skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'd suggest looking at the section on Adults and Microwave ovens. Over many cases of people being exposed to an open and operating microwave oven the only injuries were burns close to the surface and peripheral neuropathy from placing their hands inside the oven getting a substantial portion of the total power on a small area. The more serious injuries on that page were a result of much more powerful and more intense microwave sources at different frequency bands. If you stick your head into a high powered waveguide, you're going to have a bad time.

In fairness I was surprised to learn that nerve cells absorb a fair bit more than skin and fat leading to quicker nerve damage. All things considered though, I stand by my statements, hot water at a sink presents a much bigger risk given the frequency of exposure and the risk of burns.
Your comment gives me the impression that you massively under-estimate the level of specialization in either software or operations, or perhaps both.

Some systems are simple enough that a single person can understand everything about the entire stack. Hell, I still run downright ancient LAMP stacks on colocated servers where I'm the only one familiar with the code base and I interact directly with the dude on the floor when I need a hard powercycle.

But there are a lot of systems in which the ops side is incredibly complex (think compute-intensive features with constant churn in the underlying hardware, or fleets of embedded devices that are always failing in new and fun ways, or finicky lab equipment, etc. Have you ever run a fleet of machines each hooked up to and controlling piece of $x,xxx,xxx equipment, where each of those pieces of equipment is a snowflake? And where all the data from that fleet of equipment gets pulled off the machines attached to the equipment and sent over to a computer cluster the size of a small DC?).

There are also lots of systems in which the software requires a lot of specialization, either technical or subject matter (in the above case: the software running on that cluster was written by and requires the expertise of phds in a few different natural sciences + CS, and the hardware at the time was so bleeding edge that we were essentially the chip maker's and system integrator's beta testers.)

The real issue is when these two types of systems very often overlap.

And, like, this sounds special, but it's really not. There are projects like this is every sector -- life sciences, finance, tech, basically anything in a hospital is a 50/50 chance of being like this (mostly due to externally imposed complexity), agri of course, even property insurance. I'd say that "ops and software need separate on-calls" probably describes most successful software products/orgs.

Even if one person did have enough time in their career to learn how to be the oncall for both the software and the ops, there's no way they could keep up with all the moving parts of both jobs to be able to do both jobs at the same time. At least, not without burning out pretty quickly. At some point these have to be separate jobs because just keeping up with all the moving parts well enough to do an oncall shift is by itself a >60 hour/week job. And that's just to stand still in the feature set. At some point we wanna get new work done.

FWIW, I haven't been paid to work on the former type of system -- where both aspects are simple enough for one human to first grok and then more importantly keep up with -- in a long time. I sort of
I would say the questions by themselves don't test memorization but all the circumstances around the test push it towards memorization.

Given decent fundamentals you can solve all these problems from first principles but you would take way too much time (unless you are a genius, of course). To solve these problems within the allotted time would require grinding a ton of problems so you can get familiar with a part of or the full question beforehand. Don't get me wrong, practicing problems is a good way to study math and I don't have any issue with this in a vacuum.

However, this is before bringing other people into the equation. The floor is raised every year and the competition is intense. You also need to study for other subjects, not just math. All in all, "memorization" became the only strategy. It's fair to debate whether it's "rote memorization" or actually "learning the material" but with how much the students study the line between the two blurs. It feels too "overfitting" if I would borrow a statistics word.
The browser security model relies heavily on protection from things like process isolation, ASLR, etc though at this point browsers also implement their own defense in depth mechanisms on top. for example, jsc maintains separate heaps for each data type - referred to as cages, i think - so that it's hard to perform type confusion attacks. but there are entire classes of attacks that would be viable against browsers if not for the tools they get from the kernel like ACLs, page protections, ASLR, control flow guard, etc.

When one part of the stack of protections fails, you can see things like persistent root on chromebooks where that one hole is used as a springboard to attack other vulnerabilities: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15713103
Yes, even the most difficult standardized tests are full of artifacts just based on the fact that there is a correct answer and the test makers have a relatively narrow range of difficulty to work within. In the real world the majority of problems are either trivial or impossible and its not always obvious until you dig in which it is.
Assumption makes an ass, but I think he means first line treatment when it comes to medicine. I’m sure that both nurse & doctor wholly recommended lifestyle changes.
probably FIRE (financial independence, retire early)
> Are you okay?

You don't actually care if I'm OK. Unless we've met perhaps, what's your name? My name is Daniel Cussen. Have we met?
I wonder how much water the largest mono-crop field in the world uses... it is in California and it is almonds.
I kinda have the same feeling when speedrunning Unlimited Wordle [0].

