skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
People in Germany and France buy about as much cheap junk and have about as much attachment to material belongings. Which I don't blame them for, but it's remarkable that in both countries, it's fashionable to pooh-pooh the "dumb Americans" for that.
If Elon Musk or someone else with boatloads of money wants to help society, they should take this on. Go to a city that is notorious for this, hire an army of lawyers and take every case to court. If it takes $10000 in legal fees to get back a car worth $5000, ::shrug:: Do it over and over and make it not worth it, and hopefully get this stopped.
Interesting, I would assume a smartwatch on your wrist would make it way more easy to get distracted. But I've never worn a smartwatch so maybe I'm wrong.
Yes!you could say that.
That's perfectly fine. I just want to enjoy myself instead of engaging with the negativity of others. I try to hold my elected representatives accountable for what I can, and that's about all I can reasonably control.
> It's difficult to "stumble across" that kind of material unless you're already actively looking for it

It's entirely likely that borderline cases (15-17 years old) are seen by millions of people without them realizing it. Pornhub is a popular "mainstream" porn website that has issues with CSAM and routinely removes it when found. It's entirely possible for "normal" consumers of pornographic material to stumble into CSAM in places like that unknowingly. When you're talking about obviously prepubescent children, I'm in full agreement that it's almost always restricted to folks who seek it out explicitly.
My kid is 5 and we don’t do small screens at all. Plenty of age appropriate tv programming so certainly not screenless. But it’s limited to home and only in 2 rooms. We teach him to be bored but also try to carry a backpack of books and toys. It’s work but if you commit to it, it’s really not too hard. We’ve caved in and let him play on phone a couple times while traveling, etc. he’s addicted instantly and we have to say no for a few days after but we shut it down.
This is a pretty good resource for everyone, not just americans!
The "update" is that the Teams Desktop Application for Linux was discontinued last year, and the only supported way to use Teams on Linux is now to open https://teams.microsoft.com in Google Chrome or Chromium (audio/video calls don't work on Firefox).

Since Chrome/Chromium supports screen sharing with Wayland, it simply just works for me nowy while it never worked with the Elecrton-based desktop application.
Part of the problem is people constantly comparing the US to these european countries. Even Americans are guilty of it. And often when I have brought up the fact that the US is very diverse and is more akin to 50 countries with some free trade and defense agreements in place you often get defensively told “that’s what per capita fixes”. But it doesn’t and anyone giving it an honest consideration would probably see this being true. There are some states, heck some cities with larger GDPs and populations than many EU countries.
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Mp3.com purposefully breaking the law to prove a point screwed over an untold number of indie artists. IMHO it was a shitty thing for them to do.
There are also ways to detect matches even with e2ee iirc and I suspect they found doing that instead easier than dealing with the previous approach.

At the time I also thought it was obvious it was in preparation for e2ee (despite loud people on HN who disagreed).

I do wonder if they had intended to have it be default on though, maybe not since probably better for most users to have a recovery option.
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Crossing the creepy line for sure. But were they good brownies?
If you have coax, you already have a sufficiently shielded connection so you wont need a twisted pair. You can just modulate an RF signal down the line - I think there is even a standard for it that is not DOCSIS for sending small data packets.
How can you be "too late?" Isn't the point of RFP postings that they're the first step in a process of soliciting proposals (bids) for the requested project? They're certainly not supposed to be granted on any kind of first-come, first-served basis... combatting that sort of corrupt insider dealing is the whole reason there are legal requirements to post them in the first place. So while I don't doubt the premise of your cynical truism that "if you're discovering it via a public source you're too late," I hope that this is a separate issue from the RFP process itself, because any project where that's the case must be a project where the RFP was meaningless in the first place. And that behavior is also explicitly illegal, even if it's unfortunately prevalent and infrequently prosecuted.
Shooting at police when they attempt to take your money is not a viable solution to this problem at all, much less such a first-line solution that it's a contradiction to also advocate gun control. It is already obvious that the government has a monopoly on violence. The entire structure of democracy is geared around spreading around that power to check it, and prevent any one actor from having greater access to it. The only viable solution is to reinforce those checks on power and remove the reins from bad actors trying to consolidate and strengthen their own access to the power.
> I know other countries also have similar "yeah, same country, different culture" circumstances

I'd argue most countries fall into that description. It would need to be either extremely small (Luxembourg, Andora, Iceland ?), have a very strong drive towards unity (South Arabia, North Korea ?) or be so poor/inhabitable that not much people movement ever happens.

