skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The value of a rock quarry is probably so small relative to a fab that this story ends in TSMC buying out and shutting down the quarry.
+1000 for rock climbing as a social experience
some of our best peeps are devs, and not cyber security for their profession. they just like good puzzle games.

the comp is only one weekend, but most people participate in a few smaller ctfs throughout the year to stay sharp.

there are hundreds of ctfs that are always up that you can use to practice. one evening a week is more than enough to become and stay a serious ctf'r. it's a whole sport where people are constantly playing throughout the year. we have plenty of people on our team who put in both more and less time than that too.
The let expression syntax in OCaml is a nice alternative:

let some_func () = 5

let a = some_func () in if a < 5 then "<5" else ">=5"
> but nonetheless uses fossil fuels (nowadays 91%)

You mean 9.1% fossil fuels for electricity, right? Anyway, that's already pretty good, at least 6x better than comparable countries

As for the load-following capacity, it is getting better with newer reactor types. And according to wikipedia, reactors built after 2000 were designed with pretty good load following capabilities, but have not necessarily been used that way, primarily for economic reasons.

Anyway, we're talking about only the last 5-10% of electricity production, if that. Whereas for renewables, this is about 60% of the production, and even that is only possible for Germany through depending on their neighbours to compensate for the variance in output.
Also fair criticism. Further, even if they were to one day be widely adopted as membership tokens, coupons, or licenses, the underlying networks are still wildly overvalued.

I also don’t like the idea of living in a world the crypto enthusiasts imagine. The world already feels overly financialized. If everything is “investable” and “fractionalized” and “tradable”, the level of financialization in the world will be nauseatingly high.
I think that subtly misses the point. The problem is that you're implicitly using a distribution that... isn't a distribution. And with this particular not-a-distribution, whether you should switch or not does not depend on the value of A. But with any actual distribution (... I think?) it does, at which point... no paradox. It's true that it's not clear (at least to me, but perhaps more generally) what distribution we should assume, but as long as we avoid treating something that isn't a distribution as if it were one we avoid the worst of it.
Is there actually some way to guess with better than 50% chance?

I'm pretty sure this could be reduced to the secretary problem where there's a pool of 2 candidates, which yields an optimal hire with probability 50%.

Maybe you play word games and say, "I guess the other number is not higher," or "I guess the other number is not lower." Since the number you observed was produced once, there is some non-zero probability that it was produced twice, in which case the other number is neither nigher nor lower.
I've felt (and still have) friendships to this day that were formed in a single conversation over a shared university class and then a bit after.

I've tried to make other friendships work by maximising time spent with someone, and it basically never worked.

Highly frustrating if you're the systematising type.
Services that allow sign-up without proof of email (eg. by clicking a link in a verification email) ownership are just obnoxious in general.

I have a gmail address that simply represents my name, and tend to get something intended for someone else pretty much daily.
PhDs really are not high paying or high status jobs. They are most of the time passion projects, however, which makes it very easy for supervisors and the academic system to abuse them and gaslight them into working longer. The best students I have seen rarely stop thinking about their PhD, but they definitely stop working when it’s time.
I actually just used it to what I would say was a perfect example of where it legitimately improved code readability while maintaining pythonic constructs:

values = [
value
for line in buffer.readlines()
if (value := line.strip())
]

Previously, I would have needed to either duplicate effort like:

values = [
line.strip()
for line in buffer.readlines()
if line.strip()
]

Or used a sub-generator:

values = [
value
for value in (
line.strip() for line buffer.readlines()
)
if value
]

Or rewritten it altogether using a (slower) for loop calling append each time:

values = []
for line in buffer.readlines():
line = line.strip()
if line:
values.append(line)

The assignment expression is perfect for this sort of use case, and is a clear win over the alternatives IMO.

Edit: fixed initial example
Rust is not, in fact, much simpler than C++, and gets less so every release. In five years Rust will be obviously, fully as complex as C++ -- provided it is still used.
Even as a white person who has lived in America his whole life, I struggle with this. I am a strong person but my instinct is to "people please" and do things in a communal way.

I just think that acting communally makes more sense, so I do it. I assume that others will do the same. But they don't. As you say this can lead to negative outcomes.
Not really, solving the issue via added complexity is not the ideal solution.

... and I say this as a vigorous proponent of second factor authentication.

The real fix here is to completely change how the service handles email addresses. You can continue to request it, but it cannot be used as an identifier until it is confirmed.
> If you are a one party state minus Sheriffs

Which is not what I said, Sheriffs were an example, not an exhaustive list of exceptions.

> 95% percent of the government is not law enforcement.

That’s strange, because law enforcement, corrections, and criminal legal system is about 10% of California’s budget.

