skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
When I joined the Mac world in the late 90s, BBEdit was one of the first things I downloaded and installed. It wasn't until I started coding with it in about 2001, though, that I realized how limited it was vs. some of the other editors I was toying with at the time.

What made me delete it was an episode of data loss in 2005. I hadn't saved; the Mac crashed; I lost data because BBEdit amazingly had no autosave or document recovery features. I wrote in, expressing frustration. BareBones' response was "yeah, we might do that someday. Just save a lot."

I switched to TextMate, and then to Sublime, and eventually to Emacs (though I only rarely code anymore). I never owned a BBEdit license again. In that time -- ca. 2005 -- TextMate was picking up a LOT of BBEdit users for various reasons. Of course, now TM is dead and BBEdit is still here.

I did just check, though. Apparently, BBEdit now brags about its autosave/recovery features. I guess it turned out to be important to them after all.
Chinese tend to grocery shop daily or bi-daily for food they need for a day or two, they don't have space to store a bunch of canned goods (especially in Shanghai). They might have a stockpile of fangbianmian (instant noodles), but that's about it.
You need to understand that there at least tens of thousands of Ukrainians here, on HN, who have a firsthand experience on how “Russian army advances “.

Major cities like Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol are shelled with dumb, indiscriminate weapons - Soviet free fall bombs from the 60’s, MLRS with unguided rockets. This stuff is cheap and plenty.

There residential areas where hundreds of thousands lived, now completely destroyed. There are videos, photos, everything. Yet you succumb to nice Russians narrative.
Don’t have one. Let’s go with Trump or Alex Jones. People who say a lot of things people don’t like but aren’t illegal or their illegality hasn’t been proven in court yet.

Instead this is how I’d moderate twitter, when a court orders a tweet to be banned or a judge rules that a user should be banned that is when the moderation team would step in.

I’d also make it easier for people to filter content themselves. So if there’s POVs they don’t want to ever see they don’t have to see it.

Essentially this would reverse 99% of the mod teams decisions.
It’s very subjective, but I feel this too. It’s like in adding ML, search has sacrificed precision.

For example, adding ‘-‘ no longer seems to work for excluding terms. Yesterday I searched for “digital agency” and then “digital agency -marketing”. The latter had 3x more results than the former.

Google can be great when I don’t quite know the right term for what I’m looking for, but often when I need something very specific I get nowhere.
I did gloss over a few things there, the goal was to say, yes I understand that C-land hasn't always been as free and open source as it is now
So if the CCP truly cared about the people they'd cull the elderly. This is the quality of discussion on China these days on HN. The idea that "hey, obviously they wouldn't consider that, maybe they're not the comic-book villains I've been led to believe!" doesn't even cross your mind.
> It’s hard to beat free that runs on cheap everyday hardware.

They were a hardware company that designed their own CPUs. If a company could pull an Apple and do an M1, it would be Sun.

Unfortunately, their low-cost machines performed just like PCs and cost the same, without PC software to run on them.

And building x86 boxes that ran with Solaris ensured they'd be no better than PCs, without any compelling software.
in my first story[1] on lambda school, my point about misrepresented financial incentives was about, fundamentally, lambda selling off its ISAs to a hedge fund. in this case, the school managed to recoup income on a students irrespective of whether they found the job.

[1]: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/lambda-schools-job-p...
I addressed the other two points in other posts and I don't really want to repeat it. Still, this one caught my attention:

<< Even if a country is a concern to another, it just isn't acceptable to go on a genocidal war and take all civilian casualties as collateral damage.

Yes? And yet it is seems to be happening all the time. In a very practical sense, it is kinda hard to enforce the kind of protections needed not to offend certain sensibilities. There is a reason war is not something one should haphazardly go into. Don't get me wrong. I don't really want to discourage your moral outrage over how the world should be and how it apparently is.

You are saying it is not acceptable, but the world is on the verge of accepting it. It is only US pressure that might, and I am stressing might, change the outcome here.

Decided to edit after all:

<< Ukraine isn't under Western control

Qualified yes. What do you think this war is about? Freedom? Democracy? It is not a trick question. There are a lot of players, power centers and interested parties and they all have their agendas. For Poland, it is about having a buffer zone. For US, it is about who controls Ukraine. Up until recently it was controlled by Russia. That control slipped with ouster of Yanukovych ( and we can spend some time discussing to what extent western powers influenced that ouster ). I don't want to spend too much time on this though, because I am worried we do not share the same background when it comes to the region.

