skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I mean, of course? It seems like it could be a pretty useful tool for open-source intelligence gathering.

> "If it came out (and was proven) that Bitcoin was created by the CIA, it wouldn’t significantly diminish my bullishness. The only thing it would change is my view of Satoshi. But, crucially, Satoshi is not Bitcoin. That connection was severed years ago," tweeted Spencer Schiff, who is a Bitcoin promoter and the son of stock broker and anti-crypto advocate Peter Schiff.

Honestly, I'd be surprised if anything would diminish the bullishness of a "Bitcoin promoter." They often give off this weird power of positive thinking vibe where they treat their desired goal as an axiom. Isn't the joke that they'll respond "_____ is good for Bitcoin" in response to pretty much anything, good or bad?
It’s a monolith from 2001
"Yes, VP approval is needed to make any updates on the status dashboard."

If services are clearly down, why is this needed ? I can understand the oversights required for a company like Amazon but this sounds strange to me. If services are clearly down, I want that damn status update right away as a customer.
It's true of basically every concert that has actual tickets, like where you can buy a ticket, rather than a simple bar with a cover charge.
"insisting that we order all work crashes the capacity of the system to a rounding error"

I am not arguing "no-one gets to party untill we solve world hunger", I am questioning the 'social imperative claim' - computer performance has improved what, 3-5x in the last 5 years? It's not clear to me how this has benefitted the average Joe in a measurable way, who is struggling to put food on the table.

By contrast, if energy/food prices fell 5x, or became x more nutritious, the impact would be hard to miss. Even reduced prices of space rockets seem to have made more of a difference.
This makes me miss my earliest internet friends from the EFNet mac underground (#macfiles, #macwarez, #macdev, et c). The internet was a different place then.

(If you were a regular in any of those places, write me - my email's in my profile.)

There were also a number of really cool FirstClass BBSes around in that era, though cracking and configuring FirstClass was a bit of an involved process at the time. (IIRC the Hotline server was free?)
Remember when Facebook went down? Fb, Whatsapp, messenger, Instagram were all down. Don't know what they use internally
I read it with the opposite meaning:

> The Connecticut alone carries enough torpedoes to destroy any other nation's entire nuclear submarine force.

The Connecticut uniquely carries enough torpedoes to destroy...

vs.

The Connecticut carries enough torpedoes to single-handedly destroy...
Jupe raises $9.5m seed from Initialized to make housing more accessible
Jupe makes flat packed housing that is 30x cheaper to build and 15x cheaper to transport than the standard room.

Disclosure: I joined the team after being an advisor.
Better notepad then controlpanel ;)
Anecdata: A few years back I scaled down my alcohol consumption because I was feeling poorly the following day, even after one drink. Early in 2020 I cut it to zero, easier with much less socializing away from the house, and I don’t miss it. Open to using it on holidays. Alcohol is energy-intensive to make, which makes it even easier to relegate to “rare luxury” category.
Sorry, but I don't think this rebuffs Pew.
Externality has a specific technical meaning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality
I definitely agree that not being able to capture "UI/UX shouldn't suck" in a formal requirement is a problem. Developers have to be vigilant, or get a lot of help from QA (typically the latter).

In my experience, though, there is a bit of a feedback loop during government test events since those are often staffed by real end users. If the end user doesn't like the software they can just say it failed the test, even if it did meet the requirements as written. So at least there's a bit of an upside there.

It would be nice if that feedback with the end user could occur earlier in the process though.
And for thousands of years they've either been massively over engineered, hence the expense made them out of reach for most people and applications.

Inefficiency doesnt work in packed urban environments that require to fit in a budget.
I don't know if that should surprise us. AWS hosted their status page in S3 so it couldn't even reflect its own outage properly ~5 years ago. https://www.theregister.com/2017/03/01/aws_s3_outage/
The courts generally will act against anyone within their jurisdiction. In the UK we have the contra mundum injunction, for example, which is a legal order enforceable against the world. These orders occur occasionally in things like witness protection (noone may name this person) and narrower 'persons unknown' ones in the context of public protest (you can get an injunction against whoever has tied themselves to your development site, for example, without having to find out their names first).

