skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"Tiny" as in commercial with endurance measured in minutes / km have little roll to fill theatre as large as IndoPac in terms of peer battle. This article talking about numbers in the 1000s for entire program when UKR is losing like 10K commercial drones PER MONTH.

When DoD say tiny, I'm guessing they mean fighter sized loyal wingman tier drones, with 1500km combat radius. Attritable platforms that cost 10s of millions where savings is mostly pilot over head. And operating those at scale involved is still very dependant on complex logistics vs delivering platters of DJI to grunts given 10 hours of training. Having enough shelters, hardened, distributed... base access, and basically entire support and logistics chain because you're still going to need a fuck load of mechanics to support order of magnitude more vehicles. Maybe cheaper per whatever unit of KPI they're measuring but still going to be remarkably expensive program.

I don't think the idea is bad, but I think as solution for IndoPac (read China), this is a concept where PRC already and will continue to easily outscales US while having more flexible distributed basing options vs US access to partners in region. Really this is US following, and plugging gap while they figure out NGAD, B21, or other longer / stand off range delivery options AT SCALE over next decades as they net lose ability to bring fires into IndoPac/PRC near shore because it becomes increasingly unsurvivable for US carriers and air assets in region. Carriers because PRC ISR and missiles increasing/improving incredibly fast - much more than US can scale defense which is fundmentally limited by physical dimensions of ship hulls. Air because stealth workhorse F35 was designed for Europe, doesn't have range for IndoPac without vunerable tanking. Queue solution for distributed risks / soaking up missiles while maintaining capability. Only problem is PRC industrial bases can spam more missiles and more drones and better positioned to weather the attrition game.
Will be five years with my current manager. Team has shifted some but money is not the only reason to stay somewhere.
Basically, your solution ended up residing on-disk, but the data was fragmented in such a way that efficient lookup was possible? Did this copy from kernel space to userspace, also?
So you concede that saying a “significant portion” was an outright lie with no basis in reality?
"My software crashes so often that it's worth the time to automate restarting it" is what I'd expect of a windows user. Has macOS really gotten that bad over the last few years? I remember being forced to use it a long time ago and while it was very limited and special, nothing ever crashed or was visibly buggy.
> vast majority

By bulk/raw data volume, I'd say that the vast majority of internet communication is the same quality, yeah-- I'll stick by that assertion. That's not at odds with acknowledging there exist locations where intelligent communication happens. My position is just that the signal to noise ratio is pretty bad in the majority of places.
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/world/americas/pegasus-sp...
> sacrificed no RAM at runtime

Those lookups eventually made their way into the kernel's page cache.
Yes. Seriously. How many extra carbs do you burn to walk a mile? Those end up in the atmosphere as CO2. There's no free lunch, so to speak.

Given that animals aren't super efficient already, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that something like a moped puts less CO2 in the air to move a sedentary human compared to a human that's huffing and puffing CO2.
Depending on the route and storage methods, aluminum cans can reach very hot temperatures while in transport.
or run a small ventilation fan in the summer.
It seems to be exactly the same as what everyone has been doing for a long time already, and they fail in citing existing implementations.
Please don't break the site guidelines, which include:

"Don't be snarky."

"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Based on my experience as long as you have a good foundation in the basics of algebra you’ll be able to pick up the rest from the course.
Burning Man Traffic @bmantraffic

Do not travel to Black Rock City! Access to the city is closed for the remainder of the event, and you will be turned around.

11:48 AM · Sep 2, 2023
There are zillions of good, used, reusable bags and cups already made, emissions and other pollution already committed, available at thrift stores and garage sales.
It seems they left the Ferrocene project recently https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/ferrocene-update/
Chico, Creating a Spanish Dataset
That's okay. Make things well enough and they can last for decades or centuries, depending on the item. I have canvas bags, from ~every food co-op I've frequented over the last two decades, that I regularly use for shopping and library books. One strap broke on one bag a few years ago and it's in the to-repair bin for now. When one finally breaks down beyond my repair skills I'll use it for patches and/or put in in the organic scrap cloth recycling stream.
Good paper and overall the right opinion but not very relevant to a relatively simple system as OP described since they weren't dealing with safety, transactions, etc.
The playas in Nevada aren't "dirt" in the conventional sense. They are covered in layers of alkali salts that precipitated out of the lakes that used to be there, with chemistry influenced by Nevada's active volcanic geology. It can be quite corrosive and you probably don't want to subject your skin to it for extended periods of time. Nevada has a very wide range of pH found in nature due to its geochemistry.
Critically ill UK teen in legal fight with NHS
> Yes, there were already phones

