skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I am not exempting Amazon here.

What I'm trying to say is that it's Amazon and everybody else.

These days people tend to focus on tech companies, but they forget about gas, oil, telecom, pharma, food, and many other sectors with the same behavior.

For example, 10 years ago I had a contractor doing a job at Monsanto. He needed to bring his own water because Monsanto's employees were forbidden to give water to contractors.
And why $15?

Should they pay that much in a really poor country. What about a really rich one (may be Switzerland)?

End of the day quality of living is totally dependent on local conditions (barring gadgets like ipricy)
Brands like Levis never weigh in on controversial issues until they've hit a certain inflection point of public discourse and it is clear where the majority of society will land on it. Then in hindsight, they will try to present themselves as pioneers of progressive ideals when they really only hopped onto the bandwagon when it was clear which bandwagon was going to win the race.

Today, some of these issues are being litigated faster than they were in the past. But don't be mistaken. Nike almost dropped Colin Kaepernick in the heat of the moment of his controversy. They only embraced him a few years later when it was safe to do so. I suspect Jennifer Sey drank her own koolaid in thinking that she'd be able to come out one way or the other on this still hotly contested issue.

Marketers choose their words carefully and more importantly than that, refrain from taking a stand until they know precisely how it can be dutifully exploited for their brand's needs. You might dislike this. But that's the game that's played in that industry. There's a reason that corporations, and the brands which encapsulate their identities, have been called psychopaths.
While I appreciate the warnings and allusions to important books that predicted a lot of the cultural phenomena today, those books and authors were reacting to a very specfic strain of totalitarian movement that was expanding out of the mere nation states it used as hosts (artifacts of the 18th and 19th centuries) and to expand around the world.

In the case of Orwell writing in 1948, he was writing about the war propaganda machine he had just spent the last decade experiencing both fighting Franco and surviving the Nazis - but also living in post-war England, and Bradbury wrote Farenheit 451 in years later in 1953, just as the Cold War (that would persist for at least 40+ years) against the global spread of soviet totalitarianism was well into its initial stages.

It's great that writers are still recognizing there is a viral ideology that moralizes destruction, and both social and cognitive disorder for its own purposes, but talking about it in terms of these older books may be too polite a euphemism that only lands with others who would have been old enough to read them and already see the issue. The reason the meme takes hold is that it appeals to people who didn't grow up reading those authors and being innoculated against totalitarian meta-ideologies, and in truth, those works of fiction were powerful, but they did not address the roots of what allows them to compromise and bind the human spirit. I don't think the article is persuasive to someone who would benefit from having their mind changed, and it's too easy to wrap these old authors in a thought terminating talking point. It's going to take new and deep writing, art, and tech that irrevocably moves perspective. The author is as brave as he can be while maintaining access to his platform, but art without risk and sacrifice is just entertainment, and I don't think we entertain ourselves out of something we have entertained ourself into.

However, his closer is where I would start:

> There are elements of Orwell’s, Huxley’s, and Bradbury’s dystopian visions in our present reality, but perhaps we prefer to describe them all as “Orwellian” because it implies that our circumstances have been imposed upon us against our will. It is painful to accept that we are complicit, and that we are currently living out perhaps the darkest of those visions by demanding to live in ignorance. Yet it is precisely because we have chosen this fate that we have the ability to alter it.

Interesting times.
Great thought, but I think the author has made a careless mistake. Most people "deplatformed" are being ejected from massive propaganda machine like Fox News or Spotify for being sex offenders and criminals, not for issues of "freedom of speech."

I wouldn't equate the two.
Not sure why you'd complain about OP's comment ... then go and paraphrase what was posted saying this is how you do it "instead" (when it's not "instead", but "I didn't use your words, but agree with the process - here's how I word it")
Sigh (fond memories) - I had just signed a deal to make my 1-person consulting company a Sun Certified Partner, as Java was clearly the future. VB6/COM was an obvious dead-end, and my other preferred alternative - Borland Delphi - was just not being considered by my enterprise clients.

A friend who had recently been hired into Microsoft got me into the alpha pre-release program for .NET. And boom - I never touched Java again, except to port code to C# (or tell IBM sub-contractors how to integerate with .NET/Windows authentication ecosystems).

Weirdly enough - as a programmer who got my start with VB1, I ended-up immediately preferring C# over VB.NET - mostly because my first paying .NET client was facing a complete dead-end with FoxPro - so, as we were performing architectural and technical evaluations of .NET, it was exciting to see that C# was submitted very early-on for ECMA (and eventually ISO) certification.

Myself - I see the release of .NET as the point where Microsoft started to become more open, more platform-agnostic and more developer-friendly than it had ever been before.
Thanks for sharing this, awesome. I dropped Levi's a few years ago due to their stance against the second amendment. It's a shame what has happened to a lot of formerly great companies.
Here in Israel the most reckless drivers are food delivery scooters.

