skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Paper isn't really that bad for the environment, right? That was an ad campaign to sell plastic or something. Paper trees are grown as crops and basically just fix carbon. The pulping has some local undesirable effects, but I don't think they have anywhere near the lasting impact of other human waste.
Instead of a big-ass text file, I recently started a 3-part memo system: (1) an Olympus VN541-PC voice recorder for thoughts while driving; (2) a pocket memo pad for notes where extra working memory is needed for thinking, like tables or lists; (3) a memo.txt file synced with my primary devices for convenience.

I've found this approach extremely powerful because I no longer need to figure out ahead-of-time where to put todos, ideas, questions, and my self-indulgent philosophical musing: everything that bubbles up to conscious mind is added to one of my memos and then will be filed into other note systems, categorized, and/or elaborated at my convenience in the future. There are quite a few things I've memoed that surprised me when looking back at it later in the day, because I had already forgot.

It makes me wonder how many interesting mental tidbits I've lost over the years before I started capturing/organizing them systematically.
I'm a huge fan of Readability Mode and use it often. It's proof that Web design isn't the solution, Web design is the problem.

For those who are using e-ink devices, or even just standard tablets, EInkBro is another immensely useful tool. Yes, it's a standalone browser, not a mode on Firefox, Safari, Vivalti, etc.

https://github.com/plateaukao/browser

(Available through Google Play, F-Droid and other sources. Android-only, sorry iOS fans.)

What it offers over standard browsers is that it's optimised for e-ink displays. That is, it favours pagination over scrolling, runs to full-screen, can easily adjust font size up or down (no more itsy-bitsy-teen-weenie-yellow-polka-dot HN fonts), bold text, and has its own reader mode as well.

Even on a standard tablet, some of these features are a huge step above and beyond the mainstream browsers.

The feature-set is limited, some of the UI is a bit rough, and a few things are just plain broken (if you need to edit entries in the JS or Cookie enabled/disabled sites ... you have to delete all data and start over again).

That said, my usage is evolving from sending individual pages to EInkBrow when I want to do long-form reading, to using it at least part-time as a primary browser. (Mozilla Fennec Fox is my first choice, still.) The browser is stable and very much usable despite this. The developer is responsive to requests and bug reports.

What's most refreshing is that the design principle is readability of Web content, as determined by the user, and not by the page author or publisher.
Given that one if them is now an Avenger, I wouldn't tell her that her career path was any sort of mistake. She can decide that for herself.
The arms race continues
Thanks. I never knew that River City = Reduced Comms. Sure I knew what it was and what it was for but never what the codeword was originally.
In my opinion, this is one of the downfalls of our (US) legal system. That it expects too much of individuals at a young age.

It's very possible this is a cash grab. But it's also very possible the plantiff has come to believe what happened in the past was wrong, and truly wants recompense.
The lawyer, this Robert Y. Lewis, seems to be a real sick person. I'm not keeping my kids in his vicinity. What if something makes him think they are underage sex workers and approach them with a dollar to buy the services from them?
Well there is BitTorrent and filesharing but they made it illegal
If it gets discussed among management it's because the person already has a reputation as a troublemaker. The salary demand (in that case) is just icing on the proverbial cake.
My comment answered the vaccine shots (medical procedure). The one below mine answered the "destroy photos" - commercial use is different from incidental, personal, or news reporting in current consent laws. And that seems like the right line to draw.
I really want to like JQ. I know the tool is super powerful. Unfortunately I find the syntax obtuse and very hard to remember, especially when I only use it on rare occasions.

Everytime I want to use it I end up searching up examples of the syntax and not quite getting it right.
An interesting attack, but the narrative style made it hard to follow the post. Too much fiction intertwined with the details of the exploit.
they are both. but the former is less controversial.
They're open about it, but its been written about pretty extensively. One of my other comments [0] has a number of links. Including a couple which discuss their involvement in PornHub takedown as well.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28304164
Hah. Yeah.

Sorry I meant, what would be the legal basis for the suit?
I think the important thing to put on the table when having career & performance conversations with team members is to acknowledge that career progression via deep specialization is a perfectly valid path -- or that it isn't. This is often a business decision, and frequently the business is ok with just mediocre or competent SMEs, which will frustrate folks who want more, but at least you'll have created the "radical candor" you need to talk about it.
We seem to be managing to get rid of smoking.
Knowledge Graphs 2021: A Data Odyssey [pdf]
Hi dang,

Is this a new rule? I often find people copy/pasting older comments of theirs that is relevant to the current conversation.
It's driven by all of those things. It's a very old problem.

On a personal level, I like secrets managers (password managers) because I can create credentials on the fly and never have to remember about worrying things.

