skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
For what it’s worth, Copilot is not being marketed as anything else than code suggestion software - an alternative to google search, perhaps more of a “I’m feeling lucky” without having to actually type the search term. Knowing how to succinctly express a problem is half the problem after all.
AI is getting better than humans at a lot of complex task over time. Just because it can't code well now doesn't mean it won't in the future.
It's mentioned towards the end of the blogpost, but I think the real blessing in disguise might be the ability to identify similar code from elsewhere on Github and linking to it. Too many libraries have you wading through pages of documentation in search of a single usage example.

Some other ideas:

- Look for libraries with similar code and suggest them

- Deobfuscating minified variable names? Or just suggesting better ones for your source code

- Speculatively running things. If the model predicts importing a certain library, start indexing it before I even type it

- Estimate how long it thinks a block of code will take to write, based on the predicted code + past usage patterns (like the kindle reading progress estimate)

Just spitballing but all of these things feel more helpful and pair programming-y than trying to fabricate code out of the blue.
Being curious about the onboarding, about 2 years ago I signed up and starting doing non-adult content on OF. It's really similar to patreon, substack or bandcamp; optionally paywalled content on a freemium model.

The onboarding and experience of OF is somewhat odd in that it didn't ever say "this is for you to post explicit content". It's structured for it sure, but every page is isolated.

Even on the splash it just kinda vaguely suggests it is for pornography. Their blog doesn't really suggest it either: https://blog.onlyfans.com/ In fact they seem to want to get away from it. Aaron Carter, Tyga, Cardi B are on it and earn millions from it. Actress Blac Chyna might be pulling in $20mil from it (https://influencermarketinghub.com/onlyfans-top-earners/)

I wonder how much non-pornography is on there. The tools and structure are generic enough for essentially any kind of content; say meditation, tutoring, someone doing an audiobook. A fitness instructor Jem Wolfie supposedly pulls in around $30,000/day, about 8 million total (https://blog.onlyfans.com/meet-jem-wolfie/). I assume most of the accounts are porno though. All the messages I get are from sex related bots trying to sell me products/services assuming I produce adult content or are looking to consume it.

I wonder if OF just sort of adopted the primary use case like Tumblr unintentionally became one of the biggest porn sites.

It's an interesting platform to answer the problem of trying to monetize an online following.
Ransomware gangs go after large organizations, those that can afford testing backups, not after pop and mom coffee shops.
Hey HN

I need to kill this before the GCP credits expire (in less than 1 day). I've switched it to Stripe Test Mode, so to use it, just:

- click the button

- enter an email and the stripe test card number (4242 4242 4242 4242) and any future expiry and any 3 digit CVC (sorry for the confusion, it won't make sense unless you've developed with Stripe before)

- submit the checkout form

You'll be take to a page where you can get your browser link, then you can use that link just for you, or you can send it to other people to "co-browse". Be warned, the screen will automatically shrink to the smallest width x height connected.

The browsers are meant to last 1 day but I will probably need to kill this demo before then as the credits expire.

Best of luck!

PS - Why might you use this? Co-browsing can be used to deliver live interactive training and support, to more than 1 person in real time, it can also give you visibility into your automation processes (connect to running puppeteer scripts, for example), or you can set it up as a secure remote isolated browser. It's basically a "head" for a headless browser. You can see the public version open-sourced here: https://github.com/i5ik/ViewFinderJS (without enhancements like co-browsing and variable-rate streaming) and you can write to me (cris@dosycorp.com) if you're interested in deploying this either self-hosted or managed. Flexible contract, maintenance, and support options are available. See https://dosyago.com for more info (but please not the listed prices need to be updated!)
Wasn’t it shown many times already that it’s impossible to generally and reliably beat the market unless you have some cheat (inside) or in some very specific rare cases?

Isn’t it what they teach in economics classes these days?
> c) Was this done as blackmail? There is a somewhat common dating site scam where someone gets you to friend them on FB, and then to sext with them-- then they threaten to send the material to your FB friends. I'd imagine OF girls would almost be a captive audience for this.

No, it wasn't blackmail. The creator never received any messages from the fan that went nuclear (they only know it was a 'fan' since they had the entire catalogue of pay-per-access content and some had very few purchases).

It seems they just woke up one day and said 'fuck it, time to wreck a life'. They persisted for a few months. From memory, they started with the creators LinkedIn account and then moved to Facebook -> Instagram -> mass emailing the creators 9-5 company.

The creator deleted most online accounts and started using an alias (which sadly the ex-fan also discovered and continued spamming).

> and lastly... I think we're ignoring the elephant in the room.

Yeah, I think you're on the money with your core point. Very few of the creators I interacted with directly seemed to be thriving in other parts of life sadly.
I think 1984 was used more as a manual, than a warning, despite so many people throw the name around, despite never having read it.

