skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The USAF "fact sheet" page on the F-22[1] states "above 50,000 ft" flight ceiling. Wikipedia lists 65,000 ft but provides no easily verifiable citation (none of the citations for the section that I could retrieve online list that figure).

[1] https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1045...
SFC's Policy Fellow Files Expert Report in Neo4j vs. PureThink
Case about the “further restrictions” removal provision of the AGPLv3 continues after counterclaim filing
Most likely because blowing up stuff under water requires a lot of skill and things can go wrong when you have fish and other wildlife around. I am sure they wanted all 4 destroyed.
For better picture, Olympic-sized swimming pool is 50 meters long.
Scientists Made a Mind-Bending Discovery About How AI Works
In case anyone else was unfamiliar, the usage of "gang" here appears to be the following: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gang#Verb_2
I forgot where I saw it but I recently read that McMaster-Carr has their setup with ASP.NET and their website is truly a beautiful form of software
> California should stop growing fucking alfalfa only for the Saudis to feed cows with it.

Dairy is like the auto industry: every state seems to think it needs to have its own protected domestic industry, but it's far from a strategic industry when every nation ends up with excess capacity.

Canada, an excellent environment for dairy production, kneecaps itself in this industry. Could be an export juggernaut, but instead, NZ is the biggest dairy product exporter. 20th dairy producer in the world despite being a top6 barley/oat/wheat/hay producer.
The issue I have with WASM is that its threading model is basically the web-worker model: each thread has to have its own module and can only communicate through pure data via shared memory.

TS/JS can do a lot these days, but threading is its achilles heel. Mechanisms like green threads and fast n-way dispatch for parallelization are basically still out of reach.

You can emulate some of this with WASM and worker pools, but it seems like you'd need a fair amount of boilerplate to actually make that work properly. And if you want to interface with native web APIs, you're stuck with the same limitations.

e.g. You can share memory with a web worker, but if you want to pass handles to resources around, you are extremely limited and it requires a custom approach for each particular API.
Great question. If we look at 14 CFR § 91.609 (Flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders.) I believe we will see that there is no requirement by the DOT/FAA for recorders to stream/upload data anywhere. Also, paragraph i subsection 2 only requires recorders to retain a minimum of 2 hours of recorded information.

Additionally, if we look at paragraph g we will see this: "In the event of an accident or occurrence requiring immediate notification to the National Transportation Safety Board...that results in the termination of the flight, any operator who has installed approved flight recorders and approved cockpit voice recorders shall keep the recorded information for at least 60 days". So it seems that since the flight was not terminated that a backup of the recorder data was not required to be made.
Link to paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.15661.pdf
I see, that’s too bad
From that very link you can find info on the recent litigation accusing the government of an errant missile hit. There is enough evidence to bring forth the suit whether you agree it is a conspiracy or not.

https://lawstreetmedia.com/news/citing-new-evidence-survivin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevan_Point_lighthouse

Much like this story, many Japanese planners did not appreciate the vast size of the American west. A hundred random firebombs were basically irrelevant compared to the many thousands of yearly lighting strikes that also regularly cause fires. Who knows how many Japanese balloons are out there hanging from some tree undiscovered.
> There were seven attacks in May, as many attacks that month as February, March and April combined, and there have been a total of 29 since October without a kinetic U.S. response.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/attacks-i...

We interdict Iranian missiles to terrorist groups about once a week.

Iran's stated goal is to forcibly convert the world to their preferred brand of theocratic rule - the "women are very literally property" kind of theocratic rule.
The problem is that some refactors will languish eternally as they don’t serve an immediate feature goal or even a bug fix—even if taking on the abstract refactor work broadly enables whole sets of features and fixes to be done more effectively.

In my current work experience, this means having a fairly deep mental model of how a given refactor might impact various seemingly unrelated efforts, and knowing how and why to advocate for them. This advocacy doesn’t translate into a literal ticket (and that’s not how my team manages all work items and their prioritization), but it definitely translates into “I’ve identified a specific unit of work which doesn’t immediately serve these goals, but would broadly improve their velocity and success.”

Next to no one wants to hear that kind of advocacy, because their Babel Fish generally formulates it as “stop or slow immediate progress for abstract goal”. But that’s what the debt part of tech debt is: you have to sometimes prioritize getting out of your own way before you can move forward in any direction.

As far as performance as a feature and corresponding request, sometimes you need far too much technical detail to even know what to ask for. I’m saying this having just landed an optimization which completely obliterated the existing Y axis on one of our monitoring systems. There was some vague sense of where some of the optimization target might be, if users or even the team were able to make the connection. It took dedicated time just profiling a bunch of fixtures, without anything to go on besides “some stuff is slow, for example ___”, to understand the broader performance story which went well beyond known bottlenecks.

