skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't agree with this being a cons

> Requires knowledge about SQL & your database

For me that's a pros, because it is transferable knowledge.

And

> No type safety

Is a bummer, if you could check at compile time or some other way that your queries are valid it will be cool, in rust is a crate that does exactly that sqlx[0], and besides sql being verbose I found so easy and enjoyable to work with, it's so easy to know exactly what the query does, with ORM's is easy to have a query that's hard to know what does and the only way to be sure is running and printing the query.

[0] https://crates.io/crates/sqlx
SSH Access to FreeBSD Live CD – Manual Install Purpose
> Society (especially US society) does not value vocations that help others. Teachers are incredibly well-educated, but treated like dirt. The same with social workers. We value individuality and selfishness. In fact, we actually deify these qualities.

What about doctors? Nurses? Tenured professors? Blanket statements are fun but probably miss the more nuanced issue.

Systemically public education is broken leading to us undervaluing teachers in many public school districts. The same for social workers -- the US doesn't have robust social safety nets so social workers can provide less help. Perhaps that's why they're not viewed as favorably? The same budget constraints apply to their salaries, making it so the more qualified ones go into private practice perhaps?
Hey, that's easier than razing and rebuilding US cities that were built under the assumption everyone has a car.

(Among other things, they have road topologies that make buses and bikes completely infeasible.)
How Technology Grows (a restatement of definite optimism) (2018)
To be fair, extensions are a security nightmare. I think like 100% of boomers have at least one malicious extension installed.
They are probably bots powered by AI. Many recruiters use them.
There are some exotic scenarios, where copy-paste is the good(fast) solution.
For example, one of my clients can be accessed via a VPN. Once I'm on the VPN, I have to start their VDI. Inside the VDI, I need to start another VPN, that then allows me to open a Putty session to a bastion host, that I can use to reach my destination cluster. Believe it or not, they don't want to make it simpler.

Copy/paste works flawlessly through the VDI into the putty session, so I usually just uuencode my blob, and copy it to destination cluster and uudecode there, instead of uploading the file to the VDI, then pscp to the bastion host, and then scp to the destination cluster. (I know of zmodem, port forwarding and such, none of this is allowed...)
Gen Z just got here, let's not crowd them!

The Gen Z to programmer pipeline is getting fed with Roblox and Minecraft servers, as far as I know. I'm sure the ones who want in on web development will figure something out.
Have you looked into powerpivot in Excel? I learned how to use it, then eventually moved into using Power BI, and now that's what I do for a living. Powerpivot unlocks so much potential in Excel, and it allows you to have millions of rows of data and work with it seamlessly. It also allows you to create relationships between tables instead of using vlookups. If you haven't tried it, look at some introductory videos on youtube. It will blow your mind.
How much of that price difference is those needed services not being available in jail? What is the difference in outcomes long term and do the associated long term savings of providing those services outweigh the short term costs of providing them.

I convinced there are economic benfits (not just moral ones) of helping these people. The problem is that cities that work to help end up having the economic benefits stolen by cities that offload thier people in need on others. There is a sort of "prisoners dilema” game theory problem here that I think can only be solved at the national level.
Try passive mode
Wind turbines are rather noisy and would become an irritation to people living or working nearby. I would think there are limits to how much people should sacrifice for the sake of clean energy production.
Shrug. I’ll take Chinese turbines over Russian oil any day
I think we both know which way that will go.
They've taken the low cost, fast approach to cutting CO2 emissions rather than the high cost, incredibly-so-very-slow approach of commission a bunch of nuclear plants and then burn a LOT of coal and send a lot of money to Russia until they're finally done, over-budget and over-time circa 2040.

Storage is kind of a moot point when half of your grid energy is provided by burning gas. A megawatt provided by wind in 3 years time is 100 euros not sent to Putin - no matter how intermittently it is produced.

