MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by kmeisthax | 2025-06-29 16:50:32+00:00
> If it starts demanding profit it will be eaten alive by competition in no time at all.

At least until it becomes too big to fail and can build anticompetitive "moats" around itself to increase the amount of profit it can take.

For example, in the case of Amazon, they aren't just a retailer, they're a logistics and shipping company, too. And all of those are separate, itemized services that suppliers pay for, which increases revenue in a very opaque and difficult to understand way. On the customer's end that means higher prices and worse selection.

Any competitor to Amazon doesn't just have to get the same products for cheaper, they also have to build their own shipping company that can get products to people with <48hr turnaround. This provides a lot of room for Amazon to take a cut.

That being said, when you start building a giant business empire the direct profits matter less than the amount of control over the economy you get. In other words, you have the power to tax and subsidy, just like a government does. Amazon maintained minimal profit by deliberately subsidizing new business ventures until they could get big enough to become extractive on their own.

At no point does the business flip a switch and go from "deliberately burning money to avoid carrying a profit" to "extracting so much profit they get eaten by nimbler competition". They instead are always burning money, and always extracting, moving money to where they see fit.
by flowmerchant | 2025-06-29 16:50:40+00:00
Some might think why have the females in a physically exhausting endurance effort? In a canoe, females lower center of gravity helps tremendously. And for many hours of continuous paddling, often males will have mental break down before the females. The Texas Water Safari is an endurance canoe race starting in San Marcos, similar to this crossing with regards to duration, effort required. The winning boat this year had two females. Ask any racer in that comparator, they will agree with regards to the anatomy and mental differences with regards to men and women.
by nine_k | 2025-06-29 16:51:48+00:00
Many skilled but repetitive jobs became automated away. From middle-class weavers (1760s) to middle-class car assembly workers (1970s) to middle-class journalists (eroding since 2000s) to middle-class software developers (happening now, alas).

All these professions did not disappear. They have transformed though more to tending and overseeing machines, at an income level below middle class, with a much smaller number of highly-skilled professionals doing the exceptional things which machines don't do too well.

When the technology is good enough for a one person to record an entire album, it's hard to be a specialist musician, like a violinist in an orchestra, or even a guitarist in a band

I suppose the skilled professions that will resist machine replacement for longest time are these which require a lot of custom work and adjusting to unique local circumstances: electricians, plumbers, car mechanics, doctors, hairdressers, maybe construction workers. But they will likely handle mostly special cases, where standard, machine-friendly solutions don't fit well, a bit like modern tailors.
by gedy | 2025-06-29 16:51:58+00:00
They sort of do (or as much as they ever have), but I think that the modern world gives access to national and global stars via prerecorded entertainment and the little guys can't make a living like they used to.

That's a drag in many ways because local circuits and regional music are where a lot of new styles and bands came from, and the wealth is more concentrated now into fewer people.
by bglazer | 2025-06-29 16:52:21+00:00
Please, I really don’t think you’re discussing this in good faith.

“And the fact is that the people of Gaza could end the conflict whenever they want. All they need to do is surrender and hand over the hostages”

So no, Israel decides how and when the killing ends and apparently that’s when “Gaza no longer poses a threat”. Who knows what that means but apparently it involves mass starvation, firing tank rounds into crowds, and destroying every hospital.
by somenameforme | 2025-06-29 16:52:29+00:00
Sales are accounted for in $ terms, not units sold. It's the same thing with Hollywood. You might think movies are more popular than ever thanks to record breaking sales (pre-COVID at least). In reality, we reached peak movie, in terms of tickets sold, in 2002! [1]

Back to iPhones, this [2] page shows their stats by units sold (about half way down). iPhone is essentially treading water if those data are correct (with a peak in 2015 overcome twice since, but by ~1% each time), but I strongly suspect that that's showing units shipped and not units sold, as iPhone sales declining has been universally reported.

