The Power of Starting Again
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Saturday, December 31, 2022
Pope Francis and world leaders pay tribute to Benedict XVI
The head of the Catholic Church pays his respects to his predecessor Benedict, who resigned from his post in 2013.
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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-4 Arsenal: Gunners extend lead to seven points
Arsenal move seven points clear at the top of the Premier League despite a second-half wobble at Brighton.
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Friday, December 30, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL
Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL
7 by ianertson | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I'm working on a scripting-language heavily inspired by Javascript and GLSL. The idea is to use this for a game engine I'm working on.
7 by ianertson | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I'm working on a scripting-language heavily inspired by Javascript and GLSL. The idea is to use this for a game engine I'm working on.
Andrew Tate: Romanian police to hold influencer for 30 days
The controversial influencer is detained in an investigation into rape and human trafficking.
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UK set to require negative Covid test for China arrivals
It is understood the decision follows concerns about data being provided by the Chinese government.
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Police arrest suspect in murder of four Idaho university students
The arrest comes six weeks after four students were found stabbed to death in their beds.
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Thursday, December 29, 2022
The moment police arrest pub shooting suspect
Police have released footage of a suspect's arrest over a pub shooting that killed Elle Edwards.
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Southwest says it will resume normal flights Friday after travel chaos
The US airline has struggled to regain its footing after a winter storm, leaving travellers stranded.
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Pele: A sporting icon who made football beautiful
The life of the man regarded by many as the finest ever player of the "beautiful game".
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Ailing Benedict presents tough decisions for Vatican
For the first time in modern history a living Pope will help bury a dead Pope.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Covid in China: Countries tighten rules as tourism set to resume
China is opening its borders after three years - but as Covid cases surge, other countries are wary.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Man, 62, dies after being hit by police car in Livingston
An investigation has begun after a pedestrian was struck by a marked police car in Livingston on Boxing Day.
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Four injured in Evesham suspected gas explosion
Properties were evacuated and four people taken to hospital after the incident in Evesham.
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Monday, December 26, 2022
Do not reduce UK's modern slavery protections, Theresa May warns
The former PM tells the BBC that Rishi Sunak should avoid creating new loopholes for criminal gangs.
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Blackpool fire crews tackle blaze near Promenade
Eight fire engines were sent to the scene and a building has partially collapsed due to the fire.
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Stars' tributes after death of actor Ronan Vibert
Kathy Burke and Richard E Grant are among the celebrity names remembering Ronan Vibert.
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Cromer Boxing Day dip makes return after two-year break
Hundreds brave the North Sea as the Cromer dip makes a welcome comeback.
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Sunday, December 25, 2022
US storm: Death toll in historic Arctic freeze rises to 24
Transport chaos and power cuts wreak havoc as much of North America shivers in blizzard conditions.
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Austria avalanche buries at least 10 people at ski resort
Helicopters and rescue teams with dogs are searching for survivors at a ski resort in western Austria.
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Doctor Who trailer drops for fans at Christmas
Russell T Davies says he wants to give fans "a lovely little Christmas present".
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Saturday, December 24, 2022
Prince Harry and Meghan criticise the Sun's Jeremy Clarkson apology
A spokesperson for the royal couple says the newspaper profited off "hate, violence and misogyny".
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Are you in business?, Rishi Sunak asks homeless man during shelter visit
The prime minister has been criticised by some Labour MPs after his chat with homeless man goes viral online.
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Friday, December 23, 2022
Zara Aleena: Family members 'completely destroyed' by murder
Zara Aleena's aunt says the family is struggling with daily life six months on from her murder.
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The Sun apologises over Jeremy Clarkson's Meghan column
The newspaper says it regrets publishing the piece, in which Clarkson said he "hated" the duchess.
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
How did President Zelensky get to Washington?
How Ukraine's president travelled out of his country for the first time since the war began.
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FTX founder released to parents on $250m bail
Prosecutors have accused Sam Bankman-Fried of "one of the biggest financial frauds in US history".
