skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> If the corporation was hacked and kept it on the DL, but boosted security posture in response, is that a bad thing?

If it's a public company, it's securities fraud. IMHO, securities law is the most effective tool at the moment in encouraging improved security engineering, best practices, and posture.

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-154

""As the order finds, Pearson opted not to disclose this breach to investors until it was contacted by the media, and even then Pearson understated the nature and scope of the incident, and overstated the company's data protections," said Kristina Littman, Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's Cyber Unit. "As public companies face the growing threat of cyber intrusions, they must provide accurate information to investors about material cyber incidents."

The SEC's order found that Pearson violated Sections 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 12b-20, 13a-15(a), and 13a-16 thereunder. Without admitting or denying the SEC's findings, Pearson agreed to cease and desist from committing violations of these provisions and to pay a $1 million civil penalty."
I can only assume this means epic developer account reinstated and fortnight is back in the app store.
Looking at the most recent numbers, they produced just under 4 million barrels a day domestically. Oil production isn't something where you can just triple the output over a few months. China has been working to expand their internal production for a while, and it takes billions of dollars and years to do so: https://www.forbes.com/sites/edhirs/2019/06/06/china-is-bett...
IMO, using JSON to specify a GUI would be a terrible idea. Its purpose is to serialize data for transport between disparate systems. JSON is verbose and writing anything decently complicated with it sounds like torture.

What you want for something like a GUI specification is a DSL designed for the task (e.g. QML), or a suitable general purpose language like HCL or YAML.
Judge Orders Apple to Ease Restrictions on App Developers
Attribution is irrelevant, notwithstanding that it's explicitly traced to India already in this case.

> butchering them

Not sure what this is supposed to mean considering that culture is not static, and all cultural elements as they are appropriated help create something different from their source of inspiration, by definition.

> Reading the very first 3 paragraphs

Read the first sentence.

I wouldn't put much stake in a wikipedia edit-war that sources op-eds from media as citations, but don't see anything explicitly contradicting what I said - it doesn't make sense to liken India as a "minority" culture. In the first place for being on the global sphere, not local, and in the second their population stands at 1.2 billion. There's nothing minor about it. And it's been independent since 1947. Add to the fact, most people in their respective countries are part of the "dominant" culture.

Calling something colonialism doesn't make it so. Colonialism has a very real meaning: power or control over another group through colonies. You can't just wantonly use it as a modifier. Likening yoga to an act of colonialism is disgraceful.

Proponents can just come out and be candid about the fact that this is really a pissing contest over have-not cultures, i.e. the Indigenous. The insult in a hypothetical appropriation stems not from appropriation itself, but because their sociological group still gets the shaft today in the West, which is being attributed to colonialism. Just about anything would provoke a reaction because of widespread discontent, it's just a power they can exercise, and who can blame them? No one can "own" the likeness of wearing a feather in their hair, and they know this - it's not about the feather.
He's not referring to trip planning as in Expedia, Kayak etc, those are trip booking. He's referring to tools that allow you to plan trips with friends (ex. Monday we are going to eat here, Tuesday take a trip here, stay at this hotel, take these flights).
Hmm, at first I thought it was a good point then thought about non-cash prizes in raffles and imagined those are also regulated. Also, carnival games, which depend on game of skill or chance, but still almost always non-cash prizes.

I wonder if it were more direct if it would be more likely to be regulated: people pay Tinder for each chance to swipe, $10 for 10 swipes. Then Tinder controls who appears in the swipes and can control how much someone "wins" (knowing if someone already liked them or the likelihood they would).

Just seems like it would be pretty easy to get better at making sure the house almost always wins.
That's a big assumption.
But it doesn't force them to allow other purchasing mechanisms, just that they cannot bar "calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms". My read on that is that Apple is still allowed to force Apple-only IAP, but they cannot bar CTAs to external purchasing mechanisms.
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I remember seeing this demo five or six year ago. Not a theoretical or startup, but being actively tested in large retailers.
Drunk driving is illegal, drinking isn't. Just because drunk driving is illegal doesn't mean people care or are trustworthy to abide. The stats speak for themselves. And as I mentioned, it's not just drunk driving, but homicides and many other problems.

Secondly, see the new research coming out about second or even third hand smoking. It affects everyone.

Sexual immorality does hurt people and society at large. Everyone is paying the cost.
>Do you use techniques like spaced repetition?

I see spaced repetition tools like Anki and clones on the front page HN every month but in the tech world, I've never needed to rote memorize items that would require it. The challenge is understanding a new confusing topic rather than memorization.

Yes, if you're learning arbitrary lists of items such foreign language vocabulary, or a medical student memorizing the Latin naming for all the various bones of a human body then spaced repetition is what to use. I've just never had an analogous situation in programming.

