skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You still need the IT team to babysit the AWS infrastructure.

I've seen this "even a lift-and-shift reduces TCO" argument before, but it only ever works if you pretend that AWS lives up to its zero-management hype. Maybe, for someone, it does. Not for any deployment I've seen. This never prevents management from pretending, of course.

EDIT: ah, I've seen that the argument has retreated to "it reduces IT headcount." Again, maybe for someone, but I have yet to see it actually work, and every time management has just hustled the TCO calculation.
Trying to hold on to the small government ideas and remove the government along with health insurance companies from the equation is a non-starter. As is saying that you want competition, but limited government, but also no gouging.
So you’re the type of Western person I see write pro-China article on scmp.com?

Like this…

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3159492/underst...
Yes, I do; sorry about that! They seem relevant, a lot...

I was on the development team for a couple years; now, I'm independently developing some technology on the platform. I'll announce it soon, I hope.

With the recent AWS outages, and systematic de-platforming of some legal businesses, there seems to be a growing realization that dependence on centralized hosting platforms is ... dangerous.

Holo / Holochain seems to provide a unique solution to some of these problems.
There can be cultural moments, relationship moments, etc. where the exact same thing may register as a lame "can't wait to tell you how little I care" or a much needed bit of stridency... a la chuck berry, john lennon or courtney love.

Edge Lord is the pejorative to something with a very flattering synonym, though we might argue what that synonym is.
Design stuff like this can cause a lot of problems, when you just "fix" them. Just ask Windows enterprise customers how printing has been lately have.
Most of the article seems to assume that people are looking for long terms relationships, so while sales & marketing is a part of that, the article seems more focused on customer success & support (to reuse your metaphor). Which is why there is a heavy focus on therapy, and finding ways to get some physical contact in the meantime.
The block on _vti_ sounds wonderful, is there really Frontpage Extensions stuff still somewhere deep the bowels of OneDrive that somehow makes it unsafe?
Can you use a Visa gift card with a $200 amount? Then you could just use a fake name, fake email, done. Need more money? - just add a new gift card.
As the online world socially envelopes our subjective view of reality, is anyone else who grew up predominantly online simply dropping out? I've been spending more time on my meatspace hobbies, watching TV and movies, and generally avoiding interactions with the internet outside of work. I feel better for it and like I had been wasting so much time before on internet arguments and getting dopamine-hits from outrage based media experiences.
> I rarely use nulls like that.

Well, what can I say? Other people need them, and I illustrated why.

> And even then I still prefer null == null to be true.

Some databases have alternate operators, like <=>, that make null == null true. And you can always coalesce null to a sentinel value if your dialect doesn't have this operator. Heck, if you're writing SQL using templates, you could have the template language replace a <=> b with coalesce(a, 99999999) = coalesce(b, 99999999) (or whatever other sentinel value you want to use).
In an editor? This isn't a real time OS.
There's no doom here, just exactly what we are seeing: Businesses running on increasingly thinner margins, except tech companies, sitting on wild profits from this business model.
You seem to have some degree of aphantasia. I do too and have similar experiences with audio and olfactory recall as you do. I had once been robbed and when police showed me a few mugshots I completely forgot what the mugger looked like and my theory is that since I could not entertain the image in my mind’s eye it was very weak and quickly got disturbed by seeing all the other faces in photos. Id be a terrible eye witness I think
seems like you can pull out this explanation for either side. Just replace "bodily autonomy" issue from "abortions" to "vaccine mandates"
Relevant is relative.
This is the right solution. Secure your root account, don't share the credentials, use 2FA, etc. Make role-based accounts with limited permissions and never put anything in the root account. AWS recommends it, and their UI encourages it, but doesn't require it. Third-party auditing services like Vanta are great for identifying issues like this that should be addressed.

That said, AWS should make it easier or even require it. AWS is full of footguns and weak security defaults and small players (like the person who tweeted about the bill) lack the knowledge and experience to adequately defend themselves.
Direct quotes from Elon and the Tesla website:

> "The person in the driver's seat is only there for legal reasons. He is not doing anything. The car is driving itself."

