skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What makes you think it will meaningfully matter?

Radiation sources decrease their radioactivity significantly as they decay. The more radioactive, the more rapidly they decay. Some elements have significant energy in their decay chains, but those also tend to stabilize after awhile or be so valuable it’s pretty ridiculous making them ‘waste’ instead of fuel. They also aren’t a large volume of these wastes. The amount of actual plutonium in this waste is small, for instance.

You can see this even around Chernobyl, where before the recent war it was fine giving tours. The trinity test site has given tours for decades.

I’m not downplaying everything here as being fine - you wouldn’t want to lick it. And, like the area surrounding a lead smelter, maybe don’t do camping trips with the kids or build a house outside Chernobyl for awhile. But if someone builds more houses there in a couple hundred years, it’s VERY unlikely to be a problem.

The scale of the problem is minuscule compared to the scale of mercury poisoning and toxic waste from mining even a tiny fraction of the stuff used for equivalent energy production.

The amount of toxic airborne mercury released from cement production (baking the cement) to build the buildings for the reactors almost certainly has killed more people than any nuclear accidents.

I’m saying the idea that even 100 years from now it will be some kind of dangerous glowing mass is fantasy. Even the elephants foot is likely to be safe to approach with basic safeguards (like washing your hands afterwards) pretty soon.

The story that 10k years from now a society will be wiped out because they dug up some huge ball of nasty nuclear waste is much more likely to be a story about how people built a society in an area around an old lead smelter and all their kids got lead poisoning, or mercury poisoning from built up metallic mercury, or any number of other problems.

The long term dangers tend to get exaggerated by many folks for their own reasons (including the planners for long term retention/storage and politicians), but aren’t really realistic.

Edit: also, unlike my car keys, if the waste IS actually radioactive, it’s easy to find even in microscopic quantities using technology and skills available to any high schooler. It’s VERY unlikely that humanity would forget how to build a cloud chamber detector if this was even a passing concern.

Unlike say dioxin contamination, or any of a dozen types of long lived industrial poisoning/contamination you’ll find near any major population centers or industrial areas literally right now that are a bigger risk.
No it doesn't. It explicitly says it isn't "inherently evil", but still implies that the word is bad at least by virtue of being imprecise.
I guess I’m not sure why you’re invoking such broad, general issues here. I see it as an issue of choice because I remember when I chose to change from the bulky replaceable battery phone I had at the time to a thinner, more comfortable one.
I think it's the flavor of copper, he seems to prefer Duracell for what it's worth.
Is air pollution homogeneous in its' health effects? It seems to be treated as being such (classified by size) but I don't think that makes sense.

I'd much rather breathe in a room with 100ug/m3 of 2.5um particles of paper than I would glass or exhaust fumes for example.
You can get around this by backing up your database of passwords onto a pendrive, for example, and then installing the password manager on to a fresh device. You will be able to gain access to your old password file from this if you remember your password.
Well, it was mostly a joke. But at least the possibility of Kaspersky removing their apps from Russian app stores is quite low.
I think there is another aspect which the article does not mention: most young people are "fluent listeners" in English and most movies shown internationally are in English.

So many young viewers wants English subtitles (to match the language spoken), not Danish/Swedish/... subtitles.

This is like when English viewers wants subtitles because it is too difficult to hear what the actors are saying.

So there is only a significant demand for good translation for a small number of movies. For all the other (trash) movies Netflix puts out, translation is a cost center with no benefits.

Otherwise Netflix would employ translators directly. There is a good market supply as translation is easy for any language students. Only the super-low payment is keeping the talents away.

Conclusion: the "labor shortage" is a "sorry, but WONTFIX" statement from Netflix. It's just politically unacceptable to say it directly.
The S9+ is IP68, it has MicroSD, USB type-C and headphone jack (unfortunately no user-replaceable battery).
The WASM concept has been around for decades, it's effectively jvm or .net in but in the browser. I don't get the relevance when discussing k8s or containers.
Of course the Islamic banking world also has complicated ways to get around this limitation and in practice they do charge interest.
No-code is the future of programming. That's great news for engineers
Please don't do this. This creates more work and hassle for the low paid employees who have no ability to affect decision making.

Instead, talk to the manager and explain why you dislike the removal of glass doors and why you will no longer do business at their store as a result.
The situation the author is considering, is a future event in some geographical location in which the rules for the timezone change.
In my honest opinion this is a non-solvable problem. So yes, storing in UTC or storing in local time is not a silver bullet. Because, depending on the event, there is a different wherewolve.
If the event is e.g. the opening hours of a store, chances are that local time works. Indeed: if e.g. the Netherlands change the time zone rules, the local shop may continue to use the 09:00 hour local time as the time to opening the shops. But if it is e.g. the time that the last ‘window’ of delivering a package to the delivery company such that it will be on time for delivery to neighbouring country (say) Germany, then this will depend on the (changes to the rules of the) time zone in that country. Which may be different then the (changes to the rules of the) local time zone in which the event occurs.

