skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I released my first "SaaS" back in 2002. It's always been a "web app". And, yeah, as I've developed new features and made structural changes I've introduced bugs that had to be found and squashed.

But it's gotten a lot better over those years as web tech and my skills have progressed and users have influenced what I worked on since that first release. I have users that have been using it for most all of those years now and consider them friends.

I made a version that runs offline. The user has to install CouchDB on their desktop pc to use it. I made it easy for them to set up and explained the benefits, and I thought they were huge, but no one wanted to do that.

I've also had users who stopped using it call me a year or more later asking if I could send them their data, and I could, and did, and didn't charge them anything because it's a trivial task. They were very grateful.

So, no. I don't really think about it that way. But I'm old. I can recall the days of getting excited when a magazine I paid to subscribe to showed up in my mailbox and walking to the local library to find a book to bring home and read.
interesting read.

i looked up one of the civil micro-online communities they mentioned -- or state (Vermont) full of micro-communities?

https://frontporchforum.com/ (looks like Ruby/Rails/Turbolinks)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Porch_Forum

How a Vermont social network became a model for online communities
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/24/18129437/front-porch-foru...
It's possible that some PLLs might fail to lock in within a normal amount of time to acquire the full preamble. In which case varying the length of the preamble slightly shouldn't negatively affect receivers that are well designed to tolerate unusual conditions.
Anecdata based on the men in this situation I'm familiar with: They do have mental health issues, but I'm not sure they're more than what the average employed man is afflicted by. I detect a general life fulfillment malaise, but in exchange they avoid all of the stress the rest of us deal with every day.

For this reason, I'm reluctant to call their lifestyle choice irrational since by their own measure, they seem to think they're taking the best path. They take stock of their options in various areas (relationships with women, career prospects, engaging in social activity, and so on) and say, "No thanks, I'll just play video games all day." There are virtual world substitutes for a lot of what they'd get out there in the real world now too, and though they'd probably agree it's not as good as the real thing, they can get a 50% solution for 0% of the effort. That might sound like a good deal to some, and apparently it is.
A margin call protects the broker/bank. The customer still loses everything.
When was it required to have a passport for domestic travel? I think everyone just uses a driver's license.
Other presidents built border walls and tried to put the brakes on immigration. They on the other hand didn't pretend we were under attack by an army of brown people who could only be defeated by destroying immigrants civil rights, punishing them by stealing their children, spending 10s of billions of additional funds building an unfeasible great wall of America, and ending democracy in order to install dear leader the only hope for the white race about to be replaced by brown people and liberals. This is to say context matters.

Trump didn't just say the quiet part out loud he turned it into a battle flag for hate and bigotry. Bringing him into the discussion basically ensures you wont have a good discussion on anything else its the current variation of Godwins Law.
I'm 100% the opposite side of this argument. Running your entire stack locally is a silly trend that cost us a decade of productivity. In the early to late 2000's the remote-dev approach was very common. It wasn't "push a button and you have a dev instance!" easy but it yielded similar results.
To make it clear why people are saying it’s ambiguous:

(A minor memorial for) (Leo Laporte on terrestrial AM radio)

vs

(A minor memorial for Leo Laporte) (on terrestrial AM radio)

The latter is not only just as grammatically valid as the first, it is also a sensible article headline, the idea that someone used AM radio to broadcast a memorial for Leo Laporte.

Can you not see why people would read it as the latter?
People should be filling out takedown notices.
The funny part is that Toyota has a very long experience with EV technology. Everyone I have talked to in the EV conversion communities are really impressed by how good the Toyota hybrid inverters are.

Their petulance does not make sense to me unless you account the musk factor of big personalities in.

They could easily dominate the EV market but they just don't want to. Yet.

Their marketing is also borderline criminal, Lexus still has billboards at my local airport talking about "self-charging hybrids", carefully omitting that you charge your self-charging hybrid at the petrol pump.
Fair enough. I forgot that you could apply to get both (which basically gives you a spare federal photo ID which is also good for entering Canada or Mexico). I have a Global Entry card so I didn't bother.

