skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It won't, because the abortion data collection industry is is about to explode, along with whatever other data collection opportunities arise in the aftermath of the repeal of Roe v. Wade and the privacy arguments it depended upon. It seems far more likely to me that more US apps and services will be following TikTok's lead in the future, not fewer, and they will be more difficult to regulate.
You are literally quoting the Unabomber here.
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Like google, twitter, facebook, instagram, apple and more.
Well, cal -3 shows the previous and next month, but I wanted this month and the next two months. I also wanted them arranged vertically and with week numbers. (And with weeks starting on Monday)
Is Google an American company?
I’m inclined to think that poor support of SQL may have been fatal or close to it. Your thoughts?
The original post claimed that women wanted emotional connections (and also implyed women don't have one night stands)

The post then went on to claim that because they want emotional connection they don't get married (thus implying that marriage does not involve emotional connections)
>Isn't this a fairly trivial insight though?
>Same as saying that everything anyone, or any organization, does is political.

The are both trivial (e.g. post-modernism) and non-trivial (e.g. McLuhan, Postman, Ellul) versions of this idea. They have vastly different implications.

All software engineers would benefit from at least some understanding of the non-trivial versions.

For example, I've heard many engineers seriously suggest that it would be for the benefit of the whole society if traditional publishing would collapse and be completely replaced by self-publishing on Amazon. When they say that they have all the imagined benefits right in front of their mind's eye. (Everyone can publish! Cheap books! Fast/digital delivery!) Simultaneously, it's blatantly obvious that they haven't spent even a minute thinking about what that would lead to. (Hypercentralization. Turning books from artefacts to services. Complete demolition of the highly evolved ecosystem that produced good books in the past.) This is how tech people are trained to think.

Extend this example. Search for some articles or comments debating eReaders. Pretty much none of them ever consider anything beyond the immediate tactile experience and convenience. I mean, even people who argue in favor of physical books.
I'm really sorry to hear this. And I want to share that what you've said here concerns me.

I've been working with children for over twenty years and I would say that it's highly unusual to hear of a child throw a tantrum for four hours at a time. And especially concerning to hear that they're being violent or destroying things in your house.

I would be the last person to try to diagnose someone from a thread on hacker news (and forgive me if you've already done this), but it's possible, I would strongly recommend that you reach out to a qualified therapist for support. It's possible that their might be other issues at play in what's causing these tantrums such as autism, sensory processing disorder or attachment disorder. A qualified behavioral interventionist can help.

I would also be concerned about what is going on when you are not at home. Maybe there is a good reason for them to feel unsafe when you leave the house. I'm not sure who is there when you are gone, but there are so many cases of children being sexually abused by family members and sitters (steparents, uncles, cousins, siblings) and this is something we unfortunately need to be on guard for. I'm not saying this to scare you, but getting to the bottom of what's going on while you're gone could be important.

I'm happy to hear that getting more sleep has helped your family. Sleep is golden! And it's also wonderful that you are explaining things clearly to the kids about when you're going out and when you get back. I am a huge fan of explaining things in the most minute detail possible to children so they understand your need and the logic of the situation.

If you don't need additional help and feel you have this situation under control, forgive me for weighing in. However, if you would like support and knowledge about additional resources to pursue, I would be very happy to speak to you further and be of support. You seem like a very caring and wonderful parent and every parent deserves as much support as they can get in raising their kids. My email is manisha[at]modulo[dot]app Please feel free to reach out anytime
Warning. Opinion piece. Just give me my downvotes.

Climate Change is a religion first. Science second.

We are coming out of an ice age. People don't seem to understand that. The real concern is at what rate things are changing because of human. Not are things changing. Sea level rose 420 feet before people were doing much.

People like Al Gore have gotten rich peddling garbage for decades. By now we should all be dead. The famous hockey stick graph that never happened.

If someone is willing to talk nuclear power then are serious and worth listening to. Everyone else is either trying to get rich, or has no critical thinking skills.
There's not many investing in new >28nm foundries.
Which is to say that there isn't the profitability (or even the equipment) to build new capacity for such old nodes

I'm disappointed that nobody really bothers to work on the cost reduction side of older nodes. I kind of thought we could easily and cheaply turn out, say, 32nm chips by the million.
> I mean... I think it's the opposite. There was a time when Qualcomm, Samsung and Nvidia had their own microarchs which they used in most things. Increasingly they're back to ARM-supplied designs now.

