skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't think that's a comparable scenario. In the scenario that you present the question is whether someone actually did what they are accused of. In the parent's scenario the question is how they should be punished for what they did.

A better comparison would be a defendant who was found guilty but there were mitigating circumstances and a low probability of reoffending. In that case I would definitely support a reduced sentence.

Similarly, the parent would presumably advocate overlooking intolerance when there are mitigating circumstances or if the intolerance is unlikely to have a serious effect. It's the difference between your uncle telling an off color joke at Thanksgiving and the chief of police villainizing black people in a press conference.
"strictly legislated, commonly broke, selectively enforced"

This is what Westerners, who are used to rule of law, do not understand about authoritarian countries. Selective enforcement of laws is the preferred way to punish transgressors.

In Chechnya, the Kadyrovite kingdom, there is a crossroads with a traffic light that is always red. It never turns green. People routinely drive through that traffic light on red, because it can't be done otherwise.

Why is the traffic light even there? The side road connects to a Kadyrovite palace. If there is any accident with any vehicle coming from that palace, the normal driver on the main road is automatically at fault - because he disrespected a red light.
And with lots of plazas in between.
ChatGPT-written spec of a Brainfuck-like language with five commands
Honestly it seems rather random - but frequently you'll get a response like:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33841154

Rather than original content.
>> and it isn't trivial to develop for QA/QC because if they make a mistake with the keys then devices could be unable to load apps from the App Store.

Well then they better do some f..ing testing. They're only one of the biggest tech companies in existence. Making phones isn't trivial either!
If someone tells me how to give feedback on them (the nature of it), they're getting the worst possible.
they’d put down an initial layer of moon dust and rocks in the shape of whatever they’re trying to build—say, the walls of a lunar habitat—then use a purpose-built laser to melt the regolith so that it would be permanently stuck together. Once the first layer solidified, they’d add another; it’s not so different from the way their 3D printers work on Earth.
Yeah I'm not really sure that's the same thing, it's more about what happens in a power vacuum created during a revolution, rather than being concerned with creeping state power or a general fear of planning or anything that might be considered socialist.
As far as I know, this isn't true. Some AGPL users claim that it is a requirement of the AGPL, but I am also unaware of any litigation that substantiates that reading of the license.

Can you cite cases that have established this as fact?
Nabokov said:

> Curiously enough, one cannot read a book: one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader.

https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/01/21/nabokov-on-what-ma...
I have big LED panels in the basement, some behind curtains. This is my favourite room in the long dark winter. That and vitamin D helps. But is necessary to slow down a bit anyway
it's the kind of book that make people want to game the metric rather than play, it's typical of this era IMO
> psychological mechanics of rewatching

When it gets to the psychological, it gets hard. Everyone is different.

In my case, I browse my personal library and just feel like rewatching that movie. For me, that's for enough as a mechanism. I don’t need further “artificial” rituals.

> How does one come to multiple, annual, rewatching

Again, IMO you will have to create for yourself the experience that is “magical” to you specifically. It can be difficult to do it on your own (you may feel like cheating yourself). That’s why I suggested the social aspect that can makes it feel more "genuine".
Partly, yes, but it also assumes that "leaving each other alone" results in societally beneficial outcomes. That's not necessarily true. For example, in many Asian countries it's common to call out family and friends on their weight. It's not a "live and let live" approach, but it might explain why Asians tend to be skinny. (I'm reminded of the line from "Everything, Everywhere All at Once," where the mom goes "Wait. You are getting fat. And you never call me even though we have a family plan. And it's free. You only visit when you need something. And you got a tattoo and I don't care if it's supposed to represent our family. You know I hate tattoos.")
> The Shah also wasn't installed by the U.S., he had been in power since Russia and the U.K. removed his father during WWII.

It's Disingenuous to frame it this way! He wasn't, but his father was installed and removed when needed so the son could take his place.

For the readers of this thread, if you are interested in how this went down, you can read this article [1] from "The National Security Archive" of GW University. There are references to the actual CIA documents that were declassified under "Freedom of Information Act".

This letter is from the people in charge of the coup. The same people wanted this information to remain hidden until they were forced to release it by law.

Also, this letter conveniently leaves out the part about the methods used by US-backed actors to 'persuade' those votes against Mossadegh in Majlis (Congress). The votes might not have been very "organic," as this declassified document [2] suggests.

[1] https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/

[2] https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/docs/Doc%206%20-...

edit: formatting
Brighton is SO COOL. No sarcasm. Really loved it.
Carl Öst Wilkens did something similar on Day 3: https://twitter.com/ostwilkens/status/1599026699999404033

Cool hacks, both of them.