Not sure what the other stats are counting as passports and if they're double-counting or not.

You can also get two passport books--basically for visiting countries that may do visa stamps and which won't admit people with the "wrong" visa stamp--which is what I was talking about.
Westworld is an exception. Only a few shows still get Blu-ray releases.

For example, looking at Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the best TV show of 2020, only a good 10% have a US Blu-ray release: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-tv-shows-of-...

For what I personally watch, it’s more like 5% at most.
Futel.net
This is why I exclude HOA from all property searches
This argument is similar to my enforcing 32b cleanliness. Really, that was an issue back in the 90s. But this enforcement happened with the x86_64 to ARMv8 migration, 64b to 64b.

So I would like an explanation from Apple for why this now. What is their rationale?
When you get far enough right, everything is left (and vise versa)
So do all the other people with SUVs, minivans, and trucks also have to get rid of their vehicles? I would sue them for attacking me.
That sounds like modern day outsourcing
What about a subscription that doesn't auto-renew? So if you want to continue to use it, you pay again?

Or does that still frustrate you because you want to "own" it rather than "rent" it?

If you're answer is yes, that's ok with me, just curious :-)
30% of Japanese people are over the age of 70.
> to talk about nil itself, we have to quote it.

So? That's no different than if you want to talk about 'pi rather than pi a.k.a. 3.14159...

> So then we have two nil representations to deal with

No different than "pi" and "3.14159".

> If () isn't self-evaluating (like the criminally stupid design in Scheme), we have to quote it: '().

I agree, () should be self-evaluating just like numbers and vectors. The behavior of () should be analogous to the behavior of 0 or 0.0 or #() or "".

> If we have additional semantic roles for () like it being Boolean false

And why would you want to do a stupid thing like that?

> The list terminator is de facto a symbol because it's exploited for its identity

First, the list terminator need not be the same thing as the empty list. The list terminator is an implementation thing. The empty list is a language-semantics thing. These need not be the same.

Second, neither of these need to be unique. There can be multiple list terminators, and there can be multiple empty lists, just as there can be multiple empty vectors and multiple empty strings and even multiple instances of the same number (which actually happens with bignums).

> we care whether the cdr of a cons is or is not nil

No, what we care about -- or at least what we should care about -- is whether the CDR of a cons is an (n.b. not the) empty list. (eq #() #()) need not be true (in fact, generally isn't). Why should (eq () ()) be any different?

And BTW under no circumstances should taking the CAR or CDR of an empty list do anything other than signal an error.
> I had asked for basic tests like a metabolic panel or other broad tests

You researched the internet for a whole year but never found out that you can just pay someone like Private MD Labs [0] a hundred bucks and get this done yourself?

Sorry, but I'm skeptical.

[0] https://www.privatemdlabs.com
This site was started by Paul, he coded up most of the software you are using and he's been instrumental in growing it and YC (arguably the worlds largest and most successful startup incubator and seed fund) to something pretty impressive. I don't always see eye to eye with him but I have a grudging admiration for what he's achieved and how he did it.
The Backstory of ChatGPT Creator OpenAI
This is something that I see rather often in my career and I wanted to pass along one very important thing that I've learned over the years -

please be sure that you have a will or an advanced directive in place. PLEASE do this. Have that difficult conversation about what steps you want taken to save your life. Do you want chest compressions? Do you want a tube inserted in your airway to assist you in breathing? Do you want heroic measures to be taken even if they may not save your live? Do you want to be placed on a mechanical ventilator?

