skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I set it via tlp[0]:

sudo tlp setcharge $start_precent $stop_percent BAT0

[0]: https://linrunner.de/tlp/
How do you actually deliberately practice and improve programming?

What about data science / research?

Curious if anyone has suggestions.
This is awfully optimistic thinking.

They could also be <50% backed at the start of the year and <50% backed now...

No one really knows.
Show HN: The Silicon Valley Doc/ the Indie Hackers Doc
A Tardigrade in Dominican Amber
You could make Macs hibernate via the CLI until a few versions back at least, maybe you still can? I used that occasionally, but at some point sleep got so good I stopped bothering. If I disable the waking up to fetch mail and the like thingy in Settings, mine will hardly lose any battery even when sleeping for extended periods.
6. And some of us grew up with relatives that survived the great depression and WWII. We learned to preserve and stock up on foods, save up money, have enough supplies to last for rough times. We learned to not entirely trust and rely on institutions like banks or the governments that regulate them to save us.
These people are frankly stupid. Money has no value outside of society. When society breaks down, the only source of power is violence, which group has the greatest capacity to exert violence, which in turn determines who controls access to vital physical resources.

Your millions are worthless in a truly post apocalyptic world. Think stockpiling gold bars will help? What's stopping a person, or a group of persons, from taking your gold from you at gunpoint?

These people have been so sheltered from nature and society their whole lives that some have started to seriously embrace the idea that man can be an island and prosper, ignoring the fact that none of their wealth could have been built in a more primitive place like the one they want to prepare for.
I didn't provide sample output, but I think I should, this is a tool many people would use only once so it can't hurt to set expectations properly. I will think about how best to do that. There's a README for the original C version, and I should add one to the Rust code.

Note that you can play with it on programs that aren't leaking, it's just that obviously it isn't diagnosing a leak, you're just seeing whatever happened to be in a random page of that process with no reason to expect that page to be representative of anything.
I don't think it's just analogous, I think it's directly related. Taylorism imposed on society by the most greedy amongst us is, in my opinion, the cause of this as they've become (or perhaps, always were) the axiomatic drivers of policy and power in western society and culture.

My opinion is that this trend is due to a signal we're seeing where people are being pushed towards efficiency goals in their lives constantly due to pressures presented on them much of which flourished during the industrial revolution and carried through technology in the information age.

I used to enjoy looking at something and taking 20 minutes to explore what exactly it is and assess it, it's uniqueness or lack thereof, and so on. Now, 20 minutes is too much time, when I want or need something I just need Solution for what I need so I can move to the next step of my life. I don't have time to figure out what your product or service is, I need Solution and you either offer it or not, I don't care about your aesthetics or how nice it is (I do but thats often just a bonus anymore as long as it accomplishes the goal).

Heck, I don't have the time to check the space of Solution competitors to find what I need, I even outsource that to third parties to tell me what's good and not good. There are too many pressures in modern life for me to care and you better tell me what it is you do and better do it because it will effect my efficiency which directly impacts how much actual free/leisure time I do or don't have outside of my constant efficiency pressures at every turn, from everyone.

In a world with less pressures of efficiency and ROI, we're more willing to explore things when failure is acceptable and the risk is more worth the potential of enriching our lives by taking a chance on Solution and see what it's all about. Hyper competitive societies don't allow this slack space. If you take this path you better hope the risk was worth it or you're wasting piles of time and money you already didn't have.

While efficiency is important for healthy progress in society and a lack of pressure leads to complacency and stagnation, it's possible to go to extremes in either direction and I'd say weve crossed that point as a society on the productivity push. Some amount of leisure and excess are needed for human happiness. We see this everywhere, "does X, fast, cheap, best."
California Scrambles to Find Electricity to Offset Plant Closures
Just go watch the latest batch of Hollywood movies.

