skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I've found another vape shop advertising those [0]. I would have expected consumer protection to crack down on them for false advertising, since this is in France and these shops have been operating for at least two years. They also have physical locations, so it's not like they're some kind of "dark store" that moves every week...

[0] https://www.lepetitfumeur.fr/accessoires-cigarette-electroni...

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edit: Even Conrad, supposedly an old store, is selling these things. They're advertised as batteries for "industrial solutions".

https://www.conrad.com/p/samsung-icr18650-26-non-standard-ba...
I grew up in SoCal (NW Orange County - in between Seal Beach & Los Alamitos), but my mom's family hailed from near Texarkana, TX. I can still recall one of my second cousins asking me, in a very Southern accent: "Gregory Lee - whaay dew yew tokk so fuunny?" It was the first time it occurred to me that I had an accent. I've reconnected with her on social media and talked to her a couple of times. Her accent has flattened out, but I still get a chuckle about that exchange.
> Wouldn't it still take quite a long time to get a new fab to the point of being productive?

Possibly years.
I like it but wish the puzzle had gravity at the x,y intersection and not just the x axis. For example if you clear out a row it would shift the other rows over to the left.
... and one has to mass-manufacture them in order to lower the total cost.

Outages at multiple nuclear plants can be correlated. Right now:
https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/06/29/corrosion-problem-sh...
Where do you live? What's your first language?

The generic way to perfectly learn a local dialect of any language is to:

- live there, have local friends, coworkers etc

- get an accent coach

- check if there's a good linguist specializing in the transition from your native language/accent/dialect to the target one (for me there was this guy https://www.youtube.com/c/PhoneticFanatic who is excellent at explaining things in depth, but his channel might not be useful for others)
> parking lots I've seen around LA seemed to have an open top floor

That would more commonly be called a parking garage or structure, a parking lot as referred to in the article is just an open, paved area of ground. I suspect the construction issues for the top floor of a parking structure are different from those of ground-level installation with no existing vertical structure. Also, by their very nature, parking garages most likely have significantly less square footage on the top floor than a parking lot for the same number of vehicles.
Oh thank God, I thought I was the only one. A while back, I posted "a lazy dynamically-typed language (in my book) perfectly combines the run-time reasonability of Haskell with all the development-time safety of LISP" on the Discourse, and the reply "I love the lazy functional minimal expression-oriented JSON-like packaging DSL that is nix" got 13 Likes. I thought I was going completely insane.
The bureaucracy is its own organism. The lobbying arm and capitalist interests are a bit like social gardeners, taking the growing bureaucracy and making sure it grows in ways that favour the entrenched interests (with the alternative, cynically, being destroying the market for everyone).

If the lobbying ceased, the bureaucracy wouldn't really change. It would ossify in its current form and keep working towards its current goals.
It’s the vibe, it’s Mabo.
Makes me think it might be similar to the "I don't watch TV" or "movies" or "sports" crowds. Just any pervasive cultural activity in which some don't participate but still carry on.

I remember before I deleted my FB account (I've since created a new one), my buddy said to me that I'd be ok, just that I might be strongly disconnected from culture—not necessarily to tell me to not do it, but to be aware of the potential ramifications.
I'm in the process of buying a house (closed last week) and couldn't realistically have accessed the HOA's bylaws before placing an offer. At least speaking from my experience, you don't really know what you're signing up for when you buy a house in an HOA, you just know that you're signing up for something.
The point raised by the parent wasn't "why is the tax code complicated", but "why is filing taxes so complicated". These are not the same question, and the answers, while related, are not the same either.
If you like mechanical calculators, here's my FACIT:
https://video.ploud.fr/w/6s76S5zfuBN5i1S35kMgHy
> Yet the government pays no bills and provides no help.

They are not wards of the state nor are they locked up. That’s a huge win.

