skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I stopped reading a couple years ago after it was clear that many of the most interesting posts were fictional. There was a series written by someone styling themselves as the "troll queen" (all under different accounts). In general I think the increasing popularity driven by bestoflegaladvice made things worse.

Yes, the boring posts are probably real and I never claimed otherwise. But the posts people remember and engage with are not the boring posts and have a much more mixed track record. There have been cases both of "someone creates updates with an impossible resolution/schedule", "post describing the opposite point of view of a recently popular post comes up" and "post touching on hot-button internet arguments". You can argue that only the first category must be a fake, but the rest pop up with a suspicious frequency.

Similarly, you could see a big jump in the number of legal issues relating to whatever excited bestoflegaladvice recently. It doesn't seem likely that there's a sudden uptick in the number of people who have neighbors cut down their trees, or who have a landlocked property.
Yup good point. Thanks for the clarification
There is no chance Apple would be allowed to buy or run a mobile network. The monopoly dogs would be at the door before the email went out.
It seems that they want to eventually support other editors as well.
Cutting a Banksy into 10k (Digital) Pieces
my read of the diabetes tie is that it is unlikely that covid causes diabetes but rather that the causality could be both ways, with obesity or other medical confounders making Covid experiences more severe.

this doesn't diminish the importance of the tie, but rather should just reveal that what we've always known about covid remains true - its a serious disease and having other underlying medical issues makes it significantly worse.

i would bet against any conclusion however that having covid makes kids more likely to develop diabetes.
VPNs work at a higher level. They have to see the radio traffic to be able to deliver packets to your phone, which is where billing and access control happens (this is why you can’t spoof someone else’s IP to avoid paying your bill), and at the IP level your VPN traffic is carried from your carrier-issued IP address to your VPN provider’s addresses.

The one legitimate argument here is that this prevents traffic shaping based on the destination, which T-Mobile uses to do things like offer unlimited streaming separate from your general data quota.
This feels more interesting than most cryptocurrency uses. One thing a cryptocurrency can be is an open protocol for payments - it makes sense to try and make one into such a protocol. The privacy preserving aspects of MobileCoin are interesting and feel like they fit with Signal too.
Part of the reason that the writers guild and screen actors guild works is because they have a single union that represents everyone with all employers, and their union members won't work with employers who don't honor the union agreement.

So it would need to be similar. A single programmers union that sets minimums, where union members won't work for companies that don't follow the union rules.

So like in Hollywood a tiny production will not follow union rules but are limited to using up-and-coming actors who aren't in the union. Startups would be similar -- they could hire up-and-comers, or agree to follow the union rules, one of which is not hiring anyone not in the union.
This is the test. People can talk themselves out of any positive thing based on the reasoning of "I don't trust authority". but those who are considered very successful in any profession have to learn to 1) delay gratification 2) place trust in the right people

Blind mistrust in authority is as detrimental to long term outcomes as not being able to delay gratification
Missing 2 buffalos.
> legacy software is written by people like me

legacy software or shit software? The two are not the same. So be clear with your statement, to circle it back to your intro, you're the creator of the _shit software_ -- right? That's what this is about? See how difficult it is to admit it. You couldn't even do it and you're writing the blog post about it. The ego is strong. But, I guess you're on the path towards this acceptance, you kinda semi-admitted to it. You have much more work to do but one day you'll finally understand this distinction and it'll be good for you and all the folks that have to maintain your shit. Keep improving your critical thinking and software engineering skills. The buck ends up with you. It's your choice what you produce and your standard of excellence. And you know what, it may be the case that the sooner you become a manager the better for everyone. That may also be a tough pill to swallow but fear not, you'll be happier... and also some content for a future blog post!
Not that I agree with the parent comment's sentiment, but from the article:

> Preliminary state data suggest that more than 90 percent of today’s deaths are still among unvaccinated people.