I'd suggest starting with 'Law abiding citizen' and 'John Wick'. Note that an 'R' rating means that children under 17 are not allowed to watch these without a parent or a guardian present. But that's different from 'adult-only', after all, technically it is still allowed. The proper marker would be 'X' if it was to be compared to 'adult only'.
And a robot army. Because you just can't trust people.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/14/22726111/robot-dogs-with...
> Also, how the heck do you reconcile this with your stance that people shouldn't try and make money from their apps?

I think I addressed this in my other reply, but I'll reiterate: given the economic system we exist in, I'm not against people making money from their apps, I'm against certain areas better suited to public works being entered by the private sector (especially in a predatory way).

> I would say, "if you can't afford to pay your developers and other employees a living wage, then you can't afford to make an app or launch a product"

I totally agree with this.

> I don't think you've thought any of this through, man.

I try really hard to be internally consistent, but I'm imperfect. I'd be interested in hearing what I'm not thinking through, because I feel like this is an area where I have.

The respond to the quote at the top of your comment: I've been reading & hearing about a lot of restaurant owners complaining that they can't afford to pay their workers a living wage for $REASONS (this happens a lot in restaurants, specifically). My response is exactly what you quoted (and I'll type it again): If you can't afford to pay your workers a living wage, then you can't afford to do business. Asking anyone to work for a sub-living wage is essentially asking for them to subsidize your business, and, in an area that differs dramatically from start-ups, these restaurant workers generally aren't given equity as compensation (which would tie their wage to the success of the restaurant).

I'll admit that my thoughts in this area are complicated, because we live in a capitalist community (at least here in the US) so there are some concessions that I have to make. Do I think capitalism is viable in the long run? No. But I also think it is a fool's errand to wait for a revolution, so I think my thoughts get a little more nuanced when it comes to working ethically within an inherently unethical system (and I'm being very liberal with what I consider ethical work, by necessity).

I'd love to keep this conversation going. I know I have a lot to learn & that there's a lot that I don't know that I don't know. Conversations like this, that challenge my ideas, can only lead to a better understanding of my concerns and thoughts.

I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my comments.
"The one thing that doesn’t change is that they want to make profits," [Will Hall] noted. "Not to get too far into theory, but what’s happening here, I think, is basic economics. For a lot of years, there were more workers than jobs. Now, I think that’s changed."

Yup. It's pretty basic. Labor gets a better deal in one of two ways.

1. Reduction in workforce. Historically, Black Death and wars.

2. Collective action. Guilds, unions, trades, and the like.

I honestly didn't think I'd live to see Labor doing better. I'm glad there's finally some movement. I'm sorry it took a pandemic.

[Yes, there's multiple forces. Things are never simple, there's always more to the story. Aging workforce, (mostly men) opting out, (mostly woman) stuck with child and elder care, wave of early retirement, reduction in immigration, increased disability and mortality, and probably more.]

--

Also interesting in this story:

"This week, Winston Plywood, through its investors, a Connecticut-based equity firm, announced a new wage structure."

Access to capital.

If policy makers want employers to increase wages, we need to consider how to make it happen.

I'm totally onboard with using pandemic crisis cheddar (governmental largess) to provide capital to distressed businesses. Especially locally owned. Loans, grants, debt forgiveness, whatever.

Corporations and trusts receive billions. That'll never stop. I just want some of that torrent of cash to go directly to where it will help the most. Versus waiting for it to "trickle down".
I'm not sure that the statesmen of old were any different. Human social structures are inherently exploitable by selfish individuals. We should much aggressively attack those who do not honour the implicit social contract.
I don't know about the NBA but if you look at the stunning difference between Mike Trout's salary (35 million/year) and an AAA minor league player's (700/week) you might be even more stunned by the difference between their batting averages (ie, around .100).

Point is, once someone gets "in the game" and isn't just playing for fun, valuations get really strange. As another example, I am impressed by the salaries at Facebook when it is still just a particularly herky-jerky Myspace clone, or at Youtube, which is the same website it always was 10+ years ago ("But now with TWO types of annotations no one asked for.") What are all those geniuses doing? They aren't even batting above average as far as I can tell.

