skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
After years (holy cow decades!) of using UNIX then Linux for my day-to-day working environment, I have never felt the pull of using Windows after I left MSDOS in 1991. <grin>

Seriously, once you make the move to your new Operating System, stay there. Yes, you will have problems that arise. But don't backslide to using the familiar. Work your way past the bottleneck. You may need to Google a whole bunch of stuff that you do not realise that you don't know about. That then becomes a way to move forward.

I would give this same advice to a Linux user like myself moving across to Windows.

When I moved from MSDOS to UNIX back in 1991, there was no Google. So it was difficult. I could work my way around MSDOS with no hassles at all, but the simplest things, almost, in UNIX had me floored quite often. But persistence and trial-and-error experimentation paid off.

Probably what I'm trying to say is that you may need to find your own path to which email client is best for you. Recommendations for an email client may give you somewhere to start from, but they will never be as good as where your own experience and your own requirements will lead you.

Forget what you did in Windows, that won't really help you in Linux. It may even hold you back at times due to the different mindset and different attitudes of Linux/UNIX developers and users.

Good luck!

(And don't worry about about having gigabytes of emails hanging around. I have gigabytes of programming stuff lying around on my system, even source-code files from back in the 1980s.)
This isn't the case. I'm familiar with the standards applied for living philosophers, and they fall far short of the level of "future Nobel prize winner" (A quick glance at Wikipedia show I took classes from 7 such individuals while in grad school). Similarly for physicists: there are over 1000 21st century physicists listed on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_physicis....
Yes, lack of interactivity.

Computers with explicit or implicit limits on their interactivity have been convincing people they're human for a long time.

It seems like the only thing that's hard for robots is when someone uses language to set a different structure of interaction - if you say, "draw a picture with thus and thus shapes, then tell me what it looks like" and similar things.
Maybe the people who wanted to write about Pokemon were tired of being debated about what pages, or paragraphs, of their output were "notable"?
How much is wood drying about getting rid of the water vs resin freezing (not sure if freezing is the proper word, I mean it getting hard)?
Or the tl;dr, there’s always money available for things that directly make money and when it comes to government repayment is in the form of jobs and GDP growth.

“But free school lunches also provide a positive ROI!” I agree with you, now convince your representative of it.
Thank you for this. There’s a certain meditative quality to the site that I hardly ever see. It makes me think about Sister Wendy. :-)
Re: #2, they also decided to merge Facebook with Oculus login, and I still refuse to buy an Oculus for that reason alone. I'm tired of my data being cross analyzed and seeing creepy ads follow me around the internet. Last thing I want to do is plug into some Facebook metaverse where even my eyeball movements are analyzed and processed.

As a kid I thought I would love VR. And even as solid as the modern experiences have gotten, spending more than 15 minutes in a headset is nauseating, and there's so much ceremony to get set up and you pretty much are expected to stand while playing. I'd rather veg out on the couch with a PS4 controller, I guess?
This reminds me of a very funny website that used to exist in the 1990s called called Forum 2000[0]. Readers would submit questions and "AIs" modeled on the personalities of famous philosophers would answer, occasionally getting into their own philosophical bun fights. It was all a joke by some CMU students I think. I can't find the site online any more (it used to be www.forum2000.org), but with a bit of luck one of the Wayback Machine backups has the content.

[0] https://everything2.com/title/Forum+2000
Indeed.

For example my experience with big corpos was totally different from what I've been reading on the internet.
It’s not about military might. Look at the pain the west is feeling with divestment from Russia, and then imagine doing that with China.
one thing i find that works for me in those situations is to act the opposite how i feel when around others.

for example, try to be funny or maybe ironic (in a non-negative way if that makes sense) and positive/supportive instead of expressing nakedly how you might be feeling...

what i notice is, the good vibes bounce back from others around me (they will maybe say something funny back, or laugh etc) and can lift my feelings up for the whole day (pull me out of the funk)

also, the usual things: try to go outside, get some sun, make sure to exercise, hang out with people; being fit and around others can make a huge boost

> However, I frequently am not in that state. I feel distracted, un-motivated, pessimistic. I ruminate, I feel stressed and frustrated with situations.

if its work-related, do you know why you feel pessimistic?

if your not sure the cause, why not ask your employees? talking to them might jog a couple ideas or even change your perspective. perhaps maybe you need to share some burdens with them...?
This one is "simpler" (in the sense that it is simpler than the cube, your actual mileage may vary):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Snake

