skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> For example, Markdown has a syntax for inserting a break, inside a paragraph. You put two space characters at the end of a line, and the parser will inject a line break. Unfortunately, spaces are a "weird" character. They're not visible, unless you turn on the "show invisibles" equivalent in your editor, and even with that enabled, it can be difficult to see them while scanning a document. Also, many editors will remove trailing spaces, causing your break to disappear.

Feel free to use a trailing backslash for the same thing.

line one\
line two

https://spec.commonmark.org/0.30/#hard-line-breaks
Why should the compiler compile code that is not called/exported? that's a waste of processing power and therefore a waste of time

At best it should give you a warning that the function is not used, that's it
Almost every town in the US used to have these kinds of livable zones. Every "historic downtown" used to be a place where people lived and worked. You'd walk to the pharmacy, or the hardware store, or the grocery. You could live your whole live without a car payment yoked around your neck.

It bums me out that we had that taken from us. I'm glad you found one of the places where you can still make it work!
It's different in most parts of NYC, they're more like what you're describing as wanting (and I agree with you). The original supermarket in my neighborhood, about a block away, has no parking and a loading zone in front of it to receive shipments. I've always liked these regular NYC supermarkets.

A Whole Foods moved in down the street a few years back and they do have a parking garage under the building, but I'd guess most customers aren't using that. I wouldn't be mad if it went away tomorrow though.

We're of course a very different city than pretty much all other cities in the US, as we're not at all car dependent in most parts of the city.
This old myth will never die.

If it was true, these short sighted companies would fade away in the long run.

Empirically, top companies stay on top for decades.
>Patents are still being used to protect smaller companies from much larger corporations. Allowing these large corporations to legally ignore patents will only make things worse for the rest of us.

Truly small operations don't have the bandwidth or resources to even file for a patent. So it's pretty much only medium sized companies or those with the backing of powerful groups who take advantage of the patent system.
A functional aspect of openscad is you can never modify a variable.

You have to write some pretty obtuse contortions to do some pretty common and useful things, just because of that.
This is a work of art
Not a bad line of thought. We also have to solve the problem where you have e.g. China and corporations in China blatantly flouting any IP laws. If we did have a just IP regime (we don't) it would continue to be severely undercut by this problem. Somehow, if it's even possible, we need buy-in/treaties etc. from the major economies.
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This is my biggest complaint against Zig's comptime.

I think it's possible to do comptime better, by putting comptime into separate files that can then "export" generated code.
I used to spend lots of time to prepare some coding tests that mimic real-world situations for candidates, like introducing a small bug to an example code or pretending I've bad coding practice etc.

Now I found the best tool ever! Thank you.
There are stories of commuters learning a language together on the same commute. It is a weird situation to be in sitting next to the same people every day, the only chance to make conversation being if there is a problem in the service and you have to work out how to use the buses.

Working from home though has almost completely unraveled that.
Working and then getting severance seems better than not working...
The human brain is some combination of data, comprehension/intellect, judgment/decision making and creativity/projection.

Current AI is a all data and statistics/pattern matching. There is no comprehension, decision making or creativity. Any appearance of understanding or judgment is a statistical reflection of the pre-classification of the training data fed to it.

There are no guarantees of any kind with the results. Expecting any sort of "truth" beyond database lookup and statistics would be a mistake in my opinion.
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Here in New Mexico, there's a whole class of food preparation (specifically, involving food that does not need refrigeration to stay "safe" for a specified time period) that is NOT subject to the same kind of health regulations as a restaurant.

It's one of the smartest laws I've seen in this area. Want to run a small coffee shack with some cakes, cookies etc? No need for a certified kitchen, "fully trained" cook, etc. The only thing you have to do is take a course that helps differentiate between refrigeration-required and no-refrigeration required food.

Interesting to think how this model would apply in the software context...
Same here. I thought "wow, 4K skeletons? That's pretty hi-death."
If they can't hire competently, why do yoy think they can fire competently?
Furthermore, the language model itself is clearly a for profit derivative work and so would be subject to the wants of the original copyright owners and it is clearly a derivative work since without the inputs of the copyrighted code in its training it would be different and likely less effective.

There's a more interesting question about the copyright status of the code it outputs, since the language model is sort of like a compiler, but also not like a compiler since the output is based on other people's copyrighted code.

I feel a lot of people get caught up on the output code and completely ignore the fact that copilot itself is likely a massive copyright violation.
Everyone knows what AirPods are. They know they are magic. And here's this amazing wizard guy who can do the Apple magic better/faster/different. That's a huge audience there.
Very good question. Either she (born male now wants to be called she) is about to turn 13 and wants to avoid her body turning more male. OR, she was just convinced this is right for her and will regret this decision later. I feel it's like getting a tattoo and they make you wait until 18 for that!
Well I guess we better all tell you what we are working on in our free time so you can reassign us if there is something you think has higher social utility.
Sure, whatever, I still dislike what it does to the sharpness and colors of the screen.

