skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Oh my...

Does anyone remember Cobol? Pascal? How about Prolog (the 5th gen language)? Standard ML? and now Rust.

Compilers are a dying technology.
Stop Writing Dead Programs" by Jack Rusher (Strange Loop 2022)
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ab3ArE8W3s&ab_channel=Stran... )

Meanwhile, the hardware world is moving to field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), Neurocomputing, in-memory logic, dynamic soft-core processors, analog memory, etc.

What does Rust do with memory that self-modifies, or has no defined logic values, processors that dynamically add or remove instructions, etc.

What does Rust do with programs that self-modify?

How long will it be until C++ (2090?) adds borrow checking and Result handling?

What's so "Secure" about Rust? Does it handle row-hammer attacks? DMA overloads? Heartbleed?

Rust is reaching "peak hype".

Sigh.
>, but this "we interrupt your tweet thread for sponsored content" style tangent is a bit annoying

It is annoying but it can be seen as part of his argument. How can spam be moderated if even trustworthy creators create spam?

According to him, it's not spam because it doesn't fulfill the typical patterns of spam, which shows that identifying noise does require knowledge of the language.

It could be interesting to turn his argument around. Instead of trying to remove all spam, a platform could offer the tools to handle all forms of spam and let its users come up with clever ways to use those tools.
> more SRO-style housing

Which has been evaporating more and more. There used to be tons of them in SF and LA and now it's been severely reduced. This style of housing at least housed the "upper" level of destitute/poverty and without it that entire population is on the street.
Using ZFS makes this all a lot simpler.
Not sure that is completely true. People working in construction or hospitality are probably happy for now that there are fewer people competing with them for jobs.
Incidentally, those layoffs were shortly followed by a huge increase in the number of reported FSD incidents...
Spanish unemployment numbers are less reliable due to the larger grey/black economy.
Unless the company has zero money, there is always a severance package.
This is all pretty standard culling. They're just trying to scare people into recession think (i.e. don't try to negotiate a raise) and rehire cheaper outsourced or--get ready for this buzz word--"insourced" labor.

Remember, the big tech cos also increased their work force sizes dramatically during COVID, so a more aggressive reduction push is understandable.
There seem to be no mention of (de)centralization or use of reputation in the comments here or in the twitter thread.

Everyone is discussing a failure mode of a centralized and centrally moderated system and aren't questioning those properties, but it's really counter to traditional internet based communication platforms like email, usenet, irc etc.
Too many people for too little task queue. Engineering managers are more than happy to hold on to headcount to justify their own existence.
Scientists identify the highest-ever recorded volcanic plume
Far right? Come on now.
While I won't object to the notion that a global recession may be on the way, the UK's particular situation is greatly exacerbated by Brexit and so might not be universal.
Agreed. Xylitol is yummy, good for your teeth, inexpensive, time tested, and doesn't have a weird aftertaste.

The only downsides are that it doesn't work quite the same as sugar in cooking, some are sensitive to it, and if you overdo it there can allegedly be some runny side-effects.
Your dad should mind his own business rather than worry about someone else’s pockets and/or the work they’re doing.
"Chaos with Ed Milliband" was their catchphrase, now they don't even have Bounty chocolate in Celebration boxes anymore. Disgraceful
What I've heard is that the sanctions against North Korea a (now pointless) attempt at nuclear non-proliferation (and of course because they have a communist government) - do you think that's the case or is there another reason?
Suddenly? I've been noticing the layoff announcements for more than a month. I work for a Fortune 100 company that has frozen hiring. That has only happened when layoffs are imminent.
I think of how early studies of autism struggled to explain the "special interests" of autistic people because Freudian and post-Freudian (say Klein, object-relations, attachment, self psychology) theorists didn't seem to think children could have any motives other than impressing their parents... which is the last thing that would motivate an autistic child.

I think what you're looking for is

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy_(philosophy)

that is, when you are really interested in something, I think, you lose some of your socially determined sense of self.

