skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, exactly. If the market is perfectly competitive, and cost to switching is low, margins trend towards 0.

The same should be true in software, regardless of how cheap it is to produce an additional unit. Of course, because it's cheap for anybody else to produce that additional unit too.

The reason we see such high margins in software is a combination of "first mover advantage", pseudo-monopolistic like elements to the business, and the fact that industry is so new, VC money does not tend to go towards creating direct competitors as there is ample opportunity elsewhere.

In the short run, first movers and innovators will be able to generate high margins of course. And sometimes business X really does produce a better product than the rest, as some would say Apple does. But given that software is cheap to maintain once built, you would expect many viable and roughly equivalent competitors to be built in the long run.

At the end of the day, legislation should be written to foster "competitive capitalism", as that produces the best result for the public at large.

For example, it should be as easy to switch between SaaS providers as the flick of a button. Apple should have to allow competing app stores and not give preferential treatment to their own... And so on.

If you think about the App store example in isolation, the fee they charge is a direct transfer of wealth from app creators and app buyers to Apple. Would they be able to charge 30% if there were competing app stores? Maybe, but I doubt it over the long run. Certainly at least they wouldn't be able to charge Epic that amount, as Fortnite is big enough to entice people through side channels for loading the app.

Looking at it as choice of Apple or Android is not an appropriate level of granularity for anti-trust IMO.

We must recognize that markets created within a platform also must be competitive, not just the gateway into that ecosystem. Cost of switching becomes high, which leads to de facto Monopoly power by the platform owner.
>>For modern laptops, USB-C makes it possible to charge with any USB-C adaptor.

That's.....hmmmm.....a very generous interpretation of the current situation.

Yes, a laptop might be physically compatible with any USB-C charger....but whether it will actually charge is a different matter. In my testing with a Razer Blade 13:

Working:

- Apple USB C 45/65W charger

- Random Amazon 45W USB-C charger

- UGreen 45W USB-C charger

Not working:

- Apple USB-C 20W charger

- None of the 4 USB-C PD-compatible power banks I tried work, despite 45W minimum PD output

-Samsung 25W PD Charger

- Nintendo Switch Charger

- Any charger that's not PD-compatible, even if it ends with a USB-C port

- USB-C to USB-C cable from another device
And more expensive than flying. Trains are insanely expensive, especially in the Uk and France.
"Better" network is an interesting choice of words if you're listing it as a separate quality from speed. Better in what way? I doubt anywhere in Europe has a train network with denser routing or more stops than the bus system.

There are many, many cities and villages that are only accessible by regional buses. I doubt the residents would consider the train networks to be "better".
I wanted to translate the Dutch text under the source Video for my fellow-HN'ers but Google translate can actually do a pretty decent job! So for your convenience here is the text as translated by Google (and proof read by a native Dutch speaker):

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GRONINGEN - An electric car, a Volkswagen ID 3, caught fire at the Helper Brink in Groningen at the end of the morning on Saturday. The driver had just put her child in the car and wanted to get behind the wheel herself. She took the charging plug out of the car for a moment. Then the car started smoking. She quickly got her child out of the car and brought herself to safety. The flames quickly spread from the car and 911 was called. The fire brigade rushed to the rescue but was unable to save the vehicle. The car burned out completely and there was little left of the car that was towed by a recovery company. A car parked next to this car was also damaged by the fire. The cause of the car fire is not yet known, but it is believed to have a technical cause.
You could have booked the entire bus instead.
True, and a lot of it is fraud or not far.

However, a big chunk of this statistic is not actually fraud. It's just false empiricism. If you look at a lot of the actual papers, I think you'll find that a lot of them just aren't trying to do empiricism... at least not strict empiricism. They're forced into that structure by a convention.

Either (1) "Not Science" becomes OK and extends to economics, some areas of ecology, and such. (2) The Scientific Method gets renamed "Method A," and the concept of scientific pursuit is more flexible, depending on what you are studying or (3) We force these poor bastards doing economics, psychology and such to pretend that they're doing a method that they're not... or publish in the prestigious "Unscientific Economics & Psychology" journal.
If it was burning a fuel wouldn't you also expect it to be easily visible through their thermal camera?
The title is misleading, it should state that is within the U.K. You can get to south Italy from London in less than 24 hours.

Edit:
My fault, it is not misleading. I didn’t get the context of somebody using British English.
I, too, miss GrokLaw…
But the granting of rights to redistribute is governed by the applicable copyright law, as far as I know there is no equivalent body of law governing usage. You can't give someone information but attach conditions to its use, except in specific circumstances. You can certainly make someone sign a contract before agreeing to give them the information, but that's not what's occurring here.
Well, you’re trained to push the nose down in a stall because stalls normally happen at a very high AoA, when there is not enough airflow over the wings, typically when you’re pointing up, not when you’re in a dive, and certainly not when you’re in a Mach 1.01 dive. And this was an elevator stall.

