skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Private security forces with police powers are a thing in many states. I had some equipment in a data center where the security people were certified officers with automatic weapons.

Gated communities in some places also have sworn private security.
They should wait until their Android app is actually working on Windows 10/11 rather than suggesting that as an alternative before it is actually rolled out and tested. Maybe that will happen before the Windows app stops working in July, but perhaps not.
Fear of majority-minority changes perceptions of race
It is a question of willful negligence. I don't think sleeping on a couch is negligent. I think leaving valuable property unattended and unprotected in an area in which you know crime to occur is willfully negligent.
Mirror: https://outline.com/Gzv9W6
"Trust my cherry-picking!"
The railroads have a long and notorious history of power-abusing police forces.

Lots of folks here blaming lack of jail time / LA DA's actions.

If we look at the history of the railroad, they are more than capable of protecting their interests - and it hasn't historically been via fear of jail time. They deserve zero sympathy thanks to past abuses and can stop this in an instant if they wanted.
Not quite as "down to earth" but I'm also pretty eager to see how Avenue 5's second season goes. Space cruise around the solar system goes sideways. Not as clearly Office Space inspired, but still a Great Snub style show.
(1997) should be added to the title.
Well that's a lot of hyperbole, but who cares? So the incumbents suck; at least they're relatively predictable. Them being bad doesn't make the Pirate party good.
I've inherited a project like this - lots of common code in a shared library that gets used by multiple services.
Doesn't work too badly but things have been split out more than they need to be.
It's not like blame is binary ...
oh lol should have checked first, thanks!
I love that site.
> Most of the problems that cause non-trivial bugs come from invariant violations. At point A, there's some assumption, and way over there at point B, that assumption is violated. That's an invariant violation.

Which is exactly what a type error is!

> The Rust borrow checker is an invariant enforcer. It explicitly does automatic global analysis, and reports explicitly that what's going on at point B is inconsistent with what point A needs. This is real progress in programming language design, and is Rust's main contribution.

> That's the direction to go.

The borrow checker is an ad-hoc informally specified implementation of half of an affine type system. Having to switch programming languages every time you want to add a new invariant is a poor paradigm. What we need is a generic framework that allows you to express invariants that are relevant to your program - but again, that's exactly what a type system is.

Rust has done a great thing in showing that this is possible, but linear Haskell or Idris - where borrow checking is not an ad-hoc language feature that works by gnarly compiler internals, but just a normal part of the everyday type system that you can use and customize like any other library feature - are the approach that represents a viable future for software engineering.
>don't care for Finder

have you tried columns view? Command(⌘) clicking on links is also nifty
lol: "Access main program. Access main security. Access main program grid."

Alrighty then.
> Consider that a gifted and talented program is maybe not the best option for your daughter.

So is your opinion that such a program is not a good option for any student? Why not conclude instead that there should be good advanced programs, not like the ones you've seen?

> Often this translates to children who have difficulty communicating with their peers no longer really being able to interact with their peers and getting the "other" label applied quite literally.

As it is, my child is coming to the conclusion that school is boring/easy and that she is smarter than her classmates. Worst of all, she's realizing that her teachers and principal don't actually care whether she learns anything. IMO, that's worse than the picture you paint.

FWIW, I'm not looking for smaller classes at all. Her current class is 15 or 16. I'm looking for instruction that is at an appropriate level. It could be with her own class, or by having her sit with another class for math or reading. Class size is not the point; it's all about having appropriate instruction.
When I worked in aerospace, there was a big, one-of-a-kind piece of metal where the fabricators had drilled a bunch of rivet holes in the wrong places. The structural engineers had to figure out if they could still use it. There's bugs in everything.
RCS is an official standard. Eg. In Belgium it was implemented in 2020, 2 years ago.
Understand Django: Go Fast with Django
Whatever you believe the causes of society’s problems are “just let people steal stuff” is not going to bring about a solution.
The people who suffer most from those in charge tolerating crime are the poor and less privileged -- through direct crime, and negative effects on their communities -- as well as especially children (problems that affect families always affect kids the worst).

What policymakers and people who think they mean well need to understand is that the actions/policies they promote, believing that they're reducing the stigma or making it more "equitable" by reducing the penalties for crime, end up hurting most people instead of solving the problem. They get to feel better that they didn't lock up so many people of color (to use today's fad grouping), but the greater community who are poor and less privileged are actually the ones paying for the crimes now being overlooked/ignored.

