skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Paternalistic nonsense.

I, not anyone else, need big daddy government to protect me.

We are the dominant global power in decline, our recent excursion into the nanny state is evidence against not for your hypothesis.
The moderators' biases shape 4chan and which userbase it has, not the users' own subjective choices. Similar but not quite.
That's one way to look at it. Another might be that if you write code that passes unsanitised input to anything and can get that code through testing and review then maybe you're not the kind of organisation that a candidate who knows about security wants to work for.

In the end this is still a language lawyer question. It's a technicality that should never be relevant. If it is you've already gone wrong several times. In other languages there might be an argument that it probably does something reasonable and any developer experienced with that language should be able to make an educated guess about what that would be even if they don't know. But you asked about C, a language infamous for having undefined behaviour in many such situations, so I don't think even that is a particularly compelling argument here.
> "hire cheap labor from overseas"

Many years ago we had to relocate engineers from Switzerland, France and Canada in the US after an acquisition. Most of them on H1s or O1s and it sure wasn't cheaper than US devs here in the valley.

> only works as long that labor can't walk across the street for a raise.

They absolutely can. It's a trivial filing for an immigration attorney.
Roughly equivalent to hashing a small-ish number like a phone numbers, so based on [1] I'd say yes! Marketing can now say with a straight face that through this technical operation, basically sprinkling some magic pixie dust over your data, it is now incomprehensible and no longer leads back to you.

[1] 7:05 - 7:58 https://projectbullrun.org/surveillance/2015/video-2015.html... (2015)
It is the _directors_ making decisions here, not the shareholders. Those directors were chosen by management, and -- newsflash! -- they are beholden to management. They must jump through some legal hoops to discharge their fiduciary duties and protect themselves from lawsuits, but at the end of the day they'll do what management wants.

Does management want to maximize the value of Twitter? Er, no. Management wants to maximize some combination of their compensation, their agency controlling a company, and their social capital controlling a social media platform. Maximization of shareholders' value is a legal objective to which management must pay legal lip service, but it is not in any way shape or form the interest of management, save insofar as management compensation is related to share price.

If management cared about shareholder value, it would not have induced the board to enact this poison bill nonsense.
I didn't suggest otherwise or express any interest in the justification for invasion. Merely noted that it's real and that out of convenience is ignored to drive a narrative. The same media will ignore nazis in Ukraine while simultaneously declaring that white nationalism is the greatest threat to democracy in America.

Propaganda is used heavily by all sides and the only thing you can do is recognize that and hopefully see through it.
> They DON'T CARE ABOUT POLITICS. They really don't.

I'd like to know how that claim can be made given the videos that a certain dubious "Project" has collected of real employees talking about how much they care about the politics of it all. What of the employees who are completely transparent on the platform talking about their activism as related to their job at the platform? There must be nuance missing here, otherwise it's blatantly untrue and I'm unsure how Y could be that niave. I really don't believe he is, but this is baffling.
Buy futures or other assets that will mimic the price.

The stated investment goal isn't "buy the S&P", it's "match the price of the S&P".
The author mentions elsewhere in the thread that he has since largely gone back to Ruby: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31044646
> What should worry you is that going the wrong way in a one-way isn’t obviously dangerous.

How is this claim different from the oft-heard claim that "not stopping at stop signs is obviously dangerous", ignoring TFA and the substantial evidence therein regarding cyclists and stop signs? I have presented arguments for my proposition that one-way signs are not appropriate in the vast majority of circumstances for cyclists. As far as I can tell, you have presented no arguments in favor of your position except 1) assertions that it is "obvious", 2) claims that anybody that disagrees with you should not be allowed to cycle, and 3) vague insinuations that running over cyclists is appropriate retribution for traffic violations.
They don't teach git in CS either (in depth), but I expect you're right on rote memorization. The whole draw is they could be completed in as little as a few months, for relatively low expense.

On the other hand I see complaints that many CS grads "can't code". So what does that leave you?
To see the whole psyche of human kind projected into public view, and the accompanying apoplectic, impotent outrage.

Brilliant!

Can’t help but wonder if over time – having the ability to peek into our collective psyche – this would trigger a significant divergence from the present evolutionary trajectory of our unexamined collective mind; maybe for the better, maybe for the worse.
So many companies are requiring 6+ interviews nowadays. If they decided to take a reasonable approach to interviewing, think of all those people who wouldn’t be able to write “Played an active role in hiring” on their performance review!
Please comment your code, when it is is necessary.

I don't need "we need to loop here from 1 to 50", I need "we have to rate-limit this function to under 60 transactions per second due to hardware requirements", etc.

If you are putting "magic numbers" anywhere, COMMENT it as to what that number is, why you chose it, etc.

