skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is inherent to having binary packages. Binaries compiled to look for libraries in one location cannot just be copied to a system with a different layout. Nix also can't just use the OS conventions, since part of the point of Nix is that it does not use the global system state and only its own isolated, reproducible world. So then they had to make a decision and decided to just use /nix everywhere which worked fine for some years. And now MacOS has changed, choosing something else would invalidate all historical binary packages.
https://github.com/tweag/nickel
Previous Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31770348
It‘s a stupid idea with all kinds of problems. What if, for some reason, your bank account is empty or your CC is over the limit at the time of departure. The transaction might fail and your flight will be canceled hours before departure. You won’t be able to book some other flight on such short notice, etc.pp..

There is a much easier fix. You give the airlines 2 weeks to refund the money. The have to refund it without any forms etc. because the damn well know who booked and paid a flight they canceled. Every day the overrun the 2 weeks, the refund is automatically increased by 5 percent. I have no doubt, 99% of refunds will be paid out after two weeks.
Actually just said maybe wait til your brain's fully developed to do them habitually, and here's a hint at why.
22% of founders ask their family for money. Probably because either 1) they don't want to risk the relationship or 2) their family doesn't have much to give.

https://clutch.co/consulting/resources/startup-funding-sourc...
technical solutions to political problems are always doomed.

It always, always, comes down to the the rubber hose decryption.
When schools have increased funding it doesn't magically solve the problems. You will still have high crime levels, gang problems, lower attendance, less educated parents, less likely to have a stay at home parent, less money for tutoring, less stable housing, less likely to have 2 parents in the household, etc.

Don't get me wrong, money does play an impact, but only when the families have it. When families are wealthier their kids do better even if their school is getting less funding than some of these schools in poor areas.
Don’t Be a Dabbler
Climate change is happening and most of us live in a country (or next to a country, yay Canada!) where half the political body actively denies that it is happening and refuses to take action.

As long as half of America continues to engage in such dangerous denialism there is no amount of drum beating that is excessive.
That's how every Postgres extension works (e.g. Timescale, PostGIS, etc.)
Do you have an alternate theory to explain the correlation?
One of the more confusing examples of this I've encountered was a manufacturer describing a material with improved eco-friendliness over a prior version as "dark green"... taking the color metaphor perhaps a bit too seriously. (For what it's worth, the material happened to be black in color.)
The people rolling their eyes are the ones who "gets it from a guy they trust" and have never heard of or seen a test kit, so....not sure I care what they think!
Others here have already identified it, for this posting. Actually, them, because there are more. But he has a lot of other postings. And lots of other very smart people have lots more postings, often with howlers too.
Hard disagree. This makes the assumption that this person can not put on any other hats, which would make me question how they got into a startup in the first place.

I can see your point in the case where the person does nothing already, leaves, and it has no impact. But in the top-comment where this happens specifically _because_ the person deprecated themselves then that person has definitely shown how valuable they are.

If they can do that well you know they'll fit in anywhere. You should definitely fight to find a place for them when they come back.
Let’s say you got pulled over for “fitting the description” or because you “looked suspicious” and let’s say that it’s one of the cops “specially trained to detect being under the influence” [1]. Let’s also say that you are legally allowed to carry.

Do you really think there is a non zero chance that cops won’t use any excuse to make an arrest seem legit?

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug...

I choose not to trust that the justice system will ever veer in my favor.
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I do the same with a Pimoroni DAC SHIM (a little PCB you can slot between the Pi and another connected device)
> Remember when France paid even more in 1815 and 1871 and didn't went on a genocidal rampage on their neighbors?

I don't know that I'd say that, like I who to blame for WWI is a very contentious subject and ultimately I'd say that the blame does rest on the German leaders, including the Kasier and German General Staff, but to pretend France has no culpability is a little disingenuous. I'd say that WWI was pretty much every European country going on a genocidal rampage on their neighbors, just because the French weren't very effective at keeping it on their neighbors soil doesn't mean they aren't responsible.
Part of me wants to buy a $200 pi on Amazon, wait 29 days, and then return it. I enjoy the thought of a scalper having his inventory unavailable until price normality returns.
A “machine poem” film created using AI tools (writing/speech/music/visuals)
Human me did editing and a slight curation when it came to images I chose to include.

For writing a poem I used https://rytr.me

Then I converted to speech using https://play.ht/

For visuals i used Dalle2 since I still had some free credits. Excited to compare with stable diffusion next.

Music uses OpenAI’s Jukebox.

Edited together with Adobe Premiere.

I was intentionally trying to see if I could make what felt like a moving/emotional ‘film’ about grieving the loss of a friend, just using AI tools. I only used the first poem generated based on the prompt “a poem about the beauty of life” to try and not be to overly-selective as a starting point.

