skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> What does civilians owning firearms have to do with a well-trained military force taking over the seats of power?

Such a military force would be facing a very well armed citizen-led guerilla response.

Given the amount of private gun ownership in the US, holding on to power after a coup would prove a rather difficult proposition.
Can you share which one you have?
A century from now, Musk’s ability to get to people to PAY to beta test with their lives will be studied in business schools across the world.
Asian countries haven’t had decades of social programs advocated for by “activists” that have encouraged people to abandon the family structure and devalue personal responsibility. So we have a large part of society that is completely dysfunctional and reliant on the state to raise their child. Many people consider these people heroes even.
Biking to work is not a skydiving.

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35MHUtvIpP8
There really arent any. Hate speech isn't "true" regardless of your basement phrenologists Roganism's that this race or that ethnicity is "inferior" to a white person due to skull or brain size. Or doctored studies that purposely dont take poverty and other things into account.

The other category is libel/slander which is properly protected in the UK where a real burden of proof is put on the person making the claim, meanwhile in the USA, "news" shows lie with impunity, and almost always for the benefit of the oligarchy.

Its a better system than the USA's and by far. Right-wing types, who also dominate this forum, dislike it because it limits the lies and racism and islomaphobia they so deeply identify with, and is reinforced to them by the dishonest right-wing media they consume which has almost no limits on dishonest or hateful speech in the USA. So its an ugly cycle of extremists radicalizing new extremists for political gain (read: faithful GOP voters) by the billionaire owners of these media outlets who gain from these narratives both politically and economically.
Riding out the wave from the last tech boom, one day I'll look at my savings + day to day work and decide it's time to retire and that will be that.
It's interesting how those green pylons were completely invisible to the car's sensor. If you look at dashboard LCD 4:30, the car seems too slow to register them as objects or misses it completely.

4:42 it makes a right onto tram track. And again at 6:24

Jesus.
I can't disagree with that, governments (cities, etc) are really just companies that the citizens work for once we are born.
> By definition, hundreds of innocent persons will now be in an FBI database and will be investigated

I would love for you to tell me how the methodology described in the article allows for hundreds of innocent persons to be inserted in an FBI database and investigated. Because right now, your point is directly at odds with what the article presents, meaning you either didn't read or understand the article, or you have some special knowledge above and beyond what is presented in the article which you should share with the rest of us.
I think I need to realize this simple advice. Thanks.
Discussing toxic work environments [video]
Put overhead lines on even sections of long range rail lines and you could use it for long haul. Battery could be used to bridge between sections with power.
Oh yeah a metre plus is pretty far. I sit about 30-40cm from my screen unless I'm sitting back in my chair.
You're more lucky than at least 99% of the people on Earth. You're young, educated, presumably healthy, and skilled. You have enough savings to survive for years if you budget well. I share some of those privileges, and it fills me with a deep sense of gratitude when I reflect on it. This leads to a desire to give back and help others. How you channel that is up to you.

There's so much more to the human experience than tech. I didn't have a liberal arts education, and spending time filling those gaps led to a new appreciation for literature, music, history, and philosophy. This expanded my pool of hobbies, and helps me connect with other people across more topics.

I assume you run or work out or something already so I'll skip the physical activity bit.
And parents only really have weekends. I think peers (other kids) have the most influence with the way things are structured now.
Not all teaching stories are sad.

I was lucky. I taught high school in northern California for almost a decade and it was a lovely job. Sure, the work expands to fill your nights and weekends, and part of every summer vacation I worked on improving my lesson plans, but it was an enjoyable job with good students, great fellow teachers, a supportive administration, a wonderfully diverse and accepting student body, and only the occasional annoying parent.

Benefits were decent, pay was decent, and psychological rewards were tremendous. It was far more rewarding than the previous fifteen years I spent in software development. I felt I developed software not because the world needed it but just so some rich guy could get a little richer and maybe a bit of that richness would filter down to me. Not an inspiring reason to get up in the morning.

I could tell right away I had an impact on my students, introducing them to new areas of knowledge (in my case it was chemistry). My goals were to be a role model; for them to know what kinds of questions chemistry addressed; and for them to just maybe fall in love with science a little bit. I had no illusions they were going to grow up to be chemists.

I would have remained a teacher if I hadn't decided to leave the US. I am fortunate to have left before COVID because teaching online sounds really hard.

Just my 2 cents.
It’s correct. Also why I have an ex wife. Hmm.
airbnb is "evil" because individuals buy property in a city and use that property however they want.

google is "evil" because they cut back on a meeting from once a week to once a month and restricted the meeting to a certain topic. Of all the things you could list google for being evil with, you choose that.

I will be ignoring everything from slate.com from here on out.
I think a lot of people here take 90% of their time and free time alone behind a computer.

