skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Hmmm. I wonder if the GDPR could be leveraged against the EU in this case?
lmao do you realise that if your country does not vote for it, it'll not be implemented. So if eu forbids e2ee, this means your country is ok with this
> And there is an ugly righteousness developing here too. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to defend people's right to dislike Islam or be homophobic, for example. A lot of Europeans genuinely believe these views are so evil that people deserve to be punished for holding them.

Indeed, and I find it quite strange that it's usually the same people blindly defending Islam as are fighting homophobia. If they'd taken even a cursory glance at what Islam actually preaches, they'd see it's one of the most homophobic religions out there.
It's not like the EU is some separate entity endowed by special stupidity. It's just "us", humans - some of us smart/informed, some of us less so. If you remove your country from the whole, one time you might be out of reach of some stupid idea from the outside, the other time you will be out of reach of the reasonable voices outside, fully exposed to your home-grown bad ideas.

And that is ignoring the fact that if your country left, you would in practice still adhere to those stupid rules because half of your country does business with the EU. You would just lose influence on those rules.

At least being a part of a large entity has some advantages on the world stage.
A bitter commentary on EuroRust conf
I used this for a while, but noticed that a bunch of interesting plugins were not maintained/updated and stopped using it in 22.04.
Verifying the fingerprint out-of-band is very much what is meant to happen, but it's like reading the EULA, everyone knows that you should do it, everyone knows that very very few people do.
> You get the combined experience of 5 people instead of 4

Administration of 5 people instead of 4, is that really a pro from an employers perspective?
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.

-Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
I suppose if you cannot imagine a world without an observer than there's not much abstractions within you.
Historically, Microsoft hasn't just paid to make Bing the default, it's required companies to disable the ability to change that default, meaning that all searches from the built-in search bar on (for example) Android devices from every major mobile carrier in the US went to Bing regardless of what users wanted. I wouldn't be surprised if they look to repeat this if they're allowed to buy the default and Google aren't; Yahoo paid Mozilla to be the default search in Firefox in the USA for a while and it didn't do much for them because people just switched, and the whole reason Google started paying so much to be default on Android devices is basically to stop Microsoft from doing that.

That is, the outcome Microsoft seems to be looking for is one where they can reduce both consumer choice and competition by paying to make it more difficult to switch to non-Bing search engines and not allowing Google to pay companies more to make their more widely preferred search engine the default and not lock out the ability to change that default.
That's not possible. Windows.h is a requirement for anyone working on Windows. Various standard library implementations make use of macros to implement debug-only assertions, or bounds checks in containers.
It seems like the EU is gridlocked on implementing any regulations here. It's a buffer against national governments going ahead and implementing this.
They have plenty of feeds.
For me, the most powerful passage in this one is;

""" The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows
what he should not do, and, in addition, he will balk at doing
it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread
consequences to him and to those whom he loves. This, to me, is
the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to
the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this
resistance. Their deeds may be small, and almost always
unnoticed, unmarked by history. Their names are not remembered,
nor did these authentic humans expect their names to be
remembered. I see their authenticity in an odd way: not in
their willingness to perform great heroic deeds but in their
quiet refusals. In essence, they cannot be compelled to be what
they are not. - P.K Dick """

This underpins my selective abstinence from certain areas of
technological life. It lets me laugh at "inevitability" and
"necessity, fear no "inconvenience" or being "left behind" or "out of
the loop", and I could hardly care less that some others have a
"competitive advantage". " I simply follow my own path, using the
tools that work for me, the ones I understand, as I see fit for my own
aims. And I feel oddly happy that most of what I do, my parochial
craft, will be washed away and forgotten.

But (quietly and not that it matters), I also suspect that such an
"authentic" attitude is something the great organising Moloch machine
shits its pants in fear of, because the authentic human cannot coexist
with it and thus requires its destruction.
Google will remain a powerful and wealthy company for the time being.

But don't underestimate the stupidity to publicly disregard the authority of important nation states.

Once it seems like a company is arrogantly putting itself above "the government"there is the danger that it is perceived as a competitor to the ones deciding public policy which in turn can lead to a swift smack down.

US big tech has become too influential (and self righteous) to continue to ignore on the (intend)national level.

In my opinion their execs should do some strategic groveling and to make sure the gravy keeps rolling.
> I do not believe in it, I tried it and what I believe it is impossible and people fake it. It is real but as a myth: I do not believe in this myth but it exists nevertheless, so it is real.

I agree with your second point, but not with the first point. How is it impossible? Just sit and observe. _That_ is certainly possible. So you seem to imply that the experience was not what you expected it to be so I need to ask: What did you expect it to be?

