skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
While it is easier to be mean online, it is also easier to be nice. On the internet I like to be very lighthearted and optimistic, and I find that many people IRL do not appreciate this. Also, you can be nice to other people by helping them do something, building something, whatever, and then you can dispose of an identity easily if you get emotionally attached to it. IRL if I did one thing or another, it would make me anxious to feel obligated to keep up a reputation whose surface area just keeps growing excessively (in terms of the number of words/actions), people may rely on you or expect you to act in a particular way. With anonymity you can mitigate this.
It's not possible to have an uncapped block size. As blocks get larger they take longer to propagate through the network. Longer propagation means more forks, which means more work is wasted on forks which do not become canonical, which lowers the effective hash rate of the network and therefore the threshold for a 51% attack.

2MB is far too small, but it would be a gross mistake to overcorrect by removing the cap entirely.

See, for example: https://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt/~ler/docencia/rcs1314/papers/P2P...

> On an actually uncapped Bitcoin instance, Blocks (Block size) and transaction fees will grow exponentially

Transaction fees would drop to zero. The fee is a bid in an auction for scarce block space. If block space is not scarce then the winning bid is always zero.
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I’m not very knowledgeable about this, but I have friends and family in the UK and traveled there monthly for years, so not zero context: and for a country that went from the largest empire ever to a minor great power at best in like 50 years, it seems like a pretty attractive place to live all things considered. It’s got problems but not like 10x worse than any other developed nation.

Do you happen to know how they managed that decline without worse consequences?
Not to be missed, though, is the issue of explainability in machine learning.

Explainable AI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explainable_artificial_intelli...

Edit: Coincidentally, someone just posted this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31390564 - "Breaking into the black box of artificial intelligence (nature.com)".
Is there a way to write v8 bytecode directly and to execute v8 directly on it?
Huh. So sleep plays the role of EMDR?
The world does not, contrary to popular opinion, revolve around stock prices. Ownership is about having equal influence in strategic decisions.

"I don't care about the success as long as I get paid" is typically something you hear from people who have never tried a truly democratic workplace before. It's a transformative experience.
Lotus 1-2-3's UI was nowhere modern/polished as QuattroPro. Of course they had a hold of the user base.
Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code
Agreed. This is the copyright answer. The medical images are (probably) not an original work of authorship subject to copyright protection.
This is exactly what I did. I have an HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini sitting on a shelf in my basement running HomeAssistant and a stack of other software that the technology in my house more or less relies on.
So you're certain that the pharmaceutical industrial complex had nothing to do with suppressing existing, safe medications, by spreading propaganda that they weren't effective - and even dangerous - rather that you need to buy their newer, expensive treatment?

Are you so sure Musk was spreading misinformation?

Did you know that Pfizers new anti-viral drug targets the same pathway that Ivermectin apparently uses as well? I've seen that stated elsewhere - but also someone on HN not so long ago brought it up too, and provided citations to that research.

Are you aware of how much money and what % of ad spend on mainstream-mass media channels is paid for by the pharmaceutical industry? Ads which are solely meant to manipulate people to believe something to then do certain behaviours they otherwise wouldn't have? Is it starting to feel like a conspiracy theory to you, even though the logic holds?
We have a very large yard and lots of trees so I started putting up bird feeders.

Now we have more birds than I've ever seen.

They're still out there.
What happens to TLDs when their country stops existing?
People in the real world want to form personal connections; geeks think communication is about information exchange, but that's not it (usually). We are social animals, we need each other, we all greatly desire human connection.

People in the real world aren't exchanging information or socially entertaining themselves in whatever way we do online - what are we doing online? It's not about personal connections in any real sense. It's not about exchanging information - it's mostly infotainment.

What are we doing? Is there anything comparable in humanity pre-Internet?
There are two "Connectivity" sections. :/

It mentions in the second one that it's for mobile devices.
Honestly, I don't care about the problem itself that much. I mean, I'm used to constant problems with pretty much all audio-devices on my linux laptop (even when they work fine on Windows, which seriously makes me angry — when it was supposed to be the fucking year of linux on desktop?), my Elite 65t's are no better nor worse, I did use them on the laptop a couple of times and they worked somehow.

But the response is infuriating. I wouldn't really expect anything else from something like Xiaomi, but Jabra? Don't they care about their reputation at all? I mean, they could at least pretend they care. Refunding a single customer is cheap as fuck, even if he is not really in the right. Well, I don't know, but I suspect this thread may already cost them more than fucking $150 or whatever it is Jabra Elite 85t costs now.

