skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Also note at the utlity aspect - as a purchasing power, $1.33T and $138B are the same

They're not the same. They're similar but they are not the same, this is a much too categorical claim.

This is because by that point you're not buying things which are for sale, you're buying things which are not for sale, often things which were specifically commissioned, ie they would not have existed at all except that you caused them to be made by providing the funds to do that. You can't magically do whatever you want, and you certainly don't get to have your preferred outcomes but your spending can introduce larger changes with this much extra money.

Example: Guinea Worm Eradication could spend huge sums of money to put heavily armed mercenaries behind the programme so that its health workers can go into unstable regions riven by conflict. A well-meaning medic who enters a region where outsiders are routinely raped and killed by one side or the other is likely to end up dead, but if you hire a bunch of elite soldiers to ensure they're OK that'd work... except you might in the process destabilize the region even worse by flooding them with paid mercenaries and their gear. If some poor African country goes from "We have 300 cases of Guinea Worm per year and a civil war killing hundreds of people per day" to "We have eradicated Guinea Worm but the civil war is now killing thousands of people per day" you have clearly made things much worse but you have achieved your goal, for whatever that's worth.

What is true is that at this scale incremental value of money is vastly diminished. Having an extra $10 makes an enormous difference if you have $4, it still makes a little difference if you have $400, it makes almost no difference at all if you have $138B.
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I'm an embedded systems programmer. We use LFSRs like everyone else. But I always make a point to feed true sources of entropy into the RNG.

Stuff like this

if (any input changed)
RNG_seed ^= sysclk;

It's helped on numerous occasions where two or more identical systems co-exist (share a bus for example). Without entropy the systems RNGs are always in sync, which causes all sorts of problems.

For example, on a CAN network bus collision you're supposed to back off a random amount of time. If the colliding systems RNGs are in sync, they keep colliding over and over endlessly.

Entropy will kick you in the ass if you don't think about it. Which is why I always make sure to include it.

You can always turn this off in DEBUG builds.
Hanlon's Razor being to be applied here. People like to point to conspiracy by politicians, but what I really saw were people trying to get the call right, jumping to conclusions, and then failing to realize it. If there were any semi conscious ulterior motivations, they were probably related to personal success.
I’m no fan of Ballmer by any stretch, but Azure was launched under his watch and is why MS is doing so well these days.
People discussing a company is different from the company actively "marketing" itself. Important distinction.
Kind of a weird stance, it seems like the author is arguing for a div simply because of one bad MDN example. I don't see any downside to using a meter and a visible numerical value together, which I'm sure is the intended purpose.
Wikipedia describes testimony as a type of evidence, in a judicial context. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testimony
> Living in a russian village and growing your own food is a lot more sustainable in case of total collapse, e.g. caused by climate change.

Bullshit, in no time people with guns will arrive to kill you and grab your food. Holodomor is just one example.
How do you define stability in that context?
Okay, then let's just ignore construction projects and other temporary speed reductions.

Maybe let's start with residential streets only, using the residential speed limit. And let's say only those residential streets that are at least 100m away from a faster street.

I'm sure it will be possible to find a solution that eliminates false positives.

And in the worst case - it's just about acceleration. It's not like the car would abruptly break.
Invoking hysteria works great when making the case for war. Suddenly millions of people turn into angry bees that are willing and ready to be sacrificial pawns in someone else's deadly game. Nothing in our evolutionary history has prepared us for climate change, however, and it shows.
Actually, the OST would interact with the use of the moon dirt and the lack of clear res nullia would greatly complicate burial. Space law is the worst.
It's 2 weeks later
Can you link a drop-in heat pump replacement for my Vaillant gas boiler mounted in tiny apartment bathroom, which heats the radiators in the winter but also provides hot water year-round?
If the fines would impact profits in a significant way, the companies would just ensure they have no profit on paper going forward.
The problem is at least partly because people in the UK are enamoured with old houses to the point of detriment when it comes to things like thermal efficiency. There are all sorts of heritage laws, local "conservation areas" etc that forbid things like double glazing, modern insulation, etc. The quality of the typical housing stock here is very poor.
Dumbphone + automatic watch.
, except for in reality.
Apple forcefully takes on that responsibility, and their customers love it (as clearly evidenced by their domination of the market). If you don't want a hammer that gets reviewed and screened by Apple before you can use it, then you're on the wrong platform.
I don't know what you folks are able to choose from, but my neighbors have one of those installed last year and I can't hear it. So my guess is that noise is an old story which keeps being told - unless old models is all one can get.
Well, I was talking about last two comments of yours. You did
have a point ellsewhere.

> Really, I was trying to state that Linux (all distros) still have some ways to go before the average human would be comfortable with it - especially once you fall off the happy path.

This is just not true. Average humans buy preinstalled. If it's preinstalled, it doesn't matter whether it's Windows or Linux.

