skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> >But it is unprofitable for major internet providers to build broadband infrastructure in rural and low-income communities

>Are they living in an alternate universe where Starlink was never launched?

In what world is Starlink suitable for low-income communities? Starlink is a rich persons' gadget for when they don't want to lose internet access when they are in their fancy remote cabin, not a low-cost rural broadband access.

> Ah, yes, the same governments that brought you toxic lead pipe plagued water infrastructure that subsequently poisoned thousands of children and adults, affecting them permanently.

Well, yes. The USA seems to be particularly unable to provide public services, but that seems to be problem with the political system and ideology in the USA, not with public services in general. Europe is pretty happy with its public services and you should definitively visit it once.

> via corrupt political organizations like Politifact, AP Politics and the Washington Post.

These are private commercial entities and not "political" actors. If you want to point out that money and its influence has corrupted the political system of the USA to the point of dysfunction, I totally agree with you.

> Let's take a look who publishes this[...]

You are mistaking the person for their argument. The person can be flawed, that doesn't necessarily mean the argument is not sound.
I always loved the look of notebooks in pen and paper ads. Neat text here, nice drawing there… however, does anybody actually take notes like this? My notes always look like trash, and back in school it was the same for everyone.

It almost looks like if you want to take notes this way you have to plan ahead to be sure to have space?
These movies are among the greatest treasures of cinema.
One I can think of is operator providing you a software package to make use of his special services (and whatnot).

Did you know your simcard contains Java Runtime Environment?
I once asked a bunch of my colleagues if they ever used one of these awesome lists and their answer was no. I asked the same group if they bookmarked, stared, or shared an awesome list before, and more than half of them said yes.

Whatever that means.
Hey Jeff, parsing isn’t our strongest but it’s the very next thing we are improving.
What other fonts would you like to see?
It's definitively good to have a choice and - if there's no commercial service - almost a necessity.
> It's easier to pay $15 to buy the show on Amazon.

My local currency is currently exchanged for USD at a factor of nearly 6 to 1, making that $15 nearly 10% of minimum wage where I live. And that's before taxes.
Definitely makes sense! Let us know how it goes :)
At no point does a "solution for ADHD" implies that the whole thing would disappear, that's not how behavioral/development disorders work. You do have ways to deal with the symptoms, as you said, by using stimulants and/or via therapy (also helps with other mental issues, ADHD has a lot of comorbidities). As I said in my other comments, you also have some form of antidepressant that can help, but that varies a lot between individuals (same for stimulants by the way). I don't know why you use quotes around "concentration", for an ADHD brain stimulants make it possible to behave more or less normally, without hyperfocus phases and a terrible work-memory.
HP, Dell, others available in richer countries for > 5 years.
There are all-in-one solutions like Popcorn Time that do everything for you automatically and simply provide a Netflix like browsing experience.
And it's using grassroots guerrilla warfare.
It’s been a question for a long time whether go freemium or just paid with a trial. We went along with freemium since biggest competitors offer that too so we are in a similar position.
We don’t collect user data so we can’t sell it
Leap seconds are supported by ntpd. Leap seconds are announced in advance at this fixed URL, which also contains the list of past leap seconds: https://www.ietf.org/timezones/data/leap-seconds.list

...which can be added to ntpd's configuration if you want your system's leap second to occur exactly on time.

Even if you don't, the leap second will eventually take effect via an update from your configured remote ntp servers, or your GPS source, or wherever you get your time from.
> My assertion has been your reason for your doubt, namely that Jesus only manifested to a relatively small group of people, is not valid.

That's an odd thing for you to say. In the absence of certainty, there is always doubt. No matter how infinitesimal.
I think what GP means with "not ridiculously hard" is purely the technical effort to set up everything correctly.

The IP reputation issues that will prevent your emails from being delivered are not really a technical matter.
https://nitter.kavin.rocks/klivdahl/status/14752204505989242...
Unfortunately subscriptions are the best way to support ongoing development. Understand it’s not for everyone though
I will try, but I don't know that much about Jaeger and it is hard to be unbiased.

UI-wise, Uptrace does not have service dependency analysis, because I don't find it very useful/interesting (let me know if I am wrong). I believe Jaeger does not have span grouping, percentiles, and filters/aggregation are much much simpler.

Jaeger has remote sampling which can be a powerful feature if users are ready to spend their time configuring it. Would be nice to hear if that is the case and
if many people are using it.

I've also seen some work on in-memory tail-based sampling, but I don't know if that is ready to use or not. I plan to add tail-based sampling to Uptrace too.