You’re not taught to pitch down when there is no elevator authority - in fact you wouldn’t be able to, by definition. But the problem here was too much airflow over the horizontal stabiliser - from what I can see, it hadn’t really stalled. Pitching down relieved the load and let them move the stabiliser. I suppose the combined deflection of the stabiliser and then the elevators was enough to get it under control again.

I for one am always pretty impressed with stories like these because they show just how well the pilots understand their aircraft.
Perhaps not civilian, but that floating radar the Air Force has can see a softball across the country, I have trouble believing that there isn't an installation within range that wasn't able to track it - leads me to think if the military can track it, but the police weren't given help, then its likely a military craft.
So could you, in theory:

- Have a licensed pilot fly the tacos remotely above 600’ to the delivery address.

- Fly in a holding pattern at 600’ until the user indicates in your app they’re available to receive delivery.

- Pass off control so the user (who has LOS) becomes the operator and uses your app to maneuver the drone down to drop the taco and then back up to 600’ where it returns to the remote pilot’s control.

It would probably be a really expensive taco delivery but I think I’d pay a premium for a taco if I got to pilot a drone for a minute?
It's pretty simple. If it's a claim by big oil, it's most likely a lie.
You can turn hydrogen into methane in an exothermic way, which you can store very easily.
Israel desalinate 80% of their household water.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/how-israe...

It’s population is 8M, Jordan is 10M at least as far as the article goes seems like the model can work for them too.
I mean, drug dogs are still a thing even though we know they tend to respond to owners desires regardless of if there’s drugs present.
Github has a valid license to distribute it but you are not Github so that doesn't give you a right to anything.
In particular it doesn't give you a right to download it.
You could extend the distance, but it wouldn’t get you to another major city.

I guess if you were touring Ivy League schools, you could see Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Penn with only commuter rail networks (if you allowed yourself small local connections).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-to-gas is a fairly popular proposal for seasonal storage. You probably want to turn the hydrogen to Methane to make it easier to store.
I'm not completely sure either, I don't think you would get a definitive answer short of litigating it (and let's be honest, no one is litigating over this).

(Again, not a lawyer, not super familiar with this part of copyright law, but...) I'd argue that the copy is made on githubs server and then sent to me, and I simply move the sole copy around (or to the extent that I make a new copy it is a lawful copy of the network traffic for archival purposes under 17 USC 117 (a) (2)). That "git clone" is clearly a integral part of githubs service so the license is clearly intended to cover it. That "git clone" is not meaningfully different from "wget" from "a web browser" - again the license is clearly intended to cover this. That any liability that does exist falls on GitHub as the party making the copy.

I'm not sure which if any of those arguments would convince a court though
2015: Michigan seat belt law turns 30 after bitter battle
Cradle of US auto industry was poised for U.S.'s 1st seat belt law in early '80s, but mandate faced a bitter battle.
For an hour or so? And fly higher than the helicopter?

Give it a shot if it's easy. You could sell a ton of them.
they have a ton load of oil money: make good water from sea water. and next: how about Rain water harvesting ?
By coach maybe, not by bus
Coronavirus: Finding Answers with Philip D. Zelikow, Head of 9/11 Commission
Society will eventually adapt and people will learn if you give them the chance, just like they learnt not to put money in random ICOs after the bubble popped, or click random phishing emails, ...
If you actually have rabies then it would likely be too late for the shot by the time you arrived.
kudos OP for the lite.cnn link . sweet.
Ask HN: Website to ask questions about system design?
My problem with articles like these is the sensational headlines that Tesla made an AMD/Nvidia killer. AMD and Nvidia could both make this chip if they wanted to, but dedicating all the die to matrix multiply cores is a waste for most end users. The media makes it seem like Tesla did something revolutionary here, but all they did was make a very, very targeted asic.
Reference based pricing is a simple, easy to pass (it can be framed as price caps) rule that would cut healthcare spending by 25%. However, part of the reason we spend so much is that we demand so much. We have urgent cares on every block. Someone has to pay for those facilities and staff to be there all the time.
It's interesting that India has some of the highest fossil fuel taxes in the world despite being a developing 3rd world country.
If you’re doing that, isn’t it better to just use natural gas directly?
My 20 year old self was much better at making fast, bad decisions. Not taking the time to think through the higher order effects of those decisions. That 20 year old self lacks all the MOOCs I have taken, all the life and professional experience, 300+ non-fiction books.

I think at 20 I would have been a better test taker if we both started a college class right now but that is about it. I am way "smarter" or "more intelligent" though at 54 vs that 20 year old self. It isn't even close.

