skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, but 'Enough Tech and Knowledge to do Whatever Whenever at Planetary Sale' ... that's a million years away.

In the meantime, to answer the OP's question, the issue is that there is an inflection point at which man has enough tech to start changing nature, by disrupting parts of those systems.

That's probably huge distinction between most of Europe/Asia and the rest of the world in the Columbian era.

Aboriginals cultures mostly did not have the ability to shape the land (and where they had they tech, they did disrupt). Forget narratives one way or the other - they were by and large 'way behind'. And things took a an even bigger, massive jump when we harnessed fossil fuels.

The glamorization of 'In Concert With Nature' is I think mostly just the fact that they didn't have the power to do anything otherwise.
My understanding is that proposed contract that was being rejected was being rejected because it created a perpetual underclass of juniors who would've had less benefits. The union was supporting the striking workers by rejecting the contract in order to ensure all their members are treated fairly.
Singapore had 19 million visitors in 2019 including yours truly. I wasn't afraid of getting framed for drug smuggling anymore than I would be afraid of getting shot in the US.
Hashing algorithms like SHA256 are probably quantum safe, but Elliptic Curve Digital Signatures are not!

"Imagine that it's fifteen years from now. Somebody announces that he's built a large quantum computer. RSA is dead. DSA is dead. Elliptic curves, hyperelliptic curves, class groups, whatever, dead, dead, dead."

https://pqcrypto.org/
I enjoyed this, though the pull down menus at the top are shifted down a little further than the real thing and spaced a little far, and the labels on the desktop icons weren't quite that fat. Hey, when it comes to the uncanny valley, it's the little things.

But the apps ring true. The splash screens are a nice touch.
That was simple, it is fast and scales as you need it.
No logical consumer would like to pay gas prices of $120 on a transaction of $20.
His descendants must be the the creators of kubernetes.
I agree with your points. Thanks for the clarification!
Fossilized Dinosaur Embryo Discovered
Some people use term "wired backhaul mesh". It seems that it's just a seamless roaming but that's what I want.
What's incorrect about it?
That is exactly a category that fits with HN
My baby is due in 4 weeks. My wife and I shopped for weeks trying to buy a 2nd hand crib that was affordable (We ended up getting one for free from a neighbor on nextdoor).

Never did it cross my mind that I could just use a cardboard box! I will definitely make a cardboard box for my upcoming baby, use it as much as I can, and see if I could get by without a crib! Perfect DIY project for a stay home dad, cribs always felt excessive to me.
Per levels.fyi, Uber pays senior engineers in the Netherlands ~180k/year. That's a difference of ~2x compared to the US, and is pretty much top-of-market for the region. If by "local market rates" you mean "slightly more than the best-paying native tech companies", then sure.
This was my first thought on seeing the title. Complex numbers are just vectors with special behavior for some operations, right?

I haven't read through the paper, but this statement from the abstract confuses me:

> Here we investigate whether complex numbers are actually needed in the quantum formalism. We show this to be case by proving that real and complex Hilbert-space formulations of quantum theory make different predictions in network scenarios comprising independent states and measurements.

Maybe I'm interpreting "real numbers" and "need" differently than the authors, since in my head complex numbers are basically just a structure containing two real numbers and some modified behavior.
Emoji art of an exploding coconut you can copy for fun.

:coconut:

:boom::coconut::sweat_drops:

:droplet:
Bitcoin has no hardcap. We agree that only 21m bitcoins will be mined into the existence as block rewards… until we don’t agree and change it.
Interesting. I'm having a problem right now with a motherboard I just bought that has an Intel 2.5gb nic. Running Truenas connected to my gigabit switch I get a solid 110MB/s transfer but connected to my multi gig switch its down to around 45MB/s. It's a brand new board though.
> it seems more like a way to deal with poor people, minorities and the occasional sex worker than a coherent drive.

