skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
In my experience, "nice" is toward one end of a spectrum of social-interaction behaviors while "gruff" is toward the other end of that spectrum. Kindness, though, is measured in deeds.

The kindest person I've ever encountered was also the gruffest. I'll call him Brother John.

I lived in close quarters with him for not quite a year along with a dozen other persons: shared small quarters (lots of bunk beds), meals, chores, recreation, etc. Outside of our living situation the work was back-breaking 24/7/365: running an orphanage plus a home for the infirm. Altogether the ratio was, on average, about 15:1 (residents to care workers). The context was Cap-Haïtien in the early 2000s. There was no backstop, someone needed something you did it for them: sad, you hugged them; hungry, you fed them; poopy, you cleaned them (again); dead, you buried them; and so on.

I didn't get along well with Brother John. For the first couple of months, I would smile and acquiesce. It didn't take me long to realize no one got along with him: not the folks within our little community, nor anyone in the surrounding neighborhood... maybe most everyone in the surrounding city had felt his porcupine quills when crossing paths with him?

About 8 months in (my time there), Brother John was reassigned; he was sent to one of the community's apostolates in western Africa. His reassignment and departure happened abruptly. An eruption of grief ensued promptly.

The thing is, despite his gruffness, Brother John was among the most caring/kindest persons you might ever meet. You needed something: diaper changed? itch scratched? big bag of rice for your family? firm slap in the face? ride to an hours-distant mission hospital? housing for your dead-relation's children? close to death and needed to cry and talk about your fears? He would size up your need and take care of it, or explain why it was beyond his reach (though he'd probably try regardless). And he'd somehow get it done before anyone else barely had time to blink. He'd been doing that for years.

People didn't love Brother John and lament his loss after weighing his lack of nice-ness. They knew and experienced him for what he was: a kind man whose like is rare, someone you tell your kids and grandkids about, gruffness and all, with a hope they take it as a lesson about how to selflessly serve your neighbors.
For the same reason you do n reps in anything fitness related. Running for 30 minutes is going to be healthy, no doubt about that, but someone getting in 6000 repetitions is going to be more healthy than someone getting in 4000.
My paypal account is free. It is way more useful than my twitter account which I don't even know my handle.
lol just spend less money then you earn

just listen before you talk

just breath before you send that email

Just just just

We are humans just anything is hard and lacking compassion isn’t helping

y u not just have compassion?
What about standing desk with a treadmill or a home gym? Do you have a yard you can walk in, natural trails within walking distance or is it literally impossible to walk outside your front door? Not trying to be snarky, I'm genuinely curious what the layout of your community is like.
You are right. Obesity maps look like the inverse of walkability maps.
Maybe this will lead to twitter employees leaving. I think a total change of management is needed, and if employees don't like it, then they should quit. Twitter is harming society by silencing speech.
Some of us don't live in third world countries like where ever it is you are where you need to walk places.
I disagree. The connectivity of the internet still has the ability to shine the light on the darkness. The problem is that, writ large, we don't care. (me included, we just post a grumble online and get back to our lives)

Look at all the disinformation that you will see on the "news" channels (both sides) and "news" sites (which have replaced paper). Faux outrage is extremely profitable and as long as that is true, there will be no news, just infotainment click-bait for profit.
It is like a UX report, and the author has every right to make one! But I'm afraid that if this were a pull request into the western-music-notation repository then I would find it hard to resist closing it quickly.

Yes, it is true that using a piece of software shouldn't require a CS degree. But you still expect the source code to follow "CS principles". Similarly, you expect scores to follow "music theory principles". Now, it takes time and effort to understand these principles, just like with CS. However, whereas almost everybody understands that the subject of computer science is vast and is not to be underestimated, the same doesn't seem to be the case for music theory. And I can sort of understand why - computer science is math (1 + 1 = 2), but music theory is just hand-wavy rules made up by dead people, no? Well, yes, but that does not make it any less "true". Music theory as a tradition is very real, and you can't expect people to take your music-theory "PEPs" seriously unless you have been deeply embedded in that tradition.

Of course, this is not me knocking the author in any way. Sometimes the best innovations come to those with fresh eyes. But I just hope to convey the idea that music theory (or maybe more accurate to say "music tradition") is not something to be easily dismissed and, just like in computer science, a good solution requires a good understanding of the problem.
If it wasn't a public company, it wouldn't be under the SEC's jurisdiction.
I agree. I've got nothing against nix, but it frankly sucks that the top comment isn't about asdf which I had hoped to learn about. There should be special "-1 offtopic" comment flagging because it's a frequent phenomenon.
Maybe. but existance of leaders like Gerhard Schröder displays a different story.

