skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>Some car companies, such as Ford Motor [US:F] and Toyota Motor, are tempering their expectations for EVs and shifting more resources into hybrids, which have been drawing consumers at a faster clip.
>The first wave of buyers willing to pay a premium for a battery-powered car has already made the purchase, dealers and executives say, and automakers arenow dealing with a more hesitant group, just as a barrage of new EV models are expected to hit dealerships in the coming years

I believe this is what the CEO of Toyota was promoting - emphasizing hybrids as most realistic route for most consumers. He was slammed for it.
To be clear, every place I have seen self-checkouts in my area, they have been optional. There's no "forcing customers to do unpaid work". Everyone who uses them is choosing to use them over the regular checkouts, which are staffed at roughly the same level they were a decade ago. They are also in one big bank, with between 1 and 3 (though usually 1) employees standing at an "operator" stand nearby, not "only 1 with an employee".

I am not saying there are no stores deliberately offloading work onto customers, but a) it's clearly not all stores, and b) I, at least, actively prefer using self-checkout, and do not care that it puts a negligible amount of work onto my shoulders.

And gee, thanks for moralizing at me about causing the downfall of society by (checks notes) not wanting to add to my introverted self's overall burden of stress by interacting pointlessly with strangers just in order to get the food I need to survive. Maybe (as I suggested in my first post here) don't assume that your experiences are universal?
I don't think you understand what that number means at all.

24K years ago New York was under 4 miles of ice, during summer. If that happened today, do you think the government of Canada and United States would survive such a schenario?How many people would be left alive in North America, 30% of the current population?

How big do you think the change in global temperature was during the last ice age? 30 degrees or 20 degrees?

It was only 6 degrees. That's all it takes.

Average yearly temperature for Hong Kong is 23 degrees, for Dubai it's 26 degrees.

3 degrees is the difference between lush tripics and a desert where you will starve because nothing grows.

A global change of 3 degrees means 12 degree change on land because 70% of the planet is an ocean and it's tempersture doesn't change
I had to Google it, too.

https://pos.toasttab.com/blog/on-the-line/kitchen-appreciati...
Sort of - I'm specifically avoiding/getting rid of result types. Usually with null-coalescing ? you'd go "optional ?. optional ?. field" => optional. But because '?' acts as a control flow primitive (via `breakelse`), it's actually "optional? .optional? .field" => field, ie. each optionality is done away with by branching away, and so no longer represented in the type system at all.

If you have `Optional<Foo>`, and you access `foo?.field`, then the type is not `Optional<Field>`, but just `Field` - because in the None case, you've already exited the expression. So it's not `(foo)?.(field)`, but `(foo?).field`. To steal a phrasing from another comment, the non-local flow of `?` effectively everts the Optional foo.
That's mostly when people use bad brand names, mostly in foreign media. I say foreign because I imagine that it's a case for say, a Japanese author trying to imitate an English brand name without knowing enough English to make it sound even slightly sensible. That's how you get stuff like WcDonalds and "Bobson Dugnutt".

Done well though it works perfectly fine. It's not like everything is huge brands out there, so there's plenty room for random branding.

And once in a while somebody comes up with something neat. I think "Pesterchum" is a great name for a messenger app.
Safe Harbor in DMCA does say that repeat infringers should be terminated from service. I do think it’s government overreach because for many, you only have one ISP as an option, and cutting you off from internet access is very severely impactful to many. This seems like a court matter directly between the copyright holders and the infringing end user.

Perhaps I’m biased in this regard, not really sure how the law shakes out. I will say that Grande was an amazing ISP. I had them for probably 8 years before I moved out of Texas, and my boss for several years was a former Grande employee. Everyone had great things to say about them. One time, our internet went down during a historic flood, and they ended up flying a fiber line across the flooded river using a drone to get service back to everyone. It was entertaining to follow that.

I’ve heard they’re owned by someone new now; not sure if they’re still good.
Having quit social media for partially that reason, now people either text me memes, or I don’t hear from them as much, or at all.

(I memetically refer to social media and memes as “the mind killers” with some friends)
Been using pg-promise[1] for years (for Node). How does this compare - is there a reason to switch?

[1]: https://github.com/vitaly-t/pg-promise
Ah, I misinterpreted the top comment, then. I thought this was a strategic move on their part to salvage trust elsewhere.

You're right; this is like pulling the rug out from under guests you invited into your home and telling them to seek shelter elsewhere.
That's interesting! Why would modules make it harder to interface with c++ from python ? Is it because the header files are a direct interface to the functions? How hard would it be to do the same from modules, would it just require tooling to support modules rather than directly provided header files?

