skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
At the time The Rise of Worse Is Better was written, Scheme had:

- no error handling. The specification described that certain situations result in an error, without defining what that means, or how you can catch and recover from one programmatically.

- no module system. The Scheme report didn't describe any feature for decomposing a Scheme program into multiple files. No rules governing how literal data goes into compiled files and what the rules are for recovering symbols. No evaluation controls (like don't evaluate this form when compiling, but only deposit it into a compiled file and such).

Unix was a useful production system used for running businesses, with error handling in its API's and compilation of programs decomposed into multiple files.

The "PC losering" problem was nicely resolved. Unixes developed sigaction, where you can specify it both ways: interrupts can bail the system call (which is sometimes what you want) or restart it (which is what you want at other times). Neither is inherently better. Sometimes you really don't want a long system call to go back to sleep as if nothing happened. A third solution is possible though: your signal can resume the system call when it returns normally, or else abandon it with a siglongjmp, which restores the signal mask to what it was at the sigsetjmp point. Then there is is various other signal paraphernalia. Basically the Unix people had the right intuitions in this area, and took an incremental approach whereby they gradually rolled in more correctness.
Agreed. Pretty much my numbers as well - around 300 gr weight loss a day.

An example:

A person with 14 % body fat and 74 kg body weight has around 10 kg fat. That is more than enough to go for about 30 days without any calorie intake.
I use the iPhone SE (Gen 2) and appreciate the size not the battery life. From a connectivity standpoint even the Apple Watch is sufficient (for me!) in a world where I have my iPad / Laptop / Desktop to choose from depending on the content and with the the M1 laptop even App Store games; where I want to play them is a matter of ultimate convince and choice these days.

It seems like the mini didn't sell well and that is unfortunate, hopefully we can still have enough range of size choice within the iPhone eco system moving forward.
> People are rational actors at optimizing their own well-being

What experiment can we make to empirically verify this claim? If no experiment is needed then the statement is a tautology.
Given that TFA says that RO is 3-4x more efficient, maybe it's 9Wh/L?
I love the big battery stuff but I don't see how it's profitable because powerbanks, powerbanks cases, and even magnetic or clipon wireless charging powerbanks exist and can cheaply be tailored to fit tons of phones. What benefit would a massive battery confer over a massive battery bank case. One that would be swappable / replaceable. I only recently gave up my S5 with a 10,000mAh extended battery. But with powerbanks and wireless charging it doesn't seem like a real market anymore.
Not confined to DataDog, but I always feel like I’m doing something wrong if my o11y costs are more than my infra costs.
Super happy this landed, I had the same kind of reaction as you :-)
Mind sharing why you chose Render over other competitors? Considering the same
I am considering moving, could you share why Fly wasn't adequate for you?
I figure there must be a lot of things in sea water that might be valuable, if only you could concentrate them. Or in brines that are extracted from underground, like how some lithium is currently mined if I understand correctly.
Fitness.
I actually think the TTS voice is better sounding than the human's voice.
ashura will come for thee
I visited the graveyard where many of the recovered victims of the Titanic were buried in Halifax, NS. People behaved incredibly rude there, just stepping all over the graves without watching their feet. In the case of the titanic, "resting in peace" unfortunately more applies to the people in the sea over the people who made it to land.
Well in their last earnings call they did boast incredible sales efficiency.
This is independent of lockstep vs. predictive and more to do with topology. SC2 (and most RTSs) are peer to peer, there is no server game state, just two clients that synchronize to each other. In that case, one client lagging will absolutely effect another. Also in that case, its incredibly difficult to not have both clients simulating full game state.

Prediction could mitigate that (and possibly does, even in sc2), but if one client is suspended and the other is running fine, either every thing that the running client does is moot (and will be reverted) or it gets suspended, regardless of lockstep or prediction.
Hostile Diffusion
The DRM bothered me until I discovered the Libby app’s excellent Kindle integration, now I don’t pay for anything since I have a great local library.
$100k? Most SV engineers could self-fund that. Why not make it $1m+?
Calibre makes converting epubs and loading them onto Kindles. It handles a wide range of different ebook formats. I probably would work with your Kobo as well if you have some non-epub source documuments.
U.S. Accuses Steve Wynn of Lobbying Trump on Behalf of China
So your solution to people arguing in bad faith is to be so wordy that they give up and move onto more easily mischaracterized targets?
My only rebuttal would be that I don't think the actual game itself should be affected if we want to preserve competitive integrity. That's where I draw the line. Raising the ping at a LAN does affect gameplay and rather significantly.

