skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
China is still working on this [1].

The issue, really, is that these things need large investments over decades so realistically they need governments' backing and not many have the will and technical resources to do it these days.

China's system seems well suited for this (large, long term projects) but in the current climate Western countries do not want to touch Chinese nuclear with a barge-pole.

The French have also been heavily invested. Their new/current tech is the EPR [2], which is what is being built at Hinkley and in Finland, and what is already running in Taishan, China (recently in the news...)

It's a shame that the UK, which opened the first civil nuclear plant decided to gave up on the technology long ago.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTR-PM
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPR_(nuclear_reactor)
Can you elaborate? How are LGBTQ chatrooms a threat to the power and stability of the CCP leadership in a way comparable to Jack Ma?

EDIT: I don't mean this critically, I'm actually quite interested. There seems to be a correlation between how repressive a government is and how nasty they are towards LGBTQetc people. I never considered this to be a causal relationship until your comment. Maybe somehow Putin and Orban and Xi think that that this helps them stay in power? How? Why?
Have my upvote.

This is a great - and often forgotten I think - point.

I guess my point is that in WhatsApp it is so easy to stumble into doing it, and that it sends it directly to the cloud.

For clarification: I'm certainly annoyed at Google for a number of reasons, but I don't think their security record is worse than everyone else's. Quite the contrary.
You're seeing this from a western, first world perspective.

If you're in a third world country, you likely don't have access to robust, transparent local stock markets. Whatever exchanges might exist tend to be rife with scammy companies, insider trading and poor regulation. If you want to invest in, say, the US stock market, you'd have to jump through a ton of hoops or have a ton of money, essentially locking out all but the wealthiest.

These crypto "stocks" essentially allow anyone living anywhere to "invest" in top-tier stocks like AAPL.

I don't see any reason why you'd buy these crypto stocks if you're living in the US. But if you're living in Somalia or Madagascar? Hell yes.

Again, all the crypto criticism is very myopic and first world. HN needs to step out of that POV to understand the value. Decentralized, global markets don't benefit first world citizens, but they definitely level the playing field for us third worlders.
You definitely need diagnosis to be called “clinically depressed”.

For all we know lay folk use the word depressed for feeling bummed. (Not insinuating this is the case with the GP)
It's a good book! I read it before we started calling it "artificial intelligence" or "machine learning". It was just data mining back then. I think the book and the algorithms in it are still very relevant today.
> Math used to be taught with more drill style.

This comment has engendered a lot of responses. Some arguing a position on personal experience and others arguing the supposed science of learning. A different and perhaps useful way to look at this is to consider how outcomes differ between large groups of schools around the world following different strategies for teaching math.

The Program for International Student Assessment does world wide testing of 15 year olds in mathematics (and other subjects as well). The evidence suggests that whatever the US is doing isn't working. The USA ranks 25th in 15 year olds' mathematical ability with overall scores far lower that many other countries.

Unfortunately, I can't read Mandarine, Japanese, Korean or Estonian so most of the effective text books (based on the PISA student scores) are inscrutable to me. However, Singapore's students have always scored near the top in math (second place in the most recent tests) and their text books are in available in English.

I used Singapore math books to help my daughter improve her math after her school switched to Everyday Mathematics, a typical US math program developed at the University of Chicago. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't good.

The Singapore Math books are quite small and printed in black in white. They introduce the concepts with diagrams, etc. and have a set of easy introductory exercises to make sure the students understand the concepts. The books then have harder problems using the concepts and include word problems. The focus is on learning and practicing the techniques of mathematics. In Singapore Math, there is rote learning going on; in Everyday Math there is a kind of impressionistic emphasis where alternative approaches are encouraged, unusual methods of computation are introduced, inefficient solutions are treated as just as valuable as better approaches, and calculators replace fluency with basic operations.

I've read the research paper the Everyday Math web site uses to justify the principles underlying the program. It's garbage and not any sort of science of learning. It even cites Knuth's Art of Computer Programming: Searching and Sorting as justification for introducing multiple non-standard ways to perform subtraction, multiplication, and division to elementary school children. This is completely ridiculous.
VPNs are not illegal in China and are part of doing business/daily life. China is authoritarian, but at least smart. They understand that the great firewall can reduce the free flow of information to a respectable degree and thus they implemented it. They also understand that going after VPNs is futile with the current technology.
AGC assembler uses unusual mnemonics, so it can be difficult to understand for someone who doesn't know the architecture.

