skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
(If feasible) Wake up earlier to avoid sleeping through the morning sunlight.

In New York this means waking up around 6 or 6:30am (sunrise: 6:36am)

If you’re waking up after sunrise, shift your sleep schedule if possible so you’re awake during as many daylight hours as possible.
This is sort of my line of thinking. when you effectively have a very small product line and are incredibly profitable it does seem a bit greedy to artificially limit updates.

It would be different if there was no way to bypass the upgrade lock, but given opencore legacy works.. Clearly the hardware is able to run the new OS.
More than just thinking about what people say, compare with what they do. Musk "per his own actions" is seemingly taking the chainsaw to the existing company's organization, it's going to be a bumpy ride that way no matter what changes he wants to do.
well, i feel like shit for a few months ...
Lots of people here are saying "just use the SDK." But a good API shouldn't be tightly coupled to a particular client; it should be possible to use the API easily using ordinary REST calls. If such a signature mechanism is necessary for security, it should be vendor-neutral, so that it can be shared by other providers and built into general-purpose HTTP clients.
Oh it can run newer... https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/
In my team, all of our services are built on top of AWS.
Besides the impracticality of running new OS’s on a 2005 era Mac, what software engineer at Apple would be willing to take on that role? Also, even if the hardware were supported, what third party software company would still support PPC Macs?
hmac is meh.

the real issue with aws is the marketing alienation.

router? switch? proxy? rack? forget all the sane terms for your infrastructure. you will call your router a amazon purple capybara 5 and you will have to like it!
Facebook and the Conglomerate Curse
With "actor" you mean "user"?

Every user has their own private key?
For my phone & all devices in my house
Again, I was referring to user defined types (not primitive types), which are not classes.
If you need a permit for that, you are living in the wrong place under the wrong leadership.
The original source for the story mentions some people were smothered to death.
Sorry, I'm tried web tech in previous apps. This time I wanted build native, and I don't have resources to do it all.

What I would love...

Take a look at Bike's file format, it's just a subset of HTML. Would love to someone to write a web based editor for Bike's file format. Then you could edit Bike files anywhere you want... and also have cool native experience on Mac.

Also note that Bike does read/write .txt and .opml.
Sliding animation may or may not happen in a later version. Currently the units just teleport from cell to cell. Expecting real walking etc animations in an indie game that features hundreds of different unit sprites – with very different body plans – is just silly. Especially given that the whole Steam version only exists due to the non-first-world healthcare system of the US that forced the brothers to seek an additional source of income besides donations. Honestly, the Steam version is a charity project first and foremost. Otherwise graphics and UI work would be very low on Bay 12’s priority.
> In case even if there is damage on the ground, there are treaties that govern the liabilities in case.

If it fell on your house with you sleeping inside I'm sure the liabilities treaties would make your family be totally ok with it.
Well, avoiding twitter is easy. Sadly it's relatively often one comes across great things to follow, let's just take @pcwalton as a recent example. :)
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https://twitter.com/OSS_Jobs
I'm in northern UK and find the dark really hellish when it kicks in every November. My solution this year is to go and spend three months in Australia, baking in the sun instead of shivering in the rain. Realise this isn't the solution you're looking for but this year I just need an actual break from the SAD-induced pallor and desire to hibernate, and the chance to take a break has come up so I'm taking it. I feel like it'll benefit my health no end, having lived in Aus in the past.
I guess I kept trying to ignore it, the car is that good and I loved not using fossil fuels and how cheap it was to drive it.

In my defense, he has ramped up his horrible behavior greatly in the last six or seven months to a near crescendo now.
> nuclear needs to make that up on the other 16.

I am specifically referring to a nuclear power plant’s income here. If they averaged 10c per kWh over a year that’s X$/year. To make that same X$/year when wholesale prices are 2c/kWh for 8 hours a day they would need to be average 14c/kWh for 16 hours to average 10c/kWh over a full day. Aka (8 * 2c + 16 * 14c)/24 = 10c

The above is of course a simplification of a complex market, but illustrates a real effect related to the “duck curve.”
I moved to London from Auckland, NZ and really struggled for the first winter with the stark dearth of light. Tried all sorts of things: sad lamp, mindfulness, exercise, but mostly just felt miserable until March. The next year I had started taking vitamin d and mostly felt fine through the winter. I was shocked at the difference, but there’s lots of evidence around.
I worked here and never got the impression they disagreed. It never had an impact on me. Rather I have fond memories that Xamarin did remote work right before it became a widespread thing overnight.

The times I worked past my hours were for team dinners/events, problems that piqued my curiosity, and large launches/conferences. All which had me in a bed at a reasonable time.

https://jondouglas.dev/remote-first/
Mastodon won't survive this, the Fediverse will. Much as Twitter when it was a Rails app buckled under the load already we see things like https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/19505 and users of other instances also complain. It's an old crusty complex codebase.