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Wednesday, December 21, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How to build F-You Skills
Ask HN: How to build F-You Skills
34 by lakevieew | 23 comments on Hacker News.
The past few months have been stressful for most people in the tech industry owing to mass layoffs everywhere. Luckily, I survived the layoffs at my company. But I was very anxious during the period it was announced and it affected my mental health quite a bit. However, on talking to a few other engineers at my company, I realized not everyone was as stressed. They are confident in their skills to get a new equivalent job which would easily support their current lifestyle, even in the current market. They have what I would call, "F-You Skills - Enough skills to know that you would never have to worry about money in your life", a spin on the more commonly known term "F-You Money" [1]. I was wondering if HN users ever think of their own skills in this context. If yes, how should one go about building these skills. To be clear, I am not talking about interviewing skills, which are also equally important. But I am more interested in technical skills that people believe will easily fetch them "decent money" [2] in any scenario in the short term future. [1] F-You Money means "Enough money to leave one's job, etc. and enjoy the lifestyle of one's choice" https://ift.tt/4bY7nLW [2] not insane money to retire early, but good enough to support their current lifestyle.
34 by lakevieew | 23 comments on Hacker News.
The past few months have been stressful for most people in the tech industry owing to mass layoffs everywhere. Luckily, I survived the layoffs at my company. But I was very anxious during the period it was announced and it affected my mental health quite a bit. However, on talking to a few other engineers at my company, I realized not everyone was as stressed. They are confident in their skills to get a new equivalent job which would easily support their current lifestyle, even in the current market. They have what I would call, "F-You Skills - Enough skills to know that you would never have to worry about money in your life", a spin on the more commonly known term "F-You Money" [1]. I was wondering if HN users ever think of their own skills in this context. If yes, how should one go about building these skills. To be clear, I am not talking about interviewing skills, which are also equally important. But I am more interested in technical skills that people believe will easily fetch them "decent money" [2] in any scenario in the short term future. [1] F-You Money means "Enough money to leave one's job, etc. and enjoy the lifestyle of one's choice" https://ift.tt/4bY7nLW [2] not insane money to retire early, but good enough to support their current lifestyle.
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney get freedom of Wrexham
Wrexham AFC's Hollywood owners are honoured for promoting the city and the club's history.
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Ambulance strike: Warning of very challenging days ahead
Thousands of paramedics, call handlers and technicians are taking action in England and Wales until midnight.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
China Covid: Five deaths under country's new counting method
China has been experiencing a surge in Covid cases after restrictions were eased earlier this month.
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Monday, December 19, 2022
Ukraine to boost Belarus border defences as Putin meets Lukashenko
Kyiv fears a fresh Russian assault is on the horizon after President Putin travelled to Minsk.
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NHS trust apologises as man kept in hospital for more than a year
The man tried to "escape" on one occasion and broke his arm in the process, a court hears.
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COP15: Five key takeaways from the UN biodiversity summit
Memorable moments from the Montreal meeting that brought a historic deal.
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Sunday, December 18, 2022
World Cup 2022: Elation in Argentina, sorrow in France - fans react
The party has only just started in Buenos Aires, but in Paris the crowds have already gone home.
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Strictly Come Dancing: Villagers celebrate Hamza Yassin's victory
Residents in the Ardnamurchan peninsula were cheering on their friend in the dance final.
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World Cup final: Watch all the goals as Argentina beat France
Watch all six goals and the decisive penalty from the shootout as Argentina beat France to win the 2022 World Cup.
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Saturday, December 17, 2022
Your pictures on the theme of 'bright lights'
A selection of striking images from our readers around the world.
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Frankie Dettori: Jockey says he will ride for one final season before retiring
Jockey Frankie Dettori announces that 2023 will be his final season after riding more than 3,300 winners in a 35-year career.
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Friday, December 16, 2022
Amazon workers in Coventry vote for strike action
More than 98% of them backed strikes after an offer of a 50p per hour pay rise, the GMB union says.