(I just realized that I don't completely understand how exactly the new modules work, so I have some further reading to do! )
I found EveryDoor a bit easier to use on mobile than Vespucci, at least for small edits.

Now, you piqued my curiosity with your mention of newer Android phones. Are they RTK-capable? Do you have a few good references on that? There are collaborative RTK networks such as https://centipede.fr/ which could be very useful in combination with that.
I can't read the article (paywall), but do try give any compelling arguments?

Or, is the title just catchphrase-riddled clickbait?
Taxes and the governments they support are still a huge net benefit. You can quibble about kinds of spending but then you’re going to offend someone who wants that spending thus the silly focus on taxes. Can’t cut police because people want that, can’t remove GPS, can’t cut veterans benefits, can’t…

But hey leaching off other people is a time honored tradition.
Writing doesn’t have to be timeless! Almost all books, even successful ones, are forgotten quickly. Writing isn’t a competition to see who can write the most immortal book.

I personally don’t care for books that conspicuously take place in the present day and feature fairly regular people. I’m reading to have some time away from screens—I don’t want to read about people staring at screens! But I know lots of people who find books like these more relatable and interesting.
sc-im - Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised -- An ncurses spreadsheet program for terminal:

https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im
I read the original comment as it didn’t make sense that prices in the US aren’t inclusive of taxes.

It’s less about harping on political ideologies and instead provided rationale as to why US prices aren’t transparent.

The commenter who brought up Sales tax variations is partially correct, and the lack of political will to adopt a progressive consumption tax is also partially to blame.
Have you actually tried using your banking application on a recent (post introduction of sandboxed Google Play) GrapheneOS?

Restricting things to only Google ROMs basically also means your banking app won't work on a bunch of non-google Android phones and even most banks don't want to go that far.
It often is.

I had my PayPal personal account immediately frozen and closed without recourse just for (unintentionally) putting a few hundred dollars of bitcoin through a mixer.

1. Purchased $200 of Bitcoin via PayPal (never doing this again — took weeks to settle)
2. Created a receiving wallet address with a wallet app
3. Moved Bitcoin from PayPal to new wallet address.

This was innocuous, I wasn’t trying to cover my tracks in any way.

What I didn’t know is that the wallet had an automatic tumbling feature, so the money I put in got mixed.

And PayPal immediately closed my account. Tried every way to get it back but no dice. All funds frozen for 6 months before I could redeem them.

So yes using a mixer can get you tainted.
It does make me wish that HN somehow “spoke to” mastodon/other activity pub servers or something. I wouldnt mind the posts that float up to the front page here coming up in other places.

Thankfully the people that post here do tend to be people using federated social media as well haha
The key thing about friendships is being able to take the other person for granted and being completely comfortable/not giving a shit about what the other person thinks. Friends are extremely loyal to each other and you have to be able to trust that the other person will act in your best interest.

Modern psychology will tell you all these things are wrong and it shows in the general population. Disregard modern advice on this issue which all revolve around increasing your guard and being mindful around people. That does not work.
Spending is the issue, complaining about taxes in isolation is just silly.

The focus on taxes is just a smoke screen so you don’t need to offend anyone by suggesting you actually cut spending on say national defense, GPS, weather forecasting, etc etc.

If you actually want lower taxes propose specific spending cuts. Let’s get rid of police and prisons and then see what happens, or no how about…
> GNOME and KDE

Both are are really bad desktop environments and part of the reason the FOSS desktop never took off. Also they are mostly developed by full time paid employees with zero community involvement. As such they are the small niche.

> The glaring flaws in the API have been known for that long.

X11 has flaws but I wouldn't call them "glaring". They are a nuisance at best. You don't pay for functionality you don't need. Wayland has glaring flaws because it does not provide and standardize functionality that people need. It also has severe technical flaws like implicit sync which makes all your application stutter when one application has high GPU load.

> Xorg server actually lacks backward compatibility with lots of non-standard X11 extensions that for whatever reason were either removed or were never merged upstream.

Great, so there is a regular organic and efficient clean up process happening that keeps the unused or unpopular stuff out of X11. There shouldn't be much "old cruft" around then. If this is the case, why do we need Wayland?
Appreciate the feedback!

Yea, you're right. I've been thinking about open sourcing Isaac for quite some time now, but there are still some things to sort out before taking this step. But, it's definitely a priority for me to figure it out soon.
How would you deal with an attack though residential US proxies? Your method falls apart.

How many of us deal with automated password attacks is to issue questions that only locals or people with specific knowledge could answer. Change the questions and do everything custom.
TrapheusAI: Everyday AI powered data search companion
Oh, you’re right, I was referring to the docs pages. Clicking through, all I see is Tux on a globe.
What law does it break and is there some precedent that this case breaks it? None of this sounds like a crime.

