skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One of the most sure fire ways to accomplish nothing is too judge yourself based on your accomplishments. The other leading cause of procrastination, according to modern learning research, is too give up when frustrated... The belief that things should come easy.

If you stop judging yourself on your accomplishments, then you can grow without goals, with just experimentation and whimsy. I guarantee that was the mindset when roller coaster tycoon was created.

To help, accept that wealth is based more on luck (were your parents rich when they banged?) than any kind of skill. The vast majority of wealthy people did not work for it, and probably will never have to work at all.

Also, just living day to day in a society that wants you to judge yourself on accomplishment is hard. Dump these ideas, meditate, calm, and then grow.

Edit: I'm going to add another thing about labels, specifically when people call someone else "creative", and how harmful it is. Instead, label actions. Sometimes I do a creative thing, but that doesn't make me creative. Sometimes I do something cruel, or yell. They doesn't make me mean or cruel... That's the fundamental attribution error.

I recommend seeing a counselor to help you with these negative thoughts.
NFT marketplaces aren’t private at all
The world of mechanical keyboards is really expansive, and actually a lot of fun. I'm currently driving a RAMA M60 which has the same HHKB layout, but uses Cherry MX key switches. It's also solid metal and weighs like 10 lbs.

https://rama.works/#/m60-a/
I would kill to be able to purchase a brand new 4x4 manual transmission light SUV in the US. Sadly it no longer exists.
Watch out! You might be conflating success and happiness. We all know how common it is for professional outliers (be they geniuses, celebrities, athletes, etc) to struggle with depression, loneliness, anxiety, and addiction. In the 1900s becoming a world-class jazz musician was basically a sentence to death in your 40s. Consider the stereotype of the man who devotes everything to his career only to retire bitter, alone, and wealthy. It's all too common.

People are happy when they have meaningful social time with friends and family, when they spend free time building or growing things with their hands, when they are able to be active and healthy, and when their basic physical needs are met. Once your career is able to reliably cover your basic needs, the next thing to optimize for is freeing up your time. Unless your passions in life are truly aligned with your career, and you're able to stave off burnout, I see few compelling reasons to make your profession your legacy.
exactly kind of articles we need FTW
I've been driving my car several times during the outage today with no problems. 99+% of unlocks don't require connectivity, unless you're always unlocking the car for someone else who doesn't have a key...?

In general: always carry the key with you; it's a slim card that goes in your wallet. Or use your phone's Bluetooth. I've only used the remote unlock once and that was to let a family member in where I couldn't go with them. I've also only had to use the card once, and that was when my phone's BT was having trouble.

If anyone is really stranded because of this (and is able to post on a forum about it), that must be some really bad luck: no fob, no Bluetooth despite a working phone, and no key.
It may help to consider that the most impressive human being ever is extremely shallow and dumb compared to what is possible.

Future humans will have genetic engineering and computer augmentation, at the very least. They will (correctly) view all previous generations of human as comparatively primitive. That won't invalidate what they did.

My thinking is that:

1. Some humans make large contributions to humanity's progress.

2. Almost everyone makes some contribution.

3. A few unlucky people contribute nothing at all.

4. We should count ourselves lucky if we can contribute something.

5. There's no reason to spend a lot of comparing contributions, except insofar as it helps people contribute more in a healthy and productive way.

6. We should all contribute as much we can figure out how to, as one part of living a full and happy life.
Except that this clearly doesn’t work for banks, as they foot the bill when such things happen.
That was fun to read. Even funner to realize that the huge relative number is actually more useful too. Saying 2.72 degrees sounds small, but a difference that large on average throughout the universe would be absolutely insane And break basically all of physics
It did make me stop and think for a second. Like it totally makes sense, but I don't think I would have come up with that rule on my own for whatever reason. Of course, I don't do much in the way of sailing...
There's no particular evidence that NFTs will change the economics of art. Indeed, given the rich history of scams, money laundering, grift, and fraud in the fungible token space, I'd say there's good reason to think artist will end up at least as screwed over. Indeed, given that the traditional art world will be eager to get in on it, it could be worse.

> Art NFTs actually share the values of open source [...] improving "abundance, post-scarcity, universal access, and equality"

This is flatly wrong. The whole point of an NFT is to create artificial scarcity in a post-scarcity medium. And it is the sort of "up is really down" crypto promotion that has turned me into a reflexive skeptic.
Yeah, the "can't get into my car" is either trolling, not near his car, or maybe the old roadster had a different way of handling this.

