skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think he denies his own agency and is angry about it, but also he is angry that someone else tried to assign a particular agency to him.

Fair enough. I revoke my opinion that he had any agency. Further, I revoke the my notion that at any moment he had agency over his actions, including the drafting of this particular article.

It is a horrible disease that takes away the I-ness of I. I am in relationships with the deeply mentally diseased. It takes all I have.

In the case of Mr. deBoer, the most energy I can muster henceforth is to actively ignore everything so that I do not have to unwind everything later. I will save my willingness to unwind my trust for the people in my life who truly need it from me. Mr. deBoer certainly has enough attention without mine.
Most people are getting raises, so as the deduction loses value the raise is making up for the loss.

Not important today when basically nobody qualifies for the deduction.
Could be. Or the higher rates might dry up liquidity but not affect prices, as they did in the 81-82 recession. (In other words, nobody buys houses because they can't afford to, but nobody sells houses either because they don't want to take a loss and can just live in them.) Or the market correction makes central banks flinch and they reverse their interest rate hikes, as they did in 2019. Or they hike rates, but not enough to offset inflation, and so real interest rates remain negative and prices keep going up.

The whole picture is complex. Anyone who predicts it correctly stands to make a lot of money.
When I started reading I was initially agreeing, but then it got weird fast.

Lack of common runtimes? that's pretty bad. Permissions not implemented yet? notgood.

But the whole argument of having explicit permission requests instead of having portals integrated with file picker is not very good. What exactly do you want gimp to do - request a permission to access whole home dir? then we are back to unsecure world. And if your permission request is for the specific path, you need a secure file picker. And that's the portal scheme that Flatpack is proposing.

But the biggest WTF is the desire for installshield-like programs: "You download and run the installer, hit Next->Next->Next and your game is installed." This is the most horrible idea anyone may have - there is no accounting, no way to preview, likely tons of random post-install scripts, and junk all over the system. I know that's what will happen because that is how current .run installers work, and there is no reason this will change.

Remember how windows had to be reinstalled every once in a while because it gets "gunked up"? This is because of the of the executable installers - while ostensibly there were guidlelines on how to make clean uninstall happen, it didn't happen in practice. Linux mostly escapes it because for .deb (and flatpak and snap) the installed files are recorded in the database, and it's not program's responsibility to remove them.
... the argument for Forth embedded is usually Forth directly on hardware, not "embedded into another app" like TCL?
I always wondered if setting up those Bitcoin rigs in that abandoned warehouse was just a giant waste of energy.

Now I have proof it wasn't.

Thanks, C++.
It’s not energy/time that’s being compared; that’ll be the same. It’s total energy (energy/time * time). For example, a C++ GUI could take longer to get up and running than, say, Python. And assembly would take even longer.
The military was still vaccinating in '81, when I joined.
Buy why is called coin? Why not distributed Blockchain file container or something.
Not if you needed twice and many engineers, or it took twice as long due to a complexity.

But that said, the overhead of the engineers energy consumption is overhead that probably turns to nothing over the life of a successful project.
No more threat than my installing a couple in your living room, dining room and kitchen. Carry on…
Traditionally, theft occurs with a sharp object at your neck. I don't think bitcoin protects against that. Not to mention that more mundane theft/government seizure/etc has already happened.
Sorry, I missed this when you posted it. Yes you're right, you certainly will pay tax. But you'll have the proceeds from the sale to pay it with. When you exercise options for (possibly non-liquid) shares, you have to find money to pay the tax elsewhere.

If you can exercise and immediately sell the shares, point 1 isn't relevant.
Our current product has a UI that is on par with windows 2000. We reuse the same ~26 hand-rolled UI elements on a fixed-size layout. Things like alpha blending and pixel shaders are a distant fantasy for us. Target market is highly regulated B2B, so we have more tolerance to work with here. Everything is very serious business. No one really cares about button radii or drop shadows. They just want to push the paperwork as quickly as our screens will come back and then go home. We listen to our user delegates on a weekly basis. On the actual telephone for up to an hour. Any little UX gripes are usually dealt with judiciously as a result.

Nothing is more frustrating than a perfect UI being fucked up by the passage of time. You don't need fancy shit. You just need consistency and speed. Give me back my xp-era explorer and start menu snappiness. Put a high speed camera on a windows 10 task bar and record someone right clicking on it. You might need a larger SD card than originally planned for this activity.
Ever stay in an airbnb?
You’re overthinking it.
Nft is a proof of ownership.
So you import your Call of Duty armor in Battlefield and you get an equivalent ingame armor. There doesn’t need to be any agreement. The game just needs to know which nft is equivalent to the ingame item.

