skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This philosophy of praising exploitation is actually one of the things I liked least about America and one of the things I found most refreshing when I emigrated. It's pervasive through American society that pulling the wool over the eyes of shadowy entities (large corporations, the government etc...) is a virtue but every time it's done it pulls a lot of money out of the hands of people that could use it more and further concentrates wealth. It's also part of the virtue package that allowed a recent presidential candidate to proudly proclaim that they'd not share their tax returns while talking about how much money they'd fleeced the government for and they were openly praised for these actions while running for the highest office.

Yes coinbase is a pretty shifty entity and probably didn't deserve so much funding in the first place but this individual managing to walk away with such an insane amount of money while making no contribution even approaching this level of value doesn't deserve praise - they're a prime example of the rot that is deeply set in America and causing wealth inequality to spiral out of control.
> It will trim the fat

More like cutting of fingers. Layoffs at mass scale are not "low performers" or individuals that are (as individuals) redundant. It is just people picked in some Excel sheet.
Same feeling here. This is called “staff augmentation” contracting and is the easiest to find but the closest to FT employment. It can make sense if you get to a high rate or you can convince clients to do 3/4 days a week kindof arrangements

I too would like to find true consulting opportunities but feel that it’s gonna be tough unless you become well known. Another in between approach is to have a more fixed, productized offering… the only one I can think of for someone with a typical full stack skill set is to build MVPs… you could also teach courses…

Or if you can get together with some friends you enjoy working with and form your own mini agency this can be an enjoyable approach

EDIT: One more idea which I know is done is to develop your own framework or set of processes for your client base, but still charge somewhere in between what you have and building it from scratch. But again this isn’t possible in a staff aug situation as you’ll be beholden to the existing team’s tools and processes.
The article listed his options price at $18.71, so even with a slump in the share price they're still valuable, albeit a large multiple less
>IMO they trashed their brand by sacking people before they were found guilty.

To be fair, AS simply said they've ended their relationship with Roiland without saying why. Are you not also doing the same thing to AS here that you're accusing them of doing to Roiland (eg, making a proof-less accusation and terminating your relationship with the show because of it)?
Also... Is there a way to gift a subscription? This is the kind of thing new parents usually don't have the time to search for themselves.
I don't get why you would want this. It seems like its taking away all the key advantages of the sqlite approach and leaving only the disadvantages.
6 figures seems like a low ARR multiple, but maybe my perspective is skewed from very large acquisitions. What is a common multiple at this size?
I think this still falls under the user education section. Just as a rather frowned upon form of education.
It is a valid reason, and I took a leave after my mom died. But I'd rather take a beating than use it as part of a glib, self-serving announcement like this.
Is it not like a clinical trial with a sample size of 1 and no control group? Seems no less self indulgent than a big house or boat.
South Korea. Be specific about it.
The true measure is will a very young child notice and/or care. My guess is they won't and they'll like the story. Only the adults reading it will notice something off/weird/"uncanny" about it.

But of course, it's the adults buying/distributing these books so you still need to "sell" it to them first.
The median shareholder in Microsoft, Google and Amazon is likely a lower economic class than the median employee at these corporations if I had to guess.

The framing of ordinary workers getting the boot so fat cats can buy bigger yachts is seductive but I can just as easily frame it as:

Fixed income, middle America boomers entrusted these companies to be good stewards of their capital but it was instead spent on paying high six figure salaries to coastal city professionals from elite schools to do work of dubious value.
Yea, I love how people just throw out statements like "they're not novel, they're remixes" with absolutely zero justification. What a complex AI like ChatGPT is and isn't is a very interesting conversation. But I'm not sure people realize just how much their personal bias factors in to the conversation. So often people offer something as obvious fact which has no factual basis.
> ADS-B is simply the aircraft voluntarily reporting its own GPS coordinates

True, but that is ultimately the case for all flights outside of primary radar coverage.
Yep. Part of the problem is the set of incentives surrounding these huge centralized databases of consumer preference - the folks holding the reins have no reason to fix the situation because they make money off the circumstances as well.

This was effectively the situation with the internet when the Goog came in and wrecked everyone's cash cow - because it was valuable enough to take the hit and prospect for future value to undermine the status quo.

I see two ways to break the current stalemate:

- Some 'new google' comes by and does to google what google did to Yahoo et al.