The correct solution isn’t to make prisoners more miserable, but to make everybody less miserable.
Sometimes a bunch of us meet at the office to work together on something that needs a lot of back and forth, like a brainstorm session. And to socialize during lunch. If independent work is needed then we’re all at home.
Everybody that sold nix to me said the goal was to replace the complicated side effect mess that is our current stack with something simple and pure.

As with FP, eventually, practicality beats purity I guess.
Nice! I wrote about my experience as well in case it's useful, https://skogsbrus.xyz/blog/2022/06/12/router

It's a bit long, but the title sections should let you skip to the interesting bits.

Here's the latest code as well: https://github.com/skogsbrus/os
I love Nix. I use it on my homesteaders, and private laptop.

I have seen how it works great in a team, if all are onboard.

No place I've worked at was interested in the advantages of Nix though.

I wonder if switching to something less recognizable to a functional programming language might help adoption.

The approach Starlark (the DSL for Bazel) has taken, is have mutable datastructures, but freeze them after they are evaluated. This seems a lot more explainable and debuggable for the average programmer.

Infinite recursion errors are not fun to debug in Nixlang.

At my current job, NX is used to be a kind of Nix, but it does not seem to try to solve the entire problem space. Just to solve the additional complexity that introducing a monorepo in regards to tracking build dependencies.

It seems to me that how awesome Nix is from a tech perspective, it doesn't make delivering actual software any easier without team buy-in and effort in integrating in their delivery pipelines.
I think quiet is a proxy measure for “safe and secluded”. In every actual office I’ve been fortunate enough to have, I arranged my desk to face the door and, with the door closed, not only did I get quiet but I also got “cannot be snuck up upon”.

I think there’s a primal aspect to how deeply you are willing to block out your local environment and let your mind go deep on a problem that relates to how safe/secure that environment feels.

Noise is just the most obvious annoyance to talk about, but I don’t think it’s primarily about the noise.
Learn Japanese: Hiragana
For me, it was an intentional MDMA session focused on shame that spontaneously cracked open my self love. The result is extraordinary - I really don’t care what people think about me because I no longer need validation and “love” from strangers. I’m now free to fully express myself without fear and love others without judgement.

Another similar result from intentional MDMA use:

https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/how-i-attained-persistent...
It depends on the local laws and street infrastructure. In London there are lots of cycling “Quietways” (which is basically marketing speak for a cycle route). These routes generally do not have many cycle lanes and are instead on small side streets that are often blocked to through traffic. Using these is a pleasure and it’s a great way of getting around.
> Significantly more will be suffered by US/west

People can live without smartphones, but can't live without food. In case of war, westerners will need to postpone buying some electronics or clothes, but the Chinese will resort to severe food rationing.
Agreed, the best scene, hands down. A perfect explanation of the philosophical difference between Apple and Microsoft at the time.
Then what are foundations like CNCF (https://www.cncf.io/) doing? I'm asking honestly, if there's any difference between CNCF and any other standards governing body.
Why are the courts letting him submit fraudulent evidence with no consequences?

In a U.S. case anyway the judge said he lied under oath but was not going to sanction him because he claims he has Asperger’s.

In fact, any bizarre behavior he gets caught with he throws up his hands and says, “Asperger’s!!!”

https://cointelegraph.com/news/judge-accepts-craig-wrights-a...
Nix is community project, and major changes have to be agreed upon before they get anywhere. Indicating a long term goal makes a lot of sense given their style of development.
I don’t know unfortunately. It was a mix between NetBSD workstations, Solaris servers when I left. And for the students a pool of Scientific Linux machines (RHEL)
Ask HN: Good graduate-level hard science magazines available in physical form?
Some years ago I discovered Quanta magazine thanks to HN, which gave me a good dose of high-quality math and science articles that are neither too tense to be understandable by someone who doesn't have a strong background in a particular topic nor too simple to feel too general and false. Unfortunately, outside a couple of collections of old articles the magazine is only available online.

