MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by PaulRobinson | 2025-04-20 21:17:38+00:00
It's going to be a different kind of focus.

Technologies are regularly predicted to diminish a capability that was previously considered important.

Babbage came up with the ideas for his engines after getting frustrated with log tables - how many people reading this have used a log table or calculated one recently?

Calculators meant kids wouldn't need to do arithmetic by hand any more and so would not be able to do maths. In truth they just didn't have to do it by hand any more - they still needed the skills to interpret the results, they just didn't have to do the hard work of creating the outputs by pen and paper.

They also lost the skill of using slide rules which were used to give us approximations, because calculators allowed us to be precise - they were no longer needed.

Computers, similar story.

Then the same came with search engines in our pockets. "Oh no, people can find an answer to anything in seconds, they won't remember things". This is borne out, there have been studies that show recall diminishes if your phone is even in the same room. But you still need to know what to look for, and know what to do with what you find.

I think this'll still be true in the future, and I think TFA kind of agrees, but seems to be doing the "all may be lost" vibe by insisting that you still need foundational skills. You don't need to know the foundational skills if you want to know what the answer to 24923 * 923 is, you can quickly find out the answer and use that answer however you need.

I just think the work shifts - you'll still need to know how to craft your inputs carefully (vibe coding works better if you develop a more detailed specification), and you'll still need to process the output, but you'll become less connected to the foundation and for 99% of the time, that's absolutely fine in the same way it has been with calculators, and so on.
by jncfhnb | 2025-04-20 21:18:39+00:00
I don’t agree

The thing is that most people seeking help are not able to form their question effectively. They can’t even identify the key elements of their problem.

They _need_ help with people trying to parse out their actual problem. Stack Overflow actively tells you to fuck off if you can’t form your question to their standards, and unsurprisingly that’s not very helpful to people that are struggling.

You will need to repeat walking people through the same problems over and over. But… that’s what helping people is like. That’s how we teach people in schools. We don’t just point them to textbooks. Active discords tend to have people that are willing to do this.
by lucb1e | 2025-04-20 21:19:11+00:00
I was wondering if it got harder or if it's just random:

function generateColors(difficulty, blacklist) { ... let sample = Math.floor(Math.min(Math.max(0, 1-Math.pow(1-difficulty, 1.5)), .99)*5); let distance = (5 - sample)/5; ... } function setupRound(blacklist) { ... const data = generateColors(currentRound/totalRounds, blacklist); ... }

Plotting that first magic: https://lucb1e.com/randomprojects/js/testformula.htm#%24%28%...

round# difference 0-- 2 5 3-- 5 4 6-- 9 3 10--13 2 14--20 1

The "blacklist" parameter prevents that you get the same challenge twice. Note also that it submits every answer to the server (fine imo, but I think it would be even nicer if this was mentioned on the page)
by margalabargala | 2025-04-20 21:19:37+00:00
To be clear, the snippet you quoted is your study summarizing the claims of other studies which are among the cohort analyzed.

Let's quote the short, succinct conclusion of the study you picked:

> Testosterone therapy is a contraceptive, albeit a poor one. Men of reproductive age with low testosterone should be counseled on the adverse effects of TRT on fertility. Obtaining a semen analysis and possible cryopreservation of sperm should be offered if TRT is prescribed to men interested in preserving fertility. Options such as clomiphene citrate and hCG along with a referral to a reproductive urologist should be considered to naturally increase testosterone levels in those men with low testosterone who want to avoid TRT.

Whether a contraceptive that is sufficiently irreversible that men using it are advised to freeze sperm if they ever want kids should be considered "reversible" is left as an exercise to the reader.
by cosmic_cheese | 2025-04-20 21:19:44+00:00
Reading is also a bit different in that its everyday utility is blindingly apparent, even to children, which can give strong motivation to learn. My parents have told me that I wanted to learn to read just to know what all of the text I was surrounded with in daily life said, and one of my younger siblings had a strong motive in wanting to better understand and play video games.

Beyond basic arithmetic, the utility of math is not nearly as obvious or widely applicable. It feels much more detached and abstract and this is made worse by popular teaching methods (which frequently lack hands-on examples of the math in question in practical application). It’s only natural that many children, even those who are capable, don’t take interest.
by forrestthewoods | 2025-04-20 21:20:30+00:00
> When you execute code at compile time, on which machine does it execute? The natural answer is “on your machine”, but it is wrong!

