skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm not I buy that the lack of great success stories coming out of co-working spaces is because peer pressure conspires to kill original ideas. In my experience, people working in these places are usually professional and polite, not going around shitting on other people's ideas or laughing at them. And even if they did, are the people working on these ideas really so sensitive that they'd abandon them simply because some asshole said something mean? I can't say I've _ever_ heard of a startup deciding to voluntarily shut-down because of negative feedback from co-working peers. It would be ridiculous.

I think a simpler explanation is that co-working spaces are really an expensive luxury, and are favoured by people who want a lively and social workplace rather than those who are super-focussed on thrift and productivity. Startups who spend money on unnecessary things and whose employees are not unusually driven are statistically less likely to succeed.
Probably insurance at the sending end. Must depend on the bank. AFAIK, all transactions, once authorized, are not disputable.
A concern is that websites vital to people's lives, such as banks and government services, will adopt this to mimic the control they have on mobile platforms. With few brick-and-mortar branches remaining, it leaves few options open.
This happens so, so often; companies raising too much money at too high a valuation, based on unrealistic “moonshot” expectations, which then fails and they’ll have to pivot and refocus and they’ll be a mere shell of their former self.

Raising at too high a valuation is not a position you want to be in. Unless you’re planning to cash in sooner than the ship will start burning.
Since so many people here seem to have a similar setup can anyone recommend a write up on how to set it up and why is it worth the hassle?
Mine just got 1,000,000% more productive.
What do you think is going to replace BEVs?
This exact type of discussion comes up on GitHub issues, and quite often some combination of replies hides a true solution.
What you suggested about the listed steps is a bad suggestion. Docker should crash if you don't use a sha256 in a Dockerfile, or at least make some sort of lock file. But it instead allows you to make mistakes.

I recently contributed to the Linux kernel and they often get irate over the contributor not following manual steps. They could automate a lot of it with basic features like CI, and your suggestion that it is easy to make things reproducible if you just follow a list of instructions is part of this problem. "Just follow a list of instructions" will never be a solution to a bad workflow, and it is no replacement for a good methodology.

If you do not force best practices in the tool, it permits mistakes. Something you probably don't want to allow in a tool that builds software and manages the software supply chain. Docker doesn't provide a language for describing things correctly, you can make all the mistakes you want to make. Nix, for example, is a domain specific language which won't permit you to commit crimes like not pinning your dependencies, at least in 2023 with pure evaluation mode (on by default in flakes).

> They list the steps that you need to build a working image.

No they don't. They typically list the steps that you need to build a working image yesterday, not today, or in 5 years, which is a very important thing to be aware of, otherwise you might assume the instructions in the Dockerfile were crafted with any intention of working tomorrow. There's no reason to believe this is true, unless you know the author really did follow your list of suggestions.

Nix crashes when you make mistakes in your .nix expression. `docker build` won't crash when you make mistakes in your build, it is unaware and doesn't enforce a reproducibility methodology like Nix outlines in the thesis, an obvious example being the unconditional internet access given by the Docker "sandbox".

Docker does not make distinctions between fetching source code and operating/building that source code. In Nix these happen in two separate steps, and you can't accidentally implement your build instructions in the same step as fetching your program, which would otherwise lead you to execute the build on untrusted/unexpected input. This is just one part of the methodology outlined in the Nix thesis.

TL;DR Nix doesn't suggest you follow a list of instructions to make things reproducible, it just doesn't permit a lot of common mistakes that lead to unreproducibility such as not pinning or hashing inputs.
Well maybe the "very" part is debatable since it applies some more areas more than other.

> The only device running a variant of iOS that doesn’t have third party software are the displays.

That seems to be the case, yes.
The career workforce is certainly competent, but I wouldn't extend that to the politically nominated employees.
I quite seriously don't see a slightest problem about it. It will be cheaper than most welfare states' spending and it will create enough people to make another forms of welfare unnecessary: economic growth will provide enough to old generation through stocks appreciation, and fierce competition will force young generation to learn and develop skills. It's the numbers game after all.
Very roughly:

SLI - Service Level Indicators - Metrics ie Latency of each request / response cycle

SLO - Service Level Objective - What threshold we are aiming for - 10 ms from request to response averaged over 1 hour period.

SLA - SL agreement - contract with custom yet what happens if we breach (credits given, put the CTO in stocks and throw eggs at him etc)
As a former secondary math teacher, you'd be surprised how many kids can't do basic arithmetic without a calculator. This doesn't even just include kids with learning disabilities or those at the lower end of the grade spectrum. I had many students who couldn't multiply or divide when they got to me (let alone understand negative numbers or such) because of the over reliance on tech and calculators when they're younger.
> By off-label surgery are you referring to trepanning? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning

Wow! Jeez, I mean the thought of doing that myself has certainly crossed my mind in semi-jest, mid attack, but nope.

