skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That question is implicitly suggesting that the universe was created. If that turns out not to be the case, then not even an omniscient being could answer it correctly. It would be equivalent to asking “describe the true process by which the Earth came to be flat.”

Of course, humanity does not understand everything about the universe. For instance, there is still the huge open problem of unifying general relativity with quantum mechanics, which is essential to understanding the very early universe (the standard model starts to lose accuracy prior to 10^(-32) seconds after the Big Bang [0]).

But that does not mean humanity will never understand such things.

And in case you are thinking “we’ll never know for sure; we’ll only have theories”:

I contend that all knowledge is inherently probabilistic. To claim to know something with absolute, 100% certainty is a fallacy [1]. After studying math my whole life, I am pretty confident that multiplication of integers is commutative. Is it possible that I have misunderstood numbers for my whole life, or that I am hallucinating right now, or that all of humanity has made the same mistake throughout all of history without realizing it? Yes. Just very, very improbable.

But that does not take away from the notion of understanding. One can understand an idea, while simultaneously recognizing that there is a small chance their understanding is flawed.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflationary_epoch

[1] The notions of “probability 1” and “certain” are actually distinct; for instance, if you flipped a coin for every integer, the probability that at least one would turn up heads is 1, even though it is possible for them to all land tails. That being said, the existence of real-life phenomena (cosmic rays, parasites, etc.) that could affect our minds at any given time ensures that no claims of knowledge can ever have probability exactly 1.
There's a proposal for that: https://www.owlfolio.org/development/thread-safe-environment...
the claim in the lawsuits has been that the pharmacies should have recognized "red flags" on prescriptions, such as pill count or refill frequency.
Many thanks for your efforts here. I'll be looking into Material for MkDocs (the next time I can't find something. ;) )
Shared global (well, thread local) mutable state.

As for why shared global mutable state is (generally) bad, see: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/1481...

`man 3 errno` on my Linux system even has a note calling out a common failure pattern. Can you spot the problem?

if (somecall() == -1) {
printf("somecall() failed\n");
if (errno == ...) { ... }
}
Context:

Maine has a law, passed in 2021, that requires a disclosure for consumer products that contain PFAS.

I learned about it from this[0] article that says some businesses aren't happy because compliance is difficult and expensive, they claim, due to supply chain issues.

0. https://www.newscentermaine.com/amp/article/tech/science/env...
Conveniently ignoring the people who might have lived there before for millennia?

Or even just the Mexicans from whom large parts of the US where conquered? (How Mexico got the land is another story.)
I am really sorry for all those who have lost their job today.

There seems to be a lot of negative view about managers here.

If I had to judge managers by my experience at my first job, I would be first in the line decrying them. But, now I see that is the result of faulty processes, promoting too early and for all the wrong reasons.

In my second job, my manager was my strength. We didn't have much meetings, rather lots of one-on-ones or 3-4 people discussing. Most of us were just out of college. So, when we had strong opinions on the product features, they not only heard us, but helped formulate a proper argument that we could present. He was also a good mentor, helping me reframe my viewpoint, when I didn't agree with one of my very senior colleagues (Later turned out the senior colleague was right. In retrospect, I really pity that colleague for he had to work with a big bunch of naive college graduates with no coding discipline :) )

It helps that the whole environment in the company was one of openness, camaraderie and a real desire to make a difference. But a good manager can always make a great difference in your work and happiness.
And one to bring them all and in the darkness bind them!

Oh wait, wrong message.
The worst thing is that I never wanted to be a manager but somehow always got pushed that way by the higher ups. I blame my background as evangelist being able to explain technical things to management. Ugh.
Can you legally relinquish ownership of a parcel to no longer have the tax burden of the empty land in a dying city?
Guess that’s why they’re aggressively shuttering Bartell’s locations in Seattle.

Another successful acquisition story. :)
"Pray we do not alter it further..."

I guess that only works for Darth Vader.
Discouraging "investing in land" is the point. Detroit struggles with stasis imposed by property speculation. Encouraging speculators to sell their assets to those who wish to develop is the goal.
Porting accounts is very much not well supported. You can move the account but moving the messages/followers/following and other data is very much hit and miss. The protocol doesn't support that part. Bluesky's protocol has built in support for porting the entire account including all the data. It's protocol is also better suited for it.
Depends on the rates.
Should I Stop Flying?
Historically, whoever controls the land also tends to control political power. But also, assessment is a really tricky proposition.
It's less about carrying out their own personal screening on products, as much as not following the rules of what types of prescriptions you can fill for controlled substances.

