skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
For many people this isn't true.

It's not uncommon for people to _commit suicide_ over things they are being blackmailed about.

Plus people doing the blackmailing aren't stupid. They don't go "we know you lied on your clearance form about smoking weed once. Get us that top secret document!"

They start with something much lower risk and then leverage compliance into higher and higher value targets.
Ask HN: Best software for diagramming a series of martial art strategies?
I'm in a martial art, and I'm looking for software that would help me diagram my strategies in different sparring situations. I want this to be a visual diagram.

It should allow me to show, say:

I) if I'm in stance X and my opponent is stance Y

A) I can do this

a) he can react with A

1) to which I can do blah

2) or something else

b) or he can react with B

1) to which I can do something

2) or something else

B) or I can do this

C) or I can do this

II) whereas if I'm in stance Y and he's also in Y

III) or if I'm in stance Y and he's in X

etc.

But I want to be able to have "situations" which can be referred to in multiple places in the diagram... Since many situations would be reachable via multiple roads. Those shouldn't need to be duplicated.

And it would also be useful to have searchable attributes automatically added: e.g. show all decision nodes that are "children" of a certain grip position... even if those children are in radically different branches of the map.

And finally it would be great if I could also in this visual scheme easily link to other relevant info (e.g. drop in a video clip of a technique).

I want to be able to start creating the drawing from anywhere (in other words, start inputting a random situation in) and then insert it into the hierarchy at will...

Does this all make sense? Any ideas about the best software for this sort of thing?
While we're worrying about that, the Epoch Times are similarly known liars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times
Would you also claim your money back if Twitter closed down? If your logic became reality you could kiss goodbye to any third-party client for any type of network service. The Twitter clients are not at fault here. It's 100% on Twitter/Musk.
Good Software Architectures are mostly about Boundaries
At least on recent Android versions, it blocks you from screenshotting it, FWIW.
It depends on the dish. With burgers, for example, I much prefer an Impossible Burger patty to any meat-based burger for the flavor alone. I also love vegetable-based dishes, but I seek out Impossible meat in addition to those. I also enjoy mostly non-prepackaged, unprocessed food, but it doesn't have to be all or nothing. You can enjoy both.
> They can do rapid updates to the iOS and Android apps

Sort of! I haven't updated my iOS install in many months. I don't see the new fake blue checks or a handful of other dumb new features, it's kind of great!
So maybe they can't sue the company making a third party app. But take Discord for instance. It's against the Discord terms of service to use a third party client, and there are stories of Discord banning users who do use third-party clients.

Now, Discord doesn't need to sue anyone to stop me from using a third party client—the threat of being banned is enough deterrent to keep me on the official client.
There is a conspiracy theory that Elon himself wrote that tweet, which IMO tracks.
Here's what Musk said about Twitter an hour ago (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1616179085507702785):

> "Twitter is arguably already the least wrong source of truth on the Internet, but we obviously still have a long way to go.

> Enabling @CommunityNotes to operate at very large scale and providing maximum transparency about how Twitter works are fundamental to building trust."

It's maximum shamelessness.
Timing is everything, as they say.
Android and iOS have had automatic background updates (on by default) for years.
My understanding is that polyethylene, one of the most common plastics, has no double bonds, and the exact same ratio of carbon:hydrogen as shorter carbon chains. Simply breaking the polymer into short chains should literally give you oil. Why not?
+1 for The Art of Problem Solving
Pretty much this, I don't care if taste is 50-80% facsimile, but I expect cost to be so as well, and nutrition profile to be superior.
Thats possible, however it seems like most folks who are disappointed in it are trying to use it inappropriately.

For me, it has turned out to be a massive productivity enhancer, when used to augment an existing set of skills rather than replace it. I think of it as a "cognitive workhorse" that can do the crappy parts of generating lots of stuff that I can go back and edit later. I much prefer this method over having to do the initial generation myself. Its worked great for me for both writing technical(ish) docs and for generating code.

