skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My overactive imagination thinks it went something like this:

Engineer A: Gee, I need to store a few flags with each block, but there's nowhere to put them. Ah! We're storing timestamps as 64-bit microseconds. I can borrow a few of those bits and there'll still be enough to go for thousands of years without overflowing.

Engineer B: Gee, our SSDs are getting so fast, soon we'll be able to hit 1M writes/sec. But we're storing timestamps as microseconds. How can we generate unique timestamps for each write? Ah! I'll switch to nanoseconds. It's a good thing we have plenty of space in this 64-bit int.

BOOM!
It is still significantly more expensive than existing Salesian programs. There’s definitely an ideological component here they expect someone will pay for.
This seems the same thinking that made MacBooks ever thinner while they were also losing utility. This is kind of cool engineering but why would you want a watch that has a huge Ferrari logo, some winding thingies but the actual clock part is really small?
I'm not good in English or Latin language, but as far as I know 'cult' is from Latin 'cultus' which among other things may have something to do with worshiping. Maybe in English it has negative connotations but for example in my native language it does not matter if you say 'cult of sun' or 'cult of Jesus'.
Sometimes it is called HDR. 10bit is crucial for colour grading. Photography, cinematography, design...
> modern left-of-center policy in general

serious question: were "liberals" really very much "left" in the first place? maybe culturally left i suppose, but economically and politically?
Yes and no.

Trump actually had a reporter's white house press credentials revoked and a court reversed it.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-reporter/u-s-ap...

The court does recognize the government has a right to prevent unruly behavior. But once it creates a forum with rules on who attends; it simply can not target those who disagree with it's speech.

Yes, American agencies have stonewalled in the past but the 1st and 14th amendments do place restrictions and practices the governments must follow or their acts can be blocked and that American courts do uphold. As far as I know most countries do not have these practices.
Yes, it's only half theology degrees - there's also a philosophy and a history degree. The only ones actually related to the trades are two guys with no listed degree. One says "Math and Engineering", and other just says the single word "carpentry".

Sounds like exactly the qualifications I'd want for an expensive HVAC certification...
They keep using this word "own" throughout the article. I do not think it means what they think it means.
There isn't great data from Pakistan, partly because of biased census takers and partly because it was founded as a Muslim nation and there is social pressure to be Muslim.

In India, Hinduism is declining as a share of the population and Islam is increasing, but there, the Hindu-nationalist Modi regime has been cracking down on non-Hindus and has potentially skewed statistics.

So with those caveats, it seems like India's religiosity hasn't changed much, but (if anything) has declined slightly, and Pakistan is anyone's guess. I can't find any data about it.
You will own nothing and you will be happy. All your digital games gone like I said before. [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31970488
and why is it that we continue to do immense trade with china, given their treatment of various people? their extreme pollution(the green agenda is supposedly holier than the pope), why is it that we happily buy a gazillion trinkets from king pooh but putin is simply unacceptable in ALL ways. china is arguably far worse.
Seriously, this is the kids of death.
Handsome watch!
Even 16bit.
This is why I purchase all of my games physical.

Edit: To clarify I have stopped buying any big titles on PC. I may splurge $2-5 on a key site but that's about it. I own console games because I want to leave my grandkids something.
Animal Testing Myths
Early knapping techniques do not necessitate cultural transmission
Ok I found how: http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/BARF
NY times is behind a paywall for me, but even the first story mentions a "mistake"... somehow when americans kill someone, it's "a mistake". The other stories are from (judging by the URLs) from 2006, 2017 and 2021... so yeah... considering america is still in quite a few countries now, and noone cares.

> because it would disincentivise them from doing their work

You mean "making mistakes" and killing civilians? Why can't EU impose sanctions on US? Like kick them out of the EU teritory as a start?

USA even bombed a couple of weddings in pakistan... and they aren't even at war with pakistan.

And let's not forget what happens when US kills a reuters journalist... they go after the whistleblower of course, and the website operator that published the video.

Look, we all know russians are bad, but for many more countries america is the "number one risk and enemy", and even at this moment, many more countries are occupied by US army than by the russians. If we (the europeans) don't mind americans destroying countries all around the world, even bombing some in europe (yugoslavia 1999, similar reasons to what putin is doing now), why are we destroying our own economies now, when the russians are doing it?

The only ones having any benefit out of this current crisis are the american politicians... EU economy is fucked, russian economy is fucked, and Biden is taking the taxpayers money, giving it to Zelensky, so zelensky can buy weapons from bidens buddies, who (probably) give a percentage back to biden (or whoever his handler is). Oh, and also china for getting cheap oil an gas from russia.
>Feminism and equality means giving a voice to those who cannot be heard - women, minorities, LGBTQ, and yes, primates and other animals.

