skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
IIRC the secret sauce of BlackBerry, before Android / iOS, was they used the mobile carriers to push notifications to the phone.

You had to usually pay for a expensive BlackBerry plan, but you got notifications immediately. It used the mobile carrier rather than keep a push notification data channel open.

Kind of wouldn't work these days what with so many notifications and background tasks, but you can definitely see why people loved them.
Please don't let a rush to "fallacy" prevent you from building your own critique.
> Its a marginal tax, so it won't even affect engineers making $500k, unless they cash in on a windfall.

Arguing this point is apparently a lost cause. It's how taxes have always worked in the US, but despite that you still have clearly educated high earners flipping out when they see a bracket start at nearly $500k as if the new marginal rate is going to gut them.

People love their money and always want more of it. Just admit it, people. I like mine too!
If you're referring to https://uw.leftium.com/, tap the temperature in landscape mode ;)

The app defaults to F because it gives the more "human" temperature range.
> Where I currently work, we have "skip review" and "skip preflight" labels for this. The mergers have the power to merge anything anyway, the labels are only to make it an official request.

From the OP:

> Changes are categorized as either Ship (merge into mainline without review), Show (open a pull request for review, but merge into mainline immediately), or Ask (open a pull request for discussion before merging).
Funny how we now forget that at one point in time Intel was dabbling in CPUs when their core competence was DRAM chips. Things change.
For retention, you can do deferred cash bonuses. Doesn’t have to be stock.
>perhaps as an excuse for an ideology that advocates inaction.

You assume my motives a lot. I advocate positive action, aka give 500$ to everyone but don't hike up the price. Or in other words, mandate paid sick days whether or not there are passports (and don't use the fact that there are sick days to justify implementing them).

The passport is a disincentive to not getting the vaccine, how about we incentive people to get it instead?
The simple solution for those who are concerned about this is to use a dumbphone. It's simple, easily hackable, and most importantly does not promote a false sense of security.
Mailchimp was founded in 2001, when the internet was a very, very different place.

If you were to try to start one today, I suppose you could rely on sending via another company like Amazon until you have a big enough customer base, then roll out your own infrastructure.
Same as all the Windows CE / Windows Mobile devices. They were uniformly awful - no hardware acceleration for a start and some of them lost all your data if the battery ran out!
> All this will change, the day some of the NSO exploits will be used against Israel […]

There's a reason why Russian malware software does not attack systems that have an RU locale for the keyboard: don't sh_t where you eat.
They are also generally speaking the largest political donors in rural and suburban areas.
Far out, what's wrong with the market?
Or they can stay competitive by normalizing (and very clearly advertising) “all in, no additional fees”. I would certainly notice this, at least.
As someone that uses Node a lot- Could you give some examples?
Best way to describe it I’ve found is this phrase:

It’s filled with rich material but when I reach for it, my hand closes on air.
I edited the title somewhat to take the focus off party politics and put it on what I think is interesting to HN readers: a website making statistical claims about the result of an election that hasn't been counted yet (poll close tomorrow evening).

This is the website in question, asserting that Benford's law shows evidence of fraud in the election results: https://stopcafraud.com/
With a world population of 7.9 bio, global COVID deaths of 4.55 mio, a U.S. population of 328.2 mio, and U.S. COVID deaths of 661 k, the U.S. has ~4.4% of the world population, yet >14% of the COVID deaths.

Even if the U.S. had managed to simply reach the average of the world of 0.058% mortality, i.e. competing against such beacons of healthcare and wealth as the Congo, the U.S. outcome would have been a mere 190k, i.e. 470k souls saved.

Unless you're suggesting that U.S. Americans are somehow inherently inferior to people in other countries, or that the health care system is the world's worst, one would think that the differences will lie in policy and different measures would have changed the outcome.

I'll leave it as an exercise to you to draw a fairer comparison, maybe by comparing to OECD countries rather than all of them.

Astounding, how generous you are with other people's lives. Dogmatism is overlooking the data and holding on to your misbelief. You will know more about that than I do, I am afraid.
Evendo – Events. Efficient. Easy
I might be naive but I think the overzealous copyright strikers are hurting their products as they are limiting the views these musical products receive. Essentially deleting themselves from zeitgeist. I have not heard main stream music in years. Yet I am listening to new music almost everyday.
Here's the thing: I can think of multiple ways this could be abused or controversial, in less than 30 seconds. You can probably too.

Actual hostile actors will have years to find ways to use the rules to create controversy and shut down dissenting posts.

If people learn they get flagged after N spurious reports, they'll start rationing their reports so they don't meet the treshhold; they'll start making inflammatory posts that technically respect the rules to bait false reports. They'll create scandals, eg "Person X said awful thing Y, but when I tried to report them Facebook told me I wasn't allowed to report people anymore. Why does Facebook support Y?"

