skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It is? Fraud, libel, perjury.

I guess academic fraud is fraud in the legal sense. The problem is that the 'fraud' statute requires 'damages' and 'intent' to have standing, and they're difficult to prove in academic fraud.
Taxes don't go one way though. Governments provide plenty of useful services. If your government provides no useful services then that would be stealing, and you should probably move asap.
Nah, once it's out there people can do whatever they want with it, in the same way that once "xerox" became a common word, it wouldn't matter if Xerox Corp. came and said "hey btw it's pronounced as ZEROZ".
From the article, number of alcohol deaths

> rising to 99,017 in 2020, up from 78,927 the previous year

Covid deaths in the US: 300k in 2020

Looks like another misrepresentation by the "covid skeptics"
I got a MacBook Pro with the max cpu and it’s made such a difference in my day to day Kotlin work and the battery time is stunning considering how high the cpu usage is when working in IntelliJ
This sort of thing is where I detach from the idea that functional programming is the ultimate good as some advocates would push it: it's far too obvious that outside of narrow constraints, real hardware just isn't functional.

No where was this more apparent in my career then when I was on a team of Scala-using FP programmers who were building part of a real hardware provisioning system (and the org structure tipped in their favor) - the number of arguments about the sheer amount of things which can and definitely would go bad across hundreds of servers when you tried to do things - versus their desire to ignore these problems as infrequent so they wouldn't have to try and code the handling in a functional way (FP is terrible at logging, so even getting that done adequately was an argument).

Basically the paradigm does tend towards collapsing once the problem grows too complicated for someone to keep in their head because it actively fights the sort of procedural reasoning humans do pretty much natively in favor of dealing with abstract math which very few people are any good at.
In case anyone knows, was this related to antivaxxing? With three doses, mortality rate is pretty low now.
Any recommendations for Java hosting? Most PaaS I have looked at seem to have a very steep price increase from self hosting. For example Heroku presumably is 50$/month, when currently I get by with a 7$/month VPS. And the next level would already be 250$/month.

I also find it very difficult to make the transition because of the different types of units. How much RAM and how many "dynos" (whatever) will I need to get comparable performance to my VPS? Worst seems to be Google where I have no idea how much it will cost me in the end. I don't care about prices per second for all sorts of individual things (RAM, CPU, Storage, traffic - all priced by the second or other units), I just want a fire-and-forget flat fee that covers my needs with a reasonable buffer against spikes in demand.

That said, of course the price of VPS is also high with the required time for maintenance. At least it is also a learning experience.
My Dad died after a long and difficult fight with prostate cancer that advanced to untreatable Stage 4 very quickly because of an underlying BRCA2 mutation. I'm so thankful the NHS tested him for this, and then tested my brother and I (both positive), and then sponsored IVF for my brother to concieve his first child with screening for BRCA2 mutation.

He now has a five month old baby girl who doesn't have the same coinflip requirement that BRCA2 brings girls of almost-guaranteed servere breast cancer and invasive life-changing surgery to reduce risk, and my brother and I both get MRIs at 40 and regular screening for when we (very likely) get prostate cancer.

This article was such a surprise to see at the top of HN, and I urge everyone to share it as both a lovely good news story and awareness of how underlying genes can cause aggressive cancers.
There is a lot to unpack, but I hear you.

“Perhaps I am not suited for working in a services company with rapid transitions“

I think you’re right. You read like you’re a people pleaser. I know it because I am too. You, like me, might have a difficult time with having a dynamic yet firm grasp on our purpose in, what is more often than not, textbook Kafkaesque situations; situations we put ourselves in, and we’re accountable for, too.

Good luck in your journey of discovery. And you read like you’re also young-middle aged, also like me. So, from one to another, just remember it’s quite the privilege to publish a statement declaring in a public space that you’re “taking a break” from work. I don’t think you’re a trust fund baby, but you know, not everyone who gets you would sympathize with that statement. Maybe here, perhaps.

Maybe I’m totally wrong about the author, or maybe I’m sort of over the tone deaf articles I read on here, like we aren’t all so fucking lucky to have these software engineer jobs, the ones that pay. Is it worth your mental health? Of course not. Find a new company, I had to. Best decision I ever made.

So if I’m wrong, it’s worth the risk because I hope it drives home the point this article reeks of privilege.
Show HN: Random access noise – counter-based pseudo-random number generator
Reading this thread - exactly my thoughts too. Most people (if given the incentive and interest) would understand systemd just fine. Some effort would be needed.
The awesome-selfhosted list is ..well.. awesome, however it lacks a hardware category to collect links and information on cheap low power small devices to be used to host our personal data/services, both to avoid keeping beefier PCs up 24/7 and to better isolate their functions.

