skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, but that example refers to a very high profile account. I wonder if the average person will get the same amount of attention (or at least a reasonable amount) in similar cases. Also this refers to a very noticable account suspension, not a shadowban that may stay under the radar.
>> I wonder if we will be able to get used to renting things when we need them only sometimes

I think there are several issues:

1. The renting process is quite involved, it's still expensive and the variety of cars is limited.

Something like Uber for renting cars with heavy marketing + some city regulation might make people consider owning a city car and renting a "specialized" vehicle for long trips or just renting both the city and the long range one.

2. There is a social aspect to this issue as small cars are seen as "cheap"/worse cars and for some reasons many people seem to like big off-road trucks even if they never go off-road and even if they are over their budget.

Like it or not the car you drive matters to many/most of the people just like the clothes you wear and the mobile phone you use.

I believe a "simple" and single solution to fix all these ills would be to be full self driving capabilities. That way we could hail the car we want when we want it perhaps directly from automakers or from a tech company such Apple/Amazon. I guess the "pride" being driven in a big truck would decrease as well so we would see less of them on the roads.
Good question! I was thinking of starting a discussion forum, but am just wondering of ways to minimise the amount of moderation needed if it had high traffic. The quality of content here is usually high, and I’d want to maintain such a standard. But I can only imagine how much work goes in behind the scenes.

So was just curious if people would pay for high quality discourse. I think I would!
The fundamental problem is that the large parts of the ecosystem do not use the built-in mechanisms for various reasons, which makes it hard to change the overall user experience by changing those mechanisms.

I personally use Eglot and not lsp-mode, as I found the latter extremely hard to configure. Ditto for using flymake vs flycheck. But it ultimately doesn’t matter which of these many packages gets chosen, as long as they dominate the ecosystem, provide a good experience, and are performant.
As best I can figure that one's in a box of books. If I ever get a chance to unpack them all, it's one of the books I'm looking for. I'll favorite your comment here, and try to get back to you. :)

This is not the reference, but something I just found on google books about the efficiency of dairy cows: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Farming_the_Business_Ma...

(responding to request for the reference for the dairy cow as an efficient converter of grass on rocky hillsides).
The thing is that it being an instance of an NP complete class of problems means that there isn't a guarantee that there is an easy way to find a solution. Meaning, you might have to check every combination - and even if you know there's a valid solution, there's no specific heuristic you can apply in searching the solution space that guarantees that it won't be the very last combination you try.

In particular, notice that the question asks 'is your solution the only one?'

Is there any way, in general, to know you've found all possible valid solutions to this problem without enumerating every single one?
With 9 cubic metres (3x3m pile) it can keep hot water flowing for hot showers for an entire winter season.
Once your rich and have made it you can’t emulate hustle mode anymore. Sure you can shine shoes but in the back of your mind you know you don’t have to.
Not OP, but httpc isn't secure by default. It works fine if you hold it correctly but I wouldn't recommend it to someone really new to the language.

https://erlef.github.io/security-wg/secure_coding_and_deploy...
Not really.

https://github.com/ogra1/zoom-snap/blob/065831f1e83c1230810a...

It has the "home" permissions which means it can write "sudo pwn" into your ~/.bashrc, which will of course pwn you.
I used to be a regular Diet Coke consumer. I used to get frequent migraines. A doctor suggested that might be related. I quit drinking them and sure enough, the migraines became way less frequent. Seems like only 2% of people have this problem with aspartame [1], but some of the fear is definitely justified. Maybe that's the only neurological effect it has, but I can see why some people pick sugar or nothing.

[1] https://www.uchealth.com/articles/sweeteners-headaches-and-t...
https://archive.is/NpsZN
Agreed. Lyft and maybe Uber have a specific service for taking under 18s to high school that I’ve seen heavily used (in Denver).
A CSS framework to recreate Windows 7 GUI
See I don't really feel that way about macros. To me, codegen is codegen, useful for a bunch of stuff but not really anything special, and whether or not it is homoiconic doesn't seem like the fundamental question to me.

Don't get me wrong, I think homoiconicity and macros are really neat, I can get behind the aesthetic appreciation of different programming languages and syntaxes for doing different things. But people seem to want to convince me that there is some mystical mind expanding power to it, rather than just aesthetic nicety, and that's what I find unconvincing.
Giving money away to worthy causes is pretty easy. But FYI I'd class that under my broad definition of hedonism. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan .... and all that.
My wife has revoked my right to bare toes when going out to eat. It's just the right thing to do for civilization.
How many additions? There are 21 prices on there. Are they doing... 2^21 different sums for their homework?
I'm pretty sure most of the "artificial sweeteners are evil" stuff is just moral panic to how they seem like cheating. It seems so unbelievable that any of them are especially bad for you or your habits, especially when compared to sugar.
Elixir is an involving platform and community. Think about the Ruby community from years ago, a lot of things are missing, but there is a lot of potentials as well. From my side, I started to see Elixir seriously 5 years ago when I need to maintain a big SaaS rails codebase, and in order to support the increasing quantity of users, I need to throw more powerful and expensive machines, and it was hurting us at that time, and after some POCs, we perceived that it would be really interesting to rewrite some parts of our application in Elixir with Phoenix. I think that it's an important tool to have at hand, something that you can reach if needed.
TLDR is right, you didn't read it.
Visualization software for genomics scientists at https://omgenomics.com/circa

I made it during a 2017 sabbatical between my PhD and getting a "real job" and it's been passive ever since.

