skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
To make the user experience more like what they're used to from Twitter.

It's frustrating that the web platform doesn't accommodate federated services like Mastodon that span multiple servers very well, but those are the cards we're dealt. It does work, it's just not ideal.
FWIW, he has called two people paedophiles, an ex twitter employ, and a diver. The ex employee left his home as he received death threats.

By all means, I am holding Elon responsible for this. Here is the reasoning:

1. Either he is too stupid to understand the power he yields, and therefore should not yield it, or

2. He knows and does not care about anyone other than Elon, or

3. He knows and did it on purpose.

Hanlon's razor says 1, Occam's razor says 2. My priors say 1 is not possible, he can't be that stupid. I hope that he is not that vindictive for 3 to be true.
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Twitter bans promotion of accounts on other social media sites
PG is now banned from Twitter over that comment? The death spiral continues
The lack of clarity in this policy, and resulting confusing tells me it is a badly written policy that needs another go in the editing room.
Imagine if it were Tim Cook who called Vern Unsworth, the British diver who helped rescue the trapped Thai kids in the flooded cave, a "pedo guy". Or, if you want to picture an amazing shitstorm, Barack Obama.
You think coffee is “alt” right?
Allowing is doing a lot of work in this sentence when in North America pretty much all political parties I can vote for (that have a chance of winning) support the status quo in power.
I think you misunderstood what this does. Because Mastodon is federated, when you visit a the profile of a user that's not on your instance, you cannot follow them with the click of a button. Rather, you need to log in to your instance and then search for their username. This exension makes it so that you can follow anybody with the click of a button.
The worldview of people who like Musk, Trump, etc., will never crumble. It is built on a religious belief in contrarianism, as well as moral autism.
For anyone who didn't see this tweet before it got pg suspended:

> This is the last straw. I give up. You can find a link to my new Mastodon profile on my site.
>A single advancement is vastly more believable but when they are suggesting so many advantages such as not needing tritium or steam turbines the most likely thing is for them to just be lying.

It's so strange to see someone use a PR logic process ("optics") to evaluate a technical claim, rather than using physics and engineering.

The advanced fuel cycle and the direct conversion of plasma pressure to energy are connected. The former enables the latter, and the latter is quite clever.
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Paul is now suspended on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulg
I think the main text has a higher contrast than downvoted comments?… I’m mot sure, actually. If they receive lots of downvotes, their text colour becomes really pale.
I am fine with this actually. It is not Amazon warehouse workers we are talking about. These people were highly paid and Twitter seems to run just fine without them. FAANG can probably get rid of 70% of the bloat.

Elon did give them 3 months severence which is quite amazing.
You have in fact left Twitter, your account was just suspended. Crazy times...
> "Died by suicide" implies passivity. It just happened to them.

Like "Officer involved shootings."
Twitter bans posting of links to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and more
Especially as many people in the UK call the game soccer. For these people the term football would be used to refer to (Rugby) football.
Don't tempt me.
The first penalty looked a bit iffy diving wise https://www.tiktok.com/@mishary.19/video/7178520312630267137...
They are outliers because it's a brand new phenomenon. This generation has the first sportsmen to push 40 in a lot of sports, beit Federer, James Anderson, Brady, Ibrahimovic. It will become quite common as time goes on I expect.

p.s. Schumacher drove a car, so I'm not sure he is a fair comparison to physical sportsmen
Clickbait: He’s not dead. Yes, the article says so in the first sentence, but a clickbait title is a clickbait title.
Is it possible that he was talking about a different cost than that of vehicle parts? Even at a million dollars a piece, I'd imagine google would be happy to spend a hundred million or two to get dozens/hundreds of higher visible vehicles out in aive environment.

Perhaps the expense he was talking about is that it would be super expensive to create a factory to be able to increase the volume whilst the vehicles are still rather custom built.

I will say that I have very little knowledge about anything here, just that Google has already spent billions on this effort and it would seem strange that they are shying away from spending a few hundred thousand per vehicle.
> I would oppose a unit that starts with a prefix symbol (m=milli=0.001) on principle.

The unit name isn't usually important. I think you're talking about the symbol? That's "℧", which has its own problems. But at least it's in Unicode now! Altogether I think the "℧" caused much less trouble than the "S" has. "S" is just stupid... as evidenced by this whole subthread. And, yes, I have read datasheets wrong because of this. Thanks, 14th CGPM!
https://gitlab.com/interception/linux/plugins/caps2esc

Works great in Windows and Linux.
I've been on mastodon.social for like five years. The choice was entirely practical: I didn't want to deal with server shutdowns or defederations, so I joined the biggest instance which is pretty core to the whole network.