> with touchscreens before the iPhone,

> but they were all using a stylus

The LG Prada was the first capacitive touchscreen phone and was on sale before the iPhone. Technically its specs were underwhelming, but it was the pioneer of finger-UI.
The irony of this, for me, is that when the iPhone came out, I was annoyed that people kept building "mobile-optimized" web UIs that had some trivial sliver of the functionality that their desktop website had... even though the iPhone pointedly comes with a full browser capable of rendering the full website: someone had just decided "people on their phone will only want to do these four things so let's make a simpler website with painfully-large text that only has four buttons on it to make that easier for them".
This is why software craftsmanship is rarely recognized. When you build with craftsmanship so features are easy and fast to add on top of what you built because you thoughtfully the most likely ramifications of the current requirements within reason, operational excellence is easy to accomplish because you sat down with front line operators and took the time to understand their incentives and daily operations pain points from a first-person perspective, and so on, you aren’t the one who is recognized with the commensurate credit, those who benefit from your work in the future are the ones who grab the limelight as if they did your work, unless the leadership are themselves highly technical (and many times, not even then). Incentives currently in most of my clients are mostly aligned to the fulfillment of keywords and not an outcome.

“Produce a procedure documentation” gets keyword fulfilled into “here is a document with some steps”, instead of “here is a procedure we wrote, used spelling and grammar checker upon [I’m still shocked so few take the few seconds to correct as they go], run through an automated editor, then iterated through random people from the user population until someone who never saw it before accomplishes the procedure without assistance”.

Some startups succeed because they’re forced into conscientiously thinking through these ramifications in just the right contexts because they’re so close to the coal face. It is also possible to overdo this in the wrong context and end up bikeshedding.
No, it was getting killed by software, not flagged. If it has been flagged (enough to get killed), you would have seen [flagged][dead] rather than just [dead].
I wonder — is the name a reference to the mass confusion about “Shazam” starring Sinbad and “Kazam” starring Shaquille O’Neal? Or an example of it?
No Groundwater is depleting due to out of control and growing population. And those people are demanding higher quality of life.

India is severely undeveloped and polluted due to its population bomb explosion.

Climate scare-mongering doesn’t solve the root problem.
I’m surprised to see so many rentals in Texas. I figured the high property tax rate (1.6%) would drive away landlords.
On the other hand - routine kills
Burning Man has turned into a kind of Fyre Fest type thing this year
they are comparing strikes to a doctor doing the following stuff:

> Assume that the physician (the employee) goes on strike. His ultimatum: “You pay me twice the fee I am now getting or I quit! Moreover, I shall use force to prevent any other physician from attending to your ailment. Meet my demands or do without medical care from now on.”

fee.org is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Economic_Educat... which is a conservative think tank like the cato institute
PSA: Don't base your business around Discord.7yr account banned for posting ASNs
There's been a trend of startups basing their entire business on Discord like Midjourney AI, and Discord themselves pushing for people to do so with their subscriptions system.

Well just a few days ago I found out that my account of 7 years was just banned without a warning for a very obvious error on their part. Just hours before my account was banned I posted a list of ASNs (basically ISPs) connected to a non-discord server I had that looked like this:

22773 ASN-CXA-ALL-CCI-22773-RDC, US

5432 PROXIMUS-ISP-AS, BE

577 BACOM, CA

To someone who doesn't know what ASNs are, they would probably assume they are addresses. This is not personal information, and there's no way to tie this information to any individual.

I opened a ticket and the only reply I get is that the ban will not be reversed and that the account will be deleted in 14 days. I've tried posting on Twitter and they have selectively ignored me while replying to everyone else. Any submission I make on the subreddit gets instantly deleted.

Screenshots for proof.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F49XZ4zaEAA_7mR?format=png&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F49XZ4zaEAErD3J?format=png&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F49XtAiaEAMmDdK?format=png&name=900x900

This also isn't the first issue we've had with Discord. They threatened to delete my server a few years ago because 1 person said they were underage amongst thousands of lines of chat and we did not see it and ban them. They refused to tell us who it was so I had to spend hours looking through chat to find the offending user.

Think twice before you decide to base your business around Discord.
Clotting proteins linked to Long Covid’s brain fog
This is not an accurate take. It does not require some great expertise to identify edible mushrooms, and in cultures where mushroom consumption has been common for hundreds of years (such as Russia), basic identification techniques are well known.

There are some edible mushrooms with poisonous look alikes - there are plenty other edible mushrooms without those deadly cousins. If this gentleman had made it 70+ years without issue, it is rather unlikely he would have some issue now.

As the saying goes: there are old foragers and bold foragers, but there are not old and bold foragers.
Less absolutely (none is best) [0], local isn't that much better [1], grass-fed has its cons and pros [2].

