skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Uh huh. What were you wearing? Did you sew your own clothes and grow your own cotton for those clothes? There's a surprising amount of "on the grid" work that afforded you the ability to live "off the grid".

There's also a big difference between living in a part of the world where the woods provide a relatively temperate climate. Try living out in the forest to Papua New Guinea with 100% humidity.

By the way, try to make sure you don't accidentally get bitten by a rabid animal because the cure for rabies wasn't invented until the 1880s.
I’m also waiting for the limit increase for 4 days already. Will update here when/if something changes.

Any idea why did they come up with this limit at all?
my comment in no way takes the thread into a flame war, and i'm pretty frustrated that it's being judged that way
It’s a long article lamenting that onshore manufacturing doesn’t work. But, maybe it’s just they weren’t good at it? Maybe their leadership was poor? Perhaps their technical automation solutions were poor? I refuse to believe that the only way to make things is on effectively slave labour.
> An institutional system can be built with cross-checks, inspections, corruption fighting mechanisms, etc. By this I mean actual, independent, not powerless, not perfunctory, corruption-fighting, enforceable, etc.

It can be but not within capitalism. Even if it’s the Best Government Program Ever, eventually it will become public/private, and eventually private. And it will get worse and worse the entire time. Once it’s fully private then it will be incentivized to put people there (if it wasn’t already), and those interred will be used for labor in the worst and likely most potential ways. It’s reinventing prisons.
And then there is the climate crisis also, introducing further changes and threatening this animals. Because the ice sheet areas where krill like to meet and swarm are decreasing, as the article points
Tldr: no, but it’s complicated. Have a read of the Beyond Corp paper for more details.
And gains in computing made computers cheaper. An esp32 which is way way more powerful than desktop machines ~30-40 years ago costs $4, you can buy a full laptop for ~150eur, or a smartphone for even less. Yes, of course AI will make stuff cheaper and more accessible, but you'll want more and more of that stuff. Just count the number of "computers" in your home now, and think what else will become "smart" in the future.
CoQ4 is a functional substitute for CoQ10 and can be targeted to mitochondria
There is an active effort to spread the tourism to other municipalities. Amsterdam is a world famous brand that attracts lots of tourists, so the Dutch tourist industry has been branding other parts of the country with it too.

For example, Zandvoort (which is not Amsterdam, and separated from it by another city, Haarlem) gets branded Amsterdam Beach. The most egregious example I've seen was the Frisian lakes, which is great for sailing and other activities on and around water, got called the Amsterdam Lake District, despite being in a completely different province and on the opposite side of the IJsselmeer.

But if that helps tourists to visit some other parts of the country instead of just drinking themselves senseless in Amsterdam, I guess that's good. Though the branding really rubs me the wrong way.
That isn't really an accurate take.

Most 'right wingers' only fetishize Sparta based on what they learned from the movie 300. Kind of like a lot of 'right wingers' say they are Christian, but have never read the bible and have no idea what they believe in. (for example, Jesus didn't actually support killing neighbors with guns).

Like from the Movie 300, it is made out like Athens are 'gay', 'boy lovers'.

When it is pretty clearly documented that Spartans were very homosexual. Since the movie changed this, 'right wingers' feel ok fetishizing them. (and, I do like how you used the word "fetish" here, it almost makes me think this was a long con reverse troll post).
> I was invited to go to IHOP or someplace like that after we closed. I asked what they talked about and the answer I got was, "mostly work politics"

Honestly, I'm surprised at the candor! Were the other employees also teenagers, or were you told this by an adult? I'd somewhat expect that somewhere with such a strong "workplace politics" culture would have been more worried that you'd be a competitor, but I could see an adult being more candid with someone much younger due to not perceiving them as a "threat".
> The issue is that when you carve out exceptions to human rights, they get abused.

Even something as simple as detaining a criminal is "carving out an exception to human rights". You're correct that this could be abused, but so can any law. It's possible to mitigate though; that's the entire reason for the concept of an independent judiciary.
You used to be dealing with someone who did everything because they had to, and so they had leeway and power.

Now you have to get two or three tiers up before you can find someone who has more access than the customer does via their online account.
Which why in a lot of instances in our lives we are not allowed full personal autonomy. We try to minimize collateral damage as well as self-damage to some extent.
Wow and I thought calling someone an NPC was an insult!
Cos China?
Best I can figure it, an anonymous webboard for economists used lousy identity hashing and some data scientists wrote a security analysis showing that fact. Part of it was showing that, surprise surprise, a bunch of economists at big name schools were posting a bunch of middle school taunts of women and minorities. (Not much to do with Mastodon here except just as one among many services that has IP address info of users.)
Do you read your own writing here?
Again, and last time: the fact that you can use mathematics to do physics to the point we've been able to do implies something about the universe. You should think about it a bit more.
I implemented iCloud support in an app not long after iCloud was made available to developers. The problem with the "ubiquitous key/value store" was that you never knew when or if the local copy would be refreshed, and you didn't necessarily get notified if it was.