The graph above refutes any idea of this being virtue signalling. % renewables is only going up, fast.
It's moving forward, which is unfortunate because whatever Chrome does, all other browsers eventually adopt or mimic, even Firefox.
$3000 to rent the leather. $649 for the wipe.
>That's because they're hard to standardize

there's a 4X difference between good surgeons and bad surgeons in terms of bad outcomes or complications. And the same study shows that surgeons are actually accurate in terms of assessing who is good and bad but there's really no way for patients to find out before surgery

https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1520589431861878786
Oh so I guess you never drive anywhere then.
Estonia is quite good with technology, maybe they have better inflation measurement techniques?
Epic has been eating Cerner’s lunch for years, mainly because Cerner has seemed to lose momentum since before Neal Patterson died. I think that competition in the EHR market is important, hopefully this buy will reinvigorate Cerner.
More than 30 times as many birds are killed by automobiles. The number for pesticides is similar.
More than 50 times as many are killed by buildings.
More than 300 times as many are killed by cats.

https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/weekly-data-how...
Beez announces free neo4j graph ops solution
Yes. We see lots of this on Glitch. From remixes of Heardle (the "name that tune" remix of Wordle) to more advanced apps that use Spotify's API to track how many streams different kpop groups are getting, to silly meme sites and personal pages, there are hundreds of thousands of apps and sites being built by Gen Z. It's an undersung trend because we (intentionally) don't have an algorithmic feed to amplify them into influencers that other media can consume, but there is absolutely a renaissance of the creative, personal web going on amongst Gen Z that rivals anything Gen X or Millennials did on the platforms of their day.
Why do you think ALSA was developed? Do you imagine that it was just a temporary whim of a developer somewhere "oh, I think I'll write a new driver stack for audio on linux"?

The issues are too many (and too old) for me to list them all, but the biggest of all was that OSS tries to do everything inside the kernel, which is (a) inefficient (b) prevents the use of floating point (the preferred sample format for mixing) (c) makes inserting processing elements within audio streams much more complex (and likely to be rejected because of Linus' practice of mechanism not policy). Even macOS, which originally implemented its audio mix engine in the kernel, gave up on this idea, and moved it into user space (coreaudiod).

OSS's API also made dealing with pro-audio interfaces quite difficult, because of channel layout. I can't recall if OSS4 fixed this, but OSS also did not offer mmap. When it comes to device control, you really not want to export thousands of OSS_IOCTL_FOOBAR constants to describe every control on every device, so ALSA made an attempt to create a parallel control API (parallel to the I/O API). This has been partially successful, but not entirely (note that on other platforms, there is frequently a dedicated device control app; more recently a few h/w makers have shifted to provide a web interface for device control)
Oh sure, you'll likely lose the case - but you're going to give Elon Musk and Tesla a black eye in the process. It's a PR nightmare Tesla would be wise to avoid, but Elon Musk is capricious so who knows?
As far as I know, there is no data to back up the claim that they are a danger to birds. But it was a Trump talking point, I guess.
MongooseIM 5.1 Configuration Rework
Saudi wealth fund takes $1bn stake in gaming group Embracer
Nim is a very good choice because it generates tiny binaries while having a very expressive syntax.

It's the closest language to a static typed Python.

Also it uses GCC, which supports most microcontrollers.
> installing and getting setup on FreeBSD on my laptop felt quite familiar

Yeah, people are making it out like the two environments are totally different from each other. Any competent Linux admin would be able to cross-train on any of the BSDs pretty quickly, and vice-versa. It's mostly a matter of, "Hey Google, where the hell is X in TrendyBSD? Ok, thanks."
Cats (as in the pet kind) kill way more bird than windmills will ever manage to. In the US alone over 2 billion every year.

As others have pointed out bats are actually much more in danger of windmills then birds. And they got lots of other problems too (White-nose syndrome)
Did support not help? If the account was critical why not spend $1?
Isn't the M1 powerful enough to just run Windows in a virtual machine?
"i quit tech, long live tech"
It's not just publishing it before them, it's opening themselves up to criticism. If someone wants to look for mistakes or flaws in your data, it's easier with access.

