skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The higher part is categorically untrue. The 'same' part is only true in a very narrow sense.

3 studies showing that vaccinated have the same viral load as unvaccinated. When we are talking about many variable numbers, especially of a highly transmissible one, if something can be same, then there are also cases of them being higher.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.31.21261387v...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.19.21260808v...

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7031e2.htm

> We find no difference in viral loads when comparing unvaccinated individuals to those who have vaccine “breakthrough” infections. Furthermore, individuals with vaccine breakthrough infections frequently test positive with viral loads consistent with the ability to shed infectious viruses. Our results, while preliminary, suggest that if vaccinated individuals become infected with the delta variant, they may be sources of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to others.

> One thing to consider is that the outcome of COVID is not 'alive or dead'. There is a spectrum of outcomes that are not captured in official mortality statistics. While it's not clear exactly what that spectrum is (e.g. how many long covid cases really exist), I would note that there are a lot of anecdotes out there about athletes that can't climb a flight of stairs 12 months out after covid.

I am aware. And that's why I have made my own calculated decision. Things such as what to inject in my body are deeply personal choices and I have done my cost vs benefit analysis to conclude I will skip the current vaccine until it gets updated to be more effective for longer periods of time and when long term studies have been done. There's a certain risk we are all willing to take in making decisions. I am willing to take this risk.

Especially when the data is consistently changing. What's the guarantee than the efficacy won't further drop in the next 3-6 months? Nor will there be any long term studies for a while. I can also sympathize with many in the black, hispanic and Philippine community who have severe distrust in the medical community.

Just look at the number of deaths and serious injuries which happen in my age group of 20-29:

https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transportation/motor-vehicle-sa...

That doesn't mean I stop being in a car (even though I don't drive).

Plus I have most likely already caught covid last year (I have never been sick in over 11 years except last year with very similar symptoms).
>I mean, wouldn't sensitivity be the default assumption? Why were they otherwise convinced?

I don't know if it's a related assumption, but it was at one time thought that the t-rex had sacrificial/re-growing teeth like a shark ( I don't follow this stuff much, so I don't know how dated that premise is. )

Maybe the assumption goes something like "Hyper-carnivores lose and re-grow their teeth routinely, so let's assume that their physiology has done something to negate the pain associated with the process."
Warm light doesn't make people sleepy, blue light keeps people awake. So basically: you are sleep deprived, the blue light is keeping you awake, and without realizing it you consider that a feature rather than a bug, whereas many other people conclude the opposite. Which is of course fine, you decide what's best for you.

Given how big of an impact good sleep (or lack thereof) has on my physical and mental health I am in the latter camp too, using a red filter on my screens even during day-time, but everyone's situation is different.
I’m in total agreement. Opening the Netflix app just started making me frustrated trying to find something to watch, so I just don’t bother anymore. I will only open it now if somebody has recommended something to me, which happens rarely these days. We’ve only kept the subscription going as our child likes watching some of the shows on Netflix kids.
I think you can maintain the feedback loop without degrading the user experience if you actually ask them what they want to be shown.

The problem lies in that "engagement" definition : if the user clicked on a thumb, then they must have been attracted to it. In reality, there is considerably more explanation for that click : They could be looking for a specific title, mistakenly thought _this_ actor was playing in the movie, clicked on it to reset the search, wondered if this was a show or a film, missclicked, just picked the least annoying in an ocean of shitty propositions... An algorithm alone can never find its way for better suggestions if it lacks _intent_. The outcome of this lack of data and the lack of data scientists' imagination, will always be stuck in a local minima.

So, what solution do you have to gather this precious intent and act on it ? Well, you start small on predictable things : "what would you recommend to Agatha if they liked _Expendables_ ?" "Is _RED_ a good addition to the list if I'm looking for Action/Comedy films ?"

And later "Are you looking for Action/Comedy films ? here is some proposals"

It works the same for different approaches, for picking thumbnails, or promoting movies. Just ask user for what's motivate them. If Netflix had asked me last week, I would have told them their catalog is getting worse and worse so we prefer using disney+ instead.
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I could have written the second half of your post. For similar reasons I feel the hurry of life. I also struggle to express my ideas clearly. That's one of the reasons I engage in online discussions, to improve my ability to share what's in my mind.
Will wait for mysql support.
What does this mean for the Australian tech industry?

Should people be concerned about keeping commercial secrets in systems run Atlassian or Fastmail?

The oversight here seems to just be one copper asking his mate to give him the nod to go on a fishing trip whenever he likes.
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> If you can map all elements from the first infinite to the second, but not the other way around, the second is larger than the first.