Source they provided: https://dshs.texas.gov/immunize/covid19/data/vaccination-sta...

From the numbers, it seems fairly clear that this virus is much more likely to cause death amongst the unvaccinated - unless I'm misinterpreting.
Getting a booster every 6 months vs every 24 months is a 4x difference in the number of boosters you have to take. That's 4x the potential complications (mistakes can happen in science, e.g. thalidomide) and 4x the cost.

And no boosters are not free. I can't wrap my head around how many people believe that boosters are free. No they are not free. If you are not paying for it directly, the government is paying for it with taxpayer money. And tax money doesn't fall from the sky. It comes out of your wallet.

Or the government can print the money and risk higher inflation, which is just an indirect tax on your money.
Ask HN: Does Google leverage searches coming from FAANG’s offices?
I suppose Google has data on where searches come from and what those searches are. Do they know when searches are coming from Apple Park and what they are and do they do anything with that data?
People should put more energy/money into getting vaccines to people who want them but don’t have access to them? Why?
Non-cynically, it probably does introduce some issues in these legacy telecom systems.

For example, if you run out of data for a month, many carriers will continue giving you access to the internet APN, but then block access to "external" websites. This is so you can easily open your browser and "top up" on data to continue using your device.

Or the usage of HTTP (not HTTPS) was relatively common back when I was in the space (7-10 years ago). There wasn't a need to use HTTP because the carrier was in full control of the pipe between the device and the server. Adding in a VPN that somehow tries to intercept that traffic (that was supposed to exist entirely within the telecom) is not going to work.
I'm not really commenting on the thesis of the book, but pointing out what seemed like a valid criticism of the book overall. After skimming a few articles on the subject [1] it seem like the reviewer is not out of line with scientific consensus on the example he points out.

[1] https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&as_yl...
It sometimes can be misleading. If I'm refactoring large parts of code (e.g. splitting a large file to smaller ones), then sometimes the original logic written by someone else will be left, but git blame will show me because I was the last to make changes
The problem is by default `npm install [package]` will put a "give me [package] that appeared on the internet 5 minutes ago" into your package.json file by default. Until `npm install` pins to a minimum version by default instead of a maximum version by default, this will keep happening. It's a mess. The benefit of "maximum by default" is that you pick up security fixes by default. So... pick your poison, I guess.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Control_Act_of_1954

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrams_v._United_States

etc etc
Hey! I'm a Software Engineer @ Bolt and have been at the company for a little over 1.5 years now. I talk about my experiences with the 4-Day Work Week here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0aLQRwxIWY&t=15s&ab_channel...

Check it out and let me know if you have any questions!
Pandemics are likely to happen more regularly now that global travel is widespread, so I imagine a future where all the major viruses get tossed into a 6-12 month mRNA "antivirus update".
To quote the relevant section:

“ODoH sends DNS queries through the first internet relay, so the DNS server cannot identify the user issuing a query. Each query itself is padded and encrypted using Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE) to help ensure that the first internet relay cannot tell the domain name a user is looking up.”

Apple is the “first internet relay” and they seem to explicitly state that they don’t see the DNS queries themselves.
No, Verizon is not at least. I will commonly connect to my home network over self-hosted vpn while on Verizon LTE.
That decision revolved around a one-time $150 fine (in today's money) and was used to justify forced sterilizations. And it was overturned later. And it was for the authority of a state, not the Federal Government.

Not the same thing at all. And you also don't want to go down that road.
I see that CSVCHAIN is "held in cold storage on this USB drive" a 1 GB thumb drive. This seems to imply an upper bound on the number of NFTs on CSVCHAIN. How, I wonder, does the creator of this project expect to scale CSVCHAIN beyond this limit?

Additionally, can we secure guarantees that the project owner is safely ejecting the USB drive in question?
I forget the precise rules on political activity, but when the IRS investigated what was (blatent, IIRC) violations of it by right-wing organizations several years ago, the right and GOP pointed their propaganda cannons at the IRS and its head, a non-partisan public servant, making it clear that such rules were not to be enforced (and the rule of law is inferior to the GOP).
How about Groovy?

