skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is what was in the post. The imgur link seems to be dead now too.

Lumber mania is sweeping North America (May 6, 2021. 119 points)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27036557

Lumber price peaks May 7, 2021.

https://imgur.com/ynWJtwQ

source: https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/commodities/lbs

The lumber bubble burst. Here’s what comes next (June 22, 2021)

https://fortune.com/2021/06/22/lumber-prices-bubble-burst-pr...
A good example is CyclingTips[1]. They are using Slack for years but lots of people never went because it's messy.

A few weeks ago they decided to launch their own forums[2] and there is already a thousand members and three times that of posts.

I'm so glad they decided to go this way : build a community with a "fast and easy tool", and then improve this by setting up your own platform to welcome everyone.

I use Discord everyday but I agree, it's not THE tool that fits every need. Especially if we're talking long term engagement and knowledge repository.

[1] : https://cyclingtips.com/
[2] : https://forum.cyclingtips.com/about
It's strange to put "property owners" in the same list of victims as murder victims and rape victims.
I might add a donate button or something if people want to help support the project, hardware isn't cheap and all. But I have a job and decent income. I think if this search engine became the way I earned money, it would influence the project in a bad way, and corrupt its purpose, which is to help people explore the less-commercial internet.
Could you make some recommendations then? You are kind of just grand standing, because it looks like you are absolutely right, but as some one who likes what you are talking about I don't know much more than I did before.
This assumes that "free speech" ought to flow mostly in one direction, from the US out to other countries.
Fortunately (?) I’ve managed to slice myself often enough to be administered the booster at the same time I get stitches. I’d otherwise never remember to get it.
In terms of my stock portfolio (just 401k/IRA and some shares in an employee stock purchase program), most definitely. I actually feel a bit guilty about that. So many people have struggled financially but I did not. Top that off with seeing so many people jumping to new jobs, and discussion about big bumps in salary due to competition… it’s hard not to see that there’s a huge disparity between the tech sector and everyone else.
I've been told that Waymo (and before that, Google) recorded those traces using employees in the driver's seat, but mostly with the computer making the decisions, not the human.

But suppose it was collected by a human. In that case, the first time the software is run completely (all sensors, all software, everything run together) is in the final production deployment. Is that better than testing the very same software earlier, in a beta setting which is identical to production except that sensor data is collected for the development process?
I completely agree! I am completely pro vaccine.
Does anyone know if Deno has undergone a security audit yet? I'm interested in using it as a sandbox to run user-submitted JS, and I know its permission model is powerful, but I don't know if it is formally certified (if that's even a thing) and if you can prove that there can't be some exploit that can be used to break out of the sandbox.
As pointed in the Mullvad thread on HN - their announcement is very likely a marketing move due to the perceived distrust of a new owner.
We actually use HNSWLIB by NMSLIB on the backend. NMSLIB is solving the approximate nearest neighbor problem, not the storage problem. It’s not a database, it’s an index. We handle everything needed to turn their index into a full fledged database with a data science workflow around it (versioning, monitoring, etc.)
You misunderstood my comment. The novel part isn't the data structure, its the consensus mechanism tied to that specific datastructure. The fact that is used to implement cryptocurrencies and whatnot is irrelevant - you can implement crypto without "blockchain" (by using a typical non-distributed datastructure, called "a database"). In fact, the buzzword for that is "private blockchain".
Rarely do I agree with Chinese ministers, but this is one instance where I must. Fewer is better than many in this particular field.
My wife (and many women) has felt that the only way to effect change in our gun laws would be for white men to feel like targets. I used to do iss that idea somewhat but as I've paid more attention to things over th last few years, I no longer dismiss the notion. I don't wish many people dead but if women and minorities start buying up a lot of guns, maybe they'll start shooting back. Then we'll see how many times the same people who've thumped their chests about dying to protect the 2nd amendment in the face of regular mass shootings feel. Having a fun pointed at you tends to shift your priorities, as I've unfortunately had the opportunity to to learn.
The FDA is making the rules that the only way to take a vaccine is by their approval. By FDA rules, there is no in-between of being illegal to administer and being recommended (aka no "up to you" zone)

Right now, for instance, they are conducting tests on a couple thousand 11 year olds even though we have data on millions of 12 year olds. Data from the 12 year olds will not be used to determine if it is safe for 11 year olds. If you are a parent of an 11 year old not only is the vaccine not recommended - you are now allowed to get it.

