skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Sometimes poor established renters also don't want change.

The way this is framed is so insidious. The "change" that "poor established renters" don't want is more expensive housing that they can't afford that will incentivize their current landlords to raise the rent on the properties they have and also change the local businesses to also raise prices.

It's not the same change.
I have experienced that for sure.

Reminds me though I have also experienced “I swear there is a word that sounds like “bla” that means xyz” and spend 30+ min trying to find it in dictionaries and it just doesn’t exist. Funny how the mind works.
I got into an extremely confusing situation where I worked across state lines. You have to report the income in both states, and both want to take the entire amount, unless those states have a reciprocity agreement.

I ended up filing incorrectly, claiming several hundred extra dollars in returns that I (probably?) didn't actually earn. This really looks like someone fraudulently claiming a credit for extra money.

The IRS sent me an email and a letter basically saying "hey you filed this wrong, but we fixed it, your actual return amount is this much less". End of story. I got my returns as expected and nothing else happened.

Honestly the simplest experience I have ever had with any agency of any government.
If you pay attention to the article, the previous theory of seawater + volcanic ash turns out to not be the main reason for it's durability. The lime clasts being a feature, not a bug, and hot mixing, are the new discoveries.
There are other, more hedonic treadmills as well. Aluminium used to be expensive enough to make fancy tableware from, but now that it is dirt cheap, people want to buy iPhones instead.

I hope there are some among us who (cf Carnegie) might view building the equivalent of libraries as a positional good?
~9 million Zen 3 cores is a lot of cores. The TOP500 site says it uses 21,100 kilowatts of power.
Wife and I stayed at Ronald McDonald House when our kid needed some doctors appts up in Salt Lake 4 hours away. Someone's youtube account was logged in, and I'm not sure how long it was that way. They really liked 'dr nosleep' channel apparently.
Well, for example this:

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/delisting_unreal_games_unr...

" due to the publisher’s decision, Unreal Tournament 2004 Editor's Choice Edition, Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition, Unreal Tournament GOTY, and Unreal Gold will be delisted from our catalog on December 23rd (Friday), 2 PM UTC."

A complete a*hole move, if you ask me. I understand they might want to release an UT-like "remastered" MMO, but Unreal? Unreal 2? Those are very good single player games. Currently there's no legal way to get those games anywhere. Should you want a copy, you should resort to ask the people with the casette tape and the crossbones, if you know what I mean. It's despicable when the rights holder of a game closes all avenues for a legal license, in my opinion.

I'm a cheapskate, I buy things from Epic because sometimes the offer or the price is too attractive for me, but they are fully deserving of any hatred they get. I buy from them only when their price is the lowest (or free). If their price is equal to somewhere else, I'd buy from that other place.
Presumably just "for now"

Plus I'm sure it works fine on Proton
After the first few rolled in I thought it would be quite a bit higher.

However there are thousands of inactive and revoked keys, so it's more accurate to say "I found only 57 that where not yet revoked by their authors".
How do you define a “problem”? Is poop on the streets a problem? Used syringes? Mountains of trash? High people blocking public areas? Mentally ill people shouting at night and waking up whole neighborhoods? Physical assaults on weaker looking people (women, elderly, etc)?
This is the everyday reality in SF.
they were not slippery that I noticed in my town. not sure why.

my town used dirt as the "mortar" between bricks, so there was no solid joint to degrade over time. I do remember crews going around and spreading small amounts of dirt on those roads, to refill what little rinsed away after spring thaw. they'd just have a guy following behind the truck with a push broom moving the dirt so it fell between bricks.

dirt is dirt cheap.
I just do this. Update the ubuntu line every 2 years or so. This runs as a cronjob on my synology with the working directory set to a directory that the Synology "Download Station" is watching. It picks up the torrents and does its thing. I come in every now and then and clean out the dot releases. It's not the best but it's not the worst either.

