skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If I understand correctly you want to pull your focus range in a little bit more, at the loss of some distance sharpness.

Essentially, you just want to add a little bit of “plus” sphere to the first part of the prescription.

That’s essentially the ethos behind the article, btw. Computer glasses mosty add plus to the spherical part of your prescription.

All of this being said, if you’re older, you’re becoming presbyopic, whereby the intraocular lens has lost its elasticity and will no longer be able to change its shape to modulate focus. And thus prescriptions will almost never meet your demands, short of some major improvements in artificial lens implant technology which may be available in the next few years. Some currently available surgically implanted intraocular lenses do have some measure of this (Alcon panoptix, j&j symfony, to a lesser extent Alcon vivity/J&J tecnis), but you can’t cheat physics and will end up with aberrations that could frustrate you more than your current issues.
Wow that's cool, I didn't know chargers could deliver that kind of power. 7 kW is about 10 hp, 5 space heaters, 2 ovens or dryers, anyway it's a lot. 50 kW would charge my car in a half an hour if the batteries could handle it!

My Leaf doesn't have the optional 480 V charging port, to anyone reading this who might be interested in the Level 3 fast charging. I hadn't researched it yet, but that's a CHAdeMO port, thanks for mentioning that, this article claims a 40 minute charge to 80% on a 40 kWh Leaf:

https://www.davidaltmejd.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-charge...

55 kW @ 480 V DC would be 115 A and can go up to 400 A or 192 kW (258 hp)!

I also realized that I left out the detail that my car has about 60,000 miles. I test drove almost the same model from the same year with 90,000 miles and from what I could tell, it performed the same. Batteries today are so much better than when they were first used in laptops in the late 2000s and only got 300 cycles. Li-ion batteries today are getting more in the 4,000-40,000 (in the lab) cycle range.

Oh! Another details is that my Leaf was $7900 + ~$1000 taxes and fees or $8900 total. They were about $6900 right before the pandemic. The dealers don't really understand how well batteries hold up, and demand is low in flyover states like mine. But word is getting out, and I think that when people are powering their home off their electric Ford F-150, demand is going to rise substantially even for older used electrics.
Its virtually impossible to know exactly what is going on, esp in a war and like you said people's views change. The East really has been a mess for the last deacde. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/5...
I always thought portals or alternate methods for travel to/from. It's also highly defensible from a medieval perspective and easily identifiable (don't mess with wizard towers).
For what it's worth, Matrix / Element already have something like this with the built-in Jitsi integration in (some) clients. The UX isn't great right now in my opinion (which will hopefully change when this project gets merged into Element) but if all you want is rooms, text and voice, then you're already set with the current setup.

You can self-host a Jitsi instance and use it in Matrix rooms as an integration. Depending on your teamspeak setup you can enable guest access to your server, enable registration for server user accounts (or manually register it for specific members), or only let people with existing accounts from other servers join in (their own, matrix.org ones, you name it). You might also need to tweak the ACLs a bit, but other than that you'll have all the core features Teamspeak and friends provide.

I think the biggest difference between the existing Matrix group call system and what's been announced here today is the new UI/UX, and the fact that the native group call API and reference implementation are nearing completion. Both are great news, but don't necessarily add new user-facing features to the Matrix ecosystem.
No, that's just the only anecdote I told. But the experience of going to one great concert makes up for a year's worth of ad impressions that I ignored and did me no material harm.
Everywhere I've seen anyone motivate restrictions on Russian citizens it's been about pushing them to revolt against their government, not about punishing.
I don't know whether it makes sense, but it does seem like one of few avenues to try to get rid of putin that has low chance of resulting in atomic war.
The homeservers act as signalling servers. For STUN/TURN you need to run a separate TURN server (typically coturn), as per https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/turn-howto.html.

The future SFU will similarly be split from the homeserver, with the initial implementation based on either Signal-Calling-Service, ionsfu or mediasoup (we're evaluating all three). Of course, the point of being standards based is that you'll be able to mix & match SFUs and MCUs from other vendors.

You can find out more about the architecture from my talk at Commcon (https://2021.commcon.xyz/talks/extending-matrix-s-e2ee-calls...) - or Robert's talk at FOSDEM: https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/matrix_metaverse/
The problem with this assumption is you think people “don’t know how to leave” so they must look it up on Google. I’m pretty sure people flee with family and friends together and don’t need instructions on how to get out of Dodge. You can look at news reports of the foot traffic coming from Russia. You can look at social media on the dissent with the war before Putin axed access. This skepticism is good for assessing the feasibility of a solution, it’s not good when peoples lives are on the line and there’s plenty of reporting from the ground. Wake up.
Ask HN: Who is doing digital health care right?
Folks, are any of you getting digitally enabled health care that feels efficient and modern? In the USA or outside?
I'm in the US with a large managed health care company and after an injury this week felt like they aren't really much better than any old independent practice.
My doctor said my ankle _might_ be broken and a podiatrist would reach out with a recommendation. I got a generic email from podiatrist asking me to schedule an appointment (podiatrist is with the same company 1 floor down. Next appointment is more than a week away). This seems nuts to me? I can imagine a very simple workflow tool that lets a doctor send some image/test result to a specialist or a queue of specialists who take a look and give their opinion. How can a large integrated health care company not have something like that in place? Choose to behave like different offices that happen to share the same building instead?