So yes you can certainly interact with Mastodon users and you will need to.

https://www.r-bloggers.com/2022/10/getting-acquainted-with-m... the largest Mastodon instance has less than a million users. Twitter has, what, 450 million?
> It’s safer to delay upgrading

This is my policy for most of my software unless there's some kind of critical exploit. Software updates have been the cause of many breakages for me, but I have not (yet) been affected by running out-of-date software (to my knowledge).
Sounds like OP is having a bit of a Chesterton's Fence moment. It's clearly complicated, but you describe why this is probably implemented the way it is. The scheme reminds me of Macaroons: https://blog.gtank.cc/macaroons-reading-list/
Check out the KDE edition of Fedora. Fedora is a rock solid OS and KDE is a rock solid desktop environment. Reminds me of what I always wanted Windows to be.

You can go with their default edition (GNOME) if you want something that looks like a MacOS clone right out of the box, but the actual user experience is so different (and IMO so much worse) that I can't recommend it for anyone interested in switching.
> yet Microsoft's Copilot is not trained on Microsoft codebases, and not on Windows source code

I don't think Copilot is trained on any private GitHub repository nor anything secret, not just Microsoft's private code
You really should learn more about the history of the US program before making such ill informed statements.
It's a tricky time to be a junior. The market was competitive already, but with economic turmoil many orgs are pausing hiring, especially at the lower end.

My suggestion would be to focus on just _programming_ at first and then finding the job second. Try and build some software for your personal productivity. Try and script parts of your day job to both practice the tech and get benefits out of doing so.

When you apply for that first technical job it will be I valuable to show that you have written programs, reflected on their shortcomings, and learned more about designing applications. I am a big believer that every aspiring programmer needs to _just. write. programs_.

To answer your specifics

1. Has anyone made a similar transition?

Yes - I started my career in UX / product but then shifted in web development. This was about 2013 or so. It was a different environment... in some ways easier to find entry level roles, but in other ways harder because there was little support for non-CS grads. You had to be entirely self taught, really, and still go through a lot of DS&A style interviews aimed at comsci grads.

Because of my background the path of least resistance was frontend development - this has been enjoyable but sometimes I regret not having a CS degree, and wonder what else my career might have involved if I'd had that leg-up.

2. What resources are there to "deeply understand" programming?

The internet, your time and your brain. This is a job about research and problem-solving and that applies to the problem of learning tech as well. Some people find the self-starting aspect intimidating but in other ways it's freeing: you can do this all by yourself, you just have to keep practicing and keep making time to learn.

3. Which companies are most friendly to someone like me?

Startups might like your product-y focus, large orgs may have dedicated junior programs. But the latter might be on pause for a little while.

4. How realistic is it to get into FAANG with my background?

It will depend a lot on where you are. It tends to be much easier in the US, especially coastal US. In Europe their operations are smaller.

Personally, I count myself as a pretty good programmer, but I don't think I feel up to the investment of revising DS&A for a FAANG interview. It seems like a big commitment and I have so many in my life as a thirtysomething. It sounds like sour grapes, but I'm not sure I'd enjoy it anyway (an ex-Google manager told me I'd find their culture stifling). And I would rather spend the revision time on other pursuits (marathon running, writing, family).

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Good luck!

Also, remember you can share projects for feedback on HN by titling your post "Show HN:" - this is for all levels, even beginners
This is one of the plots in the Space Merchants...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants
Starting salary as a contractor (temp up to 6 years) is just above 2000€

https://epso.europa.eu/en/help/faq/2228

For a permanent official it starts at around 5000€/m

https://euemployment.eu/ad-5-salary/

Not too outrageous for the expected skills (min 3 languages fluently, bachelor of specific profiles, long admissions procedure, etc) and the responsibility. Would be horrible if the jobs for the people writing Europe's laws and managing millions in funding were not attractive.
I'm much more familiar with OpenBSD and FreeBSD on the server-side, and I don't feel real comfortable with Linux. The two biggest vendors, Red Hat and Ubuntu, don't really give the warm fuzzies. Maybe something like System 76 backs.
What important property of DFS is missing if you just replace a stack with a queue?
This is somewhat silly. First, it is perfectly straight forward how to do the signature stuff, such that if you really want to, you can.

However, this is akin to asking why it is so hard to write a binary against stdlibs on the machine. It is hard because that isn't really an easy ask. And the solutions we made to make the problem tractable are all nicely encapsulated in the SDK tools that we use. Why skip out on them?
Yeah, I can't recall any real bugs at all — the main problems for me are various accessibility flaws and ui issue that Apple will probably never choose to fix anyway. I take issue with your "2-3 year update cycle", though — my 8-year old MacBook Pro is still fine as the daily driver and I know plenty of others with Macs around the same age.
I don't know what kind of site "thepostmillennial" is, but I'm fairly sure the story referred to is this:

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformat...
I heard that if you studied math with applications to computer science, you can find great opportunities with technology too (if not moving to the US for places like Google, there are quantum computing startups like Xanadu in Canada, along with other technology startups in Canada’s big cities too).

