skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> we have poor people in other countries doing it instead.

and they become less poor afterwards. Eventually, they will no longer accept the low wages as their own wealth increases. i think this is a good outcome - all parties benefit from the transaction.

This will take a long time to play out, and in the mean time, the research and development of tech would progress enough to find a solution to the energy and resource problem - increasing efficiency, or finding new sources to extract (my money is on asteroids).

But the way it will play out, means that there's always a gradient of relative "conditions" - from the lowest, to the highest. As long as this gradient is always shifting up - aka, everyone's condition is improving - i think it is acceptable.
I understand your concern, but I don't agree with how far you've taken it.

> No, consider talking to a mental health professional for a proper evaluation if you think mental health issues are underlying part of your problem.

Is that not implied by the prescription part? I even left it for last in that list for a reason.

> Accept that stimulants aren’t magical motivation or self-discipline in pill form.

It certainly can help with motivation if we set aside the "magical" part. A person with ADHD taking a stimulant isn't going to have their interests changed or their self-motivation, but it certainly helps in staying focused on things a normal person can do but is not necessarily interested in, like chores and boring desk work that needs to get done.

> This is literally called “drug-seeking behavior” and reputable doctors will flag you for it.

Sure, don't try to game the system by faking a disease. Agreed, but that wasn't really what I was suggesting, as much as I could have been more specific in my language.

> I’m seeing too many non-ADHD young people seek prescriptions and then burn themselves out, develop a dependency on a drug they didn’t need, and find themselves in worse condition when they realize that the energizing effects of stimulants don’t last forever.

Well, I really don't know much about that. Then again, I don't live in Silicon Valley. This is really not relevant to those who have legitimate issues focusing. When people genuinely complain that they can't focus, that's usually because that focus isn't merely short-term. There's a difference between ADHD and those trying to brain-max themselves. Stimulants can really change the life of a person with ADHD and there's plenty of evidence that not only is ADHD real but that stimulants help. Your statement about being flagged by doctors does little but scare people off from getting help.

There's nothing wrong in seeking a drug-based solution. If a prescription drug can help someone with a condition, it would be foolish to avoid it merely because some people will abuse it.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220404132312/https://majenko.c...
Be on the lookout for the unholy trinity of Russian troll tactics:
1) bUt thE UsA cOmMiTtEd wAr cRiMes In tHe MiDdlE EaSt!
2) UkRaIne StaGed iT!
3) uKrAinE iS a nAzI sTaTe!

Responses are simple.
1) How's that relevant at all right now?
2) ...in areas that were under Russian occupation for weeks and only recently liberated, okay. Also, why stage atrocities when Russia isn't even hiding the fact that it's committing constant atrocities?
3) Unconvincing and unverified. Nazis are everywhere. Russia has an FSB commander with the SS bars tatted on his neck and their whole playbook in this war is Fascism 101. Ukraine's 6 biggest uber-far-right factions came together in the last election and got a whopping <2% of the vote. Whoop-de-f*#king doo. Tell that to folks with active KKK movements in their states.
I would say it’s common. Both SpaceX and Tesla almost ran out of money with Musk maximally invested. Both moments were widely reported 5-10 years ago when they happened.
Agreed. IaC has become another gated bottleneck; rather than waiting on an admin to change a server, we wait on an admin to write and test the IaC to change a server.

One reason it's this way is poor design of cloud tech. Cloud tech isn't immutable, idempotent, and versioned, most of the time. Often there's arbitrary limitations and conventions that are not obvious which cause changes to break unexpectedly ("we don't know the result until apply" seems to happen every single apply, and success in dev is no guarantee of success in prod). And there are very few turn-key solutions, so we're left to keep rebuilding the same things and running into the same problems.

We need people creating SaaS/PaaS/IaaS to create systems that give us what we really want, without having to hire somebody to write really crap fake code to work around what those systems lack. We need GUIs that allow anyone to safely make changes without being an expert. We need turn-key solutions. We need advanced best practice deployment methods to be the first option, not implemented 5 years down the road. We need security to be easy. We need multitenancy to be the default. We need simple billing limits.

