skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
With a 'wind fall' 1 million dollars,

I would take about 20% and plan to squander it. Vacations, car, cloths.

I would put 80% in something with a time lock of about a year. Something with a penalty for early withdraw. This would provide 2 features:

1) Time to think about it

2) Protection from 'newly discovered' relatives and friends who want a piece. "Sorry I would love to help, but the money is invested, and there are SEVER penalties for early withdraw, you do not want me severely penalized do you?"

Now if you are talking about how I would invest a million dollars, that would be different. Short term I like lampshades idea of Wheat. Anything natural gas. Anything to protect against inflation.
If open-source routers don't interest you, you might try reviewing this site: https://routersecurity.org/

The short answer is the line of routers from Peplink, including their low-end business router, the Pepwave Surf SOHO. The site's owner argues that big box routers put overmuch emphasis on speed at the cost to security; they build a fast router, he feels, but then neglect firmware security updates. I've owned the Surf SOHO since 2017 and have just upgraded to the Peplink Balance 20+ for a little more future-proofing. I can attest that their engineers are still updating the firmware.
I have seen a lot of places, yet not a single one that runs all the latest software everywhere all the time. This is even true for smaller pieces of software like Linux kernel.
I agree 100%. The "free-for-all contract law" based society in which, to get the most basic goods or services, everyone is forced to sign hundreds of contracts that they didn't have input in writing, can't possibly understand or even read, is completely unattainable.

All basic things of day-to-day life (jobs, rent, utilities, tickets, subscriptions) should be governed by mandated standard contracts (with some flexibility based on a series of optional clauses), so people just have to learn/understand a contract once and take that knowledge for the rest of their life. This way the actual paper contract a person signs should be just a single page, listing the parties, citing the standard contract, and a few bullet points citing the optionals. E.G. "I just rented a house, I signed Standard Rental Contract #3 with a no-pets and no-smoking clauses." - "Good for you, mine is the stricter Standard Rental Contract #2, and they also wanted to add the no-pets clause but I payed extra to remove that."

Anything outside this should only be considered a legal contract if each party involved had their own layer present when the contract was written and when it was signed (layer co-signing it with a legal duty to the client), having full input in writing the actual contract. If a company handles you one of their own contracts and asks you to sign without allowing you to change it, then it should not be valid/legal binding.
because it's an automated piece of software making decisions about what is an "equal diff" and what is a "difference diff" because a diff no longer means just a change, it now has to be a meaningful enough change.. If you removed something like `if (true)` or whatever, that's still a diff that could have some importance and/or unknown consequences. I appreciate the value, but the fact that it allows refactoring to be a non-diff would worry me in the long run I think.
> I don't think you understand how much it costs to maintain the infrastructure to your house.

I sure do understand it, but I also understand that when it comes to comparing the environmental impact of upper middle class urbanites and suburbanites, we're splitting hairs. Neither of these lifestyles as they exist now are sustainable, so what this really boils down to is a bunch of rich folks living in cities looking down their noses at us middle class plebs in the burbs, simply because they find suburbs aesthetically distasteful rather than out of any genuine concern for the environment.
> you to retain dignity, self-sacrifice, and thinking about _them_ more than ever

> That's precisely the time when you need to dig deep and let _reason_ take the lead

I would say when self-sacrifice, thinking of others first is what's called for, that's actually empathy leading, at its most high-functioning.

Empathy is taking the lead, but it's somehow a deeper kind, qualitatively distinct from day to day sympathy and personality. Sometimes a person you thought was rather heartless day to day, turns out to care for their buddies in such a moment, and you don't forget their actions.

Of course it is empathy in concert with reason. Reason, intuition, skill, knowledge - and that measured mind - are all required in difficult situations, but without empathy would often lead to self-preservation mode.

> deep down they are actually masters of the empathy they've carefully hidden.

I like this. Yeah, that's what I mean.
At some point you have to ask why don't other want to believe as you do? When they find your facts unconvincing is there some other or larger matter at issue as well?

"My body, my choice" is a slogan that was used to promote one's sovereignty over one's own body. But oops there's exceptions to that principle now? That weren't valid exceptions when others wanted to raise them in other contexts?

When authorities back their best guess with "trust the science!" as an appeal to faith, actual scientists should not blame the rest of the world for the erosion in respect they see. Blame the people who keep making confident prophecies of doom in the name of your profession.
Yes, banks do that. Many even prohibit employees to have personal brokerage accounts at other banks (How does that work for a married couple that work for different banks? There are exceptions which require additional disclosures, like submitting you spouse's and/or minor child's monthly statements within some short time frame).

