skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Well, it was the victim's choice of words to describe her own feelings.

Sure, but I'm not focusing on that individual person (which I feel sorry for), more about the state of the so-called discourse in general. Had she just said "that prankster from TikTok behaved like a total jerk", it wouldn't make a headline in The Guardian and we wouldn't be commenting : ) Which is sort of my point.

People's choice of words can be quite arbitrary, people would say they're starving when they discover their favorite sandwich shop is closed on their way to work and they're left with no lunch, and yet you probably won't run a headline like "PEOPLE REPORT THEY'RE STARVING ON CHESHIRE STREET" ;) According to one of the comments here even I, too, "dehumanized" the woman ("your attempt to gatekeep who can feel dehumanized has actually dehumanized this woman again."), apparently it becomes a "one-size-fits-all" term, which again aligns with the point I'm making.

> Also, I don't think there is a clear and well defined line of exactly when something becomes dehumanizing.

And I think it's reasonably clear and it doesn't take a degree in linguistics to decipher the meaning - to dehumanize is to demean or obscure someone's humanity. Merely doing something someone doesn't like (even if rightly so) is not quite that.

Of course I can't stop anyone from using words very liberally. One can say they feel dehumanized because someone shortchanged them at the counter, or cut in line (after all, cutting in line often involves treating others like they don't exist, or as if they were objects - not to mention the "for profit" label certainly applies, if time is money).

Similarly I can't (nor do I intend to) stop anyone from thinking that such silly, intrusive pranks actually "spread love and compassion", even though as the article points out, a lot of people tend to agree ("it attracted largely supportive comments"). Those people, along with the TikToker himself, obviously have the right to feel that way too, yet somehow being sceptical about the vailidity of this interpretation is suddenly fine and doesn't constitute "gatekeeping", go figure : )
If I'm reading the standings correctly, they are competing as a team from a single HS while most of the others are all-star teams composed of students from multiple different HSes in a state or area? And they finished higher than noted supermagnet TJHSST?

That is impressive, even if it looks like Lexington HS (MA) finished ahead of them. Are there any other similar school-based team math competitions (I know there are lots of individual ones)?
First of all gratz on the success!

My question to you is what are some typical criticisms your team gets from competitors or other sources?
I'm using the free version of Bitwarden and have no problems with it.
Well many of those places (outside of Italy) add stuff to the coffee like milk or sugar. In that case you want a dark roast because the flavors get cut by the additives. But if you’re drinking it black then a dark roast is very nasty.
1) Kind of:

"One of the major obstacles to long-term space missions in the threat of severe bone loss in astronauts. In the microgravity environment of space, astronauts lose on average 1% to 2% of their bone mineral density every month. For a short-duration flight, bone loss is a fairly minor consequence.

On a long-duration space flight, such as those planned for missions to Mars and beyond, bone loss can be a serious impediment. This loss may not hinder astronauts while they are in orbit, but upon return to Earth, their weakened bones will be fragile and at an increased risk of fractures. At this time, it is unknown whether this bone loss will eventually reach a plateau, or whether it will continue indefinitely." [1]

2) ISS astronauts spend a couple of hours every day exercising to keep the worst of the space-related medical issues at bay... but it's simply no substitute for real gravity.

Space has all sorts of weird effects on the human body: [2]

[1] https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/space-medicine/bone...

[2] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/nasas-twins-st...
Because those fruits do not get selected for their sweetness, their looks, their size? All indicators point towards a similar sugary path to me.
Freeing up gas from gas based electricity plants would surely mean that it can be used for something else.
I actually hate the tooling for Rust. VSCode on Windows sometimes refuses to launch the project or the debugger crashes on launch. IntelliJ Community doesn't do debugging in Rust at all, neither does Sublime Text. Nova for macOS does have a Rust extension, but it also doesn't support debugging.

It's pretty good with IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate on Linux though
> You cannot replace all 200 million of those installations with electric heating

Why not? That seems entirely tractable to me, given 4 months and a large enough budget. It’s undesirable for other reasons, sure, but if it’s between literally freezing to death and surviving, I know which one I’d choose.
> For what it's worth, this is largely unnecessary nowadays.