Part of being an engineer is, or at least should be, some freedom to dive in to make these kinds of connections independent of specific features and specific detailed feature requests (performance or otherwise). Even if the only “work product” is just a report on what you found, at least it might be cross-referenced for when it does correlate to specifically ordained work items.
"The books in question were published between 1923 and 1964, before changes to U.S. copyright law removed the requirement for rights holders to renew their copyrights. According to Greg Cram, associate general counsel and director of information policy at NYPL, an initial overview of books published in that period shows that around 65 to 75 percent of rights holders opted not to renew their copyrights."
As a commercial pilot student, I misidentified a runway once but caught it in the air and early before I started final approach.

Easy to do if you’re unfamiliar with the airport and task saturated.

Although this is in small little piston plane with only one pilot. No idea what the situation is for airline pilots in multi-crew environments.
That’s another problem - anyone writing on medium who is actually successful and good will end up just writing their own content for their own platform.
Average monthly broadband usage nears 600GB
That's the ".../etc". Alt-coins/etc where etc is anything which creates a new pool of value which the developers skim off first. No one is seriously using blockchains for enterprise stuff because there's no reason to besides abusing the name for notability. If they're serious they use a database because as an enterprise there's always someone who all parties trust. Follow the flowchart. http://erewhon.superkuh.com/pictures/do-you-need-a-blockchai...
Didn’t both of them start around the same time? React released close a year later but it reportedly had been running internally at Facebook for a couple years by then.

It’s also a relatively modest extension of decades of prior art so I think it might be more accurate to treat it as a formalization of that practice rather than implying it was foundational.
Sued and lost https://consumerist.com/2014/01/17/on-this-day-in-1984-the-s...

I think the EFF are in some part leaning on the judgements reasoning

> if a product has a substantial, legitimate use it can be sold, even if some consumers use it illegitimately.

Which is also why BitTorrent clients continue to exist
You know, I actually agree with you on this. We've got a cultural problem where people don't even want nice stuff that lasts.
Literally the same logic can apply to the theory the US did it.
1. 6% of the size of a traditional reactor is tiny. This makes them uneconomic on operational costs alone because you have to do things 20 times. Which is why every nuclear program in history moved to larger ones. It still wouldn't be worth building one if capital and fuel were free.

2. Going from a breeding ratio of 0.6 and efficiency of mid 30s to 28% and 0 makes them uneconomic on fuel and waste handling costs alone. It still wouldn't be worth building one even if it were free and operated itself.

3. All of the alleged advantages of US naval reactors go away at low enrichment. New, bigger, more complex designs are involved.

4. Still attempting sleight of hand. Cumulative capacity is not rate of construction. This is another lie. The tactics used by propagandists are as informative as correcting the facts individually. This is a consistent theme and claiming that others are not allowed to call it out is just cry-bullying. If you don't want your comments being called lies then stop lying.

5. With the exception of sweden (which was a weapons program before they changed their mind) and CANDUs (which are largely actually civilian and thus not very popular outside of the need to keep a bit of tritium handy). Those countries are all dependent on foreign fuel cycles. So your counter is the existence of half a dozen or so reactors pushed by the US and France in an attempt to do the same thing Russia is doing.
Moral relativism between US and China is unfathomable. They are not remotely comparable on the whole.

China has a Dictator, a total absence of a Justice System, total surveillance and censorship, and large swaths of the population of some regions in concentration camps, a large number of individual dedicated to holding in place that apparatus.

Meanwhile you're free to walk down the street and tell the US President he's an idiot and you're not going anywhere without the entire US media knowing about it if they want to put public eyes on it for the sake of your own rights. There are laws, all sorts of controls, Judicial oversight, yada yada.

As if that even needs to be said.
My first thought: wow is that an X-COM operation? Make sure you have some brave souls, and don't overload them...

Research med kit and laser too.
You are completely wrong. you have yet to cite a law of physics or some biological fact that will prevent this from being a reality. Ie you’re making really terrible assumptions based on lack of knowledge.

> A pair of galsses with 46 degree field of view that you need to connect with a cable to the actual device where all the processing and control happens.

Yes, and it’s shipped and will continue to be improved through iteration.

> Ah yes. The new Apple headset that you know literally nothing about will one hundred percent will have this... Even though it's rumoured not to be VR device

We know more about the Apple device through patent filings and leaks. It is a VR device with pass through that will likely cost $3000. Their AR prototype costs too much to ship.

> Oh? We've solved the question of batteries? Of compact CPUs and GPUs capable of processing this? Etc. And all this is coming in near future?

