skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It is a recursive problem when you take into account how much power journalists have in shaping and vetting content on social media. As an example, this is why half of you in the US think that COVID has 50% hospitalization rate, while the other half thinks masks are entirely useless.
Let me see if I understand this, SSL is bad because one very well known to be shitty hosting provider charges lots of money for it? And we should hold back securing web traffic on the internet until such time as GoDaddy changes their pricing structure?

Look I get it, if I hosted sites on shitty providers and couldn’t change because of corporate BS I would be frustrated too. But “everyone else should change to accommodate my problems” isn’t the right response. It’s the same with crappy SSL middleboxes, I feel for people who have to deal with broken sites because of them but breaking TLS as a workaround can’t be the way forward.
It is not about the suffering that FB is causing to him, but more to people and democracy in general. You can be harmed even if you don't use FB.

Safe harbor is acceptable for websites whose social interaction is not the core business or is just a passive add-on, but FB must be held responsible of all the consequences of hate speech and disinformation on their platform because their algorithms are promoting them.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing. This helps.
If you have two contacts with the same name and you ask siri to call or add them to a calendar event she'll ask you which one. And won't be smart enough to understand when you say first or second.
The point is that this event is characterized as an insurrection and a threat to the the United States. It wasn’t.

If you want to shift the conversation to election integrity, that’s fine…but that was actually the whole point of the demonstrations. You have one group that felt that they had legitimate concerns about the election’s integrity. The other side downplayed those concerns, does not want to improve election integrity, and actually wants to erode it further.

I am pretty sure that if you want the bulk of America to feel that elections have integrity you should make it a priority and not downplay concerns just because your candidate won and I apply that standard to both parties since both are guilty over the last few election cycles.
> If one only needs a database, it's probably not worth to go to AWS

I think PlanetScale is built for someone who isn't using raw machines to build an app or running a dev-ops org.

Something like Vercel+PlanetScale is more along the lines of tooling you're likely to use (or Heroku if you're dealing with existing code).

The egress costs are rarely an issue for API endpoints, unless you're serving assets out of the hosts.

There's a million intranet-like workflow apps which don't need the additional headache of maintaining an RDS (or the skills to secure IAM). Mostly state machines with click-next-to-continue - Airtable probably hits the same demographic.

I think PlanetScale has got to work on their pricing model if the assumption is that it is ideal for that sort of an app (it's not "attractive" to switch right now & there's no pricing protection plans), but I'm not an economist or sales guy - like look at Google Fi bandwidth pricing for an example of where I overpay for data.
Personally I believe this all boils down to 'Platform Lock-in'.

I have to use Facebook because everybody I know uses Facebook.
Just like when I was younger I preferred Playstation but had to buy an Xbox because all my friends had Xbox.

Nowa days we have CrossPlay across platforms.

If I could use a social media platform which has an approach to Privacy I prefer, while still being able to view my friends social integrations (who care less about Privacy but prefer more customised content) on another platform, that would solve these issues.

Legal agreements could prevent the processing of data by platform owners by other platforms or even some sort of E2EE with metadata tags.
I hated Airtable because it was proprietary system that I could not modify or host myself. Rowy doesn't seem like an improvement because it only connects to Google Firestore, a proprietary and centralized service.

Realistically I just want to use PostgreSQL and an open source UI on top, like NocoDB or Baserow.

But hey, maybe Rowy will be a cold glass of water for those stuck in Firebase hell.
The graphics in the first answer gives a nice demonstration.
> It's not clear to me what "the returns should be file[d] automatically" means for [the self-employed].

The employer files the income forms and handles withholding. If you're self-employed, that means you are responsible for that part. And of course anyone with more complex taxes (e.g. non-W2 income) would still need to file, though they could start with the pre-filled forms.

> Last year I received a roughly US$3k tax credit because I installed a 6.6kW solar PV array on my house. There are dozens or even hundreds of cases like this in the US tax code.

Yes, and all those special cases should be removed as part of the reform. If they want to hand out money as an incentive for installing a PV system (for example) then they should make that a separate application and payment, since this has nothing to do with collecting taxes. For business income you can subtract legitimate business expenses (since this is about income, not gross revenues), for capital gains you obviously subtract the cost basis, and for personal income you subtract the official poverty level for your household. (If there are multiple filers for one household then they split the deduction.) If the sum is less than zero then you simply pay no taxes—there are no refunds. That's it. No special surtaxes or exclusions. Apply a flat percentage to the total and you're done.
Letme re-interpret what the i-th iteration of the algorithm does:

1. for j = 1..i-1, we're trying to "insert" a[i] into a[1..i-1]. Try simulating it yourself. I believe you will find out it's insertion sort.

2. for j = i..n, we're replacing a[i] with the smallest element among a[i..n].

