skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Sounds like an interesting idea, had a little look on the site, but gut feeling is something's fishy here.. and it's not the water. Just something about it rubs me the wrong way.
I’m talking about when the story first broke out, not now.
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I got rid of Google maps as well, the things I am missing are:

1) Search, Goolge maps is simply best in class here. Looking for whatever, Google maps finds the location or address

2) Route planning, either I am too stupid but most other solutions make it hard to chnage the starting point or add waypoints

Have to agree, Google Maps for everyday navigation is just the best. Even if routing used to be better, IMHO.
A good friend was working in a scientific model for controlling weeds on farms. He couldn't code so he asked me to make it into a program: "it is very simple, only 8 steps at most". The 8 steps turned out to be a 2000 lines code after 6 months of work. Later he changed the model a few times and added a few new steps. We could only finish the prototype 16 months after starting, and after a few rewrites, with 3500 lines. Now we're on our way to launch. The model was very complex itself, and each of those steps was a rabbit hole. To add to that, I was not a professional programmer and had never touched Python, so it was a very challenging journey.
Looks like Americans use cars while Asians use public transport. And some populations are much more mobile. I expect people in Bolivia to be less mobile.
I suggest reading withouthotair.com first
If I understand correctly, the Limelight plugin for Vim does this. It's best used in conjunction with Goyo, which achieves the narrow columns as well.
The problem with over-build is that if you count the energy necessary for building the renewable systems (mining, transport, building..) and the losses in distribution, the return of energy could be not so great.

This estimation is a depressing reading:

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/12/3036/htm

Estimated energy return on energy invested:

onshore wind 2.9:1
offshore wind 2.3:1
photovoltaic 1.8:1
concentrated solar power <1:1
You still can use Unicode in comments and string literals. You just can't use non-ASCII characters in identifiers.

Unicode in identifiers is just a bad idea.

1. It creates a security consideration with confusable identifiers (and lints don't always catch these)

2. It breaks tooling with RTL identifiers

3. It may not render correctly depending on fonts

4. It may be hard to type depending on keyboard layout

5. There really isn't a good reason to use non-ASCII idents anyway
I feel like there is probably something to be said about how well particular languages work with less horizontal space - the more verbose ones out there might lead to code that is so long vertically, that a lot of time will be spent scrolling through it, unless you're using a vertical monitor for that.

Then again, limiting the line width to something like 120 characters should allow you to edit two files side by side simultaneously, or run into far less problems when using something like a laptop, as opposed to having large monitors, while also help people who prefer larger font sizes, so it should be better for accessibility as well.

I currently have about 4 monitors in total, 3 of which are 21.5" at 1080p and there's also one vertical one, which to me that seems like a pretty decent setup - being able to browse code, work in a terminal, preview things in the browser and maybe get a few filesystem windows in there as well seems to improve productivity, all without the tradeoffs that tiling window managers might incur (though mostly just the learning curve) or struggling with software that doesn't work well with less horizontal space.

Of course, the technicalities of getting such a setup working are a bit cumbersome too - i cannot afford one of the fancy VESA mounts, so instead two of the monitors use a DIY monitor leg that's basically one long PVC pipe with some 3D printed mounts and screws, another sits atop of the computer case to the side and the GPU I/O is kind of a mess, since there's occasionally an adapter in there as well (monitors with DisplayPort are more expensive, rather than VGA/DVI/HDMI).

Honestly, it'd be nice to sidestep all of that with something like VR, but we're not quite there yet in regards to the resolution, or may never really get there at a good price point, even if there are some really interesting projects out there: https://arcan-fe.com/2018/03/29/safespaces-an-open-source-vr...

Virtual workspaces (basically multiple desktops) might help mitigate some of the issues, though!
And when the spam scanner looks like:

phone_home_to_nsa(metadata, ip_address, sender, recipient);

Are you still comfortable with this 'open source' project?
I read that blog post but I don't quite understand it.

I assumed it would work as a regular pub/sub pattern where you get notified when some event happens. However, in the attached example, they still poll the database every half second. I'm not sure I understand the idea.
curious how much startup funding went into the domain acquisition? Or was it already owned? (Also curious for you.com which is on the HN top page)
It's still an open question whether this is legal in some countries, e.g. Denmark. It's being argued heavily that Wolt shouldn't be allowed to avoid pension, payed vacation, and payed sick leave, which are required by law for all workers. The competing Just Eat have just signed a union agreement with couriers which includes full benefits, without increasing prices for customers.
I haven't spend any time looking for contracts for a decade. Once I got the ball rolling, work came to me.

