skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'd say raytracing was NVIDIA trying to distract everyone from the fact that their GPUs had in fact been 'enough' for a while. "RTX ON" was widely meme'd when the first RTX cards came out (edit: partly because at the time game publishers weren't really making good RTX games. Raytracing is mostly pointless if the game publisher doesn't bother to put a lot of effort into scene design, materials, and lighting. Control is a great example of a game that is gorgeous even without raytracing, and reportedly looks even better with raytracing turned on.)

I don't think the current state could be described as a "race".

NVIDIA makes good stuff and great drivers but charges a fortune (+$1500 for a high end GPU?!) AMD has made space heaters that happen to have video-out ports and their cards are useless for compute work because so many projects support CUDA and nothing else. Their current lineup cheats benchmarks by overclocking the cards and thermally throttling shortly after the time it takes to run a typical benchmark.

Edit: since I'm now being 'corrected': look at the TDP for same-generation, same-product-tier NVIDIA and AMD cards. AMD's cards have always used more power for similar performance.

People think certain GPUs "run hot" because

- they buy the cheapest GPU they can which means the heatsink and fans are terrible

- they don't adjust the stock fan curve (most GPUs these days don't even turn on the fans until they hit 60c and only max out the fans when the GPU die temperature is very hot because people care mostly about noise

- they don't have a well-ventilated case (note I said well-ventilated, not "stuffed with fans)

Buy a properly ventilated case, a mid-or-high-tier card from a reputable manufacturer, and adjust the fan curve. Find the temperature the card sits at during light desktop use and set the fans to kick in slightly above that. Then force the fans to run at full speed and benchmark, seeing what the die temperature maxxes out at. Set the fan curve to 100% at slightly below that temp.
That seems like it should be lesson #1 when dealing with humans; that we lie, effortlessly.
As someone with a background in infrastructure operations, it always felt like we were the ones who cared and stressed out, and development didn't (have to) care.

These days, particularly in microservices, more and more developers are on call for their work, so they care more.

Still, I find a radical misalignment between my mentality, where you CANNOT make mistakes because you're working without a net, and development, where typically there are more layers of safety. I'm far, far more cautious and anxious about making changes and breaking things; they've historically been paid to produce. If I try to have a conversation about it, they're unable to grok that their threshold for the acceptability of making mistakes is much higher than mine is.

You NEED to be able to make mistakes in order to be able to produce, but it's a hard mentality shift.
When a proprietary/vendor-supplied out of tree driver includes analytics/telemetry/spyware, it's most likely going to be in a userspace component. Such drivers will almost always include at least a userspace configuration tool and often a userspace daemon.
All of the people that use the blockchain as the source of truth and authority enforce it. The question you're asking is literally the same as "what gives bitcoin value". The answer is everyone who believes it has value. Why is TSL/SSL an agreed upon encryption scheme? Because people agreed to use it and you're excluded from access if you don't.

When twitter integrates NFTs and requires you to sign a proof of ownership to set an NFT as a profile picture (with a verification check mark), this effectively signals that twitter is enforcing the NFT. When facebook does the same, it signals that Facebook is enforcing the NFT. When Spotify integrates NFT licensing, they will be enforcing it.
Another useful aspect of death as a metric, is that it is the most widely reported (as compared to, say, maximum fever, amount of ventilation required, days in hospital, lasting anosmia, etc. etc.)
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No worries. I've just happened to have read about Metheny. He is a genius, no doubt about it. Even among the super elite he is considered a special case.
The Apple Watch (or any other smart watch) should have a built-in sun measuring sensor, noting when people have not enough sun exposure to produce the necessary amount of Vitamin D to be healthy. Once AR is there, they could make a game out of it, showing progress bars at the peripery of the eyes. This could make reaching the targets much easier for a lot more people.
Villages will band together to finance people smugglers to take a few of their young men to Europe. The expectation is that from welfare and cash jobs, they will send money back and repay the loan.