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Harry and Meghan: What's the link between stress and miscarriage?
Harry and Meghan say they lost a baby due to stress but experts say we need more miscarriage research.
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Thursday, December 15, 2022
Polish police chief in hospital after gift from Ukrainian officials explodes
A gift the officer received from a senior Ukrainian official explodes at police headquarters in Warsaw.
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How will the Scottish budget announcements affect you?
Deputy First Minister John Swinney has announced a range of tax and spending changes.
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World Cup 2022: Lionel Messi v Kylian Mbappe final - which players have dominated tournaments?
Will Argentina's Lionel Messi or France's Kylian Mbappe inspire their nation to World Cup success? BBC Sport looks at other players who have been instrumental in earlier tournaments.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Boris Johnson makes more than £1m from speeches since leaving office
The former PM's paid appearances since September include speeches in America, India and Portugal.
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Solihull: Six-year-old boy who fell into icy lake dies
The six-year-old becomes the fourth boy to die after being pulled from the water in Solihull.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
US charges Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors
He is accused of "orchestrating a scheme" to defraud investors in failed crypto exchange FTX.
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Avatar: The Way of Water reviews vary wildly between critics
The Way of Water is the follow-up to 2009's Avatar, the highest-grossing movie of all time.
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Monday, December 12, 2022
US immigration: 'They'd rather die than return to Nicaragua'
A record number of Nicaraguans are heading to the US as conditions worsen at home.
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Homes for Ukraine: Sponsorship ends for thousands of Ukrainians
BBC analysis finds 51,000 Ukrainians have reached the end of their six-month sponsorship in the UK.
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Strike daily: How will walkouts on Tuesday 13 December affect you?
Zoe Conway sets out what you should know about the rail strike and other strike action this week.
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Sunday, December 11, 2022
World Cup 2022: Gareth Southgate should remain England boss because he has unfinished business - Alan Shearer
Former England captain Alan Shearer says Gareth Southgate has shown he is the right man to take this exciting young team to the 2024 European Championship.
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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you protect your eyes while coding for long hours?
Ask HN: How do you protect your eyes while coding for long hours?
17 by lajosbacs | 26 comments on Hacker News.
We often spend long hours staring at a computer screen, which can take a toll on our eyes. What are some effective ways that you have found to protect your eyes during these long coding sessions? Do you have any specific techniques or strategies that you use to prevent eye strain?
17 by lajosbacs | 26 comments on Hacker News.
We often spend long hours staring at a computer screen, which can take a toll on our eyes. What are some effective ways that you have found to protect your eyes during these long coding sessions? Do you have any specific techniques or strategies that you use to prevent eye strain?
Kosovo: Roads blocked as violence between Serb protestors and police continues
Tensions between the authorities and Kosovo's Serb minority have risen in recent weeks.
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Saturday, December 10, 2022
Eva Kaili: Senior EU lawmaker arrested over alleged bribery by Gulf state
Prosecutors suspect the country tried to influence European Parliament decisions using bribery.
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Friday, December 9, 2022
Nimco Ali: Adviser to step down to avoid serving under Braverman
Nimco Ali says she's on a "completely different planet" from the home secretary during a broadcast interview.
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Ricky Gervais: There's no way James Corden stole my joke
In October, James Corden was accused of stealing a Ricky Gervais joke on The Late Late Show.
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Royal Mail: Views from both sides of the picket line
The BBC speaks to a striking worker on the picket line and someone choosing to work on strike day.
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Thursday, December 8, 2022
Is Labour really back in business?
Labour has made its latest pitch to business. Did it convince them the party is a government-in-waiting?
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Ros Atkins On... Why the UK has approved a new coal mine
The proposed mine would dig up coking coal for steel production in the UK and across the world.
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Girl band Flo win the Brits rising star award
The London-based trio follow in the footsteps of previous winners Sam Fender, Celeste and Tom Odell.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Why the government line on strikes is hardening
Ministers are stepping up the rhetoric as they prepare to mitigate the impact of industrial action.
