skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I am a reviewer on pullrequest.com and I can assure you I do not work for free. Many of us are Senior or Lead developers with day jobs, who do this as a side gig and to keep our skills sharp.

During my code reviews, which tend to revolve around Angular and Ionic (that's what I signed up for), I have found lots of outdated practices. I can often provide advice on how to make their code better, show them features that are deprecated and how to address them, and generally make their code better.

As another reviewer has pointed out, we can see the entire code base, not just the current diff. We tend to work with the same companies repeatedly and become familiar their project. Some of the engineering teams treat us as part of their team and ask for advice, which is really cool.

Doing code reviews for pullrequest.com has also made me a better reviewer in my day job and has changed the way I approach my coworkers. It's truly been a win-win.
Jesus no. The potential for abuse is just way too high. We can't even trust cops to not stalk random women [1] or to not beat up their family [2] - giving them even more possibilities to conduct crimes is not a good thing. Not to mention: what the police can exploit, so can attackers.

[1]: https://psmag.com/news/stalker-cop-police-protection-danger-...

[2]: https://sites.temple.edu/klugman/2020/07/20/do-40-of-police-...
> everyone by default is legally obliged to assist a law officer,

Are bailiffs law officers in that sense?
For a while now I've been kicking around the idea of a "Trusted Social Reviews" website, where you get item reviews only from 1 maybe 2 degrees of separation of your social graph.

Various problems and challenges exist - no need to point out the obvious.

But I wonder what HN would consider, if the presumed positives would actually pay off?
There is no such thing as "corporate welfare."

The owners of corporations already pay more taxes than most of the so-called "working class." In fact, if you earned over $118,000 in a year, you pay 70% of the tax burden in a country where better than half of the adult residents pay no income tax at all.

Owners of any corporations pay a variety of taxes, some paid regardless if you turned a profit, such as property tax and employment tax. They also pay state/fed income tax on profits, regulatory fees, and a host of other liabilities that get paid to the state.

To wax on "corporate welfare" is to say you really don't know how it all works.
I don’t get the benefits of the articles vision of 6G. There is a good reason for why we use the OSI Mode and separate problems that appear at the physical layer from those that appear at the application layer. I think of it as a powerful and universal interface specification.
I couldn’t find a single argument in the article that even justifies mingling some general machine learning with the actual physical data transmission.
Please, 6G people, more bandwidth and lower latency is all we want.
> someone with the key can now remote summon the car

Cars with remote summons features today basically just crawl forward a few metres to help you get out of a parking spot. They aren't self-driving across town to a repossession lot, if that's what you're thinking.
I think the answer you may be looking for is: Nuclear reactors are unreliable. Compare them to solar, which is very different.

Solar produces power according to sunshine, with no moving parts, and if a panel breaks the rest of the panels go on working, so the failure is a small deterioration in power output. Nuclear plants are differently unreliable, because they have lots of moving parts and elaborate maintenance procedures, and during maintenance a plant produces 0% power instead of that small deterioration. The unreliability is on a different timescale, both better and worse than solar.

France has lots of reactors, but they're not all up, and you can't expect all to be up, so sometimes they'll have this problem. IIRC they had something similar in 2016, which they were able to solve using imports.
Learn to stop worrying and love her.
Mother, bombshell, whatever.
This is going to sound like I'm an addict, and I probably am, but how do you resist the urge to check social media all around you? I mean I use my phone for 2FA to sign in. The urge is right there. I'm working on my laptop and a build process will take 30-minutes. I'm literally one click to HN, reddit, twitter, NYT, etc.

The way I work, I'm a software engineer, has this amplified even more.

I feel like going cold turkey is the best approach but I don't know if I have the discipline (or if it's even reasonable to expect a complete behavior change at the drop of a hat).

edit: I guess for extra hilarity, how do you justify using HN? It's not as bad as twitter, tik tok, or reddit but it elicits similar mental responses IME.
> Most hard workers in the U.S. are rewarded with financial stability. Not everyone, but enough that people still flock here from other countries where that's less true.

You think restaurant workers are lazy? Factory workers? Amazon fulfillment workers?

Why do people need two or three exhausting jobs to make a living?

> Well gee, I guess the U.S. should stop being such a great place for immigrants, so talented people stop coming here and stay wherever they live now.

I don't know what this means. Have the courage to say what you mean instead of using sarcasm.

Whatever you mean, the US needs young workers to resolve our massive labor shortage and we need educated workers to be our next generation of scientists, doctors, engineers, and entrepreneurs.
In the year 1166 B.C., a malcontented hunchbrain by the name of Greyface, got it into his head that the universe was as humorless as he, and he began to teach that play was sinful because it contradicted the ways of Serious Order. "Look at all the order around you," he said. And from that, he deluded honest men to believe that reality was a straightjacket affair and not the happy romance as men had known it.