Before secrets managers, administrators following best-practices would store secrets (like passwords) in a secure database with restricted access and strict access control. (Less steadfast admins either shared common passwords, shared passwords through communication mediums like Lync or AIM, or relied on Excel spreadsheets.)

Rotating passwords required lots of coordination amongst teams; consequently, rotations often weren't done or, if they were, they were done significantly less frequently than they should have been.

Lots and lots of data breaches in the past were due to bad/old passwords that got leaked, either from someone gaining access to systems or from rogue (usually ex-) employees sharing secrets around.

Secrets managers solve for this by providing highly-distributed and secure databases for storing secrets along with robust authentication/authorization/access control and, most importantly, client APIs for accessing secrets securely. It is significantly cheaper to buy a secrets manager and getting employees to use it than it is to suffer fines from a data breach.
The issue is not his nudity so much as the commercial use of his image.
Remember Windows K or Windows KN? These were specifically made for the Korean market in the days when Windows Media Player or Windows Messenger were blocked by the Korean FTC because of its dominant position. You'll probably see something similar to keep the Korean government happy.
virologists sponsored by which party?
> whether is due to some devs being lazy or is by intent kept for savvy readers

Neither, the business value isn't there, not enough people use Reader Mode to warrant spending the dev time to close the hole. It's coming soon though, and I'm building it. Sorry!
Note: This is not "the meaning OF life", or directly related to happiness, or even "purpose. Also not a step-by-step recipe. It is an apparently well regarded view though, put forth by the philosopher Susan Wolf.

The TL;DR:

1) Seek endeavors that are gripping & engaging. "Seek your passion" is probably to trite & oversimplified. You may be fulfilled by things you're not passionate about, and fulfilling activities aren't always enjoyable: taking care of sick loved ones for example.

2) Contribute to something bigger than yourself. This may be independent from #1. Pursuing only your own desires may produce a more shallow sense of meaning.

3) #1 & #2 synergize together

I'm not sure how I feel about these as a complete framework on the topic, but it does seem like an interesting jumping off point to begin exploring the issue.
"The information, known as netflow data, is a useful tool for digital investigators. They can use it to identify servers being used by hackers, or to follow data as it is stolen."

Doesn't look like they're selling 'atok1 loves to browse hacker news' type data.
That doesn't mean there was consent and model release paperwork.

The record company should (only slightly ironically) keep records.

If they exist this case is going nowhere. If they don't - that might get interesting.
Is the idea to not make people click the links before discussing?
Oh no! there is an interactive video call (the live stream is not one way!) where the actor is live and students read with the actor, ask questions, go through the concepts in the episode and the book, and also do the lessons or craft together. Homeroom Teacher is also always present in the classroom while this happens. We can't share that of course because our students are minors and this is protected information (their faces and anything else that is identifiable data which in some cases even includes writings).
Only in the west can an image of a naked baby be intentionally misconstrued as "pornography". It doesn't meet any definitions of pornography, the only reason people think it's "reasonable" is group think.
As someone with over 2000+ bookmarks organized under 30+ folders on Google bookmarks, I've been looking for a self-hosted bookmarking tool with a nice UI that can run on my home server and is easily available across all platforms and devices for a while.

This looks like a great start but I wouldn't call it self-hosted though, I'm more than happy to pay a nominal one time fee for a docker deployable image version of this.
As a counterpoint , at most big tech companies that value their engineers, promotions are usually > 20% compensation increases.

There’s many reasons why FAANGS dominate, but one reason is their ability to attract and retain talent.
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I've seen a few single family homes go up quick and finish in empty lots in my neighborhood in CA this summer and none have had solar panels. Not sure how much teeth this law has or if other issues preclude it like if these homes I saw were permitted earlier and grandfathered in.
Agree, but then one is completely dependent on the manager being a thoughtful participant in the corporate meta game. The employee asking makes it _easier_ for the manager to advocate on their behalf.
That was very hard to read, but cool attack nonetheless. Very trivial bug (user id one).
> There's also the matter that a raise doesn't need a promotion.

This is a critical point. I've been a manager at companies where the primary, and sometimes only way, to get someone a raise is to promote them because of strict salary bands defined by level. This creates a perverse incentive to promote too early.

Salary bands are usually in place to -- ostensibly -- make sure salaries are fair. Fair salaries are a good thing. That being said, there HAS to be a mechanism to reward top performers with additional cash that doesn't require promotion otherwise it can feel like "teaching to the test."
From one manager's perspective - I literally love people who want to keep doing what they're doing.

Agree with everyone else here talking about the importance of communication up front. I'd add that it is the manager's responsibility to establish the culture of high quality communication. It's something that takes practice and deliberate effort, and the goal of clear and honest communication must be explicitly communicated.

