skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Modern American leftism, at least on social media, is really weird.

You have a lot of these so-called leftists rebelling against the philosophies of Marx and other communist philosophers on very fundamental issues (e.g. gun ownership for the proletariat, or the freedom of speech) all because of the current political climate in America. At the same time, these people will support and protect Big Tech and other capitalist interests when it is politically convenient to do so. I've heard American leftism once jokingly called Socialism with Silicon Valley Characteristics.

Ask any one of these new-age leftists what they think of Alex Jones' YouTube channel being banned, and they will hit you with a response that would disturb any of the Gen X leftists who grew up in an era where Communist was a dirty word and the protection of free speech was a top-most necessity. New-age leftists have grown up in the left-sympathetic social media era and cannot conceptualize the pendulum ever swinging the opposite direction.
Living quality, wealth, technology and infrastructure has all improved dramatically in China. While we all disagree with the CCP in some ways, it is undeniable that they are not doing a bad job in general. The average person in China has faith that the future is going to be better than the present/past which is not something much of the west can claim.
> 12 web servers with separate MySQL instances local to each sharded on primary key IDs.

I don't understand this part. Hopefully you can clarify this to me.

If you're sharding by primary key, doesn't that mean that there's a high chance that the shard in your local DB instance won't have the data the web server is requesting?

I'm not familiar with DB management.
> Of course it won't last, but it has a psychological demotivating effect.

It's lasted more than my entire lifetime so far. Is anyone predicting a reversal?
never heard something like "mi hai plagiato la mente"?
Amazon as well.
Thanks, will note this for the future (I'm still new to posting).
Nice read, I recommend the 3 articles of the series.

One thing that I find artificial in the examples is to use signed integers for loops. I always have seen unsigned integers in practice. In general I try to avoid signed integers like plague for big values storage and only use them for error propagation, with negative values for errors like the libc does.
37 Pings : Death Throes of the USS Thresher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV5FGTxIU4Q

video is about:

The Navy released the ninth and tenth set of documents from a previously classified investigation into the April 10, 1963 loss of USS Thresher and its crew of 129 sailors off the coast of New England.

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/09/navy-releases-latest-round-...

maybe interesting
Not to bring politics into a HN discussion, but based on their recent outcome in Afghanistan, I'm not sure if the US military is an organization I would currently turn to for insight.
What are examples of things designed in the last 20 years that are federated and usable?
How strange they would include word filters that are hard to edit. Seems counter to their whole mission...what?

Edit: actually it would make sense if word filters themselves were hard to add. But having their own filter and making that hard to edit is bonkers.
Intent is an increasingly imaginary concept when decisionmaking is partially or completely performed by neural nets and checklists. As such, outcomes end up being the important thing to examine.
Probably a finance related issue.
Snipcart Joins Duda
Alcohol is banned for everyone in Australia? Imagine how that would go over.
I like seeing how the Rust community is becoming more mature. Learning to live with and accept existing code was really hard for me when I started programming.
Ah there it was, thanks!
Is the Medium app caching?

(And it does a redirect to medium.com not an error message, perhaps the Medium app doesn't have the feature of redirection and the blog post is still there, can't curl b/c of Cloudflare)
Context is king. A tutorial is just a steps-to-reproduce guide, but the story helps you to remember it.
Except for food recipes...
Reductio ad absurdum is a valid argument.
Voting is not compulsory. It is a myth. What is compulsory is visit the polling booth and scratch your name on the electoral roll to record your attendance. You DON'T have to actually vote.
In fact, you are not compelled to _vote_.

You must show up at a polling place (either prior to the election or on election day), and you must identify yourself to the polling officer, and receive a ballot paper.

You do NOT have to complete the paper: you can put it in the box untouched, you can write "screw you all" on it, etc.