The common thread is that they are defendable against, but not without potentially losing your anonymity. So someone can turn up to contest the injunction against the protestors, but whether their name is made public is then in the hands of the judge (public justice normally means that parties names are in the public domain). Likewise, the anonymous contributor could show up to make a case (the court will have tried reasonably hard to effect service so they're aware) but at significant risk to their anonymity, which is only going to be defended by the judge on public interest grounds, not simply because the contributor would prefer it.

While this can lead to harsh outcomes, it's not completely without sense. 'I'm hiding, you can't sue me' creates a hole for lawless behaviour, and the legal system is more or less intended to stop that kind of thing.
I had never heard that Satoshi-Nakamoto-is-the-CIA conspiracy theory before. It doesn't seem all that crazy to me.
It's actually not the Verizon app, but just as egregious. Don't use Verizon.
That LinkedIn profile is almost certainly not the same guy.
There are zero low effort convenience foods. I have options everywhere for high calorie low nutrition foods. If I want something nutritious and tasty I have to cook it my self. As we get busier with work and entertainment we are going to reach more and more for the easy option.
Molecular biology education needs more funding. Teaching it at scale (and more importantly, communicating new discoveries outside of textbooks) still remains a challenge. Keeping up with the field without reading papers is much harder compared to CS/ML where almost every ML engineer maintains a blog.
In the future, people will marvel at how cigarettes were considered cancer causing but Alcohol wasn't. Alcohol is super cancer causing. Strange people don't talk about it.
I thought the same at first. I worked on the Air Force AWACS E3 (https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1045...) program as a contractor in the 2000's. It had dual IBM-360 computers and wireframe-like graphics for their radar displays at the time. This was the Block 30/35 version. It looks like from the link that they may have completely transitioned to the Block 40/45 version which replaced the 360's. They were talking about this move when I worked there 16 years ago.
Film Academy Launches Digital Preservation Forum to Address 'Digital Dilemma'
> An interview is decided in the first several seconds.

I've hired hundreds of people and this is just not true. A first impression matters a bit, sure - but it has hardly any effect on the decision.

> There is also the reality that when companies need to fill a role, and when first start interviewing they will set the bar way too high and reject some perfectly qualified candidates

This is a very poor hiring practice. You should what you're looking for and what you are willing to pay for it. And then you should recruit a candidate pool that meets this criteria and go from there.

Hiring is literally the most important job a manager has in any fast growing company. It should be taken very seriously and systematically.
The major concern in the OP seems to be left turns hitting pedestrians. Eliminating the left turn over the crosswalk removes this problem. I would argue left turns to cross over the median aren't crossing oncoming traffic, they're merging into traffic going the same direction.

Dedicated left turn light phases solve the problem too, but there's a cost to intersection throughput since there's an additional light phase (during which only left-turners on one axis can move).

There are certainly a lot of trade offs to be made here with regards to space, cost, and safety.
I ended up trying out Fedora 35 after years of Debian/Devuan.

Super happy with the Gnome experience. The whole OS feels very professional and polished - reminiscent of OSX, where you still have command line powers.
It's much more important to learn how to sell yourself with honesty and integrity than to follow these tips. Nobody else can do it for you.
>* Every AWS customer has a PERSONAL health dashboard in the console that should indicate their experience.

You mean the one that is down right now?
That Haskell implements closures properly should come at no big surprise. I guess the problem is with Swift. I wonder what happens in Java with the same code. Or Kotlin. Or Typescript.

I also wonder, what about recursion in Haskell? Is it limited by the stack size as in more conventional languages?

Probably Haskell just allocates a very large stack size, and does it otherwise in the standard way. Otherwise it should be able to do much more than 20M.

