skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This article is obviously a PR piece, not an objective review, and the interviewee receives funding from the program. Looking around a bit, here's a discussion from 2018 that's a bit more revealing:

https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.6.2.2018061...

> "In the latest round of experiments, the capsule shells consisted of diamond doped with a thin layer of tungsten, and the hohlraums were made of depleted uranium. Earlier experiments had used plastic shells and gold hohlraums. Sebastien Le Pape, lead author of the paper, says the uranium hohlraum boosted the peak energy deposited on the capsule by 25 terawatts, for a total of about 450 TW."

Clearly the cost of these fuel capsules is prohibitive when it comes to any practical power production system, plus there's nothing like an energy capture-and-conversion-to-electricity system being developed. It certainly looks more like nuclear weapons research than power production research. The real goal is just preserving the budgetary outlay:

> "The new results were achieved before the Trump administration proposed cutting funding for NIF by $57 million, to $287 million in fiscal year 2019. That would have forced a 30% reduction in the number of experimental shots of the 192-beam laser. Lawmakers instead added to NIF’s funding next year: The final appropriation will likely end up between the $330 million included in a House-passed bill and $344 million included in a Senate measure."

Notably, DOE budgets for solar PV development remain entirely minuscule in comparison, which is one reason why it's China, not the USA, that has mastered efficient production of high-efficiency, high-durability monocrystalline silicon PV panels at scale. These of course compete directly with natural gas for power production, and the US wants to be the biggest natural gas exporter in the world. Not hard to understand what's really going on at the DOE/NNSA, whose original name was the Manhattan Project, then the AEC:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Co...
Sounds par for the course when congressmen are voted in to tip national party balance rather than on personal, local issues. People talk about how our republic is sick because there's somehow too little democracy, but really it's sick because every local school board vote could push 350M people over a razor's edge.
[From ChatGPT]
I'm sorry to hear about the difficult circumstances you've been facing. It's understandable that you would feel overwhelmed and unsure of where to begin in trying to make positive changes in your life. It's important to remember that it's never too late to make positive changes and to work towards a life that brings you fulfillment and happiness.

One thing that might be helpful is to try breaking down your goals into smaller, more manageable steps. This can make it feel less overwhelming and make it easier to see progress. For example, if you would like to return to the US, you might start by researching what steps you would need to take in order to do so. This might include finding out about any visa or immigration requirements, looking into job prospects or educational opportunities, or networking with people who may be able to offer guidance or support.

It might also be helpful to seek out support from others, whether through therapy, joining a support group, or simply talking to friends or family members who can offer a listening ear. It can be very helpful to have someone to talk to and to share your struggles and goals with.

Finally, try to be kind to yourself and remember that change takes time. It's okay to take things one day at a time and to celebrate small victories along the way.

I hope these suggestions are helpful, and please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any other questions or if there's anything else I can do to support you.
How does an open protocol ever deal with the content moderation tech tree [1]?

[1] https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you...
> This is checked exceptions all over again...

That is an interesting topic, as I went through the cycle of adding and removing them, they always felt like the right thing, but they felt like "work". They make coding less fun, having to think through failure conditions, like you say, you don't care about.

I guess the answer is really there is no one sized fits all solution, we have some applications where the correct solution is to crash, we have other applications that can't crash under any condition. You just need to know where you are.

Edit:

Also, out of the box C++ checked exceptions implemented terribly.

http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill22.htm

The (Mis)understanding section describes it pretty well.
I went to a private mid tier university. I was on a mostly full ride mind you.

imo the reason to go to such a place is the lifestyle. The opportunity to make some friends as an adult while you still have a hefty amount of time for leisure; adjust your lifestyle from whatever shape it took in a traditional high school experience; and connect with a group of peers of whatever wealth / academic interest group you prefer is pretty great. Not to say this can’t be done in a community college, but I would imagine it’s less of a dorm vacation.
The security clearance he was stripped of was set to lapse a day afterward anyhow. After all his effort and contributions, he was attacked out of spite.
> I had all the desires of a regular guy: a wife, kids, a house, meaningful work, etc. I mean I still do, but I guess I'm too late for the first few. Every night I promise myself to do/be better tomorrow and somehow get myself to sleep. I was once looked up to, now I'm a pity case and an example case of how not to throw one's life away.

This is one of the few advantages of men in dating: it's not over until the fat lady sings. It takes you anything from 3-12 months to get back in proper dating shape, pretty much from any starting point. 43 is a _great_ age, once you fix that.