(he is sitting on russian gas companies’ boards, after heavily going against nuclear). No shit the leaders failed the country for their own gains, seems like.
This is America[0], healthcare is a privilege. Unless you're dying, you should never call an ambulance, and should keep an up-to-date list of what hospitals accept your insurance. And, if the doctor is going to prescribe you something, go on your insurance provider's site and see if it or the formulary are covered.

But seriously, how hard should I be expected to think when something seems medically 'off'? My left wrist has been a little 'off' for a few weeks, but WebMD says it shouldn't be carpal tunnel. Instead of seeing a doctor, I'll just google some more and see what I can do myself.

[0] Where applicable
For folks like my wife and me, who are really bad about regular exercise and have lots of competing demands, I‘ve seen step tracking actually be the prompt for that 30m walk. Seeing a particularly low step count later in the day has often been a motivator to get out.
Photographs corroborated by satellite and drone imagery, which is consistent with the public arguments being made by [Russian state media](https://medium.com/@kravchenko_mm/what-should-russia-do-with...) (yes I’m aware the translator has a horse in this race and no I do not read Russian myself but obviously she is not the only one who has reported on the content of what Russian state media is saying needs to be done) calling for ethnic cleansing/genocide. But I’m sure my inability to think critically has caused me to irrationally preclude the possibility that these civilians simply killed themselves.
I use direnv myself, and it's great. However, for anyone trying it out I'd caution that it doesn't play well with conda - the Python package management system (see this open issue https://github.com/direnv/direnv/issues/326). It can be a dealbreaker for some.
>More profitable, more open, and more fair to all voices.

I wonder if people who say things like this actually use Twitter. Twitter has far less moderation than the other social media giants. It’s a high school popularity contest, and the cool kids didn’t need blue check marks from the teachers to be cool.
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That sucks. Do you have room for a treadmill? You can usually find them used pretty cheap and for just walking, almost any treadmill will do. At walking speeds, it's easy to read, listen to music, or watch a show/movie at the same time.
340+ Russians expelled (declared “persona non grata”) since 24 FEB 2022
> "The German economy ministry said Gazprom Germania violated foreign trade law."

And that's sufficient basis for a legal system to reassign ownership of assets?

Just for debate, lets say Google search is critical infrastructure and Google unilaterally took some action that upset the German economy ministry, would the legal system enable German authorities to take over assets that Google had within Germany and/or areas still under German control?
I believe they mean public in the publically-traded sense, but I agree with you. It's not in the public (citizen controlled) sense
What freedom of speech?

That freedom doesn't exist in two of the three countries involved here.
Skyscraper apartments are extremely low portion of units, and anyway don't prevent walking. They enable the density that makes walking efficient.
I’ve come to disregard Gibson’s disdain for deviated works. Disregarding Gibson’s authority and deviating on his art in a way that pleases the creator is very punk in spirit.
That's an interesting perspective. The only thing I can relate to here is Squid Game, but it went mostly unnoticed as a "trend shift" by me, because it seems to just fit the trend of Korea having pretty good movies (Chingoo, Old Boy) for the niche audience that liked things like Japan's original Battle Royale.

Also, the trends of Korea seem to very much run in parallel with the trends of Japan - overworked business people tired of working all the time with a lack of meaning.

Pretty informative post, thank you.
Ads are so insane on news websites that it drove me to create https://legiblenews.com/, which is a boring text-only news website with no ads.

The business model I’m going for is free daily news, everything else is accessible with an annual subscription. The idea is to find a sustainable model that brings in enough revenue via subscriptions to pay for all the work needed to bring more text-only content to the world.
If we could convert the value you get from charity work in to dollars, you would be making more than people working for big corp. Your values are atypical, and I'm glad you are able to do the work that provides you with the most benefit.
It’s not about distance, it’s about movement repetitions. Imagine having such strong opinions on matters outside of your expertise.
> It always amazes me to learn to what lengths end users of software will go without asking for simple fixes like these.

To be blunt, most users have been not been conditioned to expect anyone to listen to them. The software comes down from on high with a dictum that says "this is the way things work". Even if there is a way to provide feedback in the app, which often there isn't, it tends to goes straight into the void.

Users need to feel empowered to request changes by being involved in the development process. There are also often larger organizational issues that prevent users from feeling they have a say in how their workplace operates.
Thank you.

Can anyone comment with regard to the Air Force?

