skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The study paper is linked and seems to say there were 115 participants identified and then assigned into various groups. Table 1 shows the differences in the cash and non cash group.

So the control group met the same conditions - they just missed out via randomisation.

“We screened 732 participants from 22 shelters from four shelter organizations across Metro Vancouver. Our preregistered screening criteria were: age 19 to 65, homeless for less than 2 y (homelessness defined as the lack of stable housing), Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and nonsevere levels of substance use (DAST-10) (21), alcohol use (AUDIT) (22), and mental health symptoms Colorado Symptom Index (CSI) (23) based on predefined thresholds (see SI Appendix, Table S1 in SI Appendix, section 1.3.2). These screening criteria were used to reduce any potential risks of harm (e.g., overdose) from the cash transfer. To ensure accurate responses, the screening survey was conducted under a cover story without any mention of the cash transfer. Of the 732 participants, 229 passed all criteria (31%). Due to loss of contact with 114 participants despite our repeated attempts to reach them, we successfully enrolled 115 participants in the study as the final sample (50 cash, 65 noncash; see Table 1). The sample size was modest but was nonetheless adequately powered to detect statistically significant effects from the preregistered power analysis”
Congratulations, you're about to reinvent MS Access / DBase / FoxPro... 30 years later.
That could trigger a popular revolt.
I believe it was banned in the EU by the EFSA a few years back due to it containing E222 (sodium hydrogen sulphite)[0]. Googling suggests it's also banned in the UK, but finding reliable sources proved hard.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/hotsauce/comments/pcw7i0/huy_fong_s...
By this point everyone who did NOT get the covid shots were supposed to be dead. It's weird that it didn't pan out that way.
The airplane one just sounds like a foreign language over a bad intercom, I think that could still be useful for some stuff.
Proving a link between cancer and one specific environmental factor is the physical impossibility you're looking for.

Epidemiological studies tracking humans over time aren't controlled and will at best show a correlation worth studying, lab animal studies aren't great analogs given all the confounding factors and environmental differences with humans in real life, and unless the cancer causing agent acts quickly a controlled human study is likely impossible as controlling variables over years simply won't happen at scale.

Also the idea that visible light should be banned because radiation is an asinine argument meant to just badger without actually making a point.
Ask HN: Bot HN Profiles?
I stumbled upon this profile:
https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=sneha1995

All the submissions and comments look like they're written by GPT. is HN doing anything to tackle this? @dang
> For example you can get Chrome-style updates where Windows will keep the app fresh in the background even if it's not running

Considering the ability to update itself is a requirement of Cyber Resilience Act in EU, I foresee a big uptick in usage (and app stores usage of course).
These things bug me too. Civboot.org is my project to try and rectify it.
Korean Pop Star Releases Latest Song in Six Languages Using AI – Rohit Bhargava
I did not know this was patio11's writing, and it all made more sense when I learned this fact after reading. Good stuff!
Is that collective punishment, or putting the end goal before other concerns? I would hope most managers do not want to punish workers, but will insist things need to get done, and done well, in time and on budget. It's the subtle balance that is the challenge if you want to be a good boss.
Is it a great article? I have to read several paragraphs before I can begin to piece together a vague idea of what it's talking about. Starting with a brief definition would massively improve it.
Oh great recommendation, I've never thought about pickling leeks but feels like a natural extension of pickling onions.
Some great movies and some I still need to see... but there are four David Lynch movies, including two Twin Peaks movies spin-off movies, but not a single Coen Brothers? And Dr. Strangelove is tied with Mad Max: Fury Road?
Yeah, not really popular outside Japan. I believe they are often called kei-cars, have been around for a while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car
It turns out homeless people are just like you and me. Who knew?
The Many, Many Reasons Why FTC Should Investigate Musk’s Handling of User Data
You're defending his point while simultaneously missing it. See this quote: "There was no discussions around, could I go out for breakfast, could I go out for dinner."
When I was playing around with Godot and 2D game development, I went to itch.io for free asset packs. It's hard to get a consistent art-style, but good enough for a beginner.
This is a download manager. By definition it will have access to the internet, will write files to disk, and you will open the files it wrote.

A sandbox wouldn't keep you safe if you have to keep those vectors open.
Penitentiaries are supposed to engender penitence.

"Maybe I am part of 'the problem'." Having that observation, becoming humble, and owning up to one's mistakes is very hard to do.

In fact, short of the world burning to ashes, many sociopaths would never reach the conclusion that they are a cause of the woes around them.

THAT is why you imprison criminals and make their lives terrible, to give them a chance for penitence such that they can reform.
You might need to dig around a little for animated sprite sheets, but there are plenty of good quality free 2d assets:

https://www.kenney.nl/assets

https://itch.io/game-assets/free

https://opengameart.org/
I don't think even you understand what you just said.

