skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The MNT Reform[1] is a pretty sexy open hardware laptop with a mechanical keyboard, optional trackball, and a small ARM processor.

A cursory glance at geekbench shows that you can get around 50% the performance of a 2020 Macbook Air M1, if you get the upgraded CPU option.[2][3] I have no idea how useful those benchmarks are, though.

[1] https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform
[2] https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/16291496
[3] https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2504172
>in the Bay Area, it seems mortgages are significantly more expensive than rent.

It wasn’t that way when mortgages were 2-4% —- getting a mortgage is harder and requires a large down payment. It’s more of a commitment. Rent will always be more.

>So people can't be buying for the purpose of making money off renting it out, or for the purpose of saving money by not paying rent.

They can and they did.

> People must be buying for the purpose of making money from the price going up in the future.

It does that too, and for many boomers who bought in the 60s-80s, it went up about 10x for them.

> Property tax prevents it from going up in the future too much, thus it will prevent prices from getting so high.

Look up “California Prop 13”. People who buy basically get a freeze on tax rates at the price they paid for the house. If you bought in 1978, you’d pay the property tax based on the 1975 assessed value, and it can only go up 2% per year up to 1% of that assessed value MAX. That means if you bought a house back then for $100k, the max tax is $1k. Now your neighbor moved out and cashes in on their lottery ticket-like winnings, selling their home right next door for the $2m properties on that street are now worth. Guess how much the new owner pays in taxes? $20k. Even though the house paying $1k could sell tomorrow for the same $2m, they paid a ridiculously low property tax for decades, and the new owners of the exact same property will pay $20k each time property tax season rolls along. This garbage law is a big part of why owning in the Bay Area is so hard for folks trying to get their first home. Meanwhile, tons of owners rent their paid-off cheap tax home for ridiculous market rates. $5-7k/mo for a clapped out 60s POS is very typical. The folks who really played their cards right and have multiple properties for which there paying 1/10th or so of what their property tax SHOULD be then renting those all out while they live like kings are the real winners in this scenario, as are all the businesses that enjoy the same anti-competitive benefits. Ever wonder how all those crappy taquerias in San Jose stay open after all these decades while newer much better restaurants struggle and go under in a year? It’s this. Ever wonder how much tax Disney pays on all their property? It’s criminally low. Yet this issue is such a political third rail because all the boomer voters love love love their sweet sweet 90%+ tax discount, they’ll do anything to keep it. Another fun fact is this benefit can be passed down within the family, and with some clever lawyers, be passed between companies as well (IIRC the trick is to sell a property in 3 parts so no part exceeds 50% of tbe whole). Yay, loopholes. This is also a big part of why we have some schools that are surrounded by $2m+ houses and yet the school is way under-funded: those old neighborhoods don’t pay jack for property tax.
TIL vamos (aka Wine for Amiga :)

https://github.com/cnvogelg/amitools/blob/master/docs/vamos....
My reading of South Carolina's "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union" says they believed otherwise.

They seemed to regard abolition as no longer a fringe policy but one which, in the North, was effectively mainstream, and were certain that after Lincoln's inauguration the North would wage a war to exterminate slavery.

> For twenty-five years this agitation has been steadily increasing, until it has now secured to its aid the power of the common Government. Observing the forms [emphasis in the original] of the Constitution, a sectional party has found within that Article establishing the Executive Department, the means of subverting the Constitution itself. A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery. He is to be entrusted with the administration of the common Government, because he has declared that "Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free," and that the public mind must rest in the belief that slavery is in the course of ultimate extinction. ...

> On the 4th day of March next, this party will take possession of the Government. It has announced that the South shall be excluded from the common territory, that the judicial tribunals shall be made sectional, and that a war must be waged against slavery until it shall cease throughout the United States.

The Texans seemed to have similar viewpoints that the abolition of slavery was not a fringe policy, and would be carried out during the next administration:

> By consolidating their strength, they have placed the slave-holding States in a hopeless minority in the federal congress, and rendered representation of no avail in protecting Southern rights against their exactions and encroachments. ...

> And, finally, by the combined sectional vote of the seventeen non-slave-holding States, they have elected as president and vice-president of the whole confederacy two men whose chief claims to such high positions are their approval of these long continued wrongs, and their pledges to continue them to the final consummation of these schemes for the ruin of the slave-holding States.

