skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This guy speaks with a great deal of confidence. I love listening to him talk, but the claims he make are breathtaking and he seems to make them without a second thought. For that reason I was curious to see what sort of predictions he's made in the past and see how accurate he has been.

Well, maybe not quite as powerful at predictions as he is at making geopolitical claims.

(He made a bunch of claims in 2009, for the coming decade I'll paraphrase and link to his predictions)

He claimed the middle eastern wars would be withdrawn from and the world would see it as American weakness. That appears to be incorrect from any metric I can find.

He claimed chinas economy would collapse within the decade in 2009. Well, that's not anywhere approaching corret.

He claimed Germany in the same timeframe would ascend to late 1930 levels of political power. I'm not sure how to quantify that, but I sincerely doubt anyone looks at Germany as strongly as they looked in late 1930s.

He predicted Russia would push their western front, but I'm not so sure that was a bold prediction given the russia-georgia war, but he's definitely correct here.

Made a soft prediction of an eastern asia conflict due to Japans collapsing demographics, not correct, but not a strong prediction either.

Concluded by saying we're going to invert into a deflationary economy, which also appears to be very wrong.

I don't know nearly enough to call the guy out by any means, but I do take his word with a lot of hesitancy. I can't think of anyone who speaks as boldly and confidently across such a large domain without feeling the need to evidence their claims.

https://www.businessinsider.com/stratfor-predictions-for-the...
We know Quantum Computing is more computationally powerful than classical digital computing. But I've always been curious if there's a middleground for non-quantum analog computing - does anyone know of theoretical work here? Could we potentially build a non-quantum analog computer that's more computationally powerful than a digital computer?
Pt/C and Pd/C can also do super neat hydrogen rearrangements. Fascinating catalysts. Though they like to catch fire when in contact with air, annoyingly.
They don't, because they are largely anti-luddites.
So its a plan for a project and not an actual project? lmao, why is this on hacker news front page?
700 comments currently at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31652291
> Why would you expect TLS to work correctly on a HTTP load balancer that can’t do HTTP properly either?

Well, it doesn't exactly advertise that on the tin, now does it?

And we're not using it as a security product (I know there are people out there after "WAF"s and … stuff … but that's not us); AFAICT, it is Azure's offering equivalent to AWS's ELB.

(It is tempting to remove it from the architecture, but unfortunately, we're integrating with a third-party in this case that wants it that way. Everywhere else we need an HTTP proxy we use nginx…)
The Roman Empire would like to have a word with you

https://fee.org/articles/bureaucracy-kills-a-lesson-from-rom...
I was more trying to point out that what we might hope comes out of new technology in the future may not necessarily come true, or the benefits might come with as-yet-unknown downsides that only become visible by the technology being proliferated extensively (and irreversibly).
Yup, it would take 6 years instead. Ship time ;)

Source: https://gregsspacecalculations.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html... and ignoring all the other fun aspects.
FDA advisers support Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine for authorization
Many researchers were not compliant with their published data sharing statement
I'm saying that higher inflation causes lower demand. Are you saying that lower demand causes higher inflation? If so, can you explain how you think that cause-and-effect works?
Also, the internet itself.
> functional programming is part of CS curricula for at least 10 to 20 years now

My school (UIUC) only just added a functional programming course to the CS course map in 2021. Of course you could always take a functional programming course if you wanted to, but not many do.
I can't be sure, but my interpretation of the parent's comment is that the USB-IF would never have thought to work on USB-C at all until Lightning's release two years earlier. The whole forehead-slapping moment of cables that didn't need to be flipped was a pretty big divergence from the USB-A, -B, mini B, micro B, etc. that has prevailed previously. The kernel of the argument being, Apple's "innovation" by rejecting the status quo is what allowed for the (eventual) development of the USB-C standard.

