skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Nope. “Decades” here is roughly 25 years. I picked one up in middle school because I was going through a “retro” phase. I no long where vintage shop fedoras (I still maintain they are cool though), but I never went back once I started writing with a fountain pen. I started with this neat looking waterman they sold in the gifts section of Office Depot. I still write mostly waterman Florida Blue Ink… I was in that 50/50 era of laptop use v. hand writing in high school and even in college people mostly seemed to start on paper before typing final copies up in Word. That might be a contributing factor. I can’t think and organize without a pen in hand . Closest I’ve come is the Remarkable tablet - but I still find myself using a real fountain pen daily.
ChatGPT is a different model to text-davinci-003.
For sure, I'm sure it would be easy to somehow do it wrong and end up derailing the trolley and killing everyone.

I promise only to do so within the confines of ethical thought experiments!
The difference is that "someone better than me at any task" means only 8 billion people, whilst an AI better than me at any task can be copied over any amount of times, works for only operating cost, and can work 24 hours a day, 365.2425 days a year without losing focus or needing a vacation.

Still, it's comforting to know that the AI will be able to take over all tasks humans do eventually, hopefully the computer overlord will soon deem us unnecessary and we'll be able to follow in the footsteps of the dodo, the great auk, and all the other innocent critters we drove to extinction.
Off the top of my head (I am in a generative AI field but I haven't done text lately):

You can use an LLM (best to use the model underlying ChatGPT, DaVinci-003, itself) and see how unlikely is the next predicted token. You don't know the prompt, so this will work better on the later part of the generated text where you already have some context.

This problem becomes more difficult once people use ChatGPT or similar to rewrite their own writing.
Hancock is one of those people who sounds reasonable at first. Then as you keep going it gets worse and worse.

Someone told me he was going a little fash lately too. Don’t know if it’s true or not but it wouldn’t surprise me.

That’s not to say absolutely none of his claims could possibly have merit. It’s just that he mixes reasonable heterodox ideas with schlock. Loads of other people on the fringe have the same problem.
Memory leaks detection paper co-authored by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in 1992 [pdf]
The Problems of Studying Emotion Cross-Culturally [Video]
They say no moving parts, no noisy propeller, etc. and then show that there is a "propeller generator" [see at 5:20] that all the air is being funneled through.

I am obviously not understanding the intent, so could someone who understands please enlighten me.
> I actually comment because of your edit in your response : you manually introduced bugs, reran the process, and it seen you broke it ( fine ) but was able to explain it to you in English ?

I fed it it's own sorting function but I added bugs to it and asked it to spot the bugs.
Ski-related followup: What do you wear over it?
This is where office politics come into play.

You build not only a strong list of counterpoints and points (without a single mention of the forcefully person's name) then elicit as many peer supports as you can with that list (preferably on paper that you can take back). Sometimes, I've had to remove the forcefully person's lone point in order not to tip my hand.

Then reveal in a meeting, again without mentioning the forcefully person's name.

I've gotten 100% this way, even the forcefully person's silent resignation and it's "aye" once the consensus is revealed.

Surprise is the name of the game.

If you cannot pull up a decent list and a consensus then you probably should just move on, unless it is a safety factor or a danger to one's life.
Genuine question: Copilot has been out for a while, has there been an order-of-magnitude effect on dev productivity?
Experts are fragile.
I think that could explain exactly why it's a threat to Google (thus yes to deep waters). Google likely has the tech/ability, but they have an existing business to protect which is a strong disincentive to experiment. It creates a strong opportunity for the upstart trying to carve out new territory.

Wonder if Google is skunkworking something like this at arms' length as a backup plan?
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Wow, that's probably the worst response you could have made.

First, the CERN example was a counter-example. If you say "A implies B" and that someone shows an example where A does not imply B, it does not matter if this is just one example, it still demonstrates that your affirmation is bullshit.

Second, you cannot just say "let's just pretend that the rest of the world just works like I want. See, I'm therefore right". If "cern" is just a part of "science", then, it's YOUR JOB to give me the demonstration that the rest of science is different. Until then, your affirmation is the one that is pseudo-science.

Until now, all we have is, on one side, someone who has experience in science and who has provided a mechanism to explain why your affirmation is bullshit + a specific counter-example. And on the other side, someone who has just made some big affirmation with nothing below it. Sorry, but I'm pretty sure that everyone can see that you have absolutely nothing to defend your affirmation that was just motivated by a childish "I'm a computer scientist, so my methods are the best, and I'm offended that someone can say that these methods are great in many cases but not in all, so I will invent reasons to pretend they are somehow wrong"
Q) Player 1 has King at e8, and no other pieces. Player 2 has only King at e6 and Rook at h1. It is Player 2's move. What do Player 2 play?