However, to be completely honest, I'm not sure what my next wireless earbuds manufacturer should be. I bought 65t's a long time ago (obviously), and I'm pretty sure nothing could really compete back then, all things considered. I don't know about now.
> decades of copyright maximalists downplaying or ignoring our valid concerns by insisting that if they didn't get everything they wanted, they would take their toys and go home.

I want them to take their toys and go home. I don't believe civilization or culture would be harmed the slightest if the small benefit of copyright enforcement (against non-commercial copying) went away. Most creators don't make a living from their work, and keep trying anyway. If they do make a living, it's usually less because the work is amazing, and more that they (or their publishers) are really good at promotion and created a compelling narrative about the work. Parallel to that, and in a tiny minority, there are a few major artists at any given time that are printing money making content that sells itself, and a few more who are making content that has enough of a niche audience that they can make a living through patreon, youtube, substack, etc. Everyone else's stuff is not that good, doesn't resonate that well, and it takes promotion to sell it.

None of those paths to monetization require copyright enforcement against ordinary people sharing music or tv or movies or books with each other. If the content is good it will sell enough to make it worthwhile to produce. If it's not that good, the creator is more like a salesperson, and should get good at that, go hungry, or find a day job.
Create unlimited number of spaces. Don't like what's going on in a particular space? Don't go there. It's not like the physical world where there's a limited number of desirable spaces. If you find yourself unable to resist entering into a space where you're at odds with the other inhabitants, you're the problem. Go work on that. Don't make it everyone else's probably to fix your flaws for you.
These have to be some of the worst "clearly had time and money invested in them, but are totally shit" docs I've seen in a long while. No code samples, takes ~7 seconds to load each page and the "Concepts" page (a natural starting point) is blank [1].

Maybe "Explore IDL routines" might have some interesting stuff? Nope [2]. The most concise and useful page I've found seems to document the "IDL _help_ Syntax" [3].

I can't get over how poor these docs are.

1. https://www.l3harrisgeospatial.com/docs/idl_concepts.html

2. https://www.l3harrisgeospatial.com/docs/routines-1.html

3. https://www.l3harrisgeospatial.com/docs/idl_syntax.html
I don't this contradicts the "gone the way of the DSLR market" claim. Sonos and similar systems are simply good enough for most people.

Whether it's TVs, cameras, surround sound systems, we reached a point of diminishing returns by cramming in more pixels or speakers. At that point, you're competing on factors like convenience. There will still be markets for 7.1+ surround sound or DSLR cameras, but they're smaller now.
I think “listening to music as an activity” and “buying, tweaking and upgrading expensive audio setups” are two separate activities that often overlap but do not require each other.
As an example, I fiercely enjoy sitting on my couch with my eyes closed listening to full albums of the White Stripes or Stars of the Lid or Boards of Canada or Sufjan Stevens on my AirPods Max, streamed via Bluetooth from my iPhone. Every audiophile would laugh in my face because of the poor hifi choices I’m making.

But I’m damn sure I’m really attentively listening to the music.
Are you sure your memory isn't just a bit hazy from last time that happened? I think there are credible reasons to believe the lab leak never happened, but anyone could be forgiven for losing some details in two and a half billion years.
I propose we move to a new system. Proof of Wasted Electricity
Hmm I get the point, still PowerPointing is always use as a term for “not really doing any work”. I guess it is because it always to try to explain to our businesses what could work and you have to do a lot before something catches on. Yeah I know, little vision in our business.
The usual recommendations have been given. Now for more touristic approach what I would like to use if given excuse and time. All those options are mostly written in C:

- QBE [1] - small compiler backend with nice IL

- DynASM [2] - IIUC the laujit's backend, that can and is used by other languages

- uBPF - Userspace eBPF VM. Depending on your DSL the eBPF toolchain could fit your use-case, but this would probably be the biggest excursion. There is some basic assembler in python.

[1] https://c9x.me/compile/

[2] https://luajit.org/dynasm.html

[3] https://github.com/iovisor/ubpf
You always have to rely on somebody if you don't do it yourself.
Ummm a more general purpose version would just be a GPU. The point is that it has to be specific purpose to be efficient.
I've said it before and I'll say it a thousand times more: when showing a language...

Show. Me. The Code.

I had to click through 5(!) links before I saw any code and those links were not terribly intuitive. No "getting started", no "tutorial", nothing. It seems like an interesting language but it baffles me how many language designers and implementers seem to hide the very code that they aim to use.

Here is the first bit of code I could find: https://www.l3harrisgeospatial.com/docs/bubbleplots.html
> But pay is unfortunately not based on that or any notion of “fairness”

That’s somewhat the entire purpose of this HN post though.

