skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I would note, while I side with the news paper, allegations are sufficient to get a warrant so long as they are credible and convince a judge they are.

My opinion, IANL, is they are and never were credible and the police in collusion with the judge did something at least unethical if not illegal.
Say hello to modern journalism.

We were just discussing this at dinner just how awful the news is to watch. They blow everything out of proportion and always have a strong bias in one way or another. It is no longer informative but simply every news outlet has turned into the sensational rags that used to only be in the form of grocery store check outs pushing the latest Bigfoot conspiracy.

Modern news is terrible. I suggest everyone to stop watching it. You will be happier.
Lots of internet use reduces CO2. Like doing your accounting with your bank.

Or learning how much is that?

And fixing DC power use is easy I comparisons.

Alone google s 24/7 renewable plan puts a lot of pressure on the industry
Irresponsibly buried as an offhand remark most of the way through the article: "many species of wild bees are, in fact, declining"

Commercial honeybees are not endangered. But honey bees are just one type of bee. And the major issues that kill 1/3 of honeybee colonies every year also affects other bee species. It's just that only honeybees are propped up by commercial agriculture.

https://brightly.eco/blog/are-bees-endangered
I totally agree with you on that.
Why would anyone be bothered by it?
Kessler Syndrome and the space debris problem
i'm just gonna go ahead and say that 20 years from now they're gonna call this guy the grandaddy of something. he's the stone age version of having chatgpt between your feet and the board.
I suspect the that while this typically would see no material remedy it’s so egregious, and exacerbated by the death of the newspaper co-owner as clear suffering, and so notorious on the world wide stage, something will be done to make an example of the police and judge at the federal level.
Nobody, nobody, is sitting there complaining about a world in which knowledge is growing.

> [..] this machine, which itself is constructed in such a way that it can devour the globe simply by following its own inherent law. By "Victory or Death," the Leviathan can indeed overcome all political limitations that go with the existence of other peoples and can envelop the whole earth in its tyranny. But when the last war has come and every man has been provided for, no ultimate peace is established on earth: the power-accumulating machine, without which continual expansion would not have been achieved, needs more material to devour in its never-ending process. If the last victorious Commonwealth cannot proceed to "annex the planets," it can only proceed to destroy itself in order to begin anew the never-ending process of power generation.

-- Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism"

"Knowledge is infinite" means nothing. Things not stagnating or being over also means nothing, that description would fit any nightmarish scenario, too.

We are destroying the habitats of species at such a rate, we barely have begun exploring the ocean and we will never even know what is already lost for good. Knowledge. We know that inequality is rising at increasing pace, that people starve, that for the first time, future generations have less to look forward to than previous ones... what more do we need to know to do something with that all knowledge? Or is the knowledge what to do with the knowledge some kind of cherry on top reserved for last?

While some say "knowledge" and what a fascinating adventure it all is, I just hear "numbness" and "alienation". Collecting gimmicky factoids about the world at best, factoids about man-made concepts at worst, while not seeing the woods for all the trees. You say pessimism, I say toxic positivity, now what?

I found a fridge magnet in form of the Hebrew letter Shin recently, and because I had time to pass I read some stuff about it, including this:

> When the shin is representative of the intellectual dimension, the three lines stand for the three intellectual faculties of the Sefiros: the right line being Chochmah, the flash of an idea; the left line being Binah, understanding; and the centerline Daas, application of knowledge.

-- https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/137093/jewish...

Knowledge without understanding is worse than no knowledge in my opinion, and without application, even understanding is worse than no understanding. Or as MLK put it:

> Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
All that remains is for someone to convince Musk to sell them the trademark for Twitter (suggesting a price of $69.420 ought to do it) and the revival can begin.
> First, while perhaps a minor quibble, I don't think it makes sense to call something a "false flag" operation when it's merely the result of poor decision making.

I fully agree. Maybe it was a poor choice of wording. I meant that something that was a false flag need not be intentioned decision making. Was just wanting to communicate that stuff that looks smart could be dumb. To make sure that people didn't take my comments as suggesting a back door secret deep state while calling out conspiracy theorists.

You're also right to bring up how much people overestimate DoD programs. Lots of government programs look way more expensive than they are. Big numbers mean different things.
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Perfect... Just perfect!
Oh boy, where to start with this?

