skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I worked on tax software and have seen these kind of efforts. Noble, yes. Short lived, yes.

It’s relatively easy to make a free 1040 file. The real problem comes from all. The. Edge. Cases.

1) do you support xyz state?
2) what if I lived in multiple states?
3) what if i…

And on and on.

And it’s not just one and done. Every year IRS and states are changing their shit so you have to go thru and make all kind of updates and verifications every year.

It takes an army to build and maintain. Generally not the kind of thing for open source (unless they’re paid). But then what’s the point? One may say it’s more transparent, but TurboTax etc are transparent with their formulas - you can check every box they fill in for you.

I think the only thing that can really disrupt this dynamic are “free” commercial software (like credit karma now cash app), or government provided.
Vimeo videos not chugging.
I use https://www.freefilefillableforms.com/ to submit my 1040 every year. It’s recommended by the IRS if you know what you are doing.
Sorry my bad. Sparc under Qemu. Running the x86 version of Solaris just seemed too boring.
Taking a bet that complex systems will fail is usually free money :).

Having been a part of Google the only thing more awe inspiring than the sheer complexity of production is the fact that it all worked so well.

This is not a dig at current Googlers but entropy is cruel and uncaring. Perhaps parts of the stack which have been kept fit & fresh in people's minds due to constant rewrites will last longer but there are tons of places in the depot that are unowned despite serving production query traffic and the number of engineers that have any context to support it grows smaller over time.
"Abusive" is probably the the best one-word description of the way Microsoft and its software interacts with users. But I thing we'd agree it's a bit of a stretch to apply that to the case of a slightly slow terminal. However, it is absolutely fair to call it abusive when Microsoft tries to deny their problems or lie to their users that those problems are not Microsoft's fault and are something the users must simply put up with.

It's also important to keep in mind the vast asymmetry here. When Microsoft deploys problematic software, even a relatively minor problem will be responsible for many man-hours of frustration and wasted time. Far more man-hours than are ruined when a few developers have bad things said about them online. One doesn't excuse the other, but you can't ignore one of the harms simply because it's more diffuse.
Steering oceans of content to the world (2017)
I's incredible how effective such a simple bot is. I wish ARPA would fund something like that to cut down on economic losses due to scams.
What a shit article, lol.

Since it's all anecdotal, why didn't they contrast the experience from Brazil with ivermectin in Goa (India)?
They used the "foot blunderbus".
A lot of people really love the “social lubricant” phenomenon. If you’re one of those people, ask yourself, does it seem reasonable to rely on a substance for something as simple as communication?
Because it's a trend to bash on the government of China. People don't really care why they're doing something in a trend.

You'd be amazed how powerful propaganda is, and how frequently it is used in all countries across the globe.

Ironically you'll be labelled as a "shill" or "propaganda bot" for questioning the trend. Though it is great to hear when someone does so.
The US government is always honest and most assuredly will make their software with the end user in mind. Combined with the excellent customer support offered by the IRS and the US government's proven track record in creating stable software used by millions, this would be the best solution.
I went the reverse way: why keep so much history of every little thing I said or heard, let it be transient it's much more fun.
HotJava (and an early version of Java itself) are available in the base system.

I haven't found Netscape on the installation CD yet, still digging through the available options.

HotJava doesn't like SSL/TLS so you can't do much with it other than attach to very, very simple websites that aren't encrypted. Using it as a jury-rigged file downloader works OK though.
There's a world of difference between thinking this is okay and thinking that 137 million dollars for facing racist insults and graffiti is appropriate. For context, a worker who was cooked to death in a Tuna processing facility was awarded the largest wrongful death settlement in California of 6 million dollars.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/12/bumble-bee-f...
In fairness though, that first link you posted had the M1 beating the 5950X in geekbench 5 single threaded, so that confirms the Passmark result under certain workloads.

In any event, you'll notice M1 achieves an extremely competitive level of performance with a peak power of 22% of that used by the Ryzen 5950X and 10.5% of the 11900K. That's crazy!

In terms of efficiency there really is no comparison the M1 is a remarkable product.

We'll have to see how the M1X/M2 goes, but given what we've seen so far, we should see some stellar results from an M series chip designed for a workstation class laptop.
> I don’t think anyone would ever dispute the mental health benefits

Excuse me, what? I certainly would, and I don't know how you could possibly think that nobody else would.
I think that's a very different question than whether
or not Apple has a strong argument that Netflix ought
to pay them for that value.

Capitalism is awful in a lot of ways, but this is kind of its core thing.

Apple extracts value from its customers who sign up
for Netflix on its platform.

As opposed to what? Google/Microsoft/Roku/Sony/whoever not extracting value from their app stores?

The difference here is that Apple treats end users as customers and charges them money directly.

Google and the others extract plenty of value from you. But they do it by advertising to you and selling your information.

