MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by dominicq | 2025-06-23 05:31:31+00:00
It's fiction. You don't go to a classical music concert and dislike/complain that it takes too long to get to the "good" part. The author is taking you for an experience, and if it takes 40 pages of setup, then that's the type of experience the author intended.

Not saying you should stick with books that are boring, and you no longer want that experience, but stating that 40 pages of setup is a waste of one's time is a very strange thing. It's like one guy I know who watches movies (not podcasts, cinema) on 2x "not to waste time". I think it all comes from the same obsession with productivity which ultimately is as sick as the dwindling attention span mentioned in the linked article.
by xdennis | 2025-06-23 05:32:56+00:00
> whose Basic Law 2018 declared it a Jewish supremacist state

The Basic Law which passed with 62 for and 55 against, just states what the constitution of pretty much any European country does. Most European countries are nation states. It's countries like Switzerland, Russia and Belgium which are outliers. (Hopefully, one day, they will be broken up too.)
by sherdil2022 | 2025-06-23 05:33:22+00:00
My contrarian view is that if someone wants to get stuff done, they will get it done or find a way to get it done. Or else there will always be one excuse or another. Of course, there might be some legitimate blockers or onorous processes, but you don’t need a reason to do stuff and one can come up with thousands of reasons to not do.
by int_19h | 2025-06-23 05:33:35+00:00
> If you remove all of the seeded RNG during inference (meaning; no random seeds, no temps, just weights/tokenizer), you can actually create an equation that deterministically gives you the same string of text every time.

That answers the "what", but not the "why" nor the "how exactly", with the latter being crucial to any claim that we understand how these things actually work.

If we actually did understand that, we wouldn't need to throw terabytes of data on them to train them - we'd just derive that very equation directly. Or, at the very least, we would know how to do so in principle. But we don't.
by modeless | 2025-06-23 05:34:03+00:00
I agree that 'cybercab' and 'robotaxi' are similar names, but what ulterior motive would it serve to intentionally confuse people about the difference? Seems like it's just bad naming. Cybercab isn't late or anything, it was announced for 2026 at its unveiling. And Robotaxi is an accurate and descriptive name for a self-driving Model Y that you can hail.
by ben_w | 2025-06-23 05:34:13+00:00
> the “weight-question”-Part is NOT a transcript from my actual life... thankfully - I did not transcribe a live ChatGPT consult while navigating emotional landmines with my (perfectly slim) wife, then submit it to PhilPapers and now here…

You have wildly missed my point.

You do not need to even have a spouse in order to try asking an AI the same question. I am not married, and I was still able to ask it ask it to respond to that question.

My point is that you clearly have not asked ChatGPT, because ChatGPT's behaviour clearly contradicts your claims about what AI would do.

So: what caused you to write to claim that AI would respond as you say they would respond, when the most well-known current generation model clearly doesn't?
by rincebrain | 2025-06-23 05:34:19+00:00
When I saw this, my first thought was this tragic examination [1] of ~half a dozen cases of people developing Alzheimer's like symptoms with a similar lack of history - and the underlying thing they had in common was that they had all had a treatment done years prior which sourced cadaver tissue in a way that did not preclude other things being in the treatment bundle, which was eventually banned over fears of something like CJD being transmitted, which they assume was the underlying cause.

[1] - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02768-9
by cs02rm0 | 2025-06-23 05:36:09+00:00
Video killed the radio star.

I remember listening to that as a kid and thinking it must be wrong because we still had radio, we even had books everywhere as far as I could see. Of course we still do, but it's not just literary fiction suffering; book sales tend to go down (pandemics excepted) while the numbers being published goes up.

Anecdotally, I followed an interesting ex-MI6 bod on Tiktok (@theenglishspy) who had ~50k followers and admitted, maybe a few months after publishing a book he'd been pushing, that he had sold less than 100 copies. I had my own go [1] at narrative non-fiction for a cause and also didn't manage to break 100 copies.

