," whereas that's an explicitly espoused property of smart contracts.
good for you, I managed to write fizzbuzz
Ready to quit your job? Here are the 17 questions to ask yourself first
I will quote the venerable Andrew S. Tanenbaum.
"XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files."
Ask HN: Ever been asked to take a course _after_ being hired? How did you react?
VGA Text Mode – Writing an OS in Rust
So all the default configured access.log files for all the Apache and Nginx servers out there are spyware?
I'm kinda confused by this point because any time your computer makes a TCP connection to another host, that host knows what time it is, and knows what your IP address is.
We chose SWC over esbuild for a few reasons:

1. SWC is designed to be extensible. We can use it as a crate with no forks! [1]

2. We love the Rust ecosystem. Stellar community & WASM support. Excellent long-term performance prospects (like total control over memory management).

[1]: https://github.com/padmaia/next.js/blob/cf1d081c5b2f55085ceb...
How Google Search Work?
LBJ currently resides in the Horseshoe Nebula, so luckily it will take many years before he finds out, so hopefully I don’t get a cease and desist anytime soon!
It might useful for brands who want to distribute 'swag' with USB flash drives with their logo on it, and some software flashed to it, to promote their product.
I was going to ask: was running in the Windows OS a requirement? I was curious because of the prevalence of Linux in back-end server environments. Did you try the same setup as you had on Windows with a Linux distro?
It looks like Wholly Guacamole, with 83% market share of the US guacamole market, is pressure pasteurized, so it should last significantly longer: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/econo...

As far as prices go, seems like Walmart has them at $4.89 for 6 mini cups (12oz total or 340g) or a large single package of 15oz/425g for $4.98. An average avocado weighs 136 grams without the pit or skin according to the USDA. Let's say 1/5th of the total weight of avocado flesh you buy is spoiled in some way (too stringy, too hard, spoiled etc.) At $1.25 per avocado and 20% spoilage, the large single package of Wholly Guacamole and the avocado are nearly the same price. Various sources claim that the average US avocado price is around $2 but when I buy them myself I usually get them around $1; I suppose if you're paying more it's an even better value.

So, looks like a good value in addition to saving on spoilage. My only worry would be the plastic waste, but I can't seem to find what the containers are made out of and if those are recyclable.
Maybe "Can I really afford to leave?" should be higher on the list...
Why stop there? Kick out Poland and Belarus for being undemocratic, kick out the rest of Eastern Europe for being homophobic, and then kick out Greece and Italy for the unsustainable deficits — maybe Spain and Portugal, by that point, too.
my experience is that this actually does limit cheating, but it doesn't prevent it.

the sale of KSSNs, kids taking their parents to get more accounts to get banned, keylogged KSSN/accounts/compromised mobile phones with malware being used to receive verification sms (originating from downloading pirated games and pressing yes) is commonplace

there are numerous chinese sites where you can go buy a korean ssn-verified account for $1 or less, cheaper in bulk. they are rarely used for making a "main" because you are subject to lose them at any time to reverification, so they're largely used for throwaway activities.
Error Recovery Control
I love the idea! Cannot wait to have one here, as the the few charging stations are in the center of the small village where I live, so always have to park there, and pick up the charged car later...
Arguments about CSAM aside, I think this is the final nail in the coffin of walled gardens and closed devices. If a company can unilaterally swoop in and throw the EULA out the window on a device you bought years with absolutely no recourse then what are we supposed to do?
> You will find literally zero papers credibly claiming otherwise.

Here's a paper that says cloth mask usage increases rate of infection.

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577

Here's a collection of studies refuting mask efficacy.

https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/

You're literally a vector for disinformation which is a bannable offense but only the Rand Pauls who go against the narrative get banned.

Your false information you just posted will be celebrated by the echo chamber members of the internet.
There's also the problem that people have red-green color blindness, but not red-blue color blindness. Having the light be blue enough that color blind people can tell the difference makes sense.
It begs mentioning that the ETH/ETC hardfork was a consequence of a theft just like this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DAO_(organization)

>In June 2016, users exploited a vulnerability in The DAO code to enable them to siphon off one-third of The DAO's funds to a subsidiary account. On 20 July 2016 01:20:40 PM +UTC at Block 1920000, the Ethereum community decided to hard-fork the Ethereum blockchain to restore virtually all funds to the original contract.[10] This was controversial, and led to a fork in Ethereum, where the original unforked blockchain was maintained as Ethereum Classic, thus splitting the Ethereum blockchain into two branches, each with its own cryptocurrency.
Well that's concerning. What's the actual use case for this? It's certainly not priced to compete with traditional VPNs. Half tempted to install this on a machine as a honeypot and see what traffic comes through.
Is there a conversation that needs to be had around the security of voting machines? Yes. Is America's electoral system fundamentally flawed? Yes. Should election machines be audited and held to the highest possible standard of information security? Yes.

