skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If self driving succeeds, it is because it is safer than a human driver. If nothing else, it'll cut down on insurance premiums, and increase fuel efficiency by reducing speeding and unnecessary hard acceleration.

There are also a lot more people currently driving than there are existing train drivers (which you can see I was comparing existing infrastructure) so the time tradeoff could easily lead to increased productivity, however you choose to measure it.

All of this, of course, assumes fully autonomous driving. I'm somewhat sceptical that we'll actually get there, myself.
> tampering with evidence is not included and still forbidden

> What is allowed here, is hacking for the police. That necessarily can include changing files on the target computers (e.g. deleting logs)

How is this not tampering with evidence?
Back in the days, I was seeing Python basically as the anti-Perl, where "There's More Than One Way of Doing Things" is the core mantra. Sure, a for loop is a blunt tool, but there's something to be said about not having too many different ways to approach things. Python as the new Basic.

Back then, that was a unique selling point of the language for me. These days, those are quite diffrent.
There's also workarounds and it isn't necessarily 'counterfeiting'. Think Amazon selling hosted Linux OS images. Think commercial software that needs GPL software to run so the user downloads the GPL software themselves instead of it being bundled.
Just get some celebrity onboard. People buy Drake merchandise ffs.
In the 00's we may not have had the scientific backing yet, but the common knowledge was that football was scrambling the players' brains. As we were still in the last stages of the transition away from a manufacturing economy into a knowledge economy, there was still a popular perception that intellectual capacity was not really needed in men who would be much better off learning self-sacrifice, physical endurance, pain tolerance and willingness to abuse their bodies for the good of the group, all great skills for blue collar workers but not much needed in white collar jobs.
I wonder how much overlap there is with the ability to easily gain native-level proficiency in a language. We’re raising our child bilingual, partially because no one should learn German from me (started in college, speak well enough to get through life, but everyone knows I’m a native English speaker), but I’d be ok with our child learning English from my husband, as he speaks well enough that Americans think he’s British. His mother, who also learned in high school and university, taught him for a maternity leave year at age 4, then left it to the school system, which didn’t expose him to English again until he was 10. His younger sister does not speak English nearly as well as he does. I’m quite sure that early exposure is why he doesn’t have a German-sounding accent when speaking English.
Right, but like besides a reference, is there something you'd suggest as an action? (which represents taking the redpill)
> I may think they are more free, since they live without the fear of death in a mass shooting.

Ironically, the surveillance laws were passed right after laws to disarm citizens.
>complacent with the healthcare systems they pay for believing it helps people.

Odd choice of topics to be outraged about.
Here is the report from July 26, 2021.

https://www.cpag.org.nz/news/?m=202107

"An additional 18,000 children were probably pushed into poverty in the 12 months to March 2021, even without taking rising housing costs into account, according to new modelling in the report, entitled The first year of Covid-19: Initial outcomes of our collective care for low-income children in Aotearoa New Zealand"

"This increase in child poverty of around 10% comes at a time when property owners have seen their wealth rise at an accelerated rate," said McAllister. "Loss of income related to job loss was probably inevitable for many families; but loss of income to the point of inadequacy - or further inadequacy - was due to political decision-making.

"The Government avoided one massive health and economic crisis but it enabled another one - that of poverty, homelessness and inequality - to grow rapidly."
That's not what i said.

But strong judiciary and executive (and strong borders between them) is a core understanding in every real democracy.

If the executive OR the judiciary can do everything (or are completely intermingled) you have no democracy but a "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" ;)
On the one hand, I'm sad that I probably have to uninstall docker desktop because I only use it for small side projects, on the other I understand Docker Inc's need to monetize as a for profit company.