So ... yeah, you are obliged to show up, but you don't have to actually vote.
I didn't know about ETag, thank you for that.
The one I had is one of the easiest things I've read. Strangely I couldn't understand why my brother found it difficult going. Now you ve made me realise it's probably varying translations.
What would you say if you were truly anonymous?
Everyone who the swiss gov explicitly forces them to?
You cannot negotiate and execute a deal with TimBL in one day. Anyone like that will see your desperate urgency as a major red flag and guys like him, their personal reputation is their only asset (W3C is irrelevant)
The Trouble with Airports, and How to Fix Them
I am not here to "sway" you. Your hand-wavey dismissal is absurd, given the history of race in Silicon Valley. William Shockley was an out-and-out white supremacist. He goes on to form Shockley Semiconductor which begets Fairchild which becomes Intel. He set the culture. It is patently obvious that this outcome is likely written in code, and for you to dismiss this probability is absured. You have not discredited my position in any way, nor even attempted to challenge it. How on earth would you know if my understanding of ML is "poor" or otherwise? The joke in the code was to associate Black Men with monkeys. It is a trope that goes back hundreds of years. The joke is: "Look, even computers think Black men are primates" and that this position is objective, logical.
I don't know about Keywarden, but KeePass just uses a global hotkey that can be used to type in your password in a context-dependent fashion (figures out the relevant password from the page you're on). No browser integration required, yet no UX hit. (Edit: But I have no idea if its "figure out what page you're on" functionality would work with Bonsai.)
A friendly introduction to machine learning compilers and optimizers
It looks like the medium piece was taken down.
haha yes. Try sticking "mafia" or "yakuza" in your next Paypal transaction. (Dont do this, your account will be locked)
Money were no object, then I would work on an open, free alternative to sites like Ticketmaster.
Extraordinary rendition, CIA, regime change, foreign invasions. Compare US to China, please
So,the position that was drafted without any personal experience of how a pandemic progresses and how to best behave during a pandemic was revised once the people doing the drafting had the chance to actually get some first-person experience with pandemics?

Very nice!
What happens with moderation of unethical subs? The docs say "each instance has a set of administrator Users, who have the power to do site-wide removals and bans." So does that mean someone can start an instance for (as examples) covid deniers or white supremacists and reject any request to ban them? Or is there broader community input?

What happens if I run an instance and these subs become popular - am I going to be liable legally for their use or will a broader community be able to input into their moderation?
What was wrong with Remarkable2?
Thanks for that, my mistake.
Ha, just posted my Show HN with plenty of freely available brandable .com domains [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28441955
I've quit caffeine cold turkey for at least two months every year for the last decade. It's an interesting experience. I don't otherwise use drugs, but I think it would be a good thing for most people to do with the drugs they do use.

Caffeine as found in a big mug of drip is pretty intense if you don't have a tolerance to it. You really learn to appreciate that by doing something like this.

I know many frequent cannabis users. Most of them could use a month or two off to stop orbiting weed.
Phishing problems are raising so to fight against that Google Cloud launched the Titan Security Key.

Let’s discover why Google had no confirmed account takeovers due to password phishing requiring all its employees to use security keys as a second factor.
All mainstream games targetting a reliable OS (Linux?) will be coming soon if they continue this way.
Apache TVM: Machine Learning Compiler Framework for CPUs, GPUs and Accelerators
Basically all the world over, the steam boiler accidents lead the way to the start of the external control organizations.

For example, the TÜV[0] in Germany was founded in 1866 after "the explosion of the boiler at the Mannheim Aktienbrauerei in January 1865, the idea was pursued there to subject boilers to regular inspections on a voluntary basis, as was already the case in Great Britain".

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technischer_%C3%9Cberwachungsv...
This is why yeah computers for controlling machines should not be allowed to indiscriminately access the internet.
This is going to happen sooner or later, the pandemic accelerated it, exploiting and abusing the liberty of people will be the new norm - 1984.

Observation: at least in NSW it seems that most people trust the government and cooperate with government orders (Digital Tran formation for public service is on the right track, see the delivery of digital driver licence and all other perks and all other self-service integrated services, at the cost of giving up some personal info and privacy (state government says that we can trust them for securing the data/info)...

I have been living in Sydney, Australia since 2008. Agree that country is facing tough and worrying economic outlook for the 2020's. It was seriously `lucky country` (mining boom, Rise of China, etc.) when I first landed in SYD, however, with the deterioration of Australia-China relationship, and the undiversified economy structure (mining, education, tourism, etc.), the "lucky country" is going downhill towards the "luckin coffee" direction LMAO.

The country is run by politicians holding law and/or accounting degrees with no social responsibility or morals (in comparison with Germany and northern Europe), who are good at making taxation (or similar) laws but with no vision for the country's future (geopolitical influence, economy, etc.). Most people underestimate the stupidity of government and central banks, keep printing $ (QE) and pump the money to the banking system, making the asset bubbles bigger, while failing to stimulate the real economy, most $ went into the construction industry)

All bubbles pop, there is no exit strategy for QE... Recently watched "The Big Short" again and seriously history is repeating itself, so similar. Good luck to the people live in the "lucky country", keep doing what you believe is right, manage risks well (I know many family highly leveraged into investment properties), stay healthy stay sharp ;-)

"The world is sinking, people ware partying."

Housing "un"affordability will cause negative consequences for the society: psychological problems -> family problems -> community problems -> social problems. Politicians don't care, only focus on winning the next election, they they come and go, they've got their exit route well covered...

