skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yeah, I'm feeling the same. I have an older car (2004 Honda Accord), and I'm looking for a new one. I like the new safety features, but I want to avoid the privacy-invasive data collection garbage.
Do you have a few good friends? A wife or girlfriend? Do you get along moderately well with your family? If you hit 2/3 with this, let alone 3/3 you are in a place much better than the majority. Add to that you have a decent career, I’d say you’re top quarter easy. Are you healthy? Add decently healthy to this and your lot in life is probably top eighth easy.

Grow, improve your self, follow your dreams, but remember at least every now and again to count your blessings too.
So the question is: Are the Chinese to be blamed for not getting rid of their wet markets -- which have lead to the release of serious pathogens multiple times in the past -- or are they to be blamed for shoddy management of their viral labs?
I control the domain if you prefer.
Why did they do this then?
https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/secret-scanning/abo...
Beware, what you described sounds a lot like what France and other places did with projects in the 70s. Every thing was in reach, but for some obscure reason it collapsed in less than 20 years. Not saying it's a bad idea, but it's sociologically subtle.
The Filco Majestouch 2 is a great keyboard. This is an older model, and it existed before the mech keyboard craze took off. Mine was sitting in the closet collecting dust having long ago been replaced by "fancier" keyboards with esoteric switches and other random features. Using it for the first time after a long hiatus was an "aha" moment. The typing experience was so much nicer. Upon reflection, here is why:

1. Plastic case. Aluminum cases and metal back plates have become pretty popular, but they are sooo heavy. It's nice when the keyboard has some weight, but I think things have gone too far.

2. No LEDs. A lot of keyboards have LEDs. Backlighting the keys is one thing, but a lot of keyboards just do it for looks and it gets annoying after a while.

3. Cherry MX blues and browns are great switches. A lot of switches have come on the market over the last few years. I think their proliferation is driven by people wanting something new, but Cherry's blue and brown switches are still better than many other switches.

4. Timeless layout. There has been a drive to make keyboards smaller. I agree with this trend, up to a point. If the keyboard is missing keys you need, it's not a good choice for extended typing. Sure, you can remember the hotkeys for the missing characters, but it's still annoying. Also, there isn't really a standard 60% design, so all the manufacturers do it differently. A ten-keyless keyboard might be _slightly_ bigger than I would prefer, but it's got a layout that has withstood the test of time.
In the past if every city had one talented person, he would've been a celebrity. But no one felt bad since 99% of people around would've been average and there was one exceptional person.
Now with the internet, we get to watch the talented person from every city and town in the world. Social media and google have become efficient in surfacing the most exciting/valuable content in front of us.

Given our window of attention is limited, what we see all day is excellence and we feel mediocre.

In short get out of your virtual world and go people watching in the real world to find that you are good enough.
I drive an VW e-up! which has none of the fancy digital gimmics you mentioned. It is a perfect distraction free city car that doesn't spy on you.
> You're talking about phrasing determining morals and ethics?

The courts certainly do care about phrasing. You are taught to not say "we will destroy the opposition" at big companies so that they can avoid lawsuits, instead you say things along the lines of "we will provide the best user experience". Ultimately it is basically the same thing, but the second is safe in courts, the first will create a problem.

Edit: Case example: Google said AMP was to "provide the best user experience". But it also helps Google "destroy the opposition". So why isn't there a court case over Google abusing their position? Because they didn't say the second part here, just repeated the first. Words do matter a lot.
You can encrypt to a RSA public key, then decrypt with the private key.

You can sign with an RSA private key, then validate the signature with the public key.

The two pairs of operations are very similar, but not quite the same due to differences in how padding is handled.
The only thing, and I mean that literally, is how you feel in your head. That's it. Your legacy doesn't matter. Your contributions don't matter. Not really... They only matter if you let their perceived omission make your life in your head feel worse. Find a way to be happy in your head, and you will live a better life than almost all of the people you think are better than you.
And they do! You can buy it at FNAC stores in malls.
I agree with that, but I had to learn this lesson the hard way: By trying to do things I hate.

If you have that belief, sometimes the way to get out of it is to play it out to conclusion.
Isn’t the title misleading? They cannot unlock through phone app but they can still unlock using the card.
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From my understand this is correct to a point but a more pressing issue is that some specific implementations of algorithms in hardware may be under patent.

If this is the case it means a competitor can use an alternative design that is less efficient at the cost of space/heat but that can result in substantially less competitive product.
You can peruse his Twitter feed. It's full of sensical statements.

Reciprocal same level of effort into citing my claims as you, re: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29281850
$ python
>>> “Full Self Driving” == “Full Self Driving beta”
False

hmm

But yes CNN does have trouble with accuracy.
The poor whites are the collateral damage to the false flag diversity operation of the white elites. Otherwise the privileged white elites would be replaced/displaced by the test acing primarily non-white immigrants.