IMO much is because we are blind to ET Jaynes Mind Projection Fallacy in this area. We think of "intelligence" as a physical property like mass that gets weaker with age like muscles or bones. It is just such a given in our thinking and language that we can't help it.
I use a typing library in my app to showcase the different things that might be typed into a text field. It draws attention to that particular spot in the app too.
"will I get in trouble for photos of my baby"

This is a reasonable question, and absolutely something people should wonder about.

> simple "yes" answers.

This is an outright lie. The only honest answer is no.

Keep doing that and angry nerds will end up looking like tinfoil hat wearers and will lose any influence on future civil liberties.
Why let people drink alcohol when some people will become addicted and ruin their lives and families? Why do we let people gamble when some will become addicted and financially destroyed? Why do we let people drive cars when thousands will die in horrific accidents every year?

All things considered, I’d much rather let people risk their money on startups than at the roulette table.
You mean they’re on the verge of joining the eventual Sino-Russian common market.

Edit: I suppose we’ll see if predictions of Iran’s imminent social and economic collapse are any more true now than they have been for the past 42 years. Too bad we can’t put a few dollars on it. I trust the Lindy effect more than some NGO’s social science model.
Or medicines which have really long and strong evidence for weight loss effects like amphetamines?
> Crucially, Williams' lawyers – public defenders Lisa Boughton and Brendan Max – said records showed that ShotSpotter actually initially picked up what sounded like a firework a mile away, and this was later reclassified by ShotSpotter staff to be a gunshot at the intersection where and when Williams was seen on camera. ShotSpotter strongly insisted it had not improperly altered any data to favor the police's case, and said that regardless of the initial real-time alert, its evidence of the gunshot was the result of follow-up forensic analysis, which was submitted to the courts.

"Strongly insisted" links to: https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/02/nvidia_cuda_openai/

> One of the pieces of evidence against Williams claims ShotSpotter's sensors in Chicago identified gunfire where surveillance cameras had seen Williams stop his car by a south-side Chicago block, right when and where the cops said Herring was shot.

> However, Williams’ lawyer submitted paperwork [PDF] claiming ShotSpotter actually detected a firework a mile away from that location, and that ShotSpotter later reclassified the bang as a gunshot and the location as being where Williams was seen on camera, Vice first reported.

> Williams' lawyer demanded the court hold an inquiry into the ShotSpotter evidence, and the prosecutors simply withdrew it.

> ShotSpotter responded by denying at length it improperly altered any data or evidence, and hit back at any suggestion it had done so to help the police make a case. It said its software generates real-time alerts automatically, and staff later analyze the microphone readings to submit forensic reports for the courts, and these final reports can therefore differ from the initial alerts.

> "The idea that ShotSpotter 'alters' or 'fabricates' evidence in any way is an outrageous lie and would be a criminal offense," it said in a statement. "We follow the facts and data for our forensic analysis. Period."

> Update: The case against Williams was dismissed by the judge at the request of the prosecution, which admitted it now had insufficient evidence. Williams had spent the best part of a year in jail awaiting trial.
It's a fair sight better than notepad. You get syntax highlighting, Ctrl/Cmd-P to fuzzy search for files to open, and even things like multiple cursors. But you're right that it's not quite the same experience as a full editor. You won't get linting, type checking or autocomplete.
That just means that the habitable parts will become increasingly denser and -as you pointed out, people will be migrating away.
Good point but I have travelled from London to South Italy on a vehicle called bus by their operators :)
I would love to learn more about this as well. I am working in data science and would like to switch to a backend web dev position. I work tangentially to back end devs and it seems like one of the biggest differences on the DS side is nobody knows anything about software development fundamentals. It's much harder to get good at these things when you need to learn them without knowledgeable team mates to challenge your ideas and not rubber stamp a PR.
Tehran is quite close to the Caspian Sea, Tabriz is close to Lake Urmia which while it’s shrinking is a huge salt water lake.

Sana’a is indeed more problematic but if pumping water isn’t feasible the pumping people closer to coast is.
I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted.

It's different from git-annex in that it's using git itself (git-annex just uses git to track metadata/hash to facilitate large files), but there's a similarity to git-annex's 'Git-annex Assistant' in how it "any subsequent changes made to the files will be automatically committed to the remote".

From a brief experience with git-annex assistant, I've been finding the experience of having things automatically 'synced' to be confusing and prone to issues when doing things manually somewhere else. Think it's real power may be in evolving it's user interface to be pervasive within file browers, projects like https://github.com/andrewringler/git-annex-turtle are an example.
The legal system will, over time, also have to accept and adapt to the idea that free will is an illusion. (See “neuro-law” for more information on this.)
Well it is the current party which has been in power since 2014. They are not in favour of any kind of subsidy, though as you note the majority of the population heavily depends on various subsidies to make ends meet. It is a case of squeezing the public wallet to the absolute extent so govt coffers can be built up.
I agree very much with your last paragraph. I believe this to be true for pretty much most things in the U.S. The incentives in the system are mostly misaligned. A collapse is the most likely thing to occur before positive change happens.
> Here's the deal:
> - Google could develop software/infrastructure to scan on your phone client side.
> - Apple has it deployed already.