It's not like Deck has a great DPI or brightness to begin with, but the matte coating makes it even worse.

See the "text clarity" and colors comparisons of what the coating does to displays here: https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/eve-glossy
No, what Apple failed to do was not bother developing a product that can't be successful. It just isn't possible to role that thing into the Apple Lifestyle, no matter how much better it could possibly be than all the other losing attempts.
Apologies that link was broken -- but that was a "Commercial Style" stove for a home, not actually a commercial appliance. In any case vents are a really bad solution.. but they're inefficient at removing fumes, are usually undersized and too far from the cooking surface, and most people don't use them because they're obnoxiously noisy when running at the proper speed.

A friend of mine just remodeled their kitchen -- they got all the permits and sign-offs, and their AHJ allowed a gas stove in the island with no venting at all. Inspector told them they should open a window if they were doing a lot of cooking. It's actual madness.

https://i.imgur.com/ApCIyzS.png
Yeah, you typically increase the share price "artificially" by doing stock buybacks, not by handing out more shares to new employees.
Someone tell the rust people
True, but the email required to enable it (arguably) is.

Reddit is far from the worst offender in this area. I should have specified my opinion as a more general one.
Will we have to change licenses to exclude use in the EU?
Oh god, I hope they preview the UI and give us the option of not using it if we don't like it.
Ah, I don't mean to generalise, but most of my experiences on Reddit have been a mixed bag, often more negative. Regardless of the community. I think it's because there's "no barrier to entry" (ie no special sign up, it's just a button). And the design in general feels like it's more suited for short form quippy comments than chatting or discussions.

And I 100% agree that their Discord is great. Also recommend it.

I've seen lots of activity on beginner and intermediate questions though.

As well as just chatting to people, or helping someone with an interesting problem.

I've had a really difficult problem ignored on Discord, but I also think the threading UI on there isn't great for lots of concurrent and unrelated discussions. I just found it frustrating to use. So, maybe some questions fall through the cracks?

Managed to resolve it in the end though. However, having typed all this, I realise a wiser thing would've been to ask on StackOverflow instead lol.
Too bad, the online version of this is actually broken.
Speaking of software quality, anyone notice in Apple Music how the categories all start with Apple? Apple Dance music, Apple Country, Apple Pop... like are they trying to make it intentionally difficult for me to use my eyes to find music? I know that I'm using Apple Music... why does every category need to remind me of that while simultaneously impeding my ability to locate things alphabetically? Of course, when I use Siri I can just say "play Dance music" and it works. Hmm.
> Look, you can’t have it both ways.

“You” can, especially when “you” are a diverse group of different people, not a single entity. But this isn’t even a “both ways” situation.

> People on HN are always talking badly about companies that don’t allow work from home, or require at least a couple days in the office. Then a company says it’s going entirely remote (not including the layoff context) and people shit on that.

You can, in fact, with perfect consistency criticize people for not allowing something while also criticizing other people for forcing that same thing and not allowing the opposite.
Just say "Meet Jane tomorrow at ten to four PM" and you're gold :)
I've just signed up to the Scottish government subsidized scheme for air source heat pumps, so I'll report back to HN on this.
I'm not American but I really agree with this comment. Each time I do go to America, everything just feels very.. American. Lots of concrete, big vast spaces of industrial, roads that seem far too wide and just overall very, overwhelming and big.

Just my personal observations of course.
I could see a scenario if this were the case where some company works out a way to sit on a patent adjacent to something they sell so that they keep competitors from using the idea, while not actually using the idea itself (or using it in a way engineered not to make a profit). That way they can maintain their entrenched position longer by squashing innovation.
<tinfoil-hat>Now that is an easy way to collect phone numbers from all users</tinfoil-hat>
Not religious in any way - from this perspective the trinity (as nailed down by the council of Nicaea) sounds like a triumvirate of gods + mental acrobatics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea#Agenda
I love how ChatGPT can be used to make useful features like this, great work!
> the most obvious, concentration of market power.

The solution to concentrated market power is not to abandon the productivity gains, but to use law and regulate to de-concentrate market power. We could instead ban specialization and the productivity it brings, but that's dealing with the wrong thing.