So, when planning ahead, one takes into account the knowledge of that time to make a assumption of when the event will take place. If the timezone rules change, one should reexamine which assumption works best.
If the event is e.g. the time the moon will be eclipsed, UTC works best (without fails). If it is some local event not depended on anything outside the area in which the time zone rules apply, local time probably works best.

But really, really knowing for certain? I would rather store (future) time in UTC and then consider whether changing time zone rules should or should not apply, as opposed to designing a system that could do this correctly in any situation…
Hey could you elaborate a bit. How are the casual acquaintances adding value to your quality of life? I am unable to appreciate them in my own life.
Slightly related, but you can also charge MacBook to MacBook. The first device plugged in is the chargee.
You can be imprecise by not saying enough, and by accidentally saying too much. It sounds like here, they think the word "rebel" often says too much, connoting some splinter group off in the woods, when the organization in rebellion against the government might just as easily be the country's own military.
You're right that length is an important factor. Each bit doubles the possible options because there are two symbols (0 & 1). Generally, the possibilities are S^P where S is symbols, P is positions, and ^ raises S to the power P. Except you're not using bits, you're using characters so if you lop of symbols, uppercase, and numbers using only lower case you lose possibilities (reducing S). The number of symbols in printable ASCII is 95 but there are only 26 lowercase letters. See how that changes the number of possibilities:

26^1 = 26 : 26^2 = __676 : 26^3 = _17,576

95^1 = 95 : 95^2 = 9,025 : 95^3 = 857,375

You can see that allowing more characters greatly increases the impact of length.

Your mentor is partly right but your take away papers over the impact of the base.

The passphrase approach [0] is optimized for human memory and I would suggest that for your master password in a password manager but for generated passwords drawing from the greatest set of characters increases security.

[0] https://xkcd.com/936/
Stop shopping on Amazon or Consumer store. Go to a Kitchen Supply store, or for scissors look outside kitchen branded ones, nothing about scissors need to be "kitchen"

a Kitchen supply shop will have more than 2 models, some will have plastic but they will be over molded full-tang metal under them, then you can just get scissors designed for something other than kitchen use, lots are out there
> See this nuclear positive website that doesn't have an imprint

You mean an "Impressum"? That's just some weird thing that AFAIK (almost?) only German Web sites have, because they're required to by German law. The vast majority of sites on the World Wide Web get by just fine without it; it's not like that's some kind of minimum requirement for a reputable site.
What did France change about their regulations that increases cost?

Maybe you have some actual knowledge, but I have never found somebody who says that regulations are the problem but has any concrete suggestions for changing regulations. It's just a vague gut feeling. And in the case of France I doubt it applies at all.

Construction is not like manufacturing, it does not see continual productivity improvements like manufacturing does:

https://www.nist.gov/publications/measuring-and-improving-us...

As an energy source whose costs are primarily construction related, we would not expect to see it falling in cost over time. We would expect that energy sources whose costs are dominated by manufacturing to outcompete nuclear as time passes.
Not anymore, Trump modified the EMS packet from china to USA thing to remove subsidies. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/trump...

This was 2018.
Tesla doesn’t buy the octovalve from other suppliers but it uses the same module in every model they make.
A hammer is a bad screwdriver. That doesn't make a hammer bad.
Why am I building a programming language in private?
Get to know other freelancers.

Other, good freelancers often have more work than they can handle. They're often happy to have colleagues to refer people to. They'll get to know your niche, and can find places to refer you. (and vice-versa, you can refer them...). They also can help you vet the clients, and help figure out who's sketchy and who's a good client.
Microsoft's productivity hegemony is all rooted in their mastery of scheduling
I thought that was so funny. The author even stated at the beginning that the Ukraine/Russia conflict was a reason for better security.
Yeah, this is exactly the difference between what I’d call “timestamps” (something that represents a particular instant in time), and what I’d call “datetimes”, things like “midnight on Jan 1, 2019”.

I worked at an insurance startup that stored coverage period start/ends as timestamps, which ended up being semantically wrong. The coverage ends at midnight of the next year, wherever _you_ (technically the provider, I think) are. So there is no one single instant in time when coverage ends; a timestamp is the wrong data type for representing this.
A trillion dollars of Russian assets have already been frozen by the US alone. Across the whole world, there will be plenty of funds if only a fraction ends up getting confiscated.
Governments tend to reflect and represent the worst out of given population. That's why Swiss won't in foreseeable future have any dictator like Putin, and that's why Russians will never have anybody who will bring Russia into real prosperity that will actually benefit common citizens.

