skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just keep using it as a generic name. They've already lost the generification war. Are they seriously going to track down and sue neighborhood libraries?

Good luck getting a jury to enforce the trademark.
I don't think Windows permissions are that complicated, and certainly covers the problem space of actual companies better than unix. The problem is that the original design was somehow opinionated and didn't match what home users were doing.

To oversimplify:

- there's the kernel, which can do anything

- there SYSTEM, which is is kind of like "root" in unix, but only used by services (you can't log in as SYSTEM)

- there are user accounts with Administrator rights, which can do "anything" (can be slightly limited by the above two)

- there are user accounts without Admin rights, kind of like normal user accounts in unix.

There are also more specialized Admin privileges, rights for everything are actually controlled by Access Control Lists and tokens, and your accounts and their rights might exist locally or domain-wide (centrally managed on some server), but unless you're a company you don't care about that.

The problems you describe are mostly due to three things:

- Home users got into the habit of only using one user account with admin credentials. It's convenient, but effectively running everything as root. That's why we now have UAC (that prompt when you try to do admin stuff with an Admin account), and the transition to UAC was pretty rough.

- Some software actually wants some protection from the user (antivirus has to protect itself from processes started by the user, anti-cheat has to protect itself from the user, etc.) Because home users use Admin accounts for everything, the only escape upwards in the hierarchy is into the SYSTEM account or into the kernel, with the latter being much more secure, but much worse if you do it wrong

- In large corporations obviously only IT has Admin accounts. That's how the system is supposed to work. People still want to install software without calling IT, so some software installs in the user folder (in %APPDATA%). That's no different from installing in ~/bin in unix.

The last two points are equally bad in linux, you just don't come across them as often because nobody does anti-cheat and runtime anti-virus on linux, and most linux systems are ultimately used and administrated by the same person
Yep! The schema storage is kinda wild. They store the DDL for the creation of the objects as the raw SQL which is quite a bit different than how something like Postgres has a bunch of tables in the pg_catalog to specify the database structure.
I would expect them to have insurance against theft like everywhere else I store money.
f-stops are relative to the size of the glass + sensor. They aren't equivalent to f1.5-2.8 on an APSC or full-frame sensor.
You're just looking at places where people want to appeal to a mass audience. Dribble, radio EDM, Disney, it's all going to be the pop-culture average. Just look slightly deeper for content.
Plus, they protect you in the eventuality of an alien attack. Make sure you keep a bat around too.
Unicode has been limited to 21-bits for a while so that UTF8 is guaranteed to encode no more than four bytes per code point. It can support the full 32-bit code space but changing now will break a lot of validation code.
I think what we are seeing is an inability for truly original/groundbreaking works to gain traction because of cultural fragmentation. So it's possible it's out there I just don't know it but it's not that simple. This phenomenon is leading to less investment in those types of works from money holders / creators as the odds of a breakthrough has shrunk and that's creating a negative feedback loop.
Sounds like a dream…
The successful bitcoin sign proposal [1] explicitly deals with such a criticism:

> Will Unicode be flooded with symbols for many crypto-currencies?

> Most other crypto-currencies have learned from the difficulty that a non-Unicode symbol causes for
Bitcoin, and use a symbol already in Unicode. For instance, Dogecoin uses Đ, Ethereum uses Ξ, Litecoin uses Ł, Namecoin uses ℕ, Peercoin uses Ᵽ and Primecoin uses Ψ. Some, like Ripple, use Roman capital letters (XRP), mimicking ISO 4217 currency codes.

> While it is possible another crypto-currency will have a non-Unicode symbol that is extensively used in text, this is unlikely.

I think this section was crucial for the eventual acceptance, because Unicode people do care (a lot) about long-term consequences of proposals.

[1] https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15229-bitcoin-sign.pdf
Russia will be one of the last to go green.
How would you manage to register 5 fake family members with the government? Governments already track its citizens in basically every country, it is really hard to trick them into thinking more people than that exists.
Should have noticed your comment first; I did the same. Thankfully nothing too explicit in the initial page of search results (no images, etc)
Apparently you haven't seen https://i.imgur.com/7IIhRsk.mp4
US Generals: "We had to destroy Taiwan to save it."
UK, italy, spain, australia, saudi arabia, turkey, japan, south korea all have a pretty significant US military presence, right? I don't think any of those are especially weak (they all seem to be ranked at least in the top 20-30 countries based on some quick googling).
Having more control would be welcomed.

The problem with Low Power Mode is that it "bundles" multiple battery saving ideas together. That isn't inherently problematic for the scenario it was designed for (<10% "lifeline" mode), the problem is that using it continuously would be impractical.