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UUP leader criticised for 'whine like a girl' remarks
The Ulster Unionist leader is called a "disgrace to unionism" by the DUP's Edwin Poots.
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Ukraine war: Animal eye packages sent to embassies from Germany
Ukraine says bloody packages sent to its embassies bore the address of a German Tesla dealership.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Publish from GitHub Actions using multi-factor authentication
Show HN: Publish from GitHub Actions using multi-factor authentication
14 by varunsharma07 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
The backstory about this GitHub Action: I discussed with an open-source maintainer why they publish npm packages from their local machine and do not use CI/CD pipelines. They said publishing should require human intervention and want to continue using multi-factor authentication to publish to the npm registry. This led to building the wait-for-secrets GitHub Action. It prints a URL in the build log and waits for secrets to be entered using a browser. Once entered, the workflow continues, and secrets can be used in future steps. The latest release of "eslint-plugin-react" to the npm registry used a one-time password (OTP) from a GitHub Actions workflow! https://ift.tt/Q4oSZLB...
14 by varunsharma07 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
The backstory about this GitHub Action: I discussed with an open-source maintainer why they publish npm packages from their local machine and do not use CI/CD pipelines. They said publishing should require human intervention and want to continue using multi-factor authentication to publish to the npm registry. This led to building the wait-for-secrets GitHub Action. It prints a URL in the build log and waits for secrets to be entered using a browser. Once entered, the workflow continues, and secrets can be used in future steps. The latest release of "eslint-plugin-react" to the npm registry used a one-time password (OTP) from a GitHub Actions workflow! https://ift.tt/Q4oSZLB...
Avatar: The Way of Water world premiere takes place in London
Everything you need to know about director James Cameron's long-awaited second trip to Pandora.
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Covid: Why were the government's Covid contracts challenged?
The government awarded thousands of contracts to private companies during the pandemic.
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Monday, December 5, 2022
Michelle Mone sent aggressive Covid contract email, Matt Hancock says
Ex-health secretary accuses Tory peer of being threatening when trying to secure a contract for a firm.
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Wave of Russian missiles hits Ukraine
The latest strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure may have caused less damage than previous attacks.
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Nasa's Orion spacecraft is homeward-bound
The ship fires its main engine near the Moon, committing itself to a return to Earth on Sunday.
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Sunday, December 4, 2022
New top story on Hacker News: How to work with people who pushback forcefully on team/company standards?
How to work with people who pushback forcefully on team/company standards?
21 by bovinegambler | 10 comments on Hacker News.
I've worked at a large, famous software company with an academic-inspired workplace and culture for almost 8 years and been fairly successful. Several times in that span, I've worked with people who push back quite forcefully on comments or feedback on topics or practices that have either explicit company standards or at least generally accepted best practices. It seems to me that most people at the company are conflict-avoidant so that when these people push back aggressively, it's often a successful strategy. Ten minutes of arguing and wearing the other person down saves them 20 minutes of writing unit tests or fixing their code or whatever. I've seen in the past that these people effectively carve out an unspoken exemption for themselves because everyone is sick of having the same conversation. I'm the tech lead but not manager of my current team and I'm responsible for the technical execution of the team and the success or failure on that level. There are a bunch of great people who do great work and are pleasant to work with but there's one person who is so unpleasant to work with. I hate that I have to constantly remind this person of company/team/professional standards and that it feels like every conversation is an argument (examples below). I hate that this is in my head on the weekend. Questions: - I try as much as possible to explain _why_ practices are what they are, the effects on our project, the team, etc. Any suggestions for these conversations in the future? - I can't control this person's behavior but I can control my response. Suggestions for dealing with this personally so I'm not wasting my Sunday thinking/writing about it? - Other thoughts or feedback? Thank you so much in advance! Some examples: - Sending a large PR that changes many files at once because their changes kept growing in scope as they were trying to figure out how to do something. Company has lots of guidance about small changes being easier to review, less bug-prone, etc and how to break them up. I try to emphasize the benefits for the team and codebase, the respect for the reviewer, etc. Generally get push-back like "What does it matter?", "It's already done.", "It would take too much time to break up.", "I'll do that next time", etc. - Adding unit tests for some piece of logic. The benefits of unit tests are so fundamental, but I try to emphasize that there are many people working on the codebase, don't want to accidentally introduce bugs, protect that logic for the future, etc. Generally get push-back like Well it's so simple. It's not worth testing. I'll add a test later. etc - On Friday, I discovered a chunk of code copied from Stackoverflow. It was crappy code, which is what caught my eye in the first place. Company has clear guidance that if you want to use outside code, we must verify the license and segregate it from owned code. (If you're curious why: it's hard to know where the SO code originally comes from, maybe copied from a closed-source project or one with GPL license or whatever, and even if it's original to SO, there is a license for that and it wouldn't be considered owned by the company). I was shocked to receive push-back on this. The person said things like "how would anyone find out", "what does it matter", "everyone does it", "it's so low risk, who cares"
21 by bovinegambler | 10 comments on Hacker News.