It could for example include from tiny boards with the bare minimum necessary to host very light services (Single NIC Raspberry/Orange/Nano/Banana PI, etc.) to small sized boards either with storage capabilities or a couple NICs to be used as moderate traffic firewalls (PCEngines.ch APU, etc) and bigger and more powerful systems with multiple NICs for SOHO+ sized servers and firewalls (www.ipu-system.de etc).

Also, this m.2 to SATA port replicator reportedly works perfectly with Linux (Possibly FreeBSD/XigmaNAS too) as do many other JMB575 based cards. Could turn any cheap board into a low cost NAS.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/203735847811

Too long for Mini PCs accepting only 2242 modules? Here's the extender.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/263570657382

..etc.
So, your best argument to disagree with what I said is that I haven't read enough? Yeah, that's usually how conspiracy theorists argue. Let's move beyond this.

Use some basic critical thinking skills here.

What does the evil UCI gain from forcing everyone to use "inferior" big wheels as opposed to "superior" small wheels? Did someone take a pledge to some evil God who demands only large wheels? Is there a large wheel blood oath? There's no patent even!

This conspiracy theory is nonsense. It has the same incentive structure as flat earth: people are lying for the sake of lying with nothing to gain. That's just dumb.

We don't use small wheels because of engineering reasons. Not aesthetic reasons. That's why Moulton lost out.

The vast majority of riders don't care about professional cycling. Have never seen a single race in their lives. And would never watch one willingly. Yet, despite the fact that small wheeled bicycles are available in every bike shop, very few people ride them. It has nothing to do with what they look like.

Small wheels simply aren't as comfortable as large wheels. They aren't as forgiving and they aren't as good with potholes. It doesn't matter that they're faster in some conditions. The vast majority of cyclists want comfort first.

If the UCI didn't have this rule, professionals would be riding a bicycle that looks totally different from what regular folks ride. And that's a problem with attracting people to the sport. No amount of professional riding small wheels will convince the public to pick an inferior bike.
If it was not actually good, those effects would probably be less relevant.
If you just want to explain the meaning, I usually explain the root word. It's like hacking at something with an axe.

You have a door that's built of steel, has a physical and biometric lock, requires a 16 digit password, probably withstands a grenade. Grab a (pick) axe and hack through a wall or window instead.

Someone hacking a tunnel to get to work faster, we respect their will, creativity, and that hint of rebelliousness.

For the pejorative, it's someone thuglike. A hacker isn't a professional lockpicker. They're just hitting every wall with an axe. There's no finesse, even among criminals. But they're also the reason you don't have windows; why you need to use special characters and numbers in your password.
Sure, COBOL works for this example too. I was originally going to be a little spicy and use C++, which was once also the "everything" language but now exists only in a few (shrinking) areas.
*punts fourth wall* Forum's gonna forum and memefy everything it can (then there's the entirely cognitively-dissonant way this mindset looks up to things...). I think the only solution is to be hyper-aware of the unintuitive impact (and toll) it can legitimately have... but that can be difficult when distracted by idk being Senior Juggler Of Cat Herders or whatever. shrug internet be weird but probably harmless
It is perfect software for Epson v850 Pro. I'm using it for digitalisation of my father's photo archive full of negatives and diapositives (around 30000 pictures). With Negative Lab Pro possibilities for solid digitalisation from analogue at home are unlimited.
> ...I have not requested access to the raw data or contacted the authors for explanation as the case is audacious...

Happily from the sidelines - it probably is fraud and this isn't really an article targeted at the general audience. But the statistical evidence proves beyond a doubt that the data wasn't collected by the methods described in the paper. That doesn't prove it is fraudulent because formally speaking he can't rule out that they just did a very bad job of explaining their methods.

Just from life experience, any time anyone goes in guns blazing based on statistical evidence - without actually talking to the people involved - it is often a mistake. Just because someone can't think of an alternative reason says more about their imagination than the reality of the situation. Particularly coming in hot off a twitter argument.

That being said, these are unusual and unexpected patterns that show irregularities in the data, and I would certainly share his concerns.
> Covid’s toll extends

> to cope with the stress of the pandemic

An euphemism at the level of "rapid unscheduled disassembly".
This is an extremely awesome app. The fact it is a native (no-electron) multi-platform app is especially great.
Consider using Librewolf. It's a set of patches for FF that remove all that crap.
Why not simply hire someone on a 3-year contract with the understanding that the first x months will be paid for but spent in learning a new skill and the other x months will be spent in earning back the course + paid hours?

There should be a strict rule in the contract, that ending it before the 3 years are over will have a pricey consequence, so that you are incentivized to only sign up if you understand the work involved and will not quit after just doing the training.
Yes, but no way they are going to come out and acknowledge they were duped. And some are still on that bandwagon.

