skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's a fair question!

Is there a better way to independently measure the mental health effect of a single variable on a person's life than just asking them?
IMO NPR isn't a particularly good quality source. I'd prob put it below even the NYT, and far below, say, The Atlantic
Are Quanta Real?
The short term pain of less people to fill low paid jobs, will mean companies are forced to pay higher wages if they want to employ people. The race-to-the-bottom employment conditions created by mass immigration are unsustainable.
I think the advertisers issues are actually not the biggest issue, and it would actually be in FB's interest for people and government to focus on them.

The summaries of the research on social media and teens that I've heard suggest the largest burden on their mental health is from the way the platforms channel interactions with their peers into feelings of social-exclusion and inadequacy, rather than exploitation by advertisers.

The ads are easy to spot as a problem, because there is a lot of shelling of garbage, but they are just funders. For FB, it's probably easier to change who pays Instagram for engagement, than how they get engagement at all.
they certainly played some of their cards right, their positions in solar/semiconductor raw materials markets, their position in a lot of value chains is dominant, they can manipulate world wide markets as long as everyone else operate as if they were just a group of independent market participants contrary to what they are(dictatorship with full control of every strategic move their citizens/companies decide to make a political instead of economic decision)

They have enough influence in multiple countries to swing votes in UN, WHO etc.

They successfully occupied South China Sea, and built military bases on artificially created islands in strategic points to military expand in the region(as long they have navy capability, and do catch up very quickly)

They have very weird situation with their fisherman army, that invades neighboring countries waters and depletes their fishing reserves

Their position is a position of North Korea that was allowed to gain position strong enough to cause a lot of damage, and since dictatorships can afford much higher damage without precautions it's not as clear who is in a better position to negotiate/fight
I do not like sparrows

Mice with wings
> I have to assume you just haven't thought very hard about this problem yet

Your argument is the number one reason HN sucks lately. If you don't agree, the other party must be stupid.

If you want complete free choice about which flowers you should choose for a bouquet, then go to the wilderness. It will take you a while to find what you're looking for and you'll likely come across a lot of crappy looking flowers, but it's a completely free choice.

If you want quality choices in a quick amount of time, then go to the florist.

Apple's app store is a walled garden. So, make that garden as good as possible. They hire "gardeners" for that reason.

In fairness I have an android, and it's worse there. Reviews are faked, and critical bugs or bad ui prevent usefulness. This is with both the free apps and paid apps.
So then you’re saying that they aren’t covered by qualified immunity here? They appear to be repeatedly breaking the same laws after all.
Basecamp did this too and they were 100% right to focus on their mission. If people are constantly having Twitter cancel culture virtue signaling wars, your company will surely fail.
Something like preemptive burnout. I didn't work long enough for it to be burnout per se, but I did work long enough to know I didn't want to turn my interest/hobby in to a career and wind up hating both.
That's the problem with the downsides of social media. Even if you don't use Facebook, Twitter, and the like, their negative impacts still reach you through the people around and the rest of society. I suppose it's a bit like second hand smoke now that I think about it.

That said, the article makes what I think is an important point, that social media is not universally negative, it has some positive effects for some people. I usually use the word "cancer" to describe my attitude to Facebook and Twitter, and why I won't use it, but that is intentional hyperbole to stop further discussion.
People are willing to pay $2.5 million for a vintage video game cartridge that isn't even unique.

People invest millions in small digital pictures of apes.

There are currently over $32 billion invested in a digital parody "currency".

There's some dude who built a mansion in Bel-Air that he wanted to sell for $500 million and is now listed at a "discount" for only $340 million.

We as a society (globally even) are way beyond "realistic" at this point when it comes to money and the valuation of things.
If the insecticides are what's killing with the bees though, staking out a 10 m2 section of your field will do nothing to preserve them.
But... You've just described how fingerprinting on the web works. How is this not uniquely identifying information?
This is fascinating! If MERV 13 filters 60% with each pass, can we put 9 in a room to increase the circulation/filtration and eventually get to 99.7% filtration? Does it even work like this?

Also, I found this article which I found informative. Judge it as you please:

https://www.iso-aire.com/blog/what-are-the-differences-betwe...
You dont think regular seeing other people in your school is enough of a cesspool. I can't think of much we can do about it except perhaps get all teenage girls to wear Burkas.
> Trying to sort through what's real and what's being spun.