> “Full Self-Driving Capability All new Tesla cars have the hardware needed in the future for full self-driving in almost all circumstances. The system is designed to be able to conduct short and long distance trips with no action required by the person in the driver’s seat. All you will need to do is get in and tell your car where to go. If you don’t say anything, the car will look at your calendar and take you there as the assumed destination or just home if nothing is on the calendar. Your Tesla will figure out the optimal route, navigate urban streets (even without lane markings), manage complex intersections with traffic lights, stop signs and roundabouts, and handle densely packed freeways with cars moving at high speed. When you arrive at your destination, simply step out at the entrance and your car will enter park seek mode, automatically search for a spot and park itself. A tap on your phone summons it back to you. The future use of these features without supervision is dependent on achieving reliability far in excess of human drivers as demonstrated by billions of miles of experience, as well as regulatory approval, which may take longer in some jurisdictions. As these self-driving capabilities are introduced, your car will be continuously upgraded through over-the-air software updates.”
Solar – A free lab to exploit, detect and mitigate the Log4j vulnerability
Great post i like it!
because nobody wants to be hired for the position. it isn't even about the money, there's simply no candidates - and any candidates competent enough are already consultants and/or freelancers.
That’s almost also how airplanes work. They just reboot before the crash.

https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2020/04/02/boeing_787_power_...
Dear Simone,

sorry for only now seeing this and thank you for the compliment =)

as for the location, I am currently located in Berlin, Germany or in the CET timezone, which means that for instance San Francisco is regularly in my timeline from 07 to 10 am.
https://24timezones.com/difference/san_francisco/berlin

For the eastcost its even better as 8 am to 1 pm for them =)
https://24timezones.com/difference/new_york/berlin

In General though, this has not created issues for me yet. I would even propose that it is an advantage, because I get stuff done before you get up, which, in most cases ;), means that I can make your morning better by reporting in.
Let me help you expand your knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shootin...
Lates on Omicron variant and Covid-19 vaccine protection
> I would find it weird if a friend came to my birthday party and gave me cash

When I was twelve, my (much richer) friend came to my birthday party; but he didn't know it was my birthday. It was very impressive that on learing the facts, he immediately whipped out his wallet and gave me a tenner (I had never owned a tenner, and I didn't own a wallet).
There is a monthly post about jobs offers. Other jobs offers usually get flagged, but this is strange enough and may survive.

In case this is flagged or does not get any response, remember to find the correct thread on January 3rd and post there. This month edition is in https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
It all comes down to utilization as a percentage of time. If the workloads are infrequent enough, GPU cloud providers on going to crush the onsite equipment.

However... I was also sort of surprised, because last time I priced this out, you can have pretty low utilization rates of the equipment and still come out ahead.
>Maybe they did a cost-benefit analysis between making AWS extremely quick to get started

Yeah, one key issue is that it's deceptively easy to set something up in AWS, but there's actually a ton of customizability, complexity and potential gotchas lurking in the background.

They've essentially SaaS-ified sysadmin, network admin, DBA, etc. roles. So relatively casual users are pointing, clicking, copying and pasting like they're just navigating any ol' app, but beneath the surface they're commanding potentially massive/unlimited resources with the attendant costs those resources impute.

Makes you wonder whether it's just too much power to casually have on offer.
Methanol operated fuel cells appear to be more promising for applications like vehicles.
Quote: The study by Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest health insurer, of 211,000 positive coronavirus cases, of which 78,000 were attributed to omicron, showed that risk of hospital admissions among adults who contracted covid-19 was 29 percent lower than in the initial pandemic wave that emerged in March 2020.
> As you may know, Vermeers are so few and far between that it's entirely possible to see every one (~36) if you're able to travel the world.

As someone has actually done and made a website about:

https://jlord.us/vermeer/about.html
LastPass to become independent company
If only there were a way to let Bob use what Bob likes and Bev use what Bev likes? Like giving people options? Like setting up a nice default, but also providing a path for individuals who want to change things in a meaningful way if they choose?

I'm sorry, but it's REALLY hard to not be snarky about this. Apple has absolutely suckered the world into thinking that "nice default interface" and "ability to change your interface" are somehow zero-sum, and there is no reason for this to be the case.

This deficient thinking has even wormed it's way into Linux, look at the current direction of GNOME. Sigh.
Vermeer Goals
That was my experience as well.
The things in that test are not how I relate to thoughts.
I was practically blind my first years of life too, and have aphantasia, how come did you started taking the drug, by chance unrelated ? Did it fix it for once or it reverts when not taking the drug?
I’ve been only able to “see” in colors and details, in a state of half sleep half awake, never awake, and very low res when dreaming.
I think people have reacted to this comment as pure snark, but I did take a moment to look at your comment history and you're actually describing a physical reaction you're having, not just a matter of taste. I'd love to hear how general this problem is for you on the web, and how one might go around testing for these sorts of accessibility issues during development. I know of the various colour blindness 'simulation' tools available but other than the option of a dark mode (a proper one, not a gimmicky one like here) I wouldn't know how to address this issue.
Crypto Discussion in Congress
Sure, but the problem is there are unintended consequences that you don't even think of until after passing the law. Sure you can measure metrics, but only the metrics you know to measure, not ones that you didn't think of.
I received an email with the following text this morning. Can someone decode what this means?