You can like one model better than the other, but either they're gonna extract value from you. It's just a matter of how you want it done.

At least Facebook is free.

(actual laugh out loud)

Okay.

I don't think that's analogous at all. Netflix is directly
in the category of customer that AWS is designed to serve.
AWS is a hosting service that is sold to Netflix, a company
that needs hosting.

Well, nobody likes a middleman.

Do you also hate Netflix because they're a middleman between you and the actual performers in the shows you watch? They don't pass your entire subscription fee onto the directors, writers, and actors. And even when they get paid, their agents keep some of it.

I'm not necessarily loving Apple taking a cut. I don't know if it's worth 15%. But I was initially responding to the question posed by the the great great great grandparent post (or whatever) claimed that Apple's app store provided zero value or something close to it, which I think is absurd. You may not like what they're selling and that's fine, but that's different from them offering zero value.
Except it's very useful to be able to import the many many forms for the various sources of income automatically. If you're just a w2 and a 1099-int then yes, obviously it's not hard to file taxes manually.
Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs
A general outage is more deniable than dampening a negative story.
In Case I Don’t Write Here Again
>> even does the taxes for you

This should exist. 80% of US citizens can just have this done right now.

>> government program that develops this kind of software

This should not for the remaining 20%.
Show HN: It easier for designers and web-developers to mark anything on images
Businesses __must__ call from a registered business line. Caller ID should tell me who is properly calling.

I won't answer it otherwise, and I really detest how frequent 'personal phone for business' is how places expect people to operate. At the very least they should have to bounce the call through a switchboard somewhere that rings me from the business line.
Imagine this happening to AWS
Equifax controls as much of our lives as tax software. Possibly more. And there are no penalties for screwing up repeatedly.
It’s definitely possible. I should probably do it. But other than the loud ring it has worked perfectly with very clear sound forever. Perhaps relocated to a different location would also be an option.
How do they prevent it from becoming a free used book store?
It can start as an open source project and can end up goverment-funded.
"Why on earth would any system need a TTL beyond 1 hour?"

Load. Lower TTLs mean shorter term caches and more traffic.

This is a big deal, especially for root servers -- which is why the TTL is not customizable.
I Denmark phone books had postal address. Think this goes for many contries i think. You could even call directory inquiry and ask for someone's address and they would give it to you.
It’s really only the plaintext styling that contributes to the humble appearance.
Thank you for proving the parent comments point.

He said "People used to make tasteless jokes all the time" and you equated it to "why can't we physically assault girls anymore".

There are shades of gray to all huuman interaction, and thanks to behaviour like yours where people jump to prove they are good, anything can be considered "bad".
When did I say I was basing my beliefs on Forrest Gump? Tell me. It's a name I just picked out of a hat (no not literally) that everyone recognizes.
I suspect there may be some bias in your data gathering, because that's not what's reflected in the statistical surveys I've seen.

"Americans are concerned about how much data is being collected about them, and many feel their information is less secure than it used to be. The majority of Americans say they are at least somewhat concerned about how much data is collected about them by both companies (79%) and the government (64%). Additionally, seven-in-ten Americans say they feel their personal information is less secure than it was five years ago. This compares with just 6% who say they feel their information is more secure, and about one-quarter (24%) who feel it’s about the same."

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/15/key-takeawa...
I haven't been to hospital bed but I've also noticed that even fun and interesting things can burn you off. I have to consciously force myself to focus on things that give rest to my brain - playing Rocket League with my son, going for a walk without my phone, reading novels.
Entire Latin America relies on whatsapp. From government services and doctor appointments to pretty much any business there is. It is such a vital part of the infrastructure that I don't know what would happen if it went down. I mean I even got vaccinated via whatsapp here in Argentina.
Facebook moderator discusses screening graphic content
> Windows XP cartoon UI: terrible.

How dare you :P Windows UI peaked with XP.
3Blue1Brown has a nice intro video on Topology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmgkSdhK4K8
Ah. So it is merely a war against the right of national self-determination.
> you can't chop-shop any of the expensive parts because they're all cryptographically registered

They're not cryptographically registered. iOS does a simple check to see if the serial numbers of the installed parts match the expected original values. Also, you can still sell them, and you would not have a hard time finding a buyer, because they're still intrinsically valuable parts and can still be used (with some annoyances). Anyhow, I'm sure someone will reverse engineer the system well enough to reprogram the serial numbers without Apple's assistance eventually. I can't wait -- the writeup will probably be a fascinating read, and it will provide users more control over their own devices, which is always a good thing. Same reason it made me very happy when it was discovered that Apple dun goofed and let an unpatchable bootrom bug slip into all iPhones from 5S through X, which means these phones are forever jailbreakable: https://checkra.in/
Around 2007-2008, as a "side project" I tried to build a web-based payroll software for a single state. Me and the developer I employed were able to get to 80% real quick, with ACH and everything. But as you say, the final 20% (edge cases) are nearly endless and ever-changing. Even a single state ended up being way too much for two developers.
Would https://github.com/tenox7/wrp work with it?
Does anyone have links to Apple complying with geofence warrants? I searched and didn’t get very far, this is one that might need someone’s recollection.
Same thing with opium.
I like opium, it connects across millenia.
Ok so the percent of staff they’re firing is higher than the IFR?
I think few people would deny that there are some harms for some people from alcoholic beverages, but can we really say, with all honesty, that alcohol has no benefits, or that its harms outweigh its benefits for all intake amounts?

