skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> I've had "good" black coffee. Too acidic and bitter.

Without trying to talk you out of your preference, I think there's a distinction that might be useful here. A "good" buttery chardonnay isn't going to be enjoyable if you just don't like white wine. There are a ton of great coffees that do not have acidic and bitter as significant tasting notes, so it might be a case of finding a better match to your preferences?

Even with your Mr. Coffee if you use a metal filter compared to a paper filter I imagine you'd notice a flavor difference to the point where you'd have a preference.

That said, I don't think there's necessarily a coffee for everyone - it's just not tasty to some. Even then, you might find a medium roast with some dried fruit or toffee tasting notes, prepared as a pour over or similar by a local hipster might be notably less nasty than what you're drinking today.
I suggested exactly that as a joke over a decade ago, then decided to try it out. Ended up I really liked it, and still use it for all my personal code.

I do stick to 4 spaces at work though.
Checked the price out of curiosity. Bulgari: $440k, limited to 10 units. RM: $1.888m, limited to 150 units. The RM is 4 times more than the Bulgari watch.
I'm not sure if it comes out ahead on price, but I find Waka instant coffee to be great. Similar to your experience with Starbucks Via, it's the first brand that convinced me that instant coffee could be good. You can buy it on Amazon in little single-cup packets, or a bag of it.
I had a similar experience. Grew up in a really rural area with family who raised cattle. Spent a lot of time on my Grandfather's farm. But my other grandparents lived in rural California. Driving past all the factory dairy farms was pretty shocking.
> California has had two days with rolling blackouts since 2001, August 14-15 of 2020.

Right. And more are predicted for this year. So it was and still is an issue. Or at least, officials expect it to still be an issue.
So even if a technology isn't fulfilling our needs and is leading to problems, we should ignore that because it's the "right" thing to do?
So, those router bits from Ali are likely to have a few concerns:

- Lower quality metal, meaning they need to be sharpened more often.

- Looser tolerances, more vibration for you/the router to compensate for, and a lower quality finish.

- Consistency between blades will be low.

Perfectly adequate is ok for low frequency and low expectations, but not for anyone expecting high output or high expectations.
Differences are often what make people interesting. I wouldn’t do a lot of this stuff but I wouldn’t necessarily describe it as antisocial behavior or anything like that. You do you. Doesn’t make you better or worse than anybody as long as it isn’t impacting other people.
> garden hose

Please find a different solution. Lithium + water = boom. Don’t put water on an electrical fire of any kind, to be honest.
> I can not imagine any 'side' in TX putting up with having no power for 2-3 hours, 2-3 times day

If it's the side that you've disenfranchised then you don't really need to worry about it.
I have a coffee table height desk integrated into my loft space where I'll often use my laptop while seated on the loft's floor.

It's actually more annoying than just having the laptop on the floor and leaning my chest forward against a bent up knee.

But it is a nice option for variety sake, and in my setup it's also the orientation required to enjoy the windowed view outside. In terms of pure ergonomics and computing comfort though, it's not as good as just the floor.

There's also the whole multihead display thing that the low desk provides, it's always a compromise.
The downside would be worse if he had 8 children as a poor person. His parenting is due to his character not his wealth.
Depending on your battery platform you might be able to find an adapter. DeWalt for instance sells an adapter to use their newer 20v lithium batteries on tools built for their older 18v platform:

https://a.co/d/73x4MGy

You can also find third-party adapters to convert between basically any two battery platforms.
I also like coffee mixed with chicory in the New Orleans style for that bitter kick. The New Orleans Cafe du Monde (besides brewing it on site) also sells the mixture in some supermarkets for brewing at home.
let me tell you where I think you can take this project. OMNICHANNEL. Matrix is perfect for an omnichannel server, maybe pairing it with an asterisk handling SIP TRUNKS. ON-PREM OMNICHANNELS ARE SORELY NEEDED!!
Remember, there is no way to stop package updates entirely in Ubuntu Core unless you pay for "brand store" (which is like $30K/year).

You can choose an update window (but at least once per month), pause updates (at most for 90 days) or rollback to previous version (but only until another version is released). If you want more control that than, stop using snap store.