The CPU has onle accumulator which instructions act on. The argument is normally an address. The relevant instructions for this code snippet is:

AD - Add the value pointed to by the argument to the accumulator

TS - Transfer to storage. Write the accumulator to the argument

TCF - Transfer control to fixed memory. Jumps to an instruction in fixed storage

DOUBLE - Assembler macro compiling to AD A. I.e. double the accumulator.

XCH - This exchanges the value in the accumulator with the argument

INDEX - Adjust the address used in the next instruction by the argument

COM - Complements the accumulator. Note that the AGC uses one's complement arithmetic, so this negates the value.

EXTEND - Indicate that the next instruction is an extended instruction

MP - Multiply the accumulator with the argument

The final instruction is TS Q which jumps to the location stored in the Q register. This is the return address which is updated by the TS instruction. In other words, TS can be used both as a regular jump as well as being used as a function call, depending on what the destination does with the Q register.

I hope this helps you analyse the code further. I haven't spent much time looking at the code itself, so I am not going to attempt an analysis right now.
It’s not about pedantry; whatever rules you define for a micro kernel it shouldn’t be rules for thee but not for me
On the surface this sounds about right, but how do we ensure that we only create one of these? Every layer will want to create a new id as not trusting the id given to it as 'new'. Having the actual client generate both is the simplest.
Western Europe has a mild climate. Aircon is only required for < 7 days a year and those days are still tolerable without aircon if there's proper insulation.
As a South Korean, I can confidently say that nobody actually gives a shit about these rules, there are too many ways to circumvent around it, and as a result people don't think they're that "oppressed" from it. (Read my parent comment about getting around gaming restrictions)
That would make a great blog series. Similar to the back blaze hard drive stats.
> It is very unlikely that they could have even explored the full parameter space if they wanted to, it's such a huge undertaking...

Absolutely agree and no arguments whatsoever. In fact, one of the first things that I joked to myself was that we will soon see papers on MOF-suppoorted version of the catalyst -- well before we see any DoE.

In any case, I just want to note that I made the comment in response to the following:

> $190 million -> 190 bucks ;)

Which appears to be a misunderstanding, as the calculation in question has implicitly taken into account the "millions of times" increase in disinfection efficacy.

> I think it'd be a bigger deal if it didn't require pressurization to 10 bar personally, pumps are expensive to operate and catalysts are a one-time-cost (if you're lucky).

I felt uncomfortable about the pressure, too, but it was just a hunch. Thank you for putting this into context. :)

Edit: clarity, typo.
Nature isn't kind to humans if you separate the two and if you think one ought something towards the other.

But humans are a small element of nature. They originated from this environment, live within it, return to it.
>democracy has its good points

That when billionaires become powerful enough to exert unchecked power we lavish praise instead of imprisoning them?
As far as I know, Insulation should keep the house cool in summer, because it keeps the heat out.

Of course, once the heat is in, you need a way to get it out (at night, through windows).

Unlike a greenhouse, insulation is not directional.
it should accept them all, otherwise its a clear discrimination

it would be nice to program drivers in php, it will open up the space to a lot more contributors!
I think I like her.

https://www.willowfinch.com/ seems to be the start-up that this article founded (or is the story of how she got there)

It seems to be a fairly sensible idea - cost-of-living is not just how much a house in Rural "Southern State" costs but varies based on house price + Other State laws and Taxes + mostly healthcare stuff non_US folks dont understand + othr variables based on your stage of life (young and single vs young family etc.)

So her startup helps people find best part of the country to live in based on all those variables.

Which sounds awesome, if only most people did not base their location on a job.

Which after COVID means this is a really good time to start that start up.
Thank Linus?
I mean, recent developments in the Windows/NT architecture uses virtualization to create a three-level "ring" system, so while it's not strictly architectural "rings", it's effectively a tri-ring system.

But then, I haven't delved into how macOS in M1 precisely works.
So, it's more about adaptation than "kindness".
Doesn't need to be a threat, even. That concentration of wealth and power is a nice juicy morsel for the state to acquire.
Sharing passwords with teammates is no longer a problem for self-hosters
What I find particularly fascinating is that both major constraints for making "central planning" more effective that Hayek outlines (lack of information and lack of attention) can become irrelevant, thanks to Machine Learning + Blockchain + IoT. With these technologies, the central decision-making algorithm can actually be better positioned to find and implement the optimal local solution than "the man on the spot". Does this mean that in the near future central planning economies are actually going to become more effective and efficient, even in the long-term?
> I have not been able to find anything about final legislation either

It's here:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2021-0319...

Looks like it has a more restrictions and a reduced time period (3 years) than the proposal you linked, and some requirements to feed statistics back to monitor the performance of the law.
Imagine if people actually though government services could be delivered properly if funded and managed correctly.