It controls:

- Slower 5G speeds

- Auto-lock forced to 30 seconds

- Lower display brightness, refresh rate, and disables some animations

- Suspends iCloud Photos sync. Auto app updates and downloads. Email fetch (non-push).

- Limits/disables app background refresh.

More info here[0]. I'd love centralized sliders in the battery tab to do all of these things individually (rather than needing to move all over the system, sometimes multiple pages deep). But ultimately giving more control, particularly of system internals isn't really Apple's style.

[0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205234
Please consider, regarding “passive people” that they may also may just not like arguing with idiots. In modern life it is easier than it used to be to shift roles in the same company or find a new employer in order to find a better fit for yourself. If people are difficult to work with and then you move on, do you consider that the difficult people “won?” - I would say no. Maybe I am guilty of over simplification here, but the real challenge in life is having your own values and properly living your own life, not competing with other people. I reject the idea that life is a zero sum game.
But of course the real anger is the possibility to install apps on devices where the manufacturer cannot get their share. But I expect the average Apple user to believe it.

Yes, I have an Apple device too, but buying it wasn't my proudest moment...
I've just launched an MVP for a solution to this problem. https://cloak.software/
Man, 103, living in 'a cocoon of silence' has hearing restored
Why not use silicon? SiO2 is plenty where there is sunshine: create silicon power, ship, burn, dispose of sand... Definitely more energy per kg and probably also per volume
As of March 11, close to $100 million. According to a deputy minister in Ukraine:

> “In a situation like this, where the national bank is not fully operating, crypto is helping to perform fast transfers, to make it very quick and get results almost immediately.”

NYTimes: https://archive.ph/3HVqU#
Years ago I learned this lesson about marriage while on a trip in South Western China. I joined a tour group to see a mountain for a few days. My party was six and the van sat eight, so the driver got another couple to join us. They were fascinating. We learned over meals together that they were an arraigned marriage. At the time I had extremely negative views around the practice, thanks to growing up in the USA where we celebrate our freedom to choose the perfect partner. From them I learned a new facet of love and saw something beautiful in their relationship. They entered marriage knowing they would have differences to solve together. They solved those differences and developed a great relationship.

After that encounter I changed my mental model of finding someone to marry from finding someone perfect for me to arainging my own marriage. By that I meant that I wanted to find someone generally compatable but also willing to work together. It turns out I found that person on that same trip, and we have now been married for 7 years, but that is a long off topic story.

For sure, each side needs to always be trying to compromise more than the other.
Nexo and MasterCard launch 'world first' crypto-backed payment card
I appreciate your sentiment, but I want to point out that your belief that "Traditional brokerage houses have regulations forcing them to play fair" and believing that there are adequate "reporting structures to enforce it" is a great example of the moral hazard that exists in the market today.

I agree that law and regulation plays an important role in the market, but as the market has advanced and become increasingly more complex than previous models, I do not believe Law and regulation has kept up.

The GME fiasco and the resulting litigation is a good example of these problems. And before anyone says this is proof the rules in place work - I'd like to point out that our online brokerage infrastructure and market structure has been around since the early 2000's. It's quite difficult to say what has not been surfaced and recognized. And no, despite the nature of the trade itself, no one should discredit the lawsuit as illegitimate. https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2021/01/29/gamestop-lawsuits-hi...

The absurdity and extreme nature of the GME case shows tells me that there are outstanding issues throughout this value chain. And the belief that our system of rules adequately handles this just because the rules exist is a strong indicator of the moral hazard that prevades our market culture.
The Grief of 1M Covid Deaths Is Not Going Away
I have never seen it used as not once in maths or physics. "extremely rarely" perhaps.
I too have found video games boring.

I want something like a MMORTS with automation and no hella long timers, on a multi faction map (4?) where you wage war and the game is intended to have an eventual total winner (maybe across 3 months?) Where wins create real consequences like buffs, resources, strategic locations etc. Then it can reset and we can play again.

I could see roles and interactions playing out a lot like EVE online where some mine, some build things, some just want to fly a puny ship and shoot stuff.

This could be fun but on a globe w/ contemporary warfare units.

In the past I've found hints of this flavor in games like Future Cop LAPD's "Precinct war mode"[2] (playstation), Dark Age of Camelot MMORPG, Earth 2025[1]

[1]: https://www.giantbomb.com/earth-2025/3030-36263/
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Cop:_LAPD
> Plus, they protect you in the eventuality of an alien attack.

Except when the aliens are ransacking Earth for its water. See the documentaries V [0] and Battle: Los Angeles [1] for more on this.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(1983_miniseries)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle:_Los_Angeles
It was a game called Kriegspiel hosted at krgspl.com

More info on the game here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegspiel_(chess)

It worked really well at first, but didn’t scale due to some tech decisions. Maybe at some point I’ll fix it and rerelease it :)
Me and my wife set aside about half an hour each week to "check in". I hate to compare it to a stand up, but it's kinda what it is. The goal is to focus 100% on each other and talk about the week and do some sort of a "marriage exercise". It's been immensely helpful to take the "temperature" of my spouse and our relationship.