I'm going out on a limb and say you're not a big athlete. In this case, there is no such thing as overtraining. You get a free pass of around 6 months in which you need protein, sleep and water, and after that the sky's the limit: you can go to the gym twice a day and do both cardio and weightlifting in both sessions.
Find one specializing in CBT, or similar forms of therapy shown to be effective (3rd-wave CBT such as MCT). You can also just pick up a CBT workbook and do the exercises yourself. The only advantage a therapist has over this is "talking it out" - you should be capable of recognizing and correcting distorted negative thinking with a therapist guide / workbook. This is why online therapy has been growing in popularity, they just regurgitate the principles.

You can do this free of charge just by visiting the library, or finding pdfs online.
It's breaking "don't be snarky" at the very least, although that rule is barely ever enforced
We See the AI Endgame for Software Engineering
Why? Public companies are not funded by taxpayer money, if you buy shares of a company that just IPO'd you should know what you are getting.
Your writing (in a second language I assume) shows that you are mature, intelligent, emotionally sophisticated and sympathetic. This is going to be highly appreciated by employers when you go back to work! Can you pick an area that's somewhat related to your MEng or BI areas and just do whatever job in a decent company for a while, make yourself known as a capable and intelligent person, in order to be in a position to look out for a more appropriate opportunity?

I quite like the suggestion that someone else had in this thread of traveling for a little bit. Take a trip somewhere crazy before you go back to work, a less developed country you've never been to before. And yes probably try moving to a new city for the new job. I think this is going to be fine; take a deep breath and remember it will happen slowly, but all the time remember that it's not easy for employers to find thoughtful people like you, especially if you can combine that with some technical skills in an area of your choosing.

A new romantic relationship and even family is obviously still possible! I'm sure you know that. Make sure people see the thoughtful, positive, mature, and intelligent side of yourself.
In the US, this is not true.

First they will talk you down if there is imminent danger. There are some real skilled people that are good at de-escalation. They might try to get you in touch with any fiends or relatives you may trust, and even conference them into the call with your permission. (I was called by them.)

They can also dispatch a team to help calm down any acute episode of severe depression / suicide ideation.

They can recommends a voluntary committment to a mental health facility. Involontary committment has certain criteria regarding safety and imminent danger, at which point it would involve the police and they would be the ones making that call.

If not a mental health facility, they do recommend getting a psychiatrist ASAP and provide referrals. And they call back a few days to check on the caller, to ensure they followed through and are seeking help.

Source: A close relative experienced this first hand.
Confidence men like Musk are brilliant in this respect at least: they can so bedazzle some segments that they are willing to reinterpret every possible outcome, no matter how obviously detrimental, as a secretly planned win, only under altered game rules. Cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails.
Are you sure they got it wrong? Most of the unicorn investors had a plan to pump and dump. The retail esg pension fund typically gets stuck with the losses
I think that a big missing elephant is a tool which provides authenticated download.

What I mean is the following:

Let's say that I'm downloading PDF from mybank.com. Browser establishes TLS connection to the mybank.com, sends request, receives response PDF and then does something with response. This TLS connection could be serialized as it is with accompanied ephemereal keys. Those bytes include remote peer X509 certificate signed by digicert and the whole exchange is further cryptographically signed with corresponding key.

So basically you already have cryptographically signed PDF from your bank. You just don't have tools to save or verify this signature. And juridical framework to further act on those artifacts. But tech is deployed for 30+ years already.
Mental health facilities are not good for your mental state. If you thought you knew what mental anguish was just wait until you get to the big leagues. They dope you up and you sit around in a sterile hospital bed until you get the hint that you can’t go home until you stop voluntarily reporting symptoms of wanting to self harm.
Nuclear techniques that could help feed the world
I just started reading Lighter - Yung Pueblo. He sort of went through exactly the same thing + drugs. I think reading it could be a really good inspiration and advices source.
That's fair. Still I wonder what is the survival rate after IPO.
I am not surprised. I had to switch therapists a few times. Ultimately I started to remember my self care strategies and stopped seeing a therapist. Though the medicine is a big help.

I still believe that any therapist is better than none, because it forces you to do something, which will change the narrative from "it's hopeless" to " I'm working on it just haven't found the right match". That shift alone is worth the cost.
I hear 9pfs works great for a shared fs between guest VMs, has anyone used it in prod?
The worst therapist I ever had referred me to the best therapist I ever had. If a therapist gives a shit about you, they'll help you find a better fit.
But Shuttle only deploy Rust code on your platform, it's a completely different use case. What if I want to deploy Python code on AWS?

Also, linking the infra code inside of your app code is a terrible idea imo.
I mean, it's a tough call, because you can't really identify who something is stolen from. In some cases you can, but in most you can't.