Who's gotten ChatGPT to pontificate on the ethics or utility of people staying up late, using their mental energy to solve puzzles whose answers have no obvious utility? Would it then collapse into an introspective black hole, realizing its talents could be put elsewhere and becomes an EA maximalist, or finally conclude its very own power consumption could be put to better use powering ICU ventilators and power down?

Also! I sort of question the spirit of these two bots. After solving the problem, neither went on to create elaborate visualizations of the problem!
Well yes. The less heap to scan the faster it is. I was just referreing to the unusual ratio between speed and RAM.
I'm excited about the new oddball science book by XKCD cartoonist Randall Munroe. ("What If 2")
30 minute walks at dawn cured my moderate-severe SAD.
Presumably it does a better job than "closed as duplicate" or "you actually want XYZ even though you asked for ABC".
> trying to reduce the self-induced mental pressure

That's like trying to stop breathing for me. Getting out and exercising when I least feel like it is the only thing that has helped me. But clearing that hurdle isn't always easy.
That’s an interesting task it failed on. Yes it is not perfect (yet). But it is also astonishing what kind of tasks it succeeds doing.

I give it a simply primary school math question (A and B drive at speed x, …). At some point it said something like „If A starts 10 minutes after B, A needs to start 22 minutes before B, to meet them at the goal“. Which is just nonsense.
I'm not sure it is. There are still numerous anti-trans laws being passed. The supreme court struck down the right to an abortion and looks set to allow businesses to discriminate against gay people. Police brutality and unequal legal outcomes are still common. Gerrymandering, the electoral college, and campaign finance reform means that the weak still have almost no voice in government.
Getting ChatGPT to implement a dice-based combat system
I've had your exact discussion both online and in person, You aren't alone.

Sometimes online, I suspect it's insincere. They know why you are doing the hypothetical, it hurts their position, so instead of engaging with it they become absolutists.

Other times, though (especially easy to see in person) it is VERY real. They simply are not capable of dealing with hypotheticals.

Where that came up the most for me was when tutoring math in college. The abstract nature of math past algebra was just something some people could not grok. They wanted the hard and fast facts. "Ask me to do 7 * 5 and I'll have that answer in an instant, don't ask me riddles about x * 5 = 35".
> My perfectionism isn’t just about doing things perfect. It’s an exceptionalism approach: I can do better, and the normal rules and limitations that apply to humans do not apply to me.

> The real issue is that if I can’t hit some pre-conceived level of commitment and results that my perfectionism convinces me that I can hit, I don’t put the effort it.

> The instant gratification serves another purpose though. It prevents me from slowing down.

Fighting this is key.

Even completely euthymic, this is still a battle, perhaps THE battle I would pick.
Good question! Did V30 trap on undefined instructions?

8086 didn't according to https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/11327/wha..., but V30 was more like an 80186 which did trap, but then 8080 emulation mode might have worked differently again.

Also I don't recall how I worked out that the extended Z80 instructions were causing the problem. Debugging was a lot more complicated in those days, although programs were also much smaller.
this article is trying to mostly pin it on Elon's Twitter stuff but even the writer admits in the article that a big factor is that Tesla really doesn't have any low-end models. Of course Tesla is going to lose market share in that case

I doubt Tesla is worried about it as long as they keep selling more high end models with massive profit margin compared to their competitors. EV is growing in terms of market share, Tesla will be fine even if they have a smaller slice of a pie that is getting bigger each year
> There is an obvious analogy with religion and religious freedom that I think the US constitution and bill of rights handled very effectively (compared to most other countries) at the “live and let live” end of the spectrum

While the post civil war amendments were ruled to have changed it, at the time of ratification the establishment clause did not apply to the individual states. And many of the first thirteen had some official religion or other. So while it was live and let live at the federal level, at the local level it wasn’t so much.
Google Maps + Suica worked wonders in 2019!
https://ibb.co/wCDHSBJ
To use via PowerShell or CMD with VS Code and/or others.
AI is just making it obvious what is repetitive. Humans find repetitive tasks soothing, but don't confuse them with art.

Coding is like woodwork. Deciding what to code could be art (maybe).

Also, this constant allusion to "the problems of the world" is rather vague and unconducive to a solution for them. If those problems bother you, work in those areas. Otherwise stop using the hunger of the world as a wildcard to discard the importance of everything you dislike or fear.
No, he was a good actor. If you thought he was a folksy idiot, that means he got you.
The idea that free speech is disappearing in the US is patently absurd. Check out the Sedition Act of 1918 if you'd like to be informed on the progress we've made. The speech clause of the first amendment is stronger than it was for about 75% of the existence of our country. There's been a somewhat weird trend lately of the free speech of corporations being prioritized over that of individuals, but people care deeply about that on both the left (opposition to the Citizens United ruling) and the right (opposition to content-aware acceptable use policies). Take a slightly longer view and it seems insignificant, next to literal prosecutions for handing out pamphlets opposing the draft.