Much of the time though I feel like it only works as well as it does for me because I'm not asking it to do anything I couldn't do myself (albeit with more mental effort), which means I am able to immediately spot any issues and ask it to improve or expand on its answer.

The nice thing about generating code too is that you'll know pretty quick if it works or not. By the time its actually working, I've gone through and checked each line and made sure all the tests pass and test the correct things.
That EM likes to burn bridges does not change the nature of your transaction with Twitterific. You did not pay for access to Twitter: you paid for an app that you received. Asking for a refund is ... questionnable.
Safety tests of insecticides inadequate for bees
Take out Tether-denominated loans.
Netflix founder Reed Hastings stepping down as co-CEO
Reminds me of the time I said the fuck word kinda loudly in public in Provo, Utah. Had people looking at me like I'd just grown a second head.

That's kinda why I always say "the fuck word" instead of "the eff word". I've had too many interactions where somebody felt comfortable correcting my word choice for me to be polite about it. ("Fuckin' heck!" is pretty fun too; people just don't know how to respond.)
I read it at first take as if it was "CVE-2023-32049: 'su' has critical privilege escalation venerability"
So the attacker gets access to the plaintext passwords but not the rest of the database or the ability to skip the 2FA server-side, and the site doesn't notice. Guess I can see that happening still, since the password DB is likely separate.
I think I would prefer a greycat to be among the people helping me most of the time. Being correct and helpful even if you are not nice about it is still pretty good.

I think answerers can be correct, helpful and nice, but getting a least two of those is good enough to be worth listening to.
The Stack Overflow redesign a couple years back drew so much outrage at the time! I hated it too! But now that we're all used to it, if you go back in the archives and look at the previous design... it was worse. The new design was better, it just took some getting used to.

Let me suggest another hypothesis: both designs are equivalent^ and you just hated the feeling of unfamiliarity twice. That feeling passes with time like everything does.

Users don’t like change, that’s the correct part. New is better - that part may be incorrect by exactly the same argument. Users don’t like change-back too, and you are a user.

Btw, the first thing I’ve added to stylebot on SO was a bigger width for the content column, so that most of regular code snippets wouldn’t have an h-scroll.

Btw2, I almost screwed up my comment twice because someone decided to redesign the text selection popup menu on latest ios 16.x. They now AI/ML/whatever cut-copy-paste button positions, so my muscle memory hits the wrong one constantly. Thankfully, HN rules don’t allow me to explain what I think of this “new design”.

With years I understood one thing: you won’t be heard and the only reasonable action to take is to ignore. I believe 90% of users do just that - say f it and ignore, because the alternative is to shout into the void.

^ ignoring new functionality (if any) which could have been added without redesigning.
a couple of days ago? it says "one hour ago"... wait, this is a link to the page we're on.
No. All they have to do is to deny access to the old app with a "you must update to the new version of the app" alert, and people will comply.
You’re nuts, I use it to generate all my employee reviews, props etc. I used it to come up with high level interview questions. I used it to generate a JD. I used it to write a podcast. I could not disagree with you more. It’s… smart and witty and honestly almost feels like a real person sometimes rather than a token generator.
I can’t help but think these articles are PR.
I continue to use AirBnB many times per year and always have better and less expensive experiences than hotels.
Maybe I’m good at selecting houses?
The key to my success might be group buys. I always go with 4+ friends so the price goes down a lot per person. I’ve done multiple trips with 10+ people and the price is super cheap given how incredibly fun these kinds of trips are.
My 3 fiends and I recently did a long weekend that had king size beds, a hot tub, beautiful kitchen, etc… all for the price of $70 per person per night…
I had to get a hotel a few months ago with a friend and a Red Roof was more expensive than that.
In the linked video, one of the kkrieger devs (kb) comments and addresses some FAQs
WeWork Trims Staff: 300 Jobs Cut Amid Portfolio Optimization Efforts
A third place? I'm not sure I even have a second anymore
- WeWork announced plans for headcount reductions, accounting for approximately 300 roles in its global workforce

- The layoffs are part of the company's portfolio optimization and streamlining operations

- The company has not specified the positions or regions that will be affected by the layoffs
But what if you said you were kidnapped by people in police uniforms and forced to pay a ransom?
I honestly think they are just out of touch. It's easy to convince yourself that something is a good idea when all your colleagues are agreeing with you. I think often times they might not fully realize they are on this global stage and their words will be torn apart.
That was never a rule, and they removed the last vestiges of the guideline entirely a couple years ago.

https://www.engadget.com/twitter-new-developer-terms-ban-thi...