And I always kind of assumed, that Bush watched Swordfish (where the bad guys are only bad, so they can fight terrorism, so are the "good guys") and would have gone on a war on terror, even if 911 would not have happened.
As some other comments point out, security hardening doesn't directly raise company value. It's hard to justify in the short-term.

Attitudes about it are much better now than they have ever been, but there are still a lot of folks out there that don't prioritize it.
While I studied AI at the KULeuven in Belgium we had a course in logic programming and one of the assignments was using Prolog to solve Sudoku.

In fact we were taught a number of logic programing languages and had a set of games, including Sudoku which we had to create solvers for in each of the languages.
Well yes. But Linus is right on that one.

I wouldn't say Windows drivers were C++, more like "C with Classes" (and maybe a little bit C++)

Also, Windows drivers are usually much more convoluted than Linux drivers https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-driver-samples
Use a Intel NUC or similar device instead of a Nvidia Shield and it will offer more functionality without ads.

TV streaming, Games streaming from local network at least, music...

A closed environment doesn't allow for competition, so they will monetize it to the greatest degree. That would include ads.

Android TV is really bad spyware for that matter... surprised it can even exist with Google TV having flopped that hard.
sorry to say this, but Rust version is much more difficult to read and comprehend than the C version. cannot comment on the benefits from memory-safety perspective, but from maintenance point of view the C version would be much easier to keep going.

my wild guess is that (as others pointed out) a C++ version may simplify and make things easier than Rust does with this example.

this said with all due respect to C, C++ and Rust and having been introduced to C back in 1993, and to C++ in 1995, and then teaching some C++ again in 2003-2005 and then some basic programs written in Rust.

code like this makes one really wonder whether Cxx14/17 programs are easier to get right/read than Rust, considering the massive amounts of template enums that inevitably finds way into every larger Rust program.
I think money from Sony, Nintendo, AMD, NVidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Codeplay, Facebook should be enough for those lawsuits. :)
I didn't check Logitech tools for Linux but on Windows their software was not only pain to use, but it made my UX with their otherwise excellent hardware WORSE. If I remember correctly the software broke mouse scroll wheel click in some game.

On the other hand, Ubuntu 20.04 reports mouse and keyboard battery levels quite reliably and that's all I need software-wise.
Show HN: Online Catalog of Oracle Integrations
>plus the header serves as the API documentation

But then all macros go to headers, even private ones. Also inline functions.
Is this the death of ops?

Common ops mantra used to be “A backup does not exist until you’ve restored it”. Having a blob of data means nothing- being able to continually restore it and integrity check it is everything.
Too bad. I hope someone will do something about this steal
For a lot of people, the thinking is years from now they will walk out with enough equity and gain to put a down payment on what they want without compromises. Hardly anyone gets everything they want in a first house.
knowledge IS real power, especially knowledge of how to control your opponents infrastructure
Since you went there... I'll remind you that children are renewable, whereas coal is not.
Yes, sometimes introducing a gun escalates a situation. Sometimes it de-escalates by forcing compliance.[1] Sometimes it saves people's lives by stopping a threat. My point is that every country on the planet allows some people to carry guns. Different places just draw the line at different levels of screening, training, and places and times in which one can carry a gun.

There's also an issue of path dependency. What works for one country won't work for others. We learned from the war on drugs that banning something doesn't make it go away. There are more guns in the US than people. A lot of people here don't want them to go away. Unless the federal government wants to fight a civil war, Americans will be armed for the foreseeable future.

Several times in my life, I've had men who were bigger and stronger than me use violence against me. When a man tried to stab me in Oakland, I really wish I'd had a gun instead of nothing. When a stranger in San Francisco pushed me to the ground and tried to beat me with his bare hands, I wish I'd had something more effective than pepper spray. There were other occasions that I don't want to get into. As I said in another comment, the police were absolutely useless. They never caught any of these people. I'm certain that after my encounters with them, these violent criminals victimized dozens of others. These things happen so often that many people don't even report them to the cops. Why waste more of your time when you know nothing will come of it? The statistics in the SF bay area are definitely underestimating the magnitude of the problem.

I've seen similar crimes happen to others. A few years ago I watched a man try to kidnap a woman at knifepoint. The woman was powerless and so was I. The only reason he was stopped was because men with guns showed up and ordered the man to drop the knife. He decided he'd rather be in prison than six feet underground.

Now I live in a place that lets law-abiding citizens carry firearms for self-defense (after background checks, training, and fingerprinting). The difference in people's demeanor is night and day. Civilians aren't scared here. Homeless people exist, but they're not aggressive like they are in SF and Oakland. After moving, my girlfriend (a California native and lifelong Democrat) was so shocked by this that she revised her position on guns. She's now learned to shoot and is interested in getting her own concealed carry permit.

