skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One step in the right direction is to keep the representation of information simple, or to transform it to something simple for long-term archiving.

Frameworks and Browsers change. External services change. But, unless its stored with no backup and the medium fails, an ASCII textfile composed 50 years ago is still readable today, and will likely still be readable in 100 years. And thanks to UTF-8 being pretty much ubiquitous these days, we don't even have to limit ourselves to ASCII any more.

I am not saying to make every page a textfile. I am merely saying that one step to preserve digital information for generations yet to come, is to represent it in simple and robust formats. And if simple is not an option (eg. media will probably need to be use a compression format), then well documented and open formats should be used.
> I wonder what the motivation was for such over-the-top decoration? Lots of money sloshing around and a desire to make things beautiful for beauty's sake? Individual or governmental prestige?

The Victorians saw engineering prowess as a statement of intent to the world, combine that with this https://benjaminstudebaker.com/2015/12/17/how-austerity-dest... (British empire from 1830 to 1880 accounted for half of global wealth and approx 25% of landmass) and you could do incredible things.

Lots of victorian infrastructure was built/over built so well we still use some of it now (London's sewer system is 2000 kilometers and brick built) - it was often seen as a legacy for the future as well.
The assumption being they were placed on snow, which I would argue is an unlikely assumption to hold up. We have much more days with freezing temperatures than days with snow lying around and even then with lots of snow there are enough places that don't have any (like a balcony).
Huge pages cause 10-20% speedups for all sorts of applications by nearly eliminating the pain of looking at a bunch of page tables all the time. Unfortunately they are completely unusable on Windows even though it's been at least 26 years since they first shipped in consumer CPUs.
What prevents me from getting an ARM laptop with higher end SoCs is Linux support. I can install Ubuntu or Fedora immediately when I buy pretty much every x86 laptop and expect everything to work, but I am not as confident about ARM laptops (PineBook family excepted, but they have some limits). Having manufacturers come forward and offer fully supported mainlined Linux models would work wonders.
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I feel almost embarassed for sharing some of these, but I either remember things the first time I'm exposed to them or am forever doomed to have to look them up.

ln -s /the/target the_link (can never remember order)

for f in *.mp4; do mv "$f" "$(echo "$f" | sed s/S1E/S01E/)"; done

tar -theuniverse (insert xkcd here)

grep -E 'foo|bar' file (can never remember the flag for regex)
And in EU, it is.

We referred to you and me.
So instead of giving that metadata to the programmer the C language says F U and tells me only knowing where to put it is enough, right?

"hey you allocated it you should know about it right?" right yeah
MicroPython – a lean and efficient Python implementation for constrained systems
In interviews I usually just ask developers to show me some code (any code) and ask them random questions about it. I’ll ask them what libraries they use and why, or why they wrote some piece of code the way it is, or why did they or didn’t test certain pieces of code.

Their answer will usually show their (reasoning) skill and whether they care. Talking and reasoning about code is an important skill for a developer for me, so that’s what I’ll focus the interview on.

I don’t care whether the library is a good or bad choice. I don’t care about the code itself or whether it’s good or bad. I just want to know if they can tell me why it is the way it is.
Thanks, HN is my go-to place for book suggestions.
It took energy both ways though, first to heat the water and then freeze it. Pretty sure the final bill will not show less energy used.
Rocket Impact Site on Moon Seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
How much screen do you want? Have a dig round on aliexpress, some of them are dirt cheap if you want a small TFT, and some are designed specifically for use from the pico.
wow this is interesting. I wonder how many people use it? I have brave but I had to switch back to Google after 2/3 searches weren't as good as Google. (but to be fair 1/3 are actually the same or even better than Google's bias...)
This is actually the only answer that is pertinent in this context, it should be up voted.

Securities generate returns, commodities do not.

The regulation proposals for tokens include a number of different categories: utilities (governance), securities (returns), commodities (holding), etc.

