skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This could use some more explanation.

Why do west germans have a negative opinion of east germans?... I vowed never to return to berlin, hated it, so I'm interested in the reasons.

What does HN think of the scene in germany? I've never heard this.
interesting... thanks for the feedback, I'll see what happened
A lot of words to say: extremely low risk of overdose, some number of seizures and liver toxicity (unquantified in the article), and some risk of addiction (which is probably unsurprising -- it is an opioid).

To attempt to put some numbers on liver toxicity, this article[1] identified 11 cases of Drug-Induced Liver Injury from 2003-2019, with ~1.7 million Americans using kratom in 2019.

To attempt to quantify seizures, we can look at this article[2] which claims 6.1% of reported kratom-associated (2312) or only-kratom (935) poisoning cases involved seizures. (About 141 individuals.) This is also against the same backdrop of ~1.7 million users.

[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8113016/

[2]: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002...
Presumably the same way my math teacher marked answers wrong when I didn't show my work.
In that case, it's entirely possible I misunderstood the situation.
GitHub Availability July 2023
My understanding is that it is ARM's parent company Softbank that stands to benefit rather than ARM looking to reinvest the money to fuel growth.

ARM would benefit only slightly, as its employees have RSUs that the company said it would honor in the event that no sale of ARM occurs.

Softbank on the other hand has 10's of billions of losses since 2017 from its vision fund and may be looking to rebalance its books. I can see why ARM would be a good asset to sell from Softbank's perspective. ARM is unlikely to see explosive growth in a new segment, and the market as a whole, and the tech sector in particular has fairly 'healthy' PE ratios[1]. This means that Softbank could realize more cash from a sale now than a hypothetical future time when there is more pessimism in the market.

[1]P/E ratio is the ratio between the price of a stock and its earnings. Some notable outliers are Nvidia @ 232 & AMD @ 483 compared to Intel @ 15.36 or Texas Instruments @ 20.01; PE is higher for companies that are expected to grow and lower for companies that are mature or declining.
In my dream world we would normalize things like eating on a zoom call. People gotta eat, it’s no big deal. Maybe if they’re audibly slurping soup that’s a problem in terms of noise, but that would also be a problem during a boardroom meeting.

(I once got in a lot of trouble for having a bowl of cereal while I was a silent participant in a call with a client at a fintech company, so I understand that attitudes like yours are common.)
This assumes there isn't a situation where worker output is static. I think there's an argument that treating workers better would increase their job satisfaction and overall attitude. When workers are happier, they are better at their jobs - this could nudge up sales and margins.

My hypothesis as to why companies don't do this is 1) smart ones ARE doing this (see FAANG), 2) it's harder to measure whereas cost savings are a great way to focus on short term.
You are however free to ignore the collections attempts, and explaining the situation to them should cause them to drop it (my - admittedly very few - experiences with collections agencies all ended up with them dropping the debt once it was made clear to them it is not valid and that they got effectively scammed by whoever sold them the debt).
Not always. NightOwl's ToS said "We reserve our right to alter the terms in this Agreement and/or the pricing information and method detailed in NightOwl app's website at any time. In case the Agreement is amended as described, we will post an updated version of it in our website, at which time it becomes active and binding."

That's probably illegal, but plenty of sites and apps will try it anyway.
Those probably have a tiny percentage of total debt. The biggest will be credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, home equity. I'm not really sure how it's calculated, but maybe based on the value of the secondary markets like how much investable consumer debt is being issued by major lenders. Assuming that pay-laters have a real financial institution behind them, they'd probably be part of the calculation.
Speaking of out of date prices. Does anyone know where up to date pricing data is usually sourced from?

How does PCPartPicker get pricing data from Amazon, NewEgg, Walmart,etc.
I guess the difference is that murder is not necessary for society to function, whereas air travel basically is for the level of functioning that we have expected for 60-70 years now.

