skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
CLAP is nearing a major milestone. It has been embraced by U-He and Bitwig, and now has support in JUCE.

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=574861

Much of this work has been driven by Steinberg's bullheaded forcing of VST3 on the industry. No new VST2 licenses can be acquired. VST2 support will be dropped from Cubase/Nuendo. Meanwhile, VST3 is still a mess. Developers hate it. It can't consume MIDI directly. It's needlessly complex and incompatible with VST2 in significant ways requiring extensive workarounds.

As for LV2, it has a serious case of NIH, and an inability to provide the tools plugin developers need because it is "not the LV2 way."
That is an interesting distinction. Laws of physics are clearly a constraint to whatever is being engineered. In software development this sometimes plays a role too, more so on embedded and real-time systems. Real-time systems have a time constraints which is a law of physics and embedded software development has to incorporate memory, cpu and sometimes thermal constraints.

I do consider software for these systems closer to engineering, so you might be on to something. That doesn't mean I'd exclude other software development but the notions of (law of physics) constraints and predictable outcome are important factors.
Ok, this is really cool! (I also love the ruthlessly iterative mindset)
Google to let users hold Bitcoin, other crypto in cards
Reminded me of Buddha quotes on Live in the moment fully (mindfulness).
I hate to see git guides where they tell the user to make commits that are literally the description of the diff rather than the why of the change.

"Added new styles to navigation"

No duh, that's what the diff shows, but that doesn't tell us why you made the change, and that's the part we're going to struggle to remember in 6 months.
I feel that I am. It doesn't really matter. I tend to work on my own stuff.

I started as an EE, and a lot of the discipline from there, has traveled with me, in my software adventure.

I don't ship bugs (that I'm aware of). My issues need to be at 0, before I will release.
Google analytics is the first thing I remove from NoScript's whitelist.

I've even had developers praising amp as a good thing. It's amazing how even literal poison can be seen as a good thing. Granted, at the time I was working for a company selling ads. They liked everything I disliked, and vice versa
While all the focus is on GA, the bigger problem is that possibly every web site hosted on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc is illegal in EU

The GA case seems to hinge on the IP addresses being send to a US provider, and so is deemed illegal under the Cloud Act (as US gov can compel companies to track etc. based on those IPs)
Because GDPR is too difficult to comply with. It's overbroad (covers far too many situations).
We tried keto for a month or so but it was a pain to keep up with (and getting more expensive because of meat price inflation).
This may be a good place to mention that a huge study [0] conducted over 6 years with tens of thousands of US Veterans Administration patients found that having a recent Tdap vaccination predicted a 40% lower incidence of dementia. This was confirmed with an independent cohort.

You hardly need any reason to go get your Tdap booster. Any faint possibility that it might stave off dementia ought to be enough by itself. Get your shingles vaccine, too, while you're there. And, get prescribed some valacyclovir: studies in Asia have shown that had a desirable effect, with no risk.

[0] doi:10.1093/gerona/glab115, https://sci-hub.se/10.1093/gerona/glab115
I sell an game development tool on the Unity Asset store. Since the peak died down, it's now somewhat under $500/mo, but still does well in occasional sales.
Yeah, some of the evidence he presented is concerning if true, but it was only backed by weak data or anecdotes.

If the absolute number of new streams really is dropping year over year, that is concerning, but a single year's worth of data - a year with massive confounding factors to boot - isn't enough to convince me, and the full report is behind a paywall.

Having the market share of new streams drop as a percentage is completely expected, and nothing to be concerned about. The early adopters of streaming services were younger, listening to what was new at the time. Now as they get older, even if they add new music at the same rate, the are still listening to the streams the created earlier, so the mean age increases. In addition, as the services become more mainstream, wider segments of the population sign up, and bring their listening habits with them. So you would expect a general shift towards older music. And as that occurs you would expect the music industry to invest more in older music portfolios.

That doesn't mean that newer music is in decline, just that the industry has a new way to monetize older music that it didn't have before. Musical preferences and purchasing have always peaked in ones teens and 20s, and as you get older you tend to buy less music and listen to more radio, or the music you already have. Maybe rebuy a tape or CD or MP3 version of the album you already had. But as consumption moves away from radio and towards streaming, the long term revenue for a hit doesn't drop off as quickly as it used to. This isn't a zero-sum game, and increases in revenue for old music doesn't necessarily imply a decrease in revenue for new music.

Likewise, for some of his other supporting evidence. I concur that the rock radio stations around here have pretty much completely stopped playing new music (country stations aren't so stale, can't speak for hip-hop), but that is largely because young people don't listen to radio much anymore, so why cater to them?

And yes there is risk that music industry could focus too much on the old music that is making them lots of money now, and not invest enough in new music that will make them money in the future - but his own testimony is that they are still pushing new music hard.