"“We allege that Rite Aid filled hundreds of thousands of prescriptions that did not meet legal requirements,” said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. “According to our complaint, Rite Aid’s pharmacists repeatedly filled prescriptions for controlled substances with obvious red flags, and Rite Aid intentionally deleted internal notes about suspicious prescribers. These practices opened the floodgates for millions of opioid pills and other controlled substances to flow illegally out of Rite Aid’s stores.”

<snip>

The government’s complaint alleges that, from May 2014 through June 2019, Rite Aid knowingly filled at least hundreds of thousands of unlawful prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, were not for a medically accepted indication, or were not issued in the usual course of professional practice. These unlawful prescriptions included, for example, prescriptions for the dangerous and highly abused combination of drugs known as “the trinity,” prescriptions for excessive quantities of opioids, such as oxycodone and fentanyl, and prescriptions issued by prescribers whom Rite Aid
pharmacists had repeatedly identified internally as writing illegitimate prescriptions.

The government alleges that Rite Aid pharmacists filled these prescriptions despite clear “red flags” that were highly indicative that the prescriptions were unlawful. The government further alleges that Rite Aid not only ignored substantial evidence from multiple sources that its stores were dispensing unlawful prescriptions, including from certain pharmacists, its distributor, and its own internal data, but compounded its failure to act by intentionally deleting internal notes about suspicious prescribers written by Rite Aid pharmacists and directing district managers to tell pharmacists “to be mindful of everything that is put in writing.” By knowingly filling unlawful prescriptions for controlled substances, the government alleges that Rite Aid violated the CSA and, where Rite Aid sought reimbursement from federal healthcare programs, also violated the FCA."

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/united-states-files-com...
> From what I've seen, roundabouts/traffic circles work just as well.

They do not.

Traffic circles work best for diffuse, medium-level traffic that appears continuously without burstiness and is roughly even to all exits.

When you have "rush hour overload on one direction" (which describes 90% of the US intersections with problems) traffic circles range from worthless to actively harmful. Traffic lights work much better in those situations.

And, at other intersections, anything will work including removing traffic controls.

Traffic engineering is all about tradeoffs.
That's all anyone really remembers.

He also voiced characters on The Boondocks, Rick and Morty, Simpsons, American Dad, and Metalocalypse.
Yes, that's exactly the idea. In Chicago, where I live, there are surface parking lots in the middle of the downtown surrounded by skyscrapers. In a logical system, the owner of those parking lots would have to pay just as much in land taxes as the skyscraper owners next to them -- and since they couldn't possibly afford to do so, they'd be forced to sell to someone who would develop the land and put it to more productive use. Under the current system, though, the parking lot owner pays peanuts while the skyscraper owner is effectively penalized for putting the land to use.

The gentrification situation is similar: if someone is living in a single-family home in an area that is filling up with apartments, they're using the land much less efficiently than a replacement structure would. As land values slowly increase, the owner would be prompted to eventually sell to someone who would put it to higher value use. You could have some speed bumps in the policy to make sure this doesn't happen too fast, but if you stop it entirely you're just giving up on productive land use.

It's worth noting that property taxes have the same dynamic, since they also incorporate land value in them. The difference though is that _property taxes discourage development_, which contributes to higher rents. Land value taxes do not have this problem; a world where we suddenly swap to LVTs is a world with many more buildings and much lower average rents.
That’s a horrible idea - that means you value is only what you can afford to pay in taxes - effectively meaning the poor would be required to sell to the rich at below market rates if they can’t afford the taxes
As I was playing Monopoly Go (and somewhat enjoying it), it would benefit the app developer and end-users if companies certified whether dice rolls and other 'luck of the draw' virtual items are based on industry accepted randomizers.
> If you re-frame Spotify as a way to discover music, it's not worthless.

It is to me, though. I don't need another way to discover music. I have that well-covered.

And by "buy music", I wasn't referring to a way to pay artists (that would be a followup question if I didn't already know that part). I mean, can I download the music in a high-quality, open-standard, format?

