skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
So did PCG or xoroshiro leave the airbag out of MCGs or what? Or are you one of those who pretend that there was never any legitimate use case for any non-cryptographic PRNG?
I thought I'd find a lot of references to it not being (A) superior in that thread, but I actually didn't find much of anything supporting your point. Maybe it's deeper in the dang linked threads but I'm not that motivated to find evidence supporting you.
I dunno, I'd have to do a TCO analysis; if they give you 40% off, and you just assume it'll die after X years but be fully supported for that time and then you upgrade to a faster unit with next-gen wifi or whatever, it could still work out to be a good deal. Like... not my cup of tea (TCO is even nicer when the unit's lifespan is indefinite), but it's a plausible tradeoff.
I am not sure how relevant this is, but I recently published a proof a concept library that converts SVG documents into simulated machines. See the link below.

https://www.getlazarus.org/videos/physics/blueprint/

The rendering in my library relies upon OpenGL and the NanoVG library. My library is called Tiny Sim. All of these nano tiny and vg names seem to be colliding adding a bit of confusion in my opinion.
And embassies in foreign lands are usually very well defended against bomb raids?
additional note:

>>Seem to have heard something about: Seek and ye shall find...

also keep in mind that no one ever said finding it would be quick...

(give yourself some runway, and cut yourself some slack when things aren't as expected)
IIRC the self hosting compiler will allow both spaces and tabs, but they didn't feel it was worthwhile to backport this to the bootstrap compiler.
A lot of people reach for string handling when the actual correct thing to do is intentionally avoid string handling, and only handle strings as opaque encoded UTF-8 bytes, that cannot be reasoned about in terms of human language.

I would even argue that having string handling in a standard library (or language) has the potential to cause a net increase in bugs, because of people thinking they are handling strings when actually they are just screwing around with codepoints. Go's string handling is completely broken, for example. As a result of strings in the language, Go programs tend to be more broken than C programs in terms of string handling.
I just went through this. I decided to install GalliumOS. It works well, mostly. The only issue I have is the trackpad scrolling (two finger) is a little jumpy for both Firefox and Chrome. Otherwise, it works well.
her apt VOC levels reaching 1.5 mg/m3 (sounds like for example 0.2g of acetone evaporated in 500ft apt without ventilation) is classified as elevated/temporary exposure only. One can see (IANAD) how it may be a problem for a person with sensitivity like the asthma she has.
New study challenges popular explanation for London’s infamous “Wobbly Bridge”
> "we already have people getting groped in the metaverse"

When did that happen?
> At some point I would hope this becomes a DE like Gnome or KDE.

you can install Pantheon, the desktop from Elementary OS, on some other distros
No-code. It's not understood by software developers, but it introduces the joy of simple programming to non-technical people and that genie can't be put back in the bottle.

Serverless. Current clouds are a half-step because they partially abstract away hardware. Serverless is the ultimate cloud because it abstracts away all hardware.

Self-hosted open-source alternatives to public clouds. Public cloud providers use proprietary software to provide and manage cloud services. However, open-source alternatives will eventually appear and will only require a pool of machines (virtual or not) to operate in order to provide a set of cloud services - computation, storage, identity management, load balancing, etc. This will lead to decentralization and proliferation of private self-managed clouds.
I don't see how you can call the climate "harsh" with a straight face since it never rarely get moist enough for long enough for water and bacteria to do much to wood and masonry.

There's a reason you pretty much never see 100yr old unmaintained wood and masonry structures in New England, midwest, the PNW, etc.
> ...acquiring some of this talent and determining what projects they might want to work on.

That's largely what Valve does, and their games (when they make games...) are usually regarded as some of the best in the industry
F Google.

Every time I trusted you with my money for hardware I ended up with paperweights.

They don’t even open up the protocols for products they artificially eol, you have to dump them.

Never ever again.
Wow, when did the C-JavaScript polyglot thing happen? I don't recall that, and looking back on the October article, it doesn't mention that. What's the motivation for it?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29047584

I would expect that to add a constraint that makes the code bigger, not smaller? Or I'm probably misunderstanding how the different variants of the interpreter work.
> So why does Europe have such hard time popping new software ventures like the US?

Because people in Europe still largely believe that a business should be an actual business. You know, operating and bringing profit.

Unlike the US where nearly every single "unicorn" can lose billions of dollars a year for over a decade, never see a profit, and still be lauded as a successful business.
It's 2021, give them a break. Corporate photos have been non-professional, taken by the wife in the bathroom style for 18months now.
China Ordered Amazon to Delete Reviews of Xi Jinping’s Book, Reuters Reports
Bringing child drawings to life with AI
also, those sort of divisive culture war issues are much beloved by the media and their corporate advertisers because it distracts voters from the real hardcore economic issues that have the potential to hurt fat wallets
> I may not flash it on that day, but I like to know that I can.

