skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What the GP is complaining about isn't Unicode in general but Unicode Emoticons[1]. Characters can represent any thought, but emojis represent only what the committee agrees to, and the committee seems quite political.

What they should have done is to just have two characters <START_EMOTICON> and <END_EMOTICON>. And you could have text like:

I'm not doing it <START_EMOTICON>pouting<END_EMOTICON>

If the renderer supports the "pouting" emoji it would replace the text and if it doesn't it would just render:

I'm not doing it *pouting*

Everyone would be free to create emojis. You could pick your own emoji provider. So if the emoji doesn't exist locally it would be fetched from `http://emojiprovider.tld/pouting`. If you don't like it you can install another one.

It's ridiculous that there's no "pouting" emoji but there 6 emojis for pregnant men.

[1]: Yes, they're called emoticons in Unicode, not emojis. The term emoji entered English later.
The vegan police will arrive at your doorstep shortly. Leave the house slowly with your hands up. They will remove all meat and respectfully bury it with appropriate rites.

In all seriousness though this is never going to happen. Bug protein is just a convenient way to explore a new food source. Especially for those who are currently experiencing malnutrition.

FYI: If you have ever eaten crab, lobster, or crayfish you have in fact already eaten bugs. These types of food used to be reserved for criminals and it was seen as cruel and unusual punishment to feed them to people in some states.
Anarchism isn't a belief, but rather a political-philosophical framework with some very specifically-defined foundational aspects.

Imagine discussing math and programming with someone who insists that pi=3 and GOTO is the best control flow mechanism.
These kinds of issues seem VERY common from my experience.

I wonder what happened here, it doesn't look like the kind of traits that would be naturally selected.
Sweetie, it's not that hard, google considered them before.

P.S. Late stage capitalism === Early stage communism
What is this soot thing, it's as if tumblr and pinterest had an art school baby.
I have to assume most of these reports, standards, and other documents end up being tax-neutral or better from wider dissemination of this info and/or propping up the status quo in engineering and construction.
I reached out to someone to buy a second hand saxophone mouthpiece today that one of my favourite players uses. I already own 4, 2 of them masterfully refaced. I play for 26 years and know that only practicing makes me better, not gear. I’m on vacation and don’t even have an instrument. It’s pure GAS for no good reason. Shame on me.
A simple sump (basically a hole in your basement floor), and sump pump, can help identify it before it reaches your basement floor. IIRC, this is also covered (albeit briefly) in the video.
Some ENTs might, others will advocate for the surgery depending on the patient. As always, get second opinions and do one’s research.

A key potential advantage of the surgical route is no need (or at least a many years delay for the need) of a CPAP machine, a very significant advantage. Also, the discussed surgeries have a high rate of success in reducing snoring in individuals who don’t have sleep apnea, which is another health benefit for both the patient and the patient’s sleep partner. Snoring is an under-treated condition.
If you make them create a new account each time you remove a package, how does that help you find or remove pollution going forward? It seems to work in the moment, but if you have no plan to change the system the resulting equilibrium is worse than if you can identify a connection between packages from the same spammer.
OpenAI's Talent Retention Woes
While these are nostalgic, I prefer the portable Pioneer drives nowadays. They read UHD blu-rays and have support for MakeMKV.

They even make one in the same design as the SuperDrive. https://usa.pioneer/products/bdr-xs07s
Thank you so much. Will check it out and probably create a pull request to add the documentation while I'm implementing it.
I use Linux with mainly the command-line programs, so there is no dock, icons, menus, etc. Most functions I will do by the command shell with xterm, although I do have some GUI programs. I do not use any of the software listed in that article, except Linux itself, and Firefox (although it is a rather old version).

But, it is good to know about these things so that other people who do want to use these programs can know how to use them on Linux.
Also, I am curious: why in X11 and Wayland keyboard code translation happens on the client side? Wouldn't it make more sense if the layout was stored only on the server and server did the translation? There would be no need to broadcast layout changes, for example.
Quantum/classical is orthogonal to the analog/digital distinction. There are analog quantum computers and digital quantum computers.

Analog quantum computers (like annealers) are simpler to make, and they have a lot more play w.r.t. their building blocks when trying to make interesting effects... but ultimately they are limited by noise. Digital quantum computers restrict themselves to finite gate sets, often requiring expensive decompositions to do basic operations (e.g. [1]), but those gates are compatible with error correction so noise can be suppressed arbitrarily (e.g. [2]). It's very similar to how an analog classical computer can do addition with two resistors and a junction, but the accuracy is limited by the precision of the resistance. Whereas a digital classical computer will decompose the addition problem into bits and gain more precision by adding bits so that increasing precision becomes about increasing quantity instead of quality.