I found this old study [0] and based on that I had endoscopic sinus surgery. It stopped a 9 month cluster and I did not have another attack for almost a year. The surgeon did it because my sinuses were opaque, but the reason I did it was with the hope of the chance of cluster benefit.

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8924166/
Ok, I’ll dig a bit more to get some good test cases with the local data that I’m familiar with, and make sure that it’s not something that I’m doing wrong.
Why.. why did they closed this down? I remember this was my single most successful place to find good software developers / run job ads. We spent thousands and thousands on these ads, and I always felt this was their chicken that laid golden eggs.
A few UEFI firmwares support netboot from a URL over wifi.

With that, you could set up a special secret URL which you'd type in on system boot, and have your personal OS loaded for you, complete with your settings and data, on any machine.

The local hard drive could be used as an encrypted cache so that it's only slow the first time you boot up.

Sadly, support for wifi from UEFI is rare, and bugfree booting over the network is tricky to get working on a wide variety of hardware.
Sure it does. All biographies mention spouse and children.
I've worked in various size open offices, they can best be described like financial trading floors, some are busy and chaotic, some are not.

The main point with an open office, is people can shout across the room quickly and easily when they want something from someone else which may need an immediate response or response in the timescales said office works to when resolving problems. ie some offices need to resolve things by the end of day, others need to resolve problems within a few days. Its also a lazy way of communicating without a document trail like a messaging system can provide.

Very difficult to manage, accountability is virtually at zero, so if you have a team which doesn't work or has personality clashes, that's a team which will perform poorly, but still look super busy.

Seating arrangements are interesting as well, you can spot hierarchies.

It probably explains the saying, if you want something done properly, do it yourself!
>> which lost $42 million over 6 months and had just laid off 10% of its employees

most tech companies lay offs have been around 10% mark - and it started before general public's orgasmic-adoption of A.I.

like all platforms, Stack Overfloow, overflowed their market. layoffs and restructuring is a way to address that.

if you account the rise of "tech streaming" platforms like youtube, twitch, and elearning orgs like udemy etc, it's no surprise that students & professionals choose alternatives to Stack.
byjus worked on a flawed premise.

that with big money and flashy ads and "wolf gupta" and victim shaming parents into paying upfront/subscribing to tablets, phones would magically give their children 100% marks and make them saleable in the job market.

this is no way this hyper urgency of bad grades and exams and will be long term viable
I can’t believe this is gone. They had the highest quality job posts and search every time I’ve looked for jobs.
Give another generation of two and the odds are they will be all below 2 as well.
It wasn't meant as criticism. Doing something is better than nothing. Of course the irony is that the more you do the easier it gets to fingerprint and track you with cookieless technology. I've been there and given up. The best solution in my opinion is to blend in and hide in the masses while blocking the worst offenders. I use Firefox with uBlock and DNS blocking in my firewall (OPNsense).

I participated in an experiment that tried to fingerprint without cookies over time. All browsers failed but Firefox did best (for me). So that's what I use.
That and translating short messages into neurotypical-appropriate management-impressing emails, lol. Example, the message "tl;dr":

Dear [Recipient's Name],

I trust this email finds you well. I am writing to express my appreciation for the time and effort you invested in composing the recent email you sent my way. Your commitment to clear communication is commendable, and I value the insights you often bring to our exchanges.

However, I must admit that due to the current demands on my schedule, I have not had the opportunity to read through the entire content of your email in its entirety. Recognizing the importance of your message, I feel it necessary to be transparent about my current time constraints and commitments.

With a view to ensuring that I can fully grasp the essential points you wish to convey, I would be grateful if you could kindly provide a condensed version or a summary of the key takeaways from your original message. Rest assured that your efforts in doing so will be highly appreciated and will enable me to offer the attention and consideration your thoughts deserve.

Please understand that my intention is not to diminish the significance of your communication but rather to ensure that I can respond meaningfully and efficiently to your input. I truly value our professional collaboration and the valuable contributions you consistently make to our discussions.

Thank you for your understanding, and I look forward to receiving your condensed version of the email at your earliest convenience. Should you have any questions or require further clarification on this matter, please do not hesitate to reach out.

With warm regards,

[Your Name]
[Your Title/Position]
[Company Name]
[Contact Information]
I'm having trouble finding which groups are on terrorist watchlists, but the implication that right-wing or white nationalist groups or individuals are ignored is false, and was false even under Trump:

Top law enforcement officials say the biggest domestic terror threat comes from white supremacists. - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/domestic-terr...