This is actually fairly common in Apple-land, now that I look:

- ADB (1986) to PS2 (1987) to USB-A (1996) for HID

- Firewire (1995) to USB 2.0 (2000) to Firewire 800 (2002) to USB 3.0 (2008) for data transfer

- VGA (1987) to ADC (1998) to DVI (1999) for video

A lot of the connectors they proposed are now lost to the mists of time, but I can at least understand the argument that some of these changes were plausibly driven by Apple's rejection of the then-standard in favor of some new benefit (faster speeds, better UX), which lasted only until a new standard was developed to incorporate that benefit, and the process repeats again.
Those android users who are using usb-c are definitely most of them. I haven't seen an Android phone on the market in years that isn't USB-C. And those few who are left are the outliers, politicians have to focus on the masses. It's not like there aren't adapters in those cases anyways.
"Hey Dad, I need $10 of Bitcoin! Why do you need $15 of Bitcoin to buy an $8 of Bitcoin charger?"
I feel like most of these crypto products boil down to "just because" hobby money, rather than being a part of any well thought out business model.
That's an interesting point. It's much easier to correct a stranger on the Internet, but it's also harder to be kind. Comments that manage to do both (like GP) are great, and I always like to see them.
The unreal guy sounds really nervous to me. Or like constipated or something. His random energy across sentences makes him seem uncomfortable.
The only difference I've ever noticed is that the more organic or free-range an egg claims to be, the more likely it is to have defects like blood inclusions. If I don't know where the egg came from, the actual taste isn't distinguishable. Yolk color is easily manipulated and means nothing.
An organization generally has fixed resources for automation investment. You should look beyond if the ROI justifies investment, to instead prioritizing the highest ROI items that are most likely to be successfully automated.
>Real arguments occur in the realm of duck duck grey duck

Duck duck grey duck?. I normally strive for civility online, but I think you're lying and challenge you to a duel.

To be clear, I'm joking about the duel, but seriously: who the heck says "duck duck grey"?

Earlier today someone asked in another thread on this site if I had had too much coffee -- the REAL issue is that I'm out of weed so I can't ramp down from my flow state[-1], and it's been my experience in STEM that nothing is taboo if the context is romantic. (It really grinds my gears that there seem to be no limits to the fun some people will have at others' expense.[0])

Reminds me of when someone claimed I "press stalked" them when all I did was look up their address before going over to... uh... "date" them, because I wanted to check they weren't just luring me out of my safe house to kill me, and every search engine I tried turned up basically no hits on that phrasal verb[1].

The difference is I tend to do it all under one nym, while others hide their inanity[2].

Anyways, in all seriousness: is Duck Duck Grey real? Or some virtual snipe hunt[3] you made up like the type they'd send Boy Scouts like me on in the 2000s just before the organization went bankrupt? :-)

[-1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)#Challenges_t...

[0] Die Schule war im Sommer so lange aus, der CFAA-Timer abgelaufen, und ich spreche immer noch kein Französisch :-)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrasal_verb

[2] Note the lack of an S if you want to pick apart my phrasing here, in this context. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inane#Italian

[3] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snipe_hunt#Noun

Edit: Still re-learning the formatting, and trying to look at cheat sheets less, edited to make the citations not be all on one line.
Pretty sure I'm in the minority of HN folks, but I'm a fan of tools/OS'es/whatever that make a concerted effort to follow design trends and present a modern-looking UX.
How do you suppose that would happen? You need some kind of hardware to self-host.
> This is by design.

Partly due to a dominant market share. If there was more competition, they'd more about user experience.
Off the top of my head, the Official Raspberry Pi Power Supplies, for both the microUSB and USB-C variants are permanently attached cables.
What is 4-10s?
I agree. I'm quite experienced with FP, but I find Haskell hard, or at least impractical. Not necessarily because of abstractions, but some design choices make programs hard to read for no good reasons.

> but I find reading someone else's Haskell code insanely difficult.

It's true for expert Haskellers as well.
Shazam but for every track on soundcloud above 500 listens.

