skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The risk here is that China will follow in the footsteps of Japan.

Throughout the 70s and 80s it looked like Japan was the future. They made all the latest cool gadgets, and were buying up forgegin assets. Cyberpunk novels were set in the high tech mega-hub of Chiba City, a district of Tokyo famous for it's gadget shops.

The massive real estate collapse in the 90s ended all that, and when I visited Chiba around 2000 for work the bit I went to was a drab business park. Two decades later Japan is still mired in debt. Japanese nation debt is 234% of GDP. China's is 270% of GDP. The USA has 100% of GDP.

As long as China's growth rate offers a chance of growing out of that debt hole all looks rosy. If growth slows significantly, or if debt keep pace with growth until that happens, they could find themselves in deep trouble for a very long time.
Perhaps they could consider reducing their oil and gas production next.
non sequitur - As would be the trustworthyness of fact checkers which also lacks any justification. Some of those sites, I believe it was Snopes or Politifact proposed that the absence of Russian election interference is the lie of the year in 2016 or 2017. This was a complete web of lies to get to Trump for political reasons.

Information of this is also highly obscured for political reasons. You find over 1000 of sources without any substantial info aside from some officials stating "high confidence" (translation: highly likely bullshit). "Lie of the year" - ridiculous circus for an embarrising situation.
"Dip him in the river who loves water" - translated for sentence watchers : "Read Ulysses"
Sure, but why not ban ICE before we expect them to be obsolete?
True. But sometimes one person looks over resumes and different people, or a couple people, handle the interview itself.
Not even close to a reasonable comparison.
It's a PCI compliance issue; Google would lose the ability to charge credit cards.
When you ‘Ask app not to track,’ some iPhone apps keep snooping anyway
Washington Post story about how App Tracking Transparency is anything but...
I am curious how this works in the North during winter, where very low temperatures reduce battery capacity significantly.
Also, not all roads are suitable for cars that are built for the city.
Why does your fruit have to be in an air tight container?
Tax the plastic. Stop taxing the hourly paychecks.
yeah a more compact mode would be good!
Regardless of Amazon's true long-term intent, The legalization of cannabis is not immune to the Law of Unintended Effects.

We are having serious problems in San Diego and Riverside counties in Southern California with non-permitted growers. Many are linked to Mexican cartels. Many tend to operate with pirated power and water. And all of the illegal growers have been bad for the local environment because of improper and excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers.

An illegal grower recently stood up a greenhouse, made of stolen materials, on a neighbor's property. When he stumbled onto the site, they threatened him and shot at him. The Sherrif's department would not respond to a 911 call so we called the local fire marshall. When fire people got threatened, the sherrif's dept decided they would respond. The county DA has not charge anyone with anything. It cost him several thousand USD to clean up the site.

We need to de-criminalize cannabis use. We need to be much more thoughtful about legalizing cannabis.
Unlike Intel and AMD, Apple doesn’t need to focus on speed above all else
> And US companies should choose to not, and perhaps should be banned from, operating in countries where their services are used for human trafficing.

That's an insane ask. You'd be pulling Apple out of markets they have no intention of leaving, and you'd be forcing the entirety of FAANG to double down on their domestic authority if they want to survive (see: collude harder with the NSA). I'm all for striking when the iron's hot, but it would be awfully easy to dent our nation while we're this malleable.
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2025 is not that far off though. It’s a hell of a lot closer than 2050. Easy to ignore political promises that come into effect after the politician will be dead.
Slavery and human trafficking is illegal. How are their debates about moderating it? I haven’t seen any.

It’s like calling for violence, there isn’t a question it has to be moderated.

The gray areas are non illegal things like hate speech.
I am also a Star Wars fan, and Battletech. Star Wars wise, I loved TIE Fighter. So I guess I always had a leaning towards darker, less otimistic SiFi. Still watch TNG, DS9 and ENT so. Even VOY from time to time. Not sure I'll do that with PIC once I've seen the episodes once. Not sure if that is due to the episodic story telling of the former or nostalgia.
The way I see it, it was the government stepping in where the invisible hand of the market did nothing (or not enough). IMO, that's part of why we pay taxes.
> Ports types have been converging naturally without government intervention.

Agreed, so why bother with government intervention? The benefit is small and the potential long-term costs associated with retarding technological development are high.
The Impossible direction is really another take on the same idea. People are excited about lab-grown meat because it "shortcuts" all the animal stuff. Meat substitutes are trying to make something with attributes of meat from plants... just like these animals construct their meat from the plant-based feed.

So can Impossible or other companies figure out how to select, refine, ferment, and otherwise process plants directly into something with meat-like attributes? And do so more efficiently than lab-grown meat? It seems more than likely: even if there are many challenges in getting from the OK meat substitutes of today to a full meat substitute it still seems much easier than a lab-based cell culture process.
It's like every year life for us now is becoming more uncomfortable for those alive in favor of those not yet alive.