<< Ukraine wasn't a security concern for Russia (didn't pursue NATO, was shunned by the west regarding military aid)

Um.. citation and some dates may be needed to back up that claim. Still, for the sake of argument let us assume, none of the previous administrations did; not just US, but EU as well. Details are kind of messy.

Still, why would Ukraine be a security concern while their personal puppet was governing Ukraine? I am being serious here. It was the orange revolution and Georgia that changed the calculus. NATO membership became an issue after a west-looking leadership was elected.
It still has a monopoly in the browser so...it's gonna be a lot of people's first language.
Thanks for designing this tool, somehow it's missed my radar. Interestingly it is kind of given that D language performance is always fast. It is a shame that it's not being used more on data science since personally I think it's more natural and better fit to replace Python and C eco-system that's very popular now for data science. Heck, it even beats Fortran in its own turf for the BLAS benchmark several years back [1].

Just wondering why did you choose D when you write the Vectorflow library?

[1]http://blog.mir.dlang.io/glas/benchmark/openblas/2016/09/23/...
Maybe I'm still misunderstanding, but when configuring the domain in the custom settings, it does allow you to limit the custom rules to only the site you're currently on, via the "Enable these capabilities when top page matches" dropdown. The default is "ANY SITE".
This story makes me see a pattern in this author's writing: While looking at the world, they see that something is off, that something is not as one would to be expected, accurately points it out the dissonance, and then draws really weird conclusions that do not seem conclusive to me.

Yes, errors are not objective, but they aren't constructed, either. Our expectations are constructed (docs and standards likewise), and the mismatch to it (the error) is something objective that can be discovered.

Really odd framing...
Let's take Michael Jordan. He wins 3 seasons of basketball in a row. Would wanting him playing on your team be good sense, or fanaticism?

My bets on Gates, Jobs, Bezos, and Musk continuing to be winners has so far paid off.
> If he finds something he's interested in, he'll dedicate his whole life to it and even minimize his social life until he's achieved whatever goal he's set out. I don't know what you'd call that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperfocus

Zooming out into the abstract, it's interesting to observe the hazy relationship between ADHD and autism: https://web.archive.org/web/20220313151543/https://twitter.c... - this is IMO an (interesting) example of structural multitasking/executive function issues and not just generalized hand-wave obsession.

>> if this person was prepared to listen to everything the trained driver in the passenger seat was instructing them to do

> Not really his personality. Definitely a "figure it out yourself" type, and puts boundaries around the help and advice he asks for.

I have to admit I'm actually the same as this, due to a combination of learning difficulties and compounded negative experiences associated with getting things wrong. I still typically view tasks or opportunities in a very guarded way and tend to put a lot of conditions on things in an attempt to pin down the "win" state.

Hmm, the trained driver could instead demonstrate several possible ways the car could be flipped, in a (very relatively) controlled and safe way.

> Fiercely independent is I guess what you'd call it, definitely because of how he grew up (which I gather his family housed him, and fed him, but he mostly took care of himself emotionally).

I was wondering about the emotional availability thing, very good point. It's so annoying how learning difficulties can be compounded so exponentially by receiving the wrong input :(

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In a total coincidence I just discovered https://old.reddit.com/r/StoriesAboutKevin earlier today - when I first stumbled on the Kevin concept some time ago (from the specific comment I linked) I had the fairly "haha so dumb" stereotype response, but reading so many stories in one place a deeper theme emerges around developmental balance and equilibrium. Half of these people are not hopeless lost causes but adequately-functioning people with a couple of mental health issues that just happen to cluster too closely around the "??!?!" end of the cognitive dissonance spectrum in ways that on first impression look like things a person should "just" have sorted out, and which are entirely the person's fault (with no consideration of circumstances etc) if they don't. It's a tad depressing this is a very nonscalable perspective I guess. I'd probably be a mid-range candidate for that subreddit myself ._.
The largest tank battle would be the Battle of Kursk.

See https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Kursk
Generally these ISAs get securitized, so the risk shifts off the school's books and the school just gets paid the cut for originating the security.

That being said bootcamps (or really school in general) are not a magic bullet that automatically gets you a job. Even a bachelor's in CS might not get you the skills needed to become a web developer. The core point of a real degree is it teaches you how to learn and instills basic principles that apply generally to any field. But you still need to put in the effort to learn domain specific things.
Haven't worked there, but I assume one engineer just needs one other engineer to approve their PR. I would be pretty surprised if it was more robust that that.
too risky. any named companies' share price would plummet immediately.
Oh yeah that's interesting, I wonder what the threshold for year timestamps is, I thought it was > 6 months after a new year
Both are pretty clear cut.