> concentration of genomics

Again, solved not by banning specialization, but rather through diversification of the market. Which also helps the market be less concentrated, and further improves productivity. "Free" markets used to mean those that were unconcentrated and allowed easy entry and competition, but rally bad market-fundamentalism ideology has twisted the meaning, and invited reactionary thinking that "markets in general are bad," which is just as wrong as the market fundamentalist approach of "markets must always be used and always are right." Markets are merely a tool that can be used for good or for bad by societies, and markets are socially constructed by law and tradition, both of which are changeable, as is other parts of society.

> pesticides

This has nothing to do with advancing knowledge and specialization, and in fact reducing pesticide usage is only going to be enabled through greater advancement of our ag tech.

> food waste,

This is a rounding error in comparison to the increase in ag productivity that we have created. Also, if you have some magical way of doing this, I'm all ears, it would be great, but wishful thinking is no substitute for actual on the ground solutions that are working.
Historically, we have not had worldwide light speed communication available to all, and deflationary currency transmissible at lightspeed absent any central authorities. I think we can take history with a grain of salt here.
It is coordinated. In many states there are huge incentives [1] to disconnect your existing home from (and not connect new construction to) the natural gas infrastructure.

This is great for the climate but air source heat pump technology simply doesn't work well in cold climates. Most heat pumps in the United States have 100% efficiency down to about 20 degrees F. Below that they "lose efficiency."

What most people don't realize is that "lose efficiency" = blows cool or cold air. So if you live somewhere that routinely gets that low you are likely either going to be really cold, or have to engage aux heat (often natgas or oil-based heating or electric resistance heating).

Additionally, even when operating at 100% efficiency they don't blow air as hot as traditional heating sources. So if you have a poorly insulated room, large space, or even just an unusually cold day, it will often have a hard time keeping up.

I have found that I only use my air source heat pump a little bit during the fall in New England, and I have to run aux heat throughout basically all of winter. Talking to my friends in the region who have heat pumps, they all have similar experiences.

I think we are all very eager to get off of fossil fuels but the technology just isn't there yet, and I am concerned that most people installing heat pumps today don't know the risks associated with them in extreme weather events. If your heat pump can't keep up and you didn't install aux heating you can't live in your house, your pipes will freeze, and you will generally have a bad time. If you did install and use aux heating, you may be surprised at how expensive and inefficient resistive electric heating is as it may need to run all the time.

[1] Massachusetts will pay you $10k to install air source heat pumps and disconnect from natural gas https://www.masssave.com/en/residential/rebates-and-incentiv...
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surely the optimal level of regulation is not zero but in this case probably the status quo (including wrongful death torts, etc.) has killed and brain-damaged more people than zero regulation would have, by halting progress 50 years ago

compare progress in aviation from 01923 to 01973 with progress from 01973 to today. we could have ultra-efficient ornithopters, mass-produced gossamer condors (maybe electric), mars-pathfinder-style airbags, ejection seats in coach class, suborbital commuter rockets to anywhere in the world in 45 minutes, and things we can't even imagine yet or don't know to be feasible

instead we have slight variations on the 50-year-old 747 and the 85-year-old piper cub (still running grossly inefficiently on leaded avgas), dramatic regression in crewed spaceflight capabilities, plus interesting experiments in hang gliders, jetpacks, hoverboards, and more conventional ultralights that have been unable to reach mass adoption

oh and uncrewed quadcopters and stealth bombers because those were unregulated
To your point about services reduction, I don't agree. I think more of a re-allocation of where capitol is going is the cure. We should increase or create new social programs that incentivize native births, home ownership, making it possible for most households to have just one person in the workforce, etc - and reduce the money that goes towards foreign wars, foreign agitation, welfare for nations across the world, etc. And I agree, tax hikes but targeted at the financial system which makes money in parasitic ways. In short, the economy needs to be optimized to the benefit of the lower and middle classes, the working class, and no longer to the 1%. This all probably requires heavy nationalization of banking and major industry. I dont see this as an evil and mistrust those that tell me to fear putting the power back in the hands of the people and away from the elite.
how does it compare to another c++ elasticsearch alternative that was on HN a few days ago: https://github.com/typesense/typesense
Monodraw is a nice implementation of the same idea. Others are mentioned in this old thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27832910
Maybe take a look at evcxr, it runs in a terminal and is REPL like. When I'm dabbling in rust, I use it e.g. to quickly try out library functions and how to work with the result. But I'm just getting started.
Need to leave my email for trying.

Case closed.
Many of Apple's products could be attacked by smaller companies, if it weren't for their anti-competitive practices. For example, AirPods get exclusive and superior APIs on iPhones - it doesn't matter if you make a better or cheaper AirPod competitor because you are stuck with clunky Bluetooth pairing. No non-Safari web renderers. Can't backup or transfer files to your iPhone without another Apple product. iMessage, the Music app. 30% fees and no sideloading. The list goes on and on.