The categorization of tokens influence the amount of regulation they have to undergo: Exchanges, KYC, AML, etc.

For instance if a token is categorized as a security, then it is an investment product. You will need a SEC licence to sell it, perform KYC & AML on clients, have audits, etc.
But aren't users free to choose to install or not install an app? Why federal government has to make the choice for all citizens.

Moreover if the apps are not doing anything illegal what is the justification for taking such a measure.
Easy Learning Java (kindle book)
This book helps any people want to learn Java faster and better than ever before
iChat, AIM, Messenger, and Adium all had the concept of multiple windows for different chats.
It's true for first-order phase transitions but not for second-order phase transitions. The article actually talks about it further down:

> the Mpemba effect could happen through a related mechanism that Raz has previously described with Lu in systems that undergo a second-order phase transition, meaning that their solid and liquid forms can’t coexist at the same temperature. Water is not such a system (it has first-order phase transitions),
Enabling this messed up something related to projectile/helm-projectile which I use to navigate to files, and is an integral part of my git/magit setup in Emacs.

the buffer projectile-files-errors says "warning: Empty last update token."
But they are the fault of the creator -- first, by including content entirely reliant on the whims and generosity of 3rd parties wholly outside the author's control. And secondly, using the content and not doing the minimum needed to maintain it. Would you also say it is "no fault of the creator" if s/he did not renew the domain registration?

It's a bit like mowing your lawn once and assuming you're entitled to a perfectly manicured lawn forever.
Hmm - but that is something of a self-serving argument - in my view.

ISIS and the Taliban didn't come out of nowhere. Eg -
the Taliban were created and armed by the Western countries to create the Mujahideen to fight the Russians in Afganistan. (Its a similar story for ISIS.) And they were 'radicalised' by Arabian money, which the Western countries also created in their setup of the Middle East.

So, there is a strong argument to say, that the Anglo-American empire went to various places, looted them, and created a sh*tshow behind them, which in itself provides a sort of retrospective justification for the looting.

PS Obviously the governments do not advertise their, ahem, "defensive" overseas actions - its understandable not to know, esp if you only follow government provided news services. But if you do know this info, calling the looting "good" on account of all the punishment that the looter then inflicts (or cause to be inflicted) on what is left behind, is perverse.
The part of this that I most enjoy is that you cannot even obtain some memory from your own allocator implemented on top of mmap or on top of malloc, store ints in it, return it to the allocator, ask the allocator for memory again and receive the same memory back, and store doubles in it.
How do you prevent someone from just copying the key to another box though ? I think the key argument for CandyCodes is that they are massively more expensive to copy than to generate for the legitimate producer.
It is not even a question that they could not do it. Somehow it is funny, that they consider people believing it.
It's the latter—they didn't have time to finish up the software interface, but I've been told that's pretty much the next priority post-launch.
I improve my global communication for my projects
What does it take to add Chinese and Japanese to this? Surely it's a lot more than just training sets right? I have an android phone without access to google tts, so this might actually potentially be a nice alternative.
Trump meaning fart is the mildest slang word, like poo or weewee. It's a common term when talking to small children.

I doubt this is the meaning on Reddit.
This one is $2: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005002438086706.html
No, that's not how it works. The comment is only asking you that "please don't use that swearword, it sounds like you're cursing at gays".
There needs to be a new version of find with a more intuitive UI. (I suspect it exists, but I can't remember the name right now)
I'm not familiar with that description. I worked as a 370 series (370/3033/308x/309x) OS/MVS computer operator in the 80s, before programming.
Unlike the SBCs that use BCM2711 or other larger chips, the Pico and Pico W are built on the RP2040, which has been in abundant supply for many months.

Right now there is stock on a number of reseller sites, and though they might sell through for the first few weeks as enthusiasts bundle up a bunch of orders, I would bet it will be easy to get them at MSRP (maybe with expensive shipping of course) in the next few months at the latest.

