skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Common sense suggests that "visually lossless" means no detectable difference by the naked eye ever, not in "almost all test cases".

Common sense suggests no such thing. When you buy a bottle of “water”, it actually has a bunch of stuff in it that isn’t water. How dare they?! When someone says “I’ll be there in 15 minutes”, it is highly unlikely that they will show up in exactly 900 seconds. Such liars! Why are you even meeting them? When people say airplanes are “safe”, you might angrily point out how many people have died, not realizing that “safe” is relative to other things and not an absolute in that context. This is common across basically everything in life. “There are no absolutes.” If you think common sense is to automatically assume every statement that even looks remotely absolute is intended to be taken absolutely… that is not common. Short statements will come off as absolute, when they are just intended to be taken as approximate, but even absolutes are usually meant to be taken as slightly less than absolute.

“Visually lossless” is a description of the by far most common experience with DSC. They’re not describing it as truly lossless, so you know there is some loss occurring. It is natural to assume that in extraordinary circumstances, that loss might be noticeable side by side… but you don’t have a side by side when using a monitor most of the time, so the very lossy human vision system will happily ignore small imperfections.

> so not only is "visually lossless" a lie, the name itself is propaganda.

Your whole comment shows that you don’t understand how communication works. It is “visually lossless” as far as people are concerned. The study shows that! This is not at all what propaganda looks like.

When Apple labeled their iPhone screen a “retina screen” because people would no longer notice the pixels, I suppose you called that a “lie” as well because you could lean in really close or use a microscope? The retina display density achieved its stated goal.

There is literally no point in continuing this discussion when you take such an absolutist position and refuse to consider what alternative communications would look like. How about “99.9% visually lossless”? That would be even more confusing to people.

Communicating complicated concepts succinctly is a lossy process. Language is lossy. As they say, “all models are wrong, but some are useful.”
And then the SPF module gets patched into the wrong port.

Server guys blame network guys.

Network guys blame DC guys.

Switch goes apeshit because of a spanning tree problem.

IPAM not up to date.

Tempers and more CRs.

Did that shit for waaay to long.

Now I do terraform.
Ah, the camera. That's big for her: 1080p vs 720p. But I think she's going to end up using her phone. Still, it does make me pause.

The weight and colours are a good point. Thanks for the summary! <3
"total user count is exponential over time" No, it's quadratic over time.
I didn't get that from day to day life, but you'd probably feel it in things like mandatory military service, and the fact that escalators going down to subway stations were deeper than normal.
Deduction is used in a lot more than just the classes labeled "mathematics". Which makes one question just to what degree the mathematics classes are even useful. Perhaps deductive reasoning could've been taught to do more useful things than factoring polynomials.
If daily user growth is increasing linearly, total user count is squaring over time.

Exponential growth would be when daily growth is proportional to the current number of users, which is different.
My argument is that the value of mathematics is not merely, or even principally, in whether it’s useful in everyday life (the first-order utility), but that it is in fact in how it helps you to think better (the higher-order utility).

The author, as decorated as he may be, seemingly fails to appreciate the latter: in his own words, he has a “very low opinion of this self-serving nonsense”. The exercise of fleshing out the argument against the higher-order value of mathematics, you will note, is left as an exercise to the reader.

This is by definition an anti-intellectualist position: defending such a position, which goes contrary to what should be the default position in general, should require a very high burden of proof, not an offhand dismissal.
What package manager/distro will Asahi Linux be using/basing off of?
So let me see if I understand the economics here.

I'm an automaker and I want a fancy UI on my dash (like Tesla or EQS). So I put in the big screen and then add the Apple extensions to allow CarPlay 2.

But what do I ship with the car? A cheap and quick UI with basic features, or do I have to write a second fancy UI that looks good in the showroom, on test drives, and when the battery dies in the phone? How much time and money do I spend on that?

