skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Agreed. I don't really understand the UK government. Though it's probably the same elsewhere, career politicians schooled in humanities at university, completely clueless about the ministerial role they've been given.
Gunners would use proximity fuzes to airburst above the target in this application. TBH 100 rounds is wildly conservative - I can't imagine a better target for artillery than a fragile and static solar array.
All of europe is having similar issues. Many eu countries and the uk have increased their rates to try and stop inflation and as a result fewer people afford mortgages driving prices down. But the issue in some places is that builders have stopped building due to increased costs and as such the offer is lower. No clue how things will play out.
Windows. Thanks, though.
The Fed raises rates by 0.75% and improves its inflation-fighting credibility
Python e GTK 4: Preparando o ambiente de desenvolvimento no ChromeOS
No, as of today.
How does he even get his guests? it seems like some strange mistake... some kind of nominative determinism?
His older interviews were good. He often had a firm grasp of the subject and was genuinely curious. It also helps that they're long form.

I really liked his conversations with George Hotz, founder of an aftermarket lane assist product [0]. I would say that was peak Fridman. It was a great conversation covering many topics like UFOs, physics, cryptocurrency and programming.

In his recent interviews he seems in over his head. He can't articulate an appropriate response and often falls back to asking people "can you steelman criticisms about your product or what you're doing". His conversations with the Pfizer CEO and Mark Zuckerberg are prime examples of this. It doesn't lead to very constructive conversation.

[0] https://lexfridman.com/george-hotz-2/
Nice, I'll have to give it a try!
> a Rust compiler written in C++, using LLVM.

FTR mrustc does not use LLVM, it compiles to C, which is then compiled using a C11 compatible compiler. So it can "make use of LLVM" through clang for that last step, but that's not usually what people mean when they say that some project uses LLVM.
He asks smart questions and is fair. Watch his interview with Zuck.
Trains should run down to the second in the majority of cases. There should be enough padding in the system that they can finish any segment in 10 seconds less than scheduled time if someone holds a door open. Computers are very good at driving a train at exactly the planned speed, and will also stop with the doors at exactly the same place on the platform. Computers can open doors at exactly the right time. In some old stations you might need a human to verify the doors are safe to close (some stations have curved platforms which means there is a bit of a gap and someone can get stuck in an unsafe place), and hit the ready to go button. You might have a human up front to hit the emergency stop (ie someone on track), but there is no other use for a human driver these days.

The above is about trains. Buses and trams are more complex and cannot run this way.
> Besides Terra (LUNA), Celsius Network (CEL), 3AC, and Babel Finance —- are there other examples?

but other than that how was the play Mrs Lincoln?
Yep, that's where the popularity comes from. The entire Joe Rogan/BJJ/UFC movement/lifestyle and the for-male type of content like with Jordan Peterson has really got a huge following among men at least. I haven't listened to Lex, but I do partake in the rest.
The trouble with these issues is that there is always a legitimate argument in their favour. There really are some nasty people in the world and some of them really do prey on children and there really is a lot of content on the Internet that isn't suitable for children and real children sometimes do suffer real harm because of these things.

The question we should be asking is how much that we value for other good reasons we are willing to give up in exchange for the possibility of improving the protection of our children, when there is no crystal ball that tells us either how much of an improvement any given measure would actually make or how much of the potential harm from giving something else up would actually be realised.

Until we view these kinds of rights and protections issues as a balancing act with legitimate arguments on both sides but also genuine concerns from both sides it's impossible to even have an intelligent debate on the ethics, never mind write good laws with all the extra practical concerns that legislation and enforcement introduce.
I'm wondering if anybody can shed light on the prevalence of 'TL' in so many Aztec language words? IIR it's a latinized way of representing a single unique consonant, but it's fascinating that it's in nearly every name and in so many other Aztec words I've seen.
He's not saying it can't be statically typed. He's saying it's type specificity is very coarse grained. A stream of bytes has a well defined static type. But it's a very coarse grained one. As a method of communication a stream of bytes can express or contain almost anything. It's narrow in that it's type does not prevent any specific compositions or expressions of a wide range of things.

Similarly plaintext is an example not a requirement. Like any analogy it breaks down at the extremes but that doesn't mean the analogy is a bad one.
Google’s Emma Haruka Iwao Helped Set a New Record for Pi
You picked binary trees, which has java better than Go, I'm guessing something about the implementation.

If you look at other examples on that site, Go and Java are roughly the same, but with some variance:

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...
The problem is that you have to take them often to colonize your gut, so it becomes a bit expensive, and it won't work on everyone, depending on their gut (since scientists know too little about the gut).
It's unlikely. How much do you think Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, Ray Dalio or Eric Schmidt would charge? I don't think Lex would be able to afford it.
People mistake Bitcoin, which has no central custodian and will continue clearing transactions all day long, every ten minutes, immune to all interference, with the rest of 'crypto', which is a giant money-lending dumpster fire that isn't backed by anything.

