skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>A "social movement", going to "rallies" with the correct signs, is not going to tackle climate change.

Right, but that's going to do far more to signal support than people collectively answering "strongly agree" on surveys. I also think that "aggressive action on climate change" means different things to different people, so 69% answering "yes" doesn't mean there's 69% would support a particular policy. See also: brexit vote.

>There wasn't an imminent threat of terrorism from any of the many recent catastrophic wars and interventions around the middle east and north africa. Fewer people bought that line than want action on climate change.

Whether there was actually an imminent threat is irrelevant, only whether if there were perceived imminent threat. According to wikipedia the afghan was had 88% backing in the US[1] and the iraq war had 59% backing[2].

>Lots of people think we have an imminent threat from climate change.

1. please quantify "lots of people".

2. If al-qaeda pulls off another attack you can easily blame them for it, whereas having one more hurricane in a year is far more ambiguous.

3. a war can plausibly stop the terrorist threat, whereas the same can't be said for implementing climate policies

>Do you have a source for the claim that more people believed the lies that Iraq posed an imminent threat of terrorism?

"This same poll showed that a majority believed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, but did not expect UN inspectors to find them"[2]

>That was the claim of course by the politicians who are owned by banks (e.g., https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/10/15/wiki-o15.html). Most likely a lie, certainly the actual response implemented was costly unpopular and terrible compared to what could have been done.

It was widely supported by economists: https://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/bailouts-banks-and-automa...

>And I just listed a few examples of cases where politicians have no problems implementing costly unpopular agenda regardless of what the people want. It was not supposed to be a scientific exact same situation, this is missing the point.

unpopular? the bailouts had 57% public support

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2008/09/23/57-of-public...

>Well it's common knowledge.

Sorry but it's impossible to take someone's "common claim" at face value, due to the presence of filter bubbles. Looking at the subsequent paragraphs, it doesn't even look like you had a different idea of "Immigration policies" than I did, so it was a good idea to get clarification before arguing.

>But if you're interested these were among the first 4 links on google

The first article you quoted is just a claim from another paper, which I can't be bothered to retrieve. It also has some case studies, but they were for morocco and tunisia, so applying that to the US is tenuous. The second is much better, so I'll grant that unpopular measures do sometimes get passed.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_in_the_United_S...
What about FANMAG is vulgar?
> I don't know if the usual election lies will cut it this time.

People say that every time though and they always do.
Cryptocurrency has three successful use cases. One is speculation, hoping to profit from coin value increasing over time. Two is enabling nefarious activity such as ransomware payoffs and buying illicit drugs, weapons, illegal pornography, etc. Three is money laundering.
Is that the natural state of the world? Seems like group cooperation is the natural state and our ability to collaborate in larger groups than any other species is what allowed us to rise to the top. Excessive individual competition leads to both combatants taking injuries and then dying of infection or being too weak to fend off predators.

See: flocks of birds, ant colonies, prides of lions, shoals of fish, pods of whales, any social, religious, military or financial grouping of humans, clownfish living with sea anemone, birds cleaning crocodile teeth, hermit crabs finding empty shells, bees pollinating plants etc
The World's Recycling System Is Falling Apart. What's Going On?
It’s not just speculation. It’s experimentation as well. The crypto community has been really playful in how they use and define money. There are wuite a few lessons that we have learned as a society that otherwise wouldn’t be so salient.

Things like:

What is trust?

Should we put our trust in technology instead of people?

Can we build a blockchain vm?

Can you censor blockchain technology? Or will people find ways around it?

Bitcoin will always hold some lower bound value, because there will always be 2.1 million willing to use $10 to see what happens.

Governments aren’t playful, people are. Playfulness can lead to recklessness and pain. It can also lead to artistic expression and innovation. IMO with cryptocurrencies, you see both.
I think they referred to him internally which makes sense. I follow him on LinkedIn and most of the posts are about GCS AI services, which is external facing.
What did Norvig do at Google, anyone knows?
Architectural design isn’t everything, it appears that their concrete “recipe” was in fact different:

“University of Utah geologist Marie Jackson… and her colleagues have found that seawater filtering through the concrete leads to the growth of interlocking minerals that lend the concrete added cohesion.” http://unews.utah.edu/roman-concrete/

includes some tasty microscopic photography
Reading these articles, I think somebody might be able to make a difference by funding experiments only. This would make sure to avoid string theory stuff and other non-falsifiable dead ends.

You go write your theoretical paper somewhere else, but if you need to do an actual experiment, come to the perimeter and they'll pay for the equipment and such for you to try it.
So if there's a 5 million people who can work that aren't working, that shows there's a shortage? That makes zero sense. If 5 million people are standing around not working there is a job shortage, not a labor shortage. We have a shortage of businesses which can pay non-poverty wages for workers. We also as the article says have a "skills shortage", which again is a lack of employers willing to hire unskilled workers.

