MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by jjwiseman | 2025-04-25 20:32:19+00:00
Ken Layne's Desert Oracle radio show is one of my favorite podcasts. It covers desert life, the outdoors, UFOs, weird creatures, true crime, and other things. In some ways I think of it as a spiritual successor to Art Bell. There's also a Desert Oracle print magazine.

More info in this article: https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a42052683/an-ode-to-de...
by voidspark | 2025-04-25 20:33:41+00:00
I am actually not worried about my situation. ASI is unlikely to arrive that soon.

HN is a place for nerds to discuss technology and its future impact. Nothing has more disruptive potential than AI.

"Governments worldwide (e.g., US AI Executive Order, UK AI Safety Summit, EU AI Act), international organizations (UN), leading AI researchers (including pioneers like Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio who have voiced strong concerns), major tech companies, and dedicated research institutes (like the Future of Life Institute, Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk) are actively discussing, researching, and debating the implications and safety of advanced AI."

"If ASI concentrates wealth and power in the hands of those who own or control it, while simultaneously rendering most human labor economically valueless, the resulting inequality could dwarf historical examples based on land, capital, or industrial technology ownership. It raises fundamental questions about resource distribution and societal structure in a post-labor world."
by Jensson | 2025-04-25 20:33:44+00:00
> It can't very well be "obstruction" if they aren't empowered to do the search in the first place, can it?

The allegation is that she obstructed an arrest by changing standard procedure, she wasn't arrested for obstructing search that part was fine.

The ICE agents were legally allowed to wait outside and arrest the man as he stepped out, the judge leading the man out the backdoor after she learned ICE agents were waiting at the front is very hard to defend as anything but obstruction of arrest.
by alistairSH | 2025-04-25 20:34:22+00:00
Thing is, it's not even really a $20k truck. It's a ~$30k truck, with some federal rebates available to some buyers.

If it was a legit $20k truck/SUV, it would make a fine replacement for my wife's current car (at least by usage requirements, but not even close by style/luxury demands).
by recursive | 2025-04-25 20:34:32+00:00
The only other music or audio app I use with any regularity is Reaper on Windows. I tend to do more performance-oriented stuff, and I try to keep everything outside the computer as much as practical. I don't use any software synths. I like the constraints and UX of dialing patches into my one keyboard/drum machine. I record some, but mainly I like to play in real time and not fiddle with VSTs and plugins.
by jpiech | 2025-04-25 20:34:46+00:00
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by solarmist | 2025-04-25 20:34:48+00:00
What are you skeptical of? I believe the problem this is solving is a framework that's not CUDA that allows low level access to the hardware, makes it easy to write kernels, and is not Nvidia only. If you watch the video you can write directly in asm if you need to. You have full control if you want it. But it provides primitives and higher level objects that handle common cases.

I'm a novice in the area, but Chris is well respected in this area and cares a lot of about performance.
by rchaud | 2025-04-25 20:34:51+00:00
In 2024, the Pentagon carved out an exception for themselves on the Huawei equipment ban [0]

I would imagine defense contractors can cut deals for similar preferential treatment with OAI and the like to be exempt from potentially copyright-infringing uses of their API.

[0]https://fortune.com/asia/2024/07/03/pentagon-huawei-ban-nati...
by mikrl | 2025-04-25 20:35:35+00:00
I remember my Java IDE in undergrad warned me about an infinite loop, and this was before I learned about the diagonalization proof of the non-computability of the halting problem, one of my favourite proofs ever. The fact that not all programs and inputs can be shown to halt did not stop the engineer who wrote that guardrail for the IDE.

