skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Why is your individual preference relevant by the way?

Because it deserves to be heard, as do those of people who disagree with me. When people disagree about their preferences of getting things done, that means that there are perhaps 2 approaches that work and that might just be worthy of exploration. You don't need to be Einstein to get things done in either of the approaches, the rest is about figuring out which tradeoffs you'd prefer to make.

Otherwise we'd end up with a generation of people who don't even know what even can be done. That whole "Dropbox is just rsync" is a bit of a meme at this point, but at the same time it might actually introduce someone to rsync and they'd benefit from it. I know that i sure did once i first heard about it. I have actually been introduced to many nice technologies and approaches due to similar discussions online.

I'd like to link this article on a similar note: https://milan.cvitkovic.net/writing/things_youre_allowed_to_...

If no one chimed in about self hosting, as people do about using Linux, FOSS and many other things, people out there wouldn't even consider those a possibility.

> You are just one of 100s of millions of people who use digital devices.

Maybe in a decade one or two of those millions will have converted to running their own services and a smaller part yet will contribute back to the community in some way: be it help with documentation, software development, testing, discussions etc.
I don't think that's how the law works. There's a fair use exemption for using copyrighted material, however you're still not allowed to bypass DRM to get at the data.
For players competing in the Australian Open? I’m for it.
Genetic link to increased risk of death from Covid
Yes, while it is certainly worse than full Free Software from a community perspective, it is still much better than closed source commercial software since you are at least in control - even if the developer shuts down or abandons the project, you are still able to fix bugs and improve the program (you or anyone else who decides to distribute patches - assuming the license doesn't explicitly forbid that, but it'd be pointless to do that IMO, not that some didn't try it). And if you ever decide to move somewhere else, you can still get your data out of the program (modify it to dump to another format or just use the code to make your own converter) so you're not locked in either.
Nope, this is about the https://youtube-dl.org/ website which is hosted on uberspace.de.
No. That was invalid syntax previously.
It's like they're asking us to pirate everything.
I've probably misunderstood something, but re: DB::get()

Is the proposal that we use global singletons for the things that would normally be found in a service locator?

How does one overcome the issues with the Singleton pattern (e.g., how to unit test various features that manipulate global state)?
Then why shouldn't states do the same?
Awesome to hear of a new language from Bill Wadge but I’m a bit disappointed. Bill Wadge is of Lucid fame, one of the first dataflow languages. I was hoping for dataflow Python, not functional Python. Although I notice an appearance of the fby (followed by) operator so maybe there is some dataflowyness in here. Will definitely pay close attention to this.
> But requiring it for crossing borders or playing in a tennis tournament isn’t a mandate. It’s a requirement for a very specific activity that people can just choose to not do. Sure, it’s his job - but such is life.

I don't think that makes sense. If you cannot see your family again without vaccination, that is a clear mandate to me. If it is not based on clear scientific evidence that shows that there was no better option, then the mandate is arbitrary. Arbitrary mandates are tyrannical.

If Djokovic only has the choice between getting vaccinated or to give up his title, and if that mandated choice was not justified on a scientific basis, then that mandate was arbitrary and hence tyrannical.

> Also, one shouldn’t let an antivaxer free from criticism just because he got the disease and no longer feels he needs the vaccine. He was against it to begin with.

I think what we are experiencing right now, goes way beyond criticism. Instead of demonizing people with a certain belief (and treating rational critics as collateral), people should try much harder to demonstrate the benefits of the vaccine in an intellectually honest way. And they should be brutally honest regarding side effects. This is almost not happening, as far as I can see.
Well, Gabe Newell at least already realized it:

