skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"If the Erthos approach is viable and financeable"
Ha!
Very interesting website and projects there, will have to poke around more. Is great to see someone interested in programming and tech also interested in reducing their impact on our global ecosystem and a vegan too!

I've never actually thought about low power/tech constrained programming, I feel like this could be something that would fire me up again in the tech industry, so sick of the more more faster faster approach.
Yes. This has been well-documented -- in the days since ChatGPT was released, there have been multiple posts with it making up references, book titles and authors, etc. Galactica did the same, and probably every other LLM.

An LLM is not a search engine, a database, or a knowledge base. An LLM generates plausible-sounding text based on the distribution of its inputs. There is no constraint that anything it spits out is factually accurate. Why is this so hard to understand?
> It's hard to take this seriously when $850/year is still way higher than other registrars charge for new domains.

That's actually a great price for a good domain name. If the name is already registered by a squatter looking to profit off it, you're looking at five figures minimum. I think the mistake you're making here is you're thinking it would be $12 vs $850, but it's not; it would be 'already registered by a squatter within milliseconds of TLD launch years ago and listed on a resale site for 5 figures' vs $850.

And to be clear, premium prices are set at the registry (i.e. wholesale) level, not at the registrar (i.e. retail) level. That means that these names are premium at all registrars. Premium pricing is not unique to Google (either the registry or registrar); it's used by nearly all new gTLDs.
As someone who both loves Rust and is very much anti woke leftism, I don't think it's a huge concern at present. Much of the leadership happens to be woke but it doesn't get in the way of technical discussion. That could change, of course, but for now it's not causing problems
If you read carefully, op never actually claimed they originally registered for $12, just that they didn't get the "normal" renewal price of $12. My guess is they expected it to be $850+$12/yr even though Google Domains is pretty clear about this in the UI.
Sounds a little bit like the fox and grapes.
This wasn't the first coast-to-coast telephone call, it was the first direct-dial call without operator assistance. Google says the first was in 1915.
When I did the full Spanish tree from zero about 5 years ago studying ~1h per day for 3 months it didn't get me very far. I then moved to a Spanish speaking country and started taking 4h of language classes per day immediately. I felt that I could have learned about the same in two weeks there instead of using Duolingo. Some people came in with 0 knowledge and could speak a little after 2 weeks, Duolingo never got me to speak real sentences.

Another problem is that you just repeat without understanding why the words are arranged in a certain way. For adults it is probably more effective to study some grammer rules and to then apply these rules. Learning grammar is really a shortcut and Duolingo doesn't teach you anything about grammar rules. Also, at a certain age you just can't learn grammar by reading/listening and repeating. It takes kids years to learn, you don't have years. I have lived here for over 5 years, took well over 1000h of class in school and still make many grammer mistakes. Other mistakes continue to happen because nobody corrects me, usually we correct kids at least a little bit when they say something wrong.

Back in the day Duolingo was already a very slow progression repeating stuff you already knew endlessly. I recently tried it again to pick up another language and they put so much monetization on it that it is now basically impossible to learn at your own pace - unless you pay.

I see it as a tool to learn vocabulary. This is very important in the beginning, once you learn 500-1000 words you can rapidly progress on your own. But honestly, to pound vocabulary into my brain, Memrise is a much better tool. I also used grammer tools like conjugator. Another good resource is the free Coffee Break podcast series, Spanish is probably their most complete course and it helped me a lot.

I have seen some good suggestions I didn't know about in this thread, I'll definitely try them when I try to pick up my next language.
one of the best thought-out syntaxes i have seen in a programming language, for one.
Anyone can buy a TLD from ICANN for $185k

https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs...
That is what I believe is happening as well.
> If you don’t want to make art, don’t waste time learning to make art.

Oh, I agree. I wouldn't suggest someone who wasn't interested in art spend time learning to make art. That would be ludicrous.

But that's not what I'm seeing in this article. Most of it chronicles the author's attempt to create a single illustration in a particular style. What are they doing, if not attempting to make art?
I don't think Google is really making money here. The amount of money they collect for the registration is surely a rounding error to Google. Rather, the high price must be to deter squatters.
Left my job in 2014. Tried a few things that didn't succeed before selling programming ebooks came to my rescue (2018). From the danger of draining out my savings completely, I'm now earning more than double my needs (which isn't really that much for my modest lifestyle, living alone in a developing nation - $150/month).

What's more, my ebooks are all free to read online. Only PDF/EPUB are sold, and I've always given them away for free during launch week.

List of my ebooks: https://learnbyexample.github.io/books/ (topics include Regular Expressions, Linux CLI tools, Python and Vim)
Google charged me a couple hundred to renew a .dev domain. I was under the impression that I was paying a premium to register the domain a few days early and that the renewal price would be lower. I was mistaken, but, the renewal price was behind a few clicks in a settings menu. My fault, but I still wanted a refund.