Same with general purpose computing: it's more accessible than at any time in history. Most people who use only a computing-based appliance like a smartphone today, simply would not have had a computer twenty years ago. Meanwhile I can buy a new Raspberry Pi 4 (definitely a general purpose computer) for less than 25 hours' minimum wage -- try doing that in 2002. The problem is not availability, or that someone is trying to quash it. The problem is that most people just are not interested. Those who are interested have at least as much access as they ever have.
> There's a line where you should intervene when others are not letting others live and let live.

But why should that be the line? Why shouldn't we police each other's behavior to ensure everyone is making better decisions that serve larger societal ends while preserving social peace?
And back then you’d break a leg foraging, no way to set it, and be a cripple for the rest if your life. Fab.
?????

You are painting with an awfully broad brush. I’m a dem, and I abhor what it seems SBF (allegedly) did. I hope every candidate who receive a contribution from him returns it, and if he did what he’s alleged to have done, I hope he spends a very, very long time in prison.

His political affiliations or preferences are completely irrelevant to me (though didn’t he say in one of his many, many recent interviews, he also donated a lot of money to republicans?).

Of course, the FTX brand was trash in my eyes before the collapse. Maybe your username and mine are equally apt.
From where I sit it seems like your perception on this topic is quite different then the reality.
> My perfectionism isn’t just about doing things perfect.

In case this wasn't meant to be a tongue-in-cheek statement: perfectly.
> tend to fall into two categories

A third category is Japanese chain “fast food” restaurants such as Sukiya.

It’s cheap, fast, no reservations needed, can accommodate English speaking guests (as a chain, they have English tablets/vending machines), a relatively unique Japanese travel experience (that locals eat too), the food is more flavorful to non-Japanese taste palette.

For would be travelers reading this, see also Matsuya and Yoshinoya. Kura sushi, Ichiran Ramen, and Ikinari steakhouse kind of fall into this category too. Just avoid the “flagship” stores such as the Ichiran in Shibuya where the line is out the door recently. You can find an Ichiran at some random less touristy station and there would be no wait.

For a one week trip, there’s enough of these chain restaurants to try. There’s also Denny’s which, for those unaware, has a distinctly Japanese menu (Japanese interpretation of Western dishes)
I've worked in pretty large codebases and #1 and #2 have not been problems I've encountered. #1 used to be a problem, but TypeScript incremental compilation has significantly improved things. #2 doesn't parse at all as a problem if you're working in a monorepo, and if you're not you've created other problems that "use Bazel" doesn't fix--and, to be honest, "use Bazel" would be a failure case that would encourage me to use literally anything else that didn't use it anyway.

#3 is also a pretty wild take, in my experience. Maybe you have some pretty particular needs, but I very rarely find that I don't have what I need in Node.

#4, I'll give you--but if you're going to stan for the JVM, I hope you've never run into a static class initializer with side effects, because I've seen them about as often as I've seen side-effecting imports (which is to say, not often). I gather that they used to be a lot more common in Node, but I cannot think of a library in my usual stack, or even that I've used recently, that has side effects in that way (modulo development-environment stuff which leverages that kind of cursedness intentionally).
Some from an English background, some from a Scottish background. Parts of the north of Ireland were colonised by Britain in the early 1600s - have a look at the Wikipedia articles for ‘Plantation of Ulster’ and ‘Ulster Protestants’
You're saying that when people are outnumbered they should be at the mercy of the majority.

Even worse that you're apparently ableist saying that it's better if it's on the basis of skill rather than race.
I saw one on our street a few weeks ago and thought it was an intentional change as part of our building's power-reduction efforts. It's definitely better than the harsh white, but overall I still prefer the warmer colors.
The solution to "colleague got it wrong" is not "silently ignore them" and I never suggested that. In fact my suggestion is precisely that you "work with them" and have them review this specific case.

"Don't use AGPL" is a good baseline rule if you don't have a legal team but does not apply in this case as I'm sure they'd advise if they reviewed it.
Dosgame.club
Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but for reference, a quick google shows 6 hours by train vs 1.5 hours by plane.
I wonder how emblematic your family is of people not wanting a hot mic around them. If that’s a widespread phenomenon I would honestly feel much better about the future.
I asked chat GPT to write a controversial comment to this link:

While it's impressive that you were able to place 1st and 2nd using GPT-3 to write your code, it does raise some questions about the fairness of using such a powerful AI tool in a competition like Advent of Code. Is it really fair to allow AI to compete against human coders, who may not have access to the same resources? Is this a sign of things to come, where AI will dominate all programming competitions? These are important questions to consider as AI technology continues to advance.
Couldn't agree more! One way I was fighting it (in Static Typescript [0]) is by increasing frequency of scans and allocating as close as possible to one side of the heap. Next time I think I'll just try to compact the heap.

