skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Storing metadata out-of-band strikes me as key to any usable content management system within a realistically complex space.

Naming schemes and directory hierarchies have some limited application, but ultimately there will be data which simply won't be shoehorned into any such system, and an externally-managed catalogue tying together disparate elements is required.

(Keeping that catalogue up to date and consistent is a whole 'nother issue.)

I do like the idea of a virtual filesystem in which elements are effectively search dimensions, which leads to an interesting notion that search is identity.

That is, a search will produce one of three possible result sets:

- Null, that is, no matches.

- Plural, that is, a list of matches.

- Unity, that is, one matching item.

In the last case, the search providing a single result is an identity of that result. (It may not be a stable identity over time, but it is at least for the present.)

Where a list is returned, the size of the list determines how usable it is, and how it is usable. Ten items can be quickly scanned to find the relevant item(s), if they exist. 100 or 1,000 items can often still be managed manually, though they'll typically take some time. Somewhere between 100 and a few thousand items, though, you're in the range where automated assessments or filtering becomes necessary.

Large libraries themselves typically have tens of thousands to millions of items. The largest book collections (Library of Congress, British Library) have roughly 150 million books (or equivalents). Other records may exist in greater numbers: periodicals, financial records, databases. Facebook has reported ~5 billion items posted daily for some years now. (I suspect most of those are trivial, but that still leaves a large number of potentially non-trivial items.) Surveillance and other large-scale data collection systems may be larger still.
Ditch diggers may need a union, but if the ditch is dug with a manual shovel they won't get one because as soon as they organize the boss will fire them and hire someone else. A ditch digger who operates a backhoe needs a union and can get one because you can't hire just anyone to operate a backhoe (I can operate one, but I'll spend the first several days randomly pulling levers until what I want happens does - don't put me close to something important for the first week as I'll destroy it moving the wrong way - after a month I'd be good, but that is a month of paying me while not getting your ditches dug)

Grocery workers rarely have a union, and when they do they rarely go on strike because the workers don't really have enough skills to not be replaced. It only works at all because every clerk going on strike at once is hard to replace.
We do not have "agency" in the sense of a magic black box which makes optimal decisions regardless of the information we have, nor "no agency" in the sense that we'll immediately do anything because ads tell us to, but ads are incentivized to exploit human psychology as much as possible and being exposed to that is probably bad.
Well they burn at 600°C so they really have no value.
Oops, yes indeed! Was working from memory and should’ve checked.
You don't have to join but you usually still have to pay the dues.

You are misinformed on the law. Free riders can't be compelled to pay dues.
Is there anything that returns a parse tree of an org document? A while ago I wrote some super hacky elisp to navigate around the structure of a giant org mode doc, but it was rickety and terrible and constantly breaking.

Part of this is surely that I don't know wtf I'm doing, but it seemed like there was not an underlying data structure held in memory that you could conveniently query / manipulate, but rather, most of the existing org functionality built some kind of structure each time you did an operation.

Would appreciate any pointers, code examples, tutorials that show how to effectively navigate / manipulate an org structure and have it reflected in the buffer, if there is such a thing.
Moore’s Law is a special case of the more general “Law of Accelerating Returns.”

> In my view, it is one manifestation (among many) of the exponential growth of the evolutionary process that is technology.

https://www.thekurzweillibrary.com/the-law-of-accelerating-r...
Was assuming this was about metastability in digital electronics. Hadn’t realized that it encompasses much more than that.
I don’t think anyone is particularly raring to go live on a continent where the warmest month is December. With perks like “in December and January the monthly average high temperature may occasionally rise above freezing” - doesn’t that just make you instantly fall in love?

