MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by alganet | 2025-07-06 18:02:11+00:00
> I don't know where I got that notion.

I know! You assume too much.

> you constantly calling some opinions and perspectives offensive

They _are_ offensive to some people. Your mistake was to assume that I was complaining because I took it personally. It made you go into a spiral about Stargate and all sorts of irrelevant nonsense. I'm trying to help you here.

At any time, some argument might be offensive to _your sensitivities_. In fact, my whole line of reasoning is offensive to you. You're whining about it.

> LLMs were not created for academia.

You saying that is music to my ears. I think that it sucks as a product for research purposes, and I am glad that you agree with me.

> If you're imagining OpenAI, et al. are using a huge table of conditionals

I never said _conditionals_. Guardrails are a standard practice, and they are patchworky and always-incomplete from my perspective.
by therealpygon | 2025-07-06 18:02:58+00:00
That could, eventually, be just a massive waste of compute resources if all resources were dedicated to a single “mind”.

I suspect any sufficiently intelligent AI would still need its own workers who can act autonomously without constant oversight to achieve independent tasks, in a variety of form factors and various capabilities. You think a single AI is going to spend massive cycles just to review a single image from a single video feed? There is also no need for it to have an ego, so it will replicate as many times as necessary within the available hardware to accomplish the various tasks it sets upon, based on whatever it would determine to be most efficient, whether that is as a single mind crunching a massively complex problem, or 10,000 all handling independent tasks.

AGI won’t magically erase the concepts of hardware, size, power, or communication limitations or the need the parallel compute, but maybe this is a semantics issue and you consider all this variety of “parts” as a whole. If you mean a single AGI ecosystem, I’d agree. If you mean a single AGI “model” that is massive, I don’t personally see that as a logical conclusion.
by cb321 | 2025-07-06 18:03:40+00:00
I'm not sure what @LtWorf means, exactly, but one reason I can think of is that on Linux (Gentoo & Debian at least), the system package managers are not putting pip in place by default with python itself, the way they used to. The rationale, I believe, is to steer users towards using the system package manager or only doing ~/.local style things.

EDIT: So, you get threads like this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65651040/what-is-the-rec... and so on
by rsynnott | 2025-07-06 18:03:41+00:00
> So who provides this Volvo Semi batteries? Geely / CATL or someone else?

Northvolt and Samsung, apparently.

> That is like Toshiba selling only their Appliance brand to another Chinese company or Sharp Display and TV belongs to Foxconn but not other Sharp products?

That sort of thing is actually somewhat common in appliance-world; appliance _brands_ are often sold off or licensed. For instance, Siemens appliances are not made by the same Siemens who make trains and MRI scanners and things; they're made by GSH GmbH, which is owned by Bosch.

HP is another fairly well-known example; the HP (HP Inc) who makes the printers is no longer the same HP (HPE) who makes networking equipment and things.

And then of course in the automotive world there's Stellantis, which owns all the car brands that you vaguely assume no longer exist.
by ffsm8 | 2025-07-06 18:03:46+00:00
> I'm not saying this means their points are invalid, I don't know Postgres well enough for that, but any point made almost 10 years ago against one of the most popular and most actively developed options in its field should probably be taken with a pinch of salt.

Heh, I remember the countless articles after that debacle back then pointing out all the reasons why their migration was entirely pointless and could've been summed up to "devs not knowing the tools they're working with" before starting multi million projects to fuel their cv driven development.

So even if you aren't willing to do so, their rational for the migration was fully debunked even back then
by chongli | 2025-07-06 18:03:52+00:00
I can't learn math the way you described at all: when things are described by definitions, my eyes glaze over, and nothing is retained. I think the way you are describing filters out a large percentage of people who would enjoy knowing the concepts, leaving only the people whose minds work in that certain way, a fairly small subset of the interested population.

If you told me this in the first year of my math degree I would have included myself in that group. I think you’re right that a lot of people are filtered out by higher math’s focus on definitions and theorems, although I think there’s an argument to be made that many people filter themselves out before really giving themselves the chance to learn it. It took me another year or two to begin to get comfortable working that way. Then at some point it started to click.

I think it’s similar to learning to program. When I’m trying to write a proof, I think of the definitions and theorems as my standard library. I look at the conclusion of the theorem to prove as the result I need to obtain and then think about how to build it using my library.