Not true, compilers remain extremely conservative in their default codegen, we’re talking pre-nehalem (SSE2 at the top end).

I just checked on godbolt, by default u32::count_ones compiled with rustc 1.62 with -O generates 15 lines of assembly hand-counting the bits in the word.

Adding `-C target-cpu=x86-64-v2` reduces that to a single popcnt.

Even if you don’t care for SSE3+, there’s a handful of really useful instructions which are not part of the baseline x86 profile, especially for bit-twiddling and endianness manipulation: popcnt, lzcnt (v3), movbe (v3), BMI1 and BMI2 (v3)
Eating the same food every day is unhealthy.
I'm reminded of the anime "Ouran High-School Host Club", in which spoiled aristocratic teenagers immediately become addicted to "Hescafe" brand instant coffee after trying it for the first time and dub it "commoner's coffee", as if it's some sort of working-class delicacy they discovered while slumming .

When it comes to "artisan" foods like coffee, wine, cheese, etc. I think people over-estimate the subjective value of pedigree brands. They can be different or unique but ultimately no one type of coffee is objectively better than another.
And even if you are major label, who says that only your content is enough to pull enough subscribers. You might as well fail and destroy value of the product you are selling due to loss of consumer visibility and spots on charts.
Back in the day, when VCRs were a thing, everybody used to joke about how no one new how to program theirs. Heck, half of them had the blinking clock forever cause people couldn’t figure out how to reset it.

After reading this book, I realized that maybe if one person can’t program their VCR, you could have argued that it’s their fault. But certainly if so many people have problems with it, it’s clearly an issue with the design.
Not just that. But let's say i decide to go out for something at the healthy place... I can give an example.

I went to a place that markets itself as super healthy foods. I had just finished a 7km run and was feeling like treating myself to something other than the usual calorie controlled foods i usually eat.

I ask the girl behind the counter "how many calories are in this salad" ... She gets a big book and starts flipping through the pages.... After what feels like 5 minutes she says "1500 kcal"

That's heaps. So I decide to enter the things inside it and some rough weights into MyFitnessPal... The salad came out to about 200-300 kcal. So the dressing must have been the rest.

I ordered it without the dressing.

My point to this is even at the healthy places that are marketed as healthy so order anything.... You could be eating more than a big Mac meal.
How is solar considered renewable?
> it's very hard to see the change in a mirror unless other people tell me

I bet that others can see the difference if they've tracked you.

I get told that I look different when I can't see it.

Try and have someone honest close to you point out what those differences are by holding two pictures up.
That was one of the most romantic things I have ever read. And like most romantic things it was fundamentally flawed. Excellent prose though.
obituary in german:

https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000137517643/medienkunstpi...

and a longer interview in german about his work from two years ago:

https://wissenschaft-kunst.de/herbert-w-franke-grenz
this is an excellent move. My sister-in-law operates entirely by 'best before' labelling, anything 2 days before best before is thrown out as not fresh enough. Amount of food waste is insane.
Is this a way to say parts of the US are now a theocracy?
> And it was only a matter of time before juggernauts with valuable IPs like Disney, Warner, etc. would build their own streaming services to disrupt them.

Where I'm at, Disney is already cruising.

Infact, all major production companies seem to have realised a while ago that they all can individually create their own streaming platform.
I thought Chrome leans strong on the "move fast, break things" side.
I can definitely stand a full day but it is exhausting. 60% stand 40% sit seems good to me
Fascinating (and believable). Is there a write-up of this anywhere? Can't find anything with a search.
Apparently Frazer doesn't have a teaching degree, he only has a bachelors in accounting. I'm curious if that played a role in his thinking.
There's a ton of carbon in the Martian atmosphere. It sounds like a great place for an algae farm (which is where terrestrial oil came from.)
See also: cnpm CLI tool (npmmirror.com)
Starbucks is like McDonalds, but for coffee instead of burgers.