[1]: https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/newsynth/

[2]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.0928
Sounds like the Pyrex story - apparently "old Pyrex" is well regarded and desired, "new Pyrex" is crap.

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/what-is-the-difference-be...
I suggest the following stack:

Supabase - User Auth & Database

Stripe - Subscriptions & Payments

React or Svelte - Building landing and product pages

These tools are extremely popular and well documented, so anything you get stuck on is bound to be readily searchable online. If you've already got over a decade of front-end work experience I'd say just spin up Sveltekit or NextJS and follow along with a guide like this one:

Supabase Auth - https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/server-side/sveltekit
Yeah that’s the beauty of consumerism. No matter what your hobby is, there are hundreds of different leisure products for you to acquire and stockpile on top of those of your previous hobby (whose accessories you had acquired)
We don't know if space is expanding. The models and observations appear to support expansion.

This was just a thought experiment with a theoretical single partical in a universe of unknown size to demonstrate that the universe changes in non-obvious ways as you add energy/matter.
No way to know, but the concept of "momento mori" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori means the living might live more "examined" - and therefore more valuable or meaningful lives - when they are conscious of the inevitability of their own death. Perhaps this consciousness then benefits the society/group they are a member of?
They are faster than the previous generation in nearly all of the benchmarks while using much less power. I wouldn't call that 'nearly identical'.
People write code _not like this_ professionally?? This is 100% of our codebases.

I think the only difference is we state that if feel the urge to write comment, write an [equivalent] log statement instead, so then we can use it in production for failure tracing.
Selling vaporware to tech illiterate people is one way to make money :))
Standards of.. Quality? Safety?

Significantly lower? Probably not. I bet in some ways higher, other ways lower. But different for sure.

Problem is probably the landscape of huge cars proliferating in the US vs smaller cars other places.

But safety is not inherently worse in lower speed collisions [1]:

"Conclusions: Although we are generally concerned that drivers of small vehicles suffer more severe injuries, our results suggest that, for real-world accidents, K-cars provide similar safety for drivers involved in frontal collisions as standard vehicles in low delta V impact conditions."

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24499113/
Love it. Congrats on shipping! Most of the 3D floor plan stuff out there looks pretty bad I found, but yours looks really great. I love a good orthographic camera and disappearing walls like that! Really scratches that itch for me.

What I'd personally love is to have this but with the ability to see inside walls and have layers for, electrical circuits, network cables or even where my studs are. Basically a full model of my house (or as some people call it, a digital twin). This is probably too niche, but heh, just putting it out there.
Ask HN: Looking for advice on going back to school
M28, Software Engineer with 3.5 years of experience, working full-time in a third-party software house (consultancy) in Italy. My long-term goal is to become a tech entrepreneur, possibly in the startup landscape. My short-to-medium goal is to enter the internal job market (remotely or by relocating), ideally in an early startup or scale-up to gain insights from the inside. However, I’m feeling stagnated: my positioning isn’t great and my professional network is minimal.

In retrospect, I am trying to understand my next move, and an alternative that came to mind is going back to school. I’m considering joining a 1-year Master’s program (or similar) in a European tech hub, which I believe would be beneficial in terms of networking and positioning, more than the hard skills acquired. I have a Master’s in Computer Engineering, so I would be more interested in something related to entrepreneurship or startups. I don’t feel an MBA would cover my interests, but it could be good for networking. To decide, I am looking to gather information from others’ experiences:

- Does going back to school actually help in terms of networking and positioning?

- Which courses or colleges should I look for in the EU? Is there something specific I should look out for when checking out the courses?

- Would choosing a specific city be as relevant as the school? I’m thinking about events and local companies. Do you have any suggestions? Zurich, London, and Amsterdam are on my mind.

- In your opinion, is the ROI (for my current goals) of going back to school greater than joining a startup? It would also be interesting to do both part-time.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I got a sleep study at the age of 24 because my then-girlfriend (now wife) said "I got used to the snoring, but that thing where you stop breathing really freaks me out". The what now? In hindsight, I'd had signs of sleep apnea since I was in my teens despite being a healthy weight.

I was diagnosed with 'mild to moderate' sleep apnea and told to not drink, and to exercise more. No CPAP needed. And they were right- if I do those things, I don't have many problems. But then again, I can't always do those things.

What really helped though, and I'm loathe to even say it, was taking high absorption magnesium. I hate it because there are very limited studies that say it should work, and it's mostly promoted by absolute quacks. And yet, when I take it, I sleep really well without snoring or having apnea issues and if I stop, I sleep terribly.
“The summer heat…” who gives a fuck

Articles like this are best read through AI. It was $5.7m of contracts to NZero, a firm run by lobbyists, promising to provide data and never did.