In terms of “SF Cares”, it sounds like its for the healthcare ordinance the city of SF passed.
Steamboat, Tallest Geyser, Erupted Last Weekend with 400-Foot Water Show
I'm thinking from Python here so somebody clarify if I'm missing something.

"As far as I know, header files came to be because when C was built disk space was at a prime and storing libraries with their full source code would be expensive. Header files included just the necessary to be able to call into the library while being considerably smaller."

The modules/packages that were built from C/C++ for example in Python and maybe other scripting languages those were all compiled with the inclusion of the .h files. for exactly the reason that the OP states...for efficiency. Header files should really only include definitions, and when you compile it's tight code using only what you included.

Wouldn't modules include everything? isn't that like saying:

import *

as opposed to say:

Import module.package

I'm just confused how this will help statically typed languages like C/C++ into maintaining and compiling to very efficient machine or executables.

Someone enlighten me.
Yeah, they weirdly don't even have a Taobao shop.. so can't be bought in China as far as I can tell. It's a bit strange
Sometimes the emotional, the uneducated, and the unsophisticated cling to irrationality in the face of facts and logic. Normally, this only impacts themselves (religion, for example). But when it impacts all of us collectively, effort must be expended to drive towards the optimal outcome (net zero electrical generation, in this case).

Only one coal plant in the US is cheaper to operate than replacement with batteries and renewables (Dry Fork Wyoming) [1]. Funds are being provided for a just transition [2], not throwing coal folks into the streets. Utilities and generators will retrain or offer other jobs to people not taking retirement buyouts. If they still want to keep coal because of their belief systems around identity, work, etc, well, too bad. The climate doesn’t care about your belief system.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37601970 (citations)

[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2022/08/24/inf...
This is a great writeup. I wish more political writing would call out specific names and show specific examples of the shady lobbying industry at work like this. American business culture is so greedy and slimy—with no shame whatsoever these groups push back on what amounts to legislating outright fraud for profit. I’d like to see a similar writeup on the real estate industry as that’s another powerful group actively making our lives miserable for their own profit.
EU: Proposed liability rules will harm Free Software
Teen squatted at AOL for two months undetected; built a business (2012)
I can't imagine how such a class could be taught, at least in the US. At the federal level both sides accuse each other of misinformation, not merely differences of opinion but active propaganda.

It doesn't really matter which side, if either, is correct. Any class which tended to lead students toward conclusions either way would be met with accusations of brainwashing and playing politics with education. Even if they discussed it in purely abstract terms, it would be either so anodyne as to be useless, or bitterly rejected by at least one side.

I of course have my own opinions about which is more at fault. But we're a democracy, and it's close enough to 50-50 that a near majority is going to feel deeply abused regardless of the outcome. It would be nice if there were some kind of scientific body we could trust to guide the process, but none has sufficient support.
How Megafires Are Remaking the World
Yes I thought managed databases were the holy grail of database monetization. How bad were the cloud services that they were providing? They seemed to put quite a lot of effort into that part of their offering too.
Owning used to make more sense when there was less overall product. When you can't find something new to watch, you could fall back on a copy of something solid.

I can't remember the last time I rewatched anything...
Tech has always been hybrid with some people being 100% remote. I'm not sure what the point of all these articles are. Even at companies that had a butts-in-seats minimum days per week rule it was always guidance and actual compliance was left to the local manager.

I would have a problem with metric based enforcement such as we are seeing with Amazon, though. Seems like management just wants to lay down rules and have them followed.
The Decline of Generalists [video]
Dozens of Squid Proxy Vulnerabilities Remain Unpatched 2 Years After Disclosure
The Satellites of the Future Are Heading to Space
>lol you really want to drive this point home?

Sure but why laugh out loud about it? Not sure what's so funny about it.

> Hate teachers much?

No not really. Do you? They have a hard job, are underpaid, and they are usually unappreciated by the society in large. There are also overbearing parents to deal with, some threatening law suites and such.

So given all that what reading and educational model they'll pick? One that necessitates more correcting and confronting students, or the ones where they can just say "reading will be absorbed magically" by simply being around books.
Apple Renews Top Ranks with Wave of Executive Promotions
I will write down my ethical obligation to Google on a piece of paper and wipe my arse with it. The only ethical obligation that exists is on American legislators and regulators to bring down the hammer of justice, smashing Alphabet and co-conspirators into one hundred thousand grains of sand and blow them into the wind.

