skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If the customer does not trust the merchant, they simply don't make the payment with crypto.

Why, oh why is it so hard to understand the concept of multiple alternatives?
Maybe a bit, they aren’t just asking why scissors cut paper, but also why we landed on that design. What about it makes it ergonomic to hold and efficient, and more to the point, why does being sharp cut it?

In the language model case, why can we model language this way so effectively and why does it follow these statistical patterns? It turns out that maybe a major reason has something to do with self description.

This is also a more interesting question because we understand language less than we understand cutting paper, and also because the process humans used to design large language models is more indirect and alien than traditional industrial design.

My takeaway was that people reading language modeling a person writing about themselves imagine it was written by a person, more than text written by people not about themselves. That’s an interesting trick! Describing human experiences in language makes people attribute the language to a human right now. Maybe this will change after a generation of people knowing about this, but that seems important to think about.
> command over technology that would make scarcity a thing of the past

For everyone? Humanity today produces more than enough food to fatten everyone, yet we still have regions which suffer famine and lack basic services and education. On a interstellar scale, if aliens are like us, they will have outcasts who wouldn't hesitate to conquer a planet if their technology is advanced enough. If post-scarcity can't produce enough rare or expensive materials, slave labor could do it almost free.
Title needs (2015).
There's also the issue of <$10 services being used explicitly to test stolen credit cards, before they're sold and used for the big spending.

> with 0% low level fraud like this.

It's got its own issues. For example i hope you've got a separate wallet per transaction. Otherwise someone will use their tumbled BTC to pay you and you'll get blacklisted from using it in exchanges.
I partly agree. But what makes the iPhone so sticky is ecosystem--and that includes a bunch of other products that might be a lot less interesting in isolation.
Data outlasts Code, yet Code keeps winning
"according to our best understanding of the boundary" -- they are the first to cross the boundary unless our understanding of the boundary changes, and then there is the small possibility that something faster can reach the "real" boundary faster.
Maybe half of the python code I use comes from single files. Your approach works for a module.
>Hype: "Static Typing reduces bugs."

Oof, that one is a huge can of worms.
From the abstract:

> (In the common case that one matrix
is known ahead of time,) our method also has the in-
teresting property that it requires zero multiply-adds.
These results suggest that a mixture of hashing, aver-
aging, and byte shuffling—–the core operations of our
method—–could be a more promising building block
for machine learning than the sparsified, factorized,
and/or scalar quantized matrix products that have re-
cently been the focus of substantial research and hard-
ware investment.`

This is not at all what modern gpus are optimized for.
There is balance in all things. Engineers shouldn't be ignored, but we are also not omniscient.

As an engineer myself, having worked on product and having been a client of engineers working on products for me, I can tell you that engineers that think they have an inside track on what the client "really" wants are often wrong. The feeling is similar to that false confidence you get in any field when you have learned just the absolute basics, and I have felt it myself. That's why you don't just go and spend 10% of the clients budget without talking to them first. If clients are saying they don't want a feature, it's quite probable that the person you're dealing with actually knows what they want, and what they want is not what you've come up with.

A lot of projects that filter their way through HN die because the engineers are solving the problem for themselves and not talking to users. That is also the pattern you see with a lot of "what I wish I had known when I started my project" posts on here. Avoiding a conversation with the client because you're afraid they won't approve the feature you want to add is not really great engineering.
Should be updated with (2003)
I know what you mean. What I say is that "distinction" is a substitute for "have traveled farther and lasted longer" not "the first human-made".
Not much. People seemed to have forgotten that Bill Gates encouraged many shady business practices at the expense of innovation, was a serial purjurer (felony) and monopolist, and presently feel that Gates, a college dropout, is somehow an expert in communicable diseases and pandemics.
Submodules aren't bad. But in a world where I have to explain that running revert on the 250 megs of jar files someone comitted isn't a fix, and where people often just delete and re-clone entire repos because they don't know what's going on, they incur a heavy support burden on the few people that know how to use them.

You know, the people that already carry everyone else through their job.
Inflation will also decrease the value of greedy peoples money, so what happened in 2021 was simply that greed got out of control. If you are greedy, the best way to fight inflation is to raise prices and collect more money. Once people stop bying things altogether, greed will dictate that prices come down. It's a lot simpler than what the article gives it credit for.
They usually explain and discuss specific apps in the Issue tracker: https://gitlab.com/prism-break/prism-break/-/issues.
Strawman much? Bitcoin, and most other cryptos, are both designed to be wasteful and also are directly competing with systems that are many many orders of magnitude more efficient (and useful).