There might be something here, but the article didn't convince me.
Nomadland, Banksy, and Our Web3 Future of Work
Next is alpha-testing something which will allow for JS-free static sites, though they're generated using React on the server.

https://nextjs.org/blog/next-12#react-server-components

Note that this is an effort largely driven by the React team, and Vercel is integrating support for the feature into Next. You're able to do this without Next:

https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react...

It's early still, but I imagine this will be an established and well-supported feature by the end of the year.
Please add Huntsville, AL to your board. I'm an FPGA engineer currently working there, and there are a lot of us, at a lot of companies.
I think they made sense in a world filled with paper magazines. You could quickly pickup a magazine flip through pages and see if anything caught your eye, if so then you buy the magazine.

On the internet it only makes sense if people scroll through an article to decide if it's worth reading. Does anyone do that? I generally don't. The scroll bar tells me how long the article is, and the heading and subheading usually tells me if it's something I care about.
Wouldn't Motorola have a lot of patents related to networking and telecoms infrastructure? Similar to what companies like Nokia and Ericsson had? Wouldn't those be valuable for Google to hang on to?
The Unbundling of Venture Capital
“It Is False”: Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch Disclaim NPR Mask Story
“When a person realizes they have been deeply heard, their eyes moisten. I think in some real sense they are weeping for joy. It is as though they were saying, "Thank God, somebody heard me. Someone knows what it's like to be me.”

― Carl R. Rogers
This does not work well if you have long-lived branches (i.e. weeks) for more substantial features. Completely squashing it would lose all the granular commits and especially their commmit messages, which might be useful for debugging later on.
Our expectations are so low that they'll manage to meet them.
> > Should I tell my boss and/or team?
> No, they will stab you in the back, no matter how much you think they won't.

I disagree that this is universally true. I have had at least 2 bosses that I know would help deal with burnout because 1 of them helped me and the other I have seen help others in this same situation. A good boss cares about their employee's health and wants to keep good workers. I agree that your advice is the safe route, but I think if you know for a fact you have one of the good bosses of the world then that approach can lead to better results.
Your comment was a good reminder: I just translated the page into english as well :-) - Thank you for your comment!
On a tangent, the list of Liechtenstein-Switzerland military conflicts on Wikipedia is hilarious and kind of cute.

For example:

> On 26 August 1976, just before midnight, 75 members of the Swiss Army and a number of packhorses mistakenly took a wrong turn and ended up 500 metres into Liechtenstein at Iradug, in Balzers. The Liechtensteiners reportedly offered drinks to the Swiss soldiers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein%E2%80%93Switzerl...
rclone FTW!
It's also a cost. To be compliant, there's a bunch of mandatory expenses you have. It's not as simple as "just figure out the GDPR". Heck, just doing that is paying some lawyer $400-500/hr. And because it's the USA, GDPR compliance lawyers aren't around every corner. So you're probably paying extra above that.
Their anonymize IP feature is basically useless unfortunately. It can only anonymize the IP address in a visitor's browser, Google will still get the real IP address from the HTTP request.

This feature doesn't do anything for GDPR compliance and almost certainly wouldn't hold up in court, if it ever came to that for a particular site.
For further guidance the best source is probably the European Data Protection Board's (EDPB) own guidance for the territorial scope of the GDPR.[0]

[0] https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/edpb/files/files/file1/edpb_gui...
It is that hard. The level of certainty you need when "less serious" fines have 8 digits is hard even if you're just running HTTP "Hello World" on port 80 on the internet. The risk of a mistake in your configuration logging PII that you misplace and forget about is too high.
> Try the Whole 30 program first. It’s a way of eating that eliminates inflammation causing foods. DONT TRY TO LOSE WEIGHT! Weight loss is important for overall health but you’ll usually sleep worse during a weight loss phase. That said you’ll probably lose weight naturally anyway

Can't stress this enough. I've spent the last decade trying to lose weight and failing, always yo-yoing up a little bit higher and losing confidence each time. Consistent diet changes are really freaking hard especially when you're battling other health issue. Aerobic exercise burns a hilariously tiny amount of calories for the effort and eventually it can eat away at motivation.

Setting up a home gym to lift weights and trying to eat healthier rather less has done wonders for my health. ExRx has a lot of information [1] but the gist of it is that a pound of fat burns under 5 calories a day while a pound of lean muscle burns 30 calories a day without exercise and as much as 50 calories a day for up to several days after anaerobic exercise (weight lifting). The maximum grow rate is from half a pound to a pound (for those that won the genetic lottery) of lean muscle a week so in 10 weeks its possible to add 150-300 calories to your basal metabolic rate that requires minimal maintenance compared to on-going dieting. Weight lifting doesn't require that much effort [2] or maintenance, just proper form and equipment, so it's a lot easier to permanently incorporate in a schedule a few times a week than a life long dieting change.

