skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Deepkit is quite interesting in this area: https://deepkit.io/

It reimplements the type system as… a stack based VM that expands the TS typedefs if needed at runtime?

I would use it if the risk factor wasn’t so high. I’m too scared of needing to maintain their crazy cool stuff to use it.

I would love Microsoft to build those APIs first party and officially support them.

EDIT:

> I know there's a TypeScript goal that TypeScript types should not impact runtime behaviour

This is why I’m rolling up my sleeves to build my own typescript-to-X tooling - it seems like no one is gonna do it for me, just the way I like — so I should make it easy for everyone to do it the way they like.
158 is a projection into the future, not a current number.

It is also not adjusted for population growth, the way labor participation is.
PayPal veteran Jim Magats is named CEO of MX
Plumble?
News papers and anybody with a printing press used to hold that same power. So it seems like the same thing, just faster, and whatever else... but that might be a too simplistic perception, ignoring other factors... or perhaps not.
So a company that produces something which “RAD” tools have tried to do since approx 1990 is valued at how much again? Read a product description from a RAD environment such as Delphi or VBA or a 4GL like Rational and you will find almost the same language.
I would not touch this with a ten foot pole; it’s a massive lock in / walled garden.
Has a technical recession ever not resulted in an actual recession as declared by NBER?
Wow, that's really fascinating. I never knew there was a connection between knot theory and laying out graphs.
These days, companies mostly seem to be raising money from gatekeepers to protect them from their own gatekeeping.
There's a nice article on centauri dreams just published looking at solar and nuclear options for such a mission.

https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2022/07/26/getting-there-qui...
The Most Discussed Synthesizers on Reddit
Likely because they are over-valued.
Isn't the obviously correct behavior by Stripe to suspend that transaction, without interrupting others? Clearly they are able to identify transactions on a case-by-case basis.
> Is it greed?

What did you expect from Facebook?
I learned fairly recently there is a name for this: The Gish Gallop; “a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm their opponent by providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
> The model most are working toward is "hub to hub" not point to point. As in, A human driver drives the truck from the warehouse or port to a hub on the highway outside the city surface streets. Then they get out of the truck and pick up another one that needs to go back into the city.

What's the competitive advantage of this setup over a train?
My only question is around the loophole that political organizations can do this if they aren't using "robotexts". How do they prove this? I've received three texts from an organization I'd like to do this to. Every time they've messaged me, I've responded and asked whether this was a human sending the message. No response.

Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and try.
> It it NONE of the world problem, like in EU we have done business with Russia for decades without issues

Eyes in Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Poland - and the Baltic States.

A reminder that Russias invasion of Ukraine violates the 1994 Budapest Agreement.
It really boils down to: "Is humans acting as their squishy biology dictates" good or does our "goodness" derive from striving to be more than that biology?

I'm on the "accept that we are made to eat meat and probably should on occasion" end of the spectrum, but that doesn't make the current state of how we make and consume meat an ok thing. Factory farming isn't a necessary evil, and the level at which we eat meat (and the animals we choose to eat) are evil not just on method, but in costs to our descendants.
ICMP blocking is a very common thing. Thus tcping was born.

If you want to do any of these types of operations from Rust, you can use https://docs.rs/netdiag/latest/netdiag/. It's very good.
Is it just me, or has the commercial world gone weirder? Claim a product that does magic shit ("patriot communication!"), claim support from some famous person, although they can quickly deny it, and you'll probably get some suckers to pay you for the product. Or even better, investors to buy into your company.

Somehow the words "self-driving cars" popped into my head. Ah, the wonders of faith-based investing. On the keyword of "faith", maybe I should start selling investments to help build a palace for Jesus that he will return to, to rule the Earth ("Endorsed by 2 Popes, promise!", or I can just pay some evangelical preachers to get their mouths to actually endorse it), and if you invest, you can have an audience with Jesus!
It's a fun read in a fan-fiction sense, but when you look at the out-of-universe story of the events of Tolkien's life and his writing process it becomes clear that Tom is not meant to be any kind of evil.

Tolkien wrote a silly whimsical poem about one of his children's toys that they had named Tom Bombadil. In this tale he lives in a dangerous environment, but he is able to overcome the dangers and get his happy ending.

When Tolkien later was writing LotR, he drew upon his former work and put in the silly whimsical Tom as an early encounter for the Hobbits just as they are leaving the Shire and starting their adventure. This story arc delivers some early exposition about the world in his dialogue, it shows that the Hobbits are hopelessly unprepared to stand up against any foe such as Old Man Willow or the Barrow-Wight and need rescue (this way they can have character growth and become Heroes by the time they return to the Shire) and it gets the Hobbits armed for their quest towards Rivendell (and most importantly to put the right kind of blade into Pippin's hands for later).

