skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> That's why I keep bringing up this comparison. MMFs are allowed to loan out their money and partake in various investment schemes to generate a yield. HOWEVER, there's reporting requirements, there's investment requirements, there's rating requirements, there's transparency, etc. etc.

I think that's a good thing, although there are 2 things I disagree with:

1) I believe the investment requirements are a scheme that is unfair and can lead to forced (and unnatural) inequality.

I would replace this with (sufficiently strict) tests of investment knowledge for new investors.

2) In practice the ratings agencies have a less than stellar record, as the way they are set up, they have an inherent conflict of interest. This leads to a false sense of security.

So I would just get rid of these, but I don't see anything wrong with the rest in general (I'm sure there would be some specifics I would disagree with).

> All of this giant exercise with crytocoins trying to "make a stablecoin", where 1-stablecoin == $1 all the time is just a crazy scheme to recreate MMFs. That's my overall point and viewpoint.

It's quite different, as stablecoins can be traded in a completely decentralized way (i.e. peer-to-peer) with blockchain protocols using cryptographic assurances.

But yes, in theory an MMF-backed stablecoin could be traded on a blockchain, and I see nothing wrong with that. That said, an MMF-backed stablecoin would be a bit more risky than a USD-backed stablecoin, due to an MMF being inherently a bit more risky than the USD.

However, yeah.. another point is that the companies that issue stablecoins are also quite far from being sufficiently transparent. They also need to be subject to the same periodic financial audit requirements by a reputable firm as a crypto exchange should!
That's not accurate. Facebook sold the data to Cambridge Analytica. You're right that users gave consent for their data to be used but the data bundle sold to Cambridge Analytica included data that was not collected in the surveys. The entire issue wasn't just that FB gave CA access to those users' friends data. It's that they sold it to CA insomuch that CA was paying FB for that additional data.

>"We have to seriously challenge the claim by Facebook that they are not selling user data," commented Damian Collins MP, chair of the UK Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

>"They may not be letting people take it away by the bucket load, but they do reward companies with access to data that others are denied, if they place a high value on the business they do together. This is just another form of selling."
Cheese typically refers to money. Cryptocurrency isn't money.
> It cannot stop transmission, clearly. The country is mostly vaccinated and cases continue, no herd immunity ever showed up.

This is a miststament.
You'll find no argument about that from me.
I find it hard to believe someone with as much contempt in their language regularly hangs out with religious people. If you actually do, why?
>I think that's what bothered me most: I did my part, I tried to protect society by getting a shot, but when confronted with negative fall-out I had to fight for a diagnosis and was pretty much laughed out of the room for suggesting a relation to the booster. I don't think I've processed this yet.

I recently came to believe that it's not accurate to model random humans as reflections of self. Situations like this make much more sense if you think the humans to be not much more but nodes of some greater societal 'meme' (as in infectious idea/ideology). Almost everyone is such a node in almost every respect. Better to drop the belief that you're operating in a world of copies of yourself, and rather embrace the model that you're operating in a world of memes, the nodes of which the people around you are. At least when it comes to explaining behavior which you have trouble understanding.
Usually a combination of less usage and general interest, fewer developers and development time, less or no funding, etc.

Details depend on the project, of course. The lesser used WolfSSL is also FIPS verified; it's clearly not impossible to do these things, it just puts additional pressure on what are often already constrained resources. I mean, the amount of general resources Linux has available compared to, say, OpenBSD is just huge.
They were developing RIP at this time (unrelated to the routing protocol), as the basis of their online strategy. This would become the core of MSN.
Gullible indeed, all those ETFs investing by default in these? Check.
"Twitter has largely turned into message distribution system for 1% and that's limiting its growth. Blue checkmarks bestowed by some opaque priesthood at Twitter is not 21st century."

But at least the blue check system was mostly correct. Imagine how much a blue check would cost if it was opened to the public and the level of verification pre-elon was used .

Right now the $8 was just a code change and let's just call it 100% profit. With actual verification you'd need a bunch more people and one of those identity verification services and now that $8 isn't pure profit
FTX Collapse Probed by Federal Prosecutors in Manhattan
This is FTX style accounting
Personally, I would simply use a language where such footguns just don't exist.
It's going to take a few years but the UK is on the express lane to 3rd world status.
That's something I also don't get. I've read most of his posts which appear on HN, but I don't quite get the point of it, or these kind of post hoc analyses in general.

Some events happen with with parties A,B, and C. Party X later writes a story about why A-C did those things. These narratives may give us the illusion of comprehension, but how do we determine the truth of them, versus just a plausible but incorrect story.

Not to sound like a pragmatist, because I do believe there is a benefit to non practical arts, but do these blogs help us predict future events? If they don't, are they just providing an illusion of order on a disorderly, mind bogglingly complex world?
"A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam."

