skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well propietary software is usually higher quality.

I'm a big open source proponent. I contribute to projects I use, either with patches, or donations, but I know I'm sacrificing quality for a guarantee and a peace of mind that comes with open source.

It's kind of like how a friend of mine explained Halal Stock ETFs to me (they track stock indexes but remove companies with high debt loads or which sell haraam products like beer). He said, they will almost always underperform the regular stock market index. You aren't buying them to outperform those. You are buying them for a separate feature than product quality (religious compliance). That should be worth the drop in quality to you.
Honestly the problem in my experience was the opposite: many American friends who visited me in Beijing expected it to be just as free as the west and were surprised when Google Facebook etc… didn’t work. This was well beyond the years where the GFW blocks were implemented. Come on, they expecting China to be openlike Japan or Thailand?
Sounds similar to CIA "black budgets."

Civil forfeiture is a dumpster fire. I don't know who thought giving an organization that has the power to extort -with legal backing, would result in anything else.
Netflix with all their cash still has basically nothing for live news/talk shows and sports. It’s bizarre.
I would prefer comments not loader over ads loading.
At least one animal does. Homo sapiens. We are not separate from nature, we are just a extreme of nature.
This document makes plain that America's largest corporations and government have been thoroughly infiltrated by enemy saboteurs.

What are we going to do about it?
Soul Without Shame by Byron Brown.

It fairly accessible and yet opened me up to a much more complex world of inner experience than I was able to perceive before reading the book.
One argument for Open Source: Stephen is not immortal. While it is vain to expect anything made by humans to last forever, a computer program can definitely outlive its creators if there are enough users and maintainers. Hat tip to Adm.Hopper.
On behalf of all information security people everywhere, I want to thank Apache for all the wonderful Christmas presents this year.

I hope you step on a Lego.
They are adopting v3 but the important aspect is they are not deprecating the old v2 functionality. Chrome is deprecating v2 which will break these types of extensions.
Exactly. Vibration, or tactile feedback, is very helpful for on-screen keyboards (it’s one of the feature that makes Free42 great), but I can’t use that in a web app which is frustrating.
The answer is yes, we're reading much less and the trend will stay.

Our brain will adapt and evolve, eventually, our brain is more of a browser to search info quickly, it will offload the deep thinking or memorization gradually to the internet/searchc-engine/metaverse/whatever collectively.
> YouTube is the video sharing website everyone uses. The ad-free version of which is called YouTube Premium.

Technically YouTube Premium is a package designed to bolster their failing YouTube Music product that few want.

I'd gladly pay $7.50 a month for AD Free YouTube, but $15 is too much.
Browser extensions seem like a security nightmare in general.
More context: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Extensions for all the major browsers.

I mean to give credit, it’s hard to provide a universal opt out as it can’t be buried in account settings in some profile somewhere (the end user may not have a google account). Technically speaking, how do you opt out of something that is both invisible and universal?

Disclaimer: googler but opinions are my own
I get flood requests periodically to the WordPress sites I run, but have never been DDoS'd

I'm curious as to your host specs: WordPress isn't the only thing running on my server, so the specs I've got may not make sense for you - but I'd lean towards a server configuration issue before wanting to rely on Cloudflare's skeeziness
Can't speak highly enough of the following:

- "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy" by William B. Irvine

- "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" by Burton G. Malkiel

- "The Real Happy Pill" by Anders Hansen

- "Never Split the Difference" by Chris Voss & Tahl Raz

- "Drug Use for Grown-ups" by Dr. Carl L. Hart

- "Soft City" by David Sim
(4) Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.

(5) Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne.

As a child I was inspired by its radiant optimism about engineering advances extracting men from peril and lifting them to the position of control of their lives and making the most of their circumstance.

The Martian had the same vibes for me.
I think it's important to note American consumers are fighting for these, like the right to repair law recently. Unfortunately, we live in a "representative republic" that only had universal suffrage (on paper) in the 60s. The average consumer doesn't really have an ability to affect political change given the financial interests at play in our government
https://globalprivacycontrol.github.io/gpc-spec/
If you can apply the scraping to a use case and sell that use case you have a better chance at a viable business model. Examples come to my mind is; builtwith (scrape sites and publish the list of technologies they use), ahrefs (scrape sites and find outgoing/incoming links) etc.
Ask HN: Vimeo for your app?
I'm working on a new app and it will require some short video clips; I'm semi-set on using Vimeo over YouTube/other options and wondering if others have run into any issues, or if this is generally not a good idea. The app itself is more/less a 'workout app' though highly specialized, and will only need to show very short video clips around 10-20 seconds in most cases. Long-term I could see offering students the ability to record/upload their own videos for feedback from staff members, etc.