I thought Spotify only did streaming, and I am not interested in a streaming service.
The Future of WNYC Podcasts
At least shop at subversion if you must refuse to shop at git ;)
> I explicitly said that if you think it isn't the EPA's job, then it should be someone else's job, and not just ignored. How do you think this could be tackled?

I did not explicitly say whether it should be the EPA's job or not. The data being nixed is at the local level. No one said it should be ignored at higher levels.

> Also, if you have read the article, you could see that Ohio and Pennsylvania were low on the list, with <10 days excluded. California and New Mexico have >50, and that smoke ain't coming from Canada, so your point is deceptive...

Sorry, but it is not deceptive. You just seem to fail to understand there can be local level data useful for regulating local companies and macro level data for getting a better overall picture. The article was specifically talking about lower than state level. Should a forest or industrial fire two counties over ruin another county? At least for California, I would imagine the locals have great motivation to have something they have no control over stricken from their record since the state more than likely uses EPA numbers in ways that could hurt them.
It has got worse.

But there’s a right way to use LinkedIn.

Keep in mind that the majority of people only want to network when they need something. You can use LinkedIn to do the opposite and create meaningful connections.

1. Judgment-free support. That lady you barely remember from your previous job is starting a business. Encourage her. Some person is starting yet another podcast? Ask a couple of kind questions.

2. A low effort contact list. Next time you go out to an event and meet with new people ask to connect on LinkedIn. You have a better chance of maintaining that connection with LinkedIn reminders than if you exchange phone number or email.

Why do this? Life is short.
On-chain computation is required if state is also stored on-chain. Local state is transformed by every node on the network in exactly the same way. It's not wasteful—it's the reason that every node knows definitively that the state advertised by the rest of the network is actually correct.
What would be the point of that?

With bitcoin blocks as slow and small as they are, which is a good thing for security and decentralization, implementing bitcoin on top of the bitcoin chain would just slow this down even more.

Perhaps lightning is what you're thinking of.
> so-called “sub pay,” which is paid by the companies. Together unemployment benefits and sub pay covers 74% of their normal pay while laid off. But the F-150 Lightning workers who are laid off will be eligible for both unemployment and sub pay

I had no idea ford had to pay 74% in wages after laying off! For how long?
The article links to their bankruptcy court documents but here's what they filed with the SEC, noting that it has a Period date of Sunday, Oct. 15th and a release date of Monday morning:

https://last10k.com/sec-filings/rad/0001104659-23-109236.htm
> With LVT they have to either pay up, develop it, or sell it

Not quite.

They have to pay up while they own the land.

They can develop it in ways that may generate revenue sufficient to cover the tax (e.g. a landlord-developer)

They can develop it in ways that won't generate revenue, but that satisfies their own goals, and pay the tax from some other source (e.g. a homeowner)

They can sell it to drop the tax liability.
Interesting question.

I think in this scenario there'd be a couple of options:

1. The land is worth a lot. If that is the case, you should be able to sell it reasonably easily.

2. The land is worth very little. In that case the tax would be insignificant because the land has so little value.
> Property taxes and wealth taxes undermine property rights in ways that normal income taxes don’t. If I earn $100 and pay tax on it, whatever’s left over is mine forever, and I never have to pay tax on that income again. If I buy $100 worth of property, I have to pay tax on it again every year forever, which basically means I’m only buying the right to rent it from the government in perpetuity.

No man is an island; land should be seen as something rented from the people, especially in cities, where most of its value comes from the efforts of others. I'm sympathetic to the idea that one is entitled to the sweat of their brow and the work of their hands, but land is neither; property in general may not be theft, but private land ownership is, because land rightly belongs to everyone and no-one.

> Your use of the phrase “rent seeking” is also a bit weird. It sounds like any extraction of value from capital would meet your definition. It’s fine if you object to a persons right to extract value from their capital, but rent seeking typically describes attempting to extract value from capital _without_ reciprocating any productive value to the person who’s paying you. Which is certainly not the case with land use.

