skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
1,100 extra deaths from 2000-2019 doesn’t seem like that much. I would’ve expected it to be higher. In 2019 there were 36k total fatalities in 33k accidents. IMHO, the flat front fad in many new model trucks is going to cause more issues than bigger vehicles.
Activision staff condemn firm's response to harassment claims
Are people also less healthy than they were, on average, 20 years ago?

For instance, obesity and its associated illnesses won't make recovering from a crash easier.
Avoiding Fake Work
Did something similar on my Mac. Dongle for Thunderbolt 2 to Firewire and then got the raw .mov files via iMovie. De-interlacing and encoding with ffmpeg. For a raw file with a size of say 600 MB you can get down to something like 30 MB with h264, h265 can reduce this further to perhaps 15 MB. All of a sudden those old memories will be easy to keep and share :)
> Matrix isn't P2P

Incorrect.

https://github.com/matrix-org/pinecone

It's nowhere near mature/stable, but they are definitely working on it.
Neat. We used Hubot for a bit, but it was fiddly and cumbersome, so we eventually ditched it. I think we managed to automate the few useful commands with our CI/CD instead… but I definitely liked the idea in principle.

Can you explain what dedicated skill runner means? saw it on the plans page, but couldn’t find (or missed? on mobile now) what it is and why it costs extra…
Following this link on your device should work without any code I think: https://testflight.apple.com/join/Z2vhNox7
In order to mimic muscle wouldn't you need the wires physically attached to your body somehow? Getting leverage with a spandex like material doesn't sound possible.
Airspace is usually up to flight level 600, or 60k feet. That's around 18km. Starlink flies at an altitude of around 550km, so more than a magnitude higher.

How could the volume between them be in any way comparable?
The Dogged Pursuit of Bug-Free C Programs: The Frama-C Software Analysis Platfo
Yes, you could use Abbot's support for messages with buttons. https://blog.ab.bot/archive/2021/06/08/user-interface-suppor...

In that case, when someone runs `@abbot deploy skip-tests`, you'd present a message with a button. You'd have to validate the user that clicks the button yourself.

Abbot does have support for ACLs on skills, but it's for the whole skill. It doesn't yet support restrictions on actions within a skill.

Let me know if you attempt this and run into problems. I'm happy to review code! :)
Actually thats a great suggestion. We need to take a deeper look at the code itself and ability to support the extension, but we'll definitely take and evaluate it at some of our upcoming roadmap planning for Crunchy Bridge (https://www.crunchybridge.com).
But despite your cynicism about "any gov't regulation body", you would agree that professional associations have by and large been a success in protecting the public in areas like construction trades, engineering, law, and medicine?
Salesforce is the perfect cautionary tale to any manager who wants a "no code" solution. You either adapt your business to fit it perfectly, or you end up in contractor hell with an unmaintainable soup of custom integrations.
Not work on the bug, just be kept in the loop like the initial reporter. Putting in the same effort as the first reporter should earn you the same trust that is afforded to the first reporter.
TCL is quasi-religious. You either appreciate the simplicity and elegance of the 12 clearly ordered rules, or you think the nutbag scruffie programmer is talking to a burning bush.

I learned TCL for adding an embedded scripting language to a company's command line in 2005. I originally cast derision, but have learned to appreciate its beauty after a wrote a couple API frameworks in it. I think it has a little less magic now that lambdas and other shorthand notations are commonplace.
>plane autopilots mostly just help flying straight, the pilot still flies the plane

Mostly, as in that's what they are doing most of the time, then yes. But autopilots can fly a predefined routes. Most commercial aircraft can fly themselves except for take off and the last few hundred feet of landing (thanks to instrument landing systems).

I would be quite happy with a car that could take over once I get to a highway. Getting to the highway is like taking off and getting from the highway to my destination is like landing.

>"Full self driving" is a lie, plain and simple.