Perhaps it's a good thing; the market's saturated, while overall demand for books is falling it's because there are more instant, engaging formats that people are seeking to invest in finding stories. If the internet ever goes down, those books will still be there, we'll just have to find a way to order them.

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVC8XG1X/
by bluefirebrand | 2025-06-23 05:36:59+00:00
> What scientific evidence is there that we are anything other than a biochemical machine? And if we are a biochemical machine, how is that inherently capable of more than a silicon based machine is capable of

Iron and copper are both metals but only one can be hardened into steel

There is no reason why we should assume a silicon machine must have the same capabilities as a carbon machine
by remuskaos | 2025-06-23 05:37:44+00:00
I thought I commented on this from my phone, but it seems it didn't go through, so I'll try again.

Most apps I've tried (and browsers too) can be blocked just fine via DNS. The gli.net interface allows "Override DNS Settings of All Clients" and "DNS Rebinding Attack Protection". This way, the router itself is the only resolver actually reachable. Even if I try some manual `dig google.com @1.1.1.1`, I still get the routers result.

The only thing it can't block is DNS over Https. I think that's by design, it seems it's impossible to block that.
by ddimitrov | 2025-06-23 05:37:47+00:00
I've failed system design interview where they repeatedly asked me to design "for scale" but all the volume and latency requirements I could get from them could be handled by a single HA pair running a monolithic server+ external managed data store.

They also seemed annoyed that I am asking them questions that are not part of the problem statement instead of getting down to drawing a fancy diagram.

I'm sure they hired someone who drew a lot of boxes with cute logos because webscale.
by tayo42 | 2025-06-23 05:38:47+00:00
Thinking of it as pass or fail is really the problem. That leads to having some kind of criteria that ends up being gamed. Which is what happened to this style of interviewing.

"system design" as it's done now by everyone is a bad interview whether I can pass it or not. You just need to hit the right buzzwords or draw the right boxes. How is that effective?
by flare_blitz | 2025-06-23 05:39:59+00:00
Thanks for posting. I like the concept but ran into several showstopping bugs. I clicked on the "Start Interview" button and received a "No response from Gemini" error. When I exited the interview, it said that I had used all free interviews and suggested that I upgrade to Premium for $5 a month.

With all due respect, why would I pay $5 a month for something that self-implodes as soon as I hit one button?
by xhunmon | 2025-06-23 05:40:05+00:00
Before publishing a HarmonyOS Next app, comprehensive functional testing and real device debugging are crucial for quality assurance and passing review. This article details the testing process, real device debugging methods, common issues, and official resources to help developers efficiently identify and resolve problems.

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Write unit test cases for each module to verify input/output and edge cases. Use HarmonyOS official testing frameworks. Integration Testing

Check module collaboration, simulate real business flows. Focus on login, data sync, payment, push notifications, etc. UI Automation Testing

Use automation tools (UIAutomator, DevEco Studio built-in tools) for batch UI interaction testing. Check UI adaptation, interaction logic, animation smoothness, etc. Performance Testing

Test app startup speed, memory usage, CPU consumption on different devices. Identify and optimize performance bottlenecks for better UX. 3. Real Device Debugging Practices Connect Real Devices Use USB or Wi-Fi to connect HarmonyOS devices to your development computer. Enable developer mode and USB debugging on the device. DevEco Studio Deployment & Debugging In DevEco Studio, select the target device, click "Run" or "Debug" to deploy the app. Use breakpoints, log output, etc., to troubleshoot and fix issues in real time. ...
by Veserv | 2025-06-23 05:41:25+00:00
MMU hardware has a hardware-defined minimum mapping granularity (i.e. page size). On x86-64 this is 4KB. On ARMv8/v9 the specification allows runtime configuration for any of 4KB, 16KB, or 64KB as the minimum mapping granularity on a per-process basis, though the actual chip implementation is free to only support a subset of such configurations and still be conformant.

