skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That headcount estimate is off by at least -23% relative to this year.

From Hashicorp's latest 10-K[1] filed circa March 2023:

> As of January 31, 2023, we had over 2,400 employees operating across the world.

> As of January 31, 2023, we had more than 1,050 employees in our sales and marketing organizations.

> As of January 31, 2023, we had more than 670 employees in our research and development organization.

[1] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720671/000162828023...
I don't understand what this is. Since when does Wolframalpha have an LLM interface?
MS still has not solved the notification fatigue but now the SSO gives you a 2 digit number you need to insert in the app.

This solves the problem of accepting the wrong login by mistake
Why are you linking a document showing module need to be single file ?
This is interesting. I wonder if this is future hope for accessibility and will be legislated by the Americans with Disability Act.

There’s already a portion called “section 508” [0] that requires software and web sites to be accessible, but it only applies to federal procurement.

An extension could be that apis are required for accessibility and that they apply to all businesses over a certain size.

While Section508 is designed for people with disabilities they affect all users since what helps screen readers also helps screen scrapers, etc. etc

[0] https://www.section508.gov/manage/laws-and-policies/
> In general, no. Assuming they run a reasonably recent version of Chrome and Windows/Linux/Android* (I don't have apple so idk), it will work driverlessly.

What will work driverlessly? The generating of new keys that still will take an hour?

Also excuse me, but did you just say Chrome? I should send Google my browsing so I can use passkeys?

Edit: forgot to mention their AI bans with no appeal process. Do you really want your sole login means in there?
what is "better ethanol"? seems like grass can be used more efficiently than corn for making ethanol is what it means.
That was also part of an iconic period that marked the lull between 2 of the bloodiest wars in human history and the partial collapse of civilisation in Europe, if not for the benevolence of the US in helping it to repair. Presaged one of the worst periods of economic collapse too.

If authoritarianism is on par with the 1920s we are in very bad shape. That was part of the incubation period for the people who ended up shovelling Jews into ovens.
There's a couple of topics on HN where there seems to be a very unified Opinion on things. One is that population growth is always good, even though it's cooking the planet alive. Another is that extending life expectancy into centuries-long timespans is also always good, even though again, we're cooking the planet alive.

Edit: got a downvote within seconds of writing this comment, which proves my point. Happy World Oceans Day everyone, please ignore the existential fact that we're boiling the oxygen and life right out of them, crippling our weather systems and food chains. The future is bright! :)
The whole point of putting a price on the API -is- to kill Apollo and other standard third-party apps to get people on the official app full of ads.
Use Firefox, it's the best combination with uBlock Origin by far:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

Firefox Mobile also supports uBlock Origin, it's the only sane way of browsing the web.
Lots of people want to convert passenger planes to cargo planes. There is a 3 year backlog to do it at plants all over the world, done by Boeing and 3rd parties. The bulk of the process involves removing the seats (which will be resold), reinforcing the floor, and cutting a new large cargo door.

There, done. 3 sentences. I don't think there was any other interesting content in the video. Somehow the video mentioned removing the seats over and over again.
It's stupid comparison, as others have pointed out.

Also, why not 100 or 1000 years? Previous generations had their spiel of "our goal is to make things better for the next generation". That doesn't seem to hold true as much these days. Within my lifetime power went from being "cheap" when I was a kid to jumping up massively in price (some thanks to Russia) so it's not really so great anyway. And maybe I can buy 51 years of light, but my generation can't buy a fucking house to live in.

As a millennial the saddest thing is that we don't have enough political clout to pull rank and get things solved for the zoomers ahead of time.

Perhaps if we pulled together and voted (bc ofc only older people vote in large numbers)...but I think the crux of the issue, around the world even, is that the only candidates we have to vote for are in their 70s.

What we need is more 30-40 candidates, if mils and zooms of voting age pull together we could get some real change.
In Fukushima most of the area is safe now:

https://blog.japanwondertravel.com/fukushima-exclusion-zone-...

So the only large permanent contamination seems to have happened in Chernobyl.
Yeah but that's Samsung problem, not Android problem.
I think it's a bit of a stretch to compare the 2
I don't think the US has any period of notice
Switzerland has many benefits US definitely don't get, like holidays
Strong unions in Switzerland fight to keep wages up
I strongly recommend you acquaint yourself with a dictionary. Look up "rhetorical". I can suggest other words also.

> I can't be bothered to answer questions

Well, I can't blame you if you don't know or can't articulate answers.

> One google to prove you 100% wrong is sufficient.

Sure, I'll take the bait. What is your one true google then?

> Pro tip: try to avoid histrionics about "what to do when the sun doesnt shine and the wind doesnt blow". its so 2012 ;)

Here's another pro tip: go outside. Observer. You will see and feel that the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. You can even find occasions when both meteorological phenomenons occur.

