skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You probably want a lightweight reinforcement learning library in C/C++ e.g. something from here https://github.com/search?l=C%2B%2B&q=reinforcement+learning...

You could also compile a neural net into a less python-tied format e.g. ONNX or torchscript. In general a siloed pytorch env would be massive, I'm assuming at least a gig or two.
> Chromebooks are designed from the ground up to be locked-down dystopian spyware once you "log in" to them with a specific Google account.

Nonsense. They were designed to implement required policies when someone logs into a managed domain. Unless you're logging into something like that (where disclosures have been made and consent has been obtained) then there's no "dystopian spyware" involved. Absent any domain management policies, Chromebook are basically fancy thin clients that make efficient use of web-based services.

That having been said, the OP either conspicuously failed to mention that such disclosures were made, or (and this I find to be much more likely) the school was dumb enough to think they don't need to disclose anything because like a lot of school systems, they have gotten the curious idea that they basically own the kids and that the kids have no rights whatsoever. Should that be the case I hope a judge spanks them soundly for it because yeah, they absolutely do need to disclose this stuff to the students or the first time there's a serious problem due to abuse of the monitoring system the school is likely to get very, very pantsed for facilitating child abuse.
Based on this support thread [0], which was linked to by awinter-py's comment [1] elsewhere in the comments, it doesn't really matter which is first. Remote policies supersede any local controls, and can promote themselves to have Owner privileges. That this is the intended behavior, for any remote management to take precedence over any local management, is a terrifying security hole.

[0] https://support.google.com/chromebook/thread/117916330/how-t...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30912427
CCP's position on the war defined. Listening to the politicians is a waste of time: what they do is the only touchstone.
I disagree. I think it’s a good reminder that if we do not regulate labor, businesses like Amazon will grow more and more nefarious. They already confiscate phones, have a built-in PIP revolving door, use their own employees to vouch for them on Twitter, recruit aggressively to have a never-ending stream of labor, and explicitly violate existing labor laws by setting up a system so competitive their own employees cannot take bathroom breaks and meet quotas, in essence giving them no breaks. You seem to be under the impression that companies have an inherent disdain for child labor, which historically is not true. I think actually society has proven that, as long as we don’t see it, we’re fine with the cost.

Also, do you know what stopped children in coal mines? Labor unions.
Reminding people of stories where the school district employees were remotely enabling cameras and microphones should also be referenced.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2521075/pennsylvania-s...

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/pennsylvania-school-fbi...
HR has truly become the most corrupt organization in a company in 2022 -- basically the KGB, and they work like it as well. Information flows in only, but the information needed to protect employees from sexual harassment doesn't flow back to the people who need it most. They only talk openly to management, and they extort the employees into silence through threats.
Next up should be the xtensa based hifi dsps in NXP imx series socs but those have fewer users and developers I’m sure.
In fact, most of the arguments by GP were also used by those defending now illegal labor practices, including child labor.
What does "should" mean here? You seem to be implying that there is exactly one correct way to handle this which there is broad consensus on.

If so where can i go read the rule book for the correct answers on all of managing people for all human endeavors?

It reminds me of people who are convinced that there is one true way to do "agile" and that every one who disagrees is somehow subjectively wrong because some blog post from some guy who went to some meeting 40 years ago kind of agrees with them.

Ok. Good luck with that.
Great description and agreed.

I had a similar experience with a bad manager, with similar outcomes. CEO and CTO felt bad about the issues, said they respected me for how I handled the situation, offered a severance even though I was with the company for only a short time, and offered to introduce me to others to help with the next step of career. Similarly I burned the bridge with that manager... good riddance. Years later I find out they fired the manager after a year, and that the CTO still thinks favorably of me.
> ignoring any and all planned improvements/goals. That's not a realistic scenario.

There are plenty of realistic scenarios where far right climate denialists come to power in major nations and actively roll back targets and progress. Counting on future action is exactly the wrong thing to do right now - and including future un-comitted-to actions in a model would be "highly misleading".
This is FinNerd's argumentation taken to it's logical conclusion - he is happy to sacrafice employee protections because X is the best employment avaliable.

They or you have not outlined where does this slippery slope stop, or ankowledged nessesity of employee protections.

I think you are still not seeing it, because the only protest from your 'but they are children!' - so if we exploit adults with a down's syndome, that's okay? Oh, so disabilities are protected, what if we spesifically target people who need money to pay for cancer treatment, and make them sign a waiver on safety equipment? I mean, they aren't gonna live long either way, it's a win-win!
I think this remains to be seen. The field is beginning to embrace Moore's law, in a way. What would take an hour to train on an A100 (not to mention an H100) would take like 60k hours (7 years) on a GPU from 20 years ago. The pace at which we are able to brute force things is incredible, and that's not even mentioning the actual science and ML progress happening.