The Countering Violent Extremism change has not been officially announced, and white supremacy extremist groups are still listed as threats in other counter-terrorism programs. - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-terror-watch-program...

Dozens of people listed in TSDB, mostly those flagged in connection with past concerning white supremacist connections, were present in Washington, D.C., during the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol building - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_Screening_Database

Listing three categories of cause groups potentially linked to terrorist activity, Rasner named white supremacist groups, Islamic terrorist groups, and Anarchists - this submission
Nope, I gave my opinion with probabilities I feel reasonable, given our current understanding of physics and the limits imposed - and I didn't exclude anything. So what is yours? You are an expert and certainly know they invented some way of FTL travel? Otherwise, see..
As far as I remember (I used to be Brazilian) the tax is applied to the difference, so 20% is discounted from the maximum for the 20% bracket, and 27.5% (and, boy, I wish I only paid 27.5% tax here) is applied to the difference.

Or am I misremembering? Maybe it's taken from the payslip, but returned with the yearly adjustment (which could make sense)
It's a shitty thing to write but she's also someone who had very openly struggled with poor mental health for basically all of her life. I've a hard time holding something as thoughtless - in a very literal sense - as that against her.
he seem to be a very smart person. but very very naive as well.
time will tell if climate, ww3 or AI will kill us.
Honestly, just use a real db in testing. Purity is all well and good, but not at the expense of more bugs caught.
Stack Overflow job ads were the best part of the site. They were affordable enough for small companies to run them, and they were the only place that actually showed compensation info front and center. They didn't have the most job ads, but they had really good ones.

Screw them for closing that.
>(real, STEM) Nobel prize

Alfred Nobel would probably find this characterization very ironic.
True, much better than relying on billionaires to fund the news as a charity, as we do now :eyeroll:
Not only in desktop app, I use web app and it's unusable right now.
Absolutely. Superior is a term that only makes sense in the context of an individual’s or group’s values, and how strongly those values are held in relation to the downsides of the individual culture in that culture’s context. Added to that, some of the “downsides” from the perspective of one group’s values might be “upsides” to another! I happen to value “safety” in absolute terms (as demonstrated by Japan) less than individual freedom. That is, I prefer to live in a society with more “rough edges” because I see the trade-off (more room for new ideas and more latitude for people who don’t fit in) as being worth it.

Now, you could totally question the link between these two. And you’d be right to! There’s no absolute link between “restrictive personal expression” and “low crime and high safety.” Japan, for one, has pretty punitive laws, including the death penalty. That probably plays a role. It’s all super complex, which is what makes it interesting… and why sharing ideas is critical to improving conditions for individuals, especially marginalized ones.
We had a working reactor in the 1960s, but we chose not to develop it commercially due to our inability to choose rationally. That's why we are where we are now.
> docker forces all injection points to be super explicit.

L O L
From my perspective as a former secondary teacher, it's parents. At the least sign of their kids being in trouble (or failing), many parents will come up to the school (that they often never visit otherwise) and proclaim that the teacher is wrong and shouldn't be punishing little Johnny. And schools give in because they're worried about lawsuits and having to deal with parents, so the teachers get thrown under the bus and can't punish the kids.

Thankfully the last school I worked at did back the teachers - at least to some extent - but it was so annoying having to deal with parents who never showed up to parent-teacher conferences, never contacted me (or answered my emails/calls!) come up as soon as their kids got sent to in-school suspension for misbehaving or for having too many missing assignments or getting a bad grade.

There's also an anti-punishment trend prevalent in education research. Which I truly get, but sometimes kids need to know the limits and you have to do something with the bad ones so the others can actually learn. It's a lose-lose situation (and part of the reason why I left, though I really do miss it and am considering returning, though maybe at international schools).
What guest OS do you use for GPU accelerated Linux guests? I have not been able to get GPU accelerated full res Linux guests working on M1/M2 via UTM.
I'm a senior dev. Which means my knowledge and experience is often on higher level stuff. Hence I often need to look up details I don't bother to remember. I'm not ashamed to say I search for lots of stuff, and often get results from SO.

If anything, pretending to be completely knowledgeable "since one's a senior" is quite junior behavior.
This is a fundamental problem of society including democratic societies. Minorities without a strong lobby can be disproportionately affected by something without eliciting so much as shrug from everybody else.

It takes many years of activism to build awareness for these sorts of issues. I worry that increasingly tight technological control over various aspects of our lives will create more of these situations and eventually overwhelm our capacity to build awareness. The result could be widespread cruelty.

The solution cannot be for each and everyone of us to be aware of and emotionally enganged with every possible predicament in which others could find themselves. It's just not possible psychologically.

