skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's a fair point, I suppose while I am not Tom, Dick, or Harry, it is also a significant barrier to not know if you will have accommodations ahead of arrival, so for those off the beaten path places AirBnB is pretty important. FWIW, I have in fact signed leases and stayed in places with "legitimate" rentals (I think AirBnB is only illegitimate where it violates law, which is not everywhere). A minimum stay for me most places has been about a month, in some I've stayed over a year. It depends on what is allowed by the visa I am able to obtain and whether or not I find that there is reason to stay longer. I would consider what I do "medium-term" rather than short-term. I can't necessarily sign a 13-month lease everywhere I go, but I also am there much longer than the typical tourist which is between 3 and 7 days.
The proper solution is not to rob the rich under the cheering applause of people like you, but to make poor people more wealthy.
I had boot problems with Rufus when burning a custom distro.
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indeed they lobby against it

but imagine how much easier it would be to start a business if you didn't need to be a wage slave for the man to insure your family
I'd been waiting for OpenMW to fix shadows before trying it, and IIRC late last year or early this year they fixed them, so I tried it. I played the whole main quest, finished several major side-quest story trees, finished Tribunal, and got started on Solstheim before getting distracted and dropping it.

20-30 mods, mostly texture-related but a couple additions and gameplay mods—there's an obscure and untouched-for-many-years library mod I adore that adds a nearly-empty library just outside Vivec, which you can fill up by giving them books to copy, for instance, and of course modding plant harvesting is a must, plus I think I had some of the Morrowind Comes Alive stuff enabled—all managed through Mod Manager 2. Draw distance set very high, 4k resolution.

It ran great. Zero bugs, zero quest glitches, zero crashes, the entire time, even with mods. Vanilla Morrowind has always been pretty crashy, so that's a damn good achievement.
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How does it relate to PyPy? I read that the latter uses tracing JIT, while GraalPython builds on truffle’s AST-based one, that basically maps the JVM’s primitive structures to Python’s and thus making use of all the man-hours that went into the JVM’s development.

But last time I checked, pypy had much better performance than Graal, even though TruffleJS (javascript interpreter built on the same model as graalpython) has comparable performance to the v8 engine for long running code. Though the latter is the most actively developed truffle language, let me add that.
>You gotta choose one, if extreme luck is involved in the process then it's not "easy" because it could have gone the other way as well, and the protagonists knew it too, but still decided to step into the arena.

No, you can make very easy money playing the lotto. All you have to do is give the gas station guy $2 and you're a billionaire. Just because you're the one who got lucky doesn't mean it's hard work or anything.
I think titles such as this do much damage to society by carving out separate 'us and them' spheres when in reality everyone generally has philosophical overlap with anyone else. We can disagree on the whole while finding agreement in part.
>For right-wing extremists, the appeal of Kaczynski’s works originates in their identification of Kaczynski’s narrative about the development of industrial civilization and the destruction of wilderness with their own narrative about what they perceive to be the replacement and disempowerment of white people.

Bull. Kaczynski makes a mockery of the left of his day in a way that has aged very well.

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national...

> FEELINGS OF INFERIORITY

10. By "feelings of inferiority" we mean not only inferiority feelings in the strict sense but a whole spectrum of related traits; low self-esteem, feelings of powerlessness, depressive tendencies, defeatism, guilt, self-hatred, etc. We argue that modern leftists tend to have some such feelings (possibly more or less repressed) and that these feelings are decisive in determining the direction of modern leftism.

11. When someone interprets as derogatory almost anything that is said about him (or about groups with whom he identifies) we conclude that he has inferiority feelings or low self-esteem. This tendency is pronounced among minority rights activists, whether or not they belong to the minority groups whose rights they defend. They are hypersensitive about the words used to designate minorities and about anything that is said concerning minorities. The terms "negro," "oriental," "handicapped" or "chick" for an African, an Asian, a disabled person or a woman originally had no derogatory connotation. "Broad" and "chick" were merely the feminine equivalents of "guy," "dude" or "fellow." The negative connotations have been attached to these terms by the activists themselves.
> I wonder how Americans can tolerate this situation.

Several reasons this terrible system continues to exist but it essentially boils down to entrenchment.

- The private healthcare industry pays politicians to maintain the status quo. The alternative government run solution does not.

- The private healthcare industry creates propaganda and pays the media to spread it. An improved government run solution does not.

- Many Americans have decent coverage from their employer. For them, it’s not worth upending the system for what might be moderate gains. More over, propaganda has made them expect worse coverage from any alternatives.

- ACA gave many without employer coverage a good enough solution. It’s still expensive as fuck but it subdued enough voters.

