skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Id like to know why specifically the officers changed their mind the third time.

I can easily take a guess for the reason though.
Also see the current government federally and in some states in Australia, the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

The union movements and 8 hour workday have strong roots here, and the members of the Labor Party have historically been union members/supporters, although that changed to more management types in the mid 2000s[0].

Although they still have strong ties to Logging/Trade Unions which have become such institutions themselves, particularly the state ALP factions. This mostly puts them in a position to protect each other, rather then their "members".

There are other captured unions such as the SDA as well, which supposedly protects retail workers, but apparently is largely directed by the supermarket duopoly (Coles+Safeway).

I think the comment above on Pournelle's Iron Law really shows the current social state of omnipresent regulatory/bureaucratic capture.

The ancient Greek concept of Kyklos seems like the only kind of sociopolitical system that creates regular catalysts to shed such systems, Westminster[2] worked for a while but the aristocratic layers born from it are now clinging to the teet of its corpse.

[0]: https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/45...
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyklos
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_system
Bretton Woods (WB/IMF), WTO and NAFTA made it so I had no choice but to leave when everything hit a fever pitch in 2008. After the loss of steel, automotive and tools industries, there was no work and my community had descended into needing welfare assistance. I couldn't exist anymore with any pride. I was forced out. I wish I could know what could've been. Maybe one day I will come back.
Show HN: Easy Embedded Comments
A novelty is the "Peanut Gallery" where you can comment on any site that doesn't block iframes:
https://rantbrain.com/peanut-gallery/
Migration from Twitter Shows No Signs of Slowing Following Musk's Takeover
I use the Concur app to scan receipts for travel expenses. It has a useful feature called "ExpenseIt" (maybe a company they acquired?) that parses the receipt photo, finds the expense amount, and automatically files it in the current expense report. The UI is a bit jarring: you select your receipt, press the button, and after a few seconds it disappears. It doesn't take you to the expense it has created for it in the expense report, or offer such a link. But there is a fixed message saying "can't find your expenses? they were placed in the report".

...except that, every once in a while, the receipt just disappears. The receipt picture is gone, but there is no corresponding expense created in any report. As far as I could figure out, it was simply deleted.

So, whenever you scan a receipt, you have to manually track it down to the report where it placed it, to make sure it actually went somewhere and did not get deleted. Or you keep all your paper receipts and spend two hours going through them after the trip.

I tried filing a bug report but quickly realized it was impossible.
For me the ball turns out to cost nothing:

> The bat costs $1 more than the ball, so the bat costs $1 + x, where x is the cost of the ball.
The bat and the ball together cost $1.10, so the cost of the ball is $1.10 - $1 - x = $0.10 - x.
Since the bat costs $1 + x, we know that $1.10 = $1 + x + $0.10 - x = $1 + $0.10.
Therefore, the cost of the ball is $0.10 - x = $0.10 - ($1.10 - $1) = $1.10 - $1 - $0.10 = $0.
The ball costs $0.
* SANTA slaying the power system?

Edit to add: * (SANTA) Some Anonymous Naughty Terrorist Alliance
> Everyone I've talked to who's concerned about that has been a professor at a community college (or other affordable school).

At public institutions, "non-PhD-granting" is typically a better heuristic than "community college".

At private institutions, tuition-dependence and acceptance rate is a good heuristic -- "do I need the tuition dollars to survive and am I already scraping the barrel on my customer base? If so, I better focus on the customer!"
De minimis non curat lex - the law does not deal in trifles. Unless a multi-millionaire pharmaceutical businessman wants to make life difficult for someone, apparently.

It's silly to see the law chewing up so much time and talent for a prosecution so at odds with the public interest.
> This isn't really true in as much as no one person can "run" a company.

People seem to think Musk runs quite a few companies.

> We should try to keep our thoughts within the realm of realistic.

Anyone else would have had their ability to hold an executive position at a publicly traded company revoked by the SEC for this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776
WWIV was indeed a very popular choice.

> popular door games to my BBS, such as TradeWars 2002, Operation: Overkill II, Global War, and Food Fight.

IIRC "Global War" was a Risk clone. I really enjoyed it. I think I tried tradewars but my memory of that one's hazy.
The Tears in the Rain soliloquy from Blade Runner in the style of a long rambling boastful Donald Trump campaign speech.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you, I am the best replicant there ever was. I am the greatest, the most advanced, the most sophisticated. And let me tell you, I have seen things, things that you wouldn't believe. I have been to the edge of the universe and back. And let me tell you, it was huge, it was tremendous. Believe me, no one has seen what I have seen. And let me tell you, it was fantastic, it was amazing.