- Somebody creates a system that does the same job, but distributed. You control your recommendation algorithm, so you can prune it as you want.

I really really want the second one, but I haven't yet figured out how one would get the necessary data. There's a bootstrapping problem here - in order for recommendation algorithms to work, you need a ton of folks creating data for them. In order to get those folks, you would need to have a good enough recommendation algorithm to attract them.

I'm wondering now, though, if data on user preferences is for sale somewhere. Like, if I wanted to bootstrap such a system, is there some adtech business somewhere that has information on what books / music / etc people like, and how much would it cost to get that in there?

But now, of course, because you're looking at spending a bunch of money to bootstrap - you're hobbled by the need to be profitable to make that back. Stuck in Trapitalism.
I didn't think it's important, but will add the resources to the article. Thanks for the feedback.
it's going to be a long road for a lot of people who can't flex with these kinds of changes
So I never played the Wii game, but I was under the impression it was a modern (at the time) remake. Also, yes, I didn't read the article, but after clicking, I know this is just a re-release of the actual n64 title on modern systems upscaled.
That's the point it will not lead to weight gain. But according to CICO they should become fat, but they won't.
And if this is possible by not having one hormone. That is quite a big discovery.
The human body is way more complex then one hormone. And fat gain can be due to many reasons, another hormone could be cortisol, bad sleep, Obesogens[0].

If CICO does not factor in what is not stored or digested. Therefor it's a flawed model.
Therefor it would be better to look at what is working, and wath was working before we got unto the low fat craze.
In the 1950 up to 1980 bodybuilders where eating low carb high protein diets.
Everyone was thin back then, just now we are returning to knowlegde.

But the thing is according to latest science obesity the focus is not on CICO anymore. Would be great if more people would be willing to conduct their own N=1 studies and try low carb dieet, keto, or intermittent fasting. It works the same way by keeping insulin low. It might do wonders.

[0]https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/what-are-obesogens

[1]https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/stop-counting...
Brain implant allows ALS patient to communicate at 60 words per minute[1].

[1]https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/24/1067226/an-als-p...
> Soldiers “cited IVAS 1.0’s poor low-light performance, display quality, cumbersomeness, poor reliability, inability to distinguish friend from foe, difficulty shooting, physical impairments and limited peripheral vision as reasons for their dissatisfaction,” per the DOT&E assessment.
Offer one...
They can complain now but it reeks of jealously instead of actual anger at the “grift.” When conditions were different nobody cares this dude got a ton of equity because they got equity as well.
Illegal at the federal level, no?
Hello! I've been looking for a library like this for C# and another for Python - I'm not sure which terms to Google to find them!
AFAIK it's mostly remembered for being a 4-player FPS at a time when those were rare for consoles. It was an above average movie tie-in game, but famously doesn't hold up to the sleepover-tinted nostalgia. E.g. the 4-player mode runs at single digit frames per second and the controls are far from ideal for players used to modern dual analog stick controllers
Learning to Troubleshoot Crossplane
How/where did you sell your projects?
Linq in Excel is very interesting.
Ever since they got digital keys I do not even talk to the hotel front desk

I am not worried about a 1% edge case
Tells you something about the alternatives they have.
That's an interesting observation and something I somewhat suspect myself.

Google's long been criticised for byzantine and ineffective hiring and ranking processes. The thought occurs that perhaps management have decided that unbiased random staff reductions are the least-harmful way to go about this.

The problem remains that under circumstances of layoffs, those with options to do so are still more likely to leave, resulting in a net negative selection against the most effective and productive workers. (Or at least those who can make a case for appearing to be same.)

I'm not utterly convinced of the above, though it's a working hypothesis and will be interesting to see how it plays out over time.
Maybe, and this might be a controversial take, nobody should be paid $105 million - because maybe nobody is actually generating that much value on their own.
Wow....

> Now that I'm pretty much poverty-trapped, at least for the next few years, I'm fine with death.

If you're poverty trapped for the next few years, I'll warn you now that death is fairly long term. Longer than a few years for sure.

I really hope you get the break you need, internet friend.
I use microacquire for this.
I can try. I was obsessed with this game when it was new, but I was young (12 to 14 years old) and not nearly as analytical and experienced in software as I am now, so going back a lot with memory.