#!/bin/bash
wget -nH --cut-dirs=4 -r -l1 --no-parent -R "*.tmp" -A "*.torrent" https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/bt-dvd/
wget -nH --cut-dirs=4 -r -l1 --no-parent -R "*.tmp" -A "*.torrent" https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/bt-cd/
wget -nH --cut-dirs=4 -r -l1 --no-parent -R "*.tmp" -A "*.torrent" https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04/
rm *-DVD-{2,3}.iso.torrent debian-mac-*.torrent *.tmp *.loaded
Then, there are countries with regulations against fictitious self-employment. They’ll happily decide that your foreign contractor has been a full time employee, with all the protections of their local law. They’ll also hand you an invoice for all the missing social security and whatever other payments, plus a fine for misreporting.

Payroll companies are, sadly, the way to go here.
Hey this is so well done! You know, you could put the sun on one of the the two focii and ask the user to draw the elliptical orbit of the earth - perfect real-life usecase.
Kudos to your platform! Really cool. I'd also like to advice against skipping university. You might aim higher, but having some kind of degree helps opening some doors, especially in Germany.
But I also recommend checking out some internship or part-time opportunities. Wish you all of luck!

I'm a C# guy, so I might not be of any help, but I'm a professional developer for 10+ years here in Germany. So If you have any questions, you can find my email in the about page.
Others worth a look:

- Qwik[1]: code is very similar to React, only the interactive parts are sent to the browser, and they only execute on demand (eg when you interact with the thing)

- Astro[2]: probably the most popular “islands” framework, lets you bring your own interactive framework

- SolidStart[3]: doesn’t mention in the docs yet for some reason, but also supports “islands” in SolidJS, which is also one of the fastest client frameworks and also will feel familiar coming from React

[1]: https://qwik.builder.io/

[2]: https://astro.build/

[3]: https://start.solidjs.com/getting-started/what-is-solidstart
Well, I write plenty of Python code, so it actually comes up quite often. The annoyance with Python is that it just treats negative values as magic, so if you accidentally end up with a computed negative index, it silently does the wrong thing. But the alternative approach with explicit index-from-end syntax - whether like in C# and Nim, or like Julia and Matlab - doesn't have that problem; it's pure convenience.

And yes, of course, you can always do the same in some other, more verbose way. But why should we tolerate that verbosity when there's a solution that makes code both shorter and more readable? I rather hope that more languages will adopt one of these techniques.
Anecdotally yes.

I've used them in situations where the "ambient" music is ear-splittingly loud (Apple Watch saying GTFO or you're gonna go deaf). Aipods Pro 2 in and I can still hear what people are talking, but the loud noises are brought down considerably.

AW decibel check goes from 90 -> high 60/low 70 with ANC on.

Not as good as actual proper earplugs, especially the ones that look like pine trees, but I carry my Airpods with me everywhere - earplugs I don't. The Airpods go to the Airpods pocket in my jeans, I do have earplugs in my bag, but it's not with me at all times. My pants are =)
What decade do you live in where housing costs are proportional to the average population's income? Asking for a friend.
Subthread: anyone else wants to join my support group for people who don’t get these games? I tried rimworld, which seemed much easier to get into, and it seems like a sims-like game except that unlike sims it’s very unintuitive. I’ve been trying to figure out how to enjoy this game the same way I enjoyed sims when I was younger, and it dawned on me that I never really played sims the “correct” way and rather just did things because I wanted to see these things happen in my sims people’s lives. That makes sense. But what’s a colony? What do I want to do with that colony? I got confused by the lack of feedback from my decisions (or the complexity and depth of every decisions you can make) and realized at some point that I was not enjoying the game coz I was just trying to figure out the mechanics in order to win. Maybe I’m playing it wrong. Maybe the whole point of this game is to have some sort of digital terrarium?
Any domain you are especially interested to work in? Robotics, finance, media, sports, health?
> Only due to the small size though.