It's time for political "no future" parties that focus on those that are currently alive.
I used to build these kits for clients in the wine industry. This was 5+ years ago but we used CMS software to design and host sales kits and tools.

It worked really well, particularly because A) we wanted full editorial and graphical control and B) we ended up developing a web-based PDF designer which could customize our files with the salesperson's name and notes. Since we had full system-level access to the files it was easier to integrate.

At first we started with Joomla but eventually it was too heavyweight for our use and some important plugins died, so it was migrated to TextPattern. Today I would probably use ProcessWire. This really depends on the scope of the project though.

Good luck, I hope you find something you like.
Think about what is important to the demographic that is playing Fortnite, is playing the game more important or is having an Apple device?

There are kids that are in elementary school that wear Fortnite clothing. The brand is everywhere. I am sure some actuary did the math on it so that Apple will come ahead, but the optics on something like this will sway brand loyalty for years in this demographic.
I noticed this after commenting, but was a bit confused at first!
capitalists always justify their crimes by saying that maybe 1 or 2 bad things might happen if you deviate from the course
> Does anyone feel it is a little strange to have a government entity mandating a physical interconnect?

Does anyone feel it is a little strange to have a private company forcing users to use a black box physical interconnect; Apple's black box 'lightning' adapter?

USB-C is a well developed standard.
mega.nz somehow managed to do this all encrypted. Dunno if its "NH approved encryption" also dont advice on using that service it has a bad reputation. Nonetheless it seems like it would technically be possible to have large amount encrypted files without losing the ability to handle single files and download whole folders as archive.
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Instead of discussing the ideas presented, the _person_ behind the ideas is discussed. In my book, that's pretty close to an ad-hominem, even if the accusations are only implied.
EVs are less than <5% of the global market. They are the Linux desktop of automobiles. Interesting and a passion for some, but always just a few years away.
No. They will simply take credit for your accomplishments.

Honestly your best move is always going to be to change jobs.
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how about using always-on vpn, even in home / work? It works fine most of the time.
Correct, because Safari doesn’t host content.
But still each govt standardizes them to some extent right?
What's the next China then?
And now he's telling lies.
Apple could make an iPhone for a few years with usb-C and lightning if they wanted people to be able to use their existing gear, but that doesn't feel very Apple: their laptops jumped right from zero USB-C to zero ports that aren't USB-C.

They might also get some new customers; I was considering an iPhone rather than Android in my last phone purchasing round, but no USB-C means I need different charging, means I don't want to deal with it. No headphone jack is also something I don't want to deal with, been there, lost the dongle, would rather not go there again.
How does it compare to older guidelines
Don't forget Sony. Chargers that have different connectivity and voltage for almost every device.
This seems to be overstating Apple’s position as neutral here, they are actively hostile to jailbreakers, and Apple will try to stop you any way they can.
Off topic, but I recently tried a free HelloFresh meal, and was blown away by how much plastic packing they used. Unbelievable, every individual thing was wrapped in tiny plastic.
The best way to cut CO2 emissions would be to _ban_ coal.
Why do bananas, broccoli, bell peppers, potatoes and such vegetables require an airtight container? I see those and other produce regularly in plastic wrap or packaging here in Europe.
I am on board, reduce marginal income tax rates at the low end and replace with fossil fuel taxes.
Because this would be a huge waste of time, illegal and counterproductive. The PR shitstorm would be massive if the market reached any meaningful size.

Even co-opting existing sites for limited periods of time has been controversial, nobody would risk their career doing something this stupid.
I guess the goal is to only penalize plastic when there is a good alternative. For example, cars have a lot of plastic in them, but they make them a lot lighter and more fuel efficient, so you might not want to tax that plastic. It would be borderline impossible to write a general law that describes when plastic is ok and when it isn't, much better to issue practical rules on a case-by-case basis.
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> The problem with this logic, is that Apple isn't really a "business" in this case. Epic and Apple aren't really "business partners". Apple is an unregulated privately-owned quasi-government entity with none of the responsibilities or checks on authority that a real government has.

Are there any parallels in history we can point to for stuff like this? Maybe Standard Oil? I've been thinking alot about these massive companies lately, they are so massive and so intertwined in our society that maybe we should consider a new class of laws and regulations for these companies.