That's not to say your idea is bad. Just, you're making it sound really easy, when it's a problem Facebook has poured millions into without finding many solutions.
>Especially since SARS-CoV-2 mutates faster than the flu virus.

This doesn't jive with what I have heard, that SARS-CoV-2 mutates rather slowly, like other coronaviruses.

And that the flu is completely different, having the ability to recombine parts, which is why we have a different strain every years, aka H1N1, H2N1, H2N2, etc. Every year they have to guess which one will be prevalent, therefore the yearly flu shots.

SARS-CoV-2 has not mutated into a different strain (variants are not strains), and is not expected to. Immune system response for other coronaviruses has been observed to be long lasting (17 years for SARS-CoV-1).
That's why Readers Digest existed
>Data and technology in the form of 70 billion contacts

How are they defining contacts? Certainly not unique contacts (which would be 10 contacts per person in the world?)
ICU units aren't being overrun by car accident victims, and they haven't had to rent out refrigeration trucks to contain their corpses, so my gut instinct says Covid is quite a bit more likely to kill than car accidents in at least some (if not all) states.

That's not a very scientific method, but it seems likely.
I'd charitably interpret this as something like, "I did not learn anything useful or interesting in school that I did not learn elsewhere first or more effectively".

I'd endorse that claim, for the most part. I definitely learned all kinds of things that are not useful nor interesting, and then promptly discarded them. Maybe 2 or 3 isolated things in university passed the above criteria for me, and those were only possible because of the greater freedom offered in universities over K-12.

The times where I actually learned things, including abstract metalearning, were always when I was trying to do difficult things independently from school. School was just taking time away from that. It's important to keep in mind that the alternative to the current education system isn't 'child sits in a box devoid of all sensory input'- there are tons of possibilities.
My fiancée already received a large group iMessage that had 40+ unknown numbers on it that all shared the same area code and first 3 digits of the phone number. The contents of the message was unintelligible (random words).
Yeah given the general responses from other people involved with the project, Steve seems pretty far out on a limb here.
I do not actively prevent commercial use. I stated a non-commercial license as precaution to prevent all kinds of legal complications.

Mainly I also intent to reach open-source developers to make access to weather dat easier without the need to instruct users to sign-up for an API key somewhere.
>> I also like the idea that the media doesn't contain a computer that could be programmed to do something nefarious that you don't expect.

> It's entirely possible for a floppy-disk to be an attack-vector.

Yeah, but media with embedded computers adds more vectors on top of those that exist in dumb media. I'm not claiming that dumb media is absolutely secure, just that it has fewer attack vectors.

> But a modern Trojan-horse style computer-hidden-inside-an-innocuous-looking-peripheral in a floppy disk should be possible, considering what Sony fit into a floppy-disk's dimensions back in 2000: http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Sony_Mavica_FD95

That's a novelty, though. I've never seen one of those, but that particular example could never be confused for a regular floppy disk, and I'm skeptical that a similar device that could be confused would even be possible to build.

Floppies are super light. To sneak a CPU into one would require power (which would not be provided directly by the drive), storage electronics, and something to interface magnetically with the heads. I think all that (especially the power and interface) would likely be noticeably heavier. I've had something might had some of the components (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/01/coin-shutdown-services-...), but I doubt the magnetic interface was sufficient for a trojan floppy.

But even if you could get the weight and balance right, inspecting whatever under the shutter would be a dead giveaway. And transparent floppies were a thing (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Transparent_floppy_d...) and using those would make it even harder to sneak electronics on board.
For a counterperspective:

https://www.science.org/content/article/israel-s-covid-19-bo...

https://www.science.org/news/2021/08/grim-warning-israel-vac...

https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/files/coronavirus/covid-19-infectio...

https://www.statnews.com/2021/08/24/as-delta-spread-covid-19...

One article I read was pointing out that the timing of delta effectiveness studies is key, as the base rates of vaccinations and delta changed rapidly with each other. I can't find it now but it was suggesting that because of this it's important to focus on studies from later periods when both were higher.

I understand the arguments that booster timing is probably important, and that increasing vaccination rates is more important than boosters. However:

1. The idea that you're going to magically just make everyone unvaccinated get vaccinated seems like a questionable assumption. Maybe this is something to read between the lines, that the FDA is pushing to mandate vaccinations instead (thus Biden's announcements). But then they should be clear that that's where they're going. In the meantime, you're spiting the already vaccinated to try to control the unvaccinated. Is this what we want from the FDA?

