skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
In many cases, that's a shitty, low-paying job too.

https://restofworld.org/2021/the-chinese-content-farms-behin...

Same for the folks at click farms boosting those pieces of content.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/02/click-far...

It's fascinating to me how many people really want to blame the cogs in the machine over the designers and owners of it.
What a horror. We have an underclass citizenry subject to abuse or at best terribly life-changing work conditions, without the resources (personal, cultural, societal) to protect themselves or change position. It’s horrific.

It is a shared problem. Colombia is not so far away, neither geographically nor as a gig-heavy economic model.

We should be able to solve this – not from a “content moderation” perspective but from a human work conditions perspective. Counterintuitively, solving content moderation probably requires solving the human work conditions. If the workers were paid considerably better and well-supported, the costs might rise to the point of successfully incentivizing the ideal automated solutions.
Libre would be fine for most people but brand recognition and file compatibility are the big things that Office 365 has going for it.
I’d point out that it’s not necessarily those people’s problems. It’s the tech makers’ problems. Hardly any of this stuff needs to change so wildly and so often.

The somewhat recent FaceTime updates have befuddled even my brother and I. And there’s zero reason for any of the changes. They were just changes, not improvements, and were probably even regressions.
The community could have gathered around PyPy, but it seems a lost battle by now.
Just another plug for Lucene or the library route. I had a simple use case to offer a search/autocomplete API for the employee directory of ~50,000 records. The source of truth was only updated once a day. We ran a job that reindexed daily and published the index as a file (< 15 megabytes) to where the service could access it.

That service worked beautifully. Results were returned in 10-20ms and we only ever made software updates to handle the occasional CVE. It did, however, take quite a bit of fiddling initially to get the query results to match the user expectations. For example, weighting first vs last vs full name.
Nice, would be nice if it could switch to dvorak so wasd is actually ,aoe

Makes it easier for me to drive ;P
> Does it get warm?

> Brian S (Creator): Nope not at all. LED's do not emit much heat and the Titanium body of the eye offers great heat shielding from any heat emitted.

[https://www.tiktok.com/@bsmachinist/video/713267837541158430...]
In theory it could be very little by mass, but a large space by volume. There are are any number of clamshell plastic containers and Styrofoam replacements covered under this. Very hard to crush unless they remain under pressure. In a home they commonly require cutting into smaller pieces.

If someone is running a small business from their house the amount of trash produced per day can be staggering.
The first line of the fifth paragraph reads:

> In overt cases, this is known as ‘constructive dismissal’: when an employee is forced to leave because the employer created a hostile work environment.
What's your intuitive understanding of fractional derivatives?
Silence of the lambs.
The article largely contradicts the claim that cameras stolen in Sweden are ending up in Russian drones.

They both just happen to use the same incredibly common camera models.

It's worth noting that the mass hysteria regarding Russia in Nordic countries has reached absurd levels, as of a couple of weeks ago every hobbyist drone sighting is a sign of a Russian intelligence operation.

Some guy steals a few cameras? Oh yeah, must be the Russian drones again.
I like the idea of using genetic engineering to knock out certain species of pest, limited to the ones specialized to eat domesticated crops. You wouldn’t need to spray a cornfield if the corn moth was no longer around.

And, we could always keep a pristine population of the peat locked away in some vault if it turns out making them extinct in the wild was a bad idea.
A city needs to function (and being able to house) all of its citizen and not just a small minority of extremely (disproportionally) wealthy tech workers. San Francisco failed in this simple task. It was always going to crash sooner or later because of that simple fact. Trying to find ways to sustain/continue unaffordability for the general public is an extremely selfish sociopathic outlook. The truth is SF needs to crash to heal itself. The sooner the better. If it puts well paid tech workers at a financial disadvantage then I guess that is not nice but better than putting poor people at a financial disadvantage. Tough luck. Let the healing begin.
Release of GIFImages.jl for making GIF files more accessible in Julia
I don't believe that's true.

As an example, I hate every option available for phones right now but I can't just not have a phone. I have no real choice.

Whichever decision I make will send the wrong signal to "the market" and won't influence it to improve.
The word traffic already implies a rate
If a process or service is using systemd to start and stop it (e.g. You start it with `systemctl start $SERVICE_NAME), I often do `systemctl status $SERVICE_NAME` to get the service-specific logs. For me, it seems to get the job done much better than journalctl.
Why do we need another one?
Isn’t this frequently reported as being very common in Japan?
I find it to be pretty obviously ML generated. As in even the parts about NFTs are written in a style that is patently obviously not authored by a human. I’m sure the difference will become less noticeable over time but for now AI-authored prose is easy to spot.
As a senior who can barely differentiate between cpu and a monitor, I'm sure you would.
So, funnily enough, there's a secret ME disable that Intel made specifically because someone at the CIA or NSA got cold feet about the whole "secondary boot-up processor that can pwn the main processor cores" thing.
It doesn't make as immediately a dangerous mess, that's true. Long term though, it's markedly worse.
I am not doubting you, but I'm surprised that it was cheaper. Every time this is discussed here on HN, or on other forums, the prevailing narrative is that it is increasingly difficult to buy a non-smart TV, and that the only option is to look for "industrial display panels" (or some similar designation), which, people claim, are rather expensive.

