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It's as bad as Deno Deploy has always been (used by Netlify edge functions, Supabase, and others).

To me CF Workers are more about interacting with the CF CDN, doing lightweight HTTP stuff, etc. I would never use Workers to build a full server application. Their custom runtime locks you in, it's extremely barebones, and obviously almost no NPM modules are compatible.

They are working on Node compat which will probably help but I feel CF hasn't been investing enough into their cloud products (Workers, Pages, etc). DX is still hit and miss and progress overall feels glacial.
“Well intentioned” does not actually describe the strong IT companies that support actions like this to try and recapture value. European big tech companies like Siemens, Ericsson, Nokia and so on are not fans of open source since it negatively impacted their captive customer bases.
I guess my point was the Oracle could still show up and take the ball away -- Linux and FreeBSD are using the same ZFS code base now.
tl;dr - personal hobbies are good.
On other hand. If I for example make food from rotten ingredients and share it on street for free, even with disclaimer and someone gets food poisoning I don't think anything protects me. Or should protect me.

I have never understood why software is some special place. Specially if entity has anyway to monetize it.
>the ancient writings are about preparing one's "mind" for an attitude that can be used to cope [with whatever Life may throw at you]

This is exactly it!

One of my interests is the study of "Worldly Wisdom"(have a bunch of books from different cultures in my collection) categorized into;

1) "Idealistic"(Ethical/Moral) - Lots of Philosophies/Holy Books/etc. deal with this.

2) "Realistic/Pragmatic"(the World as it is and not how you would like it to be) - These are the common books of Wisdom/Aphorisms/Quotes/etc. from Culture/Daily Life.

3) "Crooked/Cynical"(how to further self-interest/getting-back on wrongs) - These are books on Strategy/Kingship/etc.

I find it quite transformational studying this subject since it teaches one all aspects of dealing with/making sense of Life. With the ascendancy of Scientific thought and decline of traditional Religions it has become even more necessary for each of us to chart our own ways with whatever advice (adapted to Modern Science/Times) we can glean from these ancient texts.
When it comes to mental illness, people should avoid commenting on specific cases because the details matter and only the professionals involved in those situations actually know enough about the state of these individuals to know whether or not treatment is warranted. I know "Free Britney!" is all the rage, but the Court does not order conservatorships lightly.

No one is arguing that asylums were perfect places. Far from it. There was a reason they were shut down in the 60s, but the alternative that we were promised never materialized either and the result is that we have severely mentally ill people wandering the streets now, left to their own devices. The results are all too predictable.
The SCOTUS addressed this issue back in 2002. [1]

The US, if I remember correctly, is somewhat of an outlier when it comes to this area of the law. Many other countries prohibit the depection of simulated illegal acts.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_v._Free_Speech_Coal...
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So when are those issues acceptable to talk about without assuming they are propaganda?

I do support alternative sources of energy, but what you've listed are serious sticking points that should be discussed and addressed, not just handwaving it away as propaganda.

It's similar to ignoring nuclear as a base load, ignoring that we decreased emissions by replacing coal with nat. gas, ignoring that train derailments are worse than pipelines, etc.

It would be better to openly talk about these things instead of just saying things like "oh well it's only so many tons of waste, or that much child labor, it must be some oil shill trying to trick us".
My mom has an old-ass IFB dishwasher (Indian brand) that has outlived two of my Bosch dishwashers (currently using a Miele). And it was half the price!
Submitted title was Show HN: I “leaked” W23 YC internal pages and made them searchable - that's much too linkbaity, which is not allowed here (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). That's why a mod changed it.
I promote both asking and just taking it.

Asking for a photo produces something different then just taking it.

Personally the whole dick move thing I don't care about. It's such a minor thing.

It's true though that you don't want to start a fight, so use judgement on that but in terms of being a dick it's actually not a big deal.
Hi! I'm not sure if my visa is valid, and all "immigration consultants" can not answer me directly. My short-term entry visa is attached to my Certificate of Sponsorship, which has been revoked together with the contract. Be default I assume that my visa is revoked too, because I don't want to take that chance.
Would be really nice to have a downvote button for this one. The above is riddled with broad brush bigotry and chauvinism. This belief is hilarious in 2023, well during the selfie-camera epoch. People are definitely not going away from photography anytime soon. What a hostile overreaction.
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I doubt it. I expect most people could agree that it should be some small number of months of salary.
How does this work for free software projects which aren't themselves commercial but list employees of big companies among their major contributors? E.g. the Linux kernel?
I don't understand what's so magical about the hat. It's a non-square shape that repeats.
We just endured a pandemic in which we (100% of Americans) were compelled to comply with public health directives. The disease killed 0.3% of the population. I wore my mask, and a majority felt that compliance was the necessary and humane thing to do.

