skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I remember growing up in SoCal with smog days as the air was too polluted. Any asinine argument about regulation really pisses me off.
> And, lo and behold: they found that there were actually five species of Physalia

I am not sure there are different species, Wikipedia says one species and mentioned at some point some thought there might be more than one. [1]

An article published in New Zealand Geographic in 2002 [2] mentions multiple species a number of times but also states that Marine Biologist and taxonomist Emeritus Professor Philip Roy Pugh (RIP 2021) does not agree:

> Phil Pugh, an English expert on world siphonophore jellies (of which the bluebottle is one), thinks not. He believes there is only a single worldwide bluebottle species, Physalia physalis, but that it varies greatly in size.

Philip Pugh described a quarter of all known siphonophores [3], more than any one person. So he probably knew what he was talking about.

There is a tendency in certain areas of biology to attribute extremely minor regional variation to new species.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_man_o%27_war

[2] https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/summertime-blues/

[3] https://noc.ac.uk/news/memoriam-philip-roy-pugh
Physical transformation of components and traces maybe?
I see three primary approaches:

1) Massive social support for child-rearing to essentially bride people to procreate.

2) Liberal immigration policies geared towards increasing the working age population and filling in skill gaps.

3) Already being a society that is primarily oriented towards religious orthodoxy.

We've seen many nations try #1, sometimes in ways that are extraordinarily extravagant (especially by US standards of social welfare) and the results have been mild at best, if not entirely insufficient.

We've seen nations such as the US and the UK go for #2 with amazing results. And although that may not be sustainable forever it is certainly sustainable for a few more generations at the very least based on global birth rate trends.

Personally, I want nothing to do with #3 and would never want to live in such a society. I imagine large majorities in developed nations generally agree.

Option #2 still seems like the best bet.
Interesting. So I think you're saying that the crisis happens for precisely the opposite reason- ie a lack of success in reaching any goal. And a realization that those goals are now unachievable.

I would agree that this certainly contributes to mental angst, depression and so on.

But I'm not sure it matches the things we usually associate with "mid life crisis" (ie the buying of toys like a Ferrari or Harley.)
> I like it; child birth is often ignored in these rankings, but without it a society collapses.

[citation needed]

So far, Japan is doing quite well. Not perfect, but not terrible either. With a contracting population.
I never understood Santa. Why would parents want to train their kids to be susceptible to lies? I wholeheartedly believe that Santa is a thing the government uses to reduce the populace's ability to think critically. Why would you oppose your government if you think like a fairy tale person and believe all the lies they tell you and cry like a little baby when someone presents you with evidence to the contrary?
Wow, I admit I didn't. Thanks for that!
I found it unclear because the title of the article and the title of the TV show imply it's only during school, but it's only the second paragraph that it mentions "completely". It seems to contradict the opening sentences.
Back in the late 80s before ubiquitous digital audio, someone published a design for a sound card that used the parallel port and a super simple circuit with just some resistors. I found a similar recent one:

http://jubatian.com/articles/building-an-lpt-dac/
Let's compare to building (this is in the UK, but I think most countries have similar rules).

If someone asks you to build a house, you need to make a plan, and get it signed off. There are lots of rules on what you can, and can't do.

If you build a house without cement, by just piling bricks up, you will get fined and be told to take it down and build it again. If that house you badly built falls down and kills someone, you go to jail.
Thinking that falling birth rates and a declining population is a bad thing is very much not the same thing as thinking that we should never stop increasing the population.
Most people just don't care. Food is energy and it needs to be cheap. Worrying about taste is a privileged concern. It's for most people, "good enough".
I know this is meant to be tounge-in-cheek and not serious, but still fun to mull over.

IMO, main issue is the assumption that GDP/capita is independent of population size.

I suspect most economies would hit a saturating point where most people are underemployed and there's no productive work left for new entrants.

While South Korea shrinking 1/4x each generation is bad, growing 4x would probably also be bad.

Seems like the best case would be hitting some optimal population size + age distribution then maintaining that each generation -- not shrinking but also not growing.
>Answers and Non-Answers

>I have mostly been beating around the bush here for 12,000 words.

You don't say. anyways, long story short the only data that is guaranteed to survive is either data that does not require software, or data that requires software that can be easily/rationally reverse-engineered.
Yeah so the smartphones and socials can be difficult addictions to shake, but this is the flip side of it: when you do put them aside for an extended period of time you often see your productivity absolutely go through the roof.

I started sticking my phone in my bag or in another room during my afternoon work session and my productivity with that time doubled, in terms of actual output - tasks completed, lines of code written etc. and probably better ideas generated.

I started turning it off after dinner as well as running a simple script that blocks FB, Reddit etc. on my desktop - my "productivity" with my evening time also basically doubled, whether it was books read, games played, extra work done, time spent with people who matter, keeping my place cleaner, etc. just more life happening basically.