Lessig, in particular, doesn't push for throwing out the electoral college all together (to avoid system shock) but rather to move towards proportional representation the state level.

That is, if your state has 10 electors and votes 60:40 R:D, then you should allocate 6 electors for R and 40 electors for D (rather than the current "winner take all" method we do). This kills off gerrymandering as a tool and makes it so that rather than appealing to swing states, presidential candidate would actually have to convince every state that they are the right choice (because you don't just automatically get California. The difference between a 55:45 cali and a 90:10 cali would completely change how you campaign).

Right now, Presidential candidates campaign to swing states which is why you get weird things like presidents talking solely about auto manufacturing or natural gas extraction.
Reminds me of https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DebEU7DXUAAJQp-?format=jpg&name=...
In most countries it's not.

[1] "The court reviewed and affirmed the following principals:"

"...Directors do not, by virtue of their office, owe fiduciary duties to shareholders. Circumstances may arise in which duties are owed but only by way of exception. To achieve this, there here must be something unusual in the nature of the relationship. Special circumstances which “replicate the salient features of well-established categories of fiduciary relationships” must be present."

"...The mere fact that a director has access to the company’s affairs, or that their actions have potential to impact shareholders, does not, of itself, amount to “special circumstances“, or give rise to a special relationship. These are “inevitable” features of the relationship between directors and shareholders..."

"...The purchase of shares from a shareholder is not (on its own) sufficient to create a fiduciary duty. Even in a situation where a director is purchasing shares from a shareholder, the existence of such a duty depends on the existence of special circumstances..."

[1] https://www.morrlaw.com/commercial-law/director-shareholder-...
worked in chicago trading for years. that attitude is endemic.
That assumes that every care provider can perform the best available science. So it’s already an illogical proposition you’re standing on.

At the benefit of great leeway, it’s highly unlikely that what you’re saying is realistically possible.

There is a wide range of skill, and the “Science” is a moving goal post.

Additionally, the bill and lobbyists can dictate what passes as “legal or illegal” without medical knowledge, training, or history of practice in the profession or industry. This is an attack vector to corruption.
While China's approach is heavy-handed it also has saved a lot of lives, even assuming some fudging of the data their death rate is the lowest of any large country. Countries like Japan and Thailand have managed to avert nearly as much death as China with very different approaches so there's a good argument that there are good alternatives. Countries like Sweden, England, or especially the US have done so much worse that they probably shouldn't be trying to give anyone any advice on the topic.
This works about half the time. It's better than nothing, but not great.
I think if the world had been on board with a zero covid policy we probably would've weathered the pandemic much better - but convincing western nations to adopt that approach and their populace to actually accept the approach would have been a job and a half. My feeling through most of COVID (as someone in BC, Canada) is that the government is trying their best to minimize the amount people leave their homes while avoiding significant open protests. People marching in the streets is the last thing you want during a pandemic, it will cause an absolutely explosive number of cases - especially if those marches are done by people refusing vaccination and not using masks. And, to be honest, what's a government going to do - if Bonnie Henry declared a full lock down and tried to patrol the streets the number of law enforcement officers would be stretched to a breaking point - if people in a Condo building decided to storm the street they'd easily overwhelm the police...

So I think the zero covid policy is a decent idea if you can contain the disease before it spreads overseas but that a lot of western democracies are no where near well positioned enough to follow suit and, if you are the only country with a zero covid policy then there's going to be a really big tidalwave if the virus stays alive long enough to mutate and spread back into your country.

It sucks but this thing was global before lock downs were taken seriously so focusing bureaucracy on containment instead of preparing for the eventual return wave seems unwise.
JetPens’ marketing is amazing. Their online storefront is very well put together, and above all their buyer team ensures they have mountains of imported variety in every category.

It’s so nice to see someone doing something well. Really well.

I have no connection to them other than I spent $500 with them last Christmas on gifts for my entire family.
It’s hard to give China credit for anything on Covid when their decisions led to it being a world wide pandemic in the first place.

You’re saying the firefighters (WHO and the Western response) didn’t do enough to put out the fire burning down their houses (western countries), while simultaneously praising the neighbor (China) who found the fire, lied about the fire, “disappeared” people who attempted to report the fire, delayed response to the fire, spread the fire, but FINALLY at the eleventh hour made sure their own house didn’t burn from the fire.
You're looking for the Rotring 800, my friend. Twist to retract / extend the lead sleeve into / out of a rounded nub. And it has a beautiful solid heavy build.

