skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Lofving said Brösche told her about her time in custody — and a particularly difficult nine-day period in what amounted to solitary confinement in a CBP holding cell.

> “She says it was like a horror movie,” Lofving said. “There were people screaming from the rooms all around. They are feeding her through a little mailbox hole. She didn’t have a blanket, she didn’t have a pillow. It’s basically a yoga mat on the ground and a toilet on the corner.”

> Spending that many days in one of CBP’s short-term detention facilities appears to be a violation of the agency's own internal detention standards, which, “generally limit detention in these facilities to 72 hours,” according to a 2023 report from the Office of Inspector General.

> Inspectors conducted unannounced inspections of four short-term facilities in San Diego and El Centro. They found that of the 447 migrants detained in all four stations, 42% of them exceeded the 72-hour standard, with some being there for more than 20 days.

If nothing else, I think it's obvious that most people can't sleep under circumstances like that. After 9+ days of those conditions, you find it at all surprising that she broke?

I find those conditions to be morally repugnant. And frankly, I find attempts at justifying them equally repugnant.
Is that SQLite with default settings? There are a few tunables for SQLite like mmap_size and page_size which help in most situations: https://sqlite.org/mmap.html (as well as journal_mode=wal)
Svelte 5 does a great job of raising warnings for this. You try to use an onclick on a div you get warning to make it tab-able and give it an aria role, and a reccomendation that you should probably be using a button.
I like the snide comment that implies the Australian government does not have a clue about the consequences of their policies, let alone any idea whatsoever how to verify age without government ID. The Australia politicians are the laughing stock of the world and that's a pretty competitive arena lately!
Location: Remote, Europe

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Technologies: Gamedev, AI, Web3. Python, C++, NodeJS, TypeScript, Swift.

Résumé/CV: https://www.acpul.org/cv

Email: web3future ? protonmail ?? com !
Ah yes the migration boogieman. migrants are simultaneously uneducated and abusing the welfare system, but also take away people's jobs and push up house prices so that "ordinary" people can't afford houses anymore. Never mind that those accusations are contradictory.
According to this article, 200,000 kids are injured every year on the playground, and 15 die. I definitely romanticize some the past, but as with most things, it's probably mostly romantic.

https://www.brainline.org/article/playground-safety

In a lot of ways, I think the things outlined in the article, especially risk taking, are more mental than physical. You can be risk averse on that old metal gear and risk taking on the new plastic stuff.

But some of the descriptions, what fun is a slide that overheats? Who cares about the romantic notion that some kid might get burnt.

Some of that doesn’t even look fun, unlike the like giant wood labyrinths of the eighties, those I miss.

https://wjbq.com/wooden-playgrounds-maine/
I guess the same question was raised before the Korean War and the Vietnam War

and it was also get downvoted

I have to say, americans love wars, it's some kind of american spirit

wars made american great, wars will make american great again
Slightly orthogonal...

In my Sciter, that uses QuickJS (no JIT), instead of JIT I've added C compiler. That means we can add not just JS modules but C modules too:

import * as cmod from "./cmodule.c"

Such cmodule will be compiled and executed on the fly into native code. Idea is simple each language is good for specific tasks. JS is flexible and C is performant - just use right tool that is most optimal for a task.

c-modules play two major roles: FFI and number crunching code execution.

Sciter uses TCC compiler and runtime.

In total size of QuickJS + TCC binary bundle 500k + 220k = 720k.

For the comparison: V8 is of 40mb size.

https://sciter.com/c-modules-in-sciter/
https://sciter.com/here-we-go/
I think this is responding to the wrong comment.
Yes, explicitly piling up under wind turbines. This was in the Western Ghats in India and my mother was sickened - (she used to be a regular trekker before Covid). I didn't initially believe her either. Btw, they were so effective as bird killers that wind-turbines were even acknowledged officially as "top predator". They change ecology drastically within a couple of years.

“Our central discovery is that wind turbines can act as top predators, by reducing the density and activity of birds, their prey are now released from the typical level of predation. This release causes a range of changes in lizards,” explained Dr Maria Thaker of Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science

https://iisc.ac.in/wind-farms-are-the-new-top-predator-in-th...
It's not risky to stay on the sidelines when the market is so overvalued. This is what Warren Buffet is doing. Regardless of what you think of him, he is more sophisticated than we are. Hindsight is 20/20. The market also drops every 5-10 years by 30-50%. If you take a 50% loss even once, your money has to work way harder just to get you back to where you were before. I mean, you need to double your money to recover from a 50% downfall, which is way harder than you think and prone to another major drop. Therefore, it is worth exercising some caution in your investments. If returns look too good to be true, they probably are.
Is it more expensive per mile though with all things considered?
The iOS Mail app has gotten so bad. It shows errors for no reason whatosover. The other day I typed a message and hit sent (and status showed all synced) but it was not sent and not even in draft.