I do agree with you the host should make a decent effort of accommodating players who can't travel though, but I thought this was pushing it a bit too far for my taste.

What's funny about all this is that technically because the Asian Games aren't going to be held anymore and because it was one of the mitigating factors for RNG not travelling, technically they could physically travel to Korea now.
The article identifies degradation of the shipwreck as a controversial topic. Opinions on the matter differ between specialists, archeologists and the company that owns salvage rights to Titanic. The following site is linked, which I enjoyed reading

https://archive.archaeology.org/0101/etc/titanic1.html
gltfjsx is the easiest I have used: https://github.com/pmndrs/gltfjsx

r3f export from spline also seems pretty easy but I haven't tried it yet: https://twitter.com/0xca0a/status/1519751065222238211
The claim is "filter-free", but the device also uses an "electromembrane".
So... how is that not a filter? Because it's electrified?

The selling point of this device is that it doesn't need filter changes in the field. Okay. So, how many liters of seawater can in process before it needs an "electromembrane" change?

It's not my field of expertise, maybe I'm just really missing something obvious. Or maybe it's hype and BS tarnishing an otherwise good advancement. Can't tell.
Not to be too big of an asshole, but you really don't see the lesson here? To me, it's crystal clear. You don't allow a dreamer to be a project manager. They get bogged down in the dream and never finish the damn project. At some point, the dreamer has to hand off the dream to the doer, and let the doer go get it done.
You still get a sad pang when you pull some old coat or backpack out of the closet and rest your eyes on the tiny cell phone pocket, that is of no use today.
incidentally, chrome has an integrated proofreader now! i was pleasantly surprised when i saw the feature. doubly so when it said it's the same one gmail uses.
What's funny is I read the entire article and didn't notice any of those.

Although I don't think that last one is an example of a missing word. It's awkwardly phrased, but the grammar still works AFAICT.
Could use personal plan from Backblaze for 7$ a month

https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html

I'm sure there's alternatives

https://www.hetzner.com/de/storage/storage-box
This post was marked as dead — probably because your account is new — so I vouched it. However, you might want to email dang about getting that account flag turned off (or probably it's a karma limit) so you can resubmit and get more eyes on your question. hn@ycombinator.com is a monitored address and he usually replies pretty fast.
It would be very interesting to find out how much data Amazon has on pirated books being uploaded onto the Kindle.

The article ends with a discussion of Calibre. It would also be very interesting to know how much Calibre is used with pirated books.

Amazon must be following an interesting dance with copyright, piracy and the Kindle. They know if it gets too out of hand that's the end. But if they were to entirely lock down the Kindle to anything without DRM they would also know that many people would shift devices.
Isn't short term rentals banned in NYC?
the pingcap article mentions multi-raft, Cockroach DB also does the same thing to reduce chatter and traffic

blog post: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/scaling-raft/
The lack of support for ePub is very annoying, when my 2013 Paperwhite finally breaks I'll definitely replace it with a non-Amazon ebook reader with better file support. Probably one with Android so it has proper browser support since there is a web frontend for Caliber and it might be nice to access Readarr directly too.
that is not unique to Netflix, and it probably has to do with pre-existing licensing rights.

For example, Primevideo in my country has 5 seasons of Inuyasha but not 6 and 7, can you imagine the frustration? :)

Likewise, my kids like to watch Paw Patrol, and amazon only has season 4, but not the first 3.
The video limit isn't related to recording but thermals. Often they just have an in built timer to turn off video at the point they tested the camera to be getting too hot.
I am with you on this.I have disabled all features (including Gmail) and migrated my family to self hosting, but you need a Google account/identity when invited to some online webinars, for Android phone (unless you want to jump through huge hoops and use Aurora store, but some apps might still not work (banking...)). Unfortunately.
Ask HN: Why do women live longer than men?
This is New York Times. They want you to be confused.
Cadence still seems way off for the AI. Maybe it’s going word by word?
You know it's kind of funny, because many former Olympic dream teams have famously fallen short from time to time. The most noteworthy is the American basketball team losing early rounds to smaller countries, but also Canadian Hockey "dream teams" being knocked out of early rounds too. Every so often there are upsets, even if you do have a "dream team".

https://lebronwire.usatoday.com/lists/team-usa-basketball-ev...
>Profits are important as a publicly held company but Intel needs a new from-scratch improved microarchitecture which isn't based on the venerable Pentium Pro, which is basically what we're all running a riced up version of even today.