There are way too many good songs on there that will never hit more mainstream platforms and be recognized by Shazam.
There is a warn-by-default Clippy lint for that: `clippy::for_loops_over_fallibles`. However, being an `IntoIterator` is important for things like flattening and other iterator adapters.
> It's a perfectly justifiable decision...

Especially when one of the VC firms that funds your project is also the one behind formulation of the PolyForm set of licenses, I'd imagine. At least, PolyForm is better, in some sense, than fully closed source projects built atop other MIT/BSD/Apache licensed projects (say, the V8 JavaScript engine ;), and never shared.

The only reason I dislike non-OSI approved licenses are, the "users" of such licenses want to have their cake and eat it too: As in, they want to project open source ethos while also denying the advantages/rights otherwise afforded by Open Source, as defined by the OSI.

Imo, source-available licenses are justified only when companies using it are honest about their intentions and forthcoming about the license's limitations. Nothing specific on Umbrel, but generally, misdirection by firms insistent on source-available licenses as being some convenient 'middle-ground' is off-putting, to say the least!

I've followed Umbrel since I first stumbled upon it in August 2020, and of course, I'd have liked them to be open-source (since I don't believe software is their core advantage, rather their brand is; but then again, what do I know): https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/issues/291#issuecomment-...

That said, Umbrel already brings a lot to the table... its licensing is a predictable HN distraction from discussion on its true potential.
WHen are we going to get a new Einstein to sort all this out.

Surely, we can start putting some neural enhancers in baby formula.
outrage seems a bit silly but my first reaction was that its a plugin for unreal as well.
> Maintaining a service, with the same availability as Github, is 3 FTE minimum,

Someone should tell every employer I've ever had this.
the desert looks awesome. for everyone? or just tourists are escorted?
The use of calculus in introductory statistics is a historical artifact. Before computers, it was easier to use mathematical models like probability distributions than to do resampling. With computers, it's easy and more intuitive to use a resampling approach and textbooks that use such approaches are becoming more common. OpenIntro's Introduction to Modern Statistics is a free textbook of that type. You can find it at https://openintro-ims.netlify.app/
Most zoom calls are fine with 0 thank you very much
I'm open to any system of government that systematically tries to pass John Rawls' veil of ignorance[0] test. In theory, it doesn't even have to be democratic. In practice though, I haven't yet seen any non-democracy get even close.

Yes, the Chinese state has made some remarkable positive material achievements for most Chinese. No, it does an absolutely shit job for many of them. Imagine being Uyghur, critical of Xi, religious, lgbti+, black or a combination of the above.

What would it take for a national government to get more passable results on the veil of ignorance test? Try the thought experiment!

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_position
I'll definitely take this into account thanks for bringing it up! Licensing is something I've thought about a bit before starting, right now since m1n1 (the hypervisor I'm iterating on) is MIT licensed for the most part, I'm inheriting that license too for my fork of m1n1 (i'll mainline the changes btw! need to work with marcan once they're done), but as the project goes further I'll definitely consider the question of licensing again.
Embodiment is indispensable for AGI
>What would you say if EU demanded us to stop programming in Python, Rust, bash and mandate that only C++ must used?

I support the idea that regulatory bodies like the EU create stronger software standards in safety critical applications in particular so that software 'engineering' actually starts to deserve that label so I have no problem with a good faith version of that take.
The whole goal of the Fed is to keep salaries down. The reason is that inflation is measured only on household items that can be bought by low income families. You don't see the Fed worrying about inflation in housing, in stocks, and investments in general. That inflation they consider to be good.
> I have not ITT mentioned Iraq.

Yes you did. You just don't have the courage to say "because Iraq was wrong, Ukraine doesn't matter." Because that is what you are implying, but it's so nonsensical you must hide behind platitudes.

> Supporting the enemies of one's enemy is fairly common..

As the kids say, "lol".

> although again that's not something I've done here

My word you don't have to courage to stand behind any of your beliefs, do you?