After weeks of going back and forth with Google support I ended up initiating a chargeback.. They locked me out of my account and I lost access to all of the domains tied to it.

It took weeks to unravel the whole thing.

If Google would make the renewal prices available in the 30-day renewal emails this class of problem would go away. Omitting the price is a choice.
It's satire - Just because you are now "justified" in getting frustrated, does not make it any less ironic.
For the first time I had to slow a video down! But then I put it back to normal after I got a hold of his flow.
I guess clear rules disallowing registrars from charging different prices for different domains are called for.
I never said you can’t.
You made a clear rebuttal to my original comment, supported by what Marx wrote. I'd ask that you take ownership of your own argument rather than shifting it over to Marx. Your assertion was this:

> Extending this to all labor is evidently disingenuous as the argument is contingent on the exchange of money and I hope at this point, given the above, you can see why.

In order for me to agree with your assertion, I'd have to agree with the basis for it, which was Marx's writing. I made a point as to why I think it's wrong because I think Marx is fundamentally wrong. Asking me to read Das Kapital or talk to Marx is non sequitur.
Wow. Did you go to uni to study law I take it? Or was this all DIY?
Not sure about faster, but louder is what a lot of people do when they're trying to enunciate better, they just don't know how to do it right / what exactly they need to do. Basically they think they were mumbling.
I was bitten by this too. Why doesn't your team include the renewal price for domains in the 30-day autorenew notices? This whole class of problem would disappear if you did.
> GoDaddy doesn't have a monopoly on .com, .biz...

GoDaddy is the registry for .biz[0].

That is, GoDaddy was started as a registrar, but the company integrated vertically with a registry division, so it plays both roles now. This was approved by ICANN.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.biz
Basically all the output can be generated even the specifics. It is its own source of truth.
Right now I just looked at the transfer cost and they want $205 USD... so yeah.
Thanks for confirming this. I should have searched HN. Searching on google didn't find any confirmation.

It's not hard to guess/understand but I hoped the sources are real (sooner or later), so that we can just use them directly.
well said, understood now.
Don't do singular poles, mesh them together?
I thought about it, but I hadn't originally built it to make money. It was a weekend hack project that I never expected to do that well, and suddenly the prospect of centering my life around a product I didn't really feel passionate about felt like a nightmare. I had a lot of anxiety about whether my external dependencies I'd built on top of would continue to work, and reached the point where a large payoff was worth it to de-risk myself from $23k/mo becoming $0/mo with no exit.
If the story is identical in game format or book format, why would someone prefer reading a book vs playing the game. List all possible reasons that come to your mind.

There are a few reasons why someone might prefer reading a book over playing a game, even if the story is the same in both formats. Some possible reasons include:

Reading a book allows a person to use their imagination to visualize the story and create their own mental images of the characters and settings, whereas a game may have pre-determined visuals that the player has no control over.

Reading a book can be a more passive activity, allowing the reader to relax and immerse themselves in the story without having to actively engage with the narrative by making decisions or solving puzzles.

Reading a book can be a more personal experience, as the reader can read at their own pace and take their time to reflect on the story and its themes.

Reading a book may be a more affordable option than purchasing and playing a game, especially if the reader already owns the book or has access to it through a library or other resource.

Some people simply prefer reading as a means of entertainment and may find it more enjoyable than playing a game.

Reading a book can be a more portable and convenient option, as it doesn't require access to a gaming device or a stable internet connection.

- answer by ChatGPT.
I rented a Jeep today. It has most functions on a touch screen. But above 60mph (I think) the controls all lock so you can’t touch anything.

They probably did it for safety but it feels so dumb. I’m on a highway trying to turn off Bluetooth and then FM but I can’t. All screen functionality locked, no workaround.
.sucks charges $2499 a year for premium domains.
White Paper of the Fight Club
I keep waiting for cheap, durable, hydrophobic aerogel fabrics…
Sorry, but 'searching google' for recipes is a surefire way to cook mediocre food. Most recipes on Google are optimized for convenience over quality. Even if that's what you want, it's a lot more useful to build a stable of recipe websites that you like and have had good results with and go from there.

Whenever I want to cook a new dish, I usually search Serious Eats, Chefsteps, Smitten Kitchen, and maybe then I'll look at Bon Appetit or a few cookbooks if I'm really struggling. Life is too short to bother cooking crap recipes, but that's basically what you'll get if you just do a Google search.
This is all just typical "free market" type stuff, right cryptobros?
I was highlighting that pre-reserving domains is predatory and unethical.

IIRC the domains that are reserved by registrars are usually moved into a temporary hold status with the TLD, so the registrar isn't paying to register the domain, they are just getting the exclusive option to buy said domain for a number of weeks or months. Much cheaper way to squat on domains than actually buying them!
You're trying to pass off someone's arguments as your own and then distancing yourself from it when someone points out a flaw.

