skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The new leftist talking point is that there is no possible way to measure merit objectively so we shouldn't even attempt to do so. Therefore, they would counter your point by saying that you're incapable of hiring the best based on merit.

Those who believe that there is no possibility of measuring merit are destined to be out-competed by those who can and do measure it at least somewhat accurately.
Most boilers purchased today allow use with a Hydrogen mix, and some under development allow 100% hydrogen. Before the widespread extraction of natural gas, towns were powered with 'town gas', which is ~50% Hydrogen, so this is very much proven tech.

There are a bunch of potential ways to make green hydrogen too.

So, there very much is a path to green with a gas boiler.
That's around the weight of a fully loaded A380.
> When I do an interview, and someone can complete a simple coding exercise in 2 minutes, I feel very good about my ability to say they are better than someone who takes 20 mins on the same question.

Honestly? My gut reaction is you're not very thorough in measuring abilities if you offer a coding exercise that can be completed in two minutes by anybody.

> And even if you were right, doing promotions based on coin flips would be better than on race.

The article explicitly states they are not asked to make promotion decisions based on race.
I am asking this out of ignorance, not knowledge. Isn’t that why the Lord gave us a hosts file?
The thermal time constant for a sphere scales as radius squared (one factor of r due to volume/surface area, and one factor due to the temperature gradient scaling as 1/r). Your thermos is quite small.
Microsoft and Meta to deliver immersive experiences for future of work and play
In that case, systemic racism matters too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism
https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/recent
I'm surprised they didn't do c) which was to interview an obviously unqualified candidate to get the checkoff on the policy. This is the usual workaround.

There is no broken recruiting pipeline. There are simply not enough candidates in the pool to staff every company in a way that is representative.
> every single team I worked in was pretty much exclusively young, white, nerdy men.

You worked at Big-O Tires as an installer?
The Quagmire of Climate-Change Diplomacy
Maybe I will try to make a text ASCII version of myself as an avatar here - or some combo of ASCII and colorful IRC chat
I think real reason is that ULONG_PTR is older than uintptr_t, which is a fairly new C99/Posix-2001 construct.
From TFA:

> But they make horrible teams.
Not particularly good.
You could use something like cloudflare tunnels which wouldn't expose your IP, but would still route the traffic back to you machine.
> If the Quest Pro could replace my triple monitors, $1500 is a bargain.

If it could drive me to work, it’d replace the subway. $1500 is a steal.
this is a really screwed up trend. people should be able to use phone infrastructure completely anonymously. KYC in telecommunications, finance, gun purchases, etc. is always a morally wrong option for "fighting crime".
The App Review Guidelines at 4.3) Spam states: the App Store has enough ... dating apps. We will reject these apps unless they provide a unique, high-quality experience.

Does the App Store accept any new dating apps at all? How high is the bar set for the definition of unique high-quality experience? I'd hate to invest time and money into creating an iOS app just to have it rejected.

I'll try to ask this question on October 17th in the App Store Slack channel they've created but I'm just wondering what you all think here.
> The new leftist talking point

Please stop with the tribal generalisations. There are more than two points of view in the world.
You know the answer to this, so why ask? Just make your accusation directly and take your smugness in lump sum rather than annuity.
They have! Gren is a new fork. First commit was the head of the elm compiler repo. Excited to see what happens with it.
> The future will be smaller machines with smaller boilers and more electronics - I just think that the lelit gets it all right.

This. The Decent DE1Pro is leading this charge, it doesn't even have a traditional boiler at all, and is quite diminutive on the counter.
"By the end of this decade we're going to replace our workstations on our desks with a VR setup"

Thanks, I hate it.
"We estimate we can sell up to 80% of a user's vision without inducing seizures."
- Ernest Cline, "Ready Player One"
Communication is much more about body language than words for most people.
I've long had an idea for an app that helped you be a better boyfriend/husband by helping you plan dates and find good ideas for dates in your city like museums, great restaurants, concerts, etc.
Amazon Labor Union, with Renewed Momentum, Faces Next Test
That's what I had in mind, which covers most use cases of FORMAT that I've seen.
Agree. Asian is kind of like Hispanic, it doesn't mean anything in terms of ethnicities.
A recent discussion on HN surfaced this fact. It's legal for higher education for now, but hiring is different.

I think a lot of people don't realize this. I didn't. I assumed if you could do it for education you could do it for hiring. Apparently not!
did this capture the entire article? I feel like I'm missing something
> It is also possible that those companies will be suffocated by the fact that banks won't extend credit to them (ESG) or angry Twitter will pressure potential customers not to do business with them.