This week, I've been reading "How we love" [0]. I'm only on the first chapter, but it has resonated with me:

> Every marriage has nagging problems calling for our attention. Many people end up thinking their relationship is difficult because they married the wrong person. But the fact that many people are on to their second and third marriages proves that no marriage is tension free. Sometimes our marriages seem to run fairly smoothly—until we hit a crisis or face difficult circumstances. Stress always makes underlying problems more apparent.

The authors talk about "core behaviours" (such as leaving the glasses by the sink in the article) that trigger conflict in a relationship:

> A core pattern is the predicable way you and your spouse react to each other that leaves each of you frustrated and dissatisfied. Some are married a few years before it is apparent, but sooner or later couples can readily identify the same old place where they get stuck. Maybe it’s the same complaints that come up again and again without ever getting resolved or a familiar pattern of fighting, no matter what the topic.

They then tie in your behaviours to how you were treated in childhood and I believe (I haven't gotten there yet) help you understand? alleviate? the sources of conflict.

> Marriage is the most challenging relationship you will ever have, and to think otherwise is to live in denial. When you are with someone day in and day out, you can’t hide. Your weaknesses become quite visible, and old feelings from the distant past are stirred. The physical nearness of your mate triggers old feelings as you look to him or her to meet many of the needs your parents were originally supposed to meet.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Love-Expanded-Discover/dp/0735...
The name of the opening is hilarious! I'd love to see how A0 would treat Stockfish if forced to use it.
I think part of this is due to the algorithmic nature of so many of these platforms.

Majority of people will only watch what is trending, it creates a feedback cycle that perpetuates that kind of content which is popular with the mainstream. And whatever is mainstream is usually homogenised and boring.

As someone who watches quite a lot of movies, I always felt that they peaked sometime in the 70s.
It's better for crypto farms and Facebook datacenters to use the energy instead, the efficiency is higher. If it would be wasted then it would be worse than this solution.
Vulnerabilities Affecting Girault, Bulletproofs, and PlonK
A perspective I thought was interesting is when Jordan Peterson says that the "proof" that people have a divine spark within them is "try treating them as if they don't, and see how well that works out for you!"

In that sense it's quite similar to the idea of always assuming a person is acting in good faith: you cannot ever truly know someone's intentions, and even when everyone is communicating honestly and openly, communication is imperfect.

But if you start to believe that someone has negative intentions towards you, your body language, tone, words and actions will reflect that assumption, and it will create harmful outcomes where they were not necessary at all.

Similarly, we may never be able to objectively prove that a machine is conscious -- as you say, we cannot even prove it to another human about ourselves! But if we keep treating them with the assumption that they lack this "something special" that we have, and treat them unethically as a result, I think we could get ourselves into a lot of trouble.

A similar conversation is to be had about the way humans are factory-farming animals, 80 billion of which are born and die every year in conditions worse than concentration camps (cages so small they can't move or even turn around, living in their own shit).

If nothing else, what will this teach future superintelligent AIs about how to treat beings less intelligent than itself? About denying them all freedom and agency and exploiting them entirely for its own benefit (or arguably, enjoyment)?
And is currently 16 and has been dropping over the last 8 years. Kasparov also used to be number 1. That's just how it goes. He's a much stronger bullet/blitz player and this isn't news to anyone. There's a reason people are surprised he qualified.
Sounds like someone at the "at least one food bank" doesn't understand that there literally is no liability for past-date canned food. I am pretty sure dates on canned food wasn't a thing when I was growing up. It's just another way of prodding the customer to consume.
H2 is most certainly not CO2 free. It is quite energy intensive to produce it, and currently is produced from oil & gas products. The cleaner alternative is to use clean electricity to produce it from water; but if you're going to do that, it turns out that just using the electricity is almost always more efficient.
There was a lot you could do with the parallel port. I was a coauthor on a paper about using parallel ports to interconnect computers to provide barrier synchronization for large parallel computing projects. It was a surprisingly fast way of getting a bunch of single bit synchronizations across a bunch of machines. This was back in the early 90s.

link - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4115699
"I still have the yellow parallel cable and blue serial cables at my parents' house"

I still have both cables and they reside in my miscellaneous computer cables box (as opposed to the box of regularly used cables). I still consider LapLink (the software I also have) as a viable maintenance tool for when I have to occasionally maintain old DOS or Win 3.1 machines (surprisingly there are still some about including several that I own).

