skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Democracy leads to dumb laws. It's a tyranny of the bottom 51%ile.

I say this a little tongue in cheek, but it's a real problem I've yet to understand -- how can an outlier intelligent person thrive in a system that caters to the masses? The masses have an incentive to drain any marginal value out of the intelligent, and have the political power to do so.

Edit: @majormajor sorry HN wont let me reply. The reason would be because the bottom 51% have something to gain from extraction. The top 51% however are already superior and dont need to rely on extraction to fulfill their wants/needs.

51% might have been too broad a number, but do you get my drift? Those in the lower intelligence brackets have a lot to gain, but those in the upper intelligence brackets do not have a lot to gain
Or vote with your… vote. The relative benefit is that it can actually work, in theory at least.
https://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to

TweetNaCl, with two versions on that page. There have been ports to other languages.
Why don’t they just create a slack channel and pinned on that channel it says “hey here is a discord channel to go to…” Maybe the point of creating the channel actually is to get it banned so they can point to that for anti unionizing complaints?
There is no exchange of value between the parties, but there is definitely a cost to peering. You need to physically get your data to the meet-me room, and that isn't free.
The fact that you could do something alternative doesn’t mean it’s easy, supported, or streamlined for developers or company tech ops.

I don’t think that thinking like an engineer will help you understand the value add here.
> GMOs do run the risk of become invasive or destructive species

Crop plants don't run the risk to become invasive or destructive species. They are bred to be easily digestible food sources, which the exact opposite of the strategy for surviving in the wild.
I guess my days as a paying customer of FastMail are coming to an end. I don’t expect to ever become a legitimate target of Australian law enforcement, but there is always abuse.
Yes.[1] Looks like AWS US-WEST-2 lost some internal connectivity within the data center. "12:13 PM PDT We continue to investigate the issue affecting network connectivity within a single Availability Zone (usw2-az2) in the US-WEST-2 Region. While we continue to work towards root cause, we believe that the issue is affecting connectivity to Network Load Balancers from EC2 instances, connectivity from Lambda to EC2 instances and other AWS services, as well as connectivity between EC2 and some AWS services using PrivateLink. In an effort to further mitigate the impact, we are shifting some services and network flows away from the affected Availability Zone to mitigate the impact."

This is taking out sites that use multiple, interconnected AWS services. Doordash, PS network, parts of Second Life, Intuit Quickbooks...[2]

[1] https://status.aws.amazon.com/

[2] https://downdetector.com/
> If the police have a warrant to watch you, then, no. But that is as it should be.

Is it? Any government could make $thing illegal tomorrow. Anyone associated with $thing could then be watched and imprisoned. With judicial oversight.

Some possible values from $thing taken from history: being gay, (not) being christian, being a pacifist, being poor/homeless

The above have all been persecuted in the past. Sometimes in the present. All quite legally. With judicial oversight. With political (and often popular) support.

Edit: formatting, HN doesn't seem to like lists
Yes. If we had our firearms we could shoot back. Pew pew!
System76 Pangolin Linux-first laptop with AMD internals now in stock
What is it about Australia that is driving it to be so uniquely totalitarian among the English-speaking countries? I always envisioned it culturally more individualistic than the UK, but they've gone even farther down the path of state control and surveillance.
this seems to coincide with some pretty aggressive [arguable very over-reaching] lockdowns in the country as well...

not looking good.
Those tunings are not so off as to be annoying, so I don't really have much of an opinion of them except to think that they're kinda silly. Other tunings (like 31 EDO) I just can't handle.
http://www.apollo-core.com/apollOS.html is 404 now. I wonder what it had there.
I’m not a Windows user but AIUI just running dockerd in WSL2 misses some of the volume sharing and networking niceties. Nothing that couldn’t be replicated though
Why would the bottom 51% have more influence than the top 51% or the middle 25-76% or whatever other random fraction you pull out of your butt?
Prove it.

This is just argument by assertion.
This trend of getting useful support only when complaining on social media is incredibly troubling. Why wasn't this solved by normal support channels? Is it just too expensive to provide decent support unless it's hurting the brand image?
That's a great quote. For me, it usually ends up that I need to just be silent and ask questions. And yet more and more, people are forcing an opinion, essentially taking the "If you're not with us, you're against us" stance, regardless of if I agree or disagree or how much I validate their own thought process.

Just pondering, why are people not allowed to keep their opinions to themselves now, especially if they are doing so to be kind to the other person? My own opinion is often that the reality of people and situations is nuanced, and blanket policies don't work at all levels. But even that is an unacceptable position in peoples' eyes.
I think you can still get alway with a better execution of existing products. The market is very big it seems. Just observe how many SaaS CRMs are making big money.
I'm probably too old for that, but yes.