Indeed but I'm wondering if we'll see a swing back, if they're all selling SoCs with the same set of arm IP in varying configurations what's the differentiating factor? I suspect there's an aspect of 'arm never builds what we want' as arm needs to satisfy multiple people that would drive them to build their own design at the high end. That said I've only got a hunch and can't recall concrete evidence for this.
It’s pretty good. Could it have been 100 pages shorter? Sure. But it’s rare you get a seminal software project’s history and design decisions documented so well by one of its key creators. We turned some of they key points from the book into a podcast episode:

https://pnc.st/s/kopec-explains-software/c2d1ba5d/powerpoint
$5 Home Depot bucket

$189 nitrogen gas tank
I was thinking to fork a browser engine, and bind wasm directly to the DOM without any JS. Anyone interested in teaming up on this?
You gotta ask DALL-E to draw "darts vader". We found him because of a typo but he's practically an original character.
Hang gliders are probably too fast to ever be safe (70kmh average), require big turns, take forever to fold and unfold, are big and heavy, but paragliders are fantastic in this regard (more like 40kmh for non-speed flying). Position is different (comfy chair with feet up vs laying on stomach), but once you fly you don't think about it.

Basically the only thing missing is the functionality for paraglide to become rigid structure on demand and they will be bombproof. There is some initial progress in this regard but its a long way from reality. Endgame would be probably some electrically-induced rigidity via some easy-to-manage remote. Or some smart behavior in between based on whats happening, that would allow easily things not considered possible currently.
>> a 4½-foot cube—with everything a mouse could ever desire

They likely desired a larger cube.
A better way to merge code
An interesting side effect of tracking excess deaths for COVID reasons was that we saw the impact of heatwaves in mortality.

For example, Greece had its highest excess death rate of the last couple of years in August 2021 (+61% deviation from expected deaths [1]). Cyprus had similar rates. That was not due to COVID but due to an _once in a lifetime_ heatwave [2].

[1] https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-...

[2] https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-mediterranean-heatwav...
Ah...yep, I was was wrong there. Though still much later than the Apple/A11...2017 vs 2021.

What the article says on this topic:

"The process of eliminating 32-bit and optimizing for the 64-bit ISA exclusively has been a 2-step process. With the Cortex-X2, the underlying circuitry used for handling 32-bit architectural-related elements was removed, saving on transistors and simplifying some structures. With the new Cortex-X3, the design team took the time to start optimizing specifically for AArch64."
And the really frustrating thing is - there are people (like me and others on here right now) who'd be perfectly happy to sit and unravel and fix this monstrosity, but software development "how long is that going to take? And you'd better say a day" methodology prohibits any sort of complex/deep work.
Every time I dip into PowerPoint it feels so hard to make things not ... look bad.
Yes, I was thinking about how to talk to teens about reproductive health and Roe V Wade would be good.
I've spent quite a bit of time hacking my own F-Series BMW, and I can confirm it's a _huge_ pain in the ass, mostly because there is basically zero documentation on how to do it. IMO BMW also occasionally makes some bizarre engineering decisions, for instance, connect one long wire from an internal switch console to the DME unit (engine controller) rather than connect directly to an adjacent CANBUS that already went there. German engineering ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I've found the following tools helpful:
- newtis.info (has literally all the wiring diagrams as well as a bunch of info on how systems are built and work together, though unfortunately the protocols aren't documented)
- Esys (be able to flash new firmware to a control unit or modify settings within a control unit, plus it often contains helpful comments in a mix of English and German that explain what the various acronyms are)
- German and American BMW forums (bimmerpost, 1erforum.de); aided of course by a lot of German <> English Google translate
The biking and walking lanes on golden gate leave much to be desired. I would not consider them functional for non leisure travel.
And something it does that nearly nothing else does (twitter has started, but in a less shitty way). The share links are unique per user, not unique per content.

This gives them full graph of relationships building technology.
15 years ago doing JavaScript or Python you’d be classed as a low tier web developer on the bottom of the pay scale.

Searching the job market the past year everything is JavaScript or Python because of the low barrier of entry. With the demand to hire high numbers of people and lack of people, these roles are now at the top of the pay scale.

Maybe it’s AU specific but if I was to take some specialised role requiring deep knowledge and experience, not using JavaScript or Python, I’d be on at least 20% less than a role essentially knocking out a ReactJS frontend or NodeJS crud services.

It’s dilemma I had the last year. Recruiters phoning with somewhat highly specialised roles that interests me, talent pool is extremely small for the roles, only to be told that the pay is at minimum 20% less than what’s available for nondiscript JavaScript/Python roles. Unfortunately for me I need to enjoy work or suffer mentally, and while I have used JavaScript, Python, insert name of frontend/backend framework in either language, extensively, it feels like torture having used better and knowing I can do better.
It wasn't really a matter of twisting. The phrase "Moore's Law" got coined in an interview at the same 1975 conference where Dennard presented on his scaling laws and has never referred just to the first periodic doubling Moore noted in his 1965 paper.
Mechanic put in prison for selling 14000 truck emission bypass devices
Building multiple railway lines is also a safety thing - you don't want to leave a whole section of your troops unsupplied just because some train is hit by a shell and wrecked blocking the tracks.
How many of their employees in critical roles are not American citizens?
It was a politically untenable situation to ban data collecting software applications as the courts overruled the federal decision.