- Frederick Pohl

I've heard this misquoted as, "a good sci-fi predicts the automobile but a great one predicts traffic jams and parking lots," which I also appreciate.
do you mean they were knowingly manipulative of those who actually were ignorant of traditional finance, as a business plan of sorts?
FWIW, the actual headline is, "Number of US adults who believe in God has dropped 6% since 2017, poll shows"
Unless they've improved it over the last couple of years, Google's voice match is pretty easy to fool: When I played a recording of my friend's voice saying "hey Google" and then completed the sentence myself, the Home Mini thought I was him and let me access his calendar even though we have completely different voices.

Of course this is all academic. Anyone can get into a home via the windows. It's just that half of all Americans live in a home that has a gun, so getting out alive might not be as easy as getting in.
It should be clear by now that covid is never going away. No country managed to stop it, no matter how strict their policies were. Unless you plan to be a hermit for the rest of your life, expect to get covid every few years.
How would they connect you to the anonymous estonian vpn gift card purchased verified blue check account
Apparently this article is based on a single study in a single location by a community college engineering student. Caveat emptor.
Since at least 2005[1] part-time and 2012-ish full-time: https://tirania.org/blog/archive/2013/Mar-05.html

1. I saw him at a conference in the mid-2000s using a Mac.
No evidence? I was not in on any of those specific conversations and neither was the op but I've overheard a lot of conversations from hiring managers and they did explicitly discuss candidates race and sex, and I think if you ask around you'll see you are the outlier in having never seen evidence that racism and sexism have played a role before.

Just because you may not have been around when a tree fell in the woods doesn't mean it didn't make a sound.
This comic really reminds me of the pilot episode of the cartoon "A Kitty Bobo". It's the same sort of premise where the main character gets a cell phone before his friends do and he ends up falling into awkward situations even though he thinks it's very cool he has a cell phone now.
The piece Sequoia had on their website about SBF, which they have since removed, described a meeting they had with SBF, and at the end of the meeting they walked over to him and found him playing League of Legends on his laptop. For some reason, this made them think even more highly of him.
OK, You are correct, they can buy goods and services from corporations, but this will ONLY apply to Foundations, as DAF's are different. Plus, it's not like these foundations can get away with over-paying for goods and services. They have to file returns to the IRS, if the expenses start to look ridiculous, they can audit, just like they can audit anyone else.

DAF's are not controlled by the contributor, so this does not apply to DAF's AT ALL.

So I still don't see why this is somehow bad.
OP here. I've had basically no response from the various third-party recruiters I've contacted, compared to at least some response to my direct applications to specific positions. Letting recruiters do your job search for you sounds like a great way to go though if that's an option for you.

I've gotten certificates in the past and used to put them on my resume or LinkedIn, now I just leave them off. They're so minor compared to the rest of the stuff on my resume that realistically they aren't going to move the needle. In fact, no offense intended, but it feels like a junior move given my existing background, like putting my high school on my resume. I can see them being really helpful for some people, though.
If I was laughably wrong, why are WebKit and Safari not GPL, despite it is based on KHTML which was using Qt 3.x which was GPL.
From your argument, Qt's GPL should have "infected" KHTML's code and so WebKit, and by extension Safari. But Safari is not open source, is it?
Does it matter? He did an undergraduate physics degree, the only time his name appears on Scholar is in a book of his mom or a letter from one of their colleagues, and when it was over he promptly went to some quant company that gobbles up these graduates by the busload (and spits them out again). The least important part in all of this is the grades, or possibly even what undergraduate he did.
My bet would be that they stole them.

Before someone tries to Hanlon's razor this, these guys were not stupid, they can pretend to be but they come from very competitive backgrounds, they knew what was going on.

They're going to jail.
To note, the monthly security updates DivestOS provides don't (can't?) include baseband and such "firmware" updates for legacy OEM-unsupported versions of Android.

Don't get me wrong, it's terrific that security patches are backported to such ancient versions of Android by those working on DivestOS and it's a great option for devices that aren't supported by GrapheneOS, LineageOS, et al.
DogeCoin was supposed to be a parody and people actually bought it.

Also my phone does not flag DogeCoin as a misspelled word.

Anyone who invests in this stuff is either really dumb, or morally impaired yet smart enough to exploit people who are really dumb.
>Abso-fucking-lutely. The best time to not be involved in crypto was always, and the second best time is now. Get out now if you have any sense.

But I have drugs to buy and cannabis to smoke and joints to roll before I sleep.[0]

More seriously, there are use cases for cryptocurrency (smart contracts are a different think, unaddressed here), they're just mostly illegal.

Whether that illegality is appropriate or not is another question.

That said, there are use cases for cryptocurrency.