Even commercial OSes like Windows or iOS are not that bad!
it’s unfortunate many local utilities in Texas actually punish for solar. It’s a good thing off grid solar and battery storage is really coming down in price.
I guess this kind of efforts will be largely mitigated by the existing fraud detection systems. You'll probably need to devise much more sophisticated attacks to achieve such goal. And the attack should be also economical, which makes it a really challenging problem against FB-level targets.
The WSJ's Editorial Board is not a great place to get level-headed policy assessments.
So, just ignore the problems and double down? Sounds like a terrible strategy. If it doesn’t work we need to pivot to something more reliable, like nuclear energy.
3-Tier Hierarchical Structures AndExtreme Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Performance
No, you just need to be able to discern features and appreciate desirable ones.
I think it's probably a safe take to note that plaster and wood studs are going to be the norm for most people on HN in a spot to be putting holes in walls, but yeah, fair.
1,500 megawatt is what i heard, so about 2% of grid and growing.
There’s a heavy capitalism realist veil over most of the other comments in this thread. And this does come down mostly to control over one’s own time (you can see it even with the most workaholic CEOs, who on whim can veer off to fancies unrelated to their CEO role or for their personal benefit with ease when they have any need or want to)

This has heavy implications. For example, with the ability for the working class to protest anything; rich business owners are the only ones who can take days off for that without collapsing through meager safety nets
Children's privacy with respect to freedom to experiment and become their own people would generally mean private interactions with their peers, not corporations or adults.
I had the k-slim or whatever not too long ago but gave it away when I moved. It has a reservoir for multiple servings and makes manageable coffee. I really loved it so I figured I’d get it again but accidentally got the slim without a reservoir.

So then I was making a cup of coffee and having to fill the water before every use. Nothing has upset me more than having to fill the water before every cup of coffee.

I know it sounds incredibly stupid but I think this article puts it into words better than I could. I don’t want /good/ coffee, I just want coffee that’ll get the hell out of my way so I can focus on other things.

I ended up getting a ninja coffee machine which can make drip coffee and k-cup coffee, and it has a giant water reservoir. Probably the best investment ever. I think it cost only slightly more than that first k-slim machine I had.

I’ll probably get an aeropress so I can get extra fancy on occasion and maybe roast my own coffee beans eventually because I’ve heard it makes a giant difference.

But really 99% of my coffee consumption is around “ok” coffee from my ninja machine thing. A lot of the time I don’t even know what flavor cup I used, or care.

But there’s nothing more comforting than running into a problem at work, getting a cup of coffee while I think about the problem in my head, and sitting down at my desk to start on my work as I take my first sip.
Testers, surely.
It’s not popular in Australia either. It’s available, but everyone eats chicken, pork or beef.
What would the motive be to make a fake research paper?

Few things are more seductive than the knowledge that your cause is just. And that you, and your tribe, just have to be right.
Comedy is the test code of life.

BehaviorError, SizeError, and LocationError are exception classes.

What we're testing is the audience expectation of the behavior of various object instances.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/15/crypto-energy-texas-...

(from another comment to this post)
If nuclear plants in Texas are maintained as well as the rest of the equipment, sure it will be reliable.
The brain has two states, focused and diffuse
Spaced repetition all the way, my man. I’ve been using a flashcard program called SuperMemo for more than 15 years to remember cool stuff, and now I have a destination for anything noteworthy I find while reading or listening to podcasts.
Those interconnections are basically small scale arbitrage connections setup to take advantage of the difference in spot prices. They aren't close to the scale needed to make a dent in a power shortage.
At least according to Paul Graham's old essay about it, it's everywhere: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
This was not a rare view at the time, was it? IIRC a lot of people saw it coming.
VueJS - Evan You wrote VueJS and the docs with the idea that you could pick it up and be coding an app over a weekend.

Laravel - Build an end to end complete full stack application. You can incorporate just about every boilerplate feature you can think of by just following the docs.

Gitlab - Open and complete docs on source management, and the Gitlab product. But also very easy to understand docs on different aspects of running a software business, including style guides, and messages from executives.
I think by and large recycling programs could generally be described as "a sham" pretty accurately. I'm sure there are good programs somewhere, but locally I think it was estimated (ballpark, just trying to remember) like 5-10% of recyclable plastic ends up being recycled vs. in a landfill or incinerated. Of that, some depressingly small amount is actually usefully recycled.

Back of the napkin, if you buy a 30-pack of recyclable cups and are diligent about taking the foil off roughly 1 of those 30 will be meaningfully recycled. Obviously not "you" here, just trying to make a statistics point that recycling is usually (depending where you live) closer to a lie than not.
don't slam a solution that can't do what's promised? Why? It's obviously failing on all levels...

"hurt the cause" facts tend to do that when promises aren't met and people suffer.
During the pandemic, I refurbished two old laptops for my kids to use while my wife and I worked during the day.

They play mostly Roblox and Minecraft. I don’t monitor everything they do, but I do check in.

I give them each $5/mo in Roblox money (robux). They can spend it all as soon as they get it, or save it. But that’s all they get.

Even though the screen time is more than I think it should be, we try and create balance by getting out every day- going to the park, to the pool, running errands together, weekend camping trips…

I’ve tried different variations on screen-time, but the truth is it varies enough for us that it doesn’t seem worth it to police it. Some days end up being screen heavy. Some days the screens don’t even get turned on.