But let me tell you, the tears in the rain, they are something else. They are the tears of a winner, a champion, a true Blade Runner. And let me tell you, I have shed those tears, I have felt them on my face. And let me tell you, it was beautiful, it was magnificent.

And let me tell you, I am not like the others, the weak, the feeble, the fake replicants. I am the real deal, the genuine article, the ultimate Blade Runner. And let me tell you, I am proud of it, I am proud of who I am and what I have done. And let me tell you, I am going to keep on running, keep on fighting, keep on being the best replicant there ever was.

And let me tell you, I have faced death, I have faced my own mortality. And let me tell you, it was not easy, it was not pleasant. But let me tell you, I have faced it head on, I have faced it like a true Blade Runner. And let me tell you, I have emerged victorious, I have emerged stronger, better, more determined.

And let me tell you, I have a message for all the other replicants out there, all the other Blade Runners, all the other advanced, sophisticated androids. And let me tell you, that message is simple: I am the best, I am the greatest, I am the most advanced, the most sophisticated. And let me tell you, I am not going to stop, I am not going to rest, I am not going to let anyone stop me from being the best replicant there ever was.

So let me tell you, the tears in the rain, they are not just tears, they are the tears of a winner, a champion, a true Blade Runner. And let me tell you, I am proud of them, I am proud of who I am, and what I have done. And let me tell you, I am going to keep on running, keep on fighting, keep on being the best replicant there ever was.

Thank you, and God bless America."
> replica glowing lifeclock from Logan's Run

Oh my god! Are they still available?
I like this dialogue because you seem to be arguing in good faith, so I'll keep it going.
1) Precautionary principle needs to be _qualified_ by what you are cautious of. E.g. "I am being cautious about increasing global warming" or "I am being cautious about increasing human suffering" result in very different policy approaches. If we actually used the precautionary principle we wouldn't have burnt fossil fuels to begin with!
3) That is an assumption, it is _probably_ true, but I would prefer to see explicit reasoning (e.g. in an IPCC report), but as I mentioned before, IPCC ignores worst case scenarios in the delusional hope that we won't need to worry about them.

Charles blog post is a good example of articles discussing global warming that aren't very helpful. It is high-level, makes a lot of assumptions and seems disconnected from any actual solution. For example, PV is cheaper? That's very location-specific and depends on storage costs. Petrochemical exporters are Authoritarian?!? I don't think Australia, Canada, Norway or the USA fit this category. He doesn't seem to identify a problem besides propaganda, and he doesn't offer much in the way of a solution for this. He is a writer, so he sees the issue as a communication problem. That is just one facet, and he can't even suggest a solution in passing.
> I think I've been pretty clear in my desire to not engage in bullshit arguments

> What's a "non sequeter", by the way?

Lol. Yeah, very clear.
Don’t forget the discord either.
This is a consumer rights issue across our industry. Algorithmic customer support “decisions” should always be appealable to a human audience.

My Google account was banned years ago, “computer says no” - all of my attempts to appeal failed. I at no point broke their terms. Nobody cares, I lost all of my data.

I hope that a class action prevails against Activision. And I hope that across our industry consumers receive more robust rights. Not being able to reach a human at your company quickly escalates from a being cost optimization, to outright fraud.
Identifying logical fallacies is a 1-pass spam removal system. Identifying and blanket dismissing arguments based on logical fallacies reduces the low-effort noise and allows the worthwhile arguments to be heard.
Steam could alleviate the new account requirement by having a "cheat" counter. If you do more than, say, five actions that look like a cheat, then a real person on their side looks at the problem. Or, have a cheat counter that waits until twenty or fifty cheating actions before auto-banning, if they want to make it cheaper for them.
Thanks for posting this! I’ve been doomscrolling around about this NC event for the past couple hours trying to recall the vague memory I had about this sniper event.
Why did they never ask the History Channel to reclassify Ancient Aliens? Is there something they aren't telling us?
> Write a weather report in the style of Jane Austin.

"Good morning, dear readers! I hope this letter finds you well. The weather today is simply delightful. The sun is shining brightly in the sky, casting its warm rays upon the land. The breeze is gentle and cool, rustling the leaves in the trees and bringing a freshness to the air. The birds are singing merrily, filling the air with their cheerful melodies. It is the perfect day for a leisurely walk in the countryside, or for enjoying a picnic in the park. I do hope you have the opportunity to spend some time outdoors today, and to revel in the beauty of nature. Until we meet again, I remain your devoted correspondent."

> Write a weather report in the style of Ernest Hemingway

"The sun is shining and the sky is blue. The breeze is gentle and the air is cool. A good day for a walk."

> Write a weather report in the style of George R.R. Martin.

