skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is pretty similar how I work also. I use iA Writer but could be any text editor obviously. However I keep this for things that are 'active'. I also use Things as it is a simple todo list but has a few nice feature and can remind me of stuff unlike a text file :)

I keep things very simple though. I never found modern "productivity apps" very helpful personally. They all require too much work to maintain like Notion, etc.
No, modern software makes doubling the speed work without giving people a higher voice.
We're also deep in a pandemic where olden times means of socialization are pretty restricted. I'm not gonna walk into a bar in 2021 to be assaulted by smoke, sound, and covid. Just the smoke and sound has been enough to keep me out of them for over a decade now.
But what about an application wrapper around plain text files, like Obsidian or a Markdown editor? You get some benefits while the files are also saved in plain-text format.
> With in-stack transform, the blending modes and overlapping layers are composited on top of the transform preview. This was a feature funded by the Blender Institute.

Great improvement, and it’s wonderful to see support from another open source project.
As always, such rankings do not always reflect true rankings (if only because that isn’t a transitive relation), but FIFA uses an Elo-like system that tries to compensate for the strengths of opponents (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings#2018_ranki...)

That’s reflected in the fact that, currently, 8 of the top 10 countries are from Europe (the other two are the usual suspects Brazil and Argentina)

One difference is that, unlike in chess, there still are many uneven matches. If you’re Liechtenstein, Andorra, or Gibraltar, for example, you’ll play lots of qualifiers against Spain, France, Germany, and the like (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Nations_League corrects that a bit, giving such teams much better chances to tie or even win games). You don’t see such things in chess.
What does it mean for data to be no longer needed when one of your income streams is to sell user data?
All those engagement numbers are pretty low. Reminds me of the Russian FB manipulation that ultimately reached basically no one in the grand scheme of things.
As far as the average person is concerned, EEA members like Norway are practically in the EU. You've got free movement, open borders due to the Schengen area, and so on. Meanwhile all the exemptions from EU law mostly concern comparatively niche areas like fishing.
You could spend a lot of time learning to build, and then building, the basic functionality a web app - user registration, sign in, sending transactional emails, etc. - before you even get to to the core functionality of your idea. If you want to launch a web app as quickly as possible, specifically to test the functionality that will make your app different, that's a different path. Either is fine. I just know that I've fallen into the trap before of not deciding on my own motivations before jumping in head first.
Krita’s Python API should have everything you need to do this automatically.
What benefits? My notes are now full of someone elses arbitrary mark-up I get to see with my eyes? That's just clutter. I doubt those programs have existed for more than a handful of years and I doubt they'll exist longer than that into the future.
One of my favorite quotes, is one [incorrectly, probably] attributed to Aristotle:

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
> The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.

- Will Smith

This kind of exploration, banging your head against the wall, is exactly "beating on your craft".

No matter if the result is crappy by any metric, trying to wrap one's head around things and producing output - any output - over and over is oh so important.

And dare I say talent without practice is useless and a waste, because one's going to stay in the comfort zone, and usually get cocky about it, whereas relentless practice teaches humility.

s/art/literally anything/g in this comic:

https://www.deviantart.com/scotchi/art/keep-tryin-690533685
Why is soccer in quotes? It's what we call it.
> You would need to hire a hardware/ops specialist who can buy, spin up, and maintain physical machines.

No. You rack the server, connect the cable to the switch press the on-switch, let it boot and then operate as you would with any other computer. Need a new server? Get the DCOps remote hands to Rack the server, cable it to the switch and press the on-switch. If you can install Windows 10, you can install Linux.

> This comment just screams of engineer-only focus. Running servers yourself brings almost no value to the customer and is a specialized skill that you have to pay for.

Hmm, the data is yours; You own the data and that's value to me if I am the customer. And there's no value to the customer if you were to host it in the cloud either, much of a loss retrospectively.

There is no specialized skill you have to pay for, sure if you were going to run a high-density compute mainframe running some specialized OS like AIX then yeah sure. To buy a server, install a OS and plug it in to a switch and navigate it with SSH requires no overqualified anything.
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> Point is clearly made for all to see

No, it is not. You said "wrong-headed" and then made a very vague analogy. Your point is the opposite of "clear" - in fact, it's unclear whether it exists at all.

> Your criticism of UNIX commands is not valid in the same way that it not a valid criticism of garage tools that major vehicle manufacturers do not build cars out of garage tools.

That's not a valid argument, either. That's a flawed, leaky, vague analogy that does nothing to actually describe, concretely, what your point is. To summarize: you made a non-argument, called it "clear", and then made the same non-argument again.