There's an interesting meditation you can do.

I haven't been able to find a good description of it online because online texts on meditation are dominated by "spiritual materialism" such as burning candles, reading sacred text(s), etc but you do find it in the meditation manuals that are concerned about what you do in your head when you meditate.

Specifically you start out in an "alpha state" meditation (that could be paying attention to your breath, progressive relaxation, autogenic traning, etc.) What's different is that you choose some object to meditate on (could be one of those burning candles) and whenever you notice you lost your focus you put it back on the object and tell yourself "that is interesting... but this is more interesting".

For some people, like myself, this creates a very intense state.
Data Diffs with Meltano and dbt-osmosis
I agree that policing a bunch of third party rebundling of apps is problematic but the entire idea of just giving up and letting user applications splat all over my system because that's how linux always has been doesn't work.
Thank you and great question. Since we are an education vendor working B2B with schools and districts, we actually produce all our curriculum/ lesson plans/ scope and sequence etc to meet state standards standards. This means our monthly assessment tests also match the state standards and help you ensure your child is on track. Having said that, we don't currently offer Ontario or Canada-specific curriculum for ELA programming (at least not yet!)
You’re talking way too hyperbolically to take seriously.

Yes, GMail does, in fact, “have a clue.” They do pretty well. They’re not perfect, and I have specific complaints, but to pretend they’re totally clueless and inept discredits anything else you’re saying.
Globally I think its South Africa (~30%); in the EU it is Greece (~15%).
You can use α for α. QMK-like keyboard macros make it really easy this days
I fit in that classic category of "built a website to blog on" and then never wrote a single post. Not really sure why I never posted anything.
Shipmap – Visualization of Global Cargo Shipping
Leading is necessary to minimize diffs when you don't support trailing commas:

Prelude> [1,]

<interactive>:4:4: error: parse error on input ‘]’
Prelude> [1]
[1]

This means if you go multiline in the "usual" style:

[
1,
2,
3
]

any time you need to append a new item, you need to modify the existing last line as well:

[
1,
2,
- 3
+ 3,
+ 4
]

Meanwhile:

[ 1
, 2
, 3
+, 4
]

If you support trailing commas, you can just use one on the last line for the same effect:

[
1,
2,
3,
+ 4,
]

Incidentally, some crazy people put the closing symbol on the last line:

[ 1
, 2
, 3 ]

That completely defeats the point:

[ 1
, 2
-, 3 ]
+, 3
+, 4 ]
> Suddenly? I've been noticing the layoff announcements for more than a month

Layoffs have been happening since ~April
I mean doesn't "Lack of capitalism" basically guarantee you'll have a "lack of resources". History seems to think so.
And since recessions are partly a product of mass psychology, announcing that this will be the worstest recession ever makes it more likely to be the worstest recession ever. Even now they can't stop punching themselves in the face.
I think that's a mischaracterization of what was written about spam.

The author wrote that most people don't consider banning spam to be free speech infringement because the act of moderating spam has nothing to do with the content and everything to do with the posting behavior in the communication medium.

The author then uses that point to draw logical conclusions about other moderation activity.

Leading with a strawman weakens your argument, I think.
How come CEOs never get fired during layoffs? Laying off this much of the workforce is an indicator they have done their job poorly (I.e. failed to adequately forecast industry trends and demand). Any normal plebeian would be out the door in two minutes if they did something similar.
You're welcome to define censorship that broadly, if you wish, but if you do that it loses most of its negative connotation and becomes no big deal. If I take your definition of censorship, then censorship is fine and I have no issue with it. Which is a problem if that attitude meanders back to the actually bad kinds.
No, it's not.

But sweetener maxis often say the gut bacteria effect is unproven, so every good study there helps.
To be fair, the general civility of the members of Bogleheads is the polar opposite of that at FB/Twitter/Reddit.

Maybe moderation is part of that, but I’d argue the subject matter is already generally less polarizing/toxic than what’s on the other three platforms.