I'm looking to subscribe to a print science magazine with ~weekly editions that I can read offline without risking an accidental detour on Reddit. Can anybody recommend one?
Thanks for your help!
I think I might go with DOOM Emacs, I will be sure to look into VTerm and Scrollbars
Not sure 96 minutes will be sufficient in all load-following cases (bar a huge and therefore very expensive fleet of reactors). A gas turbine is way ahead here. Moreover in existing reactors the frequency of such adjustments is limited, for example "no more than twice a day, with a minimal 5-hours pause between modulations, and no more than 150 modulations per year". Approaching limits adds maintenance time (at shutdown state). I don't know if SMRs alleviate this, but given the causes I doubt so.
I've done it some and it shows promise but for me personally the tech is at the progressing-but-not-quite-there-yet stage.

Regarding weight: the headsets do need to become lighter, but right now the larger issue is the imbalance of the weight. If you attach an external battery on the back of the head strap*, it will greatly reduce neck strain from prolonged usage, and overall it actually feels lighter.

* BTW, for the Quest 2 specifically you should look around for a 3rd party replacement head strap because they can provide a better fit. Search for "bobovr" on Amazon to see the one I got.
Haha, no. Half Life Alyx, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, Thrill of the Fight, Beat Saber, Audica, Dance Central VR, Fallout 4 VR, Superhot VR, and so many more.
Agreed partially.

You have to question what "culture" are you missing on.

I'm still on Facebook and let me tell you, you're not missing much in the culture department.
Electric bikes are a new measure that need to be evaluated accordingly, an added complication because it has a motor. But when talking about pedal bikes it is absurd to expect them to follow rules meant to cars. Bicycles are a hybrid between a pedestrian and a vehicle, and can operate in either mode: a slow moving bicycle is a pedestrian and should be able to go on sidewalks and anywhere else a pedestrian is allowed; a fast moving bicycle is a vehicle and should be allowed anywhere a vehicle is allowed. Some countries already have this on mind when creating their rules, so bicycles are allowed to do all that stuff, the others need to change their rules.
Indeed, ‘D’ is for ‘distribution’ :)
Tall-walled cubicles did give you some separation. While managers (generally) had offices they were mostly for 1.) status, 2.) a bit more space, and 3.) to give them somewhere they could easily have a private conversation. The cultural expectation was doors open unless there was some specific reason not to. In practice the focus difference between offices and cubes wasn't all that great.
I wonder what it is you think you're progressing towards? And what you'd be willing to pay for it?
Show HN: Fciv.net 3D Version Redesigned
Fciv.net updated today! The new release is 3D only, the 2d version has been removed! The city dialog has been redesigned for 3D view. Further, the start screen has been redesigned for better UX also!
https://www.fciv.net/
Socotra: The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth
I don’t think accents are a problem per-se.

The thing is to speak clearly and don’t rush the words.

Try to enunciate each word slowly and carefully and first and you will not have a problem.

I love hearing accents. The diversity and genuineness of them are amazing and that’s what makes travel awesome.
Sticking ^O before the colon should help.
Wow, so many tools. Impressive and interesting to see how they solved for the various cases. Feels like Alfred and or Karabinder could have eliminated a few of the other apps.

I've started going the other way and mapped a lot of keyboard stuff to a mouse with 16 buttons. While I don't do cording yet, it helps me stay on the mouse longer. And the lift to only keyboard seems to require a lot more time than my occasional tweaks.
The pervasive effects of C's malloc() and free() on C APIs
I don't know, why don't you take this question to Bruce Schneier?

"Sleek, minimal design". Heh.
> 2) without ongoing service and support from ASML and many other Western vendors, the equipment will work for about as long as the leased aircraft that Russia stole from Airbus's and Boeing's customers. They might get six or twelve months of production out of TSMC's facility, and then things will start to break that they will not be able to fix easily.

