skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
As an elder millenial in my 30s, I also barely had any contact to my cousins. I think this isn't a recent development. My dad had a lot closer ties to his cousins and it showed in all the family meetings/reunions over the years. These people were somehow always present in my younger life. It was family. And though I've had plenty of friends over the years, I do think that ever-present network of familial ties is missing and that maybe we've lost something different that can't be replaced by friendships.

I don't know if I'm worse off in any quantifiable way and I don't know if it's worse this way. I just wonder if there's something I might be missing out on by not having that familial social network on top of my current social network, which is admittedly quite small and limited compared to when I was young. Maybe I'd feel less lonely and a bit less adrift if I had a larger family that I had close ties to and could fall back on.

A "family reunion" now is just me and my siblings. Down from 10-20 people to 3. That does make me sad to think about now.
My older kids are 11 and 13. My experience differs. My wife and I moved away from family before having children. Our kids had plenty of friends they could play with. It felt transient though - perhaps because we lived in a transient area (SF Bay Area). Friends would come and go.

We moved back to be closer to family last summer. And, for us, the difference was stark. The relationships between family and friends are different. Both important.

But friends are replaceable…as terrible as that may sound. And one difference I think we (and others) didn’t realize is that family is much much much more permanent. You may not enjoy their company as much - but they will be there for many decades. And it turns out that’s very important for us.
You're going to have losses. Lost free time, lost sleep, lost freedom. The losses are real. But don't spend so much time focused on the losses that you miss the gains. Be there for your child. Be there mentally, not off thinking about how much you'd like to have back the free time you used to have. Don't miss the joy of having this child because you're too busy looking at the losses.

Consider hiring a housekeeper. It's a great way to support your wife. Yeah, you need to up your game in terms of helping around the house, too, but if you can afford it, get mom some help, even if only for the first N months.
Thoughts on the 2024 AI Job Market
Can't all speakers be used as a poor man's microphone?
Very few systems depend on this to the point of being an issue. The only one that this was a reasonable problem for was the PS2.
Also relevant, houses aren't boiling a kettle and running their oven 24x7, so this is more like worst-case peak load and will be spread across different houses. Having some kind of battery storage closer to the houses will help a lot - the tidal generator can run fairly constantly and fill the battery, and the houses can draw in short bursts from the battery.
I'd love to watch an upgrade in progress.
Can you elaborate there?
The promises of the film experience at the dawn of the digital era were never realized. All of the work has been put into minimizing
the costs of movie making and distribution.

Consumer display and audio technologies are the exception, but movie theaters still haven't incorporated automated ambient effects like local haptics or spatial audio, smellovision, lighting, etc, like in stage productions. There are no custom data tracks or queuing allowed in industry formats. Anything would have to be built separately and manually synced.

Despite our art and technology, there is little excess or imagination in film today, and it is desperately resistant to change.
Longterm Mac OS users have used tools like Onyx[0] to configure hidden system and finder settings. It's probably one of my first downloads after an OS upgrade.

[0] https://titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html
I went through an EE associates program at my local community college after I’d graduated with a BA, purely because I wanted to know how to fix/modify/tinker with audio equipment. I went at night, part time, and it was easily one of the best experiences of my life. Like yourself, I had some amateur experience already, and as the gaps were filled I had at least 4-5 truly paradigm shifting moments where multiple concepts finally clicked together and whole swaths of the world suddenly made sense. I found elegant connections in the physics, familiar logic applications, and gained a lot of insight that I hadn’t expected, which helped reinforce my sense of just how little I will ever really know.

Even though the purpose for taking those classes was largely personal, it’s materially contributed to my career in a lot of indirect ways (I’m an IT consultant and Linux sysadmin) by giving me a unique perspective for how things function on a much lower level than my colleagues who just have CS educations. I can troubleshoot Wi-Fi and signal transmission issues using spectrum and vector network analysis which makes everyone look at me as if I were a witch. I am comfortable disassembling and repairing equipment like scanners and commercial printers, with lots of moving parts and mains electricity that other techs won’t touch.

All that said, I highly recommend attending an EE program, and even though you’ll feel like a big, wrinkled brain smart person—you will never stop turning it off and on again, bit-bashing, or sign flipping—all quite valid techniques for when the years of diligent study and experience loses out to fat fingers and poor eyesight.
https://archive.is/iWbRd
For people interested in this topic: I converted my 8-bit emulators to a complete 'cycle-stepped model' (the last holdout were the CPU emulators), and wrote a couple of blog posts in the process:

From newest to oldest:

- Cycle-stepped Z80 emulator: https://floooh.github.io/2021/12/17/cycle-stepped-z80.html

- Z80 instruction timing details: https://floooh.github.io/2021/12/06/z80-instruction-timing.h...