...

As for baking, I knew a professional baker when I worked in a restaurant. Man, that guy was miserable and weird. He made nice-looking stuff third shift for the next day, but knowing him, I wasn't about to eat any of it.
There is definitely a lot of art that is "adult" for one reason or other. If I walked into my kids' daycare to see a reproduction of [0] on the wall, I'd definitely raise an eyebrow, and even [1] is probably enough to scare smaller children. We've kind of grown numbed to the iconography, but even as an older teenager I was fairly shocked by a closer look at [2].

The distinction between "art" and "pornography" is also somewhat artificial. It's hard to argue that [3] was not meant to be prurient when the model (underage, by today's standards) shortly thereafter became a mistress of the King of France, based on him having seen the painting. And some stuff that was painted might get you banned from OnlyFans even today, e.g. [4].

But the problem, it seems to me, is that the internet has turned into a place where (1) everything has to be "safe for children" and (2) said safety standards are defined (through US influence, I strongly suspect) to be highly permissive of violence, but super strict on nudity.

[0] https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-war/CwHM2HdTO3l2...

[1] https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-ernst/the-angel-of-the-home-o...

[2] https://www.wikiart.org/en/matthias-grunewald/the-crucifixio...

[3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:François_Boucher_-_B...

[4] https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-honore-fragonard/girl-with-a...
Make an NFT for it and put it up for auction. Sure, it doesn't make sense, but neither does the question.
> What would this mean, exactly? What would "buying HTTP" mean for the buyer?

Ah, it's an NFT hard problem.
I remember reading this article when it came out. I thought the people interviewed in the piece were lunatics then, and I still believe they're lunatics now.

> In private Facebook groups, wealthy survivalists swap tips on gas masks, bunkers, and locations safe from the effects of climate change. One member, the head of an investment firm, told me, “I keep a helicopter gassed up all the time, and I have an underground bunker with an air-filtration system.”

Children play with toys and video games. Adults play with sports and cars. And ultra high net worth individuals play with luxury bunkers and doomsday prep. I don't make a distinction, really. Bored people with too much money can be creative, and doomsday prep is the latest trend, the latest cool 'game' to play.

A global collapse of society is ... not a realistic scenario. If it were to happen, you'd have bigger problems than surviving a few months underground and air filtration systems.

> To Levchin, prepping for survival is a moral miscalculation; he prefers to “shut down party conversations” on the topic. “I typically ask people, ‘So you’re worried about the pitchforks. How much money have you donated to your local homeless shelter?’ This connects the most, in my mind, to the realities of the income gap. All the other forms of fear that people bring up are artificial.” In his view, this is the time to invest in solutions, not escape. “At the moment, we’re actually at a relatively benign point of the economy. When the economy heads south, you will have a bunch of people that are in really bad shape. What do we expect then?”

More of this please.
If you're baking rectangular prisms you're competing with $2 grocery store bread. To have a chance as an independent baker you need to go after the more expensive "artisan" type breads which are typically oblong or round (boules) and not baked in a pan.
Twitter and Facebook are full of this stuff, but what Hollywood puts out isn't any less gruesome, though probably more realistic in the sense that they tend to make sure that all the gory stuff is in good close-up instead of just overview shots.
1440 or higher res
LINQ Connect. Is This the Moment for the Next-Gen Business Card? (Finally)
I never really used business cards even when there weren’t smartphones. It was always a thing to exchange and never see again. When I connected with friendly people, I first started exchanging Facebook and then, Instagram. Somehow that felt like a softer landing for a friendship and when I exchanged business contacts, it was either phone numbers or adding the person on LinkedIn. These always felt rather slow and limited. Now, there seems to be a solution, which you can fully customize the information you share and it’s called Linq Connect Card.
But I’m building a bunker. It literally made so you can’t burn it down.
> When society breaks down, the only source of power is violence