Sent from my Librem 5.
Get mad all you want, it won't change the fact that the extremely wealthy are equivalent to old-world gods. They have the power of life and death, and they rule the heavens and the earth. They will do whatever they want, wherever they want, and nothing you can do will change that. If they want to turn the moon into their private playpen / burial ground, they can do that and even if you expend your life trying to stop it it's questionable they will even notice.
To be clear -- the stocks are not the potential liability.

You're talking about situations where people are borrowing shares and selling them, with the hope of buying the share back later to pay back the borrowed share. Obviously that's a bad scene if you borrow / sell the share and then it goes from $20 to $20,000,000,000.... Your liability in these scenarios is infinite, but it is also part of the trading system to manage those exploding liabilities.

If you buy a property, and it turns out that property is a former toxic waste dump, you own that liability from that asset. What you thought would make a wonderful daycare is now going to cost you millions to remediate.

If you buy into a partnership, and one of the other partners does a silly thing and now the partnership owes someone millions, you're on the hook for that.

If you buy a stock, your liability is the money you've invested in the stock, which is why stocks are such a wonderful innovation (as seen from a 1400's perspective where debts are paid back by all owners).
Also scientifically justified, "Scientists investigating whether COVID is airborne". Either of those headlines leads people down a path.

Also, I think the whole question here is, who decides what qualifies as "compelling" evidence?
Define price reduction for Meta, Alphabet.
We won’t need semantic web if machines are able to understand natural language.
This is really cool. Would love to hear how you get on re sales and fb advertising. What other channels might work for this? Fb marketplace? Amazon?
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Talk to your local gas/water/heating instalation company, they are the experts.
Oh... that's even more unfortunate...
> If I do a crime, I go to jail. If a corporation does a crime, they only need to pay a small fine.

Many corporate executives have gone to prison for crimes they committed while working.

> Corporations can influence laws in ways that I can't. I can't even talk to a politician.

You can talk to a politician if you bother to call or email their office. Stop being obtuse.

> Corporations have far better access to government contracts and the tender process than regular citizens. There is subtle, but harmful corruption constantly taking place behind the scenes.

You want individuals to bid directly for government contracts?

> Not only that, but the people who work for corporations are, to some extent, shielded from the crimes that they commit on behalf of corporations as it limits their liability by design. It absorbs and neutralizes liability. Nobody ends up taking responsibility. The crimes keep getting more frequent; corporations keep finding people who are more and more desperate and willing to commit crimes on their behalf.

Opinion, not fact. Maybe you're complaining they should be held more accountable, which is valid. But working under a corporation can't prevent anything if the DOJ decides to go after the individual perpetrator.

Thanks for falling for the author's clickbait though..
Indeed. If it was an assassination, it was from a "friendly" agency covering their tracks to avoid him spilling the beans.
from what i understand, each flatpak installs all of its own dependencies in isolation. so it won't conflict with anything. and you can delete it easily.
Fining shareholders would effectively force unlimited liability to shareholders, which comes with a bunch of negatives (ex: bigger shareholders would just own inside of an LLC wrapper).

Wouldn't fining more accomplish the same goal? If it was big enough, it would cause major drawdowns in the stock price, which would cause financial losses for the shareholders.
from the article:

> As of seven days and three hours into 2024, they had already earned enough revenue to pay it all off.

revenue is not the same as profit. this is basic stuff.

from the same article:

> Still, revenue is a more accurate depiction of a company’s size and profitability.

it seems like this is rookie hour.

then we look at the author's previous posts:

https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-ipef With new trade deal, Big Tech wants to be above the law

https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-bigger-fines Why we need bigger fines for Big Tech

got it. there is an axe to grind.
Sometimes 'no evidence' also means there is evidence, they're just ignoring it. Like myocarditis.
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> Then you get rear-ended because nobody expects you to slow down 50mph for no reason at all.