Note that I am only recounting hearsay, and I haven't done my research on this, as my three PC monitors cover my needs completely, and I have no need for a TV. I'm only "idly curious" about this topic, because one day I may need such a dumb TV.
The upper bound is still the Shannon limit. The experiment does a lot of multiplexing: spatial multi-core fiber, spectral multi channel multiplexing across wavelength, dual polarization.

Each of the multiplexed channels are individually limited by the Shannon limit, and with higher power the fiber's Kerr effect creates interference which creates a sweet spot for the optimal optical launch power.

the novelty here is that the spectral channels are all generated from a single laser source rather than a laser per channel
Per-second doesn't make sense in this context. Either it can transmit all of the internet traffic, so it has sufficient bandwidth to theoretically mirror the whole internet traffic, or it can't. A time unit doesn't make sense here.

The alternative interpretation would be that it can transmit the whole amount of data ever sent through the internet in its existence per second, but this seems rather unlikely.
Study finds brain changes associated with ADHD remission
I've noticed this too! As I get older, it seems like I'm seeing fewer and fewer comedies I really love, like Steve Martin's classic Sergeant Bilko. I look at a list of popular comedies of the past few years and I haven't seen any of them! Zeus' beard! It must be the entertainment industry writ large being force-feminized, no other explanation.
Question – at what point does content moderation become necessary?

Small publishing tools successfully use passive mechanisms to prevent illegal/horrific content (for example: community enforcement and platform culture, identity verification, cost/pricing). At what point do bad actors and unwanted content arrive? At what point do the passive mechanisms fail?
Dev Garden: A software collaboration space at Macalester College
My 2010 Macbook still works fine after I've updated the expired X3 certificate [0].

[0]: https://macresearch.org/dst-root-ca-x3-expired-mac/
Apple’s App Review Fix Fails to Placate Developers
In general, I think, yes, as long as you're installing the same edition. Usually the license is somehow stored in the firmware.

However, in any case, even with a separate, expensive "boxed" license, Windows helpfully provides a convenient way for the firmware to drop additional useful software (aka crap) onto your fresh clean install. As in, it actively checks whether the firmware would like something executed and if so, executes it without prompting. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19800807
You don't in principle have to put any nop's at the start of each function for this kind of function "hooking" to work. The Microsoft Detours library does the same thing with no special compilation needed.
> It's stuff like this that leads people to just "give up" and buy an expensive Apple device. For all their faults at least they protect you from this kind of nonsense. The Lenovo is just the same, really. A profound disrespect for their own users and the usability of their own product.

Be careful what you wish for. For many power users, overlays and replacing the default browser are 100% essential. Removing them just for the sake of user safety would be a grave mistake.

Google is already pushing to replace overlays with "bubbles" for example.
Where I live, if one child assaults another the police is called and cares a lot.
Open source (Ruby/Rails) here: https://github.com/pcantrell/devgarden
This is the key. Lots of systems have seamless updates where the only real interruption is a reboot.

Android does an A/B update and after a only slightly slow reboot is in the new version. It then does some optimization in the background that can have a slight performance impact.

NixOS must be the gold standard here. It downloads and completely installs the new version in the background then a regular-speed reboot is enough to be running the new system. (~10s on my system)

But Windows and macOS both have crazy slow update processes. When I had a mac for work I was dumbfounded by how slow the update process was. It regularly took >30min! Those machines are crazy fast, it seems like it could have written a TiB of data in that time so IDK what it is actually doing.
Use a recording in your presentations instead of a live demo
A video usually feels "real" enough to an audience, but you can avoid crashers or unexpected inputs.
We seem to be saying the same thing. My previous reply was in response to the statement that the 1919 ruling was overturned. Rather than implying it was completely overturned in 1969, I'm saying that it was upheld in the specific instances where imminent danger is present.

>Still, I'm not sure what relevance all of this has to the subject at hand

The point is rights exist. An to put a limit on a right, you must show a clear and imminent risk. I think you got a little wrapped around the axle on the 2A piece and missed the connection to the article at hand.

