skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I was actually tasked with building essentially this same thing back in 2014 when I was a junior dev for a fintech startup. They needed an anonymized version of prod database suitable for support team to pull up when trying to reproduce bugs. Did this gigantic thing that would stream the db dump into a C++ app and anonymize it on the fly. Took a similar approach to their masking they do here. Fun project. Company should have productized it.
And also the Infuse app
Not even wrong, in the Pauli sense: lightness is not brightness, red is dark in terms of lightness, you're looking for chroma to be represented in lightness which would make it not-lightness. Anything different would result in color blind people seeing it differently.
Uniswap does this successfully. They share quite a lot of code between web and native, and their apps are open source. I made Tamagui, the library they use for sharing UI code, which goes much further than RNW in making this possible.
US should ban all Chinese software apps and services as long as CCP does not allow Google and Facebook to operate in China. As a matter of fact not only Google and Facebook but all the Western internet social apps and services should be allowed in China. We want equal opportunity and equal rights for business. This way it is not fair play, it is botched market economy.
So what? If you believe in liberal values (with a small l), like freedom of speech, you lead by example.
you cannot win this argument with the average person who lives in a chilly European country. it just does not compute.

there are whole important cultural lifeways related to opening and closing windows at proper times for efficient cooling and ventilation. these work really well — in Europe — and are treasured traditions.

getting people to accept AC is sort of like trying to convince the average American to go grocery shopping on a bicycle. some may accept the idea but only the most European influenced already.
Author here. It's scary for everyone at first!

I have a couple of newsletters about selling, of which this is probably my favorite: https://michaeldrogalis.substack.com/p/week-13-what-i-learne...

Happy to answer any other questions that come to mind.
> Overall, I view this is as an admission to US populace and the world that the US is a weak-minded country that can easily be influenced by propaganda.

That is quite a silly assumption to make
Weird. It's always been flaky for me, so I thought it was just the usual run-of-the-mill crappy software and that everyone just deals with it. I can't imagine what the bug might be in a 6 line shell script that just runs certbot and then restarts a bunch of services.
Yeah, I think WhatsApp in particular makes Facebook impossible to remove, but I fully expect X to get hit with a banhammer.

The bizarre episode with Elon this week really didn’t help given it appears his whims trump any sense of rules or basic decency.
Don't use Google for corporate email.
There seems to be two ways to interpret Nue:

1) This is amazing, thank you for the important contribution to the web!!
2) This is high horse / funny / sad...

I find this interesting. People can make up their mind from the link you posted.
On the single maintainer subject: I wonder if there has been precedent that a single maintainer of a library has been treatened or corrupted by a state level actor to incorporate certain code?
> I want you to find my product, compare it will full transparency to the other products, and go with mine if it best suits you. Anybody who behaves differently I immediately assume to be behaving in bad faith and is not actually confident in their product on its own merits.

Totally agree. I think this why I hated the enterprise sales dance so much -- if somebody doesn't want to buy, I don't want to sell; if they don't know what they're buying, they probably aren't the type of customer I'm looking for i.e. likely to become a support burden.
They've announced that they won't enforce the fines required by the law. But yes, selective enforcement of laws is legal — it's how prosecutorial discretion works.
And the difference is that the US government can tell them to stop doing it.
The magnitude of the attack is not comparable. One thing is being a bad actor in a network owned by someone else where you can get monitored, caught and banned. Versus owning the network completely and amplifying messages with ease at scale. The effort needed and effectiveness of the attack is extremely different.
Why do you care if your car gets stolen when people in China get their cars stolen every day? Well because they are taking something away from me
One thing I haven't seen mentioned in here is the ornamental planting of non-native plants all over LA, like eucalyptus which is highly flammable, as opposed to the native coastal oak, which is not. All those iconic, non-native palm trees are fire hazards.
having trouble finding articles about this but there is a common associated mental illness https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/women-who-claim-to-have...

at least in the facebook groups i have seen, this ^ describes the majority of participants
If we banned all Chinese business with America, America would hurt a lot more than China. Our plutocracy made sure of that fact decades ago.

I care becsuse I hate hypocrisy. Simple as that. They'll sweep Russian activity under the rug as long as it's done in an American website. This mindset clearly isn't results oriented.
No one is deleting data. You just can't run the app in the US anymore. If someone cares to archive this junk, they can just do it from Australia or wherever.
still not as bad as 25 years of wars in the Middle East.

I would take those subtle means over the blatant invading that America has been doing.
As a Chinese grown up within the Great Firewall, now I began to really feel all the hypocrisy around the matter of "freedom of Internet". It seems the block of Facebook and Twitter in China is surely justified at the very begining, for the same "national security" grounds. China have exactly the same amount of reason to believe the US is stealing data or propelling propaganda by social network.

