skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> But in the move to java 9 they broke java’s customary backward compatibility and left behind a lot of users.

The main backward incompatible changes between 8 and 9 were the changing of the version string to remove the "1." prefix, and the removal of a handful of methods hardly anyone had used. In other words, the chances of spec-compliant code that ran on 8 failing on 9 were slim. What happened was that in the long 8 timeframe, many libraries -- for various reasons, some reasonable -- have circumvented the Java spec and hacked into JDK internals, making themselves tightly coupled to 8. When internal classes changed in 9, those non-portable libraries broke, and so did their clients. Now that strong encapsulation is finally turned on (as of JDK 16), this shouldn't happen again.

There were some significant breaking changes to the spec in 11, but those comprised separating modules from the JDK into external dependencies, and didn't require any code change.
Any government agency that mandates use of specific TLS algorithms (like whitelist) almost certainly requires FIPS cryptography (or classified cryptography), so you won’t be using crypto/TLS anyway.

As a security/cryptography engineer, I love this change: for cryptography, it’s clear that more knobs == more problems.

As a developer, however, I dislike it: more knobs it’s easier to get the code to do what I need it to do.

Personally, I think it’s a good choice by Filippo.
The issue is we're dealing with a system that evolved in a food scarce environment.

The N hormones and signals for food intake can all be out of whack, and still somehow work since the food supply was constrained anyways.
You're right, I forgot about the 0.8% of homes in the Bay Area smaller than most condos in an area where your chances of being involved in a crime are 1 in 6.
It'll be interesting to hear those on a EV whose afaik main source of noise are the tires.
So okay yeah it's Turing Completeness that matters the most to me as computer science, on a purely pragmatic basis: When people are pitching the latest whiz-bang doodad, the answer is always, "This isn't doing anything we couldn't already do, so how does it make things easier and do it efficiently enough for our purposes?" That's the proper question when it comes to monads, coroutines, actors, non-blocking blah blah, etc. etc.

That's really important in an industry saturated with hype, elitism and general nonsense. Anything I can do in Rust, you can do in Assembly, so I've got some explaining to do (I can probably succeed in this example, others maybe not).

If Turing actually failed to deliver the goods on "completeness", I'd really like to resolve that.
> aesthetically

I prefer to think it is what you are accustomed to, or habituated to.

From these comments a number of people including me, prefer to use the .”. form because we find that more aesthetically pleasing. I had discovered the .”. form myself because I play with my punctuation (and words and grammar), and until this discussion I hadn’t noticed others use .”.*.

I presume other other programmers play with syntax and punctuation too.

* Note I have italicised .”. and if you zoom on an iPad the full stops [US periods] change from squares to rhombusы.
If we were serious about reducing the tax burden on the poor regressive state and local taxes would be on the chopping block.

Nobody ever complains about sales tax (which is the quintessential regressive tax) until you get deep in the weeds of policy discussion.
Inflation for Businesses Hits Highest Rate Since 2010
Do you have PIN configured?

As I understand it, I think Microsoft asks for a credential with "User Verification", which requires a pin code, password or biometric recognition.

If the Yubikey is used a second factor (instead of the only factor as with passwordless), you can be more lax and ask for "User Presence", which only requires touching the key.

ref: https://w3c.github.io/webauthn/#test-of-user-presence
> PPP probably also matters little unless you take into account the cost of living

The point of PPP vs raw GDP is to take cost of living into account. Without knowing the country you're referring to, I can't really compare or discuss further.

> And doesn't capture polarized inequality

The Gini coefficient does.
Wow... the same sorts who rahrahed ending the SALT deduction ASAP are having a sad now? I can't think of a better argument for ending this nonsense stat.
Is wealth in a home an illusion, then?
>I was mostly wondering if there were any that didn't sell your data, like location and traffic data

Presumably you want this because you don't trust the incumbent mobile network operators (ie. the companies that actually operate their own towers)? If that's the case, it's unclear how going with another company will improve privacy, because they'll most certainly me MVNOs operating on the incumbent mobile network operators' networks. You'll still be exposed by surveillance by the incumbent operators, as well as the state.