I think that would only be an issue if they made a big deal in public about rejecting DEI. Such a statement might also attract a bunch of obnoxious, oppositely-polarized people you don't want either. Probably the best strategy would be to not mention it at all unless forced, and then just make vague, positive statements about diversity until whoever is bothering you moves on to something else.
I think it becomes more complex when you consider wealth concentration.
I was looking at the California Wildfire History Map (https://projects.capradio.org/california-fire-history/#9.62/...) a while back and remember noting that the CZU fire was the first recorded burn for most of the affected area.

I am not sure how complete the map is, but I suspect that the GP means the fires (such as the 1985 Lexington fire) further east mapped in red? Of those, I think I only see two meaningfully overlapped by newer fires (2009 and 2016 Loma fires overlapping 1985 Lexington, 2020 Park within the footprint of the 1985 Finley fire).

Edit: looks like the Finley/Park fires are technically just east of the mountain range, at least per http://www.scmbc.org/map-of-bioregion.
When I see this kind of thing I am always reminded of the furniture with price tags scene from Fight Club
Is the model code? Or just data? Because if it’s just data and the library truly only needs 200 LOC to work with that model then it’s fair to say that it is a 200 LOC only library.

I can write a naive spell checker in a few dozen lines of Python, say 100 lines. I’ll need a dictionary file for it to be useful though. Would you claim my code is 100 lines or 50100 (assuming dict file has 50k words) lines?
Is it?

I think there's an affirmative action lawsuit currently pending before SCOTUS. It seems discrimination is allowable (so far) as long as it has good intentions. It may change with this case.

Although there could be some discrepancy with a colloquial use of discrimination which includes an implied notion of negative bias, while positive biases (preferences to certain candidates) can also fit the more dry definition.
>Guess which has zero tolerance for any toxic behavior?

Probably the one that isn't making hiring decisions based on the colour of the applicant's skin.
Agreed, I'd much rather just be honest and transparent with processes. That's not to say there aren't potential down sides. Of course, I still hold that trying to resolve these issues completely on the demand side of careers that often involve an educational component doesn't always work well, it can drive up incomes, but won't necessarily make the implied problem better.

What is at least also needed are dealing with the supply side, which is incentivising and cultivating educational paths.
Edit the internal dns server(s).
And here is a gist that demonstrates how simple it is to implement such a type-safe printf function:

https://github.com/mukeshtiwari/Idris/blob/master/Printf.idr
Tea enthusiasts have their own rabbit hole to disappear under.

Once you move beyond the teabag, you'll start gathering tins to hold your high-quality loose-leaf tea, strainers, kettles, the works.
America's Largest Railroads Are Ruining Our Supply Chains
Maybe the question is why the leftists are so influential that for-profit companies are willing to comply with their ideology. Isn't the best way to increase the representation of minorities is to increase the funnel? Better schools, better teachers, more rigorous curriculum for all instead of for the elite students, a whole new culture that values curiosity and geekiness in general, and eventually a larger number of people who are willing to toil for years to study STEM? But oh no, by merely asking such questions I'm a far right, a racist, and of course, a fascist (I can be wrong, of course, but I should be free to ask questions and propose alternative solutions).

My theory? CRT in workplace is popular because it's effective at suppressing questions and at making it easy for organizations to avoid working on hard problems.
There are so many corners of the spec that I have not yet explored, so I always appreciate trivia like this. However I was thinking more like the macro that the article was proposing.
Raymond Chen's blog is very MSVC specific when it comes to compiler specific components.
This level of access leads me to worry that the reviewer won't be entirely honest. Is he really going to pan the product when he is interviewing Zuckerberg in the video and getting behind the scenes content? Pretty much renders the video useless to me to understand if the product is good or not.
I am ignorant when it comes to where companies look when they are hiring, but your comment makes it seem like companies can choose sources that are somehow segregated by race/gender/etc. What/where are these sources? Do you really think microsoft has any trouble finding people who want to work there? Where else should they look? In all my time being a straight white male, I've never listed my resume on a "whites only" job site.
Anyone have a simple idiot proof way to make sure a hacked webserver can't hit your internal network? I have two routers (effectively a DMZ) but there must be a better way than two levels of NAT.
It's absolutely not. Apple desires quick and easy fixes. Devoting time to good documentation, product support, caring about bugs, and devrel ... not gonna happen.
I agree about the lack of docs, but it’s not obvious what you are talking about with XCode.

I installed the MAS version years ago and it seems to auto-update just fine for me.

When there is a beta, I install that from developer.apple.com and the two work just fine on the same machine.
Sure but keep in mind in a lot of tech positions, the oversaturation is Asian, Indian. Not white.
Still waiting (to my knowledge) for even a single manufacturer to offer a unit with independently adjustable sides. Until then, people with strabismus are out of luck. (Which is ironic, since technological assists are the only way we could possibly see depth.)
Understandable, but really a deal-breaker for many.
That's why I filter the results.
See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33143546 (2 days ago)
My (least?) favorite anecdote on this was when we were running stats demographics and found there was one more African American than Black. Turns out it’s a rich white kid who was born in South Africa. He’s not wrong…
Ok, I'm ready for the Max Headroom podcast to be a permanent fixture of my life
Meta is going for the same exact play as Apple did with smartphones, but with VR.