> And all the prosecutors are dems

No, they aren’t. Like all local offices, it’s a formally nonpartisan office, but its fairly common for Republicans or (especially in Dem-leaning areas), “independents” who were Republicans before running for the office and whose stances on policy issues are indistinguishable from Republicans to be DA’s, though DA’s are less consistently hard-right than Sheriffs.
I was speaking more as a solution for American cities. :)
Clearly the solution here is three envelopes.

http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Prepare_three_envelopes
If you get 1 trillion x anything taxes won't be a factor in your ability to get money. At that multiplier my pocket change becomes the entire world economy.
I had the same problem, here's what helped me. You should have some savings. Quit and take some time off to chill. Vegetate at home for a bit, travel a bit, and start doing a few leetcode problems a week. Soon you'll realize that you're not as terrible at them as before. I learned and switched to using python solely for interviews, and it's been a fantastic choice.

Start interviewing at a few places. You'll realize you're horrible at it. But keep interviewing. Doing leetcode doesn't compare to just having the experience. Figure out what you need to improve on, which algos you struggle with, Coding Qs, Behavioural Qs. Interviews become easier once you figure out it's just a matter of applying a few rehearsed algos and rehearsed answers in different ways. There's only so many ways to ask "tell us about a difficult problem/coworker at work"

Polish your resume up, talk to your co-workers and friends if you need help explaining/remembering what you did. Re-write it three times until it looks good.

If you do this, you'll have something better lined up within a few months and some time to decompress and time to renew your skills and confidence in programming. Whenever I quit, I always remember why i enjoyed programming in the first place.
Your brain fog issue could be medically caused. I certainly had that problem in my 20s.

Coming from a poorer background I was infected with Helicobacter Pylori (like 70% of world population). For years I couldn't beat brain fog no matter what I did (special diets, exercise, meditation etc.). Doctors kept telling me I'm having these issues cause I stressed a lot and I believed them and went through college and first job suffering terribly. Finally I managed to read about Helicobacter. My symptoms were matching 100%. Got the test and sure it was. Got a course of antibiotics for a week and it felt like being transported from hell directly to heaven. I've never experienced anything like it. After 5 days of taking antibiotics I've had the most amazing night of sleep that I remember to this day. That said, supposedly Helicobacter is not all that bad and even sometimes considered good according to some doctors I've spoken to. But I don't buy it, I just think that they think that on the population level it's unfeasible to treat everyone (due to antibiotic resistance issues) and because most people infected are in the poor countries - and you know how it goes "fuck the poor".

Excluding Helicobacter, brain fog can be caused by food intolerances (FODMAP, gluten etc.) and lack of exercise.

(my $0.02 from my experience fighting brain fog)
Imma go out on a limb here and guess: lots of people forcefully exhaling and inhaling in an enclosed area with inadequate ventilation?
> Numbers-wise, something like 3% of phds lead to professorships: it's not quite as competitive as becoming a professional athlete, but not far. Peak competition.

This is a false conclusion since less than 100% of PhDs have the ambission of professorship. It probably varies a lot by field but from anecdote most PhDs I know don't aim at staying longer that possibly postdoc, and even those are in minority - most are aiming for industry or research.

I have no idea if it's a significant fraction or not but IMO you'd need to to at least have some estimate to follow that assumption.
I understand and would ideally treat them at par with cash.

But the crypto world is highly volatile. Its also pretty small and news spreads rapidly. There is an inherent lack of faith in underlying systems as well, which is why bank runs and catastrophic collapses are so common.

T-bills, as secure as they might be, can’t be immediately redeemed into cash. If you’re a stablecoin issuer and you stop redemption for a day or two until you can refill your coffers, it can easily start off rumors that you’re insolvent. Depending on prevailing market sentiment, it can set off a panic bank run. If the stablecoin is widely used, this can set off a collapse in other associated pairs

Until this space matures enough, T bills present an avoidable risk factor
A new quantum technique could enable telescopes the size of planet Earth
I don't think monk fruit and stevia are considered artificial sweeteners. I think they fall under the "alternative (to sugar)" sweeteners category. As opposed to artificial sweeteners like saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, etc.
A related problem, but actually interesting, because there is a beneficial strategy, is the Monty Hall Problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem
As someone building software for a living I fully agree with your decision to not go full OSS. It’s always a hefty discussion but I feel most of the people only exist on the receiving end of software and do not have to worry how a license impacts real life distribution. Big corp (I’m from Germany) DOES hesitate to go with any form of non-Apache-2 licensed OSS software. In Germany often times OSS is even discouraged if there’s no commercial support for it.