Consumer devices are notorious for their reliability problems. Compared to a full blown server that you have 100% control over with almost insane amounts of RAM & CPU power & a lot of guarantees.

Running a migrations on a server is far, far different to running it on every users' device. The sheer scale of it is different.

> Using 4 GB per user on your backend works?

That was a comment on the average RAM on a consumer device - not the total RAM required per user.
My son plays Starfield on a nvidia 1060GT 6GB and the game runs easily at 30-40 fps on medium settings. Everything else on the computer is very modern though.
It's also complete nonsense.

Safest short term collateral? Cash.

A dollar will always be worth a dollar.
I'm also based in the UK and, in my experience, debit cards actually tend to be slightly more widely accepted than credit cards, even online.

But by and large, if a website accepts Visa or Mastercard, it doesn't tend to matter if it's a debit or credit card.
The only difference is that you usually trust the repo in Linux, but that’s a pretty significant “only thing,” in the sense that the repo is already the source of your whole system, so it better be trustworthy!
They're not redundant and frustrating when you're a beginner. The repetition is good for you, and things still feel novel rather than repetitive and boring.
Have you ever experienced shopping on a website and wanted to ask multiple questions about a product but couldn't seem to find the answers? Well, with Shopify AI Chatbot, you can now ask anything and everything you need to know!

AI chatbots are designed to answer any questions that customers may have about a particular product or service, helping to improve customer satisfaction and responsiveness. These chatbots not only answer customer queries, but they also provide suggestions on products and services that customers might be interested in.

Here are 10 reasons why an AI chatbot for Shopify would be perfect for business owners:

1. 24/7 Accessibility: AI chatbots are available 24/7, allowing businesses to be available round the clock to their customers.

2. Faster Response Times: Chatbots respond to customer queries instantly, eliminating wait times and increasing customer satisfaction.

3. Cost-Effective: Implementing an AI chatbot can potentially reduce costs for businesses as they don't require salary payments or benefits.

4. Personalization: AI chatbots can personalize conversations with customers, making them feel valued and appreciated.

5. Multitasking: With the power of multitasking, AI chatbots can handle multiple customer conversations simultaneously, making businesses more efficient.

6. Increase Sales: AI chatbots can suggest products to customers, potentially leading to increased sales.

7. Data Collection: AI chatbots can collect valuable customer data, which can be used to improve marketing strategies.

8. Scalability: AI chatbots can be scaled up or down based on business needs without requiring additional resources.

9. Language Support: AI chatbots can support multiple languages, catering to a diverse customer base.

10. Competitive Advantage: Implementing an AI chatbot can give businesses a competitive edge over their rivals.

Here's an example of an AI chatbot in action: Sephora, the cosmetic store, launched an AI Chatbot on Kik, a messaging app, in 2016. Sephora's Chatbot helped customers with everything from beauty tips to making purchases. It was a huge success, with more than a million engagements in the first eight weeks.

So, if you're running a Shopify store, it is high time to start considering a Shopify AI Chatbot for improving customer experience and boosting your business.

Shopify AI Chatbot is Launching soon on Product Hunt. Can't wait to try it out for my Shopify Store.
small city it the south US that I wanted to leave

Columbus, GA, by any chance?
Android phones are a lower-priced commodity. Apple products are luxury goods, like designer shoes or prestige cars. Apple will sell you last year's iPhone at a discount, but only on the clear understanding that it is visibly a cheap, old iPhone. If the basic form factor doesn't change between generations, you can guarantee that the color will.

Apple's profits clearly vindicate this as a business strategy.
I have created a custom unique identifier scheme before. This post doesn't address some of the challenges you come across.

1. When dealing with user friendly IDs, it's often important to make sure there are no ambiguous characters. This is a UX requirement for anyone that may need to read an ID and type it in at any point. For example, this means removing certain confusing characters like "0oIi1l5sS", etc. You end up with a much smaller set of characters. In my case, young children were required to type in teacher codes. Needless to say, I had to limit a lot of possible confusing characters.

2. You will have collisions. How do you handle them (ie, retry N times until you get a valid one)? What happens if you can't get a valid one? This happened in a product of mine. We had ~8 character codes that were human readable and type-able and we... ran out of codes.

3. How can you embed more information into the code such as versioning? It's often useful to prefix a code with some info in the event you need to modify it later (such as expand the character set or length)?
Congratulations on launching.

Requiring account creation is more friction than the force of my curiosity.

I hit your landing page to have a novel experience.

Not to go through the same old same old.

But that's me and I am not in your target market, so take it for what it is worth.

Good luck.
The setup for our thought experiment here is someone traveling at constant speed.

By definition they are not experiencing any acceleration.

If they are experiencing a drag force they are also experiencing a thrust force that is equal to it because they are traveling at a constant speed.