It is not presently understood why men were so gullible at that particular time, for absolutely no one thought to observe all the disorder around them and conclude just the opposite. But anyway, Greyface and his followers took the game of playing at life more seriously than they took life itself and were known even to destroy other living beings whose ways of life differed from their own.

The unfortunate result of this is that mankind has since been suffering from a psychological and spiritual imbalance. Imbalance causes frustration, and frustration causes fear. And fear makes for a bad trip. Man has been on a bad trip for a long time now.

It is called THE CURSE OF GREYFACE.

Bullshit makes the flowers
grow & that's beautiful.

***

THE FIVE ORDERS OF DISCORDIA ("THEM")
Gen. Pandaemonium, Commanding
The seeds of the ORDERS OF DISCORDIA were planted by Greyface into his early disciples. They form the skeleton of the Aneristic Movement, which over emphasizes the Principle of Order and is antagonistic to the necessary compliment, the Principle of Disorder. The Orders are composed of persons all hung up on authority, security and control; i.e., they are blinded by the Aneristic Illusion. They do not know that they belong to Orders of Discordia. But we know.

The Military Order of THE KNIGHTS OF THE FIVE SIDED TEMPLE. This is for all the soldiers and bureaucrats of the world.
The Political Order of THE PARTY FOR WAR ON EVIL. This is reserved for lawmakers, censors, and like ilk.
The Academic Order of THE HEMLOCK FELLOWSHIP. They commonly inhabit schools and universities, and dominate many of them.
The Social Order of THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS. This is mostly a grass-roots version of the more professional military, political, academic and sacred Orders.
The Sacred Order of THE DEFAMATION LEAGUE. Not much is known about the D.L., but they are very ancient and quite possibly were founded by Greyface himself. It is known that they now have absolute domination over all organized churches in the world. It is also believed that they have been costuming cabbages and passing them off as human beings.

A person belonging to one or more Order is just as likely to carry a flag of the counter-establishment as the flag of the establishment-- just as long as it is a flag.

Don't let THEM immanentize the Eschaton.

HIP-2-3-4, HIP-2-3-4
Go To Your Left-Right....
Is there anything like this for iOS? I don't mind building from source. I mainly care about PiP (Picture-in-Picture), and ad blocking, but I'd love to keep my video history (and time left off) synced.
Space Debris is cool. I still have it in my car's playlist (converted to MP3, though, as my car's entertainment system sadly doesn't know how to handle tracked music formats... which is a real shame IMHO ;-)
> No. That's implying your hardware has knowledge of cultural or human constructs.

Once upon a time I was working at a startup which pivoted slightly from generic "store analytics" to a product which mirrored the wifi network's uplink to a server where we would do deep packet inspection and watch you price-compare on Amazon (at the time, checkout was encrypted, but browsing and Add to Cart were unencrypted, and Amazon was offering discounts for price-comparing in store.) It was alluded to in the wifi network privacy policy that you didn't read. I understand that, in the days since I got creeped out and left, several hardware vendors have since added support in their equipment to facilitate the operation of these analytics.

We are fortunate that so much more is encrypted today, but pay heed! You must assume that hardware participates in a system that knows about human constructs, in all the most adversarial ways possible.
Michigander here. One of the very few states in the USA with a bottle deposit. 10 cents per can/bottle. It's actually prohibited to put a bottle or can in a landfill here.

It's very common to see people digging through trash cans and such, collecting bottles and cans to return for deposit. We have two garbage cans in the garage at home, when they both fill up we will take them back to the store. It's a inconvenience to go to the grocery store, wait in line for 20 minutes, then feed all the returnables into the machine, wait for the store staff to empty the machine so you can finish, and then turn the ticket in for eight dollars.

People in line become impatient and just give their bags of cans to anyone else in line who will take them. Then you get the odd bottles that aren't returnable at that store, because they don't sell that brand.

Part of the deal is the automated machines are not very fast. In the old days, a clerk counted them by hand or you just gave them a full 12/24 pack case. There aren't many machines, either. Another problem is if you return them to a small convenience store, the staff won't give you money back, they insist on only store credit, not cash refund. Which I'm pretty sure is against the law.

I have a recycle bin in my office, overflowing with empty aluminum cans of Monster, plastic bottles of Mt Dew, and glass kombucha bottles. I always tell the cleaning guy he can have them. There's a social stigma attached to carrying a bag of bottles through the office and out to my car. There might be 3 or 4 dollars worth in there, so who cares.

Lots of charities have bottle drives, sometimes one of the parents will collect them for their school sports teams, and there's a dropoff for the local 4th of July fireworks show.