I understand the emotions people have regarding licenses that do allow them to work with software as they please - but I also think it’s useless to argue around licensing of a software instead of focusing on the good it can do. Something being proprietary has NO impact on your choice to buy it when outside of the software world. Why does it here?
Yep: "people emit about 132 times as many aerosols per minute during high intensity exercise than when they’re at rest"
Margin notes to “HTML 4.0 in Netscape and Explorer” (2000)
I live in Oregon; we have a lot of dams on the Columbia that can be used for intermittent power. I don't know if they have a capability to pump water upstream at Bonneville or any of the others when they have surplus power, but that seems like it'd be a useful thing to add if its feasible.
Thank you for that detailed response. I’m going to give this another shot
> Go see a psychiatrist, mention those points and they will fix your problem in no time.

It might take some time, but please start with a therapist.
That sounds promising!
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This is not representative of my experience. AGPL is unconditionally banned at most companies where I know the answer to this question. They don't care if the license is OSI-approved, they care if it aligns with their business requirements and objectives. Most companies are not ideological about open source.

BSL is at least making an attempt to address the legitimate concerns of businesses -- both sides -- in a balanced and pragmatic way. I have no dog in this fight, being neither a BSL licensor nor licensee (nor AGPL for that matter), but having been party to the legal conversations at large companies I understand why BSL is generally considered to be more acceptable than AGPL. BSL may or may not be the right license for this software, I have no opinion, but businesses don't care about arguments from ideological purity. If BSL satisfies their requirements better than AGPL, and anecdotally all the evidence seems to support this notion, then they will go with BSL software.

To put it another way, if OSI is serious about being in the conversation about the future of software licensing, they must address the reasons so many companies refuse to adopt AGPL software.
Having a break between jobs to analyze things can be really helpful. I don't know the details of your life, but I'd really recommend getting a therapist - a good one is worth their weight in goal.

Working out is great - find something you enjoy doing for fitness or get a trainer.

Honestly, I found regular breaks from the internet to be really helpful. Intentionally shutting things off to keep me from doom-scrolling for an hour when I wake up in the morning, and reaching for a book instead has helped my focus and mood.
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> In practice, the extended family is mostly a pain and a way to oppress individuals with different opinions.

You're kind of repeating yourself there. That seems like the cost of taking the individualist track, experienced from the perspective of the individualist.
I loved the first two quotes. They went right into my notebook. Thanks for sharing.
See also:

* "Python Design Patterns": https://python-patterns.guide/

* "Clean Architectures in Python": https://www.thedigitalcatbooks.com/pycabook-introduction

* "Architecture Patterns with Python": https://www.cosmicpython.com/book/preface.html
note that this was issues with hack a sat 2 finals, and not hack a sat 3 qualifiers which just finished. I'm not aware of any major issues with quals this year. overall I thought it was very well run, and fairly smooth. only a couple minor hiccups that I don't think affected the outcome in anyways
I stopped reading at paragraph 1: "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is one of his favorite books. That checks out: the novel is about a lunar colony that bravely cuts off resources to its starving Earth dependents."

I don't think the author read/understood the book.
Walrus avoids stuttering in constructs like comprehensions/genexps which greatly improves readability. (And avoids using less basically readable constructs, like explicit imperative loops, to avoid the visual noise of stuttering.)
you said :
Courses (There are a lot of good free courses I can do).

Can you mention any good courses which are free?
You are missing the point. The problem of whether you should actually switch is obvious and trivial (you should not). The challenge here is explaining why the plausible 'proof' that you should switch is wrong.
Yes, WebGPT3 is more like intelligence research than GPT is. So is DeepMind's Perceiver.

WebGPT does need safeguards because eg it could start querying websites and end up hitting their /delete APIs. But that's not really an "AI alignment" problem; same thing happens with GoogleBot.
I changed industries
> They can also be found at beaches, in tropical areas, and a variety of other habitats. I'm currently near the equator, and midges are more of a bane here than mosquitoes.

Correct, in Costa Rican Spanish they are called purrujas.
Problems you have:

big picture problems:

- tunnel vision

- limited learning about what the rest of experience on this world is like

- no deep faith in good and benefit of the work you are doing

- being compensated with lots of money but little meaning

- lack of alignment with mission, and lack of social alignment with suitably "co-miserable" peers so that you can actually process (in an 'outside-of-yourself' way) the various crummy parts of your job

little picture problems about working smart not hard:

- trick I discovered: every time some of your code fails, you now have a moral imperative to yourself to prioritizing above everything a.) writing a unit test for that case, and b.) getting that unit test to pass. you will be saved insane amounts of time and sweat and tears in the future if you develop this way.