1. *Tone*: The sarcasm is palpable. If you're going to discuss a serious topic, at least approach it with some semblance of objectivity.
2. *Symptom Misinformation*: So, the loss of taste or smell isn't a "thing" anymore? Just because a variant has different symptoms doesn't mean the earlier ones were fabricated.
3. *Indoor Transmission*: Newsflash! Diseases spread indoors. Lockdowns were about reducing spread, not claiming it's impossible indoors. Basic epidemiology here.
4. *General Dismissal*: "It's bullshit."? Come on, we need more than sweeping statements. Back your claims with evidence.
5. *Symptoms & Tests*: Equating Covid to common respiratory diseases? Tell that to the ICUs around the world. And PCR tests are one of the most accurate tests we have. Do some research.
6. *Eris & Climate*: So now Eris is a climate change distraction? Pulling that out of thin air, aren't we?
7. *Desensitization*: Just because people get tired of hearing about threats doesn't make those threats any less real.
8. *"Disease X"*: Preparing for future pandemics is just common sense. But sure, let's make it a conspiracy.

Look, it's essential to question things and be skeptical, but this post? It's pure opinion with little substance. Do better, mate.

Or carry on, there seems to be a plenty large audience of equally deep thinkers in the comments of the article itself.
I wish it had comments.
And for that reason, I prefer yaml.
I would actually love a fake dang. There's people using AI to make toxic comments all over social media. Why not use dang clones to politely advice toxic users and bots to be better?
AIUI, some of the price differences are caused by fees paid to airports for passengers that depart or arrive at that airport. If you are just passing through, the fee does not get applied to you/your airline.
More like timesinkrrr.com! Fun game, thank you for sharing!
OTOH, I can probably whip up a small windmill using the scrap wood I have laying around under my carport. I'll need to buy some parts for mechanisms / power transmission though...
Totally irresponsible that they condemn "save the bees" as a misunderstanding, but barely mention the many species of bees that are critically endangered. The phrase isn't "save the honeybees." It's still a valid issue, even if honeybees aren't.
I hope something comes of this. Going to an optometrist felt like going to a car dealership the last time I went. Blue light filtering was that worthless upswell they wanted to push on everyone. This situation reminds of Cheerios claiming to lower cholesterol[0] and I hope it similarly gets FDA scrutiny - although my amateurish interpretation of the law is that blue light blocking claims are vague enough to not run afoul of regulations.

Overall this situation is just sad because I heard it first from ads, then vision professional, and now folks I know. It seems like it’s infected our collective consciousness without any serious questions of it’s true.

Edit:
[0]: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/Cholesterol/story?id=7574156
> Utility? Imagine all we could achieve with the time wasted daily on social media globally.

Okay, let's do; if you hadn't posted this comment (on HN, a social media platform), what would you have done with the time?
> In the desert, the earth itself is hot and if go underground, it will only get hotter.

Not the case in practice ...

It can get to be 42ºC (108 Fahrenheit) in the Australian town of Coober Pedy — and that's in the shade. With opal mines that look like giant ant hills and a network of underground dwellings where residents live, this is the kind of place where the searing heat warps perspectives, and yet somehow clarifies them. [1] (corrected, npr got the common summer max temp conversion wrong)

The miners quickly discovered the advantages of living underground to escape the heat of the summer and winter's cool desert nights. No matter how harsh the climate, the underground rooms maintain a comfortable, even temperature ranging from 23ºC to 25ºC day and night throughout the year. [2]

[1] https://www.npr.org/2007/08/17/12873915/coober-pedy-one-of-e...

[2] https://www.cooberpedy.com/underground-living-dugouts/
Fedora is objectively the better distribution by a large margin. Do not downgrade to Ubuntu.
Dijit, Why is a rule about “Not being an asshole” incompatible with welcoming Autists ?
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Qualified immunity wouldn’t be at play with accusations of corruption and collusion that are being prepared in the public space in this drama
In the 1940 USA census 50% of houses reported having indoor plumbing.
Does anyone know of a typescript translation for each of those validation models?

Or maybe even a way to discover related statically typed definitions based on the validation rules?

It would be really nice to not define parts of a data model that provide little to no business value - but where you can easily “stub your toe”.
I don't trust Google as much these days and try to move away from walled gardens rather than adopt more of their offerings
My talk with Kris Nova about being homeless. See you on the other side, friend
Home brew computers! The Magic-1 was one of my favorites to read about .. http://www.homebrewcpu.com/index.htm
Hopefully life in 2123 won't be absolute shit compared to 2023.

Maybe for the surviving people 2123 will be ok but the mass death that seems likely before then will suck.
One concern I have about this map, is that the allocation of natural gas applies a flat coefficient to all natural gas sources. As far as I can tell, it does not give any rebate/reduction for natural gas that has a dual purpose -- namely, to provide heating and cooling in addition to the electricity process.