> Doesn't it mean that reality doesn't exist without an observer?

No, it only means that observations cannot be made without an observer.
> There is something about taking the life of a being far older than the span of any human life

I see this with myself, not just with living beings but with anything historical. I noticed myself getting much more upset with ISIS' destruction of ancient sites than human lives, which was quite shocking.
fiy, switzerland is not in eu
That’s basically the point. German industry is bad, but not as bad a their neighbors. Expect Switzerland.
The only realword problem with headers I've seen so far is when there are multiple versions of the same header in the same project (bad idea anyway), and one isn't extremely careful about search paths.

The module equivalent would be different versions of the same module under the same import name. Can the C++ module system actually deal with that?
You cannot make observations without an observer. Furthermore any imagined world without an observer is necessarily largely shaped by that very observer who imagines it.
more people does not necessarily correlate with higher productivity, quite the opposite in many cases. Larger headcount introduces more meetings, more processes, slower decision making and overall less agile teams.

80% jobs are maybe a fit for a large established orgs while unthinkable for small teams solving hard problems with limited resources.
I've not noticed any dependencies on NetworkManager when using Cockpit for VMs on Debian? My servers configure their networking using Debian's usual ifupdown, and NetworkManager isn't even installed!
Assuming so, I'm surprised these high-profile folks are re-using passwords:

> Some of the information has appeared for sale online, including that of prominent figures such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Sergey Brin, according to a press account cited in the lawsuit.
Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. This is why
What does this even mean.
The difference between working 32 hours a week and 40 is far, far less than the difference between working a fixed number of hours and a variable number that your employer dictates. What's more, the article supports even the 32 hour/week being an option.
My Galaxy S8 from 2017 with an AMOLED screen has obvious burn-in at max brightness, so clearly it's not an issue that has been totally solved in the last decade.
Its search index, in my personal opinion.

A quarter of the websites on the internet are behind Cloudlfare/Akamai with anti-scraping enabled. Of course they want to end up on Google, so Google/Bing get a green light from Cloudflare.

IMHO, that basically makes it impossible for anybody else to spin up an index and compete with Google Search. They cannot just scrape, they also have to work around anti-scraping measure by these CDNs. They have to maintain these workarounds, while trying to scrape as much as google has scraped so far, which is already a feat in itself.

Once you have this, you have everything: a critical mass of users, ads, data set for AI, ...

I dare anybody to scrape Reddit or Stackoverflow from scratch today.
The worst part of Chat Control is that they know this will be a privacy nightmare, but get this, some people most likely in the inner circles of the EU elites will have exemptions so that it doesn't breach their own security or confidentiality.

Rules for thee not for me.
Does this preclude love from being part of reality?
TIL about "The Pips". WTIC-AM in Hartford, CT, on 1080 MHz, broadcasts a Morse letter V (dit-dit-dit-dah) every hour, such that the "dah" starts on the hour; the tones occur in two different frequencies that make it sound like the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth.
I don't get it. You write a blog, likely for the joy of writing & showcasing your projects. Maybe as a vehicle to sell consulting services, books, or to spice up a resume. Hosting something with some text and pictures costs you pennies. People want to get in touch with you for some reason? Great. There's an email address at the bottom of the page.

Nowhere does this need bullshit analytics, ads, or worst of all selling visitor data to 721 adtech parties. Yet here we are...
under continual development

Copyright timer would be reset for every new release. So the version of the library you released in 2000 would be out of copyright, but the version you released last month wouldn't be. I guess there is a risk that someone will take your version from 2000, reverse engineer it, and release a competing product, but it seems like a minor risk.
This sort of hyperbole is what is wrong with US political discourse.

When I say:

"But the reality is, it is safe... just with conditionals, which I mentioned, and with instructions to child, and of course taking into account the specific child too"

and you ignore this context, you're missing vital context, and your reply loses value.

And when I say:

"Put another way, if you seek to cut off all possibility that a child can get in over their head, or do a risky thing, one is helicopter parenting."

and transition "a risky thing" to mean "every possible risky thing conceivable", you are again ignoring context, for that is already mitigated by my statements about the individual child.

Part of the growth of a child, is to allow risk, so that as an adult, that human will be able to gauge risk. Helicopter parenting over-reduces risk, and results in weaker adults as a result.

Let's look at the bike example, with rules. And as I discussed, a child being told that it's OK to bike in their neighborhood, but "don't go on that busy street, although you may cross at a light!"

Now you have to trust that child, while I should not have to say it, for I already did, and therefore you should keep the context in mind, "and of course taking into account the specific child too".

For example, I have seen 8 year olds with more sense than 12 year olds.