- Cycle-stepped 6502 CPU emulator: https://floooh.github.io/2019/12/13/cycle-stepped-6502.html
My previous (brief) line manager was Iranian. I asked him if the Iranian rhetoric about the USA being "the great Satan" was a translation issue or sincere, he said it was sincere.
I thought the whole point was that nobody knows how to make the pencil we think of as a regular pencil.

There's the graphite core, the wood handle, the yellow paint, the eraser and the little metal ring holding the eraser.

No one person knows how to find, extract and refine the raw materials, then turn them into those components and put it all together.
Sounds like that would also make it harder to be accurate if your input device is vibrating.
I believe there are HDMI splitters on amazon that let you do this with any TV, although I'm not sure how great the quality of output is. I was looking at them once to see about doing split screen gaming with two different consoles.
Seems like survivorship bias. A lot of projects fizzle out. Vietnam War comes to mind.
Yes, explicitly! There are these things called "moral rights".

"The moral rights include the right of attribution, the right to have a work published anonymously or pseudonymously, and the right to the integrity of the work. The preserving of the integrity of the work allows the author to object to alteration, distortion, or mutilation of the work that is "prejudicial to the author's honor or reputation"."

I'm sure it applies even though Leonardo is long gone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights
I just use TopNotch.
Ownership is not affordability, which is the point of the parent poster that you're ignoring entirely. Recent headline: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/homes-for-sale-affordable-housi...
Ask HN: What are your favorite vim/nvim customizations/shortcuts?
In humans, gender is a social construct created on top of sex. It comes with a heap of socio-political norms. Some people feel that the gender assigned to them on the basis of their sex doesn't match the feeling they have about themselves or the way they would like to relate to society. For these people gender affirming language is very important to their quality of life, and their quality of life is directly tied to the well-being of their children.

> It sounds like you have an axe to grind...

Could you explain what you mean by this?
As far as my experience goes and from what I know of audio engineering piezo-electric elements are terrible at flat frequency response and mostly unusable except as beep generators. There are (older?) models of Behringer cheapo PA-speakers with piezos as high-frequency drivers and they are beyond terrible.

Didn't deep read the article however found no hard info as to if some kind of breakthrough has been made.
US, yes, and I'm in a particularly bad region for tech, so I'm searching across multiple states and also across the country. I'm currently employed as a remote worker and it's killing me. It gives me very few opportunities to network. I did high school online and graduated college online due to the pandemic, so my network is already super suffering as it is.
The biggest gain of TT/Triathlon bikes is moving your position from an upright seated position to a lower and narrower position, so "modding" the rider ;-)

After that, skinsuits, helmets and overshoes are usually the best bang-for-your-buck (in no particular order) in terms of aero gains.
>seems like a very affordable system to me

First question: How do you get in that system? Or is it reserved only for locals?

Because I contemplated moving to Vienna last year (most livable city, lowest rents and all that advertising) and I saw on Willhaben single bedroom apartments in decent shape were 1000+ Euros while software developer take home wages and perks weren't higher than in shitholes like Bucharest, Belgrade or Sofia (no offence, I'm also from around that region), sometimes even worse than there.

Second question: if the government is basically indirectly subsidizing employers by subsidizing housing for employees, meaning companies need to pay less for talent than in higher CoL areas, why then aren't more international tech companies opening offices in Vienna and instead keep hiring only in places with a housing shortage like London Berlin and Amsterdam? Something just doesn't add up. You'd think Vienna would be a magnet for companies instead of the overpriced cities with zero housing.
Really, I don't want a thinner phone.
Comedian Jim Gaffigan does a bit on weddings - it’s when you get to be a princess. Of course, kingdoms don’t come cheap.
Not necessarily. It can also be done with buoyancy. A hot air balloon just before it takes off is effectively "balanced" on its basket and does so because the bit at the top is positively buoyant. You can also get toys that stand up on the bottom of a swimming pool using the same principle.
Undeniably so. But charging a subscription for what is essentially a product feels like extortion to the consumer.

If using a device incurs you maintenance costs, whether those are servers or engineers, then by all means, charge a subscription, and I'll happily pay for it if it's priced appropriately. If, on the other hand, my usage doesn't depend on a service you provide, but I'm paying for R&D of your next product, then politely bugger off.

Companies love the subscription model because it's mostly fixed recurring revenue, but this trend of making everything a subscription needs to stop.
The first 5 years (Before Kindergarten) is the most important time for early child development. It is also the most difficult.

Don't be obtuse.
>Brazil's gas imports fell to their lowest level for two decades in 2023

but not oil, russian oil "Brazil’s imports of Russian oil products soar" https://www.ft.com/content/7ebb679e-099e-49ac-a750-73ca46538...

"Brazilian imports of diesel from Russia last year soared 4,600 per cent while purchases of fuel oil rose by almost 400 per cent, in a $8.6bn boost to the Russian economy as the war in Ukraine enters its third year.