I can't connect to Tesla from the app, but I just walked to my car and was able to open the door just fine.
As a technicality the music industry might win out given the successes from the lows and highs of society (even if genre clustered). There are some who got into it by industry connections, some with a background of education, and others through a whole lot of practice to nurture their talent. A good seed alone does not make a bumper crop. The industry is also far more of a crapshoot however as luck, image, and zeitgeist play a role. You might recommend somebody very good at music to give it a try but not an across the board career recommendation.
But back to the original point, Sandi Metz wouldn't suggest that implicit imports are good.
I know this is sacrilege, but my all time favorite keyboard key switch for programming is whatever they have inside the logitech K750 solar.

I've tried them all. I even have a "tester" with a matrix of dozens of different key switches. Kailh Box White is my second fav
Interesting, maybe I have a heavier Topre. Sore finger joints are why I went mech, which solved the issue once I learned to type without bottoming out. That ended up feeling pretty fast, too.

With my Topre, I wasn't able to do that, and even though it feels pretty cushiony at the bottom it still left me with some soreness. But maybe it's just too heavy.

What keyboard did you get?
I always find phrases like "detached from reality" in discussions about psychedelics to be somewhat ironic. I mean, I know what meaning you intend, but the phrase itself is a bit suspect if interpreted literally.
Funny that you use Mickael Jordan as an example because one of his quote is quite popular these days :

> I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Y'know, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder both are things that are hard to handle. The latter is usually connected to having had a childhood that was so chaotic and confusing that it was hard to tell good from bad.

That's likely gonna give you all sorts of feelings about the stuff you're interested in for your own reasons. The truth is – knowing that your own dreams do exist is the biggest step anyone can take. And unlearning all the things you learned that insisted that your dreams are superficial and worthless compared to what other people are doing… that's something you owe it to yourself to do, so that you can live your own life.

The neat thing is that when you learn how to allow yourself to live your own life, the things other people are great at aren't such a threat anymore. It's actually really neat that the guy wrote Rollercoaster Tycoon in assembly, by himself. Wild! And that also says nothing about you, or what matters to you, or whether you're deserving of your own wants and interests.

The trick is learning why you came to believe that these things are reflections of your own perceived incapacity and unworthiness. The only way I know to do that is in therapy, and it's tough, but it's worth it. You get to unlock your own self, that way. Good luck!
As an aside I think you might enjoy this book

http://www.matthewbcrawford.com/why-we-drive
That would not be prohibited, but it might not be a good business idea due to customer resistance.

Classic economic theory on pricing lists commonly used options that essentially try to achieve that but with various indirect methods:

1. provide discounts to various demographics that are known afford less - e.g. students, seniors, etc.

2. provide different prices at times or places that have customers with different average ability to pay - e.g. geographic discrimination, and also discounts provided at times when traditionally employed people can't take them.

3. simple "inconvenient obstacles" e.g. coupon schemes, intentionally created queues, etc where people who accept the inconvenience get a better price, and people who can afford to pay more simply don't bother and pay.

4. Direct, prolonged, serious personal bargaining and haggling, resulting in an individually negotiated price that depends on your willingness to pay.

But IMHO people would not like if it was explicitly based on their ability to pay, so companies try to disguise that.
They weren't a thing inside the USA unless you loaded up on premium movie and sports channels. From 2004~2018 I always paid around 45-60 for basic cable. Sometimes less if I bundled with internet.
> Opportunity cost of having lots of smart people focusing on cryptocurrency who could have been researching medicine, clean energy, or space tech

It's doubtful many of those smart and obsessed enough to contribute to medicine, clean or space tech would be moved. What we would have seen is the same smart decentralized consensus obsessed people still working on formal proof systems, distributed consensus algorithms robust to adversaries, precursors to the vile offspring and post-capitalist or post-communist economies.

It's interesting that a lot of people lodge similar claims as you have, against crewed space missions even though you count it as having value.

> Those factories could be making other products that directly benefit peoples' lives.

Things were like this before cryptocurrencies and what you say is already possible despite cryptocurrencies but still does not happen. You might be interested in [Dives, Lazarus, and Alice](http://bactra.org/weblog/841.html).

> We currently have a shortage of electronics because of the pandemic.

Robustness sacrificed at the alter of efficiency means extra vulnerable to shocks and surprises.

> Coal Powerplants

Countries with or without PoW mining presence are still building coal fired and other CO2 generating powerplants. The world has not been smart about moving to clean tech fast enough.
> I'm surprised remote unlocking is as easy as calling a number and convincing an operator that you're the owner

I've consulted on on stolen luxury vehicle cases and I can tell you this isn't unique to Tesla. If you know what to say and can say it convincingly you can locate, disable, and unlock a higher end car pretty easily.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trust
I love you.

These feeling are not unique to you. These feelings are a product of the times.

There are many doors. The internet let's you see them all. Some are wrong to open. You have free will and creative spirit inside you.

Whatever you do, do it out of love and what feels good.