But your point is still valid re: how Bogleheads does moderation.
I’ve been playing very very active from 2010 to 2014 and since then on-off, sometimes skipping a season.

Recently picked it up again and I noticed that I didn’t had to use /mute all anymore. I’ve got all-chat disabled by default so I’ve got no experience there, but overall I’d say it has come a long way.

But I’d also say it depends which mode and MMR you are in. I mostly play draft pick normals or ARAMs in which I both have a lot of games played - I heard from a mate that chat is unbearable in low level games.
The global economic situation is certainly complicated, but at least in the US growth seems healthy at the moment. My take is that most companies are taking advantage of the impression that we're in hard economic times to perform layoffs that they wanted to do anyway. There are certainly cases where companies were too optimistic (expecting a bigger post-pandemic "bounce") and over hired.

As far as the UK goes though, this is just result of multiple terrible decisions and incompetence on the part of the government (Brexit, Truss's proposed tax cuts for the rich, etc). It is almost entirely self-inflicted, and the incredibly predictable outcome of the government's actions.
No, but capitalism is the sole source of international trade. So those resources only come when they engage in voluntary exchange. International trade is the most libertarian of all markets, because there is no centralized oversight, so all parties basically bring their own gun.

I don't agree with GPs framing though, as I think scale is important when comparing economic systems. You wouldn't want capitalism in your house, but it's the best thing at scale.
With the mess of England's prime minster, a number of Brexit videos showed up in my feed on Youtube... some of the ones that I've watched that are interesting.

A German documentary (it has English subtitles for the German narration)): British Fishermen and Brexit | ARTE.tv Documentary https://youtu.be/gUKywFazdDo

A financial times article on Brexit - The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK | FT Film https://youtu.be/wO2lWmgEK1Y

A TLDR from earlier this week: No-one Likes Brexit Anymore: What Happens Next? https://youtu.be/kLZOlHhumq8 (the main part on this relevant is the polling and the corresponding events)

---

There's a fair bit of Brexit-regret going on now and some people apparently still think its a good idea. At the time of the referendum, it appears that quite a few people who did a day's work in Britain thought that it was a good idea, but have since come to realize that it wasn't.
I think there’s something to be said for the open source community here. Sure, homeless/hungry people around the world need help more that software engineers. That being said, contributing to an open source project you’re passionate about may actually add as much or more utility to the world. Helping maintain eMacs, for example, helps a lot of people a little bit eqch. If you were to carry eMacs into a multi-threaded paradigm, that could bring a lot of value to the world. This hinges on the idea that you enjoy programming and you’re good at it. You’re able to create value in a way through programming that you simply aren’t able to do just by donating or volunteering at the local homeless shelter.
I bought (ages ago) the _Nav Me_ companion app. It parses Google Maps notifications and shows you directions on the watch. Also vibrates and turns the light on for every step.
And now is when we find out who didn't learn from the subprime lesson. The UK had the gilt crash, but so far no cascade crisis has appeared with the tightening interest rates in the US. Given that the rates today are about the same as what they were in 2019, I don't expect any cascade crisis unless rates rise significantly higher.
Was it obvious Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers would collapse? That Morgan Stanley would need a bailout?

The crisis with the housing criss wasn't that housing collapsed, it's that the world economy went along with it.
Sorbet is really good. Makes refactoring really easy.
Basically, except for media controls for winter where gloves+swipe don't work. I ended up using a bluetooth media remote for cars. But a simple fitness band with a few buttons and a silence slider would be great.
Message contents are end-to-end encrypted (but not all metadata is). And no, they are not sent through an unencrypted side channel to Meta. I've worked at Meta on a team that does end-to-end encryption. The company is also very clear about this publicly [1][2]

It's super frustrating that every single time WhatsApp is mentioned on Hacker News, someone boldly makes a claim that it's not encrypted based on hearsay or hunches.

