skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'd go for stricter anti-money-laundering regulations and stiff penalties for executives of financial institutions that opt to take part of such schemes.

If we severely punish a bank that looks the other way while someone opens an account using a stolen identity, I am very sure they'll work really hard to make that impossible. How hard they'll work depends on how severely they are punished.
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It was the 80's, _everybody_ was trying too hard.

His more recent stuff is much less edgy and has better writing.
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1. Get good sleep. Your brain power is most affected by a lack of sleep. Poor and insufficient sleep impairs learning, memory, and attention.

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> there is very little connection between "aesthetic value" and "market value."

Art appreciation extends beyond mere aesthetic value. For example we are able to create pottery that is far more aesthetically pleasing than ancient times. Yet a rare, archeological pot is probably going to fetch far more value than a piece from your neighborhood artist who probably has far more knowledge about pottery than his ancient equivalent.
Track record of cash transfers as a means of giving
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VM tools have allowed this sort of RAM management for years.
Which is completely not relevant to what I tried to make clear. Yeah, Meson started out as "we do build systems better" and these days they compare themselves to CMake because Meson is not winning, but that's got nothing to do with what I said.

Build system fragmentation is bad. Autohell is bad. If CMake was bad, CMake could, and has been, improved. People choosing Meson over CMake, especially if they're working on libraries contribute to wanton fragmentation that makes cross-platform development a lot harder.

There is no reason, whatsoever, for Meson to exist, other than parochialism, not-invented-here-ism.

Even if you would take Meson over CMake any day, you should not do that.
> the execution is still inside the tool, not in the user provided code, so it's still a DSL, just an internal rather than external one.

That seems like a weird way to frame it. Waf is just a python API bundled with a command line interface, all packaged as a self-extracting zip file of python scripts.

The code that runs is the code that you write using that API. Calling that magic would be a stretch I think because its pretty hard to use an API if you dont know how it works. Plus, the Waf core is tiny and always in your source tree.

I guess one could argue that all APIs are DSLs, but I think thats a stretch.

> Also, "not being Turing complete" can absolutely have its advantages - depends on your environment and your team.

This is true, and a very relevant example of that is when the Amazon Lumberyard team switched from waf to CMake a few months back. Their waf(fork)-based build system was an unholy mess inherited from Crytek, and a common pain point for end users who just wanted to compile their games.

Not sure if CMake will help them maintain discipline among the build team, but it certainly will make the project more friendly to their external customers.

> and now I'm going to read more waf docs

RIP your sanity. The waf docs are written for people who already know waf. The only way to really learn it is to dig through the source. I became the unfortunate victim of Lumberyard’s build system a few years ago and that was what drove me to learn it (I dont like to lose to software). Luckily, I ended up loving it.

So unless you have extra motivation and/or time, I wouldnt recommend it (even though I love it)
Thank you. I make a conscious effort to avoid the craft that I hate so much myself. Luckily, I have a day job that allows me to treat the channel as a hobby -- I know others are not in this position. Other downside is that the day job takes time away from making fun videos :) let me know if anyone has a topic suggestion.
It's an apt metaphor. Your internal clock is in a different time zone than you, and each day it comes a bit closer, until you and your internal clock are at last in sync.

Souls don't exist, but the metaphor of something slower catching up to you is nicely done IMO.
Of course they walk, it's in the name! Seriously speaking, very cool stuff.
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I’m in my 30’s, and read it for the first time this year. I thought it was amazing. More amazing than the book itself was all the influences on pop culture I encountered as I read it. I think as great as the book is it’s influence has been far greater.
It still seems to suck battery life on my 13” Intel MBP. But aside from starting to nag me to keep upgrading, that’s about my only complaint.
Not really. There are multiple instances of viruses, such as HIV, Chickenpox, and HPV, which are known to cause increased health risks or outright disease years and often decades after the initial infection appears to fade.

There are also many instances of "long" Covid we are already seeing in which people struggle with lingering symptoms, sometimes severe, for months after initially getting ill.

And in children, the rare but serious phenomenon that's been called MISC, usually occurs weeks or months after the initial Covid infection has subsided.