"Diversity" initiatives is an act of self-preservation for the rich white elites.
> Most of the NFT marketing I've seen is very fast and loose about this —

Stop listening/reading marketing material then and dive into the technology itself.

> people will talk like it's owning the item but only when pressed will admit that it means owning the NFT pointing to the item.

Yes, most people (on both sides of the "love/hate" side of NFTs) misunderstand the technology and what promises itself makes.

> This is conceding the author's point: a hash on a blockchain has no innate value and being the purest form of a fiat currency with weak backing means that nobody has a strong reason to need them. Nobody buys a hash because they like the pattern of ones and zeros.

This is such a rabbit hole and where you end up is "Nothing has value" or "Everything has value". I guess you can put me in the camp arguing for the latter, even for crazy things like "high-art" that I don't really get, but I understand that some people value it.

> When the most popular cryptocurrencies used are not PoW, this will be more convincing. Right now it's Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a rounding error.

No, I think you misunderstand what I mean. "Cryptocurrencies" is an umbrella term for a lot of things. The authors argument that "cryptocurrencies" are bad for the environment is just not true, just like "serverless" cant be called bad for the environment. It's the implementation that matters, not the concept.
The big difference is that movie studios actually directly offer higher quality content, simply due to the fact that they make a side business of selling their low quality content to companies like Netflix who are more than happy to purchase a finished film and throw it on the front page for all their subscribers to see even if its crap. The movie studio is able to get a return on a steaming pile of crap film that was probably super cheap to produce and avoids the reputation tarnish, netflix is able to advertise a wider catalog and hey, sometimes these junk films really do pop off for netflix like what happened with Kissing Booth.
CloudFormation API Gateway endpoint calling a Lambda function example
> There’s a lot of subjects and activities that I’m really interested of getting into but I can’t just dive into it.

I mean you could pick one of these and try to get in. If it's about SW dev, it would probably make things easier if it's backend related or at least including backend like fullstack. Actually backend stacks are also evolving quite slowly. What usually impresses people is something that you built with technology that you really like. E.g. once at an interview there was someone presenting I think a web based managing tool for music albums. Like end-to-end working, not many feature but just worked. This kind of software exists hundreds of times, it's not about the idea but the execution. Or like one time I applied for a job and showed them my self-hosting stack (Email, Web server, Wiki) written entirely in Ansible. You could pick a stack that is both in demand and that you like, pick a possible idea and realize it. I guess learning by doing is anyway easier. You could then host it on Azure or Heroku for free. (Or EC2 or EKS if you want to include DevOps) Also basic design can be realized with Bootstrap or whatever is the current go-to-framework for that. And then perhaps put it on Github in a single commit once you're done. Most devs don't involve in Opensource activity and get fine very well anyways. FWIW I appreciate working with fullstack+devops because of the changing tasks but don't expect any badges because of the broader knowledge which is then not necessarily very deep. Also it's just work after all :-) But I admit it's easier to find new jobs.

So yeah, learning by doing and there are blogs posts/Stackoverflow/YouTube videos/forums/Discord chats for everything if you're stuck.
Renders the presumably intended image (no "white box") in Brave. By the way I'm really glad I switched from Firefox and highly recommend it.
I've had arguments with PM's about this. After a few years of doing similar projects you can sort of squint sideways at something similar and have a gut feel (if it's completely different from anything ever done, that doesn't work of course).

But every PMP (tm) certified PM I've worked with thinks if you can just break the project into granular chunks, estimate those, then sum the estimates, there's your final deadline. The fact that it never works doesn't dissuade them on the next project is the depressing part, it's all just theatre for the execs.
I feel OP is painting very black & white, but a little exaggeration might help convey the importance. Also I'm currently more in a white phase, than a black one.

That being said, I was drawn to the thread for helpful replies and enjoyed feeling that I'm not alone in feeling like OP.

Your reply resonated most with me personally. I even told my wife about it specifically and would like to explore it more.

>Start digging _deep_ for your good qualities, remind yourself of them constantly.
>Start doing the opposite, and work on radical acceptance.

I have a fundamental feeling, that I should do this even more. I have been seeing a therapist a couple of years back who helped me there. No that I'm OK, I struggle to go there more in order to go from OK to GREAT, it feels entitled.

>You are probably much smarter, much more talented, and have more good qualities than you realize.

One part of me, knows that on a "for a fact" level. But another part immediately spoils the party by calling that "arrogant", "full of myself". It's all relative as others have said pick the general population in my city, country, planet and I'm "successful". Pick the 0.00001% NBA-all stars and I'm not.