1- https://faq.whatsapp.com/791574747982248/?locale=en_US
2 - https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy
Hey! ALL of our books are turned into movies! Literally all of our fiction and non-fiction books are dated into a Netflix style film for kids :) This helps us engage students and bring the content to life before they dive into the curriculum and lesson plans.

As our budget grows, we hope to cast celebrity actors in our films as well ;)
Doesn’t your argument only highlight how appalling it is to consider something as crude as the race of the applicant?

Even if you disregard how crude the official government racial classifications are (black Americans have much more in common with white Americans than with black Africans, for example, and Pakistanis have much more in common with Afghanis than with the former have with Japanese or the latter have with Swedish, contrary to what the governments racial groupings specify), if you are interested in recognizing hardship and overcoming the obstacles, why not just ask about those directly? When you read the students essay about his jailed father and mother working three jobs, what more do you learn from the mere race checkbox?

I’ll be very explicit here: the universities practicing the policies currently discussed in the Supreme Court don’t care about hardship even close to as much they care about visual diversity. They really are, indeed, trying to achieve a certain color balance among their students, and they really do not care a lot about the diversity that’s more than skin deep. This is really as simple as that, and it’s disgusting.
> If the culture of the company/team is fast paced or long hours, maybe it isn't the right fit for you.

Sure. And if the culture of the company/team is working 40 hours a week max and calling people out when they work more than that, then maybe it isn't the right fit for you.
"Don't judge a book by its cover" is a lie-to-children; there's some truth to it, but if I were making a list of sayings we tell to children and how truthful it is, this one would actually be rather far down my list. Judging things by their cover is generally effective. The horde of exceptions stampeding into your mind and encouraging you to hit "Reply" and start to list them are exactly that: Exceptions.

There are, admittedly, rather a lot of them. I look over at my bookshelf and I could show you some myself. Nevertheless, it really is a better heuristic than a lot of people would care to admit.

Part of this is because covers have a lot of intentionality in them. People deliberately imbue them with information. I don't ignore them. Mind you, I might not come to the intended conclusions... to take one clear example, the intentional message being sent by romance book covers and the one I receive are fairly different. Nevertheless, in the end, both I and the publisher are generally satisfied by the transaction, even if they might prefer I buy it anyhow, I'm not in the target audience and they know that.
It's not legal yet in Europe, but can't wait to try it out!
I have Pebble Time. The compass app is a factory one, I believe.
Same, I do keto about half of the year and diet sodas have zero effect at all on ketone and glucose levels.
I post a new video about once a month that demonstrates a particular feature of my new data management system. I think short (5 to 10 minutes) videos are the best and focus on how to do one thing well. My latest one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5ZqfwQXWI) compares a few simple SQL queries on a moderately large DB table (22 columns, 7.6M rows) on SQLite (with and without indexes) and the same queries run on my system which doesn't need separate indexes (spoiler alert: my system is much faster).
A "brain drain" doesn't just mean that people actually quit and leave. They can also dramatically ramp down the intensity because they are suddenly in a very comfortable financial position and the big risk they have been working so hard to avoid (losing their valuable equity for whatever reason) is off the table. It sucks, but that's the way it is for many people. It's hard to keep up the super high level of intensity after so long, especially when the downside case is mitigated by newfound financial independence.
> My take is that most companies are taking advantage of the impression that we're in hard economic times to perform layoffs that they wanted to do anyway.

And convince people to take a wage cut or outsource/"insource" labor.
> "Hate," is a weak substitute because it is so vague we can apply it to anything

That is a big stretch. Hate can't be applied to many things, including disagreements like this comment.

But it can be pretty clearly applied to statements that, if carried out in life, would deny another person or peoples' human rights. Another is denigration or mocking someone on the basis of things that can't or shouldn't have to change about themselves, like their race or religion. There is a pretty bright line there.

Malice (per the conventional meaning of something bad intended, but not necessarily revealed or acted out) is a much lower bar that includes outright hate speech.

> but really, you can see when someone is actuated by it.

