skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Perforated cutter pans (e.g. Pizza Hut thin'n'crispy) pans or screens (like $3 at restaurant supply stores) on a well heated stone, combined with a low moisture dough will make a great cracker crust @ just 550F, too.

I guess pizza preferences are derived from where one grows up, but Neapolitan is way over-represented in the DIY pizza-making scene. "Less popular" thick crust styles like Detroit are super easy to make and you don't need an Ooni/Breville or anything special besides a cake pan.
> Wouldn't it be easier to make Afghanistan a 51st state?

That's probably an viable option last century (see: Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico), but colonialism/imperialism is out of style right now so it would definitely not be easy to do that.
I don't think it's reasonable to pretend voicing opinions can be separated from "concerted activities".

It's too cute to claim that even if only one person is expressing an opinion, that it isn't "concerted" and "for mutual aid".

Even the first person to speak up about something is trying to get support from others, and if we used sophistry to allow employers to suppress that, then how do you get to the next step of organizing people?

An honest person looks at their argument and if it leads to an absurdity, such as with any law completely negating it, the argument must be BS.
The Airbnb is a solution to a temporary problem, which is that there is a lot of Afghan coming to America and need temporary shelter while they find something else.

The homelessness problem needs a more long-term solution than 25k shelters for a limited time. You can read about Toronto leasing hotels for the homeless if you want to read more about some solutions that are being worked on, for example.
I don't think there's a conspiracy here. fda.gov has a formal announcement on their home page.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...

>Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine.

The 12-15 group is still under EUA.
If you think this is some gotcha (you can't help with Afghan refugees during a crisis until you've solved homelessness?) then you never cared about the homeless in the first place, and are using them as a pawn when it's useful to dunk on the middle east.
Reminds me of the excellent joke - "Getting Stanley Kubrick to fake the moon landing seemed like it'd save a lot of effort, but the man insisted on shooting on location."
Would you prefer to stay in a hotel or a refugee shelter? That's what this campaign says to me at the gut level. Might be nice and altruistic, but it's kind of lousy brand marketing.
Ask HN: Resources to Learn Computer Networking
Are there any resources - books, blogs, or videos - that are similar to e.g. "Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach" but more abbreviated and specific to what a working software engineer would utilize or benefit from knowing?
What are they actually doing? Asking their customers to temporarily house refugees. Seems like it won’t cost them much, and there are probably enough seasonal homes that go unused in off season to make this viable.
Yes, I bought an ER-4 last month from NewEgg. In fact, it is in stock and has a promo code for $10 off currently. https://www.newegg.com/p/0XM-0013-00087
The economic definition of monopoly is 'price setter' as opposed to 'price taker'. The government actually defines that as 'market power'. But in order for it to be something 'anti trust' etc. then it's more complicated.

Sherman Act, Section 2 [1] - definitely worth a read.

[1] https://www.justice.gov/atr/competition-and-monopoly-single-...
Are you implying that the US has rights over Afghanistan?
Thank you for building this! So I'm running a FastAPI deployment in prod already today using both Pydantic models for the app / API itself and also reflected SQLAlchemy ORM models for the database. In my case I am lucky in that my app interacts (read only) with a data warehouse as opposed to a schema that it manages directly.

Am I understanding right that the main benefit of using sqlmodel is not needing to maintain the 2 separate models for the app vs db that one would need in most cases?

Also, have you thought about an approach to migrations yet? Curious to hear your thoughts there as well.
Every corporation has secrets they’d like to hide. No one is beyond reproach.

I don’t think anyone is disputing that — but every thing Google is doing is the result of fallible humans acting in pursuit of profit.

It doesn’t matter who or when. What matters is that people put aside their ethics in pursuit of profits. I think that needs to end.

</soapbox>
I can do both (and have), but it really is a case of time constraints.