Brasília imported 6.1mn tonnes of diesel from Russia in 2023, a 6,000 per cent increase from the 101,000 tonnes the previous year. The value in dollar terms increased 4,600 per cent from $95mn to $4.5bn"
Joe Grand has a fantastic video experimenting with the tech, where he builds "the world's thinnest boombox":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZFQDeBpHmg
New York City's Vacancy Rate Reaches Historic Low of 1.4 Percent
Not an entirely new profession. In the past, this sort of thing used to happen more often with funerals and professional mourners; now that has well and truly gone in the West.

There is an anecdote in Naples 44 about how the narrator's "fixer" in Naples had had a side gig as an "uncle from Rome" at funerals. By turning up in the right suit with the right accent and social graces this would enhance the social status of the deceased.

There used to be something of a market for "professional token Westerner" in Chinese events. I've no idea if that's still a thing.
I guess the bigger impact is when gaming, which is when there is sound, and you're touching the screen.
No children: no society. Or: a very old, geriatric, undynamic, fearful society with no innovation. Simple.

What happened that after a few hundred thousand years of having families we suddendly need to be "absolutely certain" to have kids? Human nature is the EXACT other way round. What we currently see is an outgrow of pure hedonism. It kills societies (literally, at least in the sense of "no new life").

Concerning "being fully aware that our previous lifestyle would be no more": this in itself partly shows the problem. So our casual life choices are in such a way that it is completely uncompatible with having a family? Sure - when you're 20, you might not be ready. But do we, as a society, promote lifestyles that even when you're 30 are impossible to combine with having kids? Then maybe our lifestyle as a society is wrong, what we tell ourselves to be "good life" is wrong.

And then again... maybe we take having kids too seriously? I really can't say having missed out on much since having kids (and no, we have no nanny). We simply did the stuff people "fear". We went out for dinner together two weeks after our first one was born (together with the baby). And we repeated, until today. We went on those 10 hour flights. We explored foreign countries. We visit museums with modern art. We spent months abroad. Is it always easy? Nope. But it was, overall, not too different from the life before. Kids get used to stuff, parents get used to stuff. Most of us can do it if we let go of the instagrammy thought of having to be perfect. And this is how society always was and always will be.

EDIT:
In the current medical climate where child mortality is very, very low, of course, as a society we CAN afford to have less kids overall. And as long there are a few people who LIKE to have 3 or more kids, we can afford to have some more people having no kids as all. I don't promote growing society ad infinitum. But having sub-replacement birth rates will NOT make our countries better for sure (and the economy is my very LAST concern). France 10-15 years ago can lead as an example with a healthy rate of births, wealth and personal freedom.
I don't think they were thinking of Jesus as the founder of the Catholic Church. Although I think that is what the Vatican itself would say (?)
For pretty much all 8-bit home computers cycle-correct emulation is essential, without it most modern scene demos simply don't work, but also a lot of old games (although those are usually more forgiving).

In later computer architectures, hardware components have become more and more decoupled from each other, running on separate clocks and busses, with caches and buffers inbetween and what not, all of which makes timing less predictable but also less important in emulation, giving the emulation much more slack when it comes to "synchronicity" (which ironically makes modern computer systems "easier" to emulate than older systems - at least when it comes to correct timing).

But 8-bit home computers (and also the early 16-bit systems like the Amiga and Atari) were essentially a single 'mega-chip' all running off the same clock and all chip timings being deterministic, which was and is exploitet by software.
I was once a consultant at a mid-sized company. One of the developers openly admitted to pushing for new technology so that he could include it on his resume for his next job application...

I believe this is not an isolated incident, but rather part of a larger trend.
Glowdust is a new kind of database management system
I suspect that the browser still has the old page saved in the cache. Can you please check this again? The browser should load the current version with this link.

https://easylang.dev/apps/tut_learn.html?v2
Paper or plastic. Absolutely classic, even today. (If you don't remember it, you can find it here: https://www.superbowl-ads.com/1999-bud-light-paper-or-plasti...)
The point is people watched their parents struggle to raise kids and decide they aren't going to do that to themselves or their hypothetical kids.

There is more to do in a life than work and raise children.
It's not doing what you think it does.
The solution that reliably works are lots of switches on the same screen. The user extrapolates from a single known state.

Mobile users might be confused about whether Auto-Rotate is on, but they do know whether Airplane mode is on.
> The trash situation is something I've been meaning to write an essay on,

Did a quick search because I recall an old article by The Economist dating to between 2000-2005 already complaining of people in suites leaving their dogs to shit on the sidewalks without concern. I sadly can't find it but there is plenty of content that teils me things haven't changed.
There’s very specific safety features that have reduced the number of kids killed by cars. Backup cameras for example where mandated specificity due to demonstrated safety benefits.