What are you basing this assumption on?
Even with Badger and uBlock Origin they're particularly persistent. Also the subscribe nag on the lower left I gave up trying to lose. And decided I'd had enough and left the site.
This has already happened: https://www.playtoearn.online/2021/03/02/nft-copycats-explod...

I don’t think is nearly as clever as you think it is though. The market just rightfully views these as knockoffs and values them as such.
Yeah I used to get TP-Link because they were so well supported by openwrt and dd-wrt. But lately they've really become consumer hostile like with their smart plugs, removing local control functions so they can no longer be used with home automation systems :(

For WiFi I moved to unifi but they're also becoming more difficult to work with. They are making it harder to use their stuff locally without their cloud service and to use the docker controller instead of their hardware.

So when I replace it I'll have to look for yet another supplier.. Why do companies always have to turn evil.
I like this a lot, and I think it's an important contribution!

I think it's a major advantage that the formatting description is provided using words rather than combinations of symbols. Symbols need to be learned, aren't always intuitive (like the markdown link example), and there are only so many combinations of them. Instructions in words can be far more flexible.

I think this a great v1.0, and I look forward to v2.0 and beyond. (I expect that now that this idea has been shared, several people will create spin offs, which is a good thing.)

Some ideas (most of which are no doubt bad but might generate other ideas):

Aftertext to Markdown would be useful and help take advantage of the existing Markdown tool ecosystem.

I wonder if it would be useful to introduce ONE or a very limited set of symbols? For example, perhaps a symbol like ">" or "#" at the beginning of a line to indicate that the following content is formatting instructions for the previous line. But maybe this takes the idea backward.

I wonder if some kinds of formatting could be indicated before rather than after the content, in a way that would be more readable? For example: "heading:". Maybe this is where a symbol or two could be used to differentiate between whether formatting applies to the preceding or following content, or perhaps a colon (:) at the end of the formatting instruction indicates that.

Maybe this could co-exist as an alternative, more expressive syntax within Markdown? For example, for less intuitive constructs like link(this)[that], Aftertext would provide a more intuitive and readable interface even for someone who didn't know Markdown. Maybe Aftertext style isn't needed for things like bold, underline, and italics, because using * or _ or / may be intuitive enough (although Aftertext would be available if it isn't).

Aftertext could also give higher level directives, such as to create links for ALL instances of a particular phrase, or to format the document in a particular way or prefer a type of font if available.

Aftertext could be used to introduce and set the meaning of special symbols that could then be used more conveniently in the document. For example: "*phrase* means bold".

Could Aftertext be made inline with a small number of symbols and result in a net reduction of symbols and greater explicitness and intuitiveness? For example, could an unusual pairing of characters like (! or (: begin an inline Aftertext instruction? Example: (!link to ...). Certain complex Markdown instructions could be removed that way, or alternatives provided, or additional configuration enabled. This could also be configured with: "(!phrase) means inline instructions".
In the case of 10G sure, over any distance. Servers use cheap and simple passive copper DACs in racks and switches use optical transceivers for uplinks (usually of a higher speed RJ45 doesn't support anyways). 10G RJ45 is more complicated to implement for both the NIC and switch and requires more power, meanwhile it's not mass produced because of the aforementioned DACs and optical uplinks and lack of consumer penetration.
"542 lines of code" (a configuration file), "best viewed in tahoma size 7"... cringe.

In my defense, it was 2001-2002, I mostly had MS Paint at my disposal, and I was 14 (and not like a smart 14).
I've noticed this is a pattern, sort of like Poe's law but for "satirical"-yet-monetized products. I.e., "without a clear indicator of the creator's intent, it is impossible to distinguish between a product or creative work created for the purpose of satire or the purpose of collecting profits from its oblivious users".