(I trust that "within the next administration" isn't what you mean by "indeterminate".)
Thanks to the skill you will live the music more intensely.
Men can have children even in their 80s, rich people do it all the time.
Mix up rclone's mount with the Crypt and maybe even the Union backend to cloud storage for a very interesting proposition. I was using a similar setup to get unlimited storage on VPSes when google was offering unlimited gsuite storage. You just need to play around caching values and options on the Crypt side if you plan on streaming data from it.
Crypto casino 'Stake' loses $41M in hack
Not sure by bt4u's comment is dead, but I've had that exact situation happen to me. Been accused of trying to steal a child while taking my son to the playground. It is an actual thing and it sucks.
No. Its too cold there for liquid water.
House of Duras would disagree.
Evolution. It's programmed into you, the drive to reproduce. And that's a good thing. You won't understand how important and amazing it is until you have your own kid. NOTHING is more important.
Balanced by whose standards?
No wonder why US has such an obesity problem.
I mean the intervals between population hitting a new billion (6B to 7B, 7B to 8B) They intervals have been getting shorter and shorter due to exponential growth. Obviously there will be a last such interval when population peaks (no 9B to 10B if we never hit 10B), but I would expect them to lengthen due to slowing growth rates (ex. 8 to 9 takes longer than 7 to 8) instead of the last interval being the shortest one (zoom from 7 to 8 at record speed and then never hit 9) I haven’t dived into specific rates and forecasts tho.
If you have money, it's a very comfortable life there.
Nice beaches, great shopping, world class restaurants plus it's close to a lot of countries.
Direct flights to most of Europe, India, Africa and Asia.
Sharing your WiFi connection with a NetworkManager hotspot
Interesting article. I think part of the issue is education. We get lots of education and resources to help us not have children. But the logistics of finding a partner, maybe marrying, maybe buying property, and then starting to have children is ignored. You very suddenly reach an age as a man where you realise these things are all going to take time and that might be time you don't have. Or time your partner doesn't have. At a certain age, if you're still dating, you might need to start to date women slightly younger than yourself too, and before long you've aged out - you're too old to date a women still of child-bearing age. I've noticed in friends once they hit their thirties, things start to move quickly. New relationships no longer last 4 years before ending - they're engaged after 12 months and married within 24 months. The 'deadline' and pressure can be a good thing for some people. Others will make mistakes. So I think it's a mix of not understanding how early you need to start on the road to having children, mixed with the paradox of choice where people don't want to 'give up' all of their options and then leave it too late. I definitely think the number of childless men who regret it will grow massively with Millennials and Gen Z.
> We live under a global survelliance network

But we don't, right? Neither every word nor every move you make is recorded. Not to mention not globally shared, of all things.
depends on your personality. for me, most of my motivations are based on what I feel like doing right now
People are actually moving less than years past.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/stuck-in-place-what-lower-ge...

“In the 1950s, about 20% of the population moved every year. By 2017 that number had been cut virtually in half.”
Don't just assume...

1. Create bumble account

2. Filter for Age: > 35, Kids: "Want someday"

3. Swipe right
Expanding business to the ME. Winters here are quite nice too.
Tried and true birth rate reduction method
America has been at war for around 225 years. Most of which has been fought outside of America. We just like shooting freedom bullets on other people's land, and when we run out of problems we shoot freedom bullets at each other.
I think it's a bunch of bullshit that Discord employees also control the Discord subreddit. This wasn't always the case until the previous moderators thought it was a good idea for some reason to have employees moderate the subreddit [0]. Your case is yet another example of why that was a bad decision. Employees get to filter out anything at their discretion.

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/9pbpc4/people_w...
Make a little stop off in 1996, when Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall was procedurally generated and the map took 70 hours to cross. Buggy, empty-seeming and many issues with persistence.

Procedural generation has always been Bethesda's goal. They pre-cooked the generation for a while instead of doing it real-time in pursuit of quality. They're just returning to their roots.
Yep we are running out of text data, see https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221454
Well, some of it is
That's a very shallow reading of that particular situation. The robber was pointing a gun at people. At the point when someone threatens life like that, regardless of whether the motives are personal or material, it is reasonable and legally justified for someone to use deadly force to end that threat. The only real criticism that can be leveled against that particular shooter is that in hindsight he continued shooting after the robber was arguably no longer a threat.
Honestly, the first bits above the fold gave me strong Geocities / MS Publisher '98 vibes. As I scrolled down, I got increasingly confused about the whole thing.
The article does state 8B to the peak will be 2022 to ~2050, which is longer than 12 years, although I disagree with your reasoning that the time to peak must be longer than the time from 7B to 8B. It all seems very arbitrary.
> I’m wondering whether that’s a good idea.

That depends... How fast do you need it to be, how many vectors will you be searching across, and how often will the index be updated? If the answers are anything resembling "very, many, and often" then you'll want to at least compare with a DB that's been purpose-built for vector search. I'm talking >10M vectors, <100ms, <hourly updates. If the workload is anything less than that, then just use whatever is most convenient -- which in your case could be Elastic.