Right. Fab tools require constant maintenance. I'm sure they keep a stock of repair kits and spare parts, but probably no more than a few months supply. Their supply chain ops (procurement and engineering) sets min/max stock levels of these parts, but I'm willing to bet that there's no more than a few months supply on hand. And then equipment gets dirty, wafers get scrapped, yield plummets, etc.
Don't see anything on HN mentioning Adam Back getting called out as being Satoshi and the massive campaign launched to disprove this. One of the only people who isn't attempting to capitalize on the claim, but who directly benefits from Bitcoin's flaws. In a case of a white knight turning to the dark side.

Part 3:
https://youtu.be/XfcvX0P1b5g

The conspiracy YouTuber making the claim was attacked and slandered heavily after making the claim despite convincing evidence that wasn't disproven:

1 Same English typing mannerisms

2 Misspelling the same words

3 A conspicuous gap in his career while Bitcoin was being developed

4 entering the bitcoin scene in forums very early acting authoritative

Not to mention

5 A history of working on bitcoin-like technologies: "hashcash"

6 early involvement with the cypherpunks

I'm still convinced its him.
Yeah I've heard of Factorio, but never played it. When you zoom out of a Factorio game you can certainly see some large scale repeating patterns, and how things are shuttled around, which is really neat. Like how when we move things around and step back a little we gain a different perspective or deeper insight into something, I hope this city metaphor could do the same for computer programs.
Mine is simple matte black, it doesn't look that stupid. Can also use it as a "stand" when watching youtube.
This can be especially difficult for people who work online and particularly in social media where responding quickly to comments can be part of the role/expectation/defensive response.
A lot of people do a combination of working with people locally and having with calls with people, possibly in different groups, who are elsewhere. When I was a product manager I met with many people who were in the office and we'd typically do that in person. (At that time, anyone local came in.) But I probably also spent hours every day on the phone with field people and others who weren't in the same location.
Fair, I've my own reasons for not wearing contacts
Would You Go Back to the Office for an Eames Chair?
We can’t trust that paying for a service means respect for the user. Every time I looked, when a company offers a tier without ads they don’t stop with the data collection. I am not going to pay so they can have even better data on me (associated to a user account and payment method) and monetise me further.

If your company refuses to do either, I’d be interested in taking a look at what you do. Perhaps that’s your angle: make it clear how you respect the user and back up your claims. I speculate the market for people who care for this is growing, not shrinking.

> As consequence, the company struggles to make money in the west.

Does this mean the company doesn’t struggle to make money in the east, with the same model? I’d be interested in learning more.
At the very least it would provide shade for cars and power the lighting for when it gets dark.
0.5% of Bitcoin's volume is illegal activity. [1]

11%-12% of the USA's economy is illegal activity. [2]

If you wanted to commit a crime or evade taxes, probably the dumbest thing you could do is record permanent evidence on a public, immutable ledger.

[1]: https://ciphertrace.com/2020-year-end-cryptocurrency-crime-a...

> Cash—anonymous and liquid—has long served as a tool for criminals. Cryptocurrency, with its similar characteristics, may likewise struggle to ever completely shake its bad reputation, despite illicit transactions making up less than 0.5% of Bitcoin’s yearly volume in 2020.

[2]: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/032916/how-big...

> Estimates vary widely, but some put the underground economy at 11% to 12% of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP).
While interesting (thanks a lot for sharing this great resource), it seems to mainly focus on just the UX/UI aspects, while ignoring the input method, they all depend on mouse and/or keyboard.

Is there any similar resources for more varied input methods? Like joysticks, custom keyboards, voice or similar?
It's hard to find any article that isn't behind Medium paywall...
Or are we talking about some other Medium, not https://medium.com/plans ?
Amazing, but how can I play previous ones ??

I could sit here for an hour playing them but was done in a few minutes.
> The media pushes a narrative to effect social change (ie political); rather than presents the issues.

Ah yes, the beautiful naive dream of "non-political" ways of tackling things. There are very, very few things in this world that are not bound up in one's political views and values.