Laughably, this is a very centralizing choice. And now I am starting to feel the downsides: Mastodon.social has a really hard time coping with server load when Elon does something dumb!

Fosstodon and Hachyderm would be really good choices though too, I follow a lot of people on both, and they're well-run by decent folks.

I do think articles hype up the choice a lot more than necessary though. The differences are primarily "the moderators", and most people don't do stuff to get moderated anyways. And the platform includes good tools for changing instances too.
Unfortunately for Adobe products the subscription is for a year, but your point stands. Office used to be hundreds of dollars, now you can start using it for $10/month and it includes cloud storage/syncing.
"Many" and "Majority" is clearly not all, so there clearly still a risk. I know there's quite a few emoji domains out there. Tutorials on it pop up on HN from time to time.

Also, gonna bet that there are still confusables within character set constraints. A trivial example, the unicode confusable set considers "rn" and "m" to be confusable (in certain fonts and sizes). But I bet that's even more so in the broader european set.

Also it's a bit sad to be unable to, say, mix math symbols and english...

It seems to me that using the confusable set would be stricter (and safer) but also more flexible too...
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You are getting downvoted, while you write the truth.

High end cars had that feature for years. Lower end ones used various block heaters / car heater boxes / webastos.
Charging a sub for things like heated seats is obviously broken, but I also don't know if people have an appetite for what the upfront costs would be for many pieces of software that are currently subscription based, in order to provide support for any length of time. Look at the pricing for IDA, which tries to balance having an astonishingly good product, but very limited market, for how this can end up distorted without being because the company is trying to make money hand over fist.

It seems similar, to my eye, to a problem with video game development - the total cost of development continues to grow as expectations for many games do, faster than we make production costs cheaper, but consumers are very sensitive to prices upfront, so we end up with many alternate revenue streams to try and make up the gap, to say nothing of the continuous revenue needs for anything ongoing.

And people lament companies being greedy, which is sometimes the case, but ultimately, if your game costs over 45 million euros to produce, retail price is $50, and you get perhaps 50% of that (to be generous), you need to sell 1.9 million copies to break even, let alone earn anything back. [1] But revenue streams like in-game cosmetic stores may get you a very different profit cut, even if they're only a few dollars each. [2]

The same logic holds for things like recurring subscriptions or ad-supported content - much smaller amounts, but many more sources, adding up to mitigate this problem.

I don't like it any more than anyone else does, but it's not just naked profit seeking, it's often that development and maintenance are expensive, and more people would pay $20/mo for Photoshop when they need it than would pay $500 or more upfront, and I don't see a good alternate model that works in the majority of cases.

[1] - yes I'm eliding the complications of other companies putting up the upfront costs in exchange for all the money until their costs plus are made back.

[2] - Also not touching the economics of gambling in-game and the long tail and whale economies.
Okay, so what's you over-under for Elon's IQ, or are you making a subtle distinction between intelligent and smart?
Is it? A lot of my favorite games no longer work on the latest operating systems because they were on a buy once model. Others had their multiplayer shut down.

As for upfront paid software, sometimes it's also just not worth it to the developer to make a whole new version anymore or they shut down. The shareware industry is pretty much dead today, for example, although free trials for cloud subs are still very common. I think the sub model smooths out the feast and famine cycles, ultimately, and make for more intentional and less panicked releases.
I don't think the policy actually explains its purpose (i.e. why banning these links is necessary), only its application. It discusses the "what", not the "why". This omission is probably also intentional.

I don't think it takes too much brain effort to figure out the problematic nature of the policy given the context of Twitter. If someone cannot, I am not really here to coddle them, or try to convince them otherwise. The only person who can actually answer these questions & clarify the policy is Musk, and I doubt he has any genuine interest in doing so.
Well account is now suspended so I guess you were "made to leave"
Not really sure how you got to that point. I'd say given the way the document words it, point (1) Holding a mandatory captive audience meeting in which its representative stated that the Employer would refuse to bargain certain subjects if a union was formed; and (3) Creating and soliciting employees to join an employer-created / employer-dominated labor organization as a means of stifling Union activities are both equally "unfair labor practices".

>>>"That is because they can't meaningfully complain that apple created a non union group to hear concerns and give employees a voice (regardless of whether it did). Such a complaint would be hilarious."