It seems there are indeed things that can override citizen's free choice even in the "lighthouse of democracy and freedom", and CCP didn't make a mistake for building the firewall. My need to use Shadowsocks to use Google instead of Baidu or some other crap was simply a collateral damage.

Of course, the Chinese censorship is way more intensive, but this act makes a dangerous precedent.
This should be applied to all social media.
It seems pretty bold to assume that Google, Facebook, Amazon, X, etc aren't adversaries. Foreign or otherwise.
China can show favorable political content to America and American youth.

American culture has been such an influencing force on the world due to our conduits, movies and music. TikTok is a Chinese conduit, and I do believe this is happening. Our culture can be co-opted, the Chinese had John Cena apologize to ALL of China. They can easily pay to have American influencers spin in a certain way, influencing everything.
It does, actually https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/lawsregulations/201911/20...
I thought this too, but I think there's a new law for this as well:
"In a bipartisan measure, the House of Representatives unanimously pass a bill designed to protect the private information of all Americans by prohibiting data brokers from transferring that information to foreign adversaries such as China"
https://allen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=...
How about a permanent ban from collecting it in the first place? And you can apply that to the rest of them, while you're at it.

> The five-year ban prohibits G.M. from sharing information about individual drivers, but it can still share anonymous data about people’s driving with third parties, such as road safety researchers.

I know Kashmir Hill knows better than to believe in the fairy tale of "anonymous data".
Another sign of it not having done well is that they re-released a bunch of Wii U games on Switch - for example, Mario 3D World and Mario Kart 8.
hey, I made that! I wish the environment adjust was used, but it's not. Tone in HCT is ""just"" the L* criticized in the article (opinionated comment on that here, TL;DR: talking about color sucks, lightness/brightness are loaded terms, and the article is off-base due to it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42738943)
US-made missiles are blowing stuff up inside Russia because Russia invaded a treaty partner who gave up their nukes in exchange for a security alliance with the US. And yet Russian apps are in our app stores. Nobody needs to imagine.
Why is it an issue?
> Daz1: Conveniently you selected pre-technology examples. How curious.

> forgotoldacc: Technology has been around for hundreds of thousands of years. What are you defining as "technology"?

I think he meant "industrial".
Eliza: First AI chatbot has been resurrected after decades
Sure, but parent's argument was focused on ad revenue and wondering why TikTok chose to forego that revenue ( which presumed that most US entities would bend to such demand, but failed to consider non financial considerations ).

edit:

<< Go post an LGBT meme or refer to Lai Ching-te as the "President of Taiwan" on Red Note and see how long that lasts.

China does not pretend to give lipservice to freedom of speech. US does. That is why its population needs to hold its government accountable.
If US wants to imitate China, they should imitate its industry not its restrictions to freedoms.

The ideal world order isn't the one where Chinese can't find out what happened on Tiananmen square and Americans can't find out what happened in Gaza. That's a very shitty arrangement and I am shocked that the Americans are picking that as their future.
I don't think your freedom of speech is being curtailed by not being able to watch funny videos or propaganda on an app. TikTok also isn't an American company. Foreign companies have always been subject to U.S. regulations and laws that differ from the rights of American-owned businesses, as it should be and will continue to be.

But don't worry either way. It'll be wildly popular for Trump to save TikTok and he does really well on the platform so it'll be saved.
For some reason I can't reply to "luddit3" below you. But he should check a list of countries that started the most wars and invasions in the last 150 years and which one tops it easily.
That page has more substantive comments. Your comment should be at the top here.
For sure. I just really like the SL!

Currently have a 2012 C350 Coupe that I love to death. Have had it since 2018. Fantastic car, I don’t think it spies on me too much
Email also consists of talking to a human, just fyi.
The "example" being banning things for nebulous reasons? If anything this is the US following China's lead in restricting what software their citizens can access.
I know there have been multiple complaints that a theater in my area has the volume too loud. The staff reply is that it’s supposed to be loud. Gives the “you’re listening wrong !”vibes.
1. Santa Ynez Reservoir right above Palisades was empty for the past year, depriving fire hydrants of water. (State incompetence)

2. La City defunded fire department removing 100 fire trucks from service due to maintenance. (City Incompetence)

3 Severe fire warnings reported days in advance of the fire. Rather than take precautions and position fire trucks and equipment etc as was done in the past, the Mayor flew off to Ghana. (City Incompetence, Fire Department incompetence (but partly because of cut budget)

4. Forest maintenance has been stopped. (State incompetence)

Competent management is needed or even worse can be expected in future.
Renters of cars. Was that not clear from the context? Question was whether data collection and loss of privacy on rental cars should be expected by renters of cars.
Am I just getting more grumpy in my old age or is every new framework just complete bloat ?

