skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Never heard the phrase "Ask your doctor about xy" anywhere but on US TV. Sometimes pretty hard drugs like psychotropic drugs. When I first head it my response was "WTF, shouldn't the doctor tell you what you need and not the other way around?"

This was the case for many years where it was illegal to have advertisements for prescription medicines. They lifted this like 15 years ago. This was very favorable for the pharmacutical companies as now patients are going to go to doctors and ask exactly that.

What is worse now IMO is these direct to patient ads on social media from Cerebral. They show a lot of common things that people do (Like slack off, not pay attention to something boring), and then encourage them to talk to them for ADHD treatement. While more awareness of mental disorders and health is great, it is a bit scary when people can get convinced they have a disorder that needs pharmaceutical intervention and shop these firms until they get a script.
Wife needed to take an uber to work today... it was 7:50am. App said "UberX, drop off at 8:13". Her office is about 15 minutes away. She books it. "Your UberX will pick you up at 8:15" - meaning she wouldn't get there until 8:30. It's horse shit. I get that shit changes for a myriad of reasons. But I've taken uber 4 times in the past month and every fucking time they do this. It isn't a drop off time. It is a fucking pick up time.
You're abandoning the context of the thread. The original comment you replied to was about how the US Healthcare system should be fixed so that you always know doctors are optimized for your needs
> a dedicated online only teaching platform

Can you provide links to any?
https://archive.ph/XWac4
What language is the most useful/widely spoken globally?
What career is most paid?
Which stocks or other investments gained most in each decade from 20s to 50s?
What is the most useful new scientific discovery?
What are the current political/economic blocks?
Which things/trends that existed already in 2022 or earlier are still relevant in 2050?
Describe the current youth/pop culture.
Describe an average day of an average person
I agree that this is a basket of things we could do to increase competition which may reduce prices, but it may also create a whole entirely new host of problems depending on what we change. Eliminating tariffs for example will almost certainly put a lot of Americans out of work who, can't really do much about it. When they don't have jobs and don't have money to pay bills or eat, they'll re enact tariffs, or... start a revolution. The main issue is that all countries in the world don't live on the same playing field. If we got rid of nation states altogether then we wouldn't need a lot of these things.
Do you know if the System Configuration does cost anything and if how much?
Visualizing Companies with the Most Patents Granted in 2021
The 10-Box Exercise: Where Estimate Rubber Hits the Calendar Road
Ha; I’ve always found these nickel and dime savings efforts, as if the waste creation at scale is offset by shaving a few dollars, laughable

Nah; while the species as a whole is fine to grind forward without a care, I’m all in full speed ahead.

Leaving my lights on in empty rooms, generating all the one time use waste; front row seats to the apocalypse sounds metal af.
Those are some atrocious computer numbers, though. I have a desktop PC with 5.1 speakers and 2 Monitors. Standby is less than 10W (10W being the lowest my device can recognize). 36W? What?
I agree. Its important to remember that some types of pain have the biological purpose of preventing you from overusing an injured part of your body. Masking that with painkillers can give you a fall sense of confidence to continue using parts of your body that in reality should be at rest.
Please tell me your secret. Is there anything you do differently, relative to in person? Or do you just end up with a selected sample of super motivated students?

This in particular:

> The class discussions have been meatier...

is a literal miracle.

I think it might be this:

> I am fortunate to teach small classes of motivated students with good study skills.

I teach an honors and a regular section of one of my classes. The honors students (who are more serious and motivated in general) definitely are affected less.

If you are teaching grad students that is also not going to be representative of the overall population. Those guys are definitely in the right tail of motivation.
As a rule of thumb one Watt standby equals 9KWh per year. If you have expensive electricity like we do in Germany with 35 Cent per kWh, this is roughly 3 Euro per year.

10 Watt standby does not sound unplausible I found that my subwoofer of a very well known brand consumes about 6 Watts in standby, and our old Roomba is very hungry when on standby, too.

Get a device to measure power consumtion for a 15 Euros/Dollars, find the energy hogs, and give the device to friends and relatives. This will not save the world, but you WILL find some pontential for saving energy.
The buzzword circa 2006 was "Rich Internet Application" framework/platform and the concept was not even totally new then. It included GWT, but also an Adobe product built on Flash called Flex and some other vendor solutions that compiled to Javascript that I no longer recall the names of. The space was well-defined enough that there was a Gartner magic quadrant for it.
In Kubrick's movie The Shining there is a gold room that seems based on this gold standard adoption, there is a very interesting analysis [1].