In addition, outside of the RCMP, various ministries of the Canadian government could need the skillset too (Statistics Canada being the one that first comes to mind, though any teams that do economic analyses could benefit from someone with the background).
This is a bit vague, as I can't remember which site it was. I think either eBay or PayPal. But...

a while back I visited one of those 'send a 2FA code to you via SMS' websites and, not noticing the SMS bit, I entered a 2FA code from my phone's authenticator app as the number I'd been sent by SMS --which worked to let me in.

When the actual SMS 2FA code arrived on my phone a few mins later [crap phone signal here] I noticed it was the same code. So it seems like at least one site is just forwarding you the same code your authenticator app would generate, as an SMS. I'm not sure of the security implications of that --if any.

I've also noticed that, quite often when I check verious bank and credit card accounts, one after the other, the 'please enter the Xth, Xth, Xth and Xth numbers from your security code' prompt is asking for the same numbers, on each bank's site. Which strongly suggests a load of separate banks are using the same centralised security prompt generation --which sounds like a bad case of 'single point of failure' to me.
best part about debuging you HCL/CL is when you cannot delete some resource and it won't tell you why besides "is in use".

I created account after account at first and then had hell deleting them entirely. was still easier than figuring out was using a vpc that had nothing visible attached to it
The iPhone 5s from 2013 just got a security update in July of this year.

But if you care about how long the vendor supports your phone, you really should get an Android phone. I’m sure you will be delighted about how long they support their phones.
> It is easy to ask general, somewhat self-righteous questions here and elsewhere without providing any answers. That the comment you respond to has been censored does not make it any less difficult.

It's also easy to escape through a throwaway account while using my history against me, instead of answering the aforementioned "self-righteous" questions :)

Please, don't come with the tiresome "CENSORED!" call out, if people flagged/downvoted it then you should look at that as a signal.

> It seems to me that the issue is calling the platform "EU Voice", which should probably be for all people.

This is exactly the pedantry I call out in my comment, if that wasn't absolutely clear...

You are interpreting the name "EU Voice" to have the meaning you want and then beating this strawman.

> In general, opinions about the mainstream press come from reading it for decades. No one can provide a "proof" that can be captured in a comment box.

So you are stating it's... Just a feeling?
I have a serious camera collection. Rolleis, Hassies, Nikons, you name it.

You can take my IIIf and M3 only from my cold hands.
The shooting experience with 35 mm film loaded on those mechanical marvels is something else. It is refreshing and gives back the pleasure of picture taking.
At home I just have one enormous monitor and use the laptop itself as a secondary. I think I actually preferred two "normal" sizes monitors though as "fill this monitor" is such a fundamental concept in window managing. (Sorry I can't be more specific, I haven't paid attention to the sizes or resolution for years, so can't remember what's what)

In Immersed VR there are no tech specs, if that's what you mean. Though I am using a "headless" HDMI connector, which I think gets me an extra monitor without having to pay monthly for Immersed.

If this becomes workable then it would allow me to attain a dream of proper remote working, taking longer holidays to cities and such with the wife, without taking annual leave. Probably a pipedream :p
> So your white collar friends are going to sit and enjoy life while the good times roll but flee the second hard times come.

Seems reasonable. Why would anyone want to spend their last moments bleeding out from avoidable violence?

> If I had a friend that only came over for a BBQ and couldn't be bothered to help me in a time of need, that isn't a friend

For many people the modern relation with the state can be mediated through nationalistic fervor or through comparison of services provided. You seem to see it through the former, so you'll need to exercise some empathy to see the latter.
> whims of a private American corporation

Exactly. Private corporations that adhere to US law and have demonstrated that they don't operate in good faith.

Each country should control official channels of communication.
Thank you for illustrating my point so clearly
> They pulled something off I think would be difficult for many others and have shown they're not married to a single architecture.

You mean like how MS Windows ran on the DEC Alpha as well as X86? Or how Linux runs on X86 and ARM CPU's?

Running an OS on multiple CPU types goes back a very long time.
Thanks!

I'll check it out.
Why?

That doesn't make any sense to me. What problems were you running into? Did you need to configure a bunch of super-non-standard stuff or something?
One could easily spot the weird "micronodding" in the video and the audio wasn't super great either.
One way I found I could read FT was to search the article name in Google and the link actually takes you to the full article. Not sure if a bug or feature that works for everyone though
I believe it. In the 50s You used to be able to get chemistry sets with potassium chlorate and mail-in coupons for radioisotopes. Now it’s all the same cheap, uninspiring crap for making glue slime or vinegar/baking soda fizzes.

