skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I have made 4 EVs in lab settings, and I would very much not recommend doing a conversion unless you are an emthusiast. 2k will get you nowhere.

You could maybe do some 15 mph conversion golf cart style with lead acid batteries for local block or farm use or whatever. For other use cases, don't do it.
I generally agree with the assessment that the limiting factor in quality is the signal from the MRI. Just one slight correction to the description of previous projects. We first built models that predict the voxel responses from images using ML. Then recorded the fMRI response on a new image. Then we ran many many images (not just those previously seen that have an fMRI response) through the voxel models and picked the top N images with predicted responses close to the actual response. Basically we used the big list of images as an approximate "natural image prior". Then we'd often show the average of that top N images so you get one picture (which destroys interesting multi-model stuff, but we didn't have good stable diffusion models of images back then that could do a gradient search on or something).

If you wanna see what the reconstructions look like without fancy image priors (to get a better idea of how little signal there is) check out this figure from one of the early papers:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19778517/#&gid=article-figur...
Agree, but in general those unforeseen consequences differed from the moral panic at the time. Saying “this will have consequences and we should, IDK, know that” is different from prophesying specific dooms without evidence.
Mostly they're just cool as works of art :). Still lifes with skulls and such.
Missing from what? Pretty sure they were all listed in the article.
I think this part stems from a common response you see from anti-nuclear folks, who frequently point to the issues at Hanford as a reason to be against civilian nuclear power. She's trying to make clear the difference between civilian nuclear power and waste management and historical waste from military nuclear weapons programs. Remembering also Hanford waste issues date as far back as the Manhattan Project during WW2.
See also:

https://medium.com/incerto/how-to-legally-own-another-person...
"Of course, salad is no software, and the work of plant breeders has to be protected. Otherwise they might fare like plant breeder Jim Baggett in Oregon, who in 1966 started breeding broccoli with an extra-long stem so it could be harvested more easily. He shared his novel broccoli with researchers and other breeders — until Monsanto-offspring Seminis patented a broccoli with exactly that trait in 2011. Baggett could trace more than a third of the plant material to his work. "

Patents at work.
If lineageOS (formerly cyanogenmod) is available for your old smartphone (or tablet) it will give it many more years.
This has been a bit of my philosophy with PHONK for the last 10 years.
“A framework for old and new Android devices”

https://phonk.app

Basically it is a device-hostable framework and IDE that allows rapid scripting to do interesting stuff.

I made robots, IoT controllers, music devices, tools and many more with it!
From Marcus Aurelius's Meditations:

Mortal man, you have lived as a citizen in this great city. What matter if that life is five or fifty ears? The laws of the city apply equally to all. So what is there to fear in your dismissal from the city? This is no tyrant or corrupt judge who dismisses you, but the very same nature that brought you in. It is like the officer who engaged a comic actor dismissing him from the stage. 'But I have not played my five acts, only three.' 'True, but in life three acts can be the whole play.' Completion is determined by that being who caused first your composition and now your dissolution. You have no part in either causation. Go then in peace: the god who lets you go is at peace with you.

I find the idea frightening but at the same time soothing: life is something one returns, like anything else one could have, one day it will no longer be there; it needs to be returned.
Computer review methodology is terribly anti-scientific in general. For example, look at all the pomp and circumstance around reviews of desktop PC coolers - we used this motherboard and this RAM with this case in a room this temperature blah blah. Whereas the physical reality is that thermal resistance (degrees temperature rise per watt dissipated) sidesteps all of that. The right way to characterize a cooler would be to use a constant heat source to measure the thermal resistance (via temperature) and noise while varying the fan RPM, and create a simple graph that could be straightforwardly compared. But then they wouldn't be able to focus on a subjective narrative supporting whatever manufacturer paid them to write the article.
I think it’s condescending to claim that environmentalists are guided mainly by emotions and people who share your view are guided by science. The problems surrounding nuclear waste is not as clear cut as the article suggests.
It’d be kind of weird to bring someone there, count down the eleventh skull from the top right and then say “this here is grandpa”.
Time and resources are finite. We cannot allocate the same resource twice.
Not at all, React is still a juggernaut and the industry standard. It is really, really good at what it does and other libraries are often riffs on its design philosophy. Even if React itself goes away for some reason, those patterns are here to stay since it has left a permanent mark on the field.