Implementations may also define certain sizes that are more efficient. On modern x86-64, large pages may allow 2MB, 1GB, 512 GB, etc. (multiples of 512) to be more efficient. On modern ARMv8/v9 there is similar large page support (the exact details depend on the minimum mapping granularity) and they may also support aligned, contiguous mappings which making other sizes efficient (the exact details are even more complicated than simple large pages and highly optional).

As such, if you want to get just "1 byte", then you create a userspace allocator that asks for memory that conforms to the limits of the MMU and then it is the job of the userspace allocator to abstract that away for you by chopping it up under its own auspices.
by LarsDu88 | 2025-06-23 05:43:50+00:00
One of my favorite bits of tech trivia is the story of Tandy's pivot from being a leathergoods store to selling some of the first home "microcomputers" simply because microcomputing overlapped as a hobbyist activity in it's early days.

Quite unexpectedly, Tandy/Radioshack's computer business has gone kaput, but Tandy leathergoods still exists and has operating stores more than 100 years later.
by overfeed | 2025-06-23 05:43:52+00:00
> just imagine for yourself the types of things that different states can make a crime, add a fine, then offer to give other citizens part or all of that fine if they turn in others

You mean if a red state (like Texas) potentially handing out bounties for snitching on abortions? Texas already passed that law in 2022[1]. We are already way down the slippery slope you alluded.

1. https://www.npr.org/2022/07/11/1107741175/texas-abortion-bou...
by Gigachad | 2025-06-23 05:43:58+00:00
The abuse of the user agent for tracking and unreasonably blocking browsers - Chrome only websites that work fine when you spoof the user agent - out weighs the usefulness of being able to work around browser specific bugs.

These days old browser versions are for most companies, a problem of the past. IE is well and truly dead, and almost all users have auto updating browsers now.

Websites shouldn't really attempt to fit themselves to the browser, just detect which features are available and if there is some odd browser bug, wait until it's patched if it's affecting a major browser.
by jeffparsons | 2025-06-23 05:44:05+00:00
Another reason to use LaTeX for papers back in the day was that Microsoft Word would routinely corrupt large documents in terrifying ways. Sometimes the root of the corruption existed in the document somehow long before any of it was visible, so even recovering from an old backup would just lead to the problem repeating. I recall the only way to properly "recover" an old backup was to copy it all via plain text (e.g. Notepad), and then back into a brand new Word document.

This is all to say, if you're working on a theis or even a moderately large assignment, working in Word was not good for the nerves.

Looking back, I probably should have just worked in plain text and then worried about formatting only at the very end, but ummm, yes, I guess another hapless victim did indeed fall into LaTeX's trap. :)
by senectus1 | 2025-06-23 05:44:22+00:00
I think you're partially right... it'll start with insurance companies, they'll charge people that insist on driving it themselves more for the right (due to safer standards (not that I'm saying this is the case, just that THEY will say it is)).

Then local Gov will charge more to allow non robot cars on the road ( less wear and tear on the roads, fewer roads needed due to more reliably predictable drivers and fewer accidents).

Then lastly manufactures will get to a point that they need to simplify their production range and will pretty much only produce self driving.

lastly, culturally the demand will change. the ipad generation dont want to have learn to drive or have to spend their screen time driving. the damand from them alone will push for self driving cars.
by remuskaos | 2025-06-23 05:47:01+00:00
It seems you're already down voted, but I'd like to respond to this comment anyway. Also, I'll rephrase it slightly:

"Drop the idea that drinking alcohol like shots or beer or whatever is somehow ignoble and worthy of scorn. Recognize it's just a fun way to kill some time (and brain cells).

Internalized that? Cool.

Now find a comfy place to sit or lie down and binge that shit. For hours. Do it for as long as it brings you joy. Had your fill? Cool."

The key is moderation.

I'm not against drinking and I'm not against using Youtube, Reddit, Instagram, Hacker News. But I get sucked into it way more that I want, and this is my way of having a nice old lady ask "haven't you had enough, honey?".