..... Ok a lot of that has nothing to do with IaC. But it's clear to me that a lot of what we do do today is an unfortunate side effect of how these systems were designed, and what they still lack. Somebody built a railroad, and we're still trying to force the railroads work like real roads.
The UK hasn't used conscripts in a conflict in which they were at serious risk of getting killed since 1951 (Korean War), I think, though I could be wrong. In any case, there have been no conscripts in the armed services after 1963. When did the USA last put conscripts into serious danger? Vietnam, 1975?
I'm a big fan of DrivePool (by StableBit) for Windows. You can add as many hard drives as you want and pool them together into one, optionally add duplication, and if anything fails, each hard drive is just an NTFS volume that can be accessed with any other computer.

https://stablebit.com/
Yeah there's no problems with a long-lived TCP connection unless one end of the connection tries to drop the connection after a certain amount of time (which certain firewalls do.)
Huh. Whenever I've used it, things have all been on the same domain so this doesn't come up - good to know.
Is the 2015 O'Reilly book on Cython by Kurt Smith still a good starting point to learn about it, or is it outdated?
Population is projected to level out, so it's a moot point. We're facing a crucial need specifically for curbing emissions in the short-run, but we're unlikely to too rapidly exploit resources by virtue that growth in demand will stall and efficiency will continue to improve. Incidentally that can be a catalyst for change in the way society functions. The significant choice facing us is determining the path we take towards post-scarcity and nil GDP growth, because it's happening one way or another.
Good thing there are Russian soldiers dead in Ukraine, I hope many more get killed until they leave the fucking country
There are 2 kinds of focus I try to keep: "short term focus" for tasks that must do done now and continuously for at most few hours and "long term focus" that is basically like building habits.

To improve short term focus, I exercise with pleasurable tasks which require dedication and concentration. It can't be video-games or anything that promote a dopamine rush. It must be something that I have to do with attention and concentration for a time and feel the benefits only after I finish it. My favorites for this are playing guitar (classic guitar, pop guitar does not requires the same level of concentration or dedication) and reading a book. Sometimes I go out for a walk just to free my mind.

To improve long term focus I try to avoid addicting behaviors, like when I turn on the computer and I have to resist the urge to browse the web or read unrelated news (or wikipedia rabbit holes) instead of working. I do like the AA guys, when I fell the urge to procrastinate, I think: "Just for today", like in "Just for today I won't browse the web before reading and answering my e-mails." The day after, I just think: "one day at a time" and simply do the same again.

From what you suggest, it looks like you need focus to complete interesting projects. My technique for this is: start with the hardest part: if it is really hard and boring you'll probably abandon it without investing too much time. On the other hand, if you complete the hardest part, you'll have a very good reason not to abandon the project: the hardest part is already done!

Sometimes I give up in the middle of a project because it is taking too long... try a smaller project the next time. Sometimes I quit a project because it is too complex... try a simpler project next time. You want big and complex projects? Break it in smaller simpler projects that are easy and fun to complete.
You’re right, but actually the workers know what they are getting into in return for their options packages, it’s clear on Glassdoor. When I was looking for jobs in 2016, my slogan for myself was invest in Tesla, work at Google, not the other way around.

The only problem is that the stock price was growing more than the revenue, so I’m not sure how fast it can keep up growing, and what the current employees are expecting.
Do you find it easy to find great, honest, and valid feedback on the internet?

How much of the supply of great, honest, and valid feedback would you sacrifice in order to make the supply that remains use "less dismissive"[0] language like "a bit silly"?

[0] Less dismissive in quotes because I do not find that language dismissive in the slightest
Personally I always don't feel great in the mornings, I usually need a few hours to fully wake up and function and I don't like going to bed early, why should I? Those hours are my quiet hours and are the hours that I like.

I get it though, it's what works for you. So you should do that, but it's not universal advice, people that find it works just think others should go to bed earlier and follow what they do and poof! like magic everything is amazing
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgm5k/truth-social-is-masto...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740354/trump-truth-soc...
I think it depends on the person.

I’m a “morning person.” My wife is definitely not.

For me, I enjoy getting up at 5 (actually, it takes a while to get to the “enjoy” part). I walk a couple of miles, take a shower, and often fix a number of issues before 8.

One of the most productive developers I ever knew (a former employee) was a “non-morning person.” He would amble into the office at noon. Drove HR crazy, but all attempts to get him to come in earlier, met with failure. He would often stay in past 2AM.

As his manager, I got flak for his schedule, but I put my own job in jeopardy, and did not enforce corporate policy on him. We worked together for almost 27 years. Japan loved him (so my job wasn’t actually in jeopardy). His schedule worked for them.

We tend to have a habit of projecting what works for us, onto others.
What's the connection between the Black Sea coast and energy supplies to Europe?
Adopting a Well-Architected Framework Across the Organization
you gotta have a goal and really really really want it

if you don't have a goal, you're just nnot going to do it. It's really easy to focus when you have a deadline, so just set up deadlines on yourself
This is basically "all parabolas are linear transformations of one parabola", and the details can be found in Loop-Blinn.
You're probably young, eh? Don't worry about narrowing your field until you're older.

- - - -

Pragmatically, if you want to figure out what to do you have to come up with criteria, evaluate your options, and (and this is the hard part) cut 'em loose except for the really important one (or two or three) on which to concentrate.