Of course, arguing about the right answer is supposed to be what science is about. That doesn't make it any more pleasant.
Imagine, making sacrifices for your kids and not for the Amazon forest.
Thread from 3 years ago, 252 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20137669
Yeah, the earth cables are pretty insane, I think they came up with that to overcome the opposition.

They are expensive, but I also don't hate it. If we can reduce the impact of infrastructure on people, we should do it.
If only Chrome forced you to publish them in a store where they could review them or take action if they are malicious...
"You don't need a million dollars to do nothin. Take a look at my cousin, he's broke, don't do shit."

- Lawrence from Office Space
Well for the most part, roads in Tokyo are narrow and shared by bikes, and on residential streets there are are also no separated sidewalks (pedestrians walk on the shoulder). Some larger roads have a road-based bike lane plus a separated sidewalk and some have a separated sidewalk with a sidewalk-based bike lane. You are allowed to ride the scooters on the road and road-based bike lanes. This is consistent with rules for other types of vehicles such as e-bikes and it mostly works well. I just wish the speed limiter was 25km/h (same as e-bikes) instead of 15km/h, because it's being passed by all other vehicles constantly that feels a bit sketchy.
If you absurdly reduce it down to that point then, yes, anyone can live cheaply in a rural area. But that's not the point. Financial independence is about the ability to live a good life without having to worry about next's day food.
That's hilariously stupid. Great example of why I left that broken city.
I mean most people (like you) seem to justify having kids in a selfish way (self-growth, experiences).

What is an example of a non-selfish reason someone would have kids?
Suppose China invades Taiwan. Suppose their turbines are assembled using slave labor. In my opinion, we need to incentivize China to clean up its act, not reward them for reprehensible behavior.
Yes and: My life mgmt project notebook also has a habit tracker section, for all the life maintenance stuff.

Inspired by Seinfeld's "don't break the chain" calendar, but a lot more information dense. It's a big grid, tasks and day of month.

I make a hash mark for every completed task. The boxes are big enough for multiple hashes (eg walking dog 2x daily) and entering values (eg body weight).
Yep. I'm "smart enough" to know that it's _got to be_ harder than it looks: Buy servers, rack them, run stuff. Obviously there's a _whole world_ of hidden logistics here that could go _terribly_ wrong. I'm "dumb enough" to not know what those real world things are.
The apps my zoomers use don't allow the kind of profile customisation that would require them to experiment with HTML and CSS.

Moreover, what passes as "content creation" on platforms like TikTok or Instagram is constrained in ways that make HTML and CSS absolutely irrelevant (reuse video, add filter, add text, etc. all with the built-in tools).
In 2020, 90%+ of online Video are still served with H264. And then you have to factor in storage cost. Remember Network bandwidth cost continues to drop with clear roadmap ahead. While Storage, both NAND and HDD cost reduction has many roadblocks. Storing additional video in different codec can be costly depending volume.
So? Right now any 18 year old can scrounge up $300 to buy a gun. We make it too easy.

Gun control obviously isn’t working, so let’s just ratchet down the supply instead. We just don’t need 13 million new guns a year in this country.
That's a red herring. The danger to birds has been shown to be almost negligible when compared to other concrete structures, cars, cats etc. Birds will get killed by a lot of things, it's not reasonable to draw the line at this point.
I agree that it's not the only solution, I was just trying to deter replies like "wOuLd YoU pReFeR dEaD pOlArBeArS?!" or something.
If anything the link makes it look like everything is equally viable.

Even if a plot is not perfect, consistent wind (well above the ground) can be tapped by tall wind turbines and still be net positive. Ground wind speed is very different from up where they operate
Any company of sufficient size will get negative emails. The only companies that don't simply aren't big enough
Keller uses them at The French Laundry, and Grant Achatz uses them at The Aviary (Though I misspoke in another comment said he uses them at Alinea). Shola Olunloyo and Ivan Orkin are also fans.