>and still wouldn't help with location tracking

location privacy is fundamentally incompatible with mobile networks. The network has to know here you are (roughly) to route packets to you.
Spin up a local VM and run chrome + the extension in that.

I personally prefer VMWare Workstation or Player.
https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html

Windows 10 can be downloaded from https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10 and does not need activation.
It's pretty simple really. The accepted answer was chosen by a single person. Not only might it not be good, it's entirely possible that it's not even right. Statistically the one with the most upvotes will inevitably not only be the best, but is also the most likely to be right. And hopefully it can even self-adjust over time. The whole idea of an OP "accepted" answer is a sketchy feature from the start.
Here is a countdown to the targeted launch time at 8:02 p.m. EDT (00:02 UTC) to save you from having to do timezone math and possibly mess-ups (I let the page create the countdown and triple checked it;). Check it out - it has a rocket:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/launch?iso=20210915T20...

Ars Technica's excellent space reporter Eric Berger has an article on private orbital spaceflight by the way.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/four-private-citizen...

Now let's keep our fingers crossed and wish the crew of Inspiration4 to "Fly safe" as Scott Manley would say.

Edit: if you want to see what's happening on Twitter, here is a search for the hashtag "Inspiration4": https://twitter.com/hashtag/Inspiration4?f=live
Oh man, YES. This is how I recently discovered the Unfollow button... just couldn't take it anymore. This led to unfollowing almost every recruiter I'm connected to, which led to an immediate and significant increase in the quality of my feed. For example,

No more.

Stupid posts.

Formatted like this.

Because someone at some point thought it was cool.

It's not.

Also no more posts bragging about GeTtInG On ThE PrOpErTy LaDdEr!

I don't know, is everyone's LinkedIn experience as miserable as mine was?
Here’s the man page for finger:

https://linux.die.net/man/1/finger
Wonderful product! I do use debugger; statements a lot, but I'm also somewhat ashamed to admit that I love console.log()! :-)

Replay debugging is a huge step forward, and gives console.log() much more power.

Thank you!
You're right. Nothing is anything.
One thing that is better is that the university computers are xeon hpc clusters now and you can ssh to it from anywhere with anything.
Game changers was definitely guilty of a significant amount of editorializing/having and agenda, but I think it’s a bit unfair to claim that protein supplementation in strength sports is a sign of deficiency. Such supplementation is extremely common in strength sports, regardless of whether or not each individual utilizes supplements to that degree. It’s a fallacy to just follow the equation “natural = better” when we know that many of those competitors are likely using anabolic steroids. There’s really very little that is natural or “normal” about competing as a strong man.
Isn't your definition an example of a No True Scotsman fallacy?

Aren't you liable to wind up in situations where you find yourself saying "Ah-hah, now that person I thought was not one of the elite is now one of the elite because they didn't go to prison. Ah-hah, now that person I thought was one of the elite is not one of the elite, because they are going to prison."?
It's just unreasonable to me that we're 18 months into this, and they haven't heard the point articulated that it isn't to prevent their death specifically, but their neighbors death and the overwhelming of the healthcare system. These discussions were fine for a long time, but at this point GP et al must be ignoring these points on purpose because they don't like the answer.

It's like the trivial "my body my choice right?" gotcha attempt. Does that serve any purpose other than to rile people up who are already in an echo chamber?

Your phrasing of the point, "I'm frustrated with these mandates and may not agree with them for this reason" is fine. But coming at it from a place of articulated-genuine curiosity doesn't make any sense to me, today, given how long these conversations have been happening.
I love this competition. I got an honorable mention in grad school https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2009-photomicrogra...
This is the "if you don't like having money, you be the first to give it all away, lol" strawman.