Surely the principia and similar efforts will still yield useful results even if they cannot necessarily prove every true statement from the axioms?
by gazebo64 | 2025-04-25 20:36:33+00:00
> They found a technicality on which they could arrest her, so they arrested her because they wanted to arrest her

If by technicality you mean correctly identifying that the judge intentionally adjourned the suspect's court proceedings and directed them through a non-public exit in order to evade a lawful deportation of a domestic abuser who had already been deported once, yes, it was a "technicality". The short form would be to acknowledge the judge intentionally interfered with a lawful deportation, which is a crime, thus the arrest.
by mrandish | 2025-04-25 20:37:07+00:00
> the right process to adjust the resistance of my existing knobs

I too have "a thing" about the feel of tactile control elements ranging from the tensioning of knobs and joysticks to the dampening on sliders, the force on my emulation arcade cabinet buttons and, of course, the keyswitches, o-rings and lube on my computer mechanical keyboards.

However, I don't really feel a need for software control of the tensioning feel. For example, I have a few different high-end dual-joystick radio control transmitters for RC aircraft. These have fairly pricey hall effect joystick mechanisms and the good ones have a tensioning adjustment for each axis on the bottom. Whether on these RC transmitters, my arcade cabinet or high-end console game controllers I find it's sufficient to simply set the tensioning to my preferences once and I don't feel the need to change it again.

So for the EuroKnob, I agree having no tensioning would be pretty awful - as there's little worse than a floppily loose knob wiggling about - but for me a simple friction-based drag adjustment would be fine.
by ack_complete | 2025-04-25 20:37:10+00:00
AVX-512 has a lot of instructions that just extend vectorization to 512-bit and make it nicer with features like masking. Thus, a very valid use of it is just to double vectorization width.

But it also has a bunch of specialized instructions that can boost performance beyond just the 2x width. One of them is VPCOMPRESSB, which accelerates compact encoding of sparse data. Another is GF2P8AFFINEQB, which is targeted at specific encryption algorithms but can also be abused for general bit shuffling. Algorithms like computing a histogram can benefit significantly, but it requires reshaping the algorithm around very particular and peculiar intermediate data layouts that are beyond the transformations a compiler can do. This doesn't literally require assembly language, though, it can often be done with intrinsics.
by moralestapia | 2025-04-25 20:37:11+00:00
Academia is 90% a scam these days and plenty of the professors involved are criminals. A criminal is someone who commits a crime (or many) [1], before some purist comes to ask "what do you mean?".

The most common crime they commit is fraud, the 2nd. most common one is sexual harassment, while the third one would be plagiarism, although this one might not necessarily be punishable depending on the jurisdiction.

(IMO. I can't provide data on that and I'm not willing to prosecute them personally, if that breaks the deal for you, that's ok to me.)

I know academia like the palm of my hand and have been everywhere around the world, it's the same thing all over. I can speak loudly about it because I'm catholic and have money, so those lowlives can't touch me :D.

Every single time this topic comes up, there's a lot of resistance from "the public" who is willing to go to great lengths to defend "the academics" even though they know absolutely nothing about academic life and their only grasp of it was created through TV and movies.

Anyone who has been involved in Academia for more than like 2 years can tell you the exact same thing. That doesn't mean they're also rotten, I'm just saying they've seen all these things taking place around.

We should really move the overton window around this topic so that scientists are held to the same public scrutiny as everybody else, like public officials, because btw. 9 out of 10 times they are being funded by public money. They should be held accountable, there should be jail for the offenders.

1: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/criminal
by bigyabai | 2025-04-25 20:37:12+00:00
The conclusions here lack perspective and very specifically aren't going to be fixed by more aunties. The problems they are finding are mostly specific to San Francisco and their supposed "issue" is nationwide. It's so easy to refute this.

> But, why is SF full of homeless, drug addict people. The society values individualism so much that it’s ok to have people in misery, defecating in public.

Because San Francisco is one of the most gentrified areas in America? Most of these people have probably lived there longer than you, but were displaced by higher-wage individuals and now suffer the consequences. SF spent so long kowtowing to big corporations that they forgot to support their low/middle class workers. This is why MBA graduates serve you salad when you're downtown, and not a teenager in high school. The people that moved into SF destroyed the families and "aunties" that formerly existed.