In other words, there are additional processes being driven by the residual heat, often called combined heat and production or cogeneration. It seems that the CO2 g/kWh should be lowered to reflect that these plants only supply a portion of the CO2 for electricity production. [1]

1 - https://www.jenbacher.us/en/our-solutions/industries/industr...
At the height of the witch panic, in the years 1450-1750, 0.19 witches were executed per year, per 100k people. The homicide rate in Norway, today, is 0.5 per 100k people, 1.1 in Sweden, 3.0 in Europe overall, and 22.4 in Brazil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...

With the aid of modern medicine, the rate of cancer deaths is 158.3 per 100k per year: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics

Compared to that, witchcraft executions had a negligible impact on number of mouths to feed. Sources:

European population in year 1500: 90M - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_demography#Demographi...

Executed for witchcraft in 1450-1750: 50k (upper estimate) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt
There is a user fakedang iirc

Yup, here: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=fakedang
By reference do you mean area? I only know any of this from the annual reports they sent when I lived in Lynchburg. I do know that the do not cover anywhere east of the James River.
For those who are unfamiliar: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneki-neko
https://deat.tk/jazz2/wasm/
Does it attempt to detect and flag incompatibilities, like Linux, or does it just reset everything unilaterally? The latter is way less effort for the OS but more for the user. A Linux user will typically find themselves going in to find a few instances where merge wasn't possible, and fixing manually, but if the OS won't merge or diff anything on update, that seems to offload burden onto the user. Sure, a booting functional system is great, but so is a system that works like it used to (and is secured the same way and doesn't fail open, although macOS tends to add more secure configuration through updates.)
tele-transportation
Do you have a link to some similar method published before? For me, it looks interesting. But this is not my area, so I'm not sure if it's groundbreaking or just usual stuff with some irrelevant spin.
No duh?

'Blue light' glasses are a marketing gimick to sell reading glasses to insecure people who don't want to need reading glasses.
At least you can search Apple Music. What are you supposed to search for when looking for X in the App Store? X X?
Geology dependent, Radon expresses from cracks in uranium rich granites and is a smoking three packs a day equivalent problem at worse and a non issue in many places.

Living underground doesn't mean you can't swim and surf in the mornings and evenings nor stop you from piping in natural sunlight via architectural means (light wells, mirror tubes, etc).
I've chosen a constrained name pool for my hosts and devices, and when I add new ones, I choose the same name but in a different language.

I can just see it now, I go on an international trip and make a trail of Google Accounts for myself, all named the same, but in the local language. Heehee, can't wait!
You seem fun… Maybe don’t force your biases on me. I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with non compliance from people using systems you design or work on. I agree that it’s incredibly common. I happen to understand the importance of following good security protocols. I just don’t want to follow bad ones. Although I of course will (and had to in order to do my job in this instance). I did quit the job partially because of the VDI, but again that didn’t effect any one in the IS team. Understanding that might go a long way towards getting people to comply with your requirements.
Peer reviewed studies have a roughly 50% replication rate… that’s not ver good either
The end of this article really rings true for me.

A while ago I was dealing with a lot of shit in my life and I wasn't coping well, so I engaged the mental healthcare system. I tried telehealth therapy and was told 'your needs are beyond what telehealth can handle, good luck'. The number of times I've been told 'good luck' by a mental healthcare provider as they're dismissing me makes me feel sick.

Psychiatrists were no better, they only want to talk about medication. There's no time for discussion of anything else.

Group therapy was a joke, no matter how much I failed at being a responsible adult I was told that I'm doing my best. Well, if doing my best means not being able to hold a job or support myself, then it's not good enough. In the animal world, individuals that are too depressed to support (feed) themselves die. Things aren't much different for a person living in the USA.

I engaged the mental healthcare system because I started failing at life and wanted help succeeding again, but instead of making me a person able to succeed I was told to reframe my failures as successes. Maybe that works if you have wealthy family to fall back on, but for the rest of us being able to earn a living doing productive work is vital to wellbeing. Telling a poor person that it's ok not to work because of their mental condition just traps them in a shitty life forever and they will never be able to be happy regardless of how many prozac they take.

The fix is as simple as looking at Maslow's pyramid. Make it so no one is worried about having a warm bed or enough to eat. Give opportunities for meaningful work that earns money and contributes positively to the world. Make it easy to become part of a social hierarchy and positively interact with other people. But all that isn't feasible, so let's give people pills to fix 'shit life syndrome' while leaving them with a shit life and no hope of improving it.
Law and power in society is influenced and even fueled primarily by money. Even participating in different things require you to be well off enough to have time for it. People working 16 hours on minimum wage don't vote or participate in politics much.
No, the current status is not good. Not by a long shot.

But what is good is solar and wind power, heat pumps and electric cars. These are finally starting to happen at scale. Celebrate the good and excoriate the bad like sham CO2 certificates, but don't stand in the way of progress.
I prefer JSON's strictness. A Boolean cannot be confused for a string.