Does this achieve any of that? No.

A lot of people had open minds about this whole situation, and I commend them. But it was obvious from the beginning this was going to go nowhere. It's the same with every conspiracy theory, someone claims to have proof but won't or can't show it for some reason. Whatever reason that is changes with the wind. The claim that the elections were hacked to give Biden the victory has now boiled down to con men conning other con men.
I'm concerned about how can we prevent people like this to ever entering the healthcare workforce. This person represent a clear danger to others and shouldn't be trusted to care for others.
Sure, don't even change the formula!
I wonder whether you interact with other people, and if you do, what's in your self interest WRT their material and emotional state, free time etc, and then their that of their contacts, etc.

E.g. Is it in your self-interest, that people live in a system where 1/300 are toiling away till they can't, so a guy can sit on a rocket? Is it an incredibly simple answer?
Let's hope nothing safety-critical depends on being able to tell the difference between the l and the I.
Not to sound patronising but this perspective sounds very myopically focused on crypto “narratives”.

We’ve seen bank runs before. We’ve seen failed currencies. These aren’t unprecedented events.

With that said, the old Buffett quote “it’s only when the tide goes out that you see who’s been swimming naked” has never been more apt than to this situation.

To take your hypothetical example, you’re correct that the user in question is able to trade on their token to someone else for another asset quickly - but as the article states, issuances outstrip redemptions by 20:1.

That means almost all of these tokens are still in circulation. Someone is on the hook for those losses.

The thing is, who’s liable? If the whole marketplace is a fugazi then it’s probably up to the exchanges to organise haircuts as they deem appropriate.

That isn’t even the real problem though. What’s the value of [COIN] if 95% of the market cap is suddenly revealed to be fake money?

I mean, sure, you can assume everyone will just shrug that off and hold what they have while you sell, but it seems really unlikely.

tldr; this information suggests that most of the value in most of cryptocurrency tokens does not and has never existed.
The subject is usually called "digital literacy", although it's often paired with "digital citizenship" because they're closely related or taught together. You might also include "credibility," "media literacy," or "social media literacy."

Including "K-12" or "curriculum" will get you more resources that teachers might use.
>[Edit] OK, I'll list one: permanent war.

Before 90's US was in permanent war just as well. It was called the Cold War. So that one downside is actually non-existent - from "before" vs. "today" point of view.
they are not trying to be annoying, they are incompatible with free markets, and free flows of info.
A lot of it also has a strong "Power of Positive Thinking"-vibe. Basically people believing that if only they act and talk like something is true hard enough, it will become true (e.g. nonsense talk about NFTs representing ownership of anything besides the NFT itself). So you have the extra task of trying to distinguish between what is actually true and what some community wants to be true, when almost the only people talking about it are in the latter category.
> I do sometimes wish that I could burn a lot of CDs all at once

That used to be the case when CD-based piracy was rampant and you had groups with literally 1000s of CD-writing burners to mass produce pirated copies of movies/software/music etc

Now the use-case for this Balena device would mainly cater to brands wishing to promote their product with a custom USB flash drive logo and some software/promotional material found on the drive
They didn't have any intrinsic value, plus municipalities and some large institutional investors were the only people you could sell a medallion to (other than taxi drivers/owners).

On the other hand, Uber drivers can find any buyer for their used cars (which have, in fact, gone up in value since the pandemic began).
... which, at least for me, then gets a nice red underline for being misspelt
It's extremely similar to Roboto, which is how it was rendered for me before the change. So it seems almost like nothing happened.
Credit Suisse’s Oopsie Bonds Go Down
Yeah true, but the civil lawsuit was specifically over the theft.
Because that's literally how you get promoted. Reimplement something in a new sexier language and add that to your promo packet
I went through the same TX freeze shitstorm too. Not a fun time.

I have a cheap 1500w portable induction cooktop I used for this exact purpose. On the lowest setting, it only pulls ~300W AC, so you can run it on the smallest of generators or portable power stations without any problems.

I have a 12,500W generator as well that could easily run my main induction range, but I reserved loading on this for making sure the furnace blower was moving. Didn't want to play games with fuel supply at the time.
That's because the "wellness industry" is solely focused on physical health. Physical health is the key to life.