I think we should have a new class of laws and regulation called "for the common good" or something like that, and apply it to companies that have more than say 100M users. The libertarian in me hates this, but I think we also have to consider that these companies are larger and more influential then we ever though possible.
There's a problem - waste and people aren't solving it. So the government is trying.
Us Germans are recycling for what seem to be forever. At first the Italian system (it is quite a while we spent time there) was really confusing. One get's used to it so, I still mixed up the colors between organic and plastic waste occsionally so.
I don't think fruit and vegetables do well in airtight containers? Every plastic container I've seen has air holes in it.
Maybe India?
Local government is still govenment. OSHA also mandates some electrical safety testing stuff through UL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UL_(safety_organization)
I went through such a transition with my iPad Pro: from Lighting port (like my iPhone) to USB-C. The result was subjectively worse: the USB-C port is harder to insert into as the margins are straight and "catch", while the Lighting port had a slight bevel, making insertion as smooth as butter.

The fit is not perfect and touching the inserted cable moves it slightly inside the port. The Lightning connection was rock solid in comparison.

The USB-C port is also a male port hidden in a female one. Because of that dirt accumulates around the little knob inside which the limited space makes it much harder to clean than the Lightning port.

Finally, I had to purchase separate chargers and cables instead of the ones I already had.

Not as bad as micro-USB though. That always takes me 3 tries (one on each side then again on the original side) after which I have to look at the damn connector and try for a 4th time.
I plan on doing that - just in case the pearly gates are truly guarded by someone who requires you believe in a specific God.
It's called hedging your bets
Apple/Google have enabled mobile internet usage which has fundamentally enabled both legal and illegal activities. Safari is the way they do it. Still, in the absence of mobile phones, a lot of these illegal activities would slow down.

Every tech platform is enabling illegal activities. Glorifying Apple and Google here is a mistake this article makes.
The fleeb has all the fleeb juice.
Legislating pricing is something governments can do well. Legislating physical interconnect is an area where they are much more likely to be ignorant of the relevant requirements. I, for one, vastly prefer Lightning to USB-C despite the interoperability; I hope that if the EU goes down this road that Apple makes a Lightning phone for the rest of us.
borland died .. wasted my 4 years on this product.
My dad used to take me to a old-fashioned shop which was not very conveniently located but offered good discount (we were not exactly well-off so that mattered). It was located at the end of a dead alley away from the main road, the owner would hardly speak beyond a few words and my dad, who loved to bargain and haggle everywhere, would simply pay the bill with zero fuss. It was sort of an odd ritual which stopped when I left my city to find work elsewhere.

Now a days, we don't need to bother going there just for those discounts any more. However, every time I go back home, I tell my dad to go shopping for the same stuff and he invariably takes me to the same shop. I select what I want and when the bill comes, I never pay. Scratch that, I don't even offer/try to pay - he pays.

To borrow from the article, that is my amae from him. Furthermore, it my amae that is guaranteed to be successful, no matter what comes in life. The contentment that assurance brings is irreplaceable.
There are several different ways to solve the problem, some use a compass, some do not. I want to accept any that will work so long as the error is reasonable.
I think you greatly underestimate how much of this "natural convergence" happened because of EU influence. See the memorandum of understanding of 2009.

https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/electrical-engineering/r...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Apple_Inc.

They have a section on Apple's anticompetitive behavior and a link to quashing smaller companies viewed as competition in the past.

I do admire your get up and go, though and I do think more people should put up more competition. I'm very break up monopoly, which we have quite a few examples of in America, using exorbitant market pressures to stifle competition.
> Today’s proposals from the EU only cover wired charging and don’t seek to enforce rules on wireless charging just yet. A spokesperson for the Commission has confirmed to The Verge that if a device charges only wirelessly, then there is no requirement to integrate a USB-C charging port.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/23/22689432/eu-iphone-usb-c-...
The existing ports are thunderbolt, so they may be able to do some things that basic USB PD can't
Not GP but I have an Nvidia card and no, Wayland on Fedora 34 does not work. And unfortunately Nouveau is highly unstable and crashes multiple times per week, usually when I'm in a meeting or something important.

I just build a new rig and I didn't even consider Nvidia. AMD for me all the way. My only regret is that there's no `nvtop` equivalent for AMD.
> The politicians set a date at which they assume EV's will be technically and economically superior and have already won in the market.

It seems they have already won in the market: "14 of the top 15 cars in Norway are all-electric"

> because they are never going to actually force a sizeable population to give up their cars

This ban doesn't affect current vehicles, only new sales.
Probably one of the worst comments I’ve witnessed on HN
I can see a business model in setting up something like one of the large outdoor/weather resistant Japanese vending machines near a bank of chargers. Without staff.

https://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+vending+machine+lar...
Incitement to racial hatred, done publicly, can be held illegal if it crosses certain thresholds. I don’t think this means Europeans don’t have free speech.

Consider both:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_laws_of_the_United_Sta...
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Chiba is a rural/suburban prefecture neighboring Tokyo with a lot of rice farms, some beaches, and Tokyo Disneyland.