[1] https://exrx.net/FatLoss

[2] https://exrx.net/WeightTraining/Research
That sounds like a competitive marketplace. Syndication on the other hand sounds like uniformity
Did I just read that you got 80% of your salary while doing absolutely nothing for a year? Congrats, but we aren't all so incredibly lucky.
Arg just heard about this. Again a reminder not to use free. I need a plan.
Mental health issues are routinely recognized as serious health issues. I work for a major US company and employees are encouraged to take short-term or long-term disability leave, yes even for mental health issues. You are already paying for it. Check your benefits and talk to professionals to make sure it is properly handled.

After confirming your benefits and speaking with healthcare professional, talk to HR before your manager. Your manager may not know all the benefits available or try to hide them from you.

Take as long as you need to recover. You may not have hobbies but sometimes vegging out in front TV for a few days is all you need to recover.

Also forget about all the healthy stuff like exercise, meditation, etc. Just sleep as long as you can. Burning out means your body is under maximum stress. You don't want to add to your plate. Remove things from it.

Relaxing experiences maybe okay like massages, bathes, a slow walk.

Finally, ancedata, I know someone who was getting burned out. They didn't show up for work for a week. When they got back, their boss was furious but they said they were burned out. HR got involved. Boss got in trouble for creating unhealthy work environment. Person was told to take more time off and see a therapist. This was at a major US company.
Just block the EU and only worry about California's laws.
No problem! BTW, I know a very good mechanic who I tell him now and then that it's a tragedy he didn't get a degree in it. He's a born engineer, held back by not having the math training.
Yeah, I gave up on Dendron due to performance issues.
Farming out libraries or subprojects to separate teams is an ok way to go as long as you don't mind a single language/build system. Its not as flexible but you maybe get some perf out of it.

You don't get the convenience of a single datastore with simple transactions but it sounds like you prefer the flexibility of services owning their own data.

As it turns out there's no silver bullet. Do what works for you.
Well I believe we should be moving in that direction if we want to have any chance of sustaining society. Just like we need to kill fast fashion, we should kill "fast construction" too.
> couple of those in a RAID-1 giving 500-600 MB/s

If you are talking about only two drives than no. Multiple drives can give you more throughput, but at that point it is RAID-10.
Do you feel like the realization/fear come from a rational place, or primarily driven by anxiety?

Everyone’s journey is different, but depending on where that fear is coming from, I could imagine drastically different next steps.

Personally, therapy has helped me immensely. A lot of my early anxiety about these things stemmed from severe imposter syndrome, and through the years I’ve gained enough confidence in myself to know that my skills are in demand, and survival is likely in the current market.

But if that fear is due to other things - the health of your employer’s business, etc. then a very different course of action might be required.
Just my .02, but I would take a break from the industry, possibly from any kind of desk job. If you have savings at all you should do ok with a little income restocking shelves or whatever.
The article literally spends an entire section rejecting the belief that real engineers work only on dangerous things. The title is "Engineering is high-consequence", and discusses how one of the hardest problems an engineering team dealt on one project with was designing the handle for a device.
More on nginx vs apache here, for those interested:

The Architecture of Open Source Applications - volume II - nginx:

https://www.aosabook.org/en/nginx.html
The one everybody else uses
Those are interesting tips. Tbh I have never had a problem with sleep if I follow the standard advice, in no particular order:

• Exercise or walk for an hour during the day

• Turn of electronics an hour before bed and do something calm, e.g. read a book (often not necessary, but if you want surefire)

• Have a consistent sleep schedule - wake up at same time at least 6 days a week

• Complete dark - blackout curtains or t-shirt over face

• Complete quite - ear plugs. A lot of people complain about them, but they work great if you just can't sleep.

• Don't move - usually best if you sleep on back

• Most "techniques - counting breath, repeating a phrase, etc don't work, just don't think about anything important

• On the note of my (somewhat sarcastic) point about energy drinks - don't have those or any coffee/sugar at least 16 hours before you sleep

As long and convoluted as that list seems, to me it's just essential to reliably sleep every time. I use it and it works.
I believe you're right, but I also stand by my comment. Having kids is unaffordable in much of the US until income is pretty high. People need to have the safety net first, and then we can work on the social issues.
Because sometimes you have to "do the right thing" and not be an arse, despite what the metrics say.
Personally I prefer the "Would I Lie To You" skit [1] - given that he's an acknowledged liar and all..

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyB2PnDWYGg
> Solution: Make the USA passport card free and compulsory.

That would be the ultimate solution, and, as it was mentioned, something that has been proven effective in a very large chunk of the developed world.