Not asking for myself. I am a high school English teacher, and I am currently helping a young man with his application to the academy. He is committed to the Air Force either way, but I try to pass along any information that I come across (with the caveat, of course, that I don’t know what I’m talking about).
Never heard of rawtherapee, looks dope. Like others I use Darktable, which is especially awesome because it allows me to directly export to a new album on my Piwigo server. If you publish photos Piwigo is awesome too.
he hasn't had any experience running a company that doesn't rely on subsidies in over a decade but I appreciate your optimism.
>> he was very clear Ukrainian NATO membership was a red line for him

Whereas in the free world, no one, not even Putin, should and absolutely will not have a say in other nations agreements, because that is a preposterous idea that no supporter of democracy would even consider to be a valid stance.
First, I recognize that the opportunity for this sort of focus is an incredibly rare and selfish privilege. Very few people are afforded to opportunity to not be all-consumed with just surviving. I'm not saying it's bad or that we should feel guilty, just that it is very important to recognize the reality and be thankful.

Second, I focus on two things: riding bikes and building stuff. I stay on track by examining the artifacts produced, but focus on the act of doing. Progress encourages practice.
Funny enough, it's not (just) about the exercise. Walking actually helps pump blood, so you're actually letting your heart rest a bit when you do it.

Plus, like sleep, it's one of those activities that were so constant in our lives that a bunch of processes came to depend on it.
> haven't seen analysis on whether it was illegal

He and Twitter will pay the SEC a fine and be done with it. The SEC is a civil agency. And this doesn't seem to rise to the level of criminal negligence.

(Practically speaking, he's probably losing his Tesla tweet-review case as a result of this. If he can't figure out if he's an activist when considering a Board seat, he probably needs someone with domain experience looking over his public statements.)
Or implement the lottery directly on a public blockchain
Yeah. Just like every other job where there's a "shortage": it turns out that companies treat their employees (if they're even "lucky" enough to be considered employees) like shit and that makes people not want to do the job.

John Oliver did a segment a couple days ago on some of the really awful, exploitative things in the trucking industry. It's worth watching.
Obviously not. But needed/not needing to walk are different. It's a lot easier to get 7000 steps in when you need to.
Is there a law akin to Godwin's or Sturgeon's about all social media trending toward some failure state? Several years ago I deleted all my FB content and then disabled my account. Looks like it's time to do that with my Twitter account now.
You're effectively saying the same thing as me...?

Russian FUD propaganda resonates in the west because of the lack of trust in western media. That's them successfully exploiting a hole our media dug for themselves.

The fact that we've responded by banning RT highlights that that hole goes deep enough that we're responding by, as a matter of imminent practicality, violating a core value of our civilization. That both hurts and deepens the hole.

Unfortunately we cant go back in time and reinstate the fairness doctrine and render RT a pathetic waste of time. The cat is out of the bag now we deliberately eroded trust in our own institutions and autocratic regimes have been exploiting it for years.

Speaking of antivaxxers, the same thing happened in reverse. I have friends in Russia who absolutely refused to take sputnik because why the fuck would you inject something into your arm because Putin told you to?
They do seem to share a fondness for executing curl output
Working with your kid like this sounds incredible.
Most applications recognize either Ctrl+Shift+V or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V (Cmd+Opt+Shift+V) as "paste without formatting" or "paste as plain text".
> If it wasn't a public company, it wouldn't be under the SEC's jurisdiction

All securities are under the SEC's jurisdiction, including those issued by unlisted companies, e.g. start-ups.
Apparently the fellow has been paroled quite recently

https://www.casino.org/news/mastermind-lottery-fraudster-edd...
Don’t threaten Linux users with a good time.
It's not the point - your body is built to walk. There are so many things that go wrong when you cease to walk: loss of core strength which results in a propensity to herniated discs and other spinal/neurological problems, circulatory issues due to the venous pumps of your calf muscles not working as they were designed, etc...

The human body is literally designed for walking - not running, cycling, swimming, lifting - walking.
That ship long since sailed. Look at Russia, for example. They have basically been cut off from all forms of social media and the president didn’t even need to order them to do it (Even though the president has more or less total power over anything involving international trade). The social media companies did it voluntarily.
I don't think that means what you think it means, perhaps you are international? A Public company is one that is owned by shareholders of a public exchange. This is why Elon can buy into it and become a member of the board. If it were a private company he could not do that.
The mention of TV doesn't matter here, it's that you are forced to drive to accomplish basic tasks. Yes, you can walk in the neighborhood when you get home, although a lack of sidewalks may discourage even that in some places. But you have less time due to driving your errands and exercise is not built into your day as it would be walking or biking was the transportation.