I'm 30 years into this game and I still come across code that takes way too long to reason about.
A couple of things that I have observed:

1. A lot of the Indians and Chinese are on visas means no right to vote (ex: Twitter CEO)
2. Those that can vote - cares more about paying less taxes than anything else which usually means voting Republican, except if the candidate is a far right fanatic
Great link. Hats off to the writers, as well as the researchers. Coming up with these ideas, implementing them, and them communicating them to a non-specialist audience in an engaging way takes serious effort. Thank you.
What you are implying is that people only create something if they can "demand payment" for it, no?
No skin in this race.

Perspective is the mechanism that changes the perception of a joke, that's not something the joke teller can influence.

Anyone can take offense to anything. Only when it gains critical mass will it be cared about.
I didn't get along with my parents for a very long time, starting during the time I was in middle school (or before? I don't know). I could list a thousand reasons why, with all of them blaming my parents, but in the end I have realized that life is just hard. My parents stuck together and raised me and they never abandoned me. While I had my share of troubles like anyone else, and for a long time it really affected me, I realize now it's all part of being human.

I started getting along with my parents after I turned my life around in my late twenties. We talk more often now. During university we never talked. They probably wondered if I was even alive.

Keep talking to your parents though. Make the effort. They won't be here forever.

> I seem to be surrounded by peers with successful jobs and picture-perfect families.

I understand this feeling. I have a massive chip on my shoulder about people who seem to have perfect lives. I tell myself that everyone fights hard battles, but I don't believe it.
That's a great example that fits almost 1:1 with something we've been doing. I will propose that to avoid having to give take-home projects, thanks for sharing!
yep, you can do this in cars too when someone is intent on waving you on contrary to the right of way, i usually take an extended sip of coffee or water while looking the other way or at least not directly at the other person (helps to have sunglasses on); works a treat
I don't know enough about this really to comment - I am unsure if they were restricted from using the mRNA vaccine in any way. If they could have acquired supply and didn't, that seems extremely foolish.
No. Only leet.
Secure enclave as legal defense is an interesting angle, thanks for sharing.

It's become a moral cause to make a lot of big-data computing deniable, to be data-oblivious. This is a responsible way to build an application, is well-built security, and I like it a lot.
It's wild how the "fire" argument continues to be regurgitated as if from the mouth of a network talking head. Thanks for dousing that quickly.
> I shouldn’t have to have it taken away if I don’t continue to work (add value) into perpetuity.

You continue to derive value in perpetuity (from living in a society where we collectively pitch in to make it nice); why should you not continue to contribute to it?

If you want to stop working, save enough to cover your future obligations.
Right, but they hurt other shareholders by preventing them from taking it.

Don't like the bid, fine, say no -- but don't prevent your peers from selling out.
You take a loan out on the value of the land, and use that to pay the taxes. Similar to what countless people today do with their home equity.
Even if all of that is true, China has had so few covid cases that even that wouldn't explain the difference.
The 1994 movie PCU lampooned the “wokeness” of the 90s. It was just called political correctness then.
Maybe you should read Brandenburg v. Ohio first.
I've used a Pilot shaker mechanical pencil [1] over 20 years ago, and I'm quite surprised that the shaking mechanism, and many other quality-of-life improvements, still aren't that ubiquitous.

[1] https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pilot-id-shaker-mecha...
7. Try to "flatten the curve" (keep the infection rate under where it overwhelms hospitals).

Omicron was spreading like wildfire even in places that had reasonably strict measures in place and mRNA vaccines + many prior infections providing some level of protection.

There's a good chance that China can't keep it from growing exponentially and very quickly with anything short of a lockdown, and expects hospitals to collapse because many elderly who had zero prior exposure will get it almost at the same time.
Jumping in on your back and forth...

I believe there is a kind of artists dilemma where, one way to put it, we differentiate "commercial art" from "fine art". We put a higher value on the starving artist whose passion for creativity is so consuming, and vision so singular that they will follow their muse irregardless of any financial success.

I exaggerate to make clear the point.

Put another way, if there were no more blockbuster films, indie films would nonetheless still get made. Some people (maybe myself?) would be okay with that.
Meanwhile in "democratic" Ukraine people are subject to extrajudicial execution and or detention, opposition parties are banned, and corruption rules the day.

Russia may be a flawed "democracy" but the idea that it is much different from other eastern european societies, I believe, is flawed.

I believe the war in Ukraine is more about Russian nationalism and pride than some democracy deficiency. Evidence suggests the majority of the people support the war effort.

Democracy is not a perfect antidote for different perceived national interests.
He has actively suppressed the speech of others.
I find this rambling, repetitive, and wrong. What happens if we don't censor? Violence? Trump wins the election? Twitter dies?