But some-as much as 45% of the adult population-felt very uncomfortable with having to comply, for whatever reason. But the rule was firm, and those who wouldn’t comply were shamed for their obstinance.

Over the same period, roughly 0.1% of the population died from drug overdoses, and roughly the same number are homeless with mental illness.

As a society, and morally and ethically sound individuals, we have to be consistent about what is best for public health.

Dangerous people living in squalor on public streets using dangerous drugs or failing to take the necessary medications to alleviate mental health disease is a public health problem-not an individual rights matter. It’s not fair to the people having to live near them, and it’s not fair to our society.
I don't think there's enough third world countries to categorize and sanitize a dataset from YouTube. Meta would have to "give internet" to a few more before we can start dreaming that big.
Sorry to hear this story and hope the author finds a new job soon.

I had a similar (but significantly lower stakes) experience with an internship which was canceled. At the end of the day, thanks to the generosity of the company's severance-for-zero-days-worked and the help of a stranger to find new roles for us, I think I came out ahead. The experience profoundly shaped my career and I wrote about it here: https://bobbiechen.com/blog/2021/11/5/the-layoff-the-landing , and I hope the situation works out for the author as well.
I've found a similar logic applies to language learning. There's plenty of advice out there dismissing book / flashcard learning and saying you just need to get out and practice speaking with natives. In reality, you can't understand someone or form a sentence in reply if you don't know any of the words. Memorising thousands of words / phrases might not make you fluent but it's an important first step. When you're confronted by a real situation you'll now be able, with a lot of struggling, to put together a vaguely correct sentence. Eventually it will come naturally.
They are also distribution network companies. If I'm not mistaken, Coke & Pepsi do their own deliveries. And they are large enough that they will sign exclusivity deals with restaurants and venues to sell their products (often supplying the equipment). Generic store-brands have no reach to venues and restaurants outside of their stores.
It's a general clause that any employee who is moving for a certain job should put into their contracts. If the company does not agree to cover at least the basics, then hey, maybe it's not a good idea to move for that job in the first place?

EDIT: to your point, this should be enforceable in any jurisdiction that generally holds up with the law?
What about quantum computing? Solar sails? Other uses of AI unrelated to LLM for health, physics and mathematics research?

What about the simplification of both renewable energies and nuclear energy?

I can think of things that are more exciting than blockchain and the metaverse...
Regarding the post generally, using the problem of “how should I re-distribute my donations” to help solve the problem of “am I actually willing to be part of your software supply chain or am I just a hobbyist project, good luck using my code” seems like a nice way of hitting two birds with one stone.
> Having an offer rescinded for 'business reasons' is unbelievably annoying, and the author has my sympathy. That said, it's kind of understandable too. Things happen.

It's not understandable, Google is doing financially fine. If they determine they made a mistake they should have to pay a penalty. You would not get that grace in your own personal life, I don't know why we grant it to companies in employment contracts. Sign an apartment lease and change your mind? You'll be on the hook for a huge payment. Companies revoking offers should be subject to penalties and to make the other party whole.
Lol, "Therapy and coaching". None of you ever had undergone one therapy session. Otherwise you'd know that 90% is the human connection to the therapist, not the talking or the type of therapy.
Ha, I literally used feature flags for authorization when working at (big tech company) since it was very difficult to plumb that data otherwise. The experiment framework was a lot more mature and supported cross stack compared to any other membership checking tooling.

Was it ideal? IDGAF, I got promoted anyway
I meant whenever the writer tried to search for his tweets search was broken and they misinterpreted what was happening.
So, if you work for a commercial company and wanna contribute something back to some open source project - you will not get a green light from your lawyers department once this is enforced (it is already pretty hard to convince them).
Yep, what you stated is exactly my experience as well! What i have done the last few years (if/when people ask me what my job is), i simply them that I'm a *technologist*. Roughly half of the people begin asking what does that mean exactly...i gather because its not a title or role that they know anyone to actually have...so they get curious and it sparks a nice conversation, less about jobs and more about roles in the world, etc. The other half of the people don't ask what "technologist" means because they really don't care...to clarify they may or may not know what it means, but are actually the least bit interested....so it helps me quickly gauge what direction to take any small talk with them. Funny enough, for people really interested in learning about me, they'll right away ask: "What does that mean as your role?"...and almost always it has been such a nice conversation...while those who don't ask to clarify what my role is, have been less enthusiastic chats - not always of course, but often.