The Pico was sold out for a month or two initially, but there's a ton of stock right now—heck, you can buy the RP2040 by the thousands on reels from any distributor.
It would be pretty wild if they were immediate! But.. if you keep it moving at say -1, will it still eventually freeze? I struggle to imagine but don't know why really. Maybe it means something like that. Not that I know why that would be unique to water either.
Does anyone know just how much of the total functionality of Mycroft is actually running on the Raspberry Pi? I asked this question four years ago on Reddit (I'll paste the response below) and now I wonder if things have changed, particularly with regard to speech to text.

There are several ‘layers’ to a voice assistant;

Wake Word - that detects when you are speaking to the device. This is local to the device and we use PocketSphinx.

Speech to text - that detects what you say to determine Intents - we currently use a cloud service for this

Intent matching - this is done locally using our own open source software - Adapt and Padatious

Skills - Intents then match to Skills. Some Skills require internet connectivity.

Text to Speech - We use our own software called Mimic for this, it’s local to the device.
Swedish Radio created fake pharmacy, reveals how Facebook stored sensitive data
To be fair, I think a big part of Mercedes' dominance is that they had the best engine and the best driver, two factors that are not under Newey's control. I agree with your other points.
You might like https://github.com/cheat/cheat/
> as legacy as Fortran is now

what are you talking about? There's a lot of numerical code written (and actively developed) in Fortran today. If you are anywhere near numerical mathematics, you are running algorithms written in Fortran that somebody is maintaining.
Can't recommend it enough. I started appreciating the whole sport way more after I read the book. Newey is a genius.
Yes, it can make sense for some applications (when used with care).

But check the article, they're not using fluid dynamics, they actually try to estimate capacity/load using period averages and basic arithmetic. Such an approach can lead to a massive underestimation of required capacity even in contexts where arrivals aren't as batched as they are in train stations (like a call center).
Brain connectivity–based prediction of creativity is mediated by semantic memory
Interesting story, I liked it too, I can't seem to get past the sensation that her x is not only kind of a douchebag, but might also be on the spectrum.
> Its interesting because they made Honda decide to stay

Honda is leaving. Red Bull bought a license to keep using their engines, operated by their subsidiary RBPT. Honda still provides some engineering services this year, but from next year onwards RBPT is on their own.
The first time I encountered Mathematica was 30 years ago, and I genuinely thought that within a decade this would be a tool that everyone would learn in college. A few years later, when working at the university I was a bit puzzled to find that while you could find things like Matlab on the various computer labs around campus (usually running some flavor of Unix), Mathematica was nowhere to be seen. Not even on the Windows labs.

The guy who was in charge of negotiating software licenses for the university said that it was a chicken and egg problem. Mathematica wasn't very available because it was expensive, Wolfram wasn't easy to negotiate with.

With people not learning Mathematica there never developed a demand for it - and because you couldn't expect to get your hands on a license it wasn't worth the investment both in time and money to learn mathematica, or worse yet, to make yourself dependent on it for getting work done.

Mathematica has always been a lovely product. But it has also always been impractical due to its pricing and restrictions. Whether you are in academia, a working professional or just a hobbyist. Which has made it a very niche piece of software. For 30+ years.

There is no reason to believe this will change. And that's fine. It is their software and they can do whatever they want with it. But it also means it is largely irrelevant software for most people, including the scientific community. That isn't a disparaging remark, it is an accurate representation of reality.
Looks similar to https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
I mean, you don't have to. I appreciate the skepticism. I am the actual author of Ripcord. I've had an account here for many years. You will not find someone with better firsthand knowledge about Ripcord surviving or not surviving legal challenges.
aha - thank you.
So, time to start using scratch in a professional context. I know some BA's who'll have a lot of fun.
Another bit of interesting news that came across my feed this morning: ESPHome is working on supporting the Pico (and Pico W) in an upcoming release[1].