I think its not technically size at all, but:

(1) Heating output relative to size, and

(2) Fan capacity relative to size, and a less contribution from

(3) Arrangement of heating element and fan.
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Joplin, actually.
I'm sure you know this, but receiving a signal is the same thing as receiving energy. Take a random plot of land, build a grid of telephone poles, stretch conductive wire cables between the poles, and you've built an orbital power receiving station where the ground is still available for critters and plants. Make the plot wider to spread the energy over a larger area to make it safer for birds passing overhead, or narrower to punch out the atmosphere to improve the loss rate. There is a difference, and it's tunable.
I knew a bunch of people who manage to squeeze less than 4 hours of work in an 8 hour work day.

I kinda think TikTok, wow, candy crush, etc are are secretly funded by communists to bring down the capitalist west from within
But apparently the dolphins in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy did a bit more, than just having a good time in the water - because unlike the humans, they managed to find a way to leave the earth, when it was destroyed. (Book 4)

And this is not further explained in the book, but it likely sounds like technology. And when you want to have and use technology, you have to do more than just splashing around..
What Trouble Awaits Cloud Native Security in 2023?
In my country, not only 100%, but also 80% and 60% jobs are commonly available, and people do take them — often in order to spend more time with their kids.
Not them but just guessing... that most ADHD traits are only 'disordered' if you expect humans to be able to sit still, shut up, and focus exclusively on what you tell them to focus on for 8 hours a day?
I built a notes app specifically for capturing my HN links. It organises them both by date and topic so I can browse them by topic but also find “that one link from last week”.

https://kapanotes.com/cadbox1
Babur was probably the last man to hold the mountains with any seriousness, and he only held on for about a generation.

My general feeling is that "We control Afghanistan" said more honestly is something closer to "I am the mayor of Kabul!"
No need to pretend it’s healthier. Some things will be, some things won’t be. Definitely doesn’t take 3x in a home setting. If anything 3x faster start to finish in my experience.
Just use a toothpick or anything non-metallic and not too sharp to scrub out the earwax.

I thought I was going deaf when I couldn't hear my airpods even when the volume was cranked up to max. They were just covered in a film of wax :D
I was wondering why some circles seemed great but got low scores. To test your tip, I just made a square and got 92%
So why don't you disprove it?
> There's also still IBM AIX systems around, as well as IBM mainframes. Not my department though.

Are you saying some people still use IBM mainframes for CAD/CAE/etc applications? If yes, that's unexpected yet intriguing information, and I'd love to know more.

Although maybe you were just stating the obvious that IBM mainframes survive in general even if no longer in this particular domain.
The prediction is $400k/yr income and 4 hours a day.

We made it approx 1/6th of the way to the income goal and maybe 1/6th of the way to the time goal, when you account for improved vacation time, sick leave, mat/pat leave, remote work time, etc. all of which consume some of the productivity gain.

The big gap is that productivity growth rates didn't really sustain after 1970s leading to slower income growth and slower free time growth (see flattening of curve https://ourworldindata.org/working-hours).
no need to be skeptical, it's just one search away: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/ra...

You may even ignore this particular ranking, but it really doesn't matter, because neither Honolulu nor Miami, with all due respect, have anything close to either school, let alone both (or half a dozen of UC's in driving distance)

Also, very subjective, but I can't bear the humidity in FL and HI for more than a week, so saying it's all similarly good weather in all those places doesn't make sense to me.

But really, it's a combination of all of these things in one place.
Everyone is quick to say something like, "You're not living by the same standards that were the norm 90 years ago." The response is wanting. Notably, it's not the same as saying, "You could work that much if you wanted--so long as you're willing to endure the same living standards as 90 years ago." That doesn't seem to be true; the choice to opt for those standards doesn't seem to be there.
For me, general low energy and brain fog for years was low thyroid level. Your level could have been declining for a while unrelatedly, but at the same time, as your trauma. In addition to level, after diagnosis and initial mitigation via artificial thyroid replacement medication, I had to switch to natural thyroid replacement. Finally, had to adjust diet too; finally back to a generally decent state. Get checked and rule this out!
This is how I accomplish basically the same thing - https://gist.github.com/Gestas/30ac0c3a07404174d0d7b66068221....