‘Feeling the effect of a force’ is not the same thing as ‘experiencing an acceleration’.
Not sure if this is different in Europe (check before saying it’s different, many people in the US aren’t aware of this either) but in the US at least all credit card transactions (and possibly debit too?) incur like a 3% fee. You’re paying that fee (either directly or through it being built into the price of goods) no matter what. The reason to use a card with a good rewards program is so that you actually get something in return for that small fee. So there is a sense in which you need to play the rewards game, otherwise you’re just paying more for goods for no reason.
While I don't have a strong preference for electron, I do have some thoughts and answers to your questions I'd like to share.

> Electron no longer allows Node.js to be called from renderer processes, all communication with Node.js is done via IPC.

I don't think calling Node.js from the renderer was a huge selling point for Electron - as it is not recommended due to security concerns. However, I still believe you can achieve this if you want - by using contextIsolation: false and nodeIntegration: true. But, even if this is not possible, it looks to me that using IPC with contextBridge still allows for pretty flexible Node.js use.

> Why does it have to be tied to V8/Node.js?

Some people prefer to have a Node.js backend (backend here being Electron's main Node.js process). There are multiple advantages to this:

- If using typescript: shared types between the frontend and backend

- Shared utilities, functions and constants

- If utilities and functions are shared, that means we can write some tests once, and the tests will work for both the backend and frontend

- Less context switching

These are just a few, I'm sure there are more.

> In this case, why do we still need Electron?

Besides the reasons I listed above, the alternative you listed (Tauri) seems to be relatively newer, have a smaller community, and with less online resources available (tutorials, stack overflow questions, etc).
“Put simply, Kirin 9000S is a better designed chip than the West realizes. It has solid power and performance. Even with the lackluster export controls, this is a leading edge chip that would be near the front of the pack in 2021, yet was done with no access to EUV, no access to cutting edge US IP, and intentionally hampered. We cannot overstate how scary this is.”

Why is it scary that others succeed?

What kind of mindset produces sentiment like this?
Show HN: Generating product insights from Gong calls with AI
I got fed up as a PM spending hours listening to Gong calls. I saw a lot of value in this so that I can hear the voice of the customer, but it just took soo much time from me.

So I'm building an AI tool that kind of sorts things out for me and categorizes feedback so that I do not have to spend so much time.

Any feedback on this and suggestion if you also have this problem is highly appreciated.

thanks
From the article:

> The mobile phones were tested by an accredited laboratory, which allows the ANFR to ensure that the SAR values comply with European regulation.
I'd agree, the last couple of submissions looks like GPT answers copy&pasted. Please email hn@ycombinator.com and ask for a review.

> is HN doing anything to tackle this?

Is us, users, who will notice this and the moderators then review. I've caught an account once who answered Ask HN questions with GPT-type content. There are many automated submissions, usually blog posts. This user I'd say copy&pasted it, manually.
Some children really enjoy dirty jokes, it's typically adults who react negatively to dirty jokes from kids.
When he says "we", he likely means the rent-seeker class.
While we are trying to minimize the disruptions, there is one thing project maintainers should do right now: pin the maximum NumPy to <2.0 in their ~`pyproject.toml`~ project dependencies. This will ensure they do not inadvertently upgrade before they are ready to do so. Once numpy2.0 is released, you can check that your code works with it, and then release the pin.
Does using a DVD or Bluray instead of a CD improves the result? The angle might have to be different?
Thanks, I think people are not really digging into the implications here.

A lot of that is because, I suspect, that advertising is taken as being evil as an axiom. Ads are evil, therefor anything related to ads is evil. Or, for some, ads that are targeted are evil. It feels religious when I talk to some people - I have spoken with many who genuinely believe that an ad is an inherently bad thing. They resent someone advertising to them in all forms, under all circumstances.

But ads are also a large part of how the internet works. I wrote hundreds of blog posts using wordpress.com for free, and it's because they would put an ad on the site.

So if we step back and ask "how do we allow for targeted advertising while also ensuring user privacy", I think we end up with something like this.

I don't want advertisers to know things like my name, my usernames, the sites I visit, etc.

I am ok with advertisers getting some opaque token with tags like "Programmer, American, Energy Drinks" or whatever. Especially since I can control this in my settings.

Finding a helpful line between helping the right ads get to the right people, thus ensuring the web continues to be free, and also making sure that you're not one data breach away from having your entire persona exposed, seems like a reasonable path forward.
This is why it’s vital that AI is openly available. Imagine a world where Spotify is the only company that can do that, and they use it to make sure they never pay royalties again.
Windows has had an installer as an OS component since the late 90s (called Windows Installer). As a sysadmin I'd prefer apps use it. Many application developers do not. It's maddening. (Doubly so when Microsoft themselves don't use it-- newer versions of Office, Teams, etc. Microsoft suffers from too much NIH.)

