skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> "A 2011 Black Hat paper detailed an analysis where eight legitimate domains were targeted with thirty one bitsquat domains. Over the course of one day, 3,434 requests were made to bitsquat domains." [1]

So I had a look into the paper, because I was curious how they would differentiate typos from bitflips ... turns out they don't. Bummer. There's only some assumptions made here and there without any further explanation. It could even be the result of bad OCR or whatever weird stuff people do on the internet ...

I am not questioning the result and also believe it's most likely bitflips in a lot (most?) cases, but I would have really loved some more insight in that domain ... pun intended.
TL;DR - "let's redefine Gambler's Fallacy to something it is not, then disprove that new thing"
I'm hosting it on a VPS I use for other things, so it's sort of "free" in this case. And we haven't had more than 10 concurrent players yet, but there's about 15 of us so it will probably happen one weekend eventually. I don't really mind administering it, but Realms is definitely a good choice for a lot of people.
NuGet: Central Package Management
It's the same for the settlement of NZ, they brought kūri, kūmara, uhi, and aute.

That's dogs (for hunting and food), sweet potatoes, yams, and paper mulberry, used to make tapa cloth in the Pacific.

(We're not sure if they didn't bring the pigs and chickens widespread in Polynesia, or if they didn't survive the voyage or the initial landings, or their bones didn't end up in excavated middens. Maybe a flu virus got in there?).

The aute didn't really flourish in Aotearoa, and the cloth derived from it wasn't that warm, so clothing as well as fish hook styles, canoe styles etc. from Polynesia were rapidly adapted, but it's clear that the Polynesian settlers who became the Māori, they came prepared.
Isn't that similar to what they tried for things like shopping for example, and they got sued for? The problem is that if they become an aggregator for a specific type of content, like let's say travel or lyrics, then other aggregator websites start suing.
> Automatically generate the first yaml/config file from looking at my codebase? Heroku-like CLI that generates/updates the YAML file? Heroku gives me "redis" without me needing to learn anything about AWS/YAML-config shit.

I will think about it. I do agree that we could do more here. I understand that you don't like writing YAML, but to be honest, it's not that complicated, especially if you use our VS code extension (it autocompletes and suggest all the properties, validates the config file, and give you on-hover documentation). Also, it's just few lines in most cases.

> One-Click starter file for 10-most popular apps...

We do have starters for
Hello, we do have starters for:
- (Typescript) Express.js API with Postgres
- (Typescript) Lambda API with DynamoDb
- (Typescript) Lambda API with MongoDb
- (Typescript) Lambda API with MySQL
- (Python) Flask API with Postgres
- (Java) Spring Boot API with Postgres
- (Ruby) Rails API with Postgres
- Vite.js website (React/Vue/...) - this is a (better) CRA alternative
- Gatsby.js website
- Next.js website

We'll add more in the future. Redis will be the next on the list.
> Birthday cards use tiny batteries.

And piezoelectric buzzers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzer

> but articles like this say they can get up to 1W out of it

Yeah, but they are getting electricity from light, sonoluminescence generates light, not electricity and author even singled out light as being something different than electricity, you can have light from electricity according to him.
Less than a month with another incident with GitHub Actions. Last time that happened was two weeks ago. [0]

Not looking good for going 'all in' on GitHub products or 'centralizing everything' to GitHub as I predicted. [1]

I expect them to go down at least once every month guaranteed. Not 5 times in two weeks. I don't think they can handle a month without a serious incident at all.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30841387