Then look at electrical generation charts. Note that both sun and wind production varies. Note that low or zero generation of both occurs.

I mean, this is basic kindergarten stuff. I can't believe I have to spell out the obvious to somebody that can both read and right. Don't know about the comprehension part, tho.
The same reason why FB was not interested in subscriptions. Few bucks/month/all your users guaranteed is much MUCH more than a bit more bucks/month a fraction of that userbase. Would the less money still be a good, and also fair business? Sure. But they will now have shareholders and they demand growth.
> Humans without cars should feel even more anxiety and panic!

I mean, pedestrians do, right? I guess it depends on the local driving culture.

My best friend is blind, and this is precisely how he feels trying to navigate the world.

But yeah, living in America, car ownership seems unavoidable for most people in most areas.
I much prefer GNU Guile over Nix. Anyone else? I saw some progress being made towards making NixOS compatible with other programming languages.
For those you like YA sci-fi, this really reminds me of the "Want"[0] novel, where custom suits with are filtration are sold to the rich in order to protect them from a really polluted city air.

[0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32333174-want
Totally agree, although my comment on the topic reeks of anger aha, yours is admiringly restrained.
Devs need managers who... code. This is the only way they can understand the underlying work. Otherwise their usefulness is significantly diminished.

The fact that the OP thinks you move the needle primarily by having great meetings together, and leaves out the engineering aspect completely makes it seem like he's the out of touch "ideas" manager, and for this archetype, the office is indeed a more comfortable environment - you can have coffee with everyone whenever you like.
The company where I had my first "proper" job got bought by some international corporation half a year after I joined. Not long after I noticed me and my coworkers had nothing to do, just sitting in the office twiddling thumbs all day rather than visiting clients doing work.

Since I had no point of reference, with this being my first job, I asked a coworker if this was normal. He said no, all his friends with similar jobs at other companies were working like crazy.

That's when I knew this wouldn't last long. A few months later the company got sold for scraps to our largest competitor.

I learned then that it's better with a bit too much to do, rather than too little.
No, literally. That's a basic tenet of economics. Where does economic growth come from? Productivity gains. What are productivity gains? Better efficiency in using factors of production.
If everyone is hiring and you don't, your shareholders will think you're not doing a good job. If everyone is laying people off and you do, shareholders will think you're making tough choices.

I really think that there isn't a rational reason for doing so, it's just CYA all the way up.
Reddit really is desperate for this IPO isn't it. This pricing decision is a total debacle. They're clearly going to try and tell a story about how their data set is massively valuable for AI (it isn't) and that they've got it under lock and key (it's already been crawled by every major player in AI) so that they can get a totally unrealistic valuation at IPO. It makes sense, imagine how incredible it would be if you could get an Nvidia level multiple at IPO. Unfortunately in the process they're killing the actual product. They're trying to backtrack to try and paper over this but you really can't get past the fact that what they're doing is deliberately attacking their own users and community. So they're trying to go "err uhh well, if you're exclusively using the API for accessbility and not making any money"... alright, we'll let you fix our broken shitty site but only if you take a vow of poverty. The correct answer from any developer to this should be clear "Fuck you pay me.". The relationship between Reddit and it's community is very delicate, so it seems pretty silly for Reddit to decide to crash it into a wall shortly before their IPO. They might get the IPO pop they want - I doubt it, they're smashing the long term viability of the company.
Some context: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/06/prompts-for-work...
Meanwhile, we were just issued a “please work in the office at least 2 days a week” notice, and everyone just shakes their head and stays home anyway.
> But I would not be surprised if this is still off by a couple of tens of percents.

They're predicting a 200% increase in 5 years. Being only a couple of tens of percents off would be quite remarkable IMHO.
This attitude is more dystopia than any micromanaging over the shoulder boss.

"Companies should pay an employees a stipend for the risk of..... human contact!"

I already lament the world where parents are fined and sometimes jailed for letting their kids exist independent of surveillance, and we do not need to take further steps into isolation and atomization
The cool part of datalist is that you can listen to input events on the field, query the server and create your options in the datalist.
Curious what this research has actually improved in a practical sense? I’m asking for a friend…
Everything about the website looks fake, the testimonials in particular. At first I got suspicious because the photographs of the couples looked like those promotional ad shots no one takes in real life, but on closer inspection even those are clearly AI generated¹. The text of the reviews doesn’t help either.

If you’re faking testimonials, I don’t see why anyone should trust the service.

¹ Even if we were to ignore the excessive airbrushing, look at the neck on the rightmost couple: https://i.imgur.com/kkI3xrN.jpg
I think Reddit will actually still run for quite a while without moderators as most egregious spam is caught by auto moderator rules (although set up by moderators).