If you want to live somewhere cold alaska is probably the better choice, since you get to enjoy all the lovely things in life like Amazon delivery.
I think the font is seen as (analogous to) a "computer program". You can put the bezier control points in different locations but end up with the same shapes of curves overall. Same result (visually), but created with a different "computer program".
Thanks, but I meant graphically. It is too "plastic" not "natural". It is a sensation, so it is very difficult to express on words.
https://archive.is/dThlP
The problem is that the names are very similar and most consumers are confused about which is which. Most consumers don't know to go to the pharmacy and ask, because there's something claiming to be effective on the shelf.
Average teacher salary in the US is 58k, which is liveable if you get a summer job, but that also means half the country is worse. Montana (where I live) has an average of 30k, which is essentially destitute, especially with rising housing costs around here.

For a position where we expect people to have a 4 year degree, it’s pretty ridiculous. No one who goes into teaching pays off their student debt before they’re 40, and many don’t ever expect to do it in their lifetime without leaving for a different career.
Not if written by a woman.
What I've learned is that people go insane when it comes to fonts, and sometimes they have good typographical reasons for it, and sometimes they just have strong opinions. Discussions like this bring both types out, and sometimes they're both right.
with the chemists selling useless cold medicine but the streets EVEN MORE full of meth-heads than before, obviously this particular "war on (some) drugs" measure is a pathetic failure.
You don't "need" any medication for most colds. But people want (and deserve access to) cold medication that treats the symptoms that they find unpleasant. Also, some people are prone to sinus infections - taking pseudoephedrine when you start getting congested (before developing a sinus infection) is crucial to preventing infection and avoiding damage to your nasal passages.
I'd view extreme poverty as a problem for the state rather than advertisers, universal basic income (UBI) being one obvious approach, and access to information for those too poor to pay for it as a challenge that has been long addressed by public libraries. Solving these problems is neither an explicit goal of adverts nor something they achieve well as a side effect.
The network is the computer!

:barf:
“7 days of night” is about Alaska from the North Pole mate.
Tiny Schrödinger’s Cats Could Upend Quantum Again
Not gonna lie, this creeps the heck out of me.
git diff REL_16_RC1..REL_16_0 doesn't show any changes that would require a pg_upgrade (at least from my read), so you should be able to upgrade without it.
Remember when people like you said the exact same thing with the exact same confidence, except it was global cooling?
That is a very eloquent explanation, for an opinion I share and wasn't able to put so plainly!

I always get weird looks when, watching TV, I change channels during ads.
We licensed Maxmind's DB recently (it's like $300 a year or something). idk if there are US-only databases. Our customers are all in the US, and we use geo IP to filter european users for compliance (GDPR and otherwise)
This was explained on French news: those radiation levels can vary with a software update. It's likely they were compliant before and a software update changed that.

Which also means the fix can be a software update. That was (according to the news) the likely way this would be resolved.
> SQL/JSON constructors

Like these?

> Adds SQL/JSON constructors, including JSON_ARRAY(), JSON_ARRAYAGG(), JSON_OBJECT(), and JSON_OBJECTAGG().

Not sure what SQL/JSON identity functions relate to
You're limited in the amount you can purchase at any given time, and it's (for me at least) often not available in the form I want it in, making it a real pain in the ass to rely on.
"Runs locally in your browser!

Unlike similar products, it’s free to use and doesn’t store your data. All processing is done in your browser, and your files are never uploaded anywhere. It runs well on computers and very slowly on smartphones; user beware."

I'm impressed by the fact that this was the choice made. I can only imagine it also helps keep the operational costs down, as well as liability for copyright and what not since they never become in possession of the content. However, it also means they "lose out" on a possible continuous source of training data which other less ethical evilCorp type companies would not pass up on
I always thought the "PE" was for Placebo Effect which would explain why it never does anything.
Another lovely legacy of fascism in Europe. The popularity of homeopathic remedies is a hangover from Nazis adopting and promoting them as an alternative to the “abstraction” of “Jewish” medicine.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/standing-up-for-the...
I had the jerker desk for a long time, before standing desks were really popular. It was a fantastic desk and I loved using it in the standing position.

