skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yeah, after contracting COVID in January 2021, and now 3 shots (including a booster), I'm just tired of the whole thing. If I'm not immune "enough" after all that, so be it.
The Vsauce video in sibling comment at 12:59 shows an animation from the two-rings to the T-shaped pipe, or even a better animation at 15:59.

12:59 https://youtu.be/egEraZP9yXQ?t=779

15:59 https://youtu.be/egEraZP9yXQ?t=959
I gave up all forms of caffeine about 35 years ago. My experiences were similar to the author, but worse. I had been drinking coffee from about age 12. The first time I quit (at age 24) I had bad headaches. I "fell off the wagon" after a week or so. A month later I quit again and then felt so bad that I missed two days of work. I lapsed again after about a month. The third and final time I quit (maybe a month later), the withdrawal symptoms were so bad that it made me never want to go through it again. I am talking about cold sweats, shakes, and vomiting.

It's easy to get caffeine, and somewhat difficult to avoid it. Caffeine is so common that it's easy to justify using it. ("Everyone else does, so it can't be that bad. Right?")

My wife is still a user, and I often make coffee for her in the morning. It still smells delicious to me, but I haven't (and wont) go back to it. She is like a zombie before she has her morning coffee, and she often has trouble getting to sleep at night. I am awake and alert in the morning, and sleep soundly.
> But if the system is still crashing under load in five years? Ten years? At what point is it my fault?

The Maryland hospital system can support a bit over 10,000 hospitalizations. Over 3000 of those hospitalizations are COVID19 right now, and our cases continue to grow exponentially.

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Our hospital systems don't _normally_ get hit with 3000+ cases of a singular disease. Compared to other parts of the country, we have more hospital space, nurses and more, and we're still feeling stressed from all of this.

You _cant_ have enough hospital space during a pandemic. You just can't. The disease grows too fast, you get hit with way more cases than you've ever seen in the past 10, 20, 30, 50, 100 years. It doesn't make sense to design a system with 100-years worth of slack. It makes more sense to ask the public to do actions to cut back on hospitalizations during these rare 1-in-a-hundred-year situations.
is there a list or document on clause etymology?

its not really about just the MFN explanation anymore, thanks for the one potential synopsis on that particular concept
I used to think the concept of a mug warmer or a heated mug was quite silly. My wife and I received Ember mugs a few months ago, and they're a lot less silly than I thought--they just keep your cup warm to exactly the temperature you prefer. If anyone is still on the fence, I highly recommend some kind of mug warmer or heated mug. There is something quite freeing about not worrying if you're drinking your coffee/tea/etc fast enough to avoid it getting cold.
I think the message of "vaxxed and done" is the right way for us to be moving, but I think it's incomplete.

To get vaxxed insulates you from the risk of severe disease. It reduces the risk to the point that going out and living life is an acceptable risk, just like any other. However, it doesn't protect you from infecting others. To that end, I think that indoor mask mandates continue to be justifiable and should continue until we either evolve a COVID-19 variant weak enough that moderate disease isn't disruptive, or it fades away.

In order for us to continue to have freedom, it requires collective sacrifice. We have seen a large swath of the US population unwilling to make relatively simple sacrifices to ensure that we have freedom of mobility. This is disappointing to see.
You have to realize that this is not a defense in NFTs as they are being discussed.

The discussion is art NFTs being worthless (or not). Coming in and saying “yeah, but not all NFTs are about art” it’s not helpful. If you think that art NFTs are stupid but the underlying tech has promise, then say that. Don’t defend “NFTs” because that looks like you’re defending the value of the current ones actually being discussed.

Engaging in a semantic argument just muddies the whole issue and looks like you’re defending something you are not.
This is effectively a disconnect between science and public policy. Science teaches us to keep our minds open to new data, so we can make new conclusions as we go. People just seem to get pissed when public policy changes in light of new data, lending to the narrative that scientists don't know what they're talking about.
Based on your statement of "...not interested in learning about SAFEs...and not owing anyone anything" you are not interested in running a venture investor backed business. You want to bootstrap[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurship#Bootstrapping
This is the primary argument I see hunters use to justify hunting as an ethical form of killing, in contrast to factory farming. Obviously it's better to kill someone or something quickly and painlessly than slowly and painfully, but I don't buy this argument. If you truly had that motivation, you would be saving that chicken from predation and finding a sanctuary or home for it, and/or you'd be encouraging mass human euthanization campaigns across various parts of the world to reduce suffering and slow, painful deaths.

If there were a human serial killer killing people via a projectile energy weapon that always instantly killed someone from a long distance before they had any idea what was happening, I don't think you'd argue for a greatly reduced sentence due to their humane method of disposal. If there were an ancient human civilization that went on hunting trips to kill and eat humans in other villages because they believed human flesh was the most prized meat, and they defended it by saying that they were probably all going to soon die of war or starvation or disease anyway, I don't think you'd just go "oh yeah true" without batting an eye.