> The results are very clear in SF. Innovator extremists turns into Longtermism, Cyber-Libertarianism, Transhumanism. Gay extremists turns into Sexual Liberalism, Nudism, Kinkism, Queerism, Postgenderism.

This is obsessing over a small portion of the pie, and again, it's a global phenomenon. We see radical thinking even when it's oppressed, and often we're only offended by it because we can't demand other people forfeit their individual rights and change for our sake. Dear Abby had this figured out decades ago:

When a writer complained about a gay couple moving in and asked how he could improve the quality of the neighborhood, Pauline “Dear Abby” Phillips replied “You could move.”

https://libnews.umn.edu/2013/01/dear-abby-and-dear-ann-helpe...
by SparkyMcUnicorn | 2025-04-25 20:37:51+00:00
This is pretty much exactly what I was going to build. It's missing a few things, so I'll either be contributing or forking this in the future.

I'll need a way to extract data as part of the tests, like screenshots and page content. This will allow supplementing the tests with non-magnitude features, as well as add things that are a bit more deterministic. Assert that the added todo item exactly matches what was used as input data, screenshot diffs when the planner fallback came into play, execution log data, etc.

This isn't currently possible from what I can see in the docs, but maybe I'm wrong?

It'd also be ideal if it had an LLM-free executor mode to reduce costs and increase speed (caching outputs, or maybe use accessibility tree instead of VLM), and also fit requirements when the planner should not automatically kick in.
by smj-edison | 2025-04-25 20:37:54+00:00
Tangential idea, but I've wondered if it would be possible to make synthesizers a lot cheaper by only having a couple rotary encoders. You could have hundreds of parameters on the panel, but each parameter would just be a neopixel LED and button. You could link the rotary encoder with a parameter by pressing it and the parameters' button at the same time. Certainly not as nice as a dedicated knob for each, but you'd also get an interface that is ~$40 instead of ~$600...
by dayvigo | 2025-04-25 20:38:56+00:00
> I can't doubt that I want to eat a doughnut or that I want to be healthy or that I want a world with less cruelty in it.

The common case of the smoker (or someone around them) doubting whether they "really" want to quit cigarettes or not, after claiming they do want to quit and will quit, and then failing to do so, shows this is coherent though. It's just not applicable to the two examples you gave, because that's not what is meant.
by alistairSH | 2025-04-25 20:39:28+00:00
Can't edit, but I've seen a few more detailed timelines that roughly correspond to the parent post.

The judge didn't want ICE screwing up her courtroom (as is her right), so she declined to allow them to serve the warrant in her court.

ICE went to her boss (different part of building).

Meanwhile, she concluded her hearing with the immigrant in question and then sent him down a private stairway to exit the building.

When ICE heard what she did, they had a warrant issued for her arrest, which was then served by the FBI. So, somebody did convince a local magistrate (not a full-blown judge) to issue that warrant.

My take (IANAL)... the judge was not in the wrong for decling to serve the initial warrant. But sending the guy down a private hallway was a dumb move. Was it a federal crime? Doesn't seem like it - a slap on the wrist from her boss probably should have been sufficient.

Really, just more of the Trump administration throwing their weight around and pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable in the US.
by neuralRiot | 2025-04-25 20:39:34+00:00
More anecdotal data. I’m not a morning person by any stretch, but after decades of training on the evenings I switched to morning workouts where I wake up at 4am to get to the gym I’ve founf that I have less sleep interruptions, now I don’t if it it was due to all the water intake before or that now when I finally hit the bed I’m already exhausted.
Looking for Feedback for Hardware Server Security
by b112 | 2025-04-25 20:39:43+00:00
Last time I bought a large number of servers new, it was 2012. Everyone knew IPMI(iLo, idrac, supermicro's variant) was unsecure, rarely updated, and rife with vulnerabilities. People lamented the fact, and then shrugged and bought.