This seems simple enough but it's still very much counter intuitive when comparing say all the natural numbers with only the even numbers. An intuitive mapping would lead you to think there are more naturals than evens, but math says these two infinites are of the same size.
TLDR

> Take the floods in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and Houston after Harvey, which were more severe because urban and suburban streets could not soak up the rain like a floodplain, and storm drains proved woefully inadequate

> Concrete is a thirsty behemoth, sucking up almost a 10th of the world’s industrial water use. This often strains supplies for drinking and irrigation, because 75% of this consumption is in drought and water-stressed regions.

> It also worsens the problem of silicosis and other respiratory diseases. The dust from wind-blown stocks and mixers contributes as much as 10% of the coarse particulate matter that chokes Delhi

> At this scale, even the acquisition of sand can be catastrophic – destroying so many of the world’s beaches and river courses that this form of mining is now increasingly run by organised crime gangs and associated with murderous violence.

> The biodiversity crisis – which many scientists believe to be as much of a threat as climate chaos – is driven primarily by the conversion of wilderness to agriculture, industrial estates and residential blocks.

> But, like the US, Japan, South Korea and every other country that “developed” before it, China is reaching the point where simply pouring concrete does more harm than good. Ghost malls, half-empty towns and white elephant stadiums are a growing sign of wasteful spending. Take the huge new airport in Luliang, which opened with barely five flights a day, or the Olympic Bird’s Nest stadium, so underused that it is now more a monument than a venue. Although the adage “build and the people will come” has often proved correct in the past, the Chinese government is worried. After the National Bureau of Statistics found 450 sq km of unsold residential floor space, the country’s president, Xi Jinping, called for the “annihilation” of excess developments.

> As the Chinese landscape architect Yu Kongjian has pointed out, it also suffocates the ecosystems – fertile soil, self-cleansing streams, storm-resisting mangrove swamps, flood-preventing forests – on which human beings ultimately depend. It is a threat to what he calls “eco-security”.

> Beijing’s much-vaunted Belt and Road Initiative – an overseas infrastructure investment project many times greater than the Marshall Plan – promises a splurge of roads in Kazakhstan, at least 15 dams in Africa, railways in Brazil and ports in Pakistan, Greece and Sri Lanka. To supply these and other projects, China National Building Material – the country’s biggest cement producer – has announced plans to construct 100 cement factories across 50 nations.

Plus paragraphs about the aesthetics (or lack thereof) of a concrete jungle, the sentiments of people surrounded by huge walls on the shores of Japan, and the vast corruption/mafia behind the construction/concrete industry.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6609120

We were a bunch of physicists having fun. The impact of using just laptops for demand side response will be negligible but the idea is that all battery equipped, mains connected devices are capable of responding to grid supply/demand changes by adding or removing load only needing simple electronics (we used an Arduino Uno).
> but having written this and other anti-government sentiment, it’s entirely possible that they stop me at the border.

I've seen "Border Control Australia", and if leaving the country is anywhere near as difficult as entering it, you're in for a rough time.

"Do you have dirt from another country under your shoes?"

/s
Slightly related : how do you explain the (obviously) fraudulent lancet paper claiming for hcq toxicity, and retracted one week later ? (but that was enough time to have hcq be banned in a few countries, including france).

Since this story ( which smells a lot like corruption and lobbyist work) i must say i'm a bit confused about the true value of publication for things related to covid
There are a million nitpicks in the city, this is just one of them.

Netflix and Amazon both have a strong interior belief this smart referral thing is good and who knows: A/B testing may even validate it. I just know that recommendations in books film and music creep me out, maybe it's an analogue of "uncanny valley" but being told "you may also like" kills the mood for me. Dammit, I want to like what I like, not what statistics thinks I may like.

"The office" thing, yes, that's the whole point: ask me Tuesday and I might say yes. Ask me Monday and Sunday, I might cancel my subscription. I talk about this with a lot of people and book and film recommendations are toxic to friendship. You love STNG? Oh you would love Babylon 5 no, just no.

And I don't think "I'm zany" or anything cute. I think this is a normal reaction and a common reaction. I bet Netflix has never asked "do we creep you out a bit snooping on what you watch and recommending things" that literally.
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Phones are not mandatory, if you care about privacy throw your phone in the bin (better, someone else's bin).
Central Portugal: an hours drive to the beach and incredibly low cost of living at small towns. Amazing food and weather, very low crime rate, easy access to well connected international airports (Porto), easy access to regional tech hubs (Lisbon and Porto)

Example: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Viseu
Why are 'nah he tweakin' comments being posted all over Instagram?
Why would anyone use your service when it's beyond trivial - especially for your presumed target demographic - to just do this shit themselves?
The big thing is that nuclear is more predictable. Downtime is scheduled most of the time. Wind is weather dependant and can be producing noting even if demand is high. This can be mitigated with storage like the 2 dam systems where you pump water uphill when there is a surplus (but that cost efficiency).
I never talked about the US constitution.

