skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes that still works under Windows 10/11. Useful if you are working in the command line, and have tools somewhere else that you are accessing (that are not in the PATH) and you get tired of typing the full path to the tools.
Ask HN: HN but for embedded hardware and software
As an embedded developer, I am always happy to see threads about embedded hardware and software, new SoC / MCU releases etc, but these are rare here.

I was wondering if there is something similar. I know about the subreddits, but they tend to be a bit chaotic and not entirely what I am looking for.
Douglas Trumbull, visual effects artist on 2001: A Space Odyssey, dies at 79
Hi, this is the story:

September 2020 a friend called me, he told me that 3 guys are working on cryptocurrency. I knew one of the names, was a guy that stole a users database from an open source project, "but that was when he was a teenager". The project owner was a bank something (can't remember what). The other guys are devs.

My friend was doing devops with another guy for them (a really nice guy, and smart as hell)

I'm sysadmin, I don't like doing ops, and I'm a really good manager, they were calling me for that.

Anyway, they start talking about the project, and my brother was doing an economics PhD talking about cryptocurrency. He started on that because me.. -_-, I loved the technology at the start, and how they improved the double-enrey bookkiping from Luca Pacioli and before.

I called my brother to join us. He was glad and started to work with the owner.

After some weeks were I was trying to organize them and see what the project was about I learned few things:

They were doing a wallet to connect banks and cryptocurrency exchange
The project was delayed as hell.
The owner talks too much saying nothing.
They wanted to "become and exchange"
They were looking for funds.

I wanted at least 2 more devs and wanted to see the code (nobody saw the code, just some presentations and demos, it was nice, but for me was basic)

After another weeks without answers, and the owner talking to me about the shares I will get, I was seeing how less work i will be doing in few weeks (we had our git working, I was pushing the devs to push the code there, i was seeing old code all time, we had the infra and metrics running, etc)

Anyway, they found a capital angel and they hired 3 marketing girls.

They started to sell smoke. They meeting started to be more about marketing and getting money than tech. I was.., angry as hell

I quit.

My brother keeps working with them ("go out from there as soon as you can"), they are doing some cryptocurrency courses.

The head dev disappear one day without push almost any code.

I felt dirty, really disgusted with that people, not to much with the devs, not with the devops, but the owner, the marketing team (that was bigger than the dev+devops team) and with myself for months.

They showed to me something I really don't like about economy and markets.

It is really hard to me to think about working on that area again, they looks like scammers, and I saw them thinking about that.

Have a good day.
Ask HN: Best open source icon SVG pack?
Out of habit I have been using Font awesome for quite some time now, but since Font Awesome seemingly has pivoted into a SaaS product, what open source icon SVG packs do you use for your project?
> cc*

That’s “credit card”. We’ve already lost “crypto”(graphy), let’s avoid deliberately giving away other common shorthands.
Travelling for work is something completely different from travelling for leisure, which is what is meant by travel in this context.
Out of curiosity, where would you rank the climate crisis on this list?

It has already irrevocably caused the extinction of lots of species, and while certainly humans will continue to live, "modern humanity" will be replaced by something else.
> the disaster called surrogates that is the cause of the significant majority of programming languages handling strings incorrectly

It also wastes valuable code space that could be used to have more characters encode as 3 bytes instead of 4 in UTF-8.
College level textbooks in USA are a total racket. The major textbooks come out with a new revision roughly annually, where the material is reorganized enough to change section and exercise numbers. The purpose is to destroy the used textbook market, as assigned reading and homework will not correspond to older revisions of the book. Then students are forced to buy new books and the publishers can make big profits.
Right but the key difference is that post-recovery AMD is fabless, because they spun off their fab business.

AMD's stock can jump like this, because its value is based more closely on its designs.

Intel is not taking that approach. One amazing chip design isn't going to massively change their fortunes, and they are heavily sunk in x86, which is not the chip series the market is most interested in.

One meaningful path forward for Intel is to split in two, precisely so that the x86 design business can be liberated by being fabless, and the fab businesses can get on with making unsexy larger-process chips for everyone in America who needs them.

But Intel seem to be resisting this.
The advantage IMO is that programs don't care what physical drive they are on. On the Windows side I've run into a few that refuse to be installed on anything BUT C: even if D: or E: is a perfectly good or maybe even the same HDD.
UK Revives Dangerous Attempt to Verify Age of People Who Watch Porn
Fun sidebar fact: Under MS-DOS you can't go higher than E: without issuing the LASTDRIVE=x command in config.sys (Where x is the maximum drive letter you want to go up to)
Look into Common Lisp and Coalton used in quantum computing

https://coalton-lang.github.io/
An Accessible Primer for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
Hey HN,

We wrote a short primer on DAOs and their growth over the past year, including perspectives on pitfalls and potential.