I was trying to research more about what "insecure overachievers" can do to help accept/unlock themselves.

>You can find joy and happiness in life, once you accept that what that looks like for you is different than how it looks for other people. Acceptance is key.

Again this is hard for me personally to internalize.

My first reaction is dismissing that statement as "entitled". "Oh do you think you're so special you need a special definition of joy and happiness and success?"

Probably, because (i) I have been taught and (ii) I'm telling myself and (iii) teaching my kids now that "entitlement" is not good.

Having re-read the statement over and over, it's less clear how it can spark these negative emotions against myself.

Of course we are all beautiful snowflakes, that's also something I learned, believe and teach my kids. Why is it so much easier for me to grant that privilege to every human being than to myself?

Thank you for reading.
I'm not sure if there is a name for it but it seems like a useful avenue of research. There is something called polkadot but I haven't looked closely into how exactly it works other than it being an interoperability layer for other blockchains. [1]

1: https://polkadot.network/
Additionally, when available, information was frequently of higher quality than is readily available online.

Even today, it's probably easier to find detailed, accurate technical documentation for OpenVMS and z/OS — where developers can't just be expected to "Google it" — than it is for Windows, Linux, or Apple OSes.

Moreover, pre-Internet, I never encountered a scenario where important documentation was only available in video form. At worst, you'd very rarely see consumer products bundled with a videocassette for users who couldn't be bothered to RTFM.

Sharing information is certainly easier today, as magazines, user group memberships, long-distance BBS calls, and in-person conferences present a far more significant barrier to entry than the Web.

The trend seems to be reversing, however, as more and more information once available over the Web now seems to be siloed in systems like Facebook and Discord that are neither searchable via Google nor regularly archived by the Internet Archive.

What I wouldn't give for a "Usenet 2.0", i.e., a widely-used, persistent, open, distributed discussion system to reverse this trend.
There is one setting where once a day delivery is beyond acceptable: Any time you would be willing to send a written letter by postal mail.

For content of that nature, once a day is well beyond what's expected of the postal service. About the fastest you can exchange letters with someone by post is one week round trip, assuming a letter and a reply.

It is also well-proven that humanity is able to maintain human connection and relationships using mailed postal letters, so once a day is certainly no barrier in that regard.
I don't think you're using the word 'trust' correctly. Trust is a belief that a particular outcome will occur despite having no guarantees that it will occur. What does it mean to trust the law? I have no idea.
Corporate isn't a useful term of division nor a guide to policy. If say Maine lost their mind and decided to try to autarkize their state government they would wind up just running things far less efficiently from effectively a neurotic a fear of companies as HP Lovecraft had of the ocean.

The entire framing of "the people vs. corporations" is a massively overreductive us-vs-them clichè used in service of demagoguery. It is divorced from the reality of not only how the system works but even how any theoretical system could and would work. Instead it is about emotional flattery.

The whole dichotomy is worse than useless. Like trying to divide politicians between who is a grey and who is a snakeperson, a nonsensical distraction. There are always conflicting interests in complex arrangements. Just look at the dynamics and all of the interests for and against the proposed "US made union manufactured electric vehicle subsidy".
In the 90s a few of my friends decided to be day traders. It worked great until March 2000.
Guessing what is where is the worst part. It’s (again) easier to pirate everything even if you’re paying for subscriptions.
No need to change anything other than provide a official download for Winamp v2.92 :) :) :) Infact the whole EXE is less that the homepage of most modern websites.
I would add that the internet doesnt help either. It is full of people's success stories, by and large, that can really eat away at your soul if you look for too long.
> so let's just ignore 400 years of severe and oppressive unnatural selection then?

I don't think I've ignored it, as I've said "partially".

> with that said, these arguments trying to tease out tiny differences between arbitrary groups of people are simply not fruitful outside of trying to assert dominance/superiority over others. the point is always to establish a halo effect where favorable group characteristics shine generously on the braggart in question. it's always an argument about supremacy, not 'intellectual curiosity', but it actually signals individual insecurity rather than group superiority.

No, that's not my point at all. The context was the following comment:

> As for ratios, the ratio indicates an uneven pipeline. If idk, programmers were all white and highly rewarded, you might ask why that is. The reason can be one of two things: white people are culturally/systemically advantaged in getting those jobs (for example, those jobs are only available in predominantly-white areas or the education to do the job is more accessible to white people), or white people are more fundamentally capable of programming than others. The former is a social critique, the latter is white supremacy.

> If you reject the white supremacist position (as you should), then the question becomes whether you can make the system provide more of an equal opportunity.