2. There's this oft-repeated assertion that boosters should be held off to increase vaccine supply. But is there any evidence that administering boosters would affect 1st-2nd dose availability? We've had these available for months now and I'm very skeptical that administering boosters would do anything other than use up supplies that are sitting there unused.

Meanwhile by the time the FDA acts we'll be in the third major variant phase.

Yes, severe illness among the vaccinated is rare. But every one of those cases that could have been protected by a booster was a preventable case.

From my perspective, it is not the FDA (or the government's) job to evaluate the need for approval of a booster. It's their job to evaluate the safety of a booster product being sold. I would go so far as to say even if the booster did nothing, if it was safe, it should be approved (note that it has already been given full approval, really). But with evidence that it does something it should doubly so be approved.

The FDA already approved the vaccine. It's not their job to approve when it it is given. That's between someone and their provider.
We fuckn want to, mate!

There's a large move away from fossil fuels for the average person. I see a lot of electric cars, solar panels, and shopping centers have electric charging.
There's only so much that can happen when both major political parties are owned by Rupert and the coal lobby.
Hell, the govt is funding a coal mine somewhere in NSW because all the major banks refused to.
Agreed on nearly all points except the following.

>there are no good guys and bad guys

I don't think that's what he is implying. He is leaving it up to our interpretation but the absence of a position does not mean he is saying that there are no good or bad guys. From what I gathered, he's not saying anything at all.

Big fan of his work regardless.
I have a feeling that other than owning your own IP blocks so that you can manage reputation for them, a lot of it is just legwork. Finding out which providers are blocking your emails, tracking down their dispute process, using it… working with providers to make sure you stay unblocked… building relationships with them so that they are willing to work with you on that.

You also need to monitor your customers to make sure they aren’t doing things that will get you blocked.
So just as egregious as the OP tesla battery since 2h/10h vs $5k/$25k ?
For my personal development work, I use a privately hosted wiki. For my workplace work, I use notepad.
You aren't necessarily taking the standardized tests if you are homeschooled. E.g. in New York, they have statewide tests called Regents. Not all districts allow homeschoolers to take these tests.

I'm not against homeschooling, my kids are homeschooled. But it's not a decision to take lightly or without thoroughly investigating the rules and regulations about it for your local jurisdiction.
Sorry… sounds really rough.
Ad homonym attack against the messenger doesn't address the substance of the objection. In this case, I'd rather get $3 million vs *not* getting $3 million (which seems like a not-unreasonable payout for an early senior engineer at a startup with a $12b exit). You can argue that they knew what they were getting into, but that's still gotta leave a bitter taste for some.
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Fantastic service, thanks for your work on it! I always love seeing government weather data democratized and more accessible. Would it be helpful to have a personal weather station data network contributing to your service as well?
Dude, even in the post that you linked, where you claim that he "goes into more detail", he is missing the main value judgement punchline.

The summary of that statement is "During that time, the chair of the board has more power than they usually would, and Amazon is chair of the board."

But once again, he is refusing to give the actual, moral punchline here.

If he wanted to convince people, he could explain all the dastardly things that he believes the board could do now. But he doesn't do that. All he says, is another statement that is devoid of moral argument, which is that "amazon is chair of the board" and that the board has more power.

The way to actually make an argument, is to not simply state facts. Instead you should say why people should care about these facts, and describe the actual material harm.

> , but I don't see a reason to continue my part in this conversation

Yes, I get it. When someone brings up the fact that basically everyone is pretty confused about the situation, and brings up how poorly this guy communicated, you have no response, and just want to assert you that you disagree, without backing it up.
Good comment, though one minor semantic nitpick:

> Make arrays (tables) of things and map between them via relations.

In relational algebra, the "table" is the relation, defining a set of related attributes (column headers) and fields (corresponding column values in each row, or tuple). The mappings between multiple tables/relations are operations. Operations (select, union, etc) take one or more relations as inputs, and return a new relation as the output.

While it does appear that the foreign-key links between tables/relations are the "relations" there, since they seem to define the way different sets of data relate to each other, but the original relation is the set of attributes within each table/relation.
You can copy and paste from any HTML into gmail. E.g. copy and paste the frontpage of HN into it, and it'll render perfectly.

Results not guaranteed on different screen sizes of course.
> As long as you stay friends I think it's expected of you that you'll continue doing things that are useful to your friend.

There's a word for this: entitlement. It's a profoundly unpleasant character flaw. An entitled friend or family member is one who eventually wears you out, makes you resentful, and leaves them confused that everyone seems to avoid them. Don't be that person.
Looks interesting...