Actually I'm now in my 50s and perfect pitch starts going south as you get older, at least for me and a number of others I know. I easily get locked into thinking things are a half-step lower than they really are.
Or, OR: we put players in control of robots, and have the robots smash each other to bits!
It's an interesting correlation. It should be remembered that people with poor impulse control are more likely to find themselves in situations where several cranial injury is likely to occur. It may even be a vicious cycle.
Oh I agree, but I would put large bets against any company with a fresh take on a popular product that suddenly has an IPO. The growth curve to satisfy shareholders will destroy the brand's name and quality as what they do...doesn't really scale well. Eventually you are outsourcing shoe production to new sources, getting lower quality wool for cheaper, reducing costs in customer service. For a year or so things look great on paper, then slowly sales start to slip, the company cuts costs further, slowing the slip and then the cycle repeats until the brand is known for their Shoe Department collection for 29.99.
Do you have a source for that or any reason for picking 3 other than an arbitrary anecdotal choice?
> Are you trying to make a point or something here?

Nah, just curious/intrigued by how these stack.

OS-level virtualization is very much a thing. I'd be interesting to compare this to the approach taken by Docker Dekstop for Mac. I bet they do something quite similar (hypervisor-based virtualization like Virtualbox) - nothing fancy like WSL1 that I believe runs a sort of "tortured" Linux kernel inside the NT kernel.
You can drill through layers of that crap if you can sell something through aws marketplace or equivalent thing that your company is already set up to spend millions a month.

Not sure how would that work for a desktop tool. It's in them to figure that out though
But how can one tell that they need treatment, just by o2 level? I’ve heard of cases where they felt terrible and then it cleared up and they were fine.
Ask HN: SMS Alternatives?
Given Apple's recent surveillance push, I'm moving off the platform. What have folks here found a suitable alternatives to SMS?

Signal etc seem great but requires the other person use it. So it's not good as a fall back for everyone.

Is there any long term solution to this in the works?
If you want to explore this you can watch "the century of self" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04
It's part of social functioning, and we obviously have genes for that purpose. Other social animals have comparable instincts, such as respect for dominance hierarchies among others.
>30% was highway robbery from the start.

That was not at all obvious to anyone in 2008. It's a pretty typical margin from the console industry, which was the main point of reference at the time. Apple spent several billion building the App Store infrastructure, the SDK and setting up the review and payments system and it took years for App Store revenue to catch up with the sunk investment and expenses. Also practically everyone in the industry at the time was saying Microsoft and Google would imminently wipe Apple out of the mobile market.

This is a tough one, I think 30% made perfect sense in 2008 but does seem steep now. Apple makes huge profits on the App Store, but it mostly seems to have happened by accident, their original strategy seems to have genuinely been to just break even and maybe make a modest margin, with the store mainly just being a competitive advantage. The huge success and profits have been a windfall.

However that all happened and we are where we are. I don't object to Apple's app store margins or IAP charges, it's their product, their rules.

I do think banning developers from informing users of how to get subscriptions and such outside the store is foolish. That's clear overreach. I see why they do it, otherwise subscription services can cut Apple out and free-ride, but they probably just have to take the hit.
I bet they're pretty worried about unrest from climate change. Most of the continent is pretty hot and arid already and it's not going to get better when temperatures start rising.
Oh wow, that's an expensive option.
Okay now look at the statistics on rape of children and how the church protects those rapists. Does that square with "think of the children?" A dude with "free candy" painted on his panel van ticks the "charitable giving" box, right?
Interesting thought. My reply would be that a similar situation as with drugs, gambling and other vices applies.

That is, it can be allowed but in specific establishments with clear rules and expectations.

Not that sex is exactly like the other vices, but the lust variety kind of is.
Mistakes like this happen frequently whether the proceedings take place over Zoom, or in person in a courthouse. As multiple comments have pointed out, it's about showing a basic level of respect and awareness of your situation.

This would be akin to accidentally showing up to a courtroom in a suit and forgetting that there's a decorative penis pin on your jacket because the last time you wore it you were at some sort of party. You clearly didn't care enough about your situation to dot your i's and cross your t's, and it suggests to the judge that you think this is a farce, mistake or not.
I think this article gets it right, I do see a gradual downward trending of DSLR usage

Context: I consider myself a serious amateur photographer. I own a Nikon full frame DSLR (D750) as well as a slew of Nikon professional prime an zoom lenses. I also own a Nikon N80 film camera, and a 30+ year old Nikon FE2 camera. I also did large format photography and had a Shen Hao HZX 4X5 Camera as well as a 60+ year old Graphlex Crown Graphic 4x5 camera and a Mamiya RB76 medium format camera (sold those a few years ago). Oh, and I also own a Fuji X100F mirrorless (I wanted a high quality camera that was easier to carry than my DSRL+lenses).