Airlines are not great companies, but we do need to find a green version of air travel, and that’s likely to be a multi-pronged approach of reducing demand, moving shorter flights to electric aircraft, making other air travel less carbon intensive, and carbon capture. Those will all require cooperation of airlines.
>and pass laws banning the exact kind of nonsense

how do you then keep the Clarence Thomases on the court to not rule them unconstitutional and strike them down?
This is definitely the wisdom of ages, but some points do show some age.

39. (alternate formulation) The three keys to keeping a new human space
program affordable and on schedule:
1) No new launch vehicles.
2) No new launch vehicles.
3) Whatever you do, don't develop any new launch vehicles.

Recent SpaceX developments, Starship in particular, put some doubts on this one.
You're welcome! Notice that you can go also forward in the history with CMD+] and If you happen to have back and forward buttons on your mouse (like an MX master) they also work ;-)
thanks! That's what we do. Simple, cool and Agency Increasing tools like this (all for free)
Bill Gates can sleep happy knowing Ubuntu will never be a challenge to windows
Yeah... I randomly punched in $40,000 for Gaming and got

(1) Parts that total $9,980, but claims it totals $33,950
(2) Recommendations for parts that are both years out of date, and vastly inferior to other options (CPU = AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, GPU = RTX3090)

So I'm guessing the AI data isn't trained enough and is going off some poor metrics like sorting by price, perhaps recommending multiples without indicating (was it asking me to double up on RAM or Stroage?)
For me, it's the latency. If I'm researching something, I want to read the papers right then so that I can build off of them to do my next round of searches, instead of waiting for stuff to (maybe) trickle in. With scihub, I can do the search-read-search cycle in a matter of minutes rather than waiting hours/days for emails to be replied to.
I would be far more tempted to an office (and to reclaim a room for use as another guest bedroom in my house) if I had a private office. Open plan or shared offices are an absolute no, though.
I agree broadly. I think this helps to narrow down what pricing for these types of expenses should be, though. If I'm trying to spend $1000 on a PC (the last time I built a PC was in 2013, can you tell?) and I don't have intimate knowledge of the prices of specific parts, I'll probably try to get a vague sense of proportions for "what should the ratio of CPU cost to GPU cost be?" I think this tool helps with that. Then, when I'm ready to load up a cart, I can use something like PC Part Picker and verify my order.

I think this is a good tool, but not a great tool. Some refinement is needed, but the API is good, if sparse.
My understanding is that BBB is basically a glorified Yelp. They don't have any actual powers.
Ahhh yes I remember those days... if you wanted to use advanced IE-only features, send to one codebase, if you wanted broader compatability, send to another. Similar to how mobile websites used to work. Thanks for the ideas! Any other hypotheses?
This reminds me of the sci-fi aphorism that any space drive powerful enough to be interesting doubles as a weapon of mass destruction. Similarly, so is anything powerful enough to deflect an asteroid which is a danger to the Earth.

So it's technically true, but do you really want to live in a world where we will never explore space or pursue technology that could one day save the species because we're afraid of what the worst of us might do with it? Sounds awfully depressing to me. Might as well consign the rest of humanity to grubbing plants out of the earth for all eternity. I'd prefer to see us blow ourselves to bits with some crazy futuristic technology than have no hope for our future besides running around in fields until the expanding Sun destroys the planet, which we'd have no hope of being able to deal with.
This doesn't make any sense, what kind of cheatsheet do you need to discover numbers on your keyboard???