The sole reason - the necessary and sufficient reason - hunters find hunting justifiable is they attribute no moral value to the lives of non-human animals. Anything else is self-serving rationalization. If you attribute no moral value to them, that puts you in the company of almost everyone who's ever lived, but just state it plainly instead of trying to wiggle around it with mental gymnastics.
I was specifically thinking of heroin and friends which can have massive withdrawal symptoms and need plenty of external support to overcome. “all illicit” is too big an umbrella I agree. Change that to “some” instead “a lot”.
Why there should be sustainability built in?

Not everyone should be publishing their code and definitely not everyone should be OSS maintainer.

From what I see and how I look at things, people think it "fun" or "cool" and don't understand full picture of what it really is to be OSS maintainer.

I also don't think that simply more OSS is better - while yes, corporations should share more, software written with taxpayers money should be open - but randoms from around the globe should keep their leftpads for themselves and their friends.
I got a 2.4kw array on my smallish roof in London. I was tracking payback at ~24 years but all of a sudden I'm paying 25p/kwh instead of 12p/kwh, which means my payback is considerably shorter!
There's definitely diminishing returns the higher we go with refresh rates. 60hz to 240hz for example is like playing a completely different game. But going from 240hz to 360hz, even in CSGO it's a lot harder to notice a difference.

Personally I believe the newly announced 300hz 27" 1440p monitors[0] are going to be the perfect sweet spot for the foreseeable future. I imagine it will be a long time before technology emerges that is a noticeable improvement to this.

[0]: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/new-g-sync-monitor...
I used to be a purist and disdained decaffeinated.

The I was forced to switch. I can honestly say I do not notice the difference. Decaf tastes just as good.
I can totally see ibuprofen helping against headaches as it is a very common painkiller. I just pointed out that it works differently than caffeine.
caffeine is both a vasoconstrictor and a vasodilator, over the course of a dose. dilation is the second and longer-acting effect, and acclimation to that is what causes the withdrawal headaches. other vasodilators should help if the mechanism is different, to prevent continuing dependency.
From what I see around me, people with little to no 'real-life' experience rarely make it in startup world.
On the contrary, people with proven track record in an industry have a jolly great time fundraising and building companies.
That's just my experience, also I am a good few years older when I was doing the 'ramen and think big' thing.
> However, living differently is harder than being unhappy. It will always be much easier to endlessly introspect about why you're unhappy than it will be to live differently.

As someone who has fully recovered from chronic depression, I completely disagree with this.

I do agree that it takes sustained effort to recover, and this must be consistent and in the right direction.

However, having recovered, everything in life is in fact easier than returning to introspection about being unhappy now.
It is wild to see a community so empowered by the internet be so easily managed with basic anti-union propaganda.
Does a comment like this actually contribute to anything? I don't want to be mean, but this is a comment that would probably be more appropriate on Reddit or 4chan.

That said, a fatalistic viewpoint is valid enough philosophy, but I am still in the camp of "even if I don't like them very much, the unvaccinated are still humans and we should still try and minimize how many of them get sick."

NOTE: I'm vaccinated and boosted, and wouldn't have a problem getting another booster if the WHO or CDC recommends it.
Well, family graphs including relationships by marriage and adoption are not in general acyclic.
We'll see the after effects of the change though and I doubt the community will stay completely quiet about it.
From what I've seen so far the antibodies don't really last long enough. I'll rely on long term t-cell protection. At least that's what I think so far.
Do you think the data about excess deaths is less reliable than VAERS? On the one hand, we have actual factual data possibly with an unproven (but highly likely) correlation and on other hand, we have VAERS which can simply be spammed by anyone.
Having built upon your work and used it as a reference myself, I appreciate the effort dude :)
Was the hospital stay a precaution or was it medically necessary?
I think the big question is whether deaths were front loaded. IE, in future waves, far fewer people will die, because people most predisposed to death had already died. This is my guess, but it's decidedly non-scientific.
It's not freedom when a household now needs both parents to work. That's the opposite of freedom! Both are now being effectively forced into the corporate world, instead of having the flexibility for one parent to choose where they spend their time.
How about Emmanuel Macron, french prime minister, wanting to "...piss them off. And we will continue to do this, to the end. This is the strategy.”"
Description: "Surface Laptop SE has replaceable components, including the keyboard, display, and battery. Watch Branden demonstrate how to take the device apart with minimal tools."

A win for the right to repair movement.
Thanks. I would make it that if a developer paid for a book, the company they work for would get a AGPL license waiver.
Apparently, booster efficacy wanes after about 10 weeks[1].

If you think the 3rd shot is important, why not the 4th, 5th, ad infinitum?