I've worked at a large, famous software company with an academic-inspired workplace and culture for almost 8 years and been fairly successful. Several times in that span, I've worked with people who push back quite forcefully on comments or feedback on topics or practices that have either explicit company standards or at least generally accepted best practices. It seems to me that most people at the company are conflict-avoidant so that when these people push back aggressively, it's often a successful strategy. Ten minutes of arguing and wearing the other person down saves them 20 minutes of writing unit tests or fixing their code or whatever. I've seen in the past that these people effectively carve out an unspoken exemption for themselves because everyone is sick of having the same conversation. I'm the tech lead but not manager of my current team and I'm responsible for the technical execution of the team and the success or failure on that level. There are a bunch of great people who do great work and are pleasant to work with but there's one person who is so unpleasant to work with. I hate that I have to constantly remind this person of company/team/professional standards and that it feels like every conversation is an argument (examples below). I hate that this is in my head on the weekend. Questions: - I try as much as possible to explain _why_ practices are what they are, the effects on our project, the team, etc. Any suggestions for these conversations in the future? - I can't control this person's behavior but I can control my response. Suggestions for dealing with this personally so I'm not wasting my Sunday thinking/writing about it? - Other thoughts or feedback? Thank you so much in advance! Some examples: - Sending a large PR that changes many files at once because their changes kept growing in scope as they were trying to figure out how to do something. Company has lots of guidance about small changes being easier to review, less bug-prone, etc and how to break them up. I try to emphasize the benefits for the team and codebase, the respect for the reviewer, etc. Generally get push-back like "What does it matter?", "It's already done.", "It would take too much time to break up.", "I'll do that next time", etc. - Adding unit tests for some piece of logic. The benefits of unit tests are so fundamental, but I try to emphasize that there are many people working on the codebase, don't want to accidentally introduce bugs, protect that logic for the future, etc. Generally get push-back like Well it's so simple. It's not worth testing. I'll add a test later. etc - On Friday, I discovered a chunk of code copied from Stackoverflow. It was crappy code, which is what caught my eye in the first place. Company has clear guidance that if you want to use outside code, we must verify the license and segregate it from owned code. (If you're curious why: it's hard to know where the SO code originally comes from, maybe copied from a closed-source project or one with GPL license or whatever, and even if it's original to SO, there is a license for that and it wouldn't be considered owned by the company). I was shocked to receive push-back on this. The person said things like "how would anyone find out", "what does it matter", "everyone does it", "it's so low risk, who cares"
New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook replacement
Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook replacement
37 by hunterloftis | 33 comments on Hacker News.