I am saying the FDA should allow more flexibility instead of demanding to be the arbiter of every decision. They want, however, to be the arbiter of every decision because it makes them more integral to the system.
https://archive.md/h1pIZ
Wgpu Alliance with Deno
You can definitely make a moral argument in favor of piracy as a form of civil disobedience. Aaron Schwartz [1] and the book Free Culture[2] are the two bigger examples that come to mind.

[1] https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/committees/ip/ipreports/swartzcas...

[2] https://lessig.org/product/free-culture/
Rails 7.0 alpha 1 released
Especially since iOS users spend more money. From my experience, you can have equivalent apps for iOS and Android, yet the iOS version will drive 90% of revenue. If I were them I wouldn't bother creating an Android version until they've proven the model works with iOS. If it doesn't work with iOS, adding Android will only slow their dev velocity and increase their burn rate.
We can be certain, because it's currently illegal and has not stopped.
Lot of steps here. Really drives home how beneficial it is to consider localization from the start.
I've brought up easy solutions like this. The response is almost always "Well don't do that. You can't use that." I legitimately think it's because they don't understand that actual solution and are embarrassed about being shown up.

In the 1 or 2 cases where they just want to see you do it in X language, it always turns out so wildly inefficient. I don't understand what you're supposed to do.

"Don't use that 1 line textbook optimal solution. Use a for loop instead." Uhh.. Ok. I guess they want to see more lines of code? More code = more better engineer.

"Why are you using a double for loop? Why didn't you just use the built in method to solve this?"

Sometimes the "built in method" is literally the original solution you were presented, but slower. What are you supposed to do? If you can't use the optimal solution, why are they giving feedback on suboptimal code in a follow up answer?

It's like they're asking you to demolish a building, but you can't use TNT or heavy construction equipment. So you pick up a sledgehammer and talk about the weak points in the structure and how you have to have a plan and strategically knock down support beams to demonstrate your knowledge in this theoretical situation. But they just scream at you-- why would you use a sledgehammer instead of a wrecking ball?

"Wrecking ball isn't heavy equipment! It's built into.... A machine. Totally different."

Or why aren't you using a rocket launcher? I guess you're inexperienced. "Rocket launcher is totally different from TNT, of course! You didn't even think to use that! I guess you're not a real engineer, huh?"

I mean if someone limits you from using TNT when that's clearly the solution, using a rocket launcher should clearly not be in the spirit of the challenge they presented.
> Or put simply, to stop the waves of nearly 100% unvaccinated people dying in hospitals, just vaccinate everyone. No unvaccinated people, no hospitals falling over.

Half of the people getting hospitalized are not getting hospitalized for COVID. They are just testing positive for COVID.

And hospitals nearly always run near capacity. And their capacity is also determined by staffing, which is going down because nurses don't want to get vaccinated against a virus they are probably immune to.

All factors matter. You can't just claim vaccination would be a panacea, even if it appears that way.
Nuclear waste is a solved problem [0]. It takes very little space and storage technology is good enough since a long time. It's just a lack of the political will.

[0] https://whatisnuclear.com/waste.html
Do they actually expect someone to pass this? I am honestly curious what the hire rate is at a place like this.
The bacterium is also anaerobic, so puncture wounds such as, again, from a nail are of greater general concern than bleeding cuts.
> When an acquisition sells at the same price as money raised, good sign the company isn't worth that much - it's just the minimum $ amount that would allow the Board to sign off on it.