Whether it also falls into your "too easy" bucket I cannot say.
They have the capital and people. I keep asking people I know if anybody is excited about their metaverse, and only a marketing person told me she was. Their reputation from past behavior is going to make it difficult for people to adopt. I see a big flop, but I have been wrong before.
Also, it doesn't stigmatize the kids that do receive the free meals.
Housing isn't just owner-occupied or rented. Second and third homes, and overseas purchasers who don't live there but may let their kids stay, don't fit those molds. We need like 20M homes so everyone gets their extras, or 0 new homes because everyone who can afford one has them anyway.
More like "If you're not part of the solution, there's money to be made in prolonging the problem." (I don't know who said it, but I'm paraphrasing from something I've seen on a demotivational poster re: consulting)
People is really stupid sometimes...
Yeah but how much advertising revenue does WhatsApp bring in?
Yes, but it is a feedback loop into destruction. People don't pay taxes because of this, so the government increases taxes to collect more, so people pay less, so they need more. There is no way out of it.
Doing Business* puts Argentina's tax on profit at 106%. That is, it is illegal to make a profit in Argentina. Legally every business must shrink until destruction.

https://www.doingbusiness.org/content/dam/doingBusiness/coun...
Why do we get old, and can aging be reversed?
Yes, new writing doesn't require new insight. That could be fine though, because insight is often in readers rather than writers ie. an explanation phrased as X might enlighten some set of people P0 but phrased as Y night enlighten a disjoint set of people P1.
Kids depend on adults. Those adults are primarily their parents, but it need not be.
I'm sure we can deduce how Gen Z (and a large segment of millennials) would rate "white men" for instance, just based on how they talk about that cohort online or in the media.

That sort of thinking is ignorant yes, but very prevalent.
It’s used by malware, and detectable via high entropy nature of the traffic (most domains don’t have thousands of txt records containing b64). Recently I sent a 1mb file over dns, which terminated abruptly, I suspect dns resolvers blacklisted the domain.

It also multiplies bandwidth by at least 2-3x I think, so I’d call it bad etiquette to use unless you have a very very good reason to.
Oh my. I was referring to the earliest attempt, [Poke](https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/facebook-poke-app/).

Later, there was [Slingshot](https://www.engadget.com/2014-06-17-facebook-slingshot.html).

And now Threads.

I guess my original comment was unfair -- Facebook does try to launch clone apps. They just don't work!
One of the demos I've delivered for my $MEGACORP$ is showing how to fine-tune large scale language models to generate text on our service. The demo I used was to create a "Plato" model by fine-tuning GPT-2 on his text "Timaeus", followed by a "Stirner" model trained on his work "The Unique and its Property".

I finish the demo by training "Chimera" models, first a model trained by concatenating the texts together, and then another trained on weaving the lines of each book together, paragraph by paragraph.

I find the results of a "Chimera" model far more fascinating. I can arbitrarily combine the texts of a set of philosophers, and get something hopefully which is totally different - something which is hopefully more than the sum of its parts...
The last major data breach Google "suffered" is continuing as we speak, as mandated by US national security laws. "Most of the internet" looks better in that regard.
The market tracks the future, not the present. Underperforming, even marginally, against expectations implies that the trend for the next quarter is going to be down as well.
xkcd citogenesis comic
Boggles my mind how. Unless it is an arts and crafts or mechanical or some other hands on video, it is so inefficient to watch someone talk rather than just read the transcript.
Video is paywalled and only pptx file is provided there, but you can find pdf with speaker notes at https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1027553/Adventures-with-Deferr...
Most of them will probably stay away from the left-press, since they've finally wised up to the fact that allowing the enemy to control your message is a losing strategy.

This is all just another step in the construction of the parallel economy -- the non-left divesting itself from the structures and institutions that have been co-opted by the left and creating their own institutions.
so many "think of the children" arguments without even addressing the fact that literally no one starves in the U.S. for lack of food availability (mental issues can and do lead to starvation though, unfortunately).

I for one don't think the federal government should have anything to do with our school systems. That is not their expertise, not their domain and they don't need any temptations or distractions to use their funding or powers on schools. I want the federal government focused on federal issues.

It seems quite reasonable that schools should serve the local community and be largely funded and ran by locals.
It sucked. Constant gaming for perceived power by people who have been the smartest one in the room all their lives. Empathy occasionally happens, but it tends to get squashed. A lot, well pretty much everything, depends on the teams and projects you get directly involved with.
Miami considering plan to move homeless people to camp on island in Biscayne Bay
> But $50B to large monopolistic companies isn't "too expensive," and we can afford that.

The US cannot afford losing its technological edge. It is an issue of national security. CHIPS is quite a modest bill compared to foreign competitors such as the South Korean $450Bn bill[1]. And that's not even going into how much subsidies China is pumping into their fabs.

[1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/korea-unv...
[1 Non paywalled]: https://archive.ph/9Gs8q
I remember an SAT question about "taking for granted". One of the other options was "taking for granite". I had never wondered about how this mostly-spoken phrase would be written out, or how the orthography would shed light on its meaning.