The reality is that many people don't have these conversations and then something happens to them and there is legally no way to abide by their spoken wishes. Your wishes need to be written down. Contact an attorney. Put an advanced directive on file. Your local hospital may be able to help. In many states, there are "out of hospital DNR" forms that we MUST have in order to terminate resuscitation efforts should it come to that. In other words, if you collapse, someone calls 911, and there is no paperwork, we are legally required to start life saving resuscitation measures and continue them.

without legal documentation, things get really sticky, and it gets even worse if family is involved. Like someone else noted, the "daughter from California syndrome" is very real.

the difficult conversations about your end of life issues may be the most important ones you ever have.
Ehh, most people seem to be getting RealIDs where possible and the new deadline is in 2025.
Here is where I'm confused. A couple of months ago Elon stated that the network was lousy with bots. Now we are taking polls. Polls that presumably have real results for the network. But it seems to me we need some evidence and some trust built to take these polls seriously. Am I crazy? where is the flaw in my thinking here?
Learning is painful. It doesn't trigger any of the pleasure centers in the brain -- that is until you learn enough to find things like physics or programming stimulating and fun.

TV, Social media, sports, gaming -- that's easier, and there's an immediate and pleasurable reward.
I'd be surprised if Toyota doesn't offer hybrid trucks soon. Ford is doing it, Toyota has good hybrid tech, it's relatively easy to stuff some batteries under the bed, etc. The current generation started MY2015, so maybe their next gen Tacoma will be a good time to add hybrid options.
I want to own an EV, but every time I look into it, it's just not worth it yet.

* I live in rural America. I do a lot of local driving, but when I don't, it's often 200+ miles and a good amount of that is 500+ miles. Many parts of that route do not have charger infrastructure. I'd have to buy/rent an additional car for these hauls.

* Towing range. I tow a small trailer occasionally. All vehicles reduce their range with towing, but it's even harder in an EV when the infrastructure isn't in place.

* Winter. Winter kills range.
did you see the video? I see an SUV and minivan parked in various places. Why can't he have a rivian? The HOA needs send out letters to everyone.
https://archive.vn/f7oLu
Well then. The singularity is here. Almost no humans understand these things.
Essentially benefits of scale. Larger engines run more efficiently.
"Jugaad" is a cultural attitude that is hard to explain outside the Indian context. (Even literally, as the "d" sound in the word has no counterpart in English phonetics. It's similar to "dh" but not quite.) The closest literal translation would be "somehow, cheaply, without deep thought".

There are class connotations. Jugaad is something forced onto people by poverty. It's hallmark is messy, janky and easily breakable setups that have been cobbled together by both necessity and lack of resources. Wealthier Indians would not turn to a "jugaad" solution for their needs.

While the principles in the post (humility, openness, frugality) jive well with the Agile philosphy, I'm not so sure that "jugaad" is the idea I'd want my software to embody.
Most window managers are easy, but not simple. i3 is simple, but not easy.

In general, I'd prefer to have something both simple and easy, but in most cases that's not an option.
A number of countries have a sub-group that travel a huge amount, and a majority that rarely does.

Which is partly just wealth, but also just variation in how aware people are of the outside world. Few people are going to visit a country they have no interest in, and can't locate on a map.
Excellent, that way either one of two things happens: Twitter gets saved and Elon looks like a genius or Twitter goes down and someone else takes the blame. Is MM looking for a job? This seems to be ideal.

For those tempted to vote 'yes': Elon can see your votes.
Lol. By default, you can't record a concert either, although some bands do encourage the practice. There's a reason they are called "bootlegs".
I'm slowly getting to the point of "I want my computers to be a thin client around some config files". Treat your computer like cattle, rather than a pet, etc etc.
Yes this is giving him too much credit, seeing what we see as his first hand actions.

Before he learns to play 3D or 4D chess, he needs to learn to play regular chess.
We're talking about Japan. Not everything has to be about America.
This is tangent from the topic at hand but I'm curious to pick your brain. Why is it a dumb idea to send people to Mars?
That's a very interesting viewpoint. You may be on to something there.
92 of 500 top sudreddits are moderated by same 5 people apparently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018
Yes, https://www.reddit.com/r/argentina/comments/y27xnw/no_se_si_...

It is important to highlight that the extremely few black people that exist today in the country is living in a society that not make any racist difference.

On the other hand many indigenous people like Qom [1] are abused by politicians themselves which don’t represent general society views.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_people
ChatGPT is a liberal arts major.