I think you meant Akihabara, and yes it changed, but not into an office park. It went from hard electronics to video game shops and maid cafés.
If it makes you feel better, he's dead wrong. Whenever I'm building a new software project I'm always thinking "God damn why do I have to start from scratch every time for the same things."

I do really wish there were a well-established open source framework for bootstrapping projects with authentication and payments, something that was vetted by a lot of people though.
The bans are not symbolic. They are signals to automakers that there won't be a market for their legacy products. This gives them time to shift their supply chain towards producing EVs. The bans can always be pulled forward if the market evolves faster than anticipated.

If EV sales in Norway continue to trend at 100% past April, Norway can pull forward its ban to "immediately." They could also accelerate petroleum station phase outs as it would not impact the EV fleet.
This was a really clarifying comment for me, thank you.

It links nicely with the positivists' ideas about meaningful/non meaningful statements as well - which I believe were inspired by Wittgenstein.
Indeed, busy people should just grab 20 McNuggets on the way home and be done with it.

I mean, the nerve, wanting a bag of quick already shredded lettuce that they can use for tacos tonight, a salad for lunch tomorrow, and finish out on Friday night burger grilling.

Horrible people they are.
Actually what that quote is saying is:

- Wired charging is now a pretty well known topic, and USB-C is considered a good standard by the vast majority of the industry. So let's make sure that everyone uses this standard to simplify the life of the users.

- Wireless charging is still a hot topic, with no clear winner, there is time for the industry to settle on a semi-standard. We'll wait until then to see if a legislation is required.
I honestly believed that the AI-gods were the creators / origin if the Borg. DS9 is quite a high bar to be measured against, so. Just shy of Babylon 5 for that period in my mind.
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I've tried playing DF a couple of times but gave up because I couldn't figure out the install/launch process. One day I will persevere.
Well, I think they're both definitive biographies, yes. But I guess it's like big rock bands travelling the world, having to play their big hits forever after. Good for the fans, depressing for the musicians.
What's the physics of RF energies finding materials more or less permeable by frequency? The "simple" antenna physics parts i sorta get but things get really weird when you look at field strengths in water and rock and things like that.

Antenna calcs are usually done "in vacuum" i think and part of the difference in what the chart says and what the antenna actually does is because of being surrounded by air of variable density and moisture composition.
The target market is much larger than your empty set dig suggests.

There are very talented developers, often deeply technical and highly skilled in areas separate from the idiosyncrasies of building SaaS web apps, who appreciate a functional jump start in an area outside of their core competency.

If your expertise extends to the areas covered by OP's SaaS template, consider offering suggestions rather than dismissing the (graciously shared) project's entire raison d'etre.
An important piece of information missing from ideas like this is how much of the overall total we are talking about. My guess is that plastic fruit and vegetable containers account for a very, very small portion of plastic use overall.
I really, really love all the retold stories people experienced while playing the game (embelished or not), two of my favourite:

Bronzemurder - https://dfstories.com/bronzemurder/

Bravemule's Matul Remrit - https://www.bravemule.com/matulremrit
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I don't want to shop daily, so I need produce that can last for at least a week. Otherwise I will cut them out of my diet, which will be slightly less healthy.

We have had a penchant for food that doesn't go bad for very long periods of time for ages (why do you think meat was salted?). Achieving it, especially without ruining the food, is a very recent accomplishment, which naturally the environmental people are looking to take away.
Different people around the world have different working and eating hours so we have that discussion no matter what. I know people who eat lunch at 2pm and supper at 9pm. My kids get lunch at 10:30am in school.
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And what happens to people in apartment complexes, and even more so, those who park on the street.

Oh, that's just "the poors", they can drive to a gas station 10 miles a way, I suppose.
I've never spent more than 5 minutes in a 7/11 in my life.

The point of those stores is to get in and get out quickly. It's the exact opposite of an EV charging station. In fact, most 7/11 in my area enforce the 'no loitering' rule.

I don't even think that 7/11 managers want you there for more than 5 minutes.

Restaurants or shopping malls I'll stay for 2 hours regularly, and a few level 2 chargers can actually get me 50 miles of charge in that time. That's where the EV chargers should be.
What about berries?
A self-absorbed manager will eventually fail to deliver. Build a team, do great work and it will eventually become quite clear that you are the architect of that success.

If you then choose to leave, you will be ready to lead your own team.
The social aspects absolutely work on a sliding scale. I completely agree. But I don't think that the amount or variety of social engagement is what really contributes to something being classified as "social media".
Probably not since that's paying for the EV subsidies.
That's not in the parse loop - where comparison is happening.
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Has anyone used saaspegasus? I've been on the fence about purchasing it.
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Gorgeous bytecode dojo.
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> Hopefully it'll hit the ocean.

I give it about a 70% shot.