These complaints sound a bit like saying "man, compilers are so complicated, hopefully this trend is dying and we can get some sanity back."
The cases that the article talks about (broccoli and red carrot), the researchers shared the seeds/plants with other researchers without applying for any patents or open disclosures. I don't think Seminis is really saying that they can't make it anymore, rather the issue is that for a common farmer it is not worth planting something and worrying about a lawsuit from Monsanto/Seminis to prove they provence of the seeds.

With open source seeds,
1. The farmer knows that they there are no legal issues with using specfic seeds
2. The onus is on Seminis to prove that their seed is not a derivative of open-source seed, which means they have to file a lawsuit against a non-profit (hopefully well funded) instead of a lone farmer
Maybe is Seattle, where weather means you can have door/windows more often than not. But opinions change north/southern in places that alternate between heating and air conditioning. Noise is less of an issue and walking takes much more commitment. It was -15c last night outside my place. I would love to be 15min from a large supermarket. At the moment I am a 25m drive from the nearest place selling bananas. Even if I biked, my food would likely freeze before getting home. And in summer (30c) I couldn't buy meat/frozen food. Motorized transport to buy food isn't going away, at least not outside inner cities.
https://bendmagazine.com/foam-on-the-range/

Looks like Clark is doing ok!
The way I describe Metropolitan Market to people outside Seattle is that it's a just a regular old neighborhood grocery store where you can choose from multiple varieties of foie gras. But it did have some cool stuff in it too, you're right about their pre-made stuff.
“There is no evidence supporting that argument” is a counter argument.

Or maybe it’s better to say that hand-wringing is not an argument that merits a counter argument.
I am not sure what gave you the impression that he didn’t call. I don’t think there’s been confirmation either way. I know people aren’t always familiar with Guetta or EDM, but it’s important to know how prolific and genre blending he and his music is. I would give him the benefit of the doubt. He’s at the top of the list of artists who would do this intentionally, but respectfully to cause a discussion. Guetta has many song collaborations with mainstream artists in R&B and Hip Hop. His full songwriting credits list is huge but just looking at the credits page for who he’s done music videos with should give you a clear understanding of him. He needs to show respect to the artist, but he doesn’t need to defend that he did publicly.

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1615892/fullcredits
AI as the Frontier of Engineering
This is what I was worried about. It's unfortunate when subsidies end up only making a few people's hobby cheaper.
DroneCase: The Flying Phone Case
> I'm amazed people spend their time telling others what they should and shouldn't value.

Yeah... advertisers. ;)
I'm not sure that tracks? When I've visited Seattle with friends, I walk to almost everything, even in gloomy weather. I don't see how "living outdoors" requires a car - if anything, driving everywhere is the the opposite of living outdoors.

Sure, if you want to go out to the mountains every weekend you need a car, but with a light rain-proof jacket, it's not too bad to walk or bike through much of the city. The grey weather is either depressing or not, but I don't find it to be much more depressing out of a car than in it.
And the people who decided to go ahead with implementing it probably need help filing a motion in court. Are you just railing against specialization?
The other problem is there is no way a car could be converted for $2000 in parts and labor.

Even saran wrapping your car in PPF costs $2000 nowadays, you expect an engine conversion?
Our journey into Crystal and image processing
Im a master diesel engine mechanic by trade and I can say with all certitude $2000 doesnt begin to cover parts labor and disposal.

the engine in a car, even a 20 year old car, is a touchstone of the vehicle. Things like air conditioning, heat, and windshield wipers often only run on vacuum from the engine. traction control, antilock brakes and AWD all rely on engine speed sensors from either the crankpin position or transmission data and have to be considered as well. ECU states in turn send measured return data to things like ECC components (radio, etc..) and even the anti-theft system. Engine data is even a component of the SRS (airbag) system in a lot of cars.