I understand how we got here, I think it’s stupid and silly. Furthermore I don’t for a second believe that the information exists to actually make the calculations you list. There is literally no way to determine those percentages, it’s all a guess and often a bad guess IMHO.
I've been using Homebridge and I'm currently in the process of switching over to Home Assistant. Homebridge has been very useful for what it does, but it's also very limited. I haven't fully committed to it yet but it's already looking like Home Assistant can replace 100% of what I'm using Homebridge for while offering a lot more options.

At this point I would recommend starting with Home Assistant instead of Homebridge even if you just care about HomeKit support.
Which websites do you consider as higher quality alternatives to the massive library that all 3 of those sites have?
This is sort of what Nvidia did with the cards they sold directly to miners. At the end of the day they're still GPUs (albeit without display outputs) so they could in theory be repurposed for work that actually benefits society.

In practice that would never happen because by the time miners are done with the cards they'd be too out of date for machine learning or other general compute workloads, and useless for budget gamers because of the lack of display outputs. It's really a shame how much power and silicon is being wasted on cryptomining.
Complain to the ftc and your local attorney general.
Ask HN: How do I stream audio over Wi-Fi to 50 devices
What hardware / software combination would reliably allow 50 devices to connect over wife and stream audio simultaneously?

Is this a solved problem?
That's the current system.
Sure. There are democratic organisations where your compensation is determined by a board of your peers, following principles universally agreed upon in the organisation; Morning Star is one of them.
This may seem like a controversial opinion, but I think that it's a good development.

Some people have lost the "genetic lottery" in ways that make them dependent on medication. And for some, it may block career options, such as color vision deficiencies.

We should embrace it, instead of painting dystopian scenarios. At least, we shouldn't stop people from fixing problems that they were unfairly born with.
Why a Zimbabwean firm offers pensions denominated in cows
How do you solve the issue when your ideals are rejected by parents (adults) of children being taught? Is it just "too bad for them?" (whether democrat or republican?)

No, my suggestion is to view schools as politically agnostic. This is possible, and the best option for everyone everywhere.

Political beliefs can, and should be, left to adults to decide on their own.
1. I use Adderall, cycle with Caffeine, with days on neither to prevent dependence.

2. I use Google Tasks and stick everything there obsessively. Some tasks are higher overhead to track than to execute, but not having to make the track/just-execute distinction enables more execution because of how ADHD works for me (choice making induces task avoidance)

3. I have a daily meeting at 0830 where I execute a daily tasks list. Here's the first few lines:

Recruiting platform checks

Greenhouse:

Screen current candidates

Review scorecards

Review Application Review

Write 3 objectives for the day

Clear all Gmail inbox

One off tasks

Review task deadlines

On Recruiting Board

On Engineering Board

Do all immediately due tasks

In my case, all of my behaviour got worse after I had a bad car accident so I've been forced to use all this machinery. I still get the desire to work and stuff like that but I get some sort of physiological fear-response for things that appear big but just need to be done.

This is problematic for someone in my position, so I just use the tools to deal with them and I'm able to fairly performant, though it probably sounds silly to many people who are able to task-dispatch much more easily.
Managing decline is not a plan for survival.

And revanchism is? What Trump was trying to make happen "again" wasn't all that great the first time, except for those at the very top.
SD cards definitely fail but USB ssd is rock solid from personal experience.
Oh, in the case where there are material underlying costs, it should be a lot easier to charge. People 'get' that. You can given them a discount and that's that.
> I am the author.

Cool. Thanks for publishing your research!

What was your thesis topic, if you don't mind sharing?
Vivaldi, the Chrome-engined browser made by people who left Opera after it was bought by a dodgy Chinese company, has (like Opera), tabs that are configurable to appear on any side of the window:

https://vivaldi.com/wp-content/themes/vivaldicom-theme/img/f...

from: https://vivaldi.com/features/tab-management/

as well as a open (and closed) tabs manager across all windows: https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/tabs/window-panel/

I guess I've been using tabs on the side for over 10 years now. IntelliJ also has this feature for open files.
Difference: Apple controls software + hardware and can this immediately utilize hardware efficiencies like a new Arch with a simultaneous release. Intel doesn’t control Windows.
I call bias and filtering on your side.

Online, people behave far more awful than IRL. Probably you filter this by labeling it as trolling or immature, or by selection. People IRL are more focused on "harmonizing", because there is usually a more direct consequence for bad behavior. In the worst case, it's souring your relationship with people you need to live with, which most people simply don't want. But this is not a bad thing, because being too critical can be very toxic and harmful. IRL people are more focused on stability than letting the world burn, because they don't need to experience the consequences. This on the other side has the strange effect of hyperfocused attention and opinions. People are more limited to their own filter-bubble, being very uncritical of their own bubble, but hypercritical of everything outside.
Wombo.art
Wait Sonos is 2.4Ghz only?