I had sympathetic parents with chemistry degrees, and we were able to find ways to get the cool stuff when I was a teenager, but for the vast majority, it’s no surprise that kids lose interest in STEM fields as they reach their teens.
It wouldn't hurt their sales. Users running old hardware aren't doing it to save money but instead because they can't afford new hardware, which isn't the same thing. Apple isn't getting those sales anyway. Mac sales are driven by new users and users that can afford to upgrade hardware every two years. These consumers aren't going anywhere, and if Apple remained committed to a minimal amount of support for older hardware, it would only make their brand more attractive and increase sales.
> I take issue with your "2-3 year update cycle"

I think the OP meant the software update cycle not hardware.
It wasn't on purpose, but strangely enough I've found working from home has helped with the winter blues that I got every year in London.

The part of winter that crushed me the most was the excruciating commute in the cold in the morning, and the dark + cold in the afternoon when going home. When working from home, I no longer have to do that commute so I find it a lot easier to get through the winter.
Thanks. I think you're right it's the worry of not knowing how much it's going to cost and how much damage the current situation is causing that really bothers me.

Just need to get it sorted out.
> their own jargon

Halleluja, it's not a console, it's a sodding web-page
Pretty desperate. There is a reason most standing armies don't accept criminals, and it's because they're not exactly suited to the discipline of military life.
For anyone looking to mess around with making a single file ActivityPub server, this looks like a good intro to the spec: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/guide-for-new-activity...

That page also links to https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/how-to-implement-a-bas..., which is a demo of hardcoding one part of the spec from scratch.
I also used an S3 bucket for static files. The setup was way more complicated than I expected, and figuring out how to get usage statistics and understanding the cost structure even more so. In the end I moved from S3 to a CDN, super simple to set up and costs went down from 200 USD per month to 5 USD per month. I hope I'll never have to deal with AWS again.
Yeah… are there any banks that have actually good security? Seems like they’re all surprisingly terribly out of date.

Similarly, Amazon does not offer a way to remove SMS from your account once it’s added, even after setting up another OTP method.
I feed the crows cashews as I walk the dog, and I find their behavior fascinating.

They "commute to work" each day. Crows all live in a community that they go home to each night, and then each morning they all come back to their specific areas, usually in pairs. If you're in a place where you see crows every day, it's almost certainly the same pair of crows you’re seeing each day.

Each pair has a strict territory. I don't know how it works in rural areas, but in my neighborhood the territories are demarcated by streets and cover one or two neighborhood blocks.

They definitely recognize me and follow me for the peanuts. Usually they'll follow me from one block to the next, and another pair will come up and chase them off.

They do seem to set aside their territorial fighting when there's a lot of food; a guy up the street from me throws ridiculous amounts of food onto his front lawn, like whole loaves of bread, to feed the birds (probably rats and coyotes too), and the crows all gather peacefully there every morning before heading back to their territories.

I would love to know how they determine who gets what territory. I assume it's handed down; every year there's a month or so when the adolescents come out (they're a little bit ganglier and pester their parents for food all the time rather than foraging for it themselves) so I think they're there to learn the ropes. Are there crow dynasties that have owned certain city blocks for generations? How long do they last?

Lots of interesting stuff to watch in the lives of crows.
I find that masturbating helps significantly with this.

If I haven't had my morning wank, it ruins my whole day. If I neglect to enjoy my evening wank, I can't sleep.

The calming effect of fucking one's own hand should not be underestimated.
Recently, I have been having a lot of fun putting my thoughts into visual thinking tools: mindmaps, whiteboards and infinite canvas apps (e.g. SimpleMind, Kinopio, Excalidraw/TLDraw Muse 2.0, Apple Freeform).

In a way, these tools have brought back the fun of making personal websites or even those silly posters in MS Word that maybe some of you did back in your school days. For the past 15 years or so, "websites" and "blogs" were largely interchangeable, and web design suffered as a result. We are still largely living in a highly templated, single-column, mobile first world.

It shouldn't have to be this way.

The infinite canvas really helps visualize my thoughts as you can draw connecting lines between related ideas, add images, and not have to worry about some grid system preventing you from putting things next to/on top/below each other.
Considering what MDN is about, I find this kind of ironic.
Even as a full time mac user, both at work and privately I have a hard time remembering which release, say Sierra was and which one Mojave was and which one came first and if any release was in between.
You’re down into single digit percentage by the time n hits 7 in that case. What are we at, 4th re-entry? So 25% chance it lands in water given your formula. Given Chinese superstitions around the number 4, let’s hope this one has a safe and wet splashdown.
Phone number data is looking great! Here's your bonus.
Exterminate Ukrainians? How much of NATO Kool aid do people drink?

Russia just wanted to remove the puppet installed by US and install their own puppet