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22867803
They also seem to eschew a proper UX design team, quality assurance and even proper engineering, judging how "well" their software works.
Other US cities don’t have this problem. Other Bay Area cities don’t have this problem! SF doesn’t have a problem with gun violence. It has problems with petty theft, organized crime, degradation of public spaces, and homelessness. Considering it’s the richest city in richest state in the country, I’ll lay the blame on SF.
It might surprise a lot of us here on HN but there are people who absolutely love this type of work. The trick is finding someone who also has the discipline to record notes and track all of the details.
significant - no, but it's always there in the background, a pop song or catchy lyric suddenly comes to mind and you start singing. it's often unconscious

i ve come to appreciate some of the golden-age operas, so much beauty and drama there and so much of our current music in it. Cant help but feel awe for the way they composed it

my hearing sucks so headphones dont make a big difference, most of my music comes from the quite crappy speakers on my monitor

making electronic music is fun and easy, but i m not sure the recording /arranging part is very enjoyable, it does feel like work

i feel music has complementary benefits, it s the sound that is missing from the air and it completes things
I would say that the invention of the concept of "reputable ASNs" is the root cause.
My local park (in London) have a little wild garden maintained by a nearby primary school, including insect hotels.
The Proof of Stake Trojan Horse
later development: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/13/activision-donation...

>Casey Wasserman, CEO of the Wasserman Media Group, is a director at Activision Blizzard, according to the company’s website, and sits on the board of directors and the board’s nominating and corporate governance committee. Just weeks after the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed the July suit against the company, alleging a “frat boy” culture of rampant sexual harassment and discrimination against women, Wasserman donated $100,000 to the Stop the Republican Recall of Governor Newsom campaign, according to campaign finance records.
I hope you realize that the OP's issue has nothing to do with poor customer service, but rather the fact that they feel entitled to anonymously host whatever they want from a reputable cloud ASN. Oracle's Customer Service response omitted the reasoning. This tends to happen when the rejection is due to fraud detection, which itself tends to happen when using a VPN.

They may not be doing it for malicious purposes, but there's no way to be reasonably secure against that without blocking credit card transactions from masked locations (i.e. VPNs).
The sun had just set behind the clouds in Cabo Sao Vicente. The blue you see in the background is the Atlantic Ocean from the top of a high cliff.
And yet maybe they could have personally responded to the impacted customers with informative, timely updates instead of waiting several days and then sending automated replies from templates.
Worried? No, no no... Something seem to be odd and that's wonderful. Discovery awaits.
So, people shouldn't face consequences for criminal actions because they are nerdy and good with computers? That's not how the real world works. Aiding a dictatorship in evading sanctions is very far from "victimless".
Tell that to how my NBN seems to be setup. With a blackout, our internet is gone too even though my modem (and home server) are on a UPS. Wonder what causes that.

And regardless, while that might be a useful property in certain circumstances, the copper-based NBN we've ended up with is so woeful, that they're basically declaring technical bankruptcy and moving to FTTP after all that in the end anyway. Just a decade late and with billions down the drain for sub-par expensive flaky internet.
Hello.

We do support Aurora postgres databases natively: https://docs.stacktape.com/resources/relational-databases/#a...

You can trigger lambda functions by a "cron" job (https://docs.stacktape.com/resources/lambda-functions/#sched...)

The only problem is that you need to package your lambda function yourself, as we currently don't natively support 0-config builds for Golang. (we can help you zip it, upload it to a deployment bucket, and effectively cache it tho).
Select from a large table and return only every Nth row
There’s not much in the way of preferences (basically just color choice), so currently there’s no sync.
Fixed link:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/billionaires...
Just FYI, if there is an incentive to get your password, there are existing programs to match arbitrary length strings from books or any text source. One such program has been used to steal cryptocurrency from wallets that are generated from a passphrase like NXT.
Related to The Whole Sort Of General Mish Mash.
I once worked for a company that did the same - but with Lotus Notes, in 2013. Modified it into a full-fledged ticketing- and time-tracking tool. Using it took a half hour out of each workday.
It depends for me. Sometimes I am simply after the documentation but often I want to make some weird plot and would like to see if anyone else has tried to make said weird plot using the same library before. I don't think there is any way to optimise for which to prioritise without including the word "documentation" in your query.
Downtown SF manages to have tall buildings. And there are a ton of 5+1 or 6+1 units going up, which in itself will 3-4x density from height and from smaller setbacks.