I would bill ten or fifteen hours of labor to safely drop the transmission and change an engine. then i would bill you for fluid disposal and parts disposal and we're assuming you have a drop-in replacement kit for the ECU/OBD components youll need to power things like brake lights and turn signals because they wont work without some input on the engine status either. Id also have to have an installer certified for the high voltage stuff, typically billed higher than a normal mechanic because electric cars are still pretty exotic for aftermarket custom maintenance.
Can nuclear waste undergo fusion to turn it back into whatever it was before by using energy from renewables, thereby acting as a form of energy storage?
In my opinion this is a failure of systems thinking: "Your (money / horse / car / thinking) is no good use this (money / horse / car / thinking) instead."

There is an epistemological problem with evaluating the objectivity and authority of such statements, as well as a question of fitness for local conditions. These things can be in conflict, there is no one global correct answer.
Awesome to see California leading the way. Sad my state is going the other direction - the fee to register an EV here is $200/yr. This is a nascent market and the state should be promoting it and upgrading the grid, but petty politics makes it impossible.

I won't be surprised if my state does what some folks in Wyoming want to do, ban EVs entirely: https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry-news/a42532545/wyomin...
It actually highlights the survivorship bias in startups

TinyPilot is an okay venture, if they raise outside capital or do a big exit they will look like an overnight success

Everyone else will have tried the single venture five iterations ago, gone in debt and had to get a job for the next 10 years before hoping their life, family and health let them try again

Richer people just iterate faster, are flexible enough to upskill if they chose to apply themselves in this way
There were MPC experts at the company I was at. We talked a lot about account abstraction design for our stack we were building. I'm not unfamiliar with anything you are suggesting. I'm saying there are classes of users for which there are no good solutions.

Different people have different threat models.
I don’t drive and have been in Seattle for 15 years. I do carpool with friends to go skiing or camping out of the city, but day to day I used bike and transit for everything (until the pandemic, now I work from home and mostly just walk to nearby shops).
I'm now realizing that AI could be quite useful for introducing bugs for mutation testing. I'm going to have to try that.
Her analysis is fundamentally flawed. For a stable energy source, it cannot be solar alone or wind alone. Rather it needs to be solar plus battery and wind plus battery. Let's factor in the costs of producing maintaining and environmentally disposing of those batteries and let's see how the numbers shake out, ceteris paribus of course.
The $14,000 quote seems a bit low, but regardless I predict that will plummet once EV motor production kicks into high gear, and sodium ion batteries in a few years hit $40/kwhr at 200 wh/kg (all are on the production roadmap for CATL).

Yeah, one of the biggest issues in switchover to EVs isn't taking over the new car sales, it's that there will be two decades of ICEs going through the various used car price tiers.

If you jack the gas price with a carbon tax, it becomes very regressive on the people that can only afford a $1000 crappy gas guzzler from circa 2010 or earlier from the halcyon days of the US's obsession with SUVs (now they at least are obsessed with crossovers, an improvement).

I'm hoping a drop-in cheapo conversion for $5000 becomes feasible in a few years and the Chinese start producing very cheap EVs that most people will prefer over a gas guzzling used car. I don't think the incumbent automakers in the US are interested in making a new car that can compete with the used car inventory.