So I let management decide. Do they want a quick prototype that is going to be unstable and buggy and difficult to maintain long-term, or do they want something solid that is well tested and stable and refactored and well-documented so newcomers can work on it easily as the team grows?

There are trade-offs. The quick prototype allows you to get something in front of your stakeholders that resembles the desired end product. This allows them to easily identify things that they missed, and allows them to quickly change direction if need be.

This can backfire really easily though, because if your prototype is too good, they will think it's a polished product that can be sold even though it's completely lacking tests and is duct taped together behind the scenes.

You have to CONSTANTLY remind them that THIS IS NOT A STABLE PRODUCT and that it still needs tests and refactoring and clean-up. A lot of the time, you will have to create the JIRA stories and advocate for this extra work to be done yourself, or else management simply won't prioritize it.

I've been a part of multiple startups with successful exits now, and they were all based on code that was rapidly prototyped and duct taped together behind the scenes.

Being able to pivot and adapt is more important than stability, when you are a startup.

But once the startup has been bought by a larger company, it's probably time to rewrite and refactor and stabilize things. Now that you have big clients and people depending on the systems, it's time to batten down the hatches and prioritize stability and longevity.
> The computer disappearing is one of the most pure expressions of form following function.

I actually agree wholeheartedly. Apple's devices are the apex of form following function, which is why their form advances so rarely: the functionality of the iPhone changes so little from year-to-year, that Apple doesn't really need to re-engineer much. Hell, the iPhone 12 is just a redux of the iPhone 5 footprint, an anachronism that's yet another great example of form meandering while function stagnates. The deficiencies in our current devices are clear: they're centralized, non-extensible, and exceptionally difficult to fix when they break. Apple profits off all three of those markets, so I have little faith that they intend to change anything there soon.

> Contrast that to a competing product like the ASUS ROG Phone

Don't make me (or Tim Cook, for that matter) laugh. The iPhone doesn't compete with the ROG Phone: they're ostentatiously different products. One is a gaming phone, the other is an iPhone. You're comparing a dune-buggy to a Ford Fiesta, which you're welcome to do, but will sway very few of their respective audiences.
Wasn't that from the ScyllaDB CTO ?
Good solutions to the housing problem described in this article. Both Vienna and Singapore have good housing policy.

https://www.shareable.net/public-housing-works-lessons-from-...
I watch Netflix on a CRT TV in 2021 lol.
Hook up a ps3 via component and it's a great way to watch older 4:3 content like anime
And so does the cheese.

However, I go for the Heart Stopper, as served at Piecasso in Stowe, VT.

Double mozzarella, double pepperoni, double sausage.

With a Focal Banger from the Alchemist to wash it down.

I haven’t had any satiety issues.
The utility of these platforms depends upon what you use your phone for rather than some amateurish classification of people.

Personally, I have never tied myself down to particular apps. What I use tends to be fairly generic and doesn't compel me to use a particular implementation by a particular company. I suspect a great number of people are like that. While my case is due to a lack of interest in the latest fads and an interest in open technologies, someone else may do so for security and privacy, while others may be interested in investing their energy in pursuits other than gadgets.

As important as technology is to the functioning of modern society, I think there is a tendency to forget that some technologies have very little lasting impact.
There're also similar roads 30 minutes from Silicon Valley that have all that, plus residences, pedestrians, parked cars, sheer cliffs, unclear driveway splits, and porta-potties, eg. https://goo.gl/maps/57jzzK6fvtCqvu5w5

Strangely I've never seen Waymo vehicles practicing on that. They're all over Mountain View, but I have never once seen them in the mid-peninsula hills.
They haven't specified for how long & where, so this is just PR speak.
It is also not just Google. Google atleast curates the content, but has anyone used MSN or Edge (that comes with Windows)?

It has all news stories copied word to word from other news websites. Its worse than AMP. The publication name is not mentioned till the end of the page.
Sure, it has no other purpose, but I think that says more about our legal system than anything. People operating completely above board can be dragged through the mud. What's that quote about, give me six words from an honest man and I'll have him hanged?
> Do you have any reason to narrow down the scope to FastAPI when other frameworks like Flask are still more widely used?