Long form long form I yell as I slowly die reading articles that look like one paragraph content expanded by an LLM.
Lets not discuss literacy rates in the US' public education system.

"The United States is ranked 125 in the world behind Oman and just a little better than the Syrian Arab Republic."

This is by design.
Ask to review your sleep data, preferably with a different sleep doctor. Actually sit down with them and look at the data in the software they use. What you're looking for is to see how often you had a "respiratory effort related event," and how many of these you had per hour of actual sleep. These are events that momentarily wake you up, but you won't be aware of it during the night. They cause you to be sleep deprived, but many sleep doctors pay them no mind since they don't result in reduced oxygen levels (since you wake up before your oxygen suffers).
The difference between nice and average gear in rock climbing is pretty slim. A few grams, smooth action on the moving parts... it's also primarily a failsafe, so it's inherently obvious that it won't help you climb dramatically better, any more than a nicer parachute will help you fly a plane better.

There's also a long tradition of the strongest climbers you know climbing on mank (i.e. safety gear so ragged it is terrifying to behold)
Possibly because the crimes are occurring aboard the train, so the exact location of the crime is unclear?
Those watches have crystals on them.
NPR Planet Money on why AI may be overrated
Is anyone using Oxen.ai? This is the first use of it I've seen.
Glad to see another UX designer adopting Framework and Linux!

I'm curious as to what the task list/notetaking application and color contrast application are as they look quite useful.
Yes and it just around the corner presumably next year.
The roof should be shedding to solid drain pipe.
Amazing job! Have you ever thought about porting this to a desktop app?
Code Reading: Express.js
Probably the easiest would be starting off with Firebase for the overall backend and user management. Stripe for payments including recurring.
However, if the project will take off, then you'd be dealing with a dilemma: how to switch to something more mature friendly Like, say, Django or others.
I use Django as the main backend framework (sometimes for full stack).
Without the townhomes it would be even more unaffordable.
I think of myself as resistant to the pull of advertising and gear acquisition, but I've developed a related problem.

When I find something that I like, I want to buy multiples of it, even if there is a very low chance that I'll wear the item out or lose it, and it may become unusable in that time. I've had many objects in my life that I thought were great, and then they become unavailable and I spend an inordinate amount of time searching for them, even though what I have still works fine. Because my brain says "What happens when it breaks?" and then I have to settle for something new and inferior.

I bought a travel backpack ten years ago. It was an unusual design, but I understood its benefits and liked it immensely. Most people did not, so after the first year it was redesigned and then discontinued. I do not know if I can get anything similar to it again, and I doubt the company will repair it. When I now see other bags that are similar but still not as good, they are significantly more expensive (because of inflation) and I regret not buying several at the time. Even though mine still works great.
I mean realistically it's representative of the Internet as a whole. Makes me wonder where all the porn packages are.

The pulling in of unexpected dependent packages is a real issue though, how do other ecosystems deal with it? NPM is really missing some level of trust beyond just using "brand name" packages.

My general judgement is usually how often it's worked on/how many downloads it has but gut feel isn't really enough, is it?
If you’re intending for your API to be server to server then it’s not an issue. But that may limit uptake from mobile devs who may be looking for a more plug and play solution to dodge the need to build their own infra.
I was double billed and using your support chat widget resulted in "Opps.. Seems somethig went wrong". Nick, how do I get in touch with you? My user ID is "VvAShB".
Oh no.

Maybe they should at least write it "Re/Act" to have the slightest hope of googlability.
Both of these links include a dry well - if one is draining to daylight, how do you incorporate the 100-yr flow rate?
Even the ALCU? The NAACP? The AFL-CIO? The NRA? The Innocence Project? I suspect like most things in life, the situation is far more complex than can be captured in a simple 4 word rote expression.
Your citation is to another piece by the same guy?
Waking up with a dry mouth in the morning can happen from drinking too much water per day without sufficient electrolytes (i.e. more than 5 liters of water a day)
Cats are loving, lovable little beasties and anyone who says otherwise is either lying, or repeating propaganda from dog people.

Cat body language is more difficult for humans to decipher, whereas dogs literally evolved extra eye muscles to better make those adorable expressions at us. That doesn't make it the cat's problem if you miss their signs of love. The orneriest cat I knew became highly, HIGHLY distressed when she lost her hearing and with it, constant assurance that her humans were around.
A Few Thoughts on the Selloff – Everybody Be Cool
This is fantastic! The hacker in me really loves the thinking, coordination and arbitrage these guys are doing. More power to them.
I bet they use AI and secure their certificates on the blockchain.
What are the existing pipes made of?
How are you guys living? I dont use any fancy glassware and I break/chip a glass like once in a decade..
I can assure you that the chainsaw is not running continuously when you're cutting firewood. Yes, the engine might be running but your finger is not on the throttle hence it's idling.
By maybe 3% on average, if that. Some benchmarks elsewhere show cases where they're actually a tiny bit slower, due to the lower clock speeds.
Ask HN: How important is social media presence for early stage startup founder?
Hi, everyone!