Obvious examples are ButtCoin, DogeCoin. There are comedians/YouTubers whose "joke" is having low quality content.
Which study is that?
No clue. Very possible it's specific to the Orbi, or possibly the spots in our house the Oculus and LG washer/dryer are located - perhaps the signal strength is just iffy enough they hop between the two frequencies sometimes. A full restart of the devices helps, but usually only for 15-30 mins.
i can't tell if you're willfully misinterpreting or not.

to answer your question: this whole NFT thing is a scam pushed by the propertied class/corporations.
Authenticity of physical collector's items is a big deal for some people. Some car manufacturers have discontinued providing certificates of authenticity for classic cars because they are afraid of being held responsible for counterfeit stampings and such (one assumes). I don't know specifically how NFTs can help with this, but if they're good for anything...
Or on the same blockchain, you could sell NFTs that represent popular NFTs.
Actually it is what was being said, unless there is some horrible misunderstanding that achieving the highest rating in tests like this indicates that automobiles require no further safety improvements.
Maybe they are frequently deploying to prod, but those pipelines are being used by other processes and commits.

There's a big differece between committing small changes to an existing service or infrastructure base frequently, and conversely a PR or feature request from left field from a recent acquire.
Warhol and Lichtenstein were right? McLuhan knew what he was talking about?
Microchip implanted in your arm tracks Covid vaccine status with cell phone scan
I really doubt he saw a large compensation increase with the acquisition.
We haven't even proven SHA256 and ECDSA are secure on classical computers. As far as we can tell, they are no less secure on quantum computers. However on both classical and quantum computers, their security is still just "we haven't thought of any way to break them", and not "we have a proof that they cannot be broken under <insert model of computation>".
The Gigafactory in TX is going to certainly help with this as it will massively increase the amount of Y vehicles and parts being produced domestically.

Not that it is going to be a magic fix, but they know it is a problem and are opening the factory with the Y only so they can fix some of the backlog. My wife has a Model Y and I have a Model 3. My 3 got hit by an idiot who ran a red light after having it for a month (in Sept 2018) and I had to wait for 2 months to get the new seatbelt tensioners after a tesla approved body shop fixed the cosmetic work.
When Fossil Fuels Run Out, What Then? (It's 2060) (2019)
That is wild. What is an example?
But you can't actually use real numbers in calculations, you have to use approximations or proceed symbolically as far as possible. Nobody has a real computer[0], so the best you can do is pick a really accurate value for Pi and arrange your calculations as best you can to avoid pathological error propagation.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_computation
Yes, it can somewhat be done. The net storage costs could theoretically be tending to zero, but might never be zero because of fill-rate per node and maintaining system reliability.
Widowmakers they are called in forestry.
Very interesting, thank you. I’m not based in the US, so was unaware of these regulatory requirements. I can certainly see how it increases friction, as you say.
It isn't the hours. It's the pettiness, the high-level dishonesty, and unending cognitive dissonance.
https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/V00-Y99/V95-V97/V95-...

This was the closest I found.

"Spacecraft explosion injuring occupant, initial encounter"
People flooded the online job application with bullshit.

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/10/1063112624/redditors-spam-kel...
MongoDB Poaches Top Amazon Executives to Compete with AWS
Fry's is done. All stores closed.
You better go tell https://github.com/oxidecomputer/hubris to pack it up because they can't realistically continue to write their kernel in Rust and that Rust is for web developers now.
How is the work “disinteresting” and what would have to happen for it to become interesting?
> America is one of the last countries with a liberal mindset (in the true definition)

Honestly, please explain what the true definition of a liberal mindset is?
How do you distinguish between *text that looks like this* and _text that looks like this_?
to me, Big Data is more of a concept than just a description of the amount of data. So ontop of the storage, it's also the analysis and usage of that data.