Like say, gov.uk, or a large number of public services in Australia (both state and federal). I've dealt with our equivalent of DMV and it was effective, efficient and there wasn't the stupidity of queueing that I've seen in US discussions about the DMV.

The US is one of the few advanced economies where there is a deliberate effort to screw with the government (eg defunding IRS auditing) and then complaints that government can't deliver services, followed by corrupt contracts to private enterprise that deliver worse results for higher costs.

Sure, most governments and bureaucracies aren't the most efficient, by their nature, they have rules and processes imposed on them. But that's more of a function of the "management" than of the services themselves.
> last couple of years (including corona) have shown how much misinformation governments and schools are willing to spread.

I'm genuinely curious--
What specifially are you talking about?

I'm having a really hard time coming up with harmful misinformation that is perpetuated intentionally by the education system (or government) in any western country...
TikTok is taking the book industry by storm, and retailers are taking notice
I suppose that means the author of the blog post potentially has a market for his FPGA implementation.
Then, it means that they are run by people who are not blinded by greed, and care about earth .... Ahh who am I kidding! They will both say yes. Amazon even sued the government for it
That is crazy. Seems you guys are being ripped off by the insurance companies!
Outlier Detection Methods in Machine Learning
I think team members do varying amount of DevOps but everyone should be involved. When writing code thinking about observability and monitoring, watching deploys as they go out, checking back on things randomly or intermittently whenever there's an inkling to do so, etc.
File extensions disagree, on the other hand
He owns the Washington Post and they wrote articles critical of Trump. Trump is a manbaby that can't handle criticism, so he attacked the owner.

All part of the hurr-durr-main-stream-media-is-left-wing-antifa-deep-state bullshit that has infected the US (and to a lesser extent, UK/CA/AU/NZ etc).
When do people realize that an iPhone is not a general purpose computer and was never intended to be one?
Handouts ought not to be needed in a normal world. No one should be reliant on handouts for their basic livelihood in an equitable society.
Hah, I submitted it yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27745584
This has been discussed before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27606039

I'm not sure there's any new information since that article was written.
OP uses an off the shelf USB 'wall wart' for power, everything else is <= the 5v that that provides. It's not really any more involved/risky/'playing with large voltages' than say changing the plug on a power cable, or using one of the terminal-block-style Sonoff devices.
It's actually linked in the article, on page 5 of https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-9-2021-07-0...

The actual text that has been adopted is at https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_instituti... AFAICT
>I also wonder how much this gets influenced by tracking data gathered outside of YouTube.

I think not at all given what I see in incognito/secondary google account and that I dont see any of my interests which I havent watched much about on youtube recommended - e.g. no programming stuff and I'm sure there's a ton of tracking data outside of youtube suggesting I'm interested in that.
I have no evidence either way of what this person does and they verbally advocate for violence against people they don't like to achieve political ends.

So I'm going to stick with them seeming pretty facistic.
Who says they ever have to pay the loan? Most banks are tripping over themselves to manage the banking needs of billionaires, an interest free loan, especially in this environment would be completely unsurprsing and they could roll that loan over forever.
They don’t want, so what. GDPR failed to prevent tricking in on the first iteration, but it may succeed on the next one. All these tricks are technical tricks* not backed by “no con” enforcement. Slap the first creep with a fine and others will comply. “Citizens don’t want” is the only important thing we should think of here.

* https://mastercard.com/blog/2019/why-tracking-tricks-are-not... (please mentally agree before opting in)
I do recognize that this is an early sneak peek and it will be interesting to see how it evolves. The thought about grouping wasn't merely to deal with larger graphs, but rather if it was the core way in which organization happens, I believe that it would 'click' in the user's mind and produce autolayouts that more closely resemble what the user had in mind.
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They are for privacy against everyone else, not against themselves.
I never said theatre is illegitimate, just that it's always been a big part of governance. This is true for Pharaoh Tutankhamun, King George, Boris Johnson, Xi Jinping and I can't even think of a counterexample. I'm not sure if it's good, bad or neither.

In any case, if you're at a place where you're trying to squeeze the Truth About Power And Everything into a paragraph comment...

IMO, the danger of thinking through "isms" is that they become more meaningless as they become more evocative. A cascade of evocative, idealistic terms definable via other evocative idealistic terms.

This applies both to your comment and to Carney.
Tencent is doing this to comply to Chinese laws. They won't do this if there is no such law. And the law says: "internet gaming companies have responsibility to not provide internet gaming service to minors between 10pm and 8am". I am sure tencent won't want to do this if they had the chance. 1) it limits their ability to get play time and sell to kids. 2) its more work on their end.