In a more thematic sense he is just part of nature, not evil but also not actively looking to do good, just existing. He is master of his domain in the same sense a big moose might be the "master" of his local forest, he's the biggest around and isn't threatened by anything else, but he has no human desire for expansion and doesn't push back when civilization comes around to turn the land nearby into farmland either, just keeps to himself. He doesn't try to tame the angry trees because it's just protecting it's territory, as is natural, nor does he try to "exorcise" the barrows because nature doesn't actively go about trying to undo the evils created by man.
No, it's not true, anyone can opt out of telemetry at any time via about:preferences, you don't even need to go to about:config https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/telemetry-clientid
no the entire store account should not be blocked, at least not for a first offense, but I could understand that the transaction is blocked, and that it might that quite some time to figure out what is going on
Congrats to the team! Retool is a fantastic product. I commend the vision of the founding team to keep the focus on internal tooling and "devs" as the core of its market. I wish more people realized that "no-code" is a delusion. You need someone to create the logic, and wire things together. The right approach is the re-tool approach. Give devs the ability to create powerful tools by helping them focus on what's important.
How one starts with a newsletter? how did you attract your first 200 subscribers?
> He contributed exactly nothing to the story.

Couldn't the same thing be said of Tolkien's colorful description of the countryside that can go on for pages at a time?
The question comes down to this: is a life full of suffering, torture, violence, and misery better than no life at all? For me, the answer is no.
>Any other payment processor that pulls this will immediately be sued, so why are they risking this knowing that TOS isnt the law?

What are you talking about? PayPal has been doing this, and worse, for a little over 20 years and has a $100B valuation on the public markets.
If something is published, it's probably ok that it's watched and acted upon. Granted, people may use it differently than you intend, but that's the consequence of publishing, right?
I don't believe social media gives us a glimpse of democracy, but rather anarchy.

As for it being controlled by a privileged few I believe that part is true from my experience in the industry, and my experience with it in general. It's very, very easy to sock-puppet and there are maybe...3-4 companies who control ~80% of all "truth" that is out there. For example, the rise of so-called "fact-checkers" is largely due to the control needed on society. You can probably think of 10 examples where a fact checker would be useful, but who controls them? Who signs their paychecks? The same people who control the flow of information. If you want evidence of this one-sided control ask yourself what would happen if you were a normal joe nobody and google shut down your gmail account, or instagram, facebook, etc. You've completely lost your voice.

This fact that some company can be the arbiter of "truth" and information flow implies tyranny, rather than democracy. If the world was set up on mastodon I would be inclined to agree with you. However, in it's current state it feels more like a method to control people and not a method for so called "democratic" exchange. Control of the media is very important to governments exactly for the purpose of reducing democracy [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird
That's the thing about stuff like that: it's sometimes unreasonably effective and ends up replacing the thing it was meant to be a step towards.
The funny thing is while we're towards the tail end of life on earth in general, we're pretty much smack-bang in the middle of what we'd consider complex life. Multicellular plants are about a billion years old, and the entire kingdom of Animalia (including all vertabtrates, arthropods, molluscs, worms, etc) only crop up in the fossil record about 600 million years ago.

The preceding two billion years were basically nothing but single celled organisms, phytoplankton, and simple eukaryots. Those guys will probably still survive us, but not for as long as they preceded us.
1947 saw two Qs neg growth amd no recession.

This is something that everyone who is actually interested in the topic will have heard of because it's been mentioned repeatedly by the experts. And yet this thread is filled with confident statements by people who clearly have put zero effort into forming their opinion. Sad.
The safety of apple is absolutely horrible.
Sometimes you can get banned or scammed.
If apple does nothing about it the whole community will be gone.
Its a Seruis point.
To be honest it doesn't even have to do anything during runtime per se.

It just needs to have nice macro system.

It would solve this problem and others like ie. pattern matching.
> it can't predict folds that haven't been seen

This seems strange to me. The entire point of these types of models is to predict things on unseen data. Are you saying Deepmind is completely lying about their model?

Deepmind solved CASP, isn't the entire point of that competition to predict unseen structures?

If AlphaFold doesn't predict anything then what are you using it to do?
" Oh, and Erik Prince is just the worst. " -

Well he did go into Iraq because the government of the USA decided it.
The author of this delightful post is very wrong or at least from a very unusual bubble in thinking that Bombadil is disliked by most readers of the Hobbit, but other than that, the narrative of secret evil he constructs is wonderfully compelling, enough to create a whole fascinating story line of its own. I loved it.
It's not a conspiracy. These powerful supranational organizations are doing it out in the open and have publicly stated their intentions. Many of us disagree with their goals, and consider their methods unethical.
Kind of the opposite of Chekhov's gun.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov's_gun
Oh I totally agree, I just think Zuck is feeling the pressure for real this time.
> I think Tolkien fans, on average, have long enjoyed the mystery that is Tom.

