skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Bought a raspberry pi power supply off Amazon that literally exploded after a couple of months. No way to return it because it was outside the return window, which I’m pretty sure is illegal (product was not fit for purpose/merchantable)

Didn’t bother fighting it but will never buy from Amazon again!
Its great to see a corporate mail server crash thanks to accidentally sending an email to the @all mailing list

Followed by the Reply-all "Please unsubscribe me" crowd.

Followed by the Reply-all "Out of office reply" infinite loop as out of office replies respond to the out of office replies.
It'd be interesting to see if the people who made those low quality "amazing project" PRs ever went on to make more PRs, with useful contributions. Maybe the suggestion Coding With Harry made did ruin Hacktoberfest, but also maybe he actually suggested a simple way for people to get in to open source contribution and people did. Without following up we can't really tell.
Totally excessive. In my opinion, people should treat this incident with the "blameless post mortem" mentality in mind.

Don't blame the individual for an innocent mistake (we don't know if he knew that it would trigger 400k notifications). He is young and might be inexperienced, so we should be forgiving.

Think about why the system is set up in a way that an untrusted contributor can trigger so many notifications with a PR that is of little value.

That is a much harder problem to solve, so that is why some people go to the easy solution ("ban him, he is an evil bad person, gross social misconduct").
Fans have dubbed it "Diablo Immoral" and say that it goes far beyond what other mobile titles infamous for their monetization have done.
If someone writes a bot to log in and out every day, would that count?
In general I agree, but I wanted to cover even extreme cases such as North Korea.
Actually, shell/unix pipes bring to the table a bunch of features: a convenient syntax to connect processes, I/O buffering (usually done by the programs themselves but still), and concurrency.

Languages are an (often) unique combination of (often) non-unique features. That's why shell scripting is a thing.
Is it going to be good though, or the same generic bland dreck of top five sites with adverts sprinkled in unless you pay premium?
True...ish, but i bet a percentage of them get rich by focussing on what they are good at and neglecting their families, just making piles of money available. There's probably enough kids getting 10K a month pocket money to make GPs stragetgy viable.
Reminds me of EA Sports FIFA. The whole Build a team process is predatory and based on gambling + micro transactions
Blame the interviewers who require OSS contributions. Same with DigitalOcean and their "hacktobefest"¹, or whatever it's called. LKML is full of attempts at these. For some reason I remember a particular exchange (but it's quite typical) between Linus and some random 16 year old ESL student, who bugged Linus for days to accept his "typo fixes" (most of which weren't really typos), and Linus's replies in the manner of "lemme get right on that". From what I understand it's just something you have to deal with as a prominent OSS figure.

1: https://drewdevault.com/2020/10/01/Spamtoberfest.html
I get what you're saying but on the other hand isn't bit-flipping that results in typos or crashes something that is so beneath 2022?

Like isn't this the kind of thing that Turing and Zuse had to deal with?

And if it isn't, when is it a problem that we will finally and absolutely excise?

Is it more of a 2030 thing? 2040?
How does a 120hz screen allow you to read faster?
Presumably this? https://www.facebook.com/groups/997443017293595/about/

«This Group is about the radar squadron at Hofn, Island a one time remote tour.
Hofn Air Station (ADC/NATO ID: H-3) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station.
It is located 231.4 miles (372.4 km) east of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. ... The 933d AC&W Squadron was inactivated on 30 June 1960, being replaced by the 667th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.
The 667th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
It was last assigned to the Air Forces Iceland, stationed at Hofn Air Station, Iceland. It was inactivated on 30 September 1988.
From 1951-1988, the unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of Iceland and the North Atlantic.»
Sorely disappointed. I came to see pics of the history athletic fashion for women and I saw ONE picture of a huge raincoat and the rest was an advertisement for a book.
> Is, according to their github page, a nary 18 years old.

a bit further down he actually proclaims being born 11/11/2004, making him just 17. No idea why he has 18 y/o in his user description, not that it'd make a difference tho.
Well 1) living has a massive impact on the planet because everything we do leaves a mark and everything we eat redirects energy into our bodies so that ship has sailed and 2) a 10% reduction in currents and wind specifically would have massive impacts on the planet’s currents and wind if we built enough power plants that used those sources of energy specifically to power the entirety of human civilization. We have other options, and the way we source power (as a planet, never mind individual jurisdictions) is basically an “all of the above” energy strategy in practice. However we can source energy, we do it.
Maybe look at what Andy Pavlo thinks are important research / practical development areas wrt. databases and distributed systems
And it's barely even a new game, an absolute ton of assets are immediately obvious as very lazily recycled from diablo 3.
Hey what's your email? I'm thinking about writing up a blog post with information in this AskHN
I constantly switch between windows and micromanage time.