If you would like to develop outside of the Apple ecosystem, find Windows clunky, and dislike fiddling with Linux to get it to work on arbitrary hardware, consider the X1 with Fedora. I bought one at the recent Black Friday sale: $1,700 for a 12 Gen i7-1280P, 32GB, 512GB SSD. I love this machine. https://ift.tt/0Wtjp92 Physically, it's fantastic. Hats off to the engineers and designers for investing in the tactile experience. They made it lightweight but simultaneously substantial-feeling via rigidity and weight distribution. I now understand why Thinkpad keyboards are so well-regarded. Its trackpad matches Apple's, which is the highest praise I can give. The brilliant screen has an aspect ratio that's as good for building things as for consuming content. And battery life supports hours of binging netflix after compiling a bunch of code. I've been even more pleasantly surprised by the software experience. This is a Linux workstation that "just works." Close the lid, it goes on standby - open, and it resumes instantly. Plug it into a 100Mhz ultrawide monitor via a lightning cable, and not only does it seamlessly extend the desktop at native refresh rates, but it also mounts all the devices that are connected via the monitor's integrated USB hub. I'm able to log in via my bluetooth kinesis keyboard consistently, without hassle. Updates are fast, easy, and tested on the exact hardware I'm using. I've been using it as my daily driver for a week and I've yet to dive down a rabbit-hole of outdated forum advice to get something basic to work. Finally, and more subjectively, Fedora's out-of-the-box experience handily outshines both OSX and Windows. Window-snapping, global search, software installation via a package manager, resource efficiency, containerization support, configuration, etc. I wanted to share here for any others who have tried, and failed, to find a legitimately better-than-Macbook development machine for the past few years.
37 by hunterloftis | 33 comments on Hacker News.
If you would like to develop outside of the Apple ecosystem, find Windows clunky, and dislike fiddling with Linux to get it to work on arbitrary hardware, consider the X1 with Fedora. I bought one at the recent Black Friday sale: $1,700 for a 12 Gen i7-1280P, 32GB, 512GB SSD. I love this machine. https://ift.tt/0Wtjp92 Physically, it's fantastic. Hats off to the engineers and designers for investing in the tactile experience. They made it lightweight but simultaneously substantial-feeling via rigidity and weight distribution. I now understand why Thinkpad keyboards are so well-regarded. Its trackpad matches Apple's, which is the highest praise I can give. The brilliant screen has an aspect ratio that's as good for building things as for consuming content. And battery life supports hours of binging netflix after compiling a bunch of code. I've been even more pleasantly surprised by the software experience. This is a Linux workstation that "just works." Close the lid, it goes on standby - open, and it resumes instantly. Plug it into a 100Mhz ultrawide monitor via a lightning cable, and not only does it seamlessly extend the desktop at native refresh rates, but it also mounts all the devices that are connected via the monitor's integrated USB hub. I'm able to log in via my bluetooth kinesis keyboard consistently, without hassle. Updates are fast, easy, and tested on the exact hardware I'm using. I've been using it as my daily driver for a week and I've yet to dive down a rabbit-hole of outdated forum advice to get something basic to work. Finally, and more subjectively, Fedora's out-of-the-box experience handily outshines both OSX and Windows. Window-snapping, global search, software installation via a package manager, resource efficiency, containerization support, configuration, etc. I wanted to share here for any others who have tried, and failed, to find a legitimately better-than-Macbook development machine for the past few years.
Tan Hill Inn: Guests snowed in at highest pub hold reunion
Guests who spent three nights snowed in at the Tan Hill Inn during Storm Arwen return for a reunion.
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EU must act over distortions from US climate plan - von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen says the EU must act amid concerns within the bloc over US climate legislation.
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Saturday, December 3, 2022
Elnaz Rekabi: Family home of Iranian climber demolished
Elnaz Rekabi became a hero of the protest movement after competing abroad with her hair uncovered.
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Police watchdog head Michael Lockwood resigns amid investigation
The home secretary says Michael Lockwood is the subject of a probe into an "historic allegation".
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Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa leader won't resign, says spokesman
Cyril Ramaphosa is accused of keeping large sums of cash on his farm then covering up its theft.
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Friday, December 2, 2022
Finland's Sanna Marin says Europe would be in trouble without US
"I must be brutally honest with you," Sanna Marin says. "We would be in trouble without the US."