I think the hard part as a freelancer is to start. Once people know about you, there is such a high demand for devs that people will come to you. They have problems to solve, and it's not that easy to find somebody you know will solve them.
why is the article not formatted in a thin column?
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I mean, that's all fun and games until your child chokes on toy with pieces that fit into their windpipe, or manage to drink bleach because we were sceptical about child-proof tops.
Dupe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29165831
Meh - scamster/liar par excellence

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgKWj1pn3_7hRSFIypunYog/vid...
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> But but but malware!

It's a very valid statement, yet you make it sound like sarcasm.

Consumer can makes choice by choosing platform after all (even niche Android distributions if you are after freedom). Ofcourse apple may be too tight by requiring to even identify test devices when you develop apps and no option to install .apk like on Android.
One of my CS teachers actually said "The programming is always the easy part. Designing the features and the interface usually takes 95% of the time."
Any contract that prohibits price differentiation between sales channels should be flat out illegal. Those kind of contracts are nothing short of evil.
This is an US specific issue - in Europe it was common to just buy the device outright and use it with whichever carrier. And whilst it's cool that Apple was against the tyranny of carriers, it's very obvious it has no qualms about being the tyrant itself.
Jesus, this is exactly the problem, If you don't want to pay the people who deliver your food to your lazy ass a fair salary don't use food delivery. Go get your own food.

In my opinion it should be even more than €3 for most deliveries, I think this is subsidized by VC money and unfair conditions to the delivery people.
The problem with Apple Maps is that it's just monumentally stupid, for lack of a better term.

I live in east London, and the other day I searched for directions to "Barbican", which is both a tube station and landmark in central London. My transport preference in the app is set to public transport.

Apple Maps gave me driving directions to an island called "Barbican" in the middle of the sea somewhere.
My biggest argument against nuclear is that there are no incentives for decommissioning unsafe plants in the far future.

The usual pro-nuclear argument says that nuclear plants are only unsafe if managed incorrectly. However, the West doesn't have the political or economic framework to ensure they will get managed correctly: if you are the leader of the executive of some country, are you going to decomission a plant built 30 years ago that gives the country a lot gW of energy and raise energy prices for everyone, or are you going to risk the very low chance of a serious accident to keep prices down and pass the ball to whomever governs next?

If nuclear is the future, we need an effective process of automatic decommissioning that can bypass governments. That process doesn't exist yet.
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Wolt was a show of Northern European style software/business development, and it’s why Doordash acquired them.

Now that US big tech has their dirty fingers all over Wolt, I’ll guess all that will be gone in 3 years as the bullshit starts creeping in.
I agree. I grew up in a small town in Germany with around 10 - 12k residents. There were only three ways to learn about a new business and the quality it provided:
- try it our yourself
- read in the paper about the opening and read the review of the local journalist
- have others (Neighbors, friends) tell you about it - most often these reports were influenced by the media's/journalist's take on the business.

Nonetheless one could work around the local paper if you were able to get WOM started. At least in special sub cultures/groups. But if you catered for the average Jane (or Joe) you needed the goodwill of the paper. And you had to buy it with advertising (and sometimes outright bribes to the journalist).

And - if there were one or two influential clubs/societies in town like the local sports club or the "Freiwillige Feuerwehr" (local voluntary fire department) you better had their higher ups on your good side and pampered them.
Most other deliveries are cheaper even if they are 15mins driving distance. And some of them are free. The only reason McDonalds delivery is 3euros, because they refuse to pay 30% tax - so Wolt puts that tax on end-user.
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In fact I do, it isn’t the 700k or more we expected to pay in California. We could have gone even cheaper if we waited.
I once had twister ankle, so couldn't bother walking 3min to pizza place. It took 30mins to deliver it by car, and it arrived cold.
Hi, TheFake VIP here, the other co-developer of Yggdrasil. It's great to see there's some interest in this project!

As many of you have pointed out, our current name is long, hard to type and spell, and hard to pronounce. There's also not really any good domain names available, so we decided to change our name. We've come up with a few ideas ,and we'd love your feedback. We created a Github discussion to discuss this, and a NextCloud poll to gage what people think the new name should be.

You can find this here: https://github.com/yggdrasil-sr/yggdrasil-prototype/discussi...

Once again, thanks for taking interest in this project, and we look forward to hearing your feedback!
Ok, then either post better ones or say why you don't like them, or what is the reason for distrust. Just saying "I don't trust these numbers" adds absolutely nothing to the discussion. Imagine if I said "I trust these numbers" - is that helpful?
Wolt charges 3 euros for McD delivery, because McD refuses to pay 30% tax. It's end-user who pays Wolt tax, rather than restaurant.
This situation says a lot about attitudes to development in general. "It's just a hobby project, who cares?" is fine until it's useful enough to end up in production code without being production quality.

Most of UNIX literally seems to have been built like this.
It's funny how they term it "sacrifice" as if the British were benevolent rulers who would inspire the toughest men to fight on their behalf.