If I could have found a good ergonomic chair that elevated to standing desk height, I would have loved to continue using it. At the time there were drafting chairs, and task chairs or task stools that would have been at the right height, but nothing really comfortable or ergonomic. Wonder if that's changed now.
Do iPads allow more than one user now? Seemed a bit behind on this compared to Android when I last checked.
> We already have ample evidence that tech giants colluded to depress the salaries of their workers.

For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...

The irony here is that the tech companies are willing to organize into a kind of union in order to promote their interests, but the tech workers aren't.
I dont have a dog in this fight but hilariously the argument //for imperfection// i see here: People are flawed, damaged and utterly fragile. Is a "pure diamond" the projection of unrealistic expectations? Legal disclosures:
- I am married (for much longer than the bell curve would suggest)
- I did buy a diamond
- I did stress about spending that money
- I don't see the diamond as any real asset (financially or otherwise)
- I bought said diamond AFTER i asked my SO's patriarch for permission
- I DID NOT receive a dowry (imagine all of the dirtbikes i could have purchased with that sweet, sweet chattel monies!)

My opinion: Diamonds are hotpockets: there is a lot of money going into advertising an otherwise unhealthy thing (for you and global society as a whole).
AI detects eye disease and risk of Parkinson’s from retinal images
I am one of those people and I have visited many specialized doctors and not a single one prescribed pseudoephedrine, but I guess you know better
I'm not a lawyer. Would this make it harder to invoke California's Songs-Beverly Act for device replacement? (California's Lemon Law)

Previously, you could buy an appliance >$100 and if it broke in 5-7 years you could ask for service or parts to repair it. If the company cannot produce that, they would be required by law to replace the "thing" with an equivalent or newer product. This looks like the 7 year requirement is on things still being sold.

If companies must retain 7 years of parts now, this kinda closes the loop on getting new stuff in a Planned Obsolescence world. :p

I'll happily take a win for Right to Repair.
In the same sex weddings I've attended, both parties had the same or similar rings. One party didn't get a ring that was wildly more expensive than the other.
Okay, how does the IRS know you owe them money?

The percentage of people with all their income appearing in a W2 or 1099 is fairly small.
You’re dunking on a fictional hyper-woke straw man in response to someone sharing a wholesome anecdote about doing something nice for their wife. Lol.
1k-year-old 'alien' corpses displayed in Mexico's Congress; UFO expert testifies
If you are purchasing for a family of 6 that all get colds within a short timeframe the limit can get annoying. Well actually it's the per-visit limit. You can only buy like two boxes at one time even though you can come back the next day and buy some more.
Well, I'm going to take a leap of faith and guess that a significant portion of those split during/because of the pandemic.
One could make the same argument for anything really, but it has nothing to do with why this particular drug that’s completely ineffective is being sold.

And just because you’ve never experienced an extreme case of rhinorrhea doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. It sounds like you’re more interested in painting Americans as whiny babies who can’t handle a little cold instead of discussing the actual topic.

Also, paracetamol is toxic to your liver so it should be avoided unless really needed.
I too hate seeing other people excited about things they are interested in
https://archive.is/ZW7Ui
So how does Unity know the number of installs?

Isn't this a privacy nightmare?
That's being generous. "Nothing better to do" also translates as "works as sales / business development for the gigantic expensive legacy tool you're trying to work around". End of the day, when one guy is spending all their time on your Support, and you don't know why, and they're persistently nonconstructive or just plain making shit up[1], you have to start asking, "why does this guy care so much?". Shortest answer is often "Cuz he's paid to".

So yeah, moderation is great.