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWZEwedPkc
This kind of seems to reduce to Google's inability, or unwillingness, to do anything about SEO.
>if this comes on, turn on everything

Eco-friendly or not, I'm impressed; detecting power draw and using that as a signal is actually a legitimately clever solution to the problem of wanting to conveniently switch multiple things at once. The only caveat I can think of is that some devices probably don't like being switched at the wall.
I had a dentist appointment before COVID. They found a cavity and scheduled me to have a filling. Then, COVID hit and I cancelled the appointment.

I went back two years later for another checkup/cleaning. They didn't find any cavities.

Maybe it healed itself? Apparently that's possible via re-mineralization. Either way, if that was possible, then perhaps they shouldn't have been so eager to drill and fill?
Reading blog posts from founders ranting about exactly the problem that their startup is trying to solve is kind of par for the HN course, is it not?
Before I even clicked I knew it was going to have some US only thing.
“LISP is worth learning for a different reason — the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it. That experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use LISP itself a lot.”

— http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#skills1
Could you name, say, two more? Reducing your use of heating or AC is the only other similar adjustment I can think of. I don't think 10 such adjustments exist.
Obv way too early to make any conclusions.

Reminds me of people saying Bitcoin failed as an inflation hedge over the past 1-2 years while ignoring the success of the hedge over a 10 year period.
It's pragmatism. If something doesn't work, it doesn't matter how secure it is.
1 is kind of useless. It's not really actionable. Plenty of people knew that. It would make it all the more devastating to watch it unfold regardless.

The rest is solid advice although it wouldn't really pay off until 2010+. 4 is solid advice but also pretty well known at the time. I don't know if smokers were banking on a cure for cancer when deciding to continue smoking.

What would we say to someone to give them that would help them live their best life?
Looks interesting --- and easy to subvert.

Unless I misunderstand, app owners/developers can still collect personal data --- and do what they want with it --- including sell it.

In other words, Google apps can still collect all your data.
Honestly, the bigger issue is that most SWEs just aren’t very good. It’s extremely telling that when you spend time in tech forums most people dread system design questions as the harder side of interviewing for senior level SWE roles…

System design, though, is the actual point of SW ENGINEERING. That’s the part that is responsible for creating a foundation of quality to build on.

The other side is that sysadmins have largely become DevOps or SRE roles, which means most folks left as a sysadmin are those that couldn’t hack it in the other roles. In the end, as we grow the number of people in tech, the number of software and systems, and the complexity we experience a regression to the mean across the board.

It’s always been a pet peeve of mine that I can count on my hand the number of SWEs in my ~20yr career that had similar understanding of the system they worked with as their SRE counterparts… but this should be table stakes.
I have two “Cadillac” dental insurance plans. When I sit down in the chair I just inform them that I am not interested in any service that is not fully covered by my insurances, and if its partially covered, I want a pretty detailed breakdown of why I need it before I will agree to the service.

Usually this stops the service upselling.
There is a video at the top of the docs, but I agree it should be featured on the landing page
It works in lots of countries, even in the US. Just not in US business culture.
It definitely wasn't obvious to me — I wanted to point out the same thing.
Overly naive. Without some form of hardware/drug matter patent a whole lot of things aren't going to get made without direct government funding. Why, for example, should a drug company try to be the first manufacturer of a new drug class given the risk of failure? Why try to invent a new product class - better to clone.

Without regulations, there's no consumer protection or guarantee that what's purchased was what was described. Very bad when it comes to biologically active materials and "well, it worked for me" isn't the kind of defence I want to hear in the marketplace.

And I'm not sure how that would eliminate costs due to transport or raw materials unless you allow stealing them.
I've been using mastodon over the last few days and the difference between tech twitter and mastodon tech instances are dramatic. People engaging with my content has gone way up compared to twitter. I feel like unless you have a ton of followers on twitter, you get completely lost in the shuffle. Joining smaller instances increases the chances that your post will get noticed.

Also, joining tech focused instances means the content you are reading is almost exclusively about tech. Twitter has mechanisms to filter the content you want, but it feels totally different and a little forced.

For example, my sidebar has entertainment news articles on Twitter. I don't want to see that crap on my page.
Reminds me of my old dental hygienist who would "threaten" me with a more invasive (and expensive) cleaning process every time I'd visit. Switched dentists, mentioned my "gums" and the concerns of my old dentist, and they were like "no, your gums are fine".

Also reminds my of my experience with my disease "specialist" and my GP. Specialist is concerned about my cholesterol, puts me on meds, schedules regular (now expensive) blood tests. I mention it to my GP and he's says "your cholesterol is fine, don't worry about it"

Who do I trust exactly?
Anybody know what the frequency response looks like for this? I assume it can’t generate high decibel sound at very low hz?
The classic quote is: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." You're trying to assign incorrect motives to people on this thread. That's dishonest.

I absolutely agree that if people hate some minority, they should be able to say it outright. That should carry social stigma, but not a prison sentence, public shaming, or economic ruin. Censoring people isn't effective. If people feel oppressed, they dig in.