We'd love to hear your thoughts!

https://www.smallstepcap.com/decentralized-autonomous-organizations-for-the-everyman/
Sure does. I have college-age kids who possibly never used a floppy disk. It was all usb sticks and CDs when they went through school.
https://arcade.makecode.com/
I don't think they're that well funded, there are people like that on the right as well. Someone else mentioned it has a more friendly name of "opposition research"
What you've learned is that like me, you're now old, most likely.
> Being able to store (and later refer to) character offsets in the source code is a plus

It doesn't add anything over storing byte offsets into an UTF-8 string.
The terms are interchangeable.

Now and then I like to use "programmer" in informal conversation, because it feels refreshingly direct, and sometimes I think we forget that whilst developers need non technical skills, the technical stuff is still the critical part!

But for hiring, etc., they're all just synonyms.
> What’s the alternative?

A desktop operating system that comes with a proper security and permission model (i.e. not a standard Linux system). Right now, QubesOS seems like the only candidate here.

I can't believe Android and iOS are now >=15 years old and Linux is still struggling with this.
Ask HN: Is it possible to be a data science “script kiddy”?
I have some research I'm looking to do on time-series in python in the coming weeks. In the longer term I do want to understand the math/stat underpinnings (I'm using Brilliant to catch up on maths), but, for now, could I make decent predictions/tests using python libraries? Perhaps by reading a layman's explanation of various outputs first (math is the limiting factor in this timeline)?
Peloton’s future is uncertain after a swift fall from pandemic stardom
pedantry correction (I can't help myself!): it's c$ and d$ not c and d.
okay I finished reading it, it is pretty damning and the report does say that it is just one agent investigating certain specific criminal charges that "doesn't reflect all of the investigations of the government"

Ilya had trouble figuring out how to launder it

Still the outstanding question is whether he is the only one with the encrypted files, or if he was a service provider. not that its a real question to me, its something the government has to prove for stronger charges like the CFAA to be levied and stick.
After reading the article it seems that the author frames the problem in the wrong way.

Travel is not a _cure_ for the mind. There is no cure for the human condition.

It's better described as maintenance. If I'm feeling cooped up indoors and I jump on the metro and go to Chinatown, does that cure all of my existential ills?

No, but it's fun, and tomorrow I can go somewhere else.

The same is true of all activities. I quit my job a while back and now I'm studying full time. Is that going to scratch my itch forever? No, eventually I'll get bored and want to do something else.

But now I've done more different things, I'm more well rounded, and I experienced a lot of joy over and above what I'd have if I just sat in the office counting beans all year.

I'm going to meet some friends this afternoon, and that's not gonna cure my mind either, same as eating lunch doesn't cure hunger.
It's credit card OR id though. People like Experian are already offering age verification systems that check passports, driving licences etc. The government also have their own GOV.UK Verify programme which has multiple providers which prove identity and thus age.

If you can login to your government tax account, or apply for a DBS, you'll be able to prove your identity.
Not meaningfully. If you have to install an app, only putting it in a VM can ever help much.

If you run X (except on Qubes!) any program can see everything every other X program is doing -- all keystrokes, all mouse clicks, all pixels.
Agree with focusing on the positives.

With a diagnosis you are equipped with updated instructions for yourself.

For instance, if you are having a hard time focusing on getting some work done, rather than fighting it or beating yourself up about it (my frequent go to), you can enact some behavioral intervention to help get you back on course.

It helps to reflect on what, if anything, could be done to set yourself to avoid these problems in the future.

The probability of me having a good day increases with the following: physical activity, good hydration, sleep hygeine, and not to beat myself up if things go awry.

If you go with meds, you must meet your meds half way.
America’s Chinese Tech Conundrum
If you are just browsing twitter like the OP, you aren't going to be doing anything against either of those.
RFC: Stop Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations
While I don't have an answer to your exact question (I suspect its somewhat arbitrary), it's interesting to note that some countries (I think Germany?) have strict regulations about using the term "Engineer" as a job position title. I believe they require you to have passed specific qualifications and have engineering accreditations.
Arguably heat pumps would've made this worse, because although they decrease total power usage they increase the rate at which power usage goes up during cold spells, making the ratio of normal power usage to peak worst-case power usage even larger and harder for the grid to deal with. In systems that are well sized for the climate, this often means outright falling back to inefficient resisitive heating with all the resulting electricity demand from that.
That's the feeling I'm getting as well. There are different definitions on the Internet, but again, everyone is making up their own. Makes looking for open positions not easier.
"mostly aluminum"

Aluminum is not a "heavy metal". Not only is it of low density, it's not toxic in the way actual heavy metals like lead are.