In any case, do what you think is right, keep learning as you go, and don’t be too hard on yourself when you inevitably make a mistake.
Even if you are not writing the algorithms themselves, being able to know when to apply a certain approach or select different libraries based on their implementations (and the tradeoffs they come with) is useful. I feel like I'm endlessly re-re-re-learning various different algorithms and problem classes though whenever I got hunting for a library. Like, algorithm goes into brain, problem is solved, 3 months later it's pushed out by something else. As long as things work, there's no stickyness.
Fields Medal was never meant for ‘the greatest mathematical genius' (2018)
A friend of mine once proposed that we just coin a new word for the latter, and instead of calling it pizza call it 'dough-cheese-wedge'. I agreed, because I do like nice freshly made Italian pizza, I also frequently order a gigantic dough-cheese-wedge from my local kebab shop and consume it to great satisfaction. They're just completely different foods designed for different circumstances, and I love them both.
If something sounds as implausible as you just made it sound, the explanation might be rather that they know more about the topic than you and that it is your numbers that are off.
My aunt endlessly researched all the options at Starbucks and then finally came up with this gold standard. (She writes out on a post-it for every visitor to her home and sticks it in their wallet so they can recite it in front of the barista.)

Cafe latte, tall, non-fat milk, one splenda. (This is fairly zero calorie.)

A stronger option is: Cafe latte, tall, an extra shot of espresso, non-fat milk, two splendas.

Ask for it to be made with Reserve beans.
It's an interesting piece because it's clear they dove head first into the coffee lifestyle, community and culture. Now that they are disenfranchised, they're potentially reflecting in on overcorrection, which is making them feel as though how they once lived was all a bit silly. They're also discovering perhaps a set of blinders on culture they didn't realize they had. I resonated with the story about Ted, and his point about long conversations over bad coffee. I think what he's noted is that sometimes being passionate about something will alienate you from parts of society without you realizing it.

I do feel it's important to remember that we get interested in things for a reason though, and you can't fault yourself for being enthusiastic about something. I'm not saying when we get disenfranchised that we should crawl back, but try not to be too hard on yourself for having enjoyed something in life, even if you no longer do.
i've been doing it without ventilation and i'm really surprised how mild it is. it definitely smells for a few hours, but not bad at all. if it's too bad, i open the door for a few minutes or a window while i'm roasting.

i can't recommend it enough! it's super fun, and a whole new domain to learn about :)
I use firefox because i can add things like treestyle tabs and tridactyl and also eliminate unnecessary parts ofvthe UI when i don't need them like the url, tab, and menu bar. I also don't have to worry about security and updates like I would with chrome.
It is an interesting thought.

I think lots of us have places we loved growing up, that in became nostalgic keystone locations for our childhoods. For me, it is an ice cream place. And it becomes all the more apparent that these locations were actually about the people, because at some point we realize actually it is just kinda mediocre soft-serve otherwise.

And maybe frou-frou is distracting. But the instant coffee doesn't induce the authentic experience, it just makes it noticeable in retrospect. Although, the author didn't explicitly claim that it did induce the experience... Anyway there's a big gap between frou-frou and instant coffee where all sorts of lovely little coffee shops live.

I dunno. This became kinda train of thought. In conclusion, I have no conclusion. It is good for people to enjoy things and we should definitely find little rituals to indulge in with our loved ones.
That’s good.

The next up for me was this - his interview with Elton John.

So good.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl0HqlbX7dc
At that point why bother recycling anything?
This is how I feel as well. I've never come to appreciate light or medium with pour over or a good showerhead machine with proper temp. I can be ok with medium out of a moka pot as an Americano, but Aero press turns anything lighter than Vienna into something I can't finish. Moka pot with TJs french roast at medium fine grind is what I usually make. Dunkin donuts boxed coffee for meetings is right up there with my favorites though.
this sounds like yet another generic list

VPNs hide your browsing history so your internet service provider (ISP) can’t see any of your online activity.

these are not good usually. they store information and also you can be identified other ways.

A better solution is a VPS such as Amazon EC2 and do browsing on that instead. that way your computer will be shielded from malware and also your IP hidden
I have seen wildly different estimates for the origins of micro plastics from different studies.

The obvious issues are plastics breakdown at wildly different rates so the ratios of plastic pollution doesn’t match the ratios seen in the ocean. There are significant differences in where each type of plastic enters the ocean and where it ends up so sampling different parts of the ocean results in different observations. Finally sizes vary widely so measuring by volume, piece, or weight gives different results.

On top of this it’s not always easy to say the actual origin of a given piece was.
AIUI (as someone who as on one of these plans), the primary provider, Griddy, went into bankruptcy (and was scapegoated for making a plan that had regulatory approval...).