Good criteria are:

1) Does it help others?

2) Does it make me happy?
That guy asked for $50K to take it down. If that's what he wanted, he would have paid $50K, not billions.
Contrary to popular belief, HTML and CSS are unrelated.

If any CSS property was also an HTML attribute, any addition to either spec would have to make sure it wouldn’t conflict. One example is the `content` HTML attribute and CSS property. They serve different purposes and have a completely different syntax.

<meta name="description" content="Cool stuff”>

and

.css::before {
content: url(image.bmp)
}
As an ex VFX sysadmin, I feel your pain.

Any kind of recovery needed for that sized array takes days, so I feel your pain there.
Mozilla Suite also had toolbar for this kind of links. And early versions of Firefox either had it too or there was extension for it.
The timing makes me wonder if Jack Dorsey knew this was happening yesterday?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30899950

I'm not up on my billionaire gossip so I have no idea if Dorsey and Musk are friend or foe but I can certainly see where someone would regret building something powerful and then letting others (especially those with different views) control it.
An army that wants the peasants alive (which is by no means all) can only take so much of the food the area produces in a year, if a previous army had already been through that was probably zero.

Of course for Peasants you need to come up with a way to hide most of your food, while having what looks like all your food in what looks like a poorly hidden place where the army can force you to give it up. (good luck)
And even if it was a 3.0 connector, a cheap manufacturer could have just not connected the extra pins on the port.
> This guide is an overview of digital security considerations specific to journalists covering protests. For EFF’s comprehensive guide to digital security, including advice for activists and protesters, visit ssd.eff.org. Legal advice in this post is specific to the United States.

https://www.eff.org/nb/deeplinks/2020/06/digital-security-ad...

Also:

SURVEILLANCE SELF-DEFENSE: TIPS, TOOLS AND HOW-TOS FOR SAFER ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS -- A PROJECT OF THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION

https://ssd.eff.org
My interpretation of this is to accomplish something significant very early in the day, depending on your schedule. I wake up at 8:30AM, and I like to accomplish something significant before 10AM.
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The salary for the position is in the range of $200,000, but dependent on experience.

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Most "rugged" phones are quite easy to open.
But the problem lies elsewhere, nobody makes new batteries for old phones.
I notice this forum post: https://github.com/mvp/uhubctl/issues/12
Calling something silly is not direct, nor respectful.

Perhaps your view of communication with Europeans is influenced by other factors that's led you to this conclusion? (or to put it respectfully, silly)
> Electric trains have banks of resistors used to dump the unwanted kinetic energy when it's not possible to return it to the power supply

On AC-electrified railways (especially those with their own independent power supply network like Germany/Austria/Switzerland), resistors are actually rather uncommon on stock capable of regenerative braking, because the OHLE not being able to accept regenerated power is a relatively rare occurrence.
Though of course in that case the conventional friction brakes are of course fully rated to bring the train to halt, only with a bit more wear and tear.

DC-electrified railways are a different matter – transmission losses are higher, power supply sections are smaller and substations often not capable of returning any surplus power back into higher network layers of the power supply systems, so the OHLE/third rail not being able to accept the power generated by regenerative braking happens much more frequently and so trains continue carrying braking resistors as a fallback system.
IIRC, Seb: https://www.seb.fr/
There's definitely benefit to having that block of time be in the morning where you have more energy though, if you're able to, shifting your sleep schedule to be earlier can help with productivity here.
While GDPR and related laws (mostly) do the correct thing with respect to privacy, their emergence into the real world has only accelerated this trend.

Really needs a course correct to find a better balance...
Looks like the one of these I own correctly advertised itself as USB 2.0, but I am constantly amused by the number of identical products by various white label sellers.

In my case I am using it for VHS capture, so it is excellent: The quality is well above the source material.
> There is a clear (and hopefully obvious) association with testosterone levels and aggression.

Which is been rather strongly been debunked in the last 20-30 years of modern research. Testosterone does not cause aggression, nor does it causes poor concentration. One of the few surviving theories on what testosterone actually do is that it amplify cultural defined behavior associated with social status and sex, primarily during encounters where status might be lost.

Abnormal levels of either low or high testosterone is associated with irritability, mood swings, poor concentration, and even delusions. Those findings are quite similar to studies on estrogen and progestogen.
A CVS notebook makes a big difference. When your ideas and goals are lists in another Excel file it all turns to gray meaningless dust. A notebook(s) puts it all in another medium separate from your workspace. Handwriting makes your goals personal. And handwriting without editing functions also makes you economically say what you really think and want.
The Beginner's Guide to Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
A smartphone app that allows public to submit evidence of speeding drivers
Wouldn't column stores be better for the cache?
Amid Zoom Fatigue, Companies Experiment with Holograms in the Office
Are there many examples of companies (today) building 1000x the infrastructure they normally need? I can see how it could be necessary for some companies.