A new era for LastPass

We’re very excited to announce our intent to establish LastPass as an independent company.

We couldn’t be happier and we hope you will be, too. As the leading password manager for individuals and businesses, this change allows us to strategically increase investment and support in LastPass to be able to solve your password problems faster and in even more innovative ways.

You will start to see an enhanced LastPass, on an accelerated timeline. We are working on faster, seamless save and fill, a delightful mobile experience, and even more third-party integrations for businesses, among many other updates. We are expanding our support channels so we can answer your questions faster, right when you need them, and you’ll be welcomed by a new look and feel on our website. We are investing directly in areas that customers like you have told us are most important.

Don’t worry – there are no changes to your account or data in your vault. This is the same great product, now with even more focus on keeping your data safe. You can learn more about this news on our blog.

For those of you who have been with us all along, we thank you for your continued support and passion for LastPass. For those of you who are newer, thanks for being here and we can’t wait to show you what’s next.
The problem with this test is I have nothing to compare it to, and the answer spectrum provided is not helpful because it seems concerned with things like how vivid the colors of mental images are.

If I don't actually "see" the object but I know exactly what it looks like to the point of having a clear but abstracted version of it in my head, do I still put the slider all the way to the left, or to the center, or what?

I would say that me "visualising" an object kind of feels like watching a GAN paint an image, only the image is never as explicitly shown as if it was on my retinas. Does that count?

When I close my eyes and I think of an object there is never a danger of me not realizing that my eyes are currently closed. Am I an aphantasiac because of that? Was I supposed to literally hallucinate scenes all the time?
I bought a dirt cheap bagless vacuum for 70€. The plastic parts broke off as usual. However, it lasted more than 5 years. I think it still works but I got a bag vacuum now.
Why Standard C++ Math Functions Are Slow
This is one of several things I hope to see if SpaceX succeeds in crashing the cost/kg to orbit. I think it's difficult to overestimate how hamstrung our space program has been by the sheer expense of mass. New technology was certainly always going to be necessary, but there is so much that would be easier and/or possible if we could just get mass to orbit and weren't counting every gram.

At current prices, it's hard to justify lifting dead weight just to spin.
> This false ad hominem suggests you are one of the people my original post refers to.

It's not an ad hominem, and if you think that my reply is "wildly irrational and upset" then I question if you actually get that kind of reaction in general.

It's merely my interpretation of what you said, since you've given no concrete details and left nearly everything to the imagination of the reader. Given your 5% figure, you are arguing for reducing the population by ~7 billion people, but how? On what timeline? Just saying the world is overpopulated is uninteresting.

> The (baseless and unfounded) claims they make being that it's not a problem "because earth's carrying capacity is 50 billion people" or other absurd statements along those lines.

You've stated that the earth's carrying capacity is 5% of current population, which seems to be equally unfounded.
How is being a media personality failing to comply with group norms?

It's exactly the kind of professional career non-conformity that musicians are (literally) famous for.

Someone who was genuinely disinterested in group norms would disappear and do whatever they wanted to do in anonymous seclusion.
How can the truth be propaganda?
From the article:

"Unfortunately, Ohm's law was met with resistance."

I'm glad the Prussian minister of education eventually saw its potential and now it's a current theory.
Principal software engineer: the old grumpy guy who berates and borderline verbally abuses new/junior engineers and jeopardizes mental health across the org.
I've been looking for a decent application where I can import recipes, and add my own ones, keeping them private (because I didn't make them, but also allowing them to be released if I did invent them and want to share). A kind of Git for recipes, if you will. I've seen a few ones, but they always lack in one way or another: bloated Electron crap, small database or bogus content, or terrible UI.
This post is about Google, DDG doesn't rank Pinterest the same way.

https://www.google.com/search?q=crochet+ducks&tbm=isch

Although I have to admit that the amount of Pinterest results for this search term is acceptable (I see 2 in the top 10).
Hammock Driven Development – Rich Hickey (2012)
> I've done this: built a 17 server cluster, housed in a colo, for a high compute startup producing 3D avatars from photos automatically. The hardware for the cluster, including a Federal Reserve class hardware firewall, was just over $50K, with a month to month colo bill of $600. This was in contrast to $96K per month if the same configuration were at AWS.

You also have to include the human time spent setting up and maintaining those servers. And also the fact that you can probably use a managed service on request instead of 17 servers running constantly. Not even mentioning redundancy.
That's not true at all. Businesses want to reduce risk. Providing cost controls assuages a client's fears. If you're picking between two clouds, cost is a concern, and cost risk is a big factor in that. Would you put your career on the line for a riskier cloud? That's not only cost, but also security, privacy, legal risk, compliance, etc. Clouds spend a great deal of resources to improve all these things, especially for highly-regulated industries which constitute a large part of the potential customer-base: health care, banking, government, polluters.
Are dependency chains complex functions or a few instructions? For example, I see people using ternary expressions “a > b : c ? d”. I’m trying to understand if this is an algorithmic problem or a microarchitecture problem.

