skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I've ended up using last major versions as well. I plan to move to Deno anyhow, and authors like sindresorhus are at least applying security updates to the major version before the switch.
I certainly pushed the boundaries of knowledge by a tiny amount during my PhD - that's what publishing is all about. Sure, you're learning how to write the paper, how to conduct the research, how to think about science, etc. but you're also __researching__. Matt gets it exactly right in this description.

I remember many years ago a friend's father commenting on my PhD by saying "isn't it wonderful to be the only person in the world to know about this thing that you're working on?" That's the moment when you have your unusual observation, something that nobody else has seen before (or at least nobody has published before) and it truly is a wonderful feeling. You rely on your advisor to tell you work to look initially, and eventually you get good at finding those places to look yourself.

As Frank Westheimer once said (paraphrased) "Science starts with an unusual observation. When you have an unusual observation, one of two things has happened: you've made a discovery or you've made a mistake.". That's also an important lesson, and one that formed the core of my PhD.
Yeah I suggest flagging this as blog spam.
Benefit and cost to whom? If I use your definition and apply it to individuals, that's exactly how money works. If I'm willing to pay for something then it must have more value to me than the money I am paying, otherwise I wouldn't pay for it. So if people are paying for crypto or crypto services then those things must be providing enough benefit to be valuable.
The questions are intentionally leading to the conclusion the lawyer wants a jury to reach. It’s intended to be hostile. If you react angrily, that serves the lawyer’s purpose.
The hardware is so behind this kind of application that Facebook’s pitch sounds like selling billboard ads on future Mars highways!
So exactly like every other non-Linux desktop environment?

You're not making the case for not using Linux here.
... which GTK is a part of, regardless of what desktop (what does that even mean?) you use. on a mid range off the shelf laptop, practically any GTK based program is unusable because it's too slow, even in a minimal tiling WM.

i guess gnome advocates would consider GTK as a high end application, but i digress.
Sure, but if you learn all that stuff without actually making a dent, you don't get granted your PhD. All the procedural stuff you learn along the way is necessary, but that's not what the PhD is.
> The best we can do is isolate the population and move on.

I, too, am a proponent of segregationism.
All this outsourcing talk is so 2005. If it worked so easily, FAANG would've outsourced everything to India 10 years ago and tripled their profit.

In reality a common cultural background (i.e. how to approach some kind of work) is a lot more important than a lot of managers want you to believe. Outsourcing also requires extensive planning and management, which increases the number of managers required and thus increases the costs of outsourcing.

E.g. VW tried outsourcing over the last 10 years and is now recruiting developers en masse in Germany because it failed to make it work.
previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29131751
>Overall, I think Silicon Valley is overestimating people's willingness to wear headsets and paddles for extended periods of time.

I think the issue is that a significant portion of the population will have issues consuming the content and not ending up with eye strain or getting sick. It was one of the factors which killed off the resurgence of 3D in the 2010s and VR headsets suffer from many of the same problems.

Bumping up the frame rate didn't fix it, nor did all the other tricks cinematographers and cinemas employed to make stereo screenings less jarring.
Venezia vs. Roma – Serie a Goals and Highlights
And those discussions on the WAN Show really highlight how much of a bubble some people live in. People disagreeing that there's anything wrong with the Linux way of doing things. People not realizing that there are plenty of people who sit in a spot between hacker nerd and web browsing grandmother.

Linus is coming at it from a very realistic angle, but some people are very defensive about the criticisms. They're basically telling him he's "holding it wrong".

The Linux community needs to listen to criticisms and find ways to improve the user experience. The nature of choice when it comes to everything you run on Linux means that nothing needs to be compromised for the power user. So what's the harm in making the default experience more friendly and seamless?
People don't like hearing truth they don't like, so they downvote.
KDE seems to suffer more than most FOSS projects from everybody wanting to build the shiny thing and nobody wanting to do the grunt work.

Nonetheless ive found it to be much more stable in the last 18 months. They have recognized their problem and improved.
This makes sense on the surface, but why then continually mess with the student network instead of working out a way for them to do it in a partnership?

That said, the way it actually ended up being provided probably built a lot of solidarity among the students, but at the same time prevented fair access to people outside the service range.
High Performance Transactional Memory for Common Lisp
My experiences here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28691034
It's the fluent interface pattern.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface
I agree this is one facet, but other is we now have a trustless ownership protocol (ie. cryto + NFTs) that will lay the foundation for people "caring" about the stuff and status you have in the metaverse.
There is a tiny window where the workers have more power than usual. I wouldn't be surprised if fast food automation becomes the #1 growth industry in a years time. I applaud anyone with the nerve to fight for better conditions at their workplace, but they need to consider carefully when the best time will be to take their wins before automation is used to crush them.
> all the computers

Maybe those machines that don't even spin up a fan with 400 npm dependencies, but billions of of low end embedded devices pumped out annually.