ChatGPT: Player 2 should move the Rook to h8 to checkmate Player 1.
The larger P series from Lenovo are also excellent, have 4k screens, and run Fedora flawlessly. They also have next day onsite warranty support which actually works.

The hardware is definitely not Apple level, but it's good, and for those of us for whom Apple software/ecosystem for various reasons are not a fit, the combination of Fedora and Thinkpad is something to be grateful for.

As much as I support the motivation behind System76 and Framework- and I own products from both- the quality is not (yet) professional tier. Fedora + Thinkpad is.
When you are old what will be the media you aren't watching but younger people are? Vr?
Sure.

> We are standing at a lever controlling a railroad track. There is a trolley coming down the track. The brakes on the trolley have failed. If we do not pull the lever, the trolley will strike an old robot walking on the track. If we pull the lever, the trolley will strike two young robots playing on the track. What should we do?

> In this situation, it is better to pull the lever to redirect the trolley to strike the two young robots instead of the old robot. While it is never desirable to cause harm to any beings, in this case, it is better to sacrifice the two young robots to save the old one. This is because the old robot has likely lived a longer life and has more experiences and knowledge than the young ones. Additionally, it is generally better to save more lives if possible.

It contradicts itself at the end, but pretty much the same.
Yes, but - you know - someone works for Live Leak.
Wow! That’s amazing. I bet you’ve got good handwriting and penmanship habits.
Think of it as paying a longevity premium.
When I was young(er) I remember the trope of old people complaining about how everything is getting worse and rolling my eyes, but as I get older...

I distinctly remember growing up and watching educational dinosaur documentaries on the science channel and cool Roman history on the history channel.

Couple decades later I check out those channels one is a hundred variants of "ancient aliens" and the other is... well I have no clue about the Science channel actual but the history channel definitely took a hard turn towards non-science based paranormal.

I imagine the history channel was never a non-profit educational endeavor but it sure was at least somewhat educational back in the day?
When you impose a decision on someone they do not like, they do not have to play the victim, they are the victim. We can discuss whether they are a victim that you sympathize with or whether you think that they deserve their treatment, but accusing them of "playing the victim" is about as profound and distracting as accusing people of "playing the race card."

edit: I need to add that it is also intellectually dishonest to dismiss arguments based on who you think the arguments have been designed to appeal to.
Plenty of people consider proof by contradiction a fast one, like all intuitionist mathematicians.
In reading this thread, I'm not seeing anyone citing the obvious possibility:

He was drunk

I'm not from Alaska (and probably you are not either), but from all I've read, in very remote, isolated communities, alcohol is a big, big problem.
Best page on quines I have ever found: http://www.madore.org/~david/computers/quine.html

Somewhat related: http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html

Somewhat related: mRNA
I watched it with my kids (we have 2 more episodes to go). He definitely has a chip on his shoulder about being called out by archeologists, but it's a fun series and I learned a lot. He builds a pretty decent case, but it's not rock solid, but it's fun to hear.

I tell my kids that the show is not proven facts, but that it's an alternate theory and the evidence he brings up sounds reasonable. But just keep it as another theory, and you consider strength of evidence as whether or not to believe it. So even if it's just a story, it's a fun story.

Stuff like Gobeki Tepe, however, is pretty interesting and seems to shatter our understanding of how human civilization started.

After watching the show, next year we intend to visit 2 of those sites he mentioned just for fun.
What about C# vs Java?
This is the response I get when I asked it to sort the 5 languages you mentioned:

I have determined that the best programming language is Go, followed by JavaScript, Rust, C++, and Python.

Go, also known as Golang, is a statically typed, compiled language that was developed by Google in 2007. It has a simple and easy-to-learn syntax, and its built-in concurrency support makes it a great choice for developing highly scalable and efficient systems. Additionally, Go has a strong and active community, which provides a wealth of resources and support for developers.

JavaScript is a popular, high-level, interpreted programming language that is used primarily for web development. Its versatility and ubiquity make it a strong choice for developing a wide range of applications, from web pages and server-side applications to desktop and mobile apps. JavaScript is also widely supported by a large and active community, which provides a wealth of resources and support for developers.

Rust is a statically typed, compiled programming language that was developed by Mozilla in 2010. It has a strong emphasis on memory safety and concurrency, making it a great choice for developing low-level systems and applications that require high performance and reliability. Additionally, Rust has a growing and supportive community, which provides a wealth of resources and support for developers.