[0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2019/0...
Qube – MCPE server software downloader
You want to download a server software more quick? Than download the Qube software. This sofware allows you to download a mcpe server software faster
> And I heard Microsoft is requiring some new addition to Chips that Windows will need which seems to be a kind of backdoor (I forgot what it is called).

It's called Pluton, and (scarily) there is not much public technical information about it.
Not only in Emails but also auto-generated blogs. I really don't want to waste time on some generated content and realizing later it simply doesn't work.
Differences between ANSI, ISO-8859-1 and MacRoman character sets
NYT reprinted the same thing and I am completely lost as to why https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/world/middleeast/iran-mor...
An update on our work on low latency streaming
The thing is total comp tends to multiply based on region and most companies adjust salaries based on where you live. If my cost of living is double in the Bay Area but my salary is also doubled I pay slightly more tax and save like 180% of what I did before. I’ve made that tradeoff in the past when I went to work at Apple. I hated the Bay Area and eventually moved back home but I saved more in those 2.5 years than I did in my entire life before that. That life included working at least part-time for 13 years before that and working full-time in tech for 6 years including as CEO of my own consultancy where I billed higher than market rates for my area.

I think there is a lot of merit to at least trying moving to the Bay Area once in your career as a developer if you get the offer. As much as I hated it I don’t regret it because my resume has been dramatically better which has opened tons of doors when I moved back and the extra savings were extremely valuable too.

I lived fairly frugally in Cupertino paying a small amount of rent compared to the region or SF rents. When your job is designed to pay a $6500/month rent in SF and your rent is $2200 that’s $51,600 in savings on top of what the person in SF was supposed to save. My stock options performed about averagely but I still banked roughly $300k CDN ($230,800 USD) from that 2.5 years.

On the other hand if you can find a job that doesn’t adjust salaries regionally but still pays top of market you can live in rural Washington for 2 years and make bank paying an effective income tax rate close to 25% because of no state tax. You also get to enjoy a relatively low cost of living with a salary designed to pay for a very high one. So that can be a great way to make money for a few years. At Staff Engineer levels it’s possible to bank an entire house in 3-4 years of saving aggressively. I’d definitely be willing to put up with a fair amount of crap for a few years to not have to worry about a mortgage for almost the rest of my working life.
I have two Lamy Safaris (fine, extra fine) and they're good pens. I think the barrels are ABS plastic - very durable, good if you're going to toss the pen in a backpack or aren't too careful about how you carry it around, easy to clean. The converter was saving me roughly 5 - 10 times over the cost of ink cartridges. The drawbacks: The grip seemed a little slippery, even though it's sculptured. The extra fine nib produced a line that was a little wider than I wanted. The converter doesn't hold much ink.

I switched to the TWSBI Eco extra fine. The line is tight and precise (good for subscripts with subscripts), the pen is easy to grip, the piston fill gives roughly 3 times the ink capacity as the Lamy converters, and the clear barrel allows you to see how much ink is left. The TWSBI is roughly the same price as the Safari.

I do much more writing since I started using fountain pens, and it's changed my work habits. I think better when writing than when typing (maybe) - but in any event, it's fun to write with good instruments. Reading physical books and writing with pen and paper are good ways for me to resist the urge to stare at a screen.

(I get my pens from JetPens. I noticed a while ago complaints on Amazon about some of the Lamys possibly being counterfeits - no way to confirm, don't know if it's still an issue.)
Automated shitposting.
Anyone know any good guides for traveling with kids? I’d like to take a 1st grader to Japan and I’d like to know where to go
No. Full self driving requires development of full AGI. General intelligence is needed to navigate construction zones with a flag man directing traffic someplace it normally doesn't go. As but one example. Stopping to ask said flagman a question for clarification is also preferable to just guessing the answer.
Very cool project!

Do you have screenshots or did you save the chat log when creating this project? There are some really cool files and I would love to see how your coaxed chatGPT into producing this project. I had success using https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-page-we/ to save the whole chat long and then display it on my website.
It does? I hooked up GPT3 to my discord server and can't really tell the difference in quality.
A QA friend of mine remarked that he was amazed that the loss of general purpose computing capability would be accomplished simply by a change in form factor.

Smartphone OSes have propogated their own curated walled-garden app stores, and then the desktop OS vendors follow suit. Soon it will simply not be possible to install unsigned, uncertified software on your computer, and that will be the end of GPC.
Damn that took an age to get to the point.

"The purple streetlights are a result of the phosphor coating delaminating from the LEDs"