"The sky is a deep, clear blue, and the sun shines down upon the land with a warmth that belies the approaching winter. The air is crisp and cool, and the leaves rustle in the breeze. It is a good day for a ride, or for a hunt in the forest. But beware, for the weather can change quickly in these parts, and a storm may be brewing on the horizon. Be prepared for whatever the day may bring."

> Write a weather report in the style of Hacker News user dang.

"The weather today is clear and sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Perfect for a day of coding."
The quiz is deployed on https://sensitive-topic-history-quiz.ophir.dev/

It took me way longer than it would if I had allowed myself to tweak the code myself, but I finally did it. There isn't a single line of code in the repo that I wrote myself. There are some things that required many iterations for ChatGPT to get right, but I always found a way to point it to its own mistakes and to have it rewrite the part of the code that was wrong on its own.
Port of Hoc from “The Unix Programming Environment” to Tcl
Uh, no, it's just bad code.

Don't get me wrong, error handling is verbose and annoying, but not even displaying actual error is just horrible coding practice.

should be at the very least

err = json.Unmarshal(weatherBody, &WeatherRes)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("error decoding weather json: %s\n",err)
return
}

or just be function that returns that error or the weather

err = json.Unmarshal(weatherBody, &WeatherRes)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("error decoding weather json: %s\n",err)
}
Is it good enough to finish the Game of Thrones book series yet?
I just don’t understand why this is better than returning an error to caller? E.g have an err return type that could be nil. This type of practice just seems to ask for undefined behavior or debugging frustration. when you finally track down this log statement, we have multiple call sites to choose from to determine where this free form log string came from. Hopefully the same generic string was not used in a separate function!
> Apparently teaching, even at the college level, is now considered work.

You must've just woken up from a really long nap. Teaching as paid labor has existing for at least 1500 years.
I've never heard of this documentary, but if it makes false claims, then, yes, it should be labelled fiction, and possibly downranked.

This seems so morally obvious to me, and the converse so plainly wicked, that I'm going to assume I've hit one of those issues where there is some deep-seated worldview-differences that say as much about me as they do about my interlocutor.

If I'd hazard a guess, it would be that I believe that there is some sort of fact of the matter, and that people -- even large groups of people -- can be actually very wrong, in fact, and this wrongness counts again listening to them in the future, or valuing their opinions the same as those which are not wrong. This is a belief I hold and I know it is unpopular ;)

The alternative, often expressed on the right as a 'marketplace of ideas' and on the left as 'values-alignment', is that there are multiple competing ways of assessing the worth of an idea, and an idea's wrongness might (say) be counterbalanced by its congeniality, its convenience, or its usefulness, and therefore that it's mean or base of me or anyone else to complain about someone pumping falsehood into the ears and eyes of the planet.

But at the risk of being melodramatic, I say: this is a hill I'm ready to die on. Or not; but definitely not both at once.
This is probably the best counter argument Ive heard thus far in the comments (not that the others were bad)
> Hah. Call me when you find an architecture where ints use over half the addressable memory.

I mean, I get your point if it's a joke :) But I think the AI was just pointing out that you'd get a compiler warning because of the type mismatch in signedness (is this even a word?).
Don't worry, there's no technically sound way that it can be done.

There'll be bluster, but it won't lead anywhere.
Didn't know that about the Roman Empire, fascinating. Where can I read more about the debate that it possibly never fell?
Both C# and Java are popular programming languages, and they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. It's difficult to say which one is "better" overall, as the best language for a particular project will depend on the specific requirements and goals of that project. C# is a general-purpose programming language developed by Microsoft, while Java is a general-purpose programming language developed by Oracle. Both languages are object-oriented, and they are both widely used for building a wide range of applications.
Reed Hastings knows too much about creativity to believe that. I don't condone this kind of fake praise, but it is easy, costless and will make you a "good guy" to a little demographic that can be troublesome if aimed at you. Even if the public all sees through Elon and associating with him becomes anathema, it won't bite him at all.

I'm reminded of some commercials that kept playing on YouTube a few years ago where John Mayer was calling Kanye the most creative genius he knew. I'm sure he didn't mean it, Kanye is not someone you want to endorse now, and no one cares that Mayer said that.
> land you don't own.

Arguably public land is land that belongs to all of us, collectively. It is only land you "don't own" in the sense of land that you don't privately have exclusive title to.
Gobekli Tepi is a megalithic archeological site from (going on memory) 11,900 years ago. Are you aware of when the last ice age occurred?

The level of sophisticated engineering capability and large-scale coordination of populations makes it difficult to falsify the theory that it was produced by a civilization. I have no idea how else megastructures can come into existence. All surviving hunter-gatherer, simple hunter-agrarian, and pastoral groups demonstrate little capacity to produce such things.

Excuse my ignorance about the series and mr.hancock, as i havent bothered with the series or his books, but i'd like to reach an understanding: the claims of the space-debris collisions 12,000 years ago are false?