Even in this rare fictional scenario, I don't agree that the costs outweigh the benefits. There are many vehicles that cannot go above 30 kmh and somehow they don't get rear-ended either.
Plus, mid-term, the other cars will also have the speed limiter installed.
You would have to ensure each bonding-channel was on a separate RF-channel, otherwise instant collisions.
I think "evidence" of why I should or shouldn't believe something is a bigger possible red flag (and deserving of scrutiny) than "no evidence", to which I can remain skeptical and more confident that I'm not being manipulated.
Thoughts on Financial Modeling with Python
While true this is divorce from organization’s hiring practices. I have to fill out a form to request someone and htmx won’t be on it. You will get someone who only know react and will stomp their feet as to why can’t we use react. A lot of bootcamp programmers are cert jockeys who don’t care or know about development, not that they can’t learn.
It's an equal-opportunities offender, being deployed in both the "no evidence that X is beneficial" and "no evidence that X is harmful" forms.
Why do you doubt anyone has calculated the total cost of owning and operating such a system? I bought and paid for two heat pumps twelve years ago and the reduction in energy costs resulted in them paying for themselves after 11 years. The cost of ownership was simply the purchase and installation cost as I did not take out a loan or receive any government funding. There was virtually no maintenance required except cleaning the humidity drain half a dozen times. Right now I'm waiting to see how long they last before they fail so I can calculate the total amount of savings. I should also point out that because my heat pumps are 12 years old, they only have a CoP of 3, while new heat pumps have a CoP of 4 and it is expected units with a CoP of 5 will be available within a few years.
Well I guess it was an accident insofar as it was not planned by Mr. Williams.
It also rules out game theory as a science. Which might be fine if you think that math isn't a science, but then you have to resort to physical experiments to collect scientific evidence that 100 + 2 is indeed 102.
The Battle for Biometric Privacy
Because I meant "through to the beginning of 2022", with the bulk of 2022 not being included in the run. 2023 was definitely up, but whether it will be interpreted as a continuation of the previous run, a brief reprieve, or the jittery start of a new bear market will probably depend on what happens going forward.
The New Digital Dark Age
I can think of three: Saudi Arabia, Israel or the USA. Which one are you thinking of?
Perhaps but LSD can cause a lot of mental problems.
Aren't they also inappropriate for showers, as in they can't heat the water fast enough for a hot shower?

Feels like a poorly thought out panic solution here in the Netherlands, where they're saying they're going to shut off gas in n years (number keeps changing, because it's more of a scare tactic to get people moving).
I don't think you understand the optics of this. She claims Israel is a terrorist state and essentially signing off that statement as someone working for Wix.

See tweet:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9EGs1JWkAAt6Yg?format=jpg&name=...
Gaia-X project doesn't have a future, claims Nextcloud boss
Oklahoma receives first "Made in Oklahoma" EV
> You are saying this is as if there were no other alternatives for you to employ your excess capital.

None that I would vouch for as being morally superior. Capitalism is at odds with ethics. Which is why I favor the idea of government as a strong regulator.

> more about being able to sleep at night with a clear conscience

I sleep at night with a clear conscience. The quiet sleep of those that follow the laws agreed upon by society.

> have you ever talked with your wife about what how much material wealth do you need to be happy?

She is a woman. Her answer is "more".
> Wouldn't it be more likely to either tumble or settle on an edge?

There's also the possibility that it behaves more like an airfoil, and starts generating lift once it's going fast enough.
Yeah, a follow-up article is in the pipeline. I have had enough ups and downs to create multiple articles!
This number is more or less the same in Norway as well for air-to-air pumps without subsidies. Keep in mind that oil/gas heating and such is not normal, we've used electricity and firewood for heating for the most part. So replacing electric heaters with a heat pump will drastically reduce electricity costs, improve air quality and improve heating. Really a no brainer.
This looks cool. What is it?
She won't win. You can't say things like that while representing Wix directly in your bio.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9EGs1JWkAAt6Yg?format=jpg&name=...
Oh, that's an interesting app and in French too... is that something you plan to have on Android as well?
If it kicks the bucket in winter you'll be in a bad place. On top of it, our local laws (Swiss) forbid you replacing old tech, so you will have to go immediately through the hoops of quickly installing a heat pump of sorts (good luck with that).
Thank you for the correction. I had mistakenly thought that the chart was total returns rather than just index price, but looking closer I think you are right.
Of course, that's ok to like different things, but what I'm referring to is the people who bought a Steam Deck expecting "Verified" games to play well, when they eat through battery way too fast to play confortably in the way Valve advertised.

When I tell people I love my Steam Deck, I also warn them that it's not for everyone and that there are downsides and you have to find compromises. I know that my software developer background helps a lot with the tinkering, so the value I get is different from what non-technical people would get.

I also have an extensive Epic Game Library, mostly from free games grabbed in one click every week, and using the third-party launcher Heroic that supports Epic and GoG, I can play them on SteamOS on the Deck, sometimes with tinkering too (solved with winetricks / protontricks mostly).

And I feel that the industry as a whole would benefit from giving players a true choice in the operating system they want, and not just between GNU/Linux and Windows.
I found the EV6 very claustrophobic and dark inside compared to my Tesla Model S.

The EV6 looks horrible and "dumpy" from the rear compared to any Tesla

EV6 is slower than the Model Y.

EV6 has only 490L of storage vs. the Model Y's 854L. https://www.whichcar.com.au/reviews/comparisons/2022-tesla-m...
They were fined for breaking laws and them making a profit out of the act is irrelevant and secondary(though its the main driver).