I can’t wait for some smart person to tie all of these things together into one single generative media system, and automate everything based on a voice prompt.

I would also love to know if there are other 'AI Films' out there in the world? I would really enjoy checking them out and documenting them.
> 1. Does every nix-shell require building the whole world from ground-up? Seems impractical to me.

Agreed! Most repos with a shell.nix and heavy dependencies use their own binary cache with the service cachix.org (free for public repos).

> But, on MacOS, nixpkgs was not a pleasant experience at all.

Were there reasons besides the QMK nix shell building the world?
Simple, privacy "maniacs" do not install something with telemetry integrated by default.

So of course they freak, when it is suddenly creeping in, in something they trusted.
Prostitution? As mentioned, anything requiring physical presence.
Thanks for the suggestion! It makes sense to have it on Nixpkgs collection since anyway you need to install Nix alongside bob

Already created an issue :)

https://github.com/benchkram/bob/issues/193
You could just say "Your comment ignores...".

I don't see much of a problem with seibelj's comment, it seems accurate. Just like in American politics, people constantly decry "That's unconstitutional!" about some proposed law they don't like, as if there is any kind of agreed upon definition of what is unconstitutional(there isn't - even the Supreme Court frequently disagrees within itself and is only decided based on a simple majority-rules voting of the members).
Unless you have a documented use, like a card. Then the risk goes way up because it's easy for them to search.
You mean _start()'s stack pointer. Libc can secure them and it's fine. It would probably break the ANSI C standard though if you can't modify argv and environ though. So Libc would need to copy them. But that limits the usefulness of the original tooling proposal unless the operating system has something like /proc/pid/maps that tells you the extent of the system provided stack. I don't think OpenBSD has that. Please prove me wrong since if it does, I'd love to know how.
They're available from the distributor at around 10¢ each. So $3 goes to the manufacturer and distributor and $4 goes to the pharmacy.

Incidentally, the huge difference between street price and wholesale price is the reason why diversion is a problem. If the drugs were sold at $10/pill but with instant rebates to the recipients of $9.90 then they'd probably be kept very strictly controlled, even without the DEA involved...
> Something like `nix-shell --dry-run`?

Exactly that? Lol :)
The Nix store has to be housed in /nix because all references to runtime dependencies in the store are absolute paths in /nix,

This is true, but in some sense Nix on Apple Silicon was a missed opportunity. It started as a blank slate (fresh binary cache) and it would've been a good opportunity to move the store to a writable path like /opt/nix. This would have solved the whole dance needed with volumes and synthetic.conf. I know that there are infrastructure issues (like Hydra using a single Nix store), but it would've made the macOS Nix story so much better.

It's a shame that only Apple can make firmlinks, because that would've been another possible solution (/nix could be a firmlink to the actual store location).

The same problem occurs on e.g. Fedora SilverBlue, because you can also not make arbitrary root directories. But at least on Linux, you don't want to throw away more than one decade of a x86_64 binary cache.
I have a T430s and I actually like the keyboard.
Yes, the preamp quality is more crucial than the ADC quality when it comes to using mics with very low output, unless using a cloudlifter which shims away this issue. Way more likely to be dissatisfied due to preamp noise than due to a cheap ADC.

Typical interfaces have a fine ADC and some kind of pre, but the pre might be noisier than desired when paired with an unusually low-output microphone, so if you already have an ADC via motherboard line input then you "just" need a pre. I don't mean to lump all dynamic mics into this problematic low-output category (SM58 is much higher output than SM7B, both are dynamic) but we could certainly say that condenser mics should never be in this category when a few inches from someone's face.
SELECT is a bit like return?

return 6;

or

return x++;

or even

return (exit(0));
That's actually a pretty good analogy for diffusion models. Another commenter linked https://www.reddit.com/r/dalle2/comments/vnw3z9/a_house_in_t..., showing how "flat stability" (zoom out / scrolling) is possible via in/out painting with masks.

The linked technique zooms and doesn't use masks, hence the instability.
We had this in Germany and it was pretty nice. Would have been better with a few more trains, but whelp, that's what the years of pushing for cars give you.

I still hope it will lead to a change.
And here I am still waiting on my 40 acres and mule they were supposed to give my great great grandfather.
I am pro-union and acknowledge that some unions will protect workers that don't actually contribute to the business, but I think we need a source on unions that drove companies into bankruptcy. That's a pretty extreme case that needs concrete examples.
> This person clearly didn't actually step on any of these.

Well that’s no fun at all!