I think the titles for the charts might have the lat/long compass directions swapped: it's showing the correct latitude for my location I selected (from preset - Wellington), but it has a 'E' after it, when it should be 'N'. Similarly, the longitude has 'N' after it, when it should have 'E'.
> Just curious, why is this considered the "most insidious"?

I think it's insidious not because it is inherently worse to check your phone than it is to stare into space at odd moments (that may be true, but I don't think that was the point). It's insidious because it's not a conscious decision you're making to do something because you want to, it's more like a tic, or a sign of addiction.
Does newscatcherapi provide a list of the 60-80K news sites so the customer knows what sources are actually being searched. Or even just way to determine if site X is among the 60-80K being searched.
Which claim do you find surprising? The infiltration has been documented so many times I'd consider it obvious. Here is just one example of the evangelical flavor for you to follow up on.

https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2018/3/29/christian-take...

Likewise for white supremacists.

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2020/02/11/splc-testifies-con...

Here is just the latest example of an active duty military officer committing very public acts of insubordination.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-08-27/mar...

I'll let you look up the examples of military personnel participating in January 6 yourself. I'm a little wary TBH of being "sea-lioned" about things that are super well known and documented. It's an argument-by-exhaustion tactic I learned to recognize at least twenty years ago.
Good for you, not good for %99.99 of the population. For nation states, that is mission accomplished! You never get %100 compliance with anything with large numbers.
It's not just iOS. PDFs have always been an insecure attack vector.
By starting 15+ years ago, when this was marginally easier, and there was far less competition.

Mailchip is 20. Campaign Monitor is 17 (and have been buying up other email related companies/brands for years). SendGrid is about 12. Mailgun is 11.

There's a lot of competition out there, and it's not easy to overcome all the blocklist challenges - paying customers aren't willing for you to experiment with their customer's getting their email.
You do realize the Covid vaccine is extremely expensive in many parts of the world and not everyone will be vaccinated, correct?

It is frightening how people will apply no common sense before attacking any group of people that isn't 100% on board with their solution to a problem.
I'll take a swing

The narrative says:

- all unequal outcomes are necessarily because of racism
- that racism is at the foundation of every aspect of American culture and economy
- that America is irredeemably racist and any evidence to the contrary is only given by racists
- that no culture can have problems in of themselves, even if they intersect with systemic racism and oppression, without them being wholly laid at the feet of racism. African American criminals murder asian americans in the street? Blame the racism of white people.

Framing CRT merely as a movement against racism is

A. Complete b.s. and is missing just how far it's extending the debate and moving the goalpost so far that the only thing someone part of a "privileged" skin-tone can do is self-flagellate, while asking for forgiveness as if their whiteness is akin to some religious "original sin" they must atone for, forever.

B. Ignoring the racism that CRT itself perpetuates through it's increased push for segregated ceremonies, separate national anthems, etc.. Not to mention it's continued racism of low expectations in lowering academic standards .
And of course The Economist writer with the Bartleby nom de plume is against any kind of departure from business attire of the past, no matter how uncomfortable, expensive, silly looking or impractical.

Can we let go of the delusion that The Economist has a strictly "economic" viewpoint on everything?
I genuinely like Curtis' work, and Bitter Lake is peppered with interesting stuff and fantastic stock footage. But the dialogue in his recent films has been predictable:

*But the old systems had never gone away.

And then one person realised there was a vacuum at the heart of it all.

But they had forgotten to program the computers with the one thing that really mattered.

And then...." etc.

I honestly can't tell if it's meta-parody. And that's why I'll keep watching.
Apologies for not giving context, i am from india and yes it was very common to have classrooms with 55-60+ students and simply 1 teacher.
Where do you get this idea? In the US there is a line on the income tax form that explicitly asks for how much you earned in tips, and that is explicitly counted into your wages for income tax purposes.
API / processing: Swift + Vapor with modules in C, a lot of libraries to work with scientific data formats. Hosted on cheap rented VMs with Nginx in the front.

Frontent: Bootstrap, jQuery

Gilab CI/CD pipelines with deploys
Nice work. I was thinking you might have had to go as far as to get your own subnet and even Autonomous System, to get clean IP's.
Someone who can’t really read is handed a computer. There is a dozen different applications and passwords. Kid knows none of them.
The teachers know maybe half of them.

The number of ways the kid can turn off wifi, disable the mouse or change computer language is amazing.

Mute button took class a month to figure out. Headphones have their own mic button.

Did I mention the kids can’t read, yet are expected to open the correct application or website.
> That these two entities overlap so much is a very bad thing, and definitely a liability if things turn bad from a legal perspective.

You are the one that is filing confusing, duplicative trademark and servicemark claims that waste the community's time. You seem to be asking me to put that aside for a moment. But I'm not willing to do that for reasons that will be obvious to most people.