[0]: https://tck.mn/speedle
I'm an IEEE member mostly for Spectrum, and have noticed that some recent issues seem slimmed down a little bit. My assumption is that they just haven't had as much content to publish lately, and I'm glad they have made the decision to shrink the magazine rather than pad it out with filler. Aside from "Numbers Don't Lie", I'm continually impressed by their staff, and the submitted articles are often pretty good too.
Didn't know this was a thing or why it's bad. The article does a pretty shoddy job at giving that information but one can puzzle it together:

It seems to be specifically about emissions in low Earth orbit from maneuvering thrusters, such as in satellite constellations, because that will fall back into the upper atmosphere. Is there a climate change issue then, ozone layer, anything? No it just seems to be falling down that's the issue, this is mentioned further down:

> The environmental and human health implications of such releases have not been evaluated. Using an atmospheric chemical transport model, we simulate global deposition of mercury released from satellite propulsion systems. We estimate that 75% of the mercury falling back to Earth will be deposited in the world’s oceans, with potentially negative implications for commercial fish and other marine life.

So have or haven't environmental implications been evaluated? It seems to me this very paragraph does just that. And wasn't it not about propulsion in general but about OMS instead? Well, anyway, that's what mercury emissions are about.
"So most doctors won't bother suggesting it as a legitimate option because for most people it kind of isn't."

This is just flat wrong and borders on malpractice for deceptive counseling. Even if a patient is unlikely to accept an option, they still need to be presented with the best/standard options. This is also the lowest risk and highest gain option with a proven track record. I would stop seeing a doctor who is not presenting all the standard options and would rather just have me pop pills.
I said nothing of the sort. This is not productive if you’re going to do that.
It's either that or a browser extension which is even more dangerous.
That’s just one facet of the error I pointed out. He repeats the same error in different ways every step of the way. He started with consumers before this point. He may have gone after other incentive-conflicted or fickle revenue sources too if he’d had more runway.
A lot depends on your annual insolation. Parts of the UK are rainier than others. Suggest you survey your area - that said, changes in weather might make the UK rainier/cloudier in years to come. The tech has reached the tipping point in sunny places.
Often you can get a greater gain by sealing the house and insulating it very well. You only do it once and properly done it can last 50 years or more-. It is also very much cheaper if you do it yourself or work with a group of 10-20+ homeowners to bulk buy the raw materials.
As for sealing - think of your house as a balloon - inflate it - will it leak.
As for ventilation, use counter current heat exchange ventilators. When warm air exits it passes it's heat to cold air coming in a parallel duct with a grid of aluminium sheets transferring the heat.
In addition, in a sealed house use inductive heating for cooking(need steel/magnetic stainless cookware). It costs about the same for the energy versus gas, but fumes are eliminated.
> Complete disaster for his future and really a shot to his otherwise happy and optimistic life. He's really upset as are we all.

nah. if he really wants to challenge himself, he can probably get research experience pretty easily (much easier than a fancier institution) which then would set him up for a top-tier grad school or a great spot in industry. law and medicine really care about fancy brand names, but technology really only cares about accomplishment, skills, aptitude and attitude.

in my experience, most graduate TAs in STEM at fancy schools were previously superstars at state schools that didn't have crazy brand recognition.

for example: andrew grove went to the city college of new york in the 1960s, and then did a phd at uc berkeley. after that he worked in industry for a bit and then started a little company called intel.
You are viewing the experience as purely transactional, but they may view going there as a tradition and may think they have a relationship with the place (i.e. they are a regular). In addition, it sounds like they kick-started a tradition so they may even feel a sense of ownership. In other words, it is not just business, it is personal.

That's why you see those enraged 1 star reviews and why these people never came back. These aren't people who are offended at simple business transactions, these are people who feel personally wronged, and that will always generate a lot of negative emotion.
I mean an academic is inherently going to be cautious about putting forth something like this until they are throughly convinced from a public health perspective.

But from an outside perspective there are likely plenty of lower stakes ways to take advantage of this.

The example that occurs to me over was seeing UV disinfectants for tableware in restaurants 20 years ago in South Korea.
IMHO we saw who wanted their chosen outcome more strongly that day. The optics of actually zip-tying a sitting congresswoman would have blown this whole thing way past the current deniers’ ability to rationalize.
I'd never heard until Life speed until today. I wonder if it's one or a few major players using it?
> The notion of a “well rounded student” who does music, art, and extra curricular activities, is a legacy of blue blood WASP culture.

yeah, well so are the ivy leagues
Context: East Japanese encountered to power shortage in this March due to stopped thermal power plants (due to bigger earthquake), very few solar worked due to cloudy weather or snow, and increase of heating usage. https://japantoday.com/category/national/Gov't-issues-warnin... . Solar itself is not much worth for the case.
eh twitter is fine if you're careful about who you follow
This looks interesting. Can you tell me more why should I believe you to give you access to my inbox?
> Blocking people is a great way to avoid conflict.