Public opinion is important to various interests. Don't you think they'd try to manipulate it? Don't you think that astroturf campaigns on social media would be effective in driving narratives? Tons and tons and tons of internet sentiment these days is one influence op or another, and it's immediately obvious when you find a community where sentiment is organic: the difference is night and day, like between Bud Light and a great craft beer.
> Never seen anyone hate sparrows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign
First ask yourself if you need to store it at all. Can the client store it as a cookie that you forward only when necessary?
What if Facebook is a mirror that amplifies the best and worst parts of humanity, and we like attack it because it's easier than accepting that it's reflecting us.
Tesla relocates it's corporate hq from Californiain
>middle of the ocean

Is this true? It’s been my dream to use it on a boat and be able to work from there, but my understanding was that you had to have the satellite dish in a permanent fixed location on land.
Right. It's all about the companies, isn't it? It's all about their leverage, their power, their profits, their god given right to eternal rent seeking.

They forget that copyright is part of a social contract. In its original form, it was something like this:

> we'll pretend your work is scarce so that you can make money

> after a while, it will enter the public domain

Copyright only works because we allow it. We're all pretending this stuff can't be copied and distributed infinitely and at zero cost. We're the ones doing them a favor. We were duped. They assured us that eventually the works would become public property. All of it will one day belong to all of us. That was a lie.

Of course they don't want to let go of their imaginary property. They want their copyrights to last forever so they can extract their rent out of their state granted monopoly for all eternity. So they lobby the governments and systematically rob us of our public domain rights.

So I will no longer pretend this stuff is scarce. It's not. It's data, nothing but a huge number stored on a hard disk. Not a single person on this earth owns that number. It's trivial to copy and distribute it. Everyone needs to know this truth. We need technology that makes it painfully obvious and easy for everyone. Technology that proves it by subverting the business models of these rent seekers. Services like Sci-Hub.

The whole notion of companies hoarding intellectual property is absurd. Intellectual property was never meant to give leverage to companies, it was meant to give them an incentive to create new products and works. Intellectual property expires. At least it would expire if the system worked properly instead of being co-opted by corporations with deep pockets and lots of lobbyists.

If these companies are hoarding wealth in the form of IP, the only just outcome is the one where they lose it all.
Why are they announcing support for Grim Fandango?

I remember playing that on ScummVM years ago. Maybe I'm reading it wrong.
Maybe, but do you have any evidence that people are punished for using VPNs to view information that is officially banned on the Chinese Internet? Or is that just a personal fantasy
thanks for pointing this out. it gets lost in the fervor of trying to "fight the virus". most of our interventions are useless, and yet, we still insist on doing them. the virus just isn't aloft and active for very long. that's why the most dangerous activity is close conversation, something we tend to do around people we know well (friends & family), not strangers in public.
I presume that the BBC is quoting “reunification” to make clear they don’t necessarily agree with the term’s usage, but use it because Xi did. I would do the same since I personally find “annexation through imperialist military conquest” to be much more honest description of the situation.
- 2035: Windows no longer overwrites Grub bootloader
I’d say the opposite is true. Additionally, it is much MUCH easier to find tech communities to have a discussion as compared to business-oriented communities.
Exactly, the incentive would have to be much larger to get farmers take the risk and save the bees.
> There is the possibility, however, that these customers might be driven to a competitor’s more lenient family plan, like Apple Music ...

No, Apple's Family Sharing goes far beyond music, which is probably more uncomfortable for people. Others being able to see the apps and books you've downloaded is generally more unfomfortable than sharing a location with Spotify.

There's a similar thing going on with Amazon Prime Video vs Netflix, because sharing a Prime password means others can see what you've bought.
file access is still painfully slow

same for IO intensive operations, including compiling code

just use linux or macOS
I don't want to argue that these aren't real problems, but I don't think they're universal, and there are settings where people aren't out to insult and attack one another.

Additionally, if you can become part of a supportive social circle it is much easier to have an attitude like: "There's a lot of trouble in the world, but lets enjoy life where we can and be kind to one another while pushing for positive change where possible."
They are quoting a whole sentence, not a single word yet they put quotation marks around a specific word.

This is not neutral at all.
Ask HN: Seed vs. Bootstrap?
For a growing profitable business, would the bootstrapping route be better vs raising a seed round?

Revenue is still small and a round could accelerate growth.

Bootstrapping would allow for less stakeholders and more ownership.

What would you choose and why
The Left and the Right speak different languages
By the way, you can declare your preference for "old" in Reddit's settings. It has worked pretty well for me on desktop (not sure if old even exists on mobile).
Iceland is part of the EEA which still allows freedom of movement with EU members.
Ask HN: Is the world today like 'Atlas Shrugged' to you? Why or why not?
I've seen this book come up a lot over the years in tech circles and finance circles, even more so now with tech and finance seeming to merge together with cryptocurrency. I don't agree with every idea of Rand's but there are some very interesting parallels for sure.