[1] "Not that I would ever use this tool in production, I use BRAND X"
I for one love Gnome and have seen nothing but a steady stream of improvements since 3.0. Sure 3.0 was a shock, but they stuck to it, and perfected their vision. And now it’s just a joy to use. If that’s not long term plans/vision idk what is.
"Improvements and Bug fixes". I miss proper release notes and didn't know apple provided them.
https://archive.ph/OoudK
It is far worse in my country (Greece). I am unemployed, and thus uninsured; this means that my psychiatrist cannot prescribe my medicine (Concerta in my case, a slow-acting version of Ritalin) because they are just so tightly controlled. Pseudoephedrine is similar.

We the uninsured need to procure it from a public mental hospital, but the appointments are months away, so I cannot get any. So this medicine, which my psychiatrist considers essential, is just... denied to me; I have not taken it in 8 months, resulting in my barely being able to function, much less find the employment that would make me, you know, insured.
It's a supply chain attack.
Do you have documented evidence for that? That’s the usual reaction (and mine, too, given my unfamiliarity with GoT), but every discussion around this turns up a few hits from the 1800s, and then basically nothing until GoT came out. Or maybe my info is out of date?
Doesn't polysporin have actual antibiotics?
> It's just one of those things that presumably makes sense to somebody but doesn't to me.

Normal journalism at work: one people pays, the other one writes.
That’s not how logic works. It could be that it saved us from an even worse epidemic.
Why is this a surprise? CBD creams, copper bracelets, Kinesio tape, and thousands of "reinvigorating, youth restoring" cosmetic products are sold in American pharmacies (hypermarts). There is no meaningful difference between products regulated as drugs and those considered supplements or health/wellness when they make false claims.
> There is this weird market where you want the purist diamond you can find, but not too pure. So you want some imperfections, just the perfect number of imperfections.

Another "weird" market where this holds true is the dating market. In general it seems similar to how we evaluate other humans or forms of life in general. If another person is too perfect they either seem fake or trigger a weird uncanny valley effect.
As a side note, silicon carbide (also known as moissanite, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moissanite) has better optical properties (slightly higher refractive index, twice as high dispersion) while not carrying multiple ethical dilemmas. It has a slightly lower hardness, but it does not matter unless you want it precisely to cut things.
https://archive.is/R9QeJ
This. Sudafed is ~$12, but most pharmacists will ask if you're fine with the generic, which is about half the cost.

And that's for 2 sheets of 12 hour.
https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-element-api.html

But even with this I found it pretty awful.
For Visual novels RenPy is much simpler, and more popular (though its Python based, but still in keeping with the spirit, free and open source)
To be fair deoxyephedrine and the other amphetamines also work really well as decongestants.

Pseudoephedrine doesn't produce as pronounced a "high," but it definitely is noticeably psychoactive. It doesn't just clear up your congestion, it also makes you feel better and boosts your energy. It really is a fine drug for masking cold and flu symptoms.
Cheap industrial diamond tooling is one of my favourite things about living in the future. Just incredibly useful.
> Tom Cruise is in an industry where he can be shut out at any given moment and there's only like 5 employers.

[Citation Needed]

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

Look, you're really just a worse paid Tom Cruise. I'm sorry you can't see this.
They released an SDK for some windows support a month ago. As far as I understand, it’s still being developed. A bit slow, but it’s not abandoned.
Recap of the PGDay UK 2023 Edition
> even if you spend years arguing it doesn't necessarily lead to the democratic results you want

Yes, this is how democracy works in general. You don't get everything (or necessarily anything) you want

Personally the only thing that would really make me quit is if they tried to make me go hybrid or back to the office in any way. My workplace is small (10 engineers) and so unionizing based on that could be pretty easy, but it would be easier for me to quit and find a new job that does do remote
The Magick++ API is the object-oriented C++ API for the ImageMagick image processing library.
> a color hue ala pantone colors

Pantone don't own colors, what they own is the relationship between the name they have given and the color it represents.

So you can use the RGB representation of Pantone colors, no problem. You can also say "the logo color is Pantone XYZ". What you are not allowed to do is, for example, make an image processing tool that converts between Pantone color names and RGB values. And even that is debated.