Is anyone getting that level of digital integration and efficiency? Is this too much to expect?

Thanks!
Luckily I haven’t heard of a country seriously considering that and I’m not sure what goal that would achieve. It sounds like a win/win to help people leave who want to.
I mostly base that on the observation that China has been more competently run than Russia, as far as I can tell.

I'm not very familiar with Chineese leadership structure or any of the things you mention, and of course it is not a democracy. It's run by a narrow group of people and is heavy-handed. I'd never want to live there.

It's just that I think that the narrow group, corrupt as it may be, is neither delusional nor desperate.
Then why are malware authors exploiting this vulnerability?
How much of this is attributable to meme stock style momentum versus fundamentals?
It’s been a while since I took Theory of Computation. Does this imply that primes in binary or n-ary are also not regular?
It fits a pretty strong definition of a double edged sword. It protects the rights of people say false statements as equally as true statements. The false statements are dangerous as it makes it difficult to make good decisions with it because those are based off of bad information.

Calling it a double-edged sword is not meant to say it’s not valuable. It absolutely is. It’s the bedrock of our democracy in the US. The question is only, how do we make sure the truth is more widely known than the lies?
"Some support but no opposition" qualifies as consensus, at least provisionally. So you should be WP:BOLD and just edit the policy page directly. People might be upset and revert you, but you won't be in the wrong because you did after all seek consensus on talk, and they didn't object.
I'm talking about ALL the people that are against Putin. Which if this guy is to be believed is most of the people. They are not going to kill most of their own people. A million people marching in Moscow would change minds.
No, that was my point
Truth Social will be far right and have bizarre views but unfortunately that is where I would have to go to with the immense censorship in the mainstream internet and media. I really wish this wasn't the case.
The thing being complained about is literally them executing their stated mission:

> This pilot initiative is rooted in our strategic direction, where Knowledge Equity emerged in 2017 as one of two key pillars of focus in order for us to achieve our vision for 2030. Knowledge equity acknowledges that we can’t achieve free knowledge if there are societal or economic barriers that prevent some people’s ability to share and contribute to knowledge. With this focused fund, we will invest in organizations working to address systems of racial bias and inequality around the world, with the goal of creating a more inclusive, representative future for free knowledge.
> West countries have similar laws.

Sorry, but no, we don't.

> They even have an entire culture: Cancel Culture.

You are either unaware of what cancel culture means or you are changing the subject.

> While I hate every discrimination of speech freedom, you can't paint Russia as something unique, West is an example they follow.

I think the repression of the free media in Russia is quite uniquely all it's own.

It's the only country that I'm aware of where the head of state gets a dead journalist for their birthday.
Just today someone posted of a video involving brit journalists' car being shot

It's a 'shocker' sequence, but then someone explains "one of the journalist was involved into staging false interviews before". So I thought it would be nice to share the article talking about the previous staged interviews, as a cautious tale for all to avoid responding to shocking civilian shot videos. Few minutes ago someone told me that the article may be staged by another group to spread lies about brit journalists.

"lies" all the way up
Why would they be searching in English? Also those numbers are "relative popularity" on a scale of 0-100. I'm seeing what the article claims here, more or less. But it's a little unclear exactly what search terms they were all checking.
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, gassed his own people, and was definitely sitting on piles of WMD's (though not nearly to the extent Bush had us believe).

Afghanis hosted a terrorist group that did 9/11.

So the situations are quite different.

That doesn't necessarily justify invasion of either (but it possibly could) - point being those are not Ukraine analogues.

US invading Canada would probably be a better analogy.
It’s true even of friendly countries.
You've got to be kidding? There are no reliable sources on numbers of spies, by definition.
Really? They all have cellphones now filming it.
yes whats with developers using super small font. Is this some nerd macho thing.
I'm trying to reduce my meat consumption. I doubt I'll ever fully go vegetarian or even vegan by choice. I'm cutting down on meat and sugar, and I'm upgrading my whole grains and vegetables.
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking things are unknowable. Madness lies at the extremes of believing everything and believing nothing
> Saruman lived in Isengard (a tower)

He was the only one of the three named wizards in LOTR who lived in a tower. Gandalf didn't really have a fixed abode and Radagast lived in tune with nature, on the western side of Mirkwood.
Exactly!