I moderate a few subs and rarely do things manually.

So short term strikes won’t have much impact other than degraded quality.

Also, there’s already a process for “abandoned” subs where if subs aren’t moderated users can request mod access. So if mods go on strike, new users could request mod access.

For some of the larger subs I think this would actually be healthy as there are lots of subs with toxic mods but there is no way to oust them unless they choose to leave.
How large is the company? The UK has pretty strict rules but it only applies above a certain size: https://www.acas.org.uk/your-rights-during-redundancy .

e.g.

> If there are 20 or more employees affected by redundancies, your employer must hold collective consultation.

Of course, it relies on affect people knowing their rights and being willing to stand up for them, which isn't always easy, especially if you're not being let go.
There's a fantastic Japanese magazine called Software Design that is not only available digitally, but is still being physically printed. The magazine covers trending topics in programming, software development, and Linux systems administration. I always pick up a copy whenever I visit Japan.

https://gihyo.jp/magazine/SD
These companies are exploring bad business behavior all over the world. US is exporting wholesale anything that is detrimental for democracy. It's nuts
You didn't mention to smash like and subscribe
What if 100% of your economy's money goes out to foreign tax havens then?

Something that works for the general case should work for both extremes, because then that better informs usage for the general case (this applies to development too, imo).

If we know how to manage the economy when: no money is flowing out to foreign countries + all the money is flowing out to foreign countries, then we have a good idea of the best way to handle _some_ money flowing out to foreign countries.
Most of the Eastern European countries as well and their economies are growing great compared to old Europe.
Extensive power like wind and solar also relies on mining; it would be interesting to see a comparison per joule delivered, my guess is this would favor nuclear.

If "surface area used per megajoule" is 100x lower for nuclear than for, say, solar, I would be comfortable calling this 'almost zero', there are plenty of rhetorical situations where 1% is almost zero, this strikes me as one of them.
Nonsense. The western world needs to solve their own emissions first and foremost.

China is reducing its import of fossils by building renewables on a massive scale.
> Seek medical assistance, immediately.

It's not a medical problem.

I'm just tall and small cars are the wrong size for my body. Like choosing a piece of clothing, the solution is to choose a vehicle that fits my body.

I mean, I could try to have surgery to change my height, but that's wrongheaded, right?
It works on top of any Linux distribution.

So you can for example use WSL2 on Windows with a small Linux distribution and then extract the guix binaries from the website guix.gnu.org onto there, start guix-daemon in there and use guix like that. That said, I care about bootstrappable builds, so I can't recommend using a hypervisor I can't trust (Windows Hyper-V) as a base.

That's if you want the development environment.

On the other hand, for using guix packs of your software, you don't even need to install guix. Just unpack the pack as-is (or use docker).

Note: guix supports cross compilation, so you CAN just use --target=x86_64-w64-mingw32 and it will compile your program for Windows native just fine. The computer that is doing the building needs to be Linux- or Hurd-based, though.

Sometimes people come and try to port guix to cygwin or whatever but I have no experience in how far that is.

What's your use case?
Because people care
More threads generating working images from QR code which still work:

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/141hg9x/co...

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/143qz65/my...

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/143w30f/th...

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/143u5x6/my...

Arstechnica article: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/reddi...
Doesn't really count as language design if it's toy Lisp #9368. Language implementation exercise, yes.
Wondering how it compares to Lua
What do you mean by humidity control? a central one?

I am not saying you don't need one, but here in Sweden modern houses do not use humidity controls and are still air tight and mold free, maybe at the cost of letting more air and energy be swapped. Older houses have local vents at the baths which are humidity sensitive and will blow out excess humidity quickly, again at the cost of wasted energy.

I suppose that controlling humidity centrally will somewhat save energy, but at what cost and complexity?
Afaik there are no simple sensors for this but havong gone through probably similar situation here, few things what I have learned:
- voc sensor can detect lots of stuff, but reports just total value, still, voc sensor can be good way to detect if there is something wrong
- our local laboratories have test sets which can be ordered home. Those cost something like 200eur, are placed e.g. on the table for an hour and those collect air. Then the unit is sent to laboratory which will report total voc (good to get a clue how right your own sensor is) and also detailed info on chemicals. For moulds there are different test sets
- if some material is suspected to emit something, they can also identify material tvoc and detailed chemicals (so if there is some "bad" chemical on air sample, this is usually to confirm the source)
The discourse around offices is almost as if they didn't exist before COVID. This:

> in an office it is more manageable to have private spaces instead of open spaces

was largely unsuccessful almost everywhere and the trend was for more open, more distracting spaces as time progressed. It was to the point that complaining about open offices & wishing we could complain about cubicles like our predecessors was a tired topic on HN.
Yes, it does, because if the brain adheres to known physics it means the brain has the same limits on computability as any other universal turing machine, and while replicating the process can still be difficult, it can't be impossible.
Districts are a bad idea, all votes should be based on proportion.
I think the major difference here is that there are 2 flavors of WFH employee: Pre and post covid. Covid-era WFH was conducted with reckless abandon (out of necessity). Anyone and everyone was 100% qualified to work remotely because that was the only possible way.