Tech stack:
* D3.js for visualization and actually the whole UI.
* Electron to make it a desktop application, which also means users' data is stored on their own computers.
* Selling on Gumroad.
* Website with landing page and usage info is in Jekyll on GitHub pages. Aside from that, no servers :)

I chose this because I had used D3.js a lot before, and making it a desktop application is just what works best for users and prevents outages. I would probably make all the same choices again.
They do it sometimes, like on this one there's a big purple banner warning that it's no longer supported: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/i...

I don't know what the qualification was for stuff making it from TechNet though, because lots of it is missing.
An Open Source Multi-Player Starship Bridge Simulator for Linux
1) Ability to run ungoogled OS

I hardly give a crap about any other "feature" these days. I barely use any app except Phone, Web browser and messenger.

iOS meets the requirement automatically and without hassle, but I'm curious about Librem.
I wouldn't argue that a European diaspora country were that culturally unrelated to a European country. Completely incomparable is a stretch.

But the culture isn't what we are comparing. What we are looking for is the comorbidities in the age range of 0-65 in both countries. They have similar climate ranges, similar eating habits, similar healthcare systems, similar genetics, etc. So we should expect that under similar covid contingencies we would get similar mortality in that age group. We wouldn't of course get exact equal values, at the very least random variance would introduce some discrepancy, but we can get a very good idea of what would've happened to that age range in Canada had there been no lockdown measures.
> worth the price if you can bypass the malware built into it.

how much work is it to flash it to your own software? can a layperson follow some instructions and get it done without deeply knowing anything?
I am going to argue for a most normal language with your points.

> For example, consider logging libraries. It's useful to have statements like log.debug(someSlowFunction()) in your code.

Java/C# have good debuggers and thus you can set breakpoints.

You often want to have a debug printing in final release build anyway, activated through a --verbose option for example.

Thus I think this is less useful than it seems.

> Another aspect is the tooling. When I am considering a new library, I like to try it out in the REPL. In Clojure I can quickly start calling library functions, and use the (time) macro to get a sense of how long they take to evaluate. Not all popular languages are amenable to this kind of REPL-driven experimentation with libraries.

In python REPL you can do a reasonable level of experimentation with libraries. You can't do weird stuff like runtime monkey patching but that's not always considered a good thing.

In java also, there's jshell. (importing maven libs is little roundabout, but there are packages for that, and in return you get a solid ecosystem with static typing and great compilers / runtime.

> Another major example is reagent vs. react. The concise hiccup representation supported by Reagent is only possible because of design decisions that went into Clojure. JavaScript users are stuck with JSX, which is less concise, and in my opinion far less good.

It's a matter of opinion. In my opinion, jetpack compose or flutter (admittedly, fringe language but can be learnt by anyone with java or c# experience), are better way of doing UI than jsx / fxml etc..

> Even if you spend all day gluing together libraries, LISP makes that much better by improving how you can call libraries, how you can quickly experiment with them, and even what kinds of libraries can exist.

I think benefits of macros is way overblown, and higher order functions with ocassionally well documented APIs that use compile-time or run-time reflection are good enough. Macros are not worth the readability and compile time sacrifices.

Overall, my point is, blub paradox isn't one dimensional. I place more importance to tooling and libraries than language itself, as long as language isn't horrible.
I live and work in and around the Waymo service area. Personally I have never heard anyone express annoyance with the vehicles, so I'm not sure where it's coming from. Driving I've never noticed them to affect me in any way.

Only one example I remember. I was going down a residential street to a midblock through street, usually I wouldn't expect any other cars. I pull up and find my self 6 cars back behind a Waymo to turn. And waited. The Waymo would just not turn whereas all the humans would have. The street has relatively constant traffic.

The only thing I can think of is that people are annoyed by them going the speed limit. Some streets in Chandler are 45 and I swear everyone is trying to go 60, so I suppose people that people that want to be going well over all the time get mad if they are stuck behind a Waymo. In Tempe the traffic tends to seem slower and more controlled so possibly they aren't as bothered by it.
To be honest, I don’t think a clean slate would solve the problem. Around the world, police lie. Salesmen lie. Politicians lie. Developers lie. Watchdogs lie. Generals lie. Priests lie. And innocent people get hurt.