After +15 years alone like that it take a toll on their mental health.

And after such a long time they are really far behind in social skill and they understand that doing a todo app with every new javascript framework is for most of people not the meaning of life and they don't know where to start.
Windows has been working hard this last decade to cache up with linux's spotty driver support.
Nobody de-platformed anyone that didn't give them that platform in the first place. They aren't entitled to a platform. It was a privilege abused.
This doesn't sound all that different from the banking system we have now.
Just in case you didn’t know, you can rotate any monitor 90 degrees and get the same layout.
Why do you call it repulsive?

It's a very common operation in graphics. Even so that certain graphics processors have a flag for floating point operations which allow the results to be saturated (clamped to [0,1]) at no extra cost.

I know I prefer to avoid it and design equations so it isn't necessary. That often helps make the math cleaner and more well behaved. But repulsion sounds stronger than what I feel.

I would say there are plenty of cases where things do act additively yet we wish to clamp their values to a specific range (often valid colours).
Tesla has been full of it on FSD for a while now, at least the current beta is rolled out to a much more restricted set of people, although they still sell the general one to the general public...

But WHY is a (I'm assuming) concrete post that short and painted DARK GREEN? Green seems like a horrible choice for a post in night driving. That's not every particularly well designed for human driving. San Jose? Why isn't this post yellow? Yellow seems to be the typical concrete post color.

Surface/local street FSD driving is 10-20 years away and will require a lot of convergence, construction standards, regulatory testing, common databases of "danger locations", etc. It's so much harder. So many "target types" so much variation, so many different local standards.

In particular I don't agree with Tesla's lack of a database or route-specific training or the like. Lidar I think is actually less of an issue than that approach.

But a good divided highway automation should be doable. That has a lot more standardization, and higher amounts of traffic would lead to better statistical models and datasets for proving out algorithms.

These are the problems in highway driving: traffic jams (can be prewarned)/ stopped cars (a current tesla issue), deer/animals wandering onto the road, construction (can be signaled in a standard way and prewarned). Debris/potholes?
Ruby and Elegance: Transpose
The U.S. is considering whether to adopt a digital version of its currency
No but at least in games it has some use until the game goes down. The rest of NFTs are just “buy your own plot of land on mars” type purchase
I wrote this blog-post about cracking of the Wordle game. If you are interested into its mechanics and implementation…

https://epic.blog/hacking/2022/01/26/cracking-the-wordle-gam...
It's complicated. At least in SF race is a major item - there is a real push to avoid disparate impact. Things like D's and F's they have shown disparately impact certain groups. Race is a major topic at least in SF school district.

"A gay dad volunteers for one of eight open slots on a parent committee that advises the school board. All of the 10 current members are straight moms. Three are white. Three are Latina. Two are Black. One is Tongan. They all want the dad to join them.

The seven school board members talk for two hours about whether the dad brings enough diversity. Yes, he’d be the only man. And the only LGBTQ representative.
...
The gay dad never utters a single word. The board members do not ask the dad a single question before declining to approve him for the committee."

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Sa...

They have trouble recruiting for these spots. He was white. His credentials, interest, commitment, skills he might bring to the position were not relevant.
It's already documented:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkix4UzEbjU
In my experience, you just have to accept the low hit rate. Worst case you’ll have some awkward small talk, best case you’ll meet people that you’ll find a lot in common with, and those relationships will last a while. You just have to accept that it’s going to be awkward a bunch of the time, but you have to put yourself in those situations.
Thanks for the link. They're not even that expensive, ~90€ over here.
Build a stronger "why." If you get the "why" right, everything else gets a lot easier. You're an emotional creature, work directly on the emotion. The founder of KFC started the business at the age of 62.
The olympics are playing the same game they always have, while the world has moved on.

Football is thriving because of fantasy and betting. The NBA has clips, NFTs, and creators producing endless content.

What do the Olympics have? Sure they have human stories, but you need to watch a major network to consume them. The games need to figure out how to fit in today's consumption model.
Strange coincidence, just last night drank milk kefir and woke up feeling much more lighter in my head...Guess I know the reason now...
Unless the AI can fix the bug itself, a human is going to have to explore the AI-generated code. The AI cannot help you here and you are going to have to figure out the "why" all by yourself. It will become incredibly easy to generate code with prompts but fixing any problem is going to be a pain. The "Tech Debt" would be astronomical.
There has to be protections for minorities defined as people having minority view points. Otherwise there is tyranny of the majority. A democracy protects the rights of minorities which includes preserving their speech. That may mean allowing opposing viewpoints to take root.

If the majority wants the government to outlaw and ban opposing viewpoints or speech I think that although that is the government doing the will of the people, that is undemocratic.