The more hooked you are, the more massive the benefit of quitting cold turkey. Once you see it a couple times the dynamic inverts and it gets harder to go back.

From personal experience, yeah of course if you rip the phones out of the kids' hands they're going to experience a variety of improvements... that's what happened when I ripped it out of my own hands.

I do find it interesting that this study saw little in cognitive improvements - it was only a 21 day study. I thin they are there but they're a long burn, reading books for instance is a skill that has returned to me but it's been very slow and gradual, I should probably lean even harder into turning off my phone and any short-form socials trash.
n of 8 is essentially meaningless tho
This.

If you income is below the ACA threshold, you pretty much get a free bronze plan through a tax credit. Or in the states that expanded Medicaid, you can qualify for it.

And this would cover your entire family.

Brzone plans will have significant deductible and co-pay/co-insurance, but it will cover you for catestrophic issues.

Medicaid is generally very low cost-sharing.
They're not making the argument you think they are.

They are saying leaving by example is a good tool. They are not saying that every single rule must be symmetric
I too have had this sense of superiority about the negative outcomes of other people's addictive behavior. It's easy to blame people for not having willpower. But (and I say this as a former casino owner, former bartender, and someone who worked on early Facebook games trying to maximize engagement), even intelligent people with better than average self control are no match for the sophistication of systems that have been designed, studied, and iterated upon for the sole purpose of breaking down human self control. Looking at myself not being a degenerate gambler, drinker or social media user, I suspect it's only because I have first hand experience being on the other side of the table in all those cases. When people do congratulate themselves for their own willpower, they tend to have other issues and addictions which they hide from public view, and/or they are recovering.

No one goes without being deceived in their lives. And teenagers with little experience are the easiest to deceive and to hook into addictive behaviors.
If AI writing had a smell, this tool would smell as bad as a monkey chopping onions. They somehow spun 4 paragraphs out of a group vacation photo. Impressive on paper, yet half of the description was painfully obvious:

>The image shows a lively nighttime scene, possibly a parade or street festival. In the foreground, a group of people wearing elaborate, colorful hats and red shirts are prominently featured. The background includes brightly lit storefronts, one of which appears to be a pizza place, suggesting a bustling urban or suburban setting. The overall atmosphere is festive and energetic. There are also some indistinct shapes in the background that might be more people or decorations, but they are not clearly visible.

...

Several details are harder to make out at first glance. The hats themselves are quite elaborate and appear to be custom-made or part of a themed event, hinting at a possible local cultural or community celebration. There's a subtle variation in the lighting across the scene, indicating either the illumination from different sources (streetlights and storefront signs) or the varying distances of people from the camera. The signs in the background suggest a location, potentially in a town with a commercial district.
Precisely.

Average lifespan is a terrible metric for quality of healthcare. There are dozens of confounding factors that can reduce lifespan even in the presence of high quality healthcare.
Why do we adult persist in lying to our children.

I told my kids when they were very young.

Daddy? when will father christmas be coming to leave the presents under the tree?

My reply.

He wont, its your mother and I who buy presents for you because we love you. When you go to sleep I will put your presents under the tree.
I've tried every expensive egg that Sprouts and Whole Foods sells and the only ones I've found to be notably different are the Happy Egg Co. Heritage Breed Eggs specifically. Sprouts is the only place I know of locally that sells them. They're blue and brown, the shells are extremely thick, often have feathers stuck on them, and they're $8 a dozen (and have been all through the shortages and everything, the price has never gone up or down). The yolks are so dark especially in the summer it's astonishing.

Absolutely right on Kerrygold, in my experience. Nothing else I've bought has come close.
> vehicles became limited by stability and control

...I have never heard anyone talk about "stability" or "control" when talking about racing technology.

> Today, power is limited for most racing classes and everybody is focused on downforce and traction.

Downforce/aero is traction and most of the jostling (and cheating) has been around aero for fifty years or so; for example, adjustable suspension for minimum ground clearance at any time and to prevent sudden loss of downforce when going over a bump.

There's a reason at one point FIA started (and still does) a limit on the time F1 teams can spend in the wind tunnel. That allotment of time based on team standing. Other racing series, typically ones with production car bodies where aero options and budgets are more limited, will use intake restrictor plates and/or weight penalties.