("ls".execute() | "grep -i old".execute()).waitForProcessOutput(System.out, System.out)

It can also be written as

"ls".execute().or("grep -i old".execute()).waitForProcessOutput(System.out, System.out)

It's not exactly the same because it uses a thread and a buffer instead of an OS pipe but I guess it's close enough.
This incident has nothing to do with (a)(2) as Marak didn't _access_ any system. The only sections violated are (a)(5) (_knowingly damaging_ a system) and, arguably, (a)(7) (extortion). (a)(7) is a lot harder to argue though as his extortion attempt doesn't have a named target or an explicit demand and is generally... lame.

Edit: Note that I'm seeing this the same as a virus, not the same as a data-extraction hack.
I can tell you you sound very biased.

In my own European country most people certaintly do not know what distinction is made by the health authories around "with" versus "from" covid. We also no longer have data on the effects per comorbidity. Broken down per vaccine or if had prior infection. Even speaking of side effects was completely verboten. Everything is kept very nebulous and I believe it is mostly because of incompetence, but also some malice and distrust of the public to handle the truth.

So no, any reporting that seeks to puts their feet to the fire and clarify their data is important, and if it gives someone clicks good for them. I want the press to ask questions, not just parrot the media conference.
That statement is about the other battery mentioned on their website, the "aries". The "gemini" which is what is in the linked article is a combination LFP and NMC. NMC batteries are the ones with large amounts of cobalt.
My new gig does a 4days x 8hr work week. It was a major reason for joining the company and has proven to really help reshape how I work and how I think about work. Interestingly, we take Wednesdays off with the ability to trade that day on an as-needed basis. This gives us 2x 2-day work sprints per week. I find that I roll into Thursdays having had a day to reset a little bit, tackle personal projects, cook a huge meal, or go for a long bike ride. Friday comes and I haven't once felt the "Thank god it's Friday" feeling, but rather "Oh, it's Friday already?" in the same way that I used to feel it after a 3-day weekend.

Here's a bit more on our operating philosophy from our CEO: https://www.fastcompany.com/90501241/my-companys-always-had-...
My biggest worry isn't that Discord (or whatever is next in that space) kills off other IM, but that it kills off email - i.e. the last truly widespread open and federated protocol for person-to-person communication.
> Making an inaccurate statement about network management practices can be actionable under that remaining component of the FCC's net neutrality rules.

Who would be responsible for bringing about that action and, if they don't bring about action, what can regular people do about it?
The hackaday article doesn't add much. The actual article is: https://www.inverse.com/innovation/blinking-cursor-history
Oh man, sugar :( I stopped taking sugar for 2 years after I had a heart issue. Then somehow it came back in life, and it has been 4 years, and maybe 99 attempts (because the 100th will succeed:)) and it is just so hard to give up sugar.

But when I had stopped, I remember the taste had changed - just simply sautéed vegetables tasted much better, and in those days sugar tasted ugly. The good old days. And after hating chocolates all my life, I think it was our EPM who got addicted me to chocolates by always keeping a supply at her desk, right next to my desk. Now on my 99th attempt to give up sugar for the past 5 days, and this time determined to go much much longer.
> No, we won't take a pay cut to work less!

Who are you speaking for when you say "we"?
Except a real snob would have a better espresso machine at home. My handpresso is ok for travel but even compared to pleb machines like my Pasquini Livia 90 the quality is bad. (Yes I'm using freshly ground beans that were picked and processed by virgins under moonlight, etc)
Thanks for being reasonable and I appreciate the encouragement.

I honestly don't see the good in worrying about much of anything, yet I worry all the same. Just another of life's frustrations.
I think the features that it has make it the language that it is.