The endless complaints about 'the others' completely mitigates the facts that its Russians who stole from Russia and made it into crap place it is now. You want a simple proof? Check nationalities of all the oligarchs, all the politicians at power.
It depends on what you’re doing and who the legit users are.

The downside of static lists is that AWS, Azure, etc frequently purchase IP spaces and realign them with US datacenters. Probably not an issue for blocking Russia or China, but if you want US only traffic, or North American traffic, you can run into problems.
I only know what I read in Brotherhood of Kings, and I agree it makes no sense.

But I don't really see anything that would salvage the situation to the point where it made some kind of sense. You'd need to imagine a political situation balanced so finely that Tushratta's uncle could hold on to the throne after killing his own brother, but killing his nephew would have been a step too far. And then he had years -- during which he had successfully isolated Tushratta from the rest of his family! -- to let some kind of accident happen to him, but it didn't.
He’s talking about allowing governments to search for their own government domains.

The threshold should be “am I confident the user I’m giving access to actually owns the accounts.”

I don’t see an issue in allowing a terrible regime the ability to more efficiently see if it’s own accounts have appeared in leaked databases.

Maybe, maybe, maybe if there is concern the government will persecute the hackers in a way that violates human rights. Maybe.

At the same time “it doesn’t feel right” matters. If your moral compass tells you something is off, listen to it.
Yes, and in your perfect world - manufacturers know full in advance about part life? There are hundreds of parts that make up the build of material of an appliance.

This means simply that parts won't ship and service is only done at approved manufacturer facilities. OH wait...
Mavis Beacon was the top typing teacher in the US, then she vanished
The title makes this article appear like some modern bit of political correctness, but if you check it out I think this policy is basically calling out lazy journalists who defaulted to describing conflicts as something like "ethnic tension" instead of trying to investigate and figure out the complex land dispute or other nuanced issue that caused a fight.

The thing that people should be asking here is if journalists can't be bothered to get matters of life and death correct, what else are they wrong about?
What a wonderful article. The argument makes total sense to me.

I've always felt that US/Anglo sources are using the word as a way to subtly convey inferiority, even when they are supposedly praising someone or something.
Large state subsidies in what context? That's a rather critical point. Smith certainly envisioned a significant role for government, even though he was also critical of much government intervention.
>Organic Russians come from proxys and VPNs.

[citation needed] - I have Russian friends and they generally don't use proxies or VPNs.
Offer Ukraine bursaries and low-interest loans.

Then over time take money from Russia as possible. Plus all the frozen assets.
Does it manage hugepages well?
How does this compare with the version made by cperviva http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ ?

(I'm not complaining. Each one can implement their own version. Moreover, perhaps you didn't know about it.)
Sampling error. Aftermarket suppliers only get involved when they can make and sell a replacement part at a compelling price point.
A long time ago, Finland adopted a policy to not upset Russia. Note that Finland had a lot of trade with Russia and a complex relationship with Sweden.
Fiat currency is a deal between the government & the people. Gold reserves seem to me like stakes between governments.

In other words, if my government holds a bunch of gold, your government will take my fiat currency more seriously.
> Bluetooth sounds fine

Bluetooth is absolutely atrocious, every 2-way call over bluetooth is sampled down to absolute garbage because the meager bandwidth is halved and the codec in prehistoric

https://habr.com/en/post/456182/
> the Chinese government lies about many things but the COVID case numbers weren't lies, at least no lies after March 2020.

Why would that be?
Polenta isn't made with sweet corn, but a more starch heavy variety.
It’s not a large market because people generally don’t want one, but it’s hardly limited to boutiques either. Nokia and Samsung both sell smartphones with replaceable batteries.
> i can buy a $3 led from China with free shipping

International shipping is not even close to being a level playing field:

"Arcane rules established by the 144-year-old Universal Postal Union make it possible for a Chinese e-retailer to send a package across the Pacific to a customer in the U.S. at a cost lower than what an American competitor would spend to ship the same item to a neighboring state"[0]

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-10-18/trump-...
Some may support the war in principle but hypocritically don't want to be conscripted.
Nearest I can tell, the term "staff engineer" was an unusual one in use at certain shops, and was popularized big time around 2020.

That looks about right. It came along with the increases in hiring and compensation in parts of the industry, the resulting employee's market, the resulting desire to show a long technical career ladder with many more steps than we used to have, and the resulting devaluation of the "senior" title that was once a big deal. For employers to show how much they value the more capable people who used to be "senior" and can take on roles like technical leadership or cross-team architecture, the employers have now adopted titles like staff, senior staff, principal, fellow, etc.