That's why the boats you see full of migrants are typically 100% male.

The work they perform in Europe is menial labour that could be performed by robots. They rarely end up in factories because that work requires skilled labour and literacy. The migrants are rarely literate in their own languages, let alone Italian/German.

They end up in places like this: https://www.dw.com/en/spains-sea-of-plastic-where-europe-get...

Its social and economic destruction for the sake of cheap vegetables and virtue signaling.

You're right about the educated migrants though. Pre-2015, if you saw a person from one of these regions in Europe, they would typically be a businessman or university student, and were treated well. Attitudes are now different because of the huge influx of uneducated and often dangerous individuals from the same places.

You can see it in the USA Household Income stats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_U...

Groups that were brought in as refugees have very poor incomes, whilst those who came over as students and businessworkers have high ones.
Ask HN: How do you plan a sabbatical?
I'm feeling a little burnt and a little bored. I have enough savings for an extended sabbatical.
Yet, I'm worried that if I just quit. I'll just be a slob, sleep until noon and do nothing for months.

Do you have any advice on how to plan a successful sabbatical leave?
That's why I said "advice from lawyers" and not "legal advice". It isn't about following the law but managing the consequences.
They do if your entire PKI infra is down too
From Wikipedia:

> WFP operations are funded by voluntary donations principally from governments of the world, and also from corporations and private donors.[15] In 2019, funding was a record US$8 billion, of which the largest donors were the United States ($3.4 billion) and Germany ($886.6 million). Contributions were insufficient to cover identified needs of food-insecure populations, with a funding gap of US$4.1 billion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Programme#Funding

If the WFP can't solve the problem with $8B and the need continues to be so dire, it seems unlikely that another $6B will be enough.

It's almost as if there are factors beyond lack of food at work here.
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OK, I'll ask again. What action do you think needs to be taken, and how would it improve the market for users? How should be prevent these companies from being monopolies, accepting for a moment that they are.

I still don't know what "break up Google" or "Break up Facebook" actually means and how that would help. There are bits of them you could forcefully spin off, but so what?
Show HN: Check if a domain is scammy by https://scammy.is
We'll just move to shit-talking on radio.

Basic electrical knowledge is way too widespread for anything less than total apocalypse to push us more than 50-100 years back in tech-level.

Schematics and parts to assemble simple TTL computers are sufficiently widespread that computing would definitely continue. Small-scale electrical infrastructure is very simple and easy to set up, especially with the large number of high-quality manual tools available almost everywhere.
thanks! :-)
Could you elaborate why that’s relevant?
You still can get a house for that much in Detroit, however you'll potentially be living in a dangerous neighborhood. Safe Detroit neighborhoods have actually soared in cost even if they aren't in the downtown area, believe it or not.
wait, the legal structure is different now?

how so?
Don't keep savings in US cash. This thing is quickly being driven to the edge of the cliff. I'd stay out of US securities at all for that matter. Dems are ramping us their game to tax people like you to death, so better keep your hard-earned savings out of their hands.

Assume value of USD goes down a lot and possibly soon and likely whole US economy, hence plan for it.

I'd suggest international real estate and crypto.

I'd also suggest to invest in second or third residency and passport in highly likelyhood of government getting even more stupid.

Crypto has multiple levels from beginner to extremely aggressive high risk/high reward games, pick your poison.

Not an investment advise. You may lose 100% of your savings.
Because for the data to be useful even for totally benign purposes, it probably can't be collected just once. For example, the biggest signal I would try to extract for product purposes is users who open an app, try using the pen, and then give up and continue using it with the mouse instead. You can't get that information by collecting information at install time.

Could you write a trigger in the driver to detect this, and only ask for consent then? Probably not, since that gives you only the numerator without a denominator.