There's a reason "rents" are called "rents"; land rent is the most classic example of them. The "owner" of a piece of land does nothing to produce its value, they just take money for nothing because they hold a scarce resource.
Don't forget Smell-Rite, that discount cologne. Comes in convenient 32-oz bottles.
I tried a couple streaming services a while back, and them rather annoying. I've discovered a lot of good new bands through Bandcamp, just reading about related bands in genres I like. The annoyances of the various streaming services just push me away, and yes, potentially to my own detriment in missing out of artists I might not discover any other way.
Are pharmacists also responsible?
As funny as this comment is, I really think the bitcoin blockchain is an implementation of a truth engine. It's currently a ledger for most people but you can be pretty damn sure what has been written 1 hour ago, is the absolute truth.
I was equally shocked to read that. But in context, the 20th century was still in large parts dark ages for women regarding their rights. For instance, I just read they were only permitted to vote in parts of Switzerland from 1990!

> The first federal vote in which women were able to participate was the 31 October 1971 election of the Federal Assembly. However it was not until a 1990 decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland that women gained full voting rights in the final Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.
New Digital ID System to Be Pushed on Austrians This December
Programmers have been bickering for literally decades about X versus Y, and whether scripting is really programming or just pretend programming, et cetera. Pro tip: The language isn't as important as the compiler or interpreter. You can write an interpreter to run C as a script. You can compile Javascript. You can write an interpreter to run a usally compiled language into an interpreted language, and vice versa.
As the community grows in population, it behooves people to establish businesses to serve their various needs. This creates prosperity for all those business owners and employees who provide services to maintain and improve their homes, provide them with groceries and entertainment and restaurants and pharmacies. The provision of good transit increases the land value close to its stations; the provision of a highway to higher paying jobs increases the land value close to its exits.

The provision of good emergency services and hospitals and libraries and other amenities raises the land values within their service areas. (They don't raise the value of the buildings.)
I have heard rants about Monsanto’s shill army for over a decade now, not just on HN but on every mid-sized or larger internet community I have ever been on, and not once have I actually seen a single person produce a shred of hard evidence substantiating it. I also notice right, if shills are so common every company ought to be sending their shills to influence HN, but I only ever hear Monsanto, no other big company, and no other big ag company accused of this. It’s not exactly easy to keep a massive long-term shilling operation secret when journalists would be chomping at the bit for a “Monsanto shill army proven” story and be willing to pay for proof.

At this point I’m utterly convinced that Monsanto doesn’t hire any shills and instead just does straightforwards propaganda work where they just convince people with slanted studied that they push to the top of Google search that sway people with reasonable sounding arguments (roundup makes food cheap!) and just wait for them to parrot these arguments and then for them to be accused of shilling making Monsanto’s opponents look unhinged. As evidenced by the plenty of actual evidence that they promote pro-roundup research and the plenty of actual evidence that they advertise stores that make roundup sound more safe.

Do you realize how self-sustaining contrarianism is when people consistently feed the contrarians ego by consistently, and wrongly, accusing them of being shills? Irrespective of who is right or wrong on the broader issue, the people accused of being shills are right that they aren’t shills so it’s basically a dopamine slam dunk to just side with Monsanto and have people line up to give a blatantly wrong opinion (that you are a shill). Which only causes a feedback loop because as the number of people seeking this dopamine hit grows, so does the EVIDENCE of SHILLS EVERYWHERE! Monsanto is best off just sitting back and eating popcorn and not spending a dime on shills.
We already have ollama,LocalAI.
I generally agree with LVT/Georgianism in principal.

However in reality its a difficult ask to have all people purchasing single family homes to be able to build a 40 year financial model/projection of a regions growth prospects when the buy a home.

Or have them move away from their family and friends support network.

I think Georgianism works best:

- when there's expansive flat land and slow growth and no zoning/resource constraints (i.e. Texas pre-2010).

- you build higher density subsidized housing so people can stay in their neighborhood (i.e. Singapore)
I don't understand why people find this idea compelling. I find it without any supporting evidence that this is how it would turn out. They hypothesis is unproven and doesn't match my own observed anecdata around how people function. Yet it seems like everytime it comes up everyone thinks it's obvious.

I just fundamentally don't think a post scarcity society functions even remotely the way everyone else seems to think it would.
For libc-developer, they could do better.

For the rest of us, I guess this is the best option. We can do wrappers, but, yak!
That's quite hard to measure.

Build a 200 unit apartment complex in an area with a housing problem and jobs currently unfilled ... yep.

Build a gigantic house to be occupied by a single very wealthy family .. not so much.

But how to measure the difference? The simple market value of the improvements is not going to be accurate.
MatFormer: Nested Transformer for Elastic Inference