It might be that simple brute forcing solutions become feasible before long.
Same story goes for HDMI 2.1 https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/when-hdmi-2-1-isnt-hdmi-2-...
Nextdoor is the established social network for this. Like any social network it is pretty hard to overcome the first mover advantage. Anyone who wants a community like this will be on nextdoor, and you need need to get the whole neighborhood to move over. I guess you would end up with all the same toxic content, just on a new platform.
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Which part of that is surprising to you? That 30% of YT comments are spam, or that the software worked to that degree?
I suppose that it depends on the book. A technical manual would require constant reference, Anki decks, and time to absorb the material. Something like Nand2Tetris might only require working through once or twice. If you have a project based book, then you can take it a project at a time and build from there. For me, learning accounting and physics back in the day required multiple references and exposure to learn something new and to learn it well. I think the most important factors are perseverance, trusting that you can do this, breaking big problems into small ones, and having multiple sources for the same material in case it doesn't 'click' in only one source. My two cents. I hope this helps.
The only thing worse than the DOJ and FBI investigating parents for complaining to school boards is letting the fear of said investigations prevent you from complaining.
This POV would be fine in a world where coordination problems didn't loom large.

Effective collective action requires some "forcibly". Even when everyone agrees on what's good.
Can you block topics you're not interested in seeing?
There is some validity to using DC distribution within a building or domicile, it can make it cheaper and more reliable to have a central power supply and battery system.

That is not a new idea obviously, that exact approach has been in use in the telecom industry for decades. There is a AC feed to a system of rectifiers that converts the AC from the grid to -48VDC and continuously charge a string of batteries. There is a Generator that will go on automatically if the power from the grid fails and takes over.

The -48VDC is distributed throughout the central office to the equipment bays. There are a number of benefits to doing it this way, the batteries help maintain a constant voltage level and provide back up until the generator can fire up or if the generator should fail to start it buys you time to get it going.

For a home, I could see having a DC distribution system using USB 48V standard or maybe a 12VDC system with a wall battery and perhaps Solar system. Assuming that you could power all your devices off DC, it would eliminate the need for an Inverter. Most devices in homes today can be powered with 12VDC versions, with some exceptions.

It's an interesting idea.
What you're describing is basically NextDoor, and in my experience the challenges involved in operating such a thing are beyond simply operating a mastodon instance. Imagine Twitter, except for local politics and less community moderation.
To transfer an equivalent amount of power to a given load, AC has a peak to peak voltage of about 170V compared to DC's constant 120V.
I agree, mygov is convenient. BUT it could be MORE convenient. Why do I have to provide all my income/tax details to centrelink? The ATO already has that? Only recently can you register a birth with Medicare through the centrelink portal, but you still have to to the births/deaths/marriages thing separately.

Why do we have to apply for certain things through centrelink, like the child care subsidy, Parental leave, Family Tax Benefit? When applying for these things, I'm giving the govt info it already has. It should be that you just register the birth of a baby and they check everything you're eligible for and just transfer it to you with a notification saying "you're getting x, y, but not Z." Or for CCS, you just send them to daycare, the daycare registers you, and voila the govt knows your income so they know how much CCS to give you...

A national ID as a primary key across all these distributed databases seems like a good idea to make a lot of government services better.

I'm sure the govt will bugger up the implementation though...
Chromebooks do allow more than one user account, yes. The factory reset mentioned by the OP was necessary in order to undo the enrollment, as no application of Administrator/Owner privileges would undo it otherwise.
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Is there a tool like this with a more permissive license?
I've given exit interviews on occasion and they've been generally beneficial as well. One kept the door open to return to the company a year later with the money I asked for and mandate to do the things I said I wanted to do when I left. The other helped the company after I left to course correct and bought me free drinks whenever I'm in a particular town. If I'm leaving it's likely just a business decision (whether informed by management, direction, or dollars) and there's no reason to close the door on future business (with that company, those coworkers, or investors) to revel in some spiteful comments.
Would be great to see a "Hacker News Approved" buyer's guide for various products. Like Wirecutter but written by people who actually know what they're talking about.
Might as well hasten the apocalypse. Clips from town halls are some of my favorite shitshows to watch on YouTube as it is. Just imagine all the ways this will go wrong.
Yes, you can block by keyword.
The server doesn't really matter. You need to start out with people you're following, then when they boost posts, check if the person who wrote the post is worth following. Over time, you'll build up a decent network of interesting people. I started just following @maia@crimew.gay, now 14 months and 3000 posts later I'm following 101 people and have made quite a few new friends.
When you provide the platform, a win for small businesses is just more individual consumers really. Now people have double the iCloud accounts, Apple gets more money per account, more in app purchase revenue, etc.