I do have a genuine question though. Can a company just change their pricing structure and make it effective immediately(I understand they have a grace period here)? I guess for free tiers they probably can, because the users have never paid them, but what if I'm a paying customer? Could Docker simply say sorry we have changed our pricing from next billing cycle(or tomorrow) you have to pay 100% more. Could they legally do something like that?
I really appreciate how affordable upgrades (RAM, Storage etc) are. I am not used to it. Apple adds a hefty premium on these upgrades (I understand this is not a 1:1 comparison). Configuration looks really solid and affordable!
It's not 140 chars? TLDR
Harm reduction would mean keeping masking and mandating vaccines for a couple years until the situation stabilizes whereupon more traditional flu measure would be enough. While areas are still seeing icu and LO2 shortages when restrictions are relaxed, any valid harm reduction requires at a minimum continued masking and vaccinations.
Nvidia researchers building tools for higher-quality speech synthesis
As a mid-career PhD student in a "hard" field I can attest that this description aligns with my experience. I'm a bit late to the party myself, but very much looking forward to the next generation of scientists who are exposed to the "categorical" approach to applied mathematics from a young age and have no qualms about rebuilding entire scientific fields within this new foundations.
then why don't people post this link to HN? Twitter links should be banned/downvoted
True. Once you overflow a buffer, you own the machine.
Heck Apple should want employees discussing this stuff in an internal channel rather than all over the internet. Employees getting together and talking about pay, job titles, tenure, team structures, project names, executives and probably more on a random Discord server with no way to verify user identity sounds like a security nightmare.
I am not missing the point, you are. Guns aren't some abstract concept you get to hand-wave away, they have exactly one function -- to kill things.

You "defend yourself from tyranny" by killing patriots of your own country. That's literally the only way to do it, so when you say things like "defend yourself from tyranny" you are saying, "I'm willing to murder cops and soldiers." because that's who you'll have to "defend yourself from tyranny" against.

There is no way around this, it is the direct meaning of the words and phrases you're using. What you are doing is using the threat of murder to try and get your way in a society.
Why Can’t Billionaires Advance the Common Good?
The U.S. Army tried portable nuclear power at remote bases 60 years ago
Idea: Non-Recourse Founder Loans
Would you take out a non-recourse (zero liability) loan against some of your shares in exchange for interest + shared upside? For example, if you have $10mm in founder equity, would you take out a $2mm loan against your shares for personal liquidity? If the value of your shares went to $0, you would owe $0. But if you IPO'd and your shares were worth $100mm, you would pay $2mm + interest ($250k?) + 10% shared upside ($1.8mm).
It's called a lockdown...
> AMD CPUs may transiently execute non-canonical loads and store using only the lower 48 address bits, potentially resulting in data leakage.

In post-Spectre/Meltdown era, seems like every innocent optimization can be used as side channels, and as a result, must be disabled.

It makes me a little sad that, nobody knows how much more performance tax we will have to pay in the future for the ability of safely running untrusted code in a "sandbox" (be it hypervisor, user-kernel separation or Javascript VM).
The weights are loaded once per model, so you would only have a write when you update the model, which happens once every few hours or days for most applications today.
Maybe older generations weren't powerful enough, but I use the 7th gen (2019) to run a 2nd 4K external display and it works fine.

4K is a little overkill for 14", but I wouldn't consider a laptop below 3K. Definitionally not dumb.
The data also indicate that it's likely that: 1. Reducing weight to a healthy level 2. Getting enough vitamin D are very likely to contribute to better outcomes for the disease, and we've known this for quite some time. Not only have I not seen any public health messaging around this, but the policies that have been in place have trended towards reducing the sorts of activities that would result in better outcomes based on these factors.
Minor nitpick: Australia is turning itself back into a prison state.
Exactly my thoughts. You might notice that I asked