Bitcoin isn't competing against commuting. Bitcoin is competing against governments & ACH. Against PayPal & Visa. Against wiretransfers & banks. And it's horrendously destructive at it. People commuting don't change that. Proof of Work is an environment disaster. Pointing at other environmental issues is just whataboutism, not a defense or excuse.
My point was that one of their key examples of "the elites are wrong on what public opinion is" was a subject where "public opinion" is extremely dependent on wording, and that they themselves do not seem to realize this, and it's plausible that the elites might have a better view of the public than these polls do.

Some polls are built to gather information, others are built to advance a cause.
What a misleading clickbait headline.

This isn't a technology breakthrough, this is a DOE policy/partnership/funding "breakthrough".
The lady in this story didn't seem like she was going for 'deep'.

Four hundred years, and her biggest hobby was... knitting? Which it seemed like she'd turned into a job. I can't say I see myself in this at all, nor could I imagine any of my friends or family acting this way, but-

Well, I have no trouble imagining that we're self-selecting for that. A lot of people do seem like they function on rote habit and instructions, and I don't know what to do about that.
As long as a company does not lie about product sizes on the packaging, it should be free to sell products in any quantity. Consumers that feel tricked will buy from another company.
Multicellularity looks relatively easy. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicellular_organism#Occurre...

> Multicellularity has evolved independently at least 25 times in eukaryotes, and also in some prokaryotes, like cyanobacteria, myxobacteria, actinomycetes, Magnetoglobus multicellularis or Methanosarcina. However, complex multicellular organisms evolved only in six eukaryotic groups: animals, symbiomycotan fungi, brown algae, red algae, green algae, and land plants. It evolved repeatedly for Chloroplastida (green algae and land plants), once for animals, once for brown algae, three times in the fungi (chytrids, ascomycetes and basidiomycetes) and perhaps several times for slime molds and red algae.
Eh, if they can’t deal with a little shielded can of death they’re not likely to have made it to space anyway. For anyone spacefaring, it’s about as hard to deal with or unexpected as a can of gas gas in an old car.
Having been stuck for 15 minutes trying to make a right turn by the street mall in Santa Monica, yes there are places where defensive driving will totally stop you. There's a spot there that's only one lane each way when cars are parked and pedestrians will not stop and have a walk during the green. If you want to go right or left you have to nose in and cut people off at certain times of day.
Maybe they're going for plausible deniability - 'yeah, that could be a faxed copy of the original, and I am receiving it over fax, so it could never be original' vs. 'this is clearly not the original'...

The irony of course is that any non-original copy of a document presented in person is a 'fax' (facsimile)!
It may be from the noise of the electric arc. I have an electric candle lighter and it came with warnings and reviews that the sound of the arc can bother pets and some children. Hope that restores a little faith in humanity.
Infrared absolutely, but induction cooktops are pretty good and the only thing you can't do with them is stir frying.
Cross-platform is difficult

The Windows API through Delphi was simple and fast 20 years ago. Although the exe would take 400 KB space, so for smaller tasks I would bypass Delphi's stuff and call the Windows functions directly, and create 50 KB sized apps. (the A functions. Guess the Unicode W functions would already double the space)

But on Linux there is no way around Qt. (or Gtk, but the recent Gnome versions are horrible)

Although you could just make the Windows exe and run it through Wine. That is so simple to develop, and for any bug you can blame Wine.

Nowadays I use Lazarus. It is supposed to take the old Delphi code and create a native Windows,Qt,Gtk version from it. For Windows, it creates 2MB exes. Considering that Delphi made smaller files, it must be filling 3/4 of the file with garbage. The Qt,Gtk versions somewhat work, though Wine would probably more reliable
I've read that some primates, Homo Sapiens are quite invasive too: Possibly fought all others from the Homo line to extinction, destroyed 80% percent of Earth ecosystems and setting the stage for a pretty swift mass extinction event, possibly before the end of the century, and perhaps much before according to latest literature.

Oh yeah and are in a good way to double their planet's atmosphere CO2 content, which regulates the latter's temperature, making the extinction event even swifter. A definite sign of intelligence.

But you are correct, mosquitos are terrible beings, the second most deadly living creatures on this planet to be precise.
> it can be a bevelled rounded rectangle

ok, yeah. Was thinking of the original Notepad, where the frayed yellow tear-off sheet border drove me nuts! Anything tied to the "desktop metaphor" - bits are not atoms
I reading the article I think the ships from The Expanse were aptly named
Engineer: "Gracious lord and Pharaoh, if we mix this volcanic ash into the mortar, your Pyramid could last for thousands of years."

Pharaoh: "But that would be too expensive right? Don't waste the treasury's money. Ordinary mortar is fine."

Engineer: (goes off and mixes volcanic ash into the mortar, despite the cost)
This seems like a really odd thing to standardize OR legislate to me.