If it's good enough for 3 michelin star restaurants and some of the most highly regarded chefs in the industry right now, it's kind of hard to say it's not good enough for serious cooks.
I've recently been watching some videos of people resurrecting mid-1970's vintage computers based upon the then new microprocessor. Even though the base configuration of these machines came with about a kilobyte of RAM and a similar amount of ROM, they managed a degree of interactivity through a machine language monitor. Of course, upgrading the memories allowed for more sophisticated interactive languages like BASIC.

It left me quite surprised that a similar progression in interactive development tools has been, at best, a novelty item in the microcontroller world. Most microcontrollers are more capable and include the requisite UART, yet the only way you're going to interact with most of them is with a much more powerful computer and a frequently costly[1] hardware interface for debugging. While those are fine in most cases, there are times when I would have (figuratively) killed to be able to go in and change a couple of bytes.

[1] Yes, I am cheap. Incidentally, I think one of the brilliant things about the introduction of the Raspberry Pi Pico was not just having MicroPython available on the day of introduction, but instructions on programming a second identically inexpensive Pico to be an SWD.
Wow. Hate to imagine the FDA approval process for this.
This is from 2019. Has Manifest V3 already been implemented? I did notice my adblocker plus extension no longer has element blocking capabilities recently.
Neglectable compared to other manmade perils like windows.
It's what kickstarted Electron which eventually gave us VSCode, Slack, and lots of HN comments about memory usage. It also had the sweetest default theme of any code editor. RIP.
The Kool-aid is powerful; I don't blame you and the pay is probably great. It makes it all that much easier to ignore the external harm Facebook causes. I'm not playing moral judge; just that someone can list a bunch of reasons why it's awesome to work for Tesla and mention none of the downsides.
Translation: 'Extinguishing Atom Text Editor'.

Really expected and unsurprising.
I don't want to defend the cops, but when the DA expressly states they aren't going to enforce certain laws, then its really not their job to arrest people for that anymore. At that point the DA has made is clear that its not a legitimate grounds for arrests even if the law is on the books.
Configuration is a rabbit hole that starts with a single innocent file (while it is not total bikeshedding arguing about the serialization format, it is just the tip of the iceberg), and descends to many complications:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/9049876254685009339/1...

The author of the post is already signalling descent into config hell, they call JSON a language, which it TECHNICALLY is, but it shows their strong desire for more power and features and a descent into config hell.
Thanks for this comment. You're exactly right on #3. Really, I'm not that angry really. It's just frustrating to see this type of behavior become more and more common.

Early on in my career I actually worked with some very good recruiters, so maybe my bar is a little higher than it should be.

On point #4 this is definitely a likely possibility that I didn't consider. Definitely some sort of blind spot/collateral damage the company didn't consider if that's the case. But well, shit happens. NBD.
You can always take a picture with your personal phone.
The Inspect Element -> Edit text pipeline is a powerful one.

In general however, kids (let's be fair - people in general) aren't forced to learn HTML to make a "presence" on the internet anymore - you can do quite effectively just via the various platforms.

Often the "why" you're doing something is unrelated to what you actually learn - so as others have said Minecraft et al may be more of a "gateway drug" than Geocities was.
Feelings and emotions relate to values, which are learned at an earlier age, and cannot be easily changed. So yes to this view, but let's understand better what drives it from behind and use it in the overall frame. Are we not at all times optimizing for the values of the perceived majority?
I'm living "there" and it really doesn't bother me a lot.
As a designer I feel more than capable of designing anything you want and iterate on it until you are truly happy. (And as a web developer I can even build it for you, if it's a web app.) The reason my portfolio doesn't have anything I could show you as an example is mainly because it does not sell nowadays. It's not the thing the world wants – since too long. But maybe we can come to an agreement... You can reach out to me on hn (complicated symbol) csakegyhonlap.hu (never mind the home page, it's... not what you're after, and foreign). I have way too many years sunk into design to really stick to a particular style only. I am pragmatic – I do what I'm paid for. There were a few direction changes along my journey.
But I can’t do this any more. It’s running me into the ground.