We need to design our rules and systems to be resilient in the face of unexpected things going wrong and in the face of permanent partial brokenness of everything, including rule making itself. It's very difficult and I'm not optimistic.
X Marks the Motivated Reasoning
It's guaranteed to be false for the simple fact of human organism adaptability to caffeine. You certainly feel increased alertness after a cup of coffee, so subjectively it may feel very empowering. But if you're a long-time caffeine consumer your baseline (no caffeine alertness) goes down, and in the long run coffee just brings you up to the same level non-consumers have for free. So let's not fool ourselves, coffee is primaryly for pleasure, it doesn't make any miracles for productivity
Man Open Source software should not post announcements like this using a blogging platform that nags you to pay to view posts. Like it's possible to dismiss the prompt and view the post (for now at least) but something about that definitely feels off.
MBA CEOs as a risk for engineering companies and longterm value destroyers. The book.
Well that sucks. I've asked ChatGPT (v3) for help with a programming task a couple of times. It made weirdly specific shit up about how an API was structured, which is way worse than a plain wrong answer. Then it tried to gas light me when questioned the response declaring itself totally correct. Then it eventually backed down and apologized. Never solved my problems. It was a weird experience, but enough for me to conclude I'd prefer to just use a search engine on openly available human generated content than some weird rip-off transformation of that content.
Foldable phones really have no appeal for me. Maybe I have to use one to get the appeal, but seeing the prices I'll be waiting for a while. They don't do anything that non-foldable phones don't, so they can't be sold as a productivity booster.
Is Aspartame Linked to Cancer?
Sometimes you don’t have that option. Or the database has so many constraints that creating testdata is just not worth the mountain of effort.

Imho: Everything which promotes unit testing also promotes maintainable code.
I dunno, used to do things like this when I was a poor kid but not anymore. Too many chemicals in todays world.
Docker doesn't solve having to know OS fundamentals as both the inside and the outside of the container have an OS, and now you additionally have to know how to communicate between the former and the latter.
>Investigators […] suspect the group may have succumbed to […] or carbon monoxide poisoning from trying to make fire to stay warm, Barnes said.

How does one poison themself making a fire out in the open?
I'm always drawn to these types of initiatives, and your whitepaper looks (at least with my very limited knowledge of the domain) interesting.

What I am always wondering, and maybe you can give some details here, is the following: isn't the fact that regulations are in natural language, with all its ambiguity, a necessary requirement to have the system operate without being fully specified?

In other words, wouldn't any kind of strict DSL force us to think through all the edge cases that might possibly arise, instead of dealing with them when they do arise, which is basically what the judiciary is for? And isn't that a price too high to implement these kinds of systems?
Is this supposed to affect your mind somehow?
You'd have to ask the person who mentioned the age. I disagree with that person, and I am not responsible for what they write.
Complete waste of time

Still not 100% sure why I pay for Slack, when even Skype has better IM

Might cancel our sub and go to discord
If the data is super important you should be setting on two different providers anyways for backups.
They're probably going to do their entry via B2B. Its not like other Healthcare companies don't like to save a buck.
> put a lot of solar power in the desert

If you lose 20% to the grid, then build a 20% bigger solar farm.

Solar farms actually help with reversing desertification by reducing water losses from direct exposure to sunlight.
I understood it more as taking current US gun debate to Trademark Policy. Very weird.
I have that all the time with Slack, even when there isn't an outage.
I have too many hobbies right now.
Can Confirm Issues in Germany.
It's not like discord doesn't have its bad days either.
We Suck at Promoting Climate Action, Here Is How We Change That
I also wonder if some parts of their tourism industry aren’t also subsidized. Tourism is a huge component of Thailand’s economy.

But yes, even on domestic flights you will get a free hot meal in Thailand. A lot better than the tiny bag of pretzels you can expect on a 5 hour flight in the US.
> But in many countries you already have to show ID to buy a SIM card.

I can buy a SIM card that gives internet pretty much everywhere around the world with bitcoin with silent.link. Granted you don't get an IP matching the local country, but still...
All biographies ??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan

Not even a picture.
Thank you for the knowledgeable reply.

This choice will still render a ton of devices basically e-waste for no real good reason
"Easier to use" comes at a cost. I have to wonder whether there's a lower limit to how "easy" reproducibility can be. It is a matter of physics at some level, and the ease of reproducing software can often depend upon what its dependencies are and how easy *they* are to reproduce.

I think that using less software, and better software is part of the solution to making reproducibility easy. But FWIW, I do think that Nix lowers the barrier to making reproducible software.
Was about to ask that! haha..
Hopefully, but most embedded thingies don't have the luxury of a smaller computer to tend to the bigger one.
Poor you! It must be so painful :(

Are there any foods or drinks that bring it on or make it worse or better? Sorry if it's a dumb question, I'm just curious!