skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If I understand you correctly, we are very far away from that example as that is AGI and then some. You will not see that in your lifetime so ‘we can still’ seems an interesting (overly optimistic?) take on it.
They thought they'd get Kiev in 3 days or less. Apparently, they don't have a plan B.

They are still trying to get Kiev: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai...

I only have experience through EU4, and Civilization; so take this with lots of salt. But look at the map: Putin is avoiding some cities (Sumy, Okhtyrka, Chernihiv from the East) to get to Ukraine. He is not taking cities and moving forward, he's avoiding them to get to Kiev quickly. This is suicide. If his Kiev plan fails, a major part of his army will be trapped with bad logistics.

Putin is desperate. A quite perilous situation for a man with lots of nuclear nukes.
No. This is from sanctions.
Right. Let's assume you're going to need to upgrade sooner or later - the longer you leave it, the harder it gets.

Best to upgrade and discover dependency issues during dev/staging, than try to fix many months worth of them when there's an active CVE on your live pinned version.
You do realize that NPM package versions already are immutable? Dunno since when though.

Deletion is possible within limits but it also is with Docker. All the hashes in the world won't bring back a deleted image.
If they don't work they are one big, tragic fuckup that have pushed Russia and Russians further away from us and set us up for war
That energy chaos would have had much less of an impact if Biden had not discarded the energy independence we had a year ago. His decisions have made us weak and vulnerable to despots like Putin.
If I understand this correctly, this project seems to encourage developing AC systems with the authorization logic on the public side.

If so, keep in mind that a hammer would be as effective as any authorized contactless device.
We could create a market :D I think it would be really interesting to make one, but don't have any use for a microscope.
The necessary time isn't spent thinking on the tasks but instead the pairing rushing things through with very little thought to design and long term maintainability.

Indeed, and this is a problem that can affect other “Agile” practices too. Mandatory/permanent pairing is one example. TDD is another. Both can reflect a more general trend to try to break development down into tiny steps.

It’s not that there is no value in developers working together in real time, or in unit tests, or in incremental development and short feedback loops. All of these can be very useful. In my experience, they are often adopted spontaneously by developers even if there is no formal process in place that requires them.

But it’s also important to look at the big picture. You need a coherent vision for the product. You need a consistent domain model that is well understood and shared by both developers and non-developers. You need a reasonable software architecture that provides useful patterns and abstractions but also isn’t afraid to change them as requirements evolve.

Without these things, it’s easy to take a lot of small steps and create an illusion of progress, yet not move efficiently towards your true goal. Increasingly serious problems tend to get shoved under the carpet (sorry, “added to the backlog” or “labelled as tech debt”) until inevitably quality and productivity start to suffer.

You can’t fix those kinds of problems working in the small with only one or two participants.
"Also Taiwan fought WW2 on the side of the Japanese and was bombed by US forces."

Isn't that a little like saying that the Philippines fought WW2 on the side of the US? No doubt they found the US more congenial than they did the Japanese, but they didn't have much choice in the matter.
> But Wells Fargo said the transaction wasn’t fraudulent because Mr. Faunce had authorized it — even though he had been tricked into transferring the money.

This seems like the difference between me writing a check to a con man and a thief forging a check. If I’m tricked into writing a check, then it’s not bank fraud, it’s grift or theft.

So I see the banks point as it’s not their responsibility to make people whole after being robbed. I assume they are cooperating with police, FBI, etc.

That being said, Zelle is scary how it seems more fraud and scammy than paypal and Venmo. And I didn’t think that was possible. It’s like the banks didn’t test this for fraud and scams and they don’t seem to care enough to adjust the UX to reduce this risk.

The aspect described in the article where anyone can register any number without confirmation from the bank seems surreally stupid and the bank should be at fault for allowing a stranger to register a phone number that’s not theirs. It seems straightforward for a bank to only allow phone numbers on the bank account to be linked to a Zelle account.
There are many caveats to this, esp. that this "fact" has nothing to do with whether training a neural network on a dataset will be useful.