That's just impossible.
5 seconds times 500.000 people paid at $40/hr gives $27.7k.
Voice of Chernobyl is a propaganda piece. It is full of blatant lies and was instantly rejected by everyone having a slight idea about radiation effects - i read a lot about it in the FidoNet days when it first came out - people ranging from Clinic #6 (radiation) doctors down to 19-year old Army soldiers trained in NBC protection - literally laughed their asses off it.

Liquidators actually have longer life expectancy than common folk. Compared to the control group (males of same age starting the same year), more of them are alive today (which is mostly explained by the regular health checkups they all get for free so they are less likely to die from long-neglected chronic diseases Slavic men are very prone to). This is true for 3 liquidator groups out of 4 (that is, to everyone who wasn't on the scene during the first night - of those, and that's a very small group of under 700 people, most suffered radiation sickness or trauma and their life expectancy is of course, shorter).

No one of civilians including Pripyat residents, could have suffered any level of radiation damage at all.
Washington considers ban on gas, oil, resistance electric heat in residences
The problem is imo non openness and (too) quick development of cloud services. Cloud iaas is genius and a necessary step to increase efficiency. But imagine a open source standard for these services, instead of bigquery, lightsail bla bla, and im sure you wouldnt need 50% of "tools" and bloat that are aroud today..?
A more cynical perspective is that the designer and programmer are tasked with using all tricks possible to coerce their players to pay money. While the players spend a lot of time and money on it, their life is only less boring akin to an addict’s life being less boring when they’re on a high.
Urgent warning to women under 40 after sharp rise in sudden killer
In the poll of [1], only 20% of LDNR pollsters are saying they want to be a part of Ukraine. The rest of the article seems to be working around that number, which represents the total failure of the Ukrainian state. They have lost Donetsk for good.
Du no about the US, but covid caused England and Wales prices to increase in rural areas far faster than urban areas

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/20/rural-house-...
Just goes to show that you should always quote code with backticks.
Time to start regulating these games in the same way we regulate gambling.

They shouldn't be sold to children. They're not Kinda eggs nor LOL Surprise and should never be brushed off as surprise mechanics. They're glorified slot machines, through and through.
My employer started shifting to a work from home model about five years ago. They were shedding office space as quickly as they were able to get out of leases. I think that slowed down with covid because before the pandemic they were able to easily find other companies eager to take over leases. On the rare occasion I go into a company facility, it's notable how dead they are, with plenty of excess space. This was true even before covid. I know they were planning on putting up some of the company owned facilities up for sale back in 2019 but I think that's been put on hold now that they market has dropped.
> Blending in is generally what a privacy minded individual wants

"Blending in" is very different from "giving away one's data" - which defies the purpose. You are confusing the two situations, of a dissident trying to conceal his position to survive, and of a normal individual that lives by the natural stance, "a citizen and a free man, never a subject".

The one intending to survive will act "in the shadow"; the one intending to defend his own Dignity will be very open in the stance "do not even try".

> With a tad more paranoia, why couldn’t ... surveillance cameras

Of course they could, and they would have to bear the consequences of facing determined lucid bersekers if they did.
This issue is discussed by Donald Knuth in one of his interviews [1].

"I know that every large project has some things that are much less fun than others; so I can get through the tedium, the sweeping or whatever else needs to be done. I just do it and get it over with, instead of wasting time figuring out how not to do it. I learned that from my parents. My mother is amazing to watch because she doesn't do anything efficiently, really: She puts about three times as much energy as necessary into everything she does. But she never spends any time wondering what to do next or how to optimize anything; she just keeps working. Her strategy, slightly simplified, is, "See something that needs to be done and do it." All day long. And at the end of the day, she's accomplished a huge amount." - Donald Knuth

[1] https://shuvomoy.github.io/blogs/posts/Knuth-on-work-habits-....

[2] https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/d/d5/optimization.pn...
I assume that windmills were called that because they were exclusively used for milling grain? (With the 'drive shaft' directly connected to a circular grindstone)
Bedlam DL3

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/me...
Very impressive. Worked well on Firefox mobile.
Clash Royale is way more generous with free gold to level up cards these days.

Far, far, quicker to get cards to tournament standard.
I just stopped checking my mail.

I don't need it. Who needs it anymore? I get all of my bills via email, I can be contacted by anyone who wants to get a hold of me in very easy ways like email and phone, and the only thing I get delivered are packages, usually I get notified when they arrive.

I just don't see a reason to go check for mail, the only things I'm getting are junk.
Dutch Airline Pilots Association blocks mandated vaccinations for new pilots
How this fits in the RNA world hypothesis?
> No plan survives contact with the enemy.
I've also heard a variation like "It is certain that the plan will fail, however, without the plan everything fails."
It was not a "well-meaning PR". It was pure spam and he's no innocent kid.
> There are plenty of drivers willing to drive under the current arrangement because they don’t have a choice: if you offered them the same flexibility but with the benefits of employment, they would of course take it.