There are also the Pentel GraphGear models, which retract / extend with push, but the build isn't as satisfying.
No, they don't really have the ability to cash out at current price. Maybe the smalltime investor but if any large institution tried to cash out the share price will tank. Just like it will tank when Musk ends up selling his shares.
At least one new variant can burn through even double shot vaccinated and boosted in extreme cases. Due to various factors outside of my control, my toddler has now gotten Covid 4 times in the last year (10 months really). Antigen and PCR confirmed.

Most recently, a minor window of exposure got my oldest sick (double shot vaccinated), and taking care of both of them eventually got me sick (double shot vaccinated, boosted, AND took care of my toddler in isolation for weeks at a time during his most infectious times the prior 3 times). I’ve had side effects/immune response before obviously, but never tested positive. This time I tested positive.

No major adverse symptoms at least, but sick like with a moderate flu for a week+ despite all that is no fun.

Folks with no prior exposure and a weaker vaccine? Yikes.
Almost verbatim identical to your last emission of this "coup" talking point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31001317

and the time before that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30887629

Not to forget: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30653796 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30648054
HN constantly mentions DDG is really just Bing in disguise and they're essentially the same. However, that can't be entirely true because they produce different results for the same search term.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=obscure+search+term&ia=web

https://www4.bing.com/search?q=obscure+search+term

That being said, when Bing censored "tank man", DDG's image search also produced 0 results for "tank man".
Ok, this is the start of the end for ddg, it was good while it lasted.
I love how you refer to buyers as, "voting."
Another follow-up question: Do you think Lexical would be a good fit for a "live preview" type editor?

Live preview = the editor is WYSIWYG but the storage format is Markdow

Example: https://help.obsidian.md/Live+preview+update
I was reminded by someone at my company that by opting out of my companies arbitration clause I can also be sued directly by a multi billion dollar corporation. I'm not a fan of arbitration clauses, but even having the opportunity to sue is not tipping the scales much.
I've been trying to understand CCP's reasoning for these draconian measures. Even if you haven't seen the Twitter videos showing bags of live cats and dogs being being beaten to death with sticks, the children separated from their parents, the alarms on the doors, the economic numbers, you can tell that this does't make any sense.

Some theories:

- Strip people of absolutely all rights, make them feel helpless. Later gradually restore some rights so that they feel like they've gained freedoms, but not all.

- Keep very low COVID numbers on paper, say the west is unsafe and ban travel, preventing the outflow of money from China to the west.

- Crush the economy and nationalize private companies even further than they are now. Perhaps even nationalize foreign companies that operate in China (see Russia).
Fellow aphantast here. I can dream and I think its somewhat visual. But when I try to recreate what that visuality was, I can't.
That... is caring where I get packages from. Something like make or cmake doesn't care at all how packages end up on my drive. Almost everyone uses cargo in a way which makes cargo automatically download them from the web.
"Covid doesn't just make people drop dead while walking on the street lol. America suffered a million Covid deaths and we have zero videos of people just drop dead on the street from it."

Falling down unconscious isn't the same as dropping dead. And mere bystanders cannot always tell the difference at first sight.

We had a case of a woman collapsing in the street in Brno, Czech Republic, confirmed by the rescuers who picked her up and drove her to the nearest hospital. Low oxygenation of blood can make you pass out, and Covid pneumonia can cause your blood oxygen to drop to dangerously low levels.
I'm aware, and do you realize nobody of note is using the alternatives? Why would you recommend someone invest time building a presence in yet another loser platform with bleak future prospects? Doesn't seem helpful or all that bright.

For a real alternative to succeed, solid backers focused on dethroning tw are needed to inspire confidence and stability, then we all need to jump at about the same time to get the momentum going and bounce out of the twatterverse.

As it stands now, there is no real competition.
If I knew the play, I wouldnt be sharing it publicly.

My whole point is, Musk made a series of public actions that made a stir. One action had the board make a knee-jerk decision that seems somewhat logical. He's jabbing with his left and the Twitter board seems to have hopped to their left and he's maybe going to uppercut, right hook, maybe go for a knee or do nothing at all and get hammered on martinis or mojitos or whatever a rich super villian likes to drink.

This is all a public side show for some greater end down the road or Musk made a drunk filing with the SEC. I dont know... well, all I do know is what's publicly available is pure propaganda to sway the public towards some greater play by someone who's going to profit off of this. I'm done with my poop now, find someone smarter to figure it out.
As a counterpoint, the Oregon Medicaid health experiment was also an RCT but found the opposite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Medicaid_health_experim...

> Approximately two years after the lottery, researchers found that Medicaid had no statistically significant impact on physical health measures, but "it did increase use of health care services, raise rates of diabetes detection and management, lower rates of depression, and reduce financial strain."