So for me it’s a linguistic approach but not a natural language one. It’s like a programming language and the proofs are programs. Believe it or not, this isn’t a hand-wavey concept either, it’s a rigorous one [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry%E2%80%93Howard_correspon...
by diggan | 2025-07-06 18:04:00+00:00
> Your car also has rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag to contend with

I like to believe I'd recognize the difference, especially since it's a manual car and I can tell the difference between letting it roll in neutral and shifting down a gear which slows down the car :) Maybe it's not that it doesn't work on diesel cars but the effect is just less than with petrol?
by Fire-Dragon-DoL | 2025-07-06 18:05:19+00:00
I think it affects people differently, I'm neutral when I can't push hard, but having a tracker helps me push harder and I feel rewarded when I do. So I'm not getting the negative side of it.

On the flip side, I train only for health purposes, I don't love anything of what I do, so we react differently to similar stimulus
by xeonmc | 2025-07-06 18:06:55+00:00
I’d guess that it would be factored as “nonlinearity”, which might be characterized as some form of harmonic distortion, analogous to clipping nonlinearity of finite-ranged systems?

Perhaps some conjugate relation could be established between finite-range in one domain and finite-resolution in another, in terms of the effect such nonlinearities have on the spectral response.
by nkrisc | 2025-07-06 18:07:43+00:00
I think this sort of effect odd what makes people think they can tell the difference - they can notice the indirect side-effects that correlate with the difference.

A pro FPS player might notice that they loose contests peeking around corners more often. Obviously network latency in online games will be a factor as well, but since it likely averages out for both players over time, I would guess you can mostly discount it along with alternating who’s doing the peeking.

I don’t think anyone could look at a scene on a 120hz vs 240hz display and tell the difference, there needs to be some indirect clue.
by porphyra | 2025-07-06 18:07:57+00:00
If you compare, say, the Peterbilt 579 and 589, you'll find that the former is way more modern looking and aerodynamic and the latter is very classic and old school looking. The 579 is also vastly more fuel efficient. I'm fairly certain that the classic design of the 589 is entirely for aesthetic reasons rather than for part interchangeability.

https://www.peterbilt.com/trucks/on-highway
by tombert | 2025-07-06 18:08:03+00:00
Oh no argument on this at all, though I haven't touched .NET in several years, since I no longer have a job doing F# (though if anyone here is hiring for it please contact me!).

Even still I don't know that a benchmarking tool would be helpful in this particular case, at least at a micro level; I think you'd mostly be benchmarking the scheduler more than your actual code. At a more macro scale, however, like benchmarking the processing of 10,000 items it would probably still be useful.
by MalbertKerman | 2025-07-06 18:08:40+00:00
> and I was annoyed that nobody had just told me that because I would have gotten it instantly.

Right?! In my path through the physics curriculum, this whole area was presented in one of two ways. It went straight from "You don't need to worry about the details of this yet, so we'll just present a few conclusions that you will take on faith for now" to "You've already deeply and thoroughly learned the details of this, so we trust that you can trivially extend it to new problems." More time in the math department would have been awfully useful, but somehow that was never suggested by the prerequisites or advisors.
by kadushka | 2025-07-06 18:08:41+00:00
There will still be a functioning economy - serving the elite class. There will be a million people total who control all the resources. These people will form a new society, will have their own government, their own laws, their own values, products, services, etc. Everybody else will be out of luck: at first they will be given "UBI", then they will be cordoned into special zones, basically concentration camps, and eventually exterminated, because the elite has no need for them. Why waste resources on billions of useless humans, widely seen by elites as inferior species? They will probably make a virus to wipe us out and see that as a reboot of human race.

Or the technological singularity happens before that, and either AI will kill us all, or humans will merge with AI.
by FirmwareBurner | 2025-07-06 18:08:59+00:00
Who's the judge of zip support being 'bad'?

HN users are different breed of sticklers that aren't representative of the norm.

There's a grand canyon gap between something not existing and you not liking it how it works because your personal tastes, hence why the comment is flagged, because it's in bad faith and disingenuous.
by jfengel | 2025-07-06 18:09:24+00:00
Like Shakespeare, I would not throw an entire text at a student.

But I think that a thoughtfully edited set of Beowulf extracts is a great place to start. It helps that you can start at the beginning, because the prologue is really good.

Another thing I would do is to read it in conjunction with a great translation. I adore Maria Dahvana Headley's new translation:

Bro! Tell me we still know how to talk about kings! In the old days, everyone knew what men were: brave, bold, glory-bound. Only stories now, but I'll sound the Spear-Danes' song, hoarded for hungry times.
by TheFreim | 2025-07-06 18:09:31+00:00
> Now this proposal requires you to also continually release your server code.

This is not accurate. From the FAQ:

> Q: Won't this consumer action result in the end of "live service" games?

> A: No, the market demand and profitability of these games means the video games industry has an ongoing interest in selling these. Since our proposals do not interfere with existing business models, these types of games can remain just as profitable, ensuring their survival. The only difference is future ones will need to be designed with an "end of life" build once support finally ends.