That is about as much I know :)
Wikipedia link shows that it's very much still alive, just on a different domain. MPAA managed to shutdown various domains, and get Github to stop hosting their source, but it appears that they're still very much alive and kicking.
I understand that others like the freedom of choice but I prefer Apple's extreme focus on power consumption while web browsing. A less tuned engine could eat battery very quickly.
Several of my android phones have come with a slot that can take either a microSD or a second SIM, so they wouldn't have to remove it if that's what they were going for.
I've had success looking up the book recommendation lists of people who I think are intelligent. For example, Bill Gates publishes a list of recommended reading. I know that Bill Gates isn't the sort of person who would waste his time reading crappy books. And even if he did, he would not waste his reputation recommending them to others. I'm not saying go read the books on his list (I have not). I'm just using him as a concrete example of smart people who recommend books.

To find recommendations for yourself: Think of a person that you respect. Then google "{name} book recommendations" That should get you some hits.

It's quite possible that if the person you respect is not too famous and busy, you could email them and ask for a recommendation.

# Regarding popularity

I can't speak with any actual authority on the matter of general popularity being a poor gauge other than my own observations that I've never been a fan of what is popular. I suspect that there are several people like me in that regard on this forum.
I have a similar, but less impressive background. I receive a few emails per week from recruiters but I know from experience that most are just spam.

Last I tried to find a job when I really needed it (because I took a job that was absolutely hell and was let go after 6 months because I actually tried to do something productive and other people didn't like that), I quickly found out nearly all those emails were just recruiters sending out as many messages as they could to anyone with any kind of development experience... and I would still have to go through multiple interviews, including basic programming assignments which I find so direspectful when you've been doing it for a couple of decades already. Nothing like an experience like that to dissipate the feeling that you're a rockstar and everyone wants to hire you immediately should you just pick up one phone call. The truth is that there are hundreds like you a and while there is definitely a programmer shortage in most parts of the world, companies that are actually worthwhile working for will still filter candidates a lot and may discard you for the smallest shortcoming (like not having 3 years experienc with some niche framework they use). While I was on my comfy job receiving those emails and occasionally answering a few to see what's on the board, it felt like I just needed to say yes to get an offer, which is not exactly how it turned out to be.
Do you live in/near a big city? If you do, there should be enough in-office jobs there.

I feel similarly about remote but with a couple of differences:

- I'm not extroverted all, I still vastly prefer office over remote.

- It's not about socialising, I find the work itself much better when I can meet my coworkers in person.
Reminds me of that famous HN Dropbox comment lol
But whatever works for you :)
His arguments are based on the assumption of "we are biological computers made out of atoms flying in spacetime".

Authors of this conference argue precisely against this assumption - e.g. they explore alternatives in the "beyond physicalism" book.

He claims that we figured all the physics relevant for the brain, so there is nothing potentially there. Penrose and Hammerhof theory of quantum processing inside the neuron is still under heavy debate. We still weren't able to simulate a single biological neuron - see blue brain project. Donald Hoffman presents solid arguments that spacetime and "atoms" are projections from some more complex reality underneath.
They will if Apple does this.
The post Meph504 responded to claimed it was reportable. You’re now talking about whether the agency would or should take any action. I don’t think either encompasses “any product”. The people who work at the agency are sane and actually interested in making an impact with their work, not forcing themselves to drown in a flood of useless warnings. In the simplest terms: it’s clearly dangerous, you should tell the agency.
Hear, hear.

I know where my computer's volume controls are - and if I have a keyboard with volume controls, that's what they work on. I almost never want to touch a specific app's or website's volume control... unless its volume is way too soft even at max system volume.

Basically, I don't need a gazillion interfaces. One suffices. Just don't go out of your way to make that generic, system-wide interface insufficient for your app and it'll be fine.
I assume various organisms have evolved to detect low oxygen content of water, it would be interesting to find out more about this.
What about the neurons in your heart and gut? The brain isn’t the only place your body has processing capacity.
Have a (weird) offer from a startup but have multiple onsites ongoing. Advice
Hi HN community,

Need some help in a predicament I am facing in my job hunting. I have on-site interviews ongoing with 6-7 companies but I have received an offer from a startup, bit unsure what to do here.

1. The startup offer is good compensation wise but it has a rider that I have to undergo a 6-month probation period (I am working in India). I honestly don't know what to do here. When I was employed at my previous employer, I had no such condition. And from some Google-fu, I can only see that this is common in IT services based companies (TCS, Infosys etc). The startup is paying good money but its this probation period clause that is ringing alarm bells for me. Also, the tech interview process for the startup was a breeze for me. Didn't get grilled technically that much, compared to some FAANG companies.

2. I really don't want to do this but what If I take the startup's offer since I can join a bit late and by that time I should have some onsites over so I could pick then best employer for me. I feel that with the probation period clause they are giving both of us a "parachute" in that either one of us can exit if it doesn't work out for us.