Pre-covid WFH employees were hired among a backdrop of "most people still work in an office", so there were a lot of extra special precautions taken throughout. Those hiring remote employees wanted to hire remote employees. They weren't forced to.

Taken together, you now have a marketplace of workers where you get a radically different outcome depending on their "initial conditions".
I'm cool with remote peoples travel being paid for if I get the same money towards my mortgage when I can walk in.
Well I honestly don't care. The moment a service puts a paywalls around the API used to pull their public data they're already dead to me. No matter how many acts they decide to embark on to wash their dirty conscience.

If your service doesn't expose your data using an API or an open feed, then your service has already become irrelevant, period.
Linus Torvalds on “Woke” Attacks
Obscure Python Packages That Nobody Uses
You should look into how the Vision Pro works, it actually doesn't include air typing. You can use a keyboard from traditional to a small one in your lap, if you want to use a virtual keyboard you're not lifting your arms to select letters, and most text entry is voice because STT is good enough now.
yes, i do trust protonvpn more than german isps.
> in an office it is more manageable to have private spaces instead of open spaces, than it is to have a separated office at home

The big difference is that the private space in my own home is under my control. A private space in the office is under the CIO’s control. I’ll let you guess how often they think a private space is worth spending money on.
> This kind of flexibility in the labour market is clearly an advantage because the US and CH have some of the highest salaries and lowest unemployment in the world.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc. There are plenty of other reasons that the US and Switzerland have become wealthy, you can't simply assume that liberal labour laws are a factor.
Even if gerrymandering evens out over long times, on short terms it can let a party have control over an/a few elections and use that to enact changes that will affect the future.

Sometimes you don't need 15 years to get something done, just one term.
What Does Vision Pro Mean for Windows Developers?
> A CDN compromise or cache poisoning is not out of the question due to Curse's usage of the extremely outdated and insecure MD5 to verify downloads.

If someone found an md5 preimage attack, they wouldn’t burn it on some random Minecraft players.
How do Guix and Nix userbases and contributor resources compare?

I like Guix as a standalone package manager much much more. It has first-class support for single-file environment config, and it's in lisp! But a package manager system ultimately comes down to resources poured into maintaining and supporting packages, it's a bootstrap problem. It's clear that NixOS has substantial support. What about Guix?
That same argument could be made about lots of worker protections, from safety controls to minimum wage standards.

Greater worker protections leading to greater stability rather than a boom and bust over-hiring and mass lay-offs sounds like a feature, not a bug, to me.
I think it’d be unwise for VCs to discriminate on protected characteristics. Even if the investments worked the legal/political consequences wouldn’t be worth it.

However, the entire purpose of early stage VCs is to allocate capital by discriminating between founders. To that extent discriminating on non protected characteristics like education, experience and presentation skills are fair game.

I’m assuming attractiveness is a non protected characteristic but we’d need to be careful to define it in a way that doesn’t accidentally proxy for protected characteristics.
I don't want to take a side in this argument (pro remote vs offsite vs hybrid), but productivity measurement in agile software development is hard and I have never seen it done well, so it's hard to trust these measurements with this decision.

Another issue is the author's conscious and unconscious hidden biases and agendas. If a research is ordered by a video chat software company, you bet the result will be different than if it's paid for by a coworking space provider.

Similarly, you'll have a different result if it's done by a SF company who needs to justify their expenses vs. by a remote team headed by a manager from the woods in Wyoming.

By the third citation, you lose the source of the study, only have the clickbait outcomes like "86% productivity drop by onsite work", so I'm in the camp of "do whatever feels right for your team".
In which city was it? Sounds like a nice place. I live and work in Stockholm and it's similar to what you described.
gerrymandering means that no matter how many people don't like those in power their votes will never matter anyway.
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If you have a need for hiring, it is likely for a higher priority project in need of a skill / domain you don't have free resources for internally.

Simply having a hiring freeze means you hamstring high priority projects you'd have allocated resources for, while letting others that may lower priority ride due to inertia.
I suspect the scale being accurate +-30g is sufficient for personal weight management unless you’re a professional boxer or need it to be exact for some reason.