skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm sure a lot of people would, though most of my friends and family have internet connections that would make uploading 50GB file diffs long, unreliable, and unpleasant (rural USA).

I would not. Honestly I'm still kind of mad that I can't automate iPhone backups to my local Time Machine setup.
Current numbers are already manageable. At the Omicron wave peak, total ICU beds are 70% full. And recent (official) data shown that 30% of all COVID positive hospitalizations were actually unrelated to COVID, that number being as high as 50% for 0-49 age group. Yet our politicians refuse to drop restrictions, they even doubled down by making vaccination mandatory to go anywhere, when a negative test used to be enough.
I always forget Bernoulli's inequality. Your gut isn't as clever as mine :)
What about when the banking system mandates password rotation, or randomly closes the account because of suspected fraud, or it gets wiped out due to actual fraud, or it gets frozen because of a pending investigation, or gets drained dry without warning over a forgotten debt etc. Bank accounts are brittle and I have seen every one of these situations happen to myself, family, or friends.

Also not to mention leaving USD in a bank account long term rots it to inflation.

Meanwhile in crypto-assets the funds stay exactly where they are and are impossible to move until a private key is available.

Shamirs. hardware wallets in vaults, paper wallets... the point is you have choice and control. Any process documented well enough can be followed in the future. We still cook recipes generations old after all.
I switched to Gimp and Inkscape a few years ago for exactly this reason.
Given that it is the within the president's interest to avoid war, come to a diplomatic resolution, and prevent panic, I wouldn't take their denouncement as having any bearing on the evidence.
Yes, depreciation is non-linear. Used car lifetimes are also shorter, so used car purchase expenditure averages out to a higher per year percent of the purchase price than with a new car.

> 42% higher on average than 2019 figures

Are you saying that your skepticism is justified now because you were right 3 years ago?
You jest but elevating reproducible evidence and refuting sloppy 'evidence'/analysis is how science advances.
There are clearly other constraints involved that we don’t know.
Not completely, because the . has a meaning: select a member/field/slot from a class object.
If I owned I book store, I would not sell “The Turner Diaries” (unless maybe if I knew that the person who wanted to buy it was a researcher studying racist literature). Even if it were profitable, I wouldn’t want to make money from helping spread that garbage.

If you consider that censorship, then you’ve gone a long way toward convincing me that your definition of censorship is an OK thing to do.
Exactly, got the premium membership to support them in this Joe Rogan madness, but cancelled today because of the episode removals. Shortest subscription ever.
Apple’s CSAM scanning could be disabled by not using iCloud Photos… which scans server side anyway.
Hoarding IP addresses probably is fraud because to get IPs you have to swear that they will be put into use within a year (IIRC). I don't consider IP leasing to be hoarding because the IPs are in use.
Controversial rent-free boat living in the Bay Area
I hate to say this .. but are you "using it wrong" ? Never had any issue with any of these 3.
Actually great grandparent post was asserting that vaccines didn't decrease transmission. In order to counter that assertion the relative numbers are exactly what is appropriate.
I don't think it applies at apartment windows, but I believe many sky scrapes would have UV treatments on their windows.
But they aren’t deciding for themselves, they’re being coerced by a vocal minority of people who are threatening their entire existence and have already done significant damage to their corporate valuation and reputation precisely because they are not broadcasting exactly what this vocal minority demands. It’s not about freedom for businesses. It is the exact opposite!
If Apple stores a list of hashes that are on your device, it stands to reason that the US government (or Chinese government, depending on where you live) would have access to that list, no? With the existence of PRISM, adequate pressure from multinational surveillance organizations like FIVE EYES, and "the China problem", I see plenty of incentive for Apple to implement this system that's ripe for abuse.

Think about it; the NSA can profile you based on every image that you have stored on your device. Too many extremist eco-terrorism memes saved in your camera roll? You'll get added to a list. Stocking up on right-wing propaganda? They'll flag your device and keep tabs on you "just in case" so they have due process when they do subpoena Apple for the raw iCloud dump.