>Do you prefer to learn from books, articles or videos?

All the above because they have different strengths.

- books: good for more foundational information (theory) but will be out-of-date on software tools and cutting edge info (e.g. latest machine learning developments). When using books to learn a subject, I always read 2 or more in parallel to get different authors explanations. Many times, one author will explain a topic in a better way than the other. A huge problem with books (and book publishing in general for all domains) is the avoidance to criticize or find faults in ideas. E.g. a Java book will not "point out all the problems with Java". To fill in that knowledge gap, you have to supplement with blogs/videos.

- articles/blogs: more up-to-date info on tools usage. Also because web articles have less "unspoken etiquette" about omitting criticism, you have a higher chance of reading about the negatives and drawbacks of whatever topic you're learning.

- videos: good for visual explanation of tools usage. E.g. Tutorials on IDEs.

So an example application of the above roadmap for me learning Javascript:

- book: O'Reilly book "Javascript in a Nutshell"

- video: watch a bunch of videos for learning F12 Google Chrome Dev Tools to inspect Javascript

- articles: learn what the new Javascript runtime Deno is about because books won't cover that topic.

Like many other tech topics including Javascript, I didn't have a need for spaced repetition techniques.
contrast: "As a doctor, here’s my message to anyone who thinks it’s OK to deny medical treatment to those unvaccinated against Covid" https://www.rt.com/op-ed/533903-medical-treatment-denial-unv...

I, personally, support anyone's right to offer or refuse services to others solely on their own judgement; but that extends to removing any privilege doctors have to prescribe treatments or assert any authority over anyone. I'll take responsibility for my own health, thank you, and possibly consult 'em for an more informed perspective if theres any I can find to trust.
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> I'm old enough to remember there was once one price for cash, and another for credit cards.

Some businesses in my town still do this. When I see it, the only thing I think is "they must be committing light tax fraud". Maybe it's wrong, but I know what merchants pay for CC transactions and it doesn't justify the whining from business owners who have been accepting cards for decades and suddenly decided CC transactions were unprofitable because business is slumping /rant.
> I wonder if Epic will sue Steam

Why would Epic sue Steam?

Fornite isnt on Steam, because it doesn't need to be. It's the platform (Windows) working in a competitive way!
Vote with your dollars.

If App A requires you to use their payment gateway and App B uses apple pay, use App B.

I imagine this will cause a sort of race to the bottom where apple will lower its own fees to match.
We do! We have been working on new content more slowly than we hoped, though... Our fist project received a lot of attention and we want to make sure we can support all existing developers first.
I’d trust them a lot more if they used Apple Pay. Just saying.
From looking around the 'net I _believe_ these will work through ESP-IDF, same as the old Xtensa-based ones. Basically just `idf.py flash` the project, and it should work. Mine are still on the way, I'm eager to try.
They have programs at Apple that allow you to work temporarily for 6 months in another department. Why wouldn't she have applied for one in the Legal department? Something weird here.
Yes exactly. It's not the bundling that's the problem, it's preventing free use of the hardware.
Looks like the Steam Deck will let you install windows on it as well as access other game stores.

https://www.polygon.com/22579033/valve-steam-deck-handheld-e...

This has more interesting implications for Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft consoles.
That’s a Spartan 6 but you really want the larger fabric parts. If you go to Digikey they will quote starting at 20k, but on ebay a few hundred will do assuming you have a Vivado license capable of building a bitstream. It is possible to commandeer a board as in that post but often not worth the time vs just making your own. Rarely prototypes with only the power distribution and JTAG appear. Those are a bit easier. Like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/114784061306?hash=item1ab9a9c77a:g:...
The same sense as laptops. At a wild guess, I’m betting most people are buying ipads with wifi only, not cellular.
Ah I didn't know of those stipulations in the original concession.
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web dev languages / frameworks:
1. read the instruction, docs.
2. watch all the 'how to' videos I can get my hands on.
3. try to build something with it.

more generic.

1. read as much as I can find on 'how to', 'tips and tricks', 'things I wish I new when I started x' etc
1.b watching videos on 2x speed.
2. practice

tests are helpful if I can find them, but there aren't that many, good ones
Yes, but if you're tiny it just doesn't matter, and the laws are explicitly written with this in mind.
It would only delay things. The class action lawsuit for example.
Nice article. Have you tried to compile the program with '--release' flag? Because Cargo builds for debug by default. If you build the program for debug then its slower.
This resonates to my own experience! I'd only add that the step #2 (ah-hah! moments) are not singular, but milestones in a cycle. Being patient and pushing through #1 is definitely rewarding and expands to new fronts.
No, and it wasn’t meant to. It was meant to let companies keep more and give Apple less. That’s all.