Here are my points, concretely: the fact that no major application has ever been built even mostly out of Unix shell very strongly indicates that it's unsuitable as a programming language, in addition to indicating its unpopularity. The fact that the most popular variants of Unix shell do not adhere well to the Unix philosophy also indicate that the Unix philosophy isn't a very good one for interactive use, either. The fact that all of the Unix shells (whether Unix-y or not) aren't used at all for building large applications also indicates that the Unix philosophy isn't suitable for building large programs.

> My understanding is major applications aren't made using UNIX commands because they are ordinarily developed using programing language.

The Unix shells are programming languages that implement the Unix philosophy. The fact that they aren't used to build any large or particularly useful piece of software means that the Unix philosophy itself isn't useful for those things.

> a straw man fallacy in the precise way it is fallacious if I observe as a criticism of UNIX tools that no major coffee manufacturers make their product with UNIX tools.

You used a lot of fancy words here to conceal the fact that your point is completely invalid. There's no relationship between coffee and Unix tools, but there's a very strong relationship between the Unix philosophy and the Unix tools. Therefore, the Unix tools not being used to make large and useful systems directly implies that the Unix philosophy is bad at the same.

Moreover, one of the selling points of the Unix tools is that you can use them as a programming language and compose them to make larger programs - so, the fact that people do not do that is, indeed, a valid and cogent criticism of them.
These goods are produced internationally. How do you intend to force foreign governments to have a carbon tax?
It's also become increasingly difficult, and in some cases nigh impossible, to avoid items from China.

I'm older and don't need a lot beyond the food and shelter I work for, I have plenty of "stuff".

But buying clothing, gifts, electronics, well, the list is long and I won't try to cover everything here, that doesn't have at least part of it's assembly provided by China is not easy to avoid. It's not just people's wallets, it's time, it's lack of knowledge and one's ability to figure out how to get what they need without involving China in the acquisition.

I agree with you, but let's not pretend that we don't stop "buying from China" because we're all too lazy and greedy to do so. We could use some legislative and corporate support and I think a lot more people would get on board.
so this is the next stage of propaganda? pretending people who are hesitant are of lower intelligence?
The thing that always bothered me most about Grindr is the fact they do not allow any connectivity from VPNs, even if you have an upgraded account. This doesn't seem to jive well with the need for privacy or anonymity in places where it's dangerous to be gay.
> No business is interested in having to suddenly comply with such regulations

Just to pick up on this clause - it really needn't have been sudden. The regulation was adopted just over 2 years before enforcement kicked in[0], and of course it was written and debated for a while prior to that. In the UK the ICO researched the implications (for what were then just proposals) back in 2013[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...

[1] https://ico.org.uk/media/1042341/implications-european-commi... (PDF)
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Again, nothing except photos you uploaded to iCloud was to be scanned.

Apple's plan was to have your device conduct the scan and encrypt the scan results so not even they could see them until a threshold of ~30 image matches was reached.

This protects the user from false positives.

Once the 30 image threshold was crossed, the plan was to have a human review before turning someone into the authorities.

I think we all know that Google is not ever going to hire expensive human beings to supervise it's algorithms, so a single false positive would likely see you turned in for kiddie porn.
Streaming services also don't block them compared to known vpns and IP blocks at data centers
Fashion is art. Just happens to be art you can wear. Art is generally considered to be good culturally and economically for a society.

But anything can be corrupted. Fast fashion is an especially deleterious evolution of wearable art, imho.
We also don’t know how many of these candles are counterfeits.
Grindr is/was considered a poor quality brand from an advertising perspective. Nobody wants their ads to appear next to graphic images
I think it depends on where you are, the city I live in has a very large gay scene. So I've had guys just try to chat me up while I'm at a restaurant or something, I don't mind.

The only time it was a bit weird is when a co-worker told me I look like his husband, not okay to say at work.
I'd like to try a better version of using the default notes app on iphone. I keep attempting over the years to keep at it but end up never reviewing the notes. I have half the battle down...I use it for a crazy amount of ideas but yea, definitely need to adopt a more consistent routine. Interesting to see what others do like this article
Puberty blockers are not permanent.
I create a new dated file every day and edit it on Vim.

I think this is the ideal middle point: I can easily go back and see old information, but I also don't feel that I'm "wasting" important space if I feel like writing down more things in a particular day.
The situation of African Americans nowadays is nowhere near comparable.