How can you identify this systematically (vs it being just your opinion), but not identify hate speech?
TLDR: Long fasted cardio. No exogenous ketones needed.

My wife and I have the same dietary regime when we need to lose weight - but I exercise, and she does not. We do 0-calorie alternate day fasting + strict keto on the eating days. I do quite a bit of fasted cardio - I cycle to the office 3 days per week, on my fasting days, and thats 3x72km of cycling over hard terrain and usually in the wind.

I am around 6-9 mmol/l on fasting days and 3-4 mmol/l on keto days, and she - same diet, but no exercise - is around 1.5-2 mmol/l on fasting days and 0.5-1mmol/l on keto days. All measured around 6pm when our ketone bodies are usually at their highest levels.

We reach those levels at around 3-4 weeks of following the diet. (We use this diet every year in the autumn, to burn what we gained over the summer of beer, eating out and other indulgences).

A few other differences:
- fasted cardio means I get to maintain high ketone body concentrations through the night and in the morning. I routinely get 5-6mmol/l at 7am following the fasting+cycling days.
- fasted cardio makes me very satiated the following day; I eat a very small keto breakfast and can't stand the sight of food till the evening. I maintain high ketosis through the day and have no problem with energy levels. Weird.
- i have very low blood sugar, at around 2-3mmol/l on the fasting+cycling days. First few days are hard, then it's getting easier and easier.

I did ADF and ADF+keto many times in my life, usually for 2-3 months, and it always works, but only when I added long, steady-state fasted cardio did I start to experience those very high levels of ketone body concentrations. It was very scary at first, but nothing bad happened.

For comparison, while doing a multi-day fast - the longest I did was 82 hours - I am reaching something like 3mmol/l and feel very miserable throughout (not physically, but mentally). Short fasts (36hr) and keto are significantly easier. Weight drops very, very quickly.
> If Ubuntu had spent resources to develop a convenient way for developers to directly provide binaries to the users of their OS

No way. I will never trust your binary.
It’s also worth noting that the algorithm is not the only meta and posting consistently might be more or less expected depending on your audience, topic and so on.
That probably has a lot more to do with the massive expansion in the FSD beta pool.
> mostly self inflicted

So self inflicted that all the world is heading in the same direction? The EU and USA are suffering from pretty much the same issues.
Nope; OpenBSD boots fine via UEFI, but secure boot must be disabled. Here's a critical piece on the subject: https://isopenbsdsecu.re/mitigations/secure_boot/
I have one friend at Stripe who, after the rumors started swirling that this was coming, was hoping they were going to get laid off today (they didn't), so now they're stuck in a job they don't want anymore, but don't have the headspace to effectively job hunt right now.

Imagine a world where the company had offered them the opportunity to quit with a buy out package, probably quite a bit healthier of a situation for all involved given this person's abysmal morale in their current role.

I see the "get paid to quit" trend from time to time and I think it's a great idea.
This exchange ought to be a post in its own right. It seems to me that malice, hate, Warp contamination, whatever you want to call it, is very much a large part of the modern problem; and also it's a true and deep statement that you should moderate based on effects and not tell anyone what their inner intentions were, because you aren't sure of those and most users won't know them either.
I would argue that he is strictly the better guy than a chocolate factory owner who is otherwise indistinguishable from Willy Wonka but who just pockets all the cash instead.
It really depends on the app. There is a lot of functionality that is cumbersome to use with Elm, i.e. everything requiring Ports. Additionally, if your app depends on some functionality that is not yet available in Elm, you‘ll have to solve a hard problem not related to your app, before actually developing your app.
Sometimes it can make sense to align arguments but I strongly disagree with pushing over a multi-line lambda that way.

So I'm not convinced the problem you're describing should ever happen.
Stone Age child's grave site in Finland reveals surprises
I wonder if EU would let UK join without adopting the Euro. The UK seems to have lost a lot of its negotiating power that let them keep the GBP the first time.