Also, when COVID first started, we couldn't return bottles for over 6 months. This lead to some pretty impressive amounts of bottles being kept at peoples homes.
This is hilarious!
Thank you for making me laugh.
Usually I read every night before going to bed. Once I'm done with everything else, I go to bed an read until 23h. Then, 10min of meditation and sleep :)
Occasionally, I read the entire Sunday afternoon.
The world is now filled with not too old cell phones that are operable but will no longer function as 3g and below networks are decommissioned - it was similar when AMPS was decommissioned. The expectation that any old phone turning on modified or not will get service is just not realistic.

> There is no expectation that a device that is disconnected or inoperable will continue to function

If the guts of a phone are replaced then I’d argue that’s no more or less operable then an old cell phone.

I think laws in the context of ensuring that device manufacturers provide reliable 911 service is sensible (ie maybe it should be enforced against Google) - but as some nanny legislation because someone might confuse a display piece is a bit silly in my book. (And think of the elderly as insinuated by the GP is weak and insulting - having dealt with demented parents - whether the phone was connected was of no issue - simply identifying a phone was a bigger problem… meanwhile old people aren’t automatically idiots).

It’s also absurd to think that someone lacking the situational awareness to identify a non-working phone also has the faculties to read some warning sticker. This is something that comes from a corporate legal department not something that normal people would think to do.
Pure C*

*Your mileage may vary
I wonder what would happen to my right pinkie. When I was young I accidentally burned the fingerprint off on a curling iron. It's not a large section and there's no scar tissue, just a spot on my pinkie which looks more mosaic than swirly.

It's been that way most of my life as it happened when I was a single digit age.

If it would grow back, it should grow back with the original fingerprint.
Show HN: Got is like Git, but with an 'o'
I've enjoyed the article (though i've cried my way through it) but i think it introduces "logical complexities" where there's none. We're supposed to feel sorry for a cop and landlords (and property managers) whose job is to ensure people end up homeless. That's closest to the most inhumane occupation I can think of.

The equation is simple: empty houses + homeless people = house the people. Those who pretend it's more complicated are either brainwashed by capitalism or manipulators profiting off speculation.
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Windows still has the same NT core, as you most probably know already. Yet, to be able compatible with NT 10, the ReactOS devs need to use the NT 5.2 > 6.0 > 6.1 > 6.2 > 6.3 > 10 path. Without 5.2, it's not possible and feasible to target further.
I hope it can review popular code on github.com automatically.
I see. It has to be an improvement AIUI, but how large is an open question still.
It won't matter until you're banned from places and services for having low social credit score
Clicky – A Clickwheel iPod Emulator
It's valid. Refugees are refugees and are granted legal status. Illegitimate Spanish speaking aliens encourage human trafficking through unsafe conditions, Turbo, Colombia, Darien Gap, Cayotes in general and sponser cartels, - etc, worker extortion, unsafe work places (e.g. company hires illegal aliens, pays under minimum wage, no safety regards and if there's any talk out of line - it's just a call to ICE/DHS and the problem is solved and other problems are brushed under the rug, illiteracy, and future broken families because when they are caught, they will uproot or dampen their families in the USA financially and criminally.

Legal immigration is fine, there are support networks in place to grant a base wage/support, language support in Spanish and English Classes/Adult ESL classes/ Adult GED classes because they are a citizen and as an American USA Citizen they are entitled to that.

Your reply is baitclicky poverty porn that sounds bad, so it must be bad (and ignore every other issue because it feels bad) - because when you look at Indian Immigration, Chinese Immigration - it is 100% a different issue. Less of all the above issues.
An (anonymous) blog entry that links to another (anonymous) blog and a tweet. No scientific papers or sources linked.

We should be more critic with respect to what sources of information we read about something as serious as a pandemic.
Yes. It is. That you haven't stumbled or accrued something you don't want someone else tapped into by default, doesn't mean it isn't a big deal. You don't know who is on the other side of that data vacuum, or whether their agenda paints a target on you or someone you love or not.

Give it time, and think about it.
I'm surprised they left this out. When the Matrix first released in theaters there was a unique reaction during the scene where Trinity is using nmap [1] to scan the power plant. Most of the audience cheered and yelled! This was in a theater in northern California in the bay area and was apparently a common pattern. I was there with many coworkers. We were not the hoot-n-hollerin' bunch and were more taken aback by people cheering for tools.

[1] - https://nmap.org/movies/
I started doing this a few months ago, too. I noticed that the collectors would be digging through the recycling bins, and I was worried that they'll cut themselves or something, so I decided to make their life a bit easier, and I separate my glass beverage bottles and cans from the regular recycling bin. I've been trying to get my neighbors to do this to. I live in a shared condo building, so this has the nice advantage for us of making less recycling for the regular pickup, and easier to carry the big toter bin.