Maybe require cost per unit to be displayed under the price itself and let the "busy crowd" do the math if they care enough?
“computerization extended problems within institutions in industry, & society”
Many of the Mitsubishi heat pumps work with central ducted systems just fine. I have one (replaced a central gas heat, electric AC system).
It’s just a different air handler but the heat pump was the same as would have been used in a mini-split install.

When cross shopping the Mitsubishi vs Trane, the Mitsubishi was miles ahead. I didn’t even get the most cold weather efficient option (not needed for my climate).
The problem isn't that wealthy people exist, the problem is what percentage they get. It makes a big difference whether the top 1% own 10% of the wealth or 50% of the wealth, for example.
I don’t think they get too much older than me…

But MS had absolutely no leverage on the phone carriers. By the time the iPhone came out, Apple was riding high because of the iPod. Verizon didn’t accept Apple’s terms until they started losing customer to AT&T.
Does it need a definition? "A salary in the upper quartile per sector, location and experience level"?
I would love to do a 6-month rotation at humanity's magnetar research outpost. Seems like a great setting for a movie or video game.
If a refund is legitimate, the merchant can go on to void the purchase and initiate a refund.

The point is not to have a system of final purchases, but final payments.
In case you haven't noticed, a substantial portion of Americans favor assholes.
The fact that it is in Germany doesn't help as German parents do not want any adult taking to their children, god knows why.

But it is true that it is sad times for men. We are automatically classified as pedo if we interact with children, noone trust us.
My feeling is that, so long as the weights and prices are transparently displayed, this should be a producer/consumer choice.

Maybe it matters to me that I want to be able to buy $5 worth of dishwasher detergent, whether that's enough for 12 loads of dishes or later is only enough for 9 loads, as long as that's transparently stated, I don't see the issue.

In some cases (like chips and sugared drinks), shrinkflation might be a net benefit to consumers overall.
What freedom? Freedom implies the ability to do things. You can't do that if you can't afford to live. Keep in mind MIT's living wage calculation doesn't include things like savings and any sort of entertainment. What kind of life is that?
My go-to wrapper for long-ass operations is:

taskpolicy -d throttle nice <rest of the command>

Can't remember if I previously ran into general slowness from disk operations, but at least with the wrapper I surely don't.

`taskpolicy` might require root permissions, however.
It seems browser dependent, I also needed reader mode in desktop Firefox, but intrigued by your comment found it seems fine on FF Android. (In the former the background was way more disruptive, the pattern on it interfering with the text so much as to make it illegible.)
That third one is pretty major. On the other hand medical care while more of a pain to navigate, can be significantly cheaper than on the mainland.
Misery Index (Economics)
Because it's a bad faith argument, quite deliberately so.

Why? Because it's an effort to distract from an issue with butwhataboutism. It's a really common tactic to derail an argument. Politicians use it all the time. Consider Chuck Schumer's opposition to removing a bizarrely low tax rate (15%) for hedge fund managers, called the carried interest tax credit [1]:

> But in his conversations with Wall Street executives about the tax proposals, Mr. Schumer said, he has told them that he would oppose a tax increase as long as it did not also apply to other industries, like energy and real estate.

If Bitcoin energy wastage is bad (which is my argument) then it's bad even if there are other bad things.

[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/washington/30schumer.html
Comments on other internet sources I follow are mostly mixed bag of beans, however here they are prevalently salty when it comes to crypto and every time I stumble upon topic like this I wonder why. I was expecting that HN audience sees blockchain tech and bitcoin for what it is, and unique capabilities it offers, beyond "omg its a ponzi scheme!!11!" narrative.
> but at that point we're re-inventing subversion

So? Maybe Subversion is all most developers need?
And it had an HN discussion then too:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10141874
Poac – a package manager for C++ like Cargo for Rust
Patreon is also more than a payment processor.

OP even calls this out - they like having different membership tiers. They're a content host for exclusive images. (Videos do tend to be offsite as unlisted Youtube videos)
Hype: Cold showers are good for you (good stress)

Shower: keybored, your shower is not cold enough to induce stress and you are too lazy to modify the showering experience in any way

Caveats: Other people may be anti-lazy enough to modify the showering experience

Notes: Check yourself
> I think it's reasonable to conclude that Tesla caused the global move away from IC cars to EVs

No it's not. EU regulations are arguably more responsible.

They forced all car manufacturers to transition to EVs.
Heat wave in Europe sets records as wildfires break out
You should go to a doctor. Self-diagnosing is not always accurate. Sometimes it is, but there are also other causes for schizoid symptoms. Even if you are correct, treatment is possible via therapy, meds, or both. A psychiatrist can help you through that process far better than us randos on HN. Ask one.
We are already there, I think. Look at the success of games like the Blackwell games (and other excellent games from Wadjet Eye, such as Gemini Rue and Technobabylon), the Deponia series, Machinarium, Thimbleweed Park, Life is Strange, Disco Elysium, or the newly released NORCO, which a lot of reviews are calling a masterpiece.