Maybe for Tesla, but here's Veritasium[1] taking a ride in a car with no driver at all. It's still limited to where it can go, but I think this will be more prevalent sooner rather than later.

[1] https://youtu.be/yjztvddhZmI
Watching my 3-year-old, I suspect humans do behave this way, and without regards to pain or fatigue. He'll hit himself on the head with duplos or bang his head against the wall just to see what happens. The pain is just one more signal for reinforcement learning.

I recall a paper in a non-CS journal (psych or neuroscience) that posited that the optimal way to gain large quantities of information about an uncertain environment is to simply perturb the environment in random ways and see what happens. Young children will often do lots of seemingly stupid or random things (see the r/KidsAreFuckingStupid subreddit) with the trust that if it's actually a life-ending decision their parent will stop them.
that shows how effective their marketing team has historically been.
Why not? Their bills should be trivial. Substack's tech is primitive, it's basically a (very) basic blogging and commenting platform connected to a mail relay and a billing system. Text is cheap. If Substack can't run the whole tech operation with 5 guys and a tiny hosting bill they're doing something wrong (e.g. probably using AWS).

The cost and innovation at Substack is all business development. Are they cutting good deals? They can prosper. From a software and overheads perspective there's really nothing to see here.
Looks like tech will inevitably one day circumvent all the barriers China has set up. It seem there is a panic with in the govt as they notice the trend. Delays the inevitable, but for how long?
You actually make a lot of great points, and I agree with you up until this part:

> When you try to justify racism and sexism against white men like you are doing above, you're not just slapping yourself in the face, you're slapping the rest of us too.

Yes, I did choose an absolute example. You're not wrong about that. The part you're missing is that you sound tone-deaf. To quote a famous movie: "You're not wrong, you're just an asshole." Are you the guy that says "all lives matter" instead of "black lives matter?" It's like you don't get the bigger picture. Yes, the problems you point out are real - they're also trivial. And if you want to make a mountain out of a molehill I can't stop you, but you come across as an entitled jerk.

The point isn't white men are bad. The point is white men are clueless that others are suffering more than them and are only focusing on themselves when others need help more than they do. It's selfish. It's similar to billionaires complaining about taxes. You also conveniently avoided my question - what's the greatest adversity you've faced as a white male? Because that's the perspective you're lacking.

FWIW I actually appreciate you writing a long response. Anyway, agree to disagree.
Will project maintainers avoid writing issue tickets before sending the patch to this platform?
> the system would have to be aware of dependencies between pieces of data in order to do it correctly

Yep, which is why I expect that a graph is needed to model the validations that I picture in my mind.

> so that they can opt in to discarding error messages

Do you have any small examples of when you'd want to discard error messages?
A one-stop shop for self-publishers (GPT-3 driven)
Hey all,

Looking for feedback about a new service we've been working on lately.

It's a all-in-one product for self-publishers, we're using GPT-3 to give a self-publisher an experience authors could only get today at trade publishing.

Would be great to hear any thoughts on the concept or landing page itself(:

Thanks
Haven't seen much talk about farming here at all. It was just a curious question.
Something that interests me is that you mention porn specifically in your title and write about it a lot in your body text, but the website itself seems to have a MUCH broader scope. It seems like there's a disconnect between the marketing and what your intentions are.

Are you developing this with preventing porn addicting in mind first, or are you treating all addictions equally? (IMO, social media addiction is a bigger problem, but as you probably know several good blocking programs exist)
This would really only work if a third party that didn't answer to local government or the police held the footage. Otherwise it is literally inevitable that you would have inappropriate access or politically motivated leaks.
And the Mercator projection.
I don't think gell-mann amnesia applies here. At least, it doesn't apply to me in particular. I'm moderately well informed about the topics I've posted, and not particularly well informed about U.S. politics. If anything, you've got it backwards (at least in my specific case) -- I'm reading the topics I don't know very well with increased skepticism, and am more trusting when I see that topics I'm better versed in are presented well.