It requires a local file with a list of channels/playlists. I use Jellyfin (https://jellyfin.org/) as the frontend/video player.
I don't know of a single home in the UK that doesn't have a convection oven.

Where do you live?
Can we just move them to the US in one go? Asking for a friend.
Dear Fellow Information Hoarders – Join Me
TLDR: I read a lot. You read a lot. Let's highlight and share what we read together.

I'm a fellow information hoarder. I had long work commutes on public transit, so I used my passive time to read and learn everyday to try and grow 1% each day.

I used GMail drafts body to save links and the subject as searchable tags. I saved thousands of entries this way before I noticed two things: 1.) I'm actually interested in only a few parts of each link and want an easy way to return to those parts in the future, and 2.) I wish I could see the parts of links other dedicated readers found useful which would both help discover quality resources and save time with highlights acting as a preview or summary.

So I actually built a social annotation web overlay that saves to a web app that's both an aggregator and social network: https://www.kontxt.io/. I publicly share most of what I read and highlight on my profile https://www.kontxt.io/profiles/d.

Hacker News is one of my seed sites I visit multiple times a day, so I created a group for myself and other HN readers to see people's highlights of links on HN: https://www.kontxt.io/groups/23423/documents. Feel free to join and share your highlights, or just quickly view all the best parts of the links on HN highlighted by others.

It would bring me no greater joy than to see the hundreds of thousands of lines of code I've developed over six years be used to unite avid readers on HN and fellow information addicts to learn and grow together as a community. Stay curious--and keep reading!
Yep it's called furrow irrigation and I see it used extensively here in the CA desert. It is one of the cheapest, but least efficient forms of irrigation.
I couldn't decide whether/how to vote as I couldn't work out if it was sarcasm. It seems like it must be, but it's written so earnestly.
Have you tried renting with a lack of a credit score or with a tanked score? It is increasingly out of reach.
Fun game. I would kinda like some sound effects when i complete a combo.
I got 2.6 for starting close, then circling a big circle, like this https://pasteboard.co/vYFY7MSrgcoD.png
PS1, ironically could be fixed with this trick.
When building is made a luxury, only luxuries will be built. Quelle surprise! And this is supposed to be an argument against YIMBY?
AFAICT they don't process payments.
I purchased a copy and don’t even have a windows machine to play it on. Cheers to them for their success. It is well-deserved!
> How many parents would rather have a 5-day daycare or schools, so that they won't be exhausted for staying with their kids for so many hours?

Wow. I (and many people I know) have switched to jobs with fewer hours but lower pay just to be able to spend more time with my kids. This mindset that ones' own kids are to be avoided as much as possible is mind boggling to me.
Skrill (not on the list, but seems to be in the same space as PayPal) has some crypto features. No idea about the details, since I just saw it mentioned on the website, but didn't go further.
The relevant conceptual distinction seems to be whether the aerodynamics of the blade(s) are conceptually independent, or interdependent. Better explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller_(aeronautics)#Aircra...
Baratza Encore burr grinder! I might upgrade soon, but it's served me incredibly well for a year.

Also got a Craigslist road bike from the 80s for ~$250 cad (less than $200 USD). It's needed a few repairs but has absolutely been worth it and impactful to the year.

Also a good compact air sleeping pad for backpacking. Haven't used it as much as I'd have liked, but its made a few moments much more pleasant.
Is This a Good Idea?
I have trouble with the premise. Organizational problems are not the hardest problems a company faces, not by a long shot. Rather, organizational problems are a manifestation of leadership dysfunction, and by leadership I mean senior leadership (board of directors, CEO and down). They are easy to fix when the right-minded people are in charge and impossible to fix when they're not.