What kind of efficient modal input language is it where you have to move your hands off the keyboard and move your mouse to press a button to insert a number?
This post resonates with me and briefly acknowledges the thing that scares me the most about self hosting personal stuff for myself and loved ones: the bus factor. I haven't heard many self-hosting proponents talk about their strategy to mitigate the bus factor. I really want to self-host, but it seems like such a headache and a risk.
The problem that global companies like FAANGs have is that they aren't dealing with global scale properly. They have bugs or issues that affect 0.001% of people, but the results are catastrophic. But because everyone can't fathom the importance of P99999, no one in the entire org cares. But they really should because it's so catastrophic. I think there should be regulations that force these globally relevant companies to have proper customer support that will figure things like this out, because losing your entire digital library or history is malicious but no single person has the power to do anything.
aye, and the difference is the commute and its resources -- gas, new tires, oil changes, etc. -- ain't coming back.

meanwhile, i bought a standing desk and it's mine, and it'll go to my next house and next job.

they can drop ship me a laptop and docking station, and if they wanna be nice throw me a couple hundred as a "office stiped", which would be way cheaper than buying business grade furniture.
My experience with SQFMI's Watchy has been disappointing. As noted in the review - there is close to zero documentation.

There is a Discord (that they rarely appear in) where people try to make sense of the random collection of buggy software - but it is a chore.

I like tinkering and exploring. But I get the impression that they think their customers appreciate the level of disrespect SQFMI show them.
> I am not a litigious man. I operate under the simple notion that sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Bryan, you should have sued them when this was made obvious. The law is on your side. Sunlight is good and all, but for many businesses, a lawsuit is the only thing that will get them to change their minds.
+100 votes on this

The "making friends" solely is not strong enough activity/value to stick actual friends or even like minded people around.
Hire a lawyer to write a demand letter.

Amazon legal will fix this.
I have fond memories of playing Tribes on call center PCs when we got snowed in at the office in a mid-day snowstorm.
I'm not sure when, if ever, an iphone app "made my heart sing." I would probably consider therapy if that happened.
Almost obscene to me that Nintendo is trying to patent something that Valve has had the opportunity (and denied taking action on based on principle) to patent for over 2 decades. Related [1]

1. https://twitter.com/_claypot/status/1688983045884293121
that's a great idea, this could be the next feature. I'm adding it to the roadmap. Probably we'll launch this feature next week ;)
I quite like NextCloud. It's a general purpose file hosting software, so you can dump anything in there. On Desktop I use VS code to write markdown, and on mobile I can edit and preview md files on the fly with the Nextcloud app. And then there's also the dedicated Nextcloud Notes app.

I'm using a Hetzner StorageShare, but you can also host it yourself, it's open source.
Thank you for the response. I had no idea you could reduce plaques before fibrosis/scarring. How does one test for the degree of the latteR?
Thrust ratings are a thing. They’re “programmed” using a dummy plug. Literally an electrical connector that has a cap on it and inside that cap is a bunch of wires that loop back and bridge pins. The pin combo represents a thrust rating.
The plug is set and screwed into the fadec at manufacture and then updated after each service based on the test cell run.

Overhaul is often defined in terms of thrust ratings. Customers engine comes in, dyno’d (test cell) current thrust level is established. A plan is put to the customer based on their requirements, work is then done, dyno’d again and then signed off with the new plug installed.

Why would you do this? When engines are made, from automotive engines through to sophisticated jet engines, they all have a rated power number but minor variations in tolerances etc add up to make the actual power number.

In a jet engine, you have two or more on a plane, if one engine is slightly more powerful the plane will naturally try to fly in circles.

I think the parent comment gets a lot of things confused, for example you don’t rent a thrust rating.
You rent an engine, at a thrust rating and will need to return it at that same thrust rating after you’re done (ie a mandatory overhaul of the engine and scoped to a particular rating).