This is of course absurd. Every driver has a choice to work for Uber, or to do something else. And they chose to work for Uber.

It’s not economic because these people are willing to work for Uber under this arrangement, despite having alternatives, and Uber is willing to pay them for services rendered under this arrangement. The economic problem is solved. The government has decided to step in and say that two consenting parties should not be able to engage in this.
I think this is why auto-replys are usually send only something like once per day per email or something. Not sure if that's any standard behavior
I perceive the landing page as shady, there is absolutely no context about who drive this initiative. Does the .com imply it's commercial?

As a public servant in my country I'm heavily restricted in how I can work on side project (FOSS, educational and art are Ok, any other commercial gig is a no go).

It tell so little before asking personal info, it's a clearly a no go for me because of that, which is a shame because the concept might be interesting.
Why would you willingly seek a permanent account ban for ToS breach?
Super Mario 3D World is more like Sackboy so you’ll probably enjoy that, 3D world is more typical Mario levels, then Browsers Fury is more free form/open world platforming - both have you in control of full characters though.

RE Sackboy - keep an eye out Sony seem to have relented and are releasing their games on PC now so it’ll probably appear at some point.
There's the xdg-shell protocol to position launchers, bars or similar UI elements https://wayland.app/protocols/xdg-shell
The Chinese proverb “rags to rags in three generations” says that family wealth does not last for three generations. The first generation makes the money, the second spends it and the third sees none of the wealth.
What the article is missing, was a huge month-long campaign by Germany's biggest right-wingish tabloid Bild. They ensured in every way that Street View became a political issue. They told people that burglars will rob them, because they can look into their homes at any time.
Google tried to combat the campaign with full size ads in Bild explaining the falsehoods. It didn't help. Opportunistic conservative politicians immediately jumped on the issue. Google had to secede and Street View never really came.
A side note: Bilds owner is the Axel Springer SE. The new owner of Politico. Axel Springer is notoriously conservative to right-wing. They are also big buddies with Apple. Go figure.
In my option the issue with Street View was never Germany's history or public concerns. It was astroturfing by an influential media conglomerate that wanted to make up an issue for the dead season. And maybe cuddle up to their longtime partner in Cupertino.
While I definitely don't like pay-to-win monetization style, what I find even more ridiculous is the laws at Belgium and Netherlands around loot boxes.

I mean, no one is forcing anyone to play a game or purchase a lootbox. Why ban a game mechanics for this? It hurts the (potential) players, let people decide for themselves FFS.
Cooling Towers Spreading Legionnaires’ Disease
> already be seen in occupied territories with executions, rapes, concentration camps, deportations

I hope you have heard that Ukrainian parliament had to fire Denisova, who was responsible for watching human right violations and was making claims out of thin air. A lot of western press quoted her fervently.

So unknown part of these allegations is compromised.

> forbidding language

Say ukrainians, who are working in limiting Russian usage for 30 years already.

If they were to surrender on day 3 they will get a puppet government (of ukrainians) and most of their country intact (no Crimea, but Donbass could be reintegrated). But that's mostly off the table now.
..... never underestimate people's desperation/shamelessness for free t-shirts.

8-9 years ago, at DigitalOcean's first SXSW booth, we were giving out free t-shirts that had DO's Sammy shark logo, and Linux's Tux penguin logo. The catch was people had to name the penguin on the t-shirt. The vast majority could not name Tux, and pled to get the t-shirt anyways.

It was a very surreal experience.
Diablo Immortal is not available in Belgium and the Netherlands due to that: https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-immortal-wont-be-released-in-...
Anecdotal: I participated in the reddit secret santa back in ... 2012?! and we all "won" a certificate from guinness records. Except ... that you still had to buy it as a physical copy. And so some poor marketing person from guinness sent this email to all the participants - no bcc, not even cc. And then the frist person replied. Another. And another. It was a party.

So guinness issued an apology (and hopefully didn't fire the person). And we got the certificates - as far as i remember - just for shipping and handling. Yay.

Years later, people on the list still write to "all" - its a weird group, with secret giving in common but nothing else. I wonder if anyone from this list is lurking here ...
I love these types of stories. I can definitely relate as I’ve traded games etc on floppies, but by the time I started developing software professionally, there was internet, ftp etc. Someone ought to create a film about the Apollo launch or some other pre-internet achievement and focus on these bits of the problem
Tiananmen Square Massacre: Black Night in June (2019)
That hasn't been true for a while.

Wind turbine towers are large enough these days that they can absolutely be built in a forest, and this is often happening. It's also crucial, because you simply need that space if you want to build wind energy everywhere - which obviously includes forest-rich areas.
> And yet that adoption process took around 300 years.

