skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Then again, I've read that 4% of Americans believe they could win a fight with a Grizzly bear.

I assume you're talking about a bare-handed fight? If we can use tools and have time to prep, I'd say the odds shift pretty handily in the human's favor. Anyway, I dunno about a bear, but the guy who invented Gunite managed to strangle a leopard to death in a bare-handed fight. Although, if I recall, he had shot it before it jumped him, and it did take him a few months to recover from the wounds he suffered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Akeley
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A subreddit dedicated to discussing and making it easier to work with legacy code.

There's a lot of projects out there that need to be kept alive. The objective is to make them fun to develop again.
Yep. Often a system crash is caused by logging, which often logs ... as root.
It's easy to start with, as I did, but do yourself a favor and move to Blazor Webassembly. Blazor Server handles UI events in a centralized way, and network lag really destroys the application. It might be ok on a fast and reliable intranet, but you really don't want to use it on the general internet.

Standard Blazor Webassembly project setup creates a server side project and a client side one. C# code on the client side is compiled to Webassembly. You then set up your server side functions called from the client side with usual C# .NET REST functions. This is less convenient than the Blazor Server model, but it captures the actual complexity of internet networking. It's also fast. You can put a lot of (hopefully non-confidential) processing onto the client side, running locally in the user's browser using a huge array of .NET library functions including from NuGet. It really is the way to go.
Its.. a.. note taking app? Im not trying to convince you to use it, especially if security of your notes is a concern, but the data being asked of you is pretty much the bare minimum required to provide the described service. Its just weird to take exception to the rare service that authentically obeys a least access model
Not a game, but this was linked in the comments: https://youtu.be/JC02e5dcvZw

It bounces fairly high and clearly has a bit of heft to the design. IANABBP, but looks good to me!
And for Sweden https://stadstrad.se/?lng=18.0977&lat=59.3364&zoom=13.6

It even tries to show a Google street view picture of the tree, if possible.
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> It's not higher level programming, because it's imprecise.

This argument is weak. Undefined behavior does exist and „high level programming language „is a moving target
I lucked in to some moderator powers by posting the answer to an extremely simple and common problem in Objective-C.

Sometimes I'll go through and undo lots of those trivial "improvements" that people make where they slightly change the wording of the questions and answers.
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Honestly I don't even care. If I could take an extra day off at only 20% cut from my pay check I'd do it in a heart beat.
The problem is that interaction face-to-face takes at least two people. You may like it and you would do it any day of the week, but the person in front of you may hate it. So, obviously the win-win scenario is to be flexible and let the people decide where they want to work from. Only then you can be sure that the person in front of you really want to see your face that close… it was their choice.
Well, the outage was in a larger part than usual.
Explaining programming paradigms to non-programmers?
Any advice on how to briefly explain the differents programming paradigms to non programmers ?
> The #1 way is probably to use a database to share that state in a concurrency-safe way. sqlite3 works, though postgresql is more scalable.

> There are also solutions that require less resources: flock() a file and then read the shared state in a manner that's cohesive across processes.

Wow. And that is somehow easier than using, say, a concurrent collection? (I have never used a database in my life, so we obviously come from very different angles :-)

> (unlike mutexes where if pthread_cancelled() you could very well have a permanently locked mutex).

Again, there is almost never a good reason to use pthread_cancel() in the first place.

> opening up a pipe or socket to syslogd

In my projects, logging means "print to stderr or write to a file" :-)

> If the parent of a process group is terminated, SIGHUP is sent to its children. Catch the signal then terminate.

So you need to make a process group... What if your code should be cross platform? Do you know how to do this on Windows?

> No such signaling exists in pthread_blah world

This kind of signaling does not exist because it is not necessary. Tasks either periodically check a boolean flag or get notified via the queue itself. Here is a random simple example: https://openframeworks.cc/documentation/utils/ofThreadChanne....

Also, I'm not sure why you keep talking about pthreads... Modern programming languages have their own (portable) threading abstractions.
"It's okay as long as you willingly participate in the theater and power dynamic."

The problem isn't really remote as much as employers having the ability to grossly change working conditions on a whim with no worker recourse. C-level doesn't have any proof on site is a superior operating model, they feel it is, and they believe that's good enough to call the plebs back.