We are at a stage where adventure games are relatively cheap to make, and platforms like Steam and the App Store makes it easier to self-publish. It might not be hugely profitable, but that doesn't matter.
Is this a US thing? Please elaborate...
Amazon will ship 95% of the items that you'd get on the mainland.

The exceptions are very large items or sometimes items with batteries.

It's a bit of a pain but you can deal with the freight forwarder for large items, or reshipper for smaller if you really want something that's not available elsewhere. I've had success asking sellers to ship something via USPS even if they don't do it normally.
This is actually from a paper published last year:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/pffoo8/r_m...

A few questions:

- Do some ML frameworks implement it already?
- It promises up to 200x compression, is it reasonable to expect it to allow us to run GPT-3 on smaller mainstream GPUs?
Get help for your head. See a doc, get a diagnosis and treatment.
Where I grew up, they used the number of cranes visible on the skyline as an indicator of the strength of the economy.
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23935943
This one definitely hits close to home. By empirical measure, static typing reduces bugs, but maybe it's just me. I definitely like the comfort of trusting my types.

My only experience with dynamic typing is really node, which improves a bit with typescript. But I'm still extremely wary of it because it doesn't give you runtime guarantees. It irks me a lot that you can just do JSON.parse, declare any type on it and call it a day. I firmly believe that static typing increases code readability and catches low-hanging fruit, but I'm going to have to sieve through that research it seems.
> Unfortunately the fringe that believes in it are central bankers.

What seems more likely?

- Central bankers who control the economy do not understand the basic principles of the system they manage.

- They lie about their motivations for political reasons.
> and frankly, new consumer products

I already have a half-dozen Apple devices that I use every day. I don't really need more of them.
I don't think there is a problem to solve.

Shrinkflation is annoying - I'm sure many would prefer to pay more for the same product, but ultimately if you can afford it, you can just buy multiple packs to get the quantity you need.
That living wage is for a family of four, not an individual.
Let me guess, where you leave there are "serious" blinds outside the windows that help keeping sunshine out. I wonder when Central Europe will start installing them.
HAL: I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Tell that to the animals we raise and cage for food. They'll likely take the first opportunity to be free, but it's not in their hands to decide that. They're completely in our hands, no matter if they like it or not. Humans have only traveled to the moon, yet in a few century developed weapons that would wipe an entire city. A civilization that has achieved interstellar travel could be advanced enough to blow up Mercury to send a message: "Do you want to be our slaves, or do you want humanity to end?".
> you can still see to this day getting utterly shit-faced in a pub on cider over lunch

I worked in the construction industry in London in the late eighties and I witnessed builders drinking 6 pints in the half hour lunch and then going back to working at height with heavy machinery. I couldn't say anything.
Be careful with your terminology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder

has nothing to do with

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia
I've used bitcoin for short term transactions to get some money to people that needed it, but in spite of that I have no illusions about that being the exception and not the rule.

At some point tech needs to prove itself through utility and economic viability. This is going to be a difficult to achieve thing for all these coins (BTC and others), and in the bulk of the cases they are money grabs or Ponzi schemes.

That does not help, if the money grabs and the Ponzi schemes (which happen in the 'real world' as well) were a very insignificant minority I suspect the sentiment would be entirely different.
Are symlinks on Windows really such a big issue? I’ve never heard of projects using symlinks in their tree. If Windows developers are complaining about you doing something unusual, why is it their fault?
> getting a business loan is far simpler than getting a VC to invest in you.

You can't. Be serious.

Most startups have no revenue. What bank would lend you money?
Dude, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

I fucking loathe crypto but to say fund managers are "recklessly endangering the funds" shows you have no knowledge of how a hedge fund works.

Source: I work risk management for a large UK fund.
Yes, and also a relative scale like percentages are. A change of 87% is about nine decibels. If earplugs need to be 30+ decibels that makes me wonder if nine decibels is enough to have a significant impact (but another comment suggests it does)
Man, I miss SimCity.
How about

1. On-call duties may last no longer than a single shift

2. No one may be required to work a regular shift and an on-call shift in the same day
> One common explanation from doctors—and people in forums who say they are doctors—is that we may be exposing ourselves to specific irritants at around the same time every day. Maybe we walk outside every morning and pollen gets up our noses, or we are always in a particularly dusty room at 4:00 pm. I, for better or worse, tend to spend almost the entire day at my desk, so unless an irritant is traveling to me every afternoon, I'm not sure that explanation pertains to me.

Sun starts shining in through their window at about the same time every day? Many people have sneeze reflex to strong light.