That fundamentally is because of the increasing value of capital over labour and the supremacy of efficient monopolists over the small businessmen. Simply small businesses cannot make good business models where their workers are getting paid twenty bucks. It's about the expansion of the welfare state to fill the gap where these small businesses are failing, we have seen the expansion of pseudo universal basic income programs to fill the gaps that small businesses could not fill.

The problem is not a labor shortage, we've figured out the labor shortage, we have more labor than you can shake stick at. The bigger and more fundamental issue is the concentration of power in big monopolists and the increasing irrelevance of small businesses which can only hope to ensure enough of the population is impoverished and enough of the welfare state goes through them that people will come crawling back to their jobs mopping up the bathroom at a wing shack for poverty wages. Yet the writing is on the wall that the "labor shortage" will be resolved by having these businesses close down, and then when there are no open job postings, just like that the "labor shortage" will disappear being revealed as nothing more than the propaganda of a faltering social class.

We will then be forced to deal with the real problem which is the fact that labor can't produce enough surplus output to provide for themselves. The terrifying reality of this automated world, accelerated by a global pandemic. There is no pedantry going on here, because pedantry refers to people nitpicking minor details, calling this a "labor shortage" is COMPLETELY missing the point.
And this is the problem with slippery slopes. I find the facial recognition gps tracking apps to be horribly intrusive and not a good alternative to being locked up in a hotel, which is also awful. They always pull this crap, and society ends up accepting the lesser of two evils. Like the meme, always has been.
If people are voting for the likes of Hanson, Katter, and Christensen over the other candidates, it's unlikely that a scientist or engineer would have much chance. You'd be standing either as an independent or Greens candidate.
I work at a big tech company (not MS, though). The short answer is it really all comes down to prioritization.

In my experience, we do have the same kinds of tools for surfacing those issues. Granted, they do tend to differ per function or even per org, although there are some standardized ones you can plug into to get e.g. issue aggregation, stack traces + metadata, etc. Granted... a lot of the time that requires a team to 1. actually plug into this infrastructure (otherwise it can either bubble up as an unknown exception or, worst case, get swallowed by a try/catch) and 2. actually pay attention to things once they do plug in.

The other problem is not just the high scale of traffic (or 5XXs or errors in general) but that high traffic is usually due to a myriad of products, features, etc. And there's just simply too much work for too few people. So, we prioritize based on severity of the inherent issue (e.g. privacy/security issues go to the top) or, if that's equivalent, number of affected users take priority. Which just means low-severity, low-impact bugs almost never get fixed. Especially if they have a workaround that can be surfaced e.g. when someone reports the issue to support.

Happy to elaborate further if that doesn't make sense. I also want to clarify that this explanation isn't meant to be some perfectly valid reason as to why this kind of work doesn't get prioritized. I agree a lot of times big companies fall short here, including where I work. This is just one of the many tradeoff that get made when there is more work than people.
That’s a horrible way to look at it. There are so many alternative ways to enforce a quarantine / lockdown without having to resort to such invasive things. If you use the justification of “harming society” and “massive suffering and loss of life” you can justify way more than just fighting COVID-19.

Slippery slope aside, why can’t the government merely enforce the curfew by telling citizens not to leave their homes instead of forcing them to take selfies at random intervals? If you don’t comply they send the police to your home. If you don’t comply out of protest, they’ll jail you for your safety, where you’re more likely to catch the disease they’re trying to keep you from catching. Pure insanity.
On the more positive side, maybe some things in here are necessary first steps, and best get to more useful things later building upon them. I am not sure, I didn't dig to deep yet.
I basically get weekly recruiting emails from the Vancouver office (I work in Vancouver) but I tell them that I’m not doing the online assessment. Surprisingly the recruiters always go silent shortly after. I am a mid level Senior engineer and Amazon can pound sand if they think I’m going to take their dumb online test without any commitment from them whatsoever.

Amazon fails to understand that it is currently a worker’s market in software engineering so they are the ones who have to convince engineers to work there.
Violence is always a choice. Choose that, and suffer the consequences.
The irony with that view is that what looks from the outside as a single lego may be viewed from the inside as something much more complex, because we're not talking about actual legos here.
This just shot PAIP to the top of my reading list. I’m going to go grab it now.
Matches up with the numbers I have access to, but I’m not at a FAANG.
If you fly fast enough you can outrun the night, but that opens up a whole new set of problems.
The Home Depot Teams Up with Walmart to Expand Same-Day and Next-Day Delivery
How is one party responsible for a bipartisan bill? The opposition vehemently support surveillance laws and have voted for them repeatedly.
We just launched a new product. It wasn’t really new, though. It’s a copy of a product that we used to buy but for some reason decided to build in house. It got rushed forward by a month (the announcement internally was “the new prod date is X is your team ready?”).

