skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The freelancer's story seems a little suspicious to me.

"Let me translate this. Robin has been using someone else’s credit card for two years..." followed by "I’m on very good terms with Robin."

Clearly, 'Robin' is a thief and it is entirely possible that Robin and the freelancer are one and the same. That the freelancer is not asking Robin for the money even though he knows him personally is telling. Does the freelancer wonder what his good client Robin thinks about the fact that Robin ran up a 12K credit card bill(payable to the freelancer, ultimately) that Robin never paid?(And we know the bill was never paid or there would be no need for the claw-back)

And I did not see any mention of where Upwork contacted Robin. Strange considering he was the one with “a credit card connected in his account that wasn’t actually his”. Is he still on the platform?

And then he sent two years worth of work to Upwork to substantiate his claim to the money. But how could Upwork know that the work he sent was legitimately related to the transaction? Could he not have created a project request for something he had already built?

Then he apparently logs ALL of his 'time' outside of the system. He said that this time was for "a brainstorming session and a few meetings" with Robin. 230 hours worth!? I notice that dates of the charge-back transactions were not provided. Was this 230 hours the entirety of the project or just a very small slice. He wrote that he had made more that 100K on Upwork and that he had other clients. That leads me to think that this 12K represented all or most of the billing on Robin's project. Was there any billing for actual implementation, or is it all brainstorming and meetings?

This story does not add up to me.

edit: I see in the graphic that apparently the work on Robin's project was for 1533 hours, so the 230 hours would have been just a portion. It makes me wonder what/how many other credit cards were used to pay for those other hours. Hard to believe Robin was above board for the first 1303 hours and then started paying with a stolen credit card.
First truth is that 'you can't trust your standard commercial smartphone'. This is why open source os is so important today.

Second, the evolution of Xiaomi products is very bad:
At the beginning, their smartphones were great because they used a MIUI version that was very 'pure': no crapware, no junk 'preinstalled apps', no call to home, interface that was customizable like you wanted.

In the first place, this is why people were buying the devices compared to Samsung phones with preinstalled and non removable apps like Facebook.

Now that Xiaomi became a leader on the market and has quite an important market share. They completely go the Samsung way with stuffing phones with a lot of junk and sometime deceitful one.
This varies country to country. In the UK, direct bank withdrawals (via Direct Debit) are guaranteed forever. Ie. in 30 years time you can reverse a transaction from a company and get all the money instantly, even if the company no longer exists.
People are writing code.

The difference is that everyone outside of Red Hat an Freedesktop isn't creating artificial dependencies on each other's projects to “gently push them” so people outside of it again have to write more code to decouple them again.

They did write the code to fork elongind in such a way that it no longer required systemd; they did write the code so that GNOME could run without logind like every other system; they did write the code to fork of udev from systemd again so that it could run without glibc. — None of these projects suffered loss of functionality.

They're complaining that they have to, because every time, these dependencies that have no technical justification happen, it's always one RedHat project depending on another to create product tying and encouraging adoption.

The rule of capitalism is simply that product tying works in practice, however bad it is for the user and consumer. That's why Apple likes to come with custom cables that only work on their hardware for no technical reason, and that's why logind was incorporated into systemd and came to depend on it for no technical reason.
I am sorry about that. I hope that you were able to develop a reasonably lucrative early stake in the company.

In my case, it has never been about the money. It has always been about the joy of development, and, in some cases, a desire to be a part of an elite team.

When I started looking, I would have been absolutely ideal for early-stage startups. I was willing to work for a ludicrously low wage and take risks (I had my retirement set, so I just needed to keep the lights on, and medical insurance), had (still have) an enormous breadth of experience, along with some really lucrative specialized skills. I had years of experience, selling complex projects to very skeptical managers (Japanese, so a tough room. Make American VCs look like friendly puppies). I have actually shipped completed, supported software, since my very first project (I can prove it, I still have the manual[0]). I had a lot of extra time on my hands, was willing to put in long hours, and I also had this massive portfolio[1] of finished work, writings, code, and years of commit history, for anyone that wanted to see. It was plainly obvious what I had to bring to the table; good and bad. I am an open book. Really easy to find out, if you know how to click a mouse button.

Even early-stage startups were obsessed with "cultural fit" (which I didn't have), and don't get me started on the recruiters. They were the worst. The insults and power games were ridiculous (and highly unprofessional). I realized that, even if I got hired, they would treat me very badly.

This tech industry has changed a lot. I had been at my previous gig for 27 years straight. It was one of the biggest brands in the world, synonymous with Quality, and I was on a peer basis with some of the finest engineers and scientists in the world. I was often the dumbest person in the room, and I'm smarter than the average bear. In fact, that was a big reason for my staying so long. I think that it is important to be in an environment where I'm challenged (one of the reasons I hang out here).