The issue are the “jail looking” camps which are officially “education centers”. Forced labour happens there, which is basically slavery. Western companies don’t want to be associated with slavery. It’s hard enough when people are paid almost nothing, but here they are literally not paid and obliged to work. The living conditions of people in the camps won’t change regardless of what western companies do. Also mass sterilization occurs in these camps which is considered a genocide by many.

I know western media bias is a thing and that most Chinese people have no idea this is happening and are good people. But this is one of these things where there’s just way too much smoke for there to be no fire. There are too many testimonies and photos. As uncomfortable as it is, it is unfortunately true. This is not a western conspiracy.
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Yeah I was thinking exactly the same thing about basketball, if you think scoring should be worthless then just watch that :D
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Mine used to be the same… however recently I send myself a daily “To Do” email
H&M clothes are meant to be worn once and then tossed.
Same here. The best part is that I spend zero brain cycles in thinking where to file a note before I write it; pretty much every note is in a generic Notes folder.

I have one exception: any 1:1 meeting with a person gets its own note and those go in a specific folder. One note per person and a bullet list under a date, with talking points. I also use this ahead of meetings; when I suddenly think of something I need to discuss with someone, I add it to their note. Then when I meet them, it's part of my agenda.

It's also searcheable so if I need to refresh my memory about an older discussion, whether it took place and when, it's a few keywords away.
If you keep it around to sell then you are likely violating the 'legal basis for processing' part of the GDPR. Data can only be used for the purpose for which it was originally collected, selling the data to others to use without that exact same goal can not be such a purpose, and even then you will have to be quite careful that you maintain control. Various EU data brokers (Schober, for instance) have found ways to do this in a controlled manner usually by anonymizing the data or by selling it only in aggregate form.

But selling it raw with the personal identifying information of the data subject is almost always a complete no-go.
Ask your coworkers when you have questions about how/why/where/what something is in the code base, they're the best tools you have
I'd prefer to go back to a Linux laptop (mostly because homebrew is a garbage fire) but it really is nice having the integration with iOS... in particular I can send texts and take calls through my laptop. It may sound trivial but when I think about switching again that is largely what holds me back.
> strict legal framework for its implementation

And that might turn this technology into something that only big company can afford, artificially created a pro-monopoly environment.

The problem is complex.
It means that democratic societies have decided that that type of business practice is undesirable, and should go away.
neat, this analogy travels pretty far - user data is radioactive.

theres a background amount of radiation. its everywhere, even in higher amounts than youd expect like bananas and airplanes. no amount is safe, but the risks are neglibly small when exposure is minimized. concentrated amounts can be safe when exposure is controlled and managed with oversight programs in place. disasters can be managed with disaster programs, but its still possible that unforseen problems can cause big issues. unregulated handling can poison local populations. corporate influence on government can be a problrm.

what a comparison! there should be an award for this.
Another thing is you can sell your “stuff” on eBay to recoup the cost when you’re done with them or you can gift them to others. You can’t sell your vacation memory later in life. I went on vacations and did a lot of travel many decades ago. It was great in the moment but I can’t even remember most of them now. Those experiences are totally useless to me now.

That’s why I consider it financial insanity to spend your 20s traveling the world and “finding yourself” instead of working and saving. A year of 401k contributions when you are 20 probably results in subtracting 3 years from your retirement age. Make hay while the sun shines.
This was fun and simpler than I was anticipating: After first reading the problem statement I assumed we’d need to do some sort of search to get the connected clusters, but we see here the line to draw at any point is determined completely by local info. Neat!
And before that we had the DPD, which companies routinely ignored because they would never get fined. That's the only part of the GDPR that made companies take notice: the fact that the GDPR has some pretty impressive teeth. I'm actually quite surprised at the restraint on display so far by regulators, but I'm also quite sure that it is a matter of time before a repeat offender will be shown just how powerful this law is.
A few years ago, I went to a dinner, hosted by Facebook. They were recruiting devs, and had a bit of an open house. I was curious about their operation.

The experience was fairly pleasant. I liked the people, but decided that the company wasn't really one that I wanted to join.

I was talking to one of the managers, there, and he boasted that he had been at Facebook longer than at any other company in his career. Since he was fairly young, I was curious.

"How long is that?" I asked.

"Twenty-seven months!" he proudly stated.
On Android, I've unsubscribed from everything except presidential alerts.

I had my last straw when I started getting alerts for wear a mask and other ridiculous crap.
My reaction to this article is that I believe the Alexa platform represents one of the few where Amazon.com has an ecosystem with the depth that Apple typically when their respective products reach maturity.
Bollocks.

