skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's probably also worth noting how old a lot of these games are. Bandit, for example, looks like it was released in '12. Back then, I imagine there weren't straight-up solutions plastered in every direction you looked.

As an industry junior now, I get asked all the time on how to get started. Out of desire to not give a gatekeeping response, I can only shrug and point people to OTW-Bandit/picoCTF and tell them to try to do what they can on their own but Google every answer if they have to. Everybody's got to start somewhere [e: snip].

I'll freely offer kudos to anyone with zero knowledge who even manages to go through a handful of exercises while looking up every answer if they otherwise would have not done anything hands-on at all.

I should probably tweak my response a bit by adding a standing offer of approachability if they actually give it a shot and get stuck on those particular CTFs I suggest them.

Oh, and yes, I have encountered many a CTF problems with very poor problem descriptions. I often don't feel bad about searching around deeply in those cases, if it's not a live competition.
That’s exactly the kind of thing “fact checkers” shouldn’t be factoring in. What Reason says elsewhere should have little to no bearing on what they say here, beyond a question of less or more scrutiny.

Maybe this all depends on the scope of what Meta is trying to do. Think of a blog dedicated to lies about the shape of the Earth. Let's say most of their content wouldn't pass muster, but they post one truthful article a week about which team won that week's football games, just to get published on other platforms. Now, people can click to honestly see who won the game, but all over the page are headlines full of lies that link to stories that would otherwise not be allowed on other platforms. Is this other content on the page included in teh fact check? I don't think Meta is open about that...
>This is how I get myself to the gym a few times a week.

I don't have a gym membership, but maybe that is a price I should consider paying, as I might be more motivated to not waste money I've paid.

While I am able to go outside for long, brisk walks fairly often, I completely neglect the equally important stretching and resistance training (weights) exercises because I find them so boring. Even if I keep it going for a few weeks, I inevitably stop because at home, there is always something I find more appealing to do than even 20 minutes of boring stretches and weights.
Hubble needed to hide mirror because it is passing from sunlight into shadow every 47 minutes and mirror has to be protected from thermal stress. Also Earth emits some light even on night side that would interfere with observations.

JWST's mirror is always in shadow and stray light from sides will not be a problem at L2.
I have been monitoring this research for years as it could be potentially life changing for a family member. I am so happy your blanket was lifted.

I am curious, was your comment about trying Ketamine just a general nod or are you seriously considering it? Much of what I have read indicates psilocybin has a more long term and profound affect vs ketamine, are you still looking for further improvements?
That is a good point. You're still cutting out 1/6th of my productivity, which has to be quantified.

How would you quantify this?
Because it must be American to catch attention in American media.

Hershel took awesome images. For example:

Galactic outflow with the Suzaku X-ray astronomy satellite
https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/im...

Herschel’s view of new stars and molecular clouds
https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/im...

The Little Fox and the Giant Stars
https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/im...

Star formation on filaments in RCW106
https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/im...

Feathery filaments in Mon R2
https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/im...
PIS has about 30% support. Not enough to win elections. They had about 40% at their peak. It's enough to win elections but not enough to change constitution, which is why they break it constantly.

I don't think a revolution is a good idea. Would probably lead to thousands of deaths. If the next elections are marginally fair they lose and we go from that point. If they mess with the elections to the point of changing the result - at that point revolution is justified and will probably happen.
> I made an involuntary "aaauugh" sound

I was shocked with 300V DC and the main thing I remember (more than the sensation itself) was emitting a high-pitched ululation that I'm in no way capable of deliberately recreating. It was foreign and alien coming from my own throat; by far the most terrifying part of the experience. But I was sitting on a stool and didn't fall off.
- see a professional to determine if there’s anything like adhd in play that may be making it harder for you

- break things down into smaller tasks

- just try to get one of those smaller tasks done, dont worry about the rest

- if the smaller task is still too big, keep breaking it down

— start things like documentation with outlines of what you want to communicate

- after you’ve got an outline, you don’t need to write it linearly. it’s ok to jump around and follow where your attention brings you

- create a slow distraction environment so you’re less likely to go off task

- see if there’s a buddy that you can pair with to get it done

- it’s better to just get something done than nothing, don’t worry about being perfect, you can come back and update it later

- ask around for what people struggle with understanding, this will help you prioritize what documentation to write

- pictures say a thousand words. try making some diagrams, and annotating them
Well, that would be a valid thing to note as false.

Perhaps you meant "in this particular study, there is no evidence that mask use helped reduce the spread of COVID", in which case, yes; people will understand it as "this study showed that masks don't work" rather than "this was a poorly conducted study"
> By bringing stuff once a while into cache they also push stuff that's actively used out of cache.