If profit is the only benchmark then companies can use some creative accounting practices to reduce their exposure.
I hoped it was about the NuXT computer https://monotech.fwscart.com/details/p6083514_19777986.aspx
I think the author is too nit-picky here, as the phrase "no evidence" has a superficially similar, but nuanced meaning based on the context - _and this is fine_. It can't be the burden of whoever writes something to cover all possible edge cases of understanding, depending on the medium you need to be able to rely on certain _a priori_ knowledge.

We have a lot of similar shorthands in journalism, the one that comes to my mind immediately is the phrase "the markets reacted", even though there is no living, conscious thing which is "the market" and can have a reaction. Similar to "no evidence", this phrase has a meaning which varies in detail but which is superficially the same and it's up to the reader to understand it.
> Aren't they also inappropriate for showers, as in they can't heat the water fast enough for a hot shower?

Yep. I have looked at some newly built homes in my area. All of those that have heat pumps have flow heaters installed for hot water. So you have a COP of 1 there.
I said basically this about bitcoin and someone tried to send a swat team to my old apartment.
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I'm not sure whether your question is some kind of flippant accusation, but in case you're being genuine: I think the poster you quoted is saying something like:

if I could afford to do the right thing for the planet, I would - but I cannot afford to and am forced to do something which I know is detrimental.
I don't dispute that people have NDEs and that they sincerely believe what they say. The problem is that that kind of evidence cannot in principle support the continuity of consciousness after bodily disintegration because 1) the body is still intact and 2) they don't test the difference between experiences near death and those after death. There is no way for a person to know if what they experienced happened during a time that an outside observer could see no brain activity.

To take another example, many people report the experience of waking up with a demon, visible or invisible, sitting on their chest. I've had this experience. Should we accept this eyewitness testimony at face value? Isn't the simpler, more naturalistic explanation of sleep paralysis more fitted to the evidence?

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-you-should-know-abou...
Librem 5 phone + Pinephone.
And with sensible planning like overcooling during day-time. It could actually utilize the production effectively. Too hot nights are still relatively rare.
The only way to tackle this is to put leadership in prison. If that is not possible give them the oligarch experience; frozen assets, interpol warrant, etc.

It makes no sense that breaking the law gives milder consequences just as long as your crime is transnational and very extensive in scope.
Burke would also agree that useless knowledge might be very useful in the future, because we simply cannot predict what might be useful in 2, 20, or 200 years.
In for English but for a friend of mine.
So if I understand correctly, you are saying to hardcode "jammy" in place of this:
```
. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME"
```

As mentioned here:
https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#install-using...
So I think we can now update the old "why don't they make the plane out of the stuff they make the black box out of" to "why don't they put the plane in an iPhone case?" right?
Isn't this to be expected?

I probably made enough money to pay all my 2023 fines by midday on January 1st.
Yeah the fact that Musk has passed numerous drug tests suggests it's at least overhyped if not complete rubbish.
> Most of the [politicians saying "evidence based"] seem to have come to a particular position first, then cherry picked whatever evidence they could find to back up that position.

How is that different than anyone else, for example yahoos arguing on the internet? The idea behind "evidence based" is a recognition that public policy has almost always been opinion-driven, and that we should cite evidence in support of our policies before adopting them.

Does that mean the evidence is correct? No. (Though even cherry-picked evidence is better than no evidence!). Does it mean you agree with the policy? Certainly not in all cases.

But the idea is sound. I think what you're upset about is not the "evidence based", it's that there's a partisan lean to the use of the term and that your tribe, whichever it is, is still doing the opinion thing and doesn't like citing studies.
Alan Wake 2: How Remedy Delivered a Visual Masterpiece [video]
Heat pumps for domestic hot water are basically always storage systems (I have a heat pump storage system and it's excellent). For heating radiators or underfloor it does work (and can be incredibly efficient) to do constant flow but it wouldn't work well to do for showers etc.
Neither the Director of WHO or CDC officials are politicians.
The article remind me years ago I was in a meeting where a developer had a presentation of his c++ thread factory that we were supposed to use instead of creating our own threads.
After the end of the presentation a developer asked a question about his own use-case that also reflected on the complexity of the proposed tools were asked to use.
The developer presenting took a pause looking at him and blurted by looking back at the slide in the screen:
"In your case, how to use the library, is evident by self-inspection"

The meeting concluded ;)
I try and leave the phone at home some days and get by on a cellular smart watch. It has no browser and no YouTube, which are probably my main distractions.
Better Approach to Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking (B.a.t.m.a.n.)
I’m not sure if this counts but I recently got a kindle and I love it, the screen is much easier on my eyes than my iPad, and since the device is so basic there’s no ability to flip to a browser or play music or anything else, which keeps me focused on what I’m reading.
"We had no evidence that masks help and then we found no evidence."

Actually we did from the decades surgeons wore masks to prevent the spread of airborne diseases. Once we knew Covid was one of them, then even if the protection was one way, it would have reduced infections if everyone wore one.