Therefore, if your application depended on it, you had to figure out some way to operate for an unknown amount of time and then reconcile the app's state if you unexpectedly heard back from iCloud five minutes or an hour after the user started using the app and did a bunch of stuff.

I'm curious as to whether this has been improved since then (circa 2011).

Another issue is that Apple would throttle your application if it made too many iCloud requests in some time-frame. They refused to specify how many or how fast the requests would have to be to get you throttled, and your program would not be informed. Actually, "throttling" isn't quite right, because that implies that your calls would just be slowed down. No: iCloud calls would just start failing with "false." So, if I'm stepping through my code and there's an iCloud call in it, can I step through it five times? Three? And how quickly?
I see it often. I plug my Mac laptop to 2 screens and usually one screen won't have any windows until I move something over manually.

I have something that rotates my desktop wallpaper daily so it's fun to see a random wallpaper pop up.
There are times when missing an attendant is felt; they could hold the elevator for you, see you running up, etc.

Much of that still exists (most elevators have a "move in/move out" mode that is never turned on, for example) or can be obtained via the fire lockout key, but overall the service is a bit lower.
Redmine is fine for ITSM and software development projects because of it's ticket-oriented workflows and source code integration. But as an actual project management tool, ProjeQtor is the best open source tool I've found:
https://www.projeqtor.org/en/

It's very lightweight and feature-rich. They really need to get a UI designer who helps them to move from that amateur UI to something that looks professional.
Chiropractors are basically dangerous and overpriced massage therapists who pretend to be doctors (complete with their own brand of pseudoscience) to ape the legitimacy of real medicine.

Massage feels great, but many people feel uncomfortable about it, or don't take it seriously because the provider is not wearing a white coat, or there's no clear "science" behind it. Chiropractors don't massage you see, they correct your subluxations (which are totally real and not made up) with the application of pressure to the body. People walk away from a treatment feeling good, and Chiropractors leverage that to convince them that their services are more that what they are, strange and somewhat risky massage therapy.

While magical beliefs (misalignment of your bones causes literally all problems with your health) are still common, the industry learned to be careful about what legally relevant claims they make and generally represent themselves as a kind of physical therapist that can help you with back pain. Because of this (and lots of lobbying dollars) they have gained real legitimacy in the legal/medical sense and can even get reimbursed by insurance for their services.

TLDR: they get hired because people like them, and they've built a passible veneer of legitimacy.
On the contrary, I personally believe it's deeply immoral to tell a dying person to "just wait, it's for your own good".
Tourism attracts a lot of gatekeeping about the "real" way to travel. It's practically an immutable law of the universe that hostels have to have at least one person in the common rooms doing pointless gatekeeping at all times.
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not answering the question, but many parts of north brooklyn, NYC are other such areas. I'm looking at the exact same math problem. Paying 7k a month for a place that you couldn't possibly rent for more than 5k.
...thanks?
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“Productivity” is a very hand wavey idea.
And do you have any data showing increased bone defects in children after the introduction of fluorinated water? Because there is plenty of data showing the tremendous benefits of better dental health from fluorinated water, and dental health having a major long term health impact.
How much RAM do you account for this using (regardless of E core or not)?
Thats assuming I have it on me. I might not, or I might need to dig it out of a bag.
>Hopefully the costumers will rewards companies with better customer service.

That assumes people will recognize those companies and pay a premium for their services.
ah yes another way to shut down people you find inconvenient
Absolutely. [I'm also an artist]

I find Developers like to have a specific Goal, then explore the space towards it. An Artist does the opposite: they make random marks and explore the marks that they "like".

Art iteration is also almost free. In fact, the "cost" of physical media (pencils and paper) helps the human brain understand and integrate what it's learning, vs digital is harder for ideas to stick.

Developers could gain by doing the same thing as artists: do random things to gain knowledge, then create a Goal and work towards it.

Recommend checking out Lynda Barry, who's written multiple books helping students unleash their creativity -- exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtb2M2SmeuA
PV cells lose efficiency as temperatures increase. Having irrigated crops below should reduce air temp around the cells, slightly improving their power yield.
My experience is 180 degrees the opposite. Had RSI and shoulder/neck issues for years until I threw away the external mouse & keyboard and committed to using a laptop in a standing position with a large monitor on a stand right above and behind it, both screen tops angled back a little so I’m looking down at them. Standing, I can be stepped back a little which means I don’t have to angle my elbows out to the sides too much, and my wrists are straight and relaxed.