Why? unfair labor practices can be a whole host of things. I'm not American but according to https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/in... it would seem Apple is on the wrong side of the law in this one arguably. I wonder if they try this stuff in Aus?
pg calling him a smart guy is quite disappointing.

The guy is happy to consume and repeat QAnon propaganda(E.g. Pelosi’s husband).

Is happy to lie(journalists who didn’t fix him got banned).

Takes emotional decisions to only reverse them hours later.

Lacks any logical thinking, keeps gaslighting and cannot keep a consistent line(he is a free speech absolutist who believes hate speech and call to insurrection is ok but not doxxing)

Has no morals and uses anything under his power to achieve his goals(banning external links to social media)
That’s not a problem and it’s bizarre seeing all these comments repeating the same message.

Our economic systems were not designed nor ever intended to be a system where good or moral people prevail the most.

But in this age I’m not the least bit surprised that people will go to that great extent of mental gymnastics to for the satisfaction of “getting” someone they see as a villain.
I use this in a little raspberry pi project. For persistence, I occasionally copy data to a writable partition and then at boot, after the ram overlay is mounted, I copy it back.
Confirmed. It's crazy out here in these stweets.
Two years ago you published an essay that seemed to argue that criticism against Elon Musk was simply from “Haters,” jealous of his success.

http://paulgraham.com/fh.html

In light of recent events, have you considered updating the essay?
Archived tweet/mirror: https://web.archive.org/web/20221218204403/https://twitter.c...
Did anyone get a screenshot before the account was suspended?
Corporations are looking at a consistent and reliable revenue stream. Basically, they want a Universal Basic Income (UBI) from their customers.

UBI is only good for business where profits are made, so don't go talking about UBI for people!
> At this point, I'm assuming he is surrounded by people too eager to please him.

He definitely is. Or at least people pretending to.

I think this is one of the biggest risks of being too successful, too rich: it becomes too easy to surround yourself with people who will only agree with everything you say, and you end up believing in yourself too much, any criticism is jealousy, any contradiction is sabotage, and obviously you must really be so smart you can do anything, because look at all the people telling you so.

(Unrelated, but I think that's also what hurt the Star Wars prequels; Lucas was the legend. He either didn't get or didn't accept the constructive criticism that made the originals great.)
My friend is working on KlongPy (https://github.com/briangu/klongpy) which is has a terse array-notation language similar to APL.

I'm curious: Is there anything interesting in APL that hasn't yet been implemented in NumPy, etc.?
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Not necessarily, I think you can reactivate your account within 30 days. If you had a blue checkmark I believe reactivation is possible for one year.
The main problem is the SaaS model. Subscriptions for updates to local software are fine. At least (1) you can still continue to use the older version when paying the subscription isn’t worth it for you, and (2) you can control when to upgrade to a newer version, reducing the rate of churn and adapting to what fits your schedule, and also in the case where the new version is actually worse for how you’re using the software.
What the fuck?!
"Decentralization" that is needed because of unstable energy prices caused by pathological politics and green ideology fail itself if offer solution from China.

While I agree with decentralization, definitely not because of "terrorism", but because of government "regulations". Lobby is strong and usually not in favor of citizens. Current situation in EU with energy prices is model example, how centralized supply of energy is weak. Water will be next.

But please... No dependency on totalitarian China.
Twitter makes a great news reader. Never read replies. Facebook is cancer.

I agree it does seem folks are reevaluating their social life, lucky that was happening before Elon.
And pg's Twitter account has been suspended. Crazy times.
What even is this? They’re sharing an opinion…
Is there anything about this comment that is attracting the down votes?

I would like to avoid future mistakes.
I think Twitter is about to jump the shark. This is insane.
Paul Graham has now been banned from Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulg
That's simply a myth. Even Germany's decision to phase out nuclear was largely economical (it was the business friendly CDU who made the final decision). Currently a kWh of nuclear cost 3 times as much as wind in Germany (sorry the source was a paper magazine, I will update if I find an online source), that is for existing reactors which are >25years old. Nobody wants to build new plants.

To contribute to the discussion you could have maybe brought some evidence if it was so clear cut.
It's a pretty technical argument but being an asshole does not necessarily mean you aren't smart.
For those who missed it, his Mastodon is: https://mas.to/@paulg
Is it just me or pg's twitter account is suspended now?
Truth Social is a modified Mastodon instance. Given Musk's recent actions against Mastodon, I imagine that the automated tools he's using to find Mastodon instances also detects Truth Social, and he doesn't want to have to deal with exceptions to his rules.
Hey. Mr. Wimbley, it happened again.
Fuel-type block heaters heat the cabin as well (they turn on ventilation once the coolant has warmed enough). Electric heaters are meant to be used with a cabin heater that uses the same external power source.
“I want to start a new life in the USSR” was a thing between 1918-33 roughly. Many Western communists emigrated to build the workers’ paradise.