If I'm Toyota and shipping cheap Corollas, what kind of screen do I pay for on that car? Triple-wide LCDs aren't exactly a commodity part. So is CarPlay 2 something only for expensive cars?
It’s an odd one: Apple Silicon would allow for a significantly more portable laptop with far fewer compromises than something like the 2015 MacBook. Not only that, it’s been a number of years since the MacBook Air could be considered remarkably thin or light. These days it’s just “pretty thin” and “pretty light”.

Logically, I would like to see the Air be renamed to just “MacBook”, with a 15” variant for those that want a larger screen but don’t need the extra horsepower. The Air name would better fit a spiritual successor to the 2015 MacBook IMO (though with a usable keyboard and a non-gimped CPU).

As for the 13” MacBook Pro—I don’t understand why that thing is still on sale and being refreshed. It makes the lineup incredibly confusing, with 3 different computers in a $200 price range (M1 Air, M2 Air, 13” Pro).
You more probably became your tinitus because of being stressed that your laptop was so loud. No way it could physically harm your hearing ..
They're just trying to replace the current system of password reset calls, SMS two factor, credential stuffing, password database breaches, and a general wild wild west feeling on the Internet.

Of course it'll take more than public key authentication itself. For example in a enterprise businesses employees aren't allowed to install software, and there are procedures (however bad) to vet individuals.
The 14" is a tank compared to the 13"
>My living room is used for business meetings when I am not there.

Cool, enjoy the toddler toys covered in chocolate milk puke and pink eye. This is fundamentally moronic.
>Apple straight up does not want people using iPads to do laptop things

Disagree. Just look at what they are releasing in iPadOS 16. Apps can now float over each other. Team iOS is coming for Team macOS, they are closing in fast. They are developing a UX & app architecture that can easily match consumer expectations around real physical laptops, and there will be further differentiation when it hits Macbooks in a few years time.

With iPadOS 16, for 95% of non-pro users, with a keyboard attachment, there is very very little differentiation between a iPad purchase and a Air purchase. You pretty much own a laptop at that point. Yes, there are obvious performance differences, ports, form factor, battery, etc. But think through the mind of a consumer user, the OS capability differences are razor thin.
The fact is, Intel is not using TSMC (yet) for their high-end CPUs that compete with Apple. Their stagnation has nothing to do with Apple monopolizing the fab's capacity. Since they [Intel] were on Macs before Apple Silicon, they are being used for direct comparisons.
While last Intel based and M1 Air share the essentially same chassis, there is huge dufference in the thermal management. In both cases it is obviously explicitly designed to not be able to cool the entire TDP of the SoC in question and intentionally cause thermal throttling (the reasoning behind that has to do with limiting the outside temperature of the whole device), but the overall design of the thermal solution is better in M1 MBA as this us done by just bolting bunch of thermal mass to the SoC, while there was no space to do that in x86 MBA which necessiated the weird design with actively cooled intentionally ineffective heatsink.
My experience learning math as a programmer was that there was a strange relationship between how much math I understood and how useful I felt math was.

When I didn't understand calculus I thought that was pretty unessential for being a good programmer. Strange thing though, after learning calculus I find myself using to help understand or model problems a couple of times a week at least.

When I didn't understand linear algebra I didn't see how useful it was for anything outside of the obvious niches like graphics programming. But once I learned it I was able to reduce a remarkable number of complex problems to literally 1-3 lines of code.

Even when I knew statistics, I didn't see much use in all that fancy advanced theoretical stuff. Now I find one of the most useful, practical tools when modeling problems is the Laplace approximation, and knowing the Cramer-Rao bound let's me realize the limits of the results I get from this.

Perhaps most famously, the great mathematician G.H. Hardy, in 1940, discussed how permanently impractical and "useless" number theory was (to be clear, he cited this as a virtue of number theory) in his Mathematicians Apology. Just a few years later Alan Turing (and several others) realized that number theory was the key to securing (and undermining) cryptographic systems.