In that comment, the author said that thinking that "white people are more fundamentally capable of programming than others" is white supremacy. I agree with you that in many cases, people trying to say that one group is fundamentally better than the other are supremacist. My point was that even if different people have different abilities, it shouldn't give them power over others.
The Nissan Leaf has some of that but has physical buttons and such and drives much like a classical car. The 62kwh version has 200+ miles of range. Price is very competitive too.
Most drivers today in the West don't realise just how much they are reliant on non-disableable electronic stability control on most FWD cars, which quietly entered cars along with ABS.
I kinda agree. When I started in the early 2000s, the norm was a 1-2 hour battery of psychological tests that somehow tried to assess my intelligence before someone technical even spoke to me.

1-2 hours of leetcode, or a 5-6 hours take-home project is a godsend. Programming is my passion anyways.
Layperson here in a similar boat.

So, on the face of it you have imposter syndrome. Many kind commenters have already offered up a bunch of platitudes to help in that department. It's a surprisingly common thing, actually.

What's less common is low self-esteem or self-hatred to a degree that it becomes a major impediment in your life. Your post is littered with language that suggests this. I know, because I've lived that reality my entire adult life. It ain't fun.

But you know what? While as real as that feeling is, to say it's not exactly rooted in truth would be an understatement. Your brain's biochemistry has an outsized effect on your perception of reality, which includes both how you view yourself and what thoughts tend to percolate within your mind.

There's something called the Default Mode Network[0] which is often mentioned in pop-sci neurology and psych articles. I'm not qualified to speak on it from any scientific or medical point of view. However, what I can tell you is that for me, understanding it on a relatively simplistic level has served as a fantastic metaphor that has allowed me to both forgive myself, and understand that my own negative self-image often times isn't necessarily rooted in truth.

When I've taken medication known to suppress, affect or otherwise normalize the DMN, the difference is so dramatic to the point of being: "Wow, I.. I don't hate myself right now." as if it's something novel I barely have a concept of. Not hating yourself is of course the first step to having any sort of foundation you can build on.

I'd say "don't compare yourself to others", or "love yourself", but platitudes like that are more detrimental than helpful when whoever you're saying it to someone who couldn't if they tried due to overwhelming biochemical forces at play. I don't know if that's true in your case, but it seems like it could be a possibility.

>I sometimes wonder if my mental condition or my medication has had an effect on this: I'm bipolar schizoaffective and borderline.

Yes, it probably has everything to do with it. With that diagnosis, you play life on hard mode and don't really have a choice in the matter. In my opinion, you should be congratulating yourself for doing as well as you are. This isn't to say you're somehow inferior to others; on the contrary, you seem very intelligent.

I would show your post to your psychiatrist and see what they think. It's likely that they have a very good idea how to help you, because they see that kind of thing a lot.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_network
> If you don't want OnStar or Satellite Radio, there are ways to disable it pretty easily.

How? Any pointers?
I don’t know if you will get to see my comment by now but you are an incredibly good writer. Miles above the email churn I deal with daily.

I found myself reading and just flowing over your ideas. Your pace is good, your writing is simple yet thoughtful. Your sentence are not too short or too long and your paragraph boundaries make sense to me. Honestly, you are a good writer.
What stakes does a single tennis player control? She still got whacked.

The president of the US could easily make an annoying opposing journalist disappear. But they don’t.

That is what makes America a functioning democracy and China an authoritarian regime.
Theft deprives the seller of the object, causing direct financial losses. With piracy, there's no difference between someone who doesn't consume the media and someone who pirates.

If consuming media without paying the copyright holder is morally wrong, then so is second hand purchasing and selling, as well as rentals. Indeed, copyright industries have a long and storied history of trying to shut down rental chains, to some success in Japan.

Just because you paid someone some money to view a TV series, doesn't mean you paid the people who funded production.
>The only value I can comprehend in all this is that of the ledger's utility in facilitating trading on the secondary market (since the artist doesn't need to go and vouch for everybody who eventually buys/sells the ownership stake in the bag of bits in the future).

The contract also automates royalties.

>It all feels gross to me. I can certainly appreciate that artists have to make a living, but the idea that the best way to do this is to crank out digital certificates to confirm somebody "owns" their work (but only in the sense that the "owner" can trade and speculate on that ownership stake) strikes me as bizarre and dystopian.

It's definitely weird and it's definitely a novel form of ownership -- I think the debate over whether NFTs are good/bad is really one over whether this new social convention will stick around. I can see why some people don't want it to.
Lada? O_o

Isn't that the brand of car I usually see shatter like glass in a crash in dashcam videos from Russia?
Einstein had a few important but easy to state ideas about the speed of light and gravity, that he analyzed at length with non-controverial comprehensible (to experts) math, and made a bunch of predictions that many scientists verified.

The quantum menchics theory was much more controversial, and Einstein opposed it.
For comparison, brotli is from 2013.