As foreigners they were of course particularly suspicious in Stalin’s paranoid purges, and most ended up dead or in Siberia.

After WWII everyone in the West pretty much understood the Stalinist reality and not even the staunchest Soviet apologists would actually want to move there.
Relevant context:

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34040165 : Promotion of alternative social platforms policy (help.twitter.com)

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985 : Paul Graham is leaving Twitter (twitter.com/paulg)
His intelligence and maximum capability aside, it is his inconsistency and sociopathic levels of impulsivity that are what is causing his bank to drain right now. I’m surprised I have any surprise left that pg has so much tolerance for complete disregard for principles or users. All my friends, the hackers makers annd those who are on the forefront are leaving Twitter.
They can't peak independently, but their reliability and low marginal cost means that they can are well suited to providing peaking capacity in conjunction with storage. Excess power from the reactor can be used to place energy in the storage source, which is then discharged during peak load. Due to the reliability of the nuclear generator, the amount of storage required can be relatively small.
As I recall, when it went to trial, Musk's defense was basically, "I wasn't serious about him being a pedophile. This kind of trolling is what happens on the Internet."

If he actually had any dirt on the guy, his defense wouldn't be, "Don't take my claim seriously," but rather, "Here's the evidence to back up my claim."
Paul sure spent a lot of energy support Elon up until the very last minute.
OP posted a since-the-dawn-of-time complaint about automatic updates that ignores why they are necessary, and clearly states that he's just refusing to engage with the usual reasons for them.

The "generic" response is beacuse the complaint is simiarly generic.
Michael Sandel's The Moral Limits of Markets is an good and very accessible book on this topic of civic virtues being turned into transactions.

There's a case study in the book of economists asking Swiss citizens about their opinion on having a nuclear waste storage facility near their community. When people in the community were asked if they were okay with this, a small majority agreed. A common argument was that there may be risk, but if it has to go somewhere it may as well be here, out of a sense of civic duty.

The Economists then added an incentive and asked others the same question, but added that there may be an annual payment involved for the risk. The support dropped to something like 25%, people starting to give answers like "I'm not going to sell out my kid's health for money".

The naive view is that turning something transactional cannot be worse, after all people can have civity duty and money. But of course it doesn't work like that. The transaction changes the entire nature of a process, turning activities that were about civic virtue into transactions about profit, degrading the entire thing.

Lots of other good examples in the book. Children being paid to read books switching from what they liked to what was shortest, paid volunteers actually being less effective than unpaid ones, and so on.
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I’m guessing he got banned for posting this?
“I want to start a new life in the USSR” was actually a popular thing between 1918-33 roughly. Many Western communists did emigrate to build the workers’ paradise.

As foreigners they were of course particularly suspicious in Stalin’s paranoid purges, and most ended up dead or in Siberia.

After WWII everyone in the West pretty much understood the Stalinist reality and not even the staunchest Soviet apologists would actually want to move there.
Oh wow who could have possibly predicted that putting 500k into PonziZoo would result in the owner stealing all your money. It's clearly such a sensible investment.
Alright, I legit can't think of a reason why he would ban Paul Graham before everyone else who has promoted Mastodon since the rule change.

That's the literal opposite of low hanging fruit!
This is not playing the devil’s advocate. Your argument lacks any standing whatsoever. It’s an attempt to divert the discussion.
No, this response was not generated by ChatGPT. I would like to point out that there is one part of the Linux ecosystem that does automatic updates well which is Android based operating systems. What this post is about, desktop Linux, is much further behind so a more generic response is deserved.

Before we get the point where we are discussing aspects like under what conditions should updates be applied or the priority of which updates should be installed first, desktop Linux needs to show that it can handle the basics.
I'm not the above commenter, but it's very surprising to me that people can undergo such serious harm just from reading phrases like "trigger warning" or "tarball"...

Or even the existence of languages with gendered nouns. Why are we coddling xenophobes who are afraid of Spanish grammar rules? IMO that's not a fear that is healthy or rational.
Hilarious. Sorry this is low effort but you can’t make this stuff up.
Just be careful to choose a reputable server, because the moderators will be able to read your DMs.
> wholesome relatability

Nice one. I think this post will go over most peoples' heads but I had a good laugh.