skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
if students can building so many things, it is also amazing
I've been in these meetings too, and they're exhausting. At this very moment, I'm trying hard not to be a part of this meeting, even though I have strong opinions that I don't think will be represented by the current lot of attendees.

That said, there's often a component of competitive commentary, but also consider Parkinson's Law of Triviality, a/k/a Bikeshedding:

https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/bikeshedding
Notably, Brave browser somewhat solves this with a system of attention tokens that can be used to distribute micro payments.
Love the post and I tend to agree.

As Product manager/owner I've only found A/B testing useful when trying to narrow in on a specific demographic and you are trying to find some optimization.

The marketing/sales funnel use of it is kind of gross and has ruined , imo, something that has utility in a very narrow scope.

Cheers, also very much agree customers should be informed and allowed to opt out.

'hey we have a new UX to try..would you like to switch?' the data from people that opt-in is way better
> It's destroying them by removing the meaning from them. And then repackaging the symbols - usually with a vague implication of profundity and exoticism - as a marketable commodity.

Sort of like the monarchies of Europe have been turned into republics in all but name, the culture of “divine right of kings” destroyed but the trappings of monarchy are still used but devoid of meaning. And often used as marketing material.

But, surely you don’t yearn for the return of absolute monarchies ruled by gods appointed ruler, do you?

This is the path of humanity. Some things die off, some things survive and some are transformed beyond all recognition. There is nothing intrinsically good or bad in this. It simply is a phenomenon that happens.
Absolutely, seat warmers are typically nothing more than a resistive grid under the fabric. A quick check for how power's supplied in case there's a requirement for current control, and wire in a physical switch.

Unless there's something snuck in that throws codes if the seat heater does something unexpected - wouldn't that be something, DRM for Bimmer bun warmers. In which case if it's not possible to fool the system by wiring in a resistor instead, then it's a car to avoid as seat warmers are rather prone to broken traces over time from occupants bouncing and shuffling around on the seats, which could render the car unregisterable in regions that check OBD codes.
I did a few learning projects in GWT when it was new, in 2007. It was truly groundbreaking.

Fast forward to 2022 and GWT is completely obsolete. Today, systems like this compile to WASM. (IE, C# in the browser is done with WASM.) Furthermore, manipulating the DOM in code, as done in GWT, is extremely tedious and time-consuming compared to template-based approaches. GWT's live debugging leaves a lot to be desired.

Finally: Google abandoned GWT development. When I looked at its site in 2020, it looked like a hobby project; or something maintained by a small group of developers who still had projects using it.

Honestly: Don't be afraid to try a new language! In-browser development with C# (via Blazor) is really awesome, and coming from Java, it'll be an easy transition. (And it really is much, much better than GWT.)
Exactly, the problem is that a taxi firm (+ app) would be a perfect fit for being organised as a worker's cooperative. However those workers have no way of raising the capital necessary, in the current system, to start that firm, even if it would mean better outcomes in the long run. It's perverse.
I believe many of these of 2010s startup unicorns/companies (in the contractor/gigging space) will go down in history the same way as modern day robber barons.

The ideas were good - use your leftover time/space/goods, and earn some money. We'll cover the tech, just pay us x% of the cut.

But then it became obvious that these types of ventures were in direct conflict with various labor laws across the globe. So they begin to skirt the laws, pitting their laborers against governments, all while exacerbating the sectors. And turns out it's hard to subsidies certain businesses with VC money forever.

Where did things go wrong? Maybe when people starting treating gigging economy as a full-time thing. Maybe they thought they could offer cheap and awesome service forever. Maybe they thought they could remain in the grey area of the law forever, or at least until they gained enough power to change the laws.

I used to use airbnb, now it sucks. I'm back to hotels.

I used to use uber, now it sucks. I'm back to using taxis.

I used to use delivery services, now they suck. I just pick up my own food at a fraction of the cost.

I - the consumer - obviously enabled all these things. Ok, enough rambling...
> So because you have bad experience with taxis you feel entitled to exploit unprivileged workers instead?

These are the same Dick Cheney acolytes saying “we need illegal immigration or else strawberries will cost too much.”
Further frontend is a lot about developing intuitions and mindset of user. The underlying thing doesn't change, you have components, events, pages/routes. All you need is a bit of html+css.
Uber is a big company. They can do good and bad things. I personally really like the service they offer, but that shouldn't mean we should let them get away with it if they do something shitty. For example, in Amsterdam they did the following after one of their services was found to be illegal by the local courts

> Uber identified police officers through data mined from the app and then, using an internal tool called “greyball”, served them a fake view of the UberPop app, populated with ghost cars that wouldn’t stop for them. They could also block anyone from booking in certain zones, like around police stations, using a tool called “geofencing”. [1]

Fair enough if you disagree with the court ruling, but they should abide by the law like everyone else.