> In fact, Twitter previously changed its developer policies in 2021 to remove a section that discouraged — but didn't prohibit — app makers from "replicating" its core service. The change was part of a broader shift by Twitter to improve its relationship with developers, including the makers of third-party clients.

The guidelines they introduced in 2011:

https://web.archive.org/web/20211105230857/https://developer...

See the section titled "If you create a service that replicates Twitter’s core experience or features you will be subject to additional rules beyond what is already included in the Developer Policy."

It very clearly permits clients like Tweetbot and Twitteriffic. It only applies additional conditions to them, which they've entirely complied with.
Somebody would be willing to do it for the clout
ZeroSSL is pretty much the worst. If you need TLS certs, don't use them.
'have you ever been kidnapped' is a different question than 'have you ever been arrested', I suppose.
“Their decision looks great in hindsight. If something totally different happened they would look stupid” sounds like an amazing compliment, but the tone of your comment sounds like you didn’t mean to compliment them?
Not much. No one cares about Reddit that much, it doesn't have the ridiculous level of venture capital attached that forces leadership to short-term benefits only, and most importantly: Reddit caves when the mods of major subs do collective action. Twitter and FB have in house moderation, whereas Reddit is completely at the mercy of the volunteer mods.
Courtesy of you know who...

There are several songs that have been named after computer terminology, some examples include:

"404" by The Notwist
"Blue Screen of Death" by The Flashbulb
"Error" by Depeche Mode
"Fatal System Error" by Fear Factory
"File Not Found" by John Foxx
"HTTP Error 503" by The Postal Service
"Kernel Panic" by The Faint
"Server Error" by The Radio Company
"System Error" by Covenant
"404 Error" by The Algorithm

I'm not actually convinced any of these songs really exist?
There is an album "File Not Found" by "Division By Zero" though.
It's hardly a conspiracy theory considering he boasted about writing the "This account may or may not be notable" text for the "legacy" (real) verification checks.
Well, I can't say we didn't try.

I remember how excited my boss, Andre, was when he discovered the Jabber protocol. He convinced Webb Interactive to spin off Jabber.com as a subsidiary, and I went with him. Our first space was the former office of Webb's chairman, with four of us in there. Later, when the company moved from Glenarm Street to Wynkoop Street, we had part of the floor above Webb's floor. I spent a lot of time working on the bridge from Jabber to ICQ, which was always kind of touchy. And we did have a nice booth at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference in Monterey.

Then came the dot-com crash, and Andre was forced to lay off a bunch of people, including me. He didn't want to do it; I think he was as much in tears as I was. Eventually, I understand, Jabber.com was bought by Cisco. And Webb Interactive eventually kind of sputtered out.

I had some rough times, but I'm doing a lot better now after a bunch of other job moves (not to mention a gender transition). Andre's got Ping Identity now, and he's finally having the kind of success he deserves.
I really like Jitsi Meet. In about 30 minutes I went from nothing to a fully working Jitsi Meet server and a fully working Excalidraw whiteboard! Now I use Jitsi Meet all the time for quick discussions with random people about all sorts of topics of interest to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rlffwHUchk