In all likely hood things will get worse for consumers. I will definite not buy apps requiring custom payment platforms. Hopefully it’ll settle on stripe companies will offer multiple payment methods rather than trying to force their own.

I look forward to it making Apple lower its IAP fees for everyone. I’d still like to use their infrastructure, but without the enormous fees (15% for small devs is still huge).
Hmm. I'm reading "the Court cannot ultimately conclude that Apple is a monopolist under either federal or state antitrust laws" as "we cannot decide on this matter". Is this not the right interpretation?
It's a new game, and we need new definitions.

Famgopolies [1] behave different than monopolies. But they're every bit, if not more, dangerous.

They use their incredible market power and cash piles to enter new markets with ease and put price pressure on the incumbents. It's hard to compete with free. Then all the other famgopolies enter the space too, and it's just a famgopoly watering hole.

Their objective: capturing attention and keeping their users on their platforms longer. They use their platform bubbles to capture a large group of users that will never leave their services. Like Apple users. They're all in a bubble, and if you want access, you have to pay a steep tax and jump to the beat of the their whims.

And this isn't a new kind of monopoly? It's a monopolization in a new sense: they wrap their shroud over individuals and companies and keep them attached at the hip. Switching costs become incredible.

Apple, Google, and Amazon are turning us into serfs. They have a quasi republic going on that they tax and control. You can't start new businesses. You can't escape. If they target your small market, you're screwed.

The DOJ needs to break these companies up into twenty or so smaller ones that don't form a cobweb of entrapment.

Apple/Google/etc fans and shareholders will disagree, but these companies are hurting our industry and soaking up all the innovation.

[1] FAAMG companies with supremely anticompetitive behavior
Doesn't sound all that different from the status quo.
Oh, its fine.

Translation is interpretation.

So, mine is not the the only valid one.

And, it's a saying handed down by people admiring his determination.

I'm German.
Also by tracking your phone's bluetooth and wireless radios! It's a bit fuzzy but useful enough to be generally actionable.
Apple's concession was for reader apps only. This expands it to all apps.
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Why would that be worse?
Epic is interested in creating their own store and increasing revenue developers get because of their unreal engine fee.
Try calling a soap service with python. Oh boy enjoy the pain!
The ruling stops short of opening up iphone to third party stores so not a complete victory for Epic.

It is balanced take on the issue Apple is illegally restricting customer choice while not being monopolistic seems about right.

Apple will of course appeal this, however this is going to be massive for iOS store revenue, apple will be forced to drop rates or stand to loose a lot of developers from their payment system
Judge delivers mixed ruling in Epic-Apple antitrust suit
Pseudoterminal Cheat Sheet (2019)
I'm not arguing edge cases. I'm requesting sources and population considerations.

Were I to argue, I would have included source references.
This was my first startup idea. I started digging into it in 2010 with the idea of making it more sticky by "step 1: plan your travel around the attractions you want to see. Step 2: We'll show you the best hotels close to where you really want to stay. Step 3. Book! Step 4. Take your pictures and upload to our app, and we'll make a website for you that your friends will want to track, and you'll come back to with warm memories." Basically, social network cross blog cross build a community. The idea was to tie into local experiences. (Back then, the travel affiliate programs were a bit better.) Unfortunately, it was bigger than what I could do as a solo developer back then, and I wasn't in a place to court investment, and realistically speaking, it wasn't worth investing in once I started doing the cost / revenue business model.

I think in the next few years, this might get toward what a solo developer could reasonably support for a dedicated community, moving into the lifestyle business arena. I think the real value is getting the community of frequent travelers and optimizing for their experiences. There's a giant travel influencer segment now and cross-promotion is where it would be.
Or when security actually becomes profitable in itself.
I'm married to a working comedian and know many. Everybody sucks when they start, and open mics are kind of built for people, even pros, to bomb at as they develop material.

The people who seem "effortlessly funny" often work the hardest - although often that practice is developed in childhood.
> Try 3 weeks

Unless you starting lobbing salted nukes at each other.
Are ultraportable laptops tethered? Would you call them mobile?

Anyway, "mobile" has long been used as a short form for "mobile phone" rather than a "mobile device". E.g. the iPod was not called a mobile, and AFAIK barely anyone uses that term for tablets.
Correct- it is 0.15% on credit card transactions, or a flat $0.005 per debit card transaction.

