skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The reason 21st century young people have come around against free speech is quite simply because they've experienced it in its purest form: the 2000s internet.

The upside: we all pirated a crapload of good music. The downside: new era of fascism. And it's worth noting that the piracy, which is in itself a form of speech, was shut down... But the racism wasn't.

Like, if I copied and pasted the above Dispatch article into the comment below, what would happen? Would I get moderated down? Banned for copyright infringement? C&Dd?

We all believe in limitations to speech. Copyright infringement, threats, fraud... I mean go ask a C-level working on a merger how "free" their speech is about the state of the company.

We protect a zillion things with restrictions on speech via the legal system.

We protect the legal system with laws against perjury and filing false reports.

We protect business interests from fraud.

We protect consumers from false advertising.

We protect anybody who can afford a good lawyer from defamation.

But we don't protect public health. Rebroadcasting Hulk Hogan's video will get your business obliterated, but telling Grandma that vaccines are fake, ultimately leading to her untimely death? Totally fine.

Lying about climate change? Totally fine. Lying about democracy? Totally fine.

Tricking hundreds of people into invading the capitol with lies about a stolen election? Well that's okay... except for the voting company you lied about. They have grounds for a lawsuit. The people who were beaten and terrorized in the capitol probably don't.

The line is arbitrary.
Skia was the graphics part. The printing part was “El Kabong” (Quick Draw McGraw’s alter ego.)
The GIGO Effect was also explained by schoolchildren in the 1980s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMu4S7jCnDA?t=45m20s
Open concept offices are awful. As someone who is more vulnerable to interruptions than most, being able to control my work environment is a godsend.

Everyone is different, but my ideal work environment is library quiet. No music and certainly no overheard conversations or people constantly walking past. I’ve never worked in an office that was willing to provide such an environment, but I have it at home.
Poll: Are You Male or Female
Is laminating faster than making a copy? I woulda thought the opposite
Competition, Content Moderation, and Section 230
Did freelance, was at home everyday for many years. I loved it. But since I reported to myself, keeping a good schedule or structure was a challenging task.

Along with that I didn’t have coworkers so things got pretty lonely.

Lacking both structure and socialization allowed me to be completely wiped out emotionally for a long time when I lost an important person in my life.

I got a job, luckily an office job… in the second half of 2019.

Covid hit and I was work from home again. But this time I had structure. I had some socialization with coworkers through messaging and occasional virtual meetings.

This was a really great middle ground. For awhile I suppose. My office is still closed and I would enjoy the option to go in, but only for in-person socialization.

That’s a pretty self-serving reason for an office though. I’ve recently found other means of feeling a sense of community, and I’ve literally have never felt better in my life.

I guess my tl;dr, in-person work had been a long term substitute for community for many people. Remote work is great, but try to maintain structure and become part of a true community.
wfh vastly better although I enjoy going into the office on occasion to catch up with coworkers over lunch or something
I used to work at a dating service, pre-Web. It still had a computerized aspect to it, not just in terms of management but also in suggesting matches. I was involved at all levels but I spent a great deal of the time with the data. Nothing I saw then as a problem I don't see now; the online portion of it has merely intensified and exaggerated any issues.

Possibly the only thing that could help (I would never say fix) would be reputation, which is to say that you could learn about the behaviors of others. This person spams out hundreds of messages. That person never replies. This one ghosts. This one only talks to the top twentieth percentile of attractiveness, or income, or whatever.

Incentives are mis-aligned, to be certain. In a perfect world, you would have some kind of specific measurable goal and the service would be paid when that goal was met: perhaps marriage, perhaps a lot of one night stands, etc. As it is, they give you a hunting license and drop you off in the forest with a penknife. I am not certain that such a service could actually survive.

But that isn't enough. People's incentives are mis-aligned: some want to get laid, some want a free dinner, some want attention, some are looking for a Christian soulmate, and so on, and people cannot be counted on to be honest about their goals. Often, they aren't honest with themselves, so honesty with another person is simply too much to ask.

That honesty simply won't come to pass as long as we continue to hide the truth. Recall how OKCupid had a blog of statistical analysis and how some of the less comfortable results of those analyses vanished after Match.com took over. In our current political climate, the merest suggestion that men might be disadvantaged in some fashion will be met with hostility and a sarcastic "Boo-hoo, cry me a river!" attitude. It already happened in this thread. So, the idea that both men and women might have behavior that could be changed is simply ... no sale.
> how do you know that's what is causing America's ills?

Look around. Hundreds of millions of Americans are suffering under the predatory practices of massive corporations: unnecessary debt, opioids, malnutrition, misinformation, other addictions.

> Maybe America does need a common enemy; maybe it should be one that is committing genocide right now.