[1] - https://www.the-numbers.com/market/

[2] - https://www.demandsage.com/iphone-user-statistics/
by vinceguidry | 2025-06-29 16:52:54+00:00
> China will patiently build the largest Navy and infiltrate the political landscape of Taiwan until they just peacefully transfer back into the fold.

I don't think this would work, they can't manipulate a sophisticated Western political system without actual sovereignty over the land. Western soft power is just that good.

If China had a playbook that could accomplish that, they would have used that instead for assimilating Hong Kong instead of what they ended up doing. They tried, but HK resisted Chinese influence HARD. So China stopped offering carrots and brought out the stick.
by bediger4000 | 2025-06-29 16:52:58+00:00
I believe this article named all the journalists whose advice they quote, which is good. Some usual suspects (Kabas, independent, and Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone), but oddly, a Wall Street Journal and NYT reporter. I thought both of those orgs had been caught, neutered and released by the White House. I personally would think 3 times about going to either of those orgs.
by bgwalter | 2025-06-29 16:53:34+00:00
Trump fired the head of the copyright office:

https://www.heise.de/en/news/After-criticism-of-AI-training-...

The "Big Beautiful Bill" contains a clause that prohibits state "AI" legislation.

Trump has a "Crypto and AI czar" who is very active in promoting "AI" on his YouTube propaganda outlet. The same czar also promoted, pre-election of course, accelerated peace with Russia and then stopped talking about the subject altogether.
by t8sr | 2025-06-29 16:53:46+00:00
Yes, but there’s nuance. We each assume a version of events and nobody really knows. In my experience, big tech companies attract a certain type of person (among others) who will not only think of stuff like this, but actively fight for it and consequences to the long term be damned. VPs who actually approve this stuff will have limited time to think about it and a lot depends on the proposal.

This looks like a group PM level decision. Bluntly, at that level we get paid enough to exercise good judgement.
by costco | 2025-06-29 16:54:06+00:00
I had used bloom filters in the past without really understanding how they worked. Then one day I decided to implement them just going off the Wikipedia article with the 32-bit MurmurHash function and was surprised at how simple it was. If you're using C++ you can use std::vector<bool> (or as of C++23, std::bitset) to make it even easier to store the bits in a space efficient way.
by grishka | 2025-06-29 16:54:27+00:00
Except the way some system notifications worked on iOS was always disrespectful. The kind where you unlock your device with a clear goal in mind and a modal alert pops up telling you that your battery is low, or that something "important" happened to your Apple ID, or that a system update is available, or asks you to set up iMessage again, or some other shit that of course has no relationship to what you're trying to do this very moment. It's rudely diverting your attention, interrupting your train of thought. That isn't respectful by any stretch of imagination, and they've been doing it since at least iOS 6.

Long-time iOS users like to dunk on Android but even Android doesn't do this. All these things are notifications on Android, so you could deal with them on your own time.
by FollowingTheDao | 2025-06-29 16:54:57+00:00
> A small percentage of people, like myself, have clearly autosomal genetic conditions

What is the Autosomal dominant disordered gene polymorphism you have that causes your mental illness? I am assuming you are just guessing here?

> I have to take psychopharmacological drugs just to get close to normal.

I hope you can consider that you are taking drugs to manage being in an environment/diet that you are not genetically adapted to.

I used to think like you, but then I saw my genetics, now after 35 years, I am on no meds and have essentially cured my schizoaffective disorder.
by throw-qqqqq | 2025-06-29 16:55:29+00:00
> So that might be a significant amount of the schizophrenic cases in the population

I dont think they are. Most are diagnosed in their teens or early twenties. Women slightly later than men.

Women diagnosed in their menopause are not a majority of diagnosed schizophrenics; far from.

I understood that part as merely a curiosity.
by onetimeusename | 2025-06-29 16:55:56+00:00
I worked at a place that wanted to hire a foreign worker. Then they just simply hired him. I didn't realize you can't just hire a foreign worker the same way you would a US citizen. They did publish the job ad they hired him for but I don't know if it was even circulated. It seems like a cottage industry of lawyers make a nice living creating a plausible paper trail for that kind of thing but it's all borderline fraudulent. But the job can also be crafted so specifically as to exclude all but one foreign person. I think we're just rubber stamping the visas.