Indeed. In the one market Intel dominates, what saved the company 15 years ago amid Itanic and Pentium 4 was 1) AMD Thunderbird being just as inefficient as Pentium 4 and, more importantly, 2) an Intel Israel skunk works project to improve on the Pentium 3. There is no such out-of-the-blue miracle this time.

Meanwhile, Intel has failed, or at least failed to distinguish itself, in every single market it has entered since IBM chose the 8088 forty years ago: Every non-x86 instructional set CPU, flash memory, antivirus (still perhaps the most mystifying move in Intel history), servers/motherboards, and GPUs come to mind. The most successful non-x86 business for Intel is ... Ethernet cards? Meanwhile, it's embarrassed itself with discrete GPUs at least three separate times. A few years ago buying Nvidia would have been a savvy move; now it can no longer do so, and it's not impossible to imagine Nvidia buying Intel in the future.
Great - thank you
> But to have an axe constantly dangling over your head is no way to live. If you are competent, better to choose a more dignified existence

And yet, you often hear of Google's rest and vest culture and how bored people are in that environment. Some people might prefer an all-around high achiever culture, at certain points in their careers.

> And with Netflix stock down 72% in 6 months

Given Netflix's compensation structure (all cash) this is irrelevant unless you believe the market valuation indicates the company is doomed in the short term.
Geneva convention dictates pay grades for POW
I know some people there who are payed very well and ride the shuttles from the same pick up spot the FAANG buses pick up from in SF, near Castro.
I've never understood this. There's 6 feet of soil between the people walking and the corpse underground. They people above ground are in no way disturbing anything 6 feet under.
You can also use Facebook or Reddit for it. What's your point?
And that resulting in compromises such as high amounts of sampling, ignoring a facet of data altogether because "we won't need it if something goes wrong...", and/or using some kind of log stream processor to divert large amounts of data in S3 instead of allowing it be queried whenever you want.
Rakuten also previously released a tiny Rakuten Mini with 3.6 inch screen https://network.mobile.rakuten.co.jp/product/smartphone/raku...

Sharp also makes a lot of interesting phones: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/05/japans-sharp-aquos-r...

Plus, Xperia Compact series is from Sony.

That made me wonder:
- Why does it seem like Japanese manufacturers are the only ones making "different" phones?
- Many other threads are talking about the lack of components and lack of component manufacturer interest, but if so, how did the Japanese manufacturers did it?
- What is special about the Japanese market that allows these phones to survive?
- What difficulty would there be for let's say Rakuten to sell their phones internationally just like Sony did?

A few points of relevant observation:
- Japanese consumer electronics manufacturers have a habit of keeping their best products only to Japan - such as DSLRs.
- There is a strong customer base for mini devices in Japan. GPD pocket laptops are in regular stores.
Can you elaborate or point to a source? This is highly relevant to my interests.
> Ireland claims it as a part of Ireland

With the Good Friday Agreement, Ireland recognised Northern Ireland as a part of the UK. You probably already knew this but I just wanted to clarify for anyone else reading.
Of course. But phone manufacturers don't want this. They don't want you using those other devices. And they have the power, so you will submit to their decisions.
Ebay listing: Slightly used radio once on the Titanic. Buy Now OBO!
This thread is making me miss the original Motorola Droid. It was the perfect pocket size phone with a slide out physical keyboard. I hated the day I upgraded away because the storage was too small to keep up with app sizes. Give me that same phone with modernized internal specs and a decent camera. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.
> We should have never switched from paper bags

I was around back then, and I seem to recall the switch was partially driven by environmentalist concerns due to deforestation.
> without seeing a firehose of emotional or inflammatory content

I didn't see any of this when I started using Twitter a few months ago.

> This crazy amount of stewardship for Twitter is pretty nuts

What are you talking about? People shared their negative impressions of Twitter. I recently tried Twitter and found that it could be useful, so I decided to share my experience.