They don't respect traffic laws, including red lights. And the pandemic has really increased their numbers.
Just to point out, a sidewalk is not really a barrier. It's easy for a car to hop the curb and kill someone. It can still be a good idea to face traffic so at least you have a chance at dodging (if they're coming from behind you could be able to hear them getting too close to your side; also somewhat less likely that they would drift that far).
No matter how much you want it to be true, don't think Trump has anything to do with it as I feel the same about attitude on roads in EU countries where I reside.
> Strive to be intentional, focused, and sparing in our reviews.

I get this but I prefer the opposite. By over communicating your preferences, asking questions, leaving “if I follow this correctly” comments, and generally not holding back, you create lots of chances for discussion and knowledge sharing. And you’ll catch more bugs.

This is especially true when a junior dev is involved.
Income tax is withheld on the income. Are you suggesting that we open the door to more taxes being withheld from paychecks?
I completely agree, one of the advantages of python is that it reads like pseudo-code for people not familiar with the language. Some of the proposed syntax changes are not that intuitive and require knowing how they work beforehand.
Ask HN: Recent computer hacking convictions and employability?
I was involved in a high-profile computer hacking case in 2015 which received international interest. I eventually pleaded guilty to charges of blackmail, fraud, and computer hacking. Following that, I was sentenced to four years in prison. I'm currently on probation for a year, and I'm also under the supervision of the Serious Organised Crime Unit for another four years. I'm bound by a number of technical constraints. The authorities in charge of my supervision are happy for me to find legal work in cybersecurity, but given my current circumstances, I just wanted opinions on how I should approach this.

I'm completely self-taught, and while on bail, I did a lot of responsible disclosure. I collaborated closely with CIRT teams, system administrators, website developers, and government agencies to ensure the remediation of over 3,000 web-application vulnerabilities. I wrote technical reports, provided remediation guidance, and validated patches to ensure that security issues were properly closed (in an informal capacity). My first bug bounty contribution took place in 2012 which was a GET-based reflective XSS on a subdomain belonging to Microsoft.

Over 30 private and public sector entities have sent me letters of acknowledgement. I've also been inducted into a number of hall of fames for uncovering vulnerabilities. In 2019, I was also ranked 11th out of 25,000 active researchers on a bug bounty platform.

I can't just walk into employment with my skillset because I'm not particularly talented, just proficient in web-application security and various methodology used to identify vulnerabilities. This leads me to believe that I should look for entry-level positions but I've been told I'm overqualified. Some opinions would be appreciated.
Show HN: Free and open-source illustrations for your projects
This might work, but it is not something I want to do.

Metaphorically, I want to take the bullets out of the gun, not put on a bulletproof vest.
I think the people I'd put in "Group D" would be the ones that respond immediately and expect an ongoing conversation. I can't imagine reaching out once a year to confirm we're both still alive!
Not sure I'm getting why we need a => for a default function argument instead of just reusing the = symbol...
Browser interpretations of HTML are a indeed a hot mess.

However, HTTP and HTML tend to grow together.

By assigning new ports to HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 (and the versions of HTML that are prevalent at the time the protocols are released), older browsers that are not receiving updates would be completely unaware of the new ports and would only connect to the ports used for older versions where the clients would happily exist in their "I'm going to interpret things my way" world.

When connecting to the new ports, browsers would have to agree to abide by the new well-defined and strict specifications.

As support for HTTP/1 (and the associated older versions of HTML) disappeared, the HTTP/1 servers would either be shut down or configured to server redirects to the HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 content. In the latter case, should the client continue to issue HTTP/1 request to HTTP/2 servers, the server would send a "Version not supported" message telling the client to upgrade.
> The prophetic accuracy of Bradbury’s work is evident in the recent controversy over Joe Rogan’s podcast.

There's a lot of smoke and mirrors in this.

Suppose I choose to personaly "censor" and stop paying attention to Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, reddit and that crappy podcast on Spotify, after I understand they're just cesspools of ignorance, childish memes and tribalism. Now I can use that time to read books from authors I don't necessarily agree with but that can engage me in a deeper discussion. Am I really practising "censorship"?

My point is: selecting quality is not "censorship" it is mental hygiene. Bad discussions and bad ideas should really be discarded. When you tune out from a creationist, anti-vaxer, flat-earth prophet or global warming denier you are selecting for quality.

A debate where all opinions are equally valid is not healthy. Logically sound opinions are better than stupid ones. It is the most fundamental idea from Information Theory: filter out the noise, keep the signal.

