skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It’s a fair point. In the last year USD.EUR is up ~20%, dollar index is up ~20%, so to your point the other half the index is has also weakened against the dollar. WSJ Dollar index which is even broader is also up.
It's like Pepsi had a psychotic break. Don't worry, friend, it happens sometimes.
Given the same crime, should justice and sentencing be arbitrary or equivalent?
Contextualized to the Nixonian origins of the "war" on "drugs," the US socioeconomic sentencing disparities are the common element linking all drug convictions, from the streets of Baltimore/Camden/Detroit to any one of the Sacklers palatial manors.
> soliciting six murders-for-hire in connection with operating the site

This was not proven in court, and at least two federal agents involved in the investigation were found guilty for misconduct related to the investigation, which should at least put doubt on the more salacious elements of the investigation.

The judge took the prosecution's accusation that Ross Ulbricht was responsible for murders-for-hire as truth, and used it to justify a sentence that is cruel and onerous given what he was actually convicted for. In my opinion, that should be considered an unconstitutional violation of due process, since the defense did not get to respond to those accusations as they would in a normal trial. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court refused to hear Ulbricht's appeal, IIRC.
I am young (zoomer) retro computing hobbyist and it’s great to have these saved for future generations. A lot of stuff I read on the internet assumes prior knowledge of terminology at the time. Decoding what they meant by different types of signals, cables and connectors can be challenging at times if your first computer had PCIe :)
Metrics to drive up numbers are the way forward. You need to test theories and prove them with data and experiments. THIS is what is expected in a report; and I see nothing I expect in this report.

Everything you see here is NOT sophistication. It has no science it's just an illusion.

The use of geometry and technical jargon gives the illusion of legitimacy however this stuff is no more legit then the word 'science' in 'scientology'. Which means that exactly like scientology, the content is illegitimate but borrows vocabulary from legitimate fields like "science" to make it seem real.

The use of analogies like DNA help people form connections with irrelevant things and these analogies don't actually communicate any new information. They serve to create a feeling of catharsis when you realize that there is a connection, but the connection is actually worthless. You learn nothing new.

Take the analogy: "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." The quote is worthless. You already know life is random. You already know chocolate boxes are random. A comparison is made and a new connection is formed in your brain. But is there actually any new information here? No. It's a trick to make you think the quote is profound when it is really a bunch of mundane stuff you already know.

You've been bamboozled, along with every exec that fell for this report. Possibly the person who wrote this report tricked himself as well.
Exactly. The above commenter is saying a lot of effort went into this. I don't think anybody would disagree.

It's just that the effort is making something completely ridiculous
That really depends on what percentage of water's potential energy is expended in small creeks and the like vs big rivers.

I actually have no idea how to estimate that. Anyone have a good estimate on that? Intuitively, I'm thinking that most of those rivers are fed by many small streams, so it would be approximately equal. I'm entirely unsure of that though so treat it as having huge error bars.
The US can enforce it for Americans because it's comparatively easy to see that somebody is making money from gambling, compared to visiting a website.
Everyday tsmc and intel are closer to opening fabs in Arizona. Also Samsung proved they have some chops at producing decently cutting edge silicon with Nvidia’s ampere chips, if China does invade taiwan before the plants in Arizona open.
How did they abuse state power? What evidence is there of that (that’s admissible)?

Asking because I’ve read the story of Silk Road but didn’t hear about this other than the bitcoin theft
I'm a fervent supporter of both sides:

- I think his sentencing was unfair and he should have to be convicted of the murder-for-hire charges in order for them to factor into his sentence. His sentence should be overturned immediately.

- I think he's almost certainly guilty of the murder-for-hire attempts and I hope he's re-tried, convicted of those charges, and re-sentenced to life in prison.
The biggest parts to losing weight are the things you didn't mention - portion size, snacks, alcohol, and sugary drinks. Most people would lose weight on any diet diet if they control those. I think I've lost about 20 pounds over the past 2 months just from reducing those things (not even eliminating).
I always fall back to the Dropbox show and tell post on HN and the iPod is lame slashdot meme as a point to everyone on my team because it reinforces that the building part is just one aspect of a business.

I can laugh at this as agency nonsense with the rest of the crowd, and I think some of it may be warranted. But, it is still ultimately how business works insofar as brand matters, small tweaks to brand can have huge ripple effects; mightily so when the product is the brand, and disregarding anything brand or marketing related is foolhardy.
Are you saying that the “Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022” doesn’t include the things that this article says it does?
> I think it's wrong to think that lectures are always inferior. There have been many cases where a professor trying for a more interactive class has made the experience worse for me.

A foundation of the bloated academic and teaching industry requires that that professors can not teach more than a small number of students at once, or at least not teach them well. And that people who were taught in schools with smaller classes that were more expensive must be better. All claims about teaching and learning should be considered with that in mind, especially when it comes from the industry itself.