The example he uses is the lab leak hypothesis which is the worst example he could have picked. Lab leak was unsayable for months then it became mainstream and nothing happened. Are we seriously supposed to think Twitter would have collapsed if lab leak hadn't been censored for N months?

It is true that moderation, which amounts to censorship, is required on these platforms. But the bar for moderation should be way higher and these platforms should stop playing whack-a-mole with "dangerous ideas". If they do stop, I predict that nothing bad will happen.
I always wondered the specifics of their deal with Microsoft regarding the use of bing index. Guess we will never know.
The things you mention can easily be standardized in the company, and starting a new project or setting up a dev environment should be automated to the point that you don’t even have to think about it.
Firstly, googling "cycling 20 mph", the first result is "20mph is a speed most cyclists are not able to average."

Setting that aside, this is the exact purpose of speed limits, not one-way streets. One-way streets do not prevent pedestrians from popping out behind "bends, turns, hills/humps, or other obstructions", or children, or debris, or potholes, or stopped or malfunctioning cars, or construction, or sudden road ends...

Edit: If you can't stop in time for a bicycle, you can't stop in time for anything, and you need to drive slower. Unfortunately, many American drivers seem to believe that they own the road, and if dumb children run out onto the road and get flattened, that's their own fault for breaking the law.
The different treatment is injury and death vs slight inconvenience. It's an asymmetrical arrangement in favor of the car for any kind of two wheeled conveyance. Or are you fearful of ten-speed riders traumatizing you by impolitely smashing up on the windscreen instead of politely disappearing under the wheels?

You are not wrong though. It just is not a defensible position. You won't be the one who suffers.
I'm still shaking my head over anyone who didn't stock up (assuming they could easily afford it) once it became clear that getting infected = 2 weeks quarantine (which was the case in many Western countries too). Even a year into the pandemic people kept being surprised about the obvious.
No one is forcing you to sell it. There will be a tax on the land based on the value of the land. If the value of your land goes up, and you haven't developed it, then you haven't done ANYTHING to actually increase the value of that land.

Thus the equitable way to distribute any wealth gained is to give it back to society, since the "public" helped give your land value.
I haven't seen anyone convinced one way or another based on these recent events that wasn't already; in other words, this offer changed no one's opinion. If pointing out that you think there's an issue to other people who already believe that issue exists is a win, then sure, he's already won.
The trouble with this argument is that it excludes a huge proportion of the best developers out there. A lot of people got into programming because they enjoyed it but after doing it all day at work they want to do something else with their personal time. And the more experienced someone is with programming the older they are likely to be and the more likely it is that they will have other interests and commitments competing for that time.
https://trunkbaseddevelopment.com/trunk1c.png

So trunk driven development means no PRs, until you decide you want to use PRs?
Is it possible they used Github Actions and the attacker was able to access the secrets?
One could make billions furtively if they could.
I could really get into some historical Naval simulation stuff.

Part of the problem with games is modeling the "fog of war" realistically.

One quickly realizes that logistics, preparation and Destiny are where it's at; the actual fisticuffs start to seem inevitable.
This is an incredibly privileged and self indulgent take. As a fellow BC resident, I am actually surprised how many people feel like their view on life is the only one and are happy to steamroll over the lives of others globally, consequences be damned.

This line of thinking is short sighted. It stops right at "See, this works for me, everyone should do this" and never carries the thought through to its conclusion. Mainly, how will these enforced measures affect everyone involved (and you) now, and in the long term, contexts being taken into account.

Frankly, as Canadians, we are thought of as respectful and considerate of other people. This thinking is the opposite and it's abhorrent.
It is naive to think that shareholder lawsuits will win.

Have you looked at some crazy behaviours from Musk?

Like how he teased SEC. How he tried to falsely accuse British diver as a child rapist.

Not to mention, the price isn't that good. There were people who bought at 70 a few months ago.

Offering at 44 is kinda meh.

If musk offered 1000 per share, then the lawsuit may have had some weight.
I hear you.
I'm self taught.
I was always the go to guy when there was a problem.
I had no one I could ask.
Teachers asked me.
But no one hired me.
So I became self employed.
I wonder how much better I would've done if I actually went studying and had a mentor.
But I was always on the frontier, always.
I also fixed so many bad student projects, aka where someone would hire a student for cheap and the student would abandon the project and I had to step in to finish it.
Ah well it is what it is.
Nowadays I feel like an outsider, probably because I am. Still being self employed but my projects crashed and income is way below sustainable.
So either create something new, but I'm getting old and tired and bored, or find a job, but I'm too used to the comfort of working when I feel like it and not being on a clock.
Anyhow I digress and if I had a proper teacher in my young years, how much better could I have done. I'd imagine an increased learning speed of factor at least 5 if not 10. Also not studying means not knowing the language e.g. log(o) or w/e. I never knew what "scalar" meant when I read it, but I knew without having a label "scalar". etc etc
I have the same theory on women having been selected for caring about their environment.