I'd like to think there's a silver lining to all this, but the whole thing reeks.
Yes they do.. they just have the decryption key.
Why would one need thousands of snapshots, in practice?
Bad take. Calling something evil is a moral judgement and that’s it.
I do t need to fight it, be a part of it, or hell, I could be evil myself.
It’s a judgement call and nothing more.

You may disagree with my moral standards, and that’s cool.
Or you can threaten to report them to the relevant consumer body in your country. I did this after arguing with one of their sales people about cancelling a subscription for half an hour and they immediately relented.

Just speculating, but i suspect they know what they're doing is dodgy and want to avoid as much scrutiny as possible from any regulatory bodies so their support script says to cancel if the customer mentions reporting them.
I use privacy.com for throw-away cards and you can set spending limits and close them at any time.
Sorry, I don't follow. How is it enough to see no obvious negative correlation?

This diagram says literally nothing since many of the important causal pathways involved are not sufficiently controlled for. Before and after seeing this diagram, you ought to have effectively no change in your belief.
Start with ignorance, but then make the schleps as conscious and explicit as possible?

People literally assemble jigsaws and exercise on treadmills in their spare time. Repeatedly! So it seems that even the most apparently mechanical tasks can be made interesting with some creative engagement.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game -- Mary Poppins
While virtual cards are technically a thing in Canada (e.g. you get a virtual cards if you add a card to Apple Pay), I’m not aware of any services that let you generate more than one at a time in a useful way.
> Claiming that they do not prevent transmission is misinformation.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cdc-director-covid-...

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said that Covid-19 vaccines are no longer effective at preventing transmission of the virus.

"...what they can’t do anymore is prevent transmission. So if you're going home to somebody who has not been vaccinated, somebody who can't get vaccinated...
I would suggest you wear a mask in a public indoor setting,"

Claiming that the vaccine prevents spread is misinformation.
I've gotten really cool results in my graphics experiments by not-quite clearing the screen on each frame, ie. very slightly lowering the opacity of the rectangle with which the screen is cleared. It does however leave a subtle "stain" in places where the color doesn't fade all the way out, perhaps it would work better in combination with subtracting 1 from all RGB values.
>Games like Hollow Knight or Minecraft

What's unique about Hollow Knight or Minecraft is that they are either 2D, or low detail enough where they can be reasonably maintained by a small team.

A game like GTA or Overwatch could have voice actors, motion cap, animation teams, detailed 3D models, maintained servers, in-game events; the list goes on, it's not just server costs. My point is, it's unreasonable to think that something like that can be maintained by a $20 DLC, and worst still DLC is only enjoyed by a small portion of the player base.
I'm guessing almost no one benefitted from cross-origin caching with React anyways, since it is almost always bundled up with Webpack. It's not like jQuery or Font Awesome.
and Coober Pedy, Australia right?
That is false; you cannot chain functions that do not return a value that is suitable as an argument to the next function.

a.this().that() requires that a.this() returns an object on which .that() can be invoked.

(that (this a)) requires that (this a) returns an object that is a suitable argument to that.
Amazing provided people shut up. I'm also 5'3" so I'm comfortable in airline seats.
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Looks interesting, very excited to try this out!
>Joe Rogan would interview Dr. Fauci if he were up for it.

In one of this podcasts, JR said he was trying to find someone from the "other side" to debate (I think it was) Dr Malone. He said he couldn't, everyone turned him down. I think this part of the big disconnect in modern discourse; one side wants open discussion and debate, the other wants to censor and deplatform.
This is not "political censorship" this is "corporate censorship", at least be precise about what you are saying. It's absolutely within their right to self censor their product.
Great job on the recommendations, definitely my favorite part.

What is youpinoon in way Music.app is so clunky still? For example when perusing music, if you click on something there is no way to go back to what you were just looking at!