> I'm curious about you decision to include .edu addresses. Aren't those given out to students?
Yes, but Wikipedia and Google are very handy. Addictive websites not so much.
Definitely don't take any close up pictures, I'm here for the words!
i love coming back to the 4 thoughts (buddhism).
1. impermance
2. suffering
3. karma
4. precious human birth

suffering arises as a failure to recognize impermanence. thoughts and behaviors that reduce suffering create ripple effects (karma), and the same is true of thoughts and behaviors that increase suffering. and it is a rare opportunity to be born as a human and to reflect on our own conciousness and the 4 thoughts.
We changed the URL from https://petapixel.com/2021/08/30/googles-new-ai-photo-upscal..., which points to this. Both articles point to this one, which had a recent and related thread:

High Fidelity Image Generation Using Diffusion Models - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27858893 - July 2021 (19 comments)
> The full system is scheduled for some time in 2022. Knowing Tesla’s timing on Model 3, Model Y, Cyber Truck, Semi, Roadster, and Full Self Driving, we should automatically assume we can pad this timing here.

That's just from the article; off the top of my head:

* NYC to LA fully autonomous drive by 2017.

* 1M Robotaxis on the road by 2021.

* Hyperloop.

* Solar roof tiles.

* All superchargers will be solar-powered.

* Tesla Semi.

Sure, some of these things may be "just around the corner" or "ramping up now", but some of these are claims going back almost 5 - 10 years where Elon says "2 weeks", "next year", "2 years", really whatever it takes to be just believable enough to get enough people to buy into a future where Tesla is worth 10x what it is today.
Thank you - yep, there are a number of really neat recipe-related projects out there nowadays. It'd be excellent to combine some similarly-oriented canoes into a larger raft.

Glad to hear from you at any point, and don't be afraid to ask any questions whether large or small.
> will be given new freedoms

Wow, that's Orwellian to say the least.

Freedom is never granted, it is earned.
Disclaimer: not the OP here.

I can echo what he said though and I can tell you I am definitely not depressed. Some things do excite me, some thing do still piss me off. But overall it's definitely less. Good on the getting aggravated 'for no good reason' side. Sort of sad (not in the being depressed way) on the being excited for something side.

E.g. I still have my pet peeves at work that I will passionately talk about or convince you of. I will not get mad at you any longer if you don't change that variable name to exactly the wording I suggested.
> Phones

Sure. Wire-tapping has been a thing almost as long as phones themselves. With a warrant, it is best that the police should be able to surveil your phone calls.

> Ring camera

With a warrant? Absolutely.
I agree, what's missing is a nice VM appliance for macOS and Windows.
Healthy people don't eat junk food.
> because highly skilled musicians are able to remember a reference pitch for a very long period of time.

Not just highly skilled ones. I just checked, and I still have my A-flat 2 reference note that I've been carrying around since 2013, having not used it for at least 5 years and barely doing any singing/piano these days.
> "X conceived, produced, and realized Y" where Y is something of innate value is a vastly more interesting, useful, and value-holding relation than "X gave approval to the creation of Y" where Y is something that is the mere result of a technical process that can be recreated easily by anyone.

I'm not making any points about "value" and certainly not about "innate value." I'm only talking about whether basic claims about the origin of a thing are true or false. It's up to everyone to determine how much they value the thing. I am trying to make precise points without devolving into "well I don't think NFTs have any value at all." That's a perfectly fine opinion, but it's totally independent from claims about the origin of something.

> With an NFT you don't get any of that. The work has no inherent beauty (it's a piece of data), so the only thing that could give it value is the fact that its creation had the approval of creator X.

Okay, since you do seem very interested in theories of why people value certain things, I'll address this. I think that the vast majority of the value of very expensive paintings by famous painters has very little to do with the "inherent" beauty of the work, and almost everything to do with facts about the actual origin of the object. I think that very skilled counterfeits deliver the overwhelming majority of aesthetic value, and I would argue this is provably the case for anyone except the very tiny group of people who are skilled enough to determine the authenticity of the painting.
> You should be able to long-press a sticker in the main view and get the same options menu for copying/etc.... does that work for you?

Ah, you’re right, it does work in the gallery view, just not in the detail view where you end up after creating the sticker.
> whenever he ran into a problem, he'd stop, fold his hands, and sit back in his chair. And wait until the manager noticed this, would come by, ask what the problem was, fix it for him, and he'd then proceed.

