skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The pause after +++ was really sort of a hack to resolve race condition problems (entering command mode when the modem still had inbound data in buffer) rather than any kind of security measure, but it did have the upside of making it a little more difficult to get a modem to switch to command mode unintentionally. There were various other solutions to this problem but for the most part it didn't completely go away until the practice of moving data over the Hayes interface became uncommon.
>nor is opposition to GMO technology an immediate grave threat to public health

The complete lack of awareness of the hypocrisy is why it's relevant.

If you took crop GMO, got rid of the one-time gene modification, but instead, started growing the unmodified plant...

and then just directly injected those modified genes such that billions of cells began expressing/building proteins from the modified genes...

...you'd end up with almost exactly the mRNA vaccine technology. (Well, if it worked on plants.)

But the 100% plant process that doesn’t rely on in-situ gene transfer or modification is dangerous to grow and eat,

while the viral process that involves intentional gene transfer into human cells, and said cells manufacturing the very part of the
virus that makes it so effective at cellular invasion...is unquestionably safe to inject?

That's why opposition to GMO is relevant. It's completely contradictory and heretical to question the science of one while faithfully crusading for the other.
If you are in Seattle, hit me up anytime. I used to feel the same way that you did but COVID really forced me to step out of my comfort zone and try different things. I have so many people to tag along with that it is getting a bit too hectic. I can introduce you to them as they are spread out all across US (with some in Europe too).
If all dogs are animals, it wouldn't follow that all animals are dogs
Don't forgot how recently this wasn't obvious to hardly anyone though.

Probably only 10 years ago, I knew a lot of people who thought careful and conscientious use of encryption and security features could protect sensitive info from governments. That's not a very long time ago.

It's taken a while to sink in -- and to the full extent of it being more and more widely known. That nearly any government can probably trivially get access to anything, using commodity off-the-shelf surveillance software.

(Postscript: Edward Snowden is a hero).
Not if I understand the chronology correctly. If I understand correctly (and I may not), Young gave his "me or Rogan" statement to Spotify (or maybe indirectly, simply making a public pronouncement). Spotify didn't pull Rogan's content, so a couple of days later, then Young pulled his content off of Spotify.

As I said, my understanding. And I haven't gone groveling through the back news items to prove it. Just my recollection of how I heard it reported over a few days.
If you happen to be in ATX - I've started hosting "indie" meetups for techies/ makers/ hackers where we meet and chat about life. Folks who are into tech and have ideas / or want to break free from the 9-to-5 routine are the majority of the crowd.
The goal is develop more "real" connections than co-workers and hopefully from there some might turn into friendships. If anyone is interested the next meetup is posted up [1], just show up I guess so far the age-group is mid-20s to mid-30s!
If you're in a different area, there might be a meetup for your location...but it's not run by me so I can't guarantee what that's like.

[1] https://www.indiehackers.com/meetups
I can't say I know the stats for prevalence of abuse in the general community, but the prevalence in 12 step programs (I've been going since '98), is crazy. Anywhere between 1/3 and 2/3 of members in the meetings I've been to have suffered some form of abuse as children. I suffered psychological abuse, a lot of which was considered a form of parenting at the time (70's) in my community. I also had exposure to porn (I found dad's stash) as a pre-pubescent. Today I'm an addict in recovery with clinical diagnoses for depression and ADD. Living a good life today, but still attending meetings and seeing a psychologist.
Lower your standards. Don't judge people before you know them. Just get on the move. You're young and don't have kids, go somewhere new and if you don't like it go somewhere else.
His cri du coeur echos across space and time.

https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Don%27t_tell_me_what_I_can...
Distributed queuing, with horizontal scaling workers and retries, without ever loosing a message/job, is surprisingly difficult to get right. It's simply not worth your time in a lot of cases.
Similarly, why people don't just write their own web framework.

It sounds like your question is focused on "why not just use an in memory queue".
Two reasons:
1. You loose messages/jobs, and it's not scalable
2. If the task is CPU intensive, it will lock up or slow down your web server.
I appreciate you pointing this out and wish I heard it more. I hear so much talk of "democracy" but not many people talking of "representative democracy," which is how the US government is mostly structured (the occasional ballot issue).

I wonder if the internet and other tools that have reduced the costs of communication have been nudging many of us more towards wanting direct democracy, not representative democracy, without even realizing the shift or how it conflicts with the underlying structure of our government.

I'm curious, what are your thoughts related to how people see the government in terms of representative vs direct (or other forms of) democracy?
Pfft, no, obviously everyone is tall, handsome and getting laid.