I agree in the abstract, but I've seen enough devices ship OTA updates that make switching harder that I prefer to just cut over ASAP these days. (This is a general approach, not just for network gear; same as how I unlock my phone bootloaders right out of the box so I don't have to deal with data wiping)
Can someone explain how it's lossless if there's a chance of hash collisions in the index?
Easier said than done, in some cases.
I always thought of these apps as a sketchy byproduct of US's weird/malfunctioning health system -- kind of like how people use painkillers to forget about their toothache instead of going to a dentist.

Can't pay for a medical doctor to treat your mental health condition? Here's an app!
At this size, it is likely acting as a grid stabilizer rather than any kind of backup. Even 'drop in the bucket' size batteries can have a very positive impact on a grid when used in this way that bring down costs for network operators, and increase allowable renewable generation on the network. They can do this because of their response times being in the millisecond range, rather than seconds/minutes for hydro(15+ seconds) and other generation types.

Eg, Tesla battery in South Australia mainly saves the operator money this way [0].

[0] https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/12/05/south-australias-tesl...
A registry cache usually suffices too. It can catch normal executions and can reduce the amount of affected services
I've commented on this earlier [0]

> I think there is a particular aspect of social interaction that gets fulfilled at work. Talking about some small things, not for too long. Meeting people face to face whom you've enjoyed working with. Sharing work related anecdotes. These have a special place which don't quite get fulfilled elsewhere. And all the while having a clear line which doesn't get crossed is a relief and one which we take for granted.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29434272
On the bright side, Chromebooks often make great Linux devices if they have a good coreboot build available.
Don't forget that as a manager there's usually a ton of information about the humans you're in charge of helping (both up and down the chain) which you're not allowed to know, either by law or social norms, and some that you know only partly through indiscretions or observation, and even if you do know, it may be information you aren't supposed to use for your decision making. And that's before getting to the rest of the "resources" that are expected to be wrangled.
> Many people heavily involved in politics ("intense policy demanders", I've heard them called) are just moderately insane overall, so I'm pretty interested in blocking bad ideas and rapid change.

I won't deny it's frustrating that some things are so impossible in our system, but I also won't deny the schadenfreude I feel when the zealots of today's fashionable nonsense ideologies can't get their way because the system requires so much consensus:

"No, the rules aren't great, but they're good enough. Sorry, you don't get to play tyrant-visionary in this lifetime. Better luck next life!"
They sound the same to me (native American English).
I was stating that the author may not have the knowledge to write accurately about a complex topic they don't seem to understand. Perhaps its just my opinion but I don't understand how that is inflammatory.

If someone came in here and starting writing about how Python was the best language for low level systems work, I would expect the same sort of response from people who actually know something about the topic.

Perhaps my own bias prevents me from understanding how this is a problem, social communication is not my forte.
I feel it's not super effective to define the axis in terms of solutions, unless that is explicitly the objective of the angle, but for me I want a society where you are free to do whatever you want personally as long as it doesn't harm others (because I wouldn't want what others are doing to harm me in turn). And where each individual is maximally provided opportunity and wealth to enable them to do as much as they'd want and to meet all their needs.

Basically, I'd like to optimize for the most people to be happy, and have what they need and want, and to be able to express themselves and be who they are freely with the least amount of friction and effort required of each individual.

I think this is what defines my political position and my political goal, so what do you call that? I tend to feel progressives are the ones who share that same goal.

Things like self-authonomous zones, corporate run cities, immigration restrictions, etc. those all seem like mechanisms and solutions to try and build a system that optimize for some goal, but what goal is that?

For example, I think of conservatives as those who want to optimize for a return to religious practices, restricted social norms, not be free to do as you please or be who you are, but instead must choose between one of the roles pre-defined for your gender and appearance, etc. Optimize for inherited status, class seperation, and a pyramid of wealth/power.

Similarly I think of libertarian as those who want to optimize for winner take all, they want the most risk taking and luckiest to be rewarded with disproportionate wealth/status/benefits. Instead of optimizing for as even a distribution as possible in happiness and freedom, they'd rather optimize for skewed distributions instead.

I might have gotten some of those wrong, but my point is that I'd rather discuss goals when it comes to political axis, since I'm open to all approach that proves itself to best deliver on my goals.
I predict that most people will just switch from badly designed office work to badly designed remote/hybrid.

Remote work is not a silver bullet that magically waives all the workspace problems away. It is much harder to do right, both in terms of productivity, and in terms of keeping people motivated and mentally healthy.