> Density means accepting smaller

Strongly disagree. You can still have 1200+sqft apartments. Most of the 2 and 3bd luxury apartments near me are around 1000-1100 sqft.

> An 800sqft apartment is larger than any apartment I've rented.

Not sure what kind of apartment you're renting... (or maybe you're out of touch with the market?) 500sqft is a studio and you're not fitting much more than a bed and desk in there. You have to remember that square footage includes things like bathroom, closet, washer/dryer if they're in unit, etc. And that realtors exaggerate so in practice an apartment advertised as 500 sqft is more like 350.

Please just take a look at Zillow/Redfin for one moment and tell me where you see 500sqft condos that look like actual condos rather than studios.
Yeah they are. The inverse square law is very real when dealing with non-ionising radiation.

I used to work in radio spectrum governance, our inspectors who were clambering up towers on the regular made to sure to not stick their head or gonads in front of a focused microwave transmitter for more than 10 - 20 seconds (IIRC).

All of those inspectors have retired now, and none of them have brain or testicular cancer, likewise none of their children had birth defects.

So I think you'll be fine unless you're sticking your head in the dish :)
A cautionary tale on mass data collection, from Afghanistan
I realized that the decline quality of Google Search is changing my habits as a programmer. I even wrote a small blog post about that: https://www.joseferben.com/posts/how-google-search-is-making...
Stale bid, currently around $6K
Inside the Palace with Mohammed Bin Salman
You're right, this actually does vary by jurisdiction. I looked into and was quite surprised that the UK allows something called "compensated game control" to adjust the odds dynamically so the observed payout matches the expected one. [0]

Nevada has the opposite rule: machines must only incorporate chance when paying out and the theoretical payout is what the gaming commission analyzes. They can't dynamically adjust odds to favor a preferred payout. [1]

[0] https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/authorities/guide/page...

[1] https://gaming.nv.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=4...
- Bookmarking tool with free-text search.

- Web page diff notifier with various heuristics, sms/email notifications, screenshot logging, and js page support.

- Linux keyboard macro tool.

- Dozens of scripts that I use daily to automate parts of my desktop, eg detecting where my laptop is plugged in (or not) and change the display setup, backups, grabbing the local weather report from the most reliable source, etc.

- Simple password manager with Google Secret Manager as a backend.

- A whole bunch of user scripts that fix issues on web sites that I use frequently.

- One or two browser extensions that also fixes web sites. Keyboard shortcuts for the HBO video player. Intercepting requests for certain web sites to swap some calls to a different backend.

- Fork that adds some features to a screen locker.

- Random name generator based on Markov chains in combination with user input and randomness.

And many more! It was fun to see what others are doing, thanks for sharing, everyone.
I'd like to hear anyone else's experience of building a Notion like editor (or any other block based/full page editor)

Something guides never cover and I am stuck on is how to let users drop "widgets" into these RTEs. Think photos and galleries, where what is displayed in the editor is not what is present in the output (the real output could be 1+ React tags with attributes set) ; tables where the edit view is a spreadsheet & so on.

When I try to build these I get stuck between the representation in the RTE, the final output, and the "edit mode" in the RTE which may be in its own window.
Nonetheless, a prepaid card is legal tender.
This could easily have been recognized and stopped in time if they’d retained their ombudsman like they should have.

https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-public-editor
I look forward to racing with you! When not limited by hull speed, speed over ground is highest when the apparent wind is highest. That means being ‘close hauled’ in apparent terms but reaching or broad reaching in true terms. Most sailors would describe a point of sail based on the true wind angle, because most boats are limited by hull speed, which most of the time is a lot less than wind speed. A typical cruising yacht might have a hull speed of 10 knots, while a strong wind would be 20 knots.
There is a way to indicate the URI to visit for change-password but not about how to interact with the document at that URI.

See `change-password` under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_URI.
I find it concerning that the incident is marked as resolved and the incident history suggests that have corrected the billing.