It’s kinda like McDonalds doing a promotion. If you bring a Burger King packaging you get a free Big Mac.
They called out the results of source blocks, which you can already get in a variety of formats so JSON wouldn't be a bad option to add.

But yes, we are in agreement. It wouldn't be much better for someone typing directly into org files. It's the same reason markdown and other formats get translated into HTML, heavyweight markups are annoying to type, even if consistent. It might be better for tooling around org-mode, but at that point you're pushing away from org files as plaintext entities meant to be directly edited and towards them being serialization formats you interact with through other programs.
I mean, because I know them already and I would have to learn PHP? But I'll give examples of what I wanted to see for languages I've done amounts of work in:

*Python* A disgusting level of flexibility (probably too much). You never really get trapped into anything, you can even (but should not) overwrite functions during runtime. You can make and break all the rules. Supports a number of modalities (often badly). Really killer console-based debugging tools (I love pudb for instance).

*Elixir* Insanely durable data/process model that makes it incredibly difficult to damage a working path through a non-working one. Never have your entire web app crash again. Pattern-matching and message-passing based language makes expansion easy and low risk. Macros are best used carefully but when appropriate are a breath of fresh air.

All the languages are turning complete. By definition you can solve any problem with any of them.
I saw that cartoon a couple months back so it’s definitely part of my thinking process. I had also reread the SSC Non-Libertarian FAQ last night.

And I was also reading this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29270444 and started thinking about how many of the technologies we ascribe to human inventors had to have been invented millions of years ago by some alien somewhere.

And then I deleted the bit I wrote about corporations being paperclip optimizers, because it wasn’t funny, but unfocused. Kill your darlings; keep comedy to the point. And of course, I let my mind wander — comedy is found in the gaps between expectation and reality.
See also: internet reclamation projects [1]

[1]: https://drewdevault.com/2021/09/23/Nitter-and-other-internet...
Yeah, without the palm oil filler, it tastes much more of chocolate and hazelnut. Even better if you get rid of a bunch of the sugar, as well - Nutella is pretty much the same as cake frosting when you break it down.
There may be no single thing that is "web3" but there is something I will fight hard for that I think justifies the term: ways to use the internet for the movement and coordination of information and value that nobody can control or censor and anyone can participate in.

That's it. That's all that needs to happen to keep me on side. The more our online lives and worlds fulfil the above statement, the better.
As far as I know Brave brought some Index startup but doesn't actually use it. Instead they use Bing while pretending to have their own index.

Generally I would avoid Brave as the company behind is is quite doggy.
It's been a crazy surprise during my time as a PhD Student that I can just email or book time to chat with notable experts because I've had questions for my own research. I wouldn't say people don't because they're scared, but more they just don't realize they can.
Trends: Died+suddenly
bad actors are usually looking for low friction, it’s like running away from a bear… you don’t need to be the fastest person, you just don’t want to be the slowest
I'm going to record that in the blockchain to remind posterity that puffery is not the antithesis of what has already been released.
Yup. Go too, but the programmer doesn't need to know it.
> Not if you needed twice and many engineers, or it took twice as long due to a complexity.

I really don't understand. They'd just work somewhere else and consume energy, housing and food. There'd be literally no difference.
Off the top of my head, I can't remember what size nodes we use. I think it's m5x large AWS nodes with 16 cores and 128 GB RAM. Depending on the size of the data I use anywhere between 20 to 80 of these nodes. Sometimes even higher. That's why I've never had a need for these libraries.
> It’s possible you have, in recent months, seen people writing with excitement (or curiosity, or consternation) about “Web3”. The term imagines the transition of many internet services to a model built around cryptographic tokens, such that ownership and/or control of those services might be divided between their token-holders, a group that might include their users. The tokens would also have exchange value, so, as a user, you could always: cash out.

Except in 99% of cases there is no technical reason for those tokens to exist. Everything they claim to do can be done with Bitcoin by itself.

Look, there's nothing wrong with harvesting money from digital rubes. But let's not fool ourselves into believing what's going on has anything to do with turning the world into a digital Chuck E Cheese.
Misleading error messages are the worst.

As a software developer, it's bad enough that I have to constantly challenge my assumptions to try to debug something. It's even worse when I have to think "What part of the system is lying to me?"

Recently I upgraded Jira Service Desk (new name: Service Management) to a new version. After the upgrade I got an error in the administrative section of the app. It popped up an error message saying "Something is wrong. Contact administrator." Ugh... but I'm the administrator! And I don't know what's wrong.

Maybe it's not a misleading error message, but it's certainly an unhelpful one.

Since software can be a lying devil, I am happy that I can make use of so much open source software. I've often delved into the source code to understand what's going on. Once I do that I can either fix the issue, work around it, or even submit a PR upstream.