I live in one of the wokest parts of the US, and it's also probably the most racist place I've been. You can't have open conversations with people. All the racism and bigotry is just closeted and hidden.

I used to live in a part of the US where a few people were openly racist, and it was a million times better. Most people weren't racist. The ones who were, you could avoid. You could also talk to people about their beliefs, and you know something? People got less racist over time. Open conversations also meant you could explore reasons for achievement gaps and employment gaps, and there was slow and steady progress.

Free society is prerequisite to addressing prejudice, not the other way around.

The only thing that has changed since the classic quote are market dynamics: Platforms can generate ad clicks by lying, polarizing people and promoting hate. That, we ought to address. But we ought to address it without outright cancelling / censoring / banning / ostracizing people. Technically, that's not even hard to do; if people post crap, The Algorithm shouldn't bump it up. From a market perspective, that's impossible without regulation; if Twitter/Facebook/etc. don't promote hate, lies, and polarization, a new platform which does will take over.
Have you gone through a ticketing system change yet with a developer team? I've seen several, and not once was "we must import the old PR's/issues/features into the new system" given any serious consideration. Conversely, every source control system migration I've seen took great pains to preserve the committer, the date and the full commit message of each separate commit.

Point being, in a few years all your [external references] will be useless. Can your commit messages explain the commit context on their own?
With respect to burnout, traditional sports can only be practiced for so long each day

NCAA and players' unions also define how much a player can practice in those sports.
Thank you for the clarification. I definitely agree with you. Unfortunately for me, I still dislike using the declarative frameworks that happen to be in JS.
This analysis glances over the simple reality that corporations not only need to make a profit, but need to make the highest profit possible relative to their peers. Stocks have reached such insane valuations that companies need double-digit growth just to maintain their existing prices

Many Americans are still flush with cash from loose monetary policy, pay raises, and COVID savings. So long as they have this cash, companies will keep increasing prices. Companies are also understandably trying to get in as many price increases as they can now because this may not be possible later.

And what about when these companies lose money? Should I have paid more for my flight tickets during the pandemic just because I had a higher net worth than United?
Apple selling parts?! Um, has hell frozen over?

This screams "court ordered" to me. The self-service site isn't Apple branded in any way.
I spent so many hours messing around with Forge

Always wanted a proper 3D remake of Marathon - Halo didn't really scratch the same itch
Its complicated.

Technically speaking, if there's any decay in your teeth, that's a cavity. The deeper it is, the faster it'll get worse. When you want to get that filling though, is a judgement call that a lot of dentists make for you sadly. Is it best to go ahead and get those fillings now? Probably, as far as your dental health is concerned. Can it be delayed though and done later? Almost certainly. Just a bigger filling later. Or maybe a crown if it gets too far gone.

Also, how fast your decay progresses depends on a variety of factors. For some people, it won't be long before those questionable cavities become serious problems. For others, it can be many years if they decay much further at all even. I think it's largely genetic, but also depends on oral care, diet habits, etc.

So, no, I don't think most dentists are just seeing dollar signs and putting fillings onto teeth without cavities. Its not outright fraud or malpractice. But some dentists are sympathetic to your financial situation while others think dental health should be a priority above everything, no matter the cost.

So it's a mix I think, between dentists' values/philosophies about dental care, and the lack of science about how fast tooth decay can vary from person to person (and an inability to measure that).
Pretty sure the image at the top is of Wistman's Wood in Devon, UK. In case anyone was wondering!

https://www.google.com/search?q=wistmans+wood&rlz=1C1ONGR_en...
Wouldn't buyers who really wanted a smaller phone opt for the SE instead?
Can’t visit the site either. German IP.
The point is that by framing it as a medical decision they change the calculation, pushing it ahead of other important things the patient might spend on.
Yeah, Mastodon and most of it's clones are run by some of the worst sewage runoff from Twitter, who rampantly defederate and block any 'other' who encroaches on their echo chamber. I wish it wasn't the case, but sadly it is.
Well, Mathematica is lispy, and there is:

https://www.wolfram.com/data-science-platform/

I suppose Hylang is quite slow (and possibly has leaky abstractions). Ideally the main C/C++ libraries like libtorch should be wrapped in Common Lisp and not Python.
How many people should you date before settling down? Follow the 37% rule
Elom must gets Twitter, that much sounds plausible. But reading the article, I can't help thinking that Elon gets something about Twitter that the article author doesn't. And that I don't either, for that matter.
While there certainly have been some negative outcomes as far as grades go. There have also been studies saying that school going online has improved the mental health of some students [1]. There was a decrease in anxiety, and a decrease in the severity of depression. Students who had lower wellbeing pre-pandemic were the ones who saw a significant increase in wellbeing going to school online.