> My enemy, and that of all ethical Americans, is the USA military-industrial complex. No one in Russia or China or wherever is their enemy.

Was the Russian invasion of Ukraine wrong, yes or no. Is the massive amount of evidence for a targeted killings of civilians proof of genocide, yes or no. And if your answer is "no one can know because they got Iraq WMDs wrong", don't bother.
Please read this https://www.biometricupdate.com/202205/sensity-alleges-biome...

We have warned many vendors about the vulnerability of their commercial biometrics software. The threat is currently downplayed by the whole industry. We hope this release to be a wake up call and that our team will be joined by other experts in raising the alarm.

Deepfakes are already used for spoofing KYC around the world. This is already happening, and not by using `dot`.
Especially on an SSD
Skip the blog and look at the language landing page:
https://dhall-lang.org/

The blog article talks too much but the language itself seems reasonable. Statically typed config languages sound like a neat idea to pursue, although I'm not sure how promising this particular one is.
I have been looking for an RC car that charges with USB-C, where did you find one?
Tesla's connector uses CAN over signal wires, and it uses the same power pins for both AC and DC which makes the connector light and sleek. If you think VHS is worse than Betamax, CCS is more worse than Tesla's connector.
Oh, I thought it was Haskell. Thanks, fixed.
Bond market perspective -- Chinese govt bond yields are basically the same as the US.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/12/china-inflation-makes-it-har...
That is one of the reasons for Apple. Another one is to be able to sell their own cables to consumers at a premium price.
As commented above:

Please read this https://www.biometricupdate.com/202205/sensity-alleges-biome...

We have warned many vendors about the vulnerability of their commercial biometrics software. The threat is currently downplayed by the whole industry. We hope this release to be a wake up call and that our team will be joined by other experts in raising the alarm.

Deepfakes are already used for spoofing KYC around the world. This is already happening, and not by using `dot`.
In 1812 the monarchy of the UK wasn't doing shit. The Government of the UK called the shots.
I'm teaching middle schoolers using Makeblock (https://www.makeblock.com/) products and I am completely blown away by how accessible these things are. Once the kids have built and programmed (using Scratch, Python, or C++) the bot out of the box, you can add RJ25 adapters which allow you to connect different electronics (in my case lasers, servos, and laser detectors).
MSON Lang: Generate an App from JSON
The bridges are not horrible. But they aren’t super reliable. I have seen them go down for a few days once, generally be a bit slow, forward messages out of order, etc.

The free matrix.org server is also overloaded. The paid server is much faster.
The use of probability distributions and calculus in introductory statistics is a historical artifact. See my comment above about resampling approaches.
Why would you wrap things in an IO monad for a real time video game? There's a whole lot of code you can do purely functionally in video games that can make it very nice.

I've done a couple small projects in Blueprint which is a purely functional programming language embedded in UnrealEngine 4 and I enjoyed it a lot. Blueprint notably does not expose any type classes, at least not when I tried it a couple years ago, but it felt very expressive for building complex game logic.
I’m using a Dell D6000 hub with two 4K screens using display link and one iMac 5K with a luna dongle. So 4 screens in total with the MacBook Pro M1 with 8gb and all screens at 60hz.
Everything is fluid with a web stack (node, angular and tools like Vscode, DB, slack etc).
The only thing that puts it on its knees is when I share a screen with some apps. The buffers might not be done the right way. Otherwise it works surprisingly well !
> can basically invent as much money as it needs to

This is only true of the world's reserve currency (which is currently the USD). In all other cases they basically guarantee the issues stated elsewhere like inflation.
> When they make movies critical of the military, they are part of capitalism commodifying resistance and selling it to people.

Often they will even smuggle in certain propagandistic undertones to ostensibly antiwar movies, for example by depicting the North Vietnamese Army as a band of ruthless savages.