[0] With apologies to Robert Frost.
Interestingly, when using Kate as a Markdown editor I'm interrupted by the word-based completion panel popping up, grabbing input, and incorrectly completing words when I press Enter. I wish it either didn't auto-popup or didn't grab input in Markdown mode.
I don't know if it's easy to explain but history is certainly filled with examples of monetary policy gone off the rails.

The Nixon Shock in 1971 set off a chain of dominoes that can be seen here: https://wtfhappenedin1971.com

Detaching from a base allowed for central banks to print their way out of financial setbacks but that only delays the effects and makes them worse. The US Dollar survived for a long time because of its attachment to oil (the Petrodollar) giving it special status but that's all eroding now.

Up until recently the world used to revolve around the US Dollar, but now the world is slowly becoming multi-polar, splitting with BRICS economies on the other side. What will happen next is anyone's guess.

> Is there even a morsel of truth to these theories?

In my humble opinion: Yes. More than a morsel.
If you don't tolerate it in new code, you shouldn't tolerate it in old code
About 10 years ago I applied tot about 200 jobs.
As long as we're talking Welsh road sign stories, there's this classic:

E-mail error ends up on road sign - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=350186 - Oct 2008 (12 comments)
I have quit twice without having anything to go to, however, I already had about 12 years of experience in various roles. The first time, I was pretty dumb about it, and it could have ended badly. I was unemployed for a about a year and that was mainly due to not being motivated to get back into IT (was totally burnt out - similar situation to yours).

I definitely didn't plan the financials properly the first time, even though I thought I was covered.

The second time I did it was 2 years ago roughly, but I had more of a solid idea of what type of job I wanted (more specifically, did not want - this is personal, and down to you. Remember, you are also interviewing them).

If you have already decided to move (and I think you should based on your description, the last job I walked from seriously changed me in a negative way), then you might consider to slow down where you are, you have nothing to lose, they are clearly not treating you correctly, so I wouldn't feel bad about about half-arsing it. Take sometime to plan your next steps (research roles you want/ do interviews), note what you don't like about the current job and would not want in the next one. Be open minded about all opportunities, even if you think you might not like them (I honestly didn't expect to like my current role at $bigCorp, but its been the best job I have had so far, and this is purely down to my boss and the rest of the small team I work with. This made me realize that I might have possibly found a nice team within that place, but was not open to that, as I had already made my mind up). Again, being open to anything new even if you are not sure is likely going to be positive, as the change of environment and new people will give you a different outlook, which will help, and again, if you don't like it, you can always change. The old school thinking of having to many changes on your CV is dead, no corp has any loyalty to there staff and as such don't deserve it in turn. I of course am speaking generally.

I wish you the best of luck, try to stay positive. And if (like me), you like the herb from time to time, think about knocking it on the head until you get yourself sorted, this was a must for me.
You’ll be able to connect you’re mobile devices to large screens soon, see the M1/M2 iPads. A lot of professional content creation is already moving to mobile devices like music, 3D design, writing, painting, video shooting and editing, photo shooting and editing. Other professions are also using mobile devices for professional work like inspections, pilots, medical doctors, etc, etc. Soon (already?) more professional work will be done on mobile devices rather than on desktops.
Of note is that this study is based on PCR tests. We would need a blood tests for more accuracy to ensure no historical infection took place. This also doesn't compare vaccinated infected vs unvaccinated infections.

It's a decent data point but not conclusive.
I'm pretty sure "startup funds" would include additional funding rounds (i.e. Series B - whatever). But you bring up a good point, I'm not sure if it includes, for example, funds raised in an IPO. But it makes 0 sense to include funds in private rounds and not includes funds raised in an IPO - they're both equity purchases in the business.

It would make sense to not include debt raises, because as the article points out, those debt raises need to be financed. Still, not at all a useful comparison without more detail.
I can see merit in both sides of the argument on whether Deno should have added npm support. I lean towards the side that's excited about this release, especially for what's mentioned here: https://deno.com/blog/v1.28#security

deno run npm:install-malware
┌ Deno requests write access to /usr/bin/.
├ Requested by `install-malware`
├ Run again with --allow-write to bypass this prompt.
└ Allow? [y/n] (y = yes, allow; n = no, deny) >

This alone would entice me to start using Deno as a drop-in replacement for Node (I'm mostly running it to bundle front-end things).
> However, the real damage had already been done. By Friday morning, Lilly stock had dropped by more than 5% from the day before.