FastAPI is basically the (async) 2021 version of Flask just built on Starlette instead.

If you have used Flask before, the learning curve will be pretty low, and the documentation is great.

But of course people have been using SQLAlchemy and Flask together for ages so I don't see any reason you couldn't use this with Flask instead if you prefer. That said, I bet you'll be able to whip up the MVP even faster using FastAPI.

I do not have any affiliation with the project other than being a happy user today.
>Google have that many staff to make up for the ones that left?

Yes
Perhaps.

I used to carry a rugged android that could be operated underwater or in the presence of some explosive gasses. It was a bit heavier, but it was also the equivalent to normal device with a rugged case.

A company with the sophistication of industrial design like Apple could build a moderately more rugged device that would be very close to the existing iPhones.

The real and obvious reason for Apples decisions is that both high margin extended warranties and cases for iPhones probably generate more income than the Mac.
If there was popular media that could be legally stored locally and played then there would be a market for it.

I imagine it would be possible for a company to sell a NAS with all 80s movies, and 90s movies, music, games, or whatever. Right now there is no incentive to selling devices that can locally distribute content within your home because there is no content to distribute in the first place. So the target market is too small and results in whatever Synology or Plex or XBMC solutions exist.
Environment can absolutely influence people’s ability to get things done. That effect may be amplified by ADHD, but it’s not unique to ADHD.

Every manager should be sympathetic to their team and try to make a reasonably accommodating environment. However, it’s still up to the employee to take ownership and be accountable for getting things done. You can’t reasonably expect managers to constantly micromanage employees to extract work from them, nor can we expect companies to create perfectly distraction-free environments. At some point, it’s the employee’s responsibility to manage their own output.

It’s not just the employer who suffers when a team member is unable to complete tasks. The rest of the team has to step up and fill in the missing pieces or constantly watch over the person who can’t get things done. Eventually you start losing talent because your good employees are tired of doing a job and a half while some other employees are only delivering half of their work, and everyone suffers.
One small problem with this piece:

Richard Sapper, while responsible for the overall design of the ThinkPad line, did not invent or design that keyboard. The honor of the original idea goes to John Karidis, and credit is also due to other IBM designers who helped refine the design.
Agree! Even if AirBnB didn't do it for the right reason (which I have no reason to believe they did - why always so cynical!?) the people in desperate immediate and "short term" need get help! (this is also why it's different to the homelessness issue, which seems more like a systemic issue that the cities and countries should honestly be ashamed of).
"Boomerlight" - interesting neologism! I assume it's analogous to "gaslighting", and applies when a boomer is trying to change younger generations' focus of attention. Is my guess correct?
If you mean a bw crt, the consensus on the crt gaming sub is that it's too expensive and there are a lot of undocumented secrets :(

I've found some Chinese factory which claims they can do it, but they seem to be using new-old-stock tubes.

I believe EU regulations regarding lead in consumer products prevent this too.
It's obviously false, there are a number of regulations which would require G. to keep his communications on record for years, which is really established and well understood despite the commons here seeming to disagree with me.

More than likely Schmidt may have said something along the lines of deleting anything more than 3 days old because at the pace of his business, it's 'time out' and not relevant. But that's just a matter of his peculiar communications style. That the label has changed to 'archive' doesn't mean anything really from a corporate perceptive.

So yes, illegal to actually delete, and seemingly impractical to bump from one's inbox, but perhaps at 'Google Speed' there's some reason for it (and maybe there's a big caveat i.e. anything that's 'starred' or whatever doesn't get deleted, or, maybe anything older than 3 days that's opened or unopened gets deleted).
This HN comment suggests that you are right that there is no strict-liability statute for CSAM: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28235669

IANAL so I am very likely wrong.