That being said, interactivity with professors probably works better in most other settings than a lecture format.
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> You mean than ?

"Different to", or "different from", never "different than".

> forms ?

"Plankton" is a collective noun and takes the plural, except when a single individual is being referred to. Like sheep.

The article is written with good grammar.

BTW, it's "usually", not "usualy".
I see high level design docs like this on occasion. I decided I am not qualified to comment, but my opinion is very polar. Either it is all a very expensive pile of poop or brilliance and design beyond my understanding. When looked upon at a distance I cannot discern which opinion is correct.
Battery recycling could be the next investor darling
I might consider reframing. For instance, instead of enumerating the list of features, enumerate what you want to accomplish, which is really something different. And then see whether that can help guide you towards a solution.

One thing I recommend being comfortable with is that you will probably not find something that satisfies 100% of your use cases.
Report shows Mac shipments grew in Q2, up 9.3 percent year-over-year
Electric cars cross pivotal line to mass adoption in U.S.
Yes.

The difference is that London relies solely on the piston effect. NYC has the subway vent grates on nearly every block where a subway runs. Modern systems generally also use HVAC.
German healthcare system is really interesting, and I wonder if it should be a model for US more so than Canada. Not even because there are some inherent advantages, but because it would be an easier sell politically. Even the "public" part isn't really state-run, but rather a bunch of heavily regulated but still independent non-profits - some territorial, some industrial, some specific to (particularly large) employees.
find the appropriate subreddit, see if they have a buying guide, if not go to ddg and search "[best product/beginner's guide/whatever] site:reddit.com/r/[subreddit"
State lotteries transfer wealth out of needy communities, investigation finds
I'd categorize it to roughly 4 types:

1. People you trust with your life. They'll risk a bullet for you, possibly jump on the grenade.

2. People you trust with your wife. Deep personal trust, like telling them that you're gay (or homophobic) or letting your kids stay with them.

3. You trust them because it's in their best interest. They won't screw you because it screws them.

4. Competence. They trust themselves.

1 and 2 usually don't overlap with 3. They're not necessarily different levels. You can trust someone with your life, but they may be incompetent and think your trust is misplaced.

We have great hiring, so all full time colleagues are at category 1 but rarely 2. Contractors are usually at category 3. Some contractors are good bros but you

My most costly mistakes was neglecting category 4. Competence isn't a boolean; it's levels. Someone highly competent in a past task can be incompetent for a different task, esp. Peter Principle.

I used to freelance. The majority partner would lose say $50k and I'd lose $10k on a failed deal. The deal was easy - it was signed, practically done, just not paid. And too often they failed to get payment. They pulled through category 3, sometimes 1, but not 4.

There's the saying of "never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence". But very often competence is the more serious breach of trust. You can trust a crook with the right incentives, and in very big organizations, most of them will be crooks.
The purpose of HOV lanes is to encourage carpooling to reduce traffic. In both the Texas story and the Jakarta story, there were indeed multiple people in the vehicles, but the goal of carpooling to reduce traffic was not being accomplished. If you think that shouldn't be allowed in Jakarta, why should it be allowed in Texas?
Weed-killing chemical found in majority of U.S. urine samples
The stock has been on a tear since then, so there's that. Hard to say what all the inputs were, but it didn't hurt, at least, observationally.
No Pepsi Boson. I left disappointed.
Don Draper would have vanished for a year-long bender if he read this
I'm going to see a man about a dog.
Something like Jira? This is why we have story points and they're drawn into graphs.
Funny how these “tainted” coins are no longer tainted as soon as the US gov gets their hands on them. Anyone else holding the same coins would have their assets seized and get taken in for questioning.
Thanks for responding, this is definitely easier from a computer.

I reviewed summaries from NAEP for reading and math [0] and found that across the board, public schools appear to outperform "public charter" schools. I understand that the received wisdom is that public schools are failing student. Certainly there are many public schools that don't increase, or actively harm, outcomes for some or all of their students. But the premise here is that the public system is fundamentally broken, and it should be substantiated.

> Please let us know what incremental improvement you are suggesting

The Hunt-Lee Commission recently released a final report for improving North Carolina Public Education Pre-K through University with 16 proposals[1], broadly categorized as "Build on what we have", "Invite and test new ideas", and "Implement proven solutions". Proposals such as these were what I had in mind when I originally wrote of incremental improvement.

> I think keeping poor kids in a crappy school where they will come out barely able to read will continue generational poverty and is a risk of the current school system.

Yes. The crappy school you mention should definitely be improved. But that's not what this bill does; this bill puts the burden on families to take their kids out of the crappy school and find a better one for them, leaving the crappy school in place along with the students of families who, for whatever reason, aren't able to move their own kids.