> Most folks don't need web scale nor edge locations [1] [2], they'll get by just fine with a CDN and some API endpoints [3]

Isn’t using a CDN using cloud?
Why would that be? Perhaps you are conflating "privately owned" with "private social network"?
but if the island originally had enough resources to produce a seafaring vessel, but due to the mismanagement, they failed to save and invest enough, and finally squandered so much that there's not enough left to build one, then they're stuck on the island until everything runs out.

So do we have, today, enough resources on earth extract resources away from the island called earth? What if we run out of petroleum before we built enough rockets and launch systems and fuel?
I did not at all believe these things would work but in fact they work a treat.

Side note: you can now get what I presume is a similar chip in a CSI camera module for the Raspberry Pi; HDMI source as 30fps camera, basically.
how do you develop anything? Do it over and over again. Seek "progressive overloading" (a term borrowed from exercise) to increase your threshold.
Funny how hard it is for you to believe it was Russia and how easy it is to believe it was Ukraine

Funny how you say “we need independent investigation” to anyone who says it was Russia but here you are saying you don’t blame Ukrainians for staging it

Also funny that your account was opened after the war started
To be honest I hate modern pixel art games because the sprites can rotate and move around but not respect a pixelated canvas. I see it as laziness or at the least, a lack of actual art direction.
For me one of the first breakthroughs came when I realized that I had biases about how mental effort functions, and much different understanding than physical effort. I had an unspoken expectation that I should just be able to focus with enough effort and I was somehow morally deficient if I was distracted. My realization was that focus is like a muscle that could be trained with repetition and without the value judgment when I fail. The moment of coming back to focus from a distraction is the most valuable part of mindfulness training. I started thinking of my mind like a puppy that can be kindly and reliably trained with enough practice.

My second useful realization was that the most popular mindfulness and concentration practices like sitting meditation were not working for me. I had more success with walking meditation, long hikes, martial arts and purposeful reading time.

Another recommendation is to look at latest cognitive science and philosophy for better understanding on how our cognition functions. Lectures by John Vervaeke on YouTube were a great starting place for me, and I recommend them if you’re into that academic style of wisdom. But more important is to find some source of wisdom you trust and willing to take seriously and put effort into making it a part of your life.
To provide another data point, my experiences with ceasing the use of lisdexamfetamine are pretty much in line with heavy long-term caffeine use: if you quit it cold turkey (or miss a day or two due to the quirks of the doctor/Rx system for this stuff (if you take it plan ahead and make sure your new prescriptions don’t have to be issued on a holiday)) expect a week or more of fog and brain-splitting headaches and lethargy. It’s better to stop slowly. Cutting your dosage by 25% each day and then holding at a minimal dosage for a couple days seems to work the best for some.

Also if you have issues with addiction, it’s probably best to stay away entirely. The mental quieting it’s prescribed for is inferior to that of a good cup of coffee (entirely subjective, YMMV) and there are a whole host of negative physiological and psychological side effects.

2¢ of unsolicited advice: if you need this stuff to keep your brain on track so you can handle your job (especially post-2020), and your doctor suggests it, might be worth considering after exhausting other options — at least that was the case for me, it can be worth it. But if you’re surviving otherwise and just want a focus boost the risk:reward ratio is way off.
Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't it make more sense to use data from older companies that had a few years to develop instead of only data from this batch? This model seems to extrapolate based on how you judge the companies rather than on how well they may or may not do.
I legit don't get it what's the end game here for Russians. What can they possible achieve by doing all these atrocities in broad daylight for everyone to witness? I have heard their military doctrine is to escalate to de-escalate, whatever that means, they seem to be doing fine, so what's next?
Arcades have upped their game to stay relevant
Seems a small price to pay
And how do you know what you stated are actually facts?
I actually hadn't heard of CD before. Looking at it, using an attribute seems more straightforward and simple.

Maybe just me.
No, it's silly to ignore QAnon.

A very material number of people believe in that stuff.

More broadly - misinformation is very real.

It's 'silly' to believe that somehow the truth rises to the top. People believe the story that makes them 'feel' a certain way, and will deny the reality in their faces.

I'm on RT and watching Russian commenters indicate that all the 'dead bodies in Bucha' (near Kyiv) were Ukrainians killed by Ukrainians as a 'false flag'. Others say it they are not real. Other say actors. Others say it doesn't exist.

In 2022 you can just make up your own reality and spread it on Twitter, and that's dangerous.