Sounds rather over-simplistic to me, but I get your point.
Reddit uses the NSFW flag as bait to get you to sign up for the app. Any time you click on a link to such content, you are told have to install the app to see it.
Underpowered is an understatement. I felt like I got scammed by Apple on that one... It felt more sluggish than when I had one of those black plastic MacBooks back in the day
HondaJet concept can fly across the United States without refueling
How to migrate from webpacker to jsbundling-rails (esbuild)
Hi guys,

Just spent a few hours migrating from Webpack to Esbuild wile documenting the journey. It might be useful to someone here.
> These people are frankly stupid.

Agreed.

I'll give Huffman a bit of credit (in some areas) for getting down to basics like being able to see without glasses, or ride a motorcycle. But I don't picture him still having that motorcycle in his possession for more than 5 minutes after he really needs it.

I especially don't picture Huffman running anything ("...I’m a pretty good leader. I will probably be in charge...") in a collapse situation, for the same reason we don't see bosses in the failed states that exist right now running tech companies. They're different skills.

Finally I can't imagine a situation where you'd need armed guards that didn't also involve the guards simply throwing the "owners" out and keeping the stuff.

The super-rich would be better off practicing fighting, starving, suffering, and learning how to survive with nothing. I can't imagine any of them being able to keep what they've prepared in a chaotic situation.

EDITED TO ADD: Actually Huffman's stupidity completely overwhelms any partial credit I just gave him. He thinks he'll have an advantage in a traffic jam because he'll have a motorcycle and he can breeze past it. "I need to own a motorcycle because everybody else is screwed". He actually believes "ownership" would still be a thing, and no one would just take it from him.

EDITED TO ADD 2: I'm surprised the parent post is being downvoted, it is absolutely correct.
Oh you know, like NFT. A link to a .jpg of a HTML. Im putting it at a couple $mil.
This would explain why the notion of Divine Right of Kings was originally instituted, it provided a psychological barrier (somewhat) against the warriors just taking all of the stuff from the aristocracy. A purely rational / secularized society provides no such protection.
I really like the idea of NixOS, but there not being a single clear guide of how to set everything up (and the messy documentation) is the biggest thing holding me back. I also really don't like wasting so much time on tinkering with my system the way I used to do.

But I'm seeing so much Nix news these past few weeks, I guess it'll be better in a few years!
Source is probably Mexican narco torture videos.

Warning, extremely disturbing content:

https://elblogdelnarco.com
Out of curiosity, has any HN customer bought a KDE Slimbook [1] or similar?

I want to buy a linux-first laptop, and I like the fact that they have configurable keyboards (i.e. those in layouts other than en-us, unlike System76!) a lot of configuration options, and linux-first support.

The "default" slimbook is aluminium, €899, comes with a Ryzen 4800 H, a 92 WH battery, actual physical ports, and relatively modest other specs. They offer much more "beefy" machines with linux as an OS option.

I've never used them. It's getting to the point where I want to replace my rMBP-2018 "Heatmonster" laptop and after Apple's latest directions, it'll be KDE as a daily driver for me.

[1] https://slimbook.es/en/store/slimbook-kde/kde-slimbook-15-co...
These people are not leaders.

It used to be the king was in the literal front line of a battle. That has not been the case for a long time.
I admit that I'm probably kind of a contrarian here. I tend to buy cheap refurbished laptops from NewEgg, something reasonably recent but not utterly leading-edge.

I've told people: My warranty consists of being able to throw it away and buy another one with the money I've saved over the years from following this strategy.

I'm also fortunate that for me, a lot of "development" time is spent sitting and scratching my head, so my laptop doesn't really need awesome computing power. My computer is more or less a half-smart terminal. That's just related to the kind of work I do of course.

These days, same strategy for desktops and cellphones.