I may very well be wrong, but I don’t think it is any worse than the occasional OS scheduling/syscall, etc. GCs happen very rarely (unless of course someone trashes the GC by allocating in hot loops)

Also, while a destructor is indeed O(n) it is a cost that has to be paid on the given thread, while GCs can amortize it to a separate thread.
If it reduced the PTSD can you describe why it’s not worth it? Was it just a month of hell or are you saying the changes persisted?
They'd probably need to demonstrate that they have (of have had recently) people working at the min and max to demonstrate good faith. And they cannot just get rid of titles, because it's really based on job description.
So you want to censor fact checkers?
I think pre-scheme predates Squeak though, so it would be more like Slang is a kind of pre-scheme.
There was a submission to HN yesterday as well

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29718556
The time library used could compiler in the time of compilation, in which case the library user doesn't have to do anything/get it for free.
Before you go spending thousands of dollars on ketamine infusions I urge you to do two things:

1. read Michael Pollan’s book, How to Change Your Mind

2. Look into the process of cultivating your own mushrooms at home - it’s ultimately very easy to produce your own medicine
ahhh the American D̶r̶e̶a̶m̶ Nightmare.
This looks like just the tool i needed for a proyect I have due in a couple of week! Thanks!
>"In short, "fact checkers" don't actually understand the definition of what a fact is, but are quick to declare them, and this is contrary to my experience of real, actual truth."

I'd go a step further and assert that these "fact checkers" play fast and loose with the definition of words and the meaning of language. Here is the absolute best example I can think of:

"Did a ‘Convicted Terrorist’ Sit on the Board of a BLM Funding Body?"[1]

What's True:
Susan Rosenberg has served as vice chair of the board of directors for Thousand Currents, an organization that provides fundraising and fiscal sponsorship for the Black Lives Matter Global Movement. She was an active member of revolutionary left-wing movements whose illegal activities included bombing U.S. government buildings and committing armed robberies.

What's Undetermined:
In the absence of a single, universally-agreed definition of "terrorism," it is a matter of subjective determination as to whether the actions for which Rosenberg was convicted and imprisoned — possession of weapons and hundreds of pounds of explosives — should be described as acts of "domestic terrorism."

[1] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blm-terrorist-rosenberg/

Edit: I apologize for the unwieldy formatting of this post. But I keep finding more disturbing content from the snopes article that I must share.

>"In her memoir, Rosenberg wrote of her 1984 arrest in New Jersey that “there was no immediate, specific plan to use the explosives” with which she and Blunk were caught. ..."

>"Earlier in her book, Rosenberg indicated that she was comfortable, at least at one point in time, with bombing government buildings:"

>"proven record of using bomb attacks to influence the wider American public and advance their cause. As such, a supportable (though not definitive) case exists for claiming that the crimes of which Rosenberg was convicted in 1985 were indeed acts of domestic terrorism."

The author(s) are making every rhetorical excuse they can imagine. Yes, she admits in her book she was comfortable with using them. Yes, she did technically get caught with them. But you must keep in mind that there were no immediate plans to use them.

>"In any event, despite the existence of a definition of domestic terrorism in federal law, a discrete criminal offense of domestic terrorism does not exist, and did not exist in the 1980s. As a result, even if Rosenberg’s activities perfectly met the definition of domestic terrorism currently set out in federal law, and even if that definition existed in the 1980s, she could not have been charged with, tried for and convicted of domestic terrorism as such."

Look, dear reader, even if everything you learned about this situation is screaming "domestic terrorist", you HAVE to understand that by definition, she can't be one because of all the technicalities I have shown you. Case closed.
Now you know why they call it a flyback transformer.
Herschel was more modest in size, 3.5 meters vs JWST:s 6.5 meters. Also ESA PR is not as great as NASA. NASA is the gold standard in this regard.
Back in the olden days, they were looked at as weirdos and ignored.
Your brain likes finishing stuff. You get a small award of dopamine whenever you do.

Divide it into smaller specific goals. I don't "read books", I "read chapter X of book Y", it's much easier to get idea of how much is left and you can finish it in a reasonable amount of time.

I also don't "clean" in one go, I have smaller tasks spread out over the week. Typically missing one thing won't make much difference, which is also nice.
> "The Earth receives 23000 TW of solar energy, while the global energy consumption is 16 TW. Therefore, [100 percent renewable energy] could be possible even if we capture only 0.07 percent of the solar energy" says Professor Xiao Yu Wu, an energy expert from MIT.

Sure, doesn't solve the night issue. Having energy is something, having a stable production from a very diffuse and non stable one (day/night) is something else.

> Iceland power near 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy, using their abundant geothermal and hydro supplies. Renewable energy can also dominate electricity needs for more populous countries too.

So geothermal and hydro.