Are you kidding?
K-12 is a loss leader, all to maintain a pipeline of future customers

Google Workplace and enterprise cloud is the priority to boost revenues.
The site is made with Gitbook which seems to have gone through major changes recently. I'll see what I can do about it.
Hayes modems required the pause around +++ as a measure to avoid race conditions around data that might be in the inbound or outbound buffers during the switch to command mode. However, there are a number of modems (including in my experience basically all modern modems) that do not enforce the pause requirement and are happy to receive a command immediately following, e.g. +++<CR>ATDT can be sent with no problems on a modern Telit module I'm using. So in practice this was not really an effective mitigation to problems around the +++ switch to command mode and it remained an exploitable security issue for some time in the '90s.
Travel but don't go mainstream like a cruise. Try adventure travel or unconventional destinations. That's where you meet interesting people and some might live nearby.
Instead of the usual advice of taking-up hobbies, I think what's more interesting to talk about:

1. What is the definition of fun?

- I imagine for most introverts, a loud party and getting drunk is not our definition of fun.

2. Is there a causal relationship between a Dev Career and social isolation?

- Most dev work is working in isolation and for introverts this is a blessing, but for extroverts this can be depressing. But is this true all the time? or is this just because of the pandemic? Is this true for all dev jobs or maybe it depends on the company? Is being a software developer and an extrovert inherently incompatible?

3. What makes a person attractive to hang-out with?

- What makes other lonely developers unattractive to hang-out with? Is it because they're introverted? Other lonely developers are more likely to be intelligent, friendly, have financial resources, etc.. even if socially awkward.

4. What's the end goal?

- Is it just to party together, have adventures and potentially meet attractive women? Or is it to build lasting relationships and meet a person to settle down with?

It's interesting to me because I usually find guys who want to party to be annoying and un-interesting but maybe that's just because I'm introverted and/or boring. I'd probably find other lonely developers to be much more interesting people than people that like to party.
> go canvas for a politician you like

This one might be a bit tricky...
I wouldn't exclude it, it worked well. Let's not forget that they eventually still unlocked the phone with a similar tool anyway. It's only possible that these tools weren't as readily available on 2015.
Infrastructure is one of the things that goes wanting for funding, while almost a trillion dollars/year goes into the Military Industrial Complex.

The results of that diversion can be seen all over the country as things literally collapse, or fall apart.

Programs that are popular with the people consistently go to die in Congress.
You have money and no commitments. You can work remote. These are insane assets to have. Few have any of these. Virtually no one your age has all of them. Take these as your basis to do something you are uniquely advantaged to do, that interests you. Others suggested traveling, that's a great idea. Also, don't be afraid to spend your money. What are you saving it for? A lonely retirement? You won't be young and able bodied forever.

I might suggest a niche outdoor hobby. Dangerous hobbies in particular, like hang gliding or something. I've found a decent friend group tied by a strong shared interest this way. We plan trips to go do this hobby. Because it is dangerous there is a level of mutual trust and respect. As someone without a significant other or children you are well positioned to tak up such a hobby that most others could not afford or tolerate the risk for. There is adventure if you go look for it.
A job is not a substitute for life. Your answer is to explore your life more, not explore working more. Go take some good risks. Talk to some of those old women and short guys. Stop your routine and try something new. Change your approach. Change your mind. You may not be in your 20's anymore, but each stage of life comes with new perspectives, highs and lows. And forget normal. No one is normal since we are all both strange and familiar to someone.
> The free speech position is the principled one.

He will still have his free speech off Spotify. Don’t confuse freedom of speech with freedom of promotion.
> The answer to bad speech is better speech.

The origin of that idea relies on the good speech winning out in convincing people to relay it; relaying everything without judgment and the signal is drowned in noise.
Well there is hardly any "good science" in human nutrition. It's mostly just observational studies with results distorted by the healthy subject effect and other uncontrolled confounding variables.
> short guys looking for girlfriends

> All the "normal" people

Lol thanks. I used to have self-confidence issues because I'm short. Spent a lot of time at university feeling sorry for myself, unable to make friends or see myself as worthy of a girlfriend.

Eventually realised that it's mostly in my head. I got over my self-esteem issues, went out and spoke to a stranger (ikr isn't that crazy?!) and he became my best friend. We travelled a bit and I met a whole bunch of girls who really liked me (at parties, on campus, etc). Life basically finds ways to disprove every dumb assumption you have, in my experience.

That was a couple years ago. Pandemic put my social life on pause.

I think the "go to dance lessons" advice is so dumb because it just means all the people who are at dance lessons are looking for something other than to learn to dance.

My advice is go to bar or a club and dance with strangers (where everybody is there to have fun and mingle). Go alone, YOLO. Also, if you don't live in a city, move to a city.

Go to a different country. You're probably rich lol you have nothing to worry about.

Good luck
Not sure if that's the best example, because by my understanding Google had taken immense efforts to fix this hole, and now always treats the network as if there's hostile actors on the line. It's pretty much a success story of a civilian company against the NSA.