You realize this makes absolutely no sense, right?
You kind of have to view this work in light of the fact that Google internally uses their private SwitchTo API that allows userspace to invoke a thread directly and much more efficiently than the kernel does.

They tried to upstream it but kernel maintainers lack the industry experience that would allow them to perceive the benefits.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/22/1202

Apparently now known as UMCG.

https://lwn.net/Articles/863386/
Comparing CL to C++ isn't very fair. That's like comparing a quartz-watch with multiple displays and a set of carefully laid-out knobs to a mad hairball of debris which will sting you every time you try to pick it up / comb it / whatever. And OK, maybe their formal descriptions both will run similar length. But it's not a fair comparison.

Size isn't all, what it really is is comprehensibility. Perception of its essence. If the foundations are solid, if you don't have a feeling that it might just be an ad hoc contraption mucked up by the devil himself to make people suffer, if it feels like you don't have to fight it every step of the way, if you don't get nauseous just by thinking about it, you just might as well stroll through it, no matter the pathwalk length.

Maybe a better question is, what's really extraneous? You know, with CL, I can't immediately tell. The Scheme folks have an idea. But Scheme and CL still look like a pair of siblings nonetheless.

Or maybe an even more fundamental question is: "is it well-designed"? Or maybe "does it provide depth without imposing unnecessary complexity"?

There are plenty of questions, but the size one is quite boring, honestly.
I would like a search that punishes 'modern' SPOs that load 87mb of the author's pet JS projects to display simple text. Basically every modern SPO.
> To those in weaning stage.

Find me differences in nutrient requirements between babies and adults.

I'd say given that Genghis Khan was the most successful conqueror in human history that the Mongols thrived better than any other culture. The fact that dairy is a more widespread cultural artifact than vegetarianism is evidence that historically dairy consuming cultures thrived better than vegetarian ones.

Plants are good for you, the right ones anyway. So is milk.
BPF scripts run in kernel space.
I miss those old days of even being permitted to go many pages in.
There is some evidence that endocrine disruptor chemicals such as phthalates (plastic softeners) are causing at least part of the problem.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/02/27/falling-sperm...
This is the most amazing thing I have seen on here in at least a year!

It's... no... it can't be... a search engine that finds actual information instead of 5 megabyte blobs of tracking code and SEO crap!
> It did make me wonder about how we could restructure academia/society so that random individuals don't have so much power over other people. It seems like a recipe for disaster.

As someone working my way through (and hopefully out of) academia, the issue here is that the thesis advisor is not some random individual. Yes, even under favorable conditions the circumstances are ripe for abuse. Unfortunately I'm not sure what the solution would be.
So what will happen to has cars people own after 2035?
We do it already. Within the context of this prison system (independent cubicles) I don’t think it’s very difficult.
Land is pretty cheap in the vast majority of places. Land in coastal cities is not.
And what if it's greater than 100%? Should it then be decreased; what do your ethics say in that case?
> Engineers are highly respected professionals.

So artists and designers aren't? There might be a few folks around these parts that might take issue with that. I was once an artist, and that training has been of significant value, in my engineering.

I list Adobe Illustrator as one of the 4 applications that I use every day (along with Xcode, BBEdit, and SourceTree). It's what I use to generate graphic assets for my development work.

Anyway, we could dance this jig all day, and I don't think it would solve any pressing world issues. Not a big deal. We don't need to prove anything to each other.
My brain definitely boggled when I read the headline.
> I have a feeling people are downvoting me because they think people are bad/evil for wanting money. Weird.

Yeah, I agree it's weird.

Personally, I'd love to have enough money to not have to work the rest of my life, or worry about anything. Nothing evil with that.
>Rational discourse is recognizable as well written, insightful, humble, reflective, self-countering, anecdotal etc. By "search is terrible" I mean with respect to finding this.