Just want to point out something I've noticed. Everyone has a different idea of what exactly feminism is, and everyone thinks their idea of feminism is obviously the real one.
Hm. Interesting. Thank you. Will add to my collection of fractal apps.
Yes. China and Russia are the biggest geopolitical threats to the world.

It is surprisingly that simple.

While the US and the western governments have their issues, they are still largely law abiding. China, however, is not. Additionally, under Xi, it has become more authoritarian and more willing to undo the rules based order that has someone kept the world somewhat sane since WWII.

I don’t know why anyone would be afraid to say this.
I think that if the animal testing is so important because it’s fundamental to the future of the human race, you will absolutely find people willing to participate in early medical trials: after-all, we already do! I’m sure many people here have family who have participated in clinical trials.

Animal testing is rarely necessary, it’s just the easiest option, and when it is absolutely necessary to test on a living being, it should be possible to find someone to
volunteer. If you can’t find anyone to volunteer, it’s clearly not necessary enough.

There’s already significant restrictions on what can/can’t be done to animals in many countries: I am not suggesting anything radical, just following these restrictions to their logical conclusion — no experiments on beings that haven’t consented.
What data are we exactly giving Tiktok? I would agree with it being called a propaganda platform, but I’m not sure about it being a surveillance platform.
If twenty years ago it was decided in law that X would shut down about now, and X is shutting down now, then I don't see a reason to not say that the decision to shut down X now comes from a law twenty years ago.
How do you propose stopping estimates from becoming commitments? Genuinely asking because I struggle to not do this as a manager.
Why would you need to fund several VPS instances? I don't understand.
Not to distract from your main point, but just an aside, have you ever looked into misophonia? A few friends of mine have it and your post heavily reminded me of them (the chips and keyboard, especially). For them, earplugs and/or ANC headphones made a world of difference in being able to focus on their work and not be driven crazy.

The open-layout office is hell for people who need quiet for focused work :( Sorry you had to deal with that.
Publisher is financially incentivized to kill the servers, maintenance, and bugfix time for this title since single purchase licenses and long term online infrastructure requirements are financially incompatible.
That doesn't help though. Consider the Orange Box (HL2, TF2, and Portal). You could buy this on DVDs from a brick-and-mortar store, but playing it required you to set up a Steam account and activate it there.
A vector format for Flutter (and beyond)
China also gets a lot of cheap russian gas now, so apart from american politicians, they're on the "winning side" of this conflict.
That’s a good start! But it doesn’t always help; I have plenty of physical copies of games that won’t work without Ubisoft servers.
and where is this magical supplier of gas that will sell at 1/10 market price? (asking for a friend!)
Yes, what happens is that the US asks Australia, part of 5 eyes, to use their back doors, which need to be install by law there https://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryptio..., for any user data US agencies want.

Completely different to China just having access to that data.
I bet you get better performance that way too. That kinda confirms my suspicions that Perl modules are awful to work with, though I'll admit I'm an idiot about the Perl ecosystem so there may be better module tools I don't know about.

What makes you choose Perl over bash/sh then, if it's working as a "glue" between actual binaries? I imagine the text processing things it excels at?
Even normal creators, on YouTube and TikTok, can get paid; it's called the Partner Program and Creator Fund respectfully the bar to clear it is relatively low. From there you can earn yourself a percentage of those millions; at roughly one dollar for everyone million views.

It's not different than acting or professional sports; and it's far better than Facebook/Twitter model where they monetize your content with no path revenue at all. Among my list of problems with YouTube/TikTok, the revenue model is not one of them.

Vine died because quality creators left the platform, and they left the platform because Vine wasn't willing to pay them to stay. The formula is remarkably simple and for these next generations, many of them only know social media personalities. I fear that your definition of "quality content" has been shaped by your upbringing; what you consider "simple content" is "real content" for people who grew up on these platforms. I'm sure you are unaware of the thousands of creators who have millions of followers in niches you have never even heard about. While the content is "simpler" it is more diverse than you can even imagine; and thats where the staying power comes from.
Ukraine cannot win this war unless it turns into a war between Russia and NATO, not Russia and Ukraine, with NATO troops and weapons entering the war on Ukraine's side.

This war will continue unless the Ukrainian govt decides to sue for peace and enter negotiations with Russia. This war is really about Russia telling the US and NATO to go F themselves. Putin is done with those "b**ches."

The purpose of prolonging this war through military support is to draw Ukraine into the remit of the West as they will be indebted in one way or another to the West if they "win" this war. That part is already done. The question is whether a defeat of Russia will allow that to be realized.