It doesn't add anything to the conversation. others are trying to discuss ideas.

You should read Marx more so you can argue his ideas better if you really want to double down on his take.
Get a lawyer and probably you should edit your comment and remove most of the detail including the dox.

The game you are playing should be the one that benefits you (and your kids if applicable) most long term instead of kneejerking. Let the pros help you, but at the same time make sure they are really helping you (like any hiring someone arrangement).

Good luck!
It's basically a lie. You don't actually get to sample the course at all!
>I just can't get over the fact how ridiculously overpriced these things are!

Surely you understand that you're paying for value, and what's valued here is the combination of the software engineering, hardware design, and the cost of manufacturing, assembling, packaging, warehousing, and shipping the final product.

Korg were blowing out the Opsix on Reverb four months ago for $329.
That's about $50 more than a set of nice cello strings.
A fake job offer gone wrong
Exactly. I wanted to sample what they were 'selling' and they didn't offer that.
Is there a mailing list to sign up for to be notified of ICANN events like these renewal agreements?
> But occasionally I do use iOS’s built in Translate app and test my pronunciation by speaking Spanish and seeing if it can translate it to English.

That's pretty clever.
Having used express, and being shocked at how bad it is, no, express is nowhere near equivalent django/rails (flask, the go to microframework for Python, is more complete than express).

TypeScript has two major issues (which it shares with Python's type annotations): it has to interact with untyped code (so what you think it fine is not, especially when key libraries are not written in TypeScript), and it tends to increase barriers to modifying the code (unlike more functional languages, whose type system tends to be both complete and have less footguns).

As to JavaScript being more commonly used and known, that's dependent on where you're working (especially when it can be sandboxed off so that the majority of users don't need to deal with it, see plotly dash and R-shiny). I suspect having seen multiple examples of systems where JavaScript was used where it was entirely the wrong tool (and where for various reasons Python was the correct one, partially due to the difference in the library ecosystems), we'll see a slow retreat over time of JavaScript to its core areas (being front-end and server-side rendering of the front-end), as more people find that having two languages is a better choice, and rewrite/replace existing JavaScript services.
While yes, you can saturate a 1GB link using the Pi 4, the 4x A72 core complex is not going to be blisteringly fast no matter how you slice it. If you're trying to stream encrypt with AES, you're going to be limited to at best half link speed since since the A72 manages only about ~50MB/s. This, of course, isn't just an encryption issue but really just that once you factor in everything else that it takes to host a complex software package like Mastodon, it's hardly surprising that a Pi 4 struggles under the weight of both HN and the rest of the fediverse slamming the tiny SoC.
Why did you abandon "translate-to-C" backend? It would be good to have high level language translated to C (aside from Vala and Nim).
I didn't know of the man, but after a quick google search I know his work. My condolences.
In the long run, these should not be paving over natural habitats. There are plenty of life-devoid environments outside of Earth where these can be positioned.
I also suffer-from/actively-encourage this mentality
I do the same for anything I consider important, but max out at 9 years. If you want to transfer to another registrar you need to be able to add 1 year. That means transferring a domain that has over 9 years remaining can fail because of the 10 year max. If you get in a dispute with your current registrar you'll want to be able to transfer to another one without waiting to get under the 9 year mark.
My rule has always been that if it doesn't fit on one line it gets re-written, or if practical, I will factor out what I can into helpers. As soon as a comprehension spills over into a new line, the readability tanks for me.
According to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33929472 they checked in their system that the domain was billed as premium upon initial registration.
Ente Auth
I consider him the Graham Hancock (see Netflix's Ancient Apocalypse) of pop culture topics. Gladwell is trying to do for pop culture which Freakonomics did for economic topics which draw from seemingly disparate elements to provide a correlation and explanation.
Typing of the Dead is another one that provides some urgency. haha
So long as you provide ample time to transition and sound reasoning, firing customers you can't effectively service is the best thing to do.
I'd love to see how the markup is actually rendered. The README has an animated gif, but it goes by so fast that I really can't see how anything is rendered. Screenshots would be fine for this purpose, why the bling?
As a privacy-concerned user, a bookmarklet may be preferable because it's only going to execute code when you explicitly request it, rather than an extension running all the time.
I am curious how your current life compares to the pre-IPO one. Is it universally better? Is there anything poor people don't know or misunderstand about being rich? (I am more in the poor camp.)
That's the point. In a distributed world, the domain registrar doesn't get to determine who gets a domain and who doesn't. If one registrar doesn't want to work with you, you can work with another.

This isn't some hypothetical, unrealistic utopia - this is *how the web worked*. We gave that away by giving registrars sole control over tlds.

