skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The license that you accept each time you install or update the library explicitly states:

A license isn't a "get out of jail free" card. If he had put in the license "the authors shall not be liable for murdering you" that would not count as a defence in court.

> doesn't absolve you of respecting the terms of the license.

You don't have to respect any term that isn't legally valid. If you sent someone an email attachment pretending to be spreadsheet, but it actually contained a destructive virus, with an accompanying licence saying "by running this code you agree to accept all the damage done to your computer", that licence would be legally void.

> It's like your boss called you into the office (i.e. explicit software update), gave you a signed waiver that said you couldn't be held liable for anything that you did to the building (i.e. LICENSE)

In this case the person granting the licence is also the one doing the damage, so it's like your boss calling you into his office and informing you that he was going to punch you in the face and that you couldn't sue him. Even if you signed an employment contract which said he could do that, it wouldn't override legislation which criminalises assault. (None of this is legal advice, and there are probably exceptions to all these rules).

> professional software developers and end users should be held to a different standard.

I don't know of any situation where a judge decided that a crime didn't happen because the victim was smart enough that they could have avoided being victimised. It's like saying "well if you didn't want the murderer to break your window and sneak into your house at night and kill your family, then you should have known that was a risk and put bars on the windows". It doesn't matter if someone is a home security expert, or a millionaire, or had any other advantage, it is still a crime to take advantage of someone's less-than-perfect security and murder people.

The whole point of having laws is that we can't put in place guarantees that crimes won't happen, and it makes more sense for society to put in place after-the-fact punishments to provide disincentives against people doing socially negative things. It doesn't matter if you could have prevented someone from harming you, you are still allowed to rely on the legal system to punish the person who causes that harm.

Obviously this is all predicated on whether a DoS attack really does meet the legal definition of "malicious" software, and I don't want to pre-empt what a jury would decide in this specific case, if it ever went to trial, but I think that there is enough evidence of intent and harm here to at least investigate it, and I don't see how a software licence can be used as a defence, any more than the "by accepting this brick through your window" defence, which was jokingly invented during the infamous Sony rootkit incident:

http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/11/22/by-accepting-this-brick...
Even black teas have far less caffeine than coffee and quite a bit of variety. If I were to quit coffee I'd start there.
> But why would fuel prices be high in a country with large oil and gas reserves?

Not because of Bitcoin miners:

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/08/1071198056/theres-chaos-in-ka...
If you are unconsciously shipping something, you shouldn't be shipping anything.

Our industry has gotten along for far too long with zero liability or accountability.
What kind of percentage range was that 500k preseed at?
It's such a terrible idea for many reasons, but mainly because it's like waving a red flag at ignorant lawmakers: https://www.theverge.com/22872133/signal-cryptocurrency-paym...
Who, the author of that hit piece, or Malone?

Ridiculous to try to sum up a scientist's life with a shallow hit piece written by a daft "woke" author.

Typical mudslinging strategy to discredit dissenters.

I can't believe people actually read trash like The Atlantic at this point.
> Some countries like to pretend they actually handle DMCAs as well, but if you push back they won't even take it to court.

Sheesh, please do a more thorough research. It's technically not DMCA (because it's not called DMCA), but Germany and Japan do have similar laws analogous to DMCA, and I'm pretty sure that further digging would reveal more countries that have an analogous process written in law.
Or, you perception is only specific to your limited experience.

My "every day" short trips (I claim that's < 100 miles total) are, going to work (70 miles round trip), going out on the weekends (almost always < 60 miles, to get to the beach) going to the grocery store (5 miles, with ~40lbs of groceries, with steep hills).

Maybe this is a US thing, but I definitely can't do any of these things with my feet, in a reasonable amount of time. I also can't afford to live anywhere closer to work (getting within biking distance means a few million dollars, for a home, or my three bedroom mortgage for a single bedroom apartment), or next to a grocery store (there's no housing available there).

But, I can easily do all of this within the range of my 100 mile electric car, that I purchased for $8k.

Is it affordable to live close to work, in other countries? In the US, if you're in tech, you're paying a significant portion of your income to be within biking distance.
There are a lot of different things one can mean by that. that "structural pack" that elon has been talking about doesn't go live until the new Model Y chassis starts being built, which is maybe today?

The current level of tesla's battery/chassis integration is not any more sophisticated than everyone else that I can see.
OP's exact words were "COVID-19 doesn't effectively transmit outside". Read the "effectively" - he's clearly not saying that it doesn't transmit at all (obviously it does if you go outdoors and then cough right into someone else's face from two inches away), just that it doesn't do so effectively.