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Tesco shoppers switching from fresh to frozen food
The supermarket boss says there have been many changes to how people shop due to the cost of living.
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Thursday, December 1, 2022
House prices: What happens when they fall?
How are rising interest rates changing the housing market around the UK?
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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Was I pwned?
Ask HN: Was I pwned?
74 by wasipwned | 64 comments on Hacker News.
A few days ago, I noticed that my home network performance would degrade substantially to the point of being unusable. I would just power-cycle all my switches, and the issue would resolve for a while. It happened again this morning, so I decided to try to look closer at what could be causing the issue. That's when I noticed that my Linux desktop was doing a lot of traffic, and here's what I observed: - My desktop has a private IP address, let's say 10.0.0.2. - Running `iftop`, I saw all the traffic coming from a different source IP address, 10.0.0.3. It was transferring ~300Mbps. - Running `tcpdump`, I saw that all of this traffic was going to a public IP address (AT&T). All of the source port/dest were ipsec-nat-t. - I saw that `10.0.0.3` showed up as a client on my switch with a randomized MAC address (presumably, since I couldn't find the MAC prefix in a vendor list). - I could not find any references to `10.0.0.3` or the random MAC address on my desktop (looking at kernel logs, system logs, ip a, ifconfig). - During this period, my network was degraded (high packet loss across my switches). It was at this point that I decided to try blocking the MAC address from my switch, and performance immediately returned to normal. I tried unblocking the MAC a few minutes later, but it has yet to return. That plus the fact that the issue happens at seemingly random times (especially the middle of the night) makes me think that it's not automatically connecting and instead being triggered remotely. I've since disconnected my desktop from the network and am in the process of rotating keys. I'm especially perplexed at the traffic showing up from a different source IP on my desktop, but I did not see any interface that matched. I tried to look and see if it was potentially a VM running, but I didn't see anything in virsh. I did have Docker containers running, but I assume I would have seen the IP address show up on one of my interfaces. I'm at a bit of a loss and was wondering if anyone has ever seen anything like this before, and if there is any suggestions for things I should check.
74 by wasipwned | 64 comments on Hacker News.
A few days ago, I noticed that my home network performance would degrade substantially to the point of being unusable. I would just power-cycle all my switches, and the issue would resolve for a while. It happened again this morning, so I decided to try to look closer at what could be causing the issue. That's when I noticed that my Linux desktop was doing a lot of traffic, and here's what I observed: - My desktop has a private IP address, let's say 10.0.0.2. - Running `iftop`, I saw all the traffic coming from a different source IP address, 10.0.0.3. It was transferring ~300Mbps. - Running `tcpdump`, I saw that all of this traffic was going to a public IP address (AT&T). All of the source port/dest were ipsec-nat-t. - I saw that `10.0.0.3` showed up as a client on my switch with a randomized MAC address (presumably, since I couldn't find the MAC prefix in a vendor list). - I could not find any references to `10.0.0.3` or the random MAC address on my desktop (looking at kernel logs, system logs, ip a, ifconfig). - During this period, my network was degraded (high packet loss across my switches). It was at this point that I decided to try blocking the MAC address from my switch, and performance immediately returned to normal. I tried unblocking the MAC a few minutes later, but it has yet to return. That plus the fact that the issue happens at seemingly random times (especially the middle of the night) makes me think that it's not automatically connecting and instead being triggered remotely. I've since disconnected my desktop from the network and am in the process of rotating keys. I'm especially perplexed at the traffic showing up from a different source IP on my desktop, but I did not see any interface that matched. I tried to look and see if it was potentially a VM running, but I didn't see anything in virsh. I did have Docker containers running, but I assume I would have seen the IP address show up on one of my interfaces. I'm at a bit of a loss and was wondering if anyone has ever seen anything like this before, and if there is any suggestions for things I should check.
Russian mercenary videos 'top 1bn views' on TikTok
The platform is said to be hosting hundreds of videos that celebrate the Russian Wagner group.
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