I was hoping for human trials of sleep deprived adults, with scoring metrics like “Number of hops” and “Number of shouted obscenities” and a probability likelihood estimate of all visible blocks being tossed into the trash after impact.
We have to create artificial opportunities to keep that facade up.
IMDB is an Amazon subsidiary that has removed all reviews bellow 6 stars for Amazon Primes new flagship show.
The justice system isn't about justice, it's about control, power, and winning.
The exact phrasing:

> That’s my doing.

Come on now.
The thing is, it's not a foregone conclusion that we'll get to there. Amazon believes it's in their interests to fight tooth and nail to prevent unions from forming, and historically, it has been able to do so.

Of course, there's some pretty good evidence that companies that treat and pay their workers well are more successful than those that try to scrape by treating them like disposable machine parts. But it's not, and has never been, all about the money: a lot of it is about power, and classism, and giving mediocre managers someone they can treat like garbage.
> If they know potential dangers, they share at least some responsibility for future damage.

This line of thinking was used during the dark ages to argue against the spread of science vs. religion.
Even if the basements were flood-proof, these basements have minimal natural light, and little to no view from the windows. Horrible places to live. The mother at the end of the video says it all:

"I want to move above ground where my children can see the skies, to a place that doesn't have the musty smell of a semi-basement, so we can live together in fresh air."
Setting Up Jekyll on Windows 10
Right. That's why I can claim that my biggest contribution to Firefox is suggesting indicating the estimated reading time at the top of an article in reader mode. I'm the one who made the feature request [0].

It took some time, but they finally implemented it and I felt (and still feel) very good about it :)

[0] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265304
> WSL is still the best way to run crystal in windows.

WSL is never the best way to do anything, unless the question is "what is the best way to emulate Linux on Windows?". In all other cases, WSL is literally the worst way to do anything.
Why is that odd? Ice melts when it's warm.
Too bad they don't accept peer-to-peer electronic cash
But also
> You can paste source code directly into your Markdown document without any changes, and it will appear as expected in the rendered HTML. That’s my doing.

In that sentence, it kinda does sound like they're trying to take credit for it.
In the US you can start an LLC "a" and later on a Holding LLC "b" and make "b" the owner of "a", so that "b" is the parent (and holding company) of "a". It's really just about how ownership is structured, and it can be done later on.
Maybe American Factory (2019) or Gung Ho (1986). The latter isn't a documentary though.
Yeah, but when you tweak the laws to favor certain investments that ain't quite "how markets work" anymore.
I help maintain some open source projects, and I totally disagree. Filing bugs (or thoughtful feature requests) is absolutely a contribution, and I wish more users would do so.

Edit: In fairness, I think some of the ways the author describes it are grandiose ("my extremely important contribution"), but I interpreted them as hyperbole.
That's fascinating, and very unfortunate how lax the security likely is for an organ keeping you alive.

You would think if you can detect a strong magnet, you could use that to turn the wireless on and off... Like how holding a power button on a phone turns it off, but holding longer can do a factory reset or what have you.

Glad you're doing better since then, though.
Oops. Wrong word. I meant "separate volume".

/nix could still be used if it's on a separate volume. Which still seems less nice than just having /nix on the same volume.
I'm having similar issues with the Web version. Their repo contains a nice python notebook so I'm going to try to get it working locally.
https://github.com/deforum/stable-diffusion/blob/main/Deforu...
I think GP is saying they view SELECT as a "pure" function. A pure function doesn't modify state, so neither should SELECT.
The fact that a single person is generating that amount of revenue from this clone is a fact I find both relevant and interesting. I’m not sure there’s any particular evidence this is being “glamourised”.
How does Bob handle network requirements (downloading dependencies during the build)? I think that is one of the biggest pain points for nix packaing. Many projects have build instructions that depend on downloading stuff in a complex manner that cannot be easily abstracted/shaped to what Nix expects.
Wasn't the german goal to replace car (and therefore oil) usage in general? I'm not sure someone taking a train to the beach town instead of driving there because the train was cheap is a failure in terms of the policy goals?
I wish this blog post had more meat to it. It was pretty minimal on information.

This is also due to the fact that I tend to value Graham's posts highly :)
I would say that switching from private cars to public transportation may actually decrease inflation. Would you rather have the citizens spend more on gasoline, thus potentially increasing the price of it?

Also, as far as I understand, governments spending money doesn't necessarily cause inflation. Inflation was rampant between 1998 and 2006 too, while the Spanish government was selling ownership on arguably most of their national industries.
DO $$ BEGIN
PERFORM rebalance_table_shards();
END $$;
In which jurisdiction would you be starting the main company and the holding company?
You mentioned you’d incorporate in the us, but for which entity? Both? I strongly recommend against a US person including non-resident citizens owning a foreign company, especially as a holding company or similar because the compliance is effectively impossible to manage without thousands of dollars in accountancy (see IRS form 5471).