We still have a $7m dollar balance on our account, so the issue clearly is not resolved.

Providing incorrect information on status pages makes it hard to trust in the future.
Yes, I created a telegram bot that collects and shares photos of my daughter with the family.
> I don’t understand the reasoning behind this. Just because someone knows there’s an antenna, and has received RF safety training, how does that make their body less susceptible to injury from RF energy?

They a) know how to ascertain risk better and b) know what parts of their body are riskier to expose at close range to their antenna.

Safe exposure to RF is pretty well studied, and I've not seen a standard that wasn't set in line with prevailing science.

But, definitely agree that if you're not certain about the safety, get a certified radio engineer to install your antennae.
I don't understand this comment.

Autonomous lawn mowers are everywhere in my neighborhood, albeit being quite expensive. Some even have two for front and back.

Unless you have a very big yard or a very small yard it is quite literally "the thing to have" right now.

This is a huge market in central Europe.
I use neovim but it seems like you’ve answered your own question. If I were you, I would spend my time in a more productive way then upgrading a text editor that worked fine for me.
Nobody knows why this Unicode character exists
And then NASA conveniently forgets they ever gave away that stuff or the court verdict, and their SWAT team comes kicking in your door to reappropriate "stolen goods".

It happened before [1], it can happen to you.

[1] https://www.ibtimes.co.in/neil-armstrong-gift-sees-nasa-swat...
Wow. Do they do that in every follicle?
For me, excitement comes partly from the tooling but also partly from the purpose. I have been tinkering with a Hacker News front end that adds creature comforts like thumbnail images, and I have refound some of that thrill you describe. I guess it’s the challenge of solving a problem, you know? And as you describe it, perhaps you’ve been up against the same old problems again and again.

I pick my passion projects by what I myself want. I wanted a fancier HN, so I started http://www.thnr.net . And I like to convert articles and blog posts to audio so I can listen on the go, so I started a project for that: https://github.com/timoteostewart/benson . I guess I’m trying to inspire you to see what problems or challenges or friction you or friends and family have that tech may be able to solve (or at least alleviate). Best of luck, and hope you share what you decide to do here on HN.
I found this in my archives http://www.ecomowtech.com/hardware.html it's probably 8 years old, lovely idea, wonder if they ever did something with it...
tangentially maybe microbial batteries could one day become efficient enough or be used in places where slow is ok
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial_fuel_cell
This line of argument is bikeshedding at it's finest.

If Mossad is out to get you, they are going to get you, no matter what you do. The threat model for 99.999% of the population doesn't include bespoke attacks from three letter agencies.
I have learned to expect almost any mainstream media headline with the word “after” to be misleading. “After” does not literally mean “because”, so it’s not a lie. But people read it that way.

“Putin condemned by west after attending anti-Nazi rally.”

“Ted Bundy sentenced to life in prison after misogynistic comment.”
> good worthwhile things are being created in the cryptocurrency/blockchain space now

like what?
Then do it the other way around, using the sewage lines. Tack the line to the top with some bio-mimetic glue, inspired by the stuff which enables fouling of ship-hulls and all other things under water, first by microorganisms building biofilms, then the larger colonizers following.

(ShitNet! Up Your's! (SCNR))
About whether they can do this:

> I perfected another where I asked a person to think of a loved one, and then I guessed their loved one’s name
Software still has the lowest marginal cost - the distribution cost is basically 0, unlike things like CDs. And unlike a movie or album, the value that can be extracted via software is much higher. There's tons of make-once sell-lots products, but you need factories and supply chains and all that crap, not just a cat6 connection. If you want to serve more customers, you need to buy more CDs. Streaming is better for content distribution, except the content still has limited value created (so limited price) since its often consume-once and has a limited life span - and digital content is basically "tech" even if its not quite SaaS. Tech is what it is because of how easy it is to create, and how much value it generates, and how low the marginal costs are. Nothing physical compares.