I don’t understand this.

If I am cross-compiling a program is it not true that comptime code literally executes on my local host machine? Like, isn’t that literally the definition of “compile-time”?

If there is an endian architecture change I could see Zig choosing to emulate the target machine on the host machine.

This feels so wrong to me. HostPlatform and TargetPlatform can be different. That’s fine! Hiding the host platform seems wrong. Can aomeone explain why you want to hide this seemingly critical fact?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m 100% on board the cross-compile train. And Zig does it literally better than any other compiled language that I know. So what am I missing?

Or wait. I guess the key is that, unlike Jai, comptime Zig code does NOT run at compile time. It merely refers to things that are KNOWN at compile time? Wait that’s not right either. I’m confused.
by majorchord | 2025-04-20 21:21:04+00:00
> clearly a gross negligence

If we can't prove this for billion dollar corporations that leak nationwide user data, I don't see how a judge will find 4chan grossly negligent.

Typically you need to show a "conscious and deliberate disregard" for the rights or safety of others, for it to be considered gross negligence. We could argue six ways to Sunday whether or not that's the case, but the only opinion that matters legally is a judge's.
by crazygringo | 2025-04-20 21:21:35+00:00
You might be interested to know that in terms of editing skill, physical matching/continuity is the least important thing to get right:

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/walter-murch-rule-of-six/

Anybody can edit a scene so that there are no inconsistencies. The art of editing comes from maximizing emotional impact, then the story, then rhythm. When editors sacrifice matching for those, it's not a mistake -- it's intentional.

The fact is, editors work with the footage they're given -- reshoots happen when new scenes are needed or footage is unusable, but not for continuity errors. If the most emotionally impactful combination of shots has a continuity error, the worse for continuity.
by dragonwriter | 2025-04-20 21:22:30+00:00
One difference is that orgs are tracking AI coding assistant usage as a (positive) metric, soemthing they never did with SO. Given finite time, being pushed to AI code whether or not it makes sense or is efficient in either quality or delivery time, and with no relief of time constraints, means other things will fall by the wayside.

A good carpenter will build a shitty staircase if he is forced to use the wrong tool, given a timeline that doesn't accommodate it, and paid for delivering something that superficially resembles a staricase on time regardless of quality.
by Animats | 2025-04-20 21:24:55+00:00
> MarkMonitor isn't at fault here.

Yes, it is.

"Their enforcement team works with platforms to remove infringing content and can even help with legal proceedings if needed. They don't just find problems—they help solve them through their connections with major online platforms and their understanding of takedown procedures."

What you're paying for is MarkMonitor's people having the cell phone number of the guy at the operations end of whatever point in the chain screwed up. At least that was their original pitch. Now, they have a whole range of tracking services which you can get elsewhere.
by ath3nd | 2025-04-20 21:25:18+00:00
Israel is bulldozing Palestinian houses, bombards working hospitals, forbids (and shoots) humanitarian aid, starves the opponent, stops their electricity, and calls them animals. Why not respond to that?

> https://zionism.wtf/

Total silence from you on this one.

> Not sure what "fair exchange" would mean here. It looks like

Again, when a nation occupies another nation's territory, it's normal that there are resistance movements. The numbers actually suggest not a war of army vs army but instead warfare on Palestinian territory, in which thousands of innocent Palestinians are caught in the crossfire.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147512

https://apnews.com/article/un-gaza-war-children-killed-malnu...

Are those 13,000+ children that Israel killed part of Hamas? Is everybody in Palestine Hamas? Or is it the excuse of a Zionist-apologist for bombarding innocents?

> Israel is not going to try get more Israelis killed just so progressives become happier.

Well, actually again, you are conflating the actions of the genocidal Israeli state and of the wanted war criminal Netanyahu, with the will of the Israeli people, who repeatedly protested against his genocidal regime.

Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUT_D31mo8k

And a month ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4vwIM1zE4U

And four months ago: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tUtS3POWiJ4

And three years ago: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HH0Lr2nM2qY

Zionism is the same as Nazism, a type of fascism, predicated on the fact that some are "better" and "chosen" and have a right to and deserve more than others just because of their race/skin color/nationality/religion.
by foobarian | 2025-04-20 21:26:04+00:00
There are also organisms such as slugs, grubs, beetles, moths etc. which can mess with growth. I can basically not grow any sunflower at all without it getting destroyed by beetles, zucchinis by vine borer larvae, other things by slugs, etc. Makes it hard to garden without getting resentful and harboring feelings of revenge. Next thing you know you're dropping all sorts of evil chemicals on the plants. :-D
by SantiagoVargas | 2025-04-20 21:27:07+00:00
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by TheAceOfHearts | 2025-04-20 21:27:46+00:00
I really dislike this framing. Historically we've been very confused about what AGI means because we don't actually understand it. We're still confused so most working definitions have been iterated upon as models acquire new capabilities. It's akin to searching something in the fog of war: you set a course or destination because you think that's the approximate direction where the thing will be found, but then you get there and realize you were wrong so you continue exploring.

Most people have a rough idea of what AGI means, but we still haven't figured out an exact definition that lines up with reality. As we continue exploring the idea space, we'll keep figuring out which parameters place boundaries and requirements on what AGI means.

There's no reason to just accept an ancient definition from someone who was confused and didn't know any better at the time when they invented their definition. Older definitions were just shots in the dark that pointed in a general direction, but there's no guarantee that they would hit upon the exact destination.
by keernan | 2025-04-20 21:28:40+00:00
I fail to see how LLMs are anything beyond a lookup function retrieving information from a huge database (containing, in theory, all known human information), and then summarizing the results using language algorithms.

While incredibly powerful and transformative, it is not 'intelligence'. LLMs are forever knowledgebase bound. They are encyclopedias with a fancy way of presenting information looked up in the encyclopedia.

The 'presentation' has no concept, awareness, or understanding of the information being presented - and never will. And this is the critical line. Without comprehension, a LLM is incapable of being creative. Of coming up with new ideas. It cannot ponder. Wonder. Think.
by daxfohl | 2025-04-20 21:30:24+00:00
Until you can boot one up, give it access to a VM video and audio feeds and keyboard and mouse interfaces, give it an email and chat account, tell it where the company onboarding docs are and expect them to be a productive team member, they're not AGI. So long as we need special protocols like MCP and A2A, rather than expecting them to figure out how to collaborate like a human, they're not AGI.

The first step, my guess, is going to be the ability to work through github issues like a human, identifying which issues have high value, asking clarifying questions, proposing reasonable alternatives, knowing when to open a PR, responding to code review, merging or abandoning when appropriate. But we're not even very close to that yet. There's some of it, but from what I've seen most instances where this has been successful are low level things like removing old feature flags.
by conception | 2025-04-20 21:31:27+00:00
I think the thing missing would be memory. The knowledge of current models is more or less static save for whatever you can cram into their context window. I think if they had memory and thus the ability to learn - “oh hey, I’ve already tried to solve a bug in these ways maybe I won’t get stuck in loop on them!” Would be the agi push for me. Real time incorporating new knowledge into the model is the missing piece.
by tisdadd | 2025-04-20 21:31:33+00:00
Knowing we will not agree, I will simply leave it that it was the first book on Gutenberg printing press, and that I think we can both agree made books much more widely available. Additionally, I think that must people on this site have more than likely had some logic and critical thinking studies, myself included, and that it is ok to disagree on some things. However, on the logic side, if Heaven is real and there is but one way to get there and not many, only those on that way will get there. If it is real and there are many ways, it doesn't matter what one you pick. If it is not real, then it also doesn't matter. I know if someone wants to hear logical discussions there are apologetics and debaters out there that are good to listen to. With the main thread here, I appreciate libraries and librarians greatly, especially in an age where so much is kept in a mutable form vs the hard copy. I would say that I hope most people have a worldview that they can express, and that it should morph with a deeper understanding of the world as you mature.
by orangevelcro | 2025-04-20 21:33:17+00:00
Absolutely. I always thought LLMs were interesting, but in no way 'ready for prime time' and have been absolutely blown away that it seems like it's been shoehorned into every possible real life use case in such a reckless way.

I've even heard of lawyers being forced to use it.