Secondly, when i tell people that i am a technologist, it almost feels like one of those groupings of jobs like "doctor", "architect", "lawyer", etc. Sure, maybe that's more for my ego, but who cares. ;-)
It could work out that it costs more to implement the smaller vehicle tax than it would recover in revenue. Also, there's a major problem with logistics companies having considerable power over politicians, so I can see problems with getting them to pay for their considerable share of the road repair costs.
A similar phrasing happened to a rescinded MongoDB offer I had last week.
Not to underestimate the potential of a brain “the size of a poppy seed” but if the neural organization of a bee may be sufficient such that a researcher believes bees are

> self-aware, they’re sentient, and they possibly have a primitive form of consciousness[, …] They solve problems and can think. Bees may even have a primitive form of subjective experiences.

could it be possible that some of the more sophisticated neural networks also may be endowed with a primitive form of machinic consciousness?
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Is there really no solution?

What if laws required companies with > N employees to pay M months of severance + any relocation reimbursements they promised if they terminate the employment agreement for reasons other than employee misconduct?
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> If the people advocating for the homeless and mentally ill have a better solution than leaving them on the streets to rot

The comment you are replying to put forward exactly such a solution: that treatment should be helpful enough and sufficiently respectful of users' rights, that people who need it don't refuse it.
But feedback is important, and we'd love to get it to more relevant people who can benefit from it!
In this case, I'm saying that the state can leverage the blockchain for infrastructure and DB access/permission/security. I haven't worked in this specific space, but having a state-affiliated key signing off on a blob of data and store that on the blockchain (and using a standardized open-source front-end for state-side or citizen-side view and editing) has potential to be a much more elegant and robust solution than every state agency around the world creating it's own front and back-end.

I agree that in this case it's not about abstracting trust from centralized authority.
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These arguments make logical sense, but fall flat to me, after spending a few years watching severely mentally ill people take over neighborhoods, rob, break in, and assault the people living there. Near my home, a large man lived nearby that began attempting to sexually assault women walking to the gym or nearby shops. It became a running joke, as nobody would do anything about it. I was regularly accosted by clearly mentally ill people who would defecate anywhere and yell at anything.

That experience made decide that we're too sympathetic.

For an extreme example, look up the echo park protests. Echo park was a great place to take my kids until it was overrun by homeless and bodies started appearing. And in the name of sympathy and such, protestors attempted to prevent the clearing of the park.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-protesters-clash-sweep-echo...
Exactly.

Because the sensors are mounted on that very land.

So tectonic movement will certainly have an effect. And you can see remnants of earthquakes in some of the data.
Different on a country-by-country basis but generally not really. For example, it's pretty common to have a 6 month probation period in Germany where both the employee and employer can quit/let go at any time with a 2 week notice period.
This is a field I don't know much about, but I think a part of the problem from an American perspective is that you can't easily force anybody to take medical treatment against their will.

As a society, our values seem to be prioritizing personal freedom over safety and security.

Personally I think that's the right choice, but your values will decide if that's the best possible tradeoff.
Assuming this is a T2 Skilled worker visa, working for an approved employer that sponsored the visa application is one of the conditions of this visa type. Very similar to H1B.
George Carlin: Everyone who drives slower than you is an idiot, and everyone who drives faster than you is an asshole.
As the article makes so plainly clear though, we cannot wait until someone is objectively dangerous for two reasons: 1 - it leaves very little time to actually intervene before something bad happens, and 2 - it removes our best chance to actually help someone. The mentally ill need to be treated when symptoms first start manifesting if we want to actually solve this problem.
China to require 'security assessment' for new AI products: draft law
I’m not clear on that either. I think they use different tests but try to calibrate them to be similar year over year with a shared question bank?
we hire very slowly: when we have a problem to solve and nobody is owning the problem in the current team, we write a job spec specifically for this role and hire someone.

At the moment we don't have any Rust jobs, but we always you can keep an eye on supabase.com/careers or follow us on twitter to keep updated
Some cases are easier than others. A guy shouts a list of conspiracies at a passing cars is probably not as dangerous as a guy who talks about thinking of hurting himself and others. Key word is probably. As I understand it, there are guidelines.

<< We can and should evaluate people to determine the extent of mental illness and mandatorily treat them.

Risky business man. I think you would need to lock up 100% of human population, because the question is always about the line of where they fall on the 'unacceptable' spectrum, who is making the decision and the societal impact of 'mandatory'.