Does Germany tax non resident citizens (almost certainly not only the US does)? If so, ignore Germany if you’re planning on staying in the US for the next 10ish years. Germany and the US will almost certainly have a variety of tax treaties, and once you’ve paid US tax on the income it’ll be yours free and clear if you want to later return to Germany.

If you’re planning on returning to Germany before the company is likely to have exited, you will definitely need strong legal advice and this may cost $$$.

I am not a lawyer or financial professional this doesn’t constitute advice
I do wish we could have both modes in Markdown, similar to how bash has <<END and <<'END'

Sometimes I want to highlight a part of the code...
There are now leadless devices that communicate with each other using RF.
A lot of people cannot escape. And it often surprises me how many people really don’t want to work in software.
Evidence that such a correlation exists for “white evangelicals” in the US tells us nothing about whether it exists for religious people in general - including religious Americans from other racial/religious backgrounds, and non-Americans. Your observation might not be true for religion at all, only for a very specific type of it
That's one of the beautiful things about Cannabis legalization - it provides a non-addictive pain management solution where the pills will talk much less.
> It didn't matter from a plot perspective at all really

To me this is exactly what made the flood scene so powerful.

When watching the film the flood seems to almost interrupt the narrative flow, "what is this? this isn't what I'm interested in right now. Why do we need this, there's already enough going on for these people?" is your first reaction as a viewer

But that's how real tragedy unfolds, it completely interrupts the story you are telling yourself with something you would really prefer not to deal with but are not allowed to ignore.

Floods, or likewise layoffs, the death of an important family member, etc. never fit the narrative flow we have in our heads. They interrupt our story in a way we really don't want.

I recall years ago getting ready for an important business trip for early stage startup that I had just joined. I was packing when I got a call that a close family member on the other side of the country had died. It didn't fit with my plans, I was going to start a new company, I didn't have time for a funeral, for grieving. Can't we do this next week when I'm less busy?

Of course the next morning the flight I got on was not for a startup but for the funereal.

Tragedy and loss never fit out schedule, not only do they bring their own pain but they destroy everything else we were trying to balance in our lives. Really a brilliant way to convey this idea in film.
> Even when I have full line of sight to all of the sky, it cuts out with some frequency (multiple times per hour) for anywhere from a couple seconds to half a minute.

This would be incorrect. If it has proper line of sight this does not occur. You're experiencing some other problem that most people do not experience.

> Starlink is fantastic in some ways, but I think they've massively oversold it, and I'm not sure they'll ever catch up as they're recruiting people faster than they're adding satellites.

This isn't a problem over the ocean as there's no one out there. It will be extremely high speeds in such places.

> I worry that this push to sell to more-lucrative customers at sea is just going to make the service even worse for nobodies like me.

It can't make service worse on land because the systems are disjoint. Speeds in one cell do not affect speeds in another cell.
If you want to avoid contributing to this language abuse in your own writing it can be helpful to include the authority with the improper noun.

For example "Part 314 preventative care" (authority made up).

The most common and most innocent way these arise is that when some source, rule, process, or law refines or clarifies a definition for good and proper reasons, then people go around using the definition divorced from that context.

Even if you don't know and can't find or don't want to be bothered to look up the authority, you can still indicate the improper noun use by saying "insurance jargon preventative care" or even just putting it in quote: "preventative care".

This doesn't help if you're participating in jargon and don't know it, but in many (most?) cases the authors of confusing text do know it-- it's their own industries/groups jargon after all.
But, since the files were under /nix, if you put them under /opt, then you wouldn't be able to make use of the compilation caches for /nix.

Until a very short time ago there was no binary cache for Apple Silicon Macs.
I think this comes down to how many in the US see jobs in the general. A job working in an Amazon fulfillment center is seen by most as a kind of "stepping stone" job. Literally anyone can get the job very easily, and as a result its not considered to be a "good job" in the first place. There is an understanding that you work this type of job if you are fresh out of high school with no experience, or you don't have any skills so you can't find better work, etc. So it's considered okay to suffer in the short term, as you don't plan to stay in this type of job for the long term anyway. In fact Amazon leans into this by offering programs to pay tuition for fullfillment center workers to learn tech skills, etc. Part of the draw of the job is that you can more easily pivot from the role into new better roles.

So with this background its not hard to see why workers don't bother to join a union or invest that much in improving working conditions in their current role. They want to be moving on to another job or better role in a year or less anyway.

Disclaimer: I am an Amazon employee, and I am speaking from my own personal viewpoint, not for Amazon.