Ukraine's best bet now is to get rid of the Zelensky regime and replace it with one ready to enter into negotiations. If the West will not enter the war directly then the war is lost as far is Ukraine is concerned.
There is a whole single-player game in there that doesn't need online connectivity.
looks like there are some people at ubisoft willing to do everything to lower the stock price

looks like they'll get purchased soon, microsoft behind the scene perhaps?
> those groups who do a good job of passing on their beliefs will grow and prosper, those groups who do a poor job of doing that will dwindle and die

This is wrong because it ignores missionary activity.

If a religion fails to retain its adherents' children, but it recruits adults at a greater rate, it will still grow despite failing to transfer beliefs to offspring.

> Meanwhile, there are many smaller groups who have a far brighter future, due to high birth rates and low attrition rates, but they are coming up from such a low base, it is going to take them many decades, even centuries, to overtake the incumbents.

Which groups, exactly? The fastest-growing major religion appears to be Islam, which is likely a consequence of its presence in many economically depressed countries with high birth rates, low security, and low education.
Their business was defacto to ignore local laws. And you'll find libertarians as a advocate of that business model.
I'm starting OMSCS at GA Tech this semester. Don't quote me on this but I believe there is also a cybersecurity option and the department is very well rated all around.
If only it were that simple. A physical DVD simply reduces the download time. It typically still copies onto the console HD (the DVD being used as an annoying proof of ownership.), and still depends on online services.
I think it needs a better visual representation of the levels. I personally find the visual representation currently utilized to represent the fractal structure, incomprehensible.
The deeply religious America of the 1950s—which was more religious than in decades before they due to a revival in the early 20th century—basically created the modern world. Also, you’re overlooking rising religiosity in countries like China, where that trend is happening as people are getting more educated: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/27/religion-why-is...

Also I think you’re using an overly narrow definition of “religion.” Traditional Chinese beliefs, or Buddhism, for example, don’t necessarily have a strong supernatural component. Some of the defining features of christianity, moreover, aren’t supernatural at all.

One thing that’s striking to me, as a foreigner, is how overtly Christian many atheists I know are. They don’t even realize that many of their views have distinct cChristian origins, instead of being part of some “universal morality.” For example: https://www.bible.com/bible/114/MAT.10.34-39.NKJV

> Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

As an Asian I’m horrified by how some Americans talk about “confronting their racist uncle at thanksgiving” and generally placing abstract justice above blood ties. But it’s a distinctly Christian mindset.
> the comment above was generated by GPT-3
I think this is unprecendented with Steam. I have heard of games being delisted but I can't recall Valve ever removing them from peoples' libraries.

If I owned a copy of this game on Steam I'd be requesting a refund immediately; they have been known to make exceptions to the standard 2-hours rule under special circumstances.

Also, Steam has a game files backup feature, it might be a good idea to use that and wait for someone to figure out how to disable Steam DRM
What will likely end up happening is the more dedicated fans of the series will do what others have done with old MMO's and make their own servers and such to ensure the game stays playable.

There may be some legal issues, but once Ubisoft does this on Sep. 1st, there are some technicalities surrounding vaporware and such that make it legal to 'own' the game without ever paying for it, etc and so forth. Running servers to make it playable again as well would also be fair-game as well as I understand it.

But I am not a lawyer, so if anyone knows better please by all means say so; but keep in mind I speak from the Canadian side of the law. So there may be differences that matter.
Quick, flag it.
> Larger and larger block sizes are important. LDPC probably is the more practical methodology today, though I admit that I'm ignorant about them. Still cool to see someone try to push Reed Solomon to such an absurdly huge size though.

Multi-dimensional RS codes are an easy way to get to an absurdly huge size for real (granted they stop being MDS). Long term archiving is an obvious application. One-way communication, like in deep space, is another. Though, speed requirements are less demanding there. That one tried to push the envelope for a one-dimensional RS code to those limits is a curiosity. Some techniques may be useful in other practical approaches. It's a pity the code representation had to depart from GF(2^n).
When at some point I decided to learn AWK better, I was surprised to find that it had some very Perl-ish features, like `print` is the same as `print $0` or `if(/abc/){}` as shorthand for `if($0 ~ /abc/){}`, etc. Later I learned that Perl was designed as an AWK-on-steroids by Larry Wall.

No doubt Perl is much more powerful than AWK. But from other side it’s astonishing that such succinct and clear language as AWK was turned into a monstrosity called Perl.

Therefore, for me when it goes to text processing/manipulation I prefer AWK much better than Perl. Cleaner syntax, better portability, absolute minimalism. Now, thanks to GoAWK [0] CSV-processing with AWK is a piece of cake too.