Granted it took me months to get to this point being new to Linux and not knowing anything about Prosody, Jibri, or even what a repository is. :D
Fair to who? If you're going to pay for a product you aren't receiving, I'm sure you could find a better recipient. Every charity would love to sell you nothing.
All of those are a lot lower level. Retool focuses on drag-and-drop UI and making connections to databases and external services.
EU votes to address loot boxes, gold farming, and gaming addiction
I moved to https://man.openbsd.org/doas long ago.
Because what we need is more of the what was done, with no regard to the why. Why provide any context as to why the change was made when you can fill it with an AI description of what one could accurately tell by looking at the code? I kinda can't believe this isn't a joke. Just squash it to the emoji that best captures the sentiment! Why use the tool to enhance you and your peers lives, when you can use AI to make it pointless!
They're both using the new design for me.
Haha that's amazing! Hopefully the pilots weren't too phased. Thanks for sharing

Did some further digging and it looks like it does have a tendency to gum. From wikipedia, "The viscosity of castor oil at 10 °C is 2,420 centipoise,[28] but it tends to form gums in a short time, so its usefulness is limited to engines that are regularly rebuilt, such as racing engines. Lubricant company Castrol took its name from castor oil."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_oil#Lubrication
Davos is really a nice town the rest of the year when Schwab and his elitist circus is not there. Shame its name has become a metonym for WEF.
Data point: Spotlight and the Gmail app searches work great for me. What issues are you seeing?

Have you tried rebuilding your Spotlight index? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

Have you tried rebuilding your Mail.app index? https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/rebuild-mailboxes-mlhlp...
Well, I no longer trust the process. That was the basic meaning behind everyone is corrupt.
> I'm sure their bank balance is doing just fine

Source?
The reasoning I saw was that regardless of origin, finger-pointing was counterproductive to the primary goal of dealing with the immediate concerns of the pandemic. Firefighters do their job first, then the forensics team comes in after. Now is the appropriate time for investigating how it happened.
Heh… there are really two types of coders. Those who things commits should have a single, obvious, minimal purpose, and who will split off unrelated changes into separate commits…

… and those who tag you as a reviewer on +8,298, -1,943 commits/PRs with the commit message "JIRA-PROJ-84138".
What is an AE?
You are minimizing the situation with your metaphor. It's more like if you arrived at the house and they told you that you can't get in at all. Would you ask for a refund?
> think this is more that we're entering a post material scarcity economy

No we’re not. Materials for housing, etc are just as expensive as ever. Food still has to be heavily subsidized by the government directly and indirectly (“water rights”).

Post-scarcity is a fantasy world used to justify heavily socialist policies that allow people to not work without having to wonder who does have to work.
Incredible work, and great explanation, thank you. Could you comment more on the cost of running this (e.g. per query or per hour, or however it's set up)? Where are you running the model from?

Also, could you provide more details on the cross encoder used for reranking?

Btw, if you already have all these song embeddings, it would be very interesting to be able to pick a song, and get all the similar ones in a playlist (sort of like "Song radio" on Spotify)!
Something more parasocial more like it.

Remember, if Musk puts you out of work, you're a refugee, but if anyone else puts you out of work, you're merely unfortunate.
Read the link instead of replying based on the title.
Why North American Buses Are Just Worse (RMTransit)
Wow! thanks for pointing both of them. I especially learned for months in laracasts and happy to see how it grows now.
WIll definitely add both of them to the list

Thanks!
I don't own an expensive car. I would question why youre willing to spend 1000s on something that looks pretty though. Or we could go further and question what 'prettyness' is? Is it something objective, and in that case why are cars redesigned ever few years? Or is prettyness a proxy for some kind of fitting in with a group, and if you own pretty things, it says you're part of a group, and if you have prettier things your status in the group goes up?

Frankly I'd be more convinced by an explanation that you need to get where your going quickly, even though my rhetorical Toyota is fully capable of the speed limit.
This might be an interesting language model. However people care about ChatGPT entirely due to its quality, which this doesn’t demonstrate yet.
I believe ya, was just trying to visualize how to do it without ruining the label. Too bad 33s don't have a nice place for a finger like 45s and CDs do.
I haven’t used those apps, but I figure it doesn’t do anything those apps don’t do.