When I checked the Wirecutter link, I saw my setup (minus a chair) hits all the points. I can handle 8-12 hour days with frequent breaks.
Aristotle described propositional logic.
Been coding mostly from hone to 20+ years. You need:

1. Adjustable height desk (sit/stand, whatever)
2. External monitor, full-size keyboard, and mouse
3. Comfy chair (NOT necessarily “ergonomic”). If you’re comfortable and your body doesn’t hurt when standing or changing position, then it’s a good chair).
4. Frequent mental breaks (play guitar, games, fidget toys, etc.)
5. Post-nut clarity
I'm assuming that you're looking at it from the point of view of someone who only contacts tech support when human intervention is actually required.

And honestly, probably 90% of people are like this.

In terms of who actually takes up the majority of the support reps' time, however, is the 10% of people who are bored, lonely, genuinely mentally handicapped, whingers, and people who get really angry about some bizarre inane detail.

I'd honestly love it if companies weren't so allergic to offering good, paid support or just dropping troublesome customers so that the rest of us could get through quickly.
As stated elsewhere I think. Right-Wing glorification of Sparta is really based mostly on the movie 300, and not on much 'historical fact'.

Not that this bad. Most of our romanticized notions are incorrect. I also loved the movie 300 and if that is the romantic ideal for manly fighting, then so be it. That is fine. Call this some kind of 'Spartan Fighting Spirit'. Just don't take it as fact. Kind of like the Arthurian Ideal of Knighthood and Chivalry. It is a very powerful symbol, even if not very 'accurate'.
The response is always: "Oh, well, we're not making enough profit to justify staying open." Are you serious? It's greed manifest at sociopathic levels.
It is not the only way, it is the most cost-effective way. Our system is designed to evolve for cost, which inevitably means harm to workers, by rewarding slavish work in cheap places to live and discouraging American work. We absolutely can do loads of stuff onshore with some investment, but it clashes with our system at a deeply fundamental level. If there is one singlular solitary sentiment I agree with hard-conservatives on, it's "America first" (or really just the idea of "<our society> first" in general). Scrubbed of the oft-hinted disdain for others, of course.
two facts that may convince you that USA sees next-gen chips as a moat for military AI tech:

1. US blocked ASML from selling its EUV machines to China ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-05/us-pushin... )

2. US called back all US citizens working in microchip industry in China: to either leave China and come back to the USA or lose citizenship ( https://www.outlookindia.com/international/explained-how-ame... )

This is about maintaining long-term leader position in military technology of which AI is a big part
Just so your idea of random and secure isn't flawed...

Some websites think they enforce secure passwords, but don't seem to understand that a random password will occasionally have duplicate characters, or might include symbols other than @!#$, or might be longer then 10 characters.
> Why should police departments do automobile maintenance?

Because, as we have seen, outsourcing these kinds of services is rarely cheaper and never actually better.

By keeping it in house, you can hire people correctly for the volume of maintenance you do. Your people become very good at the specific needs and faults of your system (see: Why SF firefighters make and repair their own ladders). And when you genuinely need something, you can redeploy your labor.

All outsourcing does is create an extra middleman whose mouth you must feed and whose workers you have no control over.

Executives, of course, loved outsourcing as it let them crack up the unions.
Because arguably it reduces demand for the next generation to do their thing. And if too many do it then it also becomes a necessity for more in the same age cohort to afford housing and transportation.
But there will still be some mentally ill people right? Not everything and everyone can cured. Just like we will always need jails.
> Sears broke the contract, and quickly lost the trust. In just a few years, they destroyed one of the most trusted brands which took 100 years to build. The brand was sold off, and now it's just another meaningless string of letters. Today, Sears is dead and gone, for many reasons just like this. Good riddance.

What actually happened: Sears got rolled up with KMart, eventually went out of business. Sears house brands like Craftsman and Kenmore (home appliances) were sold off during the fire sale at the end. Ironically, Sears was the Amazon of the early 1900s but became too invested in big mall stores. When the ecommerce boom hit, Sears had just closed down their catalog division.
And now Stanley Blackend ... Decker can explain why they can't do what Milwaukee can.

https://toolguyd.com/milwaukee-usa-made-hand-tools-2023-upda...

https://toolguyd.com/milwaukee-usa-made-pliers-screwdrivers-... (prices)

I think this says more about how badly Craftsman has shat the bed and less about manufacturing in America.
Steam power was more of toy for the Romans. Some made dioramas with statues of the gods moved by steam.
That's because businesses compete with each other. So if Corporation A suddenly decides to pay workers a "proper wage", and raises the product prices accordingly, Corporation B will just take their share.

That's where the regulators are supposed to step in by setting the rules that both Corporation A and Corporation B are forced to follow, if they want to access the market.