Call me a sceptic but I think the lightcrypto contest is actually something that will benefit society far more than the post-quantum simultaneously underway.
Working through SICP helped me a lot.

> I'd like to start somewhere I'll pick up good methods. I'd also like to be able to recognize that kind of place.

The Recurse Center is worth looking into. https://www.recurse.com/ When I studied SICP back in the 80s I had to do it on my own, but a community of fellow learners can make a real difference in what you get out of your studies and how much you keep at it.
I’m surprised the whole 100% remote has not pushed all the jobs to India. I think it’s coming. If you can work 100% remote, your job is ripe for outsourcing to a low wage country.
I took a look, because I thought: "Do they even touch on recursion and all the things, that SICP does using Scheme, which usually in Python are inelegant or cumbersome? Lets check recursion."

They do have the examples at https://composingprograms.com/pages/17-recursive-functions.h... but no where one the whole page is the word "overflow" or "stack" even mentioned. Almost as if one does not want to mention, that recursion is a bad idea in Python in cases, where you do not know about recursion depth, because of the limitations of Python itself. So the book is teaching an approach, that often might not be a viable good solution, simply ignoring the problems of the chosen tool. On the surface the book looks like good teaching material, but these problems need to be stated, so that beginners know about them.

Don't get me wrong. This is already a much better learning experience than with most C/C++ tutorials, but it definitely leaves things to be improved.
The third link says 28 people had a problem after 9 million doses were administered.

If you hear that and think "the vaccine is risky", you need to adjust your risk tolerance.

I agree with the others about the nurse saying you had to move your arm. There's nothing specific about this vaccine that changes the requirement for mobility. I think you're just overly concerned.
Would you mind sharing what protocols you are working on that can benefit from a "lightweight cryptography"?

My impression from learning cryptography in the last 8 years is that cryptographic protocols are either exponentially secure, or any tiny weaknesses can be amplified into a complete break.

The only example of secure "intrapolynomial cryptography" [1] is Proof-of-Work, but it also requires work to be expended continuously. Not exactly a scheme for "underpowered devices".

[1] https://nakamotoinstitute.org/intrapolynomial-cryptography/
That's only valid for dynamic imports. But if we consider dynamic imports half of the rant in the post is wrong, since these can appear nested.
It uses https. Are you not satisfied that that is reasonably secure?
We’re Safer from Climate Disasters Than Ever Before
It is being developed, it's also part of open research done by https://twitter.com/LeiosOS.
Most games these days still use Steam DRM which is cracked on the first day, and games like cyberpunk were downloadable just like you said.

And while I don't have the data to back it up, I don't think cyberpunk sales were hurt by being able to copy game files, but by producing unfinished game. If you hear reviews saying how the game's glitchy and unfinished - would you still waste your time on it? Singleplayer usually age like fine wine anyway, so playing it 1 year later could just be worth it more
The seven levels of leadership
greylisting was a fun time.
And yes i too have absolutely been that person :)
Sounds to me like you're not a scientist or doctor and misread the text. Most specifically, I think you're taking exceptially rare events, thinking they're ultra common.
The same shift has been happening on game engines, with Entity component systems.
I had a similar experience with a spider who had made an egg sack in a precarious spot along our back door that was definitely in hazard's way. I got a stick and a leaf and tried to detach and move her setup to a nearby spot that would be safer. She did not like that.

At one point in the move, she got left behind and I ended up with just the egg sack to move. You could feel the panic and protective instinct in her movements. I got her onto the leaf and reunited with her eggs on a nearby plant and she quickly went to work finding the right spot and securing her sack to the underside of one of its leaves.

I watched her there for a while in her new location, and there is absolutely more than just instinct at play.

I didn't grow up liking spiders much, but gardening in particular has given me a new perspective on them. One measure of our garden's health is the amount of spiders we see, keeping other would-be pests in check.
> Like similar fruits and vegetables in the solanaceae family—the eggplant for example, the tomato garnered a shady reputation for being both poisonous and a source of temptation.

Wait what? So the infamous modern-day eggplant emoji really has a milennia-old history?
I've seen similar behavior from garden spiders that I've taken inside before winter. They are afraid at first but eventually warm up to me and let me pet them. Spiders are very cool creatures. An analog of human intelligence, as unique as octopi.
Control doesn't make it his money. His money is only small fraction of the money being spent.

You made two statements that he is spending his money and spending money makes it not an achievement if it successful.

Neither of it is true , bootstrapping your way to success may make it even more impressive achievement, but success with or without money is difficult achievement that shouldn't be belittled.
The link says it can still be lead. Lede seemingly came about fo random reasons. I learned the opposite today. That I can still write lead instead of lede. M
> As a young man, who survived Covid, why would I risk heart complications to save some old people?