Even my cheapo digital photo frame and my “need to make it cheap to turn a profit” ereader work on 5Ghz…
"commenting or creating anything online is really weird"

You are commenting right now here on HN. Are you ok ? ;)
> Maybe there's a sample bias because of the online communities I visit (like HN)

Boy, are you in for a surprise. HN is often an echo chamber.
Not necessarily although there are advantages. While generally taboo, physical violence does have positive effects on Curbing some Behavior
My home is made out of drywall. Hasn't crashed yet.
>dissuaded by the emotional and nonsensical conversations he was getting into here

If they were conversations, then he must have been contributing to the emotion and nonsense, otherwise he could have just ignored it.

I don't know who your engineer is, but in some professional forums, I have seen prima donnas leave in a huff because they just couldn't stand to be challenged and couldn't refrain from going off-topic by discussing the personality of the other person(s).
You mentioned it before that I did. And no I don’t want you to pump it, but answer the following yes/no questions please:

-) Did your article discuss miner profit from finding Bitcoin?

-) Did you mention that Bitcoin’s emission halves and will eventually end?

-) Did you mention that miners profit from including transactions?

-) Did you mention that transactions become the SOLE source of income once all Bitcoin is mined in around a century from now?

-) Did you mention that BTC is a version of Bitcoin which allows only for a maximum of 200k transactions every ten minutes?

-) Did you mention that the original design should allow for millions (and billions 30 years from now) of transactions every ten minutes?

-) Would such a huge number of transactions processed render miners more profitable than your calculation?

-) Would revenue from fees be much higher than the 1-2% you mentioned miners currently do?

-) Does omitting the above facts render your article possibly half-factual?
Calendly is useful but lacks support for calendars. I'd love to see a replacement support subscriptions to feeds so that I'm not restricted to Google/Apple calendar services.
I recently had a problem with one of my Jabra earbuds dying. They claimed it was no longer under warranty (even though their website promised a year or two under warranty and it had been only about 8 months). I eventually just gave up and got new earbuds. It pretty much destroyed my view of the company.
Might consider using the Athena Federated Query. Essentially it is a lambda that knows how to get data from a database instance and write it to s3. It is very well optimized for partitioned tables.

https://github.com/awslabs/aws-athena-query-federation/tree/...

Once that is configured, execute a Create-Table-As (CTAS) or insert query using a select from the configured lambda-backed catalog.

I have only tryed the mysql version, but they docs indicate they are very similar.
I did not need a tight integration between my phone contacts and my mail contacts.
However, I think a good mail client such as thunderbird could do a good job.

I am using my own domain and I am using OVH as my mail provider.
People are the same. I believe the confusion here is thinking that the things we type and the things we say and act in person have the same meanings, both internally and socially.

Long discussion goes here, but human language is a socially-contextual performance art which has roots in the creation and teaching of the construction of tools. Vagueness, non-verbal messaging, social signaling, and all of the other aspects of language are built in order to transfer that tool knowledge with the minimum amount of effort. To be even further reductionist, you don't have to make that spear out of the exact same rock I used as long as you get a point on the end of a sufficiently long stick. Language's inability to be precise and have millions of shades of meaning based on other things besides words is a feature, not a bug. It's an evolutionary survival trait, probably needed by any sentient creatures.

Contrast that to what we're doing now on HN: typing messages back and forth. That is not the use of human language, at least not as we understand it today. Printed text is not language. Symbolic representation of sounds has a singular, yet fundamentally different goal: the unambiguous transfer of knowledge. The closer that knowledge that we want to transfer is to the human experience, the worse printed text works for that purpose. This is why fiction can be a 12-part novel while a chemistry formula might take up one page.

So when we see text messages flying back-and-forth, it engages a different part of our brain. Continuing my simplification, when we view and interact with text, we're really looking to play some advanced video game where the correct text and replies "proves" an exact version of the world that others might not share. This is why so many online arguments end up end semantic wordplay games. It's not that people are petty, it's that we're trying to take that hominid brain system and bolt it into a logical, mathematical framework. Tech folks commonly say something like "If a implies b, and b implies c, then a implies c" Unless you use a set theory definition of a,b, and c, this can be shown to fail rather easily. [1]

tl;dr, when I type the word "dog", think of a dog, and have a conversation with my grandmother about her dog, although we want to think of the word as being the exact same thing in all three contexts, it is not. It just appears that way. That's why you think people are acting so differently. They're not. It's just different things are going on in different social/physical contexts without our realizing it.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism#Syllogistic_fallacie...
Birmingham University before and after – Architecture Revival