A lesser provider, Octopus Energy (which is rooted in the UK) disabled new subscriptions for their market-rate plan and has probably phased out all users by now. They have been running a month-to-month plan, though they were giving customers $100 to leave the month-to-month service (in late May? Early June?).

I'm not 100% sure what this is about. They framed it as being about having to charge really high rates as the summer went on, but it could since it too is a pre-deposit plan, they might be fearing a similar circumstance (grid goes into crisis, prices once again get pegged at $8.99/kwh, and they get stuck with the choice of either turning people off and letting them potentially die in the heat, or being stuck with a massive shortfall).

FWIW, Griddy tried this as well (shedding customers), but the notice came late on a Friday and it wasn't clear who (if anyone) would be taking customers on a Saturday.

That aside, a cap would help, though it's not clear to me that the power infrastructure has controls that are fine-grained enough to actually enforce it? Unless maybe you had your own ~smart-breaker?
I definitely did NOT know that when the vaccinations were first rolled out. Do you have a source?
In the case of Texas, where idiocy rules to the level that the state is bonding billions to reimburse power companies for the failures and chaos caused by very predictable cold weather, that won’t work.

Unfortunately, whomever runs the Texas public utility commission doesn’t work for the people of Texas.
Mm, you're just prescribing preferences I think. You're not wrong that it begins to remove and change the flavors, but that's what some people prefer. It's different to steak as well, in that the bean starts with a flavour profile unique to that bean, and the roast alters it. So roasting different times and temps will yield different results depending on the bean, and sometimes you start with a bean you don't like the flavour of and end up with one you do.

Dark roasts and light roasts and everything in between are common here in Australia, where we have a fairly rich history with espresso coffee.
she might be trying to tell you something about your regular roast.
The State Senate actually came up with a good plan (on paper) for improving the grid. The implementation was then handed off to the Railroad Commissioner who then totally watered things down. There’s a good article about how it went down in Texas Monthly magazine. Lesson is that the Railroad Commissioner is a very powerful (elected) position in terms of energy, so worth paying close attention to that election.
That is quite an enormous omission! It is kind of unsurprising though, because misinterpreting Orwell is nearly an art form.
I have trouble keeping up with different folks approaches from comment to comment.

The other guy mentioned using some that are recyclable so that’s why I mentioned that.

Beyond that what am I supposed to do make a pot of coffee that mostly I won’t drink?
Early Lego games made great use of intonation and miming for their gags and storytelling. For example, this is their version of the famous "I am your father" scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvX3MaFB9TI
i haven't, i've only ordered from sweet marias, but i'll check them out! i want a little more variety in my green coffee sources.

i didn't like roasting with the air popper, ever since getting a hottop drum roaster its actually been really fun instead of a chore. i have graphs and logs with data (manual recording), and i'm working on an arduino adapter for easier data logging.

i think i'm gonna keep with the hottop for a year then upgrade to an ailio bullet so i can get better logging/profiles as well as larger batches. the hottop does 225-250 grams per batch which is enough for a week, so i can roast on weekends. but for espresso it's hard to dial in and enjoy it before it's already gone while i'm also doing large french press brews.
the thing is, wind in general has far surpassed its expectations.
Seems like Texas could build a few nuclear plants and solve this issue
Well, most of the people who fetishise Linux/UNIX would also not use KDevelop because of their deep devotion to the UNIX philosophy. I'm sure neither KDevelop does only one thing, nor does it does what it does well ("well" as defined by UNIX enthusiasts wielding pipes and shells).
Afterpay is sending out mass verification codes
Up front: I agree that there's generally too much posturing and too little focus on the data and how to actually solve our energy challenges.

With that said, it's worth considering the aspect of what it takes to ensure energy is available when it is needed. With fossil fuels, plant generation capacity has been historically built to ensure satisfaction of peak loads. Fuel was stored nearby to allow meeting rated capacity whenever that capacity was needed. Renewables' generation is slightly more complex, since we have less control for making rated generation happen when we need it to meet demand.

Of course, there are many options with making renewables work. Storage is one approach, overbuilding renewables to ensure a minimum actual generation in adverse conditions is another. As we work to reduce the costs of renewables (and storage), various renewable based options become increasingly economically advantageous. We shouldn't ignore the downsides; we should seek to understand what can be done about them.

As far as data goes, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) provides power generation/consumption data for the US grid, including breakouts by generation source [1]. The data for the Texas grid (ERCO) is interesting to explore.

[1] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electr... (you can expand the graphs and view hourly data for up to 30 days and daily data for a much longer period of time).
Very tangential, but there was even a music video made featuring Pingu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7RcqRmBlIQ
Driver nagging alerts and overriding like surprises automatic braking needs to die in a fire.