"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."
You could see it as a modern FizzBuzz. Many candidates will fail at such a triviality.
I got to stand next to one of these dragsters during a launch and suffice to say it was rocket like.
GoDaddy now allows you to register for emoji domains
What society do you live in? I want to look at you with envy while my country continues to sink.
They just lost a subscriber. It really does bring the fact you can't trust an online service is going to provide anything in the way of consistency.
So this would theoretically be a lot worse for those washing machine + tumbledryer combi machines (1 drum for both functions) since those don't even have a lint filter as such?
So, even in the US wiping your breaches under the carpet is no longer an option. The GDPR explicitly deals with this, unfortunately it still leaves some room for lawyering by not making explicit what a reportable breach is. Any breach should be a reportable breach, that would get rid of the gray area. But great to see the the justice department deal with this in a way that is responsible towards the victims of the breach, accountability of management is a good first step in the right direction.
I don't know how this law firm acquired it's right to represent every Facebook user in the UK, I had a choice to sign up to Facebook, all be it personally a begrudging one it was at least a choice.
I seem to have no choice about this company suiting meta claiming to be on my behalf.
Same. I've been thinking about cancelling my subscription since September, as the quality of games seem to have decreased (or at least my interest in them) and I haven't really played any of them.

I've kept the subscription mostly out of FOMO, since I'm still in the old price tier, but I don't really need another launcher for games I won't play.

Also, I have quite the game backlog now, so I guess I'll just let the subscription expire and look for alternatives.
> You don't need format strings to create vulnerable queries. If you can't use them, this code:

I know, thank you.

> What, are you also going to forbid simple string operations?

Dude, chill. Why do you feel attacked? I'm just stating facts. Those facts are not a critique of you (or of Rust, a language I love).
IMO having a mini language for strong formating makes much more sense than trying to force those capabilities into the host language.
> Social media doesn't cause lynchings

Social media causes lynchings and worse when it algorithmically amplifies the most outrageous, divisive and controversial content in a bid to maximize "engagement". "Moderation" and "healthy community" policies are the band-aid. There's no such thing as "neutral" social media when these algorithms are used, it's an oxymoron.
Insofar as the algorithms in the machine are adjusted to overcome past inaccuracies (whether they are adjusted by the machine itself or by the machine programmers) we are merely witnessing a new tool for use when developing scientific theories.

Whether or not we understand everything that the ML systems are doing, we can still observe if events corroborate their predictions, and will be forced to debug or reprogram them if they are not learning well.

Also, I am guessing that many if not most of these ML systems do not start learning from zero, but have some pre-ML naming, sorting, and classification scheme baked into their algorithms. If that is the case, increasing the accuracy of the scheme - refining the concepts of the theory - should only increase the accuracy of the systems' predictions.
Well, you don't get any money from this so.
I wonder if the niche of functional language with a lightweight syntax is already being served by F#?
I was reading the first gif with the voice of the computer from wargame in my mind
Sure, but it's not up to paypal to decide what's legal and what's not legal. Definitely not their responsibility to seize money from locked accounts. That’s plain theft.
Approximately what I get too.

2.3 billion GBP.

44 million people.

From October 1st to December 31st is 3 months. Followed by all of 2016 through all of 2019, so 4 times 12 months.

51 months total.

((2.3 * 10^9)/(44 * 10^6))/51

Comes out to about 1.02 GBP per person per month
Meanwhile, Facebook's ARPU in Europe is ~$50/user/year [1], so they're roughly $40 ahead per claimant after this lawsuit. Just a cost of doing business...

[1] https://seekingalpha.com/article/4410715-facebook-is-running...
> Being skilled in a specific FE framework or any library/API isn't what you should be testing for

Knowing how to implement some arcane algorithm is also not what you should be testing for. It tells me ZERO about this persons ability to code in the real world.

It may not even tell me they understand the algorithm...they may have just memorized the pseudocode implementation well enough.

> You really want to uncover ability (IQ) not familiarity.

a) Cognitive ability isn't accurately measureable. Not with IQ tests, and certainly not with standardized puzzle questions the internet is making lists of which one to learn to crack interview @ company X

b) Familiarity is EXTREMELY important when working with complicated systems.
There are programmers that rarely need debuggers because they deeply think about the state of the program at every line of execution. I am not one of them but it is an amazing sight to see. And if they then use a debugger, they are in and out in a jiffy (usually).
>but I've not once seen a citation of any of them

I have, which is why I brought it up. Any time people throw out such absurdly high numbers and provide "evidence" there always is "...seeking paternity testing..." in the methodology. Always.