I dunno, I don’t need my coffee super fancy, but I do need it conveniently located right next to my office.
The German chain (I think?) Espresso house has always served me a decent Americano, and they're pretty widespread in Europe.

The worst espresso (machiatto) I ever had was from Fabrique in Stockholm. It tasted like straight vinegar.
That doesn't change the fact that the people of those countries are better off for those jobs existing.

>>and if your whole argument is essentially reagan-era, neoliberal "a rising tide raises all ships" globalist economics, i have waterfront property to sell yah

The last 30 years has seen the most rapid reduction of poverty in human history:

https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/World/2016/0207...

Those countries that have received the most foreign direct investment - motivated by the profit opportunity of using their cheap labor - have benefited the most:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/743509/china-average-yea...
That is absolutely amazing and for anyone glossing over this link unsure if you will bother checking it out I highly recommend checking it out. 2 minute video. So cool the ending. I know what I am doing tomorrow.
After 12 years of mostly standing for work (software development), the part of this article I sadly can agree with is the wrist/carpal tunnel issue.

I'm probably on the extreme end of "standers", as I routinely stand for 12+ hours at my computer. If my partner is not around, I'll not only stand for the full work day but also the entire evening. There may be days where the only time I sit is in the bathroom...

Only recently, as I allowed a bad diet and lack of exercise to become a problem, have I found myself less able to stand as much.

But the real issue is the forearms, wrists, and hands. I believe it should be possible to arrange my desktop in a way that gives me the same ergonomics as sitting (with respect to arms), but so far I haven't got it quite right.

Probably the right answer is just to cut my time at the computer in half and spend the other half of my time out being active :).
on windows you can type cmd into any windows explorer address bar and have command line open at that folder.

Useful for markdown editors that have no integrations but offer a way to show file in a new explorer window.
> We dogfood the same API endpoint to prevent users who abuse disposable emails to create fake accounts for free trial credits.

I usually use disposable emails to test services but don't want to be spammed. Often, I later upgrade to a paid plan if I like the service. If they block disposable email addresses, I will not even try them at all.
The Algorithm Design Manual – Notes
The main issue with geothermal energy is that it needs cooling and that means water, a lot of water. I do not have the exact estimates for geothermal, but in the US the current numbers are 15 gallons to produce 1kWh of electricity. source: https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/t...

Same issue with any kind of thermal power btw. This is already a problem with nuclear reactors that have to shut down because of droughts.

Thermal pollution is also an issue. Rivers (and coastal waters) temperatures going up is destructive for ecosystems.

So yes, geothermal is much better than coal. Not really a long term solution though.
I routinely finish off the coffee at work thats been cold for 2 hrs, because I forgot to drink it quickly.

Never once had trouble because of that. Went to a 3 star hotel once that had coffee for breakfast, only tried that one once.
12 years experience in hydro:it does not matter, if it has moving parts, it will require maintenance.

You need to stop the machines to measure critical parts are in good shape. You need to change consumables too.

And some controls are by law every X hours of operation.
So funny to see this comment. Having moved to Portland recently I've been wondering why most coffee here is undrinkable to me. Guess this explains it.

If anyone is looking for recommendations, Clinton St. Coffee House has never once served me a sour cup of coffee.
Ever wondered what a black hole *sounds* like?
Turkish coffee is in general just coffee and water. Some drinks it with a little sugar.

There are varieties with cardamon or mastic but they are very rare.
Being "off diet" (at roughly maintenance) for a week or two every few weeks seems to make a diet easier to stick to and keep your target weight once yo reach it.

This goes into a bit more detail:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HVdLMnr40M
In theory the domain you set the "From:" field to will have DMARC, DKIM and SPF set up and in theory the recipient that implements those protocols will discard your mail as sent from an unauthorized server.
Step 1. Create circle selection (or path, if you prefer)

Step 2. Paint outline with paint tool of choice.

"but, but ... it's a two step process" I hear you crying out with despair.