One day it will "dual major" in math and then develop a determination for when the situation demands rigor (hard calculation) or when it demands "correct word estimation" (its current interaction mode).
Yeah, if people don't see a need for a passport, they'll just get a RealID-compliant driver's license which is probably cheaper and doesn't involve carrying an additional card to fly (eventually).
Yeah this makes sense. I see it now.
You're not crazy and there is no flaw in your thinking. I guess we'll have to trust the serial liar on the results.
For me it’s about the hardware, I do molecular simulations and I have a machine with 96 cores and 512GB of RAM and 4 GPUs in it - I wouldn’t want this noisy machine in my house so using VSCode with remote server allows for everything I need to do - interactive debugging just like it’s local, automatic ssh means the terminal feels like it’s local, only a slight (few hundred millisecond) delay on saving,

It really feels like it’s local, I enjoy it
The biggest problem with EVs is that nearly half of drivers don’t have private garages.
Always 30 years late on trends. I'm waiting for functional COBOL with linear types.
> @paulg's Twitter followers seem to have been wiped clean so his follower count is much lower now. Not really sure if that's part of the punishment or if that's an engineering failure.

This happens every time an account is restored from deactivation (voluntary) or suspension. It takes time to rebuild the cache - usually a few hours, though with very large accounts it can take a few days.
The phrasing of this is... weird. What does it mean to "step down as head of Twitter?" Is he going to sell the company? Is he going to hire someone else as CEO to make decisions?

What are people actually voting on here... it feels simultaneously obvious, and completely unclear to me.
Would stand your ground law written into Cali statue help?
More evidence every day that the unipolar world of the last 30 years is splitting into a multipolar world. This will only give more reason to China to sidle up closer to Russia. Here in the West we have this impression that it's essentially The World vs Russia but when you look at a map of who is actually siding with the US/NATO there are a lot of nations that aren't so sure - https://time.com/6222005/un-vote-russia-ukraine-allies/
In case you weren't aware, she was quoting Gandhi. Which I'm assuming the parent commenter was doing too.
At least three options to retrieve this without without Javascript or cookies and view in a popular browser. Example script below. Tested with p7zip and Info-Zip unzip. BSD libarchive unzip should work, too.

NB. This cookie bar annoyance does not work in text-only browser such as links. It only works in popular browsers running CSS and JS.

Uncomment one of the OPTIONS. Then, assuming script is named "1.sh",

sh 1.sh > 1.htm
firefox ./1.htm

#!/bin/sh

#OPTION1=biriukov.dev
#OPTION2=raw.githubusercontent.com
#OPTION3=codeload.github.com

REPO=brk0v.github.io

if test $OPTION3
then
curl -A "" -o$REPO-master.zip https://$OPTION3/brk0v/$REPO/zip/master
fi
for x in \
0-sre-should-know-about-gnu-linux-shell-related-internals-file-descriptors-pipes-terminals-user-sessions-process-groups-and-daemons \
1-file-descriptor-and-open-file-description \
2-pipes \
3-process-groups-jobs-and-sessions \
4-terminals-and-pseudoterminals
do
if test $OPTION2
then
echo url=https://$OPTION2/brk0v/$REPO/master/docs/fd-pipe-session-terminal/$x/index.html
elif test $OPTION1
then
echo url=https://$OPTION1/docs/fd-pipe-session-terminal/$x/
elif test $OPTION3
then
#7z x -so $REPO-master.zip $REPO-master/docs/fd-pipe-session-terminal/$x/index.html
/usr/sbin/unzip -p $REPO-master.zip $REPO-master/docs/fd-pipe-session-terminal/$x/index.html
fi
done|if test $OPTION1
then
curl -A "" -K-
elif test $OPTION2
then
curl -A "" -K-
elif test $OPTION3
then
cat
rm $REPO-master.zip
fi|sed 's/<script/<!--&/g;s/<\/script>/&-->/g;s/cookie.css//g;s/cookie.js//g'
In all fairness, that's the whole point of the block feature - to avoid interaction with people you don't want to interact.