US Code 18 Sec 2252 seems to state that possessing or looking at CSAM material requires that the action is done “knowingly”.
This is not a new contract - Pinterest has been using AWS since at least 2013 (I used to work in a company that Pinterest purchased a service on AWS from, and Pinterest was our largest customer by far on AWS even then.) So maybe they've gone from 200-odd or 300-odd to 400 million an year. I bet that would affect the commission dynamics too, but I'm sure it's a decent chunk of change nonetheless.
Isn’t it kind of a gotcha to accuse someone of not caring about the homeless on the grounds that they… brought up homelessness? I did not see the word solved appear in the comment you’re responding to.

I personally read it as a general comment about housing supply.

Edit: To clarify, I’m happy about what AirBNB is doing here and support it fully. I think it’s possible to be concerned about housing from multiple angles at the same time though.

I genuinely think it’s a stretch to assume that a person advocating for an additional large group of units literally translates to someone that wants more people on the street. Furthermore I find that reason to be far more convoluted than what would constitute an easy “gotcha.”

“You said you want to help a problem and therefore you don’t want that problem helped. My proof is that you brought up the problem in the first place.” is something I have difficulty digesting.
I call it a 'Pizza inspired casserole'.
I don't think so. Just started using with my Mac, and had to input my password. You also have to setup a pin.

Still requires you to download additional software, and quality is mediocore. But still cool it works.
> But for those more into the traditional original bread-like Neapolitan style I strongly suggest using a sourdough based dough

The article says the same thing.
Quoting the FDA letter you linked:

> On August 23, 2021, FDA approved the biologics license application (BLA) submitted by BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH for COMIRNATY (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in individuals 16 years of age and older.

Approving the biologics license application _is_ the formal approval. The reason the media is reporting that the FDA gave formal approval is because the FDA did in fact do that.

The letter goes on to say:

> On August 23, 2021, having concluded that revising this EUA is appropriate to protect the public health or safety under section 564(g)(2) of the Act, FDA is reissuing the August 12, 2021 letter of authorization in its entirety with revisions incorporated to clarify that the EUA will remain in place for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for the previously-authorized indication and uses, and to authorize use of COMIRNATY (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) under this EUA for certain uses that are not included in the approved BLA.

So as well as granting formal approval, they _also_ extended the EUA.

Why did they do both?:

The extension of the EUA covers the existing vials of vaccine in the field and the supply chain which don’t have the approved labelling. Drug and biologic products are approved for sale under conditions that include specific labelling (the brand, in this case “Comirnaty” and the prescriber/patient instructions) and for specific indications.

The stock in the supply chain doesn’t meet those requirements, but it would be wasteful to recall it. Additionally, the EUA authorises more indications than the full BLA: kids 12-16, for one. The old stock, and now the new Cominarty-labelled stock, are authorised for these populations under the extended EUA.
What boggles my mind is that someone who in all likelihood has done absolutely nothing to help Afghan refugees feels the need to chime in and criticize AirBnb for pulling a publicity stunt.
Well, very good for them and their "business partners". That data and metadata all for them to snoop into...

Can't wait for OpenFeint 2.0 to have its scandal lawsuit too.
Biden Leaving at Least 8k Americans Left Behind to Die
Fuck Biden!
>then you never cared about the homeless in the first place

That's a bit presumptuous, don't you think? There's nothing inherently contradictory about "we need to look after americans before look after refugees" and "we need to do something about homelessness". The only contradiction is that the former is a policy of one political party, and the latter is a policy of the other political party.
Airbnb is available in Kabul, had no idea..

https://www.airbnb.com/s/Kabul--Afghanistan/homes?tab_id=hom...

Google reviews also interesting, nice restaurant in Kandahar..

https://www.google.com/maps/place/AFGHAN+SHINWARI+RESTAURANT...
After seeing this article several times I actually went to the guy's restaurant in Atlanta a few years ago.