Covid-19 was the first one, it was literally “given a crown”.

The last one to be nuclear winter.
I thought you need a schengen visa to enter finland, and there would not have been time to get one from the time the war started. I would like to hear more details on this news.
I just realized that the spacing of the Mikeb85 quote was broken and so that affected the readability of his message.

Here is the message of Mikeb85 with proper formatting and it is clear here that he is using his claim of Iran, Iraq, etc.. as not being modern, liberal, democratic etc.. as justification for Western Aggression.

Mikeb85

"> invades Iran

The difference between Ukraine and all the other countries invaded in the last 50 or so years is that Ukraine is a real democracy and liberal, modern society.

Iran, Syria, Iraq, etc... are not the same as Ukraine."
I appreciate this comment. I understand that there is a lot I'll never know or understand because I'm on the other side of the wall. I agree that much of the blame lies with Russia/Putin but I still feel that there is more that the West could have done to prevent disaster. Putin is a mad dog with nuclear capabilities and there's no telling where the future is headed now
Such arguments seem to be rather strange. How would you react to similar propaganda about temporary Americans based on the number of monuments of South generals and politicians from the Civil War period? They still weren't removed everywhere in the USA.

Does it give credibility to the allegation that there's still slavery in America?
There are limited choices due to the Russian invasion but they can always opt out
I sincerely appreciate the offer. This problem is too “cold” to resurrect today, and far too late for our business. I would be glad to know that Google is taking steps to ensure this cannot happen in the future.

Specifically:

* When an Ads account is suspended it can be devastating to the business or the Google partner. We should have the opportunity to speak with human beings, to bring forth evidence to the contrary, and to escalate within Google instead of with attorneys.

* The vast majority of businesses and agencies simply want to follow Google policies to the letter. Unfortunately the letter of policy is often ambiguous or unclear. When a policy violation is alleged, particularly against long standing and high dollar Ads accounts, there should be a presumption of innocence. Google should explain clearly and directly what is needed to remedy policy violations instead of playing security through obscurity and “guess what I want” games.

* At the end of our time as a Google partner, the automation had become unbearable. We spent 90% of our time resubmitting Ads and campaigns that were suspended or halted for no apparent or clear reason, analogous to advertisement “whack a mole”. Imagine literally any other outlet treating advertisers this way. For example, imagine Viacom suspending a nationwide ad campaign without a word of explanation. Imagine The New York Times pulling an ad without so much as a call or email. It’s patently absurd.
Those are all primarily western platforms. Even if they did show what you are claiming, it wouldn’t prove your point. RT is blocked on Telegram and YouTube for instance.
I'm all for annihilating Russia's economy (even if it means civilians are caught in the crossfire) but the treatment GP received after leaving is extremely disheartening. The goal should be to welcome fleeing Russians with open arms and make it as easy as possible for them to permanently put down roots.
>There have been suicidal warriors in the past, it's not really that absurd.

You believe that the Russians believe this about the Ukrainians? A people with whom they share much culture?

>Propaganda could say they are killing themselves to make Russia look bad.

Yeah, it could say anything. How about demonstrating it does say?
It’s clearly a supply shock.
No, that would not make any sense. This is about Starlink signal jamming.
> moon lander

Ortholinear key arrays are not keyboards! They're torture devices for edgy people.

> Freestyle

Hmm... interesting, but 75% is my limit.
Even if Putin was somehow deposed tomorrow and somehow the invasion ended, that curve is not coming back down any time soon.

Kind of like gas prices during/after invasion of Iraq? Despite local production availability, it was an opportunistic hike.

What's weird though is I noticed a price spike and then sudden unavailability of many wheat products just after New Years.
it s not like there are no checks at airports, it should be obvious if there is a trend
Depends on the situation. In some cases, the old binary (that someone claims was built from the available source) is out in production doing useful things. Perhaps it’s been there for years. If it’s not built from the source you have available, you first have to figure out where the current binary came from and how to safely change it.
>there is talk of martial law in Russia

I want to highlight this, because I think it illustrates my point about propaganda. I dug around for a source on that statement, and this appears the most reliable source[0]. An anonymous EU official picking up on "signs". Again, this also may be totally true, but it's presented in such a flimsy way, how can a reasonable person be expected to believe it at face value?

Am I saying the quiet part out loud? Should I not question the propaganda if it is something that I think helps the situation? It's not my nature, but it seems like that's what people are doing.

0. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-says-it-is-picking-u...
My digital garden.. https://github.com/slowernews/notebook
> It seems not many devs may have a passion for improving the privacy implications of their code.

I know you _probably_ aren't referencing this, but coming from someone who tried to crack the "Privacy-focused tools / SaaS" nut for a year... the privacy community really isn't interested in having products catered to them.

They are, in my opinion, the worst community to try to build for and especially try to build a paid product for. You likely have to come at it from the direction of selling their boss or non-privacy minded peers on it then those peers forcing the product onto them.

Only open-source is allowed, can't market to them even as a solo dev (how do you market to that which allows no marketing or promos), little interest in paying for hosted tools and are definitely the main proponents of "why would I use this when I could glue together [obscure tool 1], [obscure tool 2] and [obscure tool 3] and pay you nothing"

Love 'em, one of 'em... will never waste my time trying to cater to them again.

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But I also suck at marketing so might be a terrible bias, ha.
AFAIK it's not even the interface that is broken, but some standard libraries poushed out slow implementations that cannot be changed without an ABI break.
Yup, the grandparent post is a misunderstanding. Basically, we want Element Call to work with a single click to a URL without requiring any account - much as Jitsi and similar do. Therefore it needs to pick a default homeserver. Currently it doesn't play well with existing Matrix accounts (as it will sync in loads of chatrooms which are irrelevant when you just want to do a call), so for expedience we just create accounts on its default homeserver to get going.

However, we're in the process of moving Matrix over to OIDC for auth (as per https://matrix.org/blog/2021/12/22/the-mega-matrix-holiday-s...), at which point apps like Element Call should be able to easily hook into your existing account on your own homeserver using your existing server auth. In other words, the server will auth you, not the client. Combined with Sliding Sync (aka Sync v3) https://matrix.org/blog/2021/12/22/the-mega-matrix-holiday-s... this will then let you securely and efficiently use your existing Matrix account with apps like Element Call without it all getting bogged down with your existing chatrooms (or needlessly giving Element Call access to conversations it shouldn't care about).

Finally, this is beta: the auth/reg stuff is very much placeholder - for instance, it doesn't even expose password reset, given the upcoming shift to OIDC.
Of course it is, and that’s great. I made a mistake in my writing.
For clarification, Murphy's first book is just Machine Learning: A probabilistic perspective this is his newest, 2 volume book, Probabilistic Machine Learning which is broken down into two parts an Introduction (published March 1, 2022) and Advanced Topics (expected to be published in 2023, but draft preview available now).

To answer your question. This book is even more complete and a bit improved over the first book. I don't believe there's anything in Machine Learning that isn't well covered, or correctly omitted from Probabilistic Machine Learning. This also has the benefit of a few more years of rethinking these topics. So between the existing Murphy books, Probabilistic Machine Learning: an Introduction is probably the one you should have.

Why this over Bishop (which I'm not sure is the case)? While on the surface they are very similar (very mathematical overviews of ML from a very probability focused perspective) they function as very different books. Murphy is much more of a reference to contemporary ML. If you want to understand how most leading researchers think about and understand ML, and want a reference covering the mathematical underpinnings this is a book you really need for a reference.

Bishop is a much more opinionated book in that Bishop isn't just listing out all possible ways of thinking about a problem, but really building out a specific view of how probability relates to machine learning. If I'm going to sit down and read a book, it's going to be Bishop because he has a much stronger voice as an author and thinker. However Bishop's book is now more than 10 years old an misses out on nearly all of the major progress we've seen in deep learning. That's a lot to be missing and it won't be rectified in Bishop's perpetual WIP book [0.]

A better comparison is not Murphy to Murphy or Murphy to Bishop, but Murphy to Hastie et al. The Elements of Statistical Learning for many years was the standard reference for advanced ML stuff, especially during the brief time when GBDT and Random Forests where the hot thing (which they still are to an extent in some communities). I really enjoy EoSL but it does have a very "Stanford Statistics" (which I feel is even more aggressively Frequentist than your average Frequentist) feel to the intuitions. Murphy is really the contemporary computer science/Bayesian understanding of ML that has dominated the top research teams for the last few years. It feels much more modern and should be the replacement reference text for most people.

0. https://www.mbmlbook.com/
Yes, the ancient Magi were the astrologer-priests of Persia, from which we get the root for "magic."
I agree it would change minds. And at the same time I'm pretty sure it would end in a bloodbath. Passive resistance against a dictatorship is a lot safer than active resistance. Of course the latter sends a more powerful message but it makes it obvious who to target, when and where and the reflexive response will be to lash out. Still, there is safety in numbers so maybe it would work. But I would not immediately bet on it, otoh simply crippling the Russian economy further could be achieved by inaction.