So Big Data services could be just as useful to a small company with a mere 100GB of data once they learn how to squeeze the juice from the berries they've collected.
We did it HN!
I use pre-commit for all of my lint. I also run lint as a test in CI/CD. In the case of github actions, it also auto-fixes the PR, if it didn't run the pre-commit, prior to commit.
>As for the effect on Native populations; this wasn’t in the book at all. The Fremen are clearly based on Nomadic desert peoples like the Bedouin

.. which are the native population of Arrakis as nomadic desert people are the native populations of their respective region, being caught in the feud of great colonial powers of the empire? The inspiration for this are indeed Bedouin, some people argue Berber and of course Arab people and FH explicitly stated that Lawrence of Arabia was an inspiration for the book, which seems pretty obvious.
Great reply, reads like something out of a Popular Science magazine
"lifetime" meaning "10 years" makes no sense at all. It makes your company seem incompetent or badly intentioned. Just say "10 years" if that's the time period.
Now they call the system engineers "DevOps" people.

Not exactly the same position, but very similar in the ecosystem. Both of them will be blamed when the system is not available.
https://archive.md/mKQKc
There’s plenty of Malaysian fabs to handle those node sizes and products, no need to site them in Japan. Unless we collectively think that c-19 is going to be a problem in SEA for several more years.
Seems verbose having to repeat everything so often. Given how often I alias stuff after only a few repeats, I can see this becoming annoying quick.

Still always cool to see something new(ish) out there.
The strike has been big news here in Michigan. It's generally seen as a huge victory for the union. With over time the average cereal worker makes $120,000 a year.

The union has encouraged workers to vote yes on the latest offer. But opponents brought in Senator Bernie Sanders for a big rally to encourage a no vote and it looks like they were unsuccessful.

It also doesn't just effect cereal. I'm a fan of Jimmy Dean breakfast bowls that have been extremely hard to find. Turns out they're owned by Kellogg's now and were a part of the strike.
Yes. There are many vehicles which earn the highest rating from IIHS. It's more useful to think of vehicles which can't pass every test as deficient; except for new tests, which are designed so that most vehicles fail the year they introduce the test. Most vehicles start passing new tests after three model years.
They give these out at some hospitals in the US too [1].

[1] https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/health/2016/07/04/alaskas-la...
It might be an unpopular opinion (in general), but OS 9 was actually beautiful. The design elements might look clunky by today's standards, but they were quite self-explanatory & functional, as compared to current macOS flat designs. I am stating purely from an angle of being friendly to an absolute beginner (e.g. a kid).

I was in middle school in 2001 when I saw a paint program (MacPaint?) on an oyester iBook - It was way more intuitive and engaging than Windows counterpart. I think late Classic Macintosh (v8.6-9) to early OSX (~10.8) had a very good aesthetic balance between form & function.
Started reading this and thought "I bet this is the computer.rip person" and then saw your username.
I really enjoy your articles, thank you.
Neither the LN nor the boiling water would need to literally saturate the soil. Nor reach thermal equilibrium (-196C for LN, 100C for boiling water.) So long as conditions (temperature, O2 availability, etc.) in every cc of the targeted volume were nicely beyond what any termite could survive, that'd be enough.

LN would plausibly 1) create a long-lived hypoxic zone, and 2) have minimal effects on the groundwater, so I hand-waved that idea. Your boiling water would probably work through the "mud" they might use to line tunnels and their nest far quicker.
You were actually correct on the first part -- as part of their attempt to bust the strike, Kellogg's attempted to replace all of the striking workers, and technically they did. Critically, the striking workers weren't fired and are thus able to come back to their jobs without any problems.

But the union absolutely did not give up -- they can't really control if the company brings in scabs.

In the end though, the union won and got everything they were asking for, including giving back the jobs to the strikers.
This type of action should be illegal. I see it more and more, including spamming political event registrations and things like that. It just doesn’t seem ethical, and gives me cartel vibes.
> using technology as a toy,

This is a worthy end goal.
It’s amazing to me how much more usable those UIs are. Not to mention how much more performant they’d be than modern Electron garbage.

But forget about Mac OS 9, we don’t even have native OS X or Windows interfaces anymore. Doesn’t help that Apple dropped the ball on following their own UI guidelines.
s/effect/affect
The Tor network might be a good alternative to IA for hiding SNI (and also hiding destination IP addresses).
> we're sorry for ignoring the hi-power.