If there's one thing a true lore fan adores, it's an ambiguous but textually-supported mystery.

And also, it's fitting that Tolkien left a big "Is Deckard a replicant?" mystery untied in the Ring trilogy.
Is it possible to pipe data from the forms directly to custom API endpoints and control the shape of the JSON payload that is sent?
This only works for the least common kind of a spammer: a real, registered business that you can identify. Most spammers are con artists, scammers, and phishers who know to keep their identities secret, let alone link you to their corporate website.
> These people don't tend to be very positive about it, yet they feel the need to say something about my appearance, because I wear colorful stuff.

I'm a man and I've recently started wearing a lot of "Hawaiian" shirts (loud, colorful prints) and I get a lot of compliments on the street. Not sure if it's about the color or about wearing something that reads as a "party" shirt, though.
Couldn't it be a keyboard that delivered a set of keystrokes to retrieve malware by opening a web browser or some other common program?
Just imagine if the tech world puts all programatic advertising development on hold for a year and the collective brain power is channeled to science instead…
I don't disagree with the points you were/are trying to make. I disagree as to their relevance in a discussion about colors.
When I lived in Canada, I was very excited when CASL (Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation) came out circa 2013. Having the ability to sue Canadian companies that ignored email opt-outs would have been great. The amounts are limited to $200 per violation, but up to $1 million per day total (in most cases, I'd get a few hundred dollars for 1-3 emails). And very easy to track since I generate unique aliases for each company I interact with.

Unfortunately, the ability for individuals to sue ("private right of action") was delayed in 2017, and delayed once more in 2019, IIRC. Apparently, companies complained that the max $1 million per day could be achieved by sending 5,000 unsolicited emails, which would be too easy to do if there was a mistake in their system or a new sales rep ham-fisted this without realizing the repercussions.

I love to see posts like this though, I'll be sure to attempt this if I ever get SMS spam here in USA.
If the complaint is that Google's first-party properties are giving information about the user to the ads department behind the scenes, then address that directly, as an anti-consumer behavior, rather than saying "you have to make sure your browser supports other companies' anti-consumer behavior too to be fair".
Even if we ignore ownership semantics for a moment, I find myself missing an explicit per-identifier end of scope ("undeclare") surprisingly often. The workaround is anonymous blocks, at least if you're one of those who don't like chopping up code into countless single-use functions. But that forces you to do early declaration when aiming for overlapping scopes and I really don't see a reason for this limitation. I guess the main reason for the absence of "undeclare" in most languages is that features affecting only local scope are beneath most language designers?
I actually see it in the exactly opposite way. A couple years ago, Swift was a nicely designed language, with a manageable number of composable features which could be used to do just about anything.

With the features which were released alongside SwiftUI, it seems like that went out the window, and Swift pivoted towards being a DSL for iPhone apps.
The US is very religious
This has always been my understanding of Bombadil as well. The most popular/accepted view of who he is among Tolkien-dom that I've heard is that he represents the lands of the West themselves (or perhaps all of Middle-Earth?). In the Tolkien legendarium power comes from knowing the right names for things and the right words to say to them. Tom Bombadil is the most powerful being in Middle-Earth because he is so old that he knows the proper name for everything and how to address them (he chastises Old Man Willow to release the Hobbits like he is a child).

I do want to credit the author of this post with the observation that the rulers of lands in Tolkien's legendarium have influence over how those lands express themselves, but I think this letter is the answer to that. Tom is the exception; he eschews power. One of Gandalf's reasons for saying that they wouldn't want to give the ring to Tom is that he would probably lose the ring, not thinking it very important. Tom only cares of eating and drinking and making merry. In that regard he is a Dionysian figure. If you read the Adventures of Tom Bombadil (which this author surprisingly doesn't reference) he is clearly modeled on the Dionysus cycle of myths.
> the first half or so of this reading (that Bombadil is a lot more than meets the eye) was also common

Certainly that he's more than meets the eye (that seems plain) but the conclusions here seem less common...

I think it's interesting to contrast the speculation in this article with the depiction of elves in The Hobbit (book) - much less obviously a benign force than as portrayed in LoTR.

The author's assumption - accepted as given at the outset - is that the "evil" within the Old Forest is genuine, rather than a representation of a certain perspective. The thesis is then that Bombadil must be guilty by association.