Often the engines are owned by leasing companies or banks. Have a look next time you fly, there may just be a “Bank of Honk Kong” sticker on the side of your engine.
I do that too, thanks! Alt+left/right arrow works too, as normally for the browser.
That is up to leadership and media. Both of which, needless to say, have by and large failed the more vulnerable members of our society. Not for the first time. Today we consider what happened around AIDS in the 80s shameful and wasteful. Does another thirty years need to pass for this to be recognized the same?
I googled "1984 vps" and came up with http://1984.hosting/. I have no idea if this is what GP is referring to.
If the issues are so rare, why don't they just handle them manually then since there shouldn't be an unmanageable amount.
screw all that stuff for now and ship it :)

seriously tho, that stuff is very important and should get some priority but only after you have customers. if you are not in a position to worry about revenue (maybe you won the lottery or this is a project backed by Google), then do as many of those things beforehand as you can. but your hardest sale is the first one, which will be even harder the longer you wait to put it on the market.
glad to hear that
Here's what sets Refine apart: we're all about getting hands-on with the code, rather than relying solely on drag-and-drop like some other tools do, such as Retool, Appsmith, Tooljet, Budibase, and others. Instead of just giving you a set of pre-made building blocks, Refine goes the extra mile and creates a complete React project for you. This project comes packed with useful hooks and providers that make your work smoother.

We also have this 'headless' feature that lets developers seamlessly blend in their favorite UI framework or their own custom designs without any hassle. This flexibility is particularly great for things like complex admin panels, SAAS interfaces, and B2B portals. On the other hand, if you're working on simpler tools for internal use – you know, the ones that don't need a lot of tweaking – Refine might offer more complexity than necessary.
I left Ubuntu for Fedora because of how slow/awful Snaps are. I can't imagine going through the described interview process and then having to work on _Snaps_.
agreed. unless its like an easy 20 min walk or bike or something, i don't plan on commuting regularly for anything less than a Director role.

on the Dir level? fine, different story, and being present to have official off the record chats may be required.
I don't know how it goes in Canada, but in the US it is very easy to send someone to collections, and very difficult to dispute it.

If anyone wants to start a company, make one that disputes collections on behalf of consumers. I'm sure there will be plenty of people to pay monthly for such a service.

https://www.incharge.org/debt-relief/credit-counseling/bad-c...
I always assumed that complex type systems were driven by enabling better optimization through program analysis since there is more information about guarantees to work with.
WhatsApp introduces screen sharing during video calls
There can be many class horizons, it could very possibly be that the young analyst would dislike a plumber (as in someone owning a plumbing comapany) talking casually to him, the plumber a retail casher, the retail casher an homeless person.

Upper vs working the most important divide (IMHO), but not the only one.
SanDisk Portable SSDs Are Failing So Frequently, We Can No Longer Recommend Them
If you use SELinux, you might want to check /var/log/audit/audit.log
What could go wrong?

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/1/51-attack.asp
Big data is built on "get data -> increase sales -> profit". The entire discipline is built over the idea of extending a few well known experiences from the 90's and 00's.

Almost the entire thing is bullshit, of course, but the entire pipeline was always well specified.
Feel free to turn it off. The "ultimate" calculator wouldn't deny the option to have the classic button paradigm...
Hopefully these destination IP addresses or domains or hosts are bing added to some lists so it can be filtered. Does anyone have these new Intel telemetry destination info.?
> Have you ever loaded or unloaded a truck?

yes, but whether I've done substantial amounts of manual labor in past lives isn't really that relevant. Of course, you might be sitting in your chair and think "that looks really difficult", and that'd be a fair observation for someone who hasn't worked in the trades.

> It's the definition of difficult.

Difficult like "hard work", or difficult like "curing cancer"?

Loading/unloading a truck is definitely not "the definition of difficult". a lot of other professions that make a lot less than $170k a year would disagree. By the way, you might know that UPS has loaders and pre-loaders; they're not drivers, and they're not unionized (AFAIK). It'd be a lot more fun and less work to drive a truck than to do that, but I'd definitely argue that loading garbage cans in residential neighborhoods is far more difficult than being a UPS driver.

> Do you have things shipped to your house? I think most people would consider that essential in 2023.

Yes, of course, but I still wouldn't consider a UPS delivery essential, especially when there are so many other delivery services. Is Uber Eats essential? It might be the only thing keeping me alive, but it's still not essential in my view. Even the USPS isn't really essential.