It was ok... but overpriced and really nothing special. I've had better pizza at dozens of places.
Was obsessed with it back in high school. Death Note, Hikaru No Go, and Miyazaki movies I still rewatch sometimes (also the anime based on the Persona and Danganronpa games), but in general I got out of the habit and don't really seek out new stuff much anymore.

I also used to prefer watching it subtitled, but nowadays I'm usually trying to do something else while I'm watching TV, so it's too hard to keep up with subtitles most of the time.
You think they would for Afghan refugees?
It did until a few days ago.
Usually because they are driving far too fast for the road conditions.
It's not good. It's user hostile software.
I just got this one myself (the 50-inch model, really), and am completely satisfied with the purchase.
The latter. Our objective for secret scanning is to prevent as many serious secret leaks as possible. Where a service already has a token format that is highly identifiable we want to take advantage of that, rather than rely on the adoption of generic token identifiers.
To some degree yes... but to some degree you sound like you're claiming they did what they did in a vacuum.

iPhone launched 2007. Android was announced in 2007 and released in 2008. Palm had large-screen phones with apps and a browser in 2002[1]. A lot of things happen around people that isn't completely due to them being them. We can't know what would have happened without Jobs, but it seems fair to say that much of the global-scale stuff would have, though perhaps not Apple itself.

[1]: if not earlier. randomly skimming wikipedia finds e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treo_180 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palm_OS_devices
If the last 20 years of American presence in Afghanistan are anything to go by, no, it's not actually easier.
https://fs.com for all your optics!

Maybe not all, but very usable and informative regarding prices and availabilty of all that 'exotic' stuff.
Many of the visible homeless you see in cities aren't in trouble because they lack housing, they're in trouble because they have untreated mental health and drug addiction problems(which leads to their lack of housing).

Giving them temporary accomodation isn't going to make their lives better in the long term. Giving these 20k Afghans temporary accommodation may actually make their lives better while they transition to permanent housing, because homelessness is actually their biggest problem, not drugs or mental health.
Banks (and not only) employ multitude of technologies, all over the place.

Personally I encountered mentions of core bank software (as in, the actual account holding code) being available from one vendor in z/OS and OpenVMS versions, some places I know of use DB2 on z/OS for various data, a certain big international powerhouse of a bank has probably everything from IBM z/OS to several cloud offerings.

There are also banks that run "pretty modern"... and frankly speaking, that one case I know was the most shitty code - and it still had COBOL, except now with added Oracle in the mix on top of horrible mess of RHEL.
> someone who struggles with things like staying focused or working at a fast pace.

You might be surprised by the hyper-focus abilities of folks with ADHD.

Keep in mind that your perception is skewed by selection bias — you probably already know many productive coworkers that never told you they have ADHD.
> I'm talking about reading values from a spreadsheet model through a queryable API.

OK, I understand now.

There are an absolute ton of these products already. AirTable is the most famous, but Google and Microsoft also have official web APIs that do the same thing.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=use+spreadsheet+as+api
6c/12t 64gb NUC with 1tb nvme drive works very nicely. I have offsite NAS but the nuc has a thunderbolt 3 port for a raid array or 10 GB ethernet if needed.

With KVM on Ubuntu 21 zfs root pretty much covers most of these home lab uses. Have a Linux workstation that also does gpu pass through for windows gaming. Use a physical Kvm to switch between hosts.

Really hard to justify a rack these days
Rust stuff tends to be a bit more resource efficient than Java.

Currently using DataFusion from Rust, and being more resource efficient means we can use smaller machines, which means our costs go down. Deploying services is also faster (smaller docker images, faster startup times) and puts less extraneous load on our machines.

I imagine Arc, and thus downstream users, would see similar benefits.
In a world of unlimited resources we should do both. However the refugees are in imminent danger of death (or at least goes conventional national security thinking), whereas most homeless Americans are at least able to scrape by.
So basically passwords