People vastly overestimate how dangerous letting their kids out to play is and underestimate how beneficial it is. There’s real health benefits to running around outside which means limiting them to specific after school activities also has negative consequences.
« the point where it touches the ground is ahead of the pivot point of the front post »

The other way around -- the contact patch of the tire is behind the projection of the head tube onto the ground.

I love that there are actually three different stability mechanisms. I wonder if there are others!
> What's the accepted practice

How about (2002-?)
Surprisingly uninteresting. Not everything a master does is worth ones time.
So i have a strange request. I'm a computational scientist but I've always wanted to attend fosdem as some of the tools we use are open source. For those a little outside of computer science proper or tech in general, what do you use to justify to funding agencies or the like (advisor) to attend fosdem if you do?
Bartender is an app that will let you hide items/hide items in a submenu. I have no affiliation, and it just works.

I’m guessing there’s something similar open source but I’ve yet to stumble across one that works as well.

https://www.macbartender.com/
Yes, amongst others.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/4nkkq7/apartment_buil...
I guess about 500 years, if you include Byzantium? But Byzantium was a very different creature from Rome.
To me, containers are as core as version control.

Choose the flavour you prefer, but I do not believe there is a valid reason to avoid either for anything that you need to work on for more than a week.
They go hand in hand. The materiel and personnel cost make the project less popular as time passes, and the shrinking political will makes obtaining those less viable.
I'm pretty sure that Xiaomi tried this with the first mi mix and LG with the crystal. They were all first gen full screen phones. The results were pretty crap. Muffled audio and such.

I don't really see the benefit because speakers are tiny as it is. And pressing on the screen will significantly alter its resonance.
We didn't really have widespread phonics in the UK when I was at school. We did a load of things that looked a bit like phonics but going through it with my first daughter showed me how effective it really is.

She picked it up really quickly, learned to read early —admittedly with a lot of support from me in lockdown— and can now, at 7, polish a proper book off in a couple of days. Far further ahead than me at 7.

Her spelling is pretty creative at times, which isn't surprising given that English is the literal bastard child of several competing lingual styles, but that's really not important for a seven year old.

So I was already completely sold, then my 3 year old sat next to me just yesterday and started sounding out words she was hearing, and writing them down.

All I'm really saying is I don't understand how this is even a question any more. It's silly that we have to legislate for it, but if people are going to neglect children for whatever unknown ends, why not.
> That war and militarization is not such a good idea.

These are really not two sides of the same coin.
Did you RTFA? I am guessing not, because one of your suggestions is in the list.

Always RTFA before commenting. That's what we're all here for: discussion of TFA.
Stupidity may actually be a factor that leads people to have more kids, so we may see more of it in the future :)

> Evolution only selects for hereditary, biological factors,

That's true. And we really don't know what the full list of such factors are hidden in our genes. Maybe many, maybe just a few. What's for sure, though, IF there are enough genes somewhere in the gene pool that lead people (women in particular) to want to have kids at an elevated rate, those are massively selected for right now.
You fit the exact profile of someone who shouldn't bring children into this world. So, congratulations on making the right decision for you and your mental state right now. However, I would caution against extrapolating your one-dimensional opinions about the world into universal facts.
Perfect AI book recommendations
Where do you get that from? We still come up with crazy designs all the time (that are rejected in favor of robustness, compatibility, etc.)
"Giving Leigh Brackett writer credits is a nice touch, didn't know that!"

If things worked back then the way they do today, there are writer's guild rules that would have presumably required credit.
> While it offers many features, I've refused to pay for a solution to Apple's poor design decision.

Well then you're in luck, because there's a free app called Hidden Bar[1] on the Mac App Store that allows you to hide icons which you're not interested in.

I am not affiliated with the author(s?), I am just a happy user and I would probably be using it even if the Macbook didn't have a notch.

[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hidden-bar/id1452453066?mt=12
Friend circles have generally been primarily driven by proximity, with school & work being the main environments. Take away the forced socializing of work and all of sudden you have late 20s people with few or no friends since drifting away from most school friendships.

The pandemic taught me that absent forced social interactions such as work meetings, water cooler chat, etc... it takes deliberate actions to maintain social relationships, more so the secondary relationships. It's just too easy to dive into our work all day without speaking to anyone not in our direct line of reporting.
The most annoying thing about SCP is args ordering, I would have preferred a single direction arg for transfer details, if it meant we didn't have to worry about positional args.

Then again, I'm speaking as someone that came into the scene well after development, so that could just be annoyance via naivete.
It also seems to re-use the name of a (from what I can tell) separate project:

https://github.com/lnis-uofu/OpenFPGA

https://openfpga.readthedocs.io/en/master/
Unleaded aviation fuel to go on sale in California by summer
Why is lithium [not] the drug of choice for bipolar disorder?
Cool! I might be up for that. I'll reach out a bit later.