It's not that me or anyone else wants higher taxes. We're willing to accept higher taxes for the benefits of living in a higher-taxes-for-the-wealthy society, specifically: a) enjoying high quality infrastructure, particularly around education, healthcare, and transportation, and b) getting to live in a place where the poorest are being properly cared for and have a path to reintegration, rather than being stuck on the street reminding you every day that society has failed them, and might fail you or your kids one day too.

You can't get either of these by giving away your own money, especially if you're only upper middle class.
protonmail? Although I take it they are still to be trusted more than most.
Yes, this is more in line with what I meant in my original comment. Thanks!
Better Than Ransomware: YouTube Crypto Livestream Scams
> There is no law that says you have to be a corrupt politician and enable plutarchy, although it is common.

There's no such law, of course, but there's also no law that a restaurant must offer food and service that customers like, and yet we tend to observe that restaurants which do that tend to survive better than those which do not.
>You should have increased taxes on the rich. You should have increased minimum wage.

Pretty obvious and orthodox solution, tried and tested worldwide in the last century, however: it goes against neoliberal creed and thus is anathema since the 80s.

Once upon a time (war time) the US had 94% top tax bracket[1]. Let that sink it.

Obviously there's no WW2 right now, and that extreme level of confiscation is probably unwarranted. But it makes you think how far the US has strayed and how impossible any slightly more progressive tax brackets seem today.

[1] https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/...
There's not really a $()-like syntax for written English though.

There sort of is, if you use "smart" quotes. “Hard to find on a phone keyboard though, and not that distinct.”
*Update I've posted to the top of the article:*

There’s been a fair amount of internet consternation since I published this article. While I do stand by everything in the post factually-speaking, I apologize for the insensitive timing of this article—coming so soon after Frank’s passing. I’m genuinely sorry this came across as a “Jared vs. Frank” debacle. Should I have waited a few more weeks or months? Probably. Perhaps it was originally a mistake for me to refrain from publicly commenting on the statements regarding Jekyll’s “permanent hiatus” back in May. It’s hard to say. At the very least, I hope we can all agree that Jekyll’s legacy as the “first among many” of modern static site generators is meaningful to a lot of people, even if we sometimes disagree on the best way to honor that legacy and push Ruby on the Jamstack forward. If the one thing that comes out of all this is that more people step forward to share their positive experiences with Jekyll, Ruby, and building websites, that’s a good thing.
Any links to APIs that implement a 418 HTTP response code?
I don't agree with the website, but I think I know where they are coming from.

The year 1971 was when the US dollar was made to float, instead of being backed by gold. [1]

I think that the website wants to have our monetary system change back to being backed by something that is a limited resource, and I bet Bitcoin fits the bill in their mind.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard#In_the_United_St...

Edit: punctuation.
To some extent, yes. It's fairly illiquid, and unless you're willing to be homeless, move from the city to a rural area, or take a serious cut in living style, you're likely going to need to buy a replacement at similar cost.

It's certainly not the same thing as having that wealth in the bank, or as stocks.
He is literally one of a kind.
They may perceive the "you're the problem" message as originating from colleges, or being especially strong there. They may not want to spend four years in an environment like that.
Maybe I don't understand the bets because they weren't clearly spelled out. Even if HN markdown was actually what held GDP back from 5% growth, you wouldn't be able to tell.

The government asked for market "on whether or not markdown will raise GDP by 1%". Presumably, they want to know if it gets an additional 1% on top of other growth (which is what? Let's say 2%?).

But there are four possible future outcomes to consider:

1. HN gets markdown, GDP grows 3% or higher

2. HN gets markdown, GDP grows less than 3%

3. HN gets no markdown, GDP grows 3% or higher

4. HN gets no markdown, GDP grows less than 3%

Of these possible outcomes, two will be discarded based on the decision to implement markdown, presumably made based on the betting odds, and then one more will be discarded based on GDP's measured performance over the following year.