Once all the dust settles down Bitcoin will keep ticking along just like it's been doing for years.
How to find the best probiotics?
Longtime trackball user. I'd totally buy one, but they don't sell it in a configuration I like. I wish they'd sell me everything except the shell. I have a 3D printer. I'd rather customize and print my own shell.

I mean, I guess I could get the kit, but then I have a random empty mouse that I need to do something with.
Normal ain't working.
I felt similar things. Therapy helped me a lot.

I got the following from "Zen and the art of saving the planet" by thich nhat hanh. It helped me, perhaps it helps you too. I recommend the book, but please give therapy a shot. You're not broken, but it's important to get a good perspective on the situation. That can help you shift from feeling overwhelmed and helpless to feeling empowered and inspired to help (in whatever way works best for you).

The tnh part:
Realize that in nature everything has a beginning and an end. Even things we consider to be permanent/static. The grand canyon wasn't always there. It was formed, and it will not last forever.

The same applies to our society and to humanity in general. Reflect on that.
If humanity ceases to exist in its current form, perhaps it will make place for something better.
SpaceX employees fired after writing letter criticizing Elon Musk
I find his smart but not stuck up approach very enjoyable. He is clearly intelligent but you also get glimpses of "fun Lex" in between his slow, thoughtful questions and thoughts. He elicits responses from guests by being quiet and contemplative. It keeps the exchange focused and calm.
There's a difference between changing a definition to match popular use and changing a definition to support a false narrative.

Dictionaries are extremely expensive to run and rarely turn a profit. Are you surprised the "major ones" will lie straight to your face and intentionally warp your perspective of the world?
Edit: Not answer but another question :)
He is going to host John Carmack any time now. Is there a place where he polls questions to ask guests? I hope he asks him how he got started with AI
I appreciate your editorial take. Thanks for saying no to click-bait titles!
That really makes the point starkly. It also makes me wonder how much of the current housing valuations are tied to investors being in the market. I wonder what would push those investors to sell their holdings, too. (I imagine the routine maintenance is probably handled well in the short term, but maybe becomes determinative in the long term?)
WindowServer runs like a pig though, consistently the most expensive process (in terms of memory) on my mac systems.
It seems like he just has friends in high places. He was also on Joe Rogan’s podcast (several times I believe) which is basically a free ticket to then start your own successful podcast. I find Lex to be very boring, but more importantly extremely surface level and pop sci-y. His content is often cringe inducing to the point that I can’t continue listening.
There are three kinds of crypto investors.

Those who don't get that it's a scam. Those trying to get a piece of the scam. And those creating/controlling/running the scam who have everything to gain and nothing to lose.
It’s kind of funny. Joe Rogan’s show launched a number of careers. Almost like the release of a new iPhone created a lot of ecosystem products.

Lex somehow made it onto the show with what was the Artificial Intelligence podcast back in the day where he was talking to professors at MIT among others. After going on JRE he was able to land higher profile guests, and from there things just snowball.

He seems like a nice guy. I’ve been more picky about podcasts I listen to on road trips or walks and I really like the guests he brings on, though I don’t think he is a world-class interviewer or anything. That’s ok with me. Not everyone/everything has to be the best ever to be enjoyed.

If Lex was reading this I’d offer some advice that, as he puts it, comes from a place of love. Monitor using the same strategies for your guests. “Can you steelman that” “just to play devil’s advocate” etc. and instead perhaps put forth the actual arguments and don’t be intimidated by your guests and their expertise. That’s one of the things that makes Rogan a great interviewer if you ask me.

Also I really, really wish a popular podcast personality like Lex, Joe, Tim Ferris, etc. would interview Chuck Marohn from Strong Towns. If you are reading this I promise that will be one of your best interviews ever, and it’ll do a lot of good raising awareness for a gigantic (perhaps the largest) problem we have in America.
Ah. Yeah, that's a tricky one.... The trouble is that it all boils down to the concept being 'turtles all the way down'when followed to it's logical conclusion.

Think of it this way - what created the big bang and what was there first (since things cannot form if there is 'nothing' so it must therefore be 'something' (for whatever any definition of "something"). But then - where did the 'something' come from.

Good luck with explaining that to your 5 y.o. and I'm glad that she is curious enough to ponder such things in an analytical way!

Btw - If you figure it out, let us know ..... because after over 50 decades of life I still, on idle days, ponder the 'What created the 'something' from the original 'nothing'.

In other words – If it is indeed ‘turtles all the way down’ then… what made the original turtle? And what made the 'thing' that made the turtle
> I think the problem is the minimum cost of making games is too high.