There is some talk about it here: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/8189
>> You don’t even have to build your own solvers. The commercial/open source ones are typically good enough.

But as a maintainer of solvespace (Open Source CAD software with geometric/algebraic constraint system) I am left wondering if this can be applied to our constraint solver, which I didn't write. It solves systems of algebraic constraints using some form of Newtons method, partial derivatives, jacobian... All stuff I'm familiar with, but not in great detail. Figuring out how best (and weather) to apply this might be a major digression ;-)
stupid irrelevant gotcha, the nra is not the scotus
>Issues started ~1:24am ET and resolved around 7:31am ET.

First engineer found a clever hack using bubble gum

>Then really kicked in at a much larger scale at 10:32am ET.

Bubble gum dried out, and the connector lost connection again. Now, connector also fouled by the gum making a full replacement required.
Ask HN: Whatever Happened to Adam Hinkley (Of Hotline Connect, KDX)
As it was asked back on HN in 2013 [0] and as it is being discussed between @0des and me now [1], does anyone know / have information about the software developer Adam Hinkley, creator of Hotline [2]?

I (and others) would love to know what he's been up to. Most sites related to him are down.

(and if Adam wishes to not be talked about online / be left alone, I respect that too of course. Reach out over email (in my profile) and I'll ask @dang to hide/kill this story) Cheers

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5690832

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29478048

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications
We aren't talking about dying here. This isn't analogous to being robbed at knife point. No need to be so dramatic.

We are talking about deciding to move somewhere with a higher quality of life. For some, that means better pay in an office and diverse food options a short drive/walk/subway ride away, in exchange for more rent and more people. For others, it means a better view of the night sky and less traffic and cheaper rent in exchange for lower paying work.
You have to travel abroad to eat well cheaply. Where a tomato tastes like tomato, and is shockingly inexpensive.
https://www.newsweek.com/zune-should-go-beyond-squirting-107...

I really didn't remember it being called that, but reading this makes me vaguely remember my assistant manager making fun of the feature name because she also had a Zune.
Some of the best music discovery I’ve had is actually Reddit. I primarily listen to electronic and the communities are 6/5. It’s just streams of music being recommended, with occasional discussion, in tiny subreddits for all the subgenres. I’ll let you find the subreddits yourself if your interested (just search for your intended subgenre). don’t wanna spoil them :)
> just a convoluted notation for guesswork.

You could say that for all of estimation, by definition. But some estimates are better than others, and the KF is the best estimate under certain conditions...

...and one of those conditions is that you have a good estimate of the dynamics and measurement noise parameters. Rather than throw our hands up, we should just articulate this, and proceed to discuss methods for getting a good estimate of noise parameters, and discuss what happens if our estimates are wrong.
Happy to know our tax dollars are being spent on Tulip bulbs
Fine, I don't care about defending that point right now, as the main assertion I'm trying to dispel is that somehow schools are unilaterally worse in high density cities. By your own admission, Singapore has vastly superior schools despite having the largest population density in the world. Population density doesn't have an effect on school quality.

>Since I live in San Jose, I'd like to see what support you have for this statement. Taxes, regulations, crime, wages...?

Regulations. To be specific I'm talking about how housing density affects local businesses and minimum parking requirements for businesses is one of those regulations.
It looks like this news article goes into more depth: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/facing-hostile-chine...
God, y'all make some neat mixed signal parts. Lotta respect for ADI.
I doubt that LinkedIn profile is the right Adam Hinkley. Apart from living/working in Australia, none of the biographical details really match.

And yeah, I think that it's worth doing another Ask, in case something comes up. Just posted it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29478266
Yeah, funny you mention that. I did a bit of digging after I'd written that comment and, well, he's certainly said and done some quite unsavoury things.
I’m a musician and Indie Shuffle was my first “break.”