Let's structure this as a bet. If you believe markdown is good, then you'll believe P(1)+P(4) > P(2)+P(3).

So you say: "I bet that either HN will get markdown and GDP will grow 3+%, or HN won't get markdown and GDP will grow less than 3%". I don't like markdown so I consider taking the opposing side.

But, I also believe COVID vaccines are going to cause GDP to grow 10% next year, and markdown will have a trivial impact in either direction. So in my opinion, P(1)+P(3) >> P(2)+P(4).

Then in that case I'm mostly betting on whether or not I think markdown is going to get implemented, not whether I think it's going to be beneficial. And if the implementation decision is going to be based on which side bets more money, then that's mostly a popularity contest. I just want to bet alongside whichever side is winning if I think the GDP is going to go up anyway for other reasons.
Visualized in one chart: https://ritholtz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/inequality.j...
The second one was the Netscape fish tank that you could watch by typing ctrl-alt-f.
Beware Berkson's Paradox
Same here. Most of my "wealth" is tied to the house and I would have to move to an area of limited opportunities to get one substantially cheaper.

The other interesting part is that one has to pay annual tax and maintenance on that "wealth". Unless the market is very hot, primary homes are not a very lucrative investment compared to other assets.
Modern cars have tons of sensors but none of them are in the consumable parts such as tires[+]. It's important because it means you can use any consumables (gas, oil, coolant, washer liquid, tires) as long as they meet objective physical requirements the car expects.

If the tires provide enough traction and are of the correct size then any modern car will work with them fine. "Connected" tires sounds like there is a direct (as opposed to the car measuring the tire's shape in the TPMS from your example) information exchange between the tire and the car, something that does not happen now and appears to be susceptible to the same marketing practices printer manufacturers use.

[+] Some cars have "sensors" in the brake pads, which amounts to a wire loop inside the pad, which gets cut as the pad wears down, owners of these cars are not happy about this "feature".
Oh boy. Is it me or do these get better each? I've been planning to print a lot of those for our home. Not sure I am going to have enough wall surface area.
True. I happened to use (i.e. as a user) something similar today, via OnFido, so I just had a look - pricing unlisted. Perhaps this is cheap!
> Functional programming is less popular because no major successful platform has adopted a functional language as the preferred language.

WhatsApp backend is written in Erlang. A large part of the world's telecom infra is written in Erlang (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G). It powers the highest availability systems in the world. Still nobody cares about it....
The solution to a non-sustainable lifestyle is not to stop having children. There seems to be a misguided Malthusian thought process that appears to be taking hold amongst younger people of childbearing years in this department.

If you do not have the right amount of population growth, you will have demographic time bombs explode in your face, such as the one China will be facing in the coming decades. There needs to be a decent ratio of working, productive people to nonproductive people in any society that hopes to take care of its older citizens.
>My favourite Top Gear meme group has been through I think 6 groups now.

I think I know the one you mean, that group's been through quite a few "Zuckings".
It's not some "haha i got you!" for me to move to the USA to be in the top 1% of wage earners in the USA (high level within FAANG). I'm in a very privileged position and I'm happy to take advantage of it.

It's weird that the existence of ultra privileged positions somehow gives you the thought that therefore America is fine the way it is. It's clear for the remainder of America they'd be better off elsewhere in the western world. They'd be better off fighting for their situation.
The current JDKs are at least as stable and, for most workloads, significantly more performant and less RAM-hungry than 8. JDK 8 is medieval technology compared to the modern JDK. The savings in hardware alone pay for the cost of migration within less than a year.
America's low ranking in median wealth is mostly caused by their high amount of consumer spending rather than a lack of income. America ranks #4 in median income. The only nations that rank higher are tiny countries with whose economies are disproportionately propped up by a single highly lucrative industry (financial services or fossil fuels). To be fair, the high amount of consumer spending partially boosts America's median income as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_income
Yeah, but the pattern of awaiting in an async parallel loop in general reduces to what I wrote, does it not?