It’s been awful for users since the second it went live. I’ve personally had to spend dozens of hours on it so far and I’m sure some fresh hell will show up tomorrow.

But everyone is excited because it’s one more dot on the PowerPoint of stuff team X has achieved this quarter.

And tracking down errors? Logs? Ppfftttt…guess what got descoped as low priority when everyone had to scramble. So chasing down even seemingly simple bugs is a nightmare.
They are bipartisan, but that does not necessarily imply that Labor would have enacted the same laws if they were the government.

They are waving through these laws so that they cannot be portrayed as "weak on security/law-and-order" by a predominantly hostile (read: News Corp) press.

It is extremely disappointing to see Labor raise all sorts of concerns about similar legislation and then wave it through anyway when the Libs refuse to make any amendments.
I'm starting to realize the same thing. In my case I go to an office to set next to a call center where they're on their phones all day non-stop talking about things that have nothing to do with my work. All my colleagues work in other cities so I either way we're meeting virtually, at least by staying home I don't contribute to the noise level on the floor.

If I could come in to a space that just had the people I worked with I'd be more inclined to that. Even if they offered a quieter space to work that might be better but what's the point when I'm already fortunate enough to a quiet space at home.

We're currently getting the push to get back into the office now by guilting us that we're killing the local cafes around our building, even though I never purchase take away coffee and bring my lunch from home because I'm cheap.
I'm in SA. Handful of lockdowns days throughout the entirety of COVID so far. I wear a mask for a few seconds to order at the pub, and on flights, and that's about it. Still go to restaurants, not having to homeschool, I've travelled quite a lot in SA, WA and NT over the last 18 months. Don't know anyone personally who has had COVID. Barely seen any police anywhere in 18 months. Work (in tourism content) has been busier than ever. I can see why people outside of the East coast in Australia might be OK with borders/quarantine as they are to date.
> Regressive consumer fuel taxes are a terrible way to fight climate change.

Why? A fuel tax is not inherently regressive - it gives the correct incentive, because a gallon of gas not burned is a gallon of gas not burned. It's "regressive" in the sense that poor people are hit harder, and I agree that the French government could have handled it better (well, obvious in hindsight), but there are other policies to help the poor while maintaining the fuel tax.

Honestly, I find these "we're actually for the environment" argument suspicious - isn't it rather convenient that the things they want taxed are exactly what they aren't (directly) buying?

As it stands now, addressing the climate will require radical policies. Some of them will hit the rich. Many of them will hit the poor harder, simply because they are the most vulnerable, whenever anything changes. There's no such thing as a painless easy fix, held back by evil politicians.
To me this is more about work eating life and less about office vs wfh.

I just visited Europe this fall and people hang out together practically all the time. Every evening. Families with kids get together and effortlessly spend time while the kids entertain each other. This is the norm.

The sense that I don't get enough socialization via work is a serious symptom that I need to nurture real friendships and communities in life.
Cross our fingers that India is able to pull this off. China got old before it got rich, hopefully India can bridge the income trap.
> We live in a world where most computers are now locked down, spyware laden, ad serving, micro transaction sucking, subscription rent seeking, pieces of garbage. When I look at iPhones and iPads I get sad for the children.

Interesting in that some of those items Apple pushes for, and some of those items Apple pushes very hard against.
I have never written a cover letter and any hacker friendly job which requires you to write a cover letter instead of showing code, is a great filter to keep away good hackers.
I get the feeling that a lot of discontent related to the archaic 8-hour work day. I have personally interacted with at least a dozen other engineers at my workplace who openly admit they "actually" work maybe 2 hours a day. The rest of the day is spent idly feeling burned out forced to sit at their workstation for the next meeting or instant message to reply to. I personally suffer burnout from this.
Why would Labor winning change anything? Labor have voted for every single piece of surveillance legislation tendered over the last decade. The AA Bill, metadata retention and more. They voted for it all. They are vehement supporters of surveillance state policies and have voted for it -- repeatedly.
Some of those McMansion buyers would opt to live in a condo downtown, within walking distance of their work and numerous ameneties, if they weren't priced out.
China depends on global commerce as much as the US or Europe. It is not on their best interests to create a global tech crash.
> Hell, the person who used to be president was paying that or less.

You need to have income to pay income tax.
You seem to be conflating rich lifestyle with castes.

Sure, there are many wealthy individuals whobare from upper castes.

There are also equally wealthy people from castes across the spectrum.

Influencers are basically rich, urban, 90s gen people. Some of them are from upper castes, some are not.
>Seems less heinous than spreading a dangerous virus and killing hundreds or thousands of citizens?