So, after considering voters who are happy enough with the devil they know, you don’t have enough votes left to overturn the system.
Paywall: https://archive.is/f5qkW
The problem isn't a result of treating housing as an asset, it's a structural regulatory problem. Housing is treated as an asset in Tokyo, but they don't have the same regulatory constraints on zoning, so they don't have outrageous housing prices.
Take a look at the map of existing and planned HVDC links and tell me again how this doesn’t apply? [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current]

Europe is at least as regulation heavy as California.
This really isn't relevant, but Ted Kaczynski was a victim of the CIA's MK Ultra program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski#Harvard_College , https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/impromptu-man/201205....

Is it really a surprise he went on to hate the government ?
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I still have a Pro account and actively use it.
Counterpoint: Cloudflare is a poorly run company that is well known for paying cheap. They don't have the clout to be a successful slavedriver like Amazon, so unless they shape up, they're not getting on the level of Microsoft/Amazon/Google.
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Hey HN, I built a service for blockchain transaction tracking. This is useful for payment services and exchanges that has crypto deposit and withdraws. Couldn't find devs who want to work on this so I developed the entire thing frontend, backend and even setup node instances etc. Currently notifications can be sent via webhook, in future there will be websockets and other third party apps supported to listen to notifications, then track the balances of addresses users subscribe to. Also will be actively looking at blockchains to intergrate. Do let me know how I can improve this and build business around it. Any feedback is welcome.

Thanks.
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I tried querying it about the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow and it answered "0 km/h". Still needs some work I guess :)
This exact argument has seemingly done absolutely nothing to sway politicians here. Because they do not have any shame whatsoever.
See Bill "Superfoot" Wallace for a great example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Wallace_(martial_artist)

He injured his right knee very early in his career so he spent the rest of it specializing in kicking with his left leg. There are some pretty amazing videos on YouTube showing the incredible control and range he had with that leg.
a closed all including environment controlled by Facebook is the last thing I want
I love this so much. This may be one of my favourite comments ever.

Can I ask if this has a source? From a particular company? Meme? Quote? Paraphrased from something?
Layer 2 solutions that focus on ease-of-use and other properties to make these technologies become more mainstream are starting to emerge. One such solution is Filebase, which offers an S3 compatible abstraction layer to Sia, Storj and other decentralized networks. You can use any S3 compatible tool right out of the box, or simply drag and drop.

[1] https://filebase.com
You can run it right now with your own queries: see https://twitter.com/abidlabs/status/1450118978051903488
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> 1. It uses systemd-boot as the boot loader. I like not having a grub menu, just turn on my computer and I'm basically on the login screen. It's seamless.

For those on other distros wondering about this behavior and whether they can get it: systemd-boot does support menus, and GRUB also supports bypassing the menu. Systemd-boot is quite good though. It's simpler to configure and less feature-complete than GRUB, and a great first choice for EFI setups.
Thanks for your answer.

> Do you want a new career or a new job?

Both.

> Where do you want to be? What can you imagine yourself as?

Hm, difficult questions I can only partially answer. One part is definitely to become an (part-time) investor again.

> Can you not imagine yourself as a developer because of self-doubts or because you really don't like that path?

It's a mix of both. I have doubts whether I can do it. And I have difficulty to imagine doing it 100%. What I liked in the past was working at the design level, with paper and pen. But at the two developer jobs I had in the past, this was only a small part of the work. Most of it was coding, which for me is more of a necessary evil. Or to say it in another way: I like designing a house, not building it.
That's what it looks like. Same thing with Martin Shkreli's price hikes, and he gave out those drugs for free to those who needed it.
I don't know, even as a dvorak user. I think it may add to the horror.
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Considering average time in seat has been dropping like mad the last few decades, wonder how relevant this advice is...
> I think if we're starting with an individual with no obvious weaknesses, perhaps they are just average at many things for example

I didn't mean that the weaknesses have to be obvious. I agree the first example I used was a blatant one, but in the other case the person had lived 5 decades without recognizing the impact that lack of communication skills had on his life. He always just thought "that's how I am."

So in your case, of someone who is "just average at many things" - perhaps there's a fear of chasing a direction, a reluctance to commit, an inability to focus, etc. that probably got them to "just be ok" and living below their potential, and probably overcoming that thing is a meta-skill that they need to gain.
> I would not be surprised if they've hiked the list price a ton to game the insurance

Seems to be standard business. ONE of my prescriptions for rheumatoid arthritis costs roughly $5000/month without insurance. My insurance, plus additional assistance from the drug maker makes the medication "free" for me. It's clearly a giant, legal insurance scam.
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Pointing at the issues of someone and saying if only they fixed it is very similar to pointing at poor or disabled people and saying the same thing. Its is known as denial of personal responsibility.