But having spent the last five years in the US, I think this will trigger the opposition of most conservative pundits, politicians, and attorneys across the country. Ironically, these are the same people who advocate for stringent voter ID laws.
> you have to just decide that you are always willing to meet them where they are. Its not always where you want them to be

Wise, thanks. That very concisely captures what I've been coming around to understanding about having relationships with anyone. I've had it easy with best friends that were so similar (because we grew up together), but life is long(ish) and people change and grow apart. Even if you have a a relationship that is on easy-mode, it will change for a sufficiently long time-horizon (marriage).
The article in question is fairly long. It's absurd, but that is due to the nature of their bias at the magazine now. But the length is there.
Nice. I am also interested in the consulting -> discover problem -> saas route. I reckon your customers really are buying for their existing trust in you.
Recursive backronym: “PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor” (originally “Personal Home Pages”)

I once suggested an alternative: “Powering Hypertext & Programs” (https://alanhogan.com/conversations/php/acronym)
I mean, yes, you're being flippant, but this is _not a bad idea_
Yes, have you used any of their devices? They’re amazing in what they let you do, but their UI is a wall of settings.

Doing something as simple as adding an access point will take you a full day if you aren’t familiar with it.
Aranese: Spain's little-known language
emacs+org-mode
There's no right answer for those questions.

I've burned out twice. Both times I quit. Took a year off between the two. I travelled both times, and then just had my own routine at home. I had no problem finding another job when it was time to come back.

- You can tell your boss. Expect sympathy, but, any plan that works for you is probably one you'll have come up with.

- If you leave, I'd recommend not dictating when it'll end up front. Say three months if people ask, but what you really mean is in three months you'll reassess if you need more time off. No actual deadlines.

- I don't know about you, but for me as a senior eng at a startup, work eats into all hours of day / weekend. Do an 8-4. Not one minute more. No weekend. No slack on your phone. No on call. No evenings.

Be kind to yourself friend. <3 Come up with a routine. I found my days filled up without work as they did with, but taking showers, cooking meals for myself, etc. was important.
Yes I read it. Do you understand the difference between chemical and psychological addiction?

"People abusing mushrooms can become dependent by believing that they need the drug to maintain a sense of enlightenment or happiness."

https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/hallucinogens/psilocyb...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29098666/
I'd like to add to the list of things to try: Go to an eye doctor if you haven't been in a while, even if you've always had perfect vision in the past. We tech workers spend a lot of time staring at screens, and minor eye discomfort can compound into a major source of stress without you necessarily being aware of it.
By robot voices I’m referring to the highly digital effects-sounding vocals in the three top singles that were mentioned.
I think the issue is that so many of us were brought in on something pretty simple, "GMail for Domains", that has become so much more than we ever asked for. And in return we've gotten a lesser product (the Google accounts are handicapped in many ways) and a painful migration experience to leave (see inability to take Google Play purchases as one example). It's a terrible bait and switch now that they have years of history to amplify the pain of leaving.

You're right the fee is not unreasonable for the services offered, especially compared to the competition. But given it's not really what many were actually after (we just wanted a @example.com gmail account!) and are left with a handicapped account, why would we want to pay up?
I can't help ... series are better then they ever been. And while I hate superheroes comic book movie genre with passion, many people love that.
Hi,

I'm one of the lead developers and product manager on wzm.me.
Thanks for feedback!

> Looks pretty interesting, so this is a product to sell to other web developers? Or is the target a regular technical person who wants to set up a twitter clone?

Right, it's a demo product and live site at the same time.
It's a distribution ready to install on the server, as well Elgg core and custom plugins for developers.

> I hadn't heard of Elgg before, did you find it easy to work with?

I joined Elgg about 10 years ago.
It was much easier to start making projects with it than with Wordpress.
Elgg have a flexible API.
But Elgg is a framework not CMS; it's stops some developers from using Elgg.

> Overall how has your experience been, have you had any buyers yet?

Our team has been around since 2010.
The platform as SaaS was launched in 2018.
There's a marketplace since 2016.
We've buyers and some of them have been regular customers for many years.

Also, there're an open source distributives based on Elgg:
[1] [2] [3]

> Also have you thought much about content moderation on the platform? Are you expecting that to be a big concern from potential buyers?

Every distribution has built-in moderation and super-moderation systems, users/groups' roles and more features.
By default, Elgg has built-in access levels on read/view/write/edit/delete any conrtent, entity, user, and group.

IMO, Elgg as the most secure framework out-of-box for creating apps with social interactions.

[1] https://gitlab.com/minds
[2] https://gitlab.com/pleio/pleio
[3] https://github.com/gctools-outilsgc/gcconnex
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-tox...
Our only hope at this point is a hung parliament that can wedge the parties on progressive issues. I won't mention any particular parties to avoid inflaming the conversation, but I'd strongly advise all Australians look at the parties' track records and policies on surveillance, and particularly whether they're willing to consult with orgs like Digital Rights Watch in forming legislation.