skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The only reason American employers are in the business of offering health insurance is because they get a federal tax break. This makes health insurance cheaper to the employer than to individuals

This is wrong on so many levels.

First, employers get a tax break because compensation expenses are generally deductible as "ordinary and necessary business expenses" required for the employer to be competitive in the labor market.

Second, employer policies are cheaper because the risk pool is cheaper to insure than the individual pool, so the insurers can make the same or more profits despite charging lower premiums.

The combined effect is to make employer-based health insurer significantly cheaper on both a pre-tax and post-tax basis than individual plans. But even without the tax benefit employers would still be incentivized to provide health benefits in a labor-competitive market. For example, many still provide free meals and parties to employees, even though meals are only partially deductible and parties are not deductible at all.
I have uptime monitoring services that do this for me, so I don’t do anything myself anymore.
This has in some ways been a roll filled by subscription boxes.
If you're interested, I'm actively working on the music & samples side of things at https://www.neptunely.com . We are still in beta but hoping to launch this summer!
If you are a german resident, and you make two or more long distance rail trips a year, then you a buy a bahncard 25 or bahncard 50 which give you (respectively) 25% or 50% ticket discounts.
Everybody is.
How many hours a month do they work!
I love the direction Supabase is taking; finding the building blocks of modern applications (database, auth, functions, presence, realtime subscriptions), making them easy to use, and then sharing the source code. I’ve learned a ton just from cruising around supabase GitHub.

Can you say which of these new components will be open sourced? There are some other features (e.g. function hooks) that are also closed-source at the moment. Is Supabase heading for an “open core” model?
Thought the same thing. In Australia the national airline (Qantas) is currently blaming passengers for the huge delays processing check ins/security
Snapping can be a nice option, but I don't want it to be how things work all the time. As you note, it's great to have control over your windows, desktop, etc. — windows moving into place on their own is disturbing (and annoying) after using Macs since the mid-80s.

macOS is not Windows, and trying to shoehorn that way of doing things into it is senseless. The Alt-Tab section of the article is a good example of this — can they begin to grok that the presence of cmd-~ is a (potentially) useful thing for workflows, and makes sure that you're not stuck with one, basic command (Alt-Tab) that has other stuff glommed onto it? There's plenty to be annoyed at when it comes to the Mac interface, but these are weird hills to fight over.
Should they? Every business doesn’t have millions of dollars in cash to burn trying to find product market fit. Most start from nothing or personal savings, perhaps partially from the salary of a spouse.

When you start a business there’s an expectation that you’re probably not taking a paycheck from it for a few years while you try to attract customers to provide steady cash flow.

While doing this, you somehow have to find a way to hire people to help you grow.

If it doesn’t work out, the business owner loses everything most likely and will probably be on the hook for the space they were leasing.

Now if you survive and make it past all that, hopefully everything stabilizes and you’re able to run a successful business that can return more to you than you put in…but it’s hard. Very very hard.

This “should that business even exist” stuff comes from not having any idea how hard it really is and how much is really on the line or the ups and downs along the way (which are even harder when you’re trying to make payroll).

If it was easy, everybody would do it.
A stock market crash only wipes out your portfolio if you sell. If the company is at all viable it will be able to raise prices with inflation, thus continuing to exist. You own a piece of the company, and maybe the price other people are willing to pay you for that does not reflect the actual value of the company. So when Mr. Market uncrashes and is more optimistic about the future, you can sell then. Or, better yet, just buy something you'd like to own forever (paying a dividend helps make forever look more attractive).

A company like Coca-Cola is pretty inflation-proof, to my mind. Not only does the product have a demonstrated multi-decade appeal, including during a full-on Depression, but the company is working hard to make it more valuable tomorrow.
If it is a school subject the 8 year old would be forced to listen to the LGBTQI parts as well.
It's kind of how topsites used to work back in the day
I lived on a 10 acre plot in the US northeast for a while, in a cozy cabin. I had the best neighbor, and old guy who owned the 200 acres mostly around me and let me hike around on it. He eventually died and some dipshit CEO of a healthcare company bought the place, logged most of it, and then gave it to his kids, a teenager and 20-something, both boys. The kids would come up all the damn time and drive their lifted trucks, quads and unmuffled motorbikes with their friends all night long, and then shoot all afternoon and night. It was way outside city limits so anything goes. Of course I tried talking to them, and they just thought I was some loser old guy trying to stop their fun, and their dad simply didn't give a fuck. There was no way the tiny police department that we shared with a neighboring town would even care.

