I think this is also a good argument for why it is beneficial for society that Chrome stays in Alphabet; Google is good at some things and bad at some things - that people have access to a reasonably safe browser for free should not be underestimated
Re shady company: the possibility of some shady foreign governmental agency getting control of Chrome, through layers of shell companies, is terrifying to think about. This possibility hasn't been discussed much in this thread, perhaps surprisingly. The value of collecting data from or inserting backdoors into Chrome seems so massive that I find it hard to trust any but the existing large tech companies to have the skills and infrastructure to keep it safe (keeping the pager bombs story in mind)
A large systematic review from 2023 was unable to conclude what positive consequences school lunches would have in Norway, as there is too little research from comparable countries.
> In general, the results from the Nordic literature were inconsistent, and several of the studies were of low quality. The majority of studies from the Nordic countries indicated that a free school meal (breakfast or lunch) had a positive effect on some dietary outcomes. Furthermore, the results suggest that a free school meal may help reduce social disparities in diet.
> A total of three Nordic studies examined the relationship between free school meals and weight, with one study showing increased weight, another showing increased waist circumference, and one showing no change as a result of a free school meal. Two Nordic studies investigated the effect of a free school meal on academic performance, but neither found a clear positive effect.
> None of the Nordic studies found a link between free school meals and absenteeism (two studies), well-being (two studies), or the school environment (two studies).
> Regarding sustainability, only one study from Denmark examined the impact on food waste. The results showed that a warm school meal led to more food waste compared to a packed lunch brought from home.
> Two studies examining the long-term effects of free school meals, implemented in the Nordic countries between the 1920s and 1940s, found that the school meal led to longer schooling and increased income.
Rmarkdown, or now Quarto, is trying to improve scientific writing by combining writing and analysis (somewhat similar to Jupyter). I really like how you can get multiple outputs (html, pdf, word, ...) and easily change formatting (like latex).
However, it is difficult to beat Word and google docs when it comes to collaborative writing, and especially collaborating with labs having another workflow. The trackdown package offers a bridge - I think this is a space with many low-hanging fruits that can really improve research efficiency if developed further
I like outliers too! I think the best opensource option, besides emacs, is logseq which is now developing a tag concept very close to Tana's supertag: https://test.logseq.com/
They are looking for a name for the concept, so suggestions are welcome!
I've often quipped that anyone who has ever tried implementing a personal knowledge or to-do app, had only done so because they haven't seen Org mode yet.
I suspect many of these tools, including LogSeq, draw inspiration from Emacs and Org mode - the current version of LogSeq even supports org synatx!
But I've tried to dive into Org mode twice in the past five years, each time committing a few weeks to learning it. However, I eventually gave up and returned to Logseq. The steep learning curve was the biggest hurdle for me. Between understanding Lisp, figuring out and choosing between all the possible configurations and workflows, memorizing the keyboard shortcuts, and working through YouTube tutorials, the friction and mental load were just too high.
Logseq, on the other hand, provided most of the features [1] I needed while keeping the barrier to entry much lower - far, far lower than Emacs. But LogSeq is by no means perfect; I fear it will become bloated at some point (e.g., I have no interest in flashcards and spaced repetition learning)
[1] Outliner; data kept local; journal; simple task management; easy to insert quotes, code snippets, images; backlinks; possible to attach files
What did you find difficult to use about Org mode? I just jumped in and started using it, though I had already been familiar with markdown files previously.
I used org-mode for a while, but I wasn't an Emacs user, and using it just for that was not a great fit. No one ever says that, but let me say it:
If you aren't an emacs person, it is not going to be a fit.
Workflowy is a pretty easy-to-use web version of the outline part, which requires zero setup and the other features of org-mode I never got into. Other things extend beyond this into the PKM space ( Roam, Tana, etc ).
Also, Zettelkasten is an interesting thing, but more as a curiosity, some process that worked for a specific researcher in nineteen dickey two, not as some process you should use.
For me, the big great outliner was workflow. Roam improved on that, and things improved for Roam.
> Zettelkasten is an interesting thing, but more as a curiosity
Zettelkasten is just an idea, and a great one. I don't know what you think it is, but all these apps - Obsidian, Roamresearch, Logseq, Org-roam - are based on that idea.
No tool can meet everyone’s needs. No matter what the tool is, as long as it has a user base, it proves its effectiveness—it’s just not suitable for you.
I was used many tools, include Workflowy and Roam. For me, org-mode & Emacs is the best tool of all, no tool can compare.