(I make no comment about if the NSA has found other ways into Google or Google has willingly let them in, I do not know the answers to those questions)
All your history in one file
What you're missing about the epigenetic theory of aging is that aging, in the epigenetic theory, is a programmed stage of life like puberty. The body somehow knows that it's time to develop secondary sexual characteristics and change growth patterns when a human reaches a certain age. The same machinery decides that the slow deterioration of the person should begin. If one could control that machinery, one could turn off that mechanism of aging. The disease progeria is a possible example of the epigenetic clock malfunctioning and running too fast.

The source of all this is perhaps the suprachiasmatic nucleus which is important to perceiving the passing of time and emits growth hormone releasing hormone which signals the pituitary to make growth hormone.
I can attest to this. In my 30’s with kids and suddenly women with well behaved kids are more attractive to me. You can find attraction in qualities as much as looks.
I’m in Thailand in the wintertime and for me it’s hard to find other devs that really code/architect medium to big sized software. I guess you can find Wordpress/Web-Devs everywhere though.
Dodgeball is another sport like this! There are very serious dodgeball teams, but generally they compete with each other and not the beer league. Even the super serious players tended to be friendly and willing to play at the same level rather than dominating. Added benefit is dodgeball is not dependent on weather.

I think looking for a sport that requires coed teams is a good way to ensure that things remain more social than competitive. (Not knocking women athletes, just noting that mixed sports tend to be about socializing.)
These Hayes modems were very specifically not winmodems, they were fully discrete modems. Winmodems typically did not use Hayes commands at all, although drivers often provided support for them running on the host. This makes sense if you think about it - in a winmodem, modulation is performed by the host, so the only thing sent to the modem is commanding and never data.
I was just reading this essay (also linked from HN) and maybe I am projecting because I am suddenly in love with this article, but I believe it does speak to where you are at...

"On Self-Respect" https://www.vogue.com/article/joan-didion-self-respect-essay...
Hey. I’m sorry to hear how finding friendships is challenging and feels impossible.

I believe it’s okay not to be “normal.” Do what is restful for you, which may not be normal at all. Then be looking out for others who like those things too.

Folks say relationships take time, but I believe it’s something which can happen gradually and then suddenly.

I don’t know what you enjoy doing outside of code. But doing things which are not code helps me rest and helps me find other folks over time who also like that rest. And the friendship grows deeper with these shared experiences.

A new job or address can help you meet new people. But think about what’s restful for you and then be looking out for people who like doing that.

I say restful because then the activity is motivating even without a friendship, but as you go do those things you tend to bump into people who also enjoy those things. And who doesn’t want to be around people who are just as motivated about something as you are? It’s a joy I wish for everyone and I believe it happens gradually and then suddenly. :)
Apple cant do this on its servers either, considering it has no server product.

Google has this stack control in Android, Google Home, Chromebook, etc trivially if it chooses, if it doesn't have that already.

Microsoft can do this on its Cortana smart speakers and Surface Pro X running their (Qualcomms) ARM cpu.

Also I imagine bulk buyers can get Intel ME disabled if they don't want it on their server. AMD PSP can be disabled in the BIOS I believe.

Comparing a phone to a server doesn't make too much sense. A phone is a consumer product like Android or Home and a server is a business product. Apple runs its cloud on Intel or AMD like everyone else.
Polio only resulted in paralysis in ~0.5% of cases. The CFR for paralytic polio for children was around 2-5%, or 5-10% for all age groups. That would put the CFR for all polio cases at around 0.0175% for children, and 0.0375% overall.

Best I can find right now, there have been roughly 750 deaths of children in the US from COVID resulting from roughly 9.335 million cases, for a CFR of roughly 0.008%, slightly under half that of polio for the same age group. However, CFR overall is roughly 1.189% in the US for all age groups currently (879,971 deaths/74,037,216 cases), over 100x the rate of polio for all age groups.

That's not including long term effects from COVID with people having scarred lungs / damaged organs, new research indicating increased diabetes rates in children who have had COVID, new research finding long term micro blood clots even in asymptomatic cases, etc.
One of my local pizza chains has a system where they give you an order number and an ETA, and they text you when it's ready. Sometimes on super-busy nights I show up at the ETA time to find a full parking lot. I know I'll need to park down the street and keep listening to my audiobook until the text comes, usually 7 or 8 minutes later. I can then walk in, give them a 3-digit order number, and depart with my pizzas.

Of course they could always collect the info they need over the phone and provide you with an order number once they enter it into their system. But then it really isn't any faster than me just ordering through their web site.

While we're on the subject of shaving seconds off how long it takes for us to order pizzas, I've noticed that this thread currently has about 10,000 words of user-generated content. At an average of 50 words per minute, it represents about 200 minutes of effort so far. (Back-of-the-envelope, suspicious method of word counting, but it's in the neighborhood.)
> short guys looking for girlfriends, unattractive/aging women looking for husbands

These sound like buckets you created to fulfill your own subjective stereotypes.