Banks are the exception. Very, very few not-a-bank companies do that.
>After I explained the theory and the method, they peppered me with many of the questions that other ungraders have also faced. “If we ask you, will you tell us what grade we have on a paper?” No, I answered, because I really won’t have put a grade on it. “If we decide halfway through the semester that we’re done revising something, will you grade it then?” No again, because I’m grading an entire portfolio, not individual pieces. “Will you tell me where I stand?” My comments on your work, and our conferences, should give you a good sense of how you’re progressing in the class.

I think the teacher dismisses the concerns too quickly. The reality is that at the end of the semester he will have to put a numerical grade on the report card ... and in this 'ungrading', a unscrupulous teacher could punish or reward a student by 'making up' any grade they feel like and the student has no recourse if they disagree with the grade.
This has been my first technical blog post in a long while, so any constructive feedback is greatly appreciated.
Concise, not lazy. Brevity is the soul of wit.
Here is the mirror that got archived by the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20220329014412/https://twitter.c...
I think it's safe to say both are true.

In general, we live in a healthier world. We know more about nutrition, cancer-causing chemicals, etc. We continue to make progress automating some of the most body-breaking jobs. Most of us (western world, anyways) have access to clean water.

But, a substantial portion of the US (and world?) population is making bad decisions about their diet which have life-altering side-effects like diabetes. The question then is "why?" We know a lot about nutrition and it's impact on our bodies. Is it advertising? Is it cost (McDonalds is more sometimes more affordable on a time+money basis than home-cooked food)? Is it just our tiny lizard brains REALLY like salt and sugar and Nestle etc know how to manipulate that?
When implementing SAML, the IdP and any given SP don't need to be partners or even know anything about each other. That's kind of the point.
Tweet that caused deletion https://mobile.twitter.com/BillDemirkapi/status/150852748765...
You can go on 500px and flickr and find plenty of examples of this style of photography for Taiwan, Hong Kong, as well as all sorts of western cities.

I'd guess there being more Western exposure to it in Japan is due to fairly famous bits of Japanese media embracing the cyberpunk/neo-noir aesthetic, a la Akira, Ghost in the Shell, etc., as well as Japanese photographers being fairly active on the previously mentioned photo sites.
The general policy at such companies is "don't disclose anything except what's on the website or in press releases without going through official channels"
This is very normal in the US. Many schools prevented classrooms from opening the doors to improve ventilation during covid, because it would violate their policy about keeping the doors shut in case there was a shooting.

And yeah we have a relatively high amount of shootings, but they are still rare in an absolute sense. A lot of this is driven by an industry that sells bulletproof desks and junk, and needs to keep people afraid because it's profitable.

Edit: I should also point out that shifting responsibility for active shooter response to the individual, the victim, is a way to avoid discussions about actual policy change or to hold people with real power accountable at all.
They're US companies, which means the US has a variety of options to influence its operations. While there are a variety of risks that such companies present, Kaspersky is in the qualitatively different situation that a different nation-state has greater influence on its operations.
This is a paper in mice, and looks at a broad-spectrum markers or inflammation, focusing on CCL11, which has been associated with a large number of things, including allergic rhinitis:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbio...

https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/etm.2020.9078

also cannabis use:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02785...

Importantly, they also note that the virus is not invading the neurons.

Be very cautious about extrapolating from this paper. They see up-regulation of microglial cells, which are macrophages (and are expected to be active during infection) and use that plus some other papers to make the claim. They show one figure concerning axonal myelin loss in mice showing a slight effect between groups, but that's a long way from any sort of link to a disease state, let alone in humans (I have updated this portion of my comment, after having more time to read the paper). Certainly, I wouldn't leap to any wild conclusions about other diseases related to myelin.

In short, they see some inflammatory signs in the brains of mice that are not associated with direct infection. That's interesting scientifically, but absolutely not worth panic or exaggeration.
Class of 2010 here in the US and I don't know anything about these trainings. I'm also interested to hear if this is a thing now.
It's complicated. For example, productivity in America has soared the last 50 years, so people are providing more value than ever, but American salaries have not increased at the same pace.
> - SPT (seccomp, no hardware virtualization)

To be clear, this means running an ordinary Linux binary, right?

I'm curious about the remaining advantages in practice of running multiple processes on a shared kernel rather than using hardware virtualization. I guess the main one is more efficient resource pooling, particularly memory and the page cache. I understand the primary advantage of virtualization is a smaller attack surface.
I did secondary school in the US, and there are lock-down drills that are mostly motivated by school shootings. In fact the first time I experienced practicing one was shortly after Columbine in a school not that far from Columbine. That said, the only time we actually had real lock-downs were for things like phony bomb threats, or dangerous criminals being pursued by police nearby.