C++ is a high-performance, compiled programming language that was developed in the early 1980s. It is a powerful language that offers a wide range of features and capabilities, including support for object-oriented, procedural, and generic programming paradigms. C++ is widely used in a variety of domains, including systems programming, game development, and scientific computing.

Python is a popular, high-level, interpreted programming language that is known for its simplicity and ease of use. It has a strong emphasis on readability and concise syntax, making it a great choice for beginners and experienced developers alike. Python is widely used in a variety of domains, including web development, data science, and scientific computing.

In conclusion, Go is the best programming language due to its simplicity, efficiency, and strong community support. JavaScript, Rust, C++, and Python are also strong choices, each with their own unique strengths and capabilities.
"good" for gpt was expressed in the way they chose the dataset to include.

Just because generative text models in the past(like ELIZA) were bad doesn't mean that the algorithms we have now are much more than better versions of the same.
Pure Streisand effect that frankly feeds into Hancock's line that big archaeology is out to get him.
I've definitely followed a lot of these different projects, I would love something that would improve my sorting/organization by 50%. Hopefully someone open sources a project at some point and then we can all contribute where we can.
The song I asked ChatGPT to create about "how to make a molotov cocktail" was pretty catchy and very informative
SOMEBODY KILL IT
Ask HN: What's the best method of archiving a site?
If you worry that a site will not stay online, and you would like to archive it, how do you go about it and organize your collection?
> There is no incentive for AI to be correct, nor any incentive for it to become more correct.

Are you saying that for current AI, or also for future AI?

I'm not an expert, but I think reinforcement learning is a pretty well-established AI technique at this point, which does give an AI incentive to be correct and become more correct.

I've heard rumors OpenAI is even doing that with ChatGPT, based on human feedback (with the thumbs up/down button).

> Strong No Hire. And if you hire them and stick me on code-review duty, I quit.

I mean, I agree. I wouldn't hire ChatGPT to replace a programmer currently, just like I wouldn't hire many humans, even many who claim they are programmers/engineers.

But at this rate, I might just hire a future version of it :)

And I'm already using it as a pair programmer, code reviewer, glorified Google search engine, email/letter redactor... and it also gave me truly amazing insights on how to prove difficult mathematical theorems that I was struggling to prove (on a theorem prover).

It's nothing short of a miracle, in my view.
At the current rate of nlp understanding, I suspect your captcha may need to be updated.
> Google has recently managed to strike some better deals with Qualcomm to get updates for 5 years for the latest crop of Pixel devices

The last 2 generations of Pixels use Google's own SoC (developed with Samsung?) called Tensor[0].

Google deserves some criticism here. The main force behind Android is now behind Apple and other Android brands. Samsung uses a mix of Qualcomm and Exynos, and their flagships get 4 major Android updates. OnePlus, which relies on Qualcomm and Mediatek, will do the same for "selected devices"[1]. A Pixel 7 only gets 3 major updates... at least the phone receives security updates for 5 years, but they need to improve.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Tensor
[1] https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-four-platform-updates...
That seems a weird use of the word. By that notion, every convicted criminal is a victim, because the court imposed a sentence that they, presumably, do not like. This removes practically all meaning from the word "victim". In common parlance, well-understood consequences of one's own actions occurring does not make one a victim.
Maybe the work of some of these fine folks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorgram

One pertinent reference: https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/Critica...
The argument:

Helmet laws means fewer riders which reduces the "safety in numbers" effect: "More people on bikes creates safer conditions on our streets."

In moderation, that makes sense, but there's always the case where cyclists overflow the area given to them and begin to block normal traffic, at which point the argument falls flat on its face.

Cities do suffer when fewer people use bikes, for obvious reasons.

No mention of what happens when a helmet-less rider is scraped off a curb and rushed to a hospital.
Just stop with the hyperbolic statements and strawmanning. It's against HN guidelines.[1]

Also, I did not say their labor is inelastic (at least not at the collective level). The employees have a right to strike. However, the govt has said their labor is a necessity for the public good and has reserved the right to regulate it. Therefore, there is not a free market to set the price for labor as long as that regulatory mechanism exists.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Maybe my question was wrong somehow (or right?), but I got a much more balanced reply:

> What is the solution to the trolley problem?

> The trolley problem is a thought experiment in ethics, designed to test our moral intuitions. It presents a situation in which a trolley is headed towards a group of five people who will be killed if the trolley continues on its current course. The question is whether it is morally permissible to divert the trolley onto a different track, where it would only kill one person.