(Disclosure: I'm from Pinecone. The above is based on independent testing.)
That is absolutely not how GPT works.
Interesting story that’s sadly too representative of the gross incompetence and negligence of some companies. In scenarios like this absolutely do sue them and then deny every settlement offer their corporate lawyers throw at you, continually demanding a jury trial. After a few failed attempts to get the case thrown out on technicalities they will start freaking out knowing they don’t stand a chance in front of a jury and will offer up very very generous settlements to compensate you for their incompetence.
In SwiftUI, the concept of size, which is extremely important in layout, has become somewhat mystifying. Setting sizes or obtaining sizes is not as intuitive as one would expect. This article will unveil the veil covering the SwiftUI size concepts from the layout perspective, helping you understand and master the meanings and uses of the many sizes in SwiftUI. It will also give you a deeper understanding of the SwiftUI layout mechanism by creating copies of the frame and fixedSize view modifiers that conform to the Layout protocol.
FTA:

> Instead, he said: “There’s this mistaken belief that men are fertile across their lifespan, so there’s no imperative to get on with it.”
In what way is the rule of law worse in Dubai than elsewhere?
It's one of the safest places I've ever been to.

Please note I am not saying there haven't been injustices committed in Dubai. But I do not think it's worse there than in western Europe.
Definitely doesn't seem worse than the US.
https://observablehq.com

Kind of like Jupyter notebooks for JavaScript? Kind of?
Maybe I should have written it out: They sold several "oscilloscopes" with similar feature set in very small form factors before. The smallest device being 5x3cm in size.

This is the website where you can see the product line up: https://www.gabotronics.com/

Of course this isn't a full featured oscilloscope, it never promised to be one.
I really hate this attitude. It's a condescending and patronising attitude - that men who don't (or can't) have children are less. Are you really saying that absolutely nothing is more important than reproducing? For everyone, in every situation? I sincerely hope not.
Lifting heavy objects and returning them to their original place. (lifting weights!)
> When people say they regret not doing something, they are talking about regretting not everything that came along with doing that thing, not just avoiding the emotion of regret later in life.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding but isn’t that what regret it? The not having everything (or most things) that come along with having done the thing?

> When someone says they regret not quitting smoking 30 years ago or starting to exercise daily, are they just talking about avoiding the emotion of regret in 30 years?

I think this is exactly right. They regret not having all the benefits of having made these choices thirty years prior, and so the feeling of regret is the umbrella term for what they are trying to avoid.

In short I think you and OP are saying the same thing but you are arguing that the term regret is narrower. I don’t think that’s right.
It just needs to be milder. A summary offence with a fine at worse. This is breach of contract not theft.
It is impossible to stop text copying without breaking screen reading, because the screen reader could just log everything it reads.
I struggle to believe the idea the British establishment had no clue what he was up to. He was in reality doing their dirty work and aggrandizing them in the process with his apparently endless desire to be accepted into their ranks.

For decades the rumour has been that he is bankrupt and just putting up a huge facade. (Comparisons to Maxwell). If such a hole exists it did not catch up to him in life, which is an achievement one way or another given the scrutiny he was supposedly under.
You're definitely on the right track. Over here in Iowa, the dumb labor I've seen has almost exclusively moved to factories, with the full-automation tractors spacing out planting according to prior moisture and soil composition tests run over it by a prior-day tractor.

Micro-farming is definitely a hot thing, too. The plants are now getting smaller, but producing huge yields. Food sustainability in someone's suburban backyard is almost here, though I do believe it's a bit more fiddly than the standard old-fashioned greenhouse-then-transfer for personal farming that we've seen for a long time.

There's a business model waiting to happen for uninformed city-dwellers who want to get into the space, though it's more about selling education than a tangible product.

But, if you're creative and savvy in the biology/botany/ecology space (I'm not), I've seen all sorts of neat configurations. One of the most interesting organic farming techniques I heard of was a guy who had a fish pond on one side, which cycled water to the other side that had a hydroponics setup, meaning it was essentially a micro-ecosystem.
Solitude and leadership: to get others to follow, learn to be alone (2010)
(-<> "alive"
(and "kicking")
(is "prefix notation" <>)
(in "all lisps"))
Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way (2019)
We've had an estimated 30-60 million bison in the US, now we have 100+ million cows.

And cattle and bison differ in their grazing behavior and ecological impact, making a direct environmental comparison unfair due to their distinct roles in shaping ecosystems.

It's our cattle and farming methods that are wiping out all wildlife.

https://xkcd.com/1338/

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

The 2022 Living Planet Report found that vertebrate wildlife populations have plummeted by an average of almost 70% since 1970, with agriculture and fishing being the primary drivers of this decline.

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/our-glob...

Our global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22287498/meat-wildlife-bi...