You know what good feels like. Do more of that. Things that make you feel good. Figure out what makes you feel good and do that when you have spare time. Try to reinterpret something.

Be thankful for what you do have. Be general at first, you have air to breathe.

Now just play and have fun creatinf. Even if it fails. We wouldn't be growing & learning without failure, now would we?

Figure out how to move quickly and interate.

Reduce the time to recovery from mistakes. Make failure cheap.

Share it with the world and try to find collaborators.

Rinse and repeat.

Remember we all have the power of creation in us.

I AM
The other big thing that cable did when it first came out to stand out vs free over the air TV was that it didn't have ads initially.
Dupe.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29109442

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29118542

Note that the blog post advocates for ivermectin, which is well-known not to help, and thus is suspect on its face. Wikipedia: "During the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation has been widely spread claiming that ivermectin is beneficial for treating and preventing COVID-19. Such claims are not backed by credible scientific evidence."
read up on stoicism. In the grand scheme of the universe all of us are completely insignificant. In the context of our society, only a very few will be remembered 20-30 years after they are dead and even fewer 100years.

I could achieve so much more if I was willing to put forth the effort, take the risks, or make the sacrifices. Im not though, and I have come to grips with that. Ultimately everything is a choice. Every day you choose to do what you do. The key is to be happy with the choices that you make instead of wishing that you would make other choices. Whatever I do, I choose and I accept it. (Im aware of the discussions of lack of true free will)

Does creating a new software language, a new backend, social media site really matter in the grand scheme of things? Does being mayor, governor, or even president? Are you willing to make changes to achieve goals that are out of your reach? If not, why be upset with yourself?

This thought process of the ultimate meaninglessness of life can lead to nihilism or contentment.

I am fortunate that I have always been happy with my choices. But many people have to work a bit to come to acceptance.
we have the possibilities:

1 crypto crash, stocks rise

2 crypto rise, stocks rise

3 crypto crash, stocks fall

4 crypto rise, stocks fall

I think #4 is least likely
Teslas have way too much digitalization.

Anything where you can't flip a lever somewhere on the car to turn on your windshield wipers is a bad taste, to me.

(edit: added this sentence) Another area, and I have no idea if Tesla, or any car company, does this:

Anything that constantly phones home my speed or braking dynamics or gps or any other telemetry to *anywhere* - or even stores it for more than like an hour - is too much digitalization, to me.

I probably lean more toward the "less digitalization" crowd, but I think those are things that can be seen as "too much" by most people.
If my attempt to cite a source is a veiled attempt to confuse the issue, then what is your citation of anecdata? And what is your context of this very argument, if not a meta-argument?

Regardless, it seems like you prefer the idea of anarchy to order on the roads. Especially since order can only come from groups which exist for enrichment through creation and enforcement of rules. I'm sure your decades of experience have proved to you that a road without laws and bureaucracy is best for all. After all, tyranny is super bad, so less tyranny is always more good!

I'll sign off with my own C.S. Lewis quote.

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts."

-- C. S. Lewis (2010). “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”
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There was a long article in Wired yesterday about Amazon's retail side privacy failures https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-failed-to-protect-your-da...
A silent switch is the biggest factor in my experience.

You can add o-rings to other switches to help reduce the sound of "bottoming out" (when the bottom of the keycap touches the mounting plate or PCB depending on how the keyboard is constructed). But, I don't like the o-ring method because it's not as quiet and it also impacts the key travel, which doesn't always feel nice. Also, the o-ring only helps with the bottoming out sound, and some switches have an actuation point click that also makes sound and the o-ring doesn't change that.

Additional foam, gaskets, etc can help with noise but it's pretty minimal compared to the switch itself.
You still get ads in the streaming era, they just are served in different ways.
> And I don't like them.

They're not there for you to like - they're there for the people you might kill with your car.

> the government taking away our choice...

...to plough into people with your car.
> ... when jobs which used to be female dominated, like programming, became male dominated shortly after they became lucrative.

Programming was never female dominated. What we call "programmer" now (writing algorithms to compute artillery trajectories or whatever) would have just been "scientist" back then. "Coder" (and before that, human "computer") were indeed female-dominated positions but there's no analog to that in the modern world; we've completely replaced those jobs with assemblers/compilers and electronic calculators respectively.
Yes, he knows basic physics. but none of his sketches of novel theory has been substantiated by anyone.
> Also:This response is bad.

As long as your statement is presented as an opinion, I'm fine with that.
>>>A 2000-2010 is 11-21 years old now and they just don’t last that long.