What "takes a remarkable amount of privilege" is equating what has happened over the last two years to the awful, awful things that can actually flush two years (or more) of a person's life down the drain.

Note that you didn't just claim that some people's lives were impacted badly enough to amount to flushing them down the drain. (That might well be true. The Plague Years have been much worse for some people than for others.) What you wrote, to someone about whom so far as I know you know nothing to speak of, was: "So you are totally okay with the government flushing 2 years of your incredibly short life down the drain". "Your life", not "my life" or "some people's lives". And, if I may borrow your language for a moment: you have no right to make that claim of others.

To repeat something I already said (but you apparently didn't read, or decided to ignore because if you acknowledged it it would be harder to maintain the desired level of outrage): yes, it's been much worse for some people than others. If you tell me your life feels like it's been flushed down the drain for the last two years then I'll believe you. But you don't get to point at some random person on HN and claim that the same is true of them.
even that's a high charge. if I showed you the processes they were doing then you would laugh. Only exception would maybe be if you were creating a Delaware corporation.
Most people on YouTube talk slowly enough that 2x is more than feasible. (Or maybe I need to drink less coffee and swap the jungle for house)
That's not strictly true

Wave Broadband up on the US west coast for many years has been the victim of offering gigabit fiber optic internet services.

Many of its clients of that service come from a country with a particularly "great firewall" one might say

Netflix's systems will often see these rafts of connections with weird non-matching timezones to the IP address, Chinese default language and other errant data and...simply declare the entire ISP a VPN/Proxy provider!

For a company with 500K+ customers in 3 states, this kind of disruption is absolutely brutal on their support lines, yet seems to happen almost every other month
I've always kept a text file or spreadsheet of things to do, priorities, etc... My biggest problem isn't keeping a list and getting organized, it's remembering to look at my list. I tend to space out for days working on a problem and forget to look at my list.

I've experienced a big productivity boost by using the desktop background of my 43" monitor as a whiteboard (blackboard actually). I have an jpg the size of my monitor that I jot things down on as text on the image. I can store meaningful small images the trigger my memory to do something. I've become so used to visually thinking about what I'm doing that I switched my text file todo list to markdown so I could store images in it.

It's surprisingly quick to keep my large jpg open in paint and jot or paste things to it and then reset it as the desktop background. I learned later this is called a "vision board"

Still, I'm so bad at spacing out that I need more than looking at my vision board monitor all day, so I use the Windows system scheduler to bring up a daily, weekly and monthly html file that reminds me to do things.
I built a production grade cluster for fun. It’s only three nodes… without anything installed on my 40 core cluster, except k8s and longhorn, it’s idling at 30% cpu usage. When I started up a managed cluster on Azure, I was throwing hundreds of euros at their logging storage just idling, so I noped to bare metal.
Clothing isn’t to bad, most is made in other countries, who are terrible in their own way.

For stuff like electronics is impossible, it’s almost all made in China. The only solution I see it keeping stuff for longer or buying used.
> My experience with clusters is that the clustering itself causes more problems than it solves.

There's also a whole slew of failure modes that are capable of bringing down entire clusters if a single machine misbehaves. Usually to do with situations where the nodes are reachable, but some resource (I/O, latency, bandwidth) is uncharacteristically slow on one of the machines. I'm yet to encounter a distributed system that handles that situation well
You blame both, since they're both sets of sentients capable of reason, not cats mesmerized by a laser pointer.
Loved this article. SFII was so huge when I was about 13-20... that game had such a long tail. I remember seeing it for the first time and being blown away, it was rather amazing when all you'd seen up to that point was NES and PC games on a 286 or so.

Funny thing is I'm pretty darn sure I have no desire to work in commercial game development these days, but would have loved to back then. The creativity around limitations was amazing back then and it seemed like so much care was put into making games fun. These days it seems like addiction mechanisms, getting people to spend more money, obsessiveness with graphics over gameplay, etc.. are ruining everything.
A person's worth is not measured in personal income. Where did you get that idea?

A person's net worth is simply defined as assets minus liabilities. Income isn't part of the equation, but having a higher income can sometimes allow you to increase your assets over time.

What sort of social welfare are you referring to? Most welfare programs have cut offs based on income and assets.
My apologies. You have my permission to edit it - I'm past my edit window now.
When you assume it's propaganda I think it's a fair claim to make, yes
For another approach of keeping a todo-list in a .txt file one may also look at the syntax of todotxt. I use Todotxt.net on Windows for several years now with nextcloud sync and SwifttoDo on iOS and am quite happy with it.