They understand the downsides of being tied to ad revenue more than anyone else. They want to make money from Oculus Store and headset sales, just like Apple does with App Store and iPhone.
It is likely that some foreign funds (Arab, Chinese) won't give a damn about ESG anytime soon, if at all.

That said, this is how you end with critical technology in potential adversaries' hands.
Nuclear has enormous political hurdles that translate into extreme project costs. Hydro and Geothermal are both geographically limited. Hydro especially is effectively tapped out at this point. You are chasing progressively less suitable locations for each install. Most of the best remaining places are far away from civilization and would require hundreds of kilometers of high tension wire to get to the nearest grid connection.

Meanwhile battery prices are dropping year over year and installed capacity is still skyrocketing. Eventually the curve will level off, but we are not to the point of diminishing returns yet. Solar and Wind + Battery is shaping up to be the dominant power source of the future. It's all down to economics. Solar cells and wind turbines are not only getting cheap to buy, but once installed they require little maintenance and no ongoing fuel costs. Batteries are similarly low maintenance and the purchase price continues to drop as economies of scale and advances in technology make them cheaper and better.
By default, yes. You can disable the "long-press to send password" feature.

(I kept triggering it by accident, and disabled it.)
My setup: AeroPress, hand grinder, scale and electric kettle. Although, I've been thinking of picking up a Chemex for when I need to brew more than a single mug.
Ugh, another one of these.

> There weren’t any quotas around how many of these “diverse” candidates I had to actually hire, but I was pretty sure my corporate vice president would be more likely to promote people who had hired more of them and thus made his contribution to the annual D&I report look good.

Correct, there aren't quotas, but of course that doesn't stop the author from speculating that there might be, and basing the rest of the article on that.

> Again, there was no quota, but it seemed clear that promoting this person would have made HR and my corporate vice president happy.

Missing here is how BIPOC and women have been systemically under-promoted relative to their work output, and yes, although there is no quota, someone is checking in to make sure a manager (i.e., someone who has power over their reports' lives) is aware of systemic biases when approaching their decision-making. What is terrible about this exactly?
I have found that this is absolutely true, but not in the way you are thinking.

The highest performing team I have been on had people from 4 continents, ran the gamut on political views, had disparate education levels (from literally a high school dropout to PhDs from prestigious schools), and had people of many races. It had no women and no black people. By the standards of HR, it was not a diverse team at all.

The DEI folks I have worked with want a very specific kind of diversity: They want you to hire people of all genders and colors, but only rich ones from a few schools. They think that school reputation and awards are a better measure of aptitude than an interview or a take-home test (claiming that the test or interviewer is biased).
>that will reject the whole D&I concept

This is already the norm in Silicon Valley. D&I awareness is a brand new thing, and mediocre reactionaries like the author pervade existing leadership structures.

Over 50 years ago the US Military recognized that segregation and entrenched racial biases lead to inefficiencies and lack of readiness.[1] In an economy where hiring pipelines for skilled technical people are stretched incredibly thin, we need to be taking a hard look at why we're only getting people that look a certain way through our hiring process.

1. https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1579610768638881800
There's a third you're completely missing.

Present fathers that raise and discipline their children.
I have the Lelit Elizabeth and I agree it is an awesome compact machine. It was an investment, but I looked at it three ways.

First I got it on sale. Second I opened a new credit card so I could take advantage of the cashback offer, further "lowering" the price. Third every latte I make is a medium starbucks latte I didn't have to pay for, further making this machine more worth it.

I've owned it for a year and made latte's for me, my wife and mother-in-law everyday. I estimate the coffee machine has saved me more than I paid for it. At this rate I'm considering upgrading my grinder so I can get that much more flavor out of the variety of coffee beans I'm buying.
As an aside, there was some drama on /r/CSCareerQuestionsEU that spilled over into /r/CSCareerQuestions around a month ago ( https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestionsEU/comments/xjbixl... and https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/xoq0uu/r... https://www.unddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/xoq0uu/r... )