It gave about 20,000 plays which BLEW MY MIND at the time. Nothing like waking up to a huge increase

Today I’m a modest success. Several songs have 1-2m plays on Spotify and I make $800 / month from streaming. It’s just something I do in my evenings for fun.

I owe my success to outlets Indie Shuffle and SubmitHub—- I’ve found Spotify really privileges discovery for major label artists.
The cynicism "the media" gets is entirely boring and mostly wrong. If you read one of WSJ/NYT/WashPo and never get near youtube, you will be well informed.

But the actual problem with your statement is that it implies some alternative to "the media", and/or that it's said as if the world without the news media is somehow similar to the one we currently life in. There isn't and it wouldn't: a democracy is a regulatory system that needs the feedback loop just like your AC needs to get measurements from a thermometer to adjust its settings. Take out that part, and democracy is done for.
I think of it as an algorithm for Bayes theorem - is that right?
Plus a perfect way to fund spies and dissidents. Bank transfers too easy to track, cash incriminating, handing over a public key for a one-off account trivial.
I love my Home Assistant setup for this reason. I can even get light bulbs pre-flashed with ESPHome now (my wife was bemused when I was updating the firmware on the lightbulbs).
As well, having a bash language server enabled (https://github.com/bash-lsp/bash-language-server) helps immensely.
Pfizer Shot Provides Partial Omicron Shield in Early Study
I wouldn't be surprised if they or the NSA created it so there was a way to trace previously dark (aka money in suitcases) money.

Totally could imagine Satoshi working at the NSA :)
We should have more data on their 2007 thesis now that visual social media is all pervasive with FB, Tik Tok and Instagram.
They work if your jurisdiction allows you to participate in them. If you live outside of the elite banking countries, you probably don't have access to these secure, liquid markets.
Ghislaine Maxwell Trial: A Chat with the Sketch Artist
But this new little box would then be required to connect to the home server to receive updates. Guess what? No updates, no worky!! It's a vicious circle!!! Outages all the way down
2FA isn't inherently insecure, and hardware tokens are not that much better IMO than an encrypted USB drive. I agree $50 is too much for a glorified USB drive with tamper-resistant chips. Prob could achieve near the same thing with some hot glue. I'm on the same page though, the issue with hardware tokens is that they can easily be lost thus causing you potentially to lose access to accounts or make replacing the token on your account way more difficult.
notepad++ is a far superior product imo. so many useful features out of the box, and has plugins also.

* search in all opened docs
* find/replace with regex
* tabs to space
* line operations
etc

Very useful, and for my workflows on Windows, indispensible (even alongside wsl or powershell)
I’ve interviewed many candidates and I’ve interviewed many times myself. Having good conversation skills is the single biggest influence on whether a candidate proceeds or not.

Talking is a skill and that really stands out against other candidates.

When I’m interviewing, I’ll usually choose a stronger communicator over a stronger engineer.
The only registered marks for the mark “ROCKSTAR” I see in TESS for Take-Two are in the clothing and apparel industry. So if anything, it’s the T Shirts that are the problem.
https://archive.today/JWyee
My workloads on Sydney and London are unaffected. I can't speak for anywhere else.
I predicted a three stage approach to inflation coverage.

1) No, inflation isn't happening. What you're actually seeing is [.....]. In fact, you should be worried about deflation more than anything else.

2) Some inflation is happening but don't be afraid because it's perfectly normal, expected, and a good thing! Here's how inflation can help the middle class....

3) Yes, inflation happened and you should be thankful that it happened.
I recently pulled out my 2018 13" Macbook pro after quitting my job and not having touched this laptop in a while. The keyboard had a couple of issues with repeating keys...and I was out of the warranty period.

Thankfully, Apple has a keyboard service program, and they fixed it for free — in late 2021. No questions asked. With a one year warranty on their fix.

This was just before thanksgiving and it took them just about 3 days to fix from when I dropped it off to when I picked it up, even though it was shipped to a repair center.