Deer don't do social distancing. They sleep together, and move around in herds for most of their day. COVID can both spread terribly outdoors (which it does) and lots of deer can get it exclusively outdoors.
it's not possible for things to "stay the same" because long covid will have been studied for years and there will be tons of data on it regarding what effect vaccines have upon it, what different variants do as far as long covid, etc. hopefully it will be well established that long covid is preventable by vaccines and/or new treatments have been developed and/or more evidence that "long covid" is not actually permanent will have been reached.

right now almost nothing is known about long covid except for the very terrifying pathways by which the virus causes it takes effect, directly attacking organs, cardiovascular, lungs, immune system, and brain with long term, extensive damage in some cases. no thanks

so the plan is "wait and see" until more is known. if indeed it's established that long covid is much too dangerous to be risked (in the same way that lyme disease is currently considered to be too dangerous to be risked) then hopefully they will work towards producing newer vaccines that keep the initial antibody wall up against variants, and oral antiviral drugs that stop the virus much more quickly will also be commonplace. as well as that the global population will slowly (very...slowly) be getting more and more immunity from vaccines and re-infection, hopefully reducing the rate at which new variants emerge.

so in 3-5 years there will be lots of things improving the situation. we are not there yet.
Doom was honestly not made to be played on the massive screens we have today I feel, and without adjusting for that, you're gonna have a bad time.
> ... 400+ mile range cars, which seem to only be two makers: Tesla long range and the new Mercedes EQS.

Also the EQE, I would have thought? If not to begin with, then probably such a variant will be introduced as a follow-up. And maybe if you drive a Taycan reeeally carefully...?
"Cyberspace Liminality In William Gibson's Neuromancer: A Decentralization From The Cybernetic To The Posthuman."

https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/106579
I just think people's perception in how easily their opinion should change public policy is wrong. And I'm glad it is. They usually don't know all the nuances behind a given policy.

I see people both irritated with the lack of change in American government while also not politically active (Facebook doesn't count).

Creating policy change is challenging in a government defined by federalism and representative democracy like the United States. I agree letting someone know is likely not enough to make a big change (and it shouldn't be). But if enough people think one way and let the right people know, then they can influence change. People need to organize. A large group that agrees on a topic has influence. Elected officials will listen to them because they can move a large number of votes. The group needs a way to communicate their desires and power (ie. numbers) to elected officials. This is usually accomplished via interest groups which can lobby for their interest. I know lobbying is a dirty word, but it exists on one end of the spectrum. The spectrum exists from attending a local town hall and voicing your solo opinion (which I recommend doing!) to smaller organizations on local issues all the way to the major interest groups (Sierra Club, NAACP, NRA, AARP, etc) voicing millions of opinions.

There is a correlation, but not on the magnitude per person, work required, or time frame that most people hope for. You likely won't make a meaningful change with a single letter (I say likely because you can find counterexamples).
Chloroplasts are also thought to have been engulfed and recruited to stay on as organelles[1], mind-boggling stuff.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroplast#Lineages_and_evolu...
It's just a bit funny to come up with a clever justification for 50% of the problem only to quit at the last moment with tacked-on math problem stuff.
Thanks for your work! (If our paths crossed you would have known me as the persistent guy at GovTrack asking for bill status XML over and over. :) )
I can't find any articles suggesting Tesla acquired A123.
Where's the smart contract capability? Smart contracts are important in certain applications, which is why I store purchases in XML and do transformative contracts in XSLT. Version 2.0 of XSLT is Turing-Complete, with the added advantage that XSLT syntax is a specialized form of XML, so I only have to use one syntax for coins and contracts. I call mine Dotcom Bubble Chain.
I think the cyclically adjusted version is even more telling: https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe
They end up on my dinner plate as a delicious high-protein meal.
That would just test syntax, though. Fizzbuzz tests logic. Your bug was a logic bug.

To a certain extent you can dispense with mental logic by using a compiler. But the feedback loop is much slower. Thinking your logic through before feeding it to a compiler is like looking at a map when you're driving a car; you can cut off whole branches of exploration.

Binary search is a particularly tricky logic problem in part because it's so deceptively simple. In a continuous domain it's easy to get right, but the discrete domain introduces three or four boundary cases you can easily get wrong.

But the great-great-grandparent is surely correct that many programming jobs don't require that level of thinking about program logic. Many that do, it's because the codebase is shitty, not because they're working in an inherently mentally challenging domain.
~5% is my best guess.
fyi, both RAM and storage are soldered to the motherboard
Package for Computations and Statistics on Manifolds
Any idea what the processor cost of hitting "insert" and having the big rectangular cursor was?
I'm not arguing that something like Python is nice for when I'm writing scripts out and saving/committing them.

A shell is a REPL designed to use quickly and easily for one-off jobs. Shell scripts are also sometimes just simpler to string together than referencing a whole new language.
if i had to hypothesize why T-Mobile are doing this, its streaming media.