In yaml:

country: no

Now your country is Boolean(false)

Now, I still prefer yaml overall.

Also, I hate that GitHub actions don't support anchors.
There’s always JSON5
There’s an interesting album/book that was put together out of a dumpster find: https://www.metafilter.com/145686/Margaret-A-scrapbook-found... Apparently “Chicken John” had taken money to take a vanload of junk to the dump, found a dumpster with some furniture that he thought he could sell, so he swapped out the furniture and junk, and found a scrapbook and candle in the bottom of the dumpster and sat there looking through the photos and poems, etc. I’m not sure if the album is still available, but it’s a great listen (I have the deluxe package from when it was first released).
"Starting broadly", it's so over man. We're done. Repealing regulations is doubly harder than instilling them.
That's a leading hypothesis. Research has specifically shown that children who spend time in barns with hay and farm animals are significantly protected from allergies. Even before birth!

It does take a large amount of exposure, though. Something like a couple hours once a month is probably not protective and might even cause sensitization.
You have wonder if the plan was to buy Twitter specifically to kill it.

If that's the case, Musk is doing brilliantly - plenty of scope for plausible deniability while succeeding at his goal.
In the repo I linked somehow they get this "damage" information from the Linux kernel where it's already being computed.
Thank you, I had a good laugh at this[1].

[1] https://i.imgur.com/KF9e2h9.png
i posted the headline and first paragraph of https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-says-x-will-str.... Every response listed was a generic, negative response, like "this seems a terrible idea". I was hoping for at least one or two "people just dont understand Musk's genius / that's what mute is for" responses. So this didn't really for me capture the special "flavor" of Hacker News, which is that no matter how awful something is, there's always a solid nut of "this is actually a good thing" contrarians ready on the mark.
"I accuse you of being a witch" is a massively different statement to "I accuse you of murdering a child because of some witchcraft related bullshit"
"AskHN: what are you working on at the moment?" is quite entertaining.

It's like buzzword bingo.
> and some kind of social engineering process that tricked the user into unlocking their phone

I wonder if it could be as simple as letting somebody have "their phone", which actually isn't their phone but has been set up to look like it, then recording whatever pin they enter.
Because these chnages are costly for the business interests those people mostly represent. They will have to be forced. But that's no reason to limit our political/public health imagination to the realm of "lockdowns or nothing."
Programming is easy. Asking the right question is hard. Prompt engineering is just another abstraction on top of the abstractions we have to get computers to do useful things.
I watched through this series a few months ago. It was very well done and was a great introduction to Girard for the uninitiated.
I mean, just as an example, if you're working on a weird embedded system (so you can't really change compilers) where certain parts that are UB in the spec are guaranteed to have certain behavior?

Additionally assuming function pointers are the same size as void *, which isn't guaranteed by the spec, when you're working on platform specific code. Although they may start optimizing that one at some point.
I skipped the option the last time I bought new glasses because they had jacked the price up considerably, and have discovered experienced absolutely zero impact.
Florida is trying... though not enough to heat. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1174789570/florida-roads-radi...

And if it's enough to keep the snow away... I want to stay way away from it.

The Radiological Incident in Lia, Georgia https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1660web-81... . I will warn that reading Section 5 is NSFL if you know what you're reading. Section 6 is NSFL with pictures that will make clear what section 5 was about.

> On a cold day of 2 December 2001, three inhabitants of Lia (later designated as Patients 1-DN, 2-MG and 3-MB) drove their truck approximately 45–50 km east of Lia to collect firewood. At around 18:00, they found two containers — metallic, cylindrical objects — lying on a forest path. Around them, the snow had curiously thawed within a radius of approximately 1 m, and the wet soil was steaming. All three individuals stated that the two, rather heavy, cylindrical objects (8–10 kg, 10 cm × 15 cm) were found by chance while carrying out their usual task of collecting firewood.

> One of the three men (Patient 3-MB) picked up one of the cylindrical objects and, finding that it was hot, dropped it immediately. They planned to place the gathered wood in their truck the next morning, and because it was getting dark, they decided to spend the night in the forest, using the hot objects they had discovered as personal heaters.

> ...

> The three individuals warmed themselves during the night using the open fire on one side, sitting and lying around it, and not far from the hot cylindrical objects, which they placed at a distance of up to 1 m behind their backs.
Drilling mud, however, needs to be at least somewhat viscous, so it will carry rock fragments from the drilling back to the surface.
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Parent used the mathematician’s definition of ”trivial”, which is: “we know how to do it.”

This is different from the layman use,for us “trivial” means “Super easy.”
This kind of corruption is very common in many parts of America. It's really not like other developed countries.