I'm definitely off an opinion that people should block and mute as much as possible to sanitize their social media exchanges. After all, how often do people turn around on strangers that were worthy of a block?
> allowing the FRC to expand again does work on the coil, sustaining its current and allowing energy to be extracted.

Sure, some energy might be recoverable that way but what percentage of energy is extracted and what percentage ends up as waste heat. At a minimum those neurons from DD fusion, and photons from hot plasma etc are’t being recovered. A mere 100 MW device operating at an awe inspiring 90% efficiency would still be producing a 10MW aka a fuck ton of waste heat and I doubt anything close to 90% would be theoretically possible.

Not to mention mechanical stresses etc from such detonations.
ICE engines mostly generate waste heat, even when natural gas is the fuel.

Generating the power across town with the same fuel (in a turbine instead of ICE), transmitting it, converting it to DC to charge a battery, converting that back to AC and spinning an electric motor is more efficient. Yes there are more steps, but none of them are anywhere near as awful as ICE efficiency.
yup, they're a transition technology.

I live in hope that EV's are an advanced transition technology as well.
For sure. I am not claiming to be first, just that I felt thar this year could be the straw that broke the camel's back.
Same story here, but For Australia.
Even for my home lab I use a remote setup. My local workstation/server runs ubuntu with all the bells and whistles (nginx, docker, cuda etc). My dev laptop just has vs code and connects to my local server via wifi 6 &/or gigabit ethernet.

I do not notice that i develop remotely. VS code also has some great quality of life features, for example if you run a command that exposes a port in your remote machine, it automatically forwards it to your local. Same for jupyter notebooks.

VSCode finally enabled the features that command line folks enjoyed for decades.
So you are claiming that downloading illegal torrents is in fact legal?
trying to guess what vitamins or whatever are missing from a demonstrably deficient diet is not going to beat a known wholesome diet, even if your worldview for some reason contests the existence of a 'known' 'wholesome' diet

it's hubris really
I think this is a misperception that doesn't really reflect the reality. One of my long-term clients is a large Japanese company and I work with a lot of Japanese people regularly + have been to Japan several times. In my experience there's a small percentage of Japanese people who really like to travel and these are the ones you see, so it seems like there's a more general trend than there is. The majority of Japanese people don't really seem to care all that much about international travel.
Fun fact, this is how youtube does "manual reviews". A manual review means someone has read the automated transcript...
anecdotally, a lot of families around me seem to give these shots to kids in S. Korea and it doesn't seem like the vast majority of them "need" it. kind of crazy to me, but just an extension of how much looks are valued culturally here.
What's with the second guessing of Elon's motivations as some kind of clever ploy? Let's consider the possibility that this just isn't his cup of tea and he's acting stupid beyond reason.

If you asked me to perform brain surgery on someone I'd first refuse, then if you pointed a gun at me I hope I would probably still refuse but on the off chance that I did not I think I would have more success than Elon has at formulating a social media policy that has a fighting chance of working. This just isn't an engineering problem and bringing an engineering mindset to it ("let's fix the bugs and plug the holes") is going to make things much worse even than doing nothing.

For this to work you need to have a fairly broad understanding of social affairs, a high degree of empathy and an ability to work with a team of people who may disagree with you on key points. Musk does not seem to have any of these to a sufficient degree (to be polite) to make this happen.
Ryujinx (Switch Emulator) Update
I only pay for intellij which I consider to be essential. The rest are replaceable with compromise or not worth it to me.
What's old is new again. How soon until we realize the X window system actually had some good ideas again and start running desktop apps on cloud servers for remote work?
My personal experiences aside, one of the biggest problems with healthcare in the U.S. is that you do need insurance to get it. Otherwise the absolutely unreal cost for even the most basic interactions will bankrupt virtually anybody quickly.

It turns out the times when people need healthcare the most is when they're the sickest, which is when they're least likely to be able to hold a job down, which is what most good insurances are tied to.
Aging population, weak yen, pension payments that are not enough for international travel, and cultural preference for expensive guided experiences all seem like reasonable factors here

Going to the US or Europe is a several thousand dollar commitment for the average Japanese person