The only recent manufacturer I can think of that came out with a DSLR was Nikon (with the D780) and they ae possibly coming out with a D850 successor. I don't see any new full frame DSLR cameras being produced (I still expect to see consumer level DSRL cameras). But this does not mean the cameras will die out, since there is a robust used market. The D750 was first produced in 2014, I bought one in 2019 (it was my first full frame DSLR, prior I had a D300 DX camera). It is 24 MP, which is still pretty decent and should last me for a couple more years. Some of my DSLR lenses (which are compativle with the Nikon N80) I bought used (great way to save money). For me, since I intend to stick with Nikon, moving to mirroless
at this point makes no sense because

a) For the type of photos I take, does not make a difference. 24 MP is plenty enough for me https://www.flickr.com/photos/williamkimeria/51370902562/siz...

b) Nikon Mirrorless is still not on par with their DSLR offerings. The Nikon Z7II is a great camera, 47 MP but lacks features they have in their prosumer and high end DSLRs. I would also need to get a whole slew of new lenses (there is an adapter to use my existing lenses but it is clunky). If I were willing to switch to another manufacturer (I'm not, I have been very happy with Nikon for 25 years) I could see myself switching right now.

I suspect I will move over to mirrorless with Nikons next version of the Z7 (possibly in a couple of years) but will keep my DSLR and lenses (but sell some on the used market, www.keh.com is a godsend).

But as some have pointed out, phone cameras get better and better. I expect those to cannibalize the sales of mirrorless rangefinders (like the X100 range) but you will never get the flexibility that prosumer DSLR/mirrorless systems give you (dynamic range, ability to switch lenses, super-fast focus if you are a sports photographer etc). But I am at the point where I am comfortable using my iPhone (and I have the XS, not the latest) for day to day photos where I either don't have my camera or did not carry it)
> rarely or never observed it people with relative pitch

This seems like hair splitting to me. You even refute yourself by including the word _rarely_.
Part of that was variations in displays. Cheap laptop LCDs especially crush white levels and black levels if not viewed from exactly the right angle.
How do you even install Docker Engine on Windows without WSL2? Same goes for macOS.
This is fair.

Their client node software is audited though, and the contents of your packets are not accessible to the router. This is why the amount of the possible meddling is limited to a DoS, AFAICT.

Who audits the Tor nodes that do onion routing is anyone's guess; I suppose ZeroTier is no worse than them.
1. Perform gradient descent using online MSA calculator and Zillow

2. Move to superfund site nearest NYC or FS

3. Profit!
By inspection of animal entrails I suppose.
> The mildly annoying part is most DSLRs don't have an AC adapter input to allow them to be constantly on,
> but you can buy a "fake" Canon battery that sits in the battery compartment and wires in AC adapter input.

Yeah, I left out that detail. One should also make sure that the camera has a clean HDMI output. I can't use my old EOS 500D for this since the HDMI output is grody with focus aids and stuff.
This is an absurd defeatist argument. Having morals and standards does not mean you want to feel superior. This is a surefire way to make sure we all lose moral compass, guiding principles and refuse to excel.
Not only research, but you can also see differences because there are events without gloves (bareknuckle boxing), events with small gloves (MMA) and events wtih big gloves (Boxing, but also Sparring which generally uses even bigger gloves).

For olympic boxing they removed the helmets because they think it's safer. Also, the gloves are extremely useful to protect the hands. Bareknuckle boxing exists (and you can watch it on youtube!), and the gameplan for these guys is very different. You can't go 100% since you risk breaking your hand. There's no closing your eye and throwing a haymaker here. Defending a punch with your forehead suddenly becomes a viable strategy since it's likely the damage to their hand will be bigger than the damage to your forehead. Knuckle conditioning, wrist adjustments, etc. So many changes! I find it extremely fascinating.

Extrapolating even further you can see how Jiu Jitsu becomes a whole different thing if you allow headbutts (just watch the 90's Brazilian Vale Tudo fights if you wanna see this, but I warn you that's it's much more violent than today's MMA fight). But that doesn't make it any safer so I may be diverging :)
TIL today, Stripe also owns IndieHackers
> home-grown web-based payment systems have… like super shitty UX

They now have a reason to make it better, since they can now actually compete with Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Ready, Set, Multi-Platform
Yup

(Though note that Bootcamp is a macOS app to install Windows only. For linux the process less GUI assisted (but still pretty straight-forward).)
That's the kind of rationalization which got Europe into WW2...
Set up honey-pots to demonstrate labor abuses? Now there's something I can get behind.
You really think any of what's going on in Australia is the will of the people?
I think the problem is that we lump all these things together as "politics." This way, it's easy to bring up the specter of "we're too partisan these days," but if you look at the individual issues, it's a lot more rational.