The rich can/will move away and leave these places to suffer on their own. The poor, who most rely on government to protect them, watch as their concerns and safety get swept under the rug of feel-good defund-the-police policies as those in charge have no idea (or actively ignore) what they've incentivized.
This is why I included my initial post on this topic. The 5G band affects the Radar Altimeter. The flight control systems rely on many inputs. If one of those inputs is the Radar Altimeter than the issue with RA could translate to an effect on the flight control system. This is well recognized and hence why the approaches (the way airplanes get close to runways in bad weather) that use this system are unavailable via NOTAMs.
Add "Cloud Identity Free" to your subscription, seems to have let me keep all my purchases. (I canceled my legacy subscription today to avoid future charges)
Since you use P.Eng. I'm assuming you're Canadian. Software engineer is a licensed P.Eng. in Canada. For example, BC: https://www.egbc.ca/Registration/Individual-Registrants/How-...

There are a few exceptions to who can use the word "engineer" in a job, but software doesn't get the exception in Canada. E.g., https://www.peo.on.ca/public-protection/complaints-and-illeg...
Oh you're one of those people who thinks other people are the cause of one's own happiness? Or lack thereof? Geesh. Your emotions are entirely your own responsibility. Full stop.
Seems like a job for a fleet of drones.
> And I think the claim that it's evolutionary necessary for us to have today's model of firms and full time employment is particularly out there

Perhaps it's been a long day, and for some reason I'm not seeing this?
Looks good, thanks for sharing. I'm not subscribing to Apple TV right now so I wouldn't have known about it
> This feels analogous to leaving a laptop unattended in the back seat of a parked car and blaming the government for not stopping it from being stolen.

Many of us do want to leave in a society were you can indeed leave your laptop unattended on the back seat of your car. I don't think that's unreasonable at all.
Ah yes the "standard" that the carriers have slow rolled, rolled out only partially, or rolled out in certain regions. Such a great standard Google themselves have proprietary extensions only available in their Messages app and only when using their back end.

Apple and Google don't want to play nice with one another. That's on both of them. The carriers are a third pole that don't want to play nice with each other or Google or Apple.

Google and Apple want value-add features on their platforms. Carriers don't want E2EE so they can mine text messages for advertisers.
Different families and people place different priorities on passing those stories along. I personally had the good fortune of having one great grandmother who lived long enough for me to have many memories of her. I'm also lucky that other people in my family have taken the time to document many of tge stories that I don't know.

There are many reasons why these stories aren't passd on (often is is just that younger generations don't ask enough questions) but there is no reason not to take Doreen at her word about why her didn't talk about that part of the family tree much.

There certainly is no call to belittle people's interest in their heritages and family history, especially when they could learn stories about their family history that might be lost.

I sincerely advise to to ask any older living relatives to tell you what they can about your great grandparents (and consider recording those stories). You might not care now, but those stories do disappear with time and you or future generations of your family could find them very valuable.
Good luck! Make sure to get your resume done correctly. It won’t get you the job, but it helps get you accepted for interviews.

I wrote “How to write a great technical resume” here:
https://www.leetresumes.com/blog/how-to-write-a-great-techni...
Another great adage is "Don't marry the person you can live with ... Marry the person you can't live without"
Interesting. I didn't realise Apple supported multiple domains. That must have happened after I moved away. I actually went the other way from Apple to Microsoft. I run a Linux laptop and iPhone, and the kids run all Apple kit. I've found the Linux support for MS better than for Apple (Evolution for email and calendar; OneDrive for live home directory sync across devices; and I use Firefox for password synchronisation). I tried to find a way to use iCloud storage for file sync with Linux but found nothing.
IRIS!!!

One of the funniest shows I've seen in a while, and a welcome laugh at the onset of the pandemic. Been waiting anxiously for the second season!
You do know they make money from you using Google Gmail because they serve ads. And you're probably logged in while you're searching and using other Google services so they know who you are and your history & they can show you better ads. Google actually does make money. If everyone is not logged in when they're using Google, Google will be less able to serve relevant ads and make less money.
Could you get in touch. Email is in my profile.

I'm about to start experimenting with custom TTS generation, and I'd like to keep you in the loop if my efforts are successful.
How people find a good therapist these days? I contacted about 10 already and all are fully booked.
I switched to Fastmail about 6 months ago after a decade on Google Apps. Yes, it’s paid, but I like it.
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He quit because he could no longer do his job ethically. That's pretty close to being driven out.
Should keep in mind that this is for people who don't have a particular risk of eating disorder already
The soundtrack, amnesia mysteries, with hint of sci-fi make me long for Mr Robot.
The USPS is completely incompetent and led by people like DeJoy who are committed to making sure the USPS continues to decline. I don’t see what you are suggesting ever happening. Republicans would fight it tooth and nail.
Your web browser should do what you tell it to, but it doesn't follow that people who provide apps are obligated to allow you to speak HTTP to them. I don't know what a "malicious specification" is, but your logic about how to lock apps into HTTPS (by simply not listening on 80/tcp) doesn't hold, at all.
Do you ever wonder if it’s possible that some millionaires actually do want to be taxed more, for the greater good of society? Or are you only able to imagine the shadowy claw-handed cabal of millionaires deceptively arguing for higher taxes so that they can take over the world. I’m serious. How are you so cynical.
Interagency cooperation is a well documented issue in our current government. However, this discussion has clearly occurred for years if you look at the documentation. Simply, nothing was done to resolve the issue until the true effects came to bear. People realized there was an issue. Both sides saw the issue. Both sides issued documentation. Both sides did nothing until the issue actually happened. Then they freaked out. I blame the FAA for this one. They should have raised their concerns publicly much earlier. I have worked with the FAA a bit, I have not been impressed.
"When asked 'What cigarette do you smoke, doctor?' More doctors said 'Camel' than any other brand."