The list of films the DoD has had input on is extensive and revealing: https://www.spyculture.com/updated-complete-list-of-dod-film...
REScoop – the European federation of citizen energy cooperatives
This project has the best possible name for a port of Clojure.
His exact words were "get wages down".
It's not like we can find fossilized shrooms that easily. They decompose things as part of their food source just as they in turn decompose things. I grow shrooms, and they don't have a shelf life for more than 3-12 days depending upon the variety of edible if they're not dried out. Reishi notwithstanding.
Ask HN: Issues you have with building or maintaining your search infrastructure?
Currently, at http://spotlyt.cloud/ we are building a tool and API that enables developers build good search infrastructure for their platform be it a website, app or documentation. We are basically not focusing on owning and defining consumer experience, but focusing on the simplicity of search from development perspective just so developers can do more with less amount of code.

We need sort of guidance and opinion from the community and we'd love you to share ideas with us, mainly around the problems you face building or implementing search.

You can also recommend features too!
Except that the current USB-C situation is a mess, and this regulation plans to solve this.

I got a pretty expensive HP monitor for work from my company that connects via USB-C (and can charge my Mac). IT has sworn me to not loose its USB-C cable because for some unknown reasons it refuses to work with other cables, it costs >$100 and is constantly out of stock.
It's a story as old as time.

You can choose to work together, or not.
> It sounds to me like you believe in conspiracy theories about finance and banking[...]

Yeah, dude.

> Do I believe the current economic conditions are the result of a scheme among elite bankers? No.

You're their ideal customer.

> A conspiracy involving more than two people is not sustainable and not a conspiracy.

You, like many people, highly underestimate the role of hierarchy in a conspiracy. The people at the top don't have to tell you it's a conspiracy or explain why they're having you do what you're doing. They just say "hey, manager, go do this" (who wants to keep their job and will do something, even if it's irrational) and then that edict trickles down till you get to a lower-level worker who's only concern is "will I get my paycheck?"

It's why it's possible and why it works. Most people are timid cattle that are deathly afraid of their "superiors" and this logic enables psychopathic behavior quite well. Couple that with folks like yourself who are desperate to explain away evil in the world and you have a pretty kick ass machine for corruption.

> The quote you're citing is antiquated.

Who decides that? You?
No, but you could open a PR
I have authored a small library for reading audio metadata in Python and I can say with certainty that ID3v2 is really one of the weirdest of all the meta data formats.

For example between version 2.3 and 2.4 the size of the bytes to store information changed from 8 bit per byte to 7 bits per byte. In Version 2.4 they wanted to have the MSB always set to zero so it doesn't trip up hardware mp3 decoders in portable mp3 player that use the MSB so sync to audio dataframes. (Otherwise you may listen to the screaming loud noise made by the device turning your metadata into audio)

Many parts of the spec are just being able to parse different buggy implementations of audio tagging programs from the early 2000s.

It really was the wild west back then. Looking at it now is really charming as the post elaborated.
> Somewhat obviously that is not true.

Especially since I know that several people at Digital Equipment Corporation had to do the signal integrity analysis for Intel for the original USB standard.
ASML's core IP was developed and is owned by the US government, that's why they can't ship anything to China without the US's permission. ASML has some fancy stuff but is entirely dependent on the US at the end of the day

from all the way back in 1999 - https://www.eetimes.com/u-s-gives-ok-to-asml-on-euv-effort/
>Well, GSNP is the most heavily visited National Park in the US

That's a fair point!

But did people know that it's specifically known for the fireflies? :-)

(I'd expect most people look at a list of the most visited and pick based on things like cost and drivability and adjacent issues, like costs of mosquito nets, but I can understand if it's literally just "yeah, in natural parks there's lots of nature, why does this suprise dontbenebby?")
might have localized effects though. Like rentals, pubs, cost of trucking, in the regions which it's being built
Catalytic converters, so the tanks will pollute less.
Came here to say that Dhall has the best landing page of any of these new config languages that are bouncing around lately.
Lacks search functionality (among other features)