NOTE: Recently Deirdré Straughan moved to Australia with Brendan Gregg, you may be interested to know some of the reasons behind the move, I assure you that will be good reads: https://www.beginningwithi.com/category/women-in-technology/
They apparently log the IP addresses for customers where they receive a warrant from the local authorities. Not everyone’s IP and they don’t just give them away.

But on the positive side, one does not have to use PM. There’s plenty of encrypted e-mail providers out there that will not store any info whatsoever on their customers and should the police ever dare question them they’d rather die shooting than give them anything anyway.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the bigger problem here seems to be that there is now way to "fight the decision" other than ignoring it, getting sued and maybe winning in court?
Innovative? I have been using qutebrowser for a while, and don't see the appeal of this. I just press a binding, start typing the name of the tab (fuzzy), get the list of matches, choose and there I am. As a basic example among many. Nyxt is just as powerful, if not more.

If you like visual layouts like the one offered then OK, but not me, I think it's distracting and unnecessary.

BTW the headline is blown af
Death certificates, most are not the fun drowning in molasses, but a few are which is surprising (asphyxiation), I assume the 'drownings' without molasses mentioned are the ones pushed into the river

http://digitalarchives.sec.state.ma.us/uncategorised/deliver...
It’s just on the rollout plan. When you want to ensure something is done, you set it in the prerequisites, and joining is only confirmed after the prereqs are fulfilled.
I’m happy with lockdowns. I think they should have locked down sooner in NSW for the current outbreak.

The alternative is just let a shitload of people die because it enough ventilators to have 100k cases.

I’m not happy with the vaccination sagas and lack of care with the index case that caused the outbreak though.
> The thing is: We have the internet, the most influential technology to spread information and educate people that has ever been created.

A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on. The internet accelerates lies at least as much as the truth.

I don't think the problem is education, it's a lack of strong shared commitments. It doesn't matter how clearly you explain something if the other party isn't interested in understanding it. I don't think that problem will be solved as long as all factions are more focused on defeating each other at all costs.
Think of these federated instances as a good 'ol forum. Same rules applies
Message a recruiter working with the company (internal recruiters for example), they are litteraly searching for people, they'll be excited that a candidate reached out.

Of course some don't answer, but it's not a big number
>I laugh all the way to the bank...

Cool.
It will not happen. As luck would have it next generation energy will be renewables, Solar, Lithium and Hydrogen. Australia is chock full of these. Steel will still be required and Australia will start producing coal free steel from Hydrogen. The current government has a backwards policy right now but it will change rapidly. The wheels are in motion and can't be stopped.
I believe one of the most effective things you can do is limit suffering and waste in this world.

You don’t have to find a cure or solve it yourself. But there are too many kids and adults in this world that were not as lucky as you and me to develop and learn and reach a stable career.

What can you do to limit the youth going to waste?

Talk to people. Listen attentively. From there very small acts of humanity can make a huge difference.
Yes, and this is the best one can get in 2021. So it would be nice if everyone stopped attacking them at every step and started building that mythical private e-mail service that they’re talking about instead.
ProtonMail should collaborate with Lavabit to see if it's feasible to implement Darkmail (DMTP/DMAP protocols) in production : https://darkmail.info/
As a fervent fan of the author, I can confirm that definitely was the idea.
Why is it that people keep saying ignorant racist trash and then cry about cancel culture and how it’s all the media’s fault. The fact you think people along you out for being disrespectful is everyone but your own fault. And quit blaming the media, if they are such a problem stop watching. Or continue to spend your days watching the elitist con men on your favorite channel and praise an opinion host like a god. You’ve likely broken every law from your magic book and still think your better than every person that can think for themselves instead of being sheep following their masters every word.
Is anyone working on an "email like" app that runs on Signal?

I'm struggling to figure out what comes after ProtonMail. It's clearly an evolutionary dead end but what succeeds it?
> Oh right, the New York Post, who said we should't wear masks on public transit. (They require vaccines and masks for all of their office employees coincidentally.)

There's no contradiction - public transport is taxpayer-funded, just like Rutgers.

> Odd considering the death rates in his country were disproportionately higher than those in other first-world countries

Because of relatively more patients with diabetes and other issues.

> People get vaccinated not just to protect themselves, but to reduce the spread of disease to others.

Reduce, but not prevent? Are you saying the vaccinated can spread Covid? Why single out the unvaccinated, then?
Not dating myself, but from what I've heard this will only replace all those fake accounts with stolen pictures.

What's even worse is that if you ever lost a phone or camera with semi-nude pictures then people are probably scamming other people using your images and fake accounts on OF.
A friend of mine tried to pitch me Nexo (nexo.io). He uses it to get up to 12% APY on his crypto lending - I can't wrap my head around it...
My sweep account on my brokerage is regulated by the SEC. I can’t trade it. Some of the challenger banks are using sweep accounts instead of standard deposit accounts. Just look at the ones with a broker dealer license.
There you go. They can do that to anyone. Worse part is that he hasn't been formally charged or convicted of a crime.