Now, if they really aren't asking at all, that is shady. But asking just once rather than on every interaction seems basically mandatory to get the data needed for product development.
If you wrote a software that worked with soundflower it means that at some point you used to call either the CoreAudio API directly or any abstraction on top of it (RtAudio, PortAudio, ...). Thus harder to port to another OS :-)

Here the idea is to write the algorithms in a way that is more future-proof, by not having them to depend on any run-time API, just a generic specification (given as a set of C++20 concepts). This way the algorithms will still be useful in 10 years when everyone has moved to API N+1, unlike a metric ton of existing audio software which depends on a specific audio / media-object API for no good reason (today ! When they were written C++ wasn't advanced enough to allow this at all)

- all the objects in https://github.com/pcastine-lp/LitterPower for instance

- all the algorithms in https://github.com/MTG/essentia/tree/master/src/algorithms

- ditto for https://github.com/cycfi/q/tree/master/q_lib/include/q

- ditto for all the VCV algorithms: https://github.com/VCVRack/Fundamental/tree/v1/src

- ditto for all the Bespoke objects: https://github.com/BespokeSynth/BespokeSynth/tree/main/Sourc...

- ditto for all the LMMS plugins: https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/tree/master/plugins

etc etc, there's a couple hundred of those, which always depend on some API and are thus not easily portable across environments: if tomorrow you want to make an audio software and want to use one of the, say, VCVRack plug-ins you're going to have to bring the whole VCV run-time API along.

Related projects are Faust (https://faust.grame.fr/) and SOUL (https://juce.com/discover/stories/soul-first-public-beta-rel...) but they both are domain-specific languages with their own compilers. I wanted a pure-C++ thing instead, which allows to call directly native code, and enables more than just generic audio processing: unlike Faust and SOUL (last time I checked) it's possible to make a message-based object for Pd or Max, not just an audio filter or synthesizer.

My end goal for this is that when I make an object for the main software I'm developing, ossia score (https://ossia.io) then the whole media arts community can benefit :-)
And MoltenVK isn't just an experiment or hobby project, it's already being used in production—one prominent example is Autodesk Fusion 360, which even uses it on M1.
There is a long history of Vitamin D deficiency being linked to cancer, heart disease, respiratory infection, stroke, diabetes, and death. For a detailed discussion of the subject see the blog post: Vitamin D - The evidence

https://www.devaboone.com/post/vitamin-d-part-3-the-evidence...

> "We now have results for over 1500 RCTs on Vitamin D supplementation. Some of the largest and most significant trials are listed and summarized at the end of this article. When tested on its ability to prevent disease, Vitamin D has failed to live up to expectations."

Thousands of peer reviewed research papers have been published that Vitamin D does truly work for cancer and stroke etc and all the above. But then, as the blog points out, none of the claims held once bigger and properly designed RCTs were performed. The only disease provably cured by Vitamin D supplementation was ... Vitamin D deficiency.

Hence I am quite skeptical here as well. The eagerness to embrace Vitamin D as a silver bullet is no different than that of Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine.

It is not that simple to cure COVID - people dearly wish it were hence they want to believe.
For the overwhelming majority of people that is the only bad outcome. Severe conditions like ARDS are rare, but also correlate with Vitamin D deficiency even outside of the pandemic (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25903964/). As for other symptoms that are being lumped together under the label “long COVID”, their incidence seems low, the severity is usually low, and nearly all conditions disappear over time. Some have suggested that perhaps those lingering effects are no different than a typical cold or flu, except this time we are all focused on this issue and noticing these things.

Personally I am not convinced that the young and heathy need to treat COVID specially. This is a pandemic of the old and unhealthy more than anything.
Wacom tablets are special purpose input devices, like Kensington trackballs or 3Dconnecxion SpaceMouse. What is needed is an open source Windows driver.