And thanks for the life advice acdha, but I'm quite happy to continue 'stealing' every single second of content that I want from Google and pointing out that the platform is filled with trash, incentivizes trash, and we would all be better off if it was gone.
> concern about Oracle's plans for MySQL but was that really enough to start a for-profit corporation

Perhaps even more so because Percona already pre-dated MariaDB.

Also as I understand it Percona is much closer to Oracle MySQL than MariaDB because MariaDB was a point-in-time fork on 5.5.
Unplugging Logitech USB Receivers Has Been Causing the Linux Kernel to Crash
See my sibling comment to understand.

Also it's not just about the hotel location, but also changes depending on the buyer's location -- which of course often isn't known until the checkout process.

So maybe it's not quite so simple, with so cartoonish a villain, as you assume.
The cult of the Obsidian note-taking app
It looks like you're a developer. Would you like help upgrading Windows 11?
I hope they're getting paid. Product placement in shows is annoying enough. Writing brands into one's books is even worse. Doing all that for free is just insane. I seriously hope they aren't doing that.
Timothy Cain talks about game developers here, but it is fascinating to me how well this resonates with enterprise software engineering.
Red X Favicon in Twitter help page
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24318367#24318518

VisiData, Oleo, Teapot
It’s not a theory, it’s so you are informed. The tax you see up front is a tax on you the consumer, not the business entity
Well a token can be thought of as a "context".It's not how it exactly works, but a very simplified version would be (27)"ing", denoting past tense, and "run"(47) being the verb, and .(294) denoting the end of a sentence. so it takes 3 "tokens" [27, 47, 294] to signify the word "running."

Assuming the pre-prompts are in normal english, hard checking against tokens would match against everything.
I'm pretty sure it is not on by default and cloudflare also provides onion routing by default so it even helps legitimate Tor users.
For me: same guy, but this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwEKg5cjkKQ

I'm trying to devise an angle where I get to work on this.
> Not quite as important as you're making it, though.

> But yes, given a culture with set of beliefs, the majority of the next generation is going to keep those default settings as their own.

That seems quite important to me.

> But we aren't robots rolling off an assembly line.

Correct. Human genetics entails that children are not exact duplicates of their parents. Even "identical" twins are not 100% identical with their siblings. However...

> We can change those settings away from the default. This is one of the most important choices for young adults - what are you going to keep from your parents, and what are you going to change?

I'd say there are two general competing theories of human behavior:

1) It's a combination of "nature" and "nurture".

2) It's a combination of "nature", "nurture", and "free will".

I don't believe in the philosophical/religious notion of free will. Thus, I don't put much ethical significance on the concept of "choice". As a practical matter, yes, some kids choose to go against the teachings of their family, friends, and community. Some people are naturally iconoclasts; you might say they're born into that role. But I don't think that makes them "better" people, just different. You can't choose your genes or environment any more than you can choose your parents. You don't choose to be born with a disability, right? Likewise, you don't choose to be born with a special ability either.
When I say pay "upfront", I don't mean that the upfront cash is better for business, but that usually, the credit industry is very good at letting people buy things they can't afford. Some one who pays upfront likely can afford and might have higher lifetime value. Someone to advertise to, upsell, or whatever.

Secondly, I also get it, there's only so many things a business can worry about, and supporting geographies with historically high fraud rates is not high on the list, this is why my gripe here is with CF that does not make it easier to improve this even though they know they control such a huge chunk of the web.
Is it so complicated that only Europeans can do it; Americans are too unintelligent to match?
Tax universities to deliver loan forgiveness
Another junk fee that disproportionately impacts people who do not have a ton of cash sitting around: reconnect fees.

In the past, a utility had to come out to your property and physically disconnect a wire or close a valve with a lock if you didn’t pay your bill. Now with smart metering devices (for utilities) and computerized billing automation, the relay or solenoid is often integrated into the metering system or the service can be suspected electronically because there is no physical connection anymore.

The $15-$30 per cell phone line or $60 for power to be restored is an inconceivably expensive excuse to collect money from those who can afford it the least. Paying the reconnect fee doesn't forgive any past due balance - that amount is still due. It also puts increase pressure for customers to agree to payment that they have no hope of making because they just really need power on to be able to cool their home or cell phone to be able to do their job, which creates this cycle of disconnect/reconnect every month that becomes a tax for being poor.
It is enabled by default. Note that the preview is only ever generated by the sender though.
What's at stake in the Supreme Court's landmark social media case
Unless you think the initial YouTube team that was acquired by Google had 67 engineers and nothing else, I don't get the point you're making here.

The fact that you can in fact execute (whatever you want to put in this) a YouTube alternative with a team of less than 100 is easily demonstrated by the fact that YouTube used to be this small at some point…