It's absurd how people could overlook this, it's like if you counted the times Maury Povich says "you are not the father" and used it to say anything about the general population.
I think this is called "green hydrogen" [1] which has application as an energy storage medium, but also more. Energy storage also does not imply, that that hydrogen needs to be turned back into grid electricity, but could be used for heating or for hydrogen cars.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_hydrogen
Why omicron had experts worried from the start
> I disagree. I think most users want app foo to behave the same on their phone and their PC, even if that means not fitting in with the native platform conventions on one or both.

I don't see how you'd disagree with that or why you think most user would want that.

> Isn't it macOS that now prevents you from installing (native) applications from developers who have shut down, by requiring an up-to-date digital signature?

Yes, macOS nowadays is awful on that front - even the linked article is exactly about that.

> And in practice that's the most useful thing for person-to-person collaboration.

Right but that is a different type of collaboration and doesn't need a web app for it. I do not remember the name, but i remember a P2P text editor from a decade before Google introduced Google Docs - and i'm sure Emacs has a mode for that too (actually i just checked and there are more than one modes for that).
Thing that amazes me is that people leave huge amounts of money in their PayPal instead of withdrawing it regularly. Why not just withdraw it, and then PayPal has nothing to seize!
The discussion is comparing solar to wind, nobody is suggesting coal as an alternative, so this complaint seems out of place.
I think for him, "retiring" meant shedding work he didn't like, while retaining the work that was easy/lucrative. He actually has another full time job right now! Maybe this advice was too specific (it's happened only twice)
For anyone trying to understand your foot print of internet attached devices Shodan is an invaluable resource.

It’s a great product and I’m continually amazed what the small team is able to accomplish.
In companies, perception is more important than reality - this is why easily measured variables are treated as more important than difficult-to-measure ones - you can justify decisions by pointing to hard data even if that data is barely related to the problem at hand. Imagine trying to justify giving a developer a large raise (a measurable impact) and justifying it with an argument that retention is probably more profitable than churning (hard to measure). You'll be laughed out the door.

People aren't rational actors in the sense of "they aim for the objectively best action given a goal" - we generally aim to minimise risk, prefer things that are simple, and prefer doing what everybody else is doing. Homo economicus isn't even used in modern economics let alone being anywhere near to reality.
Cord cutting refers to removing the tv channel provider middleman from the equation, such as the company that owns the coaxial cable going into your home or satellite TV providers.

I do not see why the Swedish public broadcast news could not be available via a website and app, nor why the internet would not be able to offer far more access to information about the outside world than Swedish broadcast news.
This is ridiculous fun
How do you solve the source of the problem when it is created due to problems at multiple layers and at best you can only change one or two layers?
Can't they simply hire the first eligible person? One can go through resumes and filter out people who don't meet objective criteria(e.g. work experience, location). This should be trivial. Then once they have 30 good resumes, they can call these people for interview. Assuming 10% chance of each candidate meeting the job requirements, they have >95% chance of finding a good candidate.

With automated resume pruning, it shouldn't take more than two hours for initial pruning. Actually, the higher number of applications means they can put in stricter pruning conditions, leading to lesser manual pruning later on. Assuming 2 hours/person interviewing, it should take less than a 40 hours-person to close a position.

I'd guess there's also some benefit w.r.t company loyalty when hiring a good-enough candidate instead of the best-available. They would be less likely to switch jobs compared to someone who can solve a leetcode hard problem in 15 minutes.
This is a game setup by company management which is heads we win tails you lose.

If people stay on in the company they under pay people and save money. If people are constantly job hopping there's no longer any long term obligations towards employees and you have a constant pool of replacements thereby saving even more money.
Hmmm seems low but how likely is this to actually go against FB. Seems they have many of these lawsuits against them and they always manage to wriggle out of them.
I don't disagree, but to put a finer point on it, I think it's an artifact of... systematically excessively enfranchised greed.
At least with beanie babies, after the market crashed, you still had a cute stuffed animal. My family still has a large collection of the purple platypus "teeny beanies".