TMobile has numerous pay-for-play access contracts in place for companies like netflix and hulu. in return they get a QoS tier and guaranteed minimums for their subscribers.

conversely, as others have mentioned and the article itself, private relay is absolutely haram. it damages tmobiles ability to deliver edge content from their contractually obligated players like netflix (without a region netflix quality might suffer) and it completely sidesteps all of TMobiles lucrative user plans that include access to streaming media as a feature relative to the users data cap.

increasingly private "anything" on a cellphone is becoming a hostile proposition for carriers as their revenue is largely based on predatory surveillance capitalism. without metrics and metadata, theyre no different than the water company.
This is more about selling data to aggregators.
My children were born and weaned before covid came along, so this does not apply to them.
> and one that actual covid is much more likely to give you.

At this rate we're taking boosters more often than we're risking coming down with Covid. Maybe there will be some diminishing returns.
If it gets you one degree closer to Kevin it's worth it.
a note: when Nature says "Inflammation in the gut is encoded by neurons in the brain" it really means "some inflammation in the gut is associated with neurons in the brain". Not "all", just some. scientists and science journalists often write PR that makes the work sound more general than it is. And "encoded" is a really squishy term. Just because neurons "light up" when you apply a condition, and can replicate that condition under some circumstances, doesn't mean the data is "encoded".
Pigs are really common in biomedical testing. They are physically a similar size and weight to humans. They also reach maturity in about 6 months. Much cheaper to raise than primates, and more likely to get approval for testing. My friends in biomed grad school named one of theirs cyber pig because it has about 30 different experiments ran on it before it was killed, and afterwards it was portioned out for further tests.
The pig life expectancy is about 12-18 years. Does it mean that the heart will work about so long?
>Imagine what an outbreak like this would do in an earlier time.

Probably we wouldn't have even noticed. Spanish Flu/black death is just no comparison.
>>> My friend, you need to entertain the possibility that pharma companies would do be bad things...

>> Do you mean "be bad" or "do bad"?

> Both.

On the "be bad things" front, I think you need to entertain the possibility that things aren't so black and white.

> When a corporation brings in a former media exec on their board, its bc they want insight on how to run an effective PR campaign, and pharma cares about that, given how much more money they spend on marketing over r&d.

That kinda sounds plausible, but it's too much of a stretch. IIRC, Thompson Reuters' bread and butter is actually accounting software, and that's the part Jim Smith had been focused on for the last 20+ years, per his Wikipedia bio. If "insight on how to run an effective PR campaign" is what they wanted, they'd probably do a lot better by bringing on an actual PR person. Also, is it even plausible for a member of the board to be involved in planning a PR campaign?

You should watch some old episodes of Columbo. It's fiction, but also a fun exploration about how plausible narratives can fall apart if you actually pay attention to the details.
given that your young child is literally in the trial for young children, what data was there to indicate it was safe or beneficial for them?
Vaccine trials have historically been 5+ years because of the way the phases are scheduled and timed, not because long term effects present or are tracked for 5+ years.
Their discipline was insufficient
I've had this exact experience, except I didn't see Torben's name, I saw my own name. And there was no excuse about deadlines and whatnot, I was just awful.

10 years from now, I'll be saying the same about the code I write now. And that's okay.
This is a pretty blatant strawman - OP's exact words were "COVID-19 doesn't effectively transmit outside" (emphasis added), not that it doesn't transmit at all.
I have a headless Pi4B as a web server plus UPS controller. I log in via ssh or VNC Viewer (if I think of it). It has a substantial passive heatsink, runs about 40-45 degrees C.

"If it works. don't fix it" - I intend it to run happily until it dies, so no hardware upgrades necessary. Been running over 12 months so far.
I have often said to other devs that if you write code long enough, you’ll eventually find some crusty piece of your own code that will make you want to throw up.
Nitter: https://nitter.kavin.rocks/moxie/status/1480619206240522240
The CEO of a software company offers new staff $5k to resign after two weeks
Yes, sorry. The virus that caused my daughter, wife, and I to develop bronchitis in the same way after our daughter was diagnosed at her pediatrician to have gotten some virus that caused the bronchitis.
It's pure boredom.

Compare it to BBQ culture. In simpler times, one would have a cheap metal grill and throw some raw meat on it. By the time it almost turns black, you'd eat it.

Now people have a design baking skirt, a machine that can grill 50 things at once, temperature management, a slow cook schedule lasting days, hipster recipes for the sauce, and this doesn't even begin to describe what is now a "science".

Back to coffee, the standard stuff is fine. Most machines at work now grind beans at the spot and mixes it under high pressure. It's much better compared to the work coffee from decades ago where you could see the bottom of the cup.