3. Anyone working at a tech startup (helps if you are an Indian one!), can you please explain the rationale behind having a probation period clause. Is it common amongs Indian startups or startups in general ? This startup is <100 person and couple of years old. The employment contract is suspiciusly mum on any details about the probation period. Just says, that the probation period is 6 months from joining.

Right now, I am not working but was previously employed as an SDE in BigTech. So I am aggressively looking to be employed.
Oh my, yes I see that now. Sorry and thanks.
It seems to be more about the artist, and not the subject.
From README:

> This repository is forked from Real-Time-Voice-Cloning which only support English.

https://github.com/CorentinJ/Real-Time-Voice-Cloning
That sounds utterly ridiculous. Is that how America got the mentality that you're not allowed to have your child play unsupervised on the front lawn?

Obviously Alexa shouldn't give such answers, but at what point do you just exclude children from everything because everything ends up being a risk for them?

Edit: I worded things too strongly, but it does seem to me that in more and more cases we want to ban children from being able to use products or access services 'for their own safety'.
We need a Netflix Prize but for books!
Tokens in the Attention Economy
I wouldn’t say the oxygen measurements are faulty, just hard to interpret.
There's a couple of problems with this analysis.

1) it only considers two of the three main actors in the DRM sphere - content "providers", by which the author seems to mean content distributors, and manufacturers of playback devices. It completely ignores why content creators, the people who actually make stuff, might want to use DRM. Yes sometimes these are the same entities as the content distributors. But not always.

2) it ascribes intent(purpose) to actors without examining what those actors say about their intent. The closest it gets is criticising the arguments of fellow opponents of DRM. This isn't even strawmanning. If you want to understand the purpose behind your opponent's acts its generally a good idea to look at the arguments of said opponents rather than the arguments of your allies.

Ignoring 2, let's look at why content creators might want to use DRM, knowing that it can eventually be circumvented. If you're a content creator then delaying pirates by just a week or two can have a massive effect on your revenue. For example on steam roughly 1/4 to 1/2 of a games revenue for the first year will be earned in the first week[1].

The movie business and book publishing is similarly skewed to opening weekends. While sleeper hits and cult classics do exist they are the exception, not the rule.

So from a content creator's (mine) point of view, the purpose of DRM is to delay pirates long enough to earn that crucial opening weekend or weeks revenue, and this continue eating. Creators know that pirates will likely crack the DRM at some point, and its not unusual to remove it after a time, since by that point it no longer matters.

I frankly don't care a jot about some imagined power struggle between distributors and manufacturers. What I care about is being able to make a living.

I know there will always be parasites who want everything for free despite being able to pay, and people who genuinely can't afford to pay for content (fair enough, but do you actually need a copy of generic superhero movie pt. XII to live a fulfilling life. No), and I accept that. But I don't have to make life easy for them.

[1]https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steam-the-state-of-long...
Stylish maps of sleeper train routes
WhatsApp is a de facto standard method of communication in many countries ( e.g. in the Netherlands everything happens over WhatsApp). So if they abuse their position in typical Meta fashion, fines will rain and hopefully a breakup will happen.
> Don't underestimate the amount of tech knowledge people have nowadays, especially if it will save money.

This works also in the opposite direction. I know of some couples, who can easily share even 200USD/month on streaming services, however they consider "the alternatives" to "save money", who are of course illegal here in Europe.

Nowadays "saving" let's say 20USD for Netflix per month is - in my opinion - a very bad bargain considering the fact, that you can end up paying a lot of punitive damages.

Pirated software/movies always added some sort of value to the product. For example, DVDs forced (and still do) you to watch a couple of minutes of FBI warnings, anti-piracy trailers etc. instead of just letting you instantly watch the movie you paid (!) for. Pirated DVDs just offered the movie, full control to the user - like in streaming nowadays.

So if you have the money, I do not get people who want to "save money" on streaming.
Great job! It's amazing to be able to feel again the sensations I had 30 years ago while developing the Atari version of this game. Thanks again!
Are there existing phones which support more than one eSIM?
Could you find a large, fun coworking environment? The right place could quickly give you the same benefits.
Same experience here. Video game consoles used to come with modchips preinstalled. For a long time I was the odd guy who bought original stuff. Streaming services made it much easier to consume but I still see the occasional person relying on ad-filled blogs with download links.
So much nostalgia! Thanks!
$!134 can be a nice bash foot shooter if you accidentally mistype the number
I'm coding for a few years now, but today it was the first time I mistyped

$!<number>

to repeat a command from the bash history. Fortunately it only launched a Python server. But finally you could accidentally hit any command from your past. It's like playing the lottery :-P
No, it says: 30 days, maximum 60, if you need 60 you have to communicate it within the first 30 with a motivation.

It looks pretty straightforward English to me.

GDPR is published in 24 languages, including English, I don't know why people still don't get it and what's so hard to understand.