The lesson for me has been that programmers (and I'm sure many other professions) have a habit of finding good uses for the math they've learned.
I always see people say things like this, but I have an almost fully specced out m1 max and the system grinds to a halt for a few seconds when I do basic tasks like join a zoom meeting from my web browser. Like the mouse will lag, if I’m listening to music it will start to skip or freeze, etc.
Mine (2017) is still going strong. My only complaints are the lack of a video-out thunderbolt port and the relatively week camera. I find it plenty snappy and not at all 'crushingly slow', but then again I'm not compiling on it—just happily browsing and chatting.

Like you I'll probably replace it, but not for a couple years once the software catches up and when I can get it cheap refurbed.
Does anyone understand (or have any theories on) how this actually works? I don't understand how it's possible. Surely they didn't write a Linux version of Rosetta, it must be talking to the host OS somehow—but how? Where is the boundary?
> If we go by barbarity the mongol empire, the timurids, and the japanese empire (talking the one from ww2) are all good contenders.

It's interesting that 2/3 are central asian steppe empires/civilizations. What is it with that area and producing psychopathic tribes, not to mention being the origin point of several plagues.
As a SWE at a FANG, I need to use college level math maybe...2-3 times a year? Almost never. But, when I do need to use it, it is for situations where I would probably never come up with an adequate solution if I hadn't studied those areas of math.
I would agree with you if the author had indicated more clearly that that was his position. He is choosing to defend an extremely difficult position, and his argument is more a rhetorical flourish than anything.
Still no support for Web Bluetooth in Webkit: https://caniuse.com/web-bluetooth

Only major browser not to support it. If they enable it and put hooks for BLE event callbacks, we would no longer need a custom app per-device.

Also, if BLE support was there, you could provision your WiFi-connected device without having to go do the whole AP-mode dance: push button on device, toggle WiFi on your phone, set it up on WiFi, etc. It's a big usability blocker for consumer devices. That whole sequence could be automated by visiting a URL on your phone or desktop.

They've announced they won't support it, ostensibly because of fingerprinting and privacy concerns. But that could be tackled the same way they've blocked all the other fingerprinting methods (fuzzing, threat of blocking, etc.)

Also: WebXR please.
Good hardware (reliable SSDs and HDDs) and backup solutions is the first step. Next you will need a proper internet connection, for example your ISP might block ports or put you behind a CGNAT. I created Hoppy Network to assist with this last step. It provides you a clean IPv4 and IPv6 address over WireGuard. Some networking background is recommended if you want to route multiple services.

https://hoppy.network
> Docker Desktop (ie Docker on Mac) absolutely sets up a VM.

Docker runs inside the VM, not the other way around.
Seems the author agrees with you. From the article,

"The best book I've found for getting started in Common Lisp is Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation. "
> vanishingly small minority of customers who demand such features.

I'd love to see apple do an A/B test with a model of, say, their current 15" MBP vs. a modular 15" MBP that made those compromises to get repairability/expandability, and see how the models sold and actually measure the demand.

"Nobody is buying them because we don't give anyone the choice, so nobody cares about it" isn't terribly scientific or even market-driven.
Lots of countries were doing very bad things 60 years ago. Lots of countries were doing very bad things yesterday. That shouldn't stop us from celebrating when one of those countries stops doing those bad things or makes progress to treat people more fairly.
To date no "most progressive family law in the world" has touched the legalization of polyamory; why so?

The only thing that comes to mind is that it would become too convenient a loophole to escape taxes.
This was used as a "weeder" question (IE, a way to quickly weed out candidates) at Google pretty frequently. I had never heard of it before and when it was originally explained to me I thought it was impossible. In retrospect, anybody who has implemented a running average in minimal space has done 50% of the work to get to this algorithm, and with some hinting, can often find their way to solving this problem even if they haven't seen it before.