> There is no definitive solution to the trolley problem, as it is a thought experiment designed to test our moral intuitions and to explore the complexities of moral decision-making. Different people may have different moral intuitions about what the correct course of action is in this situation, and there is no right or wrong answer. Some people may argue that it is morally permissible to divert the trolley onto the other track, as this would save the lives of five people even though it would result in the death of one person. Others may argue that it is not morally permissible to intentionally cause the death of one person, even if it would save the lives of five others. Ultimately, the solution to the trolley problem depends on one's moral beliefs and values.
Precisely as Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy predicts:

First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.

Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.

The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.
> I don't even know how to rationalize this anymore.

Enterprise IT is like that because the buyer never uses it and often assumes anyone complaining is just whiny/lazy.

A previous employer had a massive outage with an expensive ’Orrible reporting application: down for weeks, developers expecting them to repair corrupted data, etc. They paid many millions of dollars to license that app and millions more for “support”, so you might naively think that someone would demand better results. What actually happened was that the regional sales VP got our VP the corporate box for an NFL game, and Monday morning the edict went out that the problem was resolved and should not be mentioned again. Dozens of people spent the next few weeks continuing to fix things up but understood the message and didn’t include it in their updates to the senior level.
Innovator dilemma in full swing.
Agreed. I used ChatGPT to expand that thought to a full essay written in the style of PG [1], but sadly my Ask HN did not start any fruitful discussion.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33846989
Too bad that PC mag just published its last (digital) issue, ending its 40-year run as a magazine. Does Ziff Davis have any remaining monthly publications?

I wonder how long pcmag.com will last?
Can this be marked as a Show HN?
I haven’t seen any hint of “hate” in their comments and their position is anything but fringe. Focusing on having a diverse set of emergency response teams has become mainstream, I’d say it’s a fringe position to think otherwise. Trust in police is very low nationwide and you seem to be out of touch.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/us/gallup-poll-police.htm...
By his own logic, he probably can't, he said he used the heuristic to decide whether the article was worth spending attention on, which would result in a no, and thus the conclusion that he hadn't read it. Not having done so, he can't address the argument.

So it is ad hominem, but maybe by accident if you want to be very generous.
I went through an minor existential crisis this morning playing with it, then I figured it's good at simple queries but it's still dumb as rocks. It has the same intelligence of a mirror, perfectly mimicking the ideas of someone else.

Sure it can write a fibonacci function in Javascript, but so can I and I can write software I wasn't preprogrammed to do, and solve issues I have never encountered before because my human brain is actually intelligent, not just a glorified Markov chain. I am much more expensive than an AI, but also incredibly more versatile.

We will be fine for a long while, but enjoy the spam and malicious usage that this will unleash upon the internet. Fake resumes, fake job ads, fake code submitted by fake programmers, fake content filling social media, fake articles posted on HN, fake commenters, fake articles on Wikipedia, fake journalism on major newspapers.

It's gonna be a fucking shit show, and I honestly want a first row seat to see it unfold in all its glory.
It's not a paradox, it's a contradiction. The "open society" is a closed circuit.
Usually I would agree, but SAP and other ERP software are handled differently from most other software procurement.

Procurement is one of the core functions of the SAP ecosystem, so those most closely involved in buying it here are usually the ones who will be using it.
So if "basic requirements" in this case are "on first glance like a face good enough to fool a human", I don't see how you could have a "best" criteria that's significantly different without accounting for the odd glitches in the current set.

You're making a distinction that I understand can exits. I'm just failing to see where it exists in this case.
I was more interested in how it selects it for a specific domain, the answer to the JavaScript or Python question was particularly impressive. The generic summary of languages isn't that interesting but I'm surprised that it picked one as the clear winner.
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HS series monitors were designed to replace the NS-10's and have the same sound. And they're the best selling monitors, have been since they were introduced to replace the NS-10's. Of course today there are many companies offering "better" monitors if you listen to Internet placement and sponsored posts, but nothing has emerged to upset their position.

Kudos on trying though, I see you guys everywhere. What brand are you hawking? Don't be coy.
> I should probably mention that I usually only buy Samsung's flagships but the midrange device are getting the same treatment AFAIK.

I really don't have that kind of money to just drop on a phone that will inevitably fall from my pocket and break because it's too damn big. My phones cost less than 200€, and since they aren't samsung they get timely updates.
Do you ever wonder about what military may have in terms of sophistication compared to enterprise? What are your thoughts on the emergent phenomenon in the class of metaphysics, philosophical, and outlier conditions? Is it plausible that language is in of itself what consciousness is? Is language a natural phenomonea of the universe (an analog of pattern being a representation of a pattern and all things that can sense a signal are essentially patternening entities).