Until you get subtweeted by people who see you blocked them.
The big difference between Ukrainians and Russians is that the former live in an internationally recognized democracy that has been improving its government and the rule of law, and the latter is a thoroughly corrupt mafia state.

Kowtowing to the corrupt state is to condemn one’s children and grandchildren to suffer through insecurity, cruelty, retribution, and poverty. The action you promote might reduce your own risk of personal injury, but only by transferring it to future generations. It is selfish, short-sighted, and destructive to progress.

But at least you admit cowardice drives your decision-making. It is not, by the way, something you should claim with pride.
I'm not really an expert on redis. Perhaps one can fashion something with `redis-cli`? Or write a program that links the redis client library.
Oh wow, that sounds pretty useful. Is that to follow-up with people?
Doctors aren't supposed to decide much of anything for us, especially lifestyle choices. But they should at least present the appropriate options once.
Something I found out with other SF residents is that we end up avoiding ever bringing these events up.

We know it's an issue, but it feels like there's pressure to pretend it doesn't exist, because it's uncouth or pointless to talk about, and there's risk of being accused of being callous towards those less privileged who might need the resources they're appropriating. "Don't worry, they have insurance".

This mix of toxic optimism, desire to appear socially considerate, and a sense of "this is just how SF is, you knew this when you moved here from X, if you don't like this, you can always take your gentrifier bus back to wherever you came from" makes it difficult to even talk about.
Why even bother using Twitter at that point? This seems wrong somehow. Turn off the computer and go outside.

Usually I don't make comments like this but come on. Seriously?

If one genuinely feels as though they need this level of advanced machinery to survive the apparently harrowing experience of using Twitter, they may choose to reevaluate their habits.
Libertarianism is when you don't want people to get arrested for drawing a sign that is literally not nazi.... while being charged of drawing a nazi sign? Wow, maybe you should reconsider how crazy that is. Germany has a bad history with the swastika, sure, but the Z is not the swastika. Calling everyone who disagrees with you a libertarian is what's ignorant, and not resisting to authoritarian urges is the unhistorical stance to take here.

You are not at war with Russia (thankfully!). And having a weird siege mentality when your country is not at war is borderline deranged. No, there's no "we are at war in all but name" because if Germany was at war with Russia, Z symbols would be the least of your worries. Going after symbols when Europe is still literally financing Russia's invasion as we speak is just... mind boggling. At least the so called "libertarians" are not paying blood money to Russia.
You say this like it’s a good thing. “Incentives” truly is the new “just following orders”.

We should hold people to a higher standard than “do things which benefit you at the expense of others”.
Can you give an example, please? I did a search and got a blurb, with a link to go to the original. I think that's a balanced compromise that serves both sides well.
I'd like to join but didn't find a link other than a QR code that I can't scan.
I am sure you do, but what about average PHP programmer? There are thousands of tutorials on the web which teach the insecure way. And even in this thread, there are many people who mention "ease of deployment" as #1 PHP advantage -- do you think they'll lock down their installs?

So if starting a new project, you either have a choice of going with PHP and trying to re-educate many experienced PHP programmers that their best practices are insecure... or maybe choosing some other language, like Golang and Python, instead. Those languages are secure by default, there is no need to force people to go against the grain.
Drivel. Don’t like it don’t play it. If i have to read one more person complaining about micro-transactions I will puke. Ffs go outside.
Ask HN: What’s your favorite commandline oneliner?
As someone who enjoys using the command line for most of my tasks and always looking for oneliners to add to my zshrc alias

What’s your favorite oneliner
And the ocean and fishes
> correcting a few answers also helps the network better determine entire classes of experessions that deserve more definitive & correct answers – that's not such a big deal, expecially if this constant-human-guided reinforcement-training is well-disclosed.

I gather the point is details aren't disclosed. Some kind of update is happening that we aren't told about, and that calls results into question.
Wasn't it established in the article that PMTUD was broken by the asymmetric routing?
One of my scariest adulthood realizations is that doctors are like everybody else; fallible. And that being certified means you're good at studying, but doesn't always mean you're good at what you've studied.

Not trying to discredit medical professionals or the amount of work they put in. I'm sure the majority are intelligent, conscientious and good at their jobs.
Probably. Honestly, if America has universal health care, I probably would cut down my work significantly and focus on things that I like to do.
I was on Twitter for about 3 weeks and then I just so exhausted from it I just deleted it. I feel so much better for it.
>Try on some shoes.... Imagine putting 30 years of high taxes into a state as a high earner and business owner (that's me). Then imagine that your almamater doesn't accept your kid when your kid is, in fact, a lot smarter than you and has accomplished a lot more than you did by his age.