>After Trump proposed to ban TikTok in the U.S on July 31, 2020, security researchers expressed their concern about limitations of freedom. In one article, PCMag quoted Jennifer Granick of the American Civil Liberties Union Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel who said that "banning an app that millions of Americans use to communicate with each other is a danger to free expression and is technologically impractical."

> On 23 September 2020, TikTok filed a request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the app from being banned by the Trump administration.[62] This request was filed with the District Court for the District of Columbia. Just a week prior, a different preliminary injunction from WeChat users filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California was approved by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler.[63]

> The preliminary injunction was approved by Judge Carl J. Nichols on September 27

> The following June, new president Joe Biden signed an executive order revoking the Trump administration ban on TikTok

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93TikTok_co...
Commissioning Music: A Basic Guide [pdf]
Do other countries not allow people to sell gift cards for cash?
Wrestling with this now for a side project. I've landed on .NETCore+ASP.NET Identity after getting frustrated with NuxtJS+fastify-auth, but that's really because I'm more familiar from my day job and didn't like the SPA road Nuxt was forcing me down.

That said, I have a related question I'm hoping the security nerds here can help with: I know it's bad practice to reveal the existence of an account during registration, because it gives an attacker a way to know if a user has an account. So on registration, if the email already exists on another account, you shouldn't say "that account already exists" or do anything that would reveal the account already exists. To me, that means you should always send the user to a "registration successful, check your email" page and then if they already exist, send an email saying it exists with links to password reset & login. That means that the app must be unusable until the user validates their email. But that seems annoying and is not what many sites do. For example, I just tried on shopify, and if the account already exists, they send you to the login page. If not, they log you in automatically. So, for shopify I could in theory scrape using a email list and find who has accounts. To see why this is bad, think of shadier sites (my saas is not). So, my main question: am I making too big a deal about this security requirement or the usability problem it presents? Am I missing some alternative?

Related, I'm thinking about letting users send an email to bot@mysaas.com or text 5558675309, which would respond with a "finish registration" or "login" page and auth token accordingly. This would let them skip the verify email step. Is this a bad approach?
I don't think it will.

Invasive data collection benefits the powerful, and harms the individual.

Nobody powerful gives a rat's ass about the individual.
I see, thanks. If anyone feels that there is a specific document that would define the modern interpretation, I'm actually very interested.
A huge loss is that when Bart was built Marin voted against extending it north.

The Bridge that we need foot and bike traffic access on is the Bay Bridge. That’s far more disappointing as it would better connect Oakland and SF (and Treasure Island!). With ebikes so popular now, that could actually displace cars significantly in the Bay Area.
Humans have a poor track record compared to what? An ideal zero-conflict state? Sure. Animals that kill each other because they cross paths during breeding season? Not at all. Compared to them, we are masters of negotiation and compromise.
Ask HN: Can you both take climate change seriously and against nuclear energy?
We could have switched most of the planet to pure nuclear energy decades ago. If you believe climate change is an existential threat, how can you be against nuclear energy?

We are at a point where huge investments in renewables are becoming a reality, but the damage is already done.
“Geez Honey, your perfume smells like shit”

“No, really, that’s a compliment”
It also lets you experience the horror of the war whilst being disconnected from it - the difference between https://thebricktestament.com/the_life_of_jesus/the_crucifix... and watching The Passion of the Christ.

Seeing a stand-in for humans may let you watch it further than you would be inclined to if it were actual humans (or live footage).
That's not a crisis. Too many homes is a great thing for families and first time buyers, i.e. the people houses are made for. Too many homes is only a crisis for flippers and speculators. If you want to become rich, get a high paying job or start a business that provides real value to the economy.

Not a crisis.
> I doubt peaceful means could achieve what war can.

It works the other way as well, I doubt war can achieve what peace can.

> Warfare will push the society to create better weapons (metallurgy, chariot making etc,), better logistics, solidify hierarchies etc.

In many historical examples this also involved the destruction of knowledge. The Roman empire set mathematics back a thousand years. The Greeks were very close to calculus.

Large hierarchies often stagnate societies.

The result of the Peloponnesian War was a diminished Athens and stagnant slowly dying Sparta.