All of the issues that you’ve cited can be fixed and improved gradually; these devices are already real and shipped. Yes, these improvements are coming in the near future. As for batteries, that’s been solved 1-2 years ago. Your complaints are very similar to the pundits dumping on the first release of the iPhone. It’s not that hard to see the overall trend of better, faster, cheaper for tech product evolution. It’s not the first time it’s happened, nor will it be the last

I don’t understand why you keep doubling down on a subject that you know nothing about.
Yes, I guess in that sense getting a ticket for trying to take a few extra pounds home to roast would be a lot better than a beatdown or worse in the woods!
Seeking Clarity
It's in the FAQ
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
What Learning Algorithm Is In-Context Learning? Linear-Models Investigations
Thanks for writing this, Tony. I had a couple articles on Medium, and now I have a lot more on Substack, even though they're free.

Let me recommend Ted Gioia as someone to listen to. I actually pay for his newsletter, while there are hardly any others I'd pay for. From what I can see, if you are good on Substack, you'll make a lot of money. That does mean writing about something other than your current life and/or romantic involvements, which are, I'm sorry to say, boring. An awful lot of the Substack writers are doing that, too.

Maybe they do have some far left-wing writers, too, but Medium is just loaded with them.
Do you mind if I ask which is your local / most frequently listened-to station?
I saw a joke that the CCP has trolled us into shooting down an alien space craft.
Money. Certifying a system like that would cost a fortune and unless the operator is forced to do it or you give them a very compelling case that helps their profitability, it ain’t happening
> Either it was shoot down, or would have been later

The jets were scrambled in such a hurry to intercept Flight 93 that they weren’t loaded with ammunition. I’m afraid that the plan was to collide the fighters with the plane if necessary. It was a suicide mission. [1] However, we have plenty of evidence that the passengers resisted and in the course of that the plane crashed.

1. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/fighter-pilot-reflects-911-sui...
It doesn't. They will lose all their posts. You could say they go the way of the Mastodon.
> The court heard the question of whether Schmeiser's intentionally growing genetically modified plants constituted "use" of Monsanto's patented genetically modified plant cells. By a 5-4 majority, the court ruled that it did. The Supreme Court also ruled 9-0 that Schmeiser did not have to pay Monsanto their technology use fee, damages or costs, as Schmeiser did not receive any benefit from the technology.

Used their technology, yes, barely. Stole it? Well, the courts unequivocally didn't feel like he damaged (deprived?) Monsanto of anything.
I mean you should be proxying/caching your repo anyway, non? Even just to save on bandwidth.
Even assuming that this can be turned into practical product, 10 minute charge? With a typical EV battery on the order of 80KWh? That's 480KW charging, probably more because charge current isn't uniform over the charge cycle. Half a megawatt per charger bay.

The electrical infrastructure for mass deployment of this sort of thing will really be interesting.
They seem to be selecting with their eyeballs. They're jabbing trees with chestnut blight and seeing which ones succumb.

Hence a petri dish for pathogen selection. IE, insane and reckless.
I use nvim like the user (backers.md baby!) so I get to use `master` with `~/.config/nvim/init.vim`. Of course, I also donated to Bram's Ugandas or wherever, so I think you are a wise and attractive person. Your choice of actions reveals that your soul is deep and beautiful.
Who would have guessed struggle sessions[1] would come back like this in the digital age? Imagine dying and going to hell and trying to explain to Mao his legacy in terms of Harry Potter, J.K Rowling, Video Games, Mastodon and so forth.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struggle_session
I believe the risks have not been discussed enough, which is why I am bringing it up. THe vast majority of the risk discussion barely scratches the surface.
> JS itself is not sound, so TS can never be.

What?
This is from 2019.
ainna wintour?
That’s funny, because this was my exact thought. How can they distinguish the difference when they say ‘unknown’ object…
Perhaps it's a case of convergent evolution, since React similarly has a strong functional influence (immutable tree nodes in the VDOM).
Well that last bit alone would put me permanently off a language. It's always wild to me when open-source leaders let the power go to their heads. If they want that kind of control over a community, they should go start a backwoods cult. Or at least start a company where they're signing the paychecks.
No, obviously not like that at all. In particular, growing plants is copying them. Also, patents are not copyrights.
Engineering/perforated bricks mostly. North Germany/UK is a lot of solid red/gray bricks, not sure if new homes still use that style, since it has terrible insulation. If built with perforated bricks a home will also put a thick layer of styrofoam for insulation on the outside.
Civil suits are incredibly easy to push through (which is why there are various civil suits from assassinations and murders, even if the underlaying accused person/entity was found innocent), it doesn't mean it happened.
See also http://507movements.com/
You're on one right now. If that wasn't clear from my post.