In 2021, 11.7k games were released on steam. That's 30 games per day[1]. Cost of making games is too low.

[1] https://vginsights.com/insights/article/video-game-insights-...
The article doesn't directly equate phrenology with Nazis, but does make an implied connection between phrenology and Nazi craniometry, and goes on to quote a tweet which explicitly talks about Nazi atrocities being the driving force in the end of phrenology.

The entire reference feels like an overreach, however, not just because of the Reductio ad Hitlerum, but also because it begs the question on the inherent evil of any use of craniometry.
Agree - wish they'd sell the non-printable components as a kit and let me print the rest.
The announcement says it wants to "protect consumers", but it changes user tracking from opt-in to opt-out... How about ensuring that companies stop tracking people unnecessarily?

I see so many websites – even club websites or private blogs – that have a cookie consent banner, but which wouldn't actually need one if they'd just turn off Google Analytics. I just don't get it.
I’m not sure about the broader success of the show or how he books guests, but if the question is what makes his show work, I have a few opinions as a listener.

First and foremost, he’s a good interviewer. He knows enough about the topics being discussed to ask good questions but also has enough discipline to give his guests time to work through a question and makes it about them.

Second, and this is related to #1, his guests clearly respect him/his audience enough to give reasonably in-depth answers. I mostly listen to the interviews with the deeply technical folks, and I’m impressed by their willingness to offer long technical explanations. I don’t understand it all, but I appreciate it and haven’t found another show that offers quite the same thing.

Finally, he does long episodes. This gives everything room to breathe. For me at least, my favorite interview podcasts are the ones where guests are hanging around for awhile. It gives interviewer and guest time to get acquainted and also let’s them cover a lot of ground. When I am deciding whether to listen to a Marc Maron episode, for instance, I’m definitely wary of anyone that goes to close to 60 minutes because it feels more likely it was just another interview for that person.
It's a complicated process that is nearly impossible for unsophisticated home buyers to qualify for or navigate.
> what happens when i let my PGP key expire?

You can't encrypt new passwords to it, but you can still read old ones that are encrypted to it.

> what’s the right way to share passwords between multiple machines — can i just clone the ~/.gnupg folder, do i need to `export` and then `import` the keys? should i create subkeys for each machine?

if the keys are on a hardware smartcard like a Yubikey, I just reuse the key. if not, I use separate keys for separate hosts and encrypt my pass secrets to all of them using the .gpg-id files

> anyway, i’m using SOPS now

I think SOPS is awesome, too! it's my favorite way to securely store secrets in IaC projects
Try undertaking to recognize the actual premises of ∀x-style statements and ∃x-style statements that you encounter in the wild, scooter.

The goalpost was set at "Linux succeeded and defeated Microsoft in every single way that matters to open source people". Ignore the record of what was actually claimed if you want (the quotes you're throwing around are works of your imagination), but that is not merely a claim that either Windows or Linux is "the most common".

The observation that that there exists some X where P does not hold is precisely the way to counter a claim that for all X, P is true.
That's probably at least somewhat accurate. It's probably also the case that even if you or your podcast aren't exceptionally well known, you'd probably be surprised how open people are to giving an interview if you just ask them. For a lot of "Internet famous" people, a lot of their job is being a public face.

That said, I agree with you generally. I found a lot of the interviews sort of rambly and, while I can perhaps be persuaded that an hour isn't too long for an interview/discussion with someone interesting, anything longer is definitely too much. There's a reason why most professionally produced podcasts don't go longer than about an hour and are typically broken into segments--yes, that's partly about advertising these days but it's also the general format even absent advertising.
> It's exactly the same. The dogs paw would turn it on with a bump.

Knobs usually are design to be push-and-turn. Much more difficult for a dog to do accidentally.
Let's see if he manages to get Putin on the show, he was very excited about that prospect...
A couple of years ago I built a mobile reminder app that sends your reminders via text message. I haven’t done a good job marketing / promoting it. I’ve tried a couple of times in the past, but just have not cared enough to actually learn how to market it.

It really helps me in my everyday needs.

It currents helps about 4K+ users a month. Still blows my mind.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/text-me-that/id1329223000
Coins have fallen 90% or more
Sweeping Legislation Aims to Ban the Sale of Location Data
Inventing Screamers is bad, actually.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamers_(1995_film)
For me, this is the important part.

> The UK is also planning to legislate to remove the EU-derived requirement for the Data Protection Officer, as the person responsible for safeguarding an organisation’s users’ privacy rights, while simultaneously demanding under the OSB that companies appoint named individuals who are subject to personal arrests and criminal sanctions for failing to prevent bad things from happening on the internet.

*subject to personal arrests and criminal sanctions* seems like the limited liability companies no longer limit the liability.