[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-f2971465-73d2-4932-...
It doesn't bother you at all that you're spreading misinformation, that you value opinions over facts?
I would rather save the time of doing that cataloguing and cost of higher insurance premiums (due to lower deductible) and just start over.

New clothes purchased for a couple thousand max, new computer/phone for a few thousand and restored from backup, and photos can be printed again anytime. I could probably be up and running in a couple days.
I push my code changes to origin. I copy my media files to a local NAS. Other than that, nothing. In 30 years I've never lost a file. My .vimrc was around 8k at one point, but I pretty much use vanilla vim now and defaults for most things.

I'm not saying this is the correct approach but it has worked for me.
Relax, it's just heated seats. It's user hostile and I imagine they'll drop it because it'll be seen as annoying.

There are real problems with housing affordability but a subscription to heated seats in a luxury car is not indicative of a bigger issue.
....bullshit

If the jobs are so plentiful, why are there 500-1000 other applicants for a Sr Unix SysAdmin role.....
It’s not evenly distributed because that’s wasteful.

Globally: https://solarpower.guide/solar-energy-insights/largest-solar...

In the US it’s largely California, Arizona, Texas, and Nevada. https://list.solar/plants/largest-plants/solar-plants-usa/

There is a plan to put a 13,000 acre solar farm in Indiana, but generally northern areas get what look like large solar farms but are far smaller scale. Even 50 acres looks massive from up close and can significantly offset local consumption but doesn’t represent a big project.
This is a strawman attack.

The issue ttjjtt and others are pointing out about Uber are not around binding employees to one employer for a fixed 40 hour workweek. In fact, I'd bet ttjjtt would support labor laws which limit a businesses ability to punish employees for moonlighting.

The issue is, like amazon's mechanical turk, that Uber is cutting corners, costs, and wages for their "employees" in ways that are both legal and illegal while secretly lobbying to make it easier for them to reduce benefits.

This is a market leader using their position to harm their workers. "Conservative thinking" is that "why do we need all these labor rules and protections for employees? They signed up for it!" Progressive thinking is "Maybe we shouldn't let businesses set the rules for how they treat employees?"
One thing that became extremely clear after anti-Russian sanctions were imposed is that multinational corporations absolutely belong to specific country or set of countries.

Putting government websites and services on AWS or Azure pretty much precludes independent foreign or domestic policy. It's ok now (UK and US are pretty tight) but things/alliances change and in 20 or 30 years it could become huge problem.
Fully agree.

Maintenance costs for my gen 1 Ioniq are ca 60% compared to my previous ICE Kia. Of course this is a welcome change, but it‘s not like switching to an EV means no costs beside electricity.

The power train per se will probably never need paid maintenance, but they do check the coolant and brakes lines every year, clean the AC, resolve system warnings, replace filters etc.

And then there’s tires - you can easily pay 2k for new 22“ rims + tires, and expect a sporty EV to go through those tires quickly. In most regions you‘ll also change tires regularly, which alone can cost 200 bucks per year in a shop (including balancing which is a good idea if you‘re into driving fast).

Tire costs dilute EV savings a lot, to put it mildly.
Startup founder doing things that don’t scale
welcome to the new subscription economy courtesy of Apple and Google.
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>>I don't think anyone would disagree with that.

I would, for a large number of reasons, at the basic level no one really agrees what the "world should be" thus your regulations for a utopia would not match mine.

Further government has proven through out history to be very poor at creating the kind of word "we want the live in"

Instead government, the law, "rules and regulations" should be about impartial conflict resolution and protection of natural rights not attempting to create some kind of Utopia that it can never achieve and will make everyone life worse in the attempt
> For instance, the shelved/dry goods sections of Fresh warehouses are notorious for being a trainwreck, with items sort of strewn in the general area of where the inventory/pick list says they should be, rather than being neatly arranged. If an employee on picker duty stands around browsing a shelf too long to find the item they're supposed to grab (but can't find it, because it's been shuffled several feet down the shelf)...the cameras monitoring generates an automated warning that goes to your management. Mark the item as out of stock / missing from inventory instead? Get a warning when someone else finds it and scans it later that day, or when inventory is next reconciled. It's a no-win situation.

I would like to see any evidence you have to support any of those issues, because having visited an Amazon fulfilment center myself, I can guarantee you that the problems with picking items you mention literally cannot happen.
“The people” - of course. So you and me! Everyone we know! Society!