It's such a cool thing to get to work on, and be paid for, and something I imagine everyone working on actually uses. This is not true of a lot of software we all write. So I don't understand why the app is so bad in 100 tiny little ways
From what it seems, the "controversial" COVID-related podcasts are intact. It's mostly his conversations with other comedians or political people like Gad Saad, Sargon of Akkad, Milo Yiannopoulos, Gavin McInnes, Alex Jones etc. that have been removed which is a way of punishing Joe Rogan while making it look like it was about completely something else. Removing the COVID related podcasts when everyone is paying attention would be too obvious and Streisand effect could have made those removed episodes even more popular, which is the last thing the pharmaceuticals would want at this time.

I strongly believe he's being punished for the COVID-related podcasts though. These are the ones in question for those who are brave enough to listen to what the mainstream media has been labeling "dangerous disinformation":

- #1747 Dr. Peter McCallaugh https://open.spotify.com/episode/0aZte37vtFTkYT7b0b04Qz?si=J...

- #1757 Dr. Robert Malone https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SCsueX2bZdbEzRtKOCEyT?si=4...
Why does everyone always get this backwards? Section 230 is what allows moderation without assuming liability for the content. Completely unmoderated forums do not require section 230. Moderated forums do.
We’ve been over this, that’s not how Apple CSAM scanning works at all. And if a country like China wanted to this, they could have just sent an order at any time.
Did you try a chargeback? Or make a report with the bureau of consumer protection?
More info (from https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/behavior-cha...):

> Clipboard access notifications

> On Android 12 and higher, when an app calls getPrimaryClip() to access clip data from a different app for the first time, a toast message notifies the user of this clipboard access.

> The text inside the toast message contains the following format: APP pasted from your clipboard.
I run my own email server, and I have _really_ a pb with smtp servers using spamhaus block lists. Ofc, to "whitelist" your IP with spamhaus (some shady andoran/swiss mafia), you must use a javascript only web engine based web browsers (I don't and I shoud not have to) in order to contact spamhaus. If this is a "chat" with their ppl, where is their IRC server?
If I have to pay something out of this, this will be a lawyer to deal with the admins of such smtp servers.
> most normal people don't find fulfillment in abstract problem solving

most normal people don't find fulfillment at work
No it’s not stupid. They are planning to scan your offline on-device files hashing against a secret list. That’s ridiculous and unacceptable.
I don't see a link to the simulator at the bottom, and there's no mention of a simulator at http://www.greenarraychips.com/home/products/index.html. Do I need to order an evaluation kit?
What is? Using donations for other purposes of your own choosing or the government telling you you cant?
> I concur that they could put, in or next to that initial wording, something like "early cancellation fees may apply".

Again, this wording seems unnecessarily soft to me - the inclusion of 'may' adds ambiguity to make the user think that there might not be exit fees - it should really be "early cancellation fees will apply".

Better yet, you could give the cost:

"Early cancellation fees of 50% of the remainder of the year will apply".
As a [small] SaaS owner, I immediately refund, cancel, and block the user from reactivating their account until they reach out to me. In more than 10 years, I’ve seen less than a dozen “accidental” chargebacks. Most are from users who are too lazy to login and hit the cancel button.

I don’t believe in using dark patterns as a retainment strategy, so I make it very easy to cancel from the same screen they signed up on. The domain is listed on their CC statement. I also send out reminders well before annual subscriptions renew with a link to update or cancel their plan.

I used to dispute chargebacks when the user was very clearly using the service actively and provide screenshots, logs, and written evidence, but what usually happens is the bank takes 30+ days to complete each interaction and almost always sides with the cardholder anyways. In the meantime, users get frustrated because their money is locked up in limbo and I can’t even refund them until their bank responds.

The only chargeback I recall “winning” was one where the user accidentally canceled but still wanted the service. They called their bank directly and the bank canceled the chargeback.