Well, that's the whole point. The establishment doesn't want smart kids that will challenge their kids who got their papers and position through connections. They want someone who will be happy being rank-and-file for their entire life. Ideally, with no ambition to have a family and raise kids, so they can work for peanuts as well. This is frightening, but it seems to be the way America is headed.

That said, there are states that value small business owners more, and have policies aligning better with them. As the saying goes, you need to vote with your feet.
I'm struggling to understand what was different about this device. All I've managed to gather so far is that there two cursors and two special "leap keys" on the keyboard. Anyone got a more informative summary?
This is more discriminatory though. How can a poor kid express their "passion" to University admissions offices? SATs are the best leveller we have not to mention their strong correlation with actual outcomes.

Also, passion can be developed later, you can't expect 16 year olds to know what they want to do. Recruit for high competence.
> That's not exactly fair. The entire point of this exercise is to move away from C code, by implementing it in a memory safe language (Go).

Ok, I'll go along with that, but being memory safe is no panacea either.

> Go is statically compiled

As soon as you use os or net, you're almost certainly dynamically compiled unless you take deliberate steps not to be. (You can check your final binary with ldd to see if it's dynamic or not.)

Here's a few things you should do to be sure you're compiling statically:

CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -tags osusergo,netgo

Also, you can't use the race detector or explicitly C libraries like SQLite. And, be careful -- if you use CGO and try to compile statically, then you might end up including glibc.
I don't really understand what's so terrible about that. You could always block them too? It doesn't go on infinitely.
just to back this statement up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_...

more than half the cost is financing and construction risk
If you read the comment they said there was mention of losing weight but nothing about a low carb diet. Carbs are something any diabetic person should be counseled on, even if being placed on a medication.
When the effects of actively racist institutions and policies is not even a generation away. I Don't think leveling the field that should be level in the first place isn't racism. what is real racism to you honest question.
HN is not pro nuclear, not even close
If I hear you correctly, you're asking whether banning Windows is a secure, smart thing to do? And if I understand Windows correctly, the answer is hell yeah.

Not to hijack your thread or anything, but I just discovered Window's MSIX Packaging Tool takes snapshots of your desktop shortcuts (and other files) and then distributes them to complete strangers when you upload a package to Microsoft's store.

It's a reproducible phenomenon, too. Just pack something with this tool, right click the resulting .msix file, choose Extract with the Packaging tool, and then look at what's inside these three files:

UserClasses.dat
User.dat
Registry.dat

Those three files and all the content inside of them goes straight to Microsoft and the strangers who have access to your .msix package!
ssrn is better. no need for endorsements to get stuff published.
I don't see an issue with it, it's a decent tool for curating who you see and interact with on the already-toxic platform.

Twitter has its purpose, deep deep below the miles of garbage.
That sounds like a reason for them to be given part of Germany, not Palestine. The bulk of the anti-semitic drive in modern Middle East is a result of the creation of Israel and the way the Israeli government treats Palestinians.
Saying the “foundations” isn’t an argument. Many geneticists used to be hard core eugenicists doesn’t invalidate the whole field or it’s developments. The validity of modern iq exams has been studied by hundreds or thousands of modern non racist psychologists and the evidence is public info
> In theory GPT without sampling could still give good results if it used a search to look ahead, but it appears that even extraordinary amounts of computation for look-ahead still is a long way from reaching the correct distribution, presumably because the exponential fan out is so fast that even 'huge' amounts of lookahead are still only testing a tiny fraction of the space.

This is a reasonable guess, but unfortunately, it turns out to be more fundamental than just 'search is expensive'; there's something pathological in the model tree of completions that leads to degeneration, and definitely does not lead to the best possible completion, the more compute you use (nodes explore). If you use something like beam search, the more you search, the more likely you are to get trapped in one of the notorious repetition traps where it prints 'the the the'. This is a long-standing problem in NMT, and IIRC, I recall reading a paper where they went to the trouble of doing full Viterbi-style brute force to get the exact optimal result (according to the model) to avoid incomplete search possibly screwing things up, and the result were all still garbage. There are a couple theories why, but nothing I consider definitive. You can boost models a lot with limited search (best-of can make a big difference) and with other tricks which ought to be sorta equivalent (self-distillation and InstructGPT's RL finetuning), but it's never clear what tricks will work in advance. So, we'll see! I have a hunch it may just be, like adversarial examples, another blessing-of-scale in waiting.
Such a fun game. I hope you enjoyed it! I have!