AIPAC is far too powerful for that to happen.
The whole point of layers and abstractions is to reduce the number of states you have to worry about. The way that people talk about abstractions like they're a bad thing makes me think they've never really stopped and thought about all the many, many good abstraction layers they use. It makes sense: a great abstraction is basically invisible, so you don't even notice it unless you pay attention. But everyone who says "too many abstractions" has clearly not stopped and paid attention. You don't need fewer abstractions, you need better abstractions.
My react build scripts use https://github.com/stereobooster/react-snap to create static files which I deploy. Might be good enough for you. Otherwise I'd suggest moving the app to a different subdomain as someone else mentioned and having separate marketing pages. If you have a lot of dynamic content (ie user generated) that you want SEO'd, server side rendering is the most tried and tested.
I've been working from home for about five years and vastly prefer it. I wouldn't be completely against going to the office one day per week, my previous company did this (my current company doesn't have an office in my country much less nearby). It would take something significant to get me back in an office full time again.
I would like hybrid, but I think it is missing the biggest benefit about WFH, which is that it lets you move away from the office. I would rather my house now be near my office so I could go in a few days a week, but if it were close enough for that I wouldn't have been able to afford it.
> So I read this as a conservative who is shocked by the monster he helped unleash.

That's an interesting read on the situation. If conservatives are rethinking their devotion to a would-be dictator, would you silence their ruminations?
Yes but an electronic pregnancy test is cheaper and doesn't require getting congress to agree to pass any laws in improving education nationwide
Your best strategy no doubt depends on who you are and who you want to be. Do you want to work on a wide range of projects, or stay focused on a niche, like embedded systems for hardware control, audio and music DSP, 3D graphics, games, web sites, ops and infrastructure, machine learning, algorithms for distributed systems, ...? You'll want to build a case for your capabilities and experience through a portfolio of school projects, open source contributions, demos, etc. In your niche area or programming language eco-system, there are likely to be slack channels, news groups, mailing lists, and blogs, so become a part of a community, helping when people ask questions, fixing bugs people care about, or blogging examples and common pitfalls.

Imagine you are working at a games company trying to hire a contractor to help with 3D audio programming. The ideal candidate is probably going to have a portfolio that includes 3D audio programming, or at least audio and DSP experience.

Personally, I'd focus on building valuable expertise in a community that includes the kinds of people and businesses for whom you would want to work. There is always demand for skilled engineers who deliver.
The web browser, which is a rather old version of Firefox in my case. The other ones aren't better; they are bad, too. I have ideas how to make a better one (one idea is all file formats and protocols are extensions (implemented in native code) and not built-in, and there are other ideas to make it better for advanced users only, and I have ideas about the C API and "document view" format and other features, etc).

There are some recent messages on Usenet about "Web considered harmful" and commentary/discussions about such things, including some of my own comments.
Personal opinion: It isn't safe to run software downloaded from random strangers on the internet. It requires that you blindly trust said software to do the right thing, and to never become confused either.

No person should ever be required to blindly trust a piece of software. If your OS can't make it easy for you to pick a file, and hand ONLY that file to the software for use, you shouldn't use that OS.

Your OS shouldn't trust software, and neither should you. Unfortunately, every OS you can get does the wrong thing.

Given the unacceptable risk of trying out something from the internet, is it any wonder the market for programs is collapsing?
I prefer both together.
As someone who used ruby (yes real ruby, not rails) before python or R, I definately think R is better for data science and ruby better for everything else. Sadly, I predict a future where python rules over everything.
Progress also make freight trains, which is a bit more impressive than shuffling railcars around (easily electrified) yards:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30113639
All supported by Chief Justice John Marshall, et.al., based on several Papal Bulls way back in the 1400s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_doctrine
Where is the option in the poll: “prefer private office with door”?
10+ yrs wfh, 4 kids homeschool. Ditto, amazing wife.
You describe my ideal hybrid schedule. I don’t miss being in the office Monday through Thursday at all, but I really miss Fridays in the office.

In my experience, remote work typically has no direct productivity downsides, but team cohesion absolutely can take a hit. I find being in the same room with someone doesn’t help us work any better, but having been in the same room with them at some point (ideally not all that long ago) absolutely does, likely even more so having had a beer with them.
Work remotely from coworking space at my option; prefer my ability to make my own decisions.
I've done both and I'm indifferent.I recognize this is probably a very pro WFH crowd but there are pros and cons to both of them. I find collaboration is just easier in person and most of the big "aha!" moments I've had came during water cooler talk.I've also had co-workers whose quality of work completely shit the bed when we went WFH and some of them were let go by management because of it. On the other hand, being able to just get up and go to the kitchen whenever I have down time or get some chores done whenever I have a moment is pretty great.
You would think this is no longer used... I recently got married in the US and had to send proof to my home country of France. I had to request a certification ("apostille") conform with the Hague Conference treaty [1]. I paid Massachusetts $6 and they sent me the fanciest document I have ever seen, with the Great Seal of Massachusetts embossed in it and a ribbon going through the paper (I didn't take a picture sadly but it was kinda like this [2]). It all looked a bit archaic but very cool.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention

[2]: https://apostilleonline.com/images/portfolio/img8.jpg
I did the same, but with Apple Photos. I have a hard drive that holds an offline copy of the library too, which is nice.
Wonderful, thanks for sharing.
Last bout of working from home I got quite frustrated not being able to have some conversations in person but at the moment I haven't felt it (different projects maybe).
I do like seeing people in person and there are definitely some conversations that are most easily had with everyone together in person, but working from home Mondays and Fridays has its appeal as well.
I always assumed it was attempting to suss out if you'd been fired, since that naturally leads to a gap in your resume (and depending on how in demand your skills are, could lead to longer gaps).

It's also possibly just normal curiosity - most people don't have gaps in their resume.
Working from home was very bad for both my productivity and my mental health. Going in and seeing coworkers every day as mandatory social interaction is a godsend, and I now know I don't want to work for any company that is 100% WFH. The lower friction to just talk to people sitting next to me over having to DM them, and overhearing them complain or talk about whatever random thing they are working on is also a substantial upgrade in feeling connected to the work that I'm doing.
I found that if I make friendships and relationships, have meaningful, exciting, ambitious, and ambiguous work afterwards, remote work works really well, especially for personal growth
I had a mild Covid infection in March, 2020. I then noticed I was short of breath afterwards. I had previously been working on my feet 8+ hours/day making gears. It's obvious now that it's Long Covid.

I went through every test I could get before my insurance ran out. All came back normal. Then I was laid off, as work had a massive slow-down, I wasn't the first laid off, nor the last.

I got the vaccine when it became available in April 2021, two doses. I was hoping I would recover at that point, but no such luck.

I am still suffering Long Covid after almost 2 years. I went to Home Depot for about an hour, and it wiped me out for the day.
If you can get a dedicated home office somehow I’d recommend it.
Why would you describe a 'shared goal that benefits humanity' as an 'enemy'? Do you usually consider yourself an enemy of your goals?
We're about to adopt the same hybrid schedule. It's a good compromise from what it was before the pandemic (always in office).
My job supplied a laptop and I just use another desk for that. So When I'm working its the work desk, when I'm at home its the home desk. Conveniently they're at 90 degrees but share a chair which let's me sometimes be at home when I'm at work. Which is nice.
Scared money doesn’t make money. Though a good place for scared money is in treasuries and index funds.

Labor is king in a full employment environment. Invest in your own labor. If you are over invested in your labor, relax a little.

When you feel bored with safety, add some risk !

Also, look at the bright side. Work from home has unexpectedly boosted productivity and removed the dead weight of commute. Technological progress and globalization also March on fighting inflation. all else being equal bet on things you have conviction in.
There are probably scores of abuse vectors waiting to be exposed. Getting caught exposing or exercising them might land you in a place where you can never have money again or worse.
Well, NN aren't even remotely similar to real biological brain. Too simplistic theory for complex things like even a single neuron cell is.
Why are you pretending to program the full 9-5?

I like the office and am currently working in the office but I just... get up and leave whenever I want. Come back whenever I want. No need to pretend to work 9-5.
Totally agree, used to wear enormous noise cancelling headphones but I would have to pay music to completely block out noise from the office, but then there would be loud music playing in my ears. Real challenge there
The article had a playfulness that I appreciated, given the topics.

Another question would be, could an improved contrast be found to the bee vs. future baby conundrum? The more I think about these two scenarios, the less in common they have for me.

An already mature bee with no dependency issues, vs. a not yet born human who will need a couple decades of investment and (mostly) consistent nurturing/hospitable circumstances, raise very different concerns.

The situations are so different that I don't see how views on the two questions can be quickly considered comparable, via utilitarianism, deontology, or any other measure, except by ignoring all but their gross similarities.
The one good thing is it knocks down the effects of residential segregation and encourages interracial dating.
Given the beurocratic red tape to creating new medical tests, it's actually a pretty clever solution to just use a few LEDs and a sensor to output a result. I get what people are saying about things but being environmentally friendly, but let's start with our disposable culture towards phones and unnecessary electronics first. Pregnancy tests have a very legitimate and important use
On the first one, yeah, TI's got chips (so do a few other vendors), but I'm not competent at designing (or building) ethernet circuits, so I need someone else to put a 10Base-T1L PHY back to back with a 10Base-T PHY, and do those other things.