More likely some kind of forced conscription or coercion.

The whitewashing of British colonialism is perhaps worse than Holocaust denial
“All user input is error.” - Elon Musk
udev also suffers from a similar config not-quite-programming-language syntax.

My theory is that the authors of both didn't know about parser generators.
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> In my FAANG employer, the people who are always most offended, making denunciations of racism, sexism, -ism, etc. are highly educated whites.

This is what is called the availability bias. The vast majority of people in FAANG companies are white. Being white and (if you are at a FAANG this is mostly a given) rich provide them with the opportunity to explore and fight about some of the upper layers of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. People who are concerned about how they are going to pay rent next month do not have the luxury to push back against racism, sexism, or most other systemic problems that are beneath your notice.
> The South of the US more or less became viable economically due to air conditioning.

I don't think that's the right way to phrase it. The South was clearly economically viable before A/C. It's kinda like saying that New York City wasn't economically viable until the invention of the safety elevator.

Overall I agree with your views on "half-assed ideas". I want to elaborate on this one topic a bit more, because it presses a button of mine.

On thing A/C did was make it possible to build cheap homes following northern tastes and styles, on the assumption power would remain cheap. Northerners could move in without having to adapt their customs and practices much.

Southern vernacular architecture includes high ceilings (so the heat rises above the people), lots of windows (to let the air go through and heat escape), and with the house raised off the ground (so cooling air flows underneath). This describes the A/C-less Florida house I grew up in. An even more traditional design would have a wraparound porch, to provide extra shade and let the windows stay open even when it rains.

OTOH, A/C encouraged house designs which require A/C to be comfortable - a sort of co-dependency. These vernacular features make the A/C bill higher, so they weren't included in newer homes. I tried living in a Florida home designed for A/C, but without using the A/C. Not only was it much less comfortable, as you write, but we started getting mold because of the humidity. A house made for A/C doesn't have much air flow.

So I don't think the argument is simply 'getting people to turn off air conditioning', but 'getting people to design houses which are a better fit for the local climate and have better long-term sustainability.'

That's of course hard, and expensive.

It's also hard to change lifestyles to fit the climate. Eg, the dominant US culture doesn't appreciate or tolerate siestas, even if it's locally more appropriate.

Oh, and this isn't unique to the South. It's cheaper to build a frame house in Arizona, which requires A/C to be livable, than to build an house (like an adobe house) with thick walls that moderate the temperature fluctuations.

Nor is it just A/C. Earthship designs, for example, show what is possible ... for people who are willing to put more work into daily maintenance. Which is part of the lifestyle change that's hard to do.

Okay, depressing button. :)
White people are a minority in the country. Given an opportunity to change the story, the overwhelming majority of them supported that, and were willing to hand over power. [1] It was obvious that would mean a black majority government, and they still did it.

The government lied to everyone, and some believed it. You'd seemingly like to make a villain out of all white South Africans, but that's not helpful in any way - many, like myself, were born into apartheid and struggled against it. So were my parents - they had no part in making those laws, and yet were born before the Union was established. It's easy to miss what it's like to try to counteract a regime - you and your loved ones will suffer. The populace did not wield the power of transformation itself, it was international intervention that allowed it to happen.

Were some complicit? Yes, obviously. Did many know? Probably. Was it the majority that supported a status quo for some time? Yes, but not without being manipulated. It was standard education that there were 'grades' of people for most of the 19 and early 20th centuries, and in South Africa this was redoubled. Narratives like 'black people are the result of the snake and eve' were common. I've spoken to many older people who are horrified at what they believed. It's incredibly hard to escape a bubble when it's all you hear. State TV, state sanctioned news, international sanctions mean you didn't ever hear how SA was seen internationally. The TRC was asking people to recognise what it saw, and what many others saw - that evil is banal, and within us. It deliberately did not pursue further actions against those that were not directly involved in harm, or who ordered it.

You have taken 'large numbers' and seem to have interpreted it quite liberally to mean 'the majority', and then further concluded that there is then some obvious flaw in their moral character. I could say the same of the US forever wars and destabilisation, but would it help? To accuse and paint with that shame every citizen?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_South_African_apartheid_r...
Dropping a link to `rlwrap` in case anyone is not familiar with it:

https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap

Note that I've never tried it myself with the mysql/mariadb CLI, but I have used it with other tools, and it's brilliant.
Also if your home has a "NightSaver" meter (just what they're called here in Ireland, but basically a day and night meter), the night rate is often nearly half the day rate, so it makes sense to charge at night.
Whistleblowers to play key role in enforcing Biden vaccine rule
> On the other side, there are times when surplus renewable energy is very welcome in France, when the reactory are struggling to keep up with demand, e.g. when they are low on cooling capacity due to low waters.