Abbott and Costello were sponsored by Camel. C-AM-EL-s

C for Comedy

A for Abbott

M for Maxwell

E for Ennis

and L for Lou Costello, put them together and they spell, CAMEL!

https://otrr.org/hotrod/hotrod7.html for episodes.
It’s a pretty typical cycle where security or law enforcement is concerned. Everything is great, crime is down, someone comes up with the idea that since there’s less crime we need fewer officers, then crime goes up because there’s fewer officers.
"When someone posts a Hacker News thread link, monitor that thread manually. Don't wait for the notifications in the #hn-mentions channel, because sometimes they're delayed by a few hours."

See ya in a couple hours "Manager, Developer Evangelism".
Good point, I can understand that. I wonder what reasons were given for the layoffs.
Who's got the mirror for this video
At one point I had my Google Voice number tied to Hangouts, so SMS came through that app, and maybe one or two friends that also used Hangouts. I was never sure what client or integration they used, because it always seemed disjointed, like the app was made for someone else and I was an edge case so many of the features didn't make sense or didn't work, but I assume they did for someone. The most confusing part was the contacts tab, which had recommended contacts at the top instead of alphabetic ordering. It never made sense. It had about 50% numbers with no name associated. I assume just phone numbers of businesses I dialed at some point. The rest were a mixture of people I've emailed before but never called, someone I messaged frequently, and a bunch of people I haven't communicated with in any way since before Hangouts was even a thing, which I can't fathom why a recommender would decide I might want to call them now.
Or perhaps we shouldn't trust apple with our communication data and move everyone to something lime signal

But yea, I wouldn't want to date someone who thinks like that anyhow. Their values are obviously too different from my own if they value iMessage over security, privacy, and the ability to modify my own devices
If we start paying, do we stop being the product? Or will Google keep collecting information about us?
That's one reason why I have tried to only buy things on my personal Gmail account (@gmail.com), a few times I forgot and bought things on my private domain.
Thanks for the correction! I guess another instance of Rare just doing it better than Nintendo ;) I've been trying to track down any source for the original rumor without success, the random IP seems to have made it up. Did you ever get to see much of their later Mirai tool? Though I would also believe Maya was quite far ahead at that time too.
Not pointed at you OP. I love how highly active internet commenters this we're living in the age of enlightenment. This is the dark ages folks.
> We learned that the key to a post reaching the front page was the content itself.

Well that's good news, at least
There is actually a joke in the Swiss military that they Switzerland invades Lichtenstein every year because some of the army somewhow ends up going into it.
> not by capital, but by government

These are the same thing though. The former is the incentive mechanism to achieve the designs of the latter. It's just filtered through enough layers like Vanguard and Berkshire and friends that people don't notice. Hands up if you've worked somewhere funded by In-Q-Tel, for example (I have!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel
The Federal government should set standards for features that need to be present on a State/Territory ID card "in order to facilitate interstate commerce". Then offer to subsidize production/distribution programs run by the States, for any State with a compliant ID program. Even better if we fused all of this with FICAM somehow. (https://www.idmanagement.gov/ )

The DoD has had ID card production figured out for years. All it takes is a work station (for checking your entry in a database and confirming the data that goes onto the card), a specialized printer, and a few other peripherals (camera, fingerprint scanner, keypad). I can walk into a DoD ID card center and walk out with a new card in 15 minutes. You could easily stuff several of these workstations into the back of a van, and then drive around to neighborhoods, bringing ID services to the disadvantaged. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Access_Card
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Mobile technology evolved very quickly but XMPP did not. I remember using Pidgin to chat on Google Talk. Then Google decided (rightly) that more secure auth was needed, and implemented an XEP to add OIDC authentication. Now third-party clients had to decide whether they wanted to implement Google's auth, or not. Ultimately it is easier to control the protocol and the app--and along with those, the tracking, the display of ads, the feature set, and so on.
The original articles on this are already very sympathetic to capital, and so that’s the direction of my criticism. The story suggests we should feel bad for the railroad companies without any investigating whether the company itself could share some of the blame. Today there’s a story about how UP cut many of their security employees.