Say you have the necklace of some Pharaoh. OK, who is the rightful owner? The present day Arabs inhabiting Egypt, who conquered it? Or the Greeks who conquered it before then? Or the Romans? Or the "ancient Egyptians" (this refers to many people, as Egypt was conquered several times by many different groups).

So then your fallback position is, "we don't know which 'people' the necklace should belong to, but we know which government it should belong to -- the present day government of Egypt, which is the current government occupying the geographic area where the necklace was made. It belongs to that government."

We can call this the "occupying government" (OG) theory of ownership. It doesn't matter that that the present day Arabs were invaders number 50, but because they presently occupy the land, they own the necklace. Let's explore the consequences of this rule:

When Britain controlled that territory, that meant that it was the rightful owner -- since by the OG logic the rightful owner is whatever government was in charge at the time -- and it moved the necklace to a museum in London, which the owner has a right to do with their property.

But then you say "no, that doesn't apply to colonial governments - not to white people. Only legitimate governments can benefit from the OG rule", to which I would answer

1) "How were the Arab invasions legitimate? How were the Egyptian dynasties legitimate? They also ruled by force and enslaved their populations".

2) If your ownership rule is the OG but it's nullified if you believe (somehow) that a government can be illegitimate, then you create a situation in which the antiquities have no owner -- since the previous government doesn't exist, the original racial group is gone, so who is the owner if you are not going to follow the ownership laws of the government in charge?

So really at the end of the day, these types of arguments boil down to not liking the behavior of the UK in Egypt, which is fine by me, but they are not objective arguments if you try to apply the same standards of property ownership across thousands of years to all governments that would remove antiquities -- which is basically every government in history, whenever they found something beautiful and shiny, from the Romans carrying back booty to the Pharaohs carrying back booty, some of which was turned into beautiful jewelry.
Diversify.

You could analyze the financials of the companies you're looking at, and gauge their product fit and overall market. But you won't have the visibility as a casual investor to get the kind of information you need to make a genuinely informed decision on a company.

Since you're betting on ponies to some degree, it's wise not to go for broke on just one.
If a library is provided for developers to express the cloud stuff (including custom types), then I believe zero or close to zero static analysis will be needed.
FTA: I have ways liked the look of images processed with Atkinson Dithering, the algorithm used in the original Apple Macintosh.

Nitpick: I don’t think that was used in the original Mac and can’t think of what OS call would use it. I also don’t think MacPaint implemented it (some of the pictures it shipped with may have)

Other indications it wasn’t used in the original Mac:

- “the phone book” (https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor...) doesn’t have an index entry for ‘dithering’)

- Andy Hertzfeld says he implemented the algorithm for the ThunderScan software (https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor...)
I’ve never seen this happen but I only ever drag over stuff that isn’t on Apple Music, so perhaps that is why?
>Don't be snarky.

>Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents.

>Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle.
If it isn't the handwriting that is indecipherable, it is the abbreviations.

I worked for a very early stage startup that wanted to apply A.I. to clinical notes, I wanted to build a language model based on the abstracts of case reports because in some ways that is a model for clinical notes and we could get a lot of them.

We decided not to do that though because case reports aren't a good model for clinical notes in that the distribution of conditions involved is different and because case reports are written in much better English than clinical notes.
That last bit probably applies to most countries, not just Germany. Though keep in mind that’s a judicial process triggered by doctors and enforced by police, most people killed by police are in that “bracket” and nobody gives a flying fuck about it.
This is one of the more sophisticated and cool of the "Self Provisioning Runtime" concepts that have emerged in the last few years (https://swyx.io/self-provisioning-runtime). Some of the others:
- https://www.pulumi.com/docs/tutorials/cloudfx/
- https://www.serverless.com/cloud
- https://www.shuttle.rs/
- https://encore.dev

In general, while it's clear that somehow cloud complexity needs to be abstracted away from developers, I don't think it makes sense that new programming languages or frameworks are necessary to do this well. It makes migration of existing apps and backwards compatibility with the existing software ecosystem too challenging.

At Coherence (withcoherence.com - I'm a cofounder), we believe that a new category anchored by tools like replit, AWS CodeCatalyst, and our products is the solution to this problem, because it does not have the same issues. Instead, it offers best-in-class versions of the same workflows and toolchains that teams are using now, while radically reducing the investment required to get there.

It's an exciting time in the DevOps world!
Hey, I'm your age and just having my first child, we just weren't ready before. "The prime of your life" is still ahead of you - the next decades will be what you make of them.

Buy nice clothes, find a woman willing to settle down - this will be much easier in your home country, where you are still likely a catch. In parallel, get up to date to some programming language/tech stack. Work 6 months on these issues using the money you have, then take your new wife to USA if she wants it and get a well paid tech job.