Information overload forces you to do selection. And that's not "censorship".
I think both approaches work. Like, most people survive with a to-do loop just in their brains, stochastically prioritizing and picking tasks to do as circumstances change. The difficulty comes in when a person either doesn't have the capacity for multiple threads in their mind (ie mental disorder, creative loop dominance, overwhelm, unreliable memory, etc) or when a person wants to focus their mind completely on some personal endeavor.

It's likely that most traditionally successful people have some sort of task system in their life. Who's to say that the most socially "successful" people don't have similar systems as well? It reminds me of the show Veep, where the main character's entourage whispers in her ear the name and info about a person she's about to shake hands with. The whole persona of a politician is based on making and juggling and keeping connections open. Biden is still in regular contact with people from decades ago from the beginning of his career, for example.

I told a friend once that I was using the Habitica game to help me stay productive. He was incredulous, "You really need a piece of software to tell you what to do?!" He manages and co-owns several ice cream stores, so I know the stochastic method is feasible in more complex lifestyles. That's just not the case for my brain.

I admit that I am hesitant to build a social system because of the expectation of perception of cynicism or even sociopathy. I have my friend's birthdays on my calendar. Why shouldn't I also have a little blurb about what they like, what they're up to and a log of our contact? I think I would be floored and honored if I found out a friend lovingly kept little journal entries about me, I mean, after the intial weirded-outness I guess.
>>>Facebook says it spent more than $5 billion on safety measures in 2021

Considering the size of the platform ~$130B/year; $5B per year spent on platform safety, while substantial, seems low as a percentage of revenue.
Anecdotally, when going on walks in my neighborhood, the cars with massive fender damage in the driveways are the modern "muscle cars": the Dodge Charger, new Ford Mustangs....

Are car manufacturers, knowingly or not, selling a reckless lifestyle?
Normally I'd totally agree with you and cringe at what feels like ridiculous over-engineering of what should be a natural and effortless process... but I was just thinking last night how hard it's been for me to live hours from all my closest friends, and how covid has made it so much harder for me to get my extroverted needs met. My closest friends are, for the most part, our highschool friend group of 15 or so people who live across many states and a couple countries. Juggling all those incredibly important friendships gets hard without a nudge and a reminder to call or text them.

It's a good problem to have, too many friends.
I think touching base with people should be more spontaneous, real and relevant.
Fail2ban, by default, bans an IP for a limited time. For me that's 20mins.

This means that commonly only about 30 IPs are on the banlist. The chance that anyone using the same IP as a bot who is visiting any of the apps and sites on that server is not 0%, but tiny.

The only goal is to stop bots and worms from hammering my server. It hardly improves security; it shouldn't anyway.
> The changes in Highway Code really just say that cars should give way to pedestrians that are crossing minor roads, while walking down a major road.

That was always the case, see Rule 182 from the 2006 version for example

https://web.archive.org/web/20060418012127/http://www.highwa...

"turning at road junctions; give way to pedestrians who are already crossing the road into which you are turning"

The change was you now had to give way to those about to cross the road too
Sounds like an applied variation of the OODA Loop - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop
Yeah I recognise some of that, but politically I see both lefty and righty opinions here, with a fair bit of nuance. You can also bring in concepts that an economics undergrad would know and people will recognise it, rather than act like you just made it up and ignore it, like it happens everywhere else. Basically I feel like a somewhat educated view is worthwhile to put forward here, rather than on FB where it really is just memes that work.

But you're right, some opinions are still more popular here than others, and some opinions are immediate karma bombs.
There's also aggressive pruning of anything not on topic and a much stricter code of behavior than a place like Reddit or Facebook. I think it's important to do, and while I've been on the wrong side of content removal before and I don't begrudge it at all, but I don't know how people could look at this community and think it's intrinsically better by being freer of censorship just because that censorship is higher brow.
In the two companies where I have used .net software was the source of revenue.
This made me laugh, and might even be true. There were a number of years where we had the highest number of of traffic accidents in the country and yet the lowest related fatalities. That was because traffic was moving so slowly that most accidents were “fender-benders”.
I've noticed that people are increasingly incapable of having nuanced opinions. There is no more gray, it's either black or white.

For example, crypto is either a new dawn for humanity or it's a useless scam whose only purpose it to destroy the planet. There is no in-between. Same for the vaccine or anything related to politics.

Some websites are better than others of course, but still, I've seen an increasing amount of this kind of extremely polarized opinions even on websites I thought were "safe" from this lack of nuance. Every website is a memetic warzone. It's getting to the point where I'm starting to wonder more and more often whether the person I'm replying to is capable of rational thought or if they're bots, paid actors, or if they're simply unable to understand that there is a reason why "the other side" thinks the way it does (aside from reductive, simple answers).