My point here is that what happens when someone from XYZ country comes over, gets in charge of hiring then decides they want more from their country, and then exploits the system to bring over all their friends and maybe family from their country and this goes on for decades and you're kind of hiding it under the carpet as we seem prone to do in these situations. This goes beyond just enforcement and worker protections into a place that's beyond the scope of the purpose of H1B.
by senkora | 2025-06-29 16:56:10+00:00
Thank you, that makes sense. I can see that being an issue for testing.

I wouldn't describe "pseudo-random sequences that differ between compilers/platforms/versions but are deterministic for a given toolchain" as "true randomness" but I understand the point.

I have confirmed that uniform_int_distribution gives different results on x86-64 clang (trunk) with libc++ [1] vs x86-64 clang (trunk) with libstdc++ [2].

[1]: https://godbolt.org/z/dd5YMs7zo

[2]: https://godbolt.org/z/8svGn7Exc
by pfdietz | 2025-06-29 16:56:19+00:00
I love this quote (from Interlisp-D: Overview and Status):

"Interlisp is a very large software system and large software systems are not easy to construct. Interlisp-D has on the order of 17,000 lines of Lisp code, 6,000 lines of Bcpl, and 4,000 lines of microcode."

So large. :)

http://www.softwarepreservation.net/projects/LISP/interlisp-...
by dbuxton | 2025-06-29 16:56:46+00:00
I had to do a MN1 application for my US-born daughter as both me and my partner were born abroad. As OP alludes to this is a sort of side quest called "registration" which if you don't do it before the child is 18 lapses (although I think there are still routes to obtain citizenship in these circs).

The most difficult part of the process (not dealt with in this version of Passport Application but maybe a future DLC pack?) was actually finding someone who could certify my evidence (you are meant to submit originals but they keep the docs including passports for 3-6 months which is a bit unrealistic if you are living abroad). I can't remember the exact rules but it wasn't possible to use a US notary or a normal solicitor certification process and instead I needed to go to a council office.

After calling about 5 councils all of whom disavowed any knowledge of the process or its requirements I ended up finding someone at Islington Council who was delightfully helpful. But it was one of the more frustrating UK government interactions I've had.
by spacemadness | 2025-06-29 16:57:09+00:00
People do care whether they realize it or not. They will always care. They have to if they consume any creative media at all. Our government and economic system on the other hand might not care to offer any encouragement other than “good luck, you’ll need it. I hope you’re good at marketing.” The article states there are more people making music than ever. I agree. I became overwhelmed by the sheer amount of output coming out by bedroom musicians. The list of bands playing near me weekly is huge. Whether it’s more quality on top of quantity is another discussion.
by raincole | 2025-06-29 16:57:57+00:00
> I’m pretty sure you and the other commenter have this mixed up.

We really don't.

> that BB(748) is independent of ZFC

> there are different models that have different values of BB(748)

> ZFC is insufficient to determine the value of BB(748)

These three statements are equivalent.

f(n)=X is independent of ZFC means there are different models of ZFC that have different values of f(n). It's a very trivial theorem[0]. If you don't like it, I can't convince you otherwise.

> that doesn’t actually change anything

Changing the model will not change how any machine works in our physical, mechanical universe. However, it does change the value of BB(748).

I understand your line of thinking: There is only one mechanical universe, which is the one where we exist. We can build Turing machines in this universe. BB(n) depends on Turning machines. Since there is only one single universe, there is only one single value of BB(n).

It's a perfectly fine mental model for most cases. This was exactly how I thought when the first time I heard about BB(n). But it's not the kind of math than Scott Aaronson et al. are doing.

Bar keeps running in our mechanical universe. But it can also halt in some non-standard number of steps. This weird, absurd-sounding proposition works because non-standard numbers simply don't map to anything in mechanical universe. They're purely abstract objects living in ZFC+~Con(ZFC).