Possible common choices for pen technologies are {Wacom EMR, Wacom AES, Microsoft Pen Protocol(formerly N-trig), Synaptic(unnamed?), Apple Pencil}. Apple Pencil and AES/MPP are well received on lower ends as well as for non-graphic purposes(especially note taking, where EMR is near unusable), so wallet voting can happen in markets for those, but nothing had replaced Wacom EMR in professional spaces if I understand right. That's why the company gets to keep pathetic 32", 4K, non-HDR, 310 nits, 1000:1 contrast, 98% Adobe RGB display for 4 grand as their absolute flagship product. Apple Pro Display XDR has same size of 32", but is 6K XDR(HDR), with up to 1000 nits brightness, has 1mil:1 contrast, has P3 wide color support, for 5 grand.

Also I think it's worth considering how or where Wacom got this idea. As Wacom EMR pen market used to be a very stagnating space with zero competition until it had been incorporated into 1st- and 2nd-gen Surface only to be replaced by N-trig on Surface 3 onwards, I think it could be argued that it was that influx of capital that caused them realize they could "modernize" this way.
Well I’m not designing a tractor. For large equipment it is probably difficult to compete on the manufacturing side. Luckily our vehicle is much smaller than a tractor.
If by "focus on the trees" you mean "ingest a legal THC product" then this does agree with my experience.
If batteries fill the need we can ramp up production of batteries. Lithium ion in the short term, and flow batteries or other utility scale batteries (Eg iron air), in the medium to long term.

There are multiple utility scale competing battery technologies becoming quite mature and Thats a good thing. Especially if one or more of them are viable.

It’s almost certainly easier and faster to scale battery tech than it has been nuclear.
It sounds like this person created blockchain-based digital art registration, not NFTs. NFTs weren’t created to represent art, that’s just the popular use case that the public latched on to.
I loved the bogleheads book!
That is just M1, it sure eat up all CPU when doing it on x86.
Certainly a concern to think about, but also consider how vast space actually is. The area around earth in space is very significantly larger than the area on earth itself. Think of just how far the moon is away and still orbiting earth. You basically have ($max_orbit_distance - $min orbit_distance) all the way around earth. That is so much larger than the area we can build on earth, which is just a relative handful meters above or below the crust. And we’re not even close to utilizing most of earth’s surface area! Beyond that, the amount of activity in space will definitely be minuscule compared to the activity on earth.

Put together, I space pollution will basically be a rounding error in the grand scheme of things, at least for a very, very long time. And beyond that, space is empty, so we aren’t even destroying anything to do stuff
I don't think you're completely wrong, but it might be more nuanced than that. A decrease in consumption can come from less consumption, but also from more efficient consumption. Better second-hand markets for products that are fine to use a second time, longer-lasting products, less raw material needed perhaps, etc. But yeah I do expect the gains of that to be somewhat limited. Just look at how many people (especially in the USA, but also some Asian ones iirc) have an Apple device as a status symbol. They're probably going to put up with second-hand products as much as they are with Huawei phones. But that's a minority in most countries, i.e. far from everyone.
I'm talking about valuation, not market price. The longer your time horizon is, the less you are dependent on the rationality of other market participants (which is quite high on average). You can just sit back and collect the cash flows, no need to sell.
This was an observation amongst the vast sea of observations for over a year and a half. It still needed to be studied.

A year and a half ago, and partly even now, the kneejerk response has been "ah, it must be because people with low Vitamin D are doing other inactive things with poor diets and low sunlight" as opposed to something closer to "Vitamin D supplements are a cheap existing solution for a reason we still don't know yet"
I've written a lot in bash over the years, and I feel like I understand it pretty well. But I would never say that even elegant bash scripts are as maintainable as "anything else". It is a clunky programming environment, born of compromises, with many traps that are easy to miss in code review.
> Where "Motivation Follows Action" makes much more sense is the limited scenario of already being interested in a particular domain but you're just temporarily stuck.