From what I'm seeing the Vimeo api looks like a really easy, clean and inexpensive option.

Thank you
That's one interpretation of the word "animal". The use above clearly meant non-human animals.
I am subjected to televisions in public places like airports and waiting rooms. I have family members that turn the TV on whenever we meet up for the holidays. Friends, family and coworkers who can scarcely talk about anything other than television. Television has permeated American society for my entire life, and decades before that. I'm entitled to have an opinion on this shit, I'm not obliged to withhold my criticism for any reason. Thankfully younger generations care less about it, so I have hope that I might live to see the day that it becomes socially irrelevant. When efforts of the television industry to get young people hooked fall through, as they have in this instance, you can bet I'm going to gloat about it.
Lua is an example of open source licensing with closed development process. SQLite is similar (though public domain instead of OSS code). It's a pretty poor justification to say OSS itself is bad for Wolfram based on that.
Here's one (of a few) I subscribe to: https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com
If you’re scraping someone else’s data, do you know what they copyright status is? Have you made deals with the original sources that permits you to use their data? How will you deal with lawsuits and the constant blocking of your scrapers?
I don't think this criticism makes sense, you're literally already intended to rank your least desired candidates lowest.
There are about 60: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/declare_per...

The warning is for the "inject arbitrary code into any page" one.
While that's true for fixed-precision integer arithmetic, this doesn't hold true for floating point multiplication.
I'm not sure there was really a need for log4j2, and I think the name itself is what drove most people to it.
Civil asset forfeiture encourages criminality in police. This, along with qualified immunity, are significant drivers behind the 'defund' movement. Reforming these two policies would be entirely sensible, if the country wasn't so hopelessly polarized.
I looked around the room I'm in just now, and I see a M1-based MacBook Pro, an iPhone XS, an iPad Pro, an iPhone 12, and a Sony OLED TV which most likely uses an ARM core.

The only exception is my wife's work laptop, an x86 MacBook Pro. (It'll be replaced by an ARM-based one in a year or two.)

It's quite safe to say that x86 is dead.
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. I delayed for too long reading this thrilling book. It was like getting a brain massage. So many wonderful lessons in rational thinking packed into a truly enjoyable and memorable story.

In response to some questions:

It's not a kids book. It's a fan-fiction inspired by the original books, but written with adults in mind.

You can read it for free at http://www.hpmor.com/.
I've worked in finance for a long time, I don't buy this line. People are getting told all the time that they need to use certain tools, they know what the rules are. You can't just set up your own line to clients just because it's convenient.

It's not like everyone is doing illegal stuff just because they can set up WhatsApp either, it's just it's been drilled in so many times, there's no excuse.
> Looking at recent Python code, it also seems like the simplicity is being lost in the rush to add features.

My inkling is that this is because it is hard to have a general purpose language that lends itself to both novices and experts, and to small scale and large scale. Not impossible, but hard. Those categories desire/need different things, and will use the language in vastly different ways.

BASIC (for all its problems) was a better first language for many people than C or Fortran, but BASIC also didn't scale well to larger systems (structured variants scaling better). Then you start getting BASICs supporting OO and other features which complicate them and lose the appeal to novices, but more effectively meet the needs of intermediate-to-advanced users and maintainers of medium-to-large scale systems.

See also Pascal and its evolution. From a small language to a still small but not as small language in Delphi and others. For the novices, they can still use that small core. But it's now harder for them to onboard with a larger project or a project developed by more advanced users of the language. Especially as the standard library (for the language implementation, if not the language proper) grows.

Scheme, over the various revisions, has seen a similar conflict, culminating in the effective rejection of R6RS and the division into small and large for R7RS.

And those are languages that were largely meant to support novices and learners. Python started off similarly. Now it's older, and its users have aged, and they want to do more powerful things with it and maintain larger and larger systems with it.

On the small vs large side, look at the evolution of JavaScript. It was literally meant for in-page scripting, to do small things and not be the larger system, but a mere component. Like a shell script that copies two files contrasted with the actual OS or shell implementation. But now 25 years or so later it's a vastly different language, and people are building distributed systems on top of it.
While normally people differentiate 'venom' from 'poison' to be pedantic, I don't think snake venom is particularly harmful if ingested.
I think the argument is more that open sourcing adds incentives and friction that significantly increase the cost of maintaining control/alignment. Or to put it another way, maintaining good design becomes more expensive in an open source model and people respond to economic gradients, changing outcomes at the margin. I've seen this happen consistently, even when limiting "open sourcing" to throwing a tarball over the wall occasionally, it always adds to costs. That burden has to be paid by someone, and not every company or individual can or is willing to absorb it; in many cases the notional benefits of open sourcing are sufficiently limited to be less than the incurred costs.