The original articles and discussion here on HN is surprisingly one-sided.

Obviously I don’t like railroad theft but let’s not send in the army to protect a supply chain which has perhaps been made too efficient.
pkm is the term. if its pompous, its not because they created it
camming out wasn't to protect the screws, it was to protect the sheet metal...
I’ll be first in line for a tool or device that neutralizes this. I buy it, I own it. I feel the same about software updates that remove functionality as well as products which are tamper resistant.
He is saying it's bad what they are doing to the woman.
Seems more practical than an array on the surface of the far side of the moon as in the FARSIDE project:

https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/lunar-farside
>Why would people care about fake cameras, or real cameras for that matter, if they won't get trouble no matter what the image shows?

>Fake cameras are only a deterrent because some of the camera looking objects are real. And real cameras are only a deterrent because getting caught doing something bad on them lead to bad consequences.

As I said elsewhere, jail isn't the only deterrent. Being arrested is also deterrent. Plus not getting the stolen goods is a deterrent. If a guard comes and chases these people off before they can grab the property, there is no reason to try to steal anything.

>Or the analogy is that someone stopped your car grand theft auto style and took your laptop from your bag.

These aren't old west style train robberies where people on horseback are chasing down moving trains and holding people up at gunpoint. These are trains sitting on the track for sometimes hours unattended, someone walks onto the tracks, pops the lock, and has the time to sift through all the property looking for something valuable. The trash in the area should be an obvious indicator that there is no time pressure to these crimes. It isn't a smash a grab. People are taking their time looking for the best stuff to steal and discarding what they don't want.
Title should be "Gitlab's HN handbook page". It is about managing marketing/advertising on Hacker News.
It makes some sense that it would be that way. If a private company's web site doesn't work at all, then they don't get your money. There are incentives for them to get basic functionality right, and if they still screw it up they can be replaced by a competitor. If a government web site is completely broken, what can you do about it? Yell angrily at a passing cloud?

(In theory you could vote for a legislator who wants to make that web site a priority -- but nobody runs on that. Why would they? It would put most voters to sleep.)
I’m here.
Ask HN: Are System Design documents out of fashion?
I’ve been hopping around a number of large non-FAANG enterprises for the past few years. In each, I keep observing a pattern - people seem uninterested in writing System Design / Architecture documentation.

I struggle to grok a system if I can’t read about the context. What are the goals/antigoals? What constraints was the system built under? What big architectural choices were evaluated? (e.g Serverless vs Containers)

Digging deeper I also see a lack of consideration for non-functional attributes like Performance, Capacity and High Availability.

Cloud paradigms can help to an extent with auto-scaling etc., but I feel there should still be a model for the expected Perf/Capacity, given the selected SW+HW stack.

In the case of High Availability, I continully see teams running critical Prod services without clearly documenting the expected behaviour if an Instance, AZ/Datacentre, Region or an external dependency goes down.

All of these observations have been in highly regulated industries with significant tech budgets.

So HN:

Do you teams document these architectural designs?

Have I perhaps lost touch with modern practices?

How do you grow teams (or defend the design from Mgmt / Auditors) if this information is held in peoples heads?

Appreciate your input and apologies as English is my second language.
Super useful, thanks for taking the time to post it.
I'm not sure what your first paragraph has to do with anything. One is allowed to care about multiple things.

Anyway, I would not say they represent some sort of existential threat. Cultural winds can blow in either direction, and while they could become worse, it could also blow over and become a curiosity for the history books akin to a left wing version of the Red Scare. But that notwithstanding, my overall point is that these activists exhibit a similar attitude as Red Guards, even if they lack the same environment. The problem is not that they have 'a different idea of what constitutes justice and equality', it is that they have allowed ideology to subordinate both reason and empathy, so they see their political opponents as less than human, treat them as such, and cannot be persuaded otherwise.

I feel pity more for them than fear, however. Infighting is the nature of all political movements, and when you have such a worldview, it does not end well for you. For example, later in the novel, the former Red Guards meet with the physicist's daughter years later. In the intervening years, they had fallen out of favour and become some of the rusticated youth, being sent down to the countryside to work and living a subsequent life of hardship. And while I'm sure she's doing quite fine financially at the moment, I can't help but draw a similarity with Lindsay Ellis's experience getting cancelled apparently for saying that one TV show resembled another. Logically, of course, I'm sure you'll say she has little to worry about in terms of her livelihood, but that really is beside the point.