> Under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998, “everyone has the right to freedom of expression” in the UK. But the law states that this freedom “may be subject to formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society”.

My question is why this doesn't apply to those 2 sexual acts?
As a non-American, consider that many of us live in countries with better policies than yours, and we’d prefer not to have your ideas imposed on us by fiat, thanks.

So I’m quite happy that Apple has to follow local rules, and I respect Chinese citizens enough to believe that they can advocate for the change they want to see, over time.
Tech has to start somewhere. How much RAM did the first supercomputer have? Might’ve been easier to use pen and paper.
> > I guess it's because there isn't a huge difference but 0 definitely is slightly more elegant than 1.

I don't see any claim by me that I was explaining why it is more elegant.

> > "0 definitely is slightly more elegant than 1."

> Totally subjective. You like it more.

Would you say the same about beauty?

> "Margot Robbie is more beautiful than Susan Boyle"

> Totally subjective. You like her more.

Let me clear things up for you:

1. Just because you don't explain something (why 0-based is elegant) doesn't make it any less true or more subjective.

2. Lots of things like beauty and elegance are PARTIALLY subjective. There is room for debate. But that doesn't mean that everyone completely disagrees with each other and there's no shared consensus.

3. Elegance doesn't just mean "you like it more". Beauty and elegance are reasons to like things more.

This is a weird debate.
Use PowerQuery in excel to pull down issues from GitHub/Jira/Trello via the API.

Let the PM have their spreadsheet, you can do everything where you want, but they can still track everything in a spreadsheet.
Reading the link, it appears that travel abroad is currently restricted due to COVID.

Ordinarily, I don't believe Australia practices any meaningful exit controls beyond the usual: visa overstays, warrants. Certainly not capriciously based on your feelings regarding the current administration. In fact, I believe it's automated.
If you have enough electricity to do that, you can just put into EV batteries directly and skip the hydrogen middle man.
this is probably complaining that custom emoji aren’t implemented properly yet.
Not just "electronic" freedoms anymore. They're currently locked down with the lockdown enforced by their own military from what I have seen. Serves them right, too, for giving up the last backstop on the government power: guns.
> Much like GitHub and to a lesser extent teams, they seem to not get the idea that I have different personas related to different parts of my life that absolutely should not mix.

I think there are quite other social networks that tried to retain the "universal identity" idea while completely and entirely missing this point.
I don't understand why is it impossible to run several identities? I have one account for work and one personal account for gaming. It is possible for me and I did not have any issues.
>They do? How do you "own" cultural heritage?

Well, the most obvious route is the legal one. Lots of cultures have legislation protecting the authenticity of certain kinds of products, like food - even if those products can be reproduced exactly elsewhere. You are not allowed to call your homemade cheese "parmigiano", no matter its quality or ingredients, because the recipe is "owned" by the cheesemakers of an area around Parma.

There's even information ownership in fields which are ostensibly about physical things. Museums are full of objects whose historical value comes from the information they provide about the past - and in many places, that information is considered important enough for people to go to great lengths to make it available to the public. Countries often ban the export of historical artifacts, because it is felt that the public "own" the artifacts and the knowledge they can communicate.
Of course they'll share it. First, non-citizens are usually even less protected than citizens. Second, secret services are also extralegal services as long as they can get away with it. Third, if they get caught, they won't be punished.

German example: The BND has been caught spying on all Germans' communication (most probably still does so), as well as connections to foreign countries. They are only supposed to watch foreign countries. So they came up with a legal theory, called "Weltraumtheorie", where satellites are in space, so outside the jurisdiction of any state. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltraumtheorie
Later on, when this got out, it was just legalized and extended to fibre connections, because, well, that just replaces space, doesn't it?...
This is exactly what happened to Teamspeak, they sat on their arses for ages without changing much of anything. Now it's hard to imagine them getting back any major market share in popular communities ever again. That seems like a death sentence for a social application.
Maybe that's okay.

Be THE product for half a decade, make your money, close up, next venture.
> government just loves to give out subsidies rather than to create taxes.

Doesn't take a expert to see why "we give you freebies if you do this" is an easier political sell than "we punish you if you keep doing that". So much of modern politics is based on risk management to the point of cowardice, including upsetting potential voters.
a lot of videos have thumbnails which are not part of the video at all. sad. maha clickbaity
As an Australian I am disgusted by these clowns who are in government.
Android 4.4 support is only an issue for the Xperia X. The Xperia XA2, 10 and 10II have updated support, first at Android 8, I think it is now at Android 9.