I'm thinking about things like the world being angry at Facebook but when there is an outage, millions of people seem to be freaking out. Also the world having mixed feelings about Amazon and consumerism but when the world's shipping infrastructure is having issues, people realize how much they rely on e-commerce these days. Imagine if Big Tech just stopped working for a day, imagine the world's computing grid just going offline completely for even an hour.

I live in Maui and notice that a lot of tech billionaires and millionaires buy land or estates here. This is kind of a 'utopian paradise' in their eyes. The irony is that there is a lot of issues in Hawai'i that most tourists just aren't aware of.

I could write a lot more but I think you get the idea. I'm curious to hear what you think and feel. I know this is a loaded question but it's Saturday and this is the only place I know that would take a question like this seriously.

Thank you for reading and contributing
Isn't all this tech really to new to even know? Millenials are the first generation to really grow yo with all this and only just hit adult hood.

I also remeber everything being bad for my well being as a teen. Magazines and photoshop were the big thing, now it's just Instagram I guess. There's no shortage of ways to mess with a kids self esteem. Why single out tech and social media? What about sats and college admissions, and sports?
You can read the author’s defense of herself on her Twitter: https://twitter.com/anya1anya/status/1446282545700691969

“I've been covering kids + tech since ~2007. The Art of Screen Time pubbed in 2018. I've spoken on these topics at Aspen Ideas, Atlantic Fest, Apple, Google, SXSW. Collaborated with Mozilla. Adam's startup was acquired by Facebook in 2019. He works in hardware.”
Overcoming Computer Fraud Felony
As the title may suggest I was charged with computer fraud and abuse sometime ago. I was given probation and I'm still allowed to use computers etc. The judge actually gave me a very light sentence, as I accepted a plea and admitted what I did was wrong, and stupid. Specifics of the case include accessing servers, and utilizing the dark web,typical stuff. I'm wondering if I will still be able to work in IT? I'm in my 20s. My background includes working at several top 5 software companies as a software engineer, back-end support for another company, and working at a NOC for a major ISP. Last gig was a systems admin. I'm going back to school for electrical engineering just in case I can't seem to get back in the industry. Does anyone have any advice, or been in a similar situation? Thanks
>the gender imbalance is so severe that there are guaranteed to be 10s of millions of angry single men over the next decades

It's crazy to me that the CCP didn't see this as a problem. There must be a reason they let it continue, more male soldiers for a potential war? Thought men were more likely to contribute to the workforce?
> SIGBOVIK

This year's submission "uppestcase and lowest case" letters spawned giggle-fits in myself of such magnitude I had not felt since "Too Many Cooks".

Not the first bit, but where it develops eventually. Highly recommend.

> SIGTBD

I wish this existed BITD! :/
> secp256k1 is a Koblitz curve which is defined in a characteristic 2 finite field,

Secp256k1's base field size is a 256-bit prime. What does he mean?
Because we’re seeing the tock, to the Cloud’s tick.
Many aspects of compute are moving out of the data center and closer to the end user.
You may have played it on ResidualVM, a project that has now been merged into ScummVM.
I think he's won a direct trip to Guantanamo for torture if the US gets their hands on him. You aren't going to see a trial, those aren't needed for non Americans
Saying that something 'glows in the dark' implies interference, so unfortunately, within cryptography, it has become an industry term as well as metaphor.

Other examples are the 'mystery padding' in keccak vs sha3.
I don't think it's a joke, basically all statistics are useless in isolation. While it's true unemployment doesn't paint the whole picture, I see a declining labor participation rate as mostly a good thing. It implies families with one working parent, people living longing in retirement and more people going to school. If we tried to maximize for labor participation rate like we do unemployment rate, it would be a very depressing society.
If anything it's a dying business model.

The world is getting more and more urbanized.

We won't leave cities because of the remote work. Humans feel the need to be together socially. Now there are 2 schools of thoughts about work;

one says that working is a social activity and thus remote work is doomed (IBM tried and failed before the pandemic)

The other says that working is just working.

Now even if the proponents of the latter are right and the whole world were to switch to 100% remote work you'd still would want to be living in NYC or LA for the social scene.

If anything the big winners are going to be the megalopolis where the social scene is more vibrant and people are more open compared to NYC and LA.

Thinking about Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Bogotà...at least for Americans who can speak Spanish.

They have Fiber down there, but sure there are niches such as the new Aerion supersonic plane, but is that enough?
not yet, but will be once SpaceX starts to mass launch their next-gen satellites that communicate with each other with laser.
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This is routine, like the Russians used to do (and still do) North of the UK.