I don't think being wrong on one subject damns a whole paper.
Oh cool. I was right and wrong. Thanks!
When it's sincere i really don't care about the mind games of giving a compliment.

But then the threshold for giving a compliment is probably too high, in the workplace it's reserved for those truly doing a difference.
Im sorry to tell you but most of your ideas do not have any solid foundation / are quite from the conspiracy corner.
concerning the heavy rain: with every degree more the air can hold much more water as vapour and the point of starting to rain shifts, meaning it takes longer to "start" to rain & then much more comes out. Which perfectly fits what we see: more droughts & heavy rain sadly...

I meant more smth like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSu5sXmsur4
Threads suck!
Your hobby (whatever it may be) is interesting to at least one person: you! I bet you find other folks on the Internet who are interested too. If it's not a common topic, they'll likely appreciate your blog all the more because of that.
Try asking them “what should I be doing better” and “what should I keep doing.” In my experience most bosses don’t provide this sort of information without prompting.
Don't compliment unless something particular, that they've done, actually stands out. Instead, do thank people, even for little things — far too often people are left without thanks, and showing that you notice even the small things they do will encourage them and help to reinforce positive behavior, all while not indicating, accidentally or otherwise, that you want something out of them or are interested in them. It's a far bigger win for them, and does not have a primary role as social lubrication, unlike compliments.
> I just downloaded it and I'm quite impressed with the ease of use of the color options. Just a few lines in a text file. I can swap between dark and light modes easily.

Not just that, but you can change the settings file while the reader is open and it will update immediately. I use a one-line cmd script to switch quickly between light and dark.
/dev/std{in,out,err} are provided by Linux, and bash does stay out of the way there. I'm not aware of anything that provides /dev/tcp/host/port, although I think Plan 9 might have something similar. If the file happens to exist, bash will use the file rather than its own special functionality.
Preventing the Next Paradise Disaster
How do you discriminate a typical slowdown due to road conditions from full braking?

You really cannot without additional information. But a sensor equipped (not even self driving) car can and forward this information.

Simple things like broadcasting brake status, turning lights status and engine RPM of the nearby vehicles, and if available, emergency braking notice or traction control notice would do wonders, but we have not standardized on any such system of info somehow. Not even for people.
A simple info about being passed or nearby road signs send to a car's HUD/console would do a lot for safety, potentially.

Smart road, then smart cars, then self driving cars. Skipping steps won't do.

Fast trains have these systems already (both local radio and central) despite much more controlled conditions, but somehow car roads don't get them.
Italy wasn't the nicest place to be in during the 1940s, which would be a fair comparison as far as war-torn states go
> in today’s world of routine coronavirus testing of vaccinated people

It's worth noting that the CDC is explicitly telling people not to do this:

If you’ve been around someone who has COVID-19, you do not need to stay away from others or get tested unless you have symptoms.
(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vac...)

Agreed that people are still doing it though. That seems reasonable to me given the mixed data around to what degree the vaccine prevents spread.
Do you want to beta-test our Live Video Shopping platform? (Only for USA/Canada)
During the last months we have been working very hard on a Live Video Shopping platform that we will soon launch in the USA. We are looking for people living in the USA / Canada to test our platform.

The beta-testers will just have to go through a website link I will be sharing (mobile or pc), watch the event in real time (it will be me talking about stuff) and using the live chat.

The test event will begin tomorrow (18:00 PM New York Hour), we just need to test that the livestream & comments go well when there is enough people connected to the show.

If you are living in the USA/Canada and want to help us, comment this post and I will share you the link.