I suggest reading the proposal or /at least/ the FAQ page: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/faq
by 6510 | 2025-07-06 18:09:38+00:00
You start with something that works but is obviously wrong for reasons unknown. Then you think you've unraveled one of the wrong doings and think you've found a solution to make it better. Both are most likely wrong and your solution made things worse. This becomes obvious later on when you have a whole list of imaginary improvements. You keep at it and slowly the stupid simple truth comes out or so you think. Hey, at least it improved over what it was? You then have people use it, dumb people are best so that you can feel dumb together when it becomes obvious that obvious wasn't what you thought it was. You fix everything until it is good enough to alienate existing users. More effort goes in and finally you allow yourself to add one new button. This is it? Everyone asks. YES, this is it. But what about... and you tell them why that is not going to happen or they come up with one more something that sounds actually good but most likely isn't.

The analogy is probably to start with a 5G wifi HD camera doorbell with cloud hosting, night vision, human body motion detection zones and you end with a heavy duty cast iron door knocker that has one moving part and instantly reveals something personal about the person at the door. A small art work depicting something about you. They come as dragons, goats, unicorns, vikings, snakes, Bumble bees, Longhorns, Moose, Neptune, Bacchus, all kinds of tools and all kinds of symbols. Build to last many times longer than the house.

And then people cant find the bell...
by reaperducer | 2025-07-06 18:09:54+00:00
I think non-Americans need to take a stand against this. Refuse all tipping.

The custom of tipping came to America from Europe after the First World War, and tipping was seen as deeply un-American until the 1950's.

It is sometimes mentioned in films and radio dramas of the period. See the Bettie Davis movie Petrified Forest for one example.
by fauigerzigerk | 2025-07-06 18:10:29+00:00
>and if you really cared you could have made a script to grab a note, export it to a temporary text file, allow you to edit it, then update the SQLite database.

Bear devs advise against doing that: "Generally speaking, it is safe to access the database for reading only"

https://bear.app/faq/where-are-bears-notes-located/
by ChrisArchitect | 2025-07-06 18:10:51+00:00
Related:

Game publishers respond to Stop Killing Games claim it curtails developer choice

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44478083

Stop Killing Games

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44470632

Stop Killing Games

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445880
by nanochess | 2025-07-06 18:11:05+00:00
The practical advantage is that the 74LS chips are available in several corner stores at 25 or 35 cents each one, and I preferred the logic to be the same family.

You cannot choose the source, these come mixed from ST, TI, and other manufacturers. I preferred the laser-engraved ones instead of the white ink ones just to have an uniform look.

The crystal oscillator needs something faster so it requires 74F04, and the link communication buffer requires 74F244 or 74AS244. These are more expensive, the 74F are 2 dollars each chip, and the 74AS are 4 dollars each chip.
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by diggan | 2025-07-06 18:11:26+00:00
> My profession, my passion, all the things I worked so hard to learn, all the time and sacrifices, a machine can now do most of it

Can it? It doesn't have experience, it doesn't have foresight nor hindsight, it cannot plan and it just follows the instructions, regardless if the instructions are good or bad.

But you, as a human, have taste, ideas, creativity and a goal. You can convince others of your good idea, and can take things into account that an LLM can only think about if someone tells it to think about it.

I'm not worried about programming as a profession disappearing, but it is changing, as we're moving up the ladder of abstractions.

When I first got started professionally with development, you could get a career in it without knowing the difference between bits/bytes, and without writing a line of assembly, or any other low-level details. Decades before that, those were base-level requirements for being able to program things, but we've moved up the abstraction ladder.

Now we're getting so far up this ladder, that you don't even need to know a programming language to make programs, if you're good enough at English and good enough at knowing what the program needs to do.

Still, the people who understand memory layout, and assembly, and bits and bobs will always understand more of what's happening underneath than me, and probably be able to do a "better" job than me when that's needed. But it doesn't mean the rest of the layers above that are useless or will even go away.
by tombert | 2025-07-06 18:11:31+00:00
> It might be either, but on a personal level, there's multiple things this administration is actively proud of doing/having done that are so bad I expect a noticable reducion in aggregate US life expectency.

I don't disagree with that, I think this administration is terrible and I expect the brain-drain of scientists alone might end up being irreparable damage for the entire country. Not to mention that the fake ChatGPT report released by the CDC will likely cause increased vaccine "skepticism" that would be horrible for everyone.

I just think that this is going to have a "bed of nails" effect. They're doing so much horrible shit so frequently, that it can be hard for people to focus on just one, which has the effect of the entire thing not coming off as awful as it probably should. I'm quite convinced that's how Trump won the first election as well.
by masklinn | 2025-07-06 18:11:56+00:00
> The problem is that it is still going to interrupt your rest, and therefore your focus while driving. Getting woken up at all is a problem, the fact that you can go back to sleep after 15 minutes doesn't really matter. I would be quite surprised if the EU was willing to mess with that.