Like the "cycle detection problem" (whcih I believe was common at Microsoft?) it was "solved" by experts only fairly recently and often favors people who took CS instead of learning to hack.
an (audio)book of this would be great
FWIW I do think that if at all there is a quantum mechanism available and it has even a tiny evolutionary advantage it would end up being a significant part of rise of consciousness. from looking at things like photosynthesis its not too far fetched imo.
Well, besides all the calculators apps available for iPad, there is a built-in one also. Like the flight tracker, it’s a little bit hidden. If you open the spotlight search and type some math it will give you the answer. I use ⌘+Space to open it on my iPad and it works great!
It’s interesting that this seems like it may happen faster than the PowerPC -> Intel transition, where it took three years after the last PowerPC model was replaced and Snow Leopard stopped supporting PowerPC.

Did OS X have security updates then?
Why are so many big tech whistleblowers women? Here is what the research shows
This seems really pedantic, like saying that shark repellant won't help you when the shark already has you in its jaws. You've clearly reached a point where the shark repellant would have helped had it been used.

It's much easier both practically and legislatively to prevent a mass shooting than it is to intervene in and halt one.
I remember in school hearing "math is just symbol manipulation" and to an extent, this might be true. It's structured formal thinking.

What's interesting is when the real, practical world runs into the theoretical, abstract math world.

https://petapixel.com/2019/07/05/goodbye-aberration-physicis...
The author addresses the claim about “thinking better” in TFA.
> If daily user growth is increasing linearly, total user count is exponential over time.

cracking me up here
Same.

My website is mainly just for myself. It is run a couple of RPis. A RPi 3B+ for nginx and my python flask app. A RPi4 4g for DB with external hdds.

A few years ago I bought some old servers, one with 6 cpus / 12 cores and 128gb of RAM. I was ecstatic but the noise, heat and I couldn't justify running them 24x7 for the stuff I was doing so I went with the Pis. Again, for what I need and do with them they fit my purpose very well.

A couple of weeks ago I signed up for Kamatera's 30 day free trial to use them as a reverse proxy. I had been using NOIP to route to my home but it exposed my home IP. NOIP is mainly if your ISP rotates your IP address but mine has been static for more than 4 or 5 years. For less than the price of NOIP per year I can have the bottom tier VPS ($4/month) and control everything myself. Once the free trial is done I will continue using them.

Is it fast? Nope but I don't care. It is for me and nothing I'm doing requires instantaneous access. There is a delay when the HDDs first spin up but after that it's fine.

Like another poster said maintenance needs to be done and I do it on Sundays and manually update all my Pis. Why manual, eh..I enjoy it. This weekend I made backup images of my SD cards. My cards have been running for 3+ years and only recently had one fail. I view my log files every few days or so; again I kind of enjoy it and it gets me away from developing and thinking more about sys admin.

A couple of months ago I set up a mail server for shits and giggles. This was more so I could scan from my old Ricoh Aficio 1515mf and email it to myself which I got that part working, it is just in bound from outside the network that isn't working.

If this were for a business I would almost certainly go cloud, or if I had the cash buy a decent server and co-locate. Again, just because I find I enjoy that aspect of programming / dev / admin stuff and I prefer to have as much control as possible (co-lo > cloud ... for me, may not be for others).

I find being able to do this stuff helps me as a remote programmer who has full access to cloud servers at work.
Of course. The question is how long will they be the thing before just beaming the images into our brain?

That's the same question as to how long will cell phones be the thing before contact lenses are viable?
Disabled for The NY Times
Blocked by Bloomberg
Doesn't work on WSJ

Did this work anywhere?
> “I just think the idea is terrifically ridiculous,” said Mr. Friedman, the founder and faculty director of the Policing Project at New York University School of Law. “Drones can’t fly through doors. Shooters wear body armor.”

Forgetting about the enormous ethical implications, how is this supposed to work technically?

The intro image shows what looks like a taser mounted on a quad copter. Friedman seems to have a point. How exactly is a quad copter supposed to get into a locked classroom?

I think the answer comes earlier:

> In addition to including schools, Axon’s revised plans for Taser-equipped drones also called for the drones to be activated by a system of AI-powered surveillance. The ethics board has long advised Axon against the use of persistent surveillance systems such as this in its products.