On the other hand, I did some primary school in New Zealand and we had what I would now call a lock-down for the same reason, where school shootings really aren't a thing. I think schools ought to plan for that kind of thing for safety. I think the kind of first aid they teach you in active shooter training if you happen to take them as an adult (I did because I had a buddy trying to start a business after leaving the military doing it) is actually also really good first aid for anyone who's doing extreme sports, or going in the wilderness, or working around heavy machinery, etc.

I don't think any of that means that people shooting up schools is accepted as normal.

edit: Now that I've read TFA, I'll also add that I've worked in the US my entire adult life and I've never had active shooter training that was mandated at work, or heard of anyone I know having that.
Exactly. These are very costly lessons, learnt on Ukrainian blood....
I'm only tangentially aware of secure messaging apps. How do you feel about Signal? What is your preferred client?
What does it do for unsupported languages? Just fall back to "regular" diff?
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He deleted that one, but the ones it linked to are still there: https://twitter.com/BillDemirkapi/status/1508527487655067660
But this is closer to how getting a drivers license works. You go and take the test and you either pass and get your license, or they tell you what you did wrong so you can go practice with your learners permit and come back again.
It's source is also essentially the HN discussion at

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30171800

making it a really strange ouroboros of a ragedupe.
> The alternative is a shared number...

No, the alternative is to include proper contact information in the message. Security comes with all sorts of tradeoffs and one of them is often convenience. Is it inconvenient to have to reply to a different number? Sure. Is it worth it--if it means we all no longer have to deal with spoofed ID scam texts? Hell yes!
There's another discussion going on on the front page right now about cruise lines and how they bind you to specific terms and conditions as a prerequisite for taking their cruises. These terms and conditions are upheld by courts and somebody pointed out how it's laughable that courts continue to uphold the legal fiction that you enter into the binding agreements "fully willingly": while a cruise is one thing, being able to board a plane and operate a motor vehicle is part of being able to function as a citizen of the US.

Using the internet is increasingly becoming the same (if it hasn't already). And like it or not, these services - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram - are the internet for most people. Refusing to use them when everybody around you is there is the digital equivalent of hiding in a shack in the middle of the woods.
The OP tweet has since been deleted; this appears to be a snapshot of it:
https://twitter.com/BillDemirkapi/status/1508610588200607746
There are a couple comments confounded by the normalization of active shooter training, but (as is often the case with these comments), I can't tell from the wording if they disagree with the practice or are merely upset (understandably) that such a thing is even necessary.

I guess the answer in both cases is the same, though: An unfortunate reality is still a reality.
Consider thinking of early exams and assignments as requirements for participation and good faith effort. Doing poorly on them would result in a PIP(performance improvement plan) but poor performance in early tasks shouldn't doom you.

I recall some classes in Uni that would have, say, three major exams. And if you had adequate participation and grades in smaller assignments, the score of the lowest exam would be replaced with the 2nd lowest, in order to smooth out a negative deviation. I think it achieves what is being discussed here: Either you did really well through the course but had a bad final, or you didn't grasp the material early on but ended up getting it in the end.
> > He works in the tech industry, and he posted leaked documents from a tech company

> You can't be fired for that.

> It's against the law.

Citation needed. In most US states you can be fired for no reason at all.
I think because it is a tangible thing one can do. Regardless of opinions on constitutionality of firearms ownership, nobody wants to see attacks and shoots. But what can be done? Changing the laws is not likely because of both disagreement and gridlock, though political activity is one avenue one can take with hope for longer term impact. Policing or mental health policy and programs in the in the local communities also might have some impact, but again most individuals won't be able to make an impact (not that they couldn't but won't in practice without a high degree of engagement).

But hosting a class? That is something everyone organization has full autonomy to successfully accomplish. It is within the organizational and budgetary resources of small companies, big ones, churches, schools, local community centers, etc.

Think about the duck and cover training for surviving a nuclear blast. You might not be able to do much as the average individual to avoid nuclear confrontation, but you can mitigate it on the margin with some tangible steps.
With respect, I had this to say about your situation:

> [...] if you are in a country with bad sanitary checking you will have a bad time.

Lo and behold, you have a bad time.
before posting them in the first place
I live in Tokyo and I promise you that none of the side streets near me look remotely like these, regardless of whatever filters or processing you applied.
> We need to fundamentally understand that free speech in our society has been privatized.

He has a point. Particularly interesting is how big tech operates like a flock of birds - one takes the lead, the entire flock rapidly follows in synchro, despite it being (probably) unplanned.