You are right that we don't know the long term side-effects of Covid, or of vaccination, and won't for quite some time. But what evidence we do have based on previous experiences with vaccines and viruses, as well as what we have already observed in Covid infections and vaccinations, makes it clear that vaccines are a far less risky prospect than the disease is.
Covid-19 is impossible to eradicate as it spreads through animals, forget that idea.

Pfizer themselves have performed studies that show immunity declining. I do know that they tell from the levels of antibodies seen in blood but I don’t know if the effect of variants has been measured (if it can be measured at all without unethical experiments).
Yes, basically correct. A couple notes/clarifications for other readers:

- The rows a of A are "random," but in the sense of being drawn from some distribution for which we have a training set--not in the sense of, e.g., "assume everything is gaussian" or some other idealized case.

- The training takes a few seconds to maybe a couple minutes, depending on your training set size. But it does have to be done ahead of time--you can't train after receiving the matrices and still get a speedup. Unless maybe the matrices are unrealistically large.

- The error in the approximation is provably not much larger than the error on the training set with high probability (under standard ML assumptions--finite variance, training and test distributions match), but there's no hard limit on it in general. If you know the range of values in your individual vectors, you could obtain a hard limit, although it would be much looser than what you see in practice.

- Correct that many ML applications tolerate large losses in precision. But caveat is that we won't get the right answer to a full 16 bits in each element (this would be ~99.999% accuracy), but instead more like 90-99.9%, depending on the speed-quality tradeoff chosen. So we can't claim it will be sufficiently accurate in all cases
I agree Nix sounds very powerful and interesting. I've been wanting to try it out several times, on the other hand I don't really have a use case for me personally.
Tuitions get higher because colleges and universities are giving out "payment options" which some students default on. It's the same model used by insurance companies to manage their risks.
Well firstly the vast, overwhelming majority of users do. Secondly this is an android tablet so your post is entirely off track.
You're conflating the size of a genome with the amount of DNA that is non-functional.
Exactly. Getting vaccinated is not just about you, but everyone you come in contact with - especially those who may be at higher risk than you are. Maybe even people you care about?

I'm in my 30s and in good health. I've not been particularly concerned about dying myself from covid[0]. But I do have a mom and grandparents. I do have immunocompromised friends and family. How could I live with myself if I got one of them sick and hadn't taken even that simple step of a shot in the arm?

[0] though long-covid is another story, or even short-term "being sick for days/weeks" doesn't sound like a particularly good time.
No.

Shut up. Mask up. And please get vaccinated.

The sooner we get this over with, the sooner we can get back to normal.
Conspiracy theories aside, it’s true that there’s still a long way to go with respect to privacy for this kind of data.
Oh Hi Greg,

I am sure you did, in the meantime, we have projects being build on BSV that actually innovate and don’t have to rely on 7 tx per sec or centralized solutions like LN strike....

Move along now please
Beggars can't be choosers. If they want a glass of wine, then they can earn more money to pay for it. Otherwise they can enjoy the free food generously given. They are not "unworthy", but they are also not entitled to anything they want for free.
But so your view is that small banks are prone to instability in virtue of being small. I get that with many banks, the probability that at least one has problems increases to 1. My hypothesis was that large banks are risky in virtue of being concentrated; though in most years they may all be fine, occasionally big bets made by a single institution can impact a large minority of depositors. I suppose in a context where the state is prepared to prop up banks in times of crisis, perhaps propping up a few big ones is less complex than trying to support many small ones?
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Cool stuff! Do you have a public branch you're working off of? I'd love to follow the progress as I wasn't aware that qemu user emulation for BSD was even a thing.

I didn't get a chance to peruse beyond briefly skimming the source on GH, but I couldn't find any special handling around execve - could you point me in the right direction?