That’s usually not true fwiw, germany tends to export when nobody needs the electricity e.g. fair weather with high winds, especially week-ends.

And it’s not so much exporting as dumping, german electricity prices regularly go negative because winds crush the grid and they need to shift it so they don’t melt.

The “collaborative” aspect is that france has a large and resilient grid well connected to less provisioned southern neighbors (wholesale prices in spain and italy tend to be quite high), so they can arbitrate and profit some.

But they also must, because continental europe is a synchronous grid so if germany melts down it fucks up the entire continent.
I know modern programmers are raised to disregard design patterns because some blog said they’re dumb, but I hope nobody actually writes code like this.
It’s gratifying to see this remain #1 on HN for so long. I sincerely wish you luck.

I like your privacy policy: https://13bananas.com/privacy-policy/
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>pension, payed vacation, and payed sick leave, which are required by law for all workers

Wait do you mean that someone like a janitor has all these benefits?
Not only does the area argument apply (see Betz limit), but also you get higher wind speeds at higher altitudes.
Um, what ? There is not really any meaningful voices against building a new reactor block in Dukovany. Rather, there was a debate about making sure non-friendly foreign blocks are excluded from the tender to avoid the power plant being used as bargaining chip in future diplomatic games involving the Czech Republic.
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The author seems to be falling for a kind of a fallacy.

First, I can’t believe the author can call the metaverse bs because it would be nonexistent or would soon die: it is already nascent and seems to be growing by the mere fact people (some of them influential) are pushing for it, as he points out himself.

Consequently, we are left with an ethical viewpoint: internet of text has more virtues than vr or blockchain, games are more creative (thus, beautiful?) if closed worlds, etc. Allow me to call is the “down to earth” viewpoint.
I should also mention the calling out on private interests driving the metaverse developments, but allow me to stay concise.

I can definitely relate to it, but, in some sense, this criticism sounds like a lack of respect for future humans who might feel like this metaverse thing is actually improving their lives. It’s a bit like criticizing a religion in front of a believer: that’s rude and often not conclusive.

At that point or the discourse (as a better conclusion to the article), I’d be more interested by reading some ideas to concretely promote a different vision for the future of the internet and games.
What else can we suggest, as programmers, designers, … that could be convincing to people to follow the “down to earth” path?
I see how you can get that impression from the outside. But for the first three Merkel administrations the CDU/CSU very firmly ruled out any coalition with the Greens, which were somewhat left-ish at the time. In that timeframe they undid most of the energy policies ("Ausstieg aus dem Atomausstieg") enacted by the SPD-Greens coalition of 1998-2005, and then later reversed parts of that because public support for nuclear energy collapsed even in the center-right part (CDU, CSU, FDP) of the political spectrum in 2011 due to Fukushima. Some call it "Ausstieg aus dem Ausstieg aus dem Atomausstieg". It's far more expensive than the original nuclear exit plan - pretty much a golden parachute for nuclear plant operators, and also caused a significant ramp-up in coal.

You're right though that before the final Merkel administration the Greens, the CDU/CSU and the FDP had talks, which ultimately failed because the FDP passed the CSU (the right-wing regional appendix to the CDU) on the right, which was a bit too much for the Greens, which at the time largely occupied the same center-ish position they hold today, having shifted right considerably in the time between 2005 and 2017.

Overall the impact of the Greens party has been very small on the Merkel administrations, however, some parts of the green movement (which is not closely tied to the Greens party) in Germany are the majority opinion in Germany (especially when it comes to a heavy anti nuclear stance) and that's sufficient to drive Merkel policy making. It's also important to note here that Germany has a very strong NIMBY attitude, so while the majority "wants" green energy, they don't want any of the infrastructure in sight.

I'd also like to point out a fundamental difference between Bundestag culture and US Capitol culture. There are bi-partisan bills in the Capitol, but in the Bundestag it is customary for the ruling parties to unconditionally veto drafts introduced by other parties - exceptions are rare. Almost all votes in the Bundestag are under Fraktionszwang i.e. MPs deviating from the party line won't get on the election list next time around, so don't have a safe seat any more (because parties in Germany can't literally force their MPs to vote their way, they can only "incentivize" it).
There's a big difference between native-looking and native-feeling.
> In fact, Larsson says in-game concerts and virtual merchandise could be a lifeline for musicians at a time when CD sales have crumbled, touring is uncertain, and streaming royalties aren't compensating artists fairly.

I think this is pretty interesting in the whole metaverse discussion context.
No, you are right. Flutter isn't really native since it uses Skia to render native platform look-alike components (as opposed to react-native which really use the platform)
>2) Route planning, either I am too stupid but most other solutions make it hard to chnage the starting point or add waypoints

OpenRouteService work great for that, but there is no traffic prevision/live information. https://maps.openrouteservice.org/#/