It’s just not worth the hassle, so immediately offloading the responsibility of chargebacks to the user is well worth the $15 chargeback fee. They’ll let you know if they want to come back.

Big companies, I’ve heard, may put you on a block list and if you’ve submitted any identifiable info (address, phone number, etc.) they’ll know when you create a new account.
what exactly do you mean by alien head? not offended, just curious
> close them at any time

Closing your card doesn't have any impact on legal obligations you had, or a merchant thinks you had, or any impact on whether a merchant will choose to do business with you in the future.
I live in Davis. Biking is great here, but it’s not perfect.

The network of bike trails has been poorly maintained. The asphalt is badly cracked, which makes for a very bumpy and uncomfortable ride.

There are plenty of bike lanes on most streets, but almost no protected paths. Biking amongst cars is always stressful.

Most residents in town don’t actually bike that much. UC Davis students are forced to bike because most live off campus and obviously there’s little car parking available there. But I don’t see a remarkable amount of biking around town. I wouldn’t be surprised if more people in SF bike for day-to-day activities per-capita, such as shuffling kids around and picking up groceries.

All of this said, it’s still a nice place and biking here is nice. But it could be better.
iPhones on T-Mobile do not use 464XLAT, they use native IPv6 only. Some system frameworks like URLSession can do the NAT64 translation of hard-coded IPv4 addresses but it still goes over IPv6. In the video linked above: https://youtu.be/nNMNglk_CvE?t=1651
It scans your files device side. files “intended for upload to icloud, we pinky promise”. Yeah, ok.
Interesting take on it. I was thinking mainly of DNA with its explicitly error-correcting features that try to fix transcription mistakes (at least as I understand it? I don't do much of the squishy science) but then branched off into control loops. Sure, if you're talking encodings and entropy etc. then digital is kind of implied, but I don't think the quote I replied to requires such things:

> in many fields there comes a point when one of the incremental improvements in a system of knowledge or technology causes a sudden increase in reach, making it a universal system in the relevant domain

If you're learning to balance a stick on your finger, there's no digital algorithm executing. You're just trying to tune your feedback loop to move the base of the inverted pendulum so as to keep it upright. Yet there's a clear point where you move from being able to balance the stick for 1 second, to 2 seconds, to 5 seconds, and suddenly you can now do it indefinitely until you mess up or get bored.
that's why we need unions!
Apple's CSAM runs on your device... While it could also run in the Cloud, that's not what the presented implementation was going to do.

At the same time, Google and Microsoft already have this CSAM in place, and when you run on GCP, AWS or Azure you are personally liable for CSAM so it's not like it suddenly goes away. Even with CMK and pre-transfer encryption you are still the one holding the CSAM bag.

Unless you are willing the reinvent every wheel yourself, there is little to be gained from not using an ecosystem. You should of course always retain a personally controlled backup.
Absolutely, but this is in no way related to whether we decide this is "the end" or not.
“Evil is thrown around way to much. If you are going to use it for dishonest business practices what’s left for ISIS?”

I love captain crunch cereal. It is so good—
“NOW I HAVE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE CHARITIES!”
Gchat, gdocs, gsheet, gmeet. These are the worst apps of their respective categories, ever to exist. But I am helpless, because I've to use what my company has bought.

The number one reason why they're bad is that they are not native apps. They need a tab in the browser, or a fake browser window.

The second reason they're bad is because Google does not care about the user experience. Each of these is probably assigned to a random intern every three months and she just does whatever she likes with it.

The third reason is that I know how good each of these category of apps can be. I've used slack, zoom, excel and word. Each one of those is lovingly crafted to satisfy the users every need, comparatively. Knowing that such apps exist makes it even more painful to use Google's half baked knock offs.
Yes - sorry. Subject matter experts and expert communities do exist, and they evaluate issues in a way that laypeople can not.
The number of people in that thread defending the actions of the Chinese police is disgusting.
I also, am flabbergasted by the fact that I couldn't stop reading this stream-of-consciousness post.