That being said, I might not buy a new one for a while because I like having bootcamp to play games and the M1 makes that impossible.
> You will face rejection (likely a lot).

It's very important to realize this. Maybe you feel you nailed it and everyone really liked you but you still didn't get the job. Well, there's other candidates in the pool too and there's a chance one of them was amazing too and you lost the proverbial "coin toss".

There's also a chance you were always the backup option - it happens.

Lastly, don't give up on the role. I've seen numerous instances where an offer went out and was accepted and then a week later the person backed out because their existing employer gave them a huge package to stay on. It happens. You might get the call then after being rejected.
Ah yes FirstClass!! Spent sooooooo much time using it as my local Macintosh User Group was mostly based around it. I even remember meeting with one of their reps (at a conference..? it's been too long ago) and bringing a list of grievances / bugs that we found, mostly on the server side.

And yes, FirstClass had a convoluted-ish serial number / activation? process as far as I remember, while Hotline server was either free or could easily be found around.
I was working for a world leading semiconductor company. I was in one of the software groups. I was new to the team. I was surprised that the team did not test the software they were releasing. When I requested if I could setup automated build and test servers, I was flatly told "we don't have time". And the next day 5000(I am not kidding you) static analysis defects were dumped into my lap with a deadline of few days. So I asked, how can one engineer cover 5000 static analysis defects in few days? The reply baffled me. I was told most of the defects have been "resolved", I just need to mark them as "resolved" again. So I asked, if these are already resolved why do they appear in the latest report and why do I have to repeat this again. Even marking a defect resolved needs investigation. The reply was "we have always been doing it this way"! All efforts to automate build, tests and static analysis were shot down. I left the company in less than two years. The other team members got high raises and praises for their "efforts" and the company finally failed to enter the market it was desperately trying to get into.

That is a big company in a nutshell, the management is busy spinning employees so good employees immediately call out BS and leave. So what is left is okayish to not so okay employees. Ultimately the company suffers, but who cares when there are bonuses given without understanding what really is happening in the company.
Cloudinary is really a frontrunner in this. Cloudflare should have bought them out vs try to build something that they clearly aren't equipped to do.
I am pretty heavily involved with interviewing and here is my take for what it's worth:

- Yes try to schedule ASAP, although it gets so complicated lining up availability I don't think it is possible to aim for mornings vs afternoons.

- Try to read between the lines in the job listing. How does it align with the company's goals/growth? What aspects seem important? Try to focus on that. Example: I noticed company ABC is hiring a few hardware engineers for the first time. I would highlight how I can work independantly and my skills in building a new hardware team

- Be enthusiastic about things besides the tech stack. I am surprised how many people I interview who don't seem to care much about the job beyond if we use Java vs Python.

- Just be yourself...
Our customers in Scandinavia are asking us to stop using American cloud providers for their sensitive data, even though the datacentres are Scandinavia.
Sweeter Perl Exception Classes
All good points.

Personally I wouldn't have known divergence of Newton's method with line search off the top of my head. What I think everyone in this field would know is that Newton's method with constant step size diverges. I'm actually curious now if Newton's method with backtracking line search from a constant step size diverges. Exact line search can go a little nuts, that doesn't surprise me, but divergence with backtracking from a constant step size seems less likely. (I guess it depends on what "constant" means here...)

Seems like it could be awfully nice to have a smart theoretically backed initial guess of the dynamic lambda. The author actually uses a feedback strategy to set H in conjunction with his gradient scaling (see Algorithm 2 / AdaN), and it's possible that the scaling allows H to be basically correct more often and not have to be adjusted so much? Which is potentially really helpful since Newton steps aren't cheap and you don't want to waste them on guess-and-check.

But it's not obvious it's better than other strategies and we do need benchmarks to prove it out, yes.

The author is from INRIA, which does a lot of advanced optimization research, so I'd say it's a serious paper prima facie.
"CRUD boys" at it again. I am glad this hasn't crept into avionics.