Any recommendations for an alternative?
I wonder if they don’t really believe we’d come to defend them regardless of the incentives, at this point. In that case, might as well try to avoid the tariffs.

I think the Ukraine situation already signaled that to Taiwan.

Ultimately, China won't invade as long as Taiwan plays its cards right. China wants to retake Taiwan without firing a single shot and then quickly re-integrate Taiwan. As long as Taiwan doesn't do anything to provoke China like inviting Nancy Pelosi or voting in more pro-independence politicians.

I actually think these events decreases the chance of a Chinese invasion but increases the chance of a peaceful reunification because the Taiwanese government will look to rely less on the US and positive impression of the US is decreasing in Taiwan.
It looks huge! How the hell do you commute on that thing? Can't imagine lane filtering on it.

Edit: 855mm wide, 1675mm wheelbase, weighs like a 1000cc adventure bike (clearly bottom-heavy, though). That's one Goldwing of a scooter.
Thank you for introducing me to cyanrip. Rare to see a ripper that supports HDCD and doesn’t require me to decode them manually with ffmpeg.
those gasoline taxes currently pay for roads. and EVs put more strain on roads due to their increased weight.
I'm not from or in the US, but I was mildly hopeful about the Taiwan situation when Marco Rubio was made part of the administration, as he seems to care more about the Pacific than Trump does. I think it's still a bit too early for defeatism.
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Remote: Yes, but some time in an office would be nice
Willing to relocate: Yes, I'd like that
Technologies: Golang, Python, C++
Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XhSKk9FijlrP8jhbEVrBs5TG9dXe6f4wt9vnPBWclnY/edit
Email: todormihai [at] gmail [dot] com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtodor
GitHub: https://github.com/mihaitodor

Hey everyone, I am a mid-career Software Engineer seeking research assistant / academic /
industry opportunities in computational biology which can help me gain domain knowledge.

I would like to explore topics such as cancer immunotherapy, genome engineering, epigenetic clocks and the underlying mechanisms of biological ageing. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you're interested in bouncing around project ideas or starting a collaboration.
Also, with time, we can make effort to decarbonize the production chain of EVs. With ICE vehicles, they reject carbon and there are only so many micro-adjustments we can do.
And comine with the session features that @rogerbinns mentioned. Feels resilient.
> I wish there were better ways to align incentives here.

I have a crazy idea that might work to hold organizations accountable if they never get anything done.
I mean.. at least system settings are in one place on OSX instead of scattered between the control panel, new system settings thing, and a few other spots.
If we give them the doubt of benefit: TSMC is just appeasing Trump and will delay the actual investment as much as possible.

If we face the reality: Taiwan is a vassal state. The decision makers are simply owned by the US.
Other people have documented Herbert's obsession with the californian ecology movement and dune re-establishment. I think he took things happening in small scale and used them as filler/detail to a story he wanted to tell in large scale.
Not everyone has a big American kitchen where you can try new appliances and not worry about space. I've been thinking about getting an air fryer but it's not an easy decision because I'd have to remove something else that I use; and I know others in the same position.

It wouldn't replace the toaster, because that fits on the windowsill and an air fryer would not.
Trademarks are for certain product or service categories not blanket economy wide
SEEKING WORK
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Remote: Yes, but some time in an office would be nice
Willing to relocate: Yes, I'd like that
Technologies: Golang, Python, C++
Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XhSKk9FijlrP8jhbEVrBs5TG9dXe6f4wt9vnPBWclnY/edit
Email: todormihai [at] gmail [dot] com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtodor
GitHub: https://github.com/mihaitodor

Hey everyone, I am a mid-career Software Engineer seeking research assistant / academic /
industry opportunities in computational biology which can help me gain domain knowledge.

I would like to explore topics such as cancer immunotherapy, genome engineering, epigenetic clocks and the underlying mechanisms of biological ageing. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you're interested in bouncing around project ideas or starting a collaboration.
Right now is a very interesting moment in that the future is crystal clear and yet so many people of all persuasions don't want to accept it for so many different reasons

* The USA is going to claw back whatever economic largesse it has granted to the rest of the world, and ultimately renege on many of its security guarantees, with the underlying reason being that it can no longer afford to be world police and pay for all its entitlements

* This is a net relative win for the US economically because once it claws back what it needs, it has a better ability to "go it alone" than any other country in the world. US stocks will continue to be the best buys out there

* Ergo we are looking at another American century, or perhaps some kind of isolationist/Cold War-esque type of century since American political influence will decline, but China and Russia's colossal demographic problems will hinder them from making any serious bids for dominance