But really: The state who has to expend resources (gotta pay for the officers time), the courts (he is costing them time by asking for a trial!), the prosecution (they probably had to work hard to hide the real sources of intelligence so it could be laundered into a court), the people who bought bad drugs through the market (in theory, I don’t think he was charged with anything specific like this), Ross’s family and friends (isn’t it really their fault for raising him so badly? Nope; but hard to miss an opportunity to victim blame), a lot of Tor relay operators DDoS’es by the Eff-Bee-eye to do intersection and circuit collapsing attacks (yes; they do this and more), almost certainly some NSA XKeyscore specialists were consulted (talk to some of them about it!), the DEA agents who defend our way of life (including the ones that went to prison for corruption in this very case: look it up, it’s amazing!), the secret service (again the ones who went to prison for corruption in this very case!), people who had to sit through the trial and lost faith in their entire country’s justice system (this isn’t most of hacker news which is very “law and order” which means cops can break the rules if the ends justify the means) and of course the children (no specific children, don’t ask so many questions). Never forget. Ahem, I mean, think of the children.

Meanwhile Ross is probably having his ass beaten or sexually assaulted in prison right now for refusing to join a white power group to save himself as a matter of principe. But don’t worry, this is fine because he did it to himself and think of the victims. The poor state, if they hadn’t gotten him, they might have lost the drug war. Good thing they racked up this political win!

There’s a war on drugs my friend, and to paraphrase bill hicks: every time you’re high, you’re winning it!
Crypto Is Crashing. Where Were the Regulators?
India will surpass China in population next year, UN projects
I have been using Fastmail for three years now and very happy with the product.
Does it matter? Do it enough time as a Uber "freelancer" and Uber won't send you any more "clients".
There is a way, but you're not going to like it, and we can't discuss it on HN.
Archived: https://archive.ph/r0bB7
I also used to start the car in neutral, which doesn't work on new cars
It is absurd! At least victims of shitcoin pumping are putting their money into the fraud willingly!

> are not on some blatant mission to rob people of money for their own enrichment.

Yes, they are. The point of inflation in contemporary mainstream economic theory is to lower the nominal price of labor and increase employment. So if "making themselves look like they are doing something" counts as "their own enrichment" then yes, central bankers are robbing people of their past value of their labour, especially low income labourers, to make themselves look like they are doing the country a solid.

CS Lewis quote comes to mind: "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
I think it's important for any writer to subject their work to an editor at least once in their lives. No amount of self-directed practice and learning is likely to beat what you find out about your writing by having a whole other brain take a critical look.
Ask HN: What are the best looking Show HN's you have seen?
I'm looking for inspiration how newly built websites look like these days.

Any great examples?
Yeah -- still don't remember Redbox then. I did use Netflix DVDs by mail, too.
You can remotely lock any MDM managed device, this was possible 10 years ago and you need zero development. iCloud lock even brought this to the consumer space.

It is clear that non-tech people wrote this. Any company device I used in the last 10 years was always encrypted and could be remotely locked to not boot.

Additionally most bigger companies will have "security" software like Crowdstrike on all devices which is basically a backdoor.
Not really relevant, for me at least, because the price isn't really the real issue. I would be glad to pay $20 or even $25, that's not my point, but my main point was the trust and reliance. And maybe because I've worked some year as a freelancer a long time ago I have a natural aversion for Uber. But no way I'm not using them or any other competing app next time I'm in a foreign country.
..and those reason are what exactly in relation to the solve of the Byzantium Generals problem?

USD is still the goto choice for ponzi and scams in general, does that invalidate it's utility?
Baby on a bike is easy (well, once they're big enough to hold their heads up). Ours (one and five) pretty much want me to take them on the bike everywhere, unless the weather is brutally wet or cold (< 25˚F for me, though a friend here takes his kid on the bike down to about 15˚).

When the weather's sufficiently bad, we take the BMW with heated seats instead =)
Also likely that they are already super experienced with that particular SSD. I read an article a long time ago that talked about a spacecraft with some camera on it. They said the camera was 10 years old when it was installed and although their were better cameras out there, they picked this one specifically because of reliability.

I’m sure the same happened here.
Sorry, I'm too desensitized by earnest shills.
Hmm I think you miss the point. In some programming environments (like C# and Java) .toUpper() is always incorrect in code unless you are displaying the resulting string in a UI, as it uses the "current locale", which is whatever the user has selected for the machine. When e.g. comparing strings case-insensitively, you should always explicitly specify the locale where the conversion should happen instead of relying on an external configuration variable.