This kind of sociopathy is peak HN.
To the parties involved. I think the question is -- what is the value to the party buying cryptocurrency? Outside of gambling, that's not clear to me. Which is not to say there is no value!

> If I'm willing to pay for something then it must have more value to me than the money I am paying, otherwise I wouldn't pay for it.

I disagree. People pay for stuff of no value to them all the time, for various reasons. That someone is willing to pay doesn't automatically mean it has value to them, although it does heavily imply it.
I agree - also rock solid IDE support helps. It's really lightyears ahead of any other scripting options (Bash, Python, etc.)
No, because you don't control the base project. For example, GNOME had a recent article about removing borders for buttons. I personally find that decision terrible. If you don't want to follow that decision, you're basically going to have to maintain a fork.

> Doing their own thing just means duplicating 20 years of effort that those projects have done.

Not really, because part of that time is spent learning things, trying thigns, and part of that time may be unnecessary.
On the other hand, as evidenced by this thread, there exist a nonzero number of people who still care about the old "correct" choice of language. If the author is targeting people in this demographic specifically, they should know better than to provide easy ammunition for people to criticize the article.

It might be fine in general writing, but if I'm a startup paying for an ostensibly well-written press release, I don't want to pay for something that spawns this exact discussion, rather than discussions about the content I want to communicate.
This is not applicable to all projects, but if there is some thing you want to print and you don’t have a printer, consider if it could be made from wood.

The tools can be more accessible than a 3D printer, can take up less room, and you get a skill that you get satisfaction from.
I'm not sure what your comment has to do with the article, which is about depositions in a civil suit.
Show HN: "Selfie Fixer" uses embedded depth data to adjust selfies in 3D
subtitle: 'Though it receives little mention from activists or the media, weather-related deaths have fallen dramatically.'

Bjorn Lomborg is an economist who has written several books saying that although AGW is happening, it is not a pressing problem, especially compared to other challenges.
That's definitely a factor, but these technologies need to solve real problems for people. Modern phones have a clear advantage over not having one because they are so general purpose. They've effectively out-tricorder'd the tricorders from Star Trek in their usefulness. VR not only pales in comparison to the holodeck, but it isn't clear whether they have any real utility beyond being a toy. Is VR more efficient at relaying information than a standard phone or laptop? That's yet to be seen. Is VR better for socializing than real life or even Discord? Maybe for some people, sure, especially for the immobile or those who can't leave home, but the answer isn't clear for a wide general audience. Does VR help people do their jobs? There are already VR surgical operations, but is Zuckerborg the one who's gonna make it even better?

My best guess is that until we can beam visions directly into our eyes and brains, VR will end up in a similar domain as 3D printers (remember all those articles touting how we would have "santa claus machines" in every home by now?). For the average person, 3D printers don't solve anything despite how many people would consider a 3D printer to be a "cool" thing. Most people won't deny the cool-factor of VR, but that doesn't mean they will use it for any reason. After all, personal computing didn't really take off until it started to solve more problems for the average person other than word processing and playing Oregon Trail. (yes I'm oversimplifying, don't jump down my throat, I was using computers before we had the web)

Again, I don't really know, and nobody really does. Maybe people will want to join the Metaverse. Hopefully Zuckerborg doesn't set back the adoption of VR by virtue of association with Facebook.
We are making a video chat app to correct eye contact with a similar approach. This selfie fixer was much easier to release since it runs entirely on the user’s device and requires no expensive servers. We are exploring options to transmit high bandwidth video that do not require expensive servers. WebRTC is pretty involved and not well supported in iOS. It appears peer-to-peer connections through Game Center may be a viable option. Any tips are welcome

Here’s a link to the Selfie Fixer app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/selfie-fixer/id1591484794
In what way?

I‘ve heard that in the US, some providers are still insisting on this (essentially a leftover practice from the pre-SIM days!), but at least in Europe I‘ve always been able to use any phone I like, even really obscure ones.
Pretty clear explanation. Thanks for posting
The issue is you have no knowledge of the subject. You said so yourself:

> without ANY writing (outside of deleting and organizing), and without ANY knowledge of the topics or SEO target keywords

So your content can't be trusted. It's being curated by someone who has no idea of its accuracy.
Xi Jinping's cohort of Millenial decision makers on the political scene in China made the correct choice, as did Japan's and Europe's, to fast track highspeed rail over hyperjumbojet A380 for long distance overland travel. That's one datapoint. Leadership, such as the directors on the board at Boeing, they don't need to be competent. That is for the execs, managers, workers todo.
its not like cars getting more firmware updates than phones, and version-lock on LTS version of QT is more than just likely for the entire lifecycle of model row
> Nobody makes money on desktop linux and it's in a terrible state.

