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Gene Wolfe, my favorite writer, said that the advice he gave people was to pick a short story they thought was perfect, and try to rewrite it word for word from memory.

Presumably the idea is that you run into the same challenges the original author did — how to get from one scene to the next, how to direct or misdirect the reader, etc. — and by solving those challenges you understand the mechanics of storytelling at a deeper level. Since you've got the "perfect" version of the story as a key, you aren't just guessing, and there is a right and wrong answer.

He also said that, to his knowledge, nobody had ever taken him up on this advice.

But, Wolfe was a fantastic writer, and an engineer, so I assume his approach would be a practical and useful one for anyone willing to put in the work.

I just spent about 30 minutes trying to find the source of the quote, but failed. /shrug
Hey, which Mamet’s books on writing would you recommend? Thanks
With use of terms like "President Harris" I think it is clear who is the more biased person here.
Learn to rest, but not to give up. Rest for some time.
It seems that you just need to learn a couple of things to continue, also to find mentors that have build real and tangible things, not the ones that you see on youtube.
The foundation of everything is to provide value to the customers. If you allow me lest talk.
Another CHIP-8 emulator written in modern C++
Looks very promising from the landing page... but the one click gitpod instance is localised in a language that I don't speak. (Mandarin? Thai?). Is there English language support available, and if so, how does one turn it on?
Unstable Diffusion will find another way to fund itself. From the article, looks like they may have already found a viable option.

Artists will decry AI art for a few more months / years, then dust will settle, and we will still have ever-improving diffusion (or whatever the next iteration is) models. Slowly, people will realize that artists learn and copy from other artists much in the same way that current ML models do. Education about how these models work will improve, and the current mythology of "it's blatantly copy/pasting!" will subside, for the most part.

We'll start to see a counter-protest against anti-AI artists who use tools like Photoshop or other digital tools, most of which have involved some amount of machine learning (e.g. the "heal brush" or "context aware fill") for a long time.

AI art will start passing the "art turing test" at higher rates, and people will realize that whatever intrinsic spark / soul / whatever there is to art is mainly attributed to a narrative or story about the artist that exists outside of the canvas - and that the actual artistic contents of what lives on the canvas itself doesn't depend on a living, breathing thing if you make up a compelling narrative to support it.

Artists displaced by this new ease of generating art will find new economic niches, and life will continue on.
Robots have been around in some shape and form for decades. I doubt anythng can replace humans completely. Even if some things can be replaced by bots, they may have issues that would need human intervention anyway. Case in point. Stores with automated checkout counters. They still need humans to be around to help in case it goes bad. Some locations are even getting rid of those due to issues with theft etc.

having said this, we can clearly see that humans are being replaced by tools/bots/machines to some extent but not in entirety. For example, you may need 2 humans to manage a fleet of 50 machines that do the same work that required may be 200 humans to do manually earlier.
> everything could be formalized in ZFC given sufficient effort

Since I'm not sure what could be comprised under "everything", I don't think I can agree with that statement. The whole point of "practical" formalization efforts is to add some rigor to such assertions. And you've acknowledged that type theoretical foundations can be useful to practitioners, so what's it exactly that you disagree about?
I was heading to my mom's for Christmas when my kid said "we forgot grandma's present". I said I'm glad you remembered now and not later. I could have imagined it differently but worse "wish you remembered before we left". So in this case different was worse for me.
> It’s a tough pill to swallow but YOU are the problem.

This seems like an argument that is always true, and thus close to meaningless. What movies are popular? My fault. Rising economic inequality? My fault, I should negotiate harder and not accept poor treatment. Climate destruction? My fault, I didn't choose the most environmentally friendly options every time. Rising obesity? My fault.

It's not wrong, but it's not very satisfying, and we should be looking for more insight and more reliable solutions. "My plan is for 8 billion people to change their habits" isn't as reliable as "let's regulate 100 companies".
You're also supposed to call the pre and post hooks for these phases.
It's absolutely foolish for the US not to offer open immigration to anyone in Taiwan without a felony conviction, or even without one in the past 10 years.

Best way to deal with this without risking US troops or risking WWIII is to just drain the island of all its talent and ambition.

Same goes for Russia. We should be offering open immigration to anyone fleeing Russia who passes a security check. Drain Putin's brains.

Brain drain from Nazi Germany and the USSR were arguably factors that propelled the US to superpower status in the 20th century.
Show HN: Newsic
News portal that uses GPT-3 to extract news from the news.
they also import a lot of energy like coal from Australia
I'm not sure if it's common knowledge around here but there is https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
It is my bad to add that it is about Canada. I am sorry.
Merry Christmas HN!