Why it works: either (1) or (2) alone CAN DO THE SORTING. They do not conflict with each other.

Therefore, we can "optimize" this algorithm in at least two ways.

BTW, hope future powerful compilers can do this :)
Mostly I just find it mildly uninteresting in that she doesn't seem to be saying anything noteworthy. I don't disagree with most of her statements, but they're mostly conjecture based on her familiarity with internal culture. They're more or less what anyone willing to listen to her likely already assumed though.

It could still be useful to get it out there as a vaguely official viewpoint though.
Explain why the implementation is poor, e.g. if there is an unperformant loop that will struggle with large workloads, point that out and ask them to write a test to simulate this, then fix the implementation.
Nope the Taliban will only admit to raping girls, never boys. But of course it’s not “rape”, it’s “marriage” and everyone totally consented especially the parents of the kids who had guns to their heads as they signed the papers…

Of all the organizations that you could’ve used as comparison couldn’t you have found one with a better reputation?
> can't be remotely reset

In an Active Directory environment, Group Policy can store BitLocker recovery keys within AD. Self-service key recovery and rotation is an option with Intune and other device management platforms.

In the context of a personal computer, signing in with or linking a Microsoft account can provide the same functionality.

> shared computer

BitLocker Network Unlock solves this for fixed-location devices.
LOG_IF and VLOG, and related concepts from other libraries, have their places but I don't consider not logging to be a solution to expensive logging. In fact, that was my whole original point.

With structured logging the outputs may be trivial in which case the compiler can do a good job. But if you are inserting a std::string into a log line and your log output format is JSON, there's nothing the compiler can do about the fact that the string must be scanned for metacharacters and possibly escaped, which will be strictly more costly than just copying the string into the output.
Isn't this very common for large projects? Solves the future problem of potential relicensing, doesn't it? Of having to track down potentially 10's of thousands of contributors that may be hard to find (or even dead) to get their consent?
(only explaining, not expressing any political beliefs here)

Leftist internet slang for holding a centrist opinion at all costs based on the common belief that the current democratic establishment and its supporters spend too much time trying to please or listen to both sides and reach a compromise even when one side is expressing ridiculous or fascist opinions.
OP likely means it's disingenuous- the true intentions are hidden- it's part of a lobbying effort for greater control and consolidation of power.
>"She said she 'loves' Facebook, and wants to fix it, not harm it."

This just feels like doublespeak, to be honest.
True, true - I've heard the same concern elsewhere. My 2FA accounts work fine (with other services, not Google), but this could be more by luck than design. However, overall I still trust Twilio more than anyone to keep their numbers "clean" and usable for more people/services than any other VOIP provider.
You say that like it's a bad thing, rather than something she has every right to be.
Oy...those poor <picture> tags will soon be just stuffed with different file formats as we try to accommodate all browsers.
Do you mean U-joints? Or the major components themselves such as transmission, driveshaft, axle, differential, brake chambers, etc?
Correction accepted. Throwing 1/3 of the population to the gutter seems in alignment with the American way. Assuming once again, you appear to disagree not with my principles, but with a numerical error. I guess it's standard collateral damage in the quest for easy money. I sometimes forget that this is praiseworthy to many here.
You misunderstood. I am saying fb mirrors and amplifies external trends
"Left" and "Liberal" are distinct political ideologies which happened to both oppose monarchies at one point in time. Their proposed solutions even then were quite different.

Liberalism ostensibly values things such as property rights and freedom of information that are not really important in Leftism. Leftism prioritizes "fair" distribution of resources, which is not really a concern of Liberalism.
Apple’s Health efforts are ‘faltering’ amid internal strife, departures, more
if your python assignment is solved by

import solution

and some additional fluff (tracking,telemetry and other anti features in Edge's case) did you really do your homework?
This is how I do it and my work does too, with Druva. You don't have to think about a single thing except telling it if you store files in weird places. Could not be simpler.
It works both ways. It's likely that the kinds of enterprise orgs that don't like whistleblowers are the exact kind of org a former whistleblower wouldn't want to work at after past experiences anyway.
I'm about ten years younger and I already start stripping my education off my resume. It's superfluous.

Honestly, when I'm interviewing candidates, the only time I'm interested in their education section is:

- when they are fairly green (interns, juniors) because they don't have much experience yet

- when they keep bringing up "I did this in college" and I need to see how long ago that was to frame the rest of my questions

Anyone with a few years and an accomplished resume should strip their education out unless it's meaningful in some way.
Two questions: Is there a strong relationship between agreeableness and curiosity? Any data on trait curiosity for elite scientists or inventors (e.g. Nobel laurates) compared to not-quite-so-elite scientists with similar IQ range?
Facebook doesn't just exclusively employ engineers, they also employ psychologists and neuroscientists exactly in order to refine these parameters and increase engagement. It's not an honest mistake, the way loot boxes, gacha mechanics and dark patterns aren't honest mistakes.
All this will result in nothing.
I don't know if people become antivaxxer because of FB. Antivaxxers and science deniers didn't wait for FB to believe in their theories. It's like blaming the telephone because terrorists use it.
To me, one of the biggest news is that <input type="datetime-local"> is now implemented[0].