It's not a single law, it's a collection of articles, the 17th says that data should be erased without undue delay.

We don't have common law in Europe, EU is mostly civil law (emphasis on civil) or Romano-Germanic law. The only exception is Scandinavian law, which is very similar to (and a subgroup of) civil law anyway.
Join any of the companies attempting to force a return to office. When all of us who refuse this nonsense quit, the companies will be hungry to hire anyone.
Rightly so. Ah, the CEO is "required" to, as if they'll check up on him. A mass dev exodus would be a nice outcome...
It’s absolutely fine to discuss the scope of the agency’s response to legitimate reports, but a comment upthread questioned the legitimacy of the report. A child was endangered by an interaction with a device; so, the report is legitimate.

Whether it deserves a response in the form of regulatory action is absolutely worth discussion, and is what I consider to be the primary question raised by this event, but that question has no bearing on whether it should be reported.
At least in Sweden those stickers only stop the unaddressed leaflets or catalogs they put in the mailbox. If someone printed your name and address on it, the junk will still be delivered.
Unwillingness to change, I think, is a important part of the explanation. The old music companies were unable to provide the service their customers now asked for, i.e. convenient online, streaming, etc. In order to do so they would need to fundamentally change every aspect of their industry, from production, to artist contracts, to marketing, to financing, to distribution, and sales.

Now if you were an executive on any level on such a corporation, would you want to continue doing the minimum effort thing of keeping everything the same? Or would you recommend completely changing everything, including replacing you with someone with different skills. Itunes did not hire the same distribution of people as the old record companies had, not even close. They could not fight it forever, and the change is still in progress, with more artists than ever using alternate crowdsourcing, etc.
This seems to be the corresponding repo?
https://github.com/ultrabolido/PrinceJS
Not necessarily. In France SMSes are free for any plan costing more than 2€/month ( which you get as a backup or a kid), but still most people communicate via WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger. Even the disaster that is the last one has better UX than SMSes.
That and a career train-wreck.
If you are linux user you cannot consume legal content (that you paid for) in high quality, even when you are paying for it, iirc Prime gives you 720p and Netflix 1080p.
eSIMs are good but it doesn't eliminate the bureaucracy/paper work involved with acquiring an actual network connection, esp for those traveling across countries. Unless ofcourse you are willing to pay those listed roaming charges(some of which appear as hidden charges). Not sure what eSims or even Apple as a company can do about that?
I have a few plant light timers, and I'd really like to adjust them to varying daylight hours without setting every timer separately. A computer could even do the daytime calculations automatically. And while I'm at it, it would be nice to run them all day on cloudy winter days. I wouldn't need to broadcast it to any service provider though, and it would be nice if the setup would work without any Internet connection.
I have a 4k external monitor for my laptop and I really kinda hate it. Everything is too tiny and puts strain on my eyes. I could set apps up to have larger fonts, but I happen to have a lower resolution screen in another office, and so the settings would have to be changed whenever I go there. It's so annoying. The 2k X 3k pixel resolution, whatever it's called, is the best one for me.
15 years of waiting for a green card. 15 years of being on a visa that can have you kicked out anytime no matter how much you’ve invested into life there. Hats off to the folks who put up with this.
Maybe off topic - but what kind of coffee setup do you have? :)
You're not Iron Man until you're in the 0.001%.

~$300k after taxes isn't going to change the world.
12% of the world speaks Mandarin, so it's a good first choice!
i don't know about marketing, but things are much more simple, when everything is running on the same machine. There are fewer points of failure, ipc latencies are significantly lower, you are looking at the same system clock (unless you are looking at rdtsc, which is core specific). It's not quite the same, in practical terms.

We got some of the distributed aspects, when we got multiple processor cores and multiple cpus, but it's still not exactly the same thing.
Thanks to Apple, this industry won't make any progress otherwise. You can watch all 3 service providers finally waking up and provide eSIM. You can even watch all the Android manufacturer follow the suit. I am tired of using u-pins to change sim cards. Buying physical circuit to put in the phone just to communicate some numbers is barbaric.
If this is the case then the benthic sediments would be of food that hadn’t been eaten far higher up in the water column.

Wouldn’t it be fairly pristine? Ships that sunk, and or whales and fish that expired.

Are whales in the sea referred to as megafauna, or is fauna just for land animals?

Where these waters become more oxygenated they would be a lot more life, oxygen permitting, wouldn’t there?
Isn't there a psychological phenomenon (I can't remember the name) where despite that you can find some news article that are complete BS, and you know it because it's an area in which you are knowledgeable, but you still believe the other articles in which you have no knowledge?

While such comments appear to be troll-ish I think it's always good to have a reminder.
My notes look kinda like that. My drawing and hand-writing is not stellar, but hey, at least I can read it myself.

Not sure why you feel the need to plan ahead…? Just write and draw :)