This initial assumption seems simplistic to me. A common trait of mystical (especially nature-connected) beings in northern European mythology (at least!) is a duality of intent - being a perhaps-positive yet untrustworthy force. This seems reflected in a lot of Tolkien's world; while Sauron / the Ring / others do have a more directly corrupt "evil" attributed to them, there's much more ambiguity elsewhere - it says of Old Man Willow that "his heart was rotten, but his strength was green": rotten != evil and in the context of nature has positive connotations (alcoholic fermentation) elsewhere in his writings. Green isn't necessarily positive either, but the usage here is notable.
Oil is the greatest evil mankind has ever encountered. Change my mind.
Yeah. Academia feels like such a minefield though. I don't know if going for a doctorate is something I'd enjoy. Interesting idea though.
Ugh... this topic is exhausting, blown out of proportion, red-baity, and the voices yelling about it from the hills are usually blind to all players but one in the game of propaganda/public influence. It's also been a big part of political scapegoating/distraction of recent years.

It's a butchered topic, but with media revenue declining since the end of the 24/7 trump reality show, media is still reaching at this narrative since it still catches some eyes, still fresh in the public's mind, and still evokes outrage in their target audiences.

Just so over hearing it, nevermind seeing that it has made its way to the front page of hn...
becoming a prey item or a pet is an excellent strategy for human survival in the world dominated by extra terrestial intelligence. As OP mentions, there is vested interest in keeping us around, albeit in some form of domesticated state.

the alternative would be to battle the enemy on equal terms and be inevitably exterminated (i.e, predators in todays world), or exist in some way at the margins of the system our new alien overlords have created and find a way to grift off of it (i.e pests in todays world)
Great question!

Early on I made it a conscious effort to feature guests with larger followings than me. My hunch (which turned out to be correct) was that after the guests took the time to provide the content they would be very willing to share it with their networks.

Once the newsletter went out, I'd share the content on Twitter and tag the guest. 99% of guests go on to retweet or share in their own way after this.
Buy SPY, wait 10 years, $$$, Profit.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=statistics&vi...
Use the sun's gravity as a giant lens (bends light) so you can see a really long way away.

But the focal point of this lens is about 500 times the distance of the earth to the sun, so difficult to get to.
I appreciate the reply. It is more than most. This is a unique situation with a lot of history behind it. With that history comes proof of my innocence and a court room is the only place where I can call witnesses, present evidence, etc under oath.

Finally, the investigation is on going right now. As it has been for years. There is no crime to charge me with so there is no end to it.

It is a very unique situation and I am not guilty.

My right to a trial and due process does apply here. The Govt cannot injure you in the way it has done to me now for years without due process. Simple as that.

Courts prove guilt or innocence, not accusations and not law enforcement agents.

It is also not a mental health issue, thank you.

EDIT: Also I have tried to move on for years. I am not allowed to and they even refuse to give me ID or allow me to earn any income. I would love to move on. Endless investigation will not allow it.

Also to be clear, it has been heavily implied death is the result, I have survived multiple murder attempts already. I do not think this is how it is supposed to work. It was only a few seconds of accidential nudity, at home, after waking up from a nap.

This is being used to kill me without even charging me.
c++ and rust for server side use?

I would have expected Go even for CLI due to fast compilation and easy cross compilation out of the box

Their manager is either incompetent, or he is very opinionated, wich doesn't sound good for their stack
Right, but the US is happier than most European countries by the last measure I saw https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2022/happiness-benevolence-... (comparable to Germany, better than France) and when you take a state like mine (California) it beats all but the Scandinavians, which, sure I grant you they seem to have a good and happy society.

So, if you take Germany, Californians are:

- happier

- more wealthy

- more innovative

- have fewer mums die

Now, either this means this better critical thinking described isn't manifesting into any life outcomes, or (and perhaps this is a question worth asking), it isn't better after all.
Ask HN: Closing the Carried Interest Loophole
With the new legislation announced yesterday what will closing the carried loophole have as an impact to VC and the start-up community? FWIW I'm all for the climate tech boost.
Most humans on earth are essentially already being treated as livestock by other humans... The only difference is that the product is not their meat or their milk, but their "blood, sweat and tears". So the scenario outlined at the start of the article is not exactly hypothetical.
It's closer to the center than the other major news network, MSNBC.
From the other side I can't imagine using no-code and inhering that tech debt when the equivalent software can be written by 1 skilled SWE in a day(ish), is it really cheaper than about 10 quality manhours (~$5k)?
I don’t understand what exactly did this guy do wrong. He simply observed and chatted with someone and reported what he saw. When someone asked to leave, he left. What’s the problem here exactly?
Interesting idea. Tech lead at our company is mostly a TPM role mixed with the TL responsibilities listed here. In fact every senior engineer is expected to act in the TL capacity at our company. No commentary as to whether that is good or bad just relating that is how our (fairly large, well-known) org works
Encyclopedia of Arda has an analysis of that, and concludes he’s not Eru: https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tombombadil.html