Your inclusion of the adjective "heavy" was misleading as that wasn't in the source you referenced.
I get the point but most art needs funding. If we go down that route, maybe we should start with Mozart or Beethoven? Or some prominent classical writers? I guess what I am saying is that this is not a particular unique situation.
You are missing the point. The article focuses on mindless tourism as a source of excitement rather than any deeper meaning. Just an embodiment of the hedonistic treadmill or consumerism.
These symptoms can also he a manifestation of histamine intolerance. If your enzymes that break down histamines (diamine oxidase - DAO or histamine methyltransferase - HMT) are faulty it will be a problem.

High histamines give me the opposite of the effect of taking anti-histamines, which normally make you drowsy.

You would be amazed how many foods are high in histamines. Basically anything that is really flavoursome. And many additives either inhibit histamine breakdown or promote release from the mast cells.

Not to mention MCAS mast cell activation syndrome.
Yesterday auto deaths killed 4000 people and horrifically maimed many more. As has been the case for the past century and as will continue to happen long after covid is background noise.
Bull. This is such a boring way to look at life. You can’t go on ‘vacation’ unless you’ve reached a certain (extremely high) level of material success? Maybe if you think of vacation as a place you go for a little while, eat nice food, stay in an Airbnb, and when you come home, your dog is waiting for you at the pet hotel to go back to your condo where all your stuff, subscriptions, job and ‘real life’ is still waiting as if you never left.

Even with very little means you can travel and see the world. It’s just a matter of priorities and what kind of life you want to make for yourself. If you think you have to establish the standard life package first and then go see the world when you have spare time and money, sure, maybe you won’t until you’ve made it pretty far. Right out of high school, instead of going to university, I decided to travel abroad. I didn’t have family money. I’m from a poor family in a small town. I just saved a little money working service jobs and traveled on the cheap. CouchSurfing, hitchhiking, camping out, hostels, etc. I’m not special. My little sister is doing the same thing now on waitress money. I’ve met countless people out on the road living interesting and meaningful lives, traveling abroad without being a single, full-time tech worker. You just have to ask yourself whether you need to compete materially with everyone who’s staying in one place and accumulating stuff.

To think you only deserve a couple Life Changing, two or three week trips, even as a high earning tech worker… Such poverty of spirit makes me depressed just thinking it. Consider a few great authors, like Orwell for example. As a broke 20 something he was tramping around living a series of great stories. If he’d chosen to play it safe, stay home and work at some Important Career and collecting stuff, he’d probably never have gone to Spain in 1936, and the world would probably never have received his most important works as a result.
What is relevant is the sectional density, so how many kg you have per square meter, in SI units. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectional_density

A single larger sat would usually have a higher sectional density. But as far as I am aware, nobody else is launching into such low initial orbits, no matter the size of the sat. Usually you want to launch into an at least somewhat stable orbit so you have some time for troubleshooting in case something goes wrong.
Seems incredibly risky. If a muscle is stimulated too greatly without the user's ability to feel it cramp or be overworked, it could potentially rip, rupture, etc.. and now the user will be dealing with rhabdomyolysis without even having any notice.
Funny, I actually am from Germany and it feels just as arbitrary.
Another option is a smartwatch. The screen isn't big enough to read much and notifications can be turned off. It's always with you and even has bluetooth, so no more wires.
Why do people get so passionate about $60 games that maybe would be fairly priced at $30, but then will blow tens of thousands on a car or house that doesn't provide much additional value compared to a normal price one?
Many of us, or most of us, are probably not sure what you’re referring to, so it might be more useful to offer some focus to your argument rather than the vague suggestions you’re making.
I never denied the existence of ADHD. I am only genuinely curious if it is an actual disorder or a consequence of our modern overstimulated world.

I hope sincere curiosity is permitted. Good luck to you. Hope you are able to find help :)
I enjoy travel and transport because when on a trip between points A and B nothing can bother me or influence my trajectory. "I know I'll spend the next 5 hours on this train". This provides an oddly relaxing feeling of comfort and untouchability that is hard to get when you have many degrees of freedom available to you with many occasions of interference.
The government already have a GOV.UK Verify programme for identity assurance that they want to be funded by the private sector. They'll presumably just encourage people to use one of those private operators (currently Digidentity and Post Office) and maybe it'll encourage more operators to spring up.

See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk...
So... recently I've started using a physical box running Debian for some retro computing work (dd'ing images etc.) and I have a need to use a USB floppy drive.

I think there is some daemon running in the background trying to automount stuff, as the USB drive constantly clicks when empty just like the Amiga used to.

Very irritating.
>Some lay people think they know better than the medical community and won't hesitate to tell you their unqualified opinion.