Take your mention of the issue of homelessness and drugs. So there's the surface presentation version of this problem - visibly homeless people, visible drug use, visible drug paraphernalia lying around etc. We can all (more or less) agree that on this. But what are the causes of these issues? What are the best solutions? The answers to these questions are all bound up in political values.

So, I happen to believe that the USA has been on a journey for 50 years to transform the narrative about poverty and despair as societal failings into one in which they are personal failures arising from personal choices. If you see the world as I do, then you will see a different set of causes than someone who firmly believes that poverty and despair really do arise from personal failure and weak moral character. And that in turn will imply a different set of solutions.

You cannot separate out "issues" from "politics". Even the simple matter of the things you consider to be "issues" is all bound up in your "politics".
There is no such thing as an "employer" who can simply press a red button and give unlimited wage increases.
> they turn off sometimes when the wind stops blowing or the sun isn’t shining.

Spreading production at continental scale has a major beneficial impact, and such a huge grid is highly beneficial to any type of source (even nuclear).

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/180592/european-cooperation-...
Unfortunately you can't change a person. You can offer them an ultimatum, then whichever way it goes, so much the better.
Beware the Contract Clause Loading US Workers with Debt
Do people still think it's some kind of magic untraceable money?

Unless all your financial activity completes within crypto transactions, you'll want to convert that to fiat one way or another and there's usually a KYC applied to it.
This isn't about Michelin restaurants versus McDonald's. This is about McDonald's versus farmer joe who makes the best potatoes which are essential to McDonald's business.

If tsmc were run by Apple's board, we would all be paying 30% of our income for the privilege of using modern computers. A much better strategy, just look at Apple's balance (and Apple products aren't even as exclusive as tsmc's).
Not paywalled: https://archive.ph/frTnK
I remember them saying that in a follow-on email on one of the mail list servers. That was not their original statement but I can't remember exactly what they said. I just remember it was quite smarmy and did not sit well with me coming from such an organization. Regardless Serpent won the challenge by their criteria but then they moved the goal posts after the fact.

Both Rijndael and Serpent could have equally become more performant in the AES-NI CPU instruction sets and I am also not ok with how that evolved either. Cipher fixation is a security vulnerability. AES-NI CPU instructions should have included a few ciphers for performance. Probably Rijndael, Serpent and Twofish. There are folks in the cryptography community that are very much against using more than one cipher and that makes it clear to me they have been compromised or manipulated by something.
Text needs to be really clearly defined and rapidly updated to accommodate head motion without being blurry. Slight offsets make it unreadable.

Rendering people has a different set of challenges. Skin and hair and eyes have weird textures. Facial animations are difficult to capture. But its more of a solved problem than text.
I mean, really?

You want to trade your freedom and clean criminals record for minimum wage plus room and board?

No sane person would do that.

Prisoners should receive their wages less income taxes. Anything else creates a moral hazard, as we have seen with prisons for profit.

That doesn’t mean wages could not be garnished if there is a judgement against the prisoner.
I think the number of moves isn’t the key stat here, just the number of tries to complete in that many moves.

I do wonder what the minimum required moves to complete a level is, but it seems it would be at least close to 11. How many moves did it take you?
Mate had to change all “Gnome” strings to “Mate” so both could be packaged/installed in parallel and probably also for legal reasons.

This means all DBus interfaces need to use the new name, a nautilus plugin must now call caja functions instead and so on.
That is too bad. I thought (hoped) that they did a lot of work on the mechanical robustness of USB-C. I hope it isn't as bad as Apple's lightning connector.
You can also buy a 13 mini. Smaller than the SE but has a bigger screen.

https://www.apple.com/iphone-13/specs/
Our tests concluded the same and we gave up for now. Works pretty well while tethered but you have to drop quality for wireless support, and what's the fun wearing one while sitting down? Looking forward for future iterations.