Now this is speculation on my part but the students who may be suffering from bullying (leading to that anxiety and depression) now have more control of their environment and connections. Its easy to ignore someone typing in some chat room (and maybe even mute them entirely) that you can't ignore when they are physically in the same location as you.

And I know being able to control my environment, and fidget or move around, or whatever I want to do allows me to work better than being stuck in some classroom bored and daydreaming. So for certain people there are definitely positive outcomes. Even if they are a minority. And a service like this might be a great asset to those people.

[1] https://sphr.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Young-Peo...
Just because it's covered by insurance doesn't mean they don't get paid for the work.
The BSDs. When I admined Solaris there was also very good docs.

The man depend on the utility. Except for the GNU stuff, where the man pages often tell you to look at the info pages.
Human men already do this as well - it's how you get single mothers.
Does the US have a uniform set of norms? Last I checked it was pretty divided.
>that it will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders, and that it will not modify in any way the exemption from taxation provided in the Reedy Creek Act, until all such bonds together with interest thereon, and all costs and expenses in connection with any act or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged.

https://emma.msrb.org/P21566885-P21210477-.pdf
> Which is why humans are quite "warm to the touch", so yes, you'd definitely feel that.

The original comment didn’t specify “to the touch”. Furthermore a (again) well-ventilated case will quickly expel heat, the case of my desktop PC is colder than ambient temp (that it’s aluminium and steel doesn’t help with heat retention either). I might feel some heat if I put my hands in the exit airflow, but even that is not a given: at a mere 100W the windchill of the back fan is likely sufficient to counteract the actual heat.
>I noticed through my energy monitor that idle power consumption was about 0.4-0.5kW while everyone was sleeping at night, which seemed high to my research of national averages.

>Edit, here's a very quick screenshot of the spreadsheet and data I've got to hand at the moment, in time I'll get something better cleaned up and together.

Many of the items on the list stretch the definition of "idle". For instance, network equipment. Sure, I guess if you're not using the internet at a given time it's "idle" and therefore can be turned off, but your use of it is so random that you effectively can't turn it off. Same goes for "clock and alexa". The networking equipment category alone makes up 78W, or 20% of the total. Also, listing fridge as "idle"? You effectively need it on 24/7.
Frog blast the vent core!
It’s a third party.
Similarly, if your engineering team suggests using a mangled corpse of a browser for the UI, fire them.
The thing seems to be more interesting, here I talked to the university dentist, and it seems there a like 4 stages of cavity, and you only start treatment at stage 4. But it seems not 100% clearcut when stage 4 is reached.
"From the rejected 37%, we choose the best and keep that information in our heads moving forward. If any subsequent options beat that benchmark standard, then you should stick with that option"
Ask HN: Which small video editor do you use?
When creating product videos, I'm looking for a very simple video editor, preferably in the browser, that can work with layers:

- add video from a MP4
- add text
- add stickers (à la GIPHY)
- render as MP4

I've tried this:

- TikTok video editor, perfect, but only works on mobile (not available on PC), and anyway I can't export the finished video as MP4
- TikTok Ad video editor, working on PC, but I can't export as MP4
- Veed.io, kapwing.com, clipchamp, ... are ok, but they all have expensive pricing: at least 12$/mo for no watermark

Are there open source solutions? Or paid software with a one-time payment?

(I don't like to spend 15$/mo for this: it will be 540$ spent in 3 years! I prefer software with a one time payement, 50 or 100$)
United States. Here’s my yelp review of the first place.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/shamblott-family-dentistry-hopkins?...
The time tracking is never used to evaluate engineer performance. It is only for reporting purposes, how much a project was charged vs how much it costed basically. And similar reporting. The company never looks at it at an individual level.
I'm pretty sure someguydave was being sarcastic.
apr 2020 was peak daily players because of lockdowns.
I've been using AVIF on my blog for about a year. It's worth noting that AVIF seems to have better quality at lower sizes (~0.5 bits per pixel, ~120KB at 1080p) than JPEG XL (at least for right now), so even if browsers supported JPEG XL, you still might get better optimization with AVIF.
I do think there is something to be said for creating a culture of sustainability. The values then become reflected in a society’s laws. If we as a people have even just a baseline consideration of our waste and energy consumption, then it stands to reason we’ll apply pressure to the truly responsible parties over time.

It also helps remove personal politics from the equation if everyone already sort of agrees we should be mindful as a standard sentiment. The fact that we have folks whose identity is tied to pollution, to the point where we had people at rallies going “drill baby drill!” barely more than a decade ago, says a lot. Remember: the GOP created the EPA. They used to be more openly supportive of conservation.

The truly responsible parties love the fact that millions of Americans are going to bat for their “right” to trash and pollute our country.