Which is utter crap. By now it should be apparent that we have a real big mental health problem in this society, and needs to be addressed. Instead they tell us "be fit and you'll be happy."
Don't buy it
I’ve been self-hosting this for a few months, it’s really good. I was disappointed at first when I realized it didn’t have native apps, so uploading new photos was a sub-par experience. But then I found the app PhotoSync which has Photoprism integration. Would be nice to have it all in one but I’m happy.
PWA are explicitly exempt from the data storage wipe behavior[1]. So there's that, at least. For now.

Although I agree that it's a fairly minor win in the grand scheme of how handicapped PWA's are on iOS. And like you said, the lack of install prompts and tucking away the PWA "installation" option in the share menu makes it less than intuitive and requires manual awareness efforts by devs[2].

[1] Last section of https://webkit.org/tracking-prevention/

[2] https://michaellisboa.com/blog/prompt-ios
There is an argument to be made for having some things remain closed, and obscured from public view. If a company/group has an experienced and large internal audit team that reviews systems, and they are building something that is likely to be placed under extreme amounts of targeted attacks (military crypto, banking systems, etc.) it sometimes makes sense to not allow just anyone to see/poke at the whole thing.

Military cryptographic systems, IBM mainframes, and many other products use this approach as a layer in their security framework and it is actually pretty successful.

If I asked you to break into the a PFSense box you could just Google "PFSense version X.X.X CVEs" and you would probably get a way in if the box was enough out of date, but if you tried to find the same thing for something like the General Dynamics TACLANE you would have a hard time even finding where to start.
> Catch-log-new error-rethrow or catch-annotate-rethrow is (unfortunately) an important part of using Promises that isn't widely taught

And horribly unwieldy to have to do everywhere, causes code bloat, is easy to forget.

> I've also seen some Promise replacements with better debugging (often call site carry through, so more like a stack trace) - though I like to keep it vanilla.

I remembered Bluebird has call stack support so I looked into that yesterday. Unfortunately it doesn’t play well with sourcemaps so it’s barely an improvement.

I really think this is all a lot of trouble for very little benefit when async/await is supported basically everywhere and doesn’t have these problems. It’s not just a huge ergonomic improvement, though it’s also that.
I just use https://ew.reddit.com as a form of protest.
Great idea. Good Luck!
To use your logic in another period, in 1300, the king was white, all the nobles were white, the clergy was white. White people in England in the 1300s must have had it pretty easy.

"Having it easy," is about class not race. Making it about race is a political motive to divide the lower and middle class to keep the status quo. You might thing what you are doing is virtuous, but it's just maintaining the status quo for all races in the middle and lower class.

Go visit Appalachia. Wanna see poor of all races, go visit just about anywhere outside a city / metropolitan area.
It might useful for brands who want to distribute 'swag' with USB flash drives with their logo on it, and some software or media flashed to it, to promote their product.
If you read this out of context it looks like you're bashing the dollar.
It's almost certainly from copy-pasted code from other sources. The Perlin Noise section at the top is not original code at least - though I can't find an original source.

https://github.com/processing/p5.js/blob/8213eecccdff510015e...
The number of fonts we have says more about the copyright industry than anything else.
Same on my M1 and iPhone.
If injury in a car accident where people are wearing seatbelts is relatively likely, that should totally change the narrative:

- expecting seatbelts to prevent all traffic injuries becomes unrealistic (it never was but that doesn’t mean it’s useless - the herd immunity war was lost the moment vaccines became political, which was about 20 years ago)

- My seatbelt won’t protect you from injury in the event of a crash, and vice versa (don’t confuse possibility with likelihood. Vaccines are still reducing severity and likely reducing the amount of virus that’s being shed e.g. through coughing. Seatbelts also protect other occupants from yourself becoming a projectile, but like vaccines, they don’t fully solve the problem)

- seatbelt mandates to enter public roads are essentially pointless and possibly dangerous if they give a false sense of security. Only foolhardy, risk-taking seatbelt-wearing drivers will be on the road. (Passports are a tool to create a mandate in the absence of a mandate. If everyone was vaccinated delta wouldn’t have happened at all. In the absence of that, reducing the load on the hospital system is well worth the cost of the passport system)

- The messaging should change to “wear a seatbelt to protect yourself and not burden the health service with your own injuries” (sure, but that’s kind of what the message already is and always has been)

I wonder if the poster will understand the analogy that’s being made, or if too much face would be lost at this point?
It's worse. At least the Fed is checked to some degree by Congress.