Should we police responsible consumption more than we currently do? Perhaps, it's worth discussing for sure.

Will alcohol always be around? Of course. It's something that cannot be avoided, even in societies that have banned it for one reason or another. But to reject it with all its benefits, just because it has harms, and closing a blind eye to the good, is imprudent.

And is alcohol truly always a _bad_ solution as a self-medicant? I think you are spinning that as a net negative, but I highly doubt this is professional consensus on the matter, such as among therapists or doctors.

Finally, I don't think there's anything wrong with making boring/stressful stuff less boring/stressful, sometimes you just gotta do boring/stressful stuff
I feel the same way about the 90s.

If it makes you feel any better, it's not exactly just about the internet or what we modern folk consider contemporary technology. The question of societal transformation to a place where technical knowledge (in a broad sense) has become a requirement for basic living and the side effects or unintended consequences that it entails have been on the minds of philosophers since the industrial revolution. People have notice that the reliance on "machine" is going to change their world similarly to how the internet changed our 80s and 90s world.

Two very interesting things I'd recommend reading for a different way of framing this issue (but from the same perspective) that's been helpful for me. Both by Jacques Ellul. First is "Technological Society" 1954, and second is "Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes" 1962. The second one might not seem related, but it is.
> transactions fees ($0.18/yr)

Wow, I had no idea it was so cheap[1] once you're a registrar. The implication is that anyone who wants to be a domain squatting tycoon should become a registrar. For an annual cost of a few thousand dollars plus $0.18 per domain name registered, you can sit on top of hundreds of thousands of domain names. Locking up one million domain names would cost you only $180,000 a year. Anytime someone searched for an unregistered domain name on your site, you could immediately register it to yourself for $0.18, take it off the market, and offer to sell it to the buyer at a much inflated price. Does ICANN have rules against this? Surely this is being done?

[1] "Transaction-based fees - these fees are assessed on each annual increment of an add, renew or a transfer transaction that has survived a related add or auto-renew grace period. This fee will be billed at USD 0.18 per transaction." as quoted from https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/registrar-billin...
If the front desk security guard made that decision on his own, I hope he got fired for it since his one job is to keep unauthorized people out of the data center.

And now other customers have to declare a security incident to their customers because the rock solid physical security that they promised was breached because someone bullied the security guard into opening the doors and letting everyone in without so much as looking at an ID.

There are lots of ways to speed entry of a group of people without throwing open all of the egress doors, like checking ID's (or letting the eBay exec identify his employees) and letting 10 of them at a time in the man trap before opening the other door.
just another reason to use duckduckgo
Usually you have a tons of directions you can grow as an engineer. Some examples: you can become a subject matter expert in one stack, you can get good at multiple stacks, you can do public speaking, blogging, open source contributions, you can become various kinds of a tech leader (from leading projects to driving engineering principles in the org), you can mentor others, etc. - while this is all growth, it's nearly impossible to do all at once. Your manager can help you in at least 3 ways:

1. help you realize what is personally interesting for you from all this (you'd be surprised how many people don't know this!)

2. help you filter this list by what's currently important for the team/org, so basically find the intersection of what's interesting for you AND recognized in the company

3. help you find effective ways and support. This comes in many forms, e.g. pointing you to opportunities (hey, do you want to lead the next project?), finding you mentors or mentees in the org, coaching you directly (e.g. in leadership), getting you a tech writer to help you with blogging, connect you to people, etc.

About the promotion bit: you own that part. Your manager can tell you 2 things:

1. If you want to get promoted, which growth directions and actions to take

2. Whether they think you're ready or not
Free microchips from the sky
Excellent comment!

> Do your own thing.

The article points out "A delusion is created that progress is made." and I agree that consuming content should not be mistaken for progress, rather you should also actively act on the content you consume. Create something out of it.
Well-written, reflective piece of science history. People's reactions are seldom mentioned.

It got me thinking about what H.G. Wells (surely!) had to say on the topic. (Of course.) I ran across this:

"H G Wells coined the term “atomic bomb” in his 1914 novel The World Set Free, which depicted a mid-20th-century war fought with radioactive bombs that exploded – and then kept exploding, poisoning the area with radiation."