JavaScript actually seems to be the smart one here - its default .toUpperCase() uses the "locale-insensitive case mappings in the Unicode Character Database".
SAS unit repeatedly executed Afghan detainees, BBC finds
Wash trading and bots.
I've talked about this on HN but I'll say it again.

A couple years ago, after being an Android fan for the better part of a decade, I finally bought myself an iPhone and pried myself away from Google's ecosystem wherever I could. And Apple didn't even need to do any work for me to make this decision. It was the years of abuse from Google that you experience when you decide to use a Google product or service. And a big part of that was the constant A/B/C/D/E/F testing. I never felt like I was using a complete product, everything felt like a constant beta that could be changed or rearranged at any point, and I was just doing free testing work for them while they harvest all my data.

Every app update was a risk of the app rearranging itself, or features appearing/disappearing. Eventually it didn't even come from app updates in the Play Store, and new interfaces would just appear one day when a server somewhere marked your account as being in the group that gets the new UI. This app that you were familiar with could at any point be rearranged when you open it on any given day. Then maybe a week later you open it and it's back to how it was before. A button you thought was here suddenly isn't, and you question whether something actually changed or if you're losing your mind. It's a subtle gaslighting that eventually I couldn't stand any more.

To me, A/B testing means you don't respect your users. You see them as just one factor in your money machine that can be poked and prodded to optimize how much money you can squeeze out of them. That's not to say a company like Apple is creating products out of the goodness of their heart, but at least it feels like it was developed by humans who made an opinionated call as to what they thought was the right design decision, and what they would want to use. And in my 2 years of owning an iPhone, I've never opened my reminders app to find out that it's completely unrecognizable, or my messages app has been renamed or rethemed for the umpteenth time.
People have rights because they are humans. Companies aren’t, and as such don’t inherently deserve any rights. They are granted some rights where it’s beneficial to the society, or because of corruption (often legalized as lobbying).
while i absolutely agree with this sentiment, i feel like "Microsoft" as a boogeyman has become far more toothless since secureboot first took flight in 2006. the same people who clamored and wailed about secureboot on windows laptops snored through most of Apples worst laptop freedom offenses.

in 2022 there isnt an single manufacturer that doesnt offer (albeit sometimes sporadically) a Linux laptop. system76 and others exist to deliver the linux laptop and desktop, and Google flat-out refused to do any EFI on chromebook because, surprise, it wasnt really necessary. The average chromebook in 2022 has a cogent enough arm processor to handle daily compute on a wide variety of distros with ease.

Battlestation vendors like Asus will likely seek the rubber stamp for their laptop products that ship with windows, but for liquid cooled battle station geeks the same motherboards will ship with open EFI to run whatever keys you want to, or dont.
I don't know....

What do you need to have a daily traded volume of $1m? Lets find examples.

E.g. 1 - you need e.g. 1k people trading $1k

Is that unrealistic? I don't know. The world is a very big place with a lot of stupid people. But wait! all of these morons use stupid leverage. Many of these platforms give you 100x. Yes, really.

Here's a few more ways that you can get $1m daily:

e.g. 2 - 1k people putting up $10 with 100x leverage

e.g. 3 - 100 people putting up $100 with 100x leverage

Neither of these look unrealistic to me.
I’ve spent time in Godot and Godot Mono- if you’re interested we could pair and investigate some of your bottlenecks. I’ve managed to remove those that I’ve encountered.
Reading this article makes me realise that it would take a relatively small let up in funding such projects to permanently lose the knowledge and expertise it takes to build these fantastic machines.
This guy understands PPP and how central bankers have absolutely being robbing people.

You're alright, we should hang out :)

Cheers
They're only different if you've selected bad metrics. If you've got two different search algorithms, running an A/B test and measuring how often the user selects the first item returned is a good measure for how well your search algorithm is returning the information the customer wanted, which is good customer experience.
Free version. I do use pro but not for the things i mentioned. For example I use Vaadin Charts which is pro. Its ok, i might switch to another chart library but not a high priority right now.
One of the best roguelite card game

I just wish they'd add more content

A shame really
if anything, mastodon and pleroma and pixelfed have shown, even if on a small level compared to the likes of facebook and twitter and instagram that decentralization does not need to be on crypto/blockchain.

>ActivityPub doesn’t provide a way to use a managed host without compromising decentralization.

what does this mean?

i don't get this. if i am hosted on mastodon.social and i want to talk to cawfee.club or a pleroma instance, don't i just message them and the services resolve themselves using activitypub?

what does managed hosts mean? you mean mastodon.social as an example?

what is this