I was surprised to realize that a phrase I knew very well, I had probably never read (and definitely never written).
However creating text content is much cheaper than video, and I also don't see text comments replaced by video replies.

Text is also easier to search both for humans (skimming) and computers. "This meeting could have been an email" also applies to entertainment.
Nice little story about how the people burnt Notre Dame a couple centuries ago. This makes me think about how Notre Dame has been rising for a millennium, how are we supposed to believe it "took fire" exactly? Cause the article is clear: last time it burnt like that it was because people did it on purpose. Do you think whoever did this has been forgiven, or "is yet to be found"?
> it is bad if the country is in a [trade] deficit

Argentina has been a net exporter since 2019, largely due to dramatically falling imports that are associated with a lower quality of life for its people.

Many of Argentina’s problems can be traced directly back to protectionism that is intended to “keep Argentina’s wealth in Argentina” (a great recent example re-nationalizing their oil company by force). This thinking has left the economy extremely dependent on volatile commodities and all but eliminated the vibrant start-up ecosystem that once existed there (Mercado Libre is still the largest public internet company in Latin America).

Suffice to say, inflation in Argentina has much more to do with destructive real economy policies than it does with “money printing,” especially when you consider their interest rate has been above 20% since 2016!
Kids were brought up as the reason that pools are fenced. Because adults tend to have motor controls and an understanding of their ability to swim, so pools aren't usually a danger to adults.

By contrast, people of all ages can be bitten by vicious dogs ... and shouldn't be. Yet, they are, in large numbers.

Dogs go to the vet. Dogs jump over fences, they run out open gates. People go to junkyards. There are many opportunities for a junkyard dog to interact with people it shouldn't bite.
The man who made the “worst” video game in history (2019)
You vill own nothing und you vill be happy.
> But you could say the same thing about random people in the street that you don't like the look of: it's stupid to wait and see if they're going to murder your kids, so the best thing to do is murder them first.

No, you couldn't, because they did not use force to get into the space of your children.

> And no, someone who breaks into a house with the intention of burgling is not an attacker, they're a burglar, regardless of whether other people are in the house.

If they wanted to burgle they'd come when there was no one home. The fact that they came specifically when people are there is because they don't care about doing damage to the people (in which case, yes, they are attackers), or they came specifically for the people.

Really, if a burglar wants something, there's tons of opportunities when the house is empty.

> Someone who breaks into a house with the intention of attacking people is an attacker.

You only find out about their intention after they have done the damage (or lack thereof).

The only clear indication you have of their intent is that they deliberately waited until the people were home.

I am saying it is stupid to wait until after someone has killed your child to defend that child, especially when that person intentionally waits for people to be home.

It's hard to feel sympathy for attackers who wait for children to be home before they break in. If they didn't want to be dealt with as attackers, they should break in when no one is home.
It's IMPOSSIBLE to make an instagram account based solely off of images now.

You're content will NOT even be pushed on the Recent tab of the hashtags you choose. You are essentially not seen at all unless someone is following you.

The only way to be seen by the algorithm anymore to grow your account is to make videos.

This is what happens when a company loses it's vision. Just check out how the filters have changed over the years. It's just Instagram losing it's soul and what made it unique.
It's been known for years - and hardly takes a lawyer to understand - that sending user data to US-owned companies is illegal according to GDPR. The US laws are simply incompatible.

Yet everyone (including government entities) have been dragging their feet on and on hoping for some divine intervention to help them continue using Google, Amazon and Microsoft. And those companies have kept the hopes high by incorrectly claiming to be GDPR compliant.

It's been embarrassing to witnes how little willingness there's been shown towards protecting user data. Especially compared to the amount of whining over how difficult it is to comply.

Hopefully these - very predictable - rulings will finally start to get the ball rolling.
but the DVDs that are already out in the world can't be changed
And another bit of fun from the comments:

"I used the same tech to make rhyming pairs of words that have a particular meaning. Here's a list of some of my favorite results from that program:

cowboy: colorado desperado

llama: coat goat

Star_Wars: groovy movie, halloween onscreen, iconic hypersonic, cute reboot, droid overjoyed, etc...

friar: yeast priest, barbarian seminarian

spaceship: moon balloon

pillow: head bed

trampoline: elastic gymnastic"
Ask HN: FOIA'd US Social Security about ID.me use, got pushback. Worth pursuing?
Hello HN,

Around the time of the investigative reporting that occurred regarding the IRS using ID.me as their identity proofing provider [0], I filed a Freedom of Information Act request [1] (or FOIA) with the Social Security Administration for documents and artifacts associated with their relationship with ID.me. I had requested they waive their fees, as I believed the information requested was in the public interest ("When Login.gov existed, why is the Social Security Administration not using Login.gov versus having a private contract with ID.me?") I was told they would not waive their fees, as I had not demonstrated releasing this information was in the public interest. I appealed, and recently received a response [2] that they were invoking 42 USC §1106(c) of the Social Security Act [3]:

"(c) Notwithstanding sections 552 and 552a of title 5, United States Code[11], or any other provision of law, whenever the Commissioner of Social Security or the Secretary determines that a request for information is made in order to assist a party in interest (as defined in section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974[12] (29 U.S.C. 1002)) with respect to the administration of an employee benefit plan (as so defined), *or is made for any other purpose not directly related to the administration of the program or programs under this Act to which such information relates*, such Commissioner or Secretary may require the requester to pay the full cost, as determined by the such Commissioner or Secretary, of providing such information."