Who was the last person you knew who gave up substantial power willingly?
Netflix is remote for everyone, but they already had the highest comp. They hire significantly less than other faangs though.
working on it, this is a hard problem actually
Very interesting. And the same with other technologies, e.g. what companies use Rust or Vue.js?
Makes sense. They would both rather have gaming as a subscription service, rather than something you run on your own hardware.
> Want to talk collaboration and productivity? Let's see if a company bans zoom for office days

I like this idea. It supports the ostensible goal and removes a real annoyance. If I have to come then I sure has hell shouldn't have to be on a call.
> We are very actively working on the co-founder matching site and would love to hear from people who have used it - what your experience was and how we could make it better.

I used it a year and a few months ago. I'm a technical person with 10 years working in startups. I treated it the way I'd treat a job search etc.

I matched with ~150 people. Talked to ~50 people. Got close/did trial project with 3. Did a deal with 1. Raised a VC pre-seed (similar process) and have had a wild journey since.

Some learnings:

* Met some really cool people, some amazing talent on the platform.

* Know what you're looking for (e.g. complimentary skillset, company stage). Matching experience was key - didn't want too little (still making mistakes) but not too much (wanted an equal relationship, not a minor founder role).

* Co-founding is a relationship IMO. 'Matching' is just dating, 'trail project' is moving in together, and 'cofounding' is marriage. Expect to argue about curtains.

* It's hard to do and complex, this isn't handed on a plate. On the flip side, that's how business is, so builds skill sets that come in useful later.

Some ideas, if I ran this program:

1) Experiment with different interaction forms. E.g. 60 second video bio's to see if that helps people match faster.

2) Do a 'YC-lite' incubator program. We were never interested in the time or equity of a full YC program, so DIY'd fundraising, company formation etc. There's room to build community/support that's less intensive than YC's incubator, more suitable for founders who have matched and are building now... not waiting for incubator. I note that 20 match teams got YC funded... how many are doing well that YC knows nothing about?
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Addendum 1: I found an (open source! [1]) app that I think does a better job of explaining the underlying model and showing how it works, maybe it could work as inspiration? (or at least to compare/contrast).

Addendum 2: My preference would be a DSL to describe this kinds of problems, rather than a drag-and-drop, GUI interface. Advanced users could do away with the mouse completely, or even run the models from the command line or embedded in another app. Any given "fixed GUI" will always have limitations, but if you want to make it easier for non-power-users, you can also build a simple GUI on top of the DSL.

1: https://github.com/getguesstimate/guesstimate-app
I've met some pretty cool people through YC's co-founder matching tool.

The people I've met helped by making intros inside their network. I've provided similar intros, referrals, and a bit of technical advice.

I don't have any expectation that I'll meet a co-founder, but it's nice to chat with people who really "get it." Most of my friends, family, and former colleagues think I'm batshit for trading a cushy salaried gig for my own startup.
I'll give it a shot - thank you!
Delusions of granduer is basically an inflated sense of self - e.g. an inflated ego. Whether using the common parlance or the jungian definition, its the same thing in this context.

Always tough to discuss slippery, ill defined things such as ego, which in a real sense does not actually exist.
If buybacks and dividends are the same thing, then why even allow both to exist? Just eliminate buybacks and enjoy the higher tax revenue. And maybe also accompany it with a tax cut on dividends to even things out slightly. We want companies to become more efficient and increase productivity, but we also want society to benefit from that in the form of higher tax revenue. Eliminating buybacks accomplishes both.

Buybacks juice earnings per share. Stock valuation uses P/E ratio as an input. Meaning buybacks disproportionately benefit upper management, whose compensation is tied to the stock price. There's a principal agent problem here. Management may elect to do a buyback even if it's not in the company's best interest. Dividends don't have that problem.
Once I really internalized that, I found it was pretty easy to get published.

yes, but then you only write what publishers want and not what your creativity drives you to write. i am not sure that letting publishers be gatekeepers is a good thing.

this is a hard problem though. and i don't know what is the right answer.
My theory is that the person responsible for publishing the email disagreed with using the chatbot, and included the attribution statement in a form of malicious compliance.
I understand what you're saying about entitlement. It can be tiresome to hear the same topics brought up repeatedly. With the constant negativity that surrounds it, it gets exhausting to listen to.