Didn't mean a thing. In fact, it seemed to be something that actually elicited scorn.

[0] https://littlegreenviper.com/TF30194/TF30194-Manual-1987.pdf

[1] https://stackoverflow.com/story/chrismarshall
You shouldn’t have issues assuming you work for a big company currently
Not a farmer but worked on one growing up and my in-laws farm several thousand acres. The existence of a competitor to JD is one thing, the distance from farm to dealer is another. If the competitor dealership is 75 miles away and JD is 20 miles away that can be a major factor.

Being able to get service in the field quickly is critical during planting or harvest. During these times downtime can be exceedingly expensive if the farmer is trying to beat some change in weather.

And sure you could try and get someone other than the dealer to work on it, if you can find them. But trying to find this person when your equipment is broken and you are burning money isn’t a great option and the dealer will probably favor servicing clients who bought equipment from them.
Wow, self-DMCA is… another level.

From the post you linked: “only the statement that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder is made under penalty of perjury.” There is some clever English grammar in the original text of the law. The complaint itself only needs to be in good faith.

Thank you!
I've been doing cross-platform development on and off for 30 years. Back in the DataViews days we had a team of two dozen professionals working on this problem and made good bank selling developer seats for about $15K each. Flash forward 30 years, and here's what's changed:

1. Users expect this stuff for free

2. For the most part it is, but only because the tools are being developed by big-tech and serve their interests more than yours

What hasn't changed:

1. compile-time. I just don't get it. Computers are like 5000x faster

2. cross-platform is hard and involves lots of compromises

3. it's hard to make money selling tools
The only time I've been to Europe was an airport layover, so hopefully you can answer my dumb question: what sort of payment cards are popular in Europe? We periodically see threads on HN in which people who claim to be Europeans chastise Americans for our use of cash and/or checks. I had assumed that was because you thought credit cards were great. That may be wrong, but now I don't want to just assume you think debit cards are great. Maybe there is another sort of payment card?
Bulgarian here. :)

We like to be hush-hush about the benefits of living in Bulgaria.

Nothing at the moment beats the taxes, location and potential of Bulgaria in Eastern Europe :)

You can ask me any questions related to living cost, places, customs, etc or anything related to Bulgaria.
I mean that when you advertise that something is going to do a thing (end the disease; prevent them from catching it), encouraging people to get the vaccine because of those benefits. Then the reality is discovered to be that it doesn’t do any of those things, but it does provide a milder experience…and oh by the way, and that efficacy only lasts a few months, so go get another booster dose ASAP.

That makes people skeptical.

Right now I know probably 5-6x the number of vaccinated people who have had Covid post vaccination than people who had it prior to the vaccine being available. I know unvaccinated people who have never had Covid, and vaccinated people who have had it twice…post vaccination.

Am I vaccinated, yes. Am I skeptical of the existing vaccines to prevent me from getting Covid and ending the pandemic, yes.
Ask HN: Are Canadians happy about global warming? If not, why not?
> Scripting language runtimes such as Python, Ruby, and Perl are included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software. Future versions of macOS won’t include scripting language runtimes by default, and might require you to install additional packages.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/406244/will-macos-...
Who is “they”? What image? What was the context?

This thread is more advertisement than substance. Just a collection of vague claims and links to the author’s store (“If you’d like to support my work…”).
What the Hell Is Blood Flow Restriction?
IRC is great!

I like the interface way more than Discord.

And it seems to attract more knowledgeable people.

If you are into startups, check out #startups on Libera!
Im curious: leadership apparently ignored your comment? Or what did they say?
This doctor and Stanford professor, Jay Bhattacharya, on Lex Fridman podcast says differently and doesn't mention Remdesivir: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oIOGUYOPAsA

Another reason why deaths from COVID may be so high, a pulmonary nurse stated in a 30 minute testimony to a government public committee/inquiry, is that they were treating COVID patients differently than any other lung disease related diseases; he believes there's been mass malpractice, he also references Remdesivir; suppress preventative-proactive treatment so people need hospitalization, so then they gain monetary incentive from one or more things - is the developing conspiracy hypothesis. I'll try to lookup on YouTube the testimony I'm speaking of and will edit to add if I find it again.

Another thing that everyone should be up in arms about is questioning just how well/poorly done, and with how much integrity and/or oversight were the clinical trials done with? Watch this 11 minute testimony of Maddie De Garay's mother sharing their story - her 12 year old daughter in wheelchair and needing feeding tube, among other issues, after being in Pfizer's 12-15 year old trial - which I may note they only collected (inaccurate and limited) data for for 7 days post vaccine: https://youtu.be/L2GKPYzL_JQ - more videos of her story out there as well on "fringe" sites; here's another 5 minute video of their experience everyone should watch.