My experience with badly designed remote:

- it may improve personal productivity, but decreases team productivity
- it decreases transparency across the org
- it reduces personal connections inside of a team
- it reduces touch points between different teams
- any problems with personal performance are now very tricky to ‘debug’ and solve

Unless your org invests heavily to redesign all work processes in a proper way that fits remote or hybrid work, unless your managers are good enough to self-adjust their work habits, you might as well end up spending all these ‘personal extra hours’ talking to a mental health professionals and actively avoiding burnout.

You may even find yourself working more and doing overtimes to keep up because overall productivity of your org has plummeted (despite “self reported productivity gains” that all these articles preach).
From that page:

> OnHub’s software includes advanced and always-evolving security features that update automatically to help protect your network, your data, and all your devices.

LOL
Thanks for this comment. Saved me a click.

Awesome movies, was just recommending them to my cousin last Friday.
Using AES-NI for small integer hashing in the Rust compiler was found to result in a measurable slowdown.
i actually have a degree in english and a former english teacher...I use ellipses because they save time and separate sentences well, making them easier to read
I have a hard time to see how Europe would be any more bureaucratic then the US. Working for a European company that do business with American companies every now and then I can say that the contracts lengths and the legal staffing is a factor of ten higher every time we try to deal with an American customer. Heck involving lawyers just to sign standard contracts is not even something we have to do with European customers generally.
I would suggest "levelers" as a label to apply on that axis, but then Wikipedia would need some disambiguation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levellers
I love how mac and apple is extremely unusable due to small ludacies like this and how people keep trying to make it work...

Break the cycle, stop buying Apple!
Looks like this was first posted to reddit by user "Hippowned":
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/rkl23...

And then various news sites picked it up, such as this one:
https://www.techradar.com/news/eagle-eyed-redditor-spots-a-f...

The link to Google Maps appears to be lifted from the above, but credits to the original redditor who found it was lost.
Fair enough. I agree; but I honestly have no idea what positions to hold anymore when it comes to the massive cognitive dissonance of a population of people who have been tricked into thinking they _aren't_ involved with the death of democracy. They refuse to give up and admit what happened was horrifying that day, instead endlessly deferring to whataboutisms and obvious defense mechanisms. It's just not good discussion; and it feels inevitable lately.

Everything feels so broken.
I've pretty much abandoned Zipcar for this reason.

In the early days, it was great. But once membership increased, there was an increasing chance that I would get a car that was not particularly usable.

Filthy on the outside (dirt, mud, etc) and/or inside (dog hair, bodily fluids, etc).

Or a car that had one or more warning lights illuminated (check engine, brake, no wiper fluid, low gas, etc).

And each time I had to phone into Zipcar support to report it (and/or swap cars), otherwise the next user could report it -- leading to me being charged some cleaning fee or such.

The best experience I had was in Seattle when I entered a dirty Zipcar and called support who said I had to take the vehicle to a car wash otherwise they would charge me a cleaning fee.

While I understand I could have probably escalated to someone who understood the situation ("oh? you just got into the car 5 minutes ago?"), I decided it was a better use of my time to avoid short-term car rental programs altogether.
IIRC there was a protective limestone layer with a gold cap (removed for use in other buildings by later civilizations) on top of the pyramids versus leaving them as is, they originally did not look like unfinished stone. There is constant wind erosion on the exposed stone layer now. I don't know what a good solution to this now.
So, not many. I didn't use "stormed" by accident. It means an armed group forcing their way past defenders into contested territory. A lone crazy doesn't count. An internal altercation doesn't count. Those are violent, but not storming, and AFAICT the last incident of that was 1814. Thanks for proving my point about how exceptional January 6 was.
The encoder can always generate the code for a literal pixel if the required colour is not found in the index.
> to the point that the U.S. is a huge medical tourism destination.

Of course, if you have the money to fly to the US, stay in the US and pay out-of-pocket for a medical procedure in the US, then yes, the US is a good destination. Which translates into: if you're rich, medicine in the US is great.

However, not all of us are rich. And definitely not all Americans are rich.
At least you’re not a sysadmin for Contoso, those folks must have their hands full.
I was really hoping this was some kind of implementation of eventide blackhole or space but this is pretty neat on its own. Could I pass audio from VCV rack without latency directly into reaper?
ban me
Warnings are most certainly necessary, but they should be accompanied by the actual answer, else GTFO.

It seems like these fields are filled with people who can't stand DIY and just try and get everyone to pay for professional services.

When I try and replace a burnt fuse and ask for help, I accept that I'm not a professional and might burn my house down. Just tell me the risks and how to do it. I'm not a child, and I'm not going to sue someone when I've said upfront that nobody becomes liable just because they gave me advice.
ELI5: "Who knows?"
Another one bites the dust. https://killedbygoogle.com/
I expect this to become a reality. I know a few people who derive all their pleasure and entertainment from the virtual world. One such person (my wife's cousin) explicitly told me that all he wants in life is to work as little as possible to earn just enough to sustain himself while he spends the rest of his waking hours playing games. His parents are frustrated and mad as hell, but are also very wealthy. Last I checked they were basically trying to set him up with a mostly automated business to sustain his lifestyle in perpetuity.
The Apple encoder only splits the PNG in the middle.[0] This was linked from a recent HN post about a hack that exploits this to have PNGs that display differently in some situations on Apple machines.[1]

[0] https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/895-Co...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29573792
How to write code and not blog about it, in Rust.
Hey, OP here, thanks for the question - yes, and I also discuss to what degree I'm not doing them.