[0]: Given f(n)=X is independent of ZFC. Which means f(n)=X and ~(f(n)=X) are both consistent relative to ZFC. Therefore, if there is any model of ZFC, there is a model M1 that entails ZFC+(f(n)=X), and a model M2 that entails ZFC+~(f(n)=X). The value of f(n) cannot be the same in M1 and M2.
by brycewray | 2025-06-29 16:58:04+00:00
I wrote the following in a recent blog post:

> This is for those who insist they can easily spot AI-generated text. Many of us old farts were using bulleted lists and em dashes and en dashes long before artificial intelligence was no more than a (usually) reliable plot device for sci-fi, much less the fever dream of tech bros. So, for God’s sake, stop using those as “proofs” that some text is AI-generated. As for my own writing, I reiterate what I said over two years ago: “...although the stuff on this site ... may not be any good, it always has been and will be written by a human, namely me.”
by Izkata | 2025-06-29 16:58:08+00:00
I don't think that's quite right... It sounds to me like clarification of a specific example, rather than anything to do with diplomatic immunity.

I don't like going to dictionaries for arguments, but look at "subject" adjective definition 1 here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subject

> owing obedience or allegiance to the power or dominion of another

Merriam-Webster orders their dictionary "oldest known meaning first", and as I understand it the "allegiance" part of this definition is what's been forgotten about, but is what the citizenship argument is about. The first noun definition has a similar mix of meanings.

Think of it more like a kingly "these are my subjects (and not someone else's)" rather than a simple "they must obey the law because they're here".
by aucisson_masque | 2025-06-29 16:58:45+00:00
I know it’s an overly simplified view but it’s becoming more and more of a reality, Israel is the 21th century nazi.

Yeah it’s not aryan but israelian race that is superior to the Arabians, what’s the difference ?

They don’t send them in camp, they just destroy completely their land, demolish and populate with israelian. What’s the difference ? A family without home and earning is as good as dead.

There is still some democracy in Israel and a small part of the population opposed to that racism but for how long ? War always push people more and more to extremism.
by snovymgodym | 2025-06-29 16:59:41+00:00
It's pretty simple (in the US, can't speak for elsewhere).

There are 2 big factors at play:

1. Margins. Manufacturers make huge margins on expensive vehicles and very slim margins on cheap vehicles. The numbers differ, but I think even in the lead up to the 2008 crisis automakers had to sell 5-10 "econobox" cars to make the profit they made on one luxury car, SUV, or truck.

2. Normalization of debt. For many Americans, having a monthly car payment in perpetuity is considered acceptable. Car loans have their place and can be used responsibly, but due to marketing, sales tactics, and cultural sensibilities what often ends up happening is that people start from a monthly dollar amount and then work forwards to buy the most expensive vehicle they can, even if it means taking the loan term out to 72 or 84 months. It's also very normal for people to never pay off their car, instead trading in the vehicle after 3-5 years and rolling equity in the loan over to their next car. Obviously, this consumer habit is great for dealers, manufacturers, creditors and buyers of consumer debt, as well as the US Government and investors -- it's just not ideal for the consumers themselves if they're trying to preserve wealth and build savings.

These two factors create an environment increasingly hostile to the cheap entry level car. Consumer demand is low since most don't spend responsibly, and automakers don't really want to make or sell them because the margins are so slim.
by pqtyw | 2025-06-29 16:59:46+00:00
And it's not like Celtic societies were particularly know for their pacifism.

Of course its speculation from my side but it wouldn't be surprising if it was related to the Romans effectively "demilitarizing" the local society to reduce the likelihood of rebellions and general civil unrest.

That might have worked fine enough as long you had a professional army guarding the borders but when that army was gone everyone was effectively left defenceless.

Something like that seemed to have happening in Spain and Gaul as well. Except unlike in Britain the local populations managed to somewhat assimilate their Germanic overlords.
by hahaxdxd123 | 2025-06-29 16:59:51+00:00
Extremely oversold article.