Pace1KL looks interesting, but the price (seems to be $129 each) is too high for me, especially since I'd need to supply PoE on both sides. In an ideal world, I'd get one unit which was powered and was a PSE (power sourcing equipment), and the other unit was a PD (powered device), so I didn't need to find a safe place to tap power where my line ends. Of course, in an even more ideal world, I'd have two pairs so I could run standard ethernet :)
I turn 42 this year. My feeling is that there’s always something you haven’t tried. Over the years, I’ve changed careers, failed to change careers, went back for a masters degree, tried totally unrelated hobbies, and more. I’ve done community radio, had writing published, played in bands on the radio, started blogs and apps, and more. If it’s getting stale, look for a change of context, maybe even move cities. But often you can just follow your interest into something new. Works for me at least
Great power comes with great responsibility. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Pandas is a pretty fantastic tool for ETL.
Mid last year 3 Japanese were arrested for posting 10-minute movie recap on YouTube.

https://soranews24.com/2021/06/25/three-people-become-first-...

Here are quotes from the article:

"On 23 June Miyagi Prefectural Police announced the arrest of two men and one woman for uploading a fast movie to YouTube in July of last [2020] year. “Fast movie” is the Japanese term for those movie summary videos with titles like “Such-and-such In 5 Minutes”, where heavily edited clips or still images of an entire film are put together and narrated with a voice-over or subtitles."

"This is the latest incident that demonstrates how copyright infringement in Japan is a criminal offense that could result in prison time. Back in the days of widespread P2P file sharing, scores of people were arrested for uploading and sharing copyrighted material as was the creator of Japan’s largest P2P software Winny."

"The advent of YouTube made tracking down uploaders a little more straightforward. In this case, the Japanese trade group Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) sought a court order in the United States to get the identities of the fast movie uploaders from YouTube. CODA then handed over the information to the Miyagi Prefectural Police, who oversaw the arrests."
I much prefer working from the office, but since covid started I've mostly been working in an empty office, and that's been great. And my commute is about ten minutes by bike, so most of the downsides of working from an office don't really apply to my office.

I mostly just like having the division between work and home: I work at the office, I don't work at home. I think my ideal work location would be an office in town, but not in my company's building.
Not even once in my life have I heard the argument that markets are inherently moral.
On the other hand, if it were lispiness that was the issue, surely xlispstat would be the winner. I love xlispstat. I used it in grad school in the 1990s and even maintain the github repository https://github.com/jhbadger/xlispstat . But the fact is xlispstat never appealed to the general statistical community and R did.
What an insightful article! Reading through this gave me a feeling of dread as I imagined the pilots pulling as hard as they could on the yoke (?) and being overpowered by the computer.

That is incredibly tragic.
The first rule of change management is to boil the frog slowly.

Unless the hybrid schedule is optional, expect to be back full time in under a year! You'll know you're about to go back when your managers manager has an all hands and mentions something about people being confused or not knowing when their team will be in the office.

They'll manufacture consent by doing a bunch of surveys that they claim people want to go back.

Then 3 months later they'll mandate teams return to work full time (with a flex alternating friday off or something) for 'team cohesion'.

You can actually be a change management consultant. It's big money.
I'm fine with WFH, or in office 5 days a week. I think a mix would be terrible, as all meetings would end up being online anyways due to x% of the staff being remote on any given day.

My company is currently planning on doing 40% in the office, 60% remote, however with everyone picking their own schedule heading into the office for 2 days a week seems stupid if I'm just going to be on Microsoft Teams there.
Bash script to automate public WiFi anonymous login
You had me until you said GMOs and inflammation.

GMOs are not allergenic[1].

Inflammation is a necessary function of the human body. There are no anti-inflammatory diets[2]. Short term inflammation has no bearing on health markers[3].

Just focus on a diet rich in whole foods, mostly plants that you can stick to over the long run.

[1] https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/can-gmos-cause-gastrointest...
[2] https://youtu.be/JKcfubZh-fc
[3] https://youtu.be/CPB0jqo76Hg
Using cadquery for some parts but still need openscad for other parts, reason is didn't find how to make a "hull" in cadquery. Is there the equivalent of openscad hull in cadquery?
Society is using social media and the internet to create hate and misgivings. It’s acting as a great fulcrum spreading thoughts to the farthest reaches.

One of my favorite concepts from the Dune series is from a Benne Geserit mother. She’s tasked with working with someone closely who she hates. Upon realizing she hates this person she feels some relief. “Because hate and love are such close opposites one can relatively quickly be converted to the other feeling.” I think it was understood she meditated to flip herself from hate to love. Probably focusing on any and all useful aspects of the person to her goal or something.

So that’d be my suggestion to anyone considering another social media or dating site. Perhaps a site that emphasized forgiveness and letting go of self destructive attachments could act as a fulcrum in the needed direction.
Work from office