Maybe scooters, ebikes, and other offbeat kinds of transportation can fill the market.
Tweet links to this doc:

https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/hutrr84_-_lighting_a...
It’s also not a very free market: we don’t tax vehicles or charge for parking based on size, many people live in areas where they’re legally required to pay for lots of car storage, and there’s a somewhat literal arms race where people feel the need to buy bigger vehicles to avoid coming off poorly in a collision with someone else who already did.
Civilian nuclear waste management has a better track record than military nuclear waste management and civilian chemical waste management. Is that a permanent condition, or a fluke?
Even a Brain-Eating Amoeba Can’t Hide from This Cutting-Edge Diagnosis Tool
He's hurt he didn't get the same benefits as full-time. That's why.
Everyone Can Commit
Yes. Chances are high my natural death will occur at old age. One day today is worth more than one day as an old man.
I’m glad to see sanity checks about debris, but surprised the buck stops with the FCC. If these were not communication satellites, would anyone have the authority to deny them?
Ehh, Apple has some big misses. Their software objectively sucks. OS X has gotten buggier and slower over the years. I traded “it just works” for the speed and customization of linux years ago and would _really_ like the benefits of Apple hardware but can’t bite the bullet on Apple software (Asahi isn’t in a good enough spot yet to be my primary computer imo).

The iPad pro line is a travesty. IPadOS is horrible, Apple need to take it out back and shoot it. The hardware fits a great niche but Apple have ruined it with their gimmicky software.

IPhones have been getting bigger, heavier, and last less time with each generation. I recently upgraded from the 11 to the 14 pro, and the hardware feels strictly worse. It’s snappier and has a digital island, but it’s significantly heavier and is the first iPhone I’ve ever really been worried about dying during the day (even after turning off the stupid always on display).

AirPods have probably been their biggest win in recent years. The original were amazing, Pros, and Pro 2 were significant upgrades and they’re a big reason (along w/ apple ecosystem integration) I won’t jump ship for android. Maxs are horrible, heavy, and I just don’t understand why people like them at all (bose + sony both make better headphones for cheaper here).
There's no real "demand" for parking lot charging. It's a nice perk, that's all. EVs whose owners work at employers with nice perks have access to copious off-peak charging at home. My 20-month-old Y has been on a parking lot charger a total of three times in its life.
Building your own pinball game is challenging! Here's a site to get you started:

https://pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
There's a small market for converting vintage cars to EVs. The cars are already unsafe, so it's a way for enthusiasts to save a car's body long after the drivetrain has failed.
https://archive.ph/uIrWP
> It happens with non-radioactive toxic waste too

It tends to be a lot harder to detect too. With radioactive waste, we're fortunate to have very cheap and extremely sensitive instruments that can detect the tiniest leaks. This allows the nuclear industry to be held to a much higher standard than most other industries.

This is also the reason we can say with a high degree of confidence that first-world militaries have actually been very good at handling nuclear waste for a while now. The Manhattan Project era and a few years after that were very messy, but they have demonstrably cleaned up their act and figured out how to do things safely. Meanwhile the non-radioactive chemical pollution continues largely unabated. Never live near a military base if you value the well-being of any children you might have.
This sounds pretty reasonable actually, but it would need to account for miles driven too. Does Norway?
Yea, the hills and water really mess up public transit routes in Seattle, making it a lot harder to get around by bus in any sort of efficient timeline, especially around the Queen Anne and Beacon Hill areas.
This headline needs (2015) added to it.
Indeed, it would make mistakes similar to common mistakes in the web at large.
For those unfamiliar with surfboard construction:

A surfboard is made from a foam core, with a stiff polyurethane coated fiberglass wrapped around the foam. This is what makes surfboards lightweight but fairly strong. To make a surfboard, you first shape the foam by cutting and sanding it into the desired shape (shaping). Then you lay several layers of fiberglass cloth over the shaped foam and pour the resin over the cloth (glassing).

It's something of a craft -- the quality of shapers and glassers varies a lot. And there is no scientific "best" shape for a board, so it's completely up to the shaper to make a board that works. Nowadays many boards are CNC shaped, then finished off by hand, rather than being entirely hand-shaped.