I get unattended installs and uninstalls "for free" when well-behaved applications use Windows Installer. Patching is included, too. Customizing installations is fairly straightforward.

On the developer side it has historically used a very quirky proprietary file format (MSI) with a fairly steep learning curve and a ton of "tribal knowledge" required to make it work for all but the most trivial cases. (Though, to be fair, most installs are the trivial case-- copy some files, throw some stuff into the registry, make some shortcuts.)

Worse, it allows for arbitrary code execution ("Custom Actions"), at which point all bets are off re: unattended installs, removal, etc. Some Windows Installer packages are just "wrapped" EXEs (Google Chrome, for example).

I've packaged a ton of 3rd party software as Windows Installer packages. It's an ugly system with lots of warts and legacy crap, but if you need to load an application on a large number of Windows PCs reliably unattended it's decently fit for purpose.

There is reasonable free and libre tooling to generate MSI packages from plain text source (the WiX toolkit) and it can be used in a CI pipeline.
yeah but Caplan explicitly references Hitler: notable not for killing anyone with his own hand but rather via this same "3 hops removed" type of causal chain. if he was considering only the action -- and none of this larger chain -- then he would have rather assigned moral responsibility to the soldiers in the trenches: right?
How is it "unscientific" when we know they are 99.99% unrelated, but you want at least 99.99999% to feel safe?

Aspartame, unlike sugar, are non-essential.
If somebody don't want to take that 0.000000001% risk, I guess they should be free to make their choice?
peak capitalistic moral decay
>exposure to risk factors

Like irradiation from telecoms signals, maybe.
CISA is from the same parent agency as TSA. I expect these shenanigans.
What would it take to build a self-sustaining astronaut ecosystem on Mars?
How does an OS boot? (xv6) [video]
In addition to CLI params and JSON conf it would be handy to support env var configuration. Makes running inside a container much easier.
I would probably say capitalism generally, but certainly this neolib variety
Why does that search bar look eerily similar to VSCode's redesigned one? They even have the arrows in the right place and everything.
Is that the limit? Because it sounds like a lot, it's like hitting someone with a tennis ball every second. (unless of course I'm misunderstanding the definition)
I think there are several Differentiations that need to be talked about.

For me, living in in Germany, actually, it's pretty difficult to become homeless. One needs to want to be homeless, to become a true homeless. As in general, we have a social net in here. Each one can apply to get Burgergeld (Money for citizens). We're paying the rent and the costs for heating and so on.. so, a homeless is a homeless, because of pride or other reasons. If it happens that one loses his job, can't pay the bills and the monthly rent - one can apply for the money. Also, there are shelters and food stations for the homeless.. so, actually, If you don't want to be homeless, you'll get the help.

On the other side, we still have homeless living on the street. Being ill and dirty. I talked to some random guy, he told me, that he actually want to live on the street. Another guy hast some mental problems and can't use money. In the end he spends all the money for weed and alcohol in the first two days after receiving.

So, we have homeless who went homeless because of the personal life situations. This guys should get all the money they need to build a new life. All the others should get material help, like place to live, educational things and so on...

Yes, it's cruel to say "you get money, you not" - but I don't see a way for the one's who don't want help, that they actually can pull themselves up
> according to self-reports

A similar study would conclude that everyone in prison is innocent and few obese people over eat.
The purpose of software is automation. If that means eliminating positions that cannot achieve automation, because they just fill in the blanks of some tool API, then so be it. Ultimately it comes down to a single business question:

What costs more, training people or hiring many replaceable people to backfill some tool?
I love my Apple Watch ultra, because with cellular I can use it as a phone – a very lightweight phone without social media distractions.

But I have to say I am a little bit uneasy about having a cellphone strapped to my arm.

Someone with physics knowledge please calm me down?
This is the inspiration for Luffy's Gear 5 in One Piece.
"Then upon investigation we have found you have not been truthful regarding your disclosure of social media accounts. We're sorry, but your visa application is now rejected, and you're now banned from re-applying for a visa for several years."

Lie and they find out and you're basically fucked. :')
I don't think he needs excuses but his errors and political biases pale in comparison to the systemic hypocrisy and gross inadequacy of an entire profession. Somehow the astrologers advising the emperors du jour have managed to declare themselves scientists and even receive Nobel prizes [1].

The hope is that others will manage to pick up the thread of inquiry and somehow integrate his historical and anthropological observations into a more truthful type of economics.

[1] There are always exceptions. A tiny number of economists do seem to grasp the nature of debt and money better than the vast crowd regurgitating banalities.
1. Retirement ages have generally been increasing over the period which should offset this.

2. Immigration is a thing.

3. Kids are labour intensive so if we weren't having kids, maybe that freed up labour depressing wages that are now returning to 'normal' rather than wages being 'normal' previously.

4. What nation has anywhere near zero employment?