I shudder to think what it reveals about me. I may be immune to Google's algorithms through my total abstinence, but it seems that there exists a non-random sequence of words that can capture my attention against my will.

This concerns me deeply.
Are there any local ordinances or infrastructure that enables them?
Office 365 is a great deal. For 1 user its $70 per year, up to 6 its $100 per year. You get a lot of storage and all of office.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/outlook/outloo...
Google is not just email. It's the email client. It's the calendar. It's the calendar integration with email. How do you replace those?
What could be done, is to pass a law saying that exclusivity contracts are only enforceable when the content is actually being made available. I doubt there would be any real support for such a law by anyone who matters though.
I am using a different definition of monopoly than the USA one.

They are a monopoly according to the EU definition (which used to be the UK definition; may still be). They control clearly more than 50% of the market; that is enough to attract regulatory scrutiny as a monopoly.

The reality is that a monopoly need not have 100% control of the market. It is more that they have control over some barrier of entry to the market. That, combined with half the market share, is a powerful tool.

In the case of Adobe, as well as market share, they also have de facto control over a set of file formats that the market depends on (the so-called 'industry standard'). And they have a level of product integration/tying in the Creative Suite that could be monopolistic. That limits the competing apps; they cannot together offer a truly competing suite.

Affinity is I think close to rolling back some of Adobe's monopoly power, because the Affinity Suite is so capable, and it might well be in Adobe's interest to allow them to do that; it certainly must help them when they talk to EU regulators.

The real question is whether they are an "abusive" monopoly. And I don't believe they are quite there yet.

There are some hints that they may risk becoming technically abusive but this "dark pattern" ain't one. One such hint is that you can't buy just the two arbitrary apps you want in the suite -- it's either one app, the photography plan, or the lot.

It is certainly the case that any further acquisitions by Adobe could attract monopoly regulation in the EU.
Don't forget that they basically want to you to install a rootkit (Adobe Genuine Service) now because even with cloud activation they still have a growing pirating problem.
The article could really use a couple pictures of inside and outside the building.
"My hospital staffs fake doctors." Okay! That is not normal, and in no way does it change the general recommendation.
OH YEAH JEPSEN IS TEARING APART CRYPTO!!!!

Aphyr is the best. No matter your fave distributed tech and all it's CAP-don't-matter stuff, he shows that... CAP does very much matter and it's really hard.

Cassandra? Kafka? MongoDB (bwahahahah)? It's all got edge cases.

He should be getting paid a million bucks a year by various auditing/accounting firms and the FTC/SEC for validating crypto claims. It would be a massive public service.

I like that its being treated like a database, and that the safety/correctness of any blockchain has to be viewed from a distributed database standpoint.
I'm a happy Fastmail customer for e-mail but they don't do everything Workspace does. Microsoft is a more direct alternative with all the Office apps etc and personally I like the web Outlook interface way better than GMail.
This article pairs so well with the one about the futility of lockdowns. We'll spend the next decade(s) trying to figure out how a virus with an mortality age around life expectancy managed to turn most world leaders and the laptop class into cultists that adhere to random rituals rather than objectively observe their own surroundings.
Adobe got a permaban from all of my devices the moment they slipped a bundled Norton Antivirus installer past me by hiding the checkbox to include it on the Acrobat Reader installer download page rather than in the installer itself. Adobe can fuck right off and die as far as I'm concerned.
There needs to be a balance of interests. I don't know where the line is and I don't want to set it, but misrepresenting minorities to the point you're furthering their marginalization is beyond the line.

There's a lot of nuance lost upon invoking "cancel culture" ("So you've been publicly shamed" is the one piece of media that seems to successfully avoid doing so), and I generally dislike the term because it is often used either in offhand comments by people who don't see the issue or by free speech absolutists that disagree the paradox of tolerance even exists.

That aside, invoking false stereotypes doesn't generally make for exceptional comedy.