The only meaningful difference with high-end coffee is that those have a softer, smoother taste. Less bitter. That's it. Yet you'd only notice if you pay attention, drink your coffee strong, with no milk, and very little or no sugar.

To mess with me, my g/f regularly switches beans in our machine at home, and won't tell me that she did. Unknowingly, I was exposed to many types of beans. I did not notice any change whatsoever.

Why not? Because I don't pay attention to coffee when I drink it. I don't analyze it, I just drink it.

One time she did directly ask: how's the coffee? I asked why...did you change it? Yes. As I had already drank it and didn't notice a difference, I made up a reply: does seem to taste a little bit better.

"Well, they're the cheap ones".

Ok then. Feeling like an idiot, I then started to pay attention and actually analyze the taste, which is something a normal person doesn't do. I can now tell the beans apart consistently, without prior knowledge. But only by actively focusing on it.

The only detectable change is softness. The problem is, now you're aware of it, and internally associate it as superior. And this is how new coffee snobs are born.
The only thing I've noticed is caffeine helps my alertness. I'm fine as long as I don't have any after 6pm. I'd say my quality of life is fine, and I have 3 or 4 cups of chai/coffee a day.
Hopefully people are waking up to this, because it's been true since the beginning. If enough people say "kick rocks" when new restrictions appear from on high, there's nothing a government can really do.

Maybe this will open some eyes, and next time a government comes around saying "stop earning a living, stop being social, listen to us and everything will be fine" we can collectively shrug our shoulders and get busy living. There WILL be instances where the kind of response we had over the past 2 years is justified, but COVID wasn't one of them.
A question to the guys who had severe withdrawal symptoms: did you drink it with or without sugar?

I personally don't put sugar into coffee or tea and have quit cold-turkey a few times without any issues, so I wonder if the headache and stuff might be somewhat related to sugar withdrawal, not just caffeine. Ideas?
lol well they already got rid of the control group at the beginning of the original trials
So many commentators who say, "Your suffering is an indication that the vaccine worked!" or "That's the exception that proves, the rule! Look at this science!" when people raise concerns with the objectivity of our scientific institutions themselves. I am having a hard time distinguishing between these people and the thousands of CPP affiliated commenters that come on every YouTube video related to Chinese propaganda and policy. Here's a much better quote for this situation:

"Who are you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?" - Groucho Marx
Show HN: Apple – Applied, ghosted, now months later “tell us how we did”
Applied a few months ago. 3 or 4 positions. All Ghosted.

Yes, I entered my real name, not "First Last". Their job application confirmation email auto response from months ago has my name, I just checked.

> The kind of experience that leaves you feeling respected and appreciated, no matter where you are in the process
It's dependent on the business and project / contract.

Anywhere from $100 to $200 an hour generally but I don't always stick to that.

There's a lot of things to think about. For example having a relationship with a high value trades person (plumber, doctor, lawyer, etc.) has an immense amount of long term value. That doesn't mean you need to drastically cut your rates, but it's something to think about when evaluating how much to charge.

For smaller more common local businesses where it's mostly trading time for money (as opposed to raw materials), I don't mind cutting rates by a lot because it's mutually beneficial for both of us. For example, if a haircutter wants a basic site, instead of charging them $500 to throw up a WP site in a day I might offer to do the site for something substantially less (let's say $150).

I won't bring it up directly that I'm cutting them a massive deal but if you word it around how you want to help a local business and you generally like the person they'll often offer you a deal on their end like free haircuts for life. To me that's more beneficial than a few hundred bucks up front. Not just from a greedy position of expecting something better later, but I've found having a wider network of friends or contacts proves to be useful time and time again.
"End of the pandemic" does not mean the end of the disease, it means it will become endemic and as such something we have to deal with. Influenza is endemic, it takes many lives yet society abides. The same will be true for SARS2 until it either dies out by itself (like SARS1 did) or some generic coronavirus vaccine takes out this class of pathogen once and for all.
The point of TLS is that every bit of network infrastructure could be compromised but your connection would still be secure as long as your own device and the end server (and the cert authority) remained clean.
At least you would continue to exist!
Alternatively, instead of a futile attempt to reinvent the universe, services like NPM could stop pretending that dependencies are easy. They should be encouraging people to pin versions, keep track of updates, and avoid packages with poorly defined dependencies of their own.
For the curious, you can see this on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/yuJ7cDx196AxX5bf7
So..."human pig hybrid".

How full is the tip jar for things Alex Jones was right about. If you grant him some room for hyperbole and exaggeration guy is a pretty good futurist. He brags about reading research papers all day long. Fascinating role as a court jester and modern day prophet.