It is breathtakingly irresponsible.
by MobiusHorizons | 2025-04-20 21:34:17+00:00
I was originally pretty skeptical of the Lomi as well after seeing this very same video. But my friend got us one and we have been using it for a while now. Sure, it has the same parts as a breadmaker, and it's mostly just drying out and cutting down the organic material into more useful sizes, exactly like he says, but when you put in the enzymes and have it run its dirt cycle it does actually produce meaningfully good compost all with much lower footprint a garden composting setup. I'm not sure I'd pay to buy one new, but but it's not a scam.
by akerl_ | 2025-04-20 21:35:16+00:00
I think what you’re missing is that advocating for social pressure towards eugenics is also alarming.

I’m not limited to only being concerned about advocates of government-mandated eugenics policies. Social efforts to encourage eugenics, like the idea that people with medical conditions or people with “low IQ” should not reproduce, are also concerning, much the same way that societal racism or sexism is concerning even when it occurs without government involvement.
by squeegee_scream | 2025-04-20 21:35:32+00:00
I think there are, the author says so, but according to author they don’t make clear if a book is a new edition, translation, etc of a previously published book. So getting a list of published works wherein “A Book Title” is a single result and “A Book Title 2nd edition”, “A Book Title 3rd edition”, etc are not listed in addition to “A Book Title”, doesn’t exist. I would think it’s possible to write a layer of logic that takes a list of published books and removes extra editions, translations, etc to get what the author wants but perhaps the problem is more difficult than I realize
by p_ing | 2025-04-20 21:36:06+00:00
For Jury, I would give a "skip question" option. I found one relating to Christianity that I had _no_ idea what the "correct" answer would be based on the two options.

I thought clicking "Ask a new question" then going right back into Jury Duty would give me a new question, but I landed on the same one.

I think the asker providing the two valid responses is flawed. It doesn't allow the "jury" to draw their own conclusion, or provides leading answers (one about "is it rude" to eat by themselves when they're socially exhausted in a work context -- one is "yes they would be offended", the other "no they won't be" -- well, they certainly may be but it is your right to eat alone, so the answer could have been "they may, but you need to take care of yourself").
by bluGill | 2025-04-20 21:36:06+00:00
that is both right and wrong. Right that they need to QA it, which is a cost. Depending on current ecconomics one they don't want to pay today. Wrong though because eventually they will need to pay it - when someone needs to spend the time to figure out what the weird code is doing (CS101 algorithms are not always obvious when not given a name even though simple once you realize what is happening).

Not cleaning things up as you go is why many projects have declared bankruptcy and done a billion dollar rewrite. We learn things over time, but if you don't apply the lessons you end up with really bad code.

OTOH, just changing everything all the time isn't right either. Find the correct balance so your code is constantly improving and as a result maintanable for centuries.
by sebastiennight | 2025-04-20 21:36:10+00:00
Compared to someone who graduated middle school on November 30th, 2022 (2.5 years ago, would you say that today's gemini 2.5 pro has NOT gained intelligence faster?

I mean, if you're a CEO or middle manager and you have the choice of hiring this middle schooler for general office work, or today's gemini-2.5-pro, are you 100% saying the ex-middle-schooler is definitely going to give you best bang for your buck?

Assuming you can either pay them $100k a year, or spend the $100k on gemini inference.
by dragonwriter | 2025-04-20 21:36:56+00:00
For model usability as a binary yes/no, pretty much the only dimension that matters is VRAM, and at 24GB the 3090 is still high end for a consumer NVidia GPUs, yes, the 5090 (and only the 5090) is above it, at 32GB, but 24GB is way ahead of the mid-range.
by mech422 | 2025-04-20 21:37:01+00:00
exactly, you didn't provide any evidence or even decent arguements to support your position. I provided 3 distinct areas (of many) that it didn't touch that programmers have to deal with everyday. I also pointed out that the capabilities to do the sorts of transformations it did have existed for decades.

But given your comment history, backing up your arguments doesn't seem to be your strong suit...
by Cthulhu_ | 2025-04-20 21:37:30+00:00
I want to believe they've improved the process by a lot since then, including getting the lighting right. Although I'm sure most of that is done in post-processing.

The making of The Mandalorian is interesting though, by using a projected screen as the set rendered in realtime, they can get the environmental lighting on the actors correct as well without much post-processing.
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