If you try to remove the need for combining other programs by making everything builtin you wouldn't design it the way it is.
The issue needs more context. It's not that they are fending for themselves in their old age. They are retiring in a village with a social circle they are comfortable with, and near a temple that they consider as pilgrimage, and have my sister who can reach them in couple of hours should there be a dire need.

I'd visit if it would be of any help.
The body handles the mRNA vaccine more predictably than the naturally occurring viable coronavirus. This is not a matter of common sense; it’s possible to test in vitro and in field trials (and there have been a lot of both).

The reason is in part because there is less variability from dose to dose of an mRNA vaccine than there is among extant variants of viable SARS-COV-2 coronavirus. That makes it easier to predict what will happen.

And it is in part because mRNA vaccines are built up from the existing biochemistry of the body. That is, mRNA vaccines are not a new thing we created, they are a distillation of a natural system that we discovered and studied.
Who's paying svgo to do that checking?

NOTE: this isn't an open source versus closed source thing. Linux has distributions which test included packages (to varying extents, I'm sure) and some of these are commercial operations. It's not impossible to have code whose verification you have paid for, to one extent or another, even with open source. (and hey, you can install malware with automatically updating closed-source see Solarwinds).
How do you tell your "baked" version is any good though? Doesn't that mean N days after colors.js ground zero you'll start picking up the bad colors.js since it's now baked for N days?
Biden had stated in December 2020 that he wouldn't impose a mandate.

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-joe-biden-no-vaccines-ma...
Thank you for the correction. They mention this at the footnote of the article: “1 The $375,000 is on an uncapped safe with ‘Most Favored Nation’ (MFN) terms. MFN means that this safe will take on the terms of the lowest cap safe (or other most favorable terms) that is issued between the start of the batch and the next equity round. Simply put, we’re giving the company money now but at terms you’ll negotiate with future investors.”
If we had vaccinated soon/fast enough we could have prevented the to animal transmission in the first place
Just invent an awesome and innovative set of cryptographic protocols, make an incredibly usable set of secure communications tools with them, and agree to give them away for free to the world. Hopefully you will be blessed in return with the same kind of support that Moxie was!
weight impacts everything; acceleration, handling, braking performance, brake wear , tire wear, road wear, generally increased NVH if the weight gain isn't part of the superstructure, drive train loads, consumable suspension (bushings/wear items) wear ..

the list goes on, but you get the point.

it's all a cost/benefit ratio between duration/range/cost/marketability/reliability ; you can take care of the technical issues behind weight gain, but is there still a market there once you do and the cost to produce skyrockets?
As someone with a kid in daycare, stay close to the science. Young children are at low risk, the primary danger of them getting it is spreading it through the community. My daycare takes reasonable precautions and does contact tracing when a case appears, and follows CDC and professional medical guidelines, and until Omicron they kept Covid out completely. There’s been more cases at the center in the last two weeks than the entire year before that. All I can do is stay current on my vaccines and wear a mask where appropriate.

Anyway, keep doing your best. There are those of us who still have empathy for you, even if many want to bully you as some sort of coward for being cautious around a novel virus that’s killed 1 million Americans and disabled countless others.
Seems like you would also want "and there isnt a release 2 days after it" fixing a regression. Starts to get tough :/
A standard library over time would end up consisting of ancient garbage.
You could have a vetted collection of node.js module on npm.
> At most there would be a "first to file" authenthicity mechanism in the NFT storefronts like OpenSea.

Just alter a pixel or put a minor filter, you’re good to go.
I was looking for this just the other day, but thought it would have been the other way around (&|, consistent with &>), and moved on with 2>&1 |
> once again English organisations find it hard to tell the difference between England and the UK.

If you think that's difficult for English organisations, you should see what the rest of the world thinks. I'm proud to treat "England" and "the United Kingdom" as synonyms. It's like referring to the Soviet Union as "Russia".