It's much harder to figure out what's going wrong with closed source software. And even if I do figure it out, I'm powerless to change the situation.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be contacting Atlassian support to help me fix the "Something is wrong" message.
Not that I know of, just describing what I've seen others push it for. With supply chain, in general, it has some potential value (for auditing, in particular) but for large things like cars and homes we have (usually) government mediated records, and they're also usually public or semi-public (accessible with some effort, but not freely available on the public Internet).
Social media manager jobs work from home
He is explicitly admiting that he has agency and culpability. How did you come to the exact opposite conclusion?
> We really do need solutions around how we prevent China, Russia....

Technology won't defeat policy.

We can't code our way out of laws that govern information, whether that be copyright law or censorship laws.

We can probably have obtuse systems like TOR... So long as they remain obtuse :)
Considering how much raw materials you take out of the car, this is a good idea.
Ironically, one of the good things about HN is that dang et al do a lot of work moderating it.
Okay, what advantages does being a coin give it over a Stripe button? At some point you need to buy real hardware so anything useful involves at least a couple of blockchain transaction fees on top of whatever the actual cost is.
Or if you look at modern tools on the list, you also see golang and rust.
It is just a term which got established. Most of the times, I just talk about the 35mm format. The best explanation is, that Canon and Nikon used to sell digital versions of their 35mm camera with smaller sensors. And when they started to make 35mm digital sensors, these cameras were "full frame", as the digital camera had the same sensor size as the film cameras of the same system had. I don't care to much about those terms, I am happy with Olympus.

With respect to the Leica: if you can trust your self control, by all means try out a Leica, it is an experience one should have. But yes, deposit your credit card at a safe place, they are lovely. For me the downfall was that I bought a M-mount Voigtländer 40/1.4 as a short tele lens for mFT, back then when there where not many prime lenses to choose from. It works lovely on a digital M :)
I'm quite a bit leery of this article, even though some of it is pretty accurate. There are some glaring problems with it, and I would advise you not to take it as gospel truth. First, requiring a credit card for free trials is often necessary to weed out bad actors. Second, the author spends an awful lot of time complaining about being held to the terms of a contract that you willfully signed. I get that renegotiating a contract is nice to do for your customers, but it's a contract for a reason. Usually, when you signed up for that annual plan that you suddenly want out of, you were given a discounted rate by going annual. I notice that the author never mentions this when suggesting that companies are bad for holding up the terms of a contract. Finally keep in mind that this article is a marketing piece written by a saas product for rolling up saas payments.
Issues are with AirBNB and shady landlords. Sometimes people being pervs, but also just extortion. You can create an AirBNB listing wither hyper restrictive rules, spy on your tenants, and then charge them fines after the fact.
Because it's a currency to pay for storage?
I'd disagree in part and say that, when these languages were all used a few hundred years ago, there may be a way a traveller can communicate with locals if they travelled between the regions (with literacy).

But I would agree that they wouldn't be able to use it to their advantage (moderation).

Now? Well, now the classical languages aren't used or learnt.
> It’s kinda like McDonalds doing a promotion. If you bring a Burger King packaging you get a free Big Mac.

Poe's law is striking again, can't tell if you're serious or pointing out the flaw in the thinking.
Wrong. Hydrogen cars are the future. It's Tesla and the rest that are going to die off by betting on the wrong horse.
Ask HN: What should I read after Ministry for the Future?
I just finished Ministry for the Future on the advice of someone from HN and really enjoyed it overall.

Would like to keep my momentum with Kim Stanley Robinson, haven't read anything else by him yet. I'm strongly considering New York 2140 but not sure why...
PrincipalContext: ValidateCredentials doesn't work like you think it should
I'm probably missing some context, but I'm not sure what about politician's arguing what artists the NEA should fund is against the 1st amendment.

> This was ruled a violation of the First Amendment: https://ncac.org/news/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-a...

It looks like that ruling was just because it was racist, and has since been overturned at the circuit court. Maybe I don't understand something, but the government fundamentally determines what does and does not get taught in public schools.
The sweet spot seems to be Go, Haskell, Java, Lisp, OCaml and maybe JS.
/s usually means sarcasm, not stupidity.
Ask HN: Careers, what should a wannabe research scientist know?
I work as a software engineer, but am confident that I'll regret not pursuing a career in basic research in mathematics, chemistry or physics (the more theoretical and computational varieties - industrial or academic in nature).

The most pleasant work I have done has been contemplating the variety of mysteries amenable to basic research. The trouble is, I suspect I would regret giving up a pleasant enough career in SE for a precarious and stressful career as a researcher. Money matters, and there’s value in working in a field of abundant employment.

I think I can live a good life if I know that after considering the circumstances, a career in research is not possible. Quite simply, there is no choice, and I am at peace with that. However, it does not seem certain to me that this is the case.