Parking at the back of parking lot is a good idea if your best option is driving to the store.
The fat people with no health insurance paying alcohol and cigarette tax disprove this absurd claim.

You think people like being unable to control their body?
You seem slightly confused about what 230 does. What it does is allow companies to do some moderation without legally liable as publishers for all content they host. Without section 230 companies have a choice to either do no moderation or to assume full liability as publishers.

Section 230 was created to encorage online moderation by removing the liability that moderation would bring in an offline context.
Online dating, fake 'certificates' part of widespread cryptocurrency scam
How far are the usual shops ? I cope with biking. I walk at times but the time required is prohibitive.
Well, every person with a cell phone can open it right now during the article and see how many steps they've taken on average in the last week, month, etc.

So it's not like it's absolutely meaningless
Oh, I did enjoy it immensely! I guess this my review was high praise - coming from a Finn.
Dorsey holds 2.25% of the stock as per one authoritive dutch newspaper NRC. So 0.25% of the stock is held by other insiders, interestingly enough.

De voormalige eigenaar en mede-oprichter Jack Dorsey bezit 2,25 procent van de aandelen. [1]

[1] https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/04/04/elon-musk-koopt-aandele...
You complain that the CDC should have had better communication when it's not their job to re-educate a whole population in 2 weeks about what science is, which is clearly a failure of the education system. Whatever mea culpa that CDC person is going through in that particular interview does not change the facts.

You complain about the CDC to fuck up plans (flatten the curve! -> eradicate covid! -> lol nvm its endemic now)", when that was outside of their power, being sabotaged by that mass murderer clown in the white house.

You are not complaining about what their plan was, just about how it failed, which is clearly outside of what they can affect.

Try to stick to one opinion.

If you want some information about things to criticize about what their plan was, Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' is a whole book about that shit show. Their biggest problem was that they were not an agency built to actually fight a pandemic, but tried to study it first. However, none of these bad plans even matter when the executive has other ideas.
I have obviously missed something but what is the main objection to Musk being part of Twitter's board?
and if you still need entertainment just listen to a podcast or audiobook while you walk.
It's not about the steps. If you take 7k steps waking to and from your desk all day it's not really that helpful. If you take a 5-10 min fast walk back home it's already better. Don't overthink it, any movement is good, if your heart rate goes up it's better. If you don't manage more than 5 minutes per day it's still enormously helpful for your body.
Being fat is already quite expensive and literally kills you in the long run, plus it makes finding a partner for reproduction arguably a lot harder. Next to all the moral problems your suggestions would bring, it already looks like it doesn't work.
That's a good point. If you believe that the simulated AI from the scans (called Copies in Permutation City) is a living thing, you're bringing them into existence in a very precarious environment. If you really love yourself that much, would you trust that your Copy would be granted all the rights and dignity that you currently experience?
> made it impossible to walk anywhere useful

You can literally go anywhere if you want to, just for the sake of walking ... and without it being useful in a sense that you go to your workplace or shopping groceries. I hear the phrase "to take a walk" used fairly often to describe this weird phenomenon.
In pre modern times, being unhealthy was likely to kill you or starve you.
The UI of SGI's IRIX was better than the current macOS on some aspects, e.g., sound effects. Wish there are more competitions in computer UI.
The expensive way to get yourself an edit button for tweets.
What really stings is that I could have written this exact comment in 2015, when I did the same thing.
Steps seems like a reasonable measure though? It seems reasonable that each step results in similar exertion for any person. Distance, OTOH, would be affected by the length of your stride (-> your height), so it might be a worse measure.
I used to have a 10,000/day goal. Recently switched to 7,000.

I still regularly exceed that goal but realized not falling below 7,000 was important on days I wasn’t able to move as much. Interesting to see the threshold I chose has research backing it. (Though maybe I should be at 8,000-9,000 since I’m younger)
I really enjoyed Stephenson's early works, but his later works I've read have all felt like they needed a bit more editing. Don't get me wrong, they're good, but would have really benefited from cutting some of the filler out or admitting they were multiple works and publishing them as a series.
> It's all pointless and divisive.

Seems unfair to blame this on a game. It's more a sign of the times we live in.
wtf does this mean? the human body is absolutely designed to run
I see where you're coming from. Following a diet is a psychological challenge, not a physiological one. As such, hundreds of millions of religious people have no trouble following strict diets their whole lives for no more than to appease a deity - something greater than us which gives us purpose. I'm following lent as we speak. Are you less than a middle eastern child, that you cannot follow a basic ritual? Are you less than a neanderthal, that your two bare hands are not enough or sufficient to feed you?