Apple is good at making individuals want to use their products for work, where as Microsoft is good at making workplaces use their products, so consumers know their OS and choose it for home. Different ideologies.
> The required converter stations are expensive and have limited overload capacity. At smaller transmission distances, the losses in the converter stations may be bigger than in an AC transmission line for the same distance. The cost of the converters may not be offset by reductions in line construction cost and lower line loss.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current#Di...

Not to mention that circuit breakers are harder in DC.
We never stopped doing this. Cf. Acetaminophen added to many products with “potential for abuse”.
Wirecutter is pretty good imho! (A person on) Hacker News approved! ;)
You are both mammals.
On the topic of ADHD, I would STRONGLY recommend getting a second opinion of any diagnosis especially as an adult.

Doctors seem to be very trigger happy when it comes to medication for ADHD and it's not always necessary. If you can afford it then it's definitely a good idea to get a second, independent opinion just to be sure before you start quaffing pharmaceutical grade amphetamines for the rest of your life.
Somehow you got it twisted that the right is the one controlling or attempting to control free speech. Clearly you’ve not been on HN long as it was nearly exactly on party lines, with the left wanting to stifle the speech of some, and the right wanting it completely open.
> working their employees to death (literally in the case of the tornado)

According to people who live in the area this isn't true. Amazon's response to the tornado was what everyone in that area does.
The 2003 invasions succeeded in transferring $5T from US taxpayers to a much, much smaller number of US non-taxpayers. Any objective in Iraq was just cover.
You mean like how I freely negotiate and accept the contract that describes CPUs backdoors (Intel Management Engine) in one of two computer CPU manufacturers in the world?
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There was an early study back in April 2020 (right after the lockdowns started) which showed that ivermectin could inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro. Some irresponsible people (including a few physicians) took that and ran with it even though there was never any high quality evidence for it as a clinical treatment.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104787

It will be interesting to see the results from the ACTIV-6 clinical study. Hopefully that will finally settle the issue one way or another.

https://activ6study.org/
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Yeah, the thing too about desktop vs laptop is not just core count but TDP. An Intel 12900K on an OC can draw like 400W ( https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i9-12900k-overclocked-to-5-3... ) vs a laptop that will get you a max of like 115w for turbo (<10 seconds at a time) and 45w under normal circumstances ( https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/132215/... ).

And good luck getting anything close to RTX 3090Ti performance in a laptop. It'd basically be a toasted oven on your lap.

Desktops can just sink a ton more heat, and as process shrinks and die size increases have gotten us less and less additional performance each year, we're just pushing power up to the point now where a TOTL gaming desktop is pulling close to 1KW. A laptop will never come close. If you really do want to try a literal desktop CPU in a laptop, there are mfgs like Eurocom and Sager that will sell you one, just don't expect it not to throttle a lot under actual heavy workloads.
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How scalable is Mastodon though? I mean, it's written in Ruby a la Twitter.

Update: It is used by both Gab and Truth Social, which are centralized, not distributed.
Dunno, they don't invite me and my yarnie buddies to their parties.
Pathways: Asynchronous Distributed Dataflow for ML
I hate to say it, but this post shows how absolutely smashed mentally some city-based Americans are. Full of anxiety, fear, and general angst about what should be normal operating behaviour as a common city resident. I'm finishing a week up with my buds in Barcelona, and everything in this post is the exact OPPOSITE of the mentality we've seen here. Friendly people, happy to chat, guys and girls alike, no concern or fear and no overwhelming motive of anything. Talking for talkings sake.

My buddies are still working and living in US but I've been living in europe for the past 6 years... and I gotta say, the US has become so weird to me, especially super "liberal" culture, if you can even call it that. People simply don't know how to talk to one another anymore. It's fucked.
you can get small USB-A <--> USB-C adapters. I picked up a few of these since I got a new MacBook and finally had to deal with the nightmare of USB-C and its really helped: https://www.anker.com/ca/products/variant/usbc-to-usb-30-ada...
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> why doesn't amazon just respect its worker's basic human dignity?