Maybe it's time to use decentralised alternatives such as cryptocurrencies then?
Maybe they could sue for a declaratory judgment?
You misunderstand the legal field if you think a lawyer should be given the benefit of the doubt when arguing on behlf of a client. Their job is to use the most persuasive propaganda they can get away with.
That's interesting, thanks for sharing.

> All those things are very simple, and you certainly know all of them.

I wonder about that. Most of the people I graduated with didn't know about complexity. Some had never touched a relational database, most probably didn't know about views. I doubt most of them knew what serialization mean.
Canceling political dissidents.

If you don't mind me asking, how would you characterize your background and political leanings?
Great document. Any progress on implementation?
nothing I wouldn't say when I'm not. Are you under the impression everyone is secretly homophobic or throws the n-word around when nobody can see them? If I'd be too ashamed to say something if my name is attached to it I wouldn't say it when it isn't.

you need to be far gone to manage to get yourself kicked off Facebook.
It's only capitalism if the players are following the same rules. China cheats by abusing human rights, ecological treaties, stealing IP, and is unaccountable to any authority in any meaningful way.

It's like playing poker with a really shitty Teller at the table, with a whipped and abused Penn standing to the side, handing him aces every game. It's getting old. China is not playing on the level. They should be shut out from civilized society until our unless they change their culture.

It is abundantly clear that they will continue to act in bad faith, knowing that there are no consequences for lying, cheating, and stealing.

Where is the "first they came for the Uyghurs" outrage? Where is the relentless criticism of child labor, abuses of women's rights, or anti nuclear proliferation crowd?

They just straight up jacked ARM technology for themselves. The West can conduct business in good faith because we have a set of shared values and expectations of cooperation. We play by the same rules, and can trust each other to the extent that laws and treaties protect us. China's presence in the global markets completely undermines that trust and the underpinnings of cooperation. They are above any law and wield that fact like a club. The experiment has failed, its time to shut them out completely. Stop enabling.
I think you could also take in to the willful enforcement as another aspect to the law.

For instance, ACT police are known for not drug testing for cocaine, whereas meth and speed are. (At traffic stops).

This causes the rich, who can afford to take coke, to continue with their lifestyle, and punishes the poor. Using the justification of moral corruption.

For what it's worth, I am Australian, am ashamed of the countries history of treating the rightful owners of the land, but do agree that the alcohol issue is something that has more nuance than appears to outsiders.

Other things that are supposed to address the same issue, such as demonizing social benefits spending with budget control debit cards are outrageous. They are just weapons of the election cycle, and a way to recover campaign funds at the expense to the countries public.
> I laugh all the way to the bank…

You ran an ICO that settled with the SEC. I’m not clear on what value you offered to the public, or how you justify “making bank”?
To answer the last question they plan to open up once double vaccination rates hit a target I think 80%. I think this makes sense.
There is no such thing as privacy on the Internet
I don't think it absorbs that well through the skin; there are topical ivermectin preparations that are supposed to be safer for kittens and the white-footed dog breeds that have a defect in the enzyme that detoxifies it.

In general, though, people panicking about ivermectin poisoning is ridiculous. Mass ivermectin administration is a common parasite-extermination measure.
They may expect you will still take the offer even if they don't budge, in which case they gain nothing by offering you more.

It may also be that they've run the numbers on whether, on average, they get a better deal overall (from all their new-grad offers) by remaining firm on all offers (even though they might expect to lose some high performers who get better offers elsewhere) vs being flexible on some top percentile of the offers. If you haven't heard of them ever negotiating a new-grad offer, then it may be that they don't.

Of course it may be in their interest to claim not to negotiate, while also finding reasons to justify bending the rules under some circumstances. I'd be less inclined to believe they don't negotiate for later-career hires.

> they give new grads the same package as they know we talk offers and they wanted to remain fair.

I'll add a note that this is effectively "we believe new grads are more likely to exercise their right to engage in protected speech regarding compensation" in case that changes anything about how you view it.

Edit: I don't know whether this makes you feel better or worse, but for what it's worth you're engaged in a high-stakes (for you) game (in the sense of game theory) with a counterparty who feels absolutely no emotion about this. Well, some of the individuals you're dealing with have feelings about it, but as an institution with 1000+ engineers, there is a script and a playbook and every single line you hear about "fair" or whatever is part of the institution's strategy and tactics. You might benefit from thinking of your own strategy and tactics in terms of leverage (do you have any?), rather than appeals to fairness.