I personally see no reason nowadays for me to write any Perl code, but I’m totally fine to use the software written in it.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31350550
Oh there you go, thanks I hadn't heard it in FOSS before.
Love Song to Costco
France tried https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-09-19-french-cou...

Then steam said you don't own the games they are selling to you

So you buy games that you don't really own with a 30% tax on the developer's paycheck on top of his local taxes, thanks Valve!
For some people, programming is one of their main hobbies outside from work.

I have to actively push myself to avoid talking about work, I enjoy it.
> i have stuff literally written a deacade+ ago, still working without issues

Maybe this works if you run your Perl in the exact same environment the whole time, or if you're writing stuff on a very small scale and don't need to use many CPAN modules.

But for large applications, you'll be using CPAN modules heavily. And you'll need to run your Perl in new environments - if for no other reason, because you'll need to move to new operating system versions to pick up security updates.

That's where the problems start. If you're using a reasonable number of CPAN modules, this inevitably breaks some of them. And because the Perl ecosystem is essentially dead, those third-party modules are usually abandoned.
One thing everyone could and should be doing is backups.
As Alan Kay said, the industry is a pop culture, driven by marketing not science. I'm still going to argue for good ideas though.
Let's say we have three broad possibilities: time is point-like or doesn't exist, time is linear, time is a branching tree where a different universe exists for every possible outcome (this is a bastardization of the Copenhagen theorem, but is discussed).

Closed time-like curves is implied if time is linear in the way most people think of it (B happens after A). If time is a point-like construct, or if time is emergent from observation, or if time is a branching tree, then the problem of closed time-like curves goes away. For example, physicist Carlo Rovelli's theories are based on the concepts that "time itself disappears at the most fundamental level", and "that time is merely a function of our “blurred” human perception".[1]

There are also several ways of time being linear, if that's the case, that are different than current approached. For example, Nicholas Gisin [2] applied intuitionist mathematics and showed that time might be linear but also have an inherent fluidity similar to quantum mechanics.

The above is just the start of a conversation. There's also contractible vs non-contractible closed time-like curves [3], and the Novikov self-consistency principle [4].

The main point is that 'always' in physics is rarely accurate, over sufficient time lengths. The secondary point is that when we start adjusting the metrics of an observer, we start changing what we define as travel (if I stand still and the space around me is deformed such that my observed location is now 10m away, have I travelled?). The tertiary point is that we are still actively theorizing and experimenting about time, with many ongoing competing theories - we just don't know enough yet to say that FTL travel is or is not possible (look at Novikov's experiments proving Bell theorem 'spooky action at a distance').

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/14/carlo-rovelli-...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Gisin

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_timelike_curve#Contract...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novikov_self-consistency_princ...
Yes, it will interpolate. The DBI package he's using does support parameter bindings with a ? character. He's just doing it wrong.
Check your power-on hours:

$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep -e Power_On_Hours -e ^ID
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 9743

Just looking at the raw value, it seems to be 9'743 hours in my case
No, two parties representing largely the same lobbyists and sharing largely the same views are not "night and day" compared to one party. I'd go as far as to say they are exactly the same, except for pretending there's some actual, working opposition.
I don't see how we disagree.

If by "present problem" you mean, the fact that TikTok happens to have been built by a Chinese company, then I see what you mean.

Even still, for a democracy, the best protection against any potential threat is to prepare its citizens. In this case, the citizenry needs to be prepared cognitively.

Arguably, it would help, if we started early -- get them while they are young?

I don't see what other long-term things that a democracy can do.

Other than starting a war in the near-term, I suppose?
What annoys me about this the most is the message from Steam, that sort of plays along with this.

"This game is no longer available for sale on Steam". No big deal, right.

Ok, fine, but it doesn't imply the servers going down and the title becoming unplayable...

Then 2nd message:

"Please note this title won't be accessible from <date>..."

Once again, accessible doesn't imply "the game won't start, thanks for the monies".

It's a bloody shame that I can start any games from the 90s on an emulator and they run just as fine, even content heavy. While these titles are completely riddled with DRM and screw you over after X years.

Publishers need to come clean, and after years of milking the cow, they must have a plan allowing paying customers to play the title they've been enjoying all these years. Otherwise, they should be forced to include the verbiage at release date "This title will stop working as of <date in the future>".

This kind of nonsense only promotes cracked games.
> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity

90% of their posts are self promotion and they've done it more than 50 times.
Don't buy Ubisoft games, clearly. Games which require servers to work at all (vs. just the mulitplayer components working) are also a big no. This is likely a good thing: it will educate gamers about unnecessary DRM.