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That's how it's written on paper, yes. The actual experience varies. "This route is cheaper" is common.
This is the advice I'd give to anyone, particularly in this market: don't resign until you physically start your new job. Particularly when the new job is in a different country, even if your contract requires you to give a certain period of notice, it really doesn't matter. So in your case I would've started with Amazon in January and then resigned.

A lot now depends on what country you are in, what visa you are on and what other visa you may qualify for. You may qualify for a temporary Schengen visa. That buys 90 days at least. The country you're in may cover cases like this. You should probably speak to an immigration lawyer in that country.

There's not really anything you can do about Amazon Canada rescinding your offer. It sucks but don't waste energy on it. Just move on.
I think U.S. expats (still citizens but living abroad) have largely found that their U.S. representatives aren't interested in their problems.

I've heard this in relation to banking (FATCA), and perhaps also regarding non-reciprocity of driving licenses.

So I'm guessing they'd be even less interested in the plight of a non-voter.
> Reverse engineering yet another eBook format

> Surprise, surprise, our website was using one of the most popular ebook formats!

:-/
Good question.

I’m not sure what the victory condition will be, but in a years time I predict we will look back and say “yep they won”.
Even if virgin pregnancies we're possible, where would Jesus' Y chromosome come from?
Can also press either cmd backslash or cmd shift backslash (Idr which and I'm not at my computer rn) to get a more or less useless tab overview, and then cmd F for your tab.
I did (although 8 months ago). 20% salary raise. Same responsibility. I was getting around 5% salary raises (annually) at my previous job… it was almost impossible to get more (unless you were willing to take over way more responsibilities).
If china wants to see how it’s ships fare against anti ship missiles and submersible drone boats, I think they’re going to have a bad time. I don’t think the US will bat an eye to breaking such a blockade either. The US cares a lot more about Taiwan than it cares about Ukraine.
Admittedly, I’m not very knowledgeable with this type of stuff, but would they have chosen to do this so that the browser extension can still show the user when a login is available without the user having to authenticate (they then authenticate to get the login details)
No that's just not true. I left a company years ago on good terms to join a (semi established) startup. 9 months later it turned out to be a real shitshow. I talked to one of the senior managers at my former company and they gave me a really great job offer. More senior than previous and with a pay rise above the bump I'd gotten going to the startup.

Stayed with that company for another 4 years (7.5 in total). It'll vary based on a lot of factors. Very few employers would begrudge someone going for a huge pay rise FAANG opportunity, and the fact that they got the role means they're good material.

As always it's going to depend on a huge number of factors. It doesn't have to be negative though.
a very serious point , is what can be done about a damaged/swollen battery.

you used to be able to remove it, and deal with it safely.

now , when glued in, if it starts to go thermal, you cant remove it, bare minimum your phone goes mission impossible, large chance of injury or starting a fire.

all batteries should be removable, for basic product safety.

im pretty sure a federaly mandated recall of all such nonremoveable battery items is legally possible here in US, but how is the will to do it going to be born.
#1 and #3 are contradicting each other. If deglobalization accelerates, why would hiring be anywhere in the world where labor costs are lower ? Shouldn't it be the opposite ?

Also, I disagree with #1 and agree with #3 to some extent. I think Globalization is already here and it will only intensify. It is not a zero sum game and all sides can benefit from it considering they stop thinking of Globalization as a bad thing.
> regardless what people say votes ARE being bot manipulated if you criticize the right power-posters

My guess would be that downvotes like this happen occasionally, but there is no formal list, and no automated system involved. I also doubt it's officially or unofficially approved of by the site. What makes you think this is done systematically by "bots", rather than case-by-base by individuals loyal to the person that was criticized?

> I would not be surprised if some of these 'power posters' have been given light moderation privileges.

Dan has indeed confirmed that some users have "light moderation privileges": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31240711. He mentions "longstanding HN users", which probably has some overlap with "power posters".
Off-topic question for you: of those 600 games, what’s your short-list of favorites?

I’ve only recently started playing board games and there’s an overwhelming number to choose from.
I mean, that's a theory I have heard, and subscribed too, but what's an actual example of this occurring in history? Nationalism and aggression was baked into Nazi Germany and Italy from the get go. Japan went to war in China in the 1930s not because of a ruling clique that wanted to maintain power, but because of the rogue actions of military officers. The subsequent declaration of war was about losing in China vs. internal political pressure. The USSR's invasions of it's neighbors in the 20s through the 40s ( and then periodically in the Cold War) went unpunished until it collapsed. It's invasion of Afghanistan might fit, but that wasn't driven by Nationalism, but rather by a Marxist view of history. Saddam's invasion of Kuwait didn't lead to his downfall, that was more his incident lie that he had WMDs. Portugal and Spain had Nationalist governments well into the 70s that seemed pretty stable. The only example I can really think of is maybe Serbia during the break up of Yugoslavia? But that hardly feels like a generalizable example.
Out of curiosity, how often do you "set things up from scratch?". It's such a rare thing for me, that usually dumping my list of installed packages / installing those, and then bringing in modified configs, is way less work than learning something as complex as Nix.
You can try https://ci.sparrowhub.io as well, it’s yaml based but more flexible then standard yaml based CI systems, reporters https://github.com/melezhik/SparrowCI/blob/main/reporters.md allow you to integrate with any others third party systems ( for example with bugzilla , GitHub/GitLab , jira or IRC )
Personally, I would not sign a petition requesting Kickstarter drop it. It's weird to me that people even petition things like this.