- using tools that make you waste precious brain cycles on trivial tasks with sparse and slow feedback loops - eg I just discovered the refactoring jetbrains tool

- constant refactoring code is actually insanely valuable. just literally copy and paste massive code blocks when you need to make something do something slightly different, refactor out the common part, etc. to build a better theory of the actual solution to the problem.

tbh I now no longer really understand how I spent so much mental effort writing code all in my head without these principles:

1.) red-green unit testing

2.) IDE refactoring tools

3.) imperative to refactor

give it a shot, it may help unburden your brain significantly!! and it's FUN to work FAST and be CONFIDENT in your code at the same time!
Modelling environmental phenomenon certainly if you want to viably farm and feed appreciable amounts of people. you'd also use these rigs for biological analysis to identify targets for genetic modification that would improve yields in a rapidly changing environment with limited nutrient availability. i imagine one day crops are genetically modified to be most optimal for specific hillsides or valleys or individual farm parcels, essentially going back to the benefits of land races but with the flexibility to introduce known changes in a single season.
Actually, reducing OS startup time used to be a goal. I think that stock Ubuntu on run-of-the-mill hardware (spinning rust) was down to 14 seconds bios-to-login at some point when they made an effort on that front.
That sounds phenomenal.
Are new geospatial formats useful (to me?)
>The puzzle is to find the flaw in the very compelling line of reasoning above. This includes determining exactly why and under what conditions that step is not correct, in order to be sure not to make this mistake in a more complicated situation where the misstep may not be so obvious. In short, the problem is to solve the paradox. Thus, in particular, the puzzle is not solved by the very simple task of finding another way to calculate the probabilities that does not lead to a contradiction.
> I'm not hip to how much new stuff is backport-able, so this may preclude Ubuntu 20.04, for instance. You lose the "LTS" part if you compile your own kernel, if you manage to make it functional at all.

I'm not sure that concern is justified. It seems io_uring was pushed as part of the 5.1 linux kernel release, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS seems to have been shipped with 5.4.

https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=linux-image-gene...

Also, a quick Google search pointed to io_uring patches for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Don’t even need to go that far. House prices are collapsing in the 905.
He also died from being too polite to take a bathroom break.

I think his nose was more or less skin-colored though, so the current pictures are okay. (DALL-E is supposedly programmed not to be able to generate real peoples' faces anyway.)
FWIW Emirates have a bar and a shower, obvs not on intercity flights tho. Long range flights are so amazing you don’t really wanna leave at all.
Your self worth is not tied to your job or what salary you get.

You can do all the Leetcode in the world but your mental state is stuck in a negative state.

So you need to detach your self identity from your self worth and then give yourself small wins.

That is, start with small problems, ideally with the help of a kind mentor.
It becomes a lot clearer if you increase the number of goats.

I have a deck of a billion cards, one entitles you to the car, the others have a picture of a goat. You pick one at random but do not get to see it.

Of the remaining 999,999,999 cards, I discard 999,999,998 goats.

Do you want your initial card, or the remaining card in my deck?

Or to frame it another way, do you want the car iff you picked it first or iff you did not pick it first?
this is simply the best thing to happen to a windows pc. seriously, adobe reader is ABSOLUTE trash as compared to sumatra. every time i see someone's pc, i involuntarily install sumatra, remove adobe reader
> The challenge in academia is the essentially unbounded nature of the work, and the fact that you’re constantly competing with what appear to be major stakes.

The thing is, the stakes really are not that high and as academics we are too often complicit in letting the situation fester (and administrators are guilty of putting insane pressure on academics and pushing them to overwork). We ought to take a step back and see what’s really important.
Focus on yourself first. I’d get a good therapist, someone who resonates with you and listens to you, start exercising regularly, even a little/moderate amount helps, and find something you enjoy doing outside of work.

You’re still very young and just have the “oh shit” moment that we all get.
Side question, why are merchant names always so cryptic?
I've found that stevia works well in small amounts when coupled with sugar, but less sugar than you otherwise would have used. I really like in in my protein shakes along with a couple of dates. Using it as the sole source of sweetness results in the disgusting bitter taste. Maybe i just got lucky with my taste buds though.
(2015) - docker's been around since at least 2014, I remember using it then to use software that needed newer system libraries than my ubuntu LTS had.
I respect that, but also the context is regional law, of course it’s going to have a nationalistic flair?
Imagine if Netscape Navigator had arrived first on the Newton, along with a WAN card.

> Unfortunately, I think Apple lost a lot of the institutional knowledge from the Newton project before the iPhone was developed, or perhaps it was never that widespread even inside Apple

:(
Is it Cox, Spectrum or Comcast there?

You'll have to call their business class phone number, I've done this with spectrum and comcast before. ISTR, you're in socal somewhere, so I'm not sure who.
It seems like it'd be easier to use if you could see the intermediate steps, i.e. what the CLIP encoder "thought" the text prompt meant, and how it "thought" to turn that into an image prior. That could be done by decoding both into text again.

Also, if you could feed it some kind of "knowledge graph" of words and images rather than a sentence, you wouldn't be misunderstood the same way, but you'd presumably run into the limit of what its embeddings can contain.