I just prefer Ivory’s UI. For me, it’s a nicer app to use.
Show HN: Unleash Flutter SDK
I was hoping GPT-3 was going to give the reasons
Nuclear explosion impact on humans indoors (2022)
The problem facing Twitter 2.0 is that Musk is personally driving product development and he has essentially no empathy for users.

Can you blame him? He hasn’t needed it until now. His companies either specialize in binary-outcome engineering challenges (rocket flies/explodes) or products where Musk himself is the user, like a kid designing his own toys (and calling them “S/3/X/Y”). Turns out that a lot of people want to drive the car that he wants to drive himself, so he probably thinks this impeccable taste applies to any kind of product.

But Twitter, unlike a car, is used by hundreds of millions of people
in thousands of completely different ways. He has no idea of what the experience is like for someone with only a handful of followers, or blind, or trans, or Algerian, or retired, a teenage girl, a suicidal anorexic, etc. etc. — and he doesn’t seem at all interested in trying to understand.
This may also be the reason why Google Wave failed.
T-Mobile Says Hackers Stole Data on About 37M Customers
That's because you're not supposed to ask the lawyer if you should do something. You ask their boss if you can do it and ask them them how to do it.
3D map of solar system local bubble magnetic field
many of the most core US IT infrastructure projects- government and commercial- depend on IBM 360 assembly code or another IBM system, written decades ago that has been repeatedly scaled to handle the increase in load.

Two I can think of: SABRE and the IRS. See more here: https://www.nextgov.com/cxo-briefing/2016/05/10-oldest-it-sy...

Personally I have a ton of respect for production systems that can be scaled in place for 50 years. But I don't have any interest in learning to run IBM mainframes or code for them- I'm preparing for lots of contract work in 2037.
two trends have me highly concerned:
1) the baby boomers are now starting to retire in large numbers and they will go from investing and lending to consuming, selling stocks, etc.
2) population decline is a thing. many countries have already started the downward trend, and most of the world will be declining by 2050.

this puts a huge ? on all asset classes.

Some other points about stocks, their 10% returns was done by many studies that looked at performance between 1952 and 1999 (just after the great depression ended and just before the dotcom bust).

almost all asset classes over that 20 year period (1999-2019) out performed stocks, including gold and oil.
Ask HN: How to Sell in an Unknown Market?
How do you sell in a market you find yourself into but know nothing about?

By knowing nothing I don’t mean specifically the products but more like the market dynamics, customer behaviors and so on?
Thanks for pointing her out. Will add her to the list. I often see unique form of delivering content in twitter.
David Crosby Dead: The Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash Founder Was 81
Does Apple give refunds for four-year old app downloads?
The most important lesson here, is that when you realize that the person is asking for X when they wanted Y, make sure to somehow say something critical, sarcastic, or dismissive. That way along with a bit of knowledge that helps them for a moment, you are also delivering a blow to their self-confidence, that will be a detriment for the rest of the day (or, if they were already lacking in confidence, perhaps many days). This may not work on veteran co-workers, but it will work especially well with anyone lacking experience or suffering from Imposter Syndrome.
account executive (sales rep)
Wait, what ?

I am looking at the rear ports of the M2 pro and I see 4x TB4 ports and 1x HDMI ... can't this drive 5x displays ?

If not, why not ?
> Remember when the Gulf of Tonkin incident was “for real really real” and we invaded Vietnam?

Well, no, the US military was (openly) in Vietnam in support of South Vietnam long before the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Heck, the US military was there (again overtly) in support of France for several years before South Vietnam existed as such. And, ironically, they were there in support of the Viet Minh – which later became both North Vietnam and the Viet Cong – even before that, with almost no break between, starting in July 1945.

Insofar as there was an international incident that led to the US invasion of Vietnam it was – though it took a few years for the response – Pearl Harbor, not the Gulf of Tonkin. All the subsequent fighting in Indochina was breakdown in relation between erstwhile allies who were all already present, after the Japanese were driven out and had surrendered.
There are some Lockhart books mentioned on this page.
Where would you use this? Most languages have good enough string processing to imitate a lot of what AWK does