> the core insight: predict in representation space, not pixels

We've been doing this since 2014? Not only that, others have been doing it at a similar scale. e.g. Nvidia's world foundation models (although those are generative).

> zero-shot generalization (aka the money shot)

This is easily beaten by flow-matching imitation learning models like what Pi has.

> accidentally solved robotics

They're doing 65% success on very simple tasks.

The research is good. This article however misses a lot of other work in the literature. I would recommend you don't read it as an authoritative source.
by 999900000999 | 2025-06-29 17:00:52+00:00
We don't want affordable Chinese EVs.

That's the answer here. They can build cars better, cheaper, faster than we can.

Instead Ford wants to sell a 80k SUPER F-250 BIG MANN TRUCK. All for what, you to drive 10 minutes to Walmart, buy groceries and drive back.

The best car is the one you don't own. No payments, insurance, parking tickets.

Unfortunately most American cities are centered around driving. So much money , and space wasted on these multi ton metal boxes. In many places most(much) of the city is literally just parking spaces.
by diggan | 2025-06-29 17:01:26+00:00
> I wasn’t aware of this, it’s extremely shortsighted. My employees’ chats are my company’s data, and I should be able to use them as I see fit.

True, and if you're the only one sitting on the data and using it, then what you say is true.

The moment you use another platform, entering agreements of terms of service and more, it stops being "your and/or your company's data" though, and Slack will do whatever they deem fit with it, including preventing you from getting all of the data, because then it gets easier for you to leave.

Sucks, yeah, but it is the situation we're in, until lawmakers in your country catch up. Luckily, other jurisdictions are already better for things like this.
by sillyfluke | 2025-06-29 17:01:38+00:00
>They support most devices for 5-7 years

You're not responding to the case I'm specifically talking about. As new major iOS or Android releases have features I could care less about, I primarily only care about critical security releases for the OS I have. Why is it thatI have to install a new OS just to get a updated version of Safari?

Whereas I seem to be able to download usable browsers on older Android phones (with older Android versions installed) from the play store?

These phones are not my primary phones, so I'm less concerned with security and more concerned about them turning into bricks of trash sooner rather than later. A phone that can stay usuable for longer without any os updates versus one that requires os updates to stay usuable should get some points in that category. And it's been my experience that battery life of older phones are negatively affected after os updates anyway, as they are not the targete phones for new OS.
by easyThrowaway | 2025-06-29 17:02:24+00:00
This is an obvious trolling attempt, but I'll bite. Very simple statistical sample for those interested:

- Go on the wikipedia page for the notable alumni of Berklee College of Music[1]; - Sort by graduation years; - Notice the "early life" snippet on the bio of most musicians from the 1970-2000. - Compare those with the bio from artists from and before such interval. Bonus points for taking in consideration how many musicians past year 2000 come from a family with an already existing musical background.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Berklee_College_of_Mus...
by kelseyfrog | 2025-06-29 17:02:25+00:00
I'm not sure this is true. My analysis shows that 75% of economic transitions are completed without violent revolt.

Just a quick glance at the 44 historic economic transitions in my dataset, most of them aren't well known. The most likely reason why we think economic revolutions are associated with violent revolt is due to selection bias - violent revolts are more memorable, take up a larger section of history books, etc.

Happy to take at look at your dataset and compare notes.
by tomComb | 2025-06-29 17:02:28+00:00
I can sympathize. I don’t know about uber in particular but it gets quite tiring trying to find and follow these obscure settings.

And what’s worse is that the companies always seem to find a way to reset it to what they want quite frequently. One of their tricks is to reorganize permissions frequently so the ones that allow their spam to get through are always new.
by Veen | 2025-06-29 17:02:44+00:00
Risk isn’t an absolute. Open systems may be verifiable, but they are also more difficult to use, inconvenient, and lack the features users want. So most people won’t use them or will use them badly. Apple reduces privacy risk relative to open solutions used by non-expert users. The purist approach to privacy increases risk to ordinary users. It’s better to be pragmatic; Apple isn’t ideal, but it’s better than the realistic alternatives.