For some people who have oxygen equipment or COPD or something, electricity might be keeping them alive. Those are truly essential.

Here's a thought experiment: if UPS was still available but cost ten times as much, would you still pay it? If not, then it's probably not essential. Those paying for electricity for life support equipment would still pay it.
Successful? At least in their billing or justifying themselves on being on payroll...
The vast majority of Linux kernel engineers I know wouldn’t have the time, endurance, or care to complete this bullshit.

I’ve known people who’ve maintained Arch packages, kept Brew up to date, and maintained kernels for Android devices. Some of whom have attempted to get hired by Canonical. Some of whom had Canonical engineers begging to hire them.

Their process can’t hire Americans, is highly biased towards a British attitude towards long, laborious interview processes, and was described by one of my colleagues in diversity and inclusion as “the most trans and neurodivergent hostile environment I’ve ever seen in an interview loop, incapable of hiring the demographic that will make the most impact in their product.”
Ask HN: Why do companies typically provide APIs but not clients or specs?
I've noticed that the bulk of my time as a software developer these days is spent reverse engineering third-party REST APIs that don't already have a publicly available API client or publicly available API specification (e.g. OpenAPI).

Why don't more companies publish either a specification for their API or an API client on a website like GitHub?

For small shops with a few engineers, this makes sense, but for companies that we're paying > $100,000/yr. for access to their APIs, it seems like they should also provide an API client for interacting with it - or at the very least, API documentation.

What are the main barriers preventing more companies from releasing either a specification for their APIs or an API client?

Are APIs easier to reverse engineer these days, and therefore it's not really necessary to release a client or specification?

On the other hand, maybe writing a full-fledged API client is an anti-pattern, since callers could simply implement the functionality that they need rather than implementing all of the functionality that they think that they MIGHT need while still reverse engineering the API?
"Rare" to a global company probably means 100,000 cases a year. I think they only way they will look into something like this is being forced by legislation. I think if a global company takes actions that removes you from their service, there needs to be a way to dispute this with an independent ombudsman that isn't paid for by the company. Otherwise it's simply not fair.
They are putting "hoteling" into place for possible future use. I went to see where my desk would be and it is down a dark hall with no windows and in an office with no windows. Not only no, but hell no.
Was there any response from SUSE in the ~year since this was posted?
Superblocks https://www.superblocks.com/
It's worth noting that the article is about a Canadian woman. Given that both the US and Canada have legal systems originating in Britain, there's a great deal of commonality in the legal code, but what the FTC says about US law does not necessarily apply to Canada.

All that said, the spirit of the law the FTC is citing is something reasonable enough I do imagine Canada has something similar. Just don't quote me on that.
As long as one guy isn’t getting 80% of the benefit, I’m game.
> I found that trick and showed it to some friends... But it's hard to keep a secret, and somehow a larger non-friend group was using it to cheat in a computer-lab class. I was offended by the blatant cheating, and a little by the idea that certain people I didn't particularly like were profiting from what I'd found.

> So I spoofed the system administrator's username (not hard on Win9x) and sent off a stern warning, which must've surprised them since suddenly all the messages stopped. :)
This will depend on how you commute. I agree that exercise is important but if I were commuting within the city that I live, I would be driving to work and walking maybe 10 steps to my car and 20 steps to my desk. In a large urban centre where you are dependent on public transit then this might be a benefit.

Edit: I will also point out that, in my opinion, when I'm choosing my own "WFH" arrangements, the onus is on me to make whatever choices suit my health and lifestyle. The employer has no obligation or responsibility to actively promote and encourage any lifestyle choices in my opinion (I actually get really annoyed when employers try to do this - just let me do my job and stay out of my personal life). But they sure as hell have a responsibility to reduce risk and hazards while on the job to every reasonable extent.
There are probably a set of top defaults, e.g. "gaming $1000", would be easier to cache those for faster load times.