Certainly there are better ways to communicate than looking to see if someone is sitting back in their chair. Either they are delivering or they are not. If not, a good manager will ask what the problem is, then fix it. Not delivering should be a temporary state, if it’s not, that employee may not be a good fit for the org.
I'm not the OP, but I've noticed something similar myself. I still have certain things I'm passionate about. But I no longer feel the need (or rather I don't just automatically become invested in every topic that comes up in my environment).

People do outrageous things in the world, and an earlier me might have had a self-righteous anger about it. Today, while I certainly have an intellectual care, I have the luxury of putting such things out of mind and just enjoying my day. I still take proactive steps to better the world where I think it makes sense, but not out any emotional fervor. I save my passions for my family, hobbies, and a subset of professional interests.

I haven't read the book, but from the abstract, I suspect "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson is basically where I arrived. I have learned I have only so my F's to give, and so spend them more wisely.
I'm saying that there are internals problems and there are external problems. Whenever I've had mental health issues, there were clear external causes, and therapy ain't gonna do a thing about that. Therapists will tell you the same thing. Removing the root causes will do something.

Unfortunately, there isn't a magical get-help fairy which helps with external problems. Sometimes, your life just gets f-ed up, and there's nothing you can do about it.
I'm an EU customer but my Atlassian Cloud contract is still between me and Atlassian Pty Ltd in Australia.

So wherever the data is, the problem is still the same in my opinion.
I just recently got this: https://www.newegg.com/pine-gray-asus-zenbook-14-um425ua-ns7... and it’s a great laptop. The equivalent pangolin is nearly double the price.
It really depends on what you need.

Do you want to setup a daemon that starts when a specific network interface is online? This is infinitely easier in systemd.

Defining a unit file (a daemon) is a matter of a trivial definition file and a couple of commands, can’t get more accessible than that. We’re still talking Linux distro users, not your run of the mill consumer of course.

Do you want to master using all features that systemd has to offer? There’s obviously a learning curve.

I’m not arguing in favor of systemd _over_ crontab, but there’s no need to bash on systemd which is a perfectly fine piece of software that does what it says (whether it does too much is a different topic).
Yes, that's the awkward position they're in.
I’m appalled at how many people are defending this. I don’t think it’s comparable to any other western bans, I.e alcohol and tobacco. We don’t ban anything that goes into a child’s mind as long as their parents consent. Just because video games aren’t in societies best interest doesn’t mean a child should be barred from doing what they love. Man it’s so hard to fit in for some people and this is there escape. This really seems like just another of the hundreds of rules China uses to sap the absolute freedom and childhood out of kids. The school schedule is absolutely insane. I do think this will have negative effects on the Chinese culture
*Actual fun may vary.
Might just be a personal preference, I have two laptops (one of them a system 76) with numpads because I highly prefer having them. Macbook keyboards without them really annoy me. Obviously peoples mileage will vary.
How confident can you be that the initial 32x32 was an Irish Setter?
FYI, they just announced it’s winding down unfortunately. It was a pretty nice magazine, I agree.

https://mobile.twitter.com/IncrementMag/status/1432799936488...
> Now, as a candidate/developer: I would love to have a "TOEFL" like certificate that I can show, with my proficiency. That way, I can "look for a job" passively. I don't have to be making countless of code interviews showing one time after another what I know. I only do it ONCE for an authoritative company, and everybody else can check my qualifications there.

One interesting thing about TOEFL is that it is, arguably, correct and complete. I.e when using the English language you use 100% of the skills the test measures, and the test measures all skills necessary to thrive in English. That's why you only need do it only once (every X years).

Engineering skills as defined by those matrices are so much more open ended that you'd need specific matrices tailored for different positions. E.g. a front end developer doesn't need to know what a linked list is. Then you end up moving away from the idea of ONE authoritative test.