The only case where you would need to await inside the mapper function is when you would further process some asynchronously returned value. This seems like it would add bloat and do unnecessary sync processing inside the async function. It is highly advisable to separate the concerns using function composition, e.g.

await Promise.all(
arr.map(async item => handleItem(
await item()
))
);

I’m all for enabling ”await arr.map()” with implied Promise.all(), heh. There actually was a proposal for that under the ”await*” syntax in 2014.

One might be tempted to use the thenable interface (don’t!):

await Promise.all(
arr.map(item => item()
.then(handleItem)
)
);

Seems like it would work, but it actually only waits for the promises returned from item() and not the .then() part! This introduces a race condition, where the last promised items to get resolved may have their then-callbacks run asynchronously after Promise.all() has already resolved, and other code has executed.
my one gripe, if it can be called a gripe, is that the episodes are more often than not hard to follow due to the complex topic/length.

Looking thru the feed, 8/10 of the recent casts I've listened to are only about 1/4 the way thru before I had to go into work, answer a call, etc. Then it's too hard to get back into, and two more eps have been released by the time I get another itch for DD.

Of course, real life is complicated and isn't a movie with a plot, and DD's format rewards knowledge and listening. More of a "doing dishes" podcast. Highly recommend!
Minor correction but the moon does have an atmosphere although it is largely negligible when compared to earth's.

>"At sea level on Earth, we breathe in an atmosphere where each cubic centimeter contains 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules; by comparison the lunar atmosphere has less than 1,000,000 molecules in the same volume."

>"We think that there are several sources for gases in the moon's atmosphere. These include high energy photons and solar wind particles knocking atoms from the lunar surface, chemical reactions between the solar wind and lunar surface material, evaporation of surface material, material released from the impacts of comets and meteoroids, and out-gassing from the moon's interior."

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/news/lunar-atmosphe...

Also interesting, there is a thin film of electrostatically charged dust (regolith) that is visible across the moon's horizon during lunar sunrises and sunsets. The Apollo 17 crew drew a sketch to depict this phenomenon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_the_Moon#/media/...
AIU, E-521 is not P-521.
There are a few gas stations around here with pumps that like to play ads at you while pumping gas. I tend to make a note of them and purposely get my gas elsewhere.
> Are bipartisan bills a thing of the past?

Did you ask this question about all the partisan bills passed by the GOP when they were in power? And if so, was the answer not the same?

> I don’t have any sources, but I thought a sizable segment of the voting public in the US favored bipartisanship.

In the abstract, yes. In reality, politicians get punished for failing to deliver on campaign promises and the GOP obstructs campaign promise success using any means possible. So its political suicide for a Democrat to rely on that. Which leads to:

> Just wishing we weren’t so polarized…. Also wishing I better understood what interests were pushing the polity towards polarized ideologies. I’m not convinced it’s a completely organic phenomenon (rather, that there are special interests benefiting from the polarization).

Yup. Its called oligarchy and its the real government model of the US at this stage. Polarization is really just two camps of rich people fighting it out with PR/political campaigns. More polarization leads to better viewing and better base turnout.

One group of rich people who think the rich should be taxed more, that climate change should be tackled, etc.

And one group of rich people who want lower taxes and to obstruct the first group.
Must be something unique in your workload. For my team, later versions of Java have been stable and a bit faster than older versions.
I don't see the ethics in defending, but you're closing the loophole I intended to use. Pushed to the extreme, I bet slave holders were like, well I wouldn't have bought that slave yesterday if I knew you were going to free them today!
I might try to read this someday. However, right now I'm on War and Peace so it might be a while :)
Why?

If you're not willing to speculate on your own predictions, how can anyone know how confident you are about them?

If you're not interested in guiding policy, why not go bet on horse races instead?