Genuinely curious, not trying to be difficult.

[1]: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
How did you get the output into something printing-press friendly?
> BitTorrent v2 not only uses a hash tree, but it forms a hash tree for every file in the torrent.

Could this potentially make cracking down on illegal content easier?
I also made a system for this: http://tentacle.rupy.se

More out of inspiration from digg and similar sites.
If economic feasibility is based on government incentives (unsustainable) for solar, and perhaps electric cars, is the big green transition that is currently being pushed ever going to be sustainable?
Now it's OK if they're sufficiently vaccinated*

Vaccines weren't widely available back then
Being willing to take on the risk yourself and being willing to inflict it on others aren't the same thing.

If you could drive drunk without risking other people, it'd be more societally acceptable. Similarly, now that vaccination is widely available for at-risk groups, it's a bit more acceptable to take actions that spread the virus that puts those folks at risk.
> Sorry, I missed something. What exactly can they not build without blockchains?

They can’t build tokens that people would speculate in to the point that they are worth millions unless they use a big ledger like eth where people might believe that the tokens have a lifespan longer than the games.

> Is there a mechanism that allows NFT transfers to accumulate “royalties” to the original seller?

That is my understanding yes, and this would be a premise for the whole thing.

So yes - the whole idea would be to set up a market for speculation and see a cut from each transaction.

And the chain isn’t necessary, technically, it’s a necessity to ensure the inflated speculation only.

And both studios and users have aligned interest: speculation, only. Not hats, not currency. They get shiny gear but it’s also a lottery.
> There would have been so much less confusion if they were consistent with their communication from the start

I think it's worth considering a different framing:

> "There would have been so much less confusion if COVID variants and transmission/hospitalization/death rates remained consistent from the start"

It's easy to call out the communication, and don't get me wrong, it surely could have been better. But I often see this sentiment without acknowledging that the communication problems are a symptom, and driven by a very unpredictable situation, and very appropriate changes in policy based on that evolving situation.
I personally worry about the availability of medical services due to attrition among medical staff and ICU load due to the unvaccinated. I also have taken precautions, but I can’t guarantee that I won’t get into a car crash or suffer a random medical incident requiring urgent care.
Absolutely. If nothing else, the issue report establishes a findable, centralized location for users to share workarounds with each other.
They had it back in the day with stuff like the Walnut Creek CD-ROM distributions.

In the long run, the only monetary solution is to go back to some kind of PD/Shareware, which is what all those public core, commercial full solution end up being.

30 years ago we called those public core parts, playable demos.
Thanks for answering - one last question!

Is that a hard limit and you'll never have to pay more than that?
Another anecdote here. Going on decaf was one of the best choices I could do. I've gotten back on caffeine and the palpitations are back for me also.

It makes me wonder: do people in the older generations have the same symptoms but just don't say anything?... Kind of concerning.

Edit: This thread inspired me to get on hot water asap again. Thanks everyone :) Just poured myself some.
Certainly, benzos and opioids are very addictive and the feedback cycle isn't your friend so you don't fuck with em.

That's not saying much about caffeine though, being slightly less addictive than heroin is not a high bar.

Compared to any other stimulants though, caffeine is the most addictive, with the worst withdraw, in my experience.
Do you think I wouldn't agree with that? What a weird thing to ask. I'm literally saying "the conversation should be dominated by the long term benefits rather than your wallet." That means ghg.

A lot of this depends a lot on where you live and what your energy mix is to begin with, so there's no one size fits all answer. My issue isn't with any of these specifics though, it's that the conversation is always dominated entirely by "will it result in me paying less in the short term?" which is exactly the kind of short term thinking that's gotten us into this mess.

Anyways, I think it's too early for widespread use of battery systems, for sure. I'm also personally not keen to put a giant fire hazard into my house or garage if I don't have to. I think the tech for solar and the tech for batteries are on similar but offset curves, where battery storage for an entire home just isn't quite there yet like panels are.
I still believe it. I have a son and daughter, and I would not want my daughters' opportunities to be restricted. That was progress.

The proper way to counteract the increased labor supply would be to use laws to reduce labor supply, such as overtime wages, minimum paid time off, parental leave, etc.
Personal anecdote. I work, study, and lift heavy (for me). I sleep 7-8. This is not enough. I started drinking Monsters (energy drinks).

Was twitchy, sweated a lot, got sick easier, slept worse, and got worse results at the gym. It works great for a day, and then you crash hard, it's also addictive. Spikes blood pressure. Another poster reminded me about the headaches, which I normally NEVER have. I am under the impression that its worse than drugs (dont do drugs, so can't tell). Affects are very, very strong.