It's 2025, and I'm wondering if people have a different impression from some vendors. I used to love Supermicro, but:

* I cannot even get a response via email or calls re: sales

* Their website tells you to never upload the bios or bmc unless you "have a problem", and tries to claim no liability. Hello?! I need microcode updates, and other bios updates (yes I know about OS microcode updates, not my point), as well as IPMI updates

* They have no list of EOL support timeranges for any of their products. I need to know how long IPMI and other products are supported for security issues.

* They still seem to have ridiculous LAN sharing of IPMI, which means that even if you set their IPMI to use the dedicated NIC, and setup an isolated network, a loss of defaults means your IPMI is now no longer on that network but sharing the NIC on your main network. And in the past, I've seen this happen regardless of settings (buggy).

Dumbest setup ever, exceptionally unsecure, and they're still doing it?!

* If their sales channel doesn't respond, then their support channel will be 10x more lagged. Every sane company ensures you have enough resources to sell new product.

Are other vendors this bad too?

Has anyone noticed regular security updates for Dell or HP or other competitors?

Thanks

EDIT:

For clarity, I'm looking for hardware servers, 1Us. Not interested in cloud solutions for this usage case.
by paulpauper | 2025-04-25 20:42:23+00:00
It's so hard to to believe in people or have a positive opinion of them when much of my interactions are negative. Or when people who embody the opposite of goodness are promoted and have status. It's like we live in a society in which mediocrity, borderline sociopathy, and meanness are rewarded. Unless you're Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg, but there is a huge middle where people who are competent, smart, and do the right things do not get the promotion or recognition they deserve or are entitled to. It's like you have to super-brilliant to have any hope , or just lucky. No room for the hard-working middle.
by nikic | 2025-04-25 20:42:28+00:00
Fun fact: GCC decided to adopt Clang's (old) behavior at the same time Clang decided to adopt GCC's (old) behavior.

So now you have this matrix of behaviors: * Old GCC: Initializes whole union. * New GCC: Initializes first member only. * Old Clang: Initializes first member only. * New Clang: Initializes whole union.
by frognumber | 2025-04-25 20:42:59+00:00
You're downvoted because ICE did not have a warrant.

ICE prints pieces of paper which they call "administrative warrants." Those were never reviewed by a judge and are internal ICE documents. An administrative warrant is not an actual warrant in any meaningful sense. It's a meaningful document (contrary to what you might read; it's not something one can just print on a laser printer and called it a day), but the "administrative" changes the meaning dramatically.

It seems like there were plenty of errors all around, in this situation, both on the judge's side and on ICE's side. However, I can't imagine any of those rose to the level of criminal behavior.

Sneaking a suspect out a back door while you stall the police is textbook, classic obstruction, but that changes quite a bit when it's a government employee operating within their scope of duty. Even if they make a mistake.

Schools don't want students scared to be there. Courtrooms want to count on cases not being settled by default because people are scared to show up. There is a valid, lawful reason for not permitting ICE to disrupt their government functions. That's doubly true when you can't count on ICE following the law and might ship someone off to El Salvador.

Asking an LLM, whether or not the judge broke laws is ambiguous. It is unambiguous that they showed poor judgment, and there should probably be consequences. However, what's not ambiguous is that the consequences should be through judicial oversight mechanisms, and not the FBI arresting the judge.

As a footnote, a judge not being able to rely on ICE following lawful orders significantly strengthens the government interest argument.
by dmwilcox | 2025-04-25 20:43:00+00:00
I think it is this, it's been a couple of weeks: nasm -f bin -o foobar.com foobar.asm

Top of the file you'll need this offset for DOS (or 7c00 for an MBR) to adjust your pointers with based on where the program gets loaded:

[bits 16] [offset 100]

I bet you can use more than 64kb of memory, I set ES to A000 and write to video memory in mode 13. So I imagine if you have a data source -- know your (LBA) block offsets (MBR style) or use a DOS interrupt to load a file -- you can still stomp on some memory outside of the given 64k and set your DS register there.