Yup, I can concur. Having tried numerous different note-taking, project-management, PIM solutions over the years - Evernote, Workflowy, Notion, Todoist, rememberthemilk, Trello, etc., I have finally ended up with Org-mode and later Org-Roam. Nothing else even comes close to the versatility, control and liberating and empowering experience.
Sure, learning Emacs and Org-mode is quite some journey. But it's absolutely worth the time and effort.
I even try different new things from time to time - out of curiosity, and because so many times before, I have felt like being stuck in a bubble. And so far, I have not found anything much better than Org-mode.
Do you have a source for this? I've never heard anyone claim that they written so early. For Catholics at least, I think it's a point that the Church and some Tradition are older than the Gospels, i.e. that the Gospels are written by the Church, for the Church (not the other way around)
Catholics traditionally held Matthew was written shortly after Jesus' death (there is some debate about the actual date). Many modern Catholics, accept the modern scholarship nowadays though. There are traditions created prior to the gospels regardless of the dating. I would also mention the Bible explicitly states there are non-written traditions in 2 Thessalonians 2:15.
Irenaeus said "Matthew also issued a written Gospel among the Hebrews in their own dialect while Peter and Paul were preaching at Rome and laying the foundations of the church."
There is some debate on Peter's death, but it is usually placed in 64-68 AD. Paul died either 64 or 65 ad. This is prior to when modern scholars state.
I don't have a quote, but Eusebius said he thought it was written about 12 years after Jesus' death.
There are plenty of other early Christians who took the position that the gospels were prior to 70 AD, but I am on my phone and don't want to try to find them. I was looking for a Catholic one that I previously saw that said it was 5 years, but couldn't find it.
As far as I can tell, every prominent Christian until the 1800s thought they were earlier than modern scholars say.
The reason I am using the 70 AD date is because of the temple being destroyed then. One of the arguments modern scholars use is that Jesus prophesized that the temple was going to be destroyed. Since God does not exist, Jesus could not have known that and as such it had to be written after 70 ad.
I guess you would be able to count the number of clean keys and thus know both the number of distinct digits and the digits (but not the order nor which digit that's repeated)
While I disagree with some of them and find some more important than others, I think that the lists cover most of the arguments and positions mentioned by people here on HN
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone use religious arguments on here and I’ve been here since the beginning. Most of those arguments are religious. I do not consider “Euthanasia is against the word and will of God” a sensible argument, though I realize, of course, that like half of humanity would disagree with me. But nobody who has any formal training and philosophy or debate would.
If the opposite of a statement is just as valid as a statement, it is not an argument. For instance, I could say it is God’s will that we do euthanize people so that they don’t suffer, and God gave us the intelligence to find ways to die that are significantly less painful. My argument has no less logic than theirs.
If “nuh uh” is a substantial rebuttal, your argument isn’t sensible.
While it's true that the first section in the arguments against euthanasia is "Against the will of God", the others aren't. Arguments such as
* There's no way of properly regulating euthanasia
* Euthanasia exposes vulnerable people to pressure to end their lives
* Voluntary euthanasia is the start of a slippery slope that leads to involuntary euthanasia and the killing of people who are thought undesirable
* Proper palliative care makes euthanasia unnecessary
are not primarily religious and you will find them repeated several times here in various wordings. The argument "Euthanasia weakens society's respect for the sanctity of life" may be based on religious belief but I don't think it's a uniquely religious standpoint that life has some form of sanctity
Those arguments aren’t all religious but they are mostly very weak. It is properly regulated in places. Nobody is pressured into it. There’s no evidence or logic to support the idea that euthanasia is some slippery slope to concentration camps, in fact it’s been legal in places for a time and nothing of the sort has happened.
If I said “euthanasia leads to long lines at the grocery store“ it would be a no weaker of an argument than most of those.
Arguments like these may not all be directly religious, but they come from the same place.
I realize it’s just my opinion, but I’ve still never heard one intelligent argument against it.
Thank you for a great comment! I just wanted to highlight the notion of meaning, as you touch upon, that all challenges and sufferings make opportunities to choose God. At least in the Catholic Church, unity with Christ (including, metaphysically, taking part in his suffering on the cross), and letting one's ego go, is the point
* Part 1: https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/inside-the-scam-network-1.1...
* Part 2: https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/the-mastermind-1.17399157
Darcula has been mentioned on HN before, none of the threads gained any comments at the time
* 'Darcula' phishing platform targets postal organizations worldwide (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39856821)
* 'darcula' iMessage and RCS smishing attacks target global postal services (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39870714)