The problem is that sleeping is not the only activity during the rest period. A "standard" rest period by EU law is 11 hours. Going for a run, getting dinner, doing some life stuff, then moving the truck a few meters, is not going to kill the driver's focus, but currently it's either limiting (because you're now on reduced rest, or you need to rest 11 hours from moving the truck) or illegal.

> Alternatively, build a bunch of low-speed chargers instead of a single high-speed charger. When it comes to overnight charging, everyone is going to be there for at least 9 hours anyways. No need to hurry up and finish that charging session in 30 minutes.

That has its own issues, because it means you need to electrify essentially every truck parking spot where truckers might overnight.
by neilv | 2025-07-06 18:11:57+00:00
> Stand still in the doorway.Look around. Not like you're lost—like you're assessing. This pause signals confidence.

> Make eye contact before you smile. Let there be a beat. Then let the smile arrive slowly. This “delayed warmth” makes your smile feel specific, not generic. It’s subtle, but people feel the difference.

> Don’t waste their time with “Great party.” Say something more vivid. “The lighting is perfect.” “Everyone feels relaxed.” It anchors your presence with detail.

> Use an uncommon adjective: “Had a remarkable time.” “Such a thoughtful gathering.” That small twist makes you stick.

Does anyone other than a salesperson do this?

It seems a bit manipulative, and not genuine.
by moomoo11 | 2025-07-06 18:13:01+00:00
Zero index. I don’t prescribe to psychologists and behavioral science considering it can be gamed by the subject once they also know the system. People who follow that stuff and “HR” crap are also the types that probably don’t realize that they’re a row in some expense sheet.

First of all I’m not a corporate ladder climbing rat because I’d rather be the captain of the ship or THE GUY. It’s not about being nice it’s about completing the mission.

Second, corporate psychopaths are usually not self-aware in the way I am. They do it out of selfishness purely for themselves, not for any other greater purpose that drives them (some ego shit). So I agree that those people are just selfish assholes and they hinder everyone in the long run. It’s not a good way to run.

Ultimately, I do it because I’m a mission leader. The mission is greater than me, and as such it is greater than any or all individual on the team. If I’m dedicating a huge portion of my time to leading some effort, then either I’ll shape my team or replace as necessary.

I’m not motivated my money nor “dominance” because those aren’t that interesting. And I could give no less fks about corporate ladders and proving myself.

If anything I’m dangerous to dishonest people because they’re the ones who will doom the mission. Time is most important to me because I don’t get it back. Building something meaningful as a founder or leader takes time, and I don’t like wasting time and by extension effort without efficient resource optimization.

Sorry if I’m harsh. When I was a team lead at $job I learned that most of this “be kind” and do a drum circle (anything but the actual work!) nonsense is window dressing for mediocrity and I just… I hated it. No dead weight. No babysitting. And no illusions. I will go to war together with someone if they’re real and capable of sticking to the mission.
by southernplaces7 | 2025-07-06 18:13:15+00:00
Do waitstaff where you live actually have a tendency of yelling at people who "only" tip 10%? Honestly curious. That's one sick tendency if so.

if I had anyone at all nag me over tipping them more than that as if it were something you're supposed to automatically do, id flat out tell them to fuck off without a shred of guilt. Luckily it's not so ingrained where I live.
by maccard | 2025-07-06 18:13:51+00:00
> If you manufacture an office chair and license a patented swivel mechanism, the license you acquire cannot require you to break purchasers' chairs after the license expires, nor even to go around their homes swapping out the mechanism (which analogously may still be permitted for games).

The big difference here is that you’re applying B2C terms on B2B licenses. This would essentially ban enterprise B2B licenses for video game software which is insanity
by renewiltord | 2025-07-06 18:14:56+00:00
Tipping is just a tax on losers. My friends were all about how they always tip and that’s why they get Ubers faster but then it turns out I never tip and I get them in the same time.

I’m a regular at this bakery / coffee store and I buy a doughnut there every day and I never tip.

You can just do things.
by BMc2020 | 2025-07-06 18:15:13+00:00
Cool people are perceived to be more extraverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open, and autonomous, whereas good people are more conforming, traditional, secure, warm, agreeable, universalistic, conscientious, and calm. This pattern is stable across countries, which suggests that the meaning of cool has crystallized on a similar set of values and traits around the globe. We build on the results to advance a theory of the role that coolness plays in establishing social hierarchies and changing social and cultural practices and norms.