What's terrible about it? Fonts rendering? Or Wayland still not having "won" over XFree86/Xorg? I'm using Linux as my main computer since more than two decades and, if anything, desktop Linux is much better now than it used to be. Browsers and JetBrains' Java written IDE did a lot for that but even though I don't game I know people are playing games on Linux too. I mean: if you're a dev spending your life in browsers and IntelliJ IDEA (heck, or Emacs), Linux is sweet.

Desktop Linux is the distant third player after Windows and OS X but what's terrible about it besides its small market share (on the desktop, servers and appliances being another story)?
Can you explain what you mean by the nucleic acid comment?
I suppose I should mention a data point that might go against my own thesis: the performance of gold. While gold has some legitimate uses in jewelry and technology, its price in recent years seems to be driven mostly by financial speculation, the same "store of value" theory that drives crypto.

I think this theory is nonsense but it's true that if enough people believe it, it can become sort-of-true for a while, until it's not anymore.
> Are you suggesting whatever ecosystem you move to is hinged on your ability to forgo 2FA?

No, I'm saying that 2FA provides a great deal of friction and inconvenience (and, if a phone is involved, it requires disclosing PII), so the benefit of a company's service has to be worth the hassle and maybe data leakage of it. In Google's case, for me, it's not.
Attention isn’t binary. Stubbing your toe is a great way to pay a lot of attention to something you normally ignore, but conversely we are paying attention to the lack of pain without it diverting any effort.

Intellectual/scientific/technological culture is really the mind sitting around going nothing critical is going on let’s focus on something arbitrary. And if nothing critical happens for long enough you can start to assume that’s just how things are.
I didn't listen to the podcast, but let me play devil's advocate for a second. For most people, tweets are fire and forget, and they can't remember everything they've ever posted. If a lawyer hands me a binder with 38 pages of tweets, I don't know where he got them. If it turns out a tweet on page 15 was doctored, and I say "yes these tweets are mine", then I just confessed under oath to something I didn't do. In that position I would answer questions in good faith, but I would also never confirm anything under oath unless I was damn sure it was the truth.

I'm sure this attitude would piss off a lot of lawyers, but lucky for you I'm not a white collar criminal, so you don't need to worry about meeting me in a courtroom.
That's true if you create your own bundle yourself. Famous frameworks like Next.js or Nuxt make much smarter bundles, with common dependencies grouped together, and bundling the rest by page/view, then loading each bundle when needed.
It’s surprisingly not that far behind. We’re already close to having commercial headsets with full-body tracking, eye tracking and facial tracking.

Even without those technologies current VR is quite different in terms of social presence to interacting on a flat screen. A lot of body language comes through even just tracking the head and hands.

I think we’re quite a bit away from having mass adoption of VR though. But that’s more form factor and comfort.
Right, about 40 megatons of hydrogen to produce all the nitrogen fertilizer. About 270GW average electrical power (67% HHV efficient hydrogen electrolysis, not counting liquefaction or compression).

BUT ammonia is a global commodity that can be and is distributed all over the world, so that means you can produce it wherever clean energy is cheapest. Chile has excellent wind AND excellent solar (best in the world), meaning you can operate electrolysis at higher capacity factor, and it has sea ports. So there are plans for big green ammonia projects being built there. https://renewablesnow.com/news/engie-enaex-plan-green-hydrog...

But it can also just provide food security by being a local source of fertilizer that is independent of global logistical constraints or fluctuations in availability of natural gas.

It’s also potentially an alternative mechanism for hydrogen storage. Some ships already run on ammonia, and you can run tractors (etc) on it as well without the extreme challenges in storage that compressed or liquid hydrogen have (its somewhere between LNG and propane when it comes to storage difficulty). However, it’s probably not a great consumer fuel due to toxicity.
A challenge for decentralized search and content distribution is the antagonistic relationship between search and content distribution, e.g. SEO manipulation. Cooperation is difficult when interests diverge a lot, as they do between content providers and users with respect to search (users want to find the most relevant provider for their search, providers want their resource to be found for all searches, no matter how irrelevant).

A decentralized search engine controlled by the users' interests must be hard for the content providers to "infiltrate" and control the results, or it's useless because as soon as it will become sufficiently popular to matter, intentional manipulation and spam will become popular.
There was an episode of In Our Time on the Picts. Unusually, this one was recorded in front of a live audience, and featured a Q&A. When the question came up, "what actually happened to them at the end?" The reply was "Nothing. Except writers changed from calling them Picts to calling them Scots."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09cvx7b
Fluent builder patterns are wildly popular in C# however.

At this point it seems like a stylistic choice.
> Does the Linux ecosystem really need yet another desktop environment?

No, and fragmenting the community even further only hurts the ecosystem as a whole.

Sometimes putting your ego on a side and contributing to existing projects does wonders. Unfortunately the RIIR crowd might be unable to do it.