Pantone is a color matching service. The idea is that you can say "use Pantone XYZ" and you know exactly how it will look like everywhere, be it on screen, in print, or as a plastic part, and Pantone business is to sell reference material that helps ensuring it is the case.

And you can't use Pantone on the web anyways, browsers don't support it (because they don't have a license), you will have to use RGB values or whatever CSS supports.
Can your probes be identified and blocked?
Other commenters seem to disagree, but you're right: if, instead of an entire aisle of useless junk, your local pharmacy just had generic extended-release pseudoephedrine, the world would be better off.
Audience reaction to an Indian movie called RRR:

https://youtu.be/ExxZBNp6jy4

This is at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in LA :) so as American as it gets
I spent a couple of months working with a tool along those lines. Unfortunately, it's one of those issues where it won't work specifically without the galactic emperor mandating these tools under pain of death. A colleague using VS Code would commit code with unbalance parentheses. The tooling was smart enough that it could load the file, even though it wasn't parsable, but there was no structural was to fix the missing closing brace. Adding a closing brace automatically inserted another opening brace, leaving the original mismatch.
Unions have not helped their cause over here. They have regularly enforced paying bad people more than good people because the only measure they allow is years on the job. They regularly prevent people who want to move into management from doing so (not to be confused with people who don't want to!) be not allowing anything learned to count for your management role. They regularly discourage learning something more. They regularly yell that doing better work just helps your employer and will not help you.

Unions don't have to be that way, but all the examples I have of unions are places I would not want to work. Thus why would I want a union in my job?
I’m sorry you see it as a trash comment, but I hope the discussion it provoked was to your liking.

I found it enlightening.
HN sees diamonds with a focus in science, economics and ethic. Other demigraphics are not like that, to other people is about status, showing off, tradition, etc. Yes we know that other objects can show more status, but some people really like The Idea about diamonds.
What do you mean? That 70% represents memory management errors.
I really appreciate. Thank you. We are very transparent about our process. If you have any questions, you can always reach out to us.

We have a simplified explanation of our probe network here: https://ipinfo.io/blog/probe-network-how-we-make-sure-our-da...

The only update is the number of servers is like 600+ now. The probe network is growing extremely rapidly.

Our IP geolocation process is quite complicated, and we have a team of data engineers, infrastructure engineers, and data scientists working on various aspects of it. Therefore, our approach is users can ask us questions, and we will try our best to answer them.
That’s the whole point of this discussion—that the reason it’s behind the counter (which everyone already knows is because of meth) is NOT actually a good reason to have it there.
> If the market value of it goes to zero

it already did, the second you bought it
Marketing

The sentimental value of a diamond is its rarity. And natural diamonds with few imperfections are rare. And a big diamond, useless for anything else, is the only way to show how much the marriage is worth. This is what is being sold to us.

Synthetic diamonds are destroying 50 years of marketing.
Trust me, I have experienced an extreme case of rhinorrhea. Not a single european doctor prescribed pseudoephedrine to me. And I'm not interested in painting americans as anything, the paracetamol I mentioned coupled with tea and lozenges work amazingly well for common colds
What is your suggested solution?
Diamonds made from atmospheric CO2 would have a wide marketing appeal, and their provenance would be easy to distinguish (as the synthetic route involves capture of atmospheric CO2, conversion to methane as the synthetic diamond feedstock, so they'd have the same 14C content as atmospheric CO2 does).

Eventually I imagine diamonds will go the way of aluminum, which used to be very hard to produce and so was valued similarly to silver and gold, and so was also seen as a material wealth flex (e.g. Napoleon's aluminum dining set etc.). It'll be just another industrial material.
Trying to figure out who you're replying to though, none of this has anything to do with compression algorithms.
> Working to the point where your mental health suffers is your fault: it's your responsbility to establish healthy boundaries or, failing at that, quit.

It's interesting that the manager and/or employer has no apparent agency here.
Flattening Earth with Physics