Fine. Use a shapes plugin.
> Christopher Hitchens was an expert on sophistry in the manner of a champion high school debater and doesn't deserve the reflected glory of being noted as "the" Orwell expert.

I love Hitchens, and agree with you 100%.
Love reading this discussion, even though it feels to be primarily limited to unix/linux users in a US-centered echo-chamber. (I'm in Europe)

Regardless of what the author is spending his money on, I think he is along the median of subscription spend in most of Europe. (counting software and services(streaming, podcast, amazon prime))

I'm not a huge fan of subscription-by-default myself but it has grown on me for certain apps/services. I used to pay $xxxx for a software package and now pay a price per month and getting way more updates, and I can easily cancel at any given time, and resume when I need to with the latest version.

As a professional user, I'm amazed at the amount of people not willing to pay for their daily tools, but I guess that's another discussion.
Google Analytics -> insites.app
With a population of one obese person every three, good luck telling them not to use air conditioning.
Yes, because of IRS taxation rules
Also dangerous heat levels
What a connoisseur! I can't help but imagine this would be a YouTube channel if made today.
Atkinson is great.

Makes me sad that he apparently supports a NFT grift.
Reminds me of the math education system in my country when I was a kid, but it was all about the Math Olympiad. They found the most promising kids and invited them to form a club where they got instructed above and beyond the curriculum. Kids got to know each other and form friendships, got motivated by cooperation and competition. This is all besides regular school.
There are various options. Since facts should rely on proofs, it should be straight forward to establish the baseline.

For the grey area, I would allow people to choose their fact provider. The providers have to document the reasoning for their 'facts'. Since time establishes which 'facts' are facts, you can determine which providers are sincere and ask users to choose among them.
A similar setup more or less saved my PhD 15 years ago. I got RSI to the point that it was debilitating: any arm movement that required bending my arm would be painful (shaving, brushing tooth, etc.). I considered stopping my PhD.

What likely saved me was using workrave on my linux workstation: this is a software that forces you to take 30 sec break every 10 mins, and 5 (or 10 ?) mins every hour. It does so by disabling the keyboard (there is an escape hatch ofc). The hourly break, I would stand and walk.

I've been working as a SWE since then. Last few years, I started typing less (moved to management), but I am now > 40 and can still use keyboard w/o much trouble.

It is very easy to try workrave, so I would recommend people taking a look.
Americans love their cash money. They say it's part of their freedom or something, but I'm not that convinced.
Tier 1 firms (YC, 500 startups?) are great, but honestly they do invest in a lot of crap too. Glassdoor has some surprisingly tiny companies and they're useful for flagging issues. I do bring up these issues in the interviews and let the interview address them fairly.
>there's no easy way to introduce custom file transformations during the build.

Every real-world build system I’ve seen provides that functionality. In particular a standard make(1) can do it just fine.
Illy advertise themselves as 100% Arabica and Lavazza have many products that claim 100% Arabica. Are you saying these are false advertising? Or is this one of those things where the cafe blend is totally different to the store blend?
> It’s not uncommon to hear stories of people who quit drinking for example and soon after
lose all their friends

And (crucially) then go back to drinking.

Human attachment patterns are a primary factor in dependency
problems. Addicts get into groups who mutually support each other's
habit. Leaving the drug means leaving the only group who "understand"
you. It's the same for cults. There's a chapter on this in Digital
Vegan. Social media companies shamelessly and aggressively leverage
that psychology.
Show HN: Qwikdraft: Voicefy Your Drawings
Qwikdraft is building a solution to give the structural details of a drawing as a voicemail, instead of a drawing.
Please let us know your thoughts
Yeah I know the book. Yet: your comment made it sound like this idea is universally applicable (which as I demonstrated it isn't).

Knowing which thing is meant to be an everyday thing and which is meant to require some domain specific knowledge is key. Trying to make some specialized tool easier to use than it should be, can harm the usability of the specialized thing. Treating an everyday object as a specialized thing when it is clearly not and pushing the burden of reading the object onto the user is also bad. Both problems can be observed (just think about documentation that starts with "this is completely trivial to use" and then it isn't).