As always, the devil is in the details.
Thanks for the comment. We think so too, and should add more references to our site. Here are a few relevant studies and books:

In his book "Mind Wandering," Moshe Bar takes a deep dive into the positive aspects of this natural human phenomenon. He shows how mind wandering can be a powerful tool for creativity, problem-solving, and personal growth. Bar argues that with the right mindset, mind wandering can lead to novel insights and breakthroughs that we would never have found otherwise. https://www.moshebar.org

Mind-wandering is often seen as a negative thing linked to poor mental health, but since it happens so often, it must have some purpose in how we think. It can be filled with negative or positive thoughts, with positive mind-wandering linked to a healthy and satisfying mental life. Positive mind-wandering allows the mind to think creatively and find new solutions. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348117822_Negative_...

In a world that values productivity, mind-wandering has a bad reputation. However, research shows it can be useful and important for creative thinking and problem-solving. Mind-wandering is often about the future and can help us plan and imagine positive outcomes. https://www.cbc.ca/life/wellness/it-s-ok-to-let-your-mind-wa...

Mind-wandering can have positive effects on creativity, productivity, and happiness. Research shows that mind-wandering can lead to novel ideas, enhanced creativity, and improved job performance. However, the content of mind-wandering matters - engaging in interesting, off-task musings can lead to more positive moods, whereas rumination can be unhealthy. Mind-wandering can be directed towards more positive thoughts, which can be helpful when work is mind-numbing. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_mind_wande...
The larger the company, the longer the process. We got into Amazon as a supplier only because they figured it would take them at least a year until they would have hired the first person starting to tackle the topic internally…
At first I was thinking that that doesn't sound all that unusual; here near Antwerp, Belgium we also have tides high enough that small boats can go from sitting dry to floating clear. But then I looked it up and it turns out that the tidal range in the Bay of Fundy is about 16 metres (52 feet)! That really is a lot, and much more than the about 5.5 metres we have here.
How do you know that 'most of us' feel that way?

I definitely do want to live in such a society.
Thanks. The Pinecil comes out to $60 with the $35 shipping to my corner of the world. )) Other than that it looks terrific. If I'm ever in the US or Europe and I can receive mail, I'll try to order one.

Thank you.
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And, to be frank (if sympathetic), I'm not sure unemployed Russian wanting to move to London has the strongest hand to play right now, even if the software developer job market is still reasonably strong.
I think he means the link will go to a page in Russian. Though the Russian term is indeed гаражная распродажа, which indeed just translates word-for-word to "garage sale"
Personally I modified my (paid service) project's EULA to make it unavailable to EU residents, citizens, and people currently located there just to be safe.

First it was fonts and cookies, now this; I don't want to see where this jaw-dropping progression ends up.

In 2016 I thought Britain was absolutely mad, but they're starting to look smarter and smarter
Talk about it all you want, but know that the fact that the press has run 1000s of stories about the land impact of lithium mining and has never run even one single article about the much, much, much larger land impacts of fossil fuel production is indicative of an organized backroom propaganda effort. Same thing for these other non-issues of renewable energy waste.
Any system of IP will inevitably lead to some entities accumulating a disproportionate share of IP and abusing its enforcement against everyone else.
Yep. And more importantly, give an indication you're going to make noise, and give people an option to turn it off before it starts.
> Memory-safe languages like Java and Python automate allocating and deallocating memory, though there are still ways to work around the languages’ built-in protections.

Interesting, any fun examples?
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> I think most of the complexity stem not just from the word count, but rather that everything interacts with everything else.

And most specifically in layout and rendering. HTML, JavaScript and the parts of CSS that aren’t, y’know, doing anything, are all very straightforward, despite having the significant majority of the word count. If anything, I’d say that in web matters implementation difficulty is inversely proportional to word count, because its verbosity pretty consistently comes from precision (which makes implementation easy). Layout stuff would be much harder to define exhaustively in that fashion, nor is it done so in most places.
Agreed, I don't think there would be any benefit to increase the number of rounds. Guessing there would be no extra signal with the marginal rounds, but candidate frustration would be through the roof. I'm already frustrated with 5 ha.
Surely you meant Pepsi.
> Ban revoking offers only for overseas employees (who are hurt most by this). This will ensure that the hiring bar for overseas employees is set sky high and it will already be harder for them to compete

Laws are generally created to benefit people who are not described as “overseas”
Worked at a startup, hired a guy - we got bought his first week, they closed our office.

So on one check he got his hiring bonus, relocation expenses, first paycheck and severance.