The toughest personal test to me was the protest against Cloudflare. I have a very personal reason to have sided with the protesters and petitioners, and honestly I had a hard time even trying to oppose it. In the end though, I just don't agree with it. The ends do not justify the means.
I am from a 3rd world country. Currently I am working in Europe with a work visa. When I become unemployed, my visa becomes void and I will be deported.
I already told my landlord that I was gonna leave the house in early Jan. They found a new tenant.
Now, I need to go back to my home country and find a house and a job there.
I never programed a game onto my TI-8x but I somehow got a few dozen installed on there. There are different degrees of self-motivation, especially when the motivator is how boring school lectures are.
You’re conflating “being opposed” to “deplatforming”

We will take your example, encryption.

Let’s say I strongly support encryption and I create a social media platform called Squibbit. Now, a group organizes on Squibbit calling for a ban on encryption.

One approach: I take it upon myself to organize another group on Squibbit using the platform the same way as everyone else (re: no special promotion, no admin only flagging, etc. just good old fashioned squibbling).

Compare this to another approach: I ban anyone who says they support a prohibition on encryption and use admin tools to promote voices in support of encryption.

Compare this to a final approach: the government decides it has a vested interest in encryption and wants to sway the voting population to support candidates who are pro-encryption. They ask Squibbit to ban all accounts opossing encryption and promote voices in support of encryption.

These three approaches are not the same. Do not conflate them.
You mean like Tai Chi?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Tai_Chi1...

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-7014
I really think there needs to be a rework of contract law when it comes to idea of that is permissible and what is considered an unconscionable contract

For example, most relocation agreements I have seen have a stipulation where by if the employee quits with in a year or 6mos or some defined time period the employee must pay back any relocation costs incurred by the company. There however is no reverse stipulation. That should make the contract unconscionable.
But then it must have heard (or read) somewhere that that particular number is not prime, and it is just repeating that (wrong) statement without checking it.

So the real question is whether, after having verified that the statement is false and having apologized about the error, can it autocorrect its "knowledge" and not repeat the mistake?
libsystem is what you want to use, not libc per se
Paywall bypass: http://archive.today/2022.12.25-175540/https://www.bloomberg...
Looks like someone sent "fundamentals_of_math-e4-v2-final-finalv3-final.docx" to the printer instead of "fundamentals_of_math-e4-v2-final-finalv3-final-final.docx"
"One coping mechanism is double-checking to see if a primary source really does say what a secondary source claims."

For many categories of research, especially works in other languages, this strategy won't work in the future because the primary sources will increasingly be contaminated by citations of sources built by AI and ML, unless by "primary source" you mean "dedicate 20 years of your life to learning this language and studying the original, ancient manuscripts."

Since the large data sets and large language models are built by consuming enormous amounts of text, there is a risk such models will be contaminated in the future, if they start to consume text that is written by such AI/ML models. There is a sense where AI/ML amounts to a parasitic use of previously existing culture.
They’re talking about last pass buyout. Not 1password
> ...ship capacity to transfer enough troops. You can't just trickle them in

Assuming the CCP is willing to throw the PLA(N) into a charnel house, there are certain scenarios where they can trickle them in after a fashion. The eastern seaboard of China has more than 500,000 fishing vessels that can be mustered across the Strait, even in inclement weather if safety of the boats, crews, and the fire team to squad level passengers and their gear was ignored.

QUAD and Taiwan together doesn’t have enough missiles and anti-ship weaponry to sink enough of these boats to avoid a beachhead being established. In inclement conditions target acquisition of the small boats is very difficult. Not all boats need to hold troops. Not all of them need to be manned at all. Plenty of convoying drones in self-organizing meshes can carry supplies and surviving hulls can run aground at the beachhead to offer supply depots plus cover and concealment for manned boats. The CCP could use the massacre of this missile-absorbing force as a pretext to go nuclear on US CBG’s. They could “throw away” these lives on an unimaginably cruel scale.

And still have more than enough troops left over to mount a legitimate invasion with “real” ships after pretty much all missiles are expended.