It's easy to say 'well nobody really cares about .dev domains anyway' - but why will it just be .dev moving forward? Is it so hard to imagine a world where .com is no longer the default, and companies/individuals have to pay exorbitant monopoly prices to some gatekeeper?

I've never been an activist in this regard. It just feels really shitty to see something that used to belong to us all, everyone, equally, get divvied up and sold off.
This is interesting... I believe you that no one at HN is putting their thumbs on the scale here. But I suspect what's happening is community censorship by "hivemind" like a post on reddit critical of Democrats getting downvoted to 0 in r/politics by the community because many of them are. Or actual nazis getting praise on 4chan...

The media is ignoring or downplaying this story. Reddit is ignoring or downplaying this story. https://www.allsides.com/story/free-speech-second-twitter-fi... shows clear bias in covering the story.

It's kinda hard to argue that there's not a massive bias in big tech: https://i.imgur.com/taGzsZP.jpg

Why is tech overwhelmingly Democrat-donating/leaning? Even more interesting, perhaps.. There are 4-5 companies with a significant Republican presence, but at first glance I can't figure out what they have in common. Oracle? Old company. Intel? Old company. HP? Old company. Uber. WTF? And not Salesforce?! Not even eBay. Neither tech nor company age explain the majority.

There's a sociological phenomenon here I lack the skills/data to figure out, but it is very interesting.
Non artist struggles to make game art with an AI image generator. News at 11.
History of the Steam Engine
Rust has no GC, so to use it you need to learn how memory allocation works. If you don't want to bother with those details, use a GC language instead of Rust.

If you are struggling to learn these things, even after working through the Rust book and other commonly cited resources, my suggestion would be to drop Rust for now and learn C. In C, pointers, stack/heap, malloc/free are things you have to deal with directly, so you can see how things work under the hood. And then, when you go back to Rust, you can map your hard-earned C understanding to the Rust abstractions
These articles are always divisive and lacking in substance. The science is usually exceedingly poor: I've only seen one posted to HN that actually looked at alternative sweeteners individually rather than assuming, say, xylitol and stevia do identical things to your body. And with it comes a strong prescription to change dietary habits yet again.

Honestly, because these are thought pieces, because they seek to influence behavior, and because of the long history of the sugar lobby doing pernicious things to influence the public (even to the point of starting wars), I don't think they should be on HN unless the link is to a peer reviewed, reproducible, high-quality study.

BL: Without a large-N variable-isolated longitudinal study that distinguishes between different sweeteners, articles like the OP are indistinguishable from sugar-lobby FUD.
I'm glad to have found his youtube channel. But like mentioned elsewhere his 'sell' was that project oriented was better for teaching than videos but you can't actually try anything before you buy even though it says 'start free'.
I actually have a few:

1) Board member (advisor really) of a crypto/blockchain company. They pay me $5k per month to basically answer questions and help solve certain issues that might arise. There's also regular meetings but all in I spend 4 hours per week max.

2) Small contractor jobs. I was a contractor and home builder in a previous life. These days, I do side jobs both for the extra income and as a way to relax from my regular tech job. I build decks, sheds, small patios, and some indoor remodeling stuff. All of it is really basic because I have no interest in large jobs that would take a lot of time. A 10x12 shed will net me around $6k and I can build it in a weekend. A similar sized deck I'll charge $25k. Small patio pours I'll net $4k.
During Christmas season (right now) I also hang lights. I'll charge between $1500 - $2500 and net most of that. Takes me around an hour for a normal two story house.

3) Tech consultant. I help administer various Wordpress and other sites for clients. Basic stuff like plugins, changing font, layouts, etc. Super easy and I get paid a monthly retainer.

4) I work two six-figure engineering jobs. Neither is super difficult which gives me time to do the other things and still have free-time to spend with my family, friends, and hobbies.

5) Rental income. I built a few single family homes and apartment buildings (12 units per building). Nets very good income but can also be demanding because I prefer to do most of the management work myself. Just sold one 12-plex for $1.6MM in August and am sitting on the others.
It's usually a choose your own frontend registrar for the TLD. Whether that is Gandi, Namecheap, Google Domains, Cloudflare, etc.

But the TLDs fix the price underneath, registrars are just resellers.
Ask HN: How long do people go on Xmas leave in your region?
People have already started going on leaves for a month and more. As a startup/tech person, it takes me time to wrap my head around such long leaves.

How long people go for leaves in your region? How much off-time do you take?

Just curious, no judgements!
The link styling system used on the wiki complies with all web accessibility standards: it clearly and consistently shows a link without using color as the sole determining factor. An underling is not required (whether you think it should be or not, though feel free to get involved, join a working group, and lobby for the change to your hearts content... though I think it will be an uphill battle for you). Accessibility standards are about helping those with disabilities. What you are experiencing is a difference of opinion about _usability_. I personally do not experience the same usability issues, but to each their own on that one. Accessibility and usability are two very different things and should not be conflated.