You need to put in the work for all of these issues to get solved. Grind, improve yourself, and you will be tired and eventually happy. The goals you set - wife, kids, basic life - are easy to achieve if only you are in the right state of mind. Conversely, if you practice self-defeating thinking, they will seem impossible.
Definitely true, but the way I think of it is that you should go with the default unless you have a reason not to. Things like fear and depression are useful tools but if they get out of control and only then are they mental illness, for example. In all of your examples, the person can know better, but when we're talking about the type of injuries from the OP then we usually don't unless we've consulted with medical professionals (or are one ourselves) so it makes sense to start with the default.
1. You need to see a therapist. It will help you immensely and probably isn't that expensive. It wasn't for me. With a decent therapist, it'll start paying for itself by the second or third visit.

2. Know that the rest of us your age have or are going through the same thing as you. I figure it's our mid-life crisis. Maybe we need a private support group Discord or something.

Me personally, I've detached from it. I don't ignore it. I recognize what it is and evaluate it's lessons, but I don't allow it to affect my core state, sometimes that's hard, but I work to get back on track as soon as possible.

I got married and had (three kids) late in life. It's not too late for you at 43.

3. Family deaths are a natural part of our lives as we get older.

4. It sounds like you've had an accomplished life. You've accomplished a good education and an advanced-level career.

I've had the same exact thoughts myself, and then one time, I listed out all the many accomplishments or neat things I've experienced in my life and I kinda keep that as a reminder.

5. Know that whether the best of your life is behind you is up to you.

Get therapy and get back on track. You need to take action immediately, without delay, not after the holidays and find a therapist with decent reviews and commit to one visit right now.

PS: For those even older people reading: you can turn your life around at 50, 60, 70, or 80, as well. Life is a gift -- even the hard parts, enjoy it, until you can't.
Actually, I think the pedanticism is on the part of the people announcing this "breakthrough." The definition of "break even" used here (that is, Q>1) is highly technical, and but one factor in the actual "break even" equation. This experiment didn't prove you could get more energy out of a fusion burn than you put in (which is the notion they want to evoke), but rather that they could raise the ratio of energy absorbed in one part of the burn, from the NIF lasers, to that released in another, from 0.7, which they had achieved in August of 2021, to 1.5. That's it. That, and the fact that it's funding season in Washington, so not a bad time blow NIF's horn.

Milestone, yes. You have to get Q above one if you're starting at .01, and need to get to 100 and 1 is a great mile marker. But, But breakhrough - I don't think so.
I think the US has a stronger therapy culture. It reminds me of how in the US pain relief medicine is much more common, while in Germany a lot of people won’t even take paracetamol
Seems like unnecessary shade to throw on the helpline. There was a viral thing a bit ago making rounds on social media accusing them of it but its far from reality. There are like 50k of 3 million calls a year that result in contacting the authorities, but its extreme scenarios.

Its a rare thing and highlighting it as the default scenario is spreading FUD and possibly keeping people from getting the help they need. It is true though that if you call and describe an immediate plan to kill yourself there is some legal, ethical, and liability requirements that mean they will call authorities. Exact same thing if you tell your doctor or therapist.
Ask HN: Are there any music API's to create your own streaming service?
Are there any API's to create your own streaming service without making a deal with Universal or another studio and hosting yourself?

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/music/API_browse_overview.html

In the API docs above, a user can login with an amazon account and MUST conform to the Amazons music player settings. This would also require an Amazon music subscription.

Ideally, users would subscribe through a created service and then behind the scenes the service accesses the music streaming library, not requiring an existing music service subscription. It would be nice as well to have access to high fidelity streams like those available on Qobuz or Tidal.

Do any of these exist or is this pretty much not possible in this industry.

Thanks ;)
I find that alright actually. It gives one access to a lot of books, not just O'Reilly ones. You can scan trough a lot of books there, and buy paper copies (elsewhere) of those you want for your bookshelf
Funny enough, I posted this on Reddit too and it got moderated out.
The Meta Grand Teton 8x Nvidia H100 AI Machine
> So yeah, why is that? And is anyone else tired of the constant barrage of subscriptions for things that should be one off purchases?

New models of Fitbit require a subscription to unlock the full feature set – I decided not to upgrade the device at all as long as the old one still works.

There are one-off purchases for services – e.g. generate an AI video in order to gift it to someone. Many services provide monthly subscriptions with a fixed amount of credits. For creators and folks with businesses subscriptions make sense, but for occasional, one-time use it makes zero sense. While I'd be willing to just pay-per-use, I will walk away from services offering subscriptions only.