"Power" is not limited, engine specs are; intake, displacement, stroke, layout, induction or not, and so on. There is a distinction, because, for example, some teams started using intake scoops and doing things like changing the engine fuel mapping based off vehicle speed (as F1 engine are metered via speed-velocity, not via airflow sensors.)
Humans overrun all habitats, ruining previously nice areas like California. Building more housing only exacerbates the breeding problem. For that reason, I disagree with including the fertility rate. Good for 401Ks but terrible for living, and the planet.
Its now widely accepted there is only one species:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42421559

I grew up in New Zealand thinking blue bottles and man-o-war's were different.
That would indeed be the way if they would pay for all of that; often it also has to be cheap and fast. It happens with buildings and bridges too, but somewhat less as broken software feels less urgent (as it normally doesn't cause immediate death).
Well now I know what I’m sinking time into this Christmas break!
yes it works the same but for example in vim you do 'delete-inner-word' rather than `inner-word-delete`. The selection first model allows you to see what you are going to affect before you perform some verb on it.
That's heavy. If you're willing to share, I'm curious to hear more. Like when did you have kids, when did they get their hands on phones, how did it progress?

My own kids are still too young for this to be an issue, and I'm encouraged to see more and more collective action to delay or restrict smartphones and social media, so I feel like we have a chance. I've said before that people who had kids 5-10 years before me (say, 2005-2010) seem to have suffered the worst of it, totally caught off guard by the smartphone and social media boom.
Mechanochromic Palettes of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Signaling
It's anecdotal and subjective but I go see many rock bands and good ones always have 4, 3 or 2 people :shrug:
In this case they don't want to.
I don't know how exactly you define reproductive rights, but there are plenty of examples where politicians have tried to force women into giving birth to more children.

* Nazi Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensborn

* Russia is moving in that direction today https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-bans-child-free-...

* I am sure there is something behind Catholic ban on contraception that can be traced to this as well
No. Paper and handwriting is great.
I saw an orchestra once or twice. We're talking about rock music here.

I've seen bigger bands but they suck in comparison.
The evidence is that work from home is more economical for firms.

I see a study from Stanford (by Nicholas Bloom) that gets trotted to show lowered productivity due to WFH.

However, on the narrower issue of Hybrid, Bloom’s work doesn’t find any productivity loss, https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/06/hybrid-work-is-a-w...

Other studies show productivity losses from remote work, ranging from 4% to 18%.

Yet another study shows that commute time saved finds it way back to employers, resulting in increased productivity, or stable productivity.

However, firms which can manage WFH, based on current data, should have an economic advantage.

I could be wrong, and I will change my views if so.

Edit: Sources

NY FED: finds a 4% reduction. Adverse selection accounted for 2/3rd of the observed effect.

https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/staff...

Time savings:

https://bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/research-summary/time-savin...

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2c -

I sincerely doubt most people who are in the workforce have ever handled a 40 person raid.

People are going to be better at remote work, the more you work in such an environment. So I suspect efficiency gains are lower than what they will be.
C++ has ASAN, valgring, and other checkers to wrestle with.
If you need a chorus, sounds like you don't have conviction. Want to lay it out?

You comment a lot on UFO posts, right? What's your primary interest? Ruling out NHI as a cause? Why? Personal or professional reasons?
He also appears immensely intelligent, motivated and kind, which makes for great content. I'm glad I discovered his channel here in the past.
Can someone explain what this is? It says its a community, so is it forum? But if it is than what does it mean by installing it? Or is it a forum software that anyone can install on one of the compatible platforms to start a new community?
On edge?
Pretty much. You either do every calculation symbolically, or you need a full-blown computer for numeric methods.
There's the opposite trend too, wherein the risk-takers who are willing to uproot themselves from their traditional societies and forge new lives in a new world are not particularly devoted to tradition.

And even when they are, there's the secondary trend where their children have little connection to that old world and are enamored by the new one they've grown up in.

The big exception I see to this is among asylum groups who start new lives not for ambition or adventure or hope, but out of fear and necessity, sometimes entirely against their will.

And though my Western guilt hates to restate it, the assimilation-adverse trend seems to be strongest among strict adherents to Islam.
Some of this won’t apply to the 400 because it’s in a case but…

They’re cheap. If you want to play around with another OS or something you don’t have to risk your main computer. You can also run them 24 seven even if your main computer is a laptop that you turn off or move from location to location. The Pi can just sit there. Also great if you’re gonna put it somewhere it might get damaged like outside for a project. It’s something happens you won’t lose too much money.

They are a known quantity. Sure there are lots of little x86 boxes but everyone knows exactly what’s on a Pi 7B++. That means pre-configured images for lots of Linux and BSD flavors and probably other things. Plus you can write your own OS!

Lots of expansion stuff is available too in the form of hats, on top of the built in I/O.

All the above gives it a big community. If you need help with a project or want to find out how to do something there are people and parts ready to help you.

Of course it’s quite efficient. I have a tiny GMKTek computer but it uses quite a bit more power IIRC. Need to run it off a battery or solar power? That’s very useful.