The boxes of cans and bottles seem to disappear within an hour of me putting them out the night before.
The frameworks are really stable these days.
There was like one major change in React since it's beginning - introducing of hooks. But if you got in right 8 years ago, you can just sit and write a good SPA with that knowledge
> following strange links or just click yes on any pop up

If a system security can be compromised just by clicking strange links and clicking "yes" to pop-ups, then the system is to blame, not the user.
I would have been horrified if I saw what websites would look like in 2010+ when I first started using the web. The amount of unnecessary garbage and JS added to sites goes well beyond the adtech part. Half or more of sites using frameworks probably should never have used them.

A good contrast is Reddit vs hn. Reddit’s current site is basically unusable and sluggish on modern hardware that can you could train ML models with.
It is absolutely worth it if you can afford to do so. When I have worked at a place that offers a match, I always do the amount for the match.

My situation is probably different from most people who began making real money fresh out of college: I was in academia until the age of 35, making peanuts and paying off exorbitant student loans incurred as an undergraduate.

As someone who was not free of student loans until 2008, I have really only been in the position to put (max) money into 401(k) plans for 13 years. I was able to max-out for 4 years (2006-2010) but had to liquidate (with penalties) for unexpected expenses.

Several of those 13 years were spent working for myself or at short-term engagements with start-ups where a 401(k) was not on the table.

Presently, my maximum contribution is $26,000/year (I get to "catch up" because I am over 50). That represents a very large percentage of my take-home, so I forego it except for the match part.

As for what items/activities would take the hit, the first one is the personal training and coaching. The second one is home repairs on a 100+ year-old house, and that's not optional. The unexpected roof replacement was $16,000. The new HVAC will be $10,000. The "little things" that are a few hundred to a thousand dollars do add up. And so on. We could finance those or pay them off, and we choose the latter. Cars don't matter: 10+ year-old Hondas that never break down and are paid for.

Yes, more money tucked away for later in life would make things easier: no argument. That said, we both plan on continuing to work - if you asked me what I'd do all day if I suddenly got rich, I'd say "ride my bike more" - and so we gamble in the sense of optimizing physical fitness at the expense of future income.
> You know who doesn't get help from HN for Facebook problems? EVERYONE ELSE

Yeah, most people go to twitter.
The one thing we need is a legal agreement that company ee and service providers don’t water down the phrase “XG”. They use it as a marketing term rather than a technology. So the moment they start spending money on it and they want to sell it even if it’s not fully baked.

Other than that I don’t think we want semantic understanding of communication at the link layer. There is no positives there with the current state of security and privacy. Of course that could usher in new research in security and privacy preserving techniques and it could make for some interesting stuff.
Here's a fantastic quote I heard this week:

"A successful utopian society would most likely be one made up of 1000s of smaller utopias."

This strikes me as the valid mega-target that we should be attempting to reach collectively - space for all.

It should also be the foundational principle for software solutions. And neutral software solutions should also be able to accommodate people who don't want to be in the proposed solution!
I have performed reviews on pullrequest.com, and lack of context tends not to be an issue. Code review is an interactive process, where questions can be posed to the PR authors, and PR reviewers have access to search the codebase. Customer success at pullrequest.com also provide context for the repo and organization working practices, attached at the top of PR descriptions, to help reviewers with context and to know what kinds of feedback are useful. Sast and Dast are still not sophisticated enough or widely used enough to be good enough. In-house senior and principal engineers often do not have the time to be on top of every repo and every PR in their organization, and need to outsource an extra pair of eyes. It is highly common that I am reviewing codebases that do not have any Sast or Dast, or have workarounds to silence the tools, resulting in bugs and security issues slipping through. It is very rare that I am able to approve PRs without comments, even after an internal review has taken place!
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Of course exponential growth goes quickly. OPs argument was that the constant factor of hospitalization doesn't matter at all, which is ridiculous in the real world.

If you take an exponential growth of 1.5, quite a quickly spreading infection. And a hospitilization factor of 5% vs 0.05%:

day 20: 3.3k cases, 165 vs 1 hospitilization

day 25: 25k. 1.2k vs 13

day 30: 191k 9.5k vs 95

day 35: 1.5m 73k vs 728

day 40: 11m 550k vs 5528

So a 10M people country with ~5k. beds wouldn't have healthcare capacity due to the constant factor, while without they would be overwhelmed within a month.
I have gained self-awareness that social media, or any media, does not reward me. It is just a distraction, a pacifier. What am I missing out on? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I am shedding all of that, going down the rabbit hole to the core of my true self.

During builds - you are right - it can be tough not to wander off. Train that mindful strength to remain on task. Even a few minutes spent messing around during that downtime is enough to warp your focus and concentration when you return to what you were really doing.

HN is a vice, but it is also a fun place to find new stuff and remain on the pulse of our industry.
Yeah absolutely also iq tests aren’t standardized to the culture region etc. Severe malnutrition and lack of education are a real problem to progress though