I interviewed for a team at <Big Co> that was part of a 100 person org. They generated about $1B for the company by creating a portal to (essentially) sell access to the company's existing data. They said most of what they spent that 100 people on was building integrations into existing b2b enterprise apps so other companies could ingest it easier. The per-person value created (extracted?) at this org is astonishing, especially since most of those 100 people didn't actually add value to the root product, beyond making it easier to use.
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I get what you mean. Sometimes this whole email flow could be more annoying for some users than a simple password but I honestly hate thinking of passwords and the UX behind password managers.

But thank you for your honest feedback! Always appreciate it and I really hope we can make Webauthn (biometrics login) the norm which is a wonderful experience.

Thanks again!!
Locked up shelves is normal for drug stores, I’ve seen it all over California to varying degrees.
Actually the big ILECs like Verizon started deprecating copper loops, at least when I was in that industry 10 years ago. They would install a box in a neighborhood with fiber backhaul to the Central Office and a mini DSLAM, and then deliver shitty DSL from said box.

The great thing about this was they could circumvent telecommunications law that requires them to rent out circuits at a competitive rate to small carriers, basically putting the nail in the coffin of small, independent DSL ISPs, since the copper loops are gone. And you, the customer, are now stuck with 6Mbps DSL from a single provider for $80 a month.
The amount was so ridiculous that it didn't replace coffee for me. :-)

Anyway, it's already fixed for our account.
> Bob Woodward has gotten PLENTY of high level politicians to talk to him candidly even though he's publishing what they are saying often in an unflattering light.

Woodward is absolutely one of the few exceptions, if not the only one.

He publishes on a long timescale with dozens of sources, not a short timescale with one or two.

So everyone knows the story will come out but not immediately, and everyone knows everyone talks to Bob.

But like it or not, most (not all) of the people he talks to have less to lose, because they are at or close to the apex of power in DC; there will always be jobs for them elsewhere in the USA, in a thinktank or on a board somewhere.

(It's also worth noting that Woodward's most famous source was anonymous for essentially his entire life)

In the real world outside seats of government, talking to a journalist on the record about stuff you should not often means you are the single source -- the only person who made the unflattering or damaging story possible, in a story that maybe won't wait even a week to be published.

It puts you out there on your own, gets you fired, makes it difficult to get immediately re-hired, and I suspect for an American with a family in an at-will state makes telling the truth on the record a luxury they can't afford.
Why Did I Move from TypeScript to Go
"Here's your Harry Potter car!"

"Who are all these teenagers in robes on my car? I don't see Gandalf or Legolas or Gimli anywhere!"
> You’re crazy. Do not tell a trusted coworker about your intentions. It’s a risk. Shut up and interview. What’s the benefit of telling anyone at your current gig?

Coworkers? Maybe not. But my manager? Certainly.

Makes his life easier, allows him to plan accordingly and (in at least one case) throw some juicy new project at me that makes me rethink a 20% raise.

Also, there's no need to burn bridges on your way out[1].

[1] My last place, my manager knew about my first interview at a FAANG, he knew about my second interview, and then he knew about the offer they sent.

All-in-all, he knew for about 2 months that there was a possibility of me leaving. We're still good terms right now.
> I'd like to re-capture the joy I used to feel when I first started coding.

I got there by reducing complications. Am down to Go, SQLite, HTML, vanilla JS, and cmake. I feel much freer.
Or it tears your ego apart because you are a young developer that has never shipped anything. Reminds me of my first job.
My engineering team runs off Github Issues > Projects > Project Boards but it's been hard to get anyone outside of product managers and devs themselves to be fully immersed in it. Sales and management throw their hands up in the air and say 'Github Issues is too hard'. I'm a PM so I've fought and won this battle to stay on Github Issues because I could quantify that a 5-10% loss in dev productivity in moving to a 'management friendly' tool would equal so many thousands of dollars of developer hours per month.
You didn't read the blog post from GitHub saying they were switching to Zimbabwean dollars because the dollar is falling out of favor as the reserve currency?