And imnsho a bigger problem: that they were in turn trying to dupe others. This amplification effect is at least as harmful as the initial fraud.
I used to think about this angle and eventually realized that the absolutist ideas of "freewill" and "consent" are ideals from platonic land and in practice it is questionable any one will find the ideal version of these.
> but I'm enjoying linux (again, for the type of work I do).

Same. Can't wait for Asahi Linux to be upstreamed, it'd be a great combination of price/performance/battery life/usability.
Regardless of which side you’re on I think everyone needs to be willing to engage in civil discourse. We’re more divided than ever and should actively work to fix it.

It’s true that some people are anti lockdown and there may be merit. There may not be.

The truth is we won’t know for a few years until we have more information.
"Doing X without consent is irrelevant because consequences of X are full of nonconsensual things."
How is that in favor of X?
Not to mention, a mild vitamin C deficiency will screw with the immune system. In such cases, I can imagine vitamin C treatments having a clear and measurable effect.

The same applies for quite a wide range of other nutrients as well.
>> as dictatorships are highly efficient and effective at carrying out policy

Hardly ever true. Most dictatorships are unstable and unable to do anything more than a bare minimum.

Hierarchy is not the same as dictatorship. Dictatorships means unlimited power. There is also hierarchy in democracies, but it is more about the separation of power, rather than of concentration.
I'm using a Microsoft login on FF all the time so it might be an individual quirk. I guess removing cookies would help.
Yes, but my point was to never choose a job based on the project you'll work on or on the product of the company. You WILL be disappointed.

I guess the best way to work on a project you'll love is to be a founder. But as an employee, you'll need a looot of luck to work on an interesting project. I'm not saying that it doesn't exists, but rather that they are pretty rare, and you have very few opportunities to discover those from the outside.
I would be rather interested in how they got the first 100 users. Raising money is the easy part.
Due Diligence survival guide (2011)
You need to change your laws to make that TOS illegal.

I have mailed the Swedish govt. agency that controls telecom (PTS, "Post och Tele Styrelsen" or "Post Traumatic Stress" both work in this case).

ISPs should have to provide static IPs and open all ports, pressure your local authorities and spread the word.
If Russians have deployed 100k and 40k has been neutralised it does not mean that 40% has been neytralised, rather it means that 40k will be replenished. As Russians joke in such situations, women will birth another ones. My opinion is that having more than 200k is kind of too expensive and as we all know, stopping the war is absolutely not an option for Putin.
1. You may find a (very) small fraction of Putin supporters among Russian immigrants in general but among the latest wave it is as low as ever. Many my friends and acquaintances left Russia in the wake of the war and none supports it (or Putin).

2. I expect fraction of Putin supporters among Russian immigrants to be highest among people immigrated in 1990s - many (but definitely not all) from this generation continued to watch Russian TV while living abroad. In 1990x Russia had relatively free press but Putin slowly turned it into a propaganda tool and this slow transition allowed Russian TV to keep old audience.

3. Support of Democrat/Republican IMO has little to do with the support of Putin or Russian government. I don't even think Republicans hate Russia less than Democrats. Trump showed a fondness for Putin but didn't do anything that would benefit Russia, quite the opposite. If you are not in a partisan bubble choice between Democrats and Republicans is not the choice between good and evil, it is an attempt to choose a less evil one. Russian immigrants know too well that socialism failed in the Soviet Union and Democrats talking about socialism can be enough to tilt the scales.
Does it taste different compared to a more conventional spice cake recipe?
Good website. But I would rather split startup digest and pitch decks into separate domains. It will make those projects better focused.
Enabling zero downtime data migrations for self-hosted users
Artificial intelligence paves the way to discovering new rare-earth compounds
I used to play this game quite a lot, back when Six was the strongest AI opponent. Managed to beat it at 11x11, no chance at 8x8. At 13x13 it completely fell apart (but you had to kind of hack the engine to even play at that size, so it might have been buggy). Now I guess the AlphaZero-variants win everything there as elsewhere.

There was a kid from Poland who was insanely good. Maciej Celuch. Don't know what's become of him, but wouldn't be a kid any longer. He was the top player by a mile, won the Little Golem tournaments every year he participated. A bunch of people from the same town in Poland were also really, really good, I guess they had a bit of a community going.

The other place there was a bit of community going was in Oslo, a bunch of guys associated with the defense research institute (FFI). I went to an offline tournament with them once, to my surprise I didn't finish quite last.

I think it's a satisfying game, because it's quite easy to learn to look far ahead. Since the pieces stay put, it's much easier to reason about positions.