> I guess some people really want to be part of The Conversation and they'll do anything to do it

I don't talk to anybody on Twitter and this is an extremely uncharitable take that isn't okay on HN.
I've never understood the hubbub. You can easily perfectly convert between the formats with any number of tools. I use Calibre and I've never had a problem with a converted document.
Every order should be guaranteed money for the restaurant regardless if someone from grubhub shows up to pick it up - problem solved.
It’s not uncommon to respond to bad UX by simply leaving. I do that all the time.
I don't understand why the article makes it sound like a problem that enrollment is tied to funding. If funding is going down because enrollment is down that's not sad. Similarly, if people are increasingly favoring private institutions the question shouldn't be how to win them back but rather how to emulate institutions that they found more acceptable. Personally, neither of my two children have been to a public school in a long time and I can't imagine ever wanting to send them to one even if there are some that are fine. I want a school that focuses on actual education without the politi-creep and which has high enough behavioral standards that I can expect problematic students to be dealt with and removed as obstacles to my children. Not every private school is like that but at least you can shop around for the one that's the closest to your needs so long as you're willing to do the legwork. Public school is where you send your kids if you only care about saving money on their diploma.
It's true, and the open source koreader software is great.
I call this the “thin thread” and agree that it’s best to get that in place fast and hacky. Then refine and bolster from there.
> Is there a reason why gopher is seeing a resurgence in the tech sphere?

I think it's largely a demonstrative reaction against the commercialization of the web, built upon gopher’s more limited interface which is more heavily optimized to a read-only hypertext use case, which fits a lot of people's nostalgic idealization of the early web
Reminds me of how good the choir instruments are these days. https://youtu.be/ulK3_o7OyEk?t=392
"My world's on fire. How about yours? That's the way I like it, and I'll never get old."
> What a load of wank. No one who has owned a company for more than five minutes would say that load of bollocks with a straight face.

Why? The founder of LinkedIn also says in his book Alliance that employees and their companies are not families. Instead, they form alliance. They work toward the same goal if they can be aligned, or they part ways. Netflix said a company is like a sports team. Similar idea, and Netflix is upfront about it. This is much better than the family utopia that companies like to promise but can never deliver.
I do not seem to hear a lot of bad press about Jessie Owens, Mohamed Ali, Usain Bolt, a lot of my fav. cricketers and lot of sports people. Narayan Murthy (founder of Infosys), Ratan Tata (chairman of Tata group), Abdul Kalam (late president of India), MLK Jr. are all examples of how you can be caring and successful.

Can you point out why succeeding spectacularly needs someone to be an asshole? Is it a US specific thing?
You might enjoy Neil Stephenson’s book, “Cryptonomicon”, as this is a key plot point in a book about 1990s crypto. It’s fantastic.
Why I Two-Space
Is Salesforce potentially in violation of EU law regarding data breach notifications? It seems like they either knew the scope of the breach was likely to be much bigger (based on the fact that the investigation was ongoing) or flat out had evidence that it was already. But that said, I don’t know how that all works. So I’m genuinely curious if there’s a possibility this is illicit.
To some degree, probably. I think the video format is just very popular because it allows people to express themselves in more ways.
I really love 'I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson'
Is not the Antikythera wreck a monument to the now nameless sailors who perished when their vessel sank?

Furthermore, the practical utility of the objects so blithely and destructively harvested from that Monument To The Dead is questionable in the extreme. timeanddate.com provides extensive information about the positions of the planets, the moon, eclipses, conjunctions, seasons. The Antikythera mechanism is antiquated, redundant, and broken. While the gold coins yanked from this watery and much disturbed grave may have utility as industrial feed-stock for iPhone manufacturing, or simply for profit-taking by cynical exhibitors and their coterie of unscrupulous artifact dealers, gold is already available by the ton on the open market!

All these causes for shame, and I haven’t even mentioned the sarcophagus lid that they hope to dredge up! What do we need that for? A soul twice afflicted by tragedy - dead and then shipwrecked - is to lose his lid, and for what? Do we have no decency at all? Is it all so that bored children can gawk at misfortune in some capitalistic museum of horrors, having duly paid for their admission tickets? Or, even worse, perhaps so Elon Musk can appropriate it via Bitcoin payment for his Martian Mausoleum?

Carefully lower it all back into the ocean! Our heritage and very humanity are at stake!
Netflix isn’t “successful” as a business. It thought of itself as a technology company instead of a content company. It’s content is second rate compared to its competitors were able to throw money at companies like BamTech (now owned by Disney) to have “good enough” technology.

Yes it’s “profitable”. But until last year, it was having to borrow more money than if was making just to produce and acquire content and the acquired content was ripped away from them by their competitors.
LOL, never saw that one, hahaha, I am sure I was not the first to do that and not the last :) would never work today with turnitin.com etc.
Eh, after Brexit my money is on Sinn Fein reuniting the Irish motherland if they don't cock it up. The English and Tory government have made it abundantly clear that no one matters outside of England or especially Downing St.
Why are his fans so rabid anyway? I noticed it several years ago, but they seem to have gotten significantly worse recently.
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