I haven't done it yet but if I wanted to load a .wad file or something that's the line I'd follow ;)
by jamiejones1 | 2025-04-25 20:43:02+00:00
The company's product has its own classification model entirely dedicated to detecting unusual, dangerous prompt responses, and will redact or entirely block the model's response before it gets to the user. That's what their AIDR (AI Detection and Response) for runtime advertises it does, according to the datasheet I'm looking at on their website. Seems like the classification model is run as a proxy that sits between the model and the application, inspecting inputs/outputs, blocking and redacting responses as it deems fit. Filtering the input wouldn't always work, because they get really creative with the inputs. Regardless of how good your model is at detecting malicious prompts, or how good your guardrails are, there will always be a way for the user to write prompts creatively (creatively is an understatement considering what they did in this case), so redaction at the output is necessary.

Often, models know how to make bombs because they are LLMs trained on a vast range of data, for the purpose of being able to answer any possible question a user might have. For specialized/smaller models (MLMs, SLMs), not really as big of an issue. But with these foundational models, this will always be an issue. Even if they have no training data on bomb-making, if they are trained on physics at all (which is practically a requirement for most general purpose models), they will offer solutions to bomb-making.
by adolph | 2025-04-25 20:43:03+00:00
If vibes based epistemology works for you, great. Otherwise, it's my username because it's my birth name, feel free to complain to them or consider the Shel Silverstein and Johnny Cash song about a boy's name.

The source link is there for anyone to assess validity and I acknowledge in the comment that the FBI isn't an unimpeachable source. It also isn't so totally careless that an agent would make an affidavit for something that can easily be proven untrue under light scrutiny.
by jaggs | 2025-04-25 20:43:05+00:00
That's a crummy quote to be honest. Not everybody has the ability to be creative on their own, so AI can help expand the demographic of creativity to those who may not have the basic skills. In the same way that word-processors help those who may not be able to write 'proper' English create prose that is acceptable. It may never be great art, but if it fulfils a a personal need, then why not?
by jsumrall | 2025-04-25 20:43:37+00:00
I've been down this path, and if my experience is more common, then it really boils down to the classic "Nobody gets fired for buying IBM", and here IBM -> Confluent.

StreamNative seems like an excellent team, and I hope they succeed. But as another comment has written, something (puslar) being better (than kafka) has to either be adopted from the start, or be a big enough improvement to change— and as difficult and feature-poor that Kafka is, it still gets the job done.

I can rant longer about this topic but Pulsar _should_ be more popular, but unfortunately Confluent has dominated here and rent-seeking this field into the ground.
by typeofhuman | 2025-04-25 20:43:39+00:00
I trust the government to reasonably determine whether someone is an illegal immigrant. The courts can determine if that process is reasonable. I don't think illegal immigrant "invaders" are entitled to due process (especially when they are gang members).

If we didn't have that then we'd have a gaping hole for foreign adversaries to exploit. Send their people to do harm, bog down our courts, and our government has no recourse.

Does every enemy combatant get "due process" when they are engaged by US military personnel? No.

Are police officers required to provide "due process" when using their firearm on a dangerous perp? No.

We entrust them with the agency to act accordingly and there are systems for review.
by dilap | 2025-04-25 20:43:51+00:00
Well, don't forgot I also said this!

> With whatever sort of due process is needed to make this reasonable

Is it not reasonable to not continue to fund scientists whose results consistently do not reproduce? And should we not spend the funds to verify that they do (or don't) reproduce (rather than e.g. going down an incredibly expensive goose-chase like recently happened w/ Alzheimer's research)?

Currently there is more or less no reason not to fudge results; your chances of getting caught are slim, and consequences are minimal. And if you don't fudge your results, you'll be at a huge disadvantage when competing against everyone that does!

Hence the replication crises.

So clearly something must be done. If not penalyzing failures to reproduce and funding reproduction efforst, then what?