To tie that to what the OP post is about, it mentions censorship that goes beyond what the stated purpose of the law is. I think most here are aware that that is probably intentional.
I find this type of helping hand (made from flexible air nozzle tube) really handy for soldering - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07233QBBS/ .

I imagine there are heavier duty ones though, that use a mechanism other than that tubing.
I found MobX working wonders for React UI responsiveness. You can cut-off large parts of rerendering more-less for free, without worrying you'll cut-off too much.

I just wish MobX was statically typed, so I could know what has been observed by just looking at the usage site, instead of hunting for where the corresponding makeObservable is.
Since diet can affect the microbiome of the gut and I can't imagine how gut bacteria affect moods (although I'm open to the idea I suppose) I'd wager it is actually diet and nutritional input that affects mood as well as the gut bacteria. Makes more sense to me that your mood can be affected by your diet, and what we are measuring is the altered microbiome of the gut because of the diet.
"The Splendid and the Vile" by Erik Larson
> Ouch. This is the one I identify the most with. I am, or was, a huge gamer. I used to play shooters, MMOs, and grindy RPGs and loved it. I could easily spend the whole day playing.

> the fact that I don't have the option to do them is depressing to me.

> I definitely am less able to enjoy pleasure as I was many years ago

> Once I get back in front of the screen, it's back to the usual self.

I think there might be something here and I think I might have a video quite relevant for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvNCvCKJRBg
I too live in Mazatlan. Ten years ago I bought a 3 bedroom house on the edge of the historic district for about $80,000 US. I paid about $5000 US to completely remodel the front facade of the house into something historic and elegant. My income is $1000/month from Social Security and $500/month pension with my U.S. health insurance paid. I'm putting about $500 US / month into savings. The articles prices seem about right.

On the other hand, my house has been burglarized repeatedly during the summers when I'm in the US. I added a bugler alarm service for about $200 US / year. Still, finding someone to check my house weekly and respond with the alarm company is difficult.
Falling safely is a motor skill. The way you "learn" it is by doing it, repeatedly, until your body starts to react in the right way. This is a problem for an adult cyclist on a road traveling at speed. There are consequences to falling. Many of us, however, have had enough experience during our youth on "single-track" to have racked up many falls onto soft ground at low speeds. That certainly helps to a certain extent.

Unfortunately, physics sometimes can present challenges that no human can adapt to regardless of practice. If your bike comes to hard stop when traveling fast enough, your body is going to do an "endo" and your face will impact the street in a matter of milliseconds. This happens before you can put your hands in front of your face. It can happen faster than your body can respond to the stimuli telling it that an crash is happening.
I am not familiar with US politics, but genuine question here. How effective is this? Does the respective representative have incentive to follow through or disincentive to not follow through?
Jeremy Clarkson's "Oh no! Anyway..." comes to mind
Haha, next step is to publish this as front page news in newspaper tomorrow. Haha

After this spread message how Facebook supports small creators and business in EU.

We know all your tricks, Zuck sir.

EU is scared ...
Switching to fuel cells would only achieve a slight efficiency improvement; large diesels are pretty efficient.

Trying to maintain hydrogen fuel systems in railroad environments would be a nightmare; hydrogen leaks out of everything. What it doesn't leak out of, it embrittles.

Fuel cells require ultra-pure source gasses, not something you really find in railroad environments.

It seemed like the future 2-3 decades ago but it just hasn't matured sufficiently, and we'd have to develop an entirely new production and distribution chain for it.
Average isn't a useful metric here because you'd be hard pressed to find an "average" school. Teacher salaries generally don't do a good job of tracking the cost of living. $65k might be a good salary for some parts of America, but if a bigger chunk of those teachers are in dense urban areas with high costs of living (see: the bay area) it's not good at all. It's also not useful if you lump public school teachers in with private school teachers.
> No, Im not okay with risking killing people. I was clear that i believe human life > property. Im ok with damaging empty police stations though.

No you don't, you are okay with risking killing people. How did these protester know the police station was empty? They didn't. You condone violence.

> You're placing a higher value on property than on human (black) life.

Liar, these molotov cocktails were not thrown at buildings ,in a attempt at arson, for the sake of black people.

And don't make it about black people, like all that violence was for the sake of black people, it wasn't, it was for the sake of violent individuals who clearly didn't care about the consequences of their actions, actions you condone.

Don't use black people as a shield for your violent ideology.
> military coups are a problem in many countries, but not the US

I wonder why
It’s also odd this year because we just had the Olympics a few months ago. Part of the appeal of the games is that they’re framed as a rare spectacle.
Ask HN: What are your hobbies?
Inspired by the post about being 35, confused in life and without a purpose a lot of folks talked about how they find joy in life through their hobbies. I would like to know what are your hobbies! I'm currently selling a lot of equipment I used for music production because I find it hard to sit in front of a DAW and produce after a 8 hr workday in front of a computer.
No pricing info?