Except, they won't because the elites are perfectly fine with the status quo, and the regular people seem to care more about pronouns and plastic straws, than being able to afford a decent lifestyle.
As I mentioned in another comment, it's clearly their fault; because Milwaukee has successfully (so far) done it, and prices aren't up "that much".

https://toolguyd.com/milwaukee-usa-made-pliers-screwdrivers-...
Your sarcasm/examples are false equivalencies. US cities were at one point far less car centric than they are now. Do you think we should maintain the status quo there as well?
Budd : They say the number one killer of old people is retirement. People got a job to do, they tend to live a little longer so they can do it. I've always figured that warriors and their enemies share the same relationship.

(Kill Bill: Vol 2)
Http and the internet is also a made up concept that has not actual value outside of what we place in it.

Conversations get no where if you're going to talk nonsense.

We don't (feed and house everyone) because the people who grow and distribute food need to get paid.

Australia has public healthcare and public housing. I myself am a beneficiary of that, as my parents were homeless. I got out of the cycle because there's things there that helped me. But I am 1-in-a-1000 case.

It's not "give them more" that's needed, there's many factors in play. Drugs, mental illness, and even the mentality and language around it.

Everyone I knew in homeless shelters as well as my family (except me) were either completely ignorant of how money works, or staunch communists who didn't believe in working for the man, with drugs and illness mixed in.
Not just cruise ships, though. British stag nights were also notorious for the excessive nuisance they created. Amsterdam is getting pickier about its tourists, and also about its tourism industry. A lot of shops that were aimed just at tourists have also been closed, or are at least harder to open. They want shops that (also) serve the locals.

People were complaining that the city had turned into a theme park, and that's not fun for the people living there, but ultimately also less attractive to many tourists, who prefer a vibrant, living city, and want to taste the local atmosphere.
The main concern these days is with people with specific mental illnesses or addictions that make them unable to comply with treatment. Schizophrenia and severe bipolar disorder are some of the more obvious ones. One can argue that there's a human right to be insane, but most of us would prefer not to be pushed in front of an oncoming subway train.

People with a good support network might find it easier to comply with medical orders than someone in a very precarious living situation. So forced institutionalization will likely affect the marginalized the most. It's still the right thing to do if the risk is severe enough.
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Unfortunately, higher cost of living doesn’t automatically raise wages though.
Let me steelman the suggestion then. Our western answer for when society is allowed to intervene against the will of an individual is when a law is broken. I agree that we shouldn't involuntarily commit people arbitrarily, but if you break the rules of society and engage in trespassing, theft, assault or sexual assault, etc then yes society should be allowed to intervene against your will.

It then becomes a question of preventing harm. Releasing the individual back onto the street seems like a recipe to have the same harm occur again. Putting a crazy person in jail seems harmful as well. Which is where your parent commenter's suggestion comes in...
As long as resources are limited there will be money or an equivalent mechanism for valuing and controlling those resources. Resources can be anything from land, food, knowledge, political power, etc.
"Nullsoft has had its conflicts with AOL in the past, such as in 2000 when Frankel developed a music file-swapping technology called Gnutella. "

Huh and this was limewire was born!
I don't know if that's going to be the case for long. GPT-4 is far more useful than almost any customer support rep I've dealt with.
> probably 90% of people are like this

I think you’re overestimating the average person.
Great quote!!! Thanks for the reminder that the first case of such disrespect to the reader came way earlier than internet forums :)
I’m not really sure how that’s possible - when I’ve gotten quotes for short run highly automated manufacturing (the stuff the US should be comparatively good at!), the overseas numbers are usually about half those of the US on a per part basis. IIRC can try this for yourself on Xometry by changing the manufacturing location.

But there’s also more than just labor cost. In my experience: when we ask a Chinese manufacturer about something they don’t have the capability to do, they’ll come back with subcontracting options from the factory down the road who can do it. There’s so much manufacturing capability concentrated in a small number of places that every process option is on the table. But in North America, it’s a very different story. Everything is so spread out so your options are dramatically more limited unless you want to be shipping parts across the country.

I’m not saying NA-based manufacturing is bad: the org I work for still does most stuff here for agility, communication, and security reasons. But it’s not cheap.

Opinions are my own.
Was with you until you said sole reason. The dod sources chips from GloFo (nee ibm) and smaller players. Because GloFo is such a laggard Intel was onboarded/recruited/shanghai'd to provide cutting edge nodes. This was some years ago.
It doesn't seem that bad to me. The original post asks why it resembles the graph of a particular formula. If there's a formula that better describes it, I feel like that's worth noting. And a more accurate description could yield clues into the underlying physics, or be used to exclude certain hypotheses.

It’s also a “just for fun” type question (although I suppose the answer could yield deep insight into the nature of our universe, you never know). If anyone happens to learn anything new while reading, even if it doesn’t answer the original question, then that’s a positive outcome in my opinion.
>this was limewire was born!

The screams of a thousand mp3.exe's being obliterated into the void