I played around with the in-progress branch for the Pico and it already works fine[2]. Having ESPHome support the Pico W would make it very easy to integrate it into my Home Assistant setup like I do with various ESP8266 devices currently.

[1] https://twitter.com/esphome_/status/1542402677539078144

[2] https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/esphome-on-raspberry-...
Do we have videos on how west is deploying similar tactics? Purely for educational reasons it would be interesting to see what we are doing in foreign countries. I feel it us disingenuous to only focus on how Russia is doing.
Sage uses Maxima though. And a bunch of other things as well.
The pi is almost self contained.
The pico is a piece of e-waste without a proper computer to program it. So start wit the pi.
Agreed, if it's about 'is this the case' especially in home freezer context then it's volume that's interesting: ice cube tray sized volumes. (But also are the resultant cubes the same volume? Presumably not.)

If it's 'yes this does happen, why?' then it seems right to try same mass, to test that theory.
> If you take more than a few minutes to think out how it works (I know, not popular for the typical HN poster)

Such a condescending remark. This kind of thing is not good PR for your company, product or workplace. Would I want to work with colleagues who publicly disparage a whole community like that? If you communicate like that publicly, how can I expect your internal work atmosphere to be?

I know you're probably an engineer at Slack and not in the PR department, but you may want to re-think your communication strategy. I know that my employer would have been unhappy with me for such a comment, and rightfully so.

Judging by other comments in this thread, folks have apparently thought out how it could work for "more than a few minutes", so not just the style but even the content of your message are clearly off. You are getting community feedback here and competent people are giving suggestions -- for free. Embrace that.
These centralized sites makes it easier to stick around.

That forum I signed up for in 2012? I don’t remember the name.

That Facebook group I joined in 2012? I still see the occasional post in the feed.

Also it’s vastly easier to find these communities in the first place. There’s no way to look for forums about a specific topic, if that exists at all.
The octopus' brain and the human brain share the same 'jumping genes'
I thought men had their brains elsewhere?
I appreciate how quickly it became as a prefix. Really shows the cultural impact.
So, there are a couple of issues here…

Prescription meds are almost always packaged by the pharmacyZ they get the meds in bulk.

Also, what’s to stop someone from putting your magic o next in a box…. In a different box?
I am not seeing information that this "Digital ID wallet" excludes alternatives. Did you?
It's just yet another step towards a two-tiered society. Those laws are in place and will be selectively enforced as the burden is too high for government departments to proactively monitor / investigate. The small companies least equipped to fight a lawsuit / investigation / fine are more vulnerable than the large companies that have their own lawyers.
Is Pico their attempt at breaking away from Broadcom?

I am still waiting some better IO connectors so I can connect an SSD to RPi.
Seems like you did something similar to what Vector Packet Processing is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_Packet_Processing
> Sadly, I personally can't see how this remains to be the case any longer... RBR with Newey or Dall'Igna with Ducati have been in championship dry-spells for a really long time

Not being able to have the best car was not Newey's fault. When the turbo hybrid era came in, Mercedes absolutely nailed the engine which gave them a massive advantage. Ferrari also had a decent engine some of those years.

Meanwhile Red Bull engine providers Renault and Honda struggled to put up an engine that was on level ground to the Mercedes one. There is only so much a person like Newey can do when other engines are vastly superior.
The new remix (that was due this month...) has the updated graphic of Battersea with cranes positioned around it as it was being redeveloped into flats and the like, including the OPs redevelopment of the control room.

https://www.pinkfloydz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/animal...
It's a trick question because the only way you can accurately answer the question for any particular rent/buy question is a long way in the future.

Most people just look at the expense side of things at the present time. But you can only get a true picture of costs and benefits in retrospect.

You can only hope that your cost-benefit analysis will be in the black, rather than in the red. Whichever one you pick 'Just Right Now' is a gamble.