Once we're on the same page about how a team member wants to contribute, then I simply support that by giving consistent, regular raises and staying in touch about how it's going. We're aiming for marathon employment with balance.
The main selling point of Uber/Lyft are the network effects (same app working everywhere) and the ability to judge drivers by their rating. Price IMO is not that important because people who are price-conscious drive their own vehicles. Cab companies are too fragmented to get something like such a system running.

This ironically shows how size matters a lot. Be it state investment or huge VC, more cash, more power and more centralization means better service (if the megamoney was spent well).

I agree that Uber's way of underpaying drivers is not scalable (basic mathematics) and price hikes should happen to make the numbers work out. However the service level now people expect is very much innovative.
Thank you for this excellent, thoughtful reply.

This point: "may still end up relying on sex work to make ends meet for a period of time". I grew up in a family and culture that shamed sex workers, but when I became an adult, I learned that that the truth is much more nuanced! I hope OnlyFans can continue to provide a safe space for sex workers when and how they wish to work.

Your tl;dr: I agree and experienced it myself, first hand. The year that you graduate is a roll of the dice in real life. If the economy is strong, you'll mostly do fine; if the economy is in a nosedive, most people are screwed, even hotties on OnlyFans with an MIT CS degree!
Nothing personal, but we're getting entirely too fast and loose with definitions here.

Calling this "self-hosted" is flat out false. Cut it out.
This looks like some extensions built on top of tiddlywiki
> You can route network of exatorrent through network/VPN .

that always comes with the danger of not going through VPN if the connection somehow drops or you've restarted the machine its running on and the vpn started after the torrent client.

and the linux kernel implementation isnt necessarily available if its running in a docker container of some NAS or even on a windows machine.

it would also make it easier to use, allowing more people to utilize the tech.
Well the only reason someone would not want a big raise is because they would be worried that it would put them higher up on the chopping block if/when layoffs come around. So that criteria kinda self selects for under performers.

But you can absolutely have folks who meet criteria 1 and 3 who are very skilled. Programming self selects for introverts, so it shouldn't be a surprise that not everyone wants to be a manager. And at some point in your career, you realize that taking on more responsibilities without the subsequent promotion results in more work and more stress for little benefit.

> There are plenty of important, fulfilling, well-compensated careers in which you don't need to grow, learn, and expand. Software development is not one of them.

This may have been true 5-10 years ago. But I think most devs now realize that constantly churning your tools in search of the newest shiny thing is a great way to add unnecessary work and stress to a project. It is entirely possible to get experience with 1-2 tech stacks and make a career out of it.
This looks entertaining but it has almost nothing to do with teaching reading and literacy. I’m a little depressed by this, honestly. The failure of Sesame Street to educate beyond pre-reading is well documented and isn’t the model we should be pursuing in 1-12 and especially not via vendor lock-in at a district level.

What I’d love to see is someone who figures out how to scale and make attractive the approach of a method like 100 Easy Lessons. This is the book I give or recommend any parent whose child is struggling with reading (whether at home or at school.)

I’m a parent, and married to a parent and opinionated educator, for the record.
> The logical end to the argument is that children should never appear in any kind of commercial media because they can't consent

That's not so unreasonable, considering how child stardom seems to mess with kids. Maybe better motion capture+deep fake tech will let professional actors appear as kids in media. Abolishing child labor may have seemed as ridiculous a few hundred years ago as this does today.
We use wireguard-go in our cli for connecting to vms over a private network. It is slower than wireguard in the kernel, but the convenience is hard to beat.

Here's an overview https://fly.io/blog/ssh-and-user-mode-ip-wireguard/
I don’t see any mention of payment processing in there. Have another link?
Your production servers end up needing a variety of secrets, whether db passwords, encryption keys, access tokens, or whatever else. You want to be able to set these automatically, but don’t want to hard code any of it or have it appear in your git repo. Sometimes you have to rotate credentials too. There are a lot of ways to get this wrong and leak your credentials, or have a server/service fail to get the correct one. What do you do?

It’s just not always clear how best to do this for a given project. A secrets manager is just a program designed and marketed to help make this easier. It would be weird if there weren’t software trying to help with something like this

It may or may not work for you. It’s like chef vs bash scripts: I prefer bash scripts, but many teams enjoy using chef
Not if you're making 40% below market (and can prove it).
from what i can tell, the pro version is fairly hackable - you can literally write software that will sense what's plugged into it and do something with that. for example, you can plug an oscilloscope into port 1, a DMM into port 2, a 3d printer into port 3, power your circuit from port 4, and you have a "brain" that controls your entire setup as well as reads inputs from your measuring equipment, might be far-fetched, i'm just spitballing ideas here
> 1) nobody would ever have known it was him if he hadn't been trying to milk it for celebrity

It was a thing that happened to him as a baby, and it sounds like he's had conflicted feelings about it. It doesn't seem reasonable to blame him for not acting in just the perfect way for his whole life to minimize the effects on him.