At the same time, most of those complaints are coming from generally reasonable people. If a company promised no RTO and then went back on it, that'd be frustrating for them. If a company can't state why they want to go RTO, then I'd be frustrated with needing to change my life for the reason of "because I said so". If the company has grown a significant amount and been able to manage the growth and whatnot while working remotely, then it also brings up the question of "why is there a RTO mandate?" I think more people are frustrated with the lack of reasoning and justification beyond some hand-wavey "collaboration" answer that companies are giving.
My company mandated everyone back in the office but everyone still meets via Teams, even when we have offices next door to each other. Making people come is just dumb. Imagine the environmental benefits, traffic reduction and inflation hedge that would result from outlawing return-to-office mandates for jobs that can be performed remotely. Of course, that will never happen because commercial real estate would tank.
I mostly use other stackexchange sites, not stackoverflow, and my experience is completely opposite. I get good answers and my questions are usually upvoted. What I am missing is the ability to have a discussion.
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Amazon has over 1.4 Million employees. Looking at this article, 14,000 joined a slack channel to complain. So only about 1% is pushing Andy Jassy about this. Should we assume the remainder (~99%) is OK? If so, this is yet another instance of a small group of people strategically using regular/social media to amplify a minority position which the majority doesn't support.
Yep. The first one is always free.
Look at https://www.aviationweather.gov/windtemp with the levels on the side for different altitude.

It is possible for the balloon to change its altitude and then pick up different wind directions and velocities.

https://x.company/projects/loon/

> To identify helpful wind patterns, Loon used advanced predictive models to create interactive maps of the skies. These maps allowed the team to determine the wind speed and direction at specific altitudes, times, and locations. The team then developed smart algorithms to help determine the most effective flight paths through the varying wind layers. With the aid of these algorithms, the balloons could accurately sail the winds over thousands of kilometers to reach a desired location and remain clustered around those destinations in order to deliver consistent connectivity below.

And https://x.company/blog/posts/drifting-efficiently-through-th... gets into it more.
You pay more for many products and services in cities but have more choice. You are also taxed at a lower rate, qualify for different rebates.
Sorry, but I didn't take Mary's 'complete' knowledge of physics to mean that she also has insight into the workings of her own mind, still less that she can manipulate it. Justy knowing all of physics is superhuman enough.

And as it happens, I don't generally buy arguments premised on the mind being reducible to the brain.
> And they receive hardly any help to get it right. Neither before (in their education), nor during/after (when using SO).

I've never asked a question in order to know what the question guidance is like, but _undoubtedly_ there is a well written "how to ask" page <https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask> and (one that I cite in comments so often I have a bookmarklet for it) the "please rubber duck your way to the question before vomiting into SO" that used to be called MCVE <https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example>

Now, saying "ain't nobody got time to read all that text, I got bugs to write!" is a reasonable response, but saying "there's no guidance on how to write a question less likely to be closed" is untrue
Yeah, there's probably a limit to how much dang can be scaled.

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dang
I don't think we actually disagree, honestly. I think we're just looking through different lenses.

> The idea may be more than a one sentence pitch and instead an entire vision.

Yes, the idea has to be fleshed out in order to be ready to start executing it.

I never meant to imply the idea creator wasn't the best person to do this, and I never meant to imply we were talking about an individual.
Hah, that does seem to be what the companies are saying, which is entirely silly.

My personal take is that RTO mandates are sorely misguided. Let the people who want an office work in them, and let the people who want to be remote be remote! The net difference is pretty close to nil, especially at large companies where meetings are teleconferencing-by-default!

If anything productivity has increased in the remote era. You no longer burn the first 5 minutes of every meeting kicking the previous person out of the conference room. And then another 5 minutes to wait for someone who had to sprint from halfway across campus to make it to the meeting room from their previous meeting room. Plus the mad dash scramble to claim meeting rooms since there obviously aren't enough for everyone.

In the remote-first world I just... click a button to hang up. And click another button to join the next call. Everyone is on time, meetings start and end on time. People are more inclined to take minutes and notes. It just seems to... work better.

[edit] Also, again, to be clear: people who like working from offices should be allowed to do so! There is nothing wrong with making friends with your coworkers, going to lunch with them, grabbing beers after work, or anything like that.

I just shouldn't be forced to do these things with you! I have a family I want to get back to! I resent being forced to have parasocial relationships with colleagues so they can fulfill their need for social contact! They should find other people who want to do that with them, because forcing me to be there just so I can fulfill someone else's parasocial need is honestly pretty twisted.
They should be using hh-rlhf-capable LLM to digest the lot and pick the best. But then what's the use of an editor or publisher anyway if you can do that and publish online.
That reasoning is complicated IMO by the fact that many jobs involve projects and tasks that are perceived as very important, yet will never be started, let alone continued, let alone completed.