I eventually moved because they ruined my peace and quiet, and because I was getting sick of the 5' snow drifts starting in October.
Yes. Toss a cat off a roof and the cat experiences "zero-g" as it accelerates towards terminal velocity.
Need something like this to connect current gen HDMI devices to Apples thunderbolt only usb c monitors. Ended up returning the pro display xdr when I found out it was practically impossible to plug in hdmi devices.
The reason why that won't happen spontaneously is that the employer purchased health insurance subsidy amounts to something like $273 billion per year (as of 2019). Employees would have to pay a comparable amount in additional income taxes to purchase comparable health insurance for themselves.
Who says cats don't have grabbing appendages? Ever tried to deal with a frightened cat who wanted to put you between them and whatever they were scared of? Like if Velcro were made out of fish hooks - they can grab like a hot damn, and in my experience "damn" is the very least of what you'll say when they do.

More to the point, cats climb trees with their claws, so making ISS interior surfaces amenable to feline use is just a matter of finding a material that's enough like bark for them to get a grab, and durable enough to hold up under long use.
Let's not inject race unnecessarily.

And if you're going to, at least check your facts first. Acceptance of SSM is higher among Whites than among Blacks or Hispanics. [1]

1: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/changing-att...
Asia often doesn't have any infrastructure in place of air travel. The US and Europe have large roadways and rail networks for transportation which means airfare is more expensive in relation. Much of Asia has no road or rail network in place that can support the capacity that air travel offers and many governments in Asia cannot fund a road or rail project of sufficient magnitude to offer a compelling alternative. In Europe jet fuel is mostly untaxed and distances in Europe are shorter so less fuel is spent moving passengers from city-to-city.
There are multiple FAANG companies involved, so I am sure they would make an example of me if they had a chance. I think the push for RTO is due in some small part to the fact that my situation is almost impossible for companies to prevent right now.

That last suggestion actually seems like a good idea that I hadn't thought of. I think I would fit a lot better as a CTO than a CEO, so I will see if I can aim in that direction.
The list of things Lion didn't make worse is pretty short.
This is a good comment, especially the point about leaning into the idiosyncrasies of Mac, but I wanted to share my experience that follows OPs post, then your advice, and then I ended up back on i3.

I grew up a Windows kid, switched to Linux and then i3 (tiling), and use Windows 10 at work in a huge enterprise environment.

With a wide open mind (from my recent switch to running Linux and i3 full time on my personal machine) and a deep appreciation for the hardware of this gen of Macs, I got the new M1 Macbook Air last year. At first I really struggled, but committed to learning the trackpad gestures because seeing some of my friends wizz around the desktop in such a way that reminded me of i3, and things improved. Along the way, I reminded myself that I had to accept the mindset/ethos of the window manager, rather than think constantly of what's missing, if I was to ever an effective power user (re: your good point about using more workspaces instead of managing multiple Windows in a single space).

I still switched back, I missed tiling too much. And without me noticing, Windows 10 now has incredibly underrated multiple display, virtual desktop and tiling built into the system with their Meta+Tab, Meta+Num, and Meta+Arrow key tiling. Dynamic snapping and window borders is a huge part of this, in my opinion.

And this is Windows, not even my preferred system but the one that I switched away from and only use because my work requires. I'll spare you my evangelism of i3 (I enjoy config editing as a hobby and procrastination technique), but i3wm+xfce desktop bar is essentially the closest thing to my ideal system.

Doing it the Mac way never felt AS efficient, nor did it ever seen to align with how I wanted to do things, as much as I tried to change my mindset. This surprised me, and there is still elegance in the multiple workspaces and trackpad gestures that I can understand preferring as a full time system, but it was decidedly not for me. I do admit that tiling features are the primary shared features between these two systems, that might be primary bias. And that M1hardware is nuts.

I'm sharing this partially as a swansong for my personal experience with Mac and OSX, and also to share that I'm a human (user) with an interest and non-dogmatic enthusiasm for this domain (it's analogous to the sense perception layer in the mind, imo!) and as someone who is willing to invest time learning the techniques and mindset of a new system. For me, while MacOS is internally consistent and capable, I preferred Windows and especially i3.
In most countries, especially in East Asia or central/Eastern Europe, I never see companies say in public "we messed up and here's how".

Aren't Japanese companies, especially transportation companies, well-known for owning up to their mistakes?
This seems perfectly evolved. In zero-g they have no need to auto-right. They’re not falling!
Maybe "natural" scroll direction vs the old scroll-bar orientation.
I'm now on 7 years since the first MBP provided to me by an employer.