Very good point. Perhaps it's a good tactic, but not a good strategy. I don't know what could make someone interested in a topic. One thing I can think of is discovering what aspects of experience one enjoys in the areas that they are already interested and transferring them to the new topic. Structuring the experience around the flow factors could be another one.
Here's a wild idea: has Sarah tried exercising on a regular basis to help cure her depression?
Endless examples. But currently Diablo 2 Resurrected and Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
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If we extend that logic, no one can. Not collecting may not be an option either.
I like these bright thinkers proving everyone that given security should be zero while it is growing in multiples.

Sort of like Peter Schiff.

Where is my bag of popcorn?
The similar programs that I've seen (over the past 10 years) in mediocre locations in my area of the US were in better locations than the these ones in Italy. They were in commuting distance to good job markets, had good internet access, easy access to building materials, labor, and capital, basic public transport, etc. Those programs have since ended, because they were successful. I'd imagine any of these programs that are in good locations don't last long.
I can't wait for Moby Dick to be translated into spermwhalese.
. . . says press release posing as "news."
>We are already seeing this in action--while natural immunity provides very good protection against reinfection with that strain it doesn't do so well against other strains.

Please post some proof to corroborate any of this. I assume you’re talking about COVID strains here?

>Natural immunity isn’t going to happen, we have seen far too many cases of reinfection with different variants.

Again, source desperately needed here. I’m more than willing to change my take but only with hard data, not sweeping generalizations based on a misunderstanding of how natural immunity works.
I live in Europe so we have pension funds.

I just want to better my financial situation somehow. By keeping the money in a bank account I loose. Also, learning about financial market seems interesting.

If I will be able to have a return of 10% yearly at some point, I will be super happy.
Forcing people to read through the story or sit through cutscenes is like forcing people to play the hard version of a boss. Sure playing the hard version might be more interesting, but many people don't really care much about interesting gameplay and just want to relax and enjoy themselves. The same thing with the story, sure it might be more interesting for the player if they read through and properly embraced the story, but that is a lot of work and will just feel like a chore to many people.

You can make many more interesting games if you assume everywhere that the player cares about the story. Same as how you can make more interesting gameplay if you know the player wants an interesting challenge and always plays on hard, like in Dark Souls. But ultimately most people don't want to challenge themselves, regardless if it is trying to remember a lot of story content or practicing a boss fight.
I see people walking out on their jobs out here because they are getting hit with omg covid and getting things like dementia and other severe covid after effects that have disabled them
What's everyone's favorite videogame plot?

First thing that comes to mind if Planescape Torment but oddly I don't really remember much details.

Trying to remember if any videogame has actually moved me in a way some book or film did and, frankly, I don't think so.
Hashicorp has a case study with some details of what they use,

https://www.hashicorp.com/case-studies/roblox
The main point of restrictions was to reduce case numbers coming into hospitals and overwhelming them, since COVID patients who do get hospitalized tend to stay there a long time.

If you are a young person who gets into a car crash and you need immediate treatment in the ER, an overwhelmed hospital might either mean sending an injured person into a place crowded with COVID patients, or scrambling to find a hospital that has room. Even now there are still US hospitals turning away ambulances due to lack of capacity.
nordics have too high data prices still, though.
The bitcoin fanatics are correct - people will be studying the rise of bitcoin for hundreds of years in finance. The book will be titled "The rise and fall of bitcoin; 'I thought I had enough time to get out.'"

At this point, I don't even know if I can blame Tether management for what some may say are blatantly illegal actions. A culture of FOMO and Greed are driving speculation in the market, and this same culture of FOMO and Greed are causing Tether's actions.

I would normally say that the obvious fools will get their obviously foolish end, but so many folks have gotten in-and-out and posted about it that its causing normally-not-irrational folks to try to replicate it. My own family called me up a few months ago to explain how they were trading doge and had "diamond hands."

I don't know what to make of it. I really don't. It has me worried about the human impact when this all comes tumbling down...
Vitamin D also correlated heavily with race which it doesn’t seem they adjust for?
Oh yeaah SCII
That sounds like a good way to get sued over someone’s melanoma.