And with scrolling addiction - I haven't been able to stop it yet, but I am trying.
Stop Whining about Rust Hype – A Pro-Rust Rant
Why did Soviet citizens buy things for a lifetime?
Well to be honest there is no requirement for mental health treatment to be evidence based so there are a ton on providers that are basically witch doctors. You need to screen hard because state licensing only protects you from harm does not ensure providers actually offer services that work.
That's... slightly better, but afaict, "allows both spaces and tabs" seems to be "convert tabs to spaces"

zig fmt accepts and converts tabs to spaces, \r\n to \n, as well as many other transformations of non-canonical to canonical style.

Which is... still saying "spaces instead of tabs"
Change "may" to "is" and you'll have an accurate statement. What that excerpt doesn't discuss is the long term effects on anxiety. The main byproduct of GABA down regulation is an increase in anxiety. I would not classify being anxious as anywhere near "relaxed"
According to the pricing tab, it costs ~$20 to get a 1 km2 area with a 30-50cm resolution.
Yes, and to the point where I no longer care about business success. I just continue to practice creating value for others.
You can work remotely - could be sweet to work for Meta or other FAANG and live in Italy. Jobs are portable now.
Récoltes et Semailles I, II
This is one of the better framings of differences to authoritarianism and liberty and acceptance of change that I have seen.
They might, but I don't know, I live in a small city.

I definitely understand why folks want to own a car, keeping useful tools in there makes a lot of sense. I don't have that same use case but I get it.
So you mean smalltalk or lisp?
Facebook has produced the best open source software seen in the last 20 years. React basically solved front end frameworks, and pytorch steam rolled tensorflow.
My dad went through a similar transition. In his case, the world transitioned away gradually from his skill set. He was able to continue moving to new jobs that needed his legacy skill set, until eventually he couldn't find them easily anymore. By the time he was in this predicament, he couldn't find a a path to restart his education. The critical issue was employment, once he found a job, the critical issue was working and keeping that job. He didn't have the luxury of taking the time to build a new skillset.
This bodes well for their flailing cloud gaming service, Stadia.
Learning things becomes much harder when you are older. Our brains are physically less receptive to the process of learning.
https://bcb.com.au/personal-cyber-protection-insurance/

There already is. eg ^
I think there should definitely be a global option to disable this during development. This makes temporarily trying something out (e.g commenting out some code to run only part of it) a massive pain, as you have to go up and edit the variable definition as well as the code using it).
Impressive. Yet another disappointing reminder that, as a programmer, I'm not worth the salt of the food I eat daily.
Right; personally I'd be quite happy if the EOL process was "here's all the needed source code to build a kernel and trivial userland, and steps to build and flash a firmware image that boots a busybox shell but doesn't have our management binaries" and then let the community do whatever they want (since that's basically what you want in order to repurpose the thing or build OpenWRT for it).
I spent a few months devouring information on geopolymers. This theory seems very likely. But, Davidovits is the only researcher that has published on the subject that I have seen.
I tend to prefer a warning rather than a hard error. In CI or a production build, you can make warnings hard errors, but when trying to debug something, you can make temporaries or comment things out as needed
Though not entirely aligned with the article, it does remind me of the toxic culture we have with drugs (at least in the United States) that I think makes it hard to have a non-toxic relationship with drugs.

I like drugs. But I set a ton of rules for myself. I never buy more than a small amount of a drug at a time, I take scheduled breaks from any drug, I know the signs of addiction for drugs that I take and I take unscheduled breaks if I notice any of those. I also don't hide it from friends or family, so they can help catch signs that I may miss (though it hasn't been an issue yet).

My point is that there is so much shame around doing drugs; that one bump of coke can make you a fiend or that everything is laced with fentanyl, that we lose sight of the true way in which drugs take hold of a person. Addiction happens "slowly, then all at once" and recognizing that and knowing the early warning signs helps.

I am not suggesting everyone do all the drugs they want all the time; additive personalities are a thing, unknown quality of street drugs is a thing, and acting dangerous to yourself or others while high is a thing. But I think the shame associated with drugs, forcing people to use drugs in the shadows, exposes us all to the biggest risk, which is addiction.
I've told companies in the past when job hunting that I'll drive into the office, but it will be an extra $20k per year in salary. And thats probably not enough.