I was looking at bsd-user/syscall.c, whose equivalent in linux-user is where my repo's execve hook lives, if that makes any difference.
That one haunts me. I wish someone with the required talent would make it into a movie. It would be really creepy and depressing but I could not get enough of it.
Surface Pro.
Also wanted to add that I completely agree with you on package managers not making it easy for user installs.
I don't think that the issue is who makes the decisions (and it's rarely directly homeowners anywhere in the USA). The question is what interests are represented or accounted for by the decision making process. In well-off middle class neighborhoods of most US cities and suburbs, zoning processes cater almost exclusively to the interests of those who already live there, rather than those who don't but might want to. I don't think the UK process is significantly different in that respect.
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This is a known issue with all automatic emergency braking implementations across all automakers [1].

I would expect with Tesla's shift to full vision [2] for AEB, upcoming software updates would support detection of emergency vehicles (versus using the less robust radar sensor Tesla was using, and what legacy automakers continue to rely on).

Drivers are still the responsible party in the event a driver assistance feature fails.

[1] https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a24511826/safety-featu...

[2] https://www.tesla.com/support/transitioning-tesla-vision
Appropriate username.

On topic, though, I tried it, and changing what I'm focused on doesn't change my pupil size. But maybe I wasn't going far enough? I just looked in a mirror, focused on a spec of dust on the mirror, then changed focus to the image of something behind me, and my pupils didn't change at all.
I'm a Bitcoiner and am tipping sats (1 sat = 0.00000001 BTC or $0.00049) left and right.

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I really, really really wish they had an AMD option. I don't really _need_ a laptop currently, but that would probably push me over.

If they had that and a supported eGPU configuration (or even an option with better graphics) I would probably retire my desktop.
The market does not know what is virtuous. It knows what individuals demand among what is offered.
Sometimes a hobby is just something you find pleasantly distracting. Sudokus aren’t creative yet are thoroughly enjoyed by some.

It doesn’t have to be creative nor worthwhile. Just something that you enjoy. Perhaps yours is trolling nerd forums about other peoples choice of hobbies? :P
The beautiful union of two utterly pointless technologies that no one has ever needed
Meh. GUIs and other frilly OSX crap are a real pain to maintain. Paying for them makes sense.
I don't know, but I'll paste the specific things that article is calling for:

> Reveal who is paying for advertisements, how much they are paying and who is being targeted.

> Commit to meaningful transparency of platform algorithms so we know how and what content is being amplified, to whom, and the associated impact.

> Turn on by default the tools to amplify factual voices over disinformation.

> Work with independent researchers to facilitate in-depth studies of the platforms’ impact on people and our societies, and what we can do to improve things.

I'm at a bit of a loss to guess which of those might be triggering. But then, I agree with them. (Disclosure: I work for Mozilla too, so yeah, I'm biased. I'm a long way from the relevant policy discussions, though.)

I've always had mixed feelings about that article. The whole "deplatforming" thing is kind of a red herring. The article seems to approve of deplatforming, which is something I'm generally not comfortable with, but it isn't actually about deplatforming at all. I suspect that's the part that triggers reactions, for reasons that I sympathize with even though I don't think they apply to the particular case in question.
An interesting thought is the comparison to x86.

Icestorm cores max out at 2GHz, but have 30-50% the performance of the 3.2GHz Firestorm cores. Accounting for that frequency difference, the actual performance difference if Icestorm were to boost clocks would be closer to 50-60% of the Firestorm IPC.

Zen 3 at 4.9GHz trades blows with M1 at 3.2GHz in single-core benchmarks.

It seems when you adjust all the things that Icestorm should be 10-30% slower than Zen 3.

Putting that in perspective, Icestorm cores (based on this one microbenchmark) would have around the same performance per clock as the original Zen cores, but only consume a 5-10% of the actual power consumption.
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A profound implication.
Another book that explores this is A Deepness In The Sky, where people can be infected with a virus that can produce neurotoxins and be directed by MRI. It is used to provide "Focus", a sort of autistic savant state where people can be turned into hyper-specialized computers, although at a higher level of abstract than normal.
Yup, it's still just mullvad.net with less privacy and a shadier corporate front.

Chaining is doable using separate routing domains. Not for the faint of heart though.
Agency is cursed by being "the middle book". I expect it will become more significant in hindsight once the trilogy is completed.
If the Framework Laptop had a keyboard option with a TrackPoint-style pointing stick (and 3 physical mouse buttons between the keys and the touchpad), it would be a very strong contender against ThinkPads. Lenovo has handicapped recent ThinkPad models with soldered memory, and the TrackPoint is their only remaining unique feature.