Naturally those positions attract interest for the same reason that "senior" used to. It's the level where a person typically becomes self-sufficient and able to work on more demanding initiatives under only broad direction. It's also the level where those with an interest in technical leadership become capable enough to run larger teams or groups effectively and probably limit their personal technical contributions to more strategic activities or surgical interventions.

I'm not sure how much has really changed apart from the titles, though. There has always been a qualitative shift in emphasis around that level of experience and ability for developers, whatever we choose to call it. And the responsibility and authority you have in your role, often reflected in compensation and how colleagues relate to you, has always said more about your real seniority than any formal job title.
Ba-dum, tish!
i'm learning ML now from an accomplished researcher

to understand the courses we need stats, linear, and some calc 3
> Just grab one before it goes to assembly line, ship it with the actual completed machines to a distribution center

So customers can only order replacement parts while assembly lines are currently doing production runs?
What an awesome project !

I would love a modular version, where maybe you allow reuse of some of the networking features under MIT. But I also understand not wanting to spend a year or so of your life for some opportunists to just rebrand it and sell it.

Even though I'll probably work with Unity for now, I'd much rather there be some competition in the space than not.
What if it's no longer being manufactured or on assembly line? HOw do you grab it before assembly line?

And comingling parts with completed machines? Heh. You have no idea of the distribution chain of b2b retail goods vs b2c service repair and such.

6-8 weeks repair time is still common, especially nowadays.
This is a great first step but this needs to go further..

Case in point- I just replaced a 2018 Macbook pro 15 (i9/32g/1t - top model) with a new Macbook pro 16, the reason? it just died (apparently due to connecting a bad USB-C cable), this is the second time this happened to this laptop, the first time was under warranty and they had the motherboard replaced. Actually, when I say "motherboard replaced" I mean motherboard+memory+CPU+HDD !!!! because it's all soldered on-top of the motherboard, so I have to pay as much as a new laptop to replace it if either one of these component dies.....
StackOverflow is also a classic example of an engineering system that has focused on performance since the very beginning.
not sure why anyone downvoted this, because in my stats for engineers class we were doing double integrals
This is sort of liking saying “how hard could it really be to do a special software build for one customer?”
does anyone here recognize the difference between civilians and participants in armed conflict? medical in particular, right?
Flexible Passwordless Rails Authentication with devise-passwordless
I know of at least one company that uses it. They seem happy with it.
> Entity framework is one of the best ORMs I've ever worked with.

It is good, but it's just better to learn TSQL/SQL Server if you are on a windows stack. Shouldn't use it as a crutch especially if you working on the back-end side. Entity framework was created to make data access easier for the front-end people.
Daily reminder that social media is just what a bunch of people think. It’s not to be confused with actual political thinking or decision making by actual policymakers nor representatives in official government business. Not until twitter actually declares national sovereignty and fights and wins it.
Do you think you can start a dishwasher business for $10M?

My preferred modus would be to buy a current manufacturer, then strip out the high paid execs and minimise the profits in the form of very cheap repairs.
Gas is 40% efficient at heating food? Where are you getting these numbers? I have no counter information here, but that just doesn't seem intuitively correct at all. With gas, you're creating a fire that is heating up everything around it!
I'd love to see an interactive timeline map based on the ISW daily assessments.

http://www.iswresearch.org/

https://www.understandingwar.org/

Edit: just looked, and this is the source used for the axios map, but axios is less detailed
I am working on something very related, not avatars but images with any design.

https://bruzu.com
The case for open infrastructure
Take a hobby and find an online community for it. If there is something like a discord or messaging group, start there. Best, close, good, any friend starts as an acquaintance. Relationships need not progress anywhere to which both people make it and it's entirely possible for both parties to view the dynamic differently. I went through this and found comfort in just being able to talk with e-friends from gaming groups that I have loose association with when going through life changes.
SolarWinds Stock Analysis
How would they maintain a water proof seal if they allowed for a user replaceable battery? Wireless charging allows the battery to be charged without allowing for any gaps in the toothbrush, but achieving water proofness disallows letting the user take it apart and still have to considered to be in working condition.
but theres no actual copper on the surface of the battery
>your title is part of your professional identity

Sometimes. I don't even use my actual title. (Mostly because I don't really do what my title says I do so I use something more generic.)
you'd think!
No one has 1000 friends either, no matter close or not and yet there are quite a lot of people who say that.
Sorry to rain on your parade, but this looks seriously over-engineered. There are 71 files in this github repo (6914 after `npm install`) for something that requires ~100 lines of code.

Related: here's some PHP code I wrote 14 years ago that does something similar, but tries to generate aesthetically pleasing avatars:

https://phoboslab.org/log/2008/12/instant-avatars