I've noticed many startup founders are very active on LinkedIn and Twitter. I'm curious: how important is it for early-stage startup founders to post daily on social media?

I'm currently at the stage where we have an idea and are working on building the first version of our product while trying to acquire our first customers. Do you think it's beneficial for me to spend time posting on social media every day?
I use one of these https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/brands/matrix-d...
>Ask (pressure) the developers into buying some cheap stuff from your shop with their own credit cards

This is illegal. I've always refused such "requests" and asked for a company expense card.
To play devil’s advocate it is commonly stated that higher productivity per acre relative to organic agriculture can mean using fewer acres and having more land providing ecosystem services.

Certainly some people in the world suffer from malnutrition and would benefit from more or better food.

Practically though we want to use the practices that give the most yield for a given amount of risk. I am still shaking my head over the time I saw TruGreen Chemlawn spraying all the trees in front of a hotel, many of which are famous for not having pest problems. I guess they had to do something so the customer thinks they are getting something.

in reality there are a lot of factors, if you get your agronomy right you can greatly increase output with limit commercial inputs, see

https://ghgmitigation.irri.org/mitigation-technologies/syste...
That doesn't make it not useful, but I agree with your conclusion.
Sure, but developers, and especially C++ and Rust developers, make up a small minority of the total market. The general statement "most people will throw in the garbage their old computer when buying a new one" may not apply in general to such an unusual subset. Like I said, it doesn't apply to me, and I've upgraded specifically to get better build times.
ReasonAct or something.
Not OP, but many far left progressives don't even like Jacobin: https://newsocialist.org.uk/white-marxism-critique/
Citric acid would work too and the aftertaste might be a little less terrible.
Veritasium has a good video about analog computers. It covers how they work, what they are used for, pros and cons compared to digital, what they look like today, a bit of the history and their possible future.

https://youtu.be/GVsUOuSjvcg
So should we call it Linux/Torvalds? Linux/Torvalds/Stallman?

Heck, if Earth didn’t exist, Linux wouldn’t have happened, so Linux/Earth/Sun/Biology/Torvalds/Stallman/SystemD/Mesa/PulseAudio/Wayland…

GNU nowadays is a tiny part of the desktop. There’s also projects slowly moving to rewrite it in Rust and a more permissive license, other parts are losing importance like GCC losing to Clang, so its relevance is dying over time. Just like the FSF.
Thank you! I'm not sure how this didn't come up in what I felt was a pretty comprehensive round of Google searching, but it looks like a fantastic option. If only they had free allotment or something <$20/mo for a small number of emails :) But otherwise this looks a the solution I was looking for.
A web app to build memories
> making a scene out of proportion to the offense is what turns you into a Karen.

+1
For Wayland, keyboard input is "out of scope". (edit: Not entirely, just verified it does forward very basic events, but it's a thing wayland doesn't want to handle, while X11 originally had its own keyboard/mouse/etc drivers) What's typically used is XKB (inherited from X11) with a different backend ([edit: raw events]). So yes, in practice, you'll have the same broken design.

> Also, there seem to be no sane API for managing layouts or switching
> them programatically

Layouts only exist as "data" as far as the X server is concerned, clients must fetch them and map themselves from the key codes. Libraries like xkbcommon (or even grandfather Xlib) do the job for you. That said, there are APIs to modify the mapping (by publishing messages/events) as you wish. The ugliness is, apart from the fact that you're forced to fiddle with the mapping at all, that you can't guarantee another client will process everything in sequence. It might apply a new mapping before processing all its queued key press events. That's why my code adds delays between fiddling with the mapping and sending the events.

Yes, it's extremely ugly. Still, at least for me, it works. Try it out ;)

And yes, Windows is doing better here, there's a Unicode-flavor of keyboard events available.
Can you share what daylight looks like for your use case? Where is your target for the water to be managed?
The drain pipe is at the bottom of the drainage excavation. On top of the pipe is 3/4 aggragate, and on top of the aggregate is geotextile. Soil is filled in over the geotextile. There is no clogging risk in this design. Any soil particles that make their way to the pipe are carried away.
FWIW, the British History Podcast does a pretty good job of covering Scotland and the migration of people through this period. I actually don’t know how good it is, but I do at least remember all of the names and places you mentioned. :)

The podcast is quite England heavy, but does also cover Scotland and Wales, as well as the relevant parts of France, Ireland, and Denmark (as appropriate).