To think that Microsoft almost got broken up because of bundling IE with Windows.
That map looks to me as if it's much more about poorer rural areas that are more than 10 miles from a grocery store than inner cities.
How does he do this?
Large companies have patent warchests, and can engage in long-term litigation to ensure small companies cannot compete. Patents do nothing to protect small companies from that. "Ignoring patents" as you say would help level the playing field for every company, and ensure companies cannot do things like patent XOR and destroy all of their competition.
Sorry, 7M a year, I think it's close to 40m total.
Because the parser still has to skip it, especially if it's in a file with code that is used. The parser needs to know the beginning and the end to do so. This takes at least rudimentary parsing.

Oh, and the compiler may not know it's unused until it processes all files if it's a public function.
I recently watched an iPhone 13 conversion video where someone essentially tucked in the lightning to C chip from the stock Apple charging cable inside of the phone and used a Samsung type C port to maintain the waterproof rating.

It was pretty neat and eye opening.

I’m considering the project when I retire my current phone so I can continue to use the old phone as a video camera in my rig where everything else is type C.

https://youtu.be/1yudWXta6dM
To me, a better approach would be to limit the patent time. 5 years of protection should be plenty of time for a company that intends to develop a technology based on its invention to get a commanding lead.

Absolutist solutions can backfire in unexpected ways. We should take an iterative approach unless a single jump is the only option. My 2c.
I found it a surprise. However it is really useful when using comptime and doing those really awkward cross platform things (like delving into the innards of a stat_t) - your FreeBSD stuff with its different member names will be completely ignored on Linux.
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I think that page backs up what I thought, at least for Michigan. The law views the price displayed on the shelf as being the correct price, and if the POS system doesn't match then the law says the POS system is wrong. Also there's another interesting FAQ there which further reinforces it.

Now, if an e-ink display is changed by a hacker, that's obviously fraud and presumably the store wouldn't have to pay up, but I assume that would be tough to catch because the store wouldn't likely assume it had been hacked and even if they thought so they'd probably have to prove it somehow.

From the FAQ:

What if the wrong price is displayed for an item and the clerk catches it before I pay; am I entitled to buy the item at the displayed price?

This is a fact-specific question best answered by a court. A store may not knowingly charge or attempt to charge a price higher than the price displayed for that item. Therefore, the consumer may have a claim if the store will not sell the item at the price displayed. However, the consumer may face obstacles convincing a court that the store knowingly charged the higher price when the pricing mistake is not intentional and will result in an obvious windfall to the consumer.
Knowing is half the battle. RedHat's kernel annoys me in ways others tend not to.

I used to think "Red Hat is basically Fedora, but old(/tested)" but that's one place they are pretty different.

They strip kernel modules out for a fair amount of hardware, instead of just stating it is unsupported. It makes sense from a business perspective, but I've found myself surprised by it a couple of times.

There's a big difference between not supporting it and disabling it completely.

On the flip side, their version number is near useless at a glance due to the number of backports.
> Through targeted online and field recruiting (N = 360), we invited 44 participants (equally split among liberals and conservatives) to participate in a study on political cognition

And thats your problem with science. We dont know how old these people are, we dont know the selection process, ie were they all recruited down the local Masonic Lodge, or at a University, or at a Church.

More data is needed on the recruitment processes in order to eliminate any selection or manipulation bias, otherwise am I watching a scientific magic show?

We dont know if these people are Early Adopters on the Everett Rogers Diffusion of innovations curve.

It might be better to title this study, fMRI used to map Social Conformity as studied by people like Solomon Asch or fMRI used to map Authority to Obedience as studied by people like Stanley Milgram and more recently Phillip Zimbardo, where the idea's/ideology are the authority.

Would that be fair?
But you can run a furnace fan off a diesel generator.
Product looks good, but I'm gonna roast you for having too little stuff on your landing page while also asking for a signup. I probably will sign up, I just have a reflexive aversion to doing so and generating yet another telemetry stream and set of incoming marketing emails.

The knowledge base and API documentation is good to me, but maybe not ideal for your target customer, the person looking for a no-code solution and probably somewhat intimidated by anything beyond a CSV. I think you should add a step-by-step or maybe a video showing how the HTML selectors and rules work in outline. When I first got interested in this topic there were two main stumbling blocks: cursors/pagination, and how to identify selectors on a page with multiple similar but distinct items (social media mutuals lists, product catalogs etc.). Since you're aiming at a non-technical audience, I think you need to give them feel of a walkthrough before downloading the app.
>>> As an early-stage database startup, we entirely deleted our C++ codebase after 7 months of development

I would love to hear how you explained this to your investors.
"AI", of course.