(emphasis mine)

I'm unsure if the above section was invoked due to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform currently investigating ID.me [4] [5], or if invoking this clause is legitimate for such a request. I believed when making the request that this was very much in the public interest.

If I want to continue with this information request, it will cost me about $3,000 in FOIA search fees [6]. I'm not asking for funds, but rather to seek feedback if continuing on this endeavor might surface material information on the topic that is in the public interest.

Thank you for your time.

[0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3nqy9/irs-stop-id-me-facial-recognition

[1] https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/idme-documents-and-data-social-security-administration-122226/

[2] https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22077251/ssa-2022-004211-final-fee-waiver-appeal-response-letter-7-1-22.pdf

[3] https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title11/1106.htm

[4] https://epic.org/congress-begins-investigation-into-face-verification-vendor-id-me/

[5] https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2022-04-14.CBM%20JEC%20to%20Hall-ID.me%20re%20Use%20of%20FRT.pdf

[6] https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22120983/ssa-2022-003354-gallbraith-fee-notice.pdf
Ask HN: I just got a paying customer. What to include in my welcome email?
I'm a solo founder and the only employee. What do I write in the email to make them feel good about the app and comfortable to reach out to me in case they have problems with the app?

I want to reduce the chance of them getting frustrated with the app and silently canceling the subscription. I would rather they reach out to me, so I can fix the problem or fill the gap they're facing with the app.

Wondering if you have suggestions for the email structure or copy, that you would appreciate as a customer?

I have sent such emails but limited success thus far.
This was my very first Linux distribution! My dad picked bought a copy of the Deluxe edition on a whim, an actual shrink-wrapped physical box of software. It had a cute penguin logo and had lots of nice software included.

We installed it on a Pentium II and used it mainly to author and print WordPerfect documents. It was surprisingly usable - we were familiar with DOS and Win95 but we knew literally nothing about Linux. Yet we got by with minimal trouble.

More importantly it opened the doors to experimenting with open source operating systems and hardware... I was hooked. I quickly switched to Red Hat then to Slackware then to BSD and Debian - better systems for sure. But Corel Linux had a certain cohesion and out-of-the-box usefulness that made it feel friendly.
A well interpreted audio book is really a enjoyable experience. Some books ask to be read aloud.
You watch any of the TLDR channels for news? I just found them not too long ago.
I'm afraid you're wrong. It does not work with newer macOS versions, I've tried.
Clickable links:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3nqy9/irs-stop-id-me-facial...

https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/idm...

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22077251/ssa-2022-004...

https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title11/1106.htm

https://epic.org/congress-begins-investigation-into-face-ver...

https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house....

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22120983/ssa-2022-003...
Code Density Compared Between Way Too Many Instruction Sets
Why not end to end encryption so we don’t need to even discuss this.
First dollars where worth too much for day to day commerce back then, the copper panic was a big deal.

Also, the top 10 highest US annual inflation rates all occurred before fiat.

1813: 20.3%
1862: 14.8%
1863: 24.7%
1864: 24.6%
1917: 17.4%
1918: 18%
1919: 14.6%
1920: 15.6%
1947: 14.4%
This makes zero sense. India isn’t North Korea. If you want to see what life on the ground is like, you can just... visit the country. No one’s stopping anyone from doing that.

The security concerns may be overblown (although I can understand why given so many terror attacks in the past), but stopping non-Indian companies from mapping the country so rest of world shouldn’t see the littering sounds like nonsense.
Raising interest rates can crash the economy resulting in higher unemployment. Higher unemployment means less bargaining power for workers, of which includes union strength.

I'm not much for conspiracy theories but it's hard to not fixate on the sequence of events here. The past year or two is the only time in my lifetime that workers have seen their market power increase significantly, and it's being quickly followed up by moves that will likely crash the economy and will certainly decrease labor's bargaining power.
As usual, people making a fool out of themselves by confusing "Facebook is no longer cool" with actual value.

Half the adults on this planet use a Meta product DAILY, and they added some 3% to it in an incredibly difficult environment.

The only interesting thing in the results are the lower ad prices.
Haskell benchmarks better than _many_ languages, so that seems hard to support.
Which is why I'm saying it should be means tested.