Clark Foam manufactured the foam core, a.k.a. the "blank," which is a pre-cut piece of stiff foam that is shaped down into the final board.
Framework now offers Steam-Deck-sized SSDs, just because it can
The rest of the article is about how people's estimates of polls diverge from those same polls, but not why. Were people better at estimating polls or national sentiment thirty years ago?
you should watch eli the computer guy.
I wouldn't be so sure. That's exactly the kind of project my dad loves to do to his old cars. $2k isn't going to break even, but it's a nice little marginal incentive.
Assuming there's a supercharger along your route that you're able to reach. The ones I've seen are placed halfway between major destinations, like LAX/SFO or LAX/LAS.
Just ask half the candidates to add a feature to the code, ask the other half to find the bug.
What you're doing is playing Devil's advocate?

C'mon now: "to see reality", "not proposing to make it easier to fire people".

Why can't the working class demand changes and influence the reality?

Coming from a contractor... yeah, really...?
> Do you really expect Apple to make life easier for their competitors?

If Google Chrome was using 100% internet bandwidth for downloading Google.com, but 60% for downloading Bing.com, would that be just "not making life easier for competitors", or maybe something more?

Apple's behaviors on iOS are this kind of things. Perfect integration with other Apple products via private APIs, basic limited APIs for others
It's not the standards fault per se but that doesn't change the fact that the standard now has a reputation whether it wanted it or not.
>we're fortunate to have very cheap and extremely sensitive instruments that can detect the tiniest leaks. This allows the nuclear industry to be held to a much higher standard than most other industries.

The military has no problems detecting the chemicals that get leaked around bases, taking soil samples might be more expensive than walking around with a Geiger counter but it's well within the budgets of even local municipalities. The problem is that they don't really care all that much. Even something as simple as "standing far away from the pit where you're burning plastic," a practice that even law-breaking rural trash burners can manage, was too much for them in Iraq, shows you something about their institutional culture.
There are cheaper mid-range cars that can be totaled by expensive engine maintenance, in such cases it might make more sense to convert them to EVs instead of swapping an engine or rebuilding one.

A 2008 Toyota Corolla will still be running in 2030, so it isn't really the prime target for a conversion. A 2014 Audi A4 would be.
Can anyone from Apple comment on the progress of their Public Cloud offering they're (seemingly) still building? I would have expected them to get the axe
Your statement is completely contradicted by the actual vaccine development.

There were a LOT of Covid vaccines with different techniques and mechanisms in development simultaneously. Nobody knew a priori which vaccine would work so we funded the hell out of all of them.

mRNA came out on top relative to all the other options at 95% plus--it wasn't even close. Sinovac (inactivated virus) was at about 50% effectiveness. Novavax (protein subunit) was about 75% effectiveness and somewhat less in the Hispanic population (not understood why). Oxford/AZ/J&J/Gamelya were about 75% but had sufficient side effect to be troublesome.

And, to be fair, any of these vaccines would be in general use if we didn't have the others. The only reason why the viral vector vaccines (Oxford/AZ/J&J/Gamelaya) got pulled is because we had other options (effectively, they fail a Phase III trial since alternatives exist).

Finally, mRNA vaccines are NOT easy to produce. The fact that these things have to be held at -70C or -20C shows that they are quite complex. Contrast to the Sinovac vaccine which lasts forever with standard refrigeration.

The medical establishment would much rather use something like Sinovac; it's quite unfortunate that it just doesn't work that well. This is not surprising--there really wasn't any progress against other Coronavirii (common cold), either, until mRNA.
Additions to libraries like Puppeteer that help ensure that the browser being used looks more "organic", often by returning fake data that a normal browser would have (browsers have APIs with things like plugins and fonts installed etc)
> The way I had it explained to me is that “Type C” is the form factor, and that’s what is meant by universal. Which actual USB standard is implemented by the client/host varies widely.

There's also a couple of universal USB standards: every client/host is supposed to implement USB 2.0, unless they're charging-only; and every client/host is supposed to implement simple power delivery (negotiated through resistor values) at 5V and at least 500mA (for a USB-A 2.0 to USB-C cable, other combinations are supposed to deliver more current).