Until the clone boards started to show up wasn’t it also basically the easiest and cheapest way to get a modern ARM computer at all?

I’m not sure it’s a silver bullet for anything. But it’s a decent option for a lot of things especially.
And how do they do that? Be very specific.
An interesting question, actually. It feels like they can be a good teaching tool, compared to calculators.
It is imperative in certain editors that you fumble for the mouse whilst in vi one can simply declare 3ff to get to the third f on the line. Granted, I mostly do not use certain editors, and accidentally compiled mouse click support out of the terminal—brushing the trackpad risked spamming programs with mouse noise, and some programs would sometimes do silly things with it. The mouse is fine for focusing terminals, I guess. (No, not vim, vi.)
I’m very flattered that this tool think I’m in my 30s. Otherwise, not a lot of surprises. Yes smartphones encode GPS data and timestamps into EXIF.
I didn't know what they do is even allowed. You don't seem to have an option to deny all without paying. If you go to the settings, one of them is forced to be allowed to submit.
I uploaded a photo of some damage I found on my chimney because of bad flashing, and it was surprisingly insightful. Although, it said my house was dilapidated and neglected. Hey man, fuck you.

Anyways, I’m pretty skeptical on most AI shit, but using it to help steer me in the right direction with home repair actually sounds pretty compelling considering how it’s nearly impossible to find contractors who aren’t full of shit, affordable, and actually show up.
Damn, I should get my smartphone out of the bag and start using it, and develop a TikTok habit. Then I can put it away again, and my productivity will double!

Which is to say that I find this claim highly unlikely. You're very lucky to have such immense latent productivity that was just waiting for the smartphone dam to burst.
I have a hard time understanding why programmers so much want to be called software engineers. Lawyers don't want to be called contract engineers. Writers don't want to be called text engineers. Film directors don't want to be called movie engineers. The industry has a long way to go for sure, but maybe it's not to become better engineers but to better understand that they aren't engineers after all.
A venv does not actually install a different Python interpreter. It's bound to the Python version that created it. You cannot make a Python 2.7 venv using a Python 3 interpreter. You need Python 3.10 to create a Python 3.10 venv.

There are plenty of situations where the Python interpreter version matters. As a non-exhaustive list, you have libraries that compile code, non-Python languages that link to cpython, build scripts that do different things depending on wheel/setup/other-bundled-stuff, Python code that uses removed compat shims like importlib-metadata...

If you haven't run into one of those situations yet, congratulations. I've been through this already, and making a reproducible environment does require first installing a pinned version of the Python interpreter and THEN setting up a venv using that particular interpreter.
Get a metal or glass straw and keep it in the car. They're trivial to clean and a million times better feel than a cardboard straw.
Not to sound like an Islamophobe…

Proceeds to sound like an Islamophobe.

I’d suggest extrapolating a bit. It’s not an issue with Muslims, it’s an issue with strict adherence to a religious code.

Visit Williamsburg in New York or rural Pennsylvania and you’ll find other religions that are painfully incapable of integrating (Orthodox Jews and the Amish, respectively).
OpenStreetMap Is Down
> Every contrived "benefit" of fertility is actually a benefit of having a sufficiently large working population, not of rotely making new babies.

I disagree. First, people are good in and of themselves. Second, while immigration is great, the health of a culture requires some endogenous replenishment.
Syncthing, python face_recognition [1], a static gallery (sigal [2]), and a few lines of bash and its fully automatic. I can even share links with family.

[1] https://github.com/ageitgey/face_recognition

[2] https://github.com/saimn/sigal
There’s not a single ranking that makes sense if you keep tiny countries in the list. Too many outliers.
Copy, Paste, Invert, Forget (2011) [pdf]
This seems flawed.

The author claims fertility is important but there's not a single mention of immigration. Why does this matter? Because it's the only thing holding up the US population growth [1].

Another issue: Israel tops this metric but its economy is in a dire state [2].

Lastly, there's no consideration here given to wealth inequality, at least not directly. It matters. South Korea has the lowest birth rate of any country in the world (~0.7 children per woman). South Korea is dying. Why? There are lots of reasons but a big one is that it's so expensive to raise children in South Korea as well as all the expectations placed on South Korean women.

You notice this with other countries that rank highly, like Qatar, which has a relatively small native population who are quite wealthy but a huge underclass of migrant labourers.

[1]: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/1-source-us-population-growth...

[2]: https://theconversation.com/israel-11-months-of-war-have-bat...
Child birth and money are typically negatively correlated.

My gut reaction is that Israel comes out on top here, because they have an extremely religious minority that likes to have babies, but also a less religious faction that acts the same way most developed economies do (dont have as many babies but work a lot). Its kind of unusual to have both in the same country. However i think that underlines how stupid a metric this is, as that is probably bad for long term ecconomic success.