Otherwise any viable country that's not trying to kill anyone different from them will see a vast number of drastically different cultures coming in and staying for the long run.
This material dates back at least to September 2020, before the 2020 election and the craziness that followed. It's not a reaction to any specific event or series of events, more to the general sense that Americans abroad have always been asked to account for the weirdly specific ideas that people have about what America is like.

http://web.archive.org/web/20200927073110/https://www.state....
Europeans are "programmed by the government" (whatever that is supposed to mean) because they don't like getting shot?
There's more guns than people in the US and you also have a higher number of homicides than some war-torn African states, far higher than in Europe.
I suspect Americans are the ones being programmed by the government, considering how much people over there like to indoctrinate people into a cult of patriotism .
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I feel like what we're really saying here is "everyone has a culture which colors their perspective." I think "programming" implies something more sinister and deliberate than is warranted. There certainly are people who influence culture, even to sinister ends, but no one is in the driver's seat; it's a complex, leaderless system.
Very detailed and well researched site. I found the context-based vs direct communication fairly accurate.

It also made me appreciate what American culture is all about. It has its pros and cons but it is very uniquely American.

One thing to keep in mind for all travellers is that every single country is different. So even if you learn the norms in Vietnam, you will need to relearn everything next time you go to Brazil.
Most public school rules have clearly identified exceptions and guidelines for how to apply them. Someone who has a medical need will be allowed the devices they need. It's a fairly small fraction of students that require accommodation.
Ther, was this awsome passkey I saw recently that you could only use by uploading programs to it (vs. using the TPM API), and then that program's hash would occupy a PCR slot. This would allow minimal protocols, specialized to their use cases, with updatable API's-- but I'm blanking on the name!
We need the author of the how far can you jump of a swing article from the other to weigh in here.
One thing that strikes me travelling in America is the homogeneity. I'm from the England and I've been to places in England where I genuinely couldn't understand the accents (I used to find the Geordie accent the hardest until I lived up north for awhile). But I took a road trip from Michigan down to Florida (through the 'deep south') and then back up to New York and although accents changed, I never had the same kind of communication problems. And that's without counting the places in the UK where they natively speak Welsh or Scottish. The dialects (which is a massive part of culture) are mutually intelligible without a huge struggle.

I'm however broadly aware that there are many Spanish speakers in the US, and that in parts of Louisiana they speak Louisiana French...
> Are we still worried about porn in 2023?

Every, and I mean every one of my male peers uses porn more often than he'd like...and at least a third of the women.

"Not worrying about it" in that context sounds like "conceding defeat," not like having overcome a problem such that it's no longer worth concern.
I know for a fact they do, but it's only serviceable in the state of GA.
>I'm originally from Europe.

I think this is what, in religious terms, people call convert's zeal.
Loeb says the team is now confident that what they found is unmatched to any existing alloys in our solar system.

I would venture to say 'unmatched in the proportions of the elements', maybe, but the mix of the elements present in the spheres would be a common mix of elements in nature both on Earth and in Space.
This is false, just plain logically false.

Have a look at Xorg's git repo. Please.
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Yes, but it's only serviceable in GA. I hadn't heard my lawyer mention quashing it with the judge. Thanks for the idea. Brought it up.
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> Again, we recognize that corruption took place

Who is we? The comment you’re replying to make a very solid case that most people don’t.

> but is unfortunately legal

Burisma may be legal but I doubt Chinese extortion or election interference by a government agency would be considered legal

> certainly not limited to one specific party

I don’t think anyone pretended it was.

> This corruption should be ended, but there's one little problem. You.

As in me?

> You don't care about corruption

You are being awful and have no reason to write such a thing about someone that is conversing with you politely. I don’t think you actually want to discuss anything, since you don’t seem to be responding to any of the points you are replying to and I’m going to ignore you now.
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So nice to see Audacity with a working playback position marker again :D
Author here.