I have a legal entity registered in Scotland. Seems like it might be time to wind that up and move it to another country. Where is a good company within the EU to registered?
What alternatives do people see to this podcast? I don't listen to it, so I don't know. Maybe I just haven't heard so much interesting stuff in that particular industry.

One the most consistently good podcasts - or many podcasts actually - are those from the freakonomics "network", maybe especially People I (Mostly) Admire - for example interviewing Steven Pinker, Nathan Myhrvold, Susan Wojcicki, Daniel Kahneman etc etc

https://freakonomics.com/series-full/people-i-mostly-admire/
IMO Lex’s podcast is successful because his only agenda is to explore the conversations with his guests. Lex knows how to dig deeper into a conversation and bring more substance out. Some of these interviews last five hours and they’re interesting the entire time. That takes a lot of concentration & skill to keep a conversation moving for such a period of time.

I don’t always agree with the viewpoints of the guests, but I do believe we hear more from the guests as theirselves, and they seem to provide less corporate speak than the typical interviews.

It’s become one of my favorite podcasts because there aren’t “sides” in the conversation. You might get a few perspectives but the main objective is to actually learn the guests perspective which is harder to find from interviews. I would assume guests would enjoy a interview format where they get to talk about their self and their activities for as long as they want with someone intelligent.
> I've been curious about this too, because he seems like a wet blanket of an interviewer to me.

I've tried listening to him so many times because of intersting guests. But his style is so boring and weird. I find it hard to focus more than 1/2 hr.
No it doesn't. You can share an anonymous pastebin link and tell everyone to write what bugs them there.
Tiger Global: ‘Poster Child’ of the Tech Meltdown
I think he is generally open to different ideas and plays the devil's advocate even when he agrees to have meaningful conversation.
The podcast is also pleasantly unexciting (personal taste) and informative. He goes to the deep questions that interest him from a technical level as well as personal (what is the meaning of life etc.).
Similar struggles lead me to roll my own AMI of Arch Linux using Conrad Hoffmann's guide.

https://gitlab.com/anemos-io/archlinux-ec2

I have since created my own Gist for future use, as well.

https://gist.github.com/msimpson/b65f11bc4122d60d11c9c87470b...
Self-soothing. It feels good. The world is confusing and difficult, so holding on to what is familiar, comfortable, and feels good is nice to do for your brain.

It's massively common, but I would argue that almost everyone who does it denies that's what they're doing. To them, they're just using the best sources they can find.

It's sad, and I'm sure it's a problem.
The crypto community continues to speed run the history of traditional finance.

This weeks lesson is that in an up market its leverage that makes you money and in a down market its the unwinding of leverage that kills you.

They are also learning that interconnectedness will hurt more in a downturn. You can be perfectly delta hedged( don't care which way the market moves) and its the counter party risk that will sink you.

Now as these firms start to unwind they spill over to the next one. The collateral taht you lent to the failed firm is now gone and your once well hedge d and collateralized position is now in shambles because someone else can't pay you.

TradFi normally solves this by having a firm have oversite on everyones positions and have everyone pay money into a pot to help bail out failed counterparties so they don't spill over to other firms.

Crypto has tried to solve this by strict liquidation rules that tend to make things worse by turning firms into forced sellers when they may have been able to ride things out, thereby forcing markets down even more. To the point where its a profitable trading strategy to intentionally force the market down to liquidate leveraged longs.

As more crypto firms fail, they'll end up selling their best collateral first(BTC and ETH) forcing down the price even more.

$5,000 BTC and $200 ETH are in site if Tether starts to fail. Tehter has lent money to almost all these firms but doesn't mark down its positions from what it originally held them at.

If tether holds we may get out of this with $10-15,000 BTC but if Binance/FTX walk away from Tether then we'll be down another 80% from here I bet.

TL/DR its going to get alot uglier than it currently is due to the interconnected nature of the crypto markets. We'll find out that pretty much everyone was linked to everyone else as there are only so many ways to make money in crypto and everyone piled into them.

Defi is about to find out how hard it is to make money when no one wants to stake.
Seratonin is produced in multiple places in the body (not just the brain, and apparently, most of the seratonin in your body is not produced in the brain), but doesn't appear to cross the blood-brain barrier.

I'm not a doctor but I think what that means is "seratonin in your gut probably doesn't make it's way to the brain; but, the rest of the body is already awash in seratonin, so additional production in the gut can help increase those levels, which may have some sort of yet-to-be-understood action that has an impact on depression"
Hmm the main allegation against GDPR seems to be that it lead to creation of useless pop-ups, which is partially true but it should be also highlighted that GPDR itself does not require a pop-up mechanism just consent, it did not specify what technological implementation should there be. It is the website owners to blame for using daunting cookie pop-up implementations.

This is to say that "killing pop-ups" should not be a point of a legislation if there isn't one that requires these pop-ups.