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/onpu1m/conc... Here's a News article explaining what happened: https://www.fox6now.com/news/demanded-a-refund-man-charged-a...
Why tho?

It ain't exactly a dry cleaners
Well, the book by Heinlein certainly wasn't meant to be dystopian, so there are sane elements in it.

But the movie was a bit different - maybe you watched the german version? That was a bit softer - the teacher didn't made jokes about the anhilation of Hiroshima there.

It was a deeply militarized society. Brutal. Top down. But yes, at least the politicians had to be part of that, too.
(but in reality ... I think you can be in the military and be far away from any danger, like Bush was a fighter pilot, but not deployed at Vietnam.)
This Digital artist is next level
Aaaa, people are doing a lot of C alternatives lately, I should really make a post for my C alternative before the field is completely saturated... But it's not ready yet :(

I kind of want to at least get hashmaps in before I go public.

Re C3, I think the README could do with more sample code? Not exactly "Hello World", but something to get you hyped about using it.

Things I like:

- macros! macros are fucking awesome. giv examples

- modules are just a straight win

- built-in dynamic arrays, yess.

- compile-time execution is kind of a precondition for macros. Hopefully the same system.

- I've always wanted to play with generic modules. `import foo!(int) as IntFoo;` It seems a logical extension.

- Result-based error handling for the win. Though it really depends on language support how straightforward this is; it can easily degenerate into very spammy error handling. Definitely would like to see examples of this.

- Built-in strings: hopefully UTF-8!

- No preprocessor. Heck yes, it's a crutch.

- Pre/postconditions are nice, but they make a lot of mess on inheritance.

- Immutability by default is definitely a win.

Things you should totally steal from my language: :)

- Format strings are just nice.

- Packages as a generalization of modules: a package is a folder in the same way a module is a file. Dependencies between packages must be explicitly stated. This makes the build system's dependency tracking actually meaningful by effectively doing away with the global search path. I wish more languages would do this.

- D recently acquired automatic C header file import. (Neat has this as a macro.) I cannot overstate how useful this is for hitting the ground running.

- I don't know if your macro implementation has quasiquoting (it's hard to tell from the examples) but if not: add it. This makes macros immensely more convenient.
Well, this is a new one: ” You must give consent to targeting tracking to see this content. Open my cookie preferences.”…
>The panel found he had subjected 11 children to invasive tests such as lumbar punctures and colonoscopies that they did not need..

Here is what he has to say about it. (Not really justifying, I don't wish to go into an argument about this, which is really, a can of worms at this point)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEKghCUUlZg
Agreed. Microbenchmarking can be detrimental if you don't verify with some 'macro' benchmarking with realistic use cases.

And tracking the right metrics!
SEC Shuts Down Fraudulent Mother-Son Offering Involving Purported Supercomputer
so parent is right, in some societies it's a male thing. it's cultural, but that doesn't negate the statement. and it doesn't have anything to do with poverty
For the default setting, CDT is indeed very slow for large projects like Chromium. However, make change to eclipse.ini (providing large heap, the larger the better) and some preferences (mainly for how the code indexer works), CDT works smoothly for very large project. Just check the following link:

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/heads/...
https://developer.mozilla.org.cach3.com/en-US/docs/Mozilla/D...

Please note that 16G RAM is assumed, I use 32G on my own laptop. I use Eclipse CDT for more than ten years successfully on all kinds of embedded projects.
This is a post written by a person who's been at this a while, and has spent at least a portion of that time as Cassandra.
Reasons Your Digital Transformation Stalled
The majority of fraudulent studies have been against cannabis? How do you know that?
how is it, that at the end of the money, there is always so much month left over?
interested to know if you don't mind post it here
When will these large companies be properly fined for trying to circumvent the law at every step?
There needs to be a unit in the EU just dedicated to these huge corporations, they need to step up the game and protect their citizens.
There's a mindset shift depending on how you view space allocation. Crash on a motorway because you spilled coffee on yourself? Ok, accident. Crash on a neighbourhood street where kids could be walking, cycling, playing, etc? Negligence, just as much as if you "accidentally" shot a kid while deer hunting at the playground.

But this is based on the idea that people have just as much right to be in the street as drivers do. Most people disagree with me on this, outside of urbanists and perhaps Dutch people.
Agree with your sentiment. But there is a solution:

You: “Great, that might be good. Please stay here while we write and run the tests for that. (Our engineering handbook emphasizes how important tests are, as you know.)”
C++, python, basic, or JS can work in kernel.

For example, Click modular router for Linux kernel is written in C++: https://github.com/pbuonado/click/blob/master/linuxmodule/mo...
That's not how modern ransomware works.

It's now common to see data extracted and for the ransom to cover not disclosing your corporate data.