Framework community discussion: https://community.frame.work/t/any-chance-of-trackpoint
> For someone with 200 thousand euros in the bank, this could mean paying 500 euros in interest at the end of the year.

If 200k euros of working capital is worth less to you than 500 euros/year then you're really, really bad at capitalism.
I also experienced tinnitus about two days after the second Pfizer dose. I had always had very mild tinnitus, noticeable only with specific attention in quiet rooms, and this was a clear increase that was noticeable in normal situations. I also had sensations of ear pressure and "fullness".

Went to see an ENT who basically said "Yeah, maybe the vaccine, weird, but we know nothing here." and offered no solution. I had a hearing test which showed a slight decrease in sensitivity at low frequencies, but still in the clinical range for "normal hearing", so there wasn't really much to be done.

In severe cases or those involving clear hearing loss, most people seem to think that oral steroids or steroid injections directly into the middle ear would be effective at reversing whatever inflammatory process is occurring and avoid long-term damage. Steroids have their own side effects, and to be effective, need to given as soon as possible. I had waited a bit to make the ENT appointment and didn't feel like my case was severe enough to ask for this.

Now two months later the ear sensations have gone away and the tinnitus is back to the mild level I experienced previously. But it was an unpleasant experience that I do not wish to repeat. I will probably avoid the booster if possible.

However, many people have also reported permanent hearing loss and tinnitus after contracting COVID. For all I know, getting the vaccine may have saved me from much more serious and long-lasting symptoms that would have come with an actual COVID infection. No way to know unfortunately.

Goddamn biology. Back to coding now.
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The 2030s are going to be wild? Wow, are you an optimist. I worry about trouble long before then...
I mostly work with pre-classical and classical (pre-romantic) music. For me the utility is mostly about quickly learning and sight-reading music. Quickly getting an idea of phrasing, by seeing where the tension-release should be. Or figuring out how to tune with others in ensembles, when you're not bound by equal temperament (basically anything without piano, organ, guitar).

> Conversely, there appears to often be many ways to "explain" a certain composition in terms of music theory.

Remember that music theory is descriptive, not prescriptive.
It's a description of existing musical practice, not a set of rules that say what is right and wrong.
This.

I can't sleep well, trying to do everything in my power to make sure I get enough.

Whenever I'm well-rested for a week or so, I'm smart.

Whenever I'm ill-rested for a week or so, I'm only capable of basic functioning.
Once both reach orbit, the astronauts of the IIS meet their souls briefly 16 times a day. Enough to catch a microsleep.
> Tying market value and aesthetic value in the art world makes about as much sense as introducing the concept of "aesthetic value" when talking about Apple's stock price.

What about introducing it when talking about GameStop's stock price?
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Another way of looking at it is that tying taxes and other services to the notion of "residency" is outdated. Where I am, we pay income tax based on our province of residence, so if you work out of province (and many do in border areas) you still pay income tax where you claim your residence is. Maybe this should be simplified so that some other factor defines tax jurisdiction... likewise with drivers licensing, why can't I "buy in" to the licensing system of some jurisdiction. Same with healthcare if it's covered.

I certainly imagine there are lots of flaws in my ideas, but it would be nice to see steps away from the assumption that each of us has a long term residence we can get mail at. Just like you used to need to provide a "home telephone", it's becoming less valid of an assumption.

Like you say though, its probably not high enough on many peoples agendas, and is threatening enough to tax revenues (it would mean competition if nothing else) that it's unlikely to happen
> a 15" or 17" model with the same swappable ports but with a beefier processor and much larger memory capacities

In other words, you don't really want this laptop at all.
You could still optimize the prototypes, so fine-tuning with this in place would be possible (see, e.g., [1]). But we don't yet have data on how well this would work using our exact method, how early in training you could do the op replacement, etc.

[1] http://openaccess.thecvf.com/content_ECCV_2018/html/Sanghyun...