Also, Reddit still manages ok on this front IMO. The only reason I stopped paying was that they doubled the price when they moved away from gold to whatever it is they call now.

Another one is tweakers.net in Holland.

Boards.ie in Ireland though I left that country years ago and I don't know how that site is fairing now.

Those are the main ones I can think of right now.
But there are very little chance that China cares about you, whereas your local intelligence agency may have a much more direct impact on you.

> but there's still better mechanisms for reigning them

If we learned anything from the last half-century, it's that this predicate is just comically wrong.
For anyone who saw this headline and wondered what happened to Elm the email client, the short answer is it was overtaken by Pine and Mutt and is essentially dead. RIP elm, you were my first client and a dear friend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_%28email_client%29?wprov=s...
As someone who has spent time in the C-Suite, I applaud your courage in publicly addressing criticisms head-on. I just hope you are not fighting a losing battle against low employee morale, frustrated writers and angry, impulsive investors. I have a friend who got some traction on Medium, but if I want to write for myself I would choose Substack in a New York minute.

Best of luck!
Ask HN: Unity or Unreal for Game Engine?
If you develop games using a game engine, do you prefer Unity or Unreal Engine? Or something else?
Traditionally to fly a plane in the US you need A class 1, 2, or 3 medical. 1 and 2 are required for airline and general commercial ops respectively and they have various rates of renewal based on class and your age ranging from 1 to 5 years. This is an FAA rule but flows down from ICAO, the international version of the FAA. They have to get all the government bodies to allow flights into each other's airspace so they standardize things like licensing, airspace rules and routes, runway layout and markings, etc. This means Saudi Arabia, China, etc, all get a say in whether your mental health condition means you can't fly a Cessna in upstate NY.

Within these rules, there is a carve out for edge cases as one would expect. If you have one of a variety of issues that are well understood but would otherwise prevent you from getting a regular medical, you can petition for a special issuance. Usually stuff like past alcohol abuse, mild depression, various physical disabilities (frequently mild types of colorblindness), etc. Ultimately these are class 1, 2, or 3 medicals with an asterisk requiring more documentation. Notably however, they do not approve them for ADHD while medicated. Typically to get one you need enough psych assessments to show it was a misdiagnosis or is extremely mild, but you can shop around until you find a psychologist who will write whatever you want.

Somewhat more recently (2016) congress passed a bill adding a 4th type of medical called BasicMed. It's a program where you complete an online web powerpoint, take a document to your doctor to fill out, and then everything after that is a conversation between you and your doctor. It is not internationally recognized so breaks the ICAO dependence stated above, but means you can't fly outside the US, even to Canada/Mexico/Caribbean islands etc, among other restrictions. It also has an extremely random requirement to have held a class 3 or higher medical after July 14th, 2006. That ended up really neutering the bill from this perspective as ADHD isn't really a late onset disorder and most people who would want to use this with ADHD have already been denied or are incapable of obtaining a class 3 without some significant effort.
I'm old enough to remember newsgroups, where you could post on the perl group a question, and people could reply to the thread. Text, quick, and one location.

Then perl and other groups moved to websites, then migrated to forums all over.

Now discord, still in different servers.
He is not reselling individual seeds. He is manufacturing new seeds. He is not allowed to do that, and particularly not allowed to do that with intent.
They are 'touchable', there is oversight, and their powers are very limited.

Give me an example of Americans who have been materially harmed by those agencies? And what was the damage?

Have Americans been oppressed, slandered for political gain, wrongly imprisoned, illegally targeted by police because of NSA activity?

I think it's doubtful for anything other than a few incidents; the proportionality of these tradeoffs does matter as these agencies do actually go after bad people. Like people selling sanctioned gear to Russia, money laundering, sex trafficking, etc. you know - 'bad things'.

I don't see professors disappearing because they said something on campus Biden didn't like.
those animations are beautiful!
Absolutely. This is the primary reason those “UFO’s” AKA balloons and drones are concerning: Signals intelligence (and/or radar jamming in the same vein which the DOD reported has occurred off the coast of Virginia).

It’s alarming many leaped to suggest LEO satellites obviate the need for balloons/drones/spy planes because it really isn’t true; there are some things for which a proper resolution and capture is simply only possibly with proximity, at least more than a satellite has. In fact that’s why we still use U-2 spy planes (upgraded) and did for the balloon.

Given the number of unidentified drone/balloon incursions reported by the Pentagon in the last few years near ships and air force bases I do wonder what’s been exposed about our radars and or datalinks. It also doesn’t necessarily matter that the data is encrypted (a weird refrain I saw) because the operating frequencies and behavior of the emitters on our aircraft, ships is in and of itself valuable information.