Tether is outside of the control of any goverment. It's just another faceless shell company.
That's becoming less of an option by the day and will only accelerate if Apple gets their way.
It's very similar to Roboto. Noticeable differences side by side, but very similar.
In '91 nothing followed you around. You could go to prison in Tennessee and Arkansas wouldn't be able to find out without a cop or two putting in a days work and making phone calls. People would get arrested, give a fake name, plead and do time, and be released without their identity ever being verified.

Young adults in 2021 are hopelessly trying to outrun that time they tweeted a slur when they were 12.
Then there's Polish:

granatowy (blue, dark)

niebieski (blue like sky)

błękitny (blue, light)

siny (blue like a bruise)

chabrowy (blue like the flower)

The first two are definitely perceived as distinct colors in Polish mind and can be similarly modified with jasno- and ciemno- for lighter and darker hues. The last two are much more rare and like shades especially if you want to communicate more poetically.
Internet of Snitches
What kind of course?

My employer made us all take a course in "diversity and inclusion" which I think was OK because it was based on leadership principles the organization has been pushing for a long time and avoided the excesses of that sort of thing.
If you don't like the new font or Follow/Following buttons, my browser extension/user script for Twitter can now get rid of them, screenshots in the release notes here (the latest Chrome version is still pending review at the time of typing):

https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/releases

I tried turning Chirp back on after a full day of coding at work and it's even worse when your eyes are starting to get tired, genuinely unpleasant to look at (on Windows, at least).
> In short, Apple has built a CSAM detector that sits at the doorway between your device and iCloud. If you don’t sync photos with iCloud, the detector never runs.

Is this correct? I have just read conflicting things about this online, I think even Ben Thompson wrote that it runs on the device too?
Both, the ruling party and twitter are locked in a pyrrhic struggle. One cannot let go of the market the other the platform.
Adobe is kind of an outlier there since some of their earliest commercial products were fonts.
Hacked kindles work well for this.
How much is a mobile app user worth compared to a mobile web user?
Regulate it.

The FBI/CIA/CCP are not the people we elect.

My representative is behind the charge to undo the app store monopoly. We can also push for less surveillance, less centralization of power, etc.

It seems if the OS vendor doesn't get to have a default browser, default app store, and default cloud store, that they don't get access to scan your files without asking either.

Legislate.
Total fail. Their site didn't load for the first 15 minutes of the challenge. Hope it wasn't written by Codex.
Twitter’s Updated Visual Language
I'll be trying out 1Password 8, but what are my options if I'd like to continue my subscription and stay on 1Password 7?
Precisely. This is why I started moving towards induction after I became obsessed with the capabilities of cast iron cookware.
Do you have kids? Sounds like you don't. All people would go back in time until they become parents. After that, faced with the harsh reality that going back in time would alter your decisions hence not getting the same kids, they, admittedly begrudgingly, back off.
that is for the simpler optimization. A more complicate optimization algorithm can generate quite different code depending on the inputs. So you might need many different input codes to fully explore the internal, similar to the problem facing by fuzzing and/or symbolic execution.
SoundStream: An End-to-End Neural Audio Codec
> A lot of it also has a strong "Power of Positive Thinking"-vibe

You know what, I could never put my finger on what exactly it was other than the amature feel of some of the content. But you're correct here, there's a lot of magical thinking that goes along with the crypto world. Lots of random sounding predictions about how crypto will evolve that are clearly not grounded in any deep understanding of technology.

I wonder how much of it is magical or wishful thinking in the classical sense, versus people who lack knowledge in general making claims about things that they don't really understand, which come off as bizarre. I've noticed actual technical knowledge is inversely predictive of interest in crypto.
What government are you referring to?

I suspect that not all countries (even western) would love the idea that the US government had that type of control ;)
Oh wow, your upcoming plans sound great. Keep up the good work guys!

And I highly recommend reaching out to a med chemist for some input. There's a lot of veteran retirees specializing in spaces adjacent to this who are open to consulting here and there. They're generally quite kind.
The vaccine is so effective that tests are unable to determine who has received it.
What’s even stranger is that as a 26 year old this is my first time hearing that compilers used to be paid for :) what a great indication of the FOSS movement’s success
You don't need var, you don't need it's weird scoping behavior.
I'm sure you know this, but for others: This is a cost-saving move.

It's always more economical for a company of Twitter's size to develop their own font because 1) Then they don't have to pay per-use licensing fees, which are huge at the billion user scale, and 2) a peculiarity of copyright law means that the actual shapes of the letters aren't actually protectable by copyright -- you can copy an existing font virtually 100%, tweak a thing or two, and legally call it your own.