Bad reporting right here. If you look at their stock chart this is far from an unusual movement. In just the last six months they’ve had several drops of 5% and at least one 10% drop. This is more than just bending the meaning of “damage”, long term investors won’t even notice and day traders will see this as the opportunity it is.
They need an extra 1 billion per year. 1,000,000,000.00/($8X12 months) = 10.5 million verifications of pictures and IDs. Work force slashed in half. Questionable management decision making. Seems like the head winds are pretty strong for not being really successful or getting true verification implemented.
These are the people who in real life say “Jan” instead of “January.”
Martin Fowler's Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code! That made Object Oriented (pure OO, in the Smalltalk sense) finally make full sense, in addition to teaching me about refactoring.
ripscrip? i don't think that was a msft effort

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Imaging_Protocol
Does this support GrapheneOS's Google Services Framework compatibility layer? And why not fork GrapheneOS instead of Lineage?
A significant difficulty for GrapheneOS is that it has fairly limited device support: https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices

Now if you're buying a device planning to run it, that's fine, but it really does limit its usefulness.
It all goes back to the maxim that you can't con an honest man. Con "artists" always make the victim be a victim of their own dishonesty and greed.
Related:

Picolibc – Libc for Embedded Systems - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21150678 - Oct 2019 (41 comments)
> It vastly reduces the complexity of things like dependencies, testing, CI/CD, versioning.

Did it, though?

The only conceivable advantage is version pinning. I makes absolutely no difference in terms of test coverage whether you use a monorepo or not. Dependencies-wise, the only thing that a monorepo saves is releasing individual components, which ultimately is not an advantage but a drawback and a liability.

So exactly what's the upside, if any?
Agreed. He is like the Jordan Peterson of the business world. I think a lot of people subscribe to him to feel a certain "intelligent by association".
I actually liked the ~idea~ behind this but not the execution, which I can't believe was so bungled

In my ideal world, Twitter Blue would act as "identity verification as a service". Pay $X/month and provide some proof of identity linked to your display name on Twitter. If the two correlate, you get the check. I think identity could be fairly flexible- could be "I am John Smith", but also could be "I am CorpA" or "I am <Internet Identity>"

Verified accounts could then get priority display of tweets or replies. This cuts down on spam severely as now the barrier to getting high visibility tweets is $$$ AND verification.

What about profile name changes? That's why it's a monthly payment. Allow Y changes per month still subject to the same verification process

What is the cost of doing so? I feel (maybe naively), fairly small. I think verifying I am John Smith is super easy for non-notable people (no one is trying to impersonate you)- send a driver's license or recent bill and you are probably okay. For more notable people/corps, you will need to provide higher documentation but at the same time, that's a much smaller # of accounts (and currently done today)
Not quite. Apps subject to ATT rules have to ask permission to permit tracking across apps and/or websites. All apps have to declare what personal information that they’re interested in. Here’s a link to Numbers: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/numbers/id409203825?mt=12

It declares:

Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Analytics
Identifiers
User ID
Device ID

Usage Data
Product Interaction

Diagnostics
Performance Data
Other Diagnostic Data

App Functionality
Contact Info
Email Address
Name
Phone Number

User Content
Photos or Videos
Audio Data
Other User Content

Identifiers
User ID

My bet is that the Stocks app says the same thing, and that people are confusing OS data collection permissions with app data collection permissions.
Unless it shows the nature of the losses (opex losses? taking on low-interest debt? huge write-off of acquisitions made with stock?), this chart is somewhat unhelpful.
Precomputing state in a global variable works great with once_cell::sync::Lazy (which, like the rest of once_cell, is on track for stabilization). I use it all the time, and I agree that the ability to do that sort of caching is important.
> I don't know what they do beyond cancelling accounts.

Unless they've got sophisticated with payment URLs, I don't think they couldn't do that on this alone. These kinds of spams would quickly become a DOS attack on other people's accounts, and some spammers could even be planning to get a refund from a wallet holder they only presume to be gullible.
I think he is joking.
Recent and related:

Monumental (if correct) advance in number theory posted to ArXiv by Yitang Zhang - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33512338 - Nov 2022 (416 comments)

Mathematician who solved prime-number riddle claims new breakthrough - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33569029 - Nov 2022 (16 comments)
I prefer that websites don't implement any kind of key bindings at all. All they accomplish is interfering with my extensions (Vimium, etc.). My extensions guarantee a consistent set of bindings across sites. I'm not going to memorize your site's key bindings. I have never intentionally used any site's key bindings but I use my extensions daily.
Ok fine that’s not what jane street does.
> And it also doesn't take a genius to make changes a little slower and more conservatively

This is what gets me. He's basically speedrunning a world-class demonstration of the lesson of Chesterton's fence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_...
It worked like a charm for AWS.
It isn't less reliable than someone on HN, it just simply isn't reliable.

One easy way to judge the reliability of this claim: https://twitter.com/search?q=2fa&src=typed_query

One of the "unneeded" microservices they just shut down was the one that let you log in with 2FA.
My impression is that it was a lot different back in June/July 2021.

Also that sounds like an impressive background, 6 or 7 or more companies over I'm guessing 10-15 years? Also the stuff on your HN profile looks pretty good too. Don't sell yourself short.