I am willing to forgo higher income if such a decision does not require more stress and unpleasantries than a healthy person should reasonably bare over a career.

What avenues are available to the person who wishes to pursue basic research and is flexible in which fields they would pursue? How could education be financed (housing, food, etc given most graduate studies and beyond are funded)? Is it possible to self-fund and establish a career in basic research? Where could employment be found? What specialities are not prudent to pursue? What disciplines seem promising? What should the motivated person do who wishes to pursue a career in basic research? What are the odds of success in achieving a stable, permanent position in research? What lateral or related research-like careers are possible that don’t neatly reside in the “academic” researcher definition? What are some of the most creative career paths taken to achieving productive careers in research or research-like fields? What funding bodies exist that I’ve never heard of? What businesses will pay for research I do not know about?

To date, I have only reliably seen the affluent, and talented succeed at such vocations (and even for them, the failure rate is high). I lack the affluence, but have an abundance of the talent.

My motivation for this post is that I have witnessed people not achieve their goals for want of seeing the means by which success might be achieved. Unable to see the way, they conclude, erroneously, that a particular avenue of action will not work, or that no avenues exist towards their goal. I merely wish to be informed of all choices available to me, so I can stand by my decision.

All thoughts are welcome, I am convinced that being both good at one’s vocation and feeling a deep sense of purpose in it are admirable goals, but not at the cost of everything else. These goals really are easier to achieve in some careers than others. Most of us will just have to work a job to pay the bills, and I think that’s fine, even if we finish life with some regrets. There are many roses to smell through life’s journey.
But you have to take these results with a grain of salt. Both the Perl and Python tests are implementing binary trees in vanilla Perl and Python. Both Perl and Python have performant libraries written in C which is what you would use in a situation like this.
MediaTek Announces Dimensity 9000: Supercharged Flagship SoC on 4nm
Yeah, honestly I don't understand understand why it is not more popular. Probably still needs a bit of time to really catch on.

Though I don't think the situation is that bleak. Any popular application where user have a reasonable interest in having the latest version should have some way to ship it on Linux?

Thinking about what I personally use, blender just has a tarball, no trouble, VS Codium, Godot, Unity, Love2d all have AppImages, the IntelliJ IDEs can be installed via snap. Browsers are handled by package manager. Most of my dev stuff is running on docker anyway.

Yes, it is a bit of a mess with all the different ways to ship binaries but I can't think of something I am painfully missing. I don't care about having the newest version for most apps though so maybe I am more easily pleased.
Of course, frequently. I must still be missing something. I have had zero extortion requests. My footage might be captured for private consumption by some perv, but where is the harm to me?
Battery cars are being disrupted by hydrogen cars. In a decade the shift will be almost entirely towards hydrogen and BEVs will be seen as obsolete.
Side note:

I always get annoyed when people that have supposedly written code in assembly call it “assembler“. An assembler is a software tool used to convert your assembly source to machine code. It usually makes me feel that they have actually never written in assembly, and use the term to make themselves sound more experienced, or an authoritative source. As soon as I see the misuse of the word I stop reading.

Call it a pedantic pet peeve. I don’t write code in assembly.
Interchange. While this article is more US specific and Monzo is obviously a UK bank, take a look at https://bam.kalzumeus.com/archive/debit-cards-are-hidden-fin...
What sources do you recommend for keeping update-to-date with the non-scam applications of the space?
While there are no absolutes (but this one) there are no other way to, by remembering 12 words, carry millions with you. My point is simply that this application makes it valuable - regardless of any value judgement one may wish to make
It’s impossible to say, but it seems likely that the colonial efforts of the Britain, Dutch, Spanish, and Italians would have been directed elsewhere rather than vanishing, resulting in deaths over there instead of over here. I have to think that everything that was first invented/discovered in the Americas would have eventually been invented/discovered elsewhere, but for whatever the delay in time was, people would have suffered/died in some cases. Later, possibly a lot more European Jews in the 40s. It’s an alternative timeline with a corresponding alternative set of deaths.
I do think there is something in the comment that a lot of people in big companies don’t know how to buy. Agreeing to a plan with them would help to surface the process and get everyone aligned around it. Note that this process would likely be unique to each organisation not the vendor.

The messaging would have to be carefully handled with this. Being given a step by step process by a vendor too early in the process would annoy me. I would also need to see and hear the benefits such as the vendor aligning resources etc.

A bit of feedback on the website and pitch. I didn’t quite understand what you did until seeing the first screenshot, but then I liked the concept. I think the positioning might need some work. It feels like some kind of “collaborative close plan” to a sales person, though not sure I like that either.

I also feel the word partner is overused a little. I get the difference, but I think your buyers will care about moving product and hitting their numbers. Maybe be a little more direct with this?