> About 80 percent of Brazil's electricity needs for its 209million people come from renewable sources, biomass and hydro mostly. On average, however, renewables power ~29 percent of electricity around the world. So can renewables reach 100 percent for populous countries?

So biomass and hydro.

> He argues that *there is a heavy reliance on hydro and biomass sources* - while most countries don't have access to these, so would be reliant on sources like solar, wind, and storage. In those circumstances, it's highly unlikely for renewables to power 100 percent of the electricity supply he says.

Well thanks, the article itself is making the point I want to make.
P.S. I have seen software deploys add 30 seconds to transaction before, it certainly has an effect on a companies bottom line.
I wouldn't call it clickbait, but I did read it the same way - a tree from now reaching back to the oldest ancestors made possible by DNA, rather than (as it means) the oldest 'sub-tree', incomplete on both ends, created using DNA.

If it were to be improved I think the archaeological dig aspect could be highlighted, i.e. I assume using DNA samples on a dig to create a family tree for the entombed isn't novel; what's new here is that these are older samples than that's previously been achieved with (and probably they had to do some novel things to make it work, hence the paper that I haven't read).
VPN may be used as an artificial bottleneck. In large LAN-architecture with many services running you minimize the attack area when potential threat-actors first have to get access via VPN.
Thanks for the link. I will check it out. I too see the word "strategy" thrown around without being well defined, and it should be clearly defined, especially for engineers who want to move into decision-making.

Strategy is "the plan to win". An engineer's work is to execute the plan. It's like coaching the team vs playing the game. Engineers are the players, and the job of the player is to score the next goal. Executives (or Managers) are the coaches. The job of coaches is to win the game (and the season). These are not opposing goals, they are complimentary. Unfortunately, in the technology field, players and coaches are oftentimes at odds as though they have opposing goals.

The article makes a case for engineers who want to get into management, but haven't found a way to make that happen. Not every engineer wants to manage, even if that management is of technology rather than managing people. But for those engineers (players) who want to get into management (coaching) the case the article makes is this: players who want to coach must think like coaches.
I'm no expert, but at least STM32's default is newlib or newlib-nano, which it inherits from the ARM GCC toolchain[1] from what I gather. I just checked and here it's defined as the following by default:

#define _TIME_T_ __int_least64_t
typedef _TIME_T_ time_t;

[1]: https://imagecraft.com/blog/2019/04/embedded-gcc-libraries-n...
I think trusting a device like a family friend has been an error, thinking to compare a school friend giving a bad advice to a kid to a world of corporation surrounding us with unmoderated content to fill their pockets is just laughable if it wasn't just so sad, a parent has to monitor and teach a kid how to survive, these companies need to be responsible for the content published on their platform as they have the ability to reach a huge number of people
Facebook’s Pushback: Stem the Leaks, Spin the Politics, Don’t Say Sorry
Why would you want to fact check a social media site like Facebook anyway? The vast majority of the communications there are ultimately expressions of feelings. There is no way you can fact check such a medium into a source of objective fact.

It makes as much sense as having fact checkers in pubs and restaurants. Sure, there is going to be misinformation spread in those places but ultimately the people involved understand that things spread by random people might not actually be true.
Why are your IT people so miserable? Log4j2itis
DateTime processing and system time are often handled separately with some system time to datetime time conversion.
Still no actual examples provided in regard to snopes.
Git: NVMe – Back-off if driver lies about reported queue limits
I keep seeing allusions to this bias.

Can you point to any mainstream fact checking organizations that are consistently biased and any specific fact checks that illustrate this?
> my property

This phrase is key. The public square is supposed to be 100% censorship free. Facebook stole the public square from us, and is now censoring it as if it were legitimately private property.
Both positions hold truth.

The idea that every gadget, or even most should be child-safe is silly. Alexa is an internet connect device at the end of the day and should be treated as such by parents. However, where possible companies should also try to avoid situations where they're causing unnecessary harm and if needed government should step in to regulate to protect consumers.

In this case, it seems right that people are flagging this up and are unhappy, but I do tend to agree with the sentiment that kids probably shouldn't be using Alexa anyway and that the risk here isn't really comparable to car safety where regulation absolutely makes sense.

On a personal note I honestly hate how often health and safety regulation gets in the way of what would be cool products and experiences these days, but this is the natural result of people refusing to take personal responsibility. It's likely this feature (which I'm guessing doesn't do this in 99.9% of cases) will now just be removed because it can't be implemented with 100% safety.
Not the OP, but my reasoning for all your points.

1- All posts are competing for attention. You live in a society where if you don't get someones attention right away, you're speaking to a wall.

2- The CDC is overworked, behind on response, has a clear agenda, and would likely not do anything. Often making a public outcry or outrage is the best way to reach this bigger slower beaurocratic agencies. Unless you're saying you know someone on the inside and could actually contribute to having a discussion with the right person? Or are you just saying you're good at providing "solutions" without any ability to actually help?