People used ledgers right after they were created, by definition, and long enough to go through all these years without that practice disappearing and without speculation to prop them up. So they brought value from the very beginning. Speculation prevents this logic from applying to blockchains (the value is making money by extracting it from gullible users).

> the trend

Which trend? If anything it's stagnant with just more scams, I still don't know anyone who uses cryptocurrencies for anything other than speculation.
Wow, I had no idea and I used to listen to this show when I started listening to podcasts, no particular reason, just curious.

I guess the show has this meditating quality in the fact that it's really just people telling their life stories, it's not them talking about some topic of great importance or the next big thing. You can turn on an episode with no expectation. It helped that I was clueless about celebrities in the UK.
But there are many more of those.

Maybe total value still decreased, because people no longer pay such a large premium for the limited city center space.

As such, total money paid on rent is less.
Controversial and not cheap, but since I use apple products and live near an Apple Store… I just buy from apple. They heavily curate what shows up in store so it’s always good enough. That and whatever my work IT sources I’ll also use their brands. My IT had a internal site that lists what they have and I’ll just find a retailer that sells it.

Also I’ve never had that “apple cables suck” experience many had so maybe I’m holding it differently- ymmv
I am indeed keeping an eye out (I have a wishlist that spans any platform). Especially Sackboy and Returnal seems like good candidate.

Returnal for myself, obviously ;)
I’m absolutely not an expert but I think when choose the country you also choose the problems so I think it’s more important to chose a country you feel comfortable working with (same spoken language, knowledge of laws).

Then there are plenty of company that offer as a service to hire for you in the other countries removing you from the hassle of figuring out the technicalities of other countries.
> Once you start regarding bad news as a loss, very bad stuff happens.

I like this. It's insightful, and stated in a plain way.

And equally we can say, once we start regarding good news as a gain,
very bad stuff happens.

The idea of "confidence" rather than measurable, tangible facts as an
economic basis has been the road to many bad things. In some ways
confidence and pessimism can be seen as the ability to ignore reality.
We've been inventing ways to delude ourselves in western economies for
decades. For example, film and record companies counting copyright
infringement as if it were an actual loss, or Twitter over-counting
its users as a kind of corporate egotism.

What might really help our societies on multiple levels is a return to
fact-based economics, instead of what is essentially information
warfare directed at pulling off ever more audacious confidence
tricks.
Those vendors don't put these fliers in all their packages, they might do one every ten for example, so that solution wouldn't really work. You can't expect Amazon to buy a dozen of each product they sell just to catch one flier.
I haven't checked my mail in 2 years. Its great.
Depends what you do with it. If you run VM servers, it might be well worth it.
I think this is already established. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-copyright-offic...
Ask HN: What is one anti-fragile software vertical during recession?
In the face of changes, entropy & change, what in your opinion are some software verticals, companies or organisations that will thrive during the recession time?
Reminds me of Bethesda's Blades, an even lazier p2w mobile title which reuses a lot of Skyrim assets. (Don't check it out, it's not worth your time.)
Brave is Chrome with more hypocrisy.
Why are the straps pixelated on https://modvion.com/the-product/?

Original: https://modvion.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/03/The-m...
That’s not cheating, that’s not a problem at all. Neither ethical nor otherwise.
You happened to know a working solution, this was by chance, but you also managed to sell it, explain it and it’s a solution you developped.
The End Of Corn, Google misinformation (video, 3 min)
I wouldn't even call this cheating to be honest, people practice interview programming questions all the time, he just practiced the right one for the day.
Electric Vehicles are reducing global oil demand by 1.5M barrels a day
I think the bigger issue is that the social graph is not easily accessable. It should be possible to automatically reject pull request from new accounts that only change one line of text.
From a DDG search it seems this has happened to many people and is not specially related to NATO buildings:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=photo++disappeared+from+my+camera+...
I think I found a few rare old pictures online https://twitter.com/pandrewhk/status/1533366856635281408

But nothing recent. The innocent explanation would be — it's really desolate and the iPhone glitch was just a glitch.

However she mentions it's a tourist attraction.
> notifications are going to be scrutinized more in the future, from this point on.

This already happened with github & epic & unreal when it first did this organisation setup.
So, given no solution appeared after exact same incident, I wouldn't hold my breath
One way of looking at the "destruction" of the value of the property is based on Net Present Value of future rent payments. Let's take one hypothetical building, its owner and its tenant.

The market value of this building (not its construction cost) is the Net Present Value of future rent payments to be made by a tenant to the owner. There is a scheduled, anticipated transfer of value from tenant to owner based upon the agreed market rental value of the building.

When the agreed market rental rate declines, the amount of value to be transferred from tenant to owner declines and consequently, the present value of those future payments is lower. This is the basis for journalists or commentators to say that value has been destroyed. But, the value hasn't been "destroyed"; it has been transferred to the tenant in the form of the net present value of his rent reduction.