When you equivocate code to free speech, there will be people who say certain code is dangerous enough to be limited in that regard. Meaning, a discussion about regulating code is apropos, even though many people will disagree about the threshold of what constitutes a credible risk.
Could you explain a bit more? Do you mean that the decision of what to buy and when to buy/sell is informed by the tax consequences? Interested to learn more.
I think both of y'all are right in different circumstances; imo a good policy would handle both cases
The last time this was discussed I found some articles showing that the more boxy and angular windows of older vehicles were less likely to have bugs smashed on them. This is why these studies often use license plate splatters to get a better count -- that really hasn't changed.
I am typically able to poke around and figure out why something broke so I can fix the dependencies. And I can search online to figure out where some feature I depend on was moved to, or what extension I need to re-enable it. But I nevertheless resent this kind of mandatory administrative overhead that comes with relying on computers.

On the flip side, I enjoy learning new techniques, languages, and approaches to advance my craft.

The difference is that the former is dictated by developers and required on a periodic basis just to tread water, whereas the latter is self-directed and helps me become more capable.
> If plastic is burried it's not doing much more than it was when it was oil.

Unless it's sequestering something inside. Like water. It terrifies me to think about how much water is locked away for centuries in bottles underground.
I like the treatment in this book

https://www.amazon.com/Fractals-Chaos-Power-Laws-Infinite/dp...
Must be some kinda marketing.
I know a lot of homeschoolers who are now adults. They tend to think independently, work hard, and are... fine. One of them worked for NASA before choosing to be a stay-at-home mom. One is a pediatrician. One is an electrical engineer. The rest are similar-- well-adjusted, successful adults. They're all fine, if a bit socially awkward.

I think the socialization thing is probably the biggest drawback to homeschooling. It also probably depends entirely on the personality of the kids. Some kids thrive in huge group environments. Some don't. I guess it would also depend on how good and available your parent is, but most homeschoolers have very engaged parents from what I've seen.
Python has all the momentum and ecosystem.

Rust has a good shot at taking over Python's role in a couple years: it is fast, cargo is even simpler to use than pip, multithreading is mostly idiot-proof, and there's a growing ecosystem of data science and ML libraries that bring the benefits of Rust's more expressive type system to the table. But it will take years to grow that ecosystem to a size that makes it really competitive with Python.
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> What is confusing about it?

If it can transmit it per-second, then it can also transmit it per-hour, so it's redundant and doesn't add anything, which means it's confusing as to why it's there.
This is, bluntly, rubbish. The big sea-change is that mid-budget movies just aren’t made for cinemas anymore. They belong to streaming services and TV series now. Dating Amber, Do Revenge, Murder Mystery, Palm Springs, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, The Half of It, Always Be My Maybe, Tall Girl (1), Don’t Look Up, Isn’t It Romantic, Only Murders In The Building, Love Life… the list goes on and on.

If you’re not enjoying these, the problem isn’t that they don’t make great comedy or romance anymore, it’s that you got old.
"Back in the day" we had some issues on wikipedia with people quietly uploading book cover images where the jpg was also a rar containing the book...
Any tips for searching DiscMaster?

If I'm looking for a particular file, I'm finding it useful to know the filename used back in the day. I didn't pay that much attention to the specific filename until now.
why not just natural selection? the bugs that got splatted never got to lay eggs
Corrupt endothelial cells protect blood cancer cells from chemotherapy
I am sure you can google or update your linkedIn. With your experience and WFO preference pretty sure you will get a lot of hits.

Putting expectation on colleagues gets old real fast but i see that you want management to do it for you which is smart.
Key is to position the product evolution from this point as a journey, with discrete steps/periods on a quasi-roadmap, and make it clear to them that they as users/clients will help shape that journey.

So picture a slide with 4 steps/phases enumerated, and a talk track like: "Today, we're at Phase 1 which provides the most important feature XYZ but has some constraints around diction; next, in Phase 2, the algorithms will allow for even mediocre diction and feature ABC will also come online deliver 123 value; in Phase 3, we'll have enough data that diction is a non-issue, and features DEF and FGI are planned".

So the core question is - does Phase 1 have enough value? Is that journey/roadmap worth it for the customer putting up with limited value today?

You might be surprised either way. If even the limited experience is still super valuable, great! Or you may find that you DON'T have an MVP yet since it's not usable in its current form regardless of the journey from here.
Because they can control what happens to the content once it has been found.

That second point is kinda daft and would be an absolute PR nightmare at best.
I don't think the author is discouraging anyone to do the "hard work", but rather encouraging them to do the easy work to further protect all that hard work at low added cost.
A lot of this hinges on fake reviews. It seems like it should be a solvable problem, but then I read about things like scammers going so far as to actually order their bogus products to real addresses of unsuspecting people (not caring what the confused recipients do with it) just so they can get a "verified purchase" review. Maybe they get caught, but by then, the damage is done.

I bought an electric leaf blower off amazon a couple years ago - the reviews seemed authentic and it seemed like the obvious one to buy. The thing had the power of like two hair dryers - I took the time to write a negative review but by then the product no longer seemed to be listed.
> I am...glad you were able to afford expensive private schooling to shield your kid from the effects of the deadly pandemic that led to more than a million deaths in the US?