[0] https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/917471

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local

Transport typically accounts for less than 1% of beef’s GHG emissions: choosing to eat local has very minimal effects on its total footprint

[2] https://foodrevolution.org/blog/grass-fed-beef-2021-update/
Please don't post flamewar comments. We're trying for something else here, and we've had to ask you this more than once before.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> How did the he die?

> From mushroom poisoning

> But… there’s a bullet hole in his head..

> He refused to eat the mushrooms

(Joke from 1980’s, Eastern Europe)
Did they ever clear up their more-than-doubtful claims about their relationship with Cloudflare?

They recently claimed that "Even when we’re under attack, we still don’t use their TLS certificates, so Cloudflare will NEVER content inspect our traffic."

Cloudflare DOES NOT offer a passthrough-TLS option.

https://hub.fosstodon.org/fosstodon-and-cloudflare

This was pointed out with no response which made me doubt more than just their technical abilities...

https://framapiaf.org/@remram44/110831829849477595
I thought they added Posix support because certain government contracts required it.
Yes, likely windows. Just like the asus proart laptop that also offers 3d free of glasses. It only works on windows.
On the other hand - Putin kills too.
> ...or broke it down into smaller achievable tickets that continuously added to their points totals. These teams were filled with happy stress free developers.

But that is part of the point of scrum. To break down stories into consistently stress-free achievable stories, rather than big risky ones filled with unknowns.

I'm not saying this was a good workplace, it doesn't sound like it at all. But to me, it sounds like the devs who you think gamed the system, were mostly behaving the way scrum is meant to incentivize. Happy, stress-free development that delivers consistently improving software.

(Minimum point totals per week leading to inflated point values is terrible management, though.)
> > The main reason to snub the Grand Canyon is that it's been very well explored, not that it's had photographs taken of it.

By whom? By you? Dont think so. Anyway this is stupid, if you want the thrill of first time exploration you can just avoid researching any info on the topic and head directly to your destination and explore it without any assistance

Much like Dakar riders are forbidden from using GPS
Perhaps not every death is intentional, but with many intentional deaths, unintentional ones will sometimes be grouped in, and the intentional deaths must affect moral which will affect the number of quality people willing to step up into roles, allowing for lower quality people stepping up causing lower quality outcomes until everything is a shell of its former self. Killing people for bad results seems to be a losing proposition.
Well, I think we can ask ourselves the same question in terms of Ukraine.

People, crazies, dictators, etc, whatever - have their reasons.
The team being described here was one where all work was done paired. Senior engineers were never delivering by themselves. It sounds like you have experience of teams which are not like that, which makes comparisons ineffective.

The real reason Tim showed up as having zero productivity was because he always let his pair put their name on the ticket, and so get the credit for it. This is really a story about how things go wrong when a ticket tracker designed for solo work is used by a team which pairs.
GameRoy: JIT Compilation in High-Accuracy Game Boy Emulation
I assume wallets.
Costs get passed down and distributed all around either way.
I watched this for a little bit, it does pan over to the campground which is packed full of tents/tarps/cars. But the "main event" area is totally barren you are correct.
That's the joke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory#Mandela_effect
Regaining focus involves a few simple steps. First, identify distractions and eliminate them or create a conducive environment. Prioritize tasks by setting clear goals and breaking them into smaller, manageable segments. Use techniques like the Pomodoro method, which involves working in focused bursts with short breaks. Practice mindfulness through meditation or deep breathing exercises to calm your mind. Ensure adequate sleep and maintain a balanced diet for optimal brain function. Lastly, stay organized with to-do lists and schedules to reduce mental clutter. With discipline and consistency, you can effectively refocus and enhance productivity in both work and daily life.
> "what overall goal you want that you are very interested in"

When I am really interested in learning something, researching and solving isn't a problem. But that doesn’t last beyond at most 2-3 weeks, right? Working really hard for some hours to two weeks isn't my problem.

If I don't really need something in my daily life or job or some philosophical answer that I am seeking, should I not try to learn that? If I am looking really long term, and don't have any concrete need for something, should I forgo that, in your opinion?

Say, I don't need Julia for my job, but I want to learn it to the level of contributing to open source libraries. I need to spend some weeks of my (little) free time, right? I get lost after 2-3 days and something shinier comes along.

So, when I don't have any concrete need present, should I forgo them? Like, I am not a web developer, but wanted to learn Elixir and Phoenix. Never could continue beyond 2 days straight. If my goal simply is: "broaden my horizon" or something similar and vague and really long term, I shouldn’t really pursue them?

I do okay when I can sporadically spend some time now and then and solve a hard problem. But if it requires sitting down everyday for some months straight for something broad and vague, I fail every time.