When and if the NFT market crashes, anyone who bought one will have....nothing.
I went to visit the US and transferred just 500 Dollars to a friend for our shared Airbnb. The account got suspended because of "unusual activities" I called them and told them it was myself transferring funds and it still took them two weeks to reinstate the account...
There is a reason for this. The long-term strategy of Putin is to make his opponents weak by increasing internal tensions. These include weakening the European Union by forcing Lukashenka to deliver immigrants to EU borders and manipulating gas delivery, increasing racial tensions in the USA (in both camps), and in general increasing any kind of social conflict in countries Putin perceives as an enemy. In the case of Poland and Ukraine, Kremlin trolls concentrate a lot on the Volyn massacres, doing everything they can to rekindle enmity.
Government. I gave it a year but I'm moving on soon (email in profile). Unit tests are a recent innovation they are proud of, I don't have to heart to tell them that they are all actually integration tests and don't really have the sort of assertions that would catch much of anything.
Theres already like 10 crypto projects implementing that. The most prominent is probably Bit Torrent Token (BTT).
https://www.bittorrent.com/token/btt/
It’s worth a shot. I agree with you the laws are there not just in America but in a lot of countries. However the facts are fairly clear on the ground that whistleblowers suffer miserably. Then only some after an ungodly amount of time are hailed as hero’s.
Yes there's a lot of money in retaining talent at any cost. That's what FANG companies are basically. The only problem being these firms are so good at making money they've sucked out a lot of the oxygen.

Most companies aren't as good at using their retained talent to make money.
Yes, I'm aware, but that doesn't actually affect my objection. And no, I don't have any alternate data, and I don't feel it's my responsibility to come up with any. You're the one presenting this data set to make an argument; you do the work.
Not really. It's an observation on human nature. It's about how certain problems are only problems when they fit a narrative, and can be conveniently ignored otherwise. It seems like the toxicity of solar panel production is also conveniently being ignored, or how much water it requires. Certainly less than coal, but more than wind turbines.
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Secular Societies Fare Better Than Religious Societies
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IMHO blaming the film industry is a bit much. Intel has the ME since some time and coupled with secure boot is a MPAA or RIAA manager's wet dream.
That's what they want you to believe, but your hat needs to be at least THIS big in order to not just evaporate when it lands in the ring.

Good luck playing against the house.
I'd much rather demolish this casino and put up a soupkitchen instead.

I'd rather have everyone fed, clothed, housed and medically taken care of than having a low chance of "winning".
What do you win anyways?
Can you hug your profits?
Can they thank you for your efforts?

I'm not convinced that capitalism is the best way to run this planet, but certainly one of the better ways to ruin it, this way at least those already well off, will have it nice until the end, hordes of immigrants fleeing from droughts and >50°C around the equator? who cares, they'll drown in the mediteranean sea or otherwise be hindered from reaching the "good" parts in europe..

The world is fucked, if you dont see it already as such: capitalism is barbarism.
You don't really need to involve immigrants even, just look at industrial livestock farming.
There was an article recently, that at least 65 different species of animals can laugh.
I used to laugh at vegans not eating meat, I mean, it's just animals..., but now? What makes US so special? Why is the laughter of our children worth more than that of some cows or chicken?

How can I enjoy a steak without thinking about whether or not this animal had a good life?
It died so i may eat it, but why did it live in the first place?
Just to be eaten?

A horrible thought.

And then, why do i live? Just so I can feed my landlord?
Are we just here to produce abundance for those who have all the money/power/assets/rights?

I want to see the (capitalist) world burn and I want you to want that too, so we can build a better world together
It is an example because i think a lot of people on Hacker News know about macOS and its advanced features that you wouldn't expect most people to know about.

Personally i do not even really use macOS myself anymore as a main OS since around 2011 and the last Mac i bought was in 2012 (a Mac Mini that i gave away to my mother a few years ago so the only Mac i have around is a 2009 iMac - and whatever is the last version of macOS that runs on it).

I could use OLE and COM automation on Windows as a different example, though i'm not sure if even Microsoft cares about those anymore despite allowing for things you can't get in lowest-common-denominator multiplatform applications.
IMO the major revolution was the move towards statistics, especially when using observational data. Moving from a parametric to a non-parametric model or whatever is comparatively not a big deal.

Chucking a bunch of variables into a linear regression, getting an r^2 of 0.3 and calling it day is so far removed from Newtonian science that I'm not sure it should even be called science.
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Have a look at:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html , the bot bit isn't explicitly mentioned but "Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like." covers it nicely with the 'and the like' bit.