[0]: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/dashboards/schools_dashboa...
[1]: https://hunt-institute.org/news/hunt-lee-commission-releases...
It has to do with restitution and admitting guilt.

If you rob a bank, get caught, say sorry and work at restitution you’ll often be given a lighter sentence.

Rob a bank then brag that the cops will never catch you and you’re glad you got away with it? Yeah, you’ll get a more severe sentence.

The idea is that justice should take restitution and admission of guilt into account.
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A web search suggests that the "skipping breakfast slows metabolism" idea is actually a myth.
I would imagine for the low temperature environment of space and satellites, but it might also improve the lifetime of circuit boards during powerup cycles. Its reported that power cycling stresses the circuit boards more than just leaving them switched on, so I wouldnt be surprised to see some changes made in everyday electronic devices. With that in mind, will we see less 90 degree turns on circuit boards in order to ensure the smooth flow of electrons, even though we cant yet detect any Oxbow (Resacas) "lakes" in circuit boards due to the rather rigid nature of circuit board design & materials.

I would also imagine this "electron fluid" only applies to DC circuit applications, because AC electrons are perhaps best represented by every discerning business executive's desktop toy known as Newtons Cradle.
> Surely if we were measuring against the "average person", we'd be able to "diagnose" people with ASRB (Attention Surplus Regularactivity Bonus) and talk endlessly about how they're privileged in white collar fields that require a lot of drive and focus.

Isn't that "Type-A", a personality type literally devised for diagnostic purposes. (TIL via Wikipedia, devised by cardiologists, who hypothesized that such people were more prone to stress-related cardiovascular disease.)
Would you like me to give you statistics on the drug related crimes? Horrible criminal networks exist thanks to the illegal nature of the drugs. The same thing with immigrants.
I can't name one, but I do have a feeling I played game(s) like this at some point.
Load balancing is the most likely reason. At any given college a lot of first year students decide college isn't for them or they get home sick and drop out within the first semester. After that initial period student population of the class is much more stable.
The plutonium really isn't dangerous either unless your are inhaling or ingesting it.
a brief peek into infinity
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Well, people didn't go for the uncolored version, even with the movie tie-in. So unhealthy colored it is. ;p
Presumably the point of an HOV lane is to encourage people who would normally drive in their own vehicle to share a trip with someone else.

Obviously the unborn child doesn't have a choice about with whom he or she travels, so such encouragement is moot, but I suppose the same argument would apply to a newly born child too, or even a 12 year old who can't drive their own car, yet presumably they are counted as passengers.

In any case, for reasons of practicality, the rules for HOV lanes probably need to be written in a way that spares police officers from having to determine the age of passengers and whether any of the female passengers are pregnant, even if this means pregnant women don't get the full benefit of carrying another life inside them.
Bitcoin Miners Shut Off Rigs as Texas Power Grid Nears Brink
I'm going to quote from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson:

> "Why, we're all seamen about here, I should think," said the lad Dick.

> "We're all foc's'le hands, you mean," snapped Silver. "We can all steer a course, but who's to set one? That's what all you gentlemen split on, first and last. If I had my way, I'd have Cap'n Smollett work us back into the trades at least; that way we'd have no blessed miscalculations and a spoonful of water a day."

That is, theorem provers may be great. Who's going to create the new theorems? Who's going to create interesting, breakthrough new theorems? The machines? Not yet, they aren't (if ever).
What hardware giveth, the software developer take the away. For a variety of reasons, today's devs are terrible at writing software that is even remotely efficient.
Then why is Liberty wearing a blindfold? Unequal is not justice.
I mean if you want to dodge a realistic question with an unrealistic rebuttal you're free to...

AP has been finally implicated in 15 deaths since inception.

Do you think AP has prevented 375,000 deaths... or essentially wiped out traffic deaths in the US for 9 years?

Hint: more than 0 people died in car crashes last year
New band name: Pepsi gravitational field
It's not about sympathy but justice. I disagree with tptacek's characterization of it as not being legal finagling. Burying murder-for-hire attempts under "narcotics trafficking conspiracy" is obtuse and opaque. He should be explicitly charged. And yes, perhaps this means the fault isn't with the prosecutors or judge but with the scope of the narcotics trafficking conspiracy laws themselves; it's still sketchy.