There is often no function to find in solving a problem, ie., there is no mapping from ImageSpace -> DogCatSpace. Ie., most things are genuine ambiguitites --- a stick in a water appears bent, indistinguishably from an actually bent stick in some other transparent fluid.

Animals solve the problem of the "ambiguity of inference" by being in the world and being able to experiment. Ie., taking the stick out of the water. A neural network, in this sense, cannot "take the stick out the water" -- it cannot resolve ambiguities. So that it can "approximate functions" is neither necessary nor sufficient for a useful learning system.

More significantly, a NN is a very very bad approximator of many functions. Consider approximating a trajectory so that one can then find an acceleration, ie., here we need f(x) to find d2f/dx2 -- NN approximations are typically "OK" at the f(x) level and really really crappy at the df/dx level, because the non-linear functions NNs just glue together are only trainable if theyre very rough.

For these, and lots of other reasons, this theoretical approach to learning is largely marketing none-sense. If you go out and actually study the only known systems which learn effectively (ie., animals), one does not find the need for universal approximator theorems in explaining their capacities.

These theorems only show that NNs are, like many computational statistical techniques, sufficient for a wide class of "mere approximation" problems that are only narrowly useful within the whole field of learning-as-such.
I think that OP does not believe in RT.com. Most probably, OP is bringing forward information that corroborates what's wrtitten in the Twitter thread. By reading the post's source, you may understand the intent of the parent comment.
Ah, it's done between satellites! Interesting, thanks.
Chomsky should stick to linguistics given his poor track record in politics.
Bottom line: Blockchain is mostly a solution looking for a problem. And I say "mostly" just to leave the door open to problem spaces that have yet to be fully explored.

Blockchain technology is a train wreck. For its intended purpose, it's beyond useless — an unbelievably inefficient non-solution whose most impressive features are things we don’t want, that also gives us huge downgrades in every aspect that we do care about.
It depends what you define as win.

Its true that russia will find it _very_ difficult to sustain this level of effort for any level of time. Its logistic capacity has been pushed way beyond efficiency.

but with that in mind, whos going to push putin out of ukraine? yes the people can pick off soldiers for the next few years, but thats not peace.

It is currently within Putin's grasp to freeze the conflict as it is now, with eastern ukraine in his possession.

I suspect his options are:

1) stage a dirty bomb, blame it on ukraine, order a general mobilisation.

2) freeze the conflict now, hold on to the "gains"

3) Assainate Zelenskyy

4) Stage some other stupid humanitarian horror(bombing of russian hospital/orphanage/school) general mobilisation

5) carry on, regardless.
It's important that this sort of comments remain on top, because otherwise smart people keep being gullible about disinformation in times of war (and other types as well, of course).

Look how some people are saying "well, it's vouched by two other FSB agents that this guy saying this on Twitter apparently knows, so it must be true!".

Do you see the problem with this line of reasoning?

There's also this thing about believing what people already want to believe it's true (that Russia cannot win, that their army is in disarray, that every Russian was duped by Putin, who is increasingly isolated and making random decisions, etc). Note all of that may very well be true, which is precisely why made up "leaks" helping our minds reinforce these conclusions are so effective.

Gladwell (as much as I find that guy annoying) also made the point that Intelligence only convinces analysts of what they already believed to begin with. I'd say this is doubly so with fake news and fake leaks...
It's up to hobbyists what's worth it to them, but the power consumption of the ESP 8266/32 is not _really_ comparable to the '430. "Deep sleep" mode on the ESP seems to be about 20uA, an MSP430FR5969 can go to a 20nA LPM 4.5 mode (factor of 1000 lower). Harder to compare in a HN comment, but active mode power consumption is also in the MSP's favor for many applications particularly when using the built in hardware accelerators like LEA.