An amusing story: I was checking out of Best Buy one time, and the cashier offered me an extended warranty. I told her: "I have a plan through my bank that covers everything I own." Of course she took the bait and asked me what the plan consisted of, and I told her: "The contents of my bank account." Fortunately she had a sense of humor about it.
Will the new MBP get an LTE modem?
Quiet ... I'm typing this on a Lenovo P15s whose fan only stops when the laptop is off. Not sure if it would be so loud as a hackintosh but constant fan noise can really harsh your mellow
1. Open source hardware, preferably audited and not leaking data

2. Linux compatibility

3. Easy to remove/replace battery from the outside (like it was in the past)

4. A battery that lasts for a day with a quick recharge

5. Physical knobs to turn on/off the mic and camera
Fast cpu, quiet fan, and huge amount of ram. 512G SSD of any kind.

Plus if there’s dual video output.

Yes I would use it as a workstation always plugged in sitting on my desk.
I would argue that assembly line workers were once craftspeople.

Craftsmanship still exists, but it’s specialized and focused on products that can demand the higher price.

Is this not the same with software?

CRUD work is almost infinite and demands higher output at the expense of quality.

Contrast that with unique OSS projects, and defining product features.
>Margin on ingredients specifically was mentioned.

Ingredients were mentioned as classifications for product types.

>You can fit many loaves of bread in the oven space of one pizza.

Not really. Maybe 2-3 decent sized loaves in the footprint of one large pizza, but you can also bake pizzas in much less vertical space, so you can have double the baking surface footprint for pizzas in the same oven volume.
That's the sound of Non Fungible Tinnitus.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law
Fair point, I didn't mean to imply that people doing doomsday prep were irrational or not justified.
Also, people who think in terms of systems, incentives, and externalities see a lot of risk around the corner.
I'm not aware of any currently, but that doesn't mean someone isn't doing one. At the very least, there is likely several cohort studies going on right now that will capture some useful data.

There is no substitute for time. Very few people have had the vaccine for more that 1 year. None have had it more than 5.
What? Nobody from today's generation would let them rummage about their houses either, would they?

Although it's true I could see a generation that grew up on the internet understanding it better than the generation who always use it through a phone.
Because you can spend leisure time on a yacht, not so much on a suborbital rocket.

Same reason why private jets like the Gulfstream are overrated IMHO.

80M for what is essentially an RV which can fly.

Our brain is not impressed with the technical feat of flying, it needs ample spaces to feel comfortable. Even a G650 is quite compact.

Yachts, 747-8 and Airbus A380 solve this problem, leisure time aboard those toys is really leisure time. Also be on the lookout for landyachts airships such as the Hindenburng
Isn't the official denomination of Maxis the Simoleon?
There is difference between adult and vulgar. Adult just means that it might have bad influence on children, nothing else.
That's almost the HN formula. Make sure your age is calculated as hours.
Right, nobody here (unless an insider in the case) has a clue what is actually behind this, but that won't stop a lot of people projecting their assumptions on it and leaping to conclusions. Cases like this, certainly in the early stages before further details come out and likely even after that, are ideological Rorschach tests.
From my memory the best Break Out clone I played. It seems the orig. (Megaball) is FOSS according to this Wikipedia article [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DX-Ball
My theory:

- humans need things to do

- rich CEOs doubly so, their drive got them to where they are; BBQs and baseball games with their kids won’t scratch that itch

- the problem that occupy the minds of the 99%, most of which revolve around money, don’t concern them

- hence they move to the next “problem” and put 100% of their effort into that. Some other rich CEO asks what they’ll do if the world collapses and suddenly that voice in their head says “find a solution”

It’s nothing more than the ultra high level of Maslow’s hierarchy. Shit us common folks don’t have time to think about.
Apple's just flexing some managerial muscle, but they're doing it at an odd time. (Workers are sort of valued right now.)

I think Apple's just ahead of the curve. Things have gotten too soft, they need to tighten things back up to stay competitive for the future.
Patton: Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. If mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, then anything built by man can be overcome.