Objectively - it looks like another American century, but one where the whole world is diminished due to global collapse in the birth rate, and some nations are just less diminished than others (unless I am severely underestimating the impact of automation and AI)

And yes, many people will be unhappy, and there will be more war, and globalization has peaked
Location: Chennai, India

Remote: For position outside India, yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:

Embedded Systems: Microcontroller Programming (ARM Cortex-M4), Peripheral Interaction, Real-Time Concepts, Debugging

Rust Embedded Ecosystem: cargo, probe-rs, embedded-hal, Embassy, BSP, HAL, PAC

Software Development: ML, OOPS, Software Design Patterns, DSA

Programming Languages: Rust, Python, C/C++\*

Tools: Git, JIRA, Agile Methodologies, Debuggers

Résumé/CV: [GDrive Link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xUxR6b8ijmzj1OThsZXmQ24BkyO...)

Email: anuranjan[dot]career[at]gmail[dot]com
If the democrats get enough votes in the house and senate, I imagine they’ll swiftly kick him and hopefully vance out.

For that to happen, the US economy will need to collapse (likely, given the tariffs, dismantling of governments, alienation of all trade partners, and multiple incoming pandemics, including measles, bird flu and ebola).

However, the US will have to be a democracy in 12-24 months, and all of Trump’s actions suggest he thinks that’s unlikely.
Reminds me of this [relevant xkcd](https://xkcd.com/1095/)
i just dont understand why pollies continue to try implement age and verification policies, and always try to use the "think of the children" argument.

Nobody wants it. It's a form of control on the internet that i would not desire. I don't care about preventing any harm, because the said harm doesn't get prevented in the first place, and new harm is placed on me!

Therefore, anyone in their right mind ought to completely oppose any sort of verification scheme on the internet. If you want verification, get the customer to pay a nominal amount via credit card - that is as far as it ought to be allowed to go. Any further, which includes demanding by law for verification, should not be allowed.
I've been selfhosting my email for around 3 decades. Currently hosting for free thanks to Oracle Cloud's generous always free resources. Running Wireguard there, then it routes ports I've designated over Wireguard to my home machine.
and that is the correct solution. Verification is not required on the internet.
There's nothing stopping anybody from forking the code and maintaining it--you can just do things.

But, I would ask...was the excommunication of Eich worth it, all things considered? Have we learned anything?
Svelte is the only framework I have come across that is actually tackling the problem of front end bloat and I love it
They only need to make this appear real for 4, maybe 2 years, and can then reevaluate.

I'd guess they looked at their options and decided this was the best hedge.
What type of help are you expecting?
I'm not an expert but I think that the compiler requires the exact class on insertion so at use it's just a check.
In the TV space, there's been, for 30 years (and mandatory in all new TVs in the US for the past 25), the V-Chip [1], which was specifically designed to be able to let parents disable viewing of inappropriate content. So it's not like the government hasn't gone down this path before.

I suspect the issue is that the user-side voluntary disabling of access means that--like with the V-Chip--almost no one will go about doing it, and that for many of the people trying to push for porn site restrictions, the side effect of forcing porn sites to close down is actually a desirable effect.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-chip
Alot more parallels than that

Starks = Atreides, Ned = Leto, Catelyn / Sansa = Lady Jessica, Paul = Jon/Robb, Duncan Idaho = Benjen, Gurney = Aemon Targaryen / Jorah Mormont, Chani = Ygritte / Arya, Jamis = Tormund, Dr. Yueh = Littlefinger

Lannisters = Harkonnens, Tywin = Baron Vladimir, Joffrey / Jaime = Feyd / Rabban (to some degree, traits are mixed between these characters)
More industrial robots are built and sold in China than anywhere else in the world. This is an intentional choice, the government knows their working age population is shrinking. They will race to automation before their demographic dividend is finished paying out.

To note, the US has no robotics foundries, and already is experiencing labor shortages today.

https://itif.org/publications/2024/03/11/how-innovative-is-c...
> it has a better ability to "go it alone" than any other country in the world

Except the rest of the world doesn't need to go it alone.
Could these help with field curvature as well? To make the focal plane more, uh, planar?
Counterpoint they literally already did that and we weren’t less racist in the 60s and 70s. Personally I don’t think Trump would defend Taiwan but I object to such a disregard of history.
SEEKING WORK | Europe | Remote

I'm a freelance consultant specializing in document processing.

Currently building an app that extracts key information from PDFs and automatically highlights the source text for each extracted data point, allowing users to easily verify the accuracy of the extracted information.