"Files is free to use with basic features. To remove the license-popup and unlock additional features, you may purchase a license [$39] from within the app."
I'd like to be excited about homeschooling and other alternate-schooling, but unfortunately my anecdotal experience with people (acquaintances, sometimes co-workers) who were the outcome of homeschooling biases me. The theory is great: DIY things that you can do better than the "pros". I DIY almost all the maintenance on my house, so it makes sense that one could possibly teach better than public school teachers.

But then you look at the actual reasons people are homeschooling, and by and large, it's parents who are opposing some perceived "indoctrination": Fundamentalist Christians objecting to things like sex ed, biology, evolution. More and more now, it looks like it's not just being driven by religion but by political ideology. Our local "moms" group is full of people pulling their kids out to prevent them from "being indoctrinated by the liberals" and for anti-vax reasons. For every 1 parent homeschooling because they really can provide a better education at home, there are probably 100 parents who are totally unqualified, will leave huge gaps in their kids' education, and are only doing it for ideological reasons.

In theory, having a smart parent at home DIYing their kids' education sounds like a great idea, but in practice, it's all the wrong people doing it for all the wrong reasons.
Anchor Framework for Solana
Welcome to your first existential life crisis! Mid-life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis), quarter-life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter-life_crisis), it's the same concept.

You are staring down the barrel of mortality. Your life is slowly ending, time does pass without your control, you will gradually stop being able to do the things you once did. Things that used to excite you don't as much, you haven't accomplished as much as you'd hope, you don't feel satisfied. You want to go back to the past, to feel those old feelings again, to have another chance to "get things right".

Good news! This is all normal, and you can deal with it.

First, accept reality. There is no "winning" at life. Whatever goals you thought you had, whatever accomplishments make up your self-identity, don't really matter. You are going to die. You are going to miss out on relationships, career opportunities, money. You are going to feel dissatisfied and like you've missed out on things (because you have!). But that is all OK.

As long as you provide for the 7 basic needs (air, water, sleep, safety, food, clothing, shelter), you have everything you need to be a successful human. So, whenever you feel like you're not living up to your potential, or promises, or something else, just review the 7 basic needs. Are those met? Then you're OK. Everything else is gravy.

Next, take stock of your life. What do you have? Money in the bank? A successful career? An expansive education? Shit, man, you've got the golden ticket. You can do pretty much anything you want in life. All you have to do is decide what you want. That's a pretty nice problem to have.

As you decide what to do, ask yourself why you want to do it. Sure, you could chase your youth. But why? If all that excites and interests you is the things you did in your 20s, then it makes sense. But you could also find new things and expand your life; find new music, new activities, new people. You could branch out and expand the scope of your life, enriching it with new things, or maybe just improving on existing things. But, if not, that's fine too!

When you know what you want to do, make a plan for the future. Account for the fact that how you do things now will be different than how you did them in the past. We constantly change, whether we want to or not. Grow into the change. Like new skin grows around you, let your plan and action fit into your life changes and vice versa.

Above all, do not measure yourself based on the past. The past is the past! You are a new man in every moment. Measure your current self against your plan for the future. Adapt the plan as you go. "No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy;" your life plans will also not work out exactly as planned. Adapt, regroup, continue.
It's hard to put my finger on what exactly is wrong with the Guardian's article on Radiohead, but it feels like the author was meandering a lot in this short piece. It reads like a bullet-point list of things he noticed during the performance, and all of those things are in pieces and unconnected. It's not cohesive.

You could write this entire article by listening to half a dozen 5-second clips of the performance, giving the impression of a student who writes an essay about a book based entirely on spark notes.
>Green seems like a horrible choice for a post in night driving.

Those pylons have reflective strips on them for the night.
Except that, it does not seem to be the case. There is absolutely nothing to suggest kids were better behaved in schools. The rougher generation did not behaved better where appropriate. Even issues I mentioned were about them misbehaving when not appropriate.

You just idealize own generation, that is all. Which is odd, because at the time superpredators panic was going on and people fretted.
Did I say hold Tether? No, I said hold UST (Terra's stablecoin).

Turkey was a well functioning democracy, until it wasn't, that was my point.

Did I say cryptocurrency fixes governments? No, I said you can store value in stablecoins when you have malfunctioning governments.

If I lived in Turkey, my wealth was largely stored in UST and NOT Lira.

Not goldbars, not USD or EUR cash, not in banks or any service they provide (except day to day needs of course).

So if you lived in Turkey and had about $200K, where would you store it?