Did WW1 help Europe by killing two generations of French and German Mathematicians? Königsberg was one of the top intellectual centers of the world for 300 years? How is it doing now? Can you even find it on a map?

Warfare isn't just on thing that we isolate and ask, "is it beneficial?" The impact of a war on a society depends enormously on context and the chaos of history. Did WW2 result in massive advances in human science, I think so. How can we know what the world would have looked like if so many human lives had not be lost? The world got really good jet engines but what did it lose?

Did WW1 set science back, I also think that is true. WW1 also helped set in motion the end of European colonialism which is a long term good for the world.

There is no meaningful answer to this question when set at a scope as large as you have set it.
I tried creating an account yesterday (with a throwaway email, because fuck every other way, not giving you my number, Google account, whatever else) because a relative started posting videos and told me to check them out.

When I tried to enter the security code it said "Too many attempts", "Try later". Apparently this means my IP is banned. WTF. I've had this IP for years (static from ISP on a fiber connection, really nice, I even host shit on it including a website and a VPN because torrenting is legal lol).

Either they banned my whole country, or they don't want people signing up anonymously, or (my tinfoil conspiracy) it interacts with Reddit, where this IP is permabanned.

Anyway, thanks, good riddance. I don't want to get addicted to another site, and from what people say TikTok seems stupid but is the most addictive.
Many would, yes. But Google can use the “but we are an American company, so you are threatening to harm American industry” argument and can afford to pay for a large army of lobbyists to push that agenda if America tries to reign them in.
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Yes! That's a really fantastic point. An advisor of mine who runs an online community said he chose slack because that's what most of his people were using already. The only problem is what parents seem to use most is Facebook/Meta and I definitely don't want to use that. Lol
I meant play outside unsupervised like in the old days.
Why don't parents allow them outside (unsupervised)? One big reason is due to cars(also due to over-hyped media stories about kidnapping). Think about it, would you let your kids play outside? If you dont have kids, trust me you wouldn't.
Not to mention its not even legal anymore, social services get called if they see a 10 year old outside alone (UK where I live)
my intellectual colleagues loudly decried Facebook on Day One; Facebook itself is the original darkness here. ill winds blow
I tried to build this once but found myself basically rebuilding Google calendar for visual changes which iCal mostly did quite well. And front end is not my expertise so it was a grind.

I wanted both infinite scrolling with no month breaks, as well as the ability to fluidly zoom out to see multiple months worth.

Someday. I'd be willing to put the work in if a front end expert wants to help!
You are assuming that no other company has this type of license or has done this type of architectural changes. That is not true.

See monocasa's comment.
Abject contrarianism is not the same as “spouting facts”

GP went on some kind of unprovoked and unjustified screed about Marxism

You’ve gone on some kind of unprovoked and unjustified screed about industrialism

If you want to write about these topics, put some more effort into justifying your arguments, and don’t do it on a thread about unwed births
This is fascinating. I think that unwed births also likely decrease family size because it is a struggle to support based on one parent in the household. Thus those with out of wedlock births may be more likely to have small families.

It often feels like we as a society have sort of entered into a weird territory with a lot of these liberal changes. The societal structures that have worked in the past, while you may not like them, did work. We have sort of removed a lot of that previously structure that worked, for logical reasons of course, but we haven't really replaced it with structures that work equally well. Thus we have the very low fertility rate we have now.

The problem with social progress is that we do not really do it understanding the consequences long term. And then we run into these issues. I am not sure we can fix the problems these changes have brought with them faster than the demographic advantage can switch to those still are religious/conservatives who do not have similar dropping fertility rates.

Fertility wins in the end, not anything we write or reason about abstractly, no matter how logical or elegant those arguments may be.

I think because fertility wins in the end, political philosophies that are in competition over the long-term (decades or longer), need to take that into account, or they lose by default as their adherents decrease.
Is there someone here that work at TikTok who could explain how collecting such that brings any value to TikTok.

That's an honest question. I understand that we're being tracked with cookies, email address, FB/Google accounts. But the biometric stuff, what is it for ? It seems very disproportionate to me if it's just for advertising.
I had a similar, but less dramatic experience. An interviewer took me to lunch and told me that I shouldn’t work at Amazon, as she hated it and was planning to quit.
When I've gone to some of the big AWS events, they were definitely using PowerPoint during the presentations.
Is this collection different from, say, Meta? I believe they collect all the same information via Instagram.

And before someone says Meta is an American company, not controlled by an adversary, let me recall that it’s controlled by Zuckerberg who spent $419 million to influence US election administration in a seemingly partisan way (“democracy hacking” as another commenter said). Meta may not be YOUR adversary, but that fact is not necessarily true of all (or even most) Americans