I can help with:

- LLMs, RAG, Structured Extraction
- Data extraction from PDF documents
- OCR projects
- Table detection/recognition
- Document classification
- Document splitting
- PDF workflow automation

Email: superdocsio@gmail.com

Web: https://superdocs.io
I wish they were half as heavy with 1/4 the range. Lightest ones are still like 10kg+?
> He also said,

This can easily be explained by wide application of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion in the bibles.
Ok, give me access to a subdomain I control and I’m phoning home and there’s no way you can restrict mysubdomain.foo.com/phonehome vs mysubdomain.foo.com/normal - and even if you tried to do path restrictions, I can arbitrarily side-channel phoning home with normal access (which by the way you can’t unless you’re sniffing the encrypted HTTP session somehow).

Also imagine you are trying to run a browser. It’s implicitly going to be able to perform arbitrary network access and there’s no way you can restrict it from phoning home asides from trying to play whackamole blocking access to specific subdomains you think are it’s phone home servers.

That’s why I said “semantic” capabilities aren’t a thing and I’m not aware of anyone who’s managed to propose a workable system.
Luigi Mangione pressed his back against a cold alley wall.
His breath — short, sharp bursts.
The air reeked of burning plastic, the city choking on its own rot.

Overhead, a drone hovered, sweeping the streets with infrared scanners.

The Board’s Enforcers had every corner of this city under their boot.

Facial recognition. Neural ID trackers. AI-powered predictive policing.
Every system designed to erase men like him before they ever got this far.

But tonight?

Another billionaire was going to die.

Luigi checked his pulse pistol — one charge left.
Enough.
He didn’t need firepower. He needed precision.

Across the street, a penthouse loomed above the slums like a golden temple of the untouchable.
That’s what The Board thought.
That’s what they all believed.

That wealth was power.
That the system would keep them safe.

They were wrong.

A name burned in Luigi’s mind.
The next target…

Elon Musk.

—

Until next time,
Anton
Dancer, Writer, Buddhist.

P.S. Permission to Be Powerful is a reader-supported publication. If you enjoyed this, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber to support my work and get more exclusive content
China was also, in slightly crude terms, an underdeveloped and weak country in 1987. Japan was right next door and an absolutely massive economic powerhouse that eclipsed China. Japan's GDP was nearly 10x China's at the time.

The US had military bases in the Philippines at the time. They did and still have military bases in Japan. Taiwan was right in the pincers of the US, and China, having all the power and development of a mid-tier African country, would have no hope of taking the country without absolutely massive losses and possibly collapsing their government.

Now China is undoubtedly the most powerful country in Asia, in terms of both military strength and economic power. They could blockade Taiwan, fire a few missiles in strategic spots, and fight a war of attrition against the import-dependent island without having to put a single boot on the ground.

Ukraine made protection guarantees with the west in exchange for giving up a key aspect of its defense (nuclear weapons). Russia had collapsed and people assumed they weren't a major threat anymore. Now Ukraine has nothing to wield against Russia and the US is saying "Give us your minerals, and not in exchange for defense. Just give us your resources." Russians are dying by the thousands but their leadership still considers it worth the cost.

Now imagine the Chinese government. They see Taiwan giving the US government their most valuable resources. They see the US government having no interest in helping countries that they've partnered with for decades. They realize they don't have to shove tens of thousands into a meat grinder to get what they want. They realize that the one thing Taiwan could wield to make the world support their cause (chips and the risk of the global tech industry falling into chaos should manufacturing be interrupted) might be moved outside their borders. Not taking advantage of this opportunity would be China ignoring a huge sign that says "It's free real estate."
> Did you read a Donald Trump tweet? Because no reputable source has ever said wind turbines are a major risk to birds.

I don't care about Donald Trump. (How did this even become about him ?) And your second statement is laughably false as even elementary research would tell you.

Do note that there are ~100 million cats and only ~70k wind turbines, if you use US as a reference. Cats are clearly not the top-predators of birds anymore.
You could paint and drag and drop GUI elements and it would generate code for you automatically.
It's a bit late to remove mine. But if dang will remove yours, then he can remove my reply.
I would love to hear that recording, haha.
This is an interesting, if not unhinged, take. But at least it's written well.
I’d propose a slightly different reading:

“The government just tried to screw you, but they need you so you should join together in a way that when they inevitably come calling, they no longer have the power to screw you again.”

How many people have said they wished to be in the same position over things like RTO? Or employees unionizing after managerial and corporate abuse?

Once somebody proves themselves untrustworthy, it’s not wrong to protect yourself from them in the future.
I was thinking something very similar. Once you've accepted any need at all for global state the next move is to reorient to minimizing it with horizontally scalable point local state and a small targeting dataset and tiered caching system.
The memorandum also said they would provide assistance, they are not keeping that promise.
Is there a marine equivalent of amber that things can be trapped in and preserved?

Apart from ice I guess.