Are “c” and “d” simple? If both are heavy-duty and approximately the same complexity, evaluating both would be 2x slower than evaluating one, but then you’d have to account for probability of misprediction. Meanwhile, if they are simple, I could imagine the CPU tracking both branch register-level states simultaneously with minimal impact on performance (using register-renaming, for example).

In other words, how much better would CMOV be if the hardware was given more micro architecture resources?
Doesn't look too convincing. And it would be interesting to see how much cases went up as a result of passport holders starting running around infecting people at an increased rate.
If it was the company behind giving the waittress a highly publicized tip, then there would be a discussion to be had here. As it stands, there is no similarity for this heartfelt dystopia.
Water is the same deal. If the water pipe going between your house and your garage leaks 30 olympic swimming pools worth of water deep underground, your utility company will be more than happy to set you up with a payment plan.

AWS isn't the only example of giving blank checks to some vendor...
But controlling the planet is an american concept. They frame China as a competitor and China react with absurd misunderstanding because they're not seeing each other and the planet the same way.

Here in China (Im an imigrant), what matters is the forced march to progress at all cost, even human rights, under the guidance of the glorious leader Xi. Nobody in the party or the population gives a flying fuck about invading countries and all international propaganda is made not to submit to China as an individual but to repeat the glorious mission statement for the party internal work when speaking only about China. I disagree with the party's method because they forget that we ll pay the price of the crunch once the middle class is emancipated and need to start being politically responsible: as long as we ask monkeys to program computers we wont expand so we need to accept having free citizens or to not progress.

However the US truly aim at facilitating the expansion of its companies via cultural assimilation, MUCH more than what China does now (it could come later ofc), and entire countries are transformed via soft propaganda (movies and such) to adapt and start consuming american products that wouldnt matter otherwise. It's better than the Camps in Xinjian, but the camps are IN Xinjian, not in Normandy where I grew up under american influence.

So meh, balance. Both should compete until the end of time so they leave us alone.
Weird how the people can walk away with such different experiences.

I mean my brother in laws mixed-Asian kids get bullied on the bus in SF, but hey, we’re in a Blue State (tm) do no problem there.
The way I’m wired has given me (and likely other founders and those in other fields) an edge.

This seems like wild speculation. The single cited study is also riddled with problems, including comparing 2,000 people with self-reported aphantasia to a set of 200 control individuals from an entirely different study.
Even if AWS had a hard spending limit, if an attacker has your root credentials, couldn't they still just increase the limits?
That point actually proved nothing. It demonstrated that there's a distinction between:

1. Ability to visualize

2. Accuracy of memory

3. Ability to produce technically accurate drawings

Those aren't one thing, it's a combination of things. The same commenter tried to use helicopters (a thing which people are even less familiar with in general) to bolster their point. Like I said in that thread, I've got friends who work on helicopters (engineering side) and could produce remarkable technically accurate drawings, and some friends from the same office who couldn't draw to save their lives. It says nothing about their ability to visualize and more about the accuracy of their memory and ability to draw.
Yes because everyone is resigning. L+1 today is easily what L was 2-3 years ago.
The extension is simply removing the results from the search results. But if the first few pages are results i don't want to see thats not kind of making my life much easier as i just get empty results for the first x ones.

Is there any extension which would add all the sites i want to block to google's exclude filter? So the first page has really only interesting results and not none. Like "some js problem -inurl:code-examples.net -inurl:qastack.com.de [...]"
Two things to consider:

1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_and_flow

2) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_interest
I am not discounting the premise of this post however in upstate new york I am seeing flocks of turkeys which I have never seen until recent years ... also bald eagles have reappeared in numbers again not seen until past 5 years or so ... this is partly due to the drop in game hunters as well as a fall off of farming with many abandoned farms and fallow acreages going to scrubs ... also due to the ban on DDT decades ago ... so certainly some type of birds are seeing a resurgence
If I were to start my Android career in 2022, here is how I would do it
Probably non-native English speakers, such as Indian (example being "The Hacker News"...).
i've always thought this is collecting pennies in front of a steam roller: you save 50% only to go out of business when a black swan hits and you can't debug an issue in production in any way. i guess this changed?
I doesn't matter that much if they live there or not, and they're are not going to care that much as long as there are roads they can use.

There are very, very few specific roads that individuals have some kind of attachment to.

They close my high street to traffic in summer and it makes 0 difference to traffic. We're talking less than 0.1% of roadway.