As Dieter Rams said: Good design is honest. That means also that it should not hide the complexity of the actual problem people try to solve with this in a bad way.
Pretty cool startup. Digging 20km deep holes, and only in 3-4 months, this would be amazing.
> Yeah, but half of the HIMARS have been destroyed

Theres 0 evidence that 1, let alone half the HIMARS have been destroyed. On the contrary, we have seen ~3 more Russian ammo depots explode in the past two days.

> Russia kept its pace and slowly but surely is winning

Russia has made nearly 0 gains in the past two weeks, and in the past couple months the gains require a lot of zooming in on a map to even see.

> And as Putin said, they hasn't started and we believe him.

Yes Russia hasn't started at all, thats why they are throwing their hypersonic missiles and US anti carrier weapons at Ukrainian warehouses and shopping malls. Not only has Russia started, this is _all_ Russia has. The most astounding thing about this war is how poor Russias armed forces really are.
I really don't like buying it but the Nestle Instant-Coffee is simply the best my supermarket has available. I drink my coffee black and that one is pretty close to how it tastes from beans.

Most instant coffees have sugar and milk powder mixed in and taste disgusting. The Nescafe does the job and it's done in less than a minute.
I’ll have to read them. Some of the most fascinating ideas I’ve come across were in some “Essays by Some Great Writer Known For A Single Novel.”

And it’s fun because I’m one of may a few hundred people on the planet to have read them.
Thanks for the interest. It’s not really a super sexy project but it is useful for me. In addition, I really like writing software in Perl. I hope there will be a real resurgence of interest in classic Unix and Perl after people start copping it from the the towering complexity of other stacks …

Btw, the script currently cannot install Perl package dependencies. I will add code soon to make that happen (MakeMaker) so it becomes self-installing.

Feel free to add stuff for other banks!
Some movies remain popular long after they were released though.
Everyone should be treated equal. Special treatment for certain things is essentially the entire issue under discussion.
How do I get some interesting problems for my kid to look at? Starting at the bottom
The borrow checker does a whole lot more than replacing the GC though so it is very weird to point at it and say that the lack of a GC leads to that.

Modern C++ works very well too, but it is of course a huge language with a lot of legacy that makes it unsuitable or undesirable for a lot of things. But again, completely orthogonal to the GC.

That's a very shallow dismissal of swift... Oh, and Chris Lattner would not agree: https://atp.fm/205-chris-lattner-interview-transcript#gc

> How exactly GC is not a boost in productivity?

You claim that every other sentence but present nothing to stand on. The interview linked above shows some perspective if you care. You are not relieved from thinking about memory with a GC.

GC is a sensible response to C-style memory management, but not to any form of manual memory management.

The problem is that the options for non-GC languages are so poor, so the most reasonable language choice gives you a GC whether you want it or not. Hence my main point.

So it's not like you pick Go because it has a GC. But you might pick Go despite it having a GC.
It's not critique, it's just opinion, so feel free!

I love Gimp and cant spend 2 seconds in Photoshop before flipping a table from frustration.

PS: I like gnu ed too :)
Disagree - I would want to know the reality of being a pastry chef if I went to baking.com.
The Hours of Work Behind a Simple Feature
Congratulations, you make the internet worse for actual humans and better for corporations. Making the world a net worse place, for everyone that matters.
I have been thinking about this lately. In Sweden we have a huge amount of elk, held high by forresting practices (clearcutting releases a huge amount of energy for elk), virtually no predators (we have less than 500 wolves) and policies to keep the number high.

Elks are by far the most dangerous wild animal in Sweden, killing about 10 per year in traffic accidents. Add to hat the cost of the elks to the forresting industry and suddenly we are left with very few reasons to keep such an artificially huge elk population.

The outtake (in meat), which is already considered to be at a maximum, only covers 2-3% of Swedish meat consumption.

I have started considering it a very marginal industry eith large drawbacks and very small benefits.