I see that as an argument for choosing traditional gender roles because it seems to me that one of the main causes of conflict in 50/50 relationships are these arguments about chores, tidiness, etc.

Splitting chores 50/50 seems like asking for trouble given that men and women have evolved differently in this regard - he ends up feeling that she's endlessly nagging him, she ends up feeling that she has to manage him like a child.

Seems like the traditional breadwinner/homemaker setup would be a solution to this problem.
Have you driven around America? It is absolutely massive, and the amount of empty land is mind-boggling.

Chill out with the racist "we're running out of room" diatribes. We are decidedly not running out of room.
I also believe that risk taking is a valuable behavioural trait. I do think that we (humans) will one day come to accept the biological reality of behaviour and physical traits and not mask them under social delusions.
As I said:
"Better ways to test what DDG is doing behind the scenes might be things like get hired there in a central role. Have the government or an independent auditor review their data collection practices."

> The reality is, you can't go and work on the inside at every data broker and that defeats the purpose of an independent audit anyways. So you have to come up with something else.

It's true that it's unreasonable for people get a job at every company they have to work with. The real solution is regulation and oversight to protect our data from being collected, sold, and used against us. Experts all agree we need it and they've been saying so for a very very long time, but so far there's not been much effort from congress.
yes, if if just surf can resolve it, we should not have any education problems in today :(
When I was younger I lived in Japan for a year when my dad was stationed on a navy ship in Yokosuka.

Most people I can remember then using "mechanical pencils" had those where there was a stack of maybe 8 pencil tips (lead + plastic casing around it) going down the hollow plastic body, and when the piece broke or wore down too far, you would remove it from the stack and push it back in the top of the pencil to make the next tip available. I hated using them, they always broke, felt bad to use, and if you put it in your pocket the wrong direction you'd stab your hand when you went to grab something.

While exploring downtown on Blue Street (which had a mosaic of blue pebbles mixed into the road itself) we found a huge stationary store where the entire second floor was devoted to writing utensils. I went straight for the pencils section, more specifically, because I'm the kind of person who now uses hackernews, for the mechanical pencils section.

It blew my mind.

This store had everything. Metal pencils, plastic pencils, cheap pencils, expensive pencils, auto rotating lead, shake lead, with grips made of all kinds of materials. I don't remember if I even bought anything then, but what stuck with me was the fact they existed at all.

Later in high school I pissed off my parents by doubling my school supplies cost by making a JetPens account, the online embodiment of that stationary store on Blue St.

I tried a few different brands at first, but eventually the Tombow Zoom 505 Mechanical Pencil (0.5 mm) took the crown as my favorite. There's still one on my desk today.

I almost felt like a different person writing with that pencil. I also started only buying 8.5x11 lined paper because my calc teacher required it, but that added to the experience. I was no longer handing in crumpled pages from a spiral notebook with broken pencil marks all over it, but professional products on crisp full size paper with perfect text.

This started something for me, because ever since I've put a higher priority on what tools I use to make work. I have an happy hacker keyboard, a color graded BenQ photography monitor, and soon planning on upgrading to a stupidly expensive mirrorless camera.

Maybe I'm just making "buying expensive high quality things" into more than it really is, but at least for me it makes a noticeable mental difference when I'm making things and can feel the engineering that went into the tools I'm using.

Thanks for posting this! Brought up a lot of memories obviously lol
In other words, a smartcard :)
> It shocks other people if I tell them the details about how bad my relationship was with my parents growing up, so I don't.

I've noticed this as well, with comments like "wow, it's amazing you turned out so well!" after I tell them a bit about my youth and parents. Ehh, okay? What did you expect me to do? Sit in a corner and cry all day about my lost childhood?

You see the same when some people talk about disabled people (either by birth or accident). "Oh he's in a wheelchair after the accident, but he's still enjoying life, how brave!" Yeah mate, you don't really have a choice do you?

Anyway, I don't feel particularly lonely or alienated about it; as far as I'm concerned it is what it is. I can talk to my brother about it (and do sometimes) but it's not really something I "need". I'm sorry to say that I don't really have any suggestions on that part except maybe seek out a therapist if you're really struggling with it.
> Bonus points for no PR’s and trunk driven development as that shows a very mature team.

Ugh, pass. Trunk development is fine. Skipping PRs just brings back nightmares of SVN. Even if 90% of PRs are approved without comment, it's extremely helpful for everyone to have a second set of eyes on work before it is merged in.
Why would Twitter profits matter to shareholders after they divest?
What human being on the planet can make choices without being swayed by outside influences?
There are very few things you can do that are a bigger asshole move than calling the person who bravely rescued a bunch of children a pedophile because you didn't get to be the hero.