Also worth noting that wherever I've seen it used, TOEFL is usually a mere checkbox to tick, and there are other, more thorough measures of skill involved.
> Don't gatekeep - just falsify.

Amen. Gatekeeping is not science.
Grand parent might refer to the fact that German companies with > 2000 employees have to have a supervisory board where 50%-1 vote a held by representatives of employees: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitbestimmungsgesetz

Interesting side note, in mining and steel companies by law the vote is split 50% between employee and owner representatives and there’s a neutral member as tie breaker. This is often justified by safety arguments but actually stems from the WW1 and WW2 experience of these industries were pushing for war (good for business) and a neutral member was thought to temper these tendencies.
We really don't know if/how the virus will mutate.

Especially in the sense of how a given set of mutations will impact transmissibility, virulence and vaccine effectiveness.
human physiology is not self-consistent, nor is the language I use to communicate those facts./
What are the limits to your proposed recognition of his frustration? Is the name "fuckthelaw" ok? How about "judgefucker 3000"? What if they include the name of a witness or victim in their name ("fuck <witness>")? What if it contains a racial, ethnic or religious slur?

Court isn't an MMO; you don't get to choose a pithy username. You use your legal name, and the judge is right to enforce that.
That would be the wise thing to do, but I'm sure there are some ways companies will eff it up anyway. Survival of the fittest I guess.

Management may want some badge of honor for saving a budget line item. Or developers may want to embark on a new and interesting project and successfully convince management it's a good idea, who will agree for a wide range of reasons (not pissing off developers might be one of them).

Both will ignore the risk and considerable downsides. Happens all the time.
Interestingly, I think this may be a boon for kubernetes.

We've been managing all our infrastructure with docker / compose, and its been great. But one of the key advantages is unifying the dev & prod environments. Now lately we've been outgrowing the docker solution so k8 is on the radar, but one of the things holding me back is losing the unified prod/dev experience.

So the question has been, take the hit and suck up all the bugs, confusion, duplication etc. that come from having these separate, or move everyone over to k8 and have to deal with the complexity on the developer side?

Well, this decision now definitely tips the scales - there's a distinct advantage to going all in on k8s because we can run it up and down the stack and not be constantly hassled by licensing and software restrictions.
Here’s a better comparison. https://www.newegg.com/pine-gray-asus-zenbook-14-um425ua-ns7...
I don't see why 0 should be treated as special value. Initial should be used if meant to "disable" it.

What if you want margin: 5px as the general rule and margin: 10px on the last element. Is 10px a disabling selector?
A limited set of knowledge workers are working at home, not 'everyone'.
Some good advice, some not so good.

For example, he recommends A) going after a big B2B market with lots of existing demand (good)

Then he recommends B) spend on advertising instead of content marketing (not so good)

You can't both do A and B. Big markets with lots of demand also have tons of competition in the advertising space.

The talk he's referencing for these tips is from almost a decade ago (Jason Cohen's microconf talk). I'm sure Google adwords was a much more viable strategy back then, however, if you're remotely close to a big market in B2B, adwords is now going to be cost-prohibitive for growing a bootstrapped business.

The reason Jason's personal blog didn't convert well is because his content wasn't targeted towards the products he was creating. If you're writing about general life/tech news/etc. the chances your audience will overlap with a niche B2B product offering are slim to none.

On the contrary, most of the B2B Saas startups I've worked with in the last 5 years grow almost entirely from SEO.

Content is like real estate. Once you start ranking for a few key niche search phrases, your position grows in value over time, without you doing anything.

Advertising on the other hand is like a money treadmill. The minute you step off the treadmill, you're no longer getting leads...at all.

If you want to bootstrap a sustainable business, ignore content/SEO at your own peril.
We have a similar large pets-focused channel at my company and it's more like reddit.com/r/aww than a conversation with coworkers. I keep it muted, and check in from time to time if I need a happy-pictures fix.