Gun Jesus knows, and he forgives you.
Turns out that 'unskilled labour' isn't so unskilled, nor fungible. The replacement workers made a mess of things, including derailing a supply train!
well, but if you buy an artwork at auction and then fly it to your home, then fly it to a museum to show it, etc. you are also consuming a lot of energy. A lot more than an NFT. Real-world things & experience generally require a lot more energy than virtual ones. In the big scheme of things, if people start buying less real world stuff and more virtual stuff that's good for the environment, even if for now the system is inefficient. So take your pick - is your argument against NFTs based on the environment or physicality?
I was once a Db2 engineer on the mainframe for decades.
A little bit emo when I saw "mainframe" here.

It's hard to say if the success of "mainframe" before has become the reason why IBM has been falling behind in the cloud competition.
This would not only look great, but run incredibly fast:

Low-res bitmap icons, bitmap fonts, no antialiasing, no composition, etc.

On Linux you can still have a pretty old school desktop with some of these elements... but may not run well on HiDPI.
Last time I bought a house we needed a solicitor or conveyancers to do a title search. That info could be on a blockchain as an nft amd a smart contract could handle it.
Jokes have been sold for far more. NFT is a often a mockery of art, but this one might be actual art.
Uh no, I’m pretty sure that the octopi that are being farmed for consumption aren’t in an enviable position.

You know, considering they are bred in captivity and killed prematurely against their will and all.
California Pot Companies Warn of Impending Industry Collapse
I guess we’ll see in 5 years how this worked out for both sides.
I almost didn’t scroll down and spot the video. What an amazing amount of effort…
The previous flagged HN discussion about this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29501893

I don't get this "future of programming" obsession Rust people have. Rust solves a couple memory safety issues when concurrency is involved, but GC is not. In exchange the language is not quite simple, portable or stable. Honestly a machine-oriented language should be barebones, and C compatible. Like Zig for example. You can roll your own memory safety when needed. One size does not fit all.
Right, this is essentially why theoretical and applied mathematics are separate branches. Applied techniques like you described make theory incredibly cumbersome (and, importantly, not better). My argument here is not that applied mathematics is inferior (it’s what my degree is in), just that it’s generally not a good idea to carry applied techniques back into theory.

You start with doing something the most correct way possible on paper and then convert that into the fastest possible method within your allowable bounds on precision and/or convergence. Operational reordering to keep additions in floats with similar exponents is great but you save that concern until it’s time to crunch numbers. When you’re trying to build an entire theory on how something complex works you’ll have a much better time using the available abstractions to manage complexity without getting bogged down in implementation details.

Edit: addressing your point more directly, numerical computation itself must necessarily be done over fixed precision numbers but the tools we use to decide what and how to do that computation come out of theory done over the reals because of those specific properties of the reals. You can make things work over the rationals but the theory is tedious and the results of generally lower utility.
Perhaps:
https://old.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/qba11n/wp_t...
Stealth Watchers – Unmasking the US DoD's black budget aircraft (1994)
It already is against the law and is called ~~'tortious interference'~~ (corrected). If those who are negatively affected by it want to recoup damages, they have an established mechanism for doing so. I'm not convinced we need more.
New evidence of widespread wage theft in the H-1B visa program
For the record, this is what get people on illegal (whole debate on the legality of the NFA aside) machine guns and silencers. Yes, your state may have a prohibition which is a criminal action, but the feds want you for tax evasion for not paying the $200.

Iirc, rapper Ti went to jail for tax evasion on his illegal guns. Another side topic how he spent 1 year in jail while the statute says it’s a 10 year crime. If you are going to break the law, be rich first.
Definitely an interesting read but I'm surprised he doesn't even approach the notion of asset price inflation being the primary form of inflation from all this money printing that's been going on.