But back to the example. Now what happens if child decides to ride that busy road? Well, on very rare occasions, a child might break the rules. But naturally, that same child would not want to get caught and punished.

So what would a child do? Well, it rarely, if ever would break that rule. And that child would be damned careful, because they didn't want to get caught doing something wrong!

One of the reasons for punishment, is not to instill blind obedience to rules, but instead to instill risk management as a concept to children.

But I'm sure you'll take this response to indicate I believe toddlers should by flying fighter jets, instead of 10 year olds biking to a friend's house, with rules. So why even discuss any more?
I am particularly sensitive to PWM/LED light flickering. I was recently in a hotel, and the WC was lit with some extremely dim, low-frequency lighting. I waved my hands in front of my face, and could easily make out a stroboscopic effect. PWM flickering gives me a massive headache, and I really wish manufacturers would use slightly more complex circuitry to give out a constant light (whether display, or household lighting) at different brightness levels.

I also dislike 60 Hz displays for this very reason. We should definitely normalise higher refresh rates for displays throughout, from smartphones to monitors.
Can we stop calling 4 days a week "part time"? It is not. Part time means I can have two part time jobs if I want, or have a lot of free time for whatever else.

32 hours a week is not part time. It is a less stressful version of full-time. Please don't dilute the meaning of part-time work.

Sincerely, someone that is looking for 20h/wk part time contracts while bootstrapping a business.
Why compare apples and oranges? Most jobs aren't as NBA athletes, Olympic athletes or movie stars.

Those aren't highly sought after careers either. That privilege goes to whichever careers pay more as a median. It's only kids who want to become moonshot stars.
Sure, I'm giving it as an example of the extremes of the European mindset. IMHO, it would have been better to have Switzerland not only as a country that follows that EU laws as being in the single market but also contribute into regulating it.
I know. Android is a capable platform. I'm just not going to use it on a mobile device without a keyboard, sorry.
Just because the user chooses not to bother with the verification step doesn't mean it's not part of the process.
Meanwhile, for the other 330 million people in the USofA who are not Olympic athletes or NBA superstars . . .

It's nice that you address an unrepresentative teeny tiny micro sliver of the employed, but is there anything you can add for the majority?
"Wainwright's Coast to Coast": https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/aug/12/alfred-...

Not quite a straight line nor the shortest, but a well known route. Someone posted about it on HN within the last couple of weeks.
It's much simpler to hire a separate team to cope with a dev team's lack of QA than to convince that dev team that they should test things.
How much has the retention and user engagement increased since you added your own API to your own App? Oh wait you don't even use your own service?!

Bullshit gamification like this does nothing for users and just annoys. If you have well integrated gamification that has a real connection to your actual system then it can work.
This is part of the modules mess in the first place. Modules were implemented in MSVC and clang, and neither agreed with the others implementation.

Also if MSVC came along with an "extension" to c++, I can only imagine the uproar suggesting that this is now step 2 of EEE.
I'd argue LED flicker to be more noticeable than fluorescent or incandescent flicker because LEDs typically go from 100 % brightness to 0 % brightness in one cycle. Incandescent lights dim smoothly, so you don't get the "phantom array" effect. Fluorescent lights actually go through a range of hues during a cycle but typically don't reach complete black.
Windows has a dominance of the desktop Operating System market.

People can much more easily switch search engines than Operating Systems.
I have one answer for that if the asker is based in the US:

I see Americans going on and on about denying warrantless searches of their house and car. It's everywhere. Assert your rights, don't consent to a search, remain silent, don't talk to the police. That position is logically inconsistent with then letting every random company you ever have any vague dealings with (like loading their web page) deeply investigate your life in excruciating detail. If you're arguing against the first of these, you should be arguing against the latter too.
depends on mozilla. Mozilla has a ton of money and they can keep firefox going for a long time, also, even if a prompt to choose def search engine exists, i guess there will also be competition of what SE is preselected or in the first place in the list, bc a lot of users don't read details and will just click next
I had 11 and then moved to 13 pro and felt the same. But your eyes will adjust without damage or discomfort.
Its just a matter of time.
Way to derail the thread.
Should be Chrome and Android. It is very difficult for a new player to grow in these areas. Both Chrome and Android are being "improved" with features that are beneficial for Google to build a moat around its search, ad and other businesses.