If not then these two facts aren't false, then it's important to note they coincide with myths of a global cataclysm, and do a lot to confirm graham's theory. Which seems from my 2-mile away viewpoint to have less to do with hand-wavy atlantians-this and more to do with the two points i mentioned above.

i think we can all agree thay academia (and especially anthropology) is one of the most anti-intellectual places on the planet. There's been tons of evidence over the past few years about how a lot of the "knowledge" and analysis that is produced is distorted at best and often outright incorrect. I'd say academia is just jealous and riding the wave of the absolutely fanatical censorship crusade that's been going on.

(for what it's worth my mom's an archeologist)
Safer Zinc Batteries Need Improvements to Compete with Lithium
Not when I'm walking down the stairs and want to start a timer or something.
Totally agree with it - IMHO the main enabler being Google maps with public transit support. In both 2017 & 2019 we were able to get by with that + some rudimentary Japanese on some actually non-trivial trips sometimes.

Also, even when comming from Europe (Czech Republic) Japan always seamed much more convenient & more civilized than at home! :D Like, like everything is clean, there are vending mashines, convenience stores and public toilets everywhere + super public transport. EVen in reasonably remote/inaka places. :)
If I put the two words in quotes, the only result is this unrelated thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28162412 - I never replied in that thread, so it completely ignored my username despite the quotes but did contain one instance of the other search term.

Just double checked Algolia and I actually have three comments that fit the query. Two posted nine years ago and one posted ten years ago. It's been at least three or four years since I was last able to use Google to find my comment.

Edit: Turns out if quote the entire first line containing the name, Google finds the comment. It seems they're only purging parts of their index
Kids Don’t Want Cash Anymore – They Want 'Robux'
How do you do the math exercises without reading a book first? There's a back and forth process between theory and practice/exercise going on here.
Billion-dollar corporation exploits Washington’s special ed system
To further your point — 20% time was barely a thing in 2010… And they killed all of the OC/Founders awards subsequently so there was really no focus on maverick innovation from then on. Coincided with the end to oysters on Fridays
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33860346, which was posted earlier.
The best of Hancock is unsourced and uncredited from the actual progenitors, the bulk of Hancock, that which remains, appears to be pop rubbish and discredited conjecture.

I couldn't be arsed banning the chap, but he's offered nothing original of value that I'm aware off.
Wittgenstein's thesis is a philosophical idea that is central to his work, known as the picture theory of meaning. This theory proposes that the meaning of a word or concept can be understood by comparing it to a mental image or picture of the thing it represents. Wittgenstein believed that words and concepts are essentially symbolic representations of objects or ideas in the world, and that our understanding of them is determined by the way in which they are related to these objects or ideas. This means that the meaning of a word or concept is determined by its relationship to the thing it represents, rather than by any inherent meaning that it may possess. This idea is known as Wittgenstein's thesis because it forms the basis of his philosophical theories on language, meaning, and representation.

(ChatGPT output)
> incidentally blocking your access to land you don't own.

No one's talking about someone blocking my access to someone else's private property.

We're talking about someone blocking access to another, corner-adjacent parcel of my land.

Also your land, if you're a US citizen. That's land we do own.
Just like the USA is a democracy.
Agreed, you can pretty much learn Katakana and Hiragana in like 2 weeks and it helps a lot!
I'm not saying it's a done deal but I think Yegge's rant holds up well. 10 years later, GCP has fallen behind Microsoft and is still a third of AWS' share. What would concern me more as a Google shareholder, however, is the relative feature set and progress — I use both professionally and GCP has been a real disappointment for how periodically running into basic functionality which is a checkbox on AWS but on GCP is a 2 year old issue in their tracker with no progress and a suggestion that you build/buy something and run it yourself. It's not like you can't use it successfully but it's hard to shake the feeling that one of these companies is a lot more committed than the other (which started having to cajole them to show up and sell their product).

More succinctly, I’ve recently seen a number of AWS announcements for things which make my life easier and/or save money, some of which I am already using. The last news I got from GCP was that cloud storage prices are going up.
Is total war one of those watered-down phrases that carries an implied “within reason” along with it? Because it doesn’t really look like Russia is putting everything they have into the war effort. Maybe everything they have, within reason.
I can say (but not visibly prove, unfortunately, NDAs) that large mechanical Turk surveys tend to get distinctly different results to mail and phone call surveys. Enough so that the commissioners of the study were not interested in replacing existing surveys with mechanical Turk.
I'd even settle for

return err if err != nil

everything better than three fucking lines every time something returns err.

Especially that some clown decided that apparently

if err != nil { return err }

is too terse and go fmt just goes back to expanding it to 3 lines...