I wish people weren't lazy to downvote instead of asking for a citation or where or why I believe what I said. If you care about the truth then you understand misinformation is real, whether malicious and purposeful or exists through incompetence, if you take an arrogant stance that "your information" is right and that it couldn't actually be misinformation - then you're part of the problem with society today, including ideology and the intellectual and integrity crisis.
I wonder if this is a joke or an actual technique. I'd be very interested to see someone reproducing this.
I tried having fun on Web3
How close have you come to screwing up and mistakenly spilling the beans? I would never keep my stand ups straight.
The last generation Alexa Mini too.

To OP’s point it’s shortsighted they’d accept a Mark I FS7 vs. nearly any image any Alexa has ever produced. The extra .8k it lacks on paper is more than made up in overall image quality.
“Doomestic cozy”
It's definitely not "fewer and fewer users wanting a sync solution" and instead "more and more computer users we can sell something to if we pile features into our overloaded app".

There's a criticism in there that I share because I miss when things were more modular, but I also understand and appreciate the value and opportunities that modern tech is bringing to people.

The back and forth chaos of progress and foundation-building is important but frustrating.
I don't think it's safe to assume exploit vendors are concerned about end-user privacy.

The point about decentralization is that merely noticing problems isn't good enough. Information propagation is hard! What are you going to do if a WhatsApp contact sends you a message saying the encryption was disabled? Forward the message, presumably ... ah.

Audited builds aren't hugely useful unless there is teeth behind the audits, like the ability to block a change to the software that violates the social contract implemented by the encryption. If you don't have that then so what? With that level of control they are basically just saying "we aren't peeking right now, promise!"

The reason it takes years to roll out end to end encryption in other protocols is not that centralization is inherently better or faster. It's that it takes a long time to build up a consensus around a new way of doing things and get people to take it seriously. That process isn't really optional though, if you skip it you get the WhatsApp problem where stuff is encrypted up until the moment a single executive decides it shouldn't be. If you can switch it on and off with the flick of a mouse then it's not actually making our society more robust against damaging behaviours by the adversaries, which is the ultimate point of implementing encryption in the first place.
Case International Harvester https://www.caseih.com is also a big player.
I've always been intrigued but the risk/reward seems too high. I don't want to mess with the bathroom habits of my cat who has never previously relieved himself outside his box. I scared to try to fix what isn't broken at this time.
Elon invented a subway, but much worse
I just wish HN had an option to downvote posts(not comments), that would fix it.
I love Mingus.

The Watts Towers complex has a museum to Mingus attached, as well as another museum of local artists attached. I'd highly recommend a visit. It's a beautiful neighborhood full of very nice people.
> 0.3% is the case only after torturing statistics or using international statistics from countries that skew younger and have fewer risk factors.

Or countries that don't keep accurate records pertaining to hospitalizations and cause of death.
I see... although I feel empathy for the author if he was scammed, it's important to make sure this isn't just an instance of laundering stolen a credit card through Upwork.
Netflix will only dumb kids down. It is not a freethinking platform controlled by people interested in letting children think outside the box. Because it is an oligarch-owned platform controlled by profit-driven people only interested in showing formulaic shows that have predictable plots and political correctness without much intellectual depth. It's why independent writers who want to write shows that inspire unpredictable plots and unfiltered imagination are having a harder time finding jobs that pay well. Because America, China, the U.K, Australia, North Korea, and other countries have become a police dystopia with an increasing amount of dehumanizing censorship. They are controlled by cut-throat rulers who attack investigative journalists and human rights activists to keep a small group of people extremely wealthy during the pandemic. It's an oligarchy.
Using Golang to Improve Small Object Performance in MinIO
I love JustWatch, it's the first place I go when I discuss any show with friends, family, kids, anyone.

My kids now, before we buy an episode, say "Dad check on JustWatch if we can stream it for free anywhere"

Do you have public examples of others that use your API? I have a few ideas that can be used but no time at all to build things :)
It's interesting to read this as an expat in Europe, where it seems like the US hasn't really done any lockdown at all compared to most other countries.

The issue I think is that there was very little government support for individuals affected economically.
I've heard people reference this platform before, but I have no idea what it is. I just looked at the substack.com, and I feel like I still don't understand it.

Is it a blogging platform mixed with a newsletter tool?

Either I missed it entirely, or the landing page assumes I know what it is before I get there.

Even the about page is buried in "link soup" at the bottom of the page and just leads to hand waving and eventually a short story about something in 1833.

I don't know what needs to be built, but I do know that I don't know what this is.
I used IRC for gaming around 2004 - fond memories!

I recently tried Discord to find programming communities but I just don't get it. When you join a server you are automatically subscribed to all the channels. And apparently you can't leave them, you can only 'silence' them by manually doing that for each channel. After a few days I just gave up as I could not keep up with all the notifications.
I understand what you’re saying.