In the early days it was search that drove chrome adoption and now its the other way around. With the low quality of search results, I doubt many would even notice if the default search engine is switched to something else.
Mozilla is just a black hole for money, like the Wikipedia foundation. Both Firefox and Wikipedia would be better off without their umbrella orgs leeching money and other resources.
Meta: has the friendly HN title sanitization system removed "80%" from the start of the title? I feel it makes little sense as it's worded now (just "Percent Jobs") so perhaps that warrants fixing. Thanks.
ironically a lot of chinese brands do have a setting to diminish this oled problem
Nah, Bing would take over the sponsorship.
But well, we all know that in the end this law will not be obeyed anyway? Everyone will blatantly violate it. It will only be used to punish political "wrongdoers" (say the social network that refuses to mute opposition to the ruling party).
Firefox is to Google as Apple is to Windows.
it means it's somewhere around that part of the world
Eh, while I agree with the comments around desire. I think it compounds the bigger the governing body.
Look at the five eyes for example.
I sometimes wonder how much could be saved if big games like Call of Duty didn't come with endless character and weapon customisation screens to make changes that just don't matter to the game. I replayed Quake 1 and 2 recently and they're so good. Terrible graphics now, but great level design, weapons, movement, music, and enemies.
That, in itself, says something about the society, though (or, at least, it was clearly intended that way).
The difficult bit, which sometimes AAA devs with large funded teams don't manage, is _shipping_ the game, and then getting people to buy it.
@dang, why is this allowed? look this is just spam and has nothing to do with the article, which also doesn't really belong here
With all the automation dang has created to manage the site, I would be surprised if he doesn't have a low-priority alert for @dang.
Possibly, but masks are very expensive: a full set for a chip on 3nm photolithography reportedly costs >$40M. That's gotta do a lot of chips to not affect the cost of chips drastically. Maybe the masks for this process are cheaper, though?
Maybe something to do with who manufacturers the panels for each phone? I know one of the devices are now being made in India and rest in China. Can't remember which is where.
I am totally fine with 40-hours a week. However, what I am not fine with is people like you speaking for everyone else. You can work less then 40 hours already, volutnarily. But you are not qualified to determine how long other people are supposed to work, or actually knowing how long they would want to work.

This "we need to work less" attitude comes from people that dont like they work. That is sad. But it doesn't apply to me, for instance.
Masks are also hella expensive: $40M for a set for TSMC's 3nm, apparently.
Show HN: Zenkat – a CLI tool to manage Markdown notes
I'm a consummate note-taker and have used tools like Evernote, Obsidian, Notion for years.

However, I recently begun moving towards a command line workflow using helix etc for my coding, and wanted to port my notes over to this workflow.

zenkat is a project that aims to give back some of the 'superpowers' that note-taking apps give you, like tags, knowledge graphs, and so on, while being FOSS (GPLv3).

Super happy to hear your feedback as it helps me improve the project, or to take pull requests.
Why would they bother adding the fediverse, it's mostly useless, would provide no benefit to them, and they'd probably get defederated eventually for publishing something someone doesn't like.
I am much more naturally a generalist. I started as a cell biologist, and now write software full time, but also like hardware, woodwork, literature, etc.

Everyone says that to get ahead you need to specialise, but this does not come naturally to me.

I think the points people have raised about CVs of generalists often losing out to those of a specialists is true, mostly in terms of getting through the initial screening by the non-technical HR person.
A friend of mine actually found it very useful, and I think it helped him get into selfhosting on Fedora and RHEL. Now he mostly uses Ansible but I remember hearing a lot about cockpit during the start of his journey. He would use it to manage VMs, containers, and get a better grasp of SElinux denials.
The market is changing. Many people now prefer not to even use search if they can help it, because it's got so messed up.

They now have to compete against ChatGPT and they are late in the game. To make things worse, their reputation suffered a great deal with techies who despise their whole image and are actively trying to "degoogle" their lives. This may well be the beginning of a slow downturn since these people have an influence on the tech choices made by more "normal" users.

What if it doesn't even matter if they can keep a dominant position of their search engine?

These antitrust cases appear to be just a sign of a much larger pile of trouble ahead for Google.
For any form of tech product work I'd rather work together with 10 very engaged people rather than 20 half-assers. Don't see why I'd wanna hire a part-time worker unless they're truly special and even then only for a consulting role.

Not saying 32h hours is half-assing but I'd be surprised if the avg candidate pool for <=32h was as productive per hour as the others.
The number of devs is well on its way to exceeding available work, so none of what you stipulate is necessary

Employers can simply say : "this ticket is three hours of work and that is all that we will pay", and your choice will be take it or leave it

We are well on our way to most tech jobs becoming "McJobs", this is one more step...HN really has its collective head buried in the sand in this regard imho

I already see this at my employer (well known HW maker)...more and more dev work falls to QA staff who are poorly compensated and have no mobility....QA has just become code for "low end dev" and they do nothing but pull from JIRA (advice: never take a QA job in tech if you desire good pay or mobility)