The point is to teach it to people who never understood its value but now want to learn, and to do that it helps to relate to their experience.
I don't think it can be dismissed that easily. You could imagine that most of the benefit from being trained on programming languages comes from learning any language at all, but a 15% gain from one language to another is pretty surprising I'd say.
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It is an ostrich reaction to deny that sentiment toward Americans even among our closer allies in the West has been eroding. These efforts made by the State Department are indeed timely, regardless of any historic precedence. In very recent news, we see these perceptions discussed openly in US media: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/world/europe/brics-expans...
> One thing that strikes me travelling in America is the homogeneity.

The only thing your comment spoke to is the homogeneity of accents and language. There’s a lot more to culture than just that.
> Certainly in Europe where countries are tiny the vast distances we have here are incomprehensible to them.

Don't you just see Europe as one groupcomprised of many small countries, the same way you see the US comprised of smaller states ?

Even from your comment, stating you're from Europe is basically that. I've been to both, I'm not sure that makes such a difference except the EU doesn't have huge deserts, but I'm not sure that's a big point if we're focusing on human culture.
The mp4 on their GitHub looks super cool!

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/73127001/229569056...
Two chapters of my book https://pimbook.org focus on linear algebra, with the first chapter being for SVD (a workhorse of data analysis) and the second demonstrating physics modeling using eigenvectors and eigenvalues.

But if you really want practical applications, you probably want to read a book on numerical analysis, which is where linear algebra really finds its glory.
To be clear, they positively stated that they do not perform any server side scanning when this feature was first announced.
>one-page guide to using GPG

GPG is infamous for being difficult to use correctly and for an antiquated design (IIRC forward secrecy is impossible?). And assuming E2EE backdoor actually exists, the gov is likely to be able to get at your key.

>Are the GPG devs going to backdoor GPG to satisfy governments?

No, but most users are unlikely to verify their GPG build is the right build.
The store where we buy groceries (A Kroger owned company) has begun to offer “digital” coupons that are available through its app with a login. They are substantial savings and in many cases something I’d take advantage of. I’m bothered by it and we’re fortunately able to afford not to buy with those coupons. But there are undoubtedly a lot of people who don’t realistically have that choice.
Your form says following countries for hiring: Egypt, Honduras, India, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, United States. Clarifying for others the OP's meaning of "Global".
I grew up in the pre smartphone era, but please don't do this. You are forcing the kid to sign something in a power imbalance.

When I was 13-14, I signed a "contract" with my dad that I would write a song for him if he bought me the guitar I wanted. I'm in my 30s and it still haunts me that I never came through on my half of the deal, but playing the guitar is a huge part of my life, probably because of that arrangement.
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The human probably wrote the title and the spelling mistake.
Do you find it objectionable on is face to create such a guide, or is there something in particular?

I've only skimmed this page, but for what it's worth the state department creates educational material for travellers, issues travel advisories warning people not to travel to this or that place under exigent circumstances (eg natural disasters and rising geopolitical tensions), gets emergency passports to people who have lost theirs in a foreign country, etc.

I don't know that there wasn't an agenda here, but on it's face it seems like it's part of their duties.

I've never personally been in a situation where people asked me weird questions about my country, but I don't really talk to people much when I travel (my loss, perhaps). There's a cliche about telling people you're Canadian or putting a maple leaf on your backpack, so I imagine some people have had that experience. I did once ask some probing questions of a Chinese hostel-mate about the Great Firewall (which, fwiw, he said was to protect Chinese people from American spy agencies - not my position, just what I was told), so maybe I am "that guy."
Someone shared it, people liked it.
hey if it's my neighbors yard with the out of control party, I'd absolutely let them use my airspace to observe from
This kind of feels like one of the Ministries in 1984, but in a very gentle, patronizing way.
Setting a good example shouldn't be the only tool in the toolbox, and it's possible to not set a good example and still do OK, but it's probably the best single thing you can do.
To be fair, sys_64738 did not say that there WAS zero crime, just that they SEE zero crime. Which is probably true, and is true for many people in high crime areas too. Not too many muggings in an LA gated community.
Yeah... no one wants to hear that.

Big point of fights between me and my wife: me using my phone. Alternative in my view is being bored, providing the opportunity to talk to her.

I don't use it when we are at dinner or doing an activity. When she is doing something (more constructive eg dealing with our Airbnb) I'm tempted to use my phone. What do I do? Well this. Read HN, twitter (follow fantasy football, economics, politics).