What I don’t understand though is OP said that two years of charges were charged back. My understanding is that is not possible.
If a major superpower falls, adversarial superpowers will be the ones to move in to fill the power vacuum, not local tribal warlords. See Russia after the fall of the USSR, but before Putin.
They should file consecutive small claims cases (one for each charge). If they file concurrently, the lawyers will get them consolidated.

If my entire market was based on getting my freelancers good jobs, I wouldn’t be trying to screw them over.

This could have been an article about how Upwork is awesome and ate 12.5k for this dev. They could write about how they go to bat for their freelancers and are prosecuting the scammer.

That story would still be upvoted and the free advertising would far exceed the cost. Instead, they bought tons of the worst kind of publicity (hitting peoples wallets) and their best outcome is now an apology that nobody will actually believe and eating the cost anyway.
I think that's actually a rational position to take. We've already blown past 1.5 degrees C if you use the original 1750 baseline and 2 degrees C is already baked into the atmosphere. Short of some massively scaled up energy reflectance or capture / storage technology, implemented quickly, we're headed for extreme consequences. Note that we are already experiencing relatively mild consequences such as sudden human deaths in the dozens or hundreds, home loss, small species habitat loss, destruction of entire villages or small towns, etc. The mainstream is starting to accept attribution of these things to global warming now.

Interestingly, before the IPCC was formed their precursor had set the magic number at 1.0 degrees C. Then IPCC set it to 1.5 degrees C. Then they moved the goalpost by changing the baseline from pre-industrial 1750 to 1900 (or maybe 1850). Personally, I'm not a fan of arbitrary numbers anyway. I prefer to look at significant events. For me, the big slap in the face will come when we see an ice free arctic ocean.
I’m gonna defend a bit here.

Early on, nobody knew what covid was gonna look like. It had the potential for millions dead with a very high rate of spread.

So we panicked. It seems forgotten that nobody remembers how awful, unknown, and strange the early pandemic was back in March 2020.

What’s pathetic is how almost two years later, when we know oodles more about this disease, our solutions are identical. Where is the focus on improving hospital capacity? Improving air filter quality (it’s an airborne disease)? Therapeutics? Mass testing capabilities?

The vaccine has proven to be not as effective as we had initially hoped for because the new variants are too different. But that possibility was always known. Why do nothing else?
I don't think you can group Europe all as one. For example, in the UK credit cards give "section 75" protection which means it's often better to use a credit card than a debit one. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/section75-protect-...
My actual lifetime average commission paid to Upwork is under 10% actually. People who repeat the claim about 20 (or 30! in this thread itself!) commission just don't read the rules.

I interpret the rules as "commission is 5% plus $550 per client", which makes it sound a lot lower. How much does it cost to get 1 client "from the internet"? I know the answer and it's not pretty at all.

And yes i'm on the platform for precisely 13 years, but bulk of money comes from fixed price contracts anyway, and effective rates there are ca. $300 an hour. Most of money was made in the last 2 years anyway.
Better readability -

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1479673857908764672.html
If everyone got it, destroying businesses and families for over a year in some states to postpone the inevitable was stupid.
Can we just call this "Web3Candidate" & stop allowing few groups to hijack the term 'web3' before there is consensus and wide adoption. Because when this craze dies and a real replacement of web2 arrives we will have to skip to web4 and I'll have to explain to my future kids what a wasteful hustle web3 was.
Hmmmm....for my first go, I got

T R I A D (0 green, 0 yellow)
H O N E S (0 green, 0 yellow)
C L U M P (0 green, 2 yellow)
B U L K Y (3 green, 0 yellow)
F U L L Y (4 green, 0 yellow)
G U L L Y (5 green, 0 yellow)

Looking at the similarities, I'm wondering if the adversarial nature will generally lead to higher-than-naively-expected frequencies of:

Words with 'y', as people will tend to 'eliminate' the common vowels early, leaving 'y' as a 'substitute vowel' to fill in.

Words with repeated and doubled letters, as a round progresses and the pool ov available letters shrinks.

I wonder what other patterns might emerge from the ruleset?
One public example would be TMDb (The metadata source that also OPs project is using): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/568124-encanto/watch
Still love seeing Sam's stuff show up in my world! (Check iut Hatetris for another variant of the theme)

An excellent chance to use my Wordle solver based on optimizing information gain (ie guessing to minimize the number of words remaining in a worst case scenario)

Since this is essentially Wordle golf, my score was 5.

RAVED
SPLIT
BUNCO
BOOBY
BOOZY

His dictionary is missing some of the SGB wordlist ...
If you look at professional cameras (Sony Alpha for example), the sensors improved in the last 10 years from taking shitty pictures at night to being able to take pictures in almost total darkness. All this with little improvements in optics.

So is the telescope sensor able to count each and every photon hitting it, was it already at maximum possible performance?