I'm another poster who did the same thing and I'm also very glad.

> Ultimately I don't understand why so many parents keep taking potshots at remote learning a couple of years afterwards.

Because, as documented in tfa, it was a disaster in terms of learning outcomes.

> If you were able to throw pots of money at the problem, good for you.

Meanwhile, poor parents who weren't, their kids suffered learning losses.

> Can someone explain to me the logic that thinks test scores for young children at specific should keep going up?

I was sympathetic to this line of argument until I looked up what good scores are generally held to be. This is a situation where the national averages are around a third proficient. Clearly a lot of room for growth. If we were in the 80s or 60s, sure, why not. We'd probably maxed things out and demaning additional gains might be squeezing blood from a stone. But ~30% proficient? We can probably do better.
The most obvious one is holding for at least a year to avoid being qualified as short-term capital gains. There are other relevant rules too, for example look up "wash sale rule".
> I'd expect to be repeatedly interrupted for the next 1.5h, by people that I love and can't turn away.

That's what I experience going to office! WFH is only place I can focus.
Quickwit is a search engine built on top of Tantivy (by the author of Tantivy): https://github.com/quickwit-oss/quickwit

Quickwit supports Elasticsearch compatible bulk indexing API.
I wish I could say. I think it depends really. I like jumping jobs around every 2 years. If I don't like the people I'll jump sooner but in 12 years that's only happened once. You gain perspective with every new company and industry which seems valuable on paper. It's like traveling. No idea how this compares to sticking it out but I've gotten use to being new, doing interviews, and having to start over with no context. I've worked in telecoms, education, social media, aviation, and agricultural insurance. Different tech stacks and different cultures each with different clients (younger tech suavy web natives vs old farmers who dont know to scroll to get to the bottom of a page). Security passes, controlled goods and smokers at the door who come on in behind you when they're not suppose to be there vs 20 something year olds making the rules (you can imagine). Ive been treated well and poorly. I like the broad range of things I've gotten to see going job to job.

The main catalyst for leaving is pay. If i could find another company that would pay me more I'd present that to my current employer and if they couldnt match it then off I go. Usually I wait a while to start looking.

I saw one comment hear talking about maintenance and consequences and that's interesting! For myself, I gravitate to greenfield work. Startups and the like. Your code doesnt always live a long life in those environments and prehaps this shields me from the worst of the maintainability issues. Ive actually grown distasteful for to much "maintenance programming efforts" as I've seen months of such work disappear after a pivot (replaced a series of sequential forms with a table view once after the team spent months getting the forms right. Sad.) I believe that 'bad code' that takes you from 0 to 1 is a good headache to have. I've also seen people call code bad when i saw no issues with it (terria.js) and went on a months long run to rewrite a frontend months from release. Went about as well as expected. Code got written to replace already working code. No comment on whether it was better or not but my opinion is a likely no. There's a level of subjectivity to code quality that i think gets lost on people sometimes.
5G and emf seems reasonable but will they turn it off for a few years and find out? nope
Ants have very interesting learning behaviour, but I don't think you can really say they're "smarter" than a mouse, or even "intelligent" (depending on your exact definition of that). You can teach a computer English better than the average human (see e.g. Grammarly), but that does not make the computer smarter. The learning behaviour of ants is certainly amazing, but very limited in scope.

Ants can response to their environment, but are they even "psychological responses" or just a piece of machinery responding in a pre-programmed way? When I played the Sims 20 years ago my characters would respond in certain pre-programmed ways. None of can truly know what it's like to be an ant, but given the tiny size of their brains compared to higher animals I think it's fair to say the machinery for any kind of emotion just isn't there.
Beam steering is trivial, but unnecessary. You can pick a frequency that goes through clouds, and you're wasting one of the few real benefits over normal PV if you don't.
Well, it was in the late 1980s, and it certainly created an aversion response! (although perhaps not the intended reaction)
>> was pretty much aversion therapy - essentially just: "you'll behave properly or we'll torture you".

If it has changed sufficiently to be essentially unrecognizable vs prior practice, that is probably a good thing... Still, knowing what I do about neuroscience from a minor in college, it still seems like heavy artillery barrages to deal with an insect infestation, or burn the village to save it. The real work of the brain & nervous system happens in hundreds of subtle interactions within cells and in the synapses, the patterns of the synapses, etc, and this is just a global sledgehammer. It'll likely have measurable effects, although 50% seems pretty much like toss-a-coin Russian Roulette with your brain. Perhaps an OK bet in true desperation, but...
I'll be honest I wanted to hear that the two of you met up, got married, and had a bunch of babies together.

I guess your answer will have to do!