M. Seymour's online book is great, too. I've heard good things about Ryan B. Hayward's book. Cameron Browne is a nice guy and has done a lot of other cool work in combinatorial games, but I can't recommend his old Hex book. The tactics advice is not good.
Who cancels the cancellers of the cancellers? You've hit the nail on the head: Cancellation is not a viable means of stopping criminal calls to violence, and it's pretty much useless as a rhetorical tool. For the former we have a legal system which should be shored up rather than undermined by vigilantism; for the latter we have a democratic political system which, ditto, should be treated with respect rather than undermined by stooping to the same dirty tricks one's political enemies pulled. Which is probably why cancellation usually appears like virtue signalling, since it serves little purpose in either stopping violence or improving the system, let alone convincing anyone but potentially violent imbeciles in one's own camp to holler and mob up on a target of rage for the benefit of whoever controls the mob.

It has nothing to do with justice. No matter how shitty a human the target of it is. It's always just a really transparent attempt for someone to collect "likes".

Who gets "likes" for calling for civil debate rather than attacking the group's enemies?

No one. Anyone who dares to would be cancelled too. That should tell you all you need to know about the nature of intolerance toward intolerance. It's categorically intolerant as well, and it is no longer on the right side of anything.
> For someone who just wants to self host, having to learn about systemd, by definition makes the product/system not easy.

Sometimes HN threads seem to self-sustain forever starting from a pointless argument and discussing it like it was the truth.

Learning systemd is not necessary for anything in day to day life, not in desktop use, not in self hosting, default configuration from package managers work fine out of the box. At most you need to learn how to start, stop, disable and query service status.

I've been using linux since decades, way before systemd, never had to learn systemd until I needed to ship my own custom services on my own custom devices. But at the point you're way far from being a layperson.
Pleasantly surprised to see this on HN. In the minefield of the spiritual marketplace, where you can never be sure which teachers are authentic and which aren't, Michael James is worth a look. Sometimes a little dry and repetitive, but steadfast in his message and his adoration for his teacher.
I don't think having closed source projects contradicts that statement. You're allowed to love open source and make some open source things while still keeping other things closed source.
Ticketmaster was definitely my inspiration.
> aside from the headache of reverse engineering it surely those fuse bits are all wiped clean when the chip is manufactured. Wouldn't there be some method over a JTAG interface to set the relevant bits [...]

Good point.
People in Russia will not starve, they're just getting poorer without reaching hunger (can cite some sources if you want). Of course letting them starve (for too long) is the end for Putin, so of course he won't let that happen and it won't happen with the current measures.
The press is slowly starting to realise that harrassing a teenager might make them the baddies.
> For farm animals, acids are used to reduce the pH value of drinking water and to increase health.

I have never heard of this practice, and can find no evidence of it online. Can you provide a citation?

> If you consume vitamin C via citrus fruits like oranges, then you are making a more hostile environment for bacterial infections.

This is utter nonsense. The pH of a living organism is tightly regulated, and a failure of this regulation can be rapidly fatal. Consuming small (sub-gram) quantities of vitamin C does not have any meaningful effect on blood or extracellular pH.
Yes it does. This is about turning the computer from a turing machine into a finite automaton. Finite automata can be analyzed for halting in finite time, turing machines can’t. And computers as we know them are not turing machines (which are by definition infinite) but they are state machines, and finite ones at that.
He’s with Jod now
Autonomous aircraft market – nearly $325B over the next two decades
Hahaha. Maybe one day it happens.
I enjoy 'playing' with self-hosting things, as I learn that way.

However, I would never host anything important. Why ?

If I'm in an accident and hospitalised, or something similar, there is no way my family will be able to manage/maintain/troubleshoot the systems.

There's a reason they all use gmail/gdocs, and it's not because they love Google.

I am a lifelong fan and user of technology, but the 'lay person' typically isn't and really doesn't want to be. Managed services may remove any semblance of privacy, but they offer the one thing that most everyone wants - convenience.
Safer, yet More Afraid Than Ever
So the solution here was mostly (entirely?) Netlify?

Netlify is great (happy user here), but I was hoping to see the author's "suite" of solutions. Surprised not to see CockroachDB, Supabase, Firebase, NextAuth and the like. You can get pretty far these days on a free plan even if you need auth and a real database.
Are you implying that getting init script customisations overwritten by package managers isn't a problem with non-systemd init managers?

I have lost track how often that happened with sysvinit, because the "logic" how to treat customisations was usually handled by the package manager and they messed it up regularly.

systemd has a standard way to handle customisations. As long as you put everything you do in /etc/systemd/system, everything is fine. It's simple and works across distributions.
Well it is, they decided to switch architecture from the most popular one (x86). Their users and vendors have to adapt due Apple's choice.
> As for googlability -- hopefully this kitty will overtake the other kitty soon ;)

What a charming fellow. The sad part is it seem he was successful in that.
It sounds like you are comparatively very religious compared to me. Rare events happen with a certain probability. What happened here was not impossible by any known law of biology or physics or whatever.
How come there’s not an app that’s successful at helping people making friends?
There are tons of apps are about doing that. But none is successful. Is it because making friends via apps is such a bad way doing it? Or because very few people want to make friends via apps? What’s ur thoughts on it?