Since when is the choice between "in-home photo surveillance" and "intentionally spreading COVID"?
I can see how having one imprint on you, as its mother, at birth would provide some advantage.
> Traditional vegetarian diets allow for eggs. Vegetarian and vegan mean different things.

Yes... I'm aware. That's why I said vegan.

> Your extremist attempt to go from presumably a meat-centered diet to absolutely no animal products at all is not really a counterpoint to anything I've said.

Your post was hardly a formal argument to be taken down through rigor. You said you don't "get this trend", saying that there are already good vegetarian meals. I explained that I would like more vegetarian meals to replace things like eggs.

If you think this wasn't a "counterpoint", examine your own post first.
Just out of concern for your mobile, you should put a challenge for your phone number at least. There's a ton of scrapers out there that pick up phone numbers and automatically add you to spam call lists and the like.

As for the invitation, unfortunately not in New York (or the States), but if I'm ever around I'd probably love to join.
Why are we addicted to misery porn
> I was shocked by the level of acceptance of surveillance and even the police rights to search

It's not even just the police - the goons on the doors of JB Hi-Fi will demand to root through your bags on your way out of the shop. Nobody even seems to question it.
Obviously it's a personal preference, but most people I know who have easy commutes (<20 min, walk, bike or public transit) still don't want to go into the office. Neither do I.

It might be nice for a change of pace of a specific purpose (i.e. planning meeting that is just easier in-person).

If I want to go downtown and socialize with coworkers, I can do that after work (and have while WFH).
I was genuinely curious as I am often involved in writing for websites, including on D&I issues, so it's helpful to know what kind of information is needed, that's all. I don't think I deserved this comment. Cheers.
See, that would be an excellent graphic for a demotivational rock!
I know of a family who moved to the US within the last 12 months. Has that been a more recent change that would've prevented them leaving at all?
And it's a crappy first approximation at that!
"Banks are evil because I heard that banks are evil and I don't really understand what they do."
Gonna be honest here. Say things about people being nice that I'd never say to their faces.

When my dad died, people said all sorts of stupid shit to me. A billion variations on "I'm sorry for your loss." They'd tell me how much they loved him. What they'd miss about him. Bla fucking bla di bla. One person managed to say something completely different, I won't repeat it here, because it was unique and situationally specific -- but that was kinda refreshing.

Cut the crap, your blandishments do nothing for anybody. What I needed was somebody to fucking listen. Sit there and be silent long enough for me to open up. Or just sit there and be a quiet friend. Or get me out to take a walk. And not say much. Bring a lasagna or something so I don't need to figure out dinner. Come over and wash some dishes, or something. Some people might even have an answer to "what can I do to help." If you know a person well enough to know the difference between a hard no and a polite "I don't need the help," use that, a little firmness will probably be appreciated.
Would be great if dang could add (2017) to the title so there's less confusion.
I'm blessed with the ability to live in a somewhat low COL city, and be within a 10 minute walk to work. When WFH first started I was beyond excited. Working in my pyjamas? Hell yeah.

Fast forward about 12 months and I began longing for the social interaction, and even just the different visual stimulus of having a large open space to walk around and think in.

I don't think there will ever be a true answer to WFH vs. WFO.. But I think opening up that choice to the employee will give numerous benefits to employers in the coming years.
The bigger issue is there's a shortage of Corollas on car lots, too.
You could integrate it with all video-conferencing software building it as a virtual camera plug-in that works with OBS
I worked 3 days in, 2 days remote for a couple years. I actually prefer it in a lot of ways. I've been full remote now going on my 4th year - I decided to move far away. I do miss the in person team feel. I used to do more meetings in the office and more heads down work from home.
> gRPC/protobuf has a lower operational cost than JSON

I'm a bit torn on this point.

We had a project where we needed to talk to an external grpc service, and protobuf was a technical given. Outside of the bootstrapping and typesetting, an issue we hit was the lack of tooling: Google officially supports protobuf libraries for 4 or 5 languages. There are other library providers, in particular for JS/Typescript, but from the get go there needs to be a strong library support or it's out of question. For instance looking at ruby, protobuf libs seem to be young at cursory glance.

It's true to some extent for JSON as well (though writing a parser for a limited set wouldn't be impossible), but I'd be hard press to come with a language that doesn't have a good JSON parser.

Then debugging also means relying on your library to encode/decode the payloads. If you need to replay a slightly modified query to check how an entry point reacts, you'll need to debug from your application, or build another test app just to emulate the requests. This issue gets compounded if you have doubt in your libraries' reliability. Development, maintenance, logging, monitoring etc. get that much heavier to deal with.

All in all I don't see protobuf as aiming for low operational cost. Or at least you need to be ready to bear the weight, and might be lucky if it ends up lighter than expected.

JSON can be scaled upward in reliability, with heavy testing and validation layers, while protobuf is hard to lighten.