> Doing things by myself is boring and depressing, and getting into a group of "normal" friends, of both genders, to hang out and laugh with, seems like an impossible goal.

This is a harsh thing to say, but maybe its you. You disparage people who are looking for the same thing in the previous paragraph.

> I feel that finding a non-coding job would be ultimately the best way to find new social groups

As someone who has worked many non-coding jobs, I can assure you that it is not.
Join a gym that has group exercise classes, like Orange Theory. You’ll find a new friend group, and unless you’re in the Bay Area, they’re unlikely to all be programmers. Plus exercise is always good for your well being.
> Few people consider that corporations could be a bigger risk than the government, so they limit government power and leave corporations less regulated.

> A corporation can't arrest me, shoot me, confiscate my property, or otherwise tell me what to do outside any voluntary contract with them.

I think that while corporations may be more likely to have risk, the risk may not be as big as if it were done by a government. So, high chance of risk but maybe lower damage vs low chance and higher damage may end up being a wash and may explain why some people fear the government more than corporations.
Chutzpah -- I like it!

How is it pronounced?
Stopping violent radicals is a pretty good motivation.
It depends somewhat on the jurisdiction. Some courts honor contracts which specify payment in a specific form rather than legal tender. Most do not.
At several points in my life I've been so discontent that I felt I had no choice but to try something that felt (at least to me at the time) drastic and risky. This has included:

- pursuing romantic interests that I knew could get complicated

- reaching out for emotional support in ways that made me feel embarrassed and vulnerable

- confessing suicidal thoughts to my doctor

- quitting my job and taking >1 year off work

- moving across the country with no job lined up and no long-term plan

I've never regretted any such decision; I think it's always had a major positive impact on my life. Because when I'm trapped in my routine the world can start to feel very small. To shatter that illusion and remind myself how wide the possibilities in life really are, it's often necessary to behave in some way that violates inhibitions I normally have.

So... taking a break from coding could be a great idea, especially if you can build up some savings first. It doesn't have to be forever (I took ~15 months off then got another software job). You don't have to plan the rest of your life - find a direction that looks promising for the next year or two, and adjust course again as needed after that.
>Remembering when bankers tried to overthrow FDR and install a fascist dictator

Ironic considering that FDR's economic reforms were openly modeled on fascist Italy, and FDR was on good terms with Mussolini. He was also in the process of following Mussolini's lead and attempting to overthrow the American institutions that were in his way. He had already gone out of his way to install a KKK member on the Supreme Court, and was planning to double the size of the Supreme Court if they wouldn't accept his unconstitutional changes.

The article even admits this by quoting articles written at the time that were calling for a fascist takeover of the country and supporting FDR's goals in this direction. Many were terrified that this was indeed what FDR was planning.

This whole thing about Butler coming out and saying it was the other way around, and fascists were tying to overthrow FDR was just a political point scoring. This article even admits that if something like that even happened it was at best a “a cocktail putsch.”

This is just the typical rewriting of history from people who refuse to face their ashamed past.
From the article:

On average, it takes no more than 20 seconds:

Dial number
Say: “Large Pizza for Pickup”
Hear: “OK. 15-20 minutes.”

Pickup is the keyword here, they'll be driving over to get it instead of delivery.
Dominos was the worst fast food pizza up until about 2008 when they changed their recipe, offered a 555 deal, and added online orders.
You could run 911 calls through a cellular gateway using a few different methods depending on your PABX. Historically it was not at all uncommon to run most calls over VoIP but use an ISDN or analog line specifically for emergency calls. But I wouldn't really recommend it, there's a lot of complexity with GSM e911 that is different from the complexity with non-cellular e911. I'm only familiar with the US regulatory regime, not the Canadian one, but VoIP operations are usually required to take very specific measures towards proper handling of 911 calls, particularly since the recent US legislation wrt central notification of 911 calls from multi-tenant facilities. So there are reasons to stay pretty close to the letter of the law.
Really! They unlocked it in the end?!

I was only following the mainstream news headlines back then... not paying super close attention... but I failed to read that part. I assumed they were never able to access it to this very day.

Along with 99% of the rest of North America who can only read so much about computer security I am sure.
Nope, the neutral prong is wider on polarized plugs. Nearly all two-prong plugs are polarized, it's just stuff like transformers or soldering irons that aren't.
Delightful! Is it 6502?

Edit: It appears to be Z80. Have you done any NES ASM?
Oh, good. I knew it was time for the FCC to hand more cash to the telecom companies in exchange for absolutely nothing.
Maybe the hackers have already figured out how to compromise that at scale, so they have to go to 3fa.

Like a few years back when they were stealing tax refunds by filing before you or filing for people who'd passed away that tax year.