You are right that you can’t eliminate it from the system with reform. But I don’t think a “clean slate” will do any better either. The goal is marginal improvements, better checks and balances, etc. If you can’t stop a man from lying, the next best thing is to be sure you can catch him.
Doesn't Apple simply happen to be both the chat provider and backup provider, so Apple-A does the E2E encryption and Apple-B sees your backup because you sort of want that?

And people worrying about the other end of the chat... come on, you talked to them in the first place. They can forward anything, even if it's via Signal.

The entire story is just hilarious and memeable. Users want backup; Apple open up the gate. Users want E2E; Apple shut up the gate. Users want iCloud recovery; Apple partially open the gate.
This is exactly how chinese censorship works. https://citizenlab.ca/2020/05/wechat-surveillance-explained/
Those conditions are probably why the area was chosen: because it's a good place to start safely, collect data. They are working out the tech probably less so the business model.

It's likely they can't deploy in some areas because snow/rain are just too hard to navigate safely at this point.

The trillion dollar question of course is are they 'almost there' or is this an 90/10 thing where the last 10 is really the 90.
That's what they get for inviting a depressed existentially angsty speaker! He was never going to make some uplifting speech, that's not who he was. The speech is true to himself and that's a good thing. But yeah, as a fan of his, I wouldn't invite him as a commencement speaker...
If it's so clear why don't you draw a picture as to why.
https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/S...
These numbers are not directly comparable. Autopilot is only allowed to run in (relatively) low-complexity driving situations, and that's further restricted by a driver's judgment as to whether or not they feel it's safe to engage Autopilot.

What we really need is stats on the rate of human-driver accidents caused during driving situations where Autopilot could potentially be used. Then we could compare that number to the rate of Autopilot-related accidents.

For example, if a human driver causes an accident on a narrow, unmarked, unlit road in the middle of a snowstorm, you can't throw that data point into the "human driver accidents" bucket when comparing to Autopilot-caused accidents, because Autopilot would never be used in that situation.
One of the things with class-action is you can object to the settlement and opt-out. DHH should make a super-simple app to automate the whole thing.
You don't need lobbyists to explain this. Even in super-progressive SF and Seattle, there's immense popular resistance to a sugar tax on bottled drinks. The people like sugar, and the people are democracy.
Maybe I'm misreading your message, but you seem to be writing as if your counterpart in the discussion believes these things, despite saying nothing of the kind.

Am I misreading you?
There's also Life of Fred which is definitely different to anything else out there.
Wow. So you think that moving people who can’t cope in their own country to a foreign country with a different language/culture will improve things? And you think that other countries would be interested in importing homeless Americans with mental/health issues? Really? Have you ever lived, worked and paid taxes in any foreign country? Then you would know how hard it is to even get a work permit.
Biden's been pretty tactless throughout this ordeal, but that's really not comparable to what Trump did. Biden blamed the Afghan security forces for surrendering without so much as a shot fired. This isn't an insult; it's just reality, and it's frustrating for everyone.

Trump's barely coherent babbling was an insult to the Syrian Kurds that had no purpose but to save face.

Keep in mind the Syrian Kurds are probably our best allies in the ME, with the possibly exception of the Israelis. And the Kurds are, as warriors, about as far as you can get from the Afghan regular army and police. They fight ferociously. They have no natural allies in the region, only lethal enemies. They have no nation, so a lot of them wear the American flag into battle.

Trump yanked support with no warning and left them to be killed by the Turks. No thanks, no attempt at evac, no thought toward organized retreat or security. Just insults.

Biden fucked up, but at least our military is scrambling to evac as many of our allies as possible. Trump would have pulled out just as recklessly as he did before, but Stephen Miller made it clear that Trump wouldn't even try to evac our Afghan allies.

Sorry for the rant. I'm pissed at everyone right now.
More manipulation ploys by the master manipulator.
1. You need data about self-driving cars in all conditions. This doesn’t mean that “error rate of self-driving vs error rate of human drivers” is the wrong comparison.

2. This is irrelevant. What matters is the error frequency and severity. Correlations will increase frequency, but if that frequency and severity is lower than that of human drivers, it’s still a win.
I don't "know" people, connections have never played a role in the healthcare I received (except the lack of them I suppose). This is simply not my experience. I'll go over me actual experiences:

1. Potential appendicitis. Got a cat scan within hours of arriving at the hospital. Admittedly if this was actual appendicitis it would be a "about to die in the next month without surgery" situation (turned out not to be).

2. Weird long term issue relating to alcohol causing a literal pain in my side (sharp pain, relatively minor). Completely non-urgent, this existed since I first drank alcohol and the most likely explanation is that "some peoples bodies just don't like alcohol".