You see someone who needs help, either go figure out how to help and help or shut the fuck up and keep walking.
I think the answer depends on "why do you want to learn?". The implicit answer to that question for this blog post seems to be "to advance your career". That's a fine answer, but not the only answer.
Somehow I can never remember what that means, ironically.

https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/
*almost all countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_univers...

or all other not poverty stricken countries https://cdn.howmuch.net/articles/poverty-world-map-142d.jpg
Expanding their territorial presence. My comment yesterday about WW3 being fought against Facebook is becoming truer every day.
Biden voted for the act which required Bush to make certain determinations, which he did in bad faith. While we can (and I did at the time) argue that the bad faith was predictable, supporting the law is still different than actively perpetrating the bad faith determination to initiate the war.
Yeah, the haptic stuff is mad! I was amazed when I learned about it, I thought it was a real button with some sort of touch sensor.

You can literally change the feedback from the "click" (and the push-down strength) in Settings. Even in 2015 that felt decades ahead of its time.

If anything I still prefer that trackpad over a real button.
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I've often thought that municipal regulations would be the best way to get rid of unsavory American corporations.

Another one that I'm not surprised has happened yet is a ~$5,000 dollar per day fine for an unattended cash register. That would get rid of CVS and Walgreens overnight.
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This makes perfect sense. Beyond just writing software and architecting systems, I find the most challenging parts (and rewarding) learning how to build a sales funnel, communicating expectations and deadlines with customers, etc the most rewarding. And as you mentioned, solo entrepreneurship might possibly be the best place to exercise these wide array of skills.
The hosted demo has the default query, "How many hydrogen atoms are in a water molecule?" It said "two".

I asked it, "How many oxygen atoms are in a water molecule?". It said "two".
Also remember that insurance companies make a profit on margins, so they are directly incentivized to make healthcare transactions larger.
Thank you. I was confused when glancing over the paper.

Incidentally, there are additional pictures attempting to convey the idea at https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/astronomer-discovers-tunnel-l...
There are a lot of gotchas with "dd" and its command line syntax is baroque to say the least. On MacOS it's worse because it's easy/natural to write to /dev/disk2 instead of the "raw" /dev/rdisk2 and make everything dog slow.

I understand the appeal of Etcher, but it seems like such overkill to launch Chrome just to write some data to a disk. I wish Windows/MacOS shipped with good tools for this out of the box instead. Disk Utility seems to be getting less useful over time though.
I didn't get caught.

But as a result of my demonstrative flexing cyber-security activity — I was granted with 'root' credentials on the school's SUSE Linux server… Which apparently at the same time was used as an ISP router for an entire city block.

This granted responsibility, unsurprisingly, turned out to be an extremely effective step to cool my eagerness to hack into all things.
Why Parental Leave for Fathers Is So Important for Working Families [pdf]
Have been using Pop OS as my daily driver on an i3 NUC10 for the past 9 months and i've got to say the experience has been relatively smooth. The only issues i've encountered so far are the occasional screen flickering when i run the android emulator and printing.

But funny enough I'm able to put up with these little inconveniences because after all it's a free OS. I find myself to be much more tolerant than when I was using MacOS and my macbook pro. Between the dead keys, apple tax, dongle life and the OS quirks ...
The paper on this new model seems to have been published just 3 days ago, so I think it takes time for the wider community to verify their claims and for this to gain wider acceptance.
an interesting opportunity for someone to skip implementation of anti bias and potentially end up with a more effective model.

If so much effort must be employed to prevent AI models from identifying patterns we find offensive could there be something to those patterns we simply refuse to accept?
agreed, thats often enough for text but what about tables and images. We quickly enter the complexer realms of rich text and database forms. I often write down the price of an item while shopping using a database input app, but there's no easy way to transfer this to a wiki or markdown file.
There are too many people on the planet as it is. Earth Overshoot Day, the day by which we've collectively used up whatever the Earth can generate in a year, is moving earlier in the year. In 2021, it was July 29th.

From there on out, we're depleting the Earth's reserves - some of which can never come back.

This is, in my view, immoral. That's how I view things without giving back.

Your comments seem to try to twist the arguments into some sort of Thanos-snap, as if certain currently living people do not have a right to live. That is a strawman, no one is arguing that.
>Their lead character in the Carmen Mola novels is detective Elena Blanco, a “peculiar and solitary woman, who loves grappa, karaoke, classic cars and sex in SUVs”

How is anyone surprised that this series was written by three middle aged men, and not a woman?
> Demand is maybe 100 units per year. What would you charge?

Perhaps capitalism is not the best strategy to apply to healthcare. Folks in need of healthcare will always be a minority - a niche market - after all. The most prolific diseases typically only have 3-6M cases at any given time in the US.