* If you're a woman who's pro-choice, would you want to date someone who might try and stop you from getting an abortion?
* If you have LGBT friends or family, would you want to date someone who might be a jerk to them?
* If you, a family member, or a friend is an immigrant, would you want to date someone who might try to deport them?

In the past, I think a lot of people didn't interact with people who weren't like them, so it was easier to put aside these differences. Being exposed to more diversity makes ignoring these things less of a possiblity.
That's me, except I'm in my early-mid 20s and I've always been like that. I describe it as being 'the opposite of neurotic' in a psychological sense.
And then came the Eternal September.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
I should have done that more often. Open floor, combined with Slack and over-communication made me 4x less productive.
I think it's worse than that. I think some of them take illicit drugs because they hate being that way and are trying to control it in the absence of a proper diagnosis and proper intervention. And then they get vilified as "addicts" for self medicating to keep themselves chilled out.

Edit: And of course there will always be the assholes with an excuse for their intentionally malicious behavior, which complicates the hell out of finding good solutions.
3D is a poor choice for many visualizations because when it is rendered in 2D, information is hidden behind the model being transformed over time (either manually by the user or via automatic rotation, etc).

IMO it should only be considered if there are challenges with flattening the data in question. For example, if the data represents an actual scanned 3D object.

On the other hand, rendering arbitrary data as "3D" models is usually a cute waste of time. There are much more effective ways to explore and analyze it.
I really think employer hosted employee activism is just ... always a problem.

It's a minefield, and one with slack where the employer has all that data, what was said, and who... that's just a mess for EVERYONE.

>But that rule has not been evenly enforced. Currently, Apple employees have popular Slack channels to discuss #fun-dogs (more than 5,000 members), #gaming (more than 3,000 members), and #dad-jokes (more than 2,000 members).

I would find those more acceptable if I were an employer, even an employee.

Edit: I had a bad typo in this post where I said "employee hosted" and intended it to say "employer" now fixed, thus some of the responses.
de-hyped

> The new design and sounds are modern, fresh, clean and beautiful, bringing you a sense of calm and ease.

The new design and sounds are modern.

> Snap Layouts, Snap Groups and Desktops provide an even more powerful way to multitask and optimize your screen real estate.

Snap Layouts, Snap Groups and Desktops provide a way to multitask and optimize your screen.

> Widgets, a new personalized feed powered by AI, provides a faster way to access the information you care about, and with Microsoft Edge’s world class performance, speed and productivity features you can get more done on the web.

Widgets, a feed, provides a way to access your information.

> Windows 11 delivers the best Windows ever for gaming and unlocks the full potential of your system’s hardware with technology like DirectX12 Ultimate, DirectStorage and Auto HDR.

Windows 11 delivers Windows for gaming.

> Windows 11 is optimized for speed, efficiency and improved experiences with touch, digital pen and voice input.

Windows 11 is optimized.
AWS us-west-2 is down
My mother hit me, I end up turning out fine but I don't physically discipline my son and I think my way is better than my mother's.
Of course I know that I have the advantage of being a male, a big and strong male with a deep voice, but my wife also doesn't have any big discipline issue with our kids when she is alone with them for one or two weeks, and she also don't use physical punishment.
There is no defense against a legal power that does not limit itself.

States almost-by-definition have total power should they wish to exercise it.

Western states generally have limited their exercise of power, and they have structured themselves to make it difficult for one government to obtain and exercise total power. That is now changing.
We’re fully remote and have hired a few engineers out of college. They’re very independent and productive. Who knows if they’d be even better if they worked onsite, but I doubt it.
TIL Fastmail is an Australian company. I wonder if this bill applies to data hosted outside of Australia for international clients by a company based in Australia?

I'd really like to know what they have to say about this.
If there are riots, then a worldwide crash of the financial markets seems like the more likely cause
How to do multi cloud according to Google
In the U.S. we have the 4th Amendment to our Constitution, which reads:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
What have NZ done?
Not that I agree with the move, but is that really surprising?

Creating a false sense of camaraderie and family creates a culture where people are interested in working and are positive toward the company. It increases productivity, makes people work more hours, and probably increases tenure.

Talking about pay equity leads to dissatisfaction and likely loss of profits as people look for more money, or for different jobs. It's not in the company's best interests.

Remember, HR is not there primarily for your benefit as an employee. I would say the same about company chat.
Aren’t the kids supposed to be rebellious?
https://status.aws.amazon.com doesn't show it but several people are experiencing it.
Because it's their right. Why give that up for nothing?
Specifying that for only one side isn't exactly balanced. There were only 400,000 reported covid deaths as well.
A "learn more" link to that broken page has the title: "Open-source OS for Amiga. Finally."