This is just false.

What Apple has deployed doesn’t do anything nefarious, and is not easily repurposed.

Both companies would need to deploy a new mechanism via software update.
> With this abuse of trust, the damage is more to the integrity of the purportedly rational knowledge base

It corrodes trust in our scientific institutions. When that pop something talk by an acclaimed psychologist turns out to be not only bullshit but outright fraud, it’s not a huge leap to project that mistrust onto e.g. the medical establishment or climate scientists.
If you pump enough power at the shielding, a) some of it will get through and b) the shielding itself will get very hot from induced eddy currents.
> elementary school chemistry.

You mean elementary chemistry or school chemistry? Who has chemistry in elementary school?
>It is not running out of population, though.

that's an intriguing point, indeed. not only in this context, but also in any context .

eg. extreme poverty? doesn't matter, population increases.

extreme unemployment? doesn't matter, population increases.

extreme climate change effects? doesn't matter, population increases.

extreme violence/wars ? doesn't matter, population increases.

population just keeps increasing, man! people aren't reducing their copulation.
Not only is it the most expensive. It is also a lot less efficient than most other countries [1][2].

[1] https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2...

[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/05/global-healt...
"If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class."

-Final Fantasy Tactics
You come to visit us from the future.

Tell us: did HN ever get a dark mode?
> Is it even e2e?

Yes
The window decorations changes in Windows 10 are indeed horrible. I hope there's a special place in Hell for those that forced 'ribbons' onto the UI.
I don't follow anyone. I created a bunch of private lists with different categories like 'Techpress', 'Privacy', 'Crypto geeks', 'Motormouths', 'Funny / Memes' etc

Then if I feel like consuming memes, I will open the meme list. If I'm feeling creative and need inspiration, I may open 'Tech / Design'. It depends on how I feel. My account is also private, and I don't feel the need to chase fame or even interact with anyone. Most people don't even see that as an option they have and blindly (and publicly) interact as much as possible without considering a more private alternative.
Proofreading from natives is sometimes all we need. It is sad how much amazing content we miss because of being only available in Russian, Deutsch, German, Spanish, etc.
Actually, I don't think that CICO is the best approach for losing weight. First off, it ignores that nutrition is important too, not just calories. Eating healthy is important, and this goes beyond weight loss. Second, obesity has psychological causes that need to be addressed as well, it's important to have a better relationship with food. So it's not just about what you eat. Drinking enough water and having plenty of sleep is very important too. And so on.

But I stand to my comment that CICO works for weight loss.

It's not generally true, however, that people in financial disarray can get rich by just spending less. Our cost of living is a fundamental limit on how much we can save. But more than that, people can't get rich if they don't have a high income.
There is also stuff like Saudi farms using non-renewable fossil water for crop irrigation, which seems insane.
I think for cars that's probably the case, but that might be too focused on cars.

A possible future for it might be for large planes, boats, etc. that would really need the higher energy density of hydrogen vs batteries. The inefficiency is of course not going to be great, but it means those could possibly use renewable sources (depending on hydrogen production). Or maybe some major battery advancements come before that and make energy density less of an issue ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Partially agree, there was some weirdo on another hackernews thread that monitors their 17 year old daughter's phone and has no plans to stop until Apple remove the right on the 18th birthday. Crazy. That said I think it would be reasonable to check up on your 13 year old to ensure there is no pedophiles messaging etc.. I'd probably draw the line at 14 after having a open chat about risks, peados, impersonation, social engineering etc
getting anything done at a hospital is 2-3x as expensive as a dedicated clinic.

an MRI is typically a ~$500 cash / out of pocket diagnostic without insurance, outside a hospital.
Would you mind elaborating — What is your exact process to export highlights and notes from RM2 ?
Katie Mingle's Right to Roam
I think those were fired long ago from all FAANG.
I think the current situation calls for a more rigorous application of Popperian standards, not less.

Nothing about "this study applies to this specific situation" is counter to Popper. However, if it fails to replicate in other situations, it tends to suggest at the very least "might be too specific to this situation to have practical application".

This happens in software as well. If my system works on my specific laptop but anyone with a slightly different version of the programming language, imported libraries, or operating system will be unlikely to get it to work, then it's just not good software. The solution is not (usually) to put something in the README that says "will only work with python 3.6.7 on Ubuntu 18.04", the solution is to change the software so it is more generally applicable. And it's on me the programmer, to make that happen. If the scientific phenomenon is specific to 1990's Tokyo but not 2000s Miami, then some major variable is being left out, and the science requires finding out what that is.

I agree with your basic point that there is a big difference between non-replicable and fraud, though.