So the main problem here is the law. Not Tencent. But many Chinese people support and even called for this law. The supports for this law is cultural, circumstantial and societal.

In the US, Tencent should adhere to US laws and cultural customs. First, for this specific case, Tencent won't implement it outside of China because 1) why would they limit their own ability to make money 2)why would they not align with US culture? Second, If US has a law that bans using facial recognition, all companies will comply and these issues will not exists. You can enforce practices and values through laws.

Also this is Tencent specific system. They are using facial recognition to verify the current user is who they say they are. Just like IPhone has face ID. Because for other verification methods, kids just bypasses them. And I believe they only do verification ones during the banned hours. It doesn't consistently monitor you. The law targets online gaming providers, and fines them if they provide service outside the allowed hours. It doesn't incarcerate kids. Law enforcement doesn't track kids playing games and when they play. And Tencent doesn't share kids data with law enforcement.
They display IMDB rating only for some titles and it has to pass certain level of rating ( 6 +)
For anyone who wants the luxury without DIY. I really dig the Xiaomi fans and their 'nature' mode.
Maybe they can use metallic foam to increase the surface area of the catalyst and increase the flow rate without scaling the noble metal usage at the same rate as the flow!
Glass helps trap solar heat, but other than that any form of insulation keeps heat from entering and escaping.

This is how your thermos knows wether to keep your drink hot or cold.

So except for the sun shining through windows, insulation keeps heat out of your house.
There are very few countries worldwide that can look through their history and not find a single culture that has been eliminated or at least marginalized.
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One of the big benefits of web apps, is that they are truly portable. I can run my app on any machine with a relatively up-to-date web browser. Like it or not, this is leading to more and more serious work being done in the browser. Aren't APIs like this almost inevitable?
The fundamental divide between us and nature is this: we care about the fate of an individual. Nature doesn't.

We are from nature, and every one of us is thus destined to die, most likely painfully, and our deaths will most definitely inflict pain to other members of our species. Until we can bridge this gap, be no longer bound by the short lifespans we have, humans and nature will remain enemies.

Only after the gap is closed, there can be talk of peace - and then, still, we will need to become immune to nature's other trappings, because most of humanity can't survive in a purely natural environment anymore. Once heat, cold, pathogens in water and hungry predators stop being a threat, we can finally start living in respectful symbiosis with the natural world.

Alternatively, we could just learn to abandon all our morality: stop caring about suffering and death, treat ourselves and each others as just an ephemeral phenomenon, appearing one moment, gone in another. I don't think any one of us is ready to go to that extreme, and it would require extreme degree of self-lobotomizing anyway. Our survival instincts and our capacity for empathy are built into our firmware, we can't just shut them off for the sake of "being one with nature".
Your comment got me to read the article. But.

1. First, the style is atrocious. I am not a native speaker but the style is circumvoluted, jumping from details to details. I believe the main idea could have been summarized and exposed clearly in fewer paragraphs ("process of cultural homogenization for its own sake in/through historical American self-help literature" or something).

2. > Well, I will say one thing about the article. It summarily dismisses Stephen Covey's Seven Habits as nothing special, without engaging the content of the book in the slightest, and criticizes Covey for not talking about racism and sexism. If you want this article and its writer in a nutshell, there you go.

Isn't that a stretch ?

> Although Covey’s tract pays no more attention to the harms of racism and sexism than the other works McHugh examines, she finds its controlling agenda tempered by a soft-focus emphasis on “principles,” “proactivity,” and “interdependence.” Such qualities, she asserts, are in short supply in similar works of success literature, introducing a critical element of vulnerability into the usual morale-raising, virtue-forming proceedings: “In interdependence,” she writes, “there was a recognition of individual limitations, even fallibility, in a way that rarely happens in this type of literature.”

It's less a critic of Covey for not talking about racism and sexism than a general observation than all those work of literature are ignoring racism and sexism issues. Most probably because there were fewer outlets to express these issues than there is today.

> And Seven Habits is more worth your time than anything this author will ever say.

You make a bit point out of what is said about Covey's book in the article but seven habits and its relevance for entrepreneurs/businessmen is not the author's subject and its dismissal is more anecdote than central to the point.
Virtualization is indeed the last user of the x86-ring 1 that I remember. But it is much easier to put an entire virtualized kernel in a different ring (x86 or ?) than selectively put pieces and parts of one in different rings, which no one does.
You really can't compare with Sweden. Sweden is a much more secular country and marriage is for a lot of people just a nice one-off ceremony get together totally devoid of any religious feelings. It doesn't carry close to the same weight as in the US.