I believe a search engine that ignores results based on superficial and aesthetic qualities like "modern web design" would be even worse in that regard, unless you're assuming no relevant discourse about any subject has taken place on the web since the early 2000's.

I admit, I have no idea what heuristic you would actually use to find "well written, insightful, humble, reflective, self-countering, anecdotal etc" content, but I've seen it on modern sites (even on Twitter,) and I've seen a lot of garbage on old sites, so a simple text search of only old websites doesn't seem like it.

It is fun, though.
Tom is an incredibly smart guy. I'm excited to see what his next venture might be.
What ISP do you use if you don’t mind me asking? I’m on Verizon FIOS and I’m convinced they throttle certain traffic. I pay for 940mbps and generally get around 800 wired or 5-600 on wireless, but have noticed my speeds (on VPN) drop to 2-300. I do this dance with them every couple of months, get on the phone with support and just keep saying “ok yup did that still not seeing the correct speeds” and after a while they’ll sometimes say “let us try something on our end” after which speeds recover and stay good for a while til they start (allegedly) throttling again.

EDIT: I’ve gotten around 90% of my non-VPN speed through Mullvad FWIW
It's filtering for people who have the time, feel the payoff is worth it, and are used to winning in high stakes testing scenarios.
No, it's not. Amazon's App Store application doesn't exist without the Apple ecosystem and Apple's customers. Amazon is allowed to advertise anything they want outside of the Apple App Store, including on Android and any other platforms not run by Apple. The rule is only about advertising for other services within the platform that Apple runs. They absolutely can communicate with their customers but that can't advertise to Apple's customers to promote circumventing the App Store's systems.

My example isn't at all like what you're describing unless Amazon's app is outside of the Apple ecosystem. There is literally no business that allows companies using their property to advertise their competitors. Your example about a direct ordering phone number is not analogous at all. A better example would be a restaurant allowing DoorDash to post advertisements but specifying that they can only advertise for their own services, not promote other companies who pay DoorDash more for priority.

Your whole argument is based on an incorrect understanding of the agreements made to use the App Store and an inaccurate understanding of the limits imposed by apps. I am not using the example of a competitor advertising in the competitions app. I'm using the example of someone advertising on a business's property or platform to advertise a different platform.
"Mullvad's vision is to make censorship and mass surveillance impractical."

I'm pretty convinced that the only way to do this is through enforceable legal restrictions, not through technology. This is because those with deep pockets (nation-states and multinational corporations) will always have the technological edge over any average user.

In addition, any operating business has to operate under the laws of the host country, see what happened with Lavabits and its refusal to hand over email encryption keys in 2013:

"The court ordered Levison to be fined $5,000 a day beginning 6 August until he handed over electronic copies of the keys. Two days later Levison handed over the keys hours after he shuttered Lavabit."

The only way to stop nation-states and multinationals from spying on everyone and everything is to make it illegal for them to do so, and to enforce those laws with meaningful punishments.
Some servers used to work for me last time I tried. (It has been a while though)
Ask HN: Obscure Files on Big Sites
I was wondering about how obscure old files such as images [0] can remain on massive sites like google.com or facebook.com [1] for so long? Surely after enough server migrations and rewrites, they'd get lost somewhere?

Google is still hosting an assortment of logo ideas, including one from when it was called Backrub!? [2]

How does this happen? After 2 decades, how and why are these old files still accessible on the web? Is some of Google's ancient infrastructure still running somewhere? Is that even possible?

[0] https://www.google.com/logos/giroux1.gif
[1] https://twitter.com/JeffaloBob/status/1419727153160142848
[2] http://www.google.com/logos/backrub.jpg
Eh, their revenue was $279 million, and profits at $75m. Growth at 30% p.a. so it really depends how long-term their investment outlook is and how much they believe growth will continue.