The doctor first asked for a ultrasound to diagnose that, no appointment necessary, literally walked into the ultrasound place, gave them the paperwork, got an ultrasound, walked out in under 20 minutes.

Ultrasound from that didn't end up turning up anything useful, so the doctor asked for a chess x-ray. This time an appointment was necessary, I made it via phone that night. A spot was available the next day. Again I walked in, got an x-ray, and left in under 20 minutes.

Various other tests (e.g. bloodwork for a few things) followed a similar pattern.

I do live in Toronto, and these experiences were downtown (the non-hospital imaging was all done in the kensington health building, I think the hospital was east general), which has a higher concentration of health services than most of Ontario/Canada.
That assumes drug addicts are not employed and need housing. Those are poverty signals. While many in poverty are drug addicts many in regular society are as well. The long term solution must include all drug addicts.
WHAT IS LOVE
Did they edit their comment? I saw nothing about Rust in it
Just wait until the HOA gives them a massive "Special Assessment" for the urgent repairs while the true liabilities get tied up in the courts for decades. No thanks!
Assault for hitting a parked car? Let’s wait for the results of the investigation before we play judge, Jury, and executioner.
A bunch of years ago, in Alberta, there was an alarm raised because a busload of people were hanging around the mall and all of them were holding their phones up to their faces often and repeatedly.

Police were called because it was the height of terrorism panic around the world, and apparently many of the people appeared to be Arab.

It ended up to be a group of visually-impaired folks who discovered they could see a whole lot more of the sights if they looked at their screens and let their phone cameras do the distance resolution for them.

Pretty ingenious, even if people were suspicious of their activities. Nowadays everybody is staring at their phones all day in public, so it wouldn't seem at all out of place anymore.
I've had this happen to me for years.

Sharing torrent links, pastebin and a few other sites that can be used for non-legal purposes.
All of which is just more evidence in the column of 'this is a terrible question, ill-posed, and pedagogically invalid'
It was a few years ago (2014, maybe), but I used to visit a medium-security prison about twice a week for volunteer teaching, and they had no such detector. I handled cash frequently.
Build robust systems for accountability and oversight. Trust but verify thoroughly.

This discourages the casual deceiver, but also identifies the motivated.
> For the 4.4 mile drive I could have completed in 11 minutes, I was charged $11.30.

Shit, that's expensive. I would have imagined autonomous cars to be 1/4 the price of a human taxi or less.
You're making an interesting point which I resonate with - but I want to elaborate and crystalize my thoughts a bit more. I am a staunch supporter of civil rights and we should examine the extremes.

Extrema 1: Social network with everyone on the planet addicted to it, it becomes impossible to avoid. Even if one doesn't want to use it, it will become a necessity to communicate to others. Twitter is an example where it is official source of information from Government agencies to local fire department, embassies, and many politicians, etc. Recently they're requiring an account (and phone number) to access what seems to be the official channels of information for many nations. With milions if not billions of users, it is a significant chunk of the entire world's population. Just like any other industry (big oil, big tobacco), big social media and big tech need to be regulated. There is a spectrum between a private forum of 10k users and a megacorp able to control election outcomes even. What's even more eggregious is that the algorithms that govern the engagement of 1B+ users is developed by people of Silicon Valley (probably 0.000001% of US population or around ~300 people give or take). In private. Closed doors. We oughta see how this is terrifying (even if I agree with their stance and moral principles).

Extrema 2: Big tech merges with Gov in the business of law enforcement. A small party where government has absolutely no business gets interrupted by cops who were alerted by the "thought algorithms". These thought algorithms were developed by Gov + Big Tech by fusing various channels of information and it was deemed that this party is too pick-your-fav-niche-topic and cannot be tolerated. It is my business, my party, my friends and my agenda. No one should have the right to interrupt unless I am violating laws and I am granted due process.

Obviously both extremes are encroaching civil rights of people to have privacy and access to information.
Tesla is very clear about the limitations of autopilot, they require the driver to keep a hand on the wheel for a reason.

Would it be better if the car drove perfectly in all situations? Obviously yes. Are some people willing to pay for imperfect software that when paired with a human makes driving safer? Also yes.
did they not already approve it last week? https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...
Normally you don't get any of that process because you don't have any right to use someone else's service. They can ban you for having red hair or blue eyes if they please and they would be foolish but not in the wrong.
Ugh I hate the name "Caltrans". They market themselves as a transit company except they provide everything but the transit.

I would have hoped a company called "Caltrans" to provide 100 train routes and 1000 bus routes around California.
Starbucks workers in New York are organizing to form first US union
Not changing the subject. 100% China thinks about that context constantly. They don’t think the rules of trade or fair, and actively exploit them.

Sometimes people don’t think like you do, and that’s okay. It doesn’t mean they are paid by nefarious actors or are state shills.