The world the game created felt so much more real than any other FPS at the time. The 3D graphics (true 3D was new at the time) were absolutely stunning. The N64 controls were also very novel and incredible, which added significantly to the feel. The trigger button, the rumble pack, the joystickj, etc were very new.

The different weapons available were varied by capabilities and limitations, and led to some fun and interesting scenarios and strategies. They had a perfect selection of weapons from pistols to assault rifles (I think that was the name), and the single player used the weapons perfectly in line with the scenarios, while the multiplayers sprinkled them in interesting combinations around the level for you to find.

The objectives were complex enough that they weren't a given and required some thought and strategy, particularly on 00 agent mode (the hardest mode). The whole game told a cohesive (and interesting) story, much like an interactive movie. The objectives also varied based on difficulty setting. Some were as simple as "walk into room X" and others were more complex like "Place a C4 charge on each terminal in the entire level."

The difficulty changes also extended gameplay and replayability by miles. A novice could easily beat some of the early levels on the easiest setting, so the game wasn't too hard to scare away new players, but the difficulty/complexity scaled up so that even expert players had a hard time beating the upper levels on hard setting.

Lastly the multiplayer was incredible and fairly novel. The N64 allowed 4 players and the levels were interesteing. Complex enough that it allowed for the development of solid strategy, but simple enough that you could pick it up fairly new and be able to get the hang of it.

Actually lastly, the game was one of the first FPS that was mainstream, so nearly everbyody knew somebody else who had the game or wanted to play. We would have Goldeneye Parties where we'd take turns on missions, or do multiplayer, etc. It was an absolute blast.

P.S. Now in my late 30s, my brother (who still has an N64) often brings Goldeneye to family reunions and we play and reminisce about the good old days. Definitely a very impactful game for us.
A lot of empire building when the times are good.
Everybody is free to start their own businesses or to get hired as a CPO at a booming startup. I see a lot of people complaining, but not that many actually using those very simple rigged opportunities to make 100M fast.
1. He tried to sell a product

2. This product turns out to be a scam

3. His fault for trying to sell a scam

That this crook extracts $100 million for this is a symptom of a broken society.
Out of curiosity, how does this community effort do quality control (ie preventing someone rich from paying some people to flood the system with conflicting information)
“Traces”, by Camila Magrane
This is an excellent application of AR in an art piece (IMO.)
I think they really meant hectomillionaire?

“Centi” means one hundredth. In other words he is worth in the order of $10,000.
The full quote gives some important context:

> Listings for DEI roles were down 19% last year — a bigger decline than legal or general human resources jobs saw, according to findings from Textio, which helps companies create unbiased job ads. Only software engineering and data science jobs saw larger declines, at 24% and 27%, respectively.

I'm guessing these were listings Textio was paid to analyze, so there are multiple possible causes for the decline.
The amount of money makes one wonder about corporate governance. How can shareholders be okay with it?
How much would Warren Buffett pay to be 20 years old again?
It's unclear what D&I consultants can do in order to conjure more non-Asian computer science students out of thin air to fill that pipeline.
I'm with you on this one.

I've come to terms with the fact that there's no point of our existence other than being merely observers. I still get these waves of existential dread that I know will go away once I regain momentum.

Scientific advancement is one of the few things that gives me energy. In an ideal day, I would be spending most of my time reading textbooks, learning physics and math from ground up.
We are talking past each other. I am not talking about, and indeed am not interested in, the compensation discussion. I will let other people battle it out. I was just responding to calling automation of art gross. I don't know who you are talking to.
A semi-controversial take for OP and other commenters like OP: Try religion out.

These kids of questions and angsts are very normal and very old. Religion has been there to help with this for a very very long time. If not a daily/weekly practice, then the religious texts that you prefer may help.

For jews/christians, the Book of Job is a good starting place : https://www.bible.com/bible/1171/JOB.1.MEV (MEV lacks the ... poetry of NIV, of course, but is an easier starting place for laypeople, I think)

For hindus, the Bhagavad Gita is is another great starting place : https://www.hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/hinduism/gitasoci...