Particularly considering they own multiple VPN providers, so can probably squeeze overheads to increase margins, and also that much market control might allow you to increase prices across all brands you own due to reduced competition (as long as you don't tell anyone that's what you are doing - naughty naughty).

Of course foreign governments are already at the heart of all these VPN providers anyway.
I don't get how a pro photo app is supposed to be mobile-only and subscription-gated. One of the greatest things about flickr is that I can embed it almost anywhere, even hotlinking on my blog or on forums, and anyone, anywhere can see it on any device. (And if I pay, they can see a 6k version, served on the web, not through a download link.) I am really, really into photography but I do not have any interest in viewing image galleries on my phone when I have a 27" iMac 5k and Flickr shows me over a decade of photos collected from every type of photography enthusiast.
“Third world” in this context might refer to the original meaning, that is countries which neither aligned with the communist block nor NATO during the Cold War. Colloquially, of course, it’s mostly meant to mean technologically deficient or otherwise “not modern” countries. However, I am not OP, so I do not know which meaning they intend.
> The media cannot stand it when china is criticized.

The same media that has been reporting on Chinese suppression of Hong Kong protests and Uighurs in Xinjiang for several years? That media?
CLOS is implemented in Common Lisp.

These two books explain how it’s done:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-Oriented_Programming_...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_the_Metaobject_Pr...
The title makes it sound like France is siding with China, which is of course not the case.
I went through those threads, there is outrage, but looks like this question isn't discussed much.
They're currently working on a "Discover" feature, which will likely come to the native app before it's available on the web.
Some of the stamps are not even related to imigration at all

The German "visa" stamps on [1] are not from the government but from the national train company. The first one seems just to be the office stamp of the service / information desk in the Duisburg main station. The second stamp is hard to read but I think its a train ticket.

The other "visa" does not look official either (though I'm not sure how the stamps looked back than. In any case it's not a Visa issued by a German embassy).

[1] https://worldservice.org/visas/2/Germany.jpg
[2] https://worldservice.org/visas/2/Germany%202007.jpg
Very much this; not least because, having organizational power, they can manipulate the situation to evade the downside. As discussed in the classic Gervais Principle essay: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/10/14/the-gervais-principle-...
That's funny because I saw that too and they came off as charlatans to me.
It’s a lot more strategically complex than that. Fo example, America manages the majority of its signals intelligence for a large chunk of the Asian content through various faculties such as pine gap [1].

You’d be foolish to postulate that geopolitically charged agendas are driven by a simple explanation such as “a superiority complex”.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap?wprov=sfti1 https://maps.apple.com/?ll=-23.799000,133.737000&q=Pine%20Ga...
Sounds like a great solution. What are you using in terms of hardware to get Zigbee on your Pi?
A lot of people used the time they were involuntarily let go to up-skill into better-paying careers. This resulted in a labor shortage in minimum-wage jobs, regardless of unemployment benefits (that have since lapsed in a chunk of states). Market forces are at play here, there's no reason to special-case labor when small businesses can handle increases in the other costs (gas, lumber, aluminum, steel, etc), the only reason I can think of is because they think they can bully the suppliers (of labor), or lobby the government to do that on their behalf.
This falls uneasily between two stools for me. For a photography-focused space, it doesn't have anything like the wealth of photography tools and data that Flickr does (or even just EXIF). For a community space, it doesn't have bookmarking or nudging or sufficient interaction beyond comments to make that work for me either.

Both those things can be secondary if it's exposing you to great new work and new trends in photography, but the onboarding didn't bode well on that front: of all the photographers it suggested I follow there was one woman and one non-white person in the mix. That's not a slam dunk on their work but it did turn out (from what I can see) to all be in a very similar sort of "late-millennial white man with a mirrorless" niche.
Why do companies insist on choosing non-unique, generic names for their products these days? I’m going to forget that “glass” means a photo app the second I close this tab.
Sure, if the invention is killing babies.