> 2) He's aiming at the record label because they've got the big bucks, but it's his parents who sold him out when they accepted 200$ for a photoshoot

It's not an either or thing. It's totally legitimate to blame all the parties involved.

However, of all the parties involved, his parents were likely the most ignorant of what this photo would become. From the OP:

> In 2008, Spencer's father Rick recounted the photo shoot to US radio network NPR, saying he had been offered $200 to take part by Weddle [the photographer], who was a family friend.

> "We just had a big party at the pool, and no one had any idea what was going on!"

> The family quickly forgot the photoshoot until, three months later, they saw the Nevermind album cover blown up on the wall of Tower Records in Los Angeles.

I kind of hesitate to use terms like this, but the intent of your comment seems to be to deflect blame towards the least responsible parties, which seems like a kind of victim blaming.
tldr spoof nearby location 3 times and use distance to triangulate the location
Delta-KLM Flight: Orthodox Jewish Girls Kicked Off over Covid-19 Breach
I don't see how this scanning reduces the likelihood of a government searching their servers. Seems to me like this can only result in more court orders than they had before scanning.
Sometimes people like this will get caught in a trap where they can't find other employment elsewhere without starting over. So their wages and skill stagnate (a lot of our upskilling comes from working on teams that force us to grow). So they've stayed at the same company since 1995 and their nice $50k salary has grown to maybe $85k, which, while not shabby in absolute terms, is on par with fresh graduates in most of the USA.

Old tech is a double-edged sword. Like any other obscure tech, there's less competition, but for fewer overall jobs.
Conspiracy theorists said the virus came from Wuhan, then they said it had a low fatality rate, then they said COVID would be here to stay like the flu. Now the village is slowly accepting and even promoting all those “conspiracies”
Paywall bypass link https://archive.is/BcNgA
Here is an example video from his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGYHmWsmxak

You can see he demonstrates these "random" tourette symptoms. The linked research states how experts looking at these videos have identified them as way beyond the normal tics of someone with Tourette's, and they change and have context across videos. They're not exactly calling the YouTuber a fake, but it's somewhat implied. The videos are cut and edited in a way that highlight the "tics" and the popular ones are even sold on merchandise like T-shirts.

If I'm reading the paper correctly, they've attempted to treat teens demonstrating these symptoms as if they were treating Tourette's and it didn't work. It's some type of illness related to identity and attention-seeking enforced by social media. So they're saying teens see these types of videos and start imitating the behavior as part of a mental illness.
Having to use an "end" keyword is enough to make me not want to use the language.
I believe Bronstein is onto something huge here, with massive implications. Illuminating is the best adjective to describe it, as I watched this keynote:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Pw4MOzMuo

Everything clicked into place and I was given a new language to see the world that combined everything together well beyond the way standard DL is taught:

> we do feature extraction using this function that resembles the receptive fields of the visual cortex and then we project the dense feature representation onto multiple other vectors and pass that through stacked non-linearities, and oh by the way we have myriad of different, seemingly disconnected, architectures that we are not sure why they work, but we call it inductive bias.

> https://geometricdeeplearning.com/

That's my main source, along with the papers that lead up to the proto-book, so pretty much Bronstein's work along with related papers found using `connectedpapers.com`. I don't have an appropriate background so I am grinding through abstract algebra, geometric algebra, will then go into geometry and whatever my supervisor suggests I should read. Sure, I would like to have other people to discuss it, but don't expect much just yet.
> While we're spinning up hypotheticals, isn't there an alternative reality where we have an even better, free to access (because it's funded by everyone's taxes), ubiquitous internet?

France's Minitel?

> Wouldn't that be better than the status quo?

It wasn't.
The laws in CA are anything but centrally planned. In my city local councilmembers decide what is de facto law unilaterally in their district. What I would give for sacramento to take the reigns and remove local politicians from zoning and transit decision making.
Ask HN: What is the best whiteboard setup for the hybrid workplace?
Hi HN Crowd,

Same as other companies we are moving into a hybrid work environment.

Here some things we are looking for:
- people in the room should be able to collaborate with people who are at home. All looking at the same content simultaneously while video conferencing
- everyone should be able participate actively (drawing)
- ideally in the room this happens on a big screen in the room

From what I've seen so far:
- solutions like Samsung flip2 seem to be only made for collaboration with people in the same room
- pure whiteboarding SAAS Tools don't always work with available big touchscreens (browser compatibility, etc.). Or you will have to run a dedicated PC that is connected to the screen.
- mirroring an iPad that lies on the meeting room table might be an option, but then it has to be passed around to draw

What are your best setups for this or similar use cases that you've found?

Thanks!