The medical community doesn't have a great track record. Things have largely improved where most parts of the body are concerned, but I think psychiatry and psychology are still in their "four humours" phase.
Raspberry pi now supports 64 bit (not amd64)
This Could Be a Critical Year for Electric Cars
Excitement fades away very quickly and the happiness in happy memories fades in time.
What sets the Engineer apart from the Developer for me is:

* the engineer can work with other developers/engineers

* the engineer writes code that is maintainable

* the engineers code has an architecture

* the engineer can find a solution to problems that don’t have a lib or stackoverflow entry

In other words:

A Developer is more likely to work on smaller codebases, most likely alone, that are comprised of known problems. If you are lucky there will be some sort of rough architecture.

An Engineer is more likely to work on larger codebases, most likely in a team, that has a core of problems that are specific to the product or a domain and need to be implemented by the Engineer. The code architecture exists to facilitate maintainability and cooperation between Engineers.
I've found this such a helpful way to frame it and the book you reference is a fantastic read too.
We are soon, though I wish they could get vaxxed first (both under 5). Mostly it's just that every day is the same, and there's next to no spontaneity in life.

It's ok - we knew what we were signing up for before having kids, but deciding at 3 o'clock to spend the weekend camping is a lot less practical now. Even a quick outing requires a solid 30+ minutes of prep.
Two crimes dont make a right!
Yeah, I think of Minidisc as being popular for recording in the 90's, not consuming. MP3 were happening in the late 90's (the first Winamp release was in '97, Napster in '99) but again only for a select tech/university crowd. I don't think there were any consumer handheld devices capable of playing them.

EDIT: A better source on the topic than my memory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_media_player#The_MP3_...
Pfizer expects $54B in 2022 sales on Covid vaccine and treatment pill
I don't think that'd help. There were a bunch of articles about how renewable power wasn't to blame and Texas politicians were lying by blaming it, but if you check the actual details the whole justification for that was that everyone knew solar and wind were fundamentally unable to keep the Texas grid supplied with electricty during winter due to low output and so the grid wasn't expecting to rely on them. That is, the argument isn't that they handled extreme winter weather well, it's that even in normal winters they're not useful.
That is the reason i LOVE phantom powered microphones.
May well be wrong about Germany then.

I do know there are regular arguments here in the UK about the "Architect" title, the RIBA (the Royal Institute of British Architects) regularly sue people who call themselves Architects but don't have the qualification or aren't payed up members. This includes "software architects". People who work in building architecture but haven't got enough qualifications often call themselves "architectural designers" to get around the rules.
Is there really a lot of porn on those platforms? I would have expected porn to be forbidden by the content policies of any big service with user generated content, it's probably the easiest kind of abuse to automatically detect, and it's something the services are very motivated to keep out since they can't sell ads on that content. I have never heard of either of those platforms as having a reputation for hosting porn.
Wait, what, one of the best text search engines for the whole internet runs on a residential broadband connection on a home server? My mind is blown.
Startup Funding Without Giving Up Equity
One reason the market there isn't providing resilience is that the end customers aren't buying resilience. They largely don't have contracts that explicitly incentivize the suppliers to provide it.
I'd argue that on the 4 degree days, programmers get the long end of the stick.
I disagree about the power shift.

Twitter holds a complete information monopoly over all its content. This means they can make hostile changes, such as forcing a login in order to view public content, without much repercussion. If Twitter were to ban me, I would be completely cut off from all of my friends on Twitter. You can't easily move away from Twitter, because Twitter is a huge entity with swaths of content and users already on it.

On the other hand, Mastodon instances have only a fraction of that power. They have control over information only that is on their instance, in a world that contains thousands of such instances. They are tiny entities holding control over small fractions of the content available in the fediverse.

If a Mastodon instance started acting hostile, people can relatively easily move away to a different instance. If my Mastodon instance were to ban me, I can sign up on a different instance (or host my own) and still keep in touch with my friends; unless my friends used the same instance and the owners broke federation with the instance I moved to, at which point a lot of people would probably want to move away from that hostile instance immediately.
Whenever you're dealing with a long term supplier, you have to consider how long they can sustain themselves. If you're looking at an "unlimited" plan with the intention to get a service for a deeply discounted rate, you have to use your due diligence and consider how sustainable it would be.

The tweet talks about 500TB. That's $30kpa with Backblaze B2, $126kpa on S3 before any data movement. It's £10k in raw drives without any redundancy. Unless the "unlimited" plan is $50kpa there's no way that would ever be viable for a business to take on indefinitely.

Yes, it's deeply irresponsible for Google to make promises (they know more than most how much free services get abused), but customers have to be aware too.
Disagree - you could take the exact registration flow of any existing platform (e.g. Blogger) and adjust it so that instead of creating an account in their database (and consequently on their platform), it provisions a hosting account in your name and installs some blogging software there.
Most of that time is spent on downloading the data, which you have to do with any synchronization.