And then again, the government can upend your plans completely by changing the rules on a mere whim.
Oof, while I highly value multiple windows - not sure I am ready to give up on some of the things you listed (especially edit & calls)
Since "pretty much everything today is object-oriented" is such an important point in the article, I feel the author does his readers and himself a disservice by not defining what he means by object-oriented, especially if he uses it in a different sense than everybody else.
Glad to hear you're interested in Nexus. The ORM currently uses db_postgres (from Nim's stdlib) only. I'm going to implement support for db_mysql and db_sqlite as well, it should be easy enough given how similar the API for the stdlib DB drivers are.

Actual work on DB drivers is out-of-scope for me though. I noticed there is an async Postgres driver available: https://github.com/treeform/pg. I don't know how well tested this driver is, and no mention of pipelining support.

It would be great to see Nim's web frameworks higher up on the Techempower benchmarks. Lack of such DB driver features usually comes down to time. The support for those features in stdlib would be a good bounty issue.
- List dirs and file count, to find dir with high file count.
for i in /home/*; do echo $i; find $i | wc -l; done
for i in /*; do echo $i; find $i | wc -l; done
- Report space usage of the top level subdirectories.
du -h --max-depth=2
- Report space summary only, no directory output.
du -s -h
- Find out which device a directory is in.
df /tmp
df /home
- Print of tree of directories
tree .
- Disk
fdisk -l, list disk partitions
lsblk, show a tree of disks, partitions, and lvm volumes
lsblk -d, show physical devices
lsblk -io KNAME,TYPE,SIZE,MODEL, name/type/size/model
New(ish) command line tools : https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/04/12/a-list-of-new-ish--command-l...

See; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31009313760 (78 days ago -- 245 comments)
I may be confused. I just talked with my kids about the problem of maintaining some old program in us gov particularly related to taxation. Possibly in assembly and last attempt to upgrade run out of budget and hence USA gov will forever have issue in maintaining it. People knew left and good luck to find my kid generation to learn those old thing.

Can you do it the other way round I wonder? Just give up and use a new version and ask legal to send this open source to all agents. After 3 years day this is the version.

It is not a sim issue. It is not a pre-filled issue. It is a real issue.

Or my brief to my kid is wrong. It is about something else.
Y Combinator announces Launch YC, a way for its portfolio to shout to the public
The "Billions Invested In Nothing" project :).
> There is no other use for Wolfram Language scripts outside of Mathematica, which comes with a "license server". That's... a dead end.

Yes. They call it Wolfram Engine

>Can I publish Wolfram code in Docker Hub and expect it to work (legally)? No.

Yes, they call it Wolfram Application Server (does require a license)

>Can I throw some Wolfram code into an Azure Function and have it compute something for me on demand? Nope.

Yes: https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RemoteBatchSubmit...
> There is nothing about Electron that constrains it to a single window, what a weird idea.

Yet, for some reason, almost none of Electron apps that I'm aware of uses more than one window.
Let's get down to business. How do I use this as my Android TTS engine?
iAPX 432 arguably wasn't bad due to OOP orientation, but due to a bunch of several issues in how intel went about executing the idea. To the point that if they mismanaged a "normal" cpu this way they would have bungled it similarily.
I very often use the while pattern. Where ls -1 and echo $line can be swapped out.

ls -1 | while read line; do echo $line; done
I don't think so—the RP2040 has a couple very slow Cortex-M0 cores, and it's not anywhere near the capability of the BCM2711.

I'd imagine if Raspberry Pi were to try their hand at their own SoC chip, it would be someday in the future when RISC-V designs have matured enough to make a suitable successor.

Otherwise, making a chip as complex as a modern SoC requires a lot of resources a smaller company like Raspberry Pi just doesn't have at their disposal.
The eternal question of people working on epaper projects: have the panels finally become reasonably priced?
>...but it never eventuated

Has anyone seen my Babel Fish? I think it just fell out
Oh, nice, there's even a Hartley transform in there [1]

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