Solution is to lift lighter and sleep MORE than 8 hours. I still don't believe all the successful people (eg Schwarzenegger) who claim to sleep less than 8, especially athletes. I still drink a bunch of caffeinated black tea, but it's not even close to coffee/energy drinks.

No point to this other than "Don't drink energy drinks, they are probably worse than coke".

Last note - the military studied caffeine pills since they control ideally for dose. Maybe something to consider not to stain teeth and standardize if you HAVE to have your coffee.
at this point I want better public health evidence from CDC etc that "the vaccine may have kept you out of the ICU". I need better quantification of the various risks before continuing to live an extremely inconvenient lifestyle to ostensibly save other's lives.
I would rephrase that argument as, "communism is good, it has just been ruthlessly sabotaged by capitalist interests every time an ideologically communist regime forms".

In the case of the NHS, my understanding is that neoliberal politicians have been pushing to privatize it, and have underfunded it to make it look like it's not working in order to make privatization more appealing. The same is true for many programs in the US too.
I'm still getting bills from various groups almost a year after having a child. Being so far out from the event always makes me cautious about immediately paying them; I'm rather worried about getting a fraudulent bill that looks real, as many of these bills come from central billing offices several states over. It then takes me time to truly connect the dots from the service and looking at insurance history to ensure this bill is legitimate and that I technically do owe that.
I am not sure if your assertion is true. I am completely unvaccinated and at times also ran a heart rate above 120 (involuntarily) and a fever above 102.

However the difference for me was that I was at home and all I needed to do was take my inhaler if I felt short of breath and take advil quite religiously for the fever.

So I don't feel there is any difference between their symptoms and mine, and I am an asthmatic and also a bit overweight.
I think Simula One is competitively priced for enterprise hardware, but I think of Kickstarter as more of a B2C platform.

It might be best to reproduce a B2B playbook like getting a government contract or one large enterprise contract to fund the next phase. I wonder if there is an under served market that overlaps with your goals.
That's very much true, even though I had an exit, if I could turn back the wheels of time, I would have spent a few years in a FAANG job. Way less stressful and you (can) have exposure to startup culture anyway there.
> See if I'm an executive at a company that offers industry-leading pay and perqs, what am I so worried about then?

Probably staying competitive vs. companies that don't have unions.

> I find it far-fetched for example (and I know you're not saying this and hopefully would not say it) that Google was looking out for the employees' best interests by surveilling/misinforming them and subverting their efforts

Correct, I wasn't saying that.

> Put it to a vote! The people who don't want a union can vote no!

OK, but at some point it becomes disruptive if you're continually holding votes on your entire company's employment structure. These are massive changes that would require to employee contracts, accounting, employee handbooks, handling grandfathered or expiring benefits, etc. It's hard to embark on innovation if you're under threat of having to overhaul your internal structure and a possible giant shock to your estimated expenses.
No vaccine has ever had an efficacy dropoff as steep and rapid as the current crop of Covid vaccines.
Wonderful article. I suppose the name given to the Lawrence Hall of Science was inspired by the Hall of Science at the 1939 World's Fair? Or perhaps "Hall of Science" was a common moniker for a science museum.
He/she didn't deny that the vaccine kept him out of ICU.

But once vaxxed+boosted, what more realistically can we do? I mean sure, let's maybe avoid coughing into each other's open mouths. But apart from that, Omicron seems to be so contagious, we're all bound to get it eventually unless we literally lock ourselves at home for the next 3 years.
Trevor Bedford: 0.8% to 1% of the US being infected with SARS-CoV-2 every day
I just wish there was a way to lock specific important messages to exempt them from auto delete.
You may be technically correct if we want to get pedantic, the observed reality supports my conclusion.
It's not a fatalistic viewpoint and it does contribute. This disease will always be with us and the sooner we find a way to return to semi-normalcy rahter than osciallting around every time a new variant with different properties shows up, the better.
You're kidding, right? PC gaming is huge.
I’ve gotten my flu shot yearly for my entire living memory. I don’t really understand why a booster vaccine for a pandemic that’s killed an order of magnitude more people than the flu does per year is some serious burden.
I think it’s generally one per company, which seems to be a big factor in people’s negative experiences with them.
I quit successfully several different times. The key to avoiding all the withdrawal symptoms is drinking a lot of water IMO.

I’ve just reduced intake at this point though.
I think my main question is: how honest should I be? Not about getting emotional or anything, but if I have real concerns and my work is actually good, is there a reason I shouldn't be 100% direct?
You are free to fork it, fix the corruption issue and uphold the social contract of your fork.
Please don't post unsubstantive comments, regardless of your position on the topic. It degrades discussion and evokes worse from others.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
In the USA, there are 4.4 million traffic accident injuries that require medical attention per year.

I don’t know where you are getting the 10 times worse from.
That's often true on a scale of microseconds, but USB input devices are polled at intervals on millisecond scale.