That's a pretty big deal as-is. It can easily make the boss feel justified--OK this employee said we need to do this thing, they said they want to take it on, but it's not being done. The boss is in the loop and may feel like the employee wants to be pushed, checked in on, and so on.

But even then, add to this the stronger element of subjective mental torture often found at work, where the infantile pusher is none other than the self.

This element will stick the butt in the chair and turn the individual into a workaholic who sees no point in leaving to go home, because they are staying until it gets done. So still--50, 60, 80 hours in the office. Frustration, try harder. See some progress. OK, keep doing this.

Mix in a little bit of competitive thinking on the part of others ("wait, _they_ are working 50 hours even though we green-lit 25 hour weeks?") and this gets hour-reduction going sideways.

(This also relates fairly easily to persona-based theories of personality dynamics)
Plus, now you can use Excel hotkeys like a boss.
It is yet to be launched but it will be used by a small number of users in a intranet.

If there are issues I will just convert to webassembly.
In the last few years I've mostly used it to find the answers I've written because I've forgotten how to do it. Like yesterday: how do I use mongodump/mongorestore to transfer a database to another server, I knew I had answered that one a couple of years ago and the docs had no example about how to pipe the data.
Good.

If civilization isn't moving to improve quality of life, but to make sure that we keep working more and more, we have to ask ourselves what exactly is the point of technological progress.
Well, to be fair and not to take anything away from his impact, but I wouldn't ever have wanted to work for Steve Jobs. We would have been far too incompatible.
> won't skeptics say that remote work was also touted as a huge benefit and companies are now looking to go back to office?

These are not mutually exclusive concepts. It isn't like companies don't routinely make bad decisions despite plenty of evidence that it is the bad decision.
Maintaining the value of commercial real estate?
What has struck me was how many times the top answer to a question on S.O. has been utterly, pitifully wrong. That alone has gotten me thinking about whether S.O. is actually a force for good.
> Dude, I live in Springville.

Hey, neighbor, me too!

> You'll forgive me for believing that my neighbors strongly believe otherwise.

Oh, I know exactly what you mean, but how come what they think trumps (see what I did there, haha) what I think - why does their wacky opinion count for more than mine? Or even better, doesn't the organization's official stance count for something? I mean, the church also told people to get vaccinated, but the fact that some number of them didn't doesn't lead us to conclude that the church is anti-vaccine, does it?
That 22 minute delay time is impressive.

Also, excellent decision making to ground it all until this was resolved. That could have been an incredibly costly decision. Hopefully, these decisions stay squsrely in the realm of the safety staff and not the penny pinchers.
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The skill is in designing, building and training up the AI. The prompter is providing such a tiny amount of input that it is hard to say they did much anything at all in comparison.
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A distraction largely to see if your favourite show ever had any ST actors
All of the things you've stated can also be explained as it being mitigated / in remission. It's no longer effecting the person, but that doesn't mean they no longer have the "condition".

To quote diabetic.org [1]

> So, can type 2 diabetes be cured? The answer is no. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic medical condition with no cure.

> Instead, it’s best to look at it as a manageable condition. For some people, remission is possible.

[1] https://www.diabetic.org/type-2-diabetes-can-it-be-cured/
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Huggingface has done more to democratize ML than any other entity in our field except maybe the folks making sklearn and other high profile tools. They get to use this kind of language, stop critisizing them for it as though they aren't really the only bastion of openness we have. They really are the only one's doing what they do.
Thought-work is work. Logistical planning is work. Having conversations where everyone makes sure that the others are on the same page, is work.
Maybe that’s more relevant for the non-js ecosystem? I never find myself wanting to modify my source while it is being built.
Mayor Adams in NYC is already having to walk it back.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-remote-work-eric-a...

> He pulled the plug on the idea of remote work for city employees in 2022, saying early during his tenure as mayor: "One thing that can’t happen — you can’t stay home in your pajamas all day. That’s not who we are as a city." But now it seems Adams has evolved on the subject, acknowledging this week that "we are saying to our agencies come up with creative ways of having flexibility."

> Kathryn Wylde, of the pro-business Partnership for New York City, said the numbers tell the story.
"Fewer than 10 percent of office workers are back five days a week," she said. "I think the mayor is getting the message the world has changed."
Wylde added that unless an employer — including City Hall — offers a work from home option, the job vacancies may remain unfilled.
"We are going to have to work with employees, they are driving the bus here," said Wylde.