It's just as terrible as ever. I would not use an Apple product outside of work, despite some thousands of hours using one over the last several years. Everything about using a Mac feels patronizing and intended to make me work harder than I should to do the most simple tasks.
No, a DC Circuit Judge is shocked to learn that an FBI agent was explicitly stating that they were treating residents of an affluent neighborhood differently.
Javascript was designed and intended to be used within the context of a browser to manipulate the DOM and script webpages. It is unsuitable for any other use.
Frankly, probably? There are strategic interests in not allowing overly centralized control of manufacturing in potentially hostile powers. Corporations literally exist at the sufferance of the state that granted their charter; conditioning their operations in the interest of that state doesn't really bother me, personally.

(And yes, that means that other countries in which a multinational has operations can do the same thing. If you look at China--they already do.)
Reason is a libertarian magazine, as far as I know. "Individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law". There may be some overlap, but they are mostly a different market than religious conservatives.
This isn't a "don't teach sex to third graders" bill. If Florida teachers were spending too much time talking about sex to third graders, it would have been a totally uncontroversial decision at each district level to tone it down to an age-appropriate level. We don't have a "Don't teach integrals to third graders" law, after all.

This is basically "Mrs. White can no longer explain to the kids what it means that Timmy has two moms and why it's okay for Timmy" bill. Anyone saying "But why do third graders need a sex education?" are missing the obvious, maybe intentionally.
Please stop writing in caps, it makes your comments look more agressive and rant-like than you probably intend, and it makes it hard to read for me and likely others.
I’m frankly boggled that this thought is even entertained. We have literal centuries of evidence of corporations oppressing their workers and other peoples in the pursuit of profits, down to actual armies killing striking workers. I agree with you that you’d be more likely to find a benevolent feudal lord as they at least viewed their serfs as theirs and not some sort of cogs to be thrown away once they were worn out.
same for `cmd -v` `cmd --version`
> The law is solving a problem that didn’t exist...

Obviously not. If that were really true, no one (left or right) would be making a fuss about this law.

It's perfectly legitimate for a legislature to address concerns that have not actually been realized (e.g. fund the construction of fallout shelters when there hasn't been a nuclear war yet). IIRC, it's only the courts that are required to be reactive.
I've been using a Mac as a work machine for 2 years and I still think its painful to use.
I read that in Panama Canal pilots assume full responsibility of the ships.
There is definitely some PR speak, it's the paragraph that highlights "No this is _not_ as a result of a strike or labor situation!"

They're mortified of people making the connection that labor has real power right now. They need to set the narrative that something else--COVID, weather, etc.--is causing less pilots to be available.
Mildly unrelated to the article at hand, but I wish Amtrak had better quality (faster and more consistent) wifi onboard for NE regional and other non-Acela trains. I think even the Acela doesn't have high speed wifi.

If I could work during a 6+ hour journey it would really change the equation on traveling for me. The desks that are available on these trains is a huge change from the tiny lapdesks on flights. The thing people miss about trains, I think, is that you can have these comforts. You can have a cafe car with real coffee and snacks. Multiple outlets, etc. I don't really mind the journey taking a bit longer or being more expensive if it's not dead time and I can work.
The Supreme Court could rule that no-knock warrants are unconstitutional, but that's not going to happen with this court, so yes, practically speaking, it's on Congress.
Sorry I went extreme on the criticism (which, to be clear, wasn't aimed at you, but our culture).

I'm really thankful for your comment, as it helped provide the critical piece of information that is often lacking in conversations about mentorship.
The economics are quite involved, and can be easily skewed depending on what externalized costs you choose to include in your analysis.

Superficially, flying has relatively lower infrastructure costs because it only needs the two endpoints (no road, no track, no bridges, no tunnels -- all expensive items). That impacts both the initial capital cost, and the ongoing investment in maintenance.

Similarly, planes are fast: above a fairly short distance, it's much quicker to fly (by jet plane) than to travel by train or road vehicle.

But airports are difficult to access, being unwelcome in the middle of cities, and so there's a need to get to the airport as part of your journey. That part of the trip likely requires road or rail transport, and it's the most capital-intensive bits of the road/rail (ie. through urban areas).

The fuel cost of planes is also higher per passenger-distance. And beyond just simply purchasing the fuel, it's much easier (for instance) to electrify a train or car than a passenger plane. So how you account for the carbon cost will make a big difference to your result.

For the last 20 years or so, short-trip flights have been superficially cheap. The most obvious missing cost is the impact of using fossil fuel (and potentially that's even worse at high altitude), but there are other factors like the (ab)use of precarious labour, government subsidies for both fuel and facilities, noise impact, etc.