Damn, I've spent days on Youtube, not even on "silly" stuff. There's a limitless supply of educational videos, PBS Space Time, Stumpy Nubs, Phil Salmony, DIY Perks.... But I still have a limited amount of hours in a day. Also I have shared responsibility of several humans and animals in this house, I can't just sit idly behind a screen all day (except for the eight hours I get paid to do it).
by h4ck_th3_pl4n3t | 2025-06-23 05:47:54+00:00
Note that companies usually ignore fan projects like this and don't mention them at all. If they would mention and tolerate them, it weakens their intellectual property in a future lawsuit.

Once fan projects get too much traction, companies have to cease and desist them because that's the way intellectual properties work in the law. It usually has nothing to do with whether it was a cool project or not, it's just that there's way too much money at stake when not defending your IP.
by xdennis | 2025-06-23 05:49:00+00:00
> Israel fears an economically functional Iran and uses the wmd excuse to sabotage it as much as possible.

Israel couldn't care less about Iran until 1979. It's the Islamists who are obsessed with Israel.

If Iran stopped chanting "Death to Israel" and stopped arming anti-Israeli groups then Israel would have no issue with Iran.
by motorest | 2025-06-23 05:50:58+00:00
> What the poster is insinuating is that system design interviews may devolve into a scripted / memorized hoop-jumping experience rather than being a creative technical problem solving discussion.

I think you're trying to rarionalize away the fact that system design involves knowing patterns and how to apply them.

In each and every single technical field, it's good to be able to improvise but it's even better to know what you are doing.

What you dismiss as "scripted / memorized hoop-jumping experience" actually translates to theoretical and practical knowledge to solve specific problems. Improvisation is a last-resort to fix problems you never faced before.

So yeah, this blend of criticism boils down to complaining that the only good tests are the ones you can pass, and everyone who is more experienced, prepared, and outright competent should not given preferential treatment.
by dragonwriter | 2025-06-23 05:51:07+00:00
> Alternatively, in order to not be contradictory doesn't it require the assumption that humans are not "algorithmic"? But does that not then presuppose (as the above commenter brought up) that we are not a biochemical machine? Is a machine not inherently algorithmic in nature?

No, computation is algorithmic, real machines are not necessarily (of course, AGI still can't be ruled out even if algorithmic intelligence is, only AGI that does not incorporate some component with noncomputable behavior.)
by WithinReason | 2025-06-23 05:53:07+00:00
Isn't this a software problem being solved in hardware? Ideally you would try to avoid going to memory in the first place by fusing the operations, which should be much faster than speeding up memory ops. E.g. you should never do an explicit im2col before a convolution, it should be fused. However it's hard to argue with a 0.019 mm2 area increase.
by annie_muss | 2025-06-23 05:54:45+00:00
The problem is I know that I am completely addicted, but I cannot stop. I feel like I'm the alcoholic drinking a bottle of vodka a day. I have tried to give up many times but I just can't crack it. Every time I have a good day the next day just slides right back into addiction. I probably average around 5-10 hours of pointless screen time a day (scrolling random youtube clips. Researching items I will never buy. Fantasizing about jobs I can never get. )

I have tried all kinds of blocking software and strategies. Blocking software, however elaborate, never seems to make a different. You find one way or another to get around the block and then after a while turning off the block just becomes part of your muscle memory. The most extreme thing I tried was cutting off the internet to my house and going back to a dumbphone for 6 months. For sure, I probably had less screen time. But I also spent many hours sitting in the station using the public wifi or watching hours and hours of pointless television.

This is a really tough nut to crack. I think there is probably no technological solution to it.
by yusina | 2025-06-23 05:56:13+00:00
> It's really the same problem as with math in school in general ("whatever is this even useful for?")

That argument is a strawman whenever it comes up because it applies to every subject. High jump? Napoleon wars? Molar weight of helium? English literature in the 19th century? What is any of that ever "useful" for? To understand the world which you live in. What a lack of education leads to is blatently obvious with the current U.S. administration. It's not about each school lesson directly translating into monetary value in a later job, neither w.r.t colored balls nor with knowing how the american civil war started.
by oefrha | 2025-06-23 05:56:15+00:00
Time spent on typesetting produces immediately visible results (however minor). Actual research doesn’t. It’s the classic feedback loop problem, so like you said, procrastinating students devote lots of time to largely pointless but seemingly productive activities like typesetting.