Sooner or later, this is where it all leads. By the time there's an active shooter, it's too late. Surveillance system will encounter little of the opposition that robotic tasers will. Not that the resistance is that organized or widespread to be begin with. If you're ok with an armed cop on campus, why not an armed drone.

The "nothing to hide" argument will no doubt carry the day as it has at every stage along our current trajectory. Stop the criminal before they can act. That's the sane way to deal with violence. I can just hear the howls of righteous disapproval against anyone who questions "the science" on this.
Is Fluoridated Drinking Water Safe? (2016)
> A compressed 1080p stream

I was thinking more along the lines of 1024x768. Non-power users. And if it was an Apple enviro, the display would be a computer, and the connection would be vnc or nx.
I have a 2014 MBP with an i7 and 16GB of RAM.

RAW photos straight off my Sony A7iii bog down Lightroom, but not horribly so. Once I try to scroll through a few hundred of them and apply bulk edits things slow more. Photoshop is fine unless I open more than about 10 large files simultaneously.

Editing 1080p video in Final Cut Pro I can bog it down from time to time. 4K is utterly unworkable unless I let it convert it all to ProRes - even then it's quite slow.

I should also mention during all of this the fan is absolutely screaming, and battery life is about 30-40 minutes - it's essentially un-useable for demanding tasks on even a warm day and when not plugged in

All-in-all it's acceptable, but I will get a used M1 MBP as soon as I can afford it.
Capitalism says there are way much cheaper/better options than a 8 / 256 laptop for $1200. The fact that you are somehow defending a device that's clearly overpriced doesn't help your argument. Capitalism also says that Apple has a monopoly due to locking down all their apps to only work within their ecosystem.
At a bare minimum, excelling in most sports today requires conditioning in the gym. Weight lifting, plyometrics, coordination drills, etc. Cyclists don’t just ride their bikes. Footballers don’t just kick a ball around. Formula 1 drivers don’t just drive their cars.

You can find Nino Schurter’s gym workouts on YouTube (elite mountain biker). Same for some top race car drivers.
In this case, the solid statistics have more to do with the humanities than with the actual mathematics. The math of that kind of stats is fairly easy, but designing a meaningful study of how people learn and apply what they learn requires a ton of work in sociology, psychology, and economics. You have to work around numerous ethical and pragmatic constraints, and deal with millions of confounding variables.
A sun synchronous orbit above the terminator would do it.
Matrix has E2EE on the the web... it's kind of different, but you can share pretty large files...
Strongly doubt it.

If it's sold in retail and costs 60$, the BOM needs to be less than 20$. It's hard to get just an adequate FPGA suitable for the task at that price, and there are still a lot more components needed. I expect the linux chip to const less than 5$.

FPGAs also quickly require much more complex board & power delivery designs.
A lot of us get burnt by inheriting older codebases where we have to work with code by a dev(s) who’s no longer there who got over enthusiastic with a powerful feature. What’s funny is you can usually trace that code back to a language adding some new improvement and it taking some time before people figured it out. Lisp seems to kind of avoid all that by just making everything available and not having a lot of language changes.
> I'm sure Apple would love to lock down Macbooks the same way they did for iDevices...

I really don't think so. The Mac has a different history and use case and is heavily used within Apple, among other important places.

The incentive for Apple to do this would be what: do extract a little more revenue from their smallest-volume OS? As you say, part of its use case is the fact that you can just download and run code on it. That's a small and decreasing percentage of users, but those users are important too.

I'm glad there's no sideloading on my phone and ipad (of course I can always run my own code when I want to). It means my parents have stable platforms to use. And I'm extra glad that restriction doesn't apply to my mac.

I like how the design language of the watch is influencing the ios and macos devices. Unlike the stupid experiments on the phone, there isn't a lot of room on the watch for "flat" interfaces: space is at a premium and contrast is an important factor.

I'm also glad that for almost the first time new features are rolling out to i devices and macos at the same time. Usually it was mobile first, then grudgingly macos.