Recently, I came close to chucking them out but stopped short of doing that after I had to find some old files still stored on floppies and for doing that the quickest method was to use the DOS machine. (Logic dictated that if I still used a machine then it made sense to keep its maintenance tools.)
There is “artisan” bread, made by hand, which is the round kind. Then there is “sandwich bread”, which is the rectangular kind.

Ingredients: Artisan bread is usually just flour, water, salt, yeast (sourdough is just flour and water, too). Sandwich bread can include milk or other fats to make it softer and is more of a “cake”. In industrial settings, there are a lot of preservatives included in the sandwich bread.

Mixing: Artisan bread is mixed by hand. Sandwich bread is mixed in a mixer. The former thus has less worked gluten.

Shaping: Artisan bread is made into a ball (similar to “spinning” pizza dough). Sandwich bread is poured into a tin and requires no shaping.

Bake: Artisan bread is baked at high heat, around 500F, in steam. Sandwich bread is baked in a specific tin at lower heat, like a cake.

As you can see, the sandwich bread is easily scalable and, being essentially a cake, is preferred by many. A loaf of sandwich bread is around $1-$2 where an artisan bread is like 4x more.

Also, there are flours, like rye, which have to be made with sandwich-type methods. These flours don’t have enough gluten to hold shape on their own.
I think Hikaru wouldn't want people coming to his defense like this. He'd be the first to acknowledge how strong Ding is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbAkk150pqs

It's not discrediting Hikaru to say that there are strong players that can't participate.
Should note that subculture seems to have died out among the youngest set. My little sis claims her high school class didn't have cliques and she's currently "studying" goth culture like an anthropologist. (She wants to join them)
Absent rules to manipulate to force wikipedia to accept crypto, crypto advocates who want to get their way must rely on their powers of persuasion to influence opinions in the present. The opinions of founders years ago, whatever they might have been, aren't relevant.
> People are smarter today because of the internet and their phone in their pocket.

Is that so? From where I sit, it doesn’t seem access to the world’s information has been a factor in how “smart” people are at all.

Slight aside, can you look up a single education metric improving since the creation of the Dept of Education?
> Note that even if it was backed by data, it would still be wrong.

Is it? This is the big question, as far as I can see. If my country has green people and blue people, and green people are overwhelmingly more likely to commit fraud, is it wrong to require additional fraud checks on the basis of being green?

Note that this isn't a conviction. It's accepted that the standard is not so exacting that no one innocent must be subject to investigation - that would be impossible under realistic circumstances. (Hell, even convictions don't meet that standard.)

On the other hand, I do accept the argument that you would have to be very, very cautious that you don't end up with a feedback loop if you did this - in other words, a system where you keep convicting green people because you investigate them, and the data therefore keep suggesting that green people have a greater propensity for crime, and so forth. That's undoubtedly happening in many countries, I'm sure.
Because you don't want others to notice what you're doing, obviously. If the CEO of X is buying massive amounts of X stock, people will start assuming they have inside information, and the price will go up. If the CEO of X bought a few shares at market price every day, that will be less likely to alert anyone, and they will be able to continue buying at very low prices.
My guess is that price (relative to the competition) is a good signal for this. If someone is buying an $80 mug for example, they probably really like that mug even before they get it, and so they're more likely to leave a good review. A $10 mug might be more of an impulse buy
The point of a surveillance system, for better or for worse, is to fade into the background so the subject forgets that they're being surveilled, even if they know about it.
Look in healthcare IT :)
> That means she received tens of thousands of Euros per year!

I'm writing this from memory, so it may be wrong, but as I remember it: parents would receive "modest" support; a much larger part would go directly to the daycare, outside of the parents' view. Now if the daycare was deemed to be illegal/fraud/..., the parents would be on the hook for both the money they received as well as the money the daycare received.

Again, I may be misremembering - but this is definitely one way to put a mom into 100s of thousands of debt that she'd never seen.
Rad Power Bikes lays off 100 employees, about 14% of staff, after raising $304M
I still have my custom-made 20' cable for laplink over parallel ports...

Those were the days.
Hikaru himself has acknowledged it is very unlikely he can be champion.
I thought I’d share a few:

- Diffing YAML files: https://github.com/homeport/dyff

- Inspecting Docker image layers: https://github.com/wagoodman/dive

- Interactive HTTPS proxy: https://mitmproxy.org/
Thanks! That makes me more comfortable with how they normalized the data. It wasnt like a “FCC Net Neutrality” result at all
It was Mr. Pottering in the plumbing with a NIH Pipebomb
> Am I just now very old

The kids are going to run their mouths about your age. Ignore them.
There are two libraries near me that aren’t free - they charge an annual “membership” fee. One even operates more like an old blockbuster when it comes to newly released books. They charge a daily rental fee! It’s 25¢ a day, I believe.