3- Sounds like you are making an opinion that the OP made the wrong reaction, that is your opinion, not something based on fact. Opinions about right/wrong are by their definition opinions, not fact, to be paraded as talking points by "fact" checkers.

His discussion did not waste my time. I for one like to be challenged. But if you don't like going to a place where you have your opinions challenged or strengthened, then maybe you should go to a place with opinions more like yours. I would argue you complaining about someone posting an opinion article online and calling it divisive, is the mere definition of an attack that is divisive. Your post reads divisive and passive-aggressive angry to me (you literally read the entire post and then complained about it wasting time).
It's not that big a world. And ststic linking in particular opens up a ton of other opportunities, such as monomorphization.
YouTube Alternatives for Programming Tutorials and Conferences Videos?
I'm trying to reduce addictive apps and websites from life. I was just wondering if there are any real YouTube alternative for programming tutorials and conference talks.

I researched and found the following:

1. University ( university.company.com \ product centric tutorials offered by projects/companies like HasiCorp, MongoDB, SkyllaDB etc )
2. Read Docs.
3. Using New Pipe ( Privacy focused Android Client for YouTube and create a custom local subscription list ).

Do you guys know any viable alternatives ?
I've never really liked the look of the Tikz-generated automata. Something about them always looks a little off to me. I also dislike the use of 0 and 1 as the canonical alphabet. a and b look nicer, they stand out better in written instructions and solutions (when typeset using math mode), and (this sounds silly) sound nicer when talking about them with the class. Using 0 and 1 seems to imply some connection to binary that is not really there and probably confuses or misleads some students.

Of course, everyone will have a different opinion on such aesthetic matters. I taught an undergrad comp theory course for a decade or so and I wrote my own similar package[1] for generating diagrams using Metapost that built on the standard boxes package. Students were able to learn the system pretty quickly and the results were usually good, though it was pretty easy to pick out which students did/did not care about how things look.

[1] - https://github.com/russross/automata/
Fact-checking is absurd. It's a phenomenon that hints at greater problems, solving none. It's offloading critical judgment skills and knowledge (as informed as ony may be, and as broad and shallow one needs to distinguish most misleading or false argumentations, it's been a long time since the "last person to know everything"!), and offloading it to people that don't know better, and may be subject to mass-producing them to satify the massive amounts of misinformation online, or they may be voluntarily or not following certain agendas or philosophies that may not reflect reality, and I believe this ends up with a tendency to extremism and marginalization. Snopes got made fun of a lot in the past, some of their conclusions are abstract and get down to semantics instead of actual facts. At some point the average person should know better. It'd be more useful to divert all fundings and investments they get into teaching rational thinking and information validation to people of all ages.

I regret not finding some of the compilation images, but I found one such example of.. questionable lines of thought.

https://archive.is/KrSEn
4. Any variations in temperature in the mirror array affect geometry/optics
If you arent thinking and talking about Operation Mockingbird and its inevitable successors we dont know the name of you will be missing the plot on this topic.
Remember that no matter how far from the earth you get, you're always being pulled by it, decreasing velocity. The Webb left earth moving at 7km/s, but now is going less than 1km/s.

It's going to let Earth's gravity slow it down so that it reaches (effectively) zero at exactly the right spot.

It's literally rocket science to do the equations to make it work, but by God we've gotten pretty good at it.
It's logical to test the model that was presented to him by the adults.
In my case it failed to build, maybe it was a different problem, maybe the compiler had at some point emitted errors instead of warnings.

I don't remember and it doesn't really matter other than we had build issues and it was unexpected.
This is what a NIST implementation looks like: https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/safeguards-program . IMHO, the SANS 20 critical security controls would be more useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_CIS_Critical_Security_Cont...
Too bad the world's first "synthetic" to combat this issue, MXE, was made illegal.

It has no bladder problems, and shines light where ketamine is cold.

MXE is the perfect drug. 5g in a few months, stopped cold turkey, felt fine - due to the long lasting and dissipating metabolites that these drugs degrade into.

I am planning on getting some Ketamine soon for my own Christmas present. Too bad I can't have MXE, which is safer, better, and fuckn awesome.

you can even smoke it! (very small amounts. makes you feel like a golden greek god)
Amphetamine salts, how else?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-freed-chil...

She chuckled, but she didn't laugh. False?

https://www.factcheck.org/2016/06/clintons-1975-rape-case/

Well she did laugh. True?

Binary opposites for this detail, depending on which you are citing.
Thanks for sharing that. Would you mind clarifying one thing?

The "gasoline poured into her veins" metaphor: Is that referring to physical pain, or something else?
Why do you need to distinguish tabs from spaces?