"I'm wealthy enough to retire and not work another day in my life. Oh, woe be unto me"
That sounds horrific. I wonder if anyone has built a TCP tunnel that works over shared clipboard? :)
Language barrier (I was at a Greek airport Burger King yesterday I dont want to explain my order).
You can specify a time when you want to pick it up.
No annoying customers taking 5 minutes to make up their mind.
> the DA would refuse to prosecute

Yet the stats tell a different story as prosecution rates don't back that up.

So what actually happened is that the cops aggressively campaigned against this DA and then threw a hissy fit when the DA won and decided to stop doing their jobs and blame the DA for it.
And if by AI we mean deep learning, it’s very entangled and non-modular code. In other words, what would be considered unmaintainable or unscalable code according to the basic principles of software engineering. Not to mention that it is often a huge distraction for many of your top programmers away from focusing on the actual product you’re building.

(Not to say that deep learning can’t be useful of course. But people should know it comes with huge costs. And given that the performance of relatively simple or interpretable methods is often comparable in practice and much, much more practical when taking into account the time dimension of software engineering and product development, it’s definitely overused at the moment.)
Possible ideas, not sure how prevalent they are: customizable CSS for subreddits, bots for discord servers
If they were going to turn any of the nukes back on for winter they would have had to have already started. If they started today I doubt there would be enough time, though I'm not an expert.
Yeah, why not display a "Exporting..." dialog then that the user themselves can cancel if they think it's taking too long? Extending the timeout to X won't solve anything.
For those unfamiliar with the reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats
this authentication mechanism is flawed and needs to go asap. these guys are doing something positive by speeding up the process.
> The best way to describe San Francisco is that it feels like living in a cyberpunk utopia.

Utopia? More like a Cyberpunk Dystopia...

> Look at the actual numbers though and, at least officially, it’s not that bad. A city of ~800,000 residents has ~8,000 people living on the streets[1]. Around 1%, same as the ratio for USA as a whole with 580,000 homeless people[2].

1% of the US would be around 3 Million people...
The MicroPython interpreter is very robust and well tested. We test our devices extensively. You need to pay attention to gc performance, memory use and fragmentation but this isn't our first rodeo!

Systems are typically fragile because of poor system design not language choice. I've worked on many C and C++ systems and there's nothing inherently more robust about them. Some would argue that the various ways you can trip over UB makes them more fragile...
Can you guarantee you never run out of ram? Or do you just restart regularly?

(I typically am to scared to even use malloc on a microcontroller...)
Facebook used to be thefacebook.com. It only changed after they were already successful.
They're actively working on that problem.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200302-how-do-wind-farm...

https://www.treehugger.com/ways-to-protect-bats-and-birds-fr...

Apparently, transparent buildings kill a lot more birds than wind farms do.
The trump card aspect of it is quite horrible. It also feels very negative to be reducing people to 'minority' attributes.
Your point is incorrect. The energy in the fuel used to fly a plane can also be used to power a gas turbine electrical generator and thereby a computer. They are, at least in principle, fungible.
Nothing inherently, it doesn't have the “full of spammers” stigma of .xyz and so forth, though some seem to think it inherently means non-profit/non-commercial (sort of true, it was defined as for organisations not fitting in other tlds where .com was one of those and intended for commercial use) and think .com therefor looks more serious.

Also: if you take the .org and the .com is already in use, be ready to have the name taken off you if they get successful, or for some of your users to mistakenly go to the wrong place. To avoid one of those things happening later if the .com is available now you could buy both, but then the availability of the .com becomes the deciding factor again not the .org and you are paying for two domains.
This is Germany, they made themselves dependent on energy from Russia, why not from China? What can be worse, North Korea?
There is a big difference between a host (GeoCities) and a platform with network effects (TikTok). In the 90's, you could use GeoCities, or use any other host and be on a level playing field. Today, if you don't use TikTok (or YouTube), no one will see your content.