Something that has helped is group study. People look up to my sessions when it is my turn to present, I prepare and study really hard, and polish my presentation really well and understand things deeply to answer possible questions. But here extrinsic motivation of impressing people is present.

I have thought about making YT videos before and I am going to, soon.

I have some famous open source contributions, and I can get an interview at Google according to a PM I know. I want to prepare for that. But haven't set a date.

Big Tech isn't ideal for me but I don't come from money and FAANG salary could turn my life around.

I flunked another surprise and immediate technical interview because I took too much time. I solved the problem, and communicated well (according to them), but took too much time. Only if I Leetcoded regularly, I could land that 6 figure job. I passed 3/5 rounds and got rejected after the the 4th.

If I start doing any course by Erik, I will lose interest after day 2 because that won't immediately give me fruits.

Sorry for the wall of text. :/
DC's population alone is larger than each of two entire states.
> FreeTaxUSA

> $15 total

Sounds like a scam to me.
Sandstorms are obvious a problem.

But why rain? There's a road leading up there, right? (or at least somewhere near the festival grounds). Most people will come by car or RV. They can still drive on that road I'd think?

If the festival grounds turn to mud, well... maybe a little detour to get back on that road.

(personally I'd be in no hurry to leave. But if you wanted to, what's holding you back? Organisers saying "road closed"?)
Microsoft is killing the classic Windows WordPad app after almost 3 decades
This is very culture dependent. Is this true in the US? When I was a student in central Europe, every apartment had a laundry machine, same goes for most dorms. I think it's not even legal to have a permanent place to live (like a dorm) without a toilet here.
Understanding Americans’ Gonzo Relationship to Drug Use
Modern ORMs like Drizzle and Prisma can probably generate more safe and efficient SQL queries than you could write by hand in a fourth of the time and effort
Rights to impose your will about something, should end at the point where you sell this thing to someone else. That's how it should be. Sadly a lot of companies are trying to rent rather than sell (see: ebooks, anything as a service, etc.) because this way they don't lose control.
Oh, I meant that the cost of business includes all the overhead of compliance, insurance, and legal retainers.

I'm not exactly complaining. I'm still trying to start a business :P. It's just the purity of "making a better product" is gone. You have to do it within the law and compete with incumbent that have influenced that law in their favor after having maybe broken it at first.

I'n not completely cynical. Just disenchanted!

Pedantic edit: "we have it better in the U.S" means it's worse elsewhere, not that the U.S. is "good". Just saying. I do agree that the possibility of even starting business is very good in the U.S.

aside: I hang out at local spots a lot. On a regular cadence the owners mention they're being sued for ADA (Am. disabilities Act) violations. The law is good. But the thing is the law firms spray the notices to spook people into settling. It's just the cost of doing business. Even and especially the cognitive-drain cost.
Probably many millions? It's a pretty popular thing to do in Eastern Europe.
No. That’s absurd, deductions for using the tax system to my advantage should not cost me money. e.g. Donations, mortgage insurance, credit for solar and home efficiency.
Housing is strictly a significantly worse investment over the long run than stock markets, if you consider just appreciation and expenses. However, it's pretty lucrative to buy and rent, if you can find tenants. That points to the obvious problem: there's not enough housing. Unfortunately, our governments create massive hurdles to build more housing, usually spurred on by interest groups.
In most circumstances, I would agree with "that's reactionary, illiberal, and destructive".

And also, "I think it will misfire", I agree with this, too, the more I think about it.

However.

Amazon has deliberately manipulated this situation specifically to hide its own culpability behind the fear of such a thing backfiring. Amazon knowingly provides access to business tools to entities Amazon has a wealth of available information to indicate are not trustworthy. Amazon educates these untrustworthy individuals on how to apply for bogus/weird patent and copyright names so they can continue to shovel their dangerous products to unsuspecting consumers (Yes, an AI-generated mushroom harvesting guide is a dangerous, life-threatening product, there is no argument otherwise considering the state of AI information integrity). Amazon knowingly provides these tools to individuals who have already had products taken down previously for them being dangerous to consumers. It's even WORSE for the e-publishing side of things right now.

Perhaps my initial response was reactionary, but I can't help but feel Amazon should suffer for arranging this in some way.
Last year was first year using FreeTaxUSA.
Why do we need to keep the tax prep software industry happy and maximize their revenue?
yeah property tax is like 10th+ order consideration in this
This is cool. It looks a lot like traits or associated types and OCaml modules.

When you think about it, we only have ordinal/positional type parameters. Why not dict'd like type parameters as well (like named parameter passing)?

I dislike the "meta" nomenclature. To me they are still types but more like product types of types.