Other recommendations are welcome!
There is a fundamental assumption in the blockchain space that a permissionless system is superior. It is only a hypothesis at this point, and one which I think is likely to be false. The biggest "hacks" in blockchain have been exploits of bad contracts (humans are fallible) because anyone can invoke them with arbitrary inputs. Even worse, once you deploy that bad code, there is no way to remove it.
Signal certainly does. That’s what they’re famous for.
they also spell it wrong, since there's a missing umlaut over the o, so Mjoelnir at least or Mjölnir or equivalently Mjølnir, and it kinda drives me and my grammatical obsession nuts, like "would of" instead of "would have".

cf. https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lnir
It's kind of the opposite of Maui's hook. Hawaiian myths attest that Maui was an average fisherman in terms of skill, and his great fishing feats -- pulling up islands and such -- were exclusively due to the hook.

Personality-wise, Dwayne Johnson's depiction of Maui in Moana is pretty spot on: in many Polynesian cultures he is revered as a great hero and seen as an egotistical douchebag who overestimates his own awesomeness. (The Māori story of Maui and the goddess of death, which may have inspired the bit from Moana about his taking the Heart of Te Fiti, is one of my favorites.)
Why is it called dark energy if energy isn't changing?
Show HN: A script to test whether a program breaks without network access
5x ARR is normally SAAS software got acquired. According to me it's not that bad as a Solo founder.
Cordyceps
I don't know what your point here is but if they're lucrative in economic downturns then, yea, sure they should.
"Crypto winter" as a term of art assumes that any other season is reasonable.
Belt drives are also very annoying. Naming conventions are inconsistent and obtuse. Parts materials differ, and a whole lot of stuff seems to be custom.

in Servos and steppers, there are also weird mixes of metric and standard sizes - e.g. Nema 34 motors often have 1/2" (12.7mm) shafts with 5mm keyways. No idea why.

Finding gears or pulleys for my purposes has 100% of the time resulted in some machining and lathe work to take off the shelf parts and make them work for my applications.
Yes but if you look at the balance sheet they have about 6 billion in net assets (assets minus liabilities) so the value of the company itself is really more like 5.6 billion. This is a little tricky because company valuation in many cases is a combination of the value of owned assets and the expected value of the actual operations of the company.

So he really extracted more like 2% of the value of the operations of company itself.
As someone who knows nothing about biology, this as well as the limited shelf-life issue mentioned in other comments makes me wonder if something like “A collection of less specialized phages and a process by which they can be quickly programmed to go after a bacteria” could be patented.

I’m sure this is dumb because if it wasn’t somebody would have done it by now, though.
Similar to the Big Ball of Mud [0]:

>If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture.

[0]: http://laputan.org/mud/
Sure you can. You technically can’t use the VS Code remote extension in Codium because of licensing reasons (tho people have packaged it for that marketplace anyway - and I’m not suggesting anyone do that, I am saying it has been done), but there is nothing stopping anyone from building a remote extension that uses the dev container spec.

I’m not debating that that isn’t a lot of extra work, but the spec itself is absolutely open for anyone else to integrate. I’d posit that the reason we haven’t seen alternatives (to my knowledge) to remote extension because of how much work is involved when most people (maybe not you, but most people), are comfortable just turning off the telemetry flag in VS Code rather than using Codium.

But if you’d rather use something like Nix, using something like devbox or devenv will achieve something similar to dev containers and that’s fine foo.
3 years in
> I've asked on HN a couple times in the past for citations that support this meme and haven't yet found a good source on this.

I think I finally figured out why I hate CICO so much: it's usually presented in a motte-and-bailey style. It's used to dismiss more-complex advice or observations and presented as if it's all you need to look at to model weight loss and gain to a useful level, then when it's pointed out that the terms are so vague, hard to actually measure, and don't address the effects of feedback loops on metabolism, that it's like trying to model the behavior of aircraft with gravity but without lift, and therefore damn near useless, the fallback is "well it's still technically true, blah blah blah". Sure, it's technically true, it's just... not very useful on its own, and constantly bringing it up as if it's all that matters is grating.
Sam Harris talks about how when we get superintelligent AI, our relationship to it will be like ants relationship to humans. Well, we already have a kind of “slow AI” in corporations. Profit-seeking paperclip maximizers.

They don’t hate us, they don’t love us. They keep us around as long as we’re useful and then dispose of us after that point. The fact that corporations are made of meat doesn’t change the ultimate reward function that they all must follow: maximize profit, laws and negative externalities be damned.
>making a proof-less accusation and terminating your relationship with the show because of it)?

Lol publicly firing someone in what is obviously tied to criminal accusations is the same as not watching a show? That's like saying preferring to date latina women is the same thing as being racist in your hiring process.