[0]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/in...
The advantage of the firebase backend and open source is if you scale to something really big, you know what Google's infrastructure and pricing is so you are not relying on a startup to stick around or scale up or support your growth etc.

That's great.

What is the business model? Services?
If they were easy to pay, hard for wealthy taxpayers/corporations to avoid, and actually went to services you'd expect in a developed industrial society (healthcare, education, research) instead of Raytheon XJ-9 Knife Missiles(tm) people might not be so salty about paying the 4th lowest tax rate (as a % of GDP) in the OECD

Put another way, we are at the lowest tax rate this country has seen in a century. How much lower can we expect it to drop?
More perverse than setting up $100m paydays for gangs who conspire to create discrimination situations within corporations?
>How does that solve the problem?

It directly solves your problem does it not? You now have a number that can receive texts... I don't understand your confusion.

I'm specifically asking you why do you have a landline? The "problem" is solved by not having one.

>to have non-mobile numbers auto return a message that it cannot receive text messages

I've seen these errors when I've mistakenly sent an sms to a landline. This already exists, maybe just for some carriers though.
> She said she 'loves' Facebook, and wants to fix it, not harm it.

I would guess it's a bit of a retrospective justification why she joined and stayed there for so long.

Facebook pays a lot. Compared to other industries, and compared to the tech industry as whole. However, publicly justifying that position is not acceptable in our society. Especially, after taking a moral stance as a whistleblower! "Yeah I wanted to make lots of money" does not sound compelling and would make her look bad. So there is the story of the radicalized friend, wanting to "help" Facebook etc. It's kind of like in the startup world, everyone should say they "want to change the world".

All that said, it should not detract from what she did. She is brave to come forward and hopefully it will lead to good outcomes.
What is really odd is that if you go to the AVIF Wikipedia entry animation isn't even listed as a feature:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#AV1_Image_File_Format_(AVI...

When people were comparing it to GIF I specifically tried to check if it supported animations, but came up with little.
It's whistleblowing, in this instance, because Frances Haugen released a bunch of internal documents showing what everyone has been saying. Generally the term is applied to someone who releases information from inside a company or organization showing that their public statements have been deceptive or are out of sync with the internal point of view.
If you want an anti-authoritarian ideology, you're looking for classical liberalism / libertarianism.

In the US, neither the left nor the right could be considered 'anti-authoritarian', as the left embraces broad government control of economic matters (a welfare state, environmental regulations, relatively high taxes), while the right embraces government control of social matters (regulating abortion, supporting 'traditional' marriage, etc.)

If you had a country with a perfectly free (laissez-faire) economy, but with strict social controls (mandatory Christian prayer in schools, abortion punishable by jail time, and mass deportations of illegal immigrants) leftists would call it an authoritarian nation.

If you had a country with a state-controlled economy (complete with cushy welfare state!), but with perfect social freedom (legal drugs, no regulation on abortion or sex work, and open migration) the right would call it an authoritarian nation.

While both right-wing and left-wing governments can exist without crossing the line into authoritarianism, only the classical libertarian's ideal government is by definition anti-authoritarian, because its focus is on the consent of the individual, whereas others are satisfied with the consent of a majority.
Apache HTTP Server devs issue fix for critical data leak vulnerability – update
Yes absolutely (though it's not a chance «of getting sick» - just infected, it must be).

Although, that "96% reduction" is unfortunately also hit by time. Also following studies of August (ex Mayo Clinic, "Comparison of two highly-effective mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 during periods of Alpha and Delta variant prevalence"), while the prevention of illness seems to remain above 90% (this is why you must distinguish illness and infection), the prevention of infection drops quite heavily in the case of Pfizer (76% for "January" to 42% for "July").

So, after over six months, one vaccinated with Pfizer, exposed to conditions for infection, is ~60% as likely to be infected vs one unvaccinated, and then well over 60% (it's 58% after three months) as likely to transmit said infection vs one unvaccinated (I am not sure about the distinction of vaccinated or unvaccinated as final recipient - at this stage the population is heavily mixed -, the scientific articles should be checked, that data came from the divulgative).

So, in the same conditions, one vaccinated with Pfizer after six months is probably with one third of chances a potential vector (60-ish% comparative chance of infection and 60-ish% comparative chance of transmission) for the main variant of concern, when compared to an unvaccinated. Considering an old vaccination in the final recipient - if not partially included in the other data -, one fifth. (If I have read the numbers properly and have not fumbled on anything).