It's come to me even just wanting a bath each night after work because it is a guilt free 30-60 mins doing what I want on my phone.

Kids policy: 2 aged 7 and 10 (I trying to see again via lawyers, another story). Policy for them was 1hr day on weekdays after homework, 2-4 hours on weekends. Usually they play Minecraft on their tablet.

I think this is reasonable. What the hell do I know...
This is a fairer example for Elixir (if comparing succinctness)...

def sum(a, b), do: a+b
But then, what exactly did you mean by “war is pointless”? If a robber robs a bank, you can say his act is criminal, or immoral, but not pointless. The point of his robbery is to get the money. The same for Putin. The point of his war was to conquer another country.
Honestly it's probably more evenly distributed than you may think. I grew up in one state in the North East, currently living in another, and I've been to two states in the South East, South mid, South west, North West, and every single time has been a very noticeable difference in culture.
2020 could be considered a much more urgent time for such cultural framing for American travelers.
The hardest thing for me to wrap my head around from this well-produced site is the idea that the cited questions are somehow "difficult".

Go ahead, ask me why there are so many violent gun deaths, why we use so much energy and carbon per capita, how someone like Trump could be elected, how many cowboys there are, do I have a gun, why are US houses so big ... happy to give my take, and it's not difficult.

The section(s) on communication styles (particularly high and low context) are a bit brief but quite effective, I felt.
> Should we also outlaw high performance cars

Yes. If consumer cars’ speed was capped to 100 mph it would affect a very small percentage of people and zero legitimate use.

The difference with encryption is that while it protects criminals from the police, it also protects legitimate users from criminals.
Sort of off topic, but I got stung by the "AKSHUALLY" bug. I just wanted to say that the term, "fanatic skepticism", isn't a possible outcome. Definitionally, skepticism clearly means you wouldn't be fanatic of anything. In reality this is cognitive dissonance, not skepticism.

Anyway, personally, I think this is a topic that needs serious skeptical focus. I don't just want immediate knee-jerk reactionary opinions on what people saw -- I want honesty as new information is gained. New thoughts on what you saw? Give those updates.

I hope that we're not alone in the universe and, honestly, I think it would probably impact me more if we were alone in such a vast *thing*.
What studies show smoking cigarettes better than vaping? Not a user of either fwiw.
What do you propose? Internet operating systems?
I believe they pulled that back as well, but now there is "Communication Safety" and "Sensitive Content Warning" available to everyone in iOS 17, coming out sometime on or after Sept 12: https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-17-preview/ ctrl-f "Sensitive Content Warning"
My experience (as someone who spends too much time on my phone) is that a smartwatch helps avoiding me getting sucked in by my phone.

It’s much less usable and I hate constant notifications on my wrist, so I’ll usually have it on mute and do a quick check at my notifications occasionally to see if there’s anything urgent (usually work or a message from my wife).

I’ll mostly ignore my group chats on WhatsApp and emails, and there’s no risk of me getting sucked into group coversations with friends, YouTube or the Internet (I don’t have social media apps on my phone so that’s not too much of an issue), which is where the real time sink is for me.
You mean because there weren't any because the borders were still all closed?
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How about "I'm already a mindless consumer drone addicted to tweet dopamine but it's not too late for you" ?
Hmm you're right, I didn't quite explain it well. The idea is that you can think of `3` as a function that makes thing three times bigger, and think of `*` as a function application operator. So `3*x` is equivalent to `three(x)`. I'll think on this more and change the wording to try and make this more clear.
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> 50 countries with some free trade and defense agreements in place

and one common language, common media, similar political topics, shared sense of culture, no iron curtain, ...

I don't want to downplay the diversity of the USA but it's a miracle the EU exists at all given that language barriers are so huge here (and no, not "everyone" speaks English).
I struggle to understand why the Halloween Problem is listed as a Postgres issue. The concept that a where condition would run until all rows are condition false is just categorically false for Postgresql.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Problem
Concur with parent post. I find the watch (Samsung here) to provide me with reassurance that servers aren't all down, CEO isn't sending bat signals, etc. I leave my phone in the cat when I go to dinner with wife and other attention-sensitive scenarios.