I wanted to give it a try, but I need to install bun, a new js runtime, okay fine, why not. Javascript needs more runtimes after all.

Then I need to install `nuekit`.. globally.. Okay...

Now I need to run an obscure command 'nue; which I didn't know I installed.
`nue create simple-blog`

Then it tells me to follow the tutorial docs, great. But I need to start writing YAML.. Losing patience now.

My relief comes when I see :

> Nue is not currently tested or developed under Windows, so use it at your own risk.

Well I guess as a Windows user I can't have a 'Standards First Web Framework'.

Think I'll stick to what actually works instead.
The Most Impressive Prediction of All Time
Thank goodness! I don’t know how anyone thinks this isn’t a good idea for America.
My representatives represent me, my country, its citizens and its government. They specifically do NOT represent foreign entities.
I am in a similar boat, from what I can tell you can disable the Gemini app here[1] but if you want to disable it in Gmail and Drive you need to have an enterprise plan then you can disable it here [2]

[1] https://admin.google.com/ac/managedsettings/47208553126
[2] https://admin.google.com/ac/managedsettings/793154499678
That's not really true. The introduction of so much extra energy into the atmosphere is going to make weather extremes worse all over the world, and harder to predict as historical models become less relevant. Large scale pattern changes like the AMOC shutting down are going to completely change many local weather patterns so that e.g. places that have little history of tornados will start having them, or places that used to be too wet for wildfires will suddenly experience them in extreme drought conditions. Despite scientists' best efforts, we're running a global experiment with no control group and predictions will only become more difficult the harder we push the system into a new state.
Of course not. He's already winning the war and "The People" have no voice in that matter.
So can Trump legally ignore this SCOTUS or not? :)
You might buy that, but I don't. Unless they can actually put forward publicly compelling evidence of a national security risk, this can only be seen as a handout to Facebook by the government. This saga just gives more evidence that the US government exists primarily to serve the interests of US's oligarch class. Aside for those oligarchs, it does nothing to serve US citizens' interests.
Just not if you're gay.
I read the transcript also, and from what I read, I don't disagree that Francisco answered competently, but he may have been given an impossible task. The law was upheld, as I suggested the justices were leaning towards. I didn't see the decision being unanimous, but that's the way it came down.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-17/tiktok-ba...
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If you block the road with your car, then you can be sued for damages in many jurisdictions.
I'd go get a pro rackmount compressor on Ebay first

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=audio+compressor

I had fond memories of using one at the KTEK college radio station where I was (first) the public relations officer and (later) the engineer. I was told we got it so that amateur DJs wouldn't saturate the transmitter. When I told my high school physics teacher (a classical music audiophile) about it I got a sharp talking to about how it hurts audio quality. Today I know it was an early shot in "the loudness wars".

(If you're listening in a car or other noisy environment, dynamic range is a bug and not a feature, however.)

6-channels would be enough for the typical 5.1 system but the "stereo" label on that expensive box makes it seem like it wouldn't do the right thing for home theater, where I think you'd want to reduce the gain in all 6 of the channel by the same amount.
An EU controlled app would be allowed in the US as none of them are foreign adversaries.
I live near some accountants for the city government, so maybe my viewpoint is skewed by the pace of public work. Then again, a lot of jobs can have long hours and most jobs have lower pay than tech.
This is exactly why China controls the internet and any company with a presence there.
Domestic based social media platforms can be pressured to comply with demands such as the DOJ's investigation into Russia's 2016 disinformation campaign on Facebook. Likewise social media platforms based in a foreign adversary would be pressured to comply with demands of that foreign adversary.
I am still surprised by how often this is a problem
A significant mis-step - naively eschewed actual lightness, the thing that dictates what people actually perceive, because people outside the field regularly conflate brightness and lightness.
Did they really "cash" in on it? When I saw the prior articles on GM it sounded like a very minor revenue stream that did not scratch their overall revenue from vehicle sales.
FYI, the place to put such a device is definitely not between the amplifier and the speaker. You want it on the audio input to the amplifier.

Unfortunately modern receivers have preamps that do a ton of digital decoding, input switching and other stuff, making the audio signal between the preamp and the amp impossible to get to. That leaves you with receiver features like night mode, as suggested by others.
What's consideration in EULA?