The distance in magnitude between the 33%, maybe 20%, I am tentatively computing and that ~0.1%, again vouches for the need for clarity which was valid from day one. (How come we still do not seem to have one dashboard for collected tentative knowledge?)

It would have been interesting to have had similar data (transmission rate over time) for Moderna, which had a limited decrease of effectiveness against infection over time.
Yep - the leftists started by disparaging neoliberals, but today they just say liberals.

Even someone like Elizabeth Warren, who is generally recognized as very progressive, falls under this heading because of her basically positive disposition towards capitalism.

And to the inevitable downvoters - go read leftist social media. I'm just stating easily verifiable facts here. I don't have a problem with leftists.
After the lock down Mexico has seen an absurd increase of spam calls, and I suspect most of Latin America as well. More than the law, I blame the weak law enforcement.
That's what the DEBUG level is for, as explained at the end of the section you're referring. So it would be like:

D: Connecting to DB
D: Reading config file
D: Connecting to API server
D: Sending updated record
I: Updated user record for $USER

Or, if it fails, the last line is replaced by:

E: Failed to connect to API server; could not update user record. [IP=..., ErrNo=..]
There used to be that option. First it was default, then they switched it to opt-in, then they switched it to opt-in-repeatedly (every visit would default back to algorithm-curated), then they finally killed the chronological option.
You're saying you're "reading between the lines", that reads to me like an emotional statement, not a technical one. Please let's focus on the technical issues at hand and what has actually been said, not on what we think someone might be saying.

>tell me precisely what doesn't work, in your own words.

I already explained it, I've used sixel in Xterm and Foot and I don't like it, the restriction to paletted images makes everything look bad. Also, changing the font size breaks the images. Also, the protocol is still terrible on bandwidth, if you use it to try to transmit 1080p video over ssh (as someone is bound to do) then you will encounter the same bandwidth issues. Again please read this issue if you want to know more about my stance, I agree with everything it's saying: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/terminal-wg/specifications/-/...

So sixel-tmux is not going to help me, sorry. It may even make things worse for me if apps are trying to use it when I don't want it. If you want some more suggestions on what to do to help, I can give those. But you're also welcome to not listen to me if you disagree. Maybe you have to accept that I am just not in your target audience, but that's no reason to accuse other maintainers of trying to hold me hostage.

Edit: I said earlier that I think it would be a good goal to support the various image protocols, I would be happy to use this if eventually an image protocol was added there that wasn't seriously flawed. But the apps and terminal emulators will still have to be changed to support that, so supporting sixel doesn't really help towards that goal at all, and in some ways it impedes it because those projects might be expected to maintain that as a backwards compatibility option. That's what I meant earlier, I think you may be approaching this problem from the wrong angle.
Okay, the word you’re looking for is “feasible,” not “possible.” There is no law of physics that says it’s not possible to be commercially competitive, without subsidies or whatever. Words have meaning, and hyperbole should not be rewarded.
I keep seeing that argument every single time and keep wondering, isn’t there reason to implement JIT? Something like cost benefits outweigh the resilience risks?

It’s not like people start dying on the streets, simply things are getting expensive and hard to get during disturbances.

Are there calculations demonstrating that JIT the risks of optimization are more harmful than helpful in the long run?
> Nothing the whistleblower has revealed is shocking or previously unknown. Yes facebook tweaks an algorithm on your news feed to drive engagement and make money.

Known and verified are two very distinct things. Does the public know that Facebook does this? Yes. Do they know it's harmful? Yes. Does Facebook also know this? Yes. Did they tell congress that they know this? No, in fact they told them the opposite.

The whistleblower is simply proving that unverified known - that Facebook has done research in its harm and knows they exist. Facebook would say "so what, we're doing stuff to fix it".

The most important part is the following: Facebook believes that its implementation for corrective actions of its harm is solely its responsibility. IMO, this is what is so dangerous and revealing. There is no one auditing other than taking "Facebook's word for it".

> Yes facebook allows some content that some would consider not to align with mainstream US narratives.

This is an incredibly disingenuous description of the situation. Facebook's own (non-public, now publicly leaked) research indicates that Facebook causes harm to teens mental health. The only "US narrative" here is the one backed up my the incredible amount of research supporting the growing issue of mental health in the US (and the world for that matter).

EDIT: To further my point and give you a comparison - when a similar thing happened with Tobacco the government was able to control behaviors by (1) forcing tobacco companies to put labels on their products and (2) tax tobacco such that it dissuaded customers to buy. Imagine if William Morris said "we know tobacco causes cancer so we've actively decided to sell 10 million less cartons of tobacco this year". No, they ended selling X million less cartons because of those two measures (among others).