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!
Then don't do it. Everyone has their own level of comfort. It is disappointing to be criticized for awesome innovation by armchair advisors. Innovation and progress is necessary for humanity to continue. Fear, solves nothing.
Super impressed by this dad!
From article: “Courts across the U.S. are still divided on the reading of the Fifth Amendment and whether it applies to the compelled use of a person’s biometrics. The U.S. Supreme Court isn’t likely to address the issue any time soon, rejecting two petitions in as many years to rule on the matter, leaving it largely up to the states to decide.”
Our part of Europe is... special.
Covid Mania Returns Australia to Its Roots as a Nation of Prisoners
Is there really no better design for "aside" conversations than this? People lean on Slack threads too much, leading to a confused flow of conversation that makes it extremely difficult to piece together how the discussion was ended or resolved.
Through-optics pics from EyeWay's Foveated AR display
Why renting a car became so expensive – and pretty gross
CFA Pass Rate Plummets to Record Low of 25% for Level 1 Exam
Google takes legal action over Germany's expanded hate-speech law
The above math indicates that one generation with this 5% income boost gains enough wealth to move them up the wealth ladder. If this appreciation goes on for 6 Centuries then it amounts to wealth that makes working entirely optional.

It also suggests that looking at wages is a misleading statistic, as wages do not typically make up the majority of money that a wealthy individual would gain in a given year.
Room C, where my little ballerina danced
It's proven that if you want polynomial sample complexity in the size of the state space you need directed exploration. The algorithms 'flail' because they are initialized with random policies.
Advances in TF-Ranking
nice, i tried quaternion a long time ago so i wasn't aware it had it now. i haven't tried neochat before even though i use kde. i'll give it a shot and see how well it works
Overfunding companies that do 1 thing well is the startup equivalent of the Peter's principle. Expand the company until it sucks at everything.
>If you are afraid of getting infected, you have the option to stay home.

This is elitism and ignorant. Many people need to work. Not every one has this choice.
it doesnt do TF-IDF or BM-25 - the current state of art in search relevance algorithms.

that's where it cant be used for anything serious.
Cybertruck has entered the chat.
Personally, I'd pick Tcl long before Lua... but I'd pick almost anything before Lua; which I find frustrating to work with. There's a _lot_ of personal preference and "feeling" that goes into what each person likes in a language.
I deleted the content and put a . because it was about my employer and critical of a regulator. I figured I might as well not.

Probably flagged for that reason. It was maybe too informative for my taste lol Weirdly Im prevented to post with the same account.
That sounds like something from a struggle session, just written preemptively.
PG is average at best for text search, it's not even good.
Yeah, socat is my go-to for tcp socket scripting.
Something about the way you're framing this seems kind of off. I can tell you're thinking that of course you are the good guy here, you have no ill intentions and giving a compliment is an objectively good thing, you just need to find the right way to make the other person realize that this is a good thing.

But no social interaction is objectively good, it always depends on what the other person wants and how they perceive it. You're really focusing this around your desire to give a compliment, and not really considering the other person's desire to receive a compliment or not. Some people in some situations just don't want a stranger to come up and compliment them, or maybe talk to them at all, and it has nothing to do with you personally. Particularly on a train, you're not talking about at a cocktail party or something where the whole reason that everyone is there is to have social interactions. On the train some people just want to get to their destination and not receive compliments and that should be fine.

> where I'm briskly turned away for the audacity to talk to such a person

Oh the audacity, for someone to not want the same social interaction that you do!! Just because you're an extrovert doesn't mean everyone you come across needs to want to talk to you. Get over yourself!
Dope.

You know what I am wondering, the accelerometers in phones are super small, cheap and there are some sensor systems that incorporate a ton of other sensors (whatever happened to Google's smart jacket they were making with Levis)

Anyway, it would be very interesting to have a textile with a fabric of accelerometers woven into the fabric... Solar panels on the thighs and what not to power the sensors... with a compression-heel in a shoe / boot to ad more power with every step.

Anyone know how much power an accelerometer takes and if you can wire a matrix of them together to a set of controllers that all they do is capture the telemetry from the sensors?

Check out this video on the making of accelerometers

https://www.engadget.com/2012-05-22-the-engineer-guy-shows-h...
If I don’t connect to hot spots do I still need to be masking my MAC address?
The API sounds really bad. But it could be limitations of the GPU underneath.
He didn't seem scared to me, and the "video tape out of nowhere" was a speech at the Bund Financial Summit in Shanghai : https://interconnected.blog/jack-ma-bund-finance-summit-spee...