But yes, agree sky backups in terms of restoring operations.
>Tesla's revenue and production numbers are just too small compared to other automakers

Tesla revenues are already 1/3 of GM, and increasing extremely fast (+73% YoY) while other are trying to maintain their market shares and will probably eat their own (profitability) while trying to switch to EV. More importantly, Tesla has over 75% of EV revenues market shares in the US and probably >99% of the profits.

>Tesla's patents also don't seem very relevant as there are plenty of other EV models on the market now, so why risk it?

The relevance of their patents also rises as they continue to increase their technical lead (in cell production, structural packs, energy management systems…). Where does the competition compete, when we look at their latest products (e.g Model S 2021 vs Porsche Taycan, or Model Y vs Fors Mach E)?
I wish Raspberry 5 would get a couple of additional USB3 ports facing upward so we could still use the sideways USB ports the way they are meant to and also attach something inside such a chassis.
Absolutely none of this describes how it would help marginalized people nor does it describe how the coin would technically know someone's minority status.
Basic Gemini (Protocol) Chatroom
Quote from the mailing list post:
https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006936.html

"Hey, I made a gemini chatroom if anyone wants to check it out! It's very simple right now and just stores messages in a file and reads the file. Heres the link, gemini://chatroom.yysu.xyz/."
But that’s really a gross view of human behavior. Commodification is what allows us to build functional societies, and I am glad we discovered it, but it is absolutely antithetical to the things which sit at the core of human experience.

Love, joy, excitement, mourning, creating art, singing and dancing… All of these are unconditional, intimate, and creative acts.

When they are turned into slot machines and side hustles they lose their humanity. There is nothing creative about the 50,000th “influencer” joining social media platforms to shill their low-grade reaction videos or porn or other entertainment cruft.

Most of the 60’s era liberation was a matter of being free to create in one’s chosen way, or with one’s desired people. Commodification, OTOH, is about extracting value from lonely people to enrich a vanishingly small minority of platform builders and “content creators”.

Commodification is an extremely alien form of “liberation” when compared with drug legalization or interracial marriage or what have you.
Because I'd like to live somewhere my kids can cycle to school without having to move to the Netherlands.
JavaScript Map Fundamentals and Iteration Explained
Clean and simple hot-reloading on uninterrupted go applications
Yeah tab didn’t work for me either. But then I turned off tab for autocomplete in settings and that seemed to fix it. I didn’t understand, but try it.
These are quite cool as well https://www.uctronics.com/raspberry-pi-4b-rack-mount-19-inch...
Sounds like you think that TikTok is a platform exclusive to teenagers. 75% of (US) TikTok users are 20 years and older[0].

[0]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095186/tiktok-us-users-...
>the titles sound so much more vulgar in Dutch than they do in English to me.

It's the other way around: you're less emotionally connected to your second language. You're not phased by the most scurrilous elements of English, because of a combination of factors (like the way your brain processes a second language, and the fact that you did not grow up in a native English culture). Whereas you have a primary connection to Dutch and its native culture, so you instinctively know what is vulgar or disgusting in a much more direct way.
Would you rather be hit by the asshole's car or bike?
> But then all macros go to headers, even private ones.

I don't understand what you mean by this; specifically, whats so special about macros? You can always define module-private macros in the .c file and not in the header like with any other symbol.

Yes, headers do mean that if modules A, B and C have shared private information then that information is not private (as it is shared via a header), but it doesn't mean that A cannot have private information that is visible only to A.
This doesn't mean that iOS is any less or more secure then Android just that more people where looking at it and finding vulnerabilities.
Edward Snowden in an Interview with the Guardian
> I also think you're really missing out on the "compile C code easily too" thing. That isn't very pleasant at all in Rust today.

So much this. Cross compiling pure Rust code is really easy today but as soon as you have a C dependency in your dep tree, you're gonna have a bad time.
Sexual content and objectification of women have been widely spread on TV since the 70's. The content we consumed as teenagers has always been tinged with an air of exploitation.

Just think of most women's opinion of the majority of pornography, sure they could pick out some they like, but they find a lot of it disgusting. I can't imagine having to grow up with the feeling that the opposite sex is constantly consuming content that's exploitative of your sex.

At least most of these TikTok/OF creators have some level of dignity, and power over their own lives.
> The good talent are people that took a plea deal for non prosecution that included public service

Wait, wat? This is a thing? Did you mean "community service" instead of "public service"? Or do you mean people like Frank Abagnale?
I concur, One who is responsible for punching holes shouldn't be the one to patch it.

Right now adversaries are just playing treasure hunt because of this.
> not well understood yet

I would say every culture around the world before the last 20 years or so understands this perfectly well. It's just the conclusions that this vast majority have come to do not agree with the current society.

That leads us now to express misunderstanding and bewilderement.
Gödel Without (Too Many) Tears
Does Copilot use a lotta RAM?
Great Founder Theory [pdf]