The way we eat could lead to habitat loss for 17,000 species by 2050

Two recent studies underscore the danger the meat production system poses for biodiversity.

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-climate-crisis-biodiversity-ap...

The climate crisis and biodiversity crisis can't be approached separately

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26231772/

Biodiversity conservation: The key is reducing meat consumption
Have you considered doing volunteer work with children. Something like Big Brothers?
Well, I have 2 sons. 25 and 15. I am 45. If you want to have kids, just have them. Or if they happen, let them
happen.

Yes, they are a lot of work. Yes, they are a lot of commitment. Lots of sleepless nights, lots of extra work as you want to be a father and a provider. But so what? Its not very complicated work, just lots of it. And life is too beautiful to slack around, so you can just as well spend them with your kids.
You sound victimised.
In Search of Excellence (1982)
We are not built to chase around toddlers wanting to run towards danger at that age.
Wow yeah you really hit the nail on the head for me. My wife and I weren't trying to have kids but we weren't trying not to have kids either, if you get my drift. Looking back on it, if we had been "smart" about deciding when the right time would happen, we might never have had kids.

Having kids is hands-down the best thing I've ever done but also the hardest. Not because of the amount of work, because it's really not that much work. It's more of the dramatically uncomfortable shift in perspective: Realizing I'm not the main character in this story. It still hits me sometimes.
I think you forgot the most important part of the title there
I’m partial to the Python port of parsec. (https://pythonhosted.org/parsec/)
Yes, the timelines they project are completely unrealistic.

But just step back for a minute. This is a company running on a shoestring budget. The likelihood of a startup to come and do what Boeing and Airbus can't was remote to begin with. Unfortunately, the likelihood of the market duopoly to try and disrupt themselves is even lower.

So, while I don't have high hopes myself, I enjoy any good news coming from Boom. Maybe, just maybe, they'll be able to bring a supersonic jet to market. In the late 2030's. Or late 2040's. It's still better than nothing. Nobody else is even trying.
Another interesting one is Mark Shepard's "STUN" approach https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RePJ3rJa1Wg
I don't agree. You're making a big assumption that the person expressing regret actually wants something else, but that in my experience is not true.
iPhone 15 Latest Revelations
According to foreign media reports, the iPhone 15 Pro will be equipped with a satellite calling function and is planned to provide services in North America and Canada. The cooperative operator is unknown.
I don't understand why people always feel this is bad.

The times when people "hacked" the JS of the websites they visited are long gone, and for nearly all web applications (which is what WASM is useful for, as opposed to simple websites) the code is already completely unreadable (even if it were not minified, I mean, you would probably need to spend weeks understanding what it's doing for non-trivial stuff)... it's even illegal today to alter websites you visit to use "hidden" features, depending on your jurisdiction.

Besides, WASM is not going to displace JS, it will just give people an option to achieve things they couldn't with JS alone.
Tough topic. I have some personal experience with it. The thing I struggle most with is the fact that I am often looked down upon (either consciously or subconsciously) by those that have "achieved" parenthood. Having children is an odd status symbol in Western society.
> 2. presence of settlements is an indicator of political organisation, but political organisation is not a requirement for settlements

I disagree. People living next to each other need to reach a political order (organisation) even if it is tacit. A common understanding of a shared living space where you can trust your neighbour to not try to steal you or enslave you is a form of political organisation, even if no interaction between the settlers ever occur. Likewise, a settlement where the strongest people enslave the others is also a political organisation. Also, seasonal settlements where people only spend a few weeks a year also require political organisations to coordinate on the dates and logistics.

Monarchy and anarchy are forms of political organisation, just like families, unions and corporations.

I would agree if we were talking about _Institutionalised_ political organisation, but this statement would still be wrong:

> In terms of proof of political organization, that requires evidence like writing or inscriptions.

Other forms of evidence can prove institutionalised politics. For instance, the presence of shared infrastructure, palaces, temples, monuments, royal funerary sites, battles, etc.
Just plain census and GDP data shows that the richer you are, the fewer children you have. As poor countries climb out of poverty, their birth rate drops. As rich countries get richer, their birth rate drops below population-sustaining levels.

http://tinyurl.com/Birth-rate-per-income
You don't make 2 billion dollars just by doing honest work for 94 years.

If the average man's labor is worth $15/hr, and he never spent (nor was taxed) a dime of that, Al-Fayed was either more than 700 times smarter, faster, stronger, and harder-working than the average man... or he acquired that wealth by doing something other than hard work.
To me, 5000 lines of C is not impressive nor scary. Functions are pretty small, there are a lot of comments - everything seems like a normal unit with some complexity.
As a complete outsider, I found this fascinating series of talks a few years ago that go into great detail on soil for farmers: https://youtu.be/uUmIdq0D6-A