The EU one isn't large, but the regular one is approaching 1M.
Discussed 16h ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33158475
There’s no affirmative action anywhere. What are you referring to?
If you want racial equity, you have to start at school or even earlier. Get rid of private schools, improve the public school system. Then you can actually get good people from all kinds of backgrounds that are not looked upon as "diversity hires".
Pixel 7 like Photo Unblur using Python with DeblurGANv2
To be fair, Microsoft Teams is horrible.
I went to an Apple store to get the (under warranty) battery in my perfectly functional Macbook Air replaced. The "genius" tried to convince me that the computer had water damage and I should buy a new one. I stood my ground and demanded the battery I was entitled to and he acted like he was doing me a huge favor by ignoring the supposed water damage and giving me the battery. He also commented on my android phone and told me I should buy an iphone. I went there for warranty service, not a sales pitch.
note that I quoted "Man" and "White". That's because we don't have a color palette to say how white is ok and we don't ask question to know how Manly someone is. That was so ridiculous, that most our team members didn't want to help me with the interviews...
Damn, just use a moka pot. It can be stored on your least-used stove burner!
I personally got tired of the moka pot cleanup and the fact that it uses a lot of coffee beans to make enough coffee for my liking. Now, I make pour over. Not as strong, but the quickest and easiest cleanup of any method I've tried.
> You might imagine this policy doesn’t bias the hiring process, since managers are still free to choose who to hire after interviewing the diverse candidates. But because of the number of applicants, most are rejected based on their resumes. Imagine diversity candidates are 1% of the applicants but 15% of those interviewed. This gives those candidates opportunities to do well in interviews that their peers with similar resumes do not get.

So minority candidates are given an advantage in getting their foot in the door, but still have to prove themselves qualified for the job by doing well in interviews.

On average, those candidates would have started with a disadvantage in getting their foot in the door for several reasons – including outright discrimination, and the cumulative effect of past discrimination, but also softer factors such as being less likely to have helpful personal connections. This applies not just to the Microsoft job at issue, but to the previous jobs that would have populated their resumes (and for younger candidates, even schools).

Compensating for that sounds like a good policy to me.

Now, the post also suggests there is pressure to actually hire or promote less-qualified candidates, which might be a problem, but in that area the post is more vague and speculative.
Plays a Familiar Line from SpongeBob
At this point I now host my small projects (less than 10k users) exclusively on boxes in the corner of my room ha.

AWS and heroku are quite expensive for small projects and performance isn't great. Dynamic IP is not a problem these days either (it's also quite surprising how infrequently your IP changes fwiw).

If you're looking for heroku like interfaces check out Dokku (or other open source PaaS platforms).

After this tier of usage I think I'd consider moving many things to cloudflare workers.
Drew (sourcehut guy) wrote the original from the look of it, but that's now unmaintained and this is a fork: https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc
The devil you know is better than the one you don’t.

Also, those with issues tend to be the loudest. You don’t hear from all the people who are basically fine with the status quo, or even from the complainers about all the things they are satisfied with on the platform.

Personally, I love using and developing for the Apple ecosystem, but I too have my gripes. I would rather my perceived issues be fixed, therefore making things even better, than starting from square one on an inferior platform. Which leads to another saying:

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I use this Xcodes[0] just for that. It does not require login these days and I can switch between Xcode versions.

[0] https://github.com/RobotsAndPencils/XcodesApp
That's a good point. There's an old Italian saying: "A fish rots from the head". It seems clear that executive management said "find a way to cover this up", and the CISO made every effort to do so.
> Today, LEDs cost as little as £2 and use up to 90 per cent less energy than incandescent bulbs and 60 per cent less than fluorescent lighting.

This is a so lying statement in the middle of the article about 60%, it even contradicts with the beginning of the article:

> Compact fluorescent lamps were the first energy-efficient bulbs to reach the market, using around 70-80 per cent less electricity than the equivalent traditional bulbs, as well as lasting almost 10 times longer.

BTW I do not recommend going to this website because it has a severe captcha, lots of banners and disabled ability to select text with mouse.
The guide has a whole section about web components/custom elements https://guide.elm-lang.org/interop/custom_elements.html. I've also found them useful in my code outside of Elm as they work in vanilla JS.
My issue is not with the descriptor, "black," but in calling it a hole. You get too close to a star or planet, you will also fall in, but we don't consider stars or planets as holes. "Gravity well" is a better descriptor, but not when considered a hole, rather only when considered full of water, but here the water is instead gravity, and gravity always implies something massive, not the absence of something else.

Black holes, as we think of them as something, are really shadows. It'd be more accurate and less confusing to call them singularity shadows.
Give it a re-read. They collected data from actual houses (although granted only 6 boiler-years worth of hourly data), then fitted a best fit model to that data, then used the model for their conclusions.

They did that because they needed to compare the manufacturers datasheet lab figures to the real world figures, but there are 10+ variables that affect efficiency, and a direct comparison isn't possible unless all the variables match - hence using a model to act as the 'convertor'.
It runs DNS and DHCP as well (so we have a domain that's the same as the house name); the DNS is primarily caching so for most sites it's just stock internet (except a bit faster due to the caching). It's also authoritative for a small number of domains that serves ads/do tracking (it's amazing how much better that makes the internet, even the kids comment on how fast it is compared to their friends - and we're out in the sticks on a relatively slow connection).