Whether it's ultimately sustainable or not all depends on what costs you choose to factor in.
Russo's book may not be easy to get ahold of (thanks, interlibrary loan!), but it's interesting and solidly-reasoned reading. Ancient Greece did a lot of amazing stuff.
That's just the tracers, the real beam will shortly follow, now that we've helpfully confirmed the dialing in.
A good idea, except that by today something like 90% of the world's maple syrup/sugar comes from Canada, specifically Quebec.
I had to look up that quote and found the links below. I wonder if you realize you're quoting a neo-nazi busted with child porn:

https://asiatimes.com/2020/09/does-it-even-matter-who-first-...

https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-voltaire-quote/fac...
It's nice to silo windows when you have lots open, but I think grouping all browser windows together is not a sensible way to do it. Some browser windows go with my IDE, some with spreadsheets, some terminals, etc. Grouping all browser windows (including web apps, email, etc.) because they happen to use the browser is like grouping all windows whose title starts with "A" or something.
Whether the sky is blue has no moral component. The Unabomber was saying 1) what he thought was wrong with society, and 2) how we should make a better society.

These judgments ("wrong" and "better") presuppose some definition of "good". But the guy was deliberately killing people. Am I supposed to believe his definition of what "good" is? No, I'm supposed to suspect that it's seriously skewed. (In fact, he's giving me evidence that it's seriously skewed.)

There's something about murder that invalidates the moral truth of an argument.

Could his argument still be internally consistent? Sure. Could it have accurate observations? Also sure. But should his manifesto be regarded as having any overall validity? No. (Recall that the original point I was replying to was whether his murders invalidated his manifesto.)
> Let's say (as you do) you have a dozen browser windows open (maybe in more than one browser) ... do you REALLY want to sit there hitting Command+Tab dozens of times ? No. Its quicker to switch to the desired app and then cycle within the app. That way you don't cycle through the browser when you don't need to.

I'll see your use case and raise you a:

Let's say you now have two dozens of browser windows open on two desktops. And you also have a dozen terminal windows open also across two desktops. You've just googled something on desktop 1, and trying it out in terminal 1, now you get a beep from Slack on desktop 2, which is not maximized because you were communicating something from your workspace there so it was needed on the right half of the screen. You read the message, you alt-Tab back to the terminal... and end up in a different terminal on the current workspace.

It feels like this was done to work around the fact that windows are grouped by application in MacOS, so that Alt-Tab between a browser and terminal always stayed on the same workspace.
There seem to be utilities to address/work around a lot of this stuff. Wonder how much his experience would have improved if he had admin rights.
40 years of austerity in the west. Life span actually decreasing. Desperate people act out.
What a nightmare situation. Makes you wonder if some kind of 1 database per customer setup would be preferable here since you could restore only affected customers.
> On window snapping: why on earth would you want to obscure your desktop with two huge panes?

I use Spectacle do this _all the time_. I use an external monitor with my laptop, and put IntelliJ on the left half, and my terminal on the right half of the monitor every single time I plug it in. I'll do it with Chrome + the Dev tools, as well.

I even use it when I am just using the laptop's screen by itself. While my editor and terminal are _nearly always_ in a window sized to the full screen (again, with Spectacle), I will often use left/right half arrangements (or 2/3 and 1/3 arrangements) when doing something like a video call (2/3) where I want to also take notes (1/3). I find this substantially more convenient than the mac's builtin screen splitting behavior, since with Spectacle it's a single key chord to change between them.

(Edit: This is all in addition to using virtual desktops as well, so they are not a replacement.)

Spectacle (and, I suppose, Iterm2) is a Must Have app for me on Mac. It's possible I just haven't found the "mac way" of doing it yet, but this feels convenient and useful enough that it helps my workflow.
It unironically makes me very happy to know that probably hundreds of thousands of our defense dollars were diverted to studying cats.
For the record, the person behind that quote is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Alfred_Strom
I don’t think you experience zero g, you feel acceleration right?
I'm gonna go against the grain here, infographics are great and all that, but these comics are a terrible way to convey information.

The font is almost unreadable, the colors have no semblance of unity or denoting anything, and it's just plain difficult to follow along, even as someone who already groks these topics.
You could also install a window manager such as rectangle or magnet if window management is a big deal for you. People switching OSs expect some things to roll over and then forget that they can google for potential solutions when things don’t work the way they expect/want.
If you haven't already tried you should open the images in their own tab. They're pretty high res (2000x1239 for linux /dev) so you can zoom without loss of readability.
I am overwhelmed with how many of the comments in these discussions are of the form: 'this thing is super hard to do on a Mac' responded to by, 'actually it's super easy; all you have to do is cast this magic spell.'