I was there once. In hindsight all the tweaks were a complete waste of time. All I needed was amsart, plus beamer for slides.
by nelsonfigueroa | 2025-06-23 05:56:30+00:00
I have a lot of feedback.

No links to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

No way to preview without signing in.

Only way to sign in is with Google.

"Trusted by engineers landing jobs at" ...given how new this is, is this line marketing fluff or is there evidence that engineers actually trust LeetSys?

Finally, I'm worried that this will make system design interviews as miserable as coding interviews.
by motorest | 2025-06-23 05:57:00+00:00
> Thinking of it as pass or fail is really the problem. That leads to having some kind of criteria that ends up being gamed. Which is what happened to this style of interviewing.

What do you think a technical interview is? Everyone steps into a job interview hoping to outperform all other candidates in whatever criterias they will be evaluated on. Vibes play a role, but don't you think that being able to demonstrate technical skills matters?
by mschuster91 | 2025-06-23 05:57:43+00:00
> Meanwhile modern capitalism will allow me to work as little as I want after a decade or two of accumulating capital.

That's not an improvement at a societal scale, that's the thing. Without those in working age actually working and generating economic activity, the system becomes nothing more than a house of cards waiting to collapse.

Capitalism, especially modern rabid capitalism, depends on the illusion of infinite growth - an illusion that can only fail, given modern demographic trends and resource scarcity. And it is completely unsuited for the coming era when a lot of work will be done outright by machines.
by jfoster | 2025-06-23 05:58:03+00:00
You might not have heard of the biggest one. Apollo Go in China is actually slightly ahead of Waymo in terms of vehicles and miles.

Assuming the Austin robotaxi service continues to go smoothly, I expect Tesla will leapfrog both of them in the next 12 months. Tesla's cost-effective approach (cameras) combined with the fact that they have already scaled vehicle production positions them really well.

Media (and therefore people who trust it too much) will point out places where each of the services goes wrong, but the reality is that likely all of them are already much safer than human drivers if you define "safety" in terms of severe accidents per million miles.

More than a million people die each year from automobile accidents with humans behind the wheel.
by remuskaos | 2025-06-23 05:59:04+00:00
Thank you, I really appreciate this!

Alas, none of it is made up - honestly. My wife and I kept finding ourselves in the garden on a beautiful day scrolling reddit and instagram for up to an hour, on several occasions. We kind of know we're wasting our time, and we kind of want to, too. It's kind of a constant struggle of uber-me against animal-me and I really hope this moderation tool works how I image it.

After I read Neils post I've completed the entire setup - including blog post - in maybe three hours. So if this keeps me from doom scrolling for an hour at least three times, I've gained some time back.
by brudgers | 2025-06-23 05:59:11+00:00
Of course it does.

There is no silver bullet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet

But there is Zawiski’s Law.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinski#Zawinski's_La...

And the reward for good work is more work.

https://youtube.com/shorts/SUu1R0Sdfy8?si=ZrXy7uYRMV08WNP3

Good luck.
by soulofmischief | 2025-06-23 05:59:22+00:00
This take is willfully ignorant of the political climate we live in, where individuals and organizations can pay billions of dollars to shape public opinion through a variety of mechanisms. A huge amount of Americans feel unrepresented by the current administration.

US politics should not be "winner takes all", the entire point of having a distributed body of leadership and not just the Supreme Leader is that a wider variety of American interests are supposed to be represented.
by volemo | 2025-06-23 05:59:35+00:00
I think the annoyance with TikZ is twofold: (1) it tries to do a really hard thing (create a picture with text in a human writable way), (2) it is used infrequently enough that it’s hard to learn through occasional use.

That said, nobody makes you use TikZ, fire up Inkscape and do it wysiwyg.