Because that directly conflicts with making the highest profit possible (still legally).

What’s sad in these discussions is that it’s both true that Amazon is a terrible employer and that it often pays more than alternatives for many workers. This seems like a failure of policy (ex. Enforcing living wage standards) and American business well-being at least as much as a failure of Amazon to “do the right thing.”

Edit: Cracks me up that I got downvoted for telling the truth about capitalism.
Some of my use cases:

- Ditch my previous VPS + Wireguard setup which I had to maintain

- Easily add/remove my own exit nodes as I wish/need (either using my own devices or any VPS)

- Use my beefy desktop as a remote development setup

- Running syncthing/rclone across all of my devices without relying on relay nodes or whatever

- Accessing all of my devices remotely

They just make it dead simple to run your network without worrying as much about opening yourself to the internet. I know you can achieve this without Tailscale but they just make it so easy. Their ACL system is pretty easy to configure and you can even add assertions to it.

They've documented some use cases here https://tailscale.com/kb/guides/
While there are a few things I don’t appreciate about Safari, for the most part I enjoy using it and have set it as my default browser a bit over a year ago. Is it a nightmare to support (as far as web dev is concerned)?
Totally agree with you in every way except your last point. IIRC, the administrators of a Google Workspace domain have almost complete control of the accounts created under it. For example, they're able to make sure that each account comes with preset Chrome Web Store extensions or they can limit or completely disable your control over your account. So, unless the school board locked down the Chromebook itself, (which I don't think they can unless they actually own it) these restrictions and the spyware would've been automatically "installed" on OP's kid's account and shouldn't be active/installed when you're logged into a privately owned Google account. All in all, the way Chromebooks work is unconventional and sometimes very annoying.
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You are thinking about USB-C Alt Mode, which is a way for displayport to go over USB-C.

To get 4k60 + USB3.1, you either need USB-C Alt Mode with DP1.4+ (supported by almost zero monitors), or Thunderbolt-3 (supported by fantastically expensive monitors).

It's much more economical to live with USB2.0 for your keyboards and mice, and get a separate USB3.1 hub if you need that.

https://www.bigmessowires.com/2019/05/19/explaining-4k-60hz-...
First, I’ll say the APA defines mental disorders as a subset of mental illness which contradicts your definition [1]. In my experience, people tend to define these terms incredibly inconsistently and I don’t get caught up in the semantics.

Second, I would say I have both social and scientific objections to the concept of mental disorders.

Scientifically, the definition of what is considered a disorder is INCREDIBLY subjective. The DSM-V definition includes language like “impairment in an IMPORTANT area of functioning” and “reflects a dysfunction”. Being gay and transgender are two things that were considered disorders and no longer are. Generally the reasoning as to why these are not mental disorders is that being gay/trans does not make somebody intrinsically unhealthy and some of the things we see like higher suicide rates in those groups are a result of social stigma… which are ALL things I can rather trivially claim about many cases of autism.

Socially, it’s just unnecessarily insulting to call people dis-ordered. In the context of autism, it is well known it can present as a combination of strengths and weaknesses, but the mere existence of weaknesses gets the insulting label of “disorder”. This shows a condescending sense of superiority among the doctors who coined “Autism spectrum disorder”. I don’t feel medical language like disorder or illness is very nuanced at all, I feel it’s reflective of blasé and thoughtless generalization and the language mostly serves to stigmatize which is why people got mad about it being used to describe trans people.

[1] https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/what-is-mental-...
To bad we don't have a constitutional amendment that says we should be secure in our effects and against unreasonable seizures. Feels like that kind of amendment would go well in in protecting ones property
I tried signing up to the Beta for this and it requires two named company contacts, both with verifiable contact details.

As a one man band, this basically means I cannot use Apple Business Essentials unless I lie/make up details during the application process (which includes phone verification with a real Apple human - so this is not a trivial thing to bypass).

Utterly baffling, as I could really use some of the features of this program, but I can’t.

This doesn’t just affect me. I work with larger companies on IT projects so am in a position to advocate (or not) for products and services, and so this is one I will obviously not be recommending if I can’t get into it myself!

Edit: one of the things I was trying to achieve was to setup some way to buy apps on the App Store under my company (different card and billing address etc), which presumably needs a separate Apple ID. At the moment I normally have to buy apps outside of the App Store (where possible) in order to be able to pay with my company rather than personal details (important for tax/accounting etc for business expenses).

Does anyone have a solution (as a sole trader) for running two Apple IDs, one for personal and one for business?