That said, I am skeptical that many of the points in the post apply to Wolfram specifically, I suspect that is more aspirational on their part. Nonetheless, many of the points are valid as a generalization.
I like these two questions! They can crystallise things.

Wasn't aware of the Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com case. Will have to print it along the SCOTUS LinkedIn v. hiQ ruling.
The permission this warning is for is "inject arbitrary code into any site", so yes.
I think it's disingenuous to say simulations aren't the main purpose when it's built into many places like `NIntegrate[f, ..., Method -> MonteCarlo]`, and calculus definitely a main purpose of Mathematica.

My point with jax wasn't that I want it to be that, but that Wolfram Tech is never going to be able to compete with specialized solutions. Instead what you have is a tool that does a lot of things poorly, and kind of the antithesis to this article--with the main point being Wolfram Tech is built off of open research & open source.
"Unfortunately, even when presented with the risks, most folks are unable to comprehend the probabilities and consequences and will nearly always choose convenience, features and value over the avoidance of danger".

Similar in regards to informed consent: if you're even told what the potential consequences are, a layperson may not, likely doesn't, have similar frame of reference to understand what say a potential "side" effect of a medication could be.

So how do we determine what's acceptable? What level of actually understanding, and perhaps confirmation of understanding, should be required? Unfortunately it's likely mostly those who were harmed that try to speak out, but as in the vast majority of cases they are the minority and their concerns drowned out - arguably only monetary losses via lawsuits being the impetus for organizations to change, however so long as it's extremely profitable with no jail time for executives who should be accounting and therefore be accountable.
Habit is a good way of putting it. As you say, it's pretty ingrained for a lot of people to switch on Sunday football, the Food Network, CNN, etc. and watch fairly passively/sort of in the background. But there's some point where it all becomes too much of a pain or costs too much. Change does happen over time. I know in my case, it was the realization I was paying $100/month to record shows to my DVR I never got around to watching and maybe have one or two sports games a month on in the background.
Open source is a well defined term that means a very specific thing. The definition is exactly 1 sentence long. It's not a blanket term at all.

Something is Open Sources if the code is published under a license that grants the user the right to study, change and redistribute to anyone and for any purpose.

There is other similar things, like source available, or stricter subsets like Free Software. And there is many things associated with open source, like collaborative development in public, community building and so on.
Is it fiction or non-fiction?
I doubt what I say might be helpful here, but in the spirit of sharing…

I grew up severely addicted to video games. My parents didn’t buy me a PC until I was in college, and so I would befriend anyone in school who had a PC and was willing to let me play/ take turns in playing. It was pretty insane now that I think back… I didn’t even mind watching others play, I just loved video games so fucking much.

In college, the semester I did get my own machine, I got Cs in most of my courses (while I had been a mostly A and some B student in previous semesters). I returned my machine to my parents in the hopes of improving my grades, but I would just borrow a laptop from a friend and play anyways.

I didn’t get a console for the longest time as an adult.

However when I saw a pretty great game on a PlayStation at a friends place, I was hooked and bought it. The addiction was back: couldn’t stop playing until I completed the game; I barely got by with other things while I played.

However, I guess my life got more interesting so there were other things that I really liked doing too. But If there is a really cool game, I will get it, and the rest of my life takes a backseat while I complete it. During the pandemic, I went really hard for factorio and would spend hours upon hours in the game, to the point that I was dreaming in designs for solving problems in the game.

Today, I would say I have a good relationship with video games. When a new game is released that I find interesting, I am hyped. I’m very upfront about this to my coworkers and my manager, that I might be less productive because a game is coming out. Sometimes I take time off just to immerse in the game completely.

I’m happy that I have a somewhat healthy relationship with gaming today. I couldn’t have gone through the pandemic without video games… and some games are just so good, there are moments from these that are very memorable. I know not everyone may be able to get this balance, I guess I’m just happy I was able to because I really love gaming. As a socially awkward teen, it provided me an amazing escape and I latched on to it really hard. As an adult, I still love the feeling of escaping reality, of total immersion in a story, in a different universe.
From the blog post, FF will keep the functionality to block web requests, unlike chrome.