Ha ha, well of course if it's a Jeep, RAM, or GM. A Toyota truck is just being broke in.
I'm not an NFT supporter but they might have utility. I'm certainly interested in a more robust debate about their potential than "get off my lawn". Further, it's silly to imply that the current system of tracking + transferring assets doesn't have any carbon footprint.
> I never expected it to be dependent on a round-trip to a internet-connected server.

But everything needs cloud! I mean you can't unlock something three feet away without sending some packets over 2000 miles round trip.
I'm told the ConstitutionDAO principals are completely sincere, and they're mostly publicly known individuals. I expect they'll do their best to do as they say they will.
Yeah, this is industry standard stuff. Nissan keys act the same way.
Family, kids — I agree. I stopped giving a shit about "changing the world" when my kids came into my life. They became my world. And you will change their world.

I suspect they'll remember me forever.
I can't be the only one who thinks this idea is terrible. "What if we make the product worse, perhaps people will like it better?"
Sure, that's the intent. I trust we don't need to reiterate all the ways it can go wrong, with a management culture that is dysfunctional. (Really, so much of software engineering methodology can be understood as "how do we compensate for dysfunctional management culture, or, at best, what practices can help and support our management to learn to be more functional.")

In some cases, especially in the "enterprise", it's literally not possible to have something you can actually deploy in production (not just a proof-of-concept demo) after a single two-week sprint.

In some cases, you only get so many chances to get press and public attention for something, and have to decide at what point it's going to be sufficiently impressive to do so.

I agree that focusing on getting something live as soon as possible is a good idea, in almost all circumstances. There may be some stakeholders whose idea of "as soon as possible" is not as soon as yours.

In some cases stakeholders deciding "shall we do it again" are basically always going to say "yes", until someone says "enough" and sets a date at which it will be cut off -- which then forces management to be really serious about figuring out the most important thing to go in every sprint until then.

It is always very important to realize "you can have a fixed date OR a fixed feature/requirements set, not both." In some cases, the focus of a fixed date and "now what's really important to get in there if we can't get everything in" is more useful than a fixed feature set "and let's see how long it takes" stretching on forever with diminishing returns and nobody saying "you know, actually, it would be more valuable to the organization to work on something else now?"

In my experience, working in certain kinds of organizations!
- Gross' proposal to remove the GIL from Python is accepted;

- Speculative Inlining Smalltalk Architecture (Sista) for the Cog VM gets finished. Squeak and Pharo become much faster;

- Existence of a massive 9th planet in the outer solar system is confirmed. Women go on demonstrations so the IAU gives it a female name. Name of African deity chosen, Yemọja, a major water spirit from the Yoruba religion;

- China announces deadlines for a manned mission to the Moon;

- Kamala Harris becomes first female US president, after Joe Biden passes away;

- WHO announces discovery of Covid-19 Omega strain;

- Whistleblower reveals NSA is collecting the bookmarks, passwords, ID numbers and passport numbers stolen by Microsoft Edge, as revealed in https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/11/is-microsoft-...
Prices will rise, except lumber. Politicians will philander.
Also the Cherry Blues purposely add a click. The Browns and Reds are quieter, even without the o-ring.
I have spent 1 yr on LSD (dosing every day) and 1 year on mushrooms (dosing every day).

I had mental issues afterwards largely in line with those I had beforehand.

there you go, fwiw
Your assertion was that there were no enterprising individuals that market privacy focused products.

I pointed out that Apple depends significant marketing, pr, and development resources towards positioning its products as a privacy preserving option. But because of your informal polling of people you know that all goes out the window?

For the record, the relative privacy of iOS over android was a significant consideration in my most recent buying decision. I say relative because it’s obviously not “perfect privacy”. But in any case you have heard now from at least one person that based their decision on that fact.

You’re quite clearly working backwards from a pre established conclusion. Do some, many or even the majority of people not care about privacy? I’d concede that point. But the narrative on HN that has last for years that regular people just don’t care at all is very much over confident.
Some people see washer and dryers as appliances, others it's a very big deal and hobby, just like keyboards. I say this typing with some holy pandas which is gibberish to some and others know exactly what that is.
For me, one nice thing about working from home all the time now is that I don't have to listen to everyone's annoyingly loud mechanical keyboards. I kinda hope this fad dies before I have to work in an office again...
I wish it was easier to buy keyboards with a correctly-positioned control key.
forget web3. basically we are in a situation where lots of people, smart, tech savvy people, stupid band wagon people, well meaning people, me-too people, go-with-the-next-big-thing people, all made a wrong bet that the particular set of algorithmic technologies and protocols that bitcoin spawned are a generic blueprint for a new decentralized digital infrastructure.

it aint.

the choice is not between web3 and meta-dystopia. The choice is between people owning and running their own hardware and software versus being granted that "privilege" by some digital overlords.
A) there is a critical current density above which superconductivity collapses, so no infinite current, not even theoretically