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While true from a per capita equivalency and too close for comfort, the median net worth of an adult in the UK is roughly $150,000, while in Mississippi it's $15,000. Also, its public services are provided, which substantially affects the quality of life.

An interactive demo: https://app.arcade.software/share/shXfQGN6xU0kYtJXVGJz

The world needs Someone with enormous chutzpah to try this.

"Choose your heroes" is the first advice I've heard in a while that's making me stop and think who I hold in high regard with my actions.

The personality of creator really shines through in the software. Douglas Adams would be pleased, I hope loads of hackers will be inspired to make more 'Adamsian' robots.

These are notes from me defending the following positions at a debate. Can any hackers do a better job defending or attacking any of these positions?

* AI-driven experiments will soon replace traditional research: False

* Adaptive, personalized interfaces should be the default standard for all digital products: True

* “Web” must evolve from static pages into immersive app-like experiences: False

* Seamless cross-platform UX: start on mobile, to web, finish in AR/VR: True

* Speed-touch-gesture-driven interfaces will eclipse screen-based Graphical UI: True

More power to sponsors putting their money behind hopeful futures. I was recently at a conference where the speaker compared this future visioning with that of blade runner. She was was almost posing it as, why not be hopeful? Theres more to gain and it's more challenging.

'Built to fail' by Alan Payne painted such a richer picture than the binary "netflix came along" argument. The writing had alot of emotional investment since the author owned so many shops in the blockbuster franchise.

A little more dense: "Chip War" by Chris Miller... a macro economic/political picture of silicon valley growth that fills in so many holes in popular lore.

Can we just skip all the Atlas shrugged swellhead arguments? They take up all the air in the room/(scroll in the page) of every best book thread. Just bump it up if you agree, provide an alternative if you don't.

"A history of western philosophy" by Bertrand Russell. The world's most prominent philosopher at the time, took a few years out of his working at the front line to write a summary on 2000 years of thought for layman's and won a nobel prize. It's not the easiest read, you can take issue with some interpretations but theres nothing like it. I think it required reading for being a thoughtful human.

“A precious book … a work that is in the highest degree pedagogical which stands above the conflicts of parties and opinions.” – Albert Einstein

Tipping is an awful trap. Passing on the responsibility of fair wages should be outlawed. Passing on some inferred responsibility as a burden onto the customer is a loss for all parties. Normalising the behaviour only allows employers to perpetuate this myth that customer service workers are somehow entrapraneurial in they can make more based on their effort. How about just paying people fairly and not paying for poor performance? How does it make any sense to pass this responsibility on to the customer? All customer touch points should be handled by the limited entity.

Well done @keybits for reaching out for help. Another option is that you could split the workload between 3-4 data archivists and start a separate archive until it finds a better home. Personally I don't have the time for this but more people might have the time for a 1 year effort if you were to provide your setup. A few other archivists have been suggested on this thread. Perhaps they would take a portion rather than the whole responsibility, it could be pretty cool to have a bi-monhtly catch up with others with the same hobby and who would all be eager to share their discoveries!

I still use pinboard every week. I also find it very interesting to follow what other people are pinning. There aren't many niche places to follow ONLY the notable links of other hackers.

Sad how they intentionally make it difficult to directly access the poor resolution images.

lol. He's like (silent) jazz (crack loving) Yoda. Man, I love in a silent way.

If you aren't used to the conversation it sounds too foreign to be appreciated. You'll likely have had the experience of being around foreign language speakers, some you'll be more comfortable with than others even though you don't understand a word that are saying. Think Manga with the subtitles on or Italian opera. So it is with musicians and their jazz conversation. It takes a lot of experience and listening to really feel the jam and synchronisation. It's very rewarding if you put the time in. Took me ten years or so mainly invested in just three lauded jazz albums.

Me too. While I appreciate why kind of blue and bitches brew are celebrated the way they are, the journey of in a silent way, to me is still unparalleled.

Radio Station: "Giants of Jazz" was an absolute revelation to me discovering only absolute classics over the past 50 years. 'In a silent way' is still my favourite MD album. Reading the "Miles:The autobiography" while listening through his discography was one of my favourite ever reading experiences, thoroughly recommended.

Business and Management practices rarely evolve to optimise anything other than the rate of output. Vision/Mission/Values can potentially improve the sanity of those involved and at least it stands as a shared ambition and social contract to possibly give employees and public a valid route for criticism (other than share price). I'll celebrate and encourage practical optimisations for people over money alone.

Happy 2024, in London UK I hope to meet others in the new year at Hacker News London meetup: https://meetu.ps/c/4ZYdt/5Tyc/d

I too, have had this embarrassing experience. Subscriptions come through the door and then we're lying in their envelopes unread!

Like you say though it's a process. I've found time in my commute, 2weekly lunchtimes, 1.5hrs after putting the kids to sleep and weekend mornings. Just putting these habits in place and starting to do them with reading (books&mags) I found time.

Fulfillment winning and losing in one click America. - investigative journalism, Uses stories of the lives of those within Amazon's ever increasing orbit to illustrate the reality of the increasing financial divides. Impressive stats reminds me of the more compelling British alternative 'hired' six months in low wage Britain- i'd recommend that.

The dispossessed - sci-fi, surprisingly nuanced conversation of roles and society.

I think this is pretty cool, but just to clarify context and ask a question... From what I understand here is that this is a directory of services which you may mount on to a system running Plan 9?

As far as I understand, Plan 9 OS was developed by Bell Labs all the way back to the 1980s with the final edition being released 2002 by the new IP holder Lucent Technologies and they've been licensed now into the public domain. It was intended as a UNIX evolution with some innovations around standardized interfaces around mounted file servers and a focus on graphics.

You get the gist. I typed this out quickly; somewhat distressed. He participated in hackathons and was willing to play around and share his knowledge. I never knew him well, but I mourn the loss of the ideal of Bob Lee that I did know through his contributions.

Can we take a minute to re-direct this conversation away from just the politics of SF?

I want to draw attention to Bob Lee, a well-respected technologist and prototype hacker, always curious and sharing lots of interesting technical developments. He was a great role model for how Engineers should be respected in an executive capacity as he advanced his career from 'Software' to 'Product'. His efforts contributed to technology used by millions. What happened to him is tragic and wrong; he deserved better. Thank you, I'll miss you 'crazybob'.

Please share your stories featuring Bob Lee, who I'm sure would like to be remembered for his contributions rather than as a victim of this unfortunate awful event.