Of course the MSP430 doesn't have a WiFi modem or a giant hobbyist community like the ESP, so I'm really not trying to make an argument for which is "better" just trying to add some contrast to the low power features you asked about.
It's a cross between a metro system and a regional rail system in San Franciso, California. Provides regional rail service using metro technology. An odd singular hybrid.
Maintaining docker containers up to date can quickly become time consumming compared to good old distribution packages.
I use both and I'm still trying to find a good combination of tools to reproduce the "package" and unattended upgrades UX where things are safely kept up to date automatically.
Didn't America have a poor wheat harvest last year?
Great idea!

Likewise, can we build low-cost MRI scanner for dogs and cats out of Lego??
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30208083
https://mate.substack.com/p/by-using-ukraine-to-fight-russia...
Ukrainian-founded Grammarly is donating all money it made in Russia since 2014
No doubt for some this terrible tragedy could not come at a better moment.
Like the buffoon currently clowning as UK prime minister...

"Son of KGB agent handed a seat in the Lords"

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-ian-botham-a-brother-...
π was a great movie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShdmErv5jvs
I don't really see a reason why the C# version couldn't be written in a similar functional style as the Haskell version. I don't see them using linq anywhere. I see shallow clones, double constructors, no use of records. So I won't be too quick to judge. Would love to see someone try their hand at optimizing the C# version, using the full availability of modern c#.
What's nasty is that Google can do this to ANY news site (and they have), even if the other side covers parts of the whole story which was missed by the mainstream media and they will avoid and will not cover it because it doesn't fit their narrative.

> Bombing civilians and nuclear plants is nasty. Not making a copy of a web page? Not nasty.

It's also nasty to spread and amplify misleading propaganda on either side isn't it? It's a two-way street and this action amplifies it more on the other side; causing the misinformation and the nasty actions you see online. It's reactionary and completely nasty.

> Now one set is running for their lives and the other is hard to pay.

And both sides will get targeted and filtered propaganda to get themselves into a situation like this.

That is just one of thousands of things Google can do voluntarily to so called excuse of to 'stop the spread of misinformation' as it has surely has done a great job at doing so with YouTube didn't it?
> But the whole situation reminds me of the HBO rendition of Chernobyl. It’s all based on lies.

Interestingly enough, HBO's Chernobyl was thrilling TV but not particularly good as a documentary of what actually happened, yet people are starting to believe what HBO (and the memories it's based on) tell us is "the truth".

I guess it's all based on lies indeed...
The point of the document is for industry and public consumption, not spooks. The GCHQ, ACSC and other agencies release similar publications.
> "Son of KGB agent handed a seat in the Lords" https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-ian-botham-a-brother-...

lol
While we’re at that, let’s also start spamming Ukranians on the false promises by the NATO countries and how those countries played a part in escalating the situation to this event. Ok, I’m being sarcastic, but I agree that spamming Russians isn’t going to help. People might as well start a petition addressed to Putin on change.org, sign it with their email address and feel good about their contribution.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. For a while there were Covey stores here and there (well, there was one on I think the 1900 block of I St. NW in Washington, DC) where one could pick up the paraphernalia to support one's effectiveness. I will say that I never got very far in the book.
> As an amateur I like to use the depth of field to bring a 3d quality to my shots, sort of separate the layers a bit. Usually stopped down a bit, not wide open.

To be clear what I mean is that really the "shot at f/1.4 wide open" portrait thing is an amateur phenomenon. It is just not a big part of commercial portraiture at all, outdoors or in.

> TBH, when I shoot the wide end of my kit lens on the X-T30 and don't pixel peep, it's hard to tell apart the jpeg's from my camera and my phone.

Right. This is what I find -- especially with black and white images (my iPhone seems to produce images that work well with, say, a Pan F thing).

But this depth of field stuff what I mean about the way mobile phones force you to think about subject isolation, all of the time; even on the telephoto lens except with subjects less than a couple of feet away.