There are many ways it can go pear-shaped in a hurry for either side. The only winning move is not to play.
I guess you forgot how many HNers urged everyone to boycott Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon and to quit those companies when it was revealed they wanted to get contracts with the US military.

Just like now KickStarter is under similar pressure.
In particular the US could declare a blockade and drop a handful of naval mines near Chinese ports. At that point almost all neutral merchant ships would have to avoid those ports because it's virtually impossible to obtain insurance in conflict zones, especially because insurers can't risk violating US financial sanctions.
The attention from my part is because it is uncommon for someone to be able to articulate the experiences of two[0] very different perspectives[1]; think of it as the modern equivalent to paying attention to a shaman?

As for revenue, if it's any consolation I strongly doubt the dude is getting any more than people in the small-time-grift culture that he left.

[0] eg in a more just world, Rory Miller ("Meditations on Violence") might have become an academic, but he grew up poor, and became a cop instead.

[1] eg https://dakotavadams.substack.com/p/gunshow , about the time a gun show was programmed colocated with an anime con.
China is actually in a better spot than Russia to detach from the west. They make things, their people can definitely use those things, they rely on the west for cash but not really for things anymore. Russia will trade with them for their energy needs, food, mostly soy beans to feed pigs, is where their most of their challenge lies, but they have plenty of trading partners that are not very influenced by the west for that also.
Why of course, lobsters have hierarchy and so a loaf of bread must be $27.
Why are they hiring people that need a visa and need to relocate across the world?

The ask for compensation for getting dropped before the start date should usually be an easy one for a company to accept since that shouldn't be normal operating procedures. Otherwise, they're aware that they're explicitly screwing over people and aren't serious about hiring. Now we're back at my earlier claim, and you dodged a bullet.

You don't need to be special, but you definitely shouldn't think of yourself as a cog in the machine. If you do think of yourself as a cog, or this is an offer you can't refuse, then you've already given up your bargaining power, and you are willing to accept this.
> what it mistake it has been to let a few companies getting there hand on most of the content creation and distribution

Centralized services drove massive adoption of consumer technology (see: Hotmail/Gmail for email). They paved the way… via marketing, customer support, design, infrastructure (even OSS services will probably run on AWS), etc. That all takes big investments that OSS typically can’t compete with.

So it’s a good thing they paved the roads for which OSS can take over.

All services and companies eventually stagnate or mess up, with rare exceptions. If OSS can eventually mature enough to legitimately compete in terms of UX/UI/features then there will always be opportunities in the various market to transition in that direction.

People haven’t been trained or brainwashed to hate OSS, they just saw what was offered and aren’t willing the make the various sacrifices that typically come with most services like Mastodon. At least until the gap in offerings narrows.
I was just about to post this, but you beat me to it. Now if only google would let you use addons on mobile chrome...
Bezos read my email as a prime member. Think the chances of this getting you blackballed from work is low and the upside is there. Nothing left to lose in my opinion
I couldn’t read all of this because it sounded fairly unhinged, but it seems like he thinks a conspiracy to make 4chan racist is a recent phenomenon. I remember these image boards 15 years ago filled with the same stuff. Not sure anything is different but maybe if you sit on it for 18 hours a day you notice subtle changes.
>"Can they protect the sea supply lines from the US navy?"

The US will not attack China's ships (assuming China did not start the war). Doing this is straight WWIII scenario. All bets are off in this case. You think the US is suicidal?
One of my favorites and easy enough for new board gamers but the new print hurts my eyes!
> True, but by the same token the West (and the rest of the East, and the world) has no economy without China. It makes everything higher stakes for everyone involved.

Both EU and US would actually benefit from manufacturing moving back. EU needs to do something about its stupidly car-centric economy and for US it just might help bring about a cultural shift away from extreme consumerism towards something more sustainable.

> ... supplying a small island is also much harder than supplying a country with a large contiguous land border with you/your allies. All but one of Taiwan's major ports lie on the strait. And since Taiwan is much smaller than Ukraine, it has less strategic depth than Ukraine; there's nowhere for Taiwanese troops to fall back to.

They are armed with missiles to the teeth and they can hit some rather sensitive places in China. They will just claim that they are defending their independent country while China can't really domestically explain carpet or nuclear bombing "their own citizens". And there are unofficial communication lines open to work around censorship.

> I'm increasingly convinced that China's first act of war won't be shipping troops to the beaches but a blockade. That then presents the US with an unenviable choice: escalate to a full on shooting war to break the blockade, or give control of Taiwan's imports/exports (which is to say, Taiwan) to China.

I expect brain drain and leaving rest of the Taiwan to China while officially protesting it and banning Taiwanese products from US/EU markets for a couple of years to help local spin-offs stabilize. But Taiwanese might choose to fight, in which case US/EU will happily supply weapons.
Eagles will win the Superbowl.