[https://theconversation.com/even-before-hiroshima-people-kne...]

The article links to the Gutenberg copy of the novel, which includes a 1921 preface by Wells.

[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1059/1059-h/1059-h.htm]

I've been listening to an audiobook of 'The Time Machine'. It's not there but: In his 1960 movie, George Pal's screenplay wrote-in a stop in 1966 for the Time Traveller - so he could experience the explosion of a 'nuclear satellite'. I suspect that scene was derived from TWSF, in which "The bomb flashed blinding scarlet in mid-air...."
Great, thanks for the note. I'm using Firefox as my primary, so really, Vivaldi tends to be my alternate for sites that don't like Firefox (or at least the configuration I use.)
This! Readline, bash completion, GNU Screen, reasonably modern C++ supported by a compiler, familiar environment that I used in Linux at home, and ls with colors! No, I knew even back then that SunOS and Solaris are famous for their reliability, admin tooling, and SMP support, but I have never cared about that.

Learning Solaris-specific stuff felt like a waste of time back then already and so it was.
Here's what the actual data says:

"...relative to non-essential workers, medical support staff had the highest risk of severe COVID-19 (RR 8.70, 95% CI 4.87 to 15.55), followed by health associate professionals (RR 7.53, 95% CI 5.44 to 10.43) and healthcare professionals (RR 6.19, 95% CI 3.68 to 10.43)."
https://oem.bmj.com/content/78/5/307#T3

"Frontline HCWs had a significantly increased risk of COVID-19 infection, highest among HCWs who reused PPE or had inadequate access to PPE. However, adequate supplies of PPE did not completely mitigate high-risk exposures."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7273299/

"Prior to the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, reports found HCWs accounted for 3.8 to 19 percent of COVID-19 cases."
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/covid-19-occupational-heal...!

"Healthcare workers are currently at a much higher risk of being infected by COVID-19...frontline healthcare workers are facing up a nearly 12 times greater risk of a positive COVID-19 test, and those with inadequate access to PPE are at an additional 23% higher risk. Furthermore, we found that if they were directly caring for COVID-19 positive patients, healthcare workers were experiencing a 5 times greater risk of developing the disease, 6 times if they did not have access to proper PPE."
https://covid.joinzoe.com/us-post/covid-risk-healthcare-work...
I believe nobody said "evil boogyman". But saying "government controlled" isn't much of a stretch for any Chinese company. I expect they do have some level of "de facto" control on over any company operating in the Mainland
I think about this a lot. This recent tweet from Simon Willison (https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1444071543902912513) really resonates:

"One of the most obvious flaws in using blockchains for anything involving regular human beings is one I've not seen much discussion of:

Regular human beings cannot protect their passwords, credentials or private keys.

They just can't."

I guess I'm not a regular human or I wouldn't have an AWS dev account, but I still hardly feel secure w/respect to the continuity of my various digital assets.
Each of my MBPs has been used for at least a decade (though not by me after ~6 years with most), so, sure, I'll commit to that since it's already happened with all the others.
The reason your claim is hyperbolic, revolves around consumer tech around choices that most people don't care about. They locked people out of porting your number from iMessage? Scary - wait until you find out what happens when Google locks you out of your Google account.

And #1 restrictive tech company? Did Oracle disappear while I slept?
"If the implication for this is inflation is no longer viable that would be crazy"

Not "crazy", but completely and utterly expected.

As there has never been a shred of physical evidence for inflation and it is a vague speculation, it's almost certainly not physically true.

They just need to keep squeezing and they will find the truth eventually - there are zero viable inflationary theories.
1. Facebook gives service for the profit with little regard for its users.

2. Facebook purchased WhatsApp to remove competition and options from its users.

And more https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/04/facebook-...
The angle grinders stuff was confirmed by NYTimes. Everything else was rank speculation by people who admitted as such. No one was passing off a hostile attack as fact.
I run Windows 10 and 11 in VirtualBox for testing.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/539139/tested-heres-how-much...

The security features of Windows 11 hurt performance and require newer hardware.
You justify Microsoft's actions because of Google's similar actions, you say "Google is a bad player," the implication is clearly "Google is worse." There is no strawman here.

I have disabled all the promotion for one drive and the browser and similar garbage. Yet no matter what, they change the OS to come up with new ways to advertise at me, even if it's only a few times a year. It's an ad even if MS claims they think it well help users. I've heard non-technical users complain about this shit too. They just want their computers to work and not bother them.

Given that people are annoyed by Windows 10's promotions, I would say they are mostly taking advantage of their situation. Some of their actions are helpful to their users, some are not-so-helpful. People tolerate ads if they have to, they do not like them.

Regarding apples 10% off, when I am home with my apples, the grocery store does not break into my house to tell me about more apples.