Why would one of the richest men in China openly defying the most basic financial regulations, and then trying to strong-arm the regulators by IPOing as fast as possible before regulations could be finalized, thus making them hurt a lot more people, and almost getting away with it, scare the CCP? I don't know, you ask me. I have no idea how an authoritarian government could be threatened by one of the most powerful people in their society openly calling them incompetent, defying them, and trying to make laws ineffective. None at all.
The same family that has been caught up in litigation from prominent Assange supporters for spreading false narratives:

https://trackingmeroz.wordpress.com/2021/07/25/traducers-the...

Yet somehow you think they wouldn't want people bringing up how conspiracies, like those Assange spread, hurt the family the most. Assange supporters, mainly now alt-right types and bots posing as being on the opposite side oh politics--like you saw with Cambridge Analytica--are still spreading the same conspiracy far and wide today hoping to catch people during a mental break to recruit them into their cults.
I guess what I might have implied by "natural" is growth from growing older as opposed to growth from nutrition.

But in that sense, of course a baby will have more growth than an adult--isn't it reverse exponential?
I'm also maintaining a curated list of blogs at https://collection.mataroa.blog/

One can also limit the list with the ?key= queryparam, like so: https://collection.mataroa.blog/?key=philosophy
> People wouldn't be addicted to sex if the media wasn't shoving it down your throat 24/7.

What evidence do you have for this?
I think "spirit of SumatraPDF" means that he wouldn't npm install 800K lines of code into his project 5 minutes after creating it.

I look at the speed and efficiency of VSCode and it gives me hope that it's possible to write the high quality programs that we're used to from C/C++ using web technologies. It's just that right now we don't have enough good programmers creating good programs to incentivize the others to do better.
My understanding is its the same thing limiting everything else. Power. Batteries more specifically. We just don't have a way to power anything for very long that doesn't have a cable attached to a wall attached to a power station. Honestly the ability for humans (and other living creatures) to just DO SO MUCH on just a little bio mass each day is astounding.
Most people with a regard for human life consider mass murder[1] on a scale hitherto unseen[2], which is really saying something given that the world had just seen WW2, to be disastrous.

[1] Thus not including battlefield deaths of soldiers.

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet...
You can do anything, anything at all, at https://zombo.com/

"The only limit, is yourself…"
Sounds pretty close to RSS to me...what do you see as the difference between what you envision and existing RSS?
Thank you! Both Tinkerstellar and Juno embed a Python interpreter built for iOS from CPython, no WebAssembly.

As per what people use Juno for — great question! I think it's a combination of both, but leaning towards learning (hence I had an idea to launch Tinkerstellar). The hardware is somewhat limiting, but I think it's the iPadOS that is the primary limiting factor here. That said, according to feedback I hear Juno is still great for prototyping and drafting something quickly, not just for learning — and some people absolutely do use it for serious work.
One scenario would have been Jack Ma (along with family, of course) being outside China wile making the statement. Given his reach and popularity, that would have been a serious blow to CCP PR. He'd lose most of his billions, but this risk existed.

Most regimes and communist systems are paranoid. They'll make sure there wouldn't be another Jack Ma.
RSS is the best! I use tinytinyrss to have my news in a way I want them, as we all should ;)
Every genius in all ages held some weird view all their lifetime, even by modern standards. But history forgets those, and remembers their contributions for the good.
> A premium on attested-secure components might develop

Isn't this effectively the Microsoft/IBM/Oracle ecosystem play?
OpenMLDB: An new open-source database for production AI/ML workloads
If the driver/passenger death rate has dropped similarly in, say, Toyota Corollas and Mini Coopers - which I suspect is the case - the article's headline remains accurate.
Why can't they have satellites orbiting over the north or south poles? Can anyone ELI5 this?