If this is saber rattling, then what should be said of the 3 aircraft carriers the US and friends have dispatched to the area?

This is highly spun by the media and government agencies.
Happy Apollo user here.
Additionally.. I’ve been thinking that the FL condo collapse scenario will be playing out across China over the next decades (combo of building too fast, with sub par materials, and bribed inspectors). Tho, I do disagree on a macro level with you, I don’t think your points are talked about nary at all.
> Anyone still applying or recommending those methods isn’t up to date.

That's why it's farcical. In my area, you're required to wear your mask when you enter a restaurant and keep it on until you reach your table. Employees spend 8 hours breathing in the building through a cloth mask. Many places are still serving using single-use dishware to "stop the spread". Many people are still walking around with gloves on.

I'm not saying these were bad recommendations at the time, but they've turned into talismans and rituals we do to ward off the evil spirit of COVID while people broadly go about their lives as before.

Meanwhile, things like updating and repairing HVAC systems or restructuring buildings to maximize airflow, which both actually address COVID and have actual positive effects on health and wellbeing get short shrift, because we're wearing masks, so we're safe, and doing real work is expensive.
Everybody is focused on revenue.

Last time I checked the important metric in business is revenue - cost of goods sold

If they are approximately the same you are just running a big operation, not a profitable business. And I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, being at the helm of a big operation feels great and gives the master of the ship a lot of meaning, but it's not a profitable enterprise.

Even SaaS, bio-tech and platforms feel the pain and the anxiety every minute they spend without being profitable.

Despite what the CEOs say, it's like being underwater, you can be optimistic about your ability to swim towards the surface, but still you got to get there.
To be honest, I don't really care about studies, let alone Facebook's own studies. I've seen enough.

Life immediately became less depressing after leaving social media for good. Because my family, especially my cousins, use Facebook and Instagram for communication I'm still forced to use them to a minimal extent. When I do use them, I don't see a lot of happy people. In fact I see a lot of signs of mental instability in the profiles that these two sites want me to see and friend/follow. Lots of narcissism.
How is purchasing going to make it open-source?
Sure, they should have had a pop-up telling people about the change and making clear the option to opt-out. That would have been better. But seeing some of the responses here you'd think Microsoft had started streaming a video feed of your entire desktop with no way to disable it.
It's a reference to schizophrenic Terry Davis (rip), author of TempleOS, who said CIA agents would glow in the dark, and got popularized through the 4chan /g/ board.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Glows%20in%2...
You could use diagnostic tests, such as those described in the DSM. This is what psychologists and doctors do in real life to determine whether someone is depressed.
Damn this is scary — you’re both right.
An extremist is one who holds extreme views.

I'm not really sure what you mean by:

> Okay so would you like the criteria for all site's users to be a "connotation of violence" to meet the extremist threshold?
Seriously though. I have old reddit UI always on by default and forget to keep adding the "old" prefix when posting links, so apologies.

I will leave reddit too if they remove the old version.
> but I also don't want her to expose her to something that could be detrimental to her mental well-being.

IMO there's not much you can do here. If all her friends are using Insta and she wants to too, she'll have one whether you like it or not.

The only difference is whether you'll know about it, but even that is up for question because many teens create secondary Insta accounts explicitly for the purpose of avoiding their parents' watchful eyes.
> Interesting language. Taiwan can't be "reabsorbed" because it wasn't a part of China to begin with.

Two sovereign entities both presiding over the china landmass predating ww-2 had Taiwan within their territory sovereignty to begin with??????

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty
“ Aside from supporting Free Software solutions, the FDL also aims to increase the visibility of European Free Software publishers and their importance in terms of innovation and employment as well as their contribution to a possible European technological sovereignty.”

So is for European projects only?
Inlining Optimizations in Go
Sure, but take it a step further and analyze it.

Does Instagram, knowing this information, have any obligations when making choices that affect teen's mental health? Would making choices which negatively affect teen's mental health be an ethical action? One such choice could be segmenting user's by mental health for the purpose of advertisement. Is such a segmentation ethical? What if doing so increases Instagram's profit (say for example teens who struggle are more susceptible to ads), does that change your answer? Should that change Instagram's answer?

My point is that we are capable and obliged to dive deeply into these questions. 22% of teens[p24] of a total 22M teens(DAU)[1] are negatively affected by Instagram. This is 4.1 million people - not a small number. By stopping short and simply saying teens are twice as likely to benefit than suffer ignores the 4.1 million teens who are suffering. I'm not sure they take much solace that 8.2 million feel better off.

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-tox...
by this definition still 3 of the 4 states listed are in the West