My experience is that people who have never used a DSLR do not have as much trouble getting phone photos they like that are actually good.

Partly because they haven't had either the scope or crutch it offers; they are used to seeing and instinctively composing without it.

Also because DSLR users spend most of their time composing wide open, not at their target aperture, which ultimately warps our perception and steers us towards shooting images more like the full-time view we get from the viewfinder.

There is an art to subject isolation in composition with constant front-to-back sharpness at all times, and a mobile phone will force you to think about it.
Cities are really hard to capture and hold, with a defender advantage of 1:5(or up to 1:10 of defenders to aggressors. depending on who you believe) napkin maths suggests that a quick city siege is 4 months.

So that blows your time budget out of the water. Kiev is reasonably close to resupply (assuming the logistics is managed properly.....)

Its far wiser to avoid the cities with a bargepole.
According to Bolton, he believed that Trump would withdraw the US from NATO in a second term and that is what Putin was waiting for.

https://news.yahoo.com/john-bolton-putin-waiting-possible-13...
My company locks versions, but dependabot is configured on all of our repos. It automatically creates PRs to bump versions, and if CI passes for minor/patch bumps they get automatically merged. This takes a lot of the hassle out of the problem. For major bumps, a manual approval is required, but they happen infrequently enough that it's not a lot of work.
In his books (likely in autobiographical "Unholdes Frankreich")
From the website: “Read NFC tags to open doors with electric strikes (integrated 12V relay) or motors (toggle GND). A second board can be used as an antenna for enhanced security.”

For lower security scenarios like access to hotel rooms (where trust has already been established) it is sufficient. Plus using a case with proprietary screws, or even making it inaccessible from the outside can also help with security.
That would be a very tendentious interpretation. Threats to revisit the treaty of 1994 - in the face of a threatened invasion which already violates that treaty - do not add up to active plans to acquire nuclear weapons.
Why would those be particularly important?
Very true, but touching grass is certainly easier for some than for others.

How many people actually have a garden these days? Access to the great outdoors was further confounded by the recent lockdown, too.
Whistleblower in times of war is less likely. Going public with secret info is exponentially risky because of information overload and lethal punishment.
Exile, sedition or refuge-seeking would be more rewarding to a top-notch professional wanting to spill the beans to the West.
The judge is supposed to determine which evidence is allowed. The jurors only need to understand the evidence to the extent it proves guilt.

Given new science, the prosecution and defense make their case and the judge allows/disallows the evidence. But, the judge isn’t a scientist, she’s a lawyer (if we’re lucky - some parts of the US have elected judges with little to no professional requirements). And the prosecution might have more money and better experts.
Artificial neural networks have something similar, called the lottery ticket hypothesis
Makes no sense to me, imaginary numbers came into the first year engineering course when I studied it. There's no way it would be either too hard or unfamiliar to engineers.
The word for this is LARP (Live Action Role Play). This is where some message board troll uses publically available information and plausible extrapolations to pretend to be some "high level insider" leaking something.

When the prediction doesn't pan out, the usual response is "two more weeks." Qanon is the most notorious and successful example of this phenomenon. You don't normally see these on HN, but they are common on anonymous message boards. Perhaps this is a "weapons of mass destruction in Iraq" mainstream conspiracy theory being propagated as an official narrative for war propaganda purposes?
It says it does fuzzy search as well. Wonder how it compares to fzf
It is perhaps history's most justified war. (In that it has so many contradictory justifications)

1. Ukraine is run by the first Jewish Nazi president. So obviously they needed to be denazified

2. Russia does not want a NATO country on it's borders. That is why it invaded a country with four NATO borders

3. Ukraine has WMDs!

4. Ukraine is actually just a part of Russia, and the Soviet Union just messed up and drew a random border. No reason to care what the Ukrainians think
Good point... my perception on power usage was absolutely wrong.