Unless engineering managers are promoted to the board, it's unlikely they can make any change possible. Since the article doesn't mention that, it's just marketing fluff.
I thought it was a really interesting interview. If an ML system has been trained to identify whether or not a picture has a cat in it, it is very tempting to anthropomorphize this and say “the system has learned what cats are” but this is not what is really happening from the model’s point of view. The system doesn’t know what the difference between a picture of cat is vs a real cat or how cats behave or what mammals are or anything. It just knows the data in and yes/no out.
Modern AI that can generate text, pictures or videos are truly phenomenal accomplishments but adding larger training sets, structural complexity and output capabilities does not really seem to be getting any closer to a General AI. Something with the framework for a level of agency that could say “wait, what exactly are these cat things I keep getting asked about?”
The argument goes that, without the ability to self construct that higher level framework and then question the integrity of that mental model, current generation AI’s will always act erratically (at least from a human perspective).
I regret buying a monitor without a VESA mount :-( (it was really cheap and is decent otherwise)
2Checkout, DigitalRiver, FastSpring, Paddle and Payoneer used to be reasonably popular in "old-school" shareware circles.

These aren't payment processors. They all come from pre-Stripe times and they are so-called "registration services".

These are effectively resellers, providing "full service" that includes order processing, customer callbacks (fraud detection), distribution of activation codes, first line of support for licensing inquiries, etc. -- all the things that used to be complicated in the era when people ordered by phone, fax and email, paid with cheques and the software was licensed fully offline using either procedurally-generated codes or codes hardcoded into executables.

They all are still stuck there - rigid, clunky, buggy and, above all, unnecessary expensive.

These aren't Stripe alternatives. These are dinosaurs desperately clinging to life.
All battery powered in-ear headphones have the same "problem".

It's nearly impossible to make something that small _and_ get a 10/10 iFixit score. You can't put any sane screws in anything that small, stuff needs to be glued down.
I blame bullshit jobs and management. I can be productive with less than 40 hours, I can't be a manager/PM/VP's butler if I'm away from my computer.
On the one hand, I did actually miss that. On the other hand, no; I don't believe that even clips would fly today.
"Chemistry might be important"

Conc is nearly all about chemistry. You mention curing rather than drying so you surely have some idea about what is going on. The Romans did not have electron microscopes so could not watch the way the matrix develops around the aggregate etc etc from the get go. To be fair, I fried my first sample in the beam at college by over focussing.

They didn't use rebar because they generally built in compression - arches etc. Rebar and pre-stressing enables members to cope much better under tension. A PS beam or slab is a modern marvel and even protects the steel from fire - bonus.

Cure times: weather/environment. In hot climes you need to stop the water buggering off the surface and leaving cracked and spalling surfaces before it even cures. It may also over heat (exothermic reaction). Cold - slower curing, too cold - no cure and frozen water (total disaster). Underwater - watch your fines wandering off and going for a smoke behind a reef and your structure collapsing, unless you keep them in place.

Concrete curing is not like smoking a joint of meat! A quick or slow cure may be indicated depending on conditions. We have admixtures and all sorts to fiddle with parameters. Then you have things like grading and composing your agg. and other exciting stuff.

I could go on at some length - it is really, really complicated. Roman engineers managed to invent an ancient wonder of chemistry and physics that was concrete. Their approach to its use and improvements was obviously rather better than what passed for science and medicine at the time! They do seem to have experimented and gone with what worked best but it was never deliberately developed from first principles. The self healing thing was probably a happy accident.

A Roman engineer had some rather different design constraints than a modern Civil. For starters, failure could quite legitimately be blamed on the god's displeasure. "When that bridge was commissioned, we made all the correct sacrifices and anyway, you are holding it wrong, I mean walking on it incorrectly".

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The knowledge is actually gone, like Damascus Steel (what we have today is just a visual reproduction) and Greek Fire.

For a more recent example: we already "forgot" how to make the spaceships and rockets that went to the moon. Even if you had the full plans - and apparently we don't, a lot of the materials and processes are not around anymore and would have to be 'reinvented'.
Since dolphins evolved a couple of times, they might had that tech lying around just in case. The point stands, dolphins use their tech so they can muck about in the water. Humans to compete in a rat race and for survival in its essence. Which come to think of it, is absolutely absurd if for any intelligent species. So we aren’t that smart.