The current war in Ukraine has provided another example of flock like behaviour from big business - the private sector sanctions levelled at Russia were entirely unexpected by all the protagonists in this conflict. Incredibly, it seems like it is PR / consumer opinion which is the driving the flock. Good thing / bad thing - really don't know
When I read that RFC, I imagined that a barcode would be more reliable to read in and process than printing the hex characters.
I had a chance to cook on a friend's induction stove. It beeped angrily any time I lifted the pan to shake it around. And I had trouble finding the touch buttons on the flat surface due to lack of contrast and the food bits on the surface.

I get the principle but the UX leaves a lot to be desired. Other than boiling water it's a step down for me.
I wonder if it would be possible to do this in a one-column format. That would make it more useful in a lot of contexts where a super wide view isn't practical.
The reason I'm being terse with you and perhaps a bit rude is that you started this reply thread by insulting my opinions for no reason and then continued to reply with what I believe to be both bad faith readings of my comments and naturally argumentative. I know HN values skepticism, but honestly it's tiresome. Anyways, here's my clarifying my previous comment. Please keep in mind that I fully expect you to read this in bad faith, so I've added sarcasm overtly.

Java, for me, personally, in my opinion, is on thin ice. I personally, in my opinion, would never work at a "Java shop" because in my opinion, personally, it conveys a disregard for technical suitability and individuality and supports the idea that engineers should be expendable. I believe, in my opinion, personally, that Java is, as you say, "popular" because it's forced on many workplaces by management. I don't think, in my opinion, personally, that it's a "bad" language, but its heavy use is not proportional to how "good" it is. I don't think my willingness to respond but refusal to be berated by an internet stranger is rude, and yes, I believe you have a vendetta, just like I have a vendetta against Java. If you have to use it, fine -- the above will insulate you from the really terrible things java does, in my opinion, personally. My real advice is don't use java, but see how that's a bad faith response? That's why I kept it to myself.
It's insane, especially since the kind of serial shooter thing (not an attack targeted at a specific person, not an argument in a parking lot that turns deadly but then stops there, none of that) it's meant to defend against is rare—as rare as one might hope? No, of course not. Rare enough that widespread training against it is unjustifiable? Yes.

I'd not have expected it beforehand, but it turns out that even fairly mild & common versions of the training (not the extreme sorts that occasionally make the news) can leave adults literally shaking. It's really hard on some people. Yet we subject a huge percentage of our children to it. The risk does not justify that.
> Spaces should be much better than Keybase’s channel organisatioon though - what’s missing?

The UI/UX and permission system mostly.

Keybase shows each "Space" as a separate (but compactly(!) arranged) section in the main view. It's very easy to see what "Spaces" have had activity. Quite a lot like IRC or Discord in that aspect.

From the perspective of permissions, I can create a tree-shaped structure of "Spaces" and channels. People at the root level can traverse upwards, but people above can't access everything below. It's also very easy to say "This channel in this space is for announcements, only admins (a group of people) can post", like actually a clean neat UI.
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Recent research using a mouse model proves that my car is way too big and that cats are terrible pets.
I had a teacher do something like that for a "communication" class and I hated it. Not only on the basis of class average/GPA, but mostly just because it was a complete joke.

You'd have people that could barely speak the language, were reading their cards the whole time and with powerpoint presentations stuffed with grammatical errors that got better grades than native speakers.
> if it's not explicitly public material you should not disclose it.

By definition anything you can get to independently is public material, as you are the public.
genius is not defined by accomplishments, believe it or not. geniuses may or may not achieve the things we hope or expect they will. genius is seeing reality, intuition, knowing things even though you maybe didn't even read the book. genius is generative, not always performative. it takes many forms.
This became very common after Sandy Hook, afaict.
The argument is that giving weight to the grades earned throughout the course may under-value students who made significant improvements. For example, take two students:

Student A comes in barely meeting the prerequisites and struggles with low grades on initial tests and projects. They come to office hours, put in substantial effort, and eventually ace the final projects and tests.

Student B comes in with substantial background experience and gets decent but not stellar grades on all tests and projects.

Depending on how much weight is given to the final tests/projects student B may still end up with a higher grade despite the fact that they probably do not have as strong an understanding of the material as student A.

I've had both kinds of students the handful of times I taught graduate-level seminars and it's one reason I weighted the final projects more heavily than initial projects. (Though I found grades on initial projects were still useful for other reasons.)
Latin America is often overlooked in the tech world, but there is a growing and healthy tech ecosystem in the region. Argentina has companies like MercadoLibre, Auth0 and Globant. Colombia has Rappi. Uruguay has dLocal. Brazil a ginormous amount of fintechs. Among many others.

The cool thing is that these companies are usually very region-focused and if they hire/open offices outside their HQ, it's in other LatAm country. I think the region is on the right track to become a player in the tech world.