MSP's are aging a bit though. At least the ones in my drawer. Is the hw platform being actively developed or has it plateau'd?
There’s heaps of content in the NIST 800- series, which is all available online
If we are going technical, then I'd say he revealed some "secret facts". I was interested to read details on inner working of FSB as a system: I'm a programmer, I look at systems made of humans as I look at software systems, I feel elated when I manage to localize a bug.

Asking analyst to perform an analysis of highly unlikely scenario and punishing them for unflattering reports is a failure mode. All this story explains how this stupid war became possible: the decision was made by the very top officials, it was done in a total secret, it was based on flawed reports, which were flawed because for analysts they seemed as an unimportant nuisance.

I know that this is just a twitter-news, and I'm in doubt about it. But I struggle to find a good hypothesis explaining actions of Putin. I do not value much hypotheses like "Putin is a madman" or "Hanlon's razor": they may be valid explanations, but they do not allow us to predict future. A madman and a fool are unpredictable by their very nature, so these hypotheses sounds for me like "it is a random and unpredictable in advance process". Hypotheses like this seem to me to be a result of an intellectual laziness.

But this "whistleblower" gives some explanation. Pretty detailed explanation, allowing to predict, for example, a coming investigation for a failure of a plan. It is hard to predict where it will go then, but... It is a doubtful report, but if we assumed this text as truth, then we would get a more or less firm ground to speculate of what is going next. We can predict future. And then we can compare our predictions with our future observations. It will give us ability to assess likelihood of the hypothesis.

So the "whistleblower" had given us some secret facts. And therefore he is not a "whistleblower" but whistleblower. Though the possibility of him being an impostor was not ruled out.
i suggest you to read my comment again, because so far what you've said applies to you more than to me.
Well, some [1] news are reporting Ukraine is either sending or considering releasing people from prison to fight the Russians.

[1] non Russian news outlets, if you google you'll get many hits
As the article says, assassinating Zelenskyy would make things worse, because Russia will no longer have anybody with similar authority to negotiate on Ukraine's behalf.
It’s covered in the NIST 800 series, which is available online
> Other than the risks inherent in any USB device, what's the worst that could happen? A cloned device might let an attacker have a duplicate key. But that's useless unless they also have your username and password.

So if this isn't a risk ("it's useless") then doesn't that automatically imply that there are no benefits of using a Yubikey?

edit: To add, this comment is in reply to the final question of the article "What's the worst thing that can be done with a compromised Yubikey?".

My answer being, the risk would be that you think you are using 2FA but you "aren't".
Bridge toll is already $10.
The first casualty of war is truth
I think they still can use hair and fiber. I think it's less common due to it being less valuable to the prosecution (rightfully so). If I remember correctly, the big problem was that the experts were saying things like "This matches" or "It's my professional opinion that this is the defendant's hair", etc. Or just making blatant errors like identifying pet hair as human. They can really only say if the hair rules a person in or out of the potential suspect pool at a gross level (more or less on the level of hair color) - more useful for the defense if the comparison is inconsistent, and very little use to the prosecution. At least this is what I remember from the articles, but maybe my memory isn't accurate.
But where is the "chain of trust" here? Why should we trust either Grozev or his two anonymous "FSB contacts"?

Especially on a subject where every side has incentives to lie, distort or exaggerate the truth.
Which doesn't even make sense, given it was abolished by Nazi Germany "when Hitler's distaste for the supposedly "Jewish-influenced" script saw it officially discontinued"

(via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackletter)
Indeed — they often don’t respect the keyboard shortcuts I’ve come to expect, tab behaviour for keyboard navigation, UI signals that show default enter/space key actions, drag and drop, non-native UI designs, right-click context menus, amongst countless other things. Electron apps “work” but they are noticeably inferior on macOS (and probably on every other platform too).
Can't have the sales guy invent functionality out of thin air without a call.

Oh uh, yeah... XYZ - it totally does that and definitely doesn't function like a prototype.
At least it helped me understand that "parameterized queries" are a database feature and not just a library abstraction.