Should a person go destitute to pay for their care, just so some company's supply/demand curve is properly fitted?
You mean you were software rendering everything? Or there was an igpu?
This plus the announcement of FB that they'll hire 10,000 to work on the "metaverse" is making my head spin. Does anyone else feel like they're living in the prequel to "Snow Crash"?
> 2. Same. But with Snap. (I know that many people here don't like snaps for many reasons, and I do too, sometimes. But experience-wise, they're fine and comparable to Flutpaks. It's even possible to add Flathub if one's into that);

Snap is much worse at dependency sharing than Flatpak, which is surprisingly okay at it despite the container-based approach. This means that after you install your first one or two Snaps or Flatpaks, Flatpak is several times faster than Snap.

Snap has pretty atrocious download sizes and install times, plus noticeably slower app start times, even on NVMe and very fast internet. I definitely recommend directly comparing them.

(Keep both around of course, to leave whichever as a last resort for what's missing from the other.)
Making sure that NLP algorithms are unbiased is important not just from a social justice perspective, but from a perspective of how useful the algorithms are. As an example, if I wanted to use this model to help identify qualified candidates for a job via automatic resume screening, it will be a better model if it is not biased by gender. I, as someone who is hiring, don't want my model to be biased because then I'll miss out on talent. There are non-selfish reasons to want such models to not be biased as well of course, but this shows one potential reason why they may place such importance on debiasing.

EDIT: fixed typo
I read somewhere that the latest iPhone uses either sonar or radar to detect room layouts and many other things now. It's crazy how we're actually paying for the very devices that monitor us and share information back to the companies that sold us the devices... I don't do anything illegal of course, but it's just wild to me that we now pay for our own "wire taps" without any real public transparency about it.
We have been running 15 years[0] without the need to sign up (and free by the way); it is often a struggle, mostly because people get angry when they forget the secret URL (for safety, we redirect, which was probably not a good idea, but it's been over 15 years...) and then expect me to 'magically' find their data in many millions of tables. If you do make an account, it is easier to manage many tables, but I know people who use a Google sheet to manage urls in our system.

[0] https://flexlists.com (there is a more modern design being launched in november)
My favorite free/loginless tool is https://excalidraw.com/
I use it on a daily basis to quickly sketch some ideas and document features etc
Great insight. I find it hard to control my thoughts, ie. I think I would find it hard to turn off negative self-talk during certain situations.
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100%. One of the conversations I've repeatedly had with my friend, a technical co-founder of his own company, is how difficult and challenging Sales really is. We don't really see eye to eye on this topic.

As a engineer and computer scientist, I appreciate all the work we do to build software that's robust, etc but to be honest, the more challenging parts (and equally rewarding, for me as a solo entrepreneur) is the Sales side of the house, business development, marketing.
1. What kind of "careful risk assessment" do you propose? We already don't vaccinate people who we have reason to believe would have a higher chance of dangerous side effects (covid and other vaccines). What more can we do?

2. How is [0] unfortunate and what do you mean by "pushing for"? We know covid is extremely dangerous, we know that children in kindergarten are a huge transmission vector for all kinds of diseases. By all logic we should be vaccinating them. But a careful risk assessment was done, as you suggest, and there wasn't enough data to confirm the vaccine would be safe enough to give to children. Now that new data has been gathered that, Pfizer is asking the FDA to re-consider in light of new evidence.

I hate to be on the side of big pharma, but this all seems surprisingly reasonable...
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> Moreover, a vaccinated person is less likely to be symptomatic, therefore more likely to be out and about, actually spreading those viral particles.

Are you implying that shedding does not correlate with being symptomatic?

There's some evidence they do correlate, at least in severe cases:
https://twitter.com/paulchenz/status/1428793894678958087 (paper in top tweet)

> The mandates are based on assumptions that have been proven wrong

Without taking any position in the mandates themselves, what are the assumptions that have been proven wrong?

1. Your second link does not invalidate the first, and that seems to support vaccinated recover faster, hence they have less time to spread.

2. I've came across the UK weekly reports, there's still much controversy on the population data used in those reports:
https://twitter.com/ftdata/status/1447486663505100806

The question is genuine, what are the assumptions that would support mass vaccination, instead of only people at risk of severe cases, and have been proven wrong?

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this is super cool; I wonder if some of the concepts can be applied in building Codex pipeline

just found https://crypto.stanford.edu/~blynn/haskell/jfh.html to cross-ref stuff when I get lost
Here's a chart of Lake Tahoe water levels since 1900: https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/water-science-lake-tahoe-ba....
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Not that many.

But it's not something that I'm doing specifically for Firefox, my style is to close tabs after I'm finished with them.