Only English (Welsh / Scottish / Irish) organisations would have any interest in distinguishing between England and "the United Kingdom". Who's more likely to distinguish between New York and Texas: the Guardian or the New York Times?
One of the co-author's of that pre-print paper does not agree with your interpretation of his work.

> “There is absolutely no reason to believe that any of the vaccine mRNA is doing the same thing. The viral spike protein mRNA is a tiny piece. Vaccines are not inducing LINE element RTs,” said Young. “Vaccines are protecting against the possibility of long-term seriously debilitating diseases or death.”

So yes, you are spreading anti-vax conspiracy theories. And this is why misinformation is treated as dangerous. It takes too much time and effort to repair the damage caused by this insane drivel.

(Also, other readers should note that OP edited his comment after my reply to remove the DNA modification boogeyman, although he seems to have doubled-down on it...)
> Some values have reference semantics. This makes no difference unless you're mutating, or making unwarranted assumptions about the eq function.

That's pretty damn far from "no difference"! Once again, rules are non obvious, do not follow the principle of least surprise.
On the flip side, what if a common dependency has a critical vulnerability, and a fix needs to go out quickly? If evey package needs to update dependencies to get the fix, that can add considerable delay to patching all vulnerable systems.
Once Roy makes some $ he could horizontally scale to a 2GB drive. Or 2 1GB drives and keep one in his sock draw so it's distributed in his house.
It's easy to blame changing science. Science always changes.

But let me ask you this. Are we going to need a fourth shot / second booster in 2022? I'd say it's almost certain. Find me a public health authority who is saying this in the United States. I can't.

There's some legitimately changing facts. But there's also nonsense, like health officials saying masks don't help with a respiratory disease, that has nothing to do with changing facts.
I noticed that too. Why is it so important to leave this month, after 10 years? I hope everything is ok, with the Signal organization and with Moxie.
I guess what I’m getting at, is total energy needs/usage rather than an issue of fossil fuel or renewable energy.

If our society requires more energy than is sustainable regardless of source, we need to construct societies that use less energy.

So let’s think about transportation. It’s not about switching from ICE to electric cars, but from private cars and suburbs to mass transit and dense cities.

Government is subsidizing unsustainable energy consumption rather than transforming society to lower consumption.
Uhhh.. obligations to sex? That is exactly what this analogy is saying. Its gross to assume that anyone owes you sex.
Npm is the biggest and most active developer ecosystem out there. Statistically, mistakes/issues are going to happen.

Given its popularity, it's easy to talk shit about npm, but rarely do people say anything actionable.

C++/boost could have a bad actor upload malicious code. The only difference is that people probably wouldn't notice for months, because everyone's running decades old versions of boost anyway. Not because they're mindful of security, but because nobody can bother to update it unless the need becomes dire.

Now, a favourite of mine (often preached by CPP Deva): if you're a good enough developer, you don't have these problems.

Were the npm problems avoidable? Yeah, if "yOu aRe a GoOd eNoUgH dEvElOpEr" and use lock files (generated by default) and only install from it (eg `npm ci` being the simplest method).

Disclaimer: I used to be an everyday npm user, and I'm not a fan of it by any metric, but the npm shit-slinging edgyness hype is so last year's trend. Jesus Christ.
No, those people don't get overtime at all.
I figure the best way to prepare for an ML job is to pull out the nastiest working rat’s nest of if statements you’ve ever written & claim it was autogenerated by an adversarial network (which was you fighting with your coworkers over your spaghetti code).
You're correct. This guy seems to have misunderstood the concept of Yak Shaving entirely.
Ten Meter Ichthyosaur Fossil Found in UK
It’s not that they stopped working - it’s that they reduce risk to a low amount, but over time, you have more and more opportunities for something to break through that low amount.
I think I've seen them before, but very rarely.

I guess I'll need to look harder. Thanks for the suggestion
They just completed a significant distance test in Michigan during December so I'm guessing they operate ok in cold weather.