It's bad. It wasn't like this before, and people being fed custom realities by algorithms was certainly one of the many reasons this is happening.
It absolutely varies. I've done multiple long distance walks in the UK and I've definitely run across areas where's there's not only no sidewalk but a complete lack of shoulder between the road and a hedge or stone wall.
Make-A-Fort kits - easy to build, engages kids imagination
Vladimir Putin -- ”On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians“, 2021
One of the most powerful life hacks I've discovered is management of rejection sensitivity/expectation of rejection. CBT can help. Also, surprisingly, Tylenol...

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/mental-tylenol-ingred...
Science vs. did a good episode on why that episode was dangerous bullshit, and unlike Rogan they cite sources/talk to experts in the field

That's not to say laypeople shouldn't be able to interview potentially controversial subjects, but to my mind preventing a celebrity from using their platform to spread information when they're not doing any good faith investigation as to whether that information is accurate is not equivalent to censorship
It seems like the desktop display industry is
not interested in pursuing [300dpi screens at > 22"]

My not-very-informed guess is that it's largely (or at least partially) a yield issue.

Insanely high pixel counts => More chances of a bad pixel

Huge screens => Lots of waste when you have to throw a panel away or sell it as a B-quality screen because of dead pixel(s)

I think they'd love to sell us insane 8K 32" screens but, doing it in an economically feasible manner is another story.

Of course I'm just guessing. Not sure how much of the problem is yield, how much is waiting for baseline graphics hardware to catch up, and how much is lack of interest/demand.
For the longest time I didn't download it cause of its reputation. It's pretty good, no cruft of YouTube. 'youre watching this, that.. like subscribe.. word from of sponsers' none of that nonsense - pure content. Both FB and YouTube are copying the features button for button. IMO, Not bad
Agree, this article seems to be focused on a solution in search of a problem.

Obviously random web forums are not the solution if you're wanting immortal, permanently searchable archived wisdom.
I don't think there's been a government more willing to wheel out the 'Think of the Children' defense (or other similar meaningless done-to-death arguments such as stopping terrorists etc.) than the UK government, and a populous more willing to lap it up at every turn. (Remember Cameron's anti-porn and anti-encryption crusade? Remember Theresa May banging on about the very same things?) Some stances are just perpetually expected to be brought at some point, at least in my eyes, and it can be quite tiring to fight the same battles and arguments again and again, which I suppose is the whole point of beating said stances over the electorate, until they relent.

Given the current precarious position of PM Johnson though, I do not see this actually doing anything just yet other than being a flagrant distraction/appeasement/corruption/all of he above.
After more than a decade of shapeshifting on or off I finally wrote the first draft of the shapeshifting manual. "Shapeshifting" is like the spirit guide meditation except you put the character on like a coat and go into the world that way.

(The one thing I'm still struggling to explain is how to daydream when you are walking around. I've been doing it since I was a kid so it's second nature and at first I didn't recognize it as a "trance" but it is...)

My son is annoyed by some behaviors he observes when I shift and I told him next time to speak to the character by name that I can't promise anything but maybe she will speak back.
> Have you ever aligned a sequence?

Not the op. Yes, I've done some work on this, then tested it against some of the software used in various environments for this kind of work and more than once spotted alternative, more efficient alignments. The practical upshot of that is that I ended up wondering if there is ever a serious bug found in such a piece of software if it shouldn't automatically cause all papers that used the software for their work to be at a minimum flagged for an additional round of review as well as potentially from being disqualified.

What also struck me is that the people using this software treat it like a black box, they have absolutely no way of verifying that what it did it did right.
(it was sarcasm, I honestly went back and forth several times about whether to add an indicator and decided it was unbecoming)

My wife and I are a one car household. On a typical day we both alt commute - I run or bike 7 miles to work and she runs/walks 3-4. We walk our daughter to and from daycare - even in the rain. These are choices we are barely able to make because we live in the near burbs of a pedestrian focused US city.

The US built infrastructure isn't just 'cheap' on pedestrian safety it is actively hostile. There are neighrborhoods that resist sidewalks for 'safety' reasons where safety means - only poor people walk and poor people are criminals. When I used to live in Phoenix Arizona, It would take me both hands to count the number of times i was stopped by police while walking because I was 'suspicious'. I would say I have a scary experience at least once a week alt commuting.

My bike lane to work goes from no bike lane to physically separated rails to trail to protected bike path to just suddenly ending and dumping me into traffic. It is ABSURD. I was once physically talked off my bike by a driver because I yelled at them for driving in the bikelane. The police who responded threatened to cite me for disorderly conduct.

I could go on.

I watch the youtube channel Not Just Bikes as a form of catharsis. I thought I had it good until I saw just how good places like the Netherlands have it.