Stripe (which charges 2.9% + $0.30) is willing to eat this fee, presumably because of the benefits of vastly lower fraudulent transactions and chargebacks.
huh? The judge pretty much told everyone the outcome in May: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-12/epic-appl....
>if I get covid and quarantine

how will you know you've been EXPOSED?

will you indeed quarantine yourself per CDC recommendations if you find out you have been exposed?

how will you know you've been INFECTED?

will you indeed ISOLATE yourself per CDC recommendations if you find out you have been infected?
I can, but that's ugly - it violates standard semantics and generally introduces a new thing to know about.
This person really just needs to lean into Emacs harder. The real strength of Emacs comes when you use it for everything, and so have a perfectly consistent, extensible, and discoverable user environment.
Do you have examples of these laws (in the USA specifically)?
I disagree here. My read on it is that Apple is prohibited from prohibiting "calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms", not "purchasing mechanisms" themselves. So Apple can still say App Store IAP is the only allowed form of IAP, but they have to allow CTAs to other mechanisms.
I’m sure that’s the view from white southerners. The view from black southerners would be a little different.

It’s like the folks who are all nostalgic about the 50s. Sure, they were great if you were a straight cis white man. Not so much if you were gay or trans or black.
One fact that has emerged is that Apple is pushing lock-in as a strategy. So to everyone who has ever felt like they are too "invested" in the ecosystem to leave- that is by design. You are victims.
It's hard to draw parallels to Steam, because this case was about iPhone + App Store, not just the App Store itself.

If you don't want to pay Steam's cut, or follow their restrictions you have plenty of other options. You are not restricted in the sense you are with iPhone + App Store.
The injuction does not require Apple to reinstate Fortnite.
> they cannot ignore a ruling

Why not?
Good, some of these companies are run by socially connected technical morons who hire a bunch of their college buddies as 'leaders'.

These people need to be exposed.

Years ago, a guy I know was asked by management to spec out an email system that had no limits on the size of file attachments. He asked why and was told that 'leadership will have no limits on their authority... none whatsoever'.

When he produced the quote, leadership was in shock. The price was enormous. They told him they could not afford to spend that much money on a mail system, and he said, "Well, I guess there will have to be limits then."
It reminds me a lot some conversations with Energomash back in the days of particularly young SpaceX. Since then most players in world space market acknowledged that progress is possible. Some, unfortunately, didn't.
If they want to keep this rule, they can- but they're just losing out.
> N.B. It’s actually experts who would be penalized most by this scheme, because if you do something like run a customized FreeBSD box, it’s unlikely to appear on the audited-device list.

The "audit" can be as simple as the insurance company running automated pentests trying published exploits and passwords.

That would still achieve the desired goal (the majority of botnets spread via well-known vulnerabilities and/or bruteforced credentials, custom equipment where manual effort is needed on the attacker's part are a minority) while allowing enthusiasts to run custom hardware.
Per my comment, there are exactly 4 free ICU beds in all of Idaho. If there are more than 4 hospitals in Idaho (Wikipedia lists ~30), all hospitals after the 5th are therefore full.
I don't have formal methods, but I do prefer to read. Videos are OK for hearing about a topic in general, but especially when trying to follow a tutorial, having to stop/rewind/play when my pace doesn't match the video, I find it to be a painful experience.
I don't understand the logic behind this ruling.

So, Apple was in the wrong about forcing app devs to use their payment processor (and taking a 30% cut at the time - 15% or 30% now), and they have to change that.

But Epic was also in the wrong when they tried to go around this rule, and they have to pay 30% on every transaction they made after their update in which they used direct payment?

But if Epic didn't try to go around the rule and loudly complain, there would be no judicial case, and no ruling forcing Apple to change?

This is weird to me.
California is kind of a different planet than the rest of the country for restaurant work. A good example is that tipped workers still get paid well in California where in Boston they still get paid $5.55/hr, if anything because many places do under-the-table tips-only work. That was $2.63/hr less than 5 years ago... and it's why folks from California have a 'slight' reputation for occasionally being worse tippers than others.

Breaks are legally mandated a lot of places where people don't get them. I've known many hundreds of people that have worked in many thousands of restaurants in all positions in the northeast cities— NY, Boston, etc. Breaks for restaurant workers— aside from 5ish minute cigarette breaks— though legally mandated, are nearly unheard of. More often than not, the much exalted 'family meal' is cheap leftovers eaten while standing up in a back hallway or while doing other work.

It's also very common for cooks to be given rules like "don't punch in more than 30 minutes before service, or punch out more than 30 minutes after service" even though you've got 2+ hours of setup and cleanup which you'll get fired for not completing. It's obviously not legal, but restaurant back of the house workers are so disempowered on a whole, that it really doesn't matter.

If you're interested in seeing more about the local restaurant work culture, check out the saga of a Boston-based pizza chain "The Upper Crust." Their brazenness was based in experience for how these things were generally handled. The fact that they were punished for their behavior is the exception rather than the rule. Almost all restaurant work complaints that get sent to the AG are ignore. I know because I've sent 4, personally, for outright wage theft and know many others that sent complaints in for similar problems.

This is obviously not true in corporate environments with more uniform employment policies.