The Xperia X is somewhat tricky in this regard. It uses the "old" way of Android support. Android 8 and 9 is supported with an LXC container. Bringing that to the Xperia X would mean reflashing. Then you end up in the situation where some users reflash, and some stay on the old flash-image. Which needs another choice; support both groups, or drop all users of the old 4.4 image.

I do understand the disappointment if you have an Xperia X and see all other devices get updated Android support. But Jolla here is between a rock and a hard place.
Hm, I really don't understand the approach of choosing shows/films based on what the algorithm tells me I'll like. Watching a series is such an incredible time sink that it's necessary to gather more information in advance of choosing.

I've found a much better model is friends or critics' recommendations cross-checked against Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb ratings. (Which implies you need some people to use the scattergun approach, but I'd rather not be the guinea pig).

This way it doesn't matter if good Netflix shows are "needle in a haystack".
Could it be that they're optimized for small screens and don't consider the desktop?
Google normally deletes all chat history for its employees using chat in 24 hours, or if you use "save" history then it's 30 days.
> written in a garbage-collected language where the original implementation is written in C

> ‘tiny’
>Would Netflix have to do this if it actually had content people wanted to watch?

very well said. that line is spot-on.

for my taste / prefs, I could notice a clear state of uselessness around late 2019. I stopped netflix subscription starting Jan 2020.
Discord can thank GitLab there. Gitter had pretty much conquered that entire space before its acquisition.
It's better than SMS, as you can push larger pictures and things over it. And since in the US we're stuck with SMS...
Saudi unveils smart chip, plus $1.2b of new tech programs (Middle East AI News)
Import taxes like the EU is looking at to charge a carbon tax look interesting…
Is that because of unfamiliarity with org syntax or something else? Current org approach of using code and data is already standardized and used in many organizations.
So the value add is new approach by restricting it to markdown and only supporting sql and restricted set of components?

1.
here is plot equivalent of evidence
#+plot: set:"xlabel 'day_of_year '" set:"ylabel 'cum_vol'"
<LineChart data={data.daily_volume_yoy} x=day_of_year y=cum_vol series=year
units="cumulative calls"
xAxisTitle="day of year"/>

2. sql equivatent, note that org mode also supports other languages i.e. python/bash etc. that is the reason you need to specify sqlite here
#+begin_src sqlite :db users.db :colnames yes
select
count() as total_calls,
countif(timestamp_diff(current_timestamp(), created_date, day) <7) as calls_in_the_last_7_days,
countif(timestamp_diff(current_timestamp(), created_date, day) <365) as calls_in_the_last_365_days,
min(created_date) as earliest_call_date,
max(created_date) as latest_call_date
from `bigquery-public-data.austin_311.311_service_requests`
limit 1
#+end_src

```summary
select
count() as total_calls,
countif(timestamp_diff(current_timestamp(), created_date, day) <7) as calls_in_the_last_7_days,
countif(timestamp_diff(current_timestamp(), created_date, day) <365) as calls_in_the_last_365_days,
min(created_date) as earliest_call_date,
max(created_date) as latest_call_date
from `bigquery-public-data.austin_311.311_service_requests`
limit 1
```

3. Document
* Recent Call Volume Spikes
# Recent Call Volume Spikes
Modern military swords are interesting; I find it pretty amazing that the Polish made a new functional (non-ceremonial) sword design as late as 1934 and it was (successfully!!) used in WW2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szabla_wz._34

While the polish were famously the last ones here, even the great powers had new functional designs made pretty late, e.g. the British and US in 1912/13

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_1908_cavalry_sword
True sign of success: HN doesn't get the appeal of the product and they wonder why people are using it.

This have happened so many times, it's actually a good indicator.
> Monopoly or Duopoly

Yeah or any kind of cartel, really. It's hard enough for a small coop to fight economies of scale, but in many areas you're facing an actual mafia.

Somewhat off-topic, but what's the situation with DIY non-profit ISPs in India? If you're not familiar with the topic, you can look up NYCMesh (New York), Guifi (Spain), Freifunk (Germany), FFDN Federation (France) or Rhizomatica (Mexico). Another interesting development in the telecoms field is https://jmp.chat/ promoting and developing free-software for cellphone<->XMPP/SIP interoperability.
Hi, European here

Yes, Carbon sequestering and storage underground is something that brings out all the usual tin-foil hatters from Greenpeace to the alt-right who fantasize about "gassing the population".

What I am wondering is why we are not planting billions of trees, harvest them, make charcoal and stuff it underground. Or grow algae on roofs and use them to harvest carbon.