> After discussing this with several content blocking extension developers, we have decided to implement DNR and continue maintaining support for blocking webRequest
That is assuming it is from the burning materials, but OP said it happened when he was peeling off the earcups that he noticed it being sticky etc.(so it could be the plastic mixing with chemicals?)
And we do not know how many ppm of toxic materials were in the fumes he inhaled or his wife inhaled.
> you can make money with open source software but only if your business model is not based on selling software

Depends on the scale you're looking for. We (ardour.org) make money with open source software by encouraging people to pay for our software, though it is GPL'ed. Do we make millions of dollars? no. Does it make money? yes.
Let's form a committee to decide on a plan.
The Plague and The Outsider by Albert Camus. Be prepared to change your opinion of what is important!
Right, that's why I said "most", not all. There might be 60 separate permissions, but to do most non-trivial things you need the "inject arbitrary code into any page" permission.
I think about this often. I’m in my 50’s and probably one of the youngest people alive that remembers my grandfather well. When I’m gone, will he ever be spoken about again?
I HATE "best of <insert-year-here>" type posts

Because time doesn't stop

Share something in July? You've got 4 more months of possible reactions than something shared in December

Unless it's done as a "highest-impact (however you want to measure it) every day - as viewed 24 hours after sharing"

It's a major problem with the Oscars - to be considered for the awards in 2022, you have to have been released in 2021. So "savvy" filmmakers release what they hope will win near the end of the year so the voters will have it freshest in their minds
Possible, but we would to be more or less in the center of the host universe since we see the same expansion rate in every direction. Statistically, that is unlikely.

Also, we see far away clusters or galaxies receding faster than light away from us. This is impossible in a non expanding universe since faster than light travel _through_ spacetime is impossible but spacetime between two objects expanding faster than light is.
How not to do security indicators
I wouldnt be so quick to say they're throwing their life away. Imagine being in a group with a tyrannical boss. Installing yourself as the boss may actually help save your life and ensure a future for you and your community/tribe.
Satisfy everyone: make burning the goat, part of the celebration!
CSS/layout note: the floating table of contents to the right covers part of the main body column (in Safari, Firefox, and Chrome here), making this document illegible unless I use a narrow enough browser window that the table of contents goes away entirely.

Also, this document doesn’t load whatsoever when Javascript is disabled.
> Japan had 300 years of peace before the Americans showed up.

Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Japan, I don’t find a period of “300 years of peace”. Can you tell when “the Americans showed up”?
Show HN: Release 0.8 of sbctl, Secure Boot key manager
I have been using an HD Homerun Extend bought used off eBay since 2015, with an HD antenna on a mast above the roof. For a few years, I used Windows Media Center's free electronic program guide as a DVR. That data feed became unstable, so I switched to program data from Schedules Direct[0], which costs $25/yr.

[0] https://www.schedulesdirect.org/
I can attest to that. I tried microsoft ergonomic keyboards, logitech keboards but they didn't help then i found kinesis freestyle split keyboard and since then almost all the issues are gone. prior to switching to kinesis, i also switched from kwerty to dvorak, It helped but not that much. I used to have issues with my right hand due mouse usage, so i switched from right to left hand because i am right handed and unconsciously i was using it way more then my left. you do need to complement the change with upperbody stretching.
Don't you come to YouTube for the comments? ;)
You are right that it was the point. It was simply a bad goal. Sun hoped it would allow people to migrate to their hardware, when instead it enabled them to migrate away, or to never have to choose.
Additionally, saying “the world is ending” is laughably incorrect. The world will be fine if we’re gone. If anything does end, it’s the habitability of Earth for humans. Many other animals will live on and new species will evolve.
For your fellow American and other westerners to possibly shine some light onto “the human kernel”, as developers would say.

Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson by George Guerdjieff
I mean, of course?

Google Analytics is a decentralized service. Individual websites are running their own implementations. The alternative where Google has a central database you can opt out of seems worse.
Now now, this should go through the proper channels...
That tweet was sent out around and the time the project website was edited to immediately indicate the end of the study (instead of continuing it to the spring), and adding a FAQ that tries to dispel concerns about IRB approval and email address harvesting.

That makes it seem unlikely he was unaware of the negative responses to his study.
Yes. The gist of the book is that the choices we make in our 20s set us into patterns that are unlikely to change.

So if you felt fairly happy chances are good you’ve made good choices. It may be worth a read for anything you’d like to tweak
Aren't these really "timed"?
Perhaps I missed this, and I get there are backwards compatibility issues, but can't a version ship where default is that the logged strings (not formatting strings) are not parsed at all. This seems like a major design flaw - I don't want my logging library doing any parsing of the logged input.
Also I was making a joke
But they, like Sling before and T-Mobile after them, have claimed to disrupt Cable TV while basically just offering Cable TV.

The only difference is that you're now responsible for maintaining your own streaming equipment.
Sounds like it's time to start building guillotines, and if the the noblesse won't oblige then, by god, we make them.
The gift that keeps giving!
From what i know thats how skyscanner started, not sure if ita very popular in US, but it is in Europe. Now they're paying/having deqls for data, but they started with scraping the hell out of airline sites.
Haven't there been periodic campaigns on Twitter where folks'd add the blue checkmark to the username via emoji/unicode?