As I interpret I don't think Swedish consumer contract law allows what you describe to matter anyway, and since the GDPR requires free consent it becomes more dubious, so obvious dataintrång.
The People chose to use TikTok as their free press. The US government has banned a tool The People were using for speech. The government utilized a specious argument of "security" in denying The People to their free press comprised of TikTok. The government provided zero evidence of national security being compromised. If anything, the US government has called into question how they are using data from US-based social media companies such that we may now expect reprisals from all around the world - maybe that's what they wanted?
Slay. No Cap, Fanum Tax that Skibidi.
The court addresses that directly, and every member of it, despite agreeing on little else, disagrees with you.
Are you aware of this Wikipedia page? [0]
I think you should motivate why you believe that what is described in that page should not be called "constitution". Or articulate why you believe that thing does not exist. Or at least motivate your statement. Where does it come from?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_China
To me, the problem is “productivity culture” and the often projected idea/belief that a tool or system will make you productive.

Over the years, I’ve come to look at tools in this category this way:

1. If you’re struggling to get things done and especially if you don’t know where to start, productivity tools aren’t the solution.

2. But if you’re extremely busy and are having a hard time managing your workload, tools can be a godsend.

The “crap” part is the myriad of productivity influencers selling their particular system and the people who follow those systems like some kind of religion. This crowd often projects the idea that you just need to organize things to get unstuck.

But getting unstuck is a whole other ball of wax. Tools might help in some circumstances, but also might just be a huge distraction. Often the truly best approach is just to start.

Bottom line: use productivity tools to tame the chaos, assist your particular brain, etc. Don’t use these tools thinking they’re going to get you out of a rut or solve your procrastination problem.
OP said he "Runs operations for an enterprise API". My guess is that they are running a team that manages an infrastructure platform which developers in their org target. My guess is that this involves a team which manages deployments to multiple clouds / regions / data centers, some load balancing configuration, etc. using some software like Akana or some IBM product.
I can only imagine how good he is a teacher.

Back in 2019, a group of students was organizing a week of computer science in my university (IME-USP) and they were collecting suggestions. I suggest to bring Roberto to talk something about Lua without hope that the suggestion would be accepted and that he would come. And when I checked the schedule I saw that he would present in that week.

Not only that, the day before his presentation the professors of our department arranged an informal conversation with him, and I was there. Lua is probably one of software projects that I admire the most due to it has been created to solve a problem and that solves it well, without trying to be more than that. Seeing Roberto speaking about it so close was really a memorable moment.
> What is the point of freedom of speech and freedom of press when we can just shut down any apps not touting the mono-party lines?

I agree with you, and wouldn't agree with a TikTok ban either if it affected me.

But how does that change anything about what I wrote?
But Highmark, the parent organization, is still a non profit.

So? The Mozilla Foundation is non-profit but Mozilla Corporation is for profit. They're delivering profit, just with an added layer of indirection. In this case the Highmark parent is technically a non-profit but e.g. Highmark BCBSD, the Delaware arm, is a for profit BCBS licensee.
Congress writes the law but the executive enforces the law. They can choose not to enforce the ban.
Remote Work Created a Baby Boom. Can We Keep It Up?
I work for a healthcare company, and one of the things that we have to be able to do is reproduce our software for investigations. As a result, we build static cross-compilers pointing to a small system root extracted from the distribution we're building for but targeting the same architecture we're building on. In that way we can ensure that the host system dependencies are not embedded in the built result which means we can pull our compiler and system root out of archive and run it on practically any Linux system.

We usually keep archives of the software releases (even ones that are really, REALLY old and not out in service for the most part except for refurbs of old product), but being able to rebuild them and more importantly build a fixed version targeting the OS it originally targeted is really nice.
You seem to be arguing some point completely unrelated to what I was responding to.
I agree with this sentiment. tit-for-tat, also anyone who slams into our infrastructure should pay up for the repairs and the inconvenience.
> Wouldn't the right solution be to protect the citizens from all threats, foreign and domestic?

Maybe. But there is a huge constitutional distinction between foreign and domestic threats. And the supreme court was pretty clear that the decision would be different if it didn't reside with a "foreign adversary".
Lumber is quite a bit lower quality than it used to be, because we're no longer using old-growth timber. Less dense wood burns faster, as does the laminated strand board that long ago replaced plywood (unless you're really fancy) (and toxic fire retardant treatments be damned).

The low cost of lumber is one of many things in America that don't make sense economically, but that persist because of momentum, with each generation receiving an inferior facsimile of what the previous ones knew. See also: car-centric policy (from infrastructure to gas prices) and retirement planning (pensions to IRAs to nothing).
Great twitter thread analyzing the Supreme Court decision from a former Congressional Staffer who now leads a think tank doing tech-focused policy work: https://x.com/marcidale/status/1880274466619691247
That's where tabbed thumb cuts / index notches are useful:

<https://cool.culturalheritage.org/don/dt/dt3508.html>

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb_index>

Image: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb_index#/media/File:Blacks...>

Those may be cut in, or self-applied as with index tabs:

The entire notion of a tabbed interface in the computer sense derives from index tabs:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_(interface)>