I'm not sympathetic to him in the slightest. I believe he's almost certainly guilty of attempting to have those people murdered. I think his sentence should be overturned and I think he should be explicitly charged with attempted murder, and hopefully he will be convicted of those crimes and re-sentenced to life in prison. (Whether or not that's legally viable, I have no idea; I just think it's what ought to happen.)
Thanks you - I stand corrected.
I think "now" is an underrated concept in physics, as in a universal ordering of events, regardless of what order position and relative velocity cause them to be observed. If there is indeed a universal "now", then faster-than-light travel need not lead to time travel.
Facebook and Google didn't announce any harm from the GDPR. There are many companies that announce lower earning expectations from a simple 5 line App Store change by Apple and a one time popup asking you whether you want to be tracked.
Two that I can recommend are Eric Kandel's Principles of Neural Science, and Larry Squire's Fundamental Neuroscience.

One of the most amazing things in nature are the pentameric ligand-gated ion channels. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412168/
This reads like a troll farm/propaganda account. Nobody with a brain is buying what you are saying. With such a narrow look at the situation sure you can twist it to look like that. The US had no business in Afghanistan and it took them years to realize it. In that entire conflict the worst enemy was themselves. Compare suicide rates vs casualties in battle.

If the US wanted a total war they could have left that place a toxic wasteland with everything dead for thousands of miles. Instead it appeared to be some lame attempt to capture "hearts and minds" with a completely failed attempt at setting up democracy. Was it a total failure, yup. Was it a stunning military defeat? Nope. Just more M-I-L money burning. Money goes into one side, instruments of death coming out the other.
The lid really is great. But yeah that's a drastic change (new logo, new typography, new slogan, new image, new lid). They always have to throw the baby with the bath water and be radically modern with every detail.

Reddit's new design went heavy on modern/JS styling and not the raw simple HN-style text-heavy interface. They should have focused on loading the links->comments, pictures, video as quick as possible. They got the comments page to load async but video is broken and RES plugin does inline image/video loading way better. Everything else is a step back or sideways.
> Would you like me to give you statistics on the drug related crimes? Horrible criminal networks exist thanks to the illegal nature of the drugs. The same thing with immigrants.

See what is your problem? You don't even care about what the parent says so you choose to wallow into making strawmen that have absolutely nothing to do with what the parent said at first place, or even bother sourcing your already off topic claims, just spewing generic talking points about god knows what. When did I or OP talk about drugs? never.
So it's an effective law just not effectively enforced. Isn't that a distinction without a difference?
Disagree. An outcome is "just or not just" for me independent of if you got the same outcome. I believe that you meant "fair".
Un-paywalled: https://archive.ph/f8vJa
Really the third world is still basically defined in terms of your historical relationships to the US or the Soviet Union. Despite the end of that particular conflict the membership in various worlds hasn't much changed.
Hindus were thinking about time ranging from nano seconds to billions of years[0]. As far lost knowledge is concerned Indian civilization have faced numerous attacks especially on its knowledge system and wealth. During one such attack Nalanda university was destroyed, more than 10000 teachers were killed, and library with millions of books was set on fire which raged for 3 months. Invaders themselves recorded these event gleefully. As per them India was a land of idol worshipers.Here is summary article which contains links to primary sources[1]. It's through struggle and luck Indian civilization have survived although with lots of gaps.

I am sure there were others great civilizations. But they are not here any more to tell the tale.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_units_of_time

[1] https://www.myindiamyglory.com/2017/09/11/nalanda-9-million-...
When this came out, someone in my dorm made a mock of it on our whiteboard. With a few extra lines, it looks like a fat guy bending over. People always look for a human shape in what they see.
A mechanical watch has some advantages over a smartwatch:

- you can be relatively certain it's not spying on you.

- you don't need to charge it every week.

- it probably has better water resistance.
Really I prefer structured logs.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/43456211/1544203 is a little old, but still very much relevant. Julia has an untyped IR that it lowers into, then typed IR on which inference is performed, then it lowers to LLVM which lowers it to native. You can introspect the IR at these steps by taking a function call and doing `@code_lowered`, `@code_typed`, `@code_llvm`, and `@code_native`.

For some examples, the compiler plugins interface acts on typed IR, so things like Diffractor for automatic differentiation or JET static analysis and EscapeAnalysis.jl act there. Notably, Zygote automatic differentiation acted on the untyped IR. GPUCompiler.jl does some operations on the typed IR then lowers to the LLVM IR level and then intercepts the normal compilation process to choose alternative backends (e.g. compile to .ptx for compilation of native Julia to CUDA). Enzyme.jl uses the Enzyme LLVM-based automatic differentiation, so it does some actions on the typed IR before lowering to LLVM and then injecting the Enzyme LLVM pass before compiling via GPUCompiler.jl (now to the normal CPU backend).
I